The Layers of a FOOD FOREST | Learning from Nature

[@itsporkroll3401]

The production on this video is fantastic! Your progress and plant selection mimics my own and I am excited to see what you do going forward. Great work on these videos and in your garden!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you so much! I do enjoy putting more time into the videos when I can. Our backyard is going to look quite different in a few years. I hope you have great success in your own garden!

[@sleichter]

Love those transitions!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thanks Kyle!

[@brockberrick2727]

those intro transitions!!! Very good job

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thanks!!

[@suburbanhomestead]

Beautiful video, my friend. A great primer for anyone learning more about the food forest concept.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thanks Siloe! You’re inspiring me to push my creativity and try new things.

[@carolynsteele5116]

Loved this episode!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I enjoyed this so much!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thanks, Jenna! I hope this video gets more views this year, I spent way too much time on it. 😂

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

@@SomeRoomtoGrow I hope it does to! It's a great video!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you!

[@achsahkaleb4844]

thank you once again. Please tell us which camera and equipment you are using to make such beautiful videos. STUNNING

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you! I shot this video with a Canon 90D with a basic kit lens. I use a DJI Ronin-S gimbal for stabilization.

[@achsahkaleb4844]

@@SomeRoomtoGrow thank you so much. Number 6: 23 till ens is what I pray over you and your family. Shalom

[@7bpotager8]

"Lol, excuse me, can you tell me which layer you're in?" Love your food forest playlist. Will keep up with it!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Glad to hear it, thanks for watching!

[@nenaenriquez3480]

Thank you so much for your wise contribution reminding us all what we can learn from respectful observation of nature! Gracias desde AZ!

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Absolutely! The natural world is our best teacher, as long as we never forget to listen.

[@MrGnargleSnarl]

Nice transition flurry on the open! keep doin' the fun stuff.

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thanks Wes! As you know all too well, I probably spent a wee too much time on that.

[@MrGnargleSnarl]

@@SomeRoomtoGrow time well spent, sez I, as long as you enjoyed it.

[@Spang0G]

Why not use the trellis of your deck for vines like cucumber , grapes , beans

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

That’s exactly what we plan to do once we get the deck rebuilt! It may happen rather soon now that material costs are going down again.

[@MartinaSchoppe]

I love your Food Forest play list. It should be very inspiring for people who are unsure, if they would be able to do it, if they have enough space, etc. Also good to see, what to expect in the first few years. For the future canopy layer I'd maybe research Walnuts - I know there are at least "English" Walnut (Juglans regia) varietes that stay smaler than the species (snd so smaler that that Maple monster 🙃) And the "Trellis for the vines" -thing: you have a deck with a railing - instant trellis 😉 perfect for wine or hardy kiwi. I'm experimenting with sowing white clover into the walkways. In another spot I left violet in the pathway. Both seems to work nice so far. But it is a path I don't have to use very often. But you can walk on it, and/or cut it back and mulch with it, so might be worth trying out. Plant some pumpkins in the spot in the back, where you can not really start - the leaves are edible so even if you don't get to the harvest the pumpkins stage, because of that sewer project thing, it will do you some good in the meantime.

[@MartinaSchoppe]

oh. NOW I notice the video is from August LAST year. So, nevermind the pumkins 😂

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you! I haven’t been able to make an update video on our food forest this summer but I’m hoping to record something before the weather turns cold.

[@pongop]

This is an informative and fun video! Lol the interviews. Maybe the plants would talk if Derrick Jensen was the interviewer =]

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

Thank you! Haha, that might work. I’m just some guy so they don’t want to waste the energy.

[@pongop]

​@@SomeRoomtoGrow Lol no you're awesome, DJ is just a nature whisperer =)

[@marioatc]

You could plant dwarf fruit trees multi grafted, then put citrus trees in grow bags and place them above around the ground trees

[@marioatc]

As you water the citrus excess water and fertilizer will be absorb by the ground trees

[@SomeRoomtoGrow]

That’s true, multi-grafted trees would give us more variety. That’s a good idea with the citrus, but they’re not hardy enough for our area (5b). We would have to bring them inside over winter and we don’t have space for that.

[@marioatc]

You can still grow other hardy fruit in containers to free up space in the ground.