Permaculture - Grow Your Own Paradise!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Studying PERMACULTURE with my teacher Geoff Lawton - The 2024 online PDC is open for students from 10th May 2024. If you go to the enrollment page using this Weedy Garden affiliate link www.discoverpermaculture.com/a/2147844655/UvHULpHp - you can also recieve a US$150 discount off the online course by writing "weedy150" in the coupon.

[@NaseerOmran]

Unfortunately mono culture and industrial food production takes the power out of the crops and soil. Permaculture is a good alternative and possible on a smaller scale. We can use almost anything natural as compost basically. I have a few birds in house, i use their poop for the fruit trees and crops.

[@joanies6778]

"Good day" from the USA. Just found your channel after watching a lovely English gardener, who happened into my feed, and she had given you a shout out from 2 yrs ago. 🤗 And now I have discovered Geoff Lawton from you! Triple treat this lovely Sunday morning. 💚 Most enjoyable watching your photography, listening to your soothing tone, and most importantly, your great content. I am constantly looking for ways to make my deep lot in the city into a permaculture. It is a process.

[@gardengatesopen]

I feel like The Weedy Garden is part of my long distance tribe.

[@mandysmith2541]

Have missed you and your garden. Nice to have you back 💜🌈💜

[@chantallachance4905]

I live in urban city from québec that mean cold winter and snow I built 2 small greenhouses and I grow almost 9 months a years with 5 quails for the 🥚 and fertilizer I learn from Geoff Lawton videos to understand the permaculture world, Eliot Coleman for growing harvest crop during winter in greenhouse no heat and Charles Dowding It is my third years growing food and this year we eat A LOT OF FREE VEGETABLES like tomatoes lettuce,kale,oignon,potatoes, spinach,lamb lettuce, fruits Let grow vegetables until flowering for the seed just cut at the ground level and it will regrow again free vegetables Do your compost and worm casting free fertilizer IT WORK so well on my small scale

[@TheWeedyGarden]

The free life 👍💪🏻🤎

[@sagarshrestha5800]

I am child of the earth and I am an earthling gave me goosebumps

[@photography555]

You could grow some giant timber bamboo in your garden as your climate is so perfect for it! Just imagine the bright yellow canes clonking in the wind.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yes. I will find a place for that 👍

[@evanadamsmanga]

Thank you for all of your hard work on these videos. They are so informative and therapeutic at the same time

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks for your thanks 😆 🙏🏻

[@freelancebush]

Your vids always give me a warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Thanks Mister Weedy👍🍻

[@Gqlactic]

Love the swales.

[@ashikalanser9033]

Thanks Weedy uncle and Geoff uncle

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Oh David, Weedy, you are a true treasure 🌿💚🌿 Thank you for making this beautiful video 👍💓👍

[@alalmaoui5212]

Very inspiring place and videos.

[@pe3429]

I am child of the Earth.... how absolutely awesome!!. Bringing Heaven on Earth. Thank you so much for your amazing and wonderful KZbins.

[@robertreyes9541]

I’m glad you two met.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Me too 🔥

[@workingdog_duke]

Thanks Weedy for putting out all this little pieces of cinematic art. They are greatly appreciated. And thanks for recommending Geoffs online pdc. I took it last year and it was the best thing I ever did. The course content is fantastic, Geoff is a great teacher with such a vast experience and a deep knowledge that he can actually explain things so simple that everyone gets it. And his teaching support team is awesome. So if anybody out there is still 'on the fence' wether taking part in the upcomming course or not, I say: do it! You will learn to view the world through a permaculture lense and hopefully 'find your tribe' and all that will change not only your garden but your life.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Well said 💜

[@starrmasner6015]

Thank you for caring about our earth and sharing your info!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

My pleasure!

[@francisjohn2705]

Thank you 😊

[@leoniecrossey6435]

I could listen and watch you (and the content) all day. Thank you for educating me!

[@gigglesmcgee2052]

I guess that's where the saying "Rub dirt on it" comes from. I always thought it was a toughen up sort of thing but it actually does help? It's sad we are so disconnected from the earth and most don't see nature as one harmonised system.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🪱😝🙏🏻

[@bodilskumsrud520]

Yes!You are back!!Lovely!!! These videos Of yours are pieces of art…the most important content and your shaping them with beautiful photos/films ,with wow-factor!!Thank you so much! It’s pure pleasure!! 🌱🌱🌱😎

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thankyou Bodil 🤎🙏🏻😊

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Everything is looking great Weedy!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You should see it today bro. Bush turkey had a party while I was away for three weeks. It looks the opposite atm.

[@josieh7960]

My heart is so FULL after watching this episode!!!! Thankyou x

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Now mine is full too!!! Of appreciation 🙏🏻

[@suburbanhomestead]

It still baffles me you ended up living down the road of Geoff without having prior knowledge of Permaculture.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Yeah. It was surreal that moment I parked in his driveway.

[@lanatan5812]

From Indonesia interested in permaculture... you are inspiring thanks Weedy, I hope some day I can grow my garden better than now, my land is flood when rainy and dried no water in summer

[@daniiraberri]

Missed you! I hope everything is ok. It would be so nice to have some aerobic compost tea vídeo made by you. Still many confuse it with straight worm juice. Big hugs from Spain!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

I’ll put it on the list 😆

[@rachelgalus]

We are what we eat. If you don’t know what you’re eating, you probably don’t know who you are. Thanks Geoff

[@BAK101Hkr]

the most peace full videos ahhhh....

[@shahidbaig2302]

Great

[@FantailValleyHomestead]

I love your videos. They are so beautiful, you have such a skill with the camera

[@Canna1d]

I always find myself relaxing during your videos, they are so beautiful.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Me too. Thanx 😊🙏🏻

[@fairweatherfarmer]

hey Weedy, make sure to save those ginger stems and leaves you can use them for soups, salad an stir fry. Edible and delicious! 💚✌️

[@fairweatherfarmer]

we grow on open fields here, but even though the trees are only on the perimeter there are loads of birds coming into the garden. we don't spray anything ever and we have left the uncultivated fields wild, over time we start to see more life coming back to regenerate the land: snakes, frogs, toads, mice, etc. Since we never spray, there's lots of bugs, lots of food for the birds, who come in and eat the bugs. Spraying actually throws nature out of balance and then requires continuous human intervention. Mama Gaïa knows best 🌿

[@TheWeedyGarden]

No room to store all this food. My animal pets in the ground need it more than I 🪱

[@annburge291]

The birds always pull at my heart strings. Love how you included an extended version of Geoff Lawton running through the rain storm. For me, it's one of your most powerful images. It sums up Geoff's vitality, enthusiasm, connection with nature, sense of fun, go for it'attitude. Love how you include the images from previous videos to aid the explanation rather than just talking about it. Wormville is glamping on steroids. Wow how your swales have developed! Positive jungle of bananas and ginger. Mango tree is doing well too. I wish succession was as fast in drylands. We are celebrating with two flushes of prickly pear pads.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Nicely seen. Yes he is a bundle of joy alright 💪🏻

[@tiarianamanna973]

These videos are just so BEAUTIFUL 😄

[@simplysimple7628]

I could watch your content all day long. Amazing work. Amazing homestead. Much love and Aloha from Hawaii!!🙏🏼🤙🏼✊🏼

[@marisasanchez1699]

I love your message at the end about how planting actually nourishes and sustains the soil 🤗

[@TheWeedyGarden]

💚😀

[@shovelspade480]

Another Great Production Weedy. I look forward to being in Australia again. Thank you Earthy Buddy 🌱🌳

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🌏🤎

[@potagermalo]

Magnifique top

[@susanaquezada7671]

Looking forward for the movie, Weedy

[@zakgallaher6045]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Look forward to the movie

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thanks Zac :-)

[@TheGggnome]

Bare feet and a singlet in July...therein lay the answer of your abundance brother. Blessings from Victoria💨🐧🐧☃

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🔥

[@TheMarkvq]

Thanks David

[@nathangardenfawkes2910]

When ya gunna have a live tour Mr Weedy? Can't wait for the Movie, love your work :) In Lak'esh

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Never have a live tour. No internet up there 😅

[@rahulmalsani6202]

After a Long time.... always inspires..... And the term earthling is 😘😘❤️❤️❤️

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Excellent video and so informative Weedy 🌸💕🌸

[@Jeff_PNW]

Haha, love all of the ginger. I've got a bed of the stuff, and I do the same...dig a bunch out & put some back...lather, rinse, repeat for endless ginger. I'm 100 miles north of Seattle where it's nowhere near tropical, yet ginger grows just fine in my back yard, lol.

[@brennerlowe]

This video is so richly inspiring. Thank you for explaining what the soil needs - animal and insect life, as well as all the scraps. And you provided a beautiful example of how valuable permaculture and growing food can be simply from a monetary perspective. Of course it is deeply valuable in many, many ways. I really enjoy your videos Weedy! Thank you for making and sharing!

[@danielbenettuce4544]

I love all your videos you are inspiring!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@edie_perty]

Another beauty. Love your work... have a great time in Denmark. 😍

[@dandavatsdasa8345]

Great!

[@daleireland]

Wonderful video weedy thanks mate. I missed your garden. Always love escaping to weedys garden via my phone screen 👍🍻 hope you had a good trip to Denmark. Take care

[@jackiephi6310]

Take care on your travels can’t wait for more thank you again

[@NaynayMH]

Watching you use that shovel barefoot make my feet cramp up all the way over here in Kansas. lol

[@TheWeedyGarden]

😂

[@yosauwer]

David you're a breath of fresh air away from our busy and stressful lives. I really needed this thank you

[@SuperRossvegas]

word

[@gradinapentrutoti1987]

Your a great inspiration mate! Keep on doing this type of content so that people can start returning to their roots.

[@wakeupsheepleNWOREAL]

Mr. Weedy that pigeon pea tree is food source called Gandules by puerto Rican people wish I could have seeds off yours. Big Goya brands can pigeon peas for sale all over the USA. Really cool you are growing one tree.

[@TimBorg]

nice to find your channel.. I'm trying to setup a permaculture garden in Western VIC

[@Dylpycl]

thank you so much

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

That video of you and Geoff using an A-frame plumb line to figure out level lines in the hill so you could dig your swales on contour is one of the coolest low-tech high-return things I've ever seen! Thanks so much for that. Maybe you could talk more about the value of slowing down the movement of water across the land to retain water and maintain topsoil. That's so key to fixing the land. Love your channel!

[@theunexpectedpermaculturehippy]

Another lovely video full of knowledge. Thank you Weedy.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

That was unexpected! 🤣🤣💚👍🙏🏻

[@theunexpectedpermaculturehippy]

@@TheWeedyGarden 😅

[@bernadette6211]

I wish I could grow ginger like that in Ireland, it looks amazing

[@MohamedHassan-ni6un]

Imagine after all this knowledge thanking the creation and not the creator. All this didn't happen by chance but there's a designer.

[@bboyneon92]

Writing to show my appreciation, gratitude and respect. Love your work. I constantly look forward to being educated and inspired by you. Hope you're well.

[@jonob9004]

Thanks Weedy, another inspiring video. Have fun in Denmark !!

[@hqprivat]

Hej Weedy, save travels and "velkommen hjem"! Regards from Viborg, Denmark

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Mange tak 💚

[@ImRupeshBadgaiyan]

Now you got a new subscriber I liked the Ohm locket ❤

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🙏🏻👍🕉🙃

[@emanuelad3534]

Totally loved it, especially bare foot walking. Great teaching! Thank u

[@JW-zy3rc]

A question for Geoff - what are good support trees in cooler frosty climates?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

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[@nutequest]

Great question. I use tagasaste mostly but things like sea buk thorn are not easy to get in Australia so other cool climate support species ideas would be great.

[@ruchegardens5546]

Thank you so much!!! I am always looking forward to your video.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Cool 😆👍

[@linasjostrand4034]

All that ginger 😍

[@ss-kz9ee]

Our little sales hold water for a couple weeks. The clay holds it which is fine the native ducks love chilling out near it and adding there manure.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Do you get mosquitoes breeding in them?

[@ss-kz9ee]

@@TheWeedyGarden can't see any wrigglers. However I think the cold weather is why there not breeding. There's been a huge difference since we started swales. A noticeable change was how slow the dam down the bottom of the block filled up . It's proof that the rain wasn't running down the block. I even did a mini frog pond. When it drains it can collect leaf matter from surrounding gardens. Plus the rose gum needs extra moisture. A great way of providing moisture to natives that need it because I'm not keen of watering.

[@krisledrew3668]

so good ! still!

[@Justus11167]

I’m so glad I stumbled on your KZbin . I recently finished a 6 month permaculture course and I’ve just learned so much more from you. Wow. Fantastic, thanks

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Really?! That’s saying something 🙏🏻

[@mahaniabdullah5056]

The ending is absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@margaretsinclair6697]

Great video again. Sending love and good vibes your way.

[@johnhempsall4644]

Awesome just love it all. Best wishes and stay safe an well

[@YayoLife]

Been looking for ya since that feature at Gardening Australia!! So much time had passed and kept searching for ya to subscribe! Finally!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You could have gone back and found my link on the GA vid on their channel on YT, but glad you finally found TWG 🤎

[@YayoLife]

@@TheWeedyGarden I literally searched all their past vids and for some reason could not find you. Anyway, very happy to watch and catch up on what you've done so far! All the best, keep it up, God bless you!

[@electriczagnut4937]

Love, appreciation, and gratitude for the work you’re doing. Thank you.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🙏🏻💚👍😊

[@garykellogg2758]

You always make great videos

[@SchutzReborn]

Love your videos and information. Thanks you Weedy! Cheers.

[@timoburtscher2169]

I do love your videos, watched many of them already. What an inspiration. Thank you🥬🥒🥦🍅

[@wondersofwa2792]

Have missed your videos, been checking back often though. Really enjoy these. They help me feel connected and is like therapy

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Noice 💚🙏🏻👍

[@luluartistika4722]

thank you for the inspirations Weedy 😄

[@LuckyFigFarm]

Love your healthy swales. You do a great video. Thanks!

[@Alugas19]

Thanks Weedy Gardener! You are living the dream! I am looking at getting a plot of land in California in the coming months/years depending when I find a plot that is suitable for my needs. Being half way around the world from Geoff and you I was wondering if there is any way I can get consultation on how to select a plot of land and what the first step/ types of plants I should plant. Basically looking for a teacher to help guide me on my permaculture journey in the Bay Area of California! Am excited to hear what you learn over your time at Geoff's garden. Thanks and look forward to collaborating with you both.

[@veronicabalfourpaul2288]

I love what you are doing!

[@odetteorbitani5026]

Always enjoy your videos so much ! Thank you... I also think of that British journalist that did an interview with you...Sean James Cameron ...

[@TheWeedyGarden]

That was a while ago now.

[@odetteorbitani5026]

@@TheWeedyGarden I know thats how long I've been following you ... Mr Weedy !!!

[@matieyb]

I absolutely love your content and your style of creating it but, you're a child of God! Continue on with the awesome videos my brother.

[@backtonature433]

Thanks for sharing Weedy ,,so inspiring 🙏,,and would love to make my permaculture garden soon,,thanks to you and sir Geoff,,God bless 🙌 🙏

[@TheWeedyGarden]

🙏🏻👍💪🏻

[@james-is9gy]

So excited about your movie

[@douglastobin8996]

Looking 4ward2 th movie sounds great pushing th eheelbarrow lovu nearly as much s compost and permaculture

[@TheWeedyGarden]

😂😂😂

[@soldierboyz7032]

Weedy when u go for your tour make a video. We wanna see how Jeff’s garden is thank you

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Certainly 👍

[@JorgeGonzalez-ei6ft]

That was great. Thanks. Can't wait till I buy my own property , waiting for things to collapse. Haha

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Things might never collapse. You might be waiting forever?

[@JorgeGonzalez-ei6ft]

@@TheWeedyGarden they may not, then I will make another plan to get into 100+ acres

[@brettgriffiths7688]

Good video weedy, I love the knowledge transfer through your story telling from your personal permaculture journey.

[@elenidemos]

Think about putting some of the ginger into the swale with the wood chips. Grown on the Berm side of the swale allows the berm to be less disturbed (less potential for water erosion) & ginger doesn't mind damp soil (not wet, just consistently moist). The mother plant in the berm can be used for supplying extra plants, while the harvest ginger can supply your fuel (or other necessities) & replant stock. There are several ginger types that do well like that. Galangal, chinese keys & true cardamom to name a few.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Good point 👍

[@mihazajc]

Inspiration 101

[@cliffordchristopher1]

Great harvest mate

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Happy healthy soil mate!

[@kanaya123]

Love it

[@andreywagner5046]

Thank you for the positive vibe, your videos are so positive and inspiring. Best of luck.

[@karennewberry4694]

Ginger here averages $40/kg. Local Aldi had it for $20. Bought a kilo. 🤞for a good return crop. Sunshine Coast qld.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

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