Soil food web, No dig gardening, No till farming, Mulching, Living mulch, Back to Eden method

[@LanaUjdenica]

Great video! Thank you. I am from continental Croatia, and the weather has been crazy for the last 10 years. When I was a kid, we had really cold winters, to a meter of snow, now, every year the winter gets milder. I don't remember the last time we had over 50 cm of snow. Not in the last 5-6 years I would say. It might be that I was smaller, but I really thing it's not just that. We have crazy rain in the last couple of years. Big floods in Croatia, quite a big problem in some areas. We are lucky in my village, no floods, no fires... only human ignorance. Our biggest problem. But people learn slowly it seems to me. We are finding our way back to nature. Quite a lot of making up to do, but I am looking forward to every second of it. Thank you for this wonderful video! I feel like nature is starting to slowly get better. There are more and more people helping it now and little by little, it is regaining that balance. Baby steps but good, important ones. As much as we all can.

[@s70rk]

I live in Denmark. I'm 27 now, but during my early childhood (under the age of 10), I remember a lot of snow in the winter times, a lot more frequent than now. The last 10 years we haven't really seen any snow. A lot more rainfall (which our infrastructure is not used to dealing with, we quickly get flooding damage everywhere after only a mild storm), and we could see frequent powerful storms in the future (we've only had 1 or 2 major storms in my lifetime). ---- All the global warming talk aside, this was a beautiful and inspiring video. You have a new subscriber.

[@kellinigh2398]

Less regular rainfall here in Southern Ontario Canada. Your project is so impressive and I have enjoyed your videos. Stay well and good health.

[@elisha_oo]

He should also be cover cropping. that'll help solve the erosion problem and potentially improve the soil nutrients even more.

[@svetlanikolova7673]

cover cropping is not the solution to small farmers.

[@svelanikolova5776]

Mulch it with grass or stinging nettle or young clover

[@svelanikolova5776]

I mulched 5 feet deep with hey branches left overs coffee grounds etc. You don't have soil erosion if you mulch deep. 1st year is thd worst cus you need a lot of spoind hey. Drench the ground good after putting it on. I am on a ope so it was rely bad. My house is only a few feet from the edge of a land slide. I got in the habit of putting all kinds of mulch there. No more problems.

[@mdouble100]

Your description of the soil as a living entity is exceptionally important. So many people today are disconnected from the soil. Living on pavement or cement, away form nature, living soil is not really appreciated or respected. When this happens soil becomes little more than just dirt. It's vital role in sustaining all life then falls away or simply doesn't seem relevant. We are then left with a general attitude toward the soil which is entirely unhealthy and unnatural. Once this happens, and that intimate connection to the living earth is broken, we condemn ourselves to a slow but inevitable decline into systems of growing which are both artificial and unsustainable.

[@svetlanikolova5557]

Hi, As soon as I did a detailed research on vermicomposting and no dig gardening, my eyes were opened . Today I received over 150 kilos of compost and worms I felt I was in compost heaven. lol ! However, I have a deep appreciation for the earth and what the earth provides food wise. Happy gardening and greetings from the Mountains of Bulgaria!!!☺

[@jimwilleford6140]

Marvin Double Well pointed out!

[@meehan302]

Until today we had little or no rain in London for 6 to 8 weeks. Temperatures ranged from 21° to 34 °c - our hotest day. To day it isa drizzle with 22°. Although days were fairly warm the nights remained cold 7 to 13° until 10 days ago. Now we get 16 or 17°at night. In essence this means that we are all about 3 weeks behind. Good that you have settled in well and I like the no dig success. Best wishes Patrick

[@gardengal5725]

What a beautiful place you are in. I am watching this from the State of Maine in the US. A small town called Biddeford. We are in Fall-leaves are falling, coming into winter. I have only been back here for 2 years, we have had much more snow than usual and it has been colder than usual. I had my first garden this past year, I am just learning--I have built raised beds to use next year.

[@shannontemple6716]

We live in east Texas USA. Now in May of 2016 we are coming out of a 10 year drought. Loads of rain now and we are happy to see it. Also this year has been uncharacteristically temperate so far. Love your video and seeing the vegetation growing at your spot in India.

[@johnnyjaws613]

You have an amazingly important point about how badly weather is doing, it's completely different where I am it's as if I moved to another climate since I was a child I'm 23 and the change is terrifyingly apparent. I live in Ontario, Canada

[@RBMawby]

Weather in NJ is very unusual. KZbin "One Lonely Farmer" has commented extensively about too much rain follwed by none. I have sailed a 16 foot boat in this area since 1958 and the winds have been stronger more frequently than usual. I am working on a permaculture plan for close to 5 acres that has NEVER had any "cide" applied unless a helicopter dropped it or it came from run-off. Corn seed was planted with a fish head and horse manure. Watching with great interest. Thanks for the help.

[@mantavioextremo]

Like the videos, nice flow of information and experience happening. Our weather has changed quite a bit over the decades. I live in Arcata, CA - Humboldt County - about a mile from the ocean. Years past were big, long rainy season with constant cool weather and fog. Last 4-5 years it has shifted to a bit drier and definately warmer avg temperatures. We had an El Nino year so big rains, but this effect should be wanning now.

[@johncline3033]

good way to go, if you can. where I live, in the summer every good rain you'd have to start over. raised beds. your explanation of the micro system of soil was spot on.

[@BlackCat_2]

I don't know about the last 10 years but this year has been very interesting. Much cooler and a whole lot of wet. We had a lot of flooding this year and most of it with disastrous effects. It has been a very cool spring and early summer for Texas. - Heidi

[@SirRobinDeSway]

Here in Southern Britain it is definitely changing weather...warmer, milder winter. Plants that used to appear in may now appear in april, year after year. On the south coast we are awash with strawberries,, for example, at the beginning of may. It used to be June. On the alarming side, frosts are becoming rare and pests more numerous..but then the bio checks(ladybirds to eat aphids for example) are also doing well. Nature seeks balance. Good video..thanks

[@meenki347]

I'm 52 years old and since first grade I grew up and continue to live in New York City. When I was a child I remember New York City was bitter cold during the winter and it rarely snowed. I would wear long john's all winter. But the weather has changed significantly since I was a child. Despite a heck of a lot of snow (?) over the last 10 years we now get almost two weeks of warm spring like weather in January and New York City is no longer "bitter" cold. Now I only wear long johns a few days a year if at all.

[@enjoyyourlife40]

Answering you on my area and the changes we have had over the last ten years -- I am in Oakland across the Bay from San Francisco. Ten years ago we received over 22 inches of rain between November and March which is our normal pattern. About 4 years ago we started receiving much less so now as everyone knows we are in a tremendous drought. Just about everyone has changed their landscape either by choosing to remove lawns and replace them with drought resistant plants or Mother Nature just letting what you have die. I still have my vegetable garden because I strongly believe the footprint I create with growing my own is less than if I buy groceries from a grocery store. Looking at our Redwood trees you might think we are lush but the Redwoods receive a lot of their moisture thru fog. Our soil is very, very dry. We use gray water on our non vegetable plants. Mulch is everywhere.

[@donnaflores50]

Hello, I live in the Foothills of the Angeles Crest Mountains of California. Our weather has changed dramatically in the past 20 years. We have been in a "five" year drought (more like 10). Summers are hotter and winters warmer. The seasons seemed to have shifted by about a month. We used to get our rains from December to April, now they come in November and December. The summer growing season is very challenging and I have more success in the fall and winter. We have had terrible fires in the past 10 years. I believe that it is not a drought, but a permanent change in the climate.

[@alyceelmore2388]

I live in Victoria Australia. this area is hot and dry in summer and usually wet and cool in winter. this year winter was drier and colder, summer had been very dry and hotter than normal. soil is heavy clay so most of the area is burnt grass at the moment. many of my friends have dams and rain tanks that have run dry so they are forced to have water trucked in for household use. I had a bore installed and it provides decent water which keeps my garden going. I have a lovely food forest that not only provides food for myself and my poultry but also gives them a cool place to escape the heat.

[@christinasmith6043]

Great ideas. I'm in Scotland, in Edinburgh, its snowing today, unusual for Edinburgh, not for the rest of Scotalnd. Yes been a great change in weather. East Coast where I am, is getting wetter winters, and springs dryer summers and autumn, not so for the rest of this good ole country.

[@veganwinter2090]

Namaste' -Thank you for the "Back To Eden" type of gardening information. The weather in Middle Georgia has been often dry, and too much drought since the early 70's. In fact, I am still searching for older rain measurements, to see what the precipitation and weather was really like in the prior 105 years. The clouds do not need much water in them to rain, and it is good to have that little bit of watering ; a rain dance is an often thought. The clouds are sometimes fantastic.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

I've been around for a half century. The past two winters here in PA were the coldest I have ever experienced. However, this year has been very mild. Not much different over the decades as far as I can remember. Of course, one remembers deep snow from childhood since those times stand out in your mind. We have always had winters that fluctuated from snowy and cold to wet and cold. I remember one year about 1990, people were skiing in shorts in February and it never got cold again that winter. Also, our summers have been pretty nice - not very hot weather. Overall, I would choose cooler, not warmer if I had to pick a change here.

[@Dominicaislandmon]

I live in the USA zone 7 area. North Mississippi and Alabama. My great grandfather sawed ice from the ponds in winter to haul to his double log walled ice house. It was underground with just a roof above the soil. Now it is 10 to 20 years apart to freeze the ponds with a thin layer of ice. In my childhood, 1950s it was always cold enough for us to butcher our hogs on Thanksgiving day or week. Now it is too hot until at least a month later. It is getting hotter here but the rain is still keeping pace with it. Animals living in Florida south of us and hotter, are now moving up into our state. I can foresee a shift in growing different types of crops but not really a much different climate here. I just see us being able to grow warmer climate things that we couldn't in the old days. Maybe I can have an avocado tree before I die! :) I enjoy your videos..... keep them up.

[@happyenzyme]

I live in Baja California Mexico, and the past 10 years have been really dry. I remember when I was a kid (1980s) we used to go camping at the Sierra de Juarez and all the lakes and streams would have water all year. Today these lakes and streams have water only for a month at the beginning of spring. Also, your monsoon might be late because the el Niño is supposed to come this year.

[@smallfootprint2961]

I live in Southern Oregon, on the coast. We have had less rain than usual and last winter, very low snow pack in the mountains, therefore, the aquifers are low, the creeks and rivers are low which all effects the fish, and the irrigation. This kind of gardening is perfect for us because just a little way down, is wet soil.

[@Avigar1]

Hello and thank you for the helpful information. I want to start no dig this spring in my Colorado garden which is on a new build site of heavy clay. Good to know that some forking will be helpful. The big change affecting gardens here over the last 10 years is that there is less snow. I have been here on and off for there last 35 years & it used to be that the snow would sustain the perrenial plants over winter. Now, if you have newly planted trees/ shrubs/ plants, you have to water periodically over the winter, (i try to do it when temps are going to reach above 40F for a few days at a time), or they won't have a good chance of survival. When it does snow, I take all of the shoveled snow & heap it around the plants and trees.

[@TheLastLogicalOne]

In my climate (UK, london), it seems that summers are hotter and are lasting well into autumn.

[@aprilj794]

Back to Eden gardening: 2 to 4 inches of mulch, next layer is decomposed organic matter (compost) , then mulch again with the wood chips.. Then to plant we scrape back the wood chips and plant into the layer of compost after seeds come up then push back the wood chips.. Important to add organic matter to fertilize such as composted weeds, grass clippings, chicken manure ext. during the growing season. A key to this is not mixing the wood chips into the soil or compost but by simply layering ! 😉

[@fishmut]

April Duke great advice April . Started this type of gardening this year, wish me some luck. Xo

[@svetlanikolova7673]

@@fishmut don't expect miracles overnight

[@booswalia]

The weather in Eastern Canada (the maritimes), for the past ten years has been getting slightly warmer. But what I notice most is that the first frost date in the fall is much later. Ten years ago all the frost sensitive plants would start to show stress from cold in late September. The first frost is now arriving in mid October. It's actually quite nice to get those few extra weeks in the garden. And we commonly don't have any accumulation of snow until after Christmas.

[@melindalancaster9648]

@work with nature-organic....hi, i live in the Port St.Lucie, Fla...also the tropics. Yes i think the climate is changing but they have done a lot of chemtrails here. compost /permaculture are a great way to protect your soil. In the BTE gardens the woodchips or covering protect soil from these elements. I am using my own like you are but i have very sandy soil and pine trees.

[@TylerDane]

Hi there, thanks for the informative video. The climate in South Africa has been very hot in the last few summers, with the last couple of winters being very wet.

[@aprilj794]

I live in Clermont fl and my experience with our weather has been our spring temperatures have been skipped and we go right away into high 80's low 90's. Our summers are very hot with rain every afternoon which has caused many struggles with bugs and plant diseases.... We are converting our gardens to work with nature by using the back to Eden gardening....

[@Horse237]

Cool winters. 50 inches of rain in Tennessee, USA. I am 75 miles from the Mississippi river. That is a rainy area. 40 to 52 or 53 inches of rain every year. Much drier further west in the US. Not much awareness locally of No Till gardening and Soil Biology. I am a new subscriber.

[@SunnycoastKlips]

That was such a great, informative video, thankyou!

[@aaronwolff4]

I live near the northern part of the Santa Cruz Mountains in California, and I remember in March of 2006, less than an inch of spotty, sparse snow fell on some of the mountain. That is the last time I've seen snow anywhere within a hundred miles of where I live. Since then, winters have had only a few rains, some of them moderately intense. This year there was in fact a bit more rain than usual! A few mushrooms sprang up, but its nothing that will really affect the drought. Summers have always been hot and dry here. -Aaron

[@fernbutler8630]

In northern Michigan, USA the weather has been crazy. Our winters have nearly gone away, except for two years ago we had the coldest winter in 100 years. Our summers have gotten hotter every year except for this year where we had no summer. cold and rainy all summer long, all the heat-dependent species have had trouble ripening.

[@gracieladuarte1267]

I lived 40 years in Sacramento area in California and temperatures were higher each year and winters more sever. Now I have lived in Tucson, Arizona for the past 4 years and the climate here is also changing..in the desert areas more rain and colder winters.

[@628DirtRooster]

It looks humid there.

[@paulamitchell3068]

Hello I live in East Tennessee in the US and I have noticed a huge difference in our weather over the past few years. Just this past December we experienced some 60 degree Fahrenheit weather that was very unusual for us. It has been very warm when it should be very cold for the past few years.

[@ReefHeater]

same trend happening in minnesota.. .the last few winters in southern mn have been pathetic excuses for snowy mn winters.... i am young but in 2010 we had hella snow but the last 4 or so seasons have gotten weirder and weirder.... a few weeks ago we broke a high temp record of a few years ago at 30 or 40 degress when the temp we got this year was 65.... also a very early warm up this year

[@eddy8828]

great video. the weather seems colder in my area and Im in Toronto.

[@diannegleaton4182]

I live in Fl, USA. OUR WEATHER HAS BEEN WARMER, AND WETTER THAN NORMAL. THIS PATTERN HAS BEEN EVOLVING OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SO YEARS. DIANNE G

[@sathancat]

Washington DC area here, we've experienced a great amount of precipitation; though these storms seem more fierce than in the past. It seems like we get a lot of moisture trapped in between the Atlantic Ocean and the Allegheny mountains.

[@backyardgardeningonvanisle]

Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada - we had a very mild winter, no snow, which meant no snow pack on the mountains. We've had record low rain fall all Spring and Summer, and we are in a level 4 drought (worst anyone has seen... BC is supposed to be rain forests!) It has also been much warmer than seasonal. This has resulted in heavy water restrictions, 180+ wildfires and forest devastation and loss of property for some. I have started using grey water for my veggie and perennial gardens, and making use of lots of mulch!

[@heidiroberts6094]

Hello! Really enjoying your videos and seriously considering no-till gardening. Here in northern Idaho our weather is in a cycle of extremes. First there was record snow, now HOT and drought. I believe it's a result of trying to control things too much.

[@philcoppa]

I am in New England and the past twenty years have been milder than I remember from many years ago. On the whole, I prefer it warmer. The winter of 2015 was perhaps the worst in those twenty years, very cold and snowy. This winter was comparatively mild till February 14 when we had sub zero weather.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

In north central Florida the weather had been very good over the last ten years. The rains have been good and except for one hard freeze in 2010 the winters very mild. The summer rains have been coming later every year for the last three years.

[@SuperGumballWaterson]

I live in iowa, moved here in 2004 but my mom was born here, in the past 13 years I've lived here we've gone through drought, floods, and our winter has shortened to hardly a month, we used to have snow by Thanksgiving, this year we didn't have any till January

[@ewanfuller8039]

You should plant sweet potatoes next to the banana trees for mulching too

[@shexdensmore]

Mid Michigan, USA. last year(2015) we had a very mild and wet summer. This summer, it's been the highest temps yet, broke a few previous record's too.

[@markhudson1477]

I live in the desert southwest of America. The winters were wet, as deserts go, when I first came here. We have had a drought for the last few years and this year is nice and wet. My compost pile is large, it takes 4 1/2 hours to turn by hand and I did dig at first. Now I have been layering the vegetable beds and the soil is black. Only 4 years on this property. I have possibly found a source for wood chips.

[@grahamrdyer6322]

Yep, I like you work, I live in Southern England, I.O.W Less rainfall than normal and warmer, in the last ten years the weather is on the hole warmer but with a lot of weird weather, and what was that nice bird. ?

[@karentrumper56]

i live in the midlands England wet and seems to be getting wetter ,not as cold .

[@Jodi_lynn]

I'm in southeast Missouri and its been in the upper 60's low 70's in the middle of December! ten years ago we would be having Massive ice/snow storms buy now...the last couple years its been snowing in late march... crazy!

[@ReefHeater]

so i live in minnesota usa... the seasons have been getting weirder i would have to say... 5+ years ago we had nice strong, cold, and snowy winters,, and mild to hot, summers....... this last winter has been so lame and we barely got any snow just like the last few years..... but 5 years ago it was better and before that even more so but i am young.... and this dec/jan/feb barely even got down to negative 15 deg F.... we broke a local tempurature recored a few weeks ago when the last warmest year on that day was at like 30 or 40 deg f... this year it hit 65... in early march... it may just be variations.. however i have been weirded out, and it grabs my attention haha

[@tersta1]

I'm on the southern shore of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Ontario Canada. I'm finding the weather here more erratic as time passes. The chance and incidence of ice storms is now common. In the past seasons were more definite with shorter seasonal transition phases, but now rain can be followed by snow or visa versa for 8 months of the year . The end result is heavy ice build up over winter, ground thawing and freezing again in sping and false starts for plants and animals. This year the cold has stayed on far too long, but we've had brief warm spells too - enough to begin plant germination, induce breeding in local animal species and entice migratory species back - and then sub-zero temperatures return. Over winter and spring there has been a rapid succession of climate extremes. In this hardiness zone (5a) the growing season is short. The unpredictability of cold snaps and snow right up to the end of May prevent anyone without greenhouses and cold frames from getting a head start on nature. That's normal for this region, but the abnormal weather is the duration of volatile climate extremes. Now it's all year long.

[@halsteward1003]

Middle of Arizona, used to monsoon, then heat would burn off the humidity. Lately the Humidity remains and it takes quite a while before it heats up enough to burn it off. Only 3 things bad about AZ, June, July, and August. But 2016 August was real mild, compared to EVER, I've seen.

[@Verdonne]

I live in central Florida and have been here off and on for sixty years........in the last 5-7 years our weather has changed drastically. In the past we would have 90 degree weather from March through September once we hit June it would usually be 95 or better everyday and over 70 at night. This year we actually had mid-eighty degrees in August which is unusual. Also the weather seems to be much cooler all through spring. Another change in weather is our afternoon summer storms.....use to have on most days a storm for 1 hour or so in the afternoon, now we are having rainy days almost everyday off and on all day and night this summer at least.

[@DonnaldaSmolens]

I live in Southern California, in the desert region. I have lived here for over 30 years. The last 3 years our summers have been very cool, in comparison. It used to be that during June we would have temps up to 125 degrees F, in 2013 it was 118 degrees as the highest, 2014 it was 116 degrees as the highest and this year 112 degrees as the highest. In general the summers have been cooler and the winters have been warmer (no frost at all for 3 years). Very unusual weather for here.

[@jackicomber8534]

South East Queensland Australia. ...we are getting less constant rain but mixed with extreme storms.

[@HighDesertGarden]

Last year I had literally millions of bees in my garden. I have a tree which the bees just love when it flowers; however, this year, I have seen hardly any bees.

[@Senaleb]

I'm in central oregon. I have lived here for about 13 or 14 years. (redmond, oregon). The area here is a high desert, but we have about 3-4 months of snow and cold weather from October to Early March. Our weather here is highly dictated by the Cascade Mountain range. I Think we have gotten far more higher temps for a little longer. Right now 6/4/16 ..its 95. Thats pretty atypical. Usually 90s don't hit till late june/early july and last till mid to late august. I absolutely love living here though even though our growing/gardening season is extremely short.

[@havfaith56]

Around St. Louis Missouri in the center of the US. Spring was cool and very wet. Farmers fields are growing but wet. Some crops are molding. It got down to 60° F at night a few times under this cool wet few weeks. That is too cool for our area. Next week it will be in the 90°F range. That is about right and it is very humid because of standing water.

[@fluffheadmarley]

I'm in central Ohio in the States. We had rain every day in June and most of July. Very rare.

[@spontaneousevangelist6312]

When I was growing up in Washington state we used to have snow every winter that would last weeks. Now, it's rare to have much snow but we'll get freezing weather instead. If there is snow or if the weather was cold enough, it would only last a few days.

[@RedC53]

Canadian Maritimes here and I have been here for over 60 years. The weather has been consistently inconsistent other than the changing of the seasons. We had cold weather, harsh winters in my youth, winters became warmer and more benign through the years and over the last few years back to really cold and extreme winters with later springs and colder summers. Storms seem to be more often, somewhat more violent with a lot of precipitation. Really difficult to conclude if this is different.

[@leonelmessi5548]

I live in California and it rained in July this year. Not much but I haven't seen it rain in the summer.

[@JohnSmith-yh4qt]

I live in the Central Interior of British Columbia Canada. It is December 12th, And it's -2C where I am at. Snow cover is patchy this year. I took a walk this morning, although everything was covered with frost, I easily got away with wearing just a thin sweater. Yesterday was 0 and sunny so I wore a t-shirt. Very strange. I have noticed over the last few years that when the time comes for our first "winter dump" the temperature is simply too warm for it to fall as snow. It rained like crazy, almost as if I was down south on Vancouver Island. Also I know that In Alberta it has been very dry over the past few years. Still bone chilling cold in the winter, (-40C -50C) for a few weeks in Jan-Feb, but there is not much snow. Humidity is very very low.

[@CraigOverend]

I've done dig gardens and they're no fun on your back, so I love no dig, though sometimes I will minimum fork or crack hard clay soil to help with moisture penetration and aeration, followed by a compost layer down those cracks. The snow season here in east Victoria and New South Wales Australia has just arrived and is it's latest on record, and now a large cold front is hitting us and even dairy farmers in some regions are having to hay feed and are concerned about cattle safety because they've never needed shelters before. And yet west of Victoria is in drought and have the lowest rainfall on record. One extreme to another.

[@carolynknox8779]

I live in the San Joachin Valley of California. Summers are killer hot. Rains in winter except we have had a 5 year drought. Very hard Clay soil called Caleche. In spite of the hard soil, lots of crops are grown here using traditional methods.

[@bubblebeebartend]

how the weather has changed where we live: we just went through the hottest summers ever in the sw. breaking records every other day 117+ and a few times hitting 120 in arizona. it didn't even start to chill down until november and now we are 10 degrees below avg this january. I have started seeds indoors for my first year gardening

[@zTargeTed1]

I've got some pretty nasty clay also (St Croix, USVI... it's a "Coral" island) I'll have to give this a shot and see if its workable. Weather here has been pretty good, though I've only been here for 3 years, so I can't give you a long run break down (massive drought last year put a lot of the farmers in a bad situation). Luckily (or not?) I run a horse rescue so I have plenty of access to fertilizer.

[@lisalacy688]

Southern Wisconsin weather has been all around milder. Cooler Summers and less dramatic winters. Less snow, less bitter cold. Can't complain but it is different.

[@tommerchant9075]

I am English and my wife is Indian. She comes from just over the mountains from you, in Kodagu near Mysore. Her dad grows coffee as a main cash crop with an overstorey of coconuts and native trees for the wildlife and shade, Arak nut, papaya, with pepper winding around the base of the trees. I said to him have you ever heard of forest gardening? and he looked at me as if I was an idiot, to him it is a coffee plantation but with a lot of biodiversity. We watch your updates together, please can we have more?

[@forgetmeplease1414]

Galveston, TX. Honestly hasn't changed. But I will also say, our weather has always been crazy! Texas is known for the 100 degrees one day, 60 the next... and our hurricanes still haven't topped the 1900 storm.

[@michamalinowski8015]

I believe there were no vascular plants 5 billion years ago. :P I was always considering creating a no-dig garden, but I always wondering is it possible to get all the mulch on site- without importing any mulch. For me sustainable farming is about running on a closed loop so I'm still a bit sceptical about no-dig. But the beds look cool. Fascinating to see beds swarming with life- plant, fungal, insects. Joy to watch. Where do you source the mulch? And abut the weather- hard to say. I'm from Poland and the climate here depends on the dominant winds blowing at a given year so the farmers have to be prepared for everything.

[@ts694]

Central Alaska is noticeably warmer in the last decade, but the wet and dry periods are much less predictable.

[@theresamacdonald7419]

I find the seasons in our area are shifting a bit...later fall/winter starts and of course later spring or no spring, just instant summer. Tending to be a dryer winter...not enough snow cover to wet the fields. Algonquin Park area towards Ottawa, Ontario Canada

[@turbonbc]

Weather has dramatically changed here in Australia in the last 5-10 years. As the poles are said to be shifting we are starting to get proper seasons. It used to be always sunny here and even in winter times it wasn't that cold. This year has been the coldest ever and it just gets colder/warmer every year.

[@RichWoods23]

The poles are not shifting, or at least not by anything but the well-understood precession cycle of ~26,000 years.

[@jinfengshen6310]

Very hot summer in south California lately, drought problem...

[@lorilorihallelujah1753]

Central California. We are in drought. This winter we have been getting a lot of rain and we are told more is expected.

[@andrewa312]

East Mediterranean - getting hotter & hotter every year, less rainfall in average, rain often happens intensely and fast rather than less intense over a longer period of time. We have several intense heat waves during the year and cold waves as well (less frequent). Just this spring, in June, we've had two REALLY bad heat waves (45c in the shade), which came after a cold wave including some rains typical for our winter season. Those heat waves instantly made my lettuce and cauliflower plants bolt. They didn't have a chance.

[@justinroby8107]

in the San Joaquin Valley in California it is incredibly hot. 110+ some days of the summer. Our winters have been shorter and warmer every year.

[@akeem1221]

Amazing information.

[@clivemossmoon3611]

You grow moringa? If so I'd love to see your trees. :-)

[@randieray3142]

We have traveled within the last three years between Alaska and Oregon, USA. The summer of 2014 & 15 in Alaska was much warmer than usual with temps in the 80s F consistently and the winter was relatively very mild with temps not even getting below zero F but briefly once or twice. Here in Oregon this year, 2016 it has become spring weather about a month earlier than usual and we have had record high temps in early April of 80F-90F. Before we left for Alaska it had not gotten this hot in Oregon until late July or August and we had lived in the Greater Portland area for over 60 years.

[@randieray3142]

We were in the Wasilla-Anchorage area of Alaska which are considered the banana belt of the state.

[@randieray3142]

Great video by the way, I want to do this with my yard.

[@garthwunsch]

I live in Northern Ontario where I think we are actually "benefitting" a bit from climate change, in that we have adequate rainfall and warmer summers with a longer growing season (shorter winters - less snow... but we have erratic spring frosts which has been problematic for the wild blueberries which I so love. The blossoms have frozen for the last two years :-( I have practiced No-Dig for the last five years with great success.

[@joansmith3492]

I'm from north Texas in USA. We had a ~ 10 yr drought then a flood yr 3 yrs ago. milder winter over-all but one very cold night that killed several of my fig and pomegranate.

[@kairosthegreat522]

i live in michigan where the weather changes pretty much every five minutes lol

[@Alexrawlife]

Cornwall uk, weather has changed a lot we don't really have distinct seasons anymore. Winter sits at around 11c and so far this summer sitting at around 12-13c with as much rain as we get in the winter...most allotments here have suffered as a consequence

[@jinfengshen6310]

Cool video btw

[@havfaith56]

Turning chickens out on my soil has really help my soil. I turn then out during the winter.

[@sbuzz5889]

south fl weather has been dryer than norm. heat about the same HOT in summer warmer than usual in winter past 3 years no freeze avg is 3-5 days below 32.

[@jadebrady5760]

I moved to Humboldt county in California this year. There is heavy rain here everyday

[@cleoxo2566]

I just started building up my soil this year, so I've been watching a lot of videos. Thanks for the great information! I do envy your climate!! I live in Minnesota, USA so we have a short growing season, but I plan to take advantage of it as much as I can!! And you asked for comments on the weather, and what we've been seeing is more violent storms - in all seasons. We've had way more damaging hail storms than I ever remember having as a child. Maybe I missed it, if you mentioned it here, but do you use biochar?? I am seeing quite a bit of information on it, and wondered if you had any opinions on its use. Happy growing!

[@backtoasimplelife]

NE US. The weather patterns are changing significantly. It gets hot a couple months earlier, and the winters are shorter and milder.

[@DjBolin-pe1zm]

the weather here there is a lot more rain then I can rember growing up usually April is very wet then starts getting dry and hot but still a lot of ran fall almost every day

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I'm in Newfoundland Canada. It's a boreal rainforest biome. Weather? Increased humidity, Fluctuating precipitation, warm winters (snowfall is delayed one month). Other than that, still normal.

[@pparado]

I am in the Philippines, and I am starting to live in the countryside and would very much like to do what you guys are doing. I am on a lot that used to be planted with corn and rice on an alternating basis. the lot has not been productive for about 20yrs or so. Weeds have grown, trees have shed and the ground was recently cleared from the weeds. I would like to get started, and your advice would be very much appreciated. We have 2 seasons; dry (November to May) and wet (June to September/October)

[@Tripolite]

In The Netherlands we had two winters in a row with no real cold happening. Our grandfathers an grandmothers could go iceskating almost every year in the winter. Nowadays we can go iceskating maybe once every five years or loss. Also in the summer we are getting more and more hot periods. sometimes they are followed up by freaky colds. Just a week ago we had record breaking temperatures of 37/38 degrees. And three noghts ago it whas freezing on groundlevel in some parts of the country. Freaky!

[@ewanfuller8039]

@Belinda John . Try some nitrogen fixing trees . Their used to hot climates, fix nitrogen into the soil, break up the clay soil, and produce very good mulching and composting material .