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Happy growing!

[@Peachy08]

I live on a half acre. It is broken into 3 parts. Wooded, home and garden. In garden area I have a 12 by 12 chicken run with 3 chickens. Their run has an area in it that are dedicated to making my compost. The rest is garden. A mixture of veggies,fruits and flowers. I grow blueberries, black berries, strawberries and grapes. I grow squash,tomatoes, melons, peppers,egg plant, corn,okra,green beans and onionsand more. Flowers are mixed all through out. I left the large tulip trees that about 200 years old and they give a bit of relief in our hot Georgia summers. Only thing I wish I had done differently was to have done it sooner😊 It can be done!!

[@tolbaszy8067]

The one obvious thing growing rank in that small patch is optimism! Thanks for another great video!

[@Inter_Are]

It was refreshing to see the tulips and rose in your space!! A reminder that some plants provide beauty and we don’t ask them to do anything more

[@geelee1977]

Roses provide food, double duty!

[@MartinaSchoppe]

@@geelee1977 tulips, too 🙂

[@traryvery8851]

I was inspired by you to really focus on soil care and increasing the diversity on my less than 1/4 acre home block. Diversity of plants has led to a diversity of birds, lizards and insects hanging out in the garden and is is a joyful and productive space. Thank you for this channel.

[@joshua511]

We've got a long ways to go but I've noticed many new types of birds this year. Gonna keep propagating and planting, hopefully forever. Sadly, there are also more mosquitos this year, probably due to all the excess rain.

[@traryvery8851]

@@joshua511 We could do with some of your rain (but not the mosquitoes 🤣) as we are mid autumn and still no rain in sight. Hopefully some of the birds you have attracted will dine on mozzies - the little honeyeaters in our garden also hunt for small flying insects.

[@adultpersonman4612]

I’ve recently taken on a challenge with some friends to turn their back patio into as productive of a space as possible. Gotta love the timing on things

[@clairegillies]

my entire garden is 1/20th of an acre so its nice to see your tour of what you can fit into this area.

[@maryshehane7711]

Sour cherries make the best pies and jams and jelly. Love sour cherries and you never see them in nurseries.

[@trumpetingangel]

I love walking through your farm places

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Love seeing how densely you can plant when the soil is good. Looks so lush and abundant!

[@TheEmbrio]

Another reminder to graft my crab apple... This part of your space is so vibrant !

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

What a video. I really enjoy these daring detailed deep dives of diversity, such as with the perennial Peruvian purple potatoes. There's always something new that I've never heard of before, which gets my "collector" mind all tingling.

[@edibleacres]

So many plants to explore in just one lifetime!

[@sinkintostillness]

I love it! My total garden space is about the same size. I am slowly creating "forest" gardens using the layering method. I have a problem with wanting ALL the plants so this method suits me well. I love the idea of "foraging" my garden so love having massive variety!

[@breecedjpancake8565]

Loved the tour! Great to see these spaces maturing. Would love more wanders/tours of various spaces as the season progresses, if you feel up to it!

[@luvinchickensgardensbutter8733]

have you ever thought of adding hosta? they would provide a nice ground layer and you can eat them early in the spring.

[@yLeprechaun]

What?! Edible Hostas? Do tell, I have about 125-150 Hostas. I've never heard of eating them. Please share more.

[@sinkintostillness]

Hostas always end up being sacrificial in my garden, I can never keep them going before the slugs and snails get them!

[@junievelyne]

You are incredibly interesting. Your knowledge of plants and nature is inspiring! Thank you

[@beskamir5977]

My entire garden is about this size so it's really encouraging to see what you've been able to do in such a small space.

[@edibleacres]

This is exactly who this video is for!

[@awakenacres]

Thanks for the inspiration!💚

[@CharlesGann1]

Love thiswalkI through! As usual amazing evolution of your location. Truly inspiring.

[@edibleacres]

So glad it resonated with you!

[@noah786]

Perhaps fortify the living fence with some evergreens to help with road noise

[@doodler31]

Love the variety and the green! We are well north of you and our rhubarb is just starting to show. We're year one planting a new site, so these update videos are very inspiring to keep chugging along!

[@TaxEvasion777]

I have a small lot and it feels like the farm fields I used to work on in highschool with how much work there can be in a small area.

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

Really inspiring, the multi variety apple tree is great, have you done a video on how you grafted that. ✨

[@bigonprivacy2708]

Super inspiring! Thank you.

[@jjrael]

Thanks!

[@edibleacres]

Thank you so very much, wonderful!

[@sonjaambrosius731]

Perennial purple Peruvian potatoes, I am so intrigued, linguistically as well as botanically. 😊

[@edibleacres]

We're calling them 'Ancient Blue' and more to come :)

[@shawnfromportland]

banger episode

[@joanneoverstreet72]

Excellent! So many ideas! 💚🌱😊

[@TonyaLee-uu8bf]

Thank you

[@miabagley2202]

My main growing area is next to a busy road. No other choice. I wonder too about pollution but I also don’t want to stop growing food.

[@edibleacres]

Keep growing food!

[@charlesbale8376]

Enjoyed the video and found the information very useful for my small gardening space.

[@TheEmbrio]

My question is with honeyberry, shade, spacing, and tolerance to companions. I put 2 that should be good polination companions, but I guess my fertility efforts in this particular bed was more successful than anticipated, or the wet year we are having helped... anyway they are now surpassed by snapdragons (perenial here) and a shrub (lagerstroemias conducted as a shrub. I could prune it as a standard too...) and a fig tree finally going through a growth spurt after a few years lagging. Some sorrel close by. Irises but to their north a’d east (northern hemishere). the question : Since you plan to offer up some honeyberries, what kind of growing conditions and maintenance would you recommend ? And weeds (self seeding annual flowers) oh and ground cherry self seeding.

[@daiblaze1396]

Yeah, we can do anything even with how little we are given. I live in the tropics, was happy how big the corn were growing. One day I do not see them, then wonder why they are all down execpt few. It took me a week to figure out it was due to ants. 6 years in, I invest my will in the garden, always trying to bring more life. I thought that this year would be the start of having some in return but no another problem. This is disappointing to see that no matter what I do for letting life takes place, every year I have a new unexpected problem. I understand more and more why some say it takes 10 years to be a gardener. Your video comes at a right time as I will focus on a smaller space, plant more in this small space and see how it goes from there. Don't quit folks working with Nature takes time!

[@PierreDuranleau-wx7fq]

Amazing!!!

[@oceangirl8810]

I love the idea of your living wall. I am planning to create a similar area at the edge of my property to define our property line as well as to incorporate more native plantings. I would love to learn more about your planning process for this area.

[@jkochosc]

I remember this 1/20th of an acre was like 4 overgrown forsythias 😅

[@edibleacres]

Ha, yep! 2015 :)

[@WingardMT]

? about winter plowing your driveway--where does the pile get pushed to? I ask because we have not been succssful with any growth where piles of snow sit for a time. LOVE your inspiration always!

[@edibleacres]

We shovel our driveway by hand...

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

Awesome!

[@peterellis4262]

I know you said you would talk about it in greater detail at another time, but impatience! ;) Why are you moving away from the sunchokes? Just in these locations, or generally?

[@ChristopherLWeeks]

Yeah, I'm interested to hear more about the sunchoke hate! 🙂

[@ukana5315]

Hey. I would love to see some timelaps of swales and some swale updates how thay look this time of year. ❤❤❤❤

[@lmullens75]

Gosh, we are in Oklahoma, and you'd think that we could have perennials like those coming back every spring, but the summer heat and the extreme winters we have just squelch them. I've got a decent row of elderberry and blackberries and wild garlic, but that is about it. Rhubarb disappears in our summer heat, but sometimes comes back the next spring. I have shade cloth on our high tunnel, so maybe I need to do more perennials in there. . . hmmmmm.

[@JumpingSpider37]

Good stuff! I was wondering what your process for deciding on trying things was like? For example, you mentioned the rhubarb. What compelled you to try and plant it there in the first place? Clearly it works! But conventional wisdom would have steered me away from trying it. Always love seeing the work you’re doing!

[@thehillsidegardener3961]

Nice to see how much is going on in your garden, I am still battling to supplant "weeds" with useful species' to the extent you have, time is the enemy... I would be interested in your thoughts on sunchoke/Jerusalem artichoke, it's a bit of a permaculture favourite but it has started taking on traits of invasiveness in my garden, popping up in places I never planted it, which is great for biomass and free food but the fact is it's not a native, and also my family just isn't that sold on eating it (I know there are ways to prepare it, but it's not the easiest sell regardless). I'd also be interested in the turmeric, I have tried growing it in pots for now, though we have long, warm summers so outside is an option. But although it sprouts and starts putting out leaves it doesn't seem to thrive, I'd be interested to see how it does for you.

[@BroadShouldersFarm]

Once again Sean’s incredible head of hair openly mocking me.

[@edibleacres]

The greasy poof of grey

[@zmblion]

Do you have any push back from neighbors or the city having a "wild looking yard"?

[@deannarogers4706]

I was wondering about that also. Our city and neighbors would have a fit. My neighbor ask to mow my tall plants, I gave in. He mowed part of my butterfly bush that I planted last year.

[@zmblion]

@@deannarogers4706 my city would too. But it states in their laws that if it's cultivated I can grow it. But if I had a yard like theirs idk they would probably freak out. And no way would I let my neighbors mow anything in my yard because most people are idiots and don't care

[@smueller12244]

sorry about your road. On a positive note, the road can help aid local deliveries of tasty plant materials which is cool. So loud

[@edibleacres]

We are lucky to live in a place that is safe. So many people on the planet don't have that. We have decent water, access to electricity, a good life, ample food and an annoying road. I truly can't complain

[@movingforward4623]

Very inspiring what can be done in a small space. Looked like the red buds had been pollard? I make notes of new plants I want to obtain with each of your videos, the list is getting pretty long!

[@elyamc9456]

Please pardon my ignorance, but what is mint root? Is it literally the roots from mint plants or something else?

[@yukey2587]

My goodness, my friend! You are suddenly grey.

[@slaplapdog]

Do you market the mint root to chefs?

[@MrEunderwood]

How tall will the elderberry grow after pollarding at that height? I've planted some on 4ft spacing to use as a visual barrier from the road.

[@Lotuslaful]

❤❤❤

[@Mel59841]

Do you start everything from seed and also how much can be direct sown as seeds? Thank you

[@edibleacres]

SO many different ways things are propagated here... Some as seeds, some cuttings, etc etc

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Wait. "Mint root"?? Cursory internet search turns up "corsican mint" as a ground cover, perennial only in zone 7-9. No "mint root." Please explain.

[@edibleacres]

Mint Root is also Crosnes or Chinese Artichoke. Mint family perennial that is pretty darn weedy and expansive and makes a lovely little root nubbin you can eat in the spring.

[@mikhailshafeev9384]

I think your garden area is quite polluted from the road nearby. Do you actually eat the vegetables which are grown there? Isn't it dangerous for your health?

[@edibleacres]

We don't eat much of what is grown in this area, but that said I wonder if food from here would have higher or lower chemicals than standard food at a restaurant or grocery store...

[@igounfazed]

So... 1/20th of an acre is 46.7 feet by 46.7 feet square. I had to put that into a perspective I could readily visualize. That's actually no a lot of space.

[@edibleacres]

Pretty small!

[@igounfazed]

@@edibleacres I meant from a 'home's' perspective. Square Foot Gardening, that would be over 2,000 plants. How you made use of the space is, relatively, huge.

[@HergerTheJoyous]

With all the carbon capture you do you should get some of those carbon credits! Lol

[@edibleacres]

Yeah right, we're not a big enough corporation or doing enough nasty stuff in other realms to get money for this!

[@mtnmanrab]

redbuds do not fix nitrogen. look it up.

[@TheBonsaiJungle]

Aren’t you worried that when the economy collapses soon people will just walk by and take everything?

[@jjgrenwich264]

I dont think red buds have the rhizobium relationship