Resilient Homesteading: 9 Things to Consider when Choosing Perennial Food Crops

[@charlesbale8376]

Enjoyed your video and found your advice and tips helpful.

[@PegsGarden]

Hello Angela!! We are back from a week long much needed trip, came home to find our skylight was shattered we think from the heat, hopefully it cane be replaced without us spending that much out of pocket since we it is less then a year old!! I really enjoyed this video and I have lemongrass that I grow all around my property, at first I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to grow since I never ate it but my main reason was because it really helps with bugs, it deters a lot a pests, so I kept it, then I came to find out that I can chop and drop it all over my garden, which is fantastic and finally went to a farmers market where this woman had a wonderful iced tea, I came to find out it had lemongrass and moringa which I grow, it tasted delicious, I asked her for the recipe which is just lemongrass, moringa and honey and lemons, I am so happy I didn't pull the plant out to make room for other plants. Sometimes it takes some time to learn what you do with a plant, thanks for sharing another informative video.

[@fabricdragon]

i hope your week goes better! ive had a lot of unexpected bills too :( i strongly prefer perennials myself, as i am disabled and my energy is... limited and variable. its easier for me to have *most* of my plants take care of themselves.

[@chiomascharm4596]

I just love you videos! I feel like I'm in class 🥰 Thank you for sharing!

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

What a kind thing to say!! Thank you so much!

[@zeahlessley6108]

Loved this 💚 I definitely learned a lot in my own garden after this heat wave and it helped me select better varieties and prepare for future extreme heat.

[@salmonbirdz]

I loved the way you discussed eating a variety of foods to increase your resiliency. I also call it super immunity, creating a super immune system, especially important during the pandemic.

[@LoraCreates]

Thank you for the information on cooking the sunchokes in a slow cooker. I'm going to give it a try and see if it is any better for us. I love the flavor of them and they are so easy to grow in our Az 9b garden. 🙂

[@anne-marie9842]

This was very informative, thank you.

[@Whitetomato27]

Thanks for this video! I am thinking about what to plant this upcoming spring! I found this list super useful!!

[@amyjones2490]

Yep. I put in prolific Goji berry and I'm not sure I can learn to eat it. On the other hand I really enjoy Yacon a new to us tuber.

[@melissab8500]

I'm trying Yacon this year for the first time, I can't wait to taste them!

[@danihall3676]

Your videos and information are incredibly valuable. Thank you as always for sharing. I love collecting rare fruit trees and shrubs. I just planted a peanut butter fruit tree and a pitangatuba shrub! We also have muntingia trees which have berries taste like cotton candy. So while we can't grow common temperate fruit in our tropical climate, I have access to some really interesting and delicious fruit that I could never find at a grocer. Diversity really is key.

[@rtom675]

Another fantastic video! Thank you so much for taking the time to lay this out so clearly and concisely!

[@goodbarbooks3206]

Hey Angela! Thanks for all the helpful content! We are growing an Ashmead's Kernel tree and it is really struggling. Can you make a video about how you care for yours? Thanks again!

[@themusenextdoor]

16:02 It never occurred to me to see how many edible species I have in my garden, but I'm pausing the video to check. ....... I just counted 24 perennial and 22 annual plant genera (it felt like to cheating count each species for crops that come in more than one, like pumpkins and mint).

[@MyHumbleNest]

Thank you for this valuable information.

[@lotusinmud56]

Ooh fresh figs 💚

[@katiyac538]

Hi there! Loving your channel and knowledge you share. I do have a question though about How do you source these rare varieties? Is it a Google search for your area or is there a website or forum?

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

I put the question "Will I harvest it?" right up with 'will I eat it?' .. My day lilies and cannas both have edible tubers, but I do not want to dig them up - so that potential food is not one that I plan on being able to rely on, and these two perennials wind up serving as a source for fresh edible flowers (with several varieties, my supply lasts for about 4-5 months out of the year, but I have other edible flowers for early and late in the growing season, too) Not wanting to dig up the plant in order to get a yield is the reason that Jerusalem artichokes did not make the cut - but I DO grow ipomoea batatas as an annual ground cover in areas where I have not yet propagated a more suitable perennial (clovers, violets, strawberries, wintergreen, creeping dogwood, ect). Left to its own devices, sweet potatoes are perennial, but digging out the roots in order to get the yield effectively renders them an annual crop, and I don't relish the thought of destroying my mycelial layer in order to obtain an annual yield.

[@y0nd3r]

Hello from Oklahoma, new sub here. Please tell me what type of mushroom is displayed @3:56.

[@Cat-nf9bh]

Its called King stropharia or winecap mushroom. Easy to grow in wood chips in your garden.

[@y0nd3r]

@@Cat-nf9bh thank you so much. I'll see if I can find it online.

[@maggiemanzke7926]

Great list - I especially like the climate change comment. Don't try to grow for a colder climate if your local weather is warming up. Thanks for this video!

[@jwrightgardening]

When do you harvest your hazelnuts? I'm in the PNW too. I've got a bunch of native hazelnut trees but the wild animals seem to get to the nuts before I can.

[@mumbairay]

What was that thing you mentioned before good king henry and turkish rocket?

[@mumbairay]

Really miss sorbus domestica Cant get it nowhere here

[@fabricdragon]

as a note about #6 "do you want to propagate it" hybrid plants are not difficult to propagate... they simply do not come true from SEED. they can be easily propogated from cuttings. (assuming this is a crop you take cuttings from ) or by division (likewise) NO apple tree ever comes true from seed, for instance, so even if you had a non grafted apple (unlikely but possible) you would reproduce it from cuttings. as an additional note: if you plan to SELL any plants.... i'm not telling you what laws to break or keep, but you do want to be AWARE of the law, so if you break the law you did it out of choice, not ignorance... most states require a nursery permit to sell plants- this may be WAIVED in some states if you grew the plant yourself, but PLEASE look it up. in my state i believe i have an exemption for selling plants i grew on my own property... but that may not be true in other states. also be aware of plant patents. plant patents reflect the labor of years of breeding plants to get this specific variety developed. plant patents expire after 20 years, so even if a plant label says it is patented, you can look up if the patent has expired. that is a patent on the propagation of the plant (it requires a license ) a separate law is the NAME of the plant, which may be trademarked (which never expires) so.. if my "Super Perfect Hosta" plant patent has expired, i can reproduce it and sell it, BUT the name "Super perfect" may be trademarked... so... be aware of that before you wander into lawsuit territory (and yes, you can get sued)

[@stacykrett]

Start 5:19

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

Boil water to wash my dishes, I like that little extra germ killing... To my dishes

[@kunhippamkunchippa848]

Hi good morning. I want jujubi seed

[@bruc33ef]

Love your channel. In Permaculture, though, one thing I worry about is our glorification of sugary fruits that don't help in our obesogenic environment and rampant diabetes epidemic. To feed wildlife, fine, I completely get that. But many of today's selected sugar-bomb fruits (and vegetables) are nothing like the wild fruits of the past that humans evolved to eat. They just contribute too much to the sugar overload that we suffer from in modern society.

[@tealkerberus748]

When you are considering climate change resilience, please consider the possibility of short-term global cooling as well. Volcanic winter, nuclear winter, or an idiot billionaire with a space ship deciding to adjust the albedo of the upper atmosphere, could all cause up to about a decade of substantially cooler temperatures worldwide, followed by rebound warming as the short-term effect wears off and the global temperatures go back to where they would have been by then if they hadn't been interrupted. My rule of thumb is to allow for up to 15 degrees C of warming or 10 degrees C of cooling. If we can survive either extreme, we're probably okay.

[@jel77l26]

Thank so much for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Just found your channel, love it! I am planning to move to Seattle Washington area, so I guess the climate there is similar to yours. I would love to listen to more of your plant choices for permaculture gardening. 😍👍🌹🌹🙏🙏 I would like to PayPal you to show my appreciation and support. Can you please provide your full PayPal email address?

[@tifbrown8419]

*unplugs laptop whose cord is a clear tripping hazard for my dogs* 🙁

[@susanrieske4258]

Poodle?

[@poeticpursuits1332]

I wish I had land to grow a proper garden, we are very poor and it would help a lot, but I live in a duplex and my neighbor's dog's chain extends to our yard and he destroys or pees on everything. We had a cucumber patch set up on the tiny side yard but people drove through and ran over our cucumbers and peppers and I just gave up after that. So instead of a garden I ate out of the garbage last year instead.

[@cm-xq5zj]

If you qualify for food stamps/EBT, you are able to buy seeds, starter plants and fruit trees (anything that produces food for you and your family) with them. Just an FYI, not many know this.

[@cm-xq5zj]

I really hope that helps you or others.

[@poeticpursuits1332]

@@cm-xq5zj I know, I don't have EBT but the seeds are not too much of an issue, it's that I have no place to plant unless I build raised beds. And lumber is quite pricey at the moment.

[@cm-xq5zj]

@@poeticpursuits1332 I agree, lumber is insane right now. I can't afford raised beds either right now. But i have had really good results just digging up around the outer edge of my yard and planting seeds. I am new to gardening, so i don't have tons of experience (just last 2 or 3 years). Maybe try just outside of the dog chain length. Use cardboard for mulch and weed control, it also lessens the need for watering.

[@karenkoerner6015]

Frustrating! Is there a community garden plot near you? Those are common in some parts of the country. I wish you the best.

[@MiraOfMusic]

Why are you still wasting money on junk food and eating it after all of these years of food production in your garden? There is no logical reason to be doing this.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

I have four kids. Some are picky eaters. I have a busy life and the reality is sometimes convenience foods are necessary. I try not to be pedantic (or orthorexic) in my meal preparation and also have grace for myself when I don’t have the time or energy to make everything from scratch myself. In my 20s, I was very legalistic about homemade, local, seasonal, from scratch eating and it was not good for my mental health and it ran me into the ground because I couldn’t do it all perfectly all the time. I talk a lot about “good, better, best” and how we should withhold judgment from others and ourselves because we don’t know what folks are dealing with and why they can’t always choose what is “best” in our eyes.

[@MoniMeka]

@@ParkrosePermaculture I agree with all you said! I love your channel! 😊

[@DeesNutzandBerries]

Angela: grow something you like to eat. Me: I planted 30 currants last year. At least 3 different varieties. 90 pawpaws (never tried them)hazzlenuts (18 varieties) might have tried them years ago, but don't recall for sure. 🤷‍♀️ I did learn to propagate by cuttings, stratify seeds and grow plants. Will be learning grafting this year for fruit trees. My plan at this point is variety of plants, I'd like to propagate and sell for others to be self sustainable. I'd like to sell fruit n nuts when I get production going. As well as support wild life in my area.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Those are all great goals! I hope you like the pawpaws. If they are not what you expect at first, keep trying them! I think they make great ice cream! I wish more folks were growing hazels instead of almonds. They're a far more ecological nut and a great understory shrub in a food forest.