This 7 year old permaculture food forest will blow you away!

It's been 7 years this month on my property, although to be honest the first two years were fairly slow... only 4 trees. I had an explosion of effort in the next 4 years, and have expanded the food forest in ways that have changed my life in profound ways.
Now is the time to work on your self sufficiency and build something like this, even if just small pieces of it, somewhere on your land. This is life changing, and I hope many other people start their permaculture journeys in these crucial years we find ourselves in.
Today's video walks around the property, discussing some ways we grow with nature in mind, how we share our bounty with wild animals, how we focus our efforts on growing the insect biome, and how fertility follows when we follow these principles. I hope you enjoy, and consider supporting us as below:
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[@IOSALive]

Canadian Permaculture Legacy, you're the reason I love KZbin

[@jacklawver4403]

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[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

so kind!! ❤️ 😍

[@halina2362]

It’s amazing that the kid that wouldn’t eat salad because you “don’t eat leaves” is eating everything in your garden. So proud of you.

[@growshakephil]

I’ve noticed lately that my mindset has changed around this. I’ve shifted from thinking that I’m building a food forest to more of a forest with benefits. It’s become less about me and more about the creatures. I’ve turned from a farmer to a caretaker. And that’s the true worth of permaculture.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

This is 100% my mentality now. Probably why I love all your comments so much LOL

[@TaxEvasion777]

I stopped worrying about watering my plants and instead worry about the bird baths and water bowls being full for the critters. Semi arid environment means they have a hard time finding water but permaculture is making my yard into an oasis for them

[@RedneckHillbillies]

I am one year in now, with a baby food forest that looks very much like a plants on display style garden. 😂 Thank you for being such an inspiration.

[@CarrieLovesLife.]

I’m in my second season, and yes, very much still ‘plants on display’, but already less so than last year. Partly because it seems so important to get started with the trees & shrubs, and then fill in with other perennials. It’s just part of the process I think. It’s so fun to work towards the vision in my head. 😊

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

💯

[@pjn7136]

You have such a lovely piece of property, and I recognize the amount of thought and work you have put in to make it so.

[@littlehomesteadbythebeach]

Only 7 years?! It grew and developed so fast! Can't wait to see the next years will bring!

[@CardinalGardener]

I eat rose petals, especially, I throw them into smoothies. Apparently, their vitamin C levels and nutrient profiles are quite high. And once, I made candied dehydrated rose petals (with maple syrup), and it made for a unique yummy treat! But way too much work for me to bother getting that fancy with them again :-D

[@zionjudah]

There are lots of things you can make with rose petals- tea, ice cream, candied petals, salads, add to lemonade, soaps, moisturizer……

[@pamelacinnamon759]

Such an incredible permaculture world you have created Keith! Thank you for the tour and best wishes.

[@growinginportland]

Your Forrest is blowing up. Looks amazing. Thx for sharing.

[@felixtroendle245]

Hey man, just wanted to say I appreciate your videos. They got me to start gardening this year, with some blueberries, raspberry canes, service berries and herbs. Starting slow but it's been very satisfying!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

YES! I LOVE posts like this. This stuff keeps me motivated ❤️

[@jtoot6391]

Always thank you for your videos! I prefer to listen to you talk, im still learning and it helps me identify or get familiar with all the greens. Amazing job you’ve done!

[@saltriverorchards4190]

You have created a paradise. Enjoy! It’s absolutely beautiful.

[@calhoun1968]

Rose petal jelly, with the petals in, is fan-freakin'-tastic!!! It's usually made from "rose otto", but rogosa is nummy too. It's very aromatic and as fragrant as can be, when you open a jar, you instantly know it's rose.

[@karlineschrubberstiel]

I have been obsessed with paw paw ever since I first tasted them. Lots of babies on my trees this year. Can't wait to start the harvest. I'm a little jelly about your lovely pond 😉. You have created a wonderful place 👍👏

[@SeekingBeautifulDesign]

In Japanese garden design, there are concepts around having straight vs. curved paths. There is work being done on integrating food forests with time tested aesthetic principles.

[@joeblow812]

Great choice for the new raised beds location. This is the first year that I’ve got pawpaws on one of my nine pawpaw trees. It was really loaded and I, like you, wondered if I needed to thin or if nature would take care of it. There was a decent amount of “June drop” but still seems to be quite a lot left for the first year of fruiting. I’m not going to mess with it because I want to see if nature knows best. I will use the results from this year to gauge my thinning activities in the future. Thanks for another amazing video!

[@bitatk]

I dry them for tea missed with other herbs nice and aromatic.

[@cattails1166]

Rose jam and culinary rose water! Middle Eastern recipes.

[@silverstacksprepper]

beautiful

[@bradlafferty]

My mouth was watering at all the flavors you’re growing!

[@belieftransformation]

Amazing creation of life-giving areas! I love it & it is so enchanting! My little wild gardens give me joy, too! Goji berry didn’t survive the lawn turned to gardens but I shall try again! Thanks & blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦

[@Double0pi]

My dog is the reason I didn't get chickens after my move. In the old house, his highest goal in life was to catch the chickens. I invested in good fencing, of course, but he'd still run around the perimeter and scare the crap out of them just for fun! But the difference between my chicken-obsessed dog and yours is that mine is enormous (>50 kg), so killing a chicken is easy for him.

[@donnavorce8856]

Lovely tour. Walking my garden and forest is something I too enjoy. I walk in there probably 3 or 4 times each day. Average. Watching everything going about the business of living is always a pleasure. You have taught me so much too. I now have named guilds. Love the guild concept.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Very cool ❤️

[@kerryl4031]

Nothing quite like chewing a sorrel leaf! Thank you for the tour - exciting times as everything starts fruiting - even if old pupster pinches the strawberries!

[@ronindan2539]

Thanks a lot for your once again brilliant and beautiful video !!! Do this every 2..3 weeks, I love it ! All the best to you, to your family and the food forest, Thank you.

[@deborahjudyboucher1072]

The monarch butterfly you saw lookedmore like a moth to me. Also dragon flies keep their wings open flat. The ones you saw were damsel flies.

[@StayPrimal]

Looking wonderful! Well done!

[@wendyburston3132]

Beautiful. Thank you for posting. I learned a lot.

[@BrianJ.A.]

Beautiful

[@deborahjudyboucher1072]

Local Native cultures used to char the coltsfoot and use it as a peppery seasoning

[@hardrock6r]

I like to make those but I use elk and venison😉 The food forest looks great sir.

[@TheVeganFamilyDK]

I didn't know you could eat the sweet potato greens ! Beautiful food forest!! And cute bench hidden in with the plants 😊 i want to try making sumac lemondade i need to try that

[@Corrie-fd9ww]

Appreciate so much that you take snacks seriously! And I’m jealous of your coltsfoot ground cover! It’s good lung medicine but also great in hair care formulas. I’m trying to recreate Mane N Tail formulas but off-grid and a little weird 🤣

[@karenw9996]

Rose petal tea - loaded with several vitamins (lower than hips in C, but still a good source) and other nutrients (quercetin). Good for skin (moisturizing, but also helps with acne) and women's health (cramping & flow), hair (growth & condition). Can also use the tea as a wash to sooth sunburn.

[@lisaoda9898]

I put fresh rose petals in my water to drink or in a bath. I dry the rest and use them in tea or as part of a rinse for my hair.

[@jenniferm3572]

😂 It’s ok you talked all the way through our peaceful walk through. Just ate our first peach today. It’s the only one as something sneakily ate the rest. Like some evil magician lurking. 😱 😢 🦌

[@fanomaddix9498]

Rose petals can be eaten in salads or dried for herbal tea mixes. Adds beautiful collors and aroma. Also, can be distilled into rose water

[@fanomaddix9498]

Also, dried petals can be mascerated in honey then filtered out after a few weeks. Or you can make rose petal syrop like you would make a elderflower syrop

[@doinacampean9132]

1:47 - also very high in iron and calcium. :)

[@ayelean9397]

❤

[@mikeinportland30]

Taquito looks amazing. And everything eaten while grazing seems to taste that much better. Also, here, here! to Sorrel. I don't get why in the world Sorrel is not a staple in grocery stores and plant stores along with lettuce and spinach. Why/how has this amazing green been so largely ignored in North America? .....The forest looks great!👏👏👏

[@Debbie-henri]

I heard that unwashed greens is also a supply of trace amounts of Vitamin B12 (I think I remember correctly that it is contained in those little microscopic creatures found in raindrops). However, yes. Do check over your leaves before eating - to ensure no bird poop, no slugs (Rat Plague), and no Seed Ticks (I don't know about anywhere else, but in my part of Britain, we call the baby ticks Seed Ticks). Despite all that, I do eat the occasional unwashed green leaves - now that I don't have a dog marking his territory all over the place. I love Coltsfoot, just as a plant in itself. I don't eat it, but I have eaten Coltsfoot rock (a sort of sweet/candy made in the UK, which is now incredibly hard to find). I had to give it a couple of attempts to get it growing in my garden, but once I established it in one patch, it popped up elsewhere. I freeze the petals from my Scotch Briar roses (being biased, I think Scotch Briar is the best of scented wild roses), and I add them to rose hip jams (chuck them into the boiling jam mixture 15 minutes before it's finished). When you open the jar of jam, you get a hit from the scent of the petals, and the jam has the taste of the heps. I was going to get a dog, but I'm now trying to hatch some ducks. So I won't get a dog. My old dog would have had them in a heartbeat, and I need to ensure my husband learns to 'shut the gate!' (Grrrrr!) after himself to stop the neighbour's dog from getting in, as she killed all her owner's poultry and chickens belonging to another neighbour. I've secured all fencing around the property perimeter, putting in baffles up to 6 feet high, but just have to make it plain to my husband that simply 'saying' that neighbours dogs won't bother walking through the open front gate is purely 'wishful thinking,' it doesn't make it a reality.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks for all this. Funny!

[@smueller12244]

i have a lot of those red admiral butterflies @11:30

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Thanks! I called it a monarch through the camera, but when I saw it in editing I knew it wasn't. Thanks for letting me know the real name of it ❤️

[@Videos-in-the-OR]

Try rose petal jam, it is delicious!

[@dylankuzelka7540]

🌞

[@srinimuly7179]

as always, thanks for your videos. one feedback though. I like this raised bed configuration, but i'm worried because they are on the concrete surface. isn't that gonna to make the beds dry out fast, with the heat from the concrete. if so, slightly moving them on to the lawn, right next to the concrete may make sense. just my thoughts.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I'm tossing on this myself. I put them on the grass, I would need to dig a bit to make it level, so I'd need to get a survey because I have a feeling there is an electrical conduit there going out to the artesian well pump.

[@tinabeehuard]

I have creeping Buttercup invading my asparagus and strawberry patch. Do you think it will be OK to leave to its own devices? The asparagus is only 2 years old, and I don't want to disturb it

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

It's okay to have a groundcover yes. You could try to sow some clover into it. I.e. pick it as low as possible and sow into it, and try to make a polyculture. If it bothers you a lot, you could also try to sheet mulch around the asparagus, then sow some clover into that. Just make sure to give it plenty of water so the asparagus don't get killed also.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Take those petals off the roses, put them in water and distill "rose water" for cooking, baking. It's commonly used in the Middle East, Asia.

[@karenw9996]

I've never heard of garlic mustard, something new to try next year!

[@KimblesTheBrave]

It's quite an invasive weed here in Southern Ontario, so if you're lucky you might already have it. It grows absolutely everywhere in the local forests and conservation areas. Just make sure to do your research before planting it on purpose. 👍

[@karenw9996]

@@KimblesTheBrave Just checked the Minnesota DNR, it's a restricted noxious weed, illegal to import, sell, or transport. Guess I won't be growing it!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Try eating it if you can ID it safely, but don't plant it. It's on many invasive lists.

[@CalmCowBell]

@@KimblesTheBrave Garlic mustard keeps other plants from growing in the soil where it has been. No need to plant it - very invasive! Garlic is so easy to grow - just grow garlic.

[@formidableflora5951]

Probably helpful to folks if you would expound on oxalates in a future video. At 62, I've spent the better part of my life reading up on nutrition, trying to eat well, tweaking my diet, and my health is generally excellent to show for it. I'm absolutely recoiling at the oxalates you are consuming here...I simply can't eat those without paying for it (for me, joint pain), and I can't be the only one. Rhubarb, Good King Henry, sorrel, beet greens, lamb's quarters, purslane, spinach, chard... Some I can consume in tiny amounts; some I simply don't eat anymore and feed to the chickens. Please emphasize consuming these "healthy greens" with caution.

[@TaxEvasion777]

I balance that out with a bunch of red meat. Eggs also. But I am younger

[@johnrockyakarambobalboa8898]

take out bottom and usw some tapproots in the new beds

[@djmoulton1558]

Rugosa rose petals are edible and are used to flavour desserts and herbal teas.

[@CupoTress]

Hi Keith, do you know where to get permaculture design examples? Looking for a .4 acre pasture in temperate 6b with 12” annual rainfall.

[@josephinerichardson543]

When did you get new chickens?

[@julie-annepineau4022]

How long is the season for Pawpaws? From flower to ripe fruit? Wondering if I have a long enough season here to try and source some. Forest looks amazing. I am just starting my 3rd season of planting so everything is still small, but it is starting to take shape!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

So these were in flower about 3 weeks ago. The paw paw taste test video last year was at Halloween, so roughly 5 months.

[@julie-annepineau4022]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy Thanks, probably too long for here then. We do good to get 4 months frost free.

[@rahneclark1902]

How do you deal with wasp and bees. I don't want to mess with them great for ecosystem. But don't want to get kids and pets stung. Do you have the homes farther out in property so not as many at one time per plants? Thank you for video beautiful

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I find they don't bother us. It's definitely harder with kids, but I do feel that wasps and Bees can sense intent. However that is, stress, pheromones, pulse and heartbeat, but when I'm calm around them they don't bother me one bit.

[@rahneclark1902]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I found this as well mostly with bees if I leave them alone I can be sitting and watching they don't bother me. Kids aren't wanting to just sit still 🐝. I really like bees allot. Wasps sorta do this but seem more aggressive and make nests in my benches and hate when I am close by.

[@rahneclark1902]

Thank you

[@JayBrau]

Do you know if it’s possible to grow peaches (Reliance variety) in southern Manitoba (zone 4)?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Zone 4 is pushing it for sure. I would give 1-2 a try though.

[@kyvndvntr]

do you have a couple suggestions for top reads on permaculture?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

There should a link in every video description to my favorite books.

[@kyvndvntr]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy I also have a question pertaining to mint. I've got apple mint and chocolate mint that has been growing in a pot for over a year and want to add it to a guild i am putting together, but am nervous that the mint will spread like crazy and be very difficult to keep contained in a single area. What is your experience with growing mint in your guilds?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yes, it spreads absolutely. Whether it takes over an area depends on what is competing with it. In annual beds it can dominate an area, as many perennials will be able to do. However, against bushes, or even taller herbaceous plants, it will not be able to outcompete them, and it will only occupy the groundcover.

[@kyvndvntr]

​@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy i just planted raspberries as my main bush right now with some kale and german camomile and rhubarb. this fall i will be planting a paw paw tree within it all. sounds like the mint should be controlled by the raspberries then for the most part.

[@mezacirslis]

What is the plant at the very beginning, between tomato and kale??

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Without a time stamp, I don't know for sure which you are referring to, but I believe you are talking about Orache. Atriplex hortensis.

[@mezacirslis]

@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy yesss! that's the one, thank you!!!

[@MathieuFournier]

What do you all do for mosquitoes moving into swails en masse? It feels like they are extra intense since I dug it.

[@makenar7949]

Create habitat for mosquito predators! It takes a few years for an ecosystem to balance out, but if you create a habitat designed for a balanced ecosystem, it will get there eventually.

[@leonoracosta6490]

Hi, May I ask why horsetail may be a concern? Thanks!

[@user-id7ut4yf2g]

It can really take over and cover the whole ground

[@leonoracosta6490]

@@user-id7ut4yf2g thanks for your reply!

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

It's on many invasive lists. However it's interestingly one of the oldest plants on earth.

[@aliciacantin7993]

How does one get in contact with you to talk garden and permaculture? Im near Beaverton and would be very interested in your opinion of our setup.

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

I used to do consulting, but I'm just so overwhelmingly busy now as the channel grows. I may try to do a tour this year.

[@aliciacantin7993]

​@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy well if you're looking for a new garden to video just holler! 😉

[@102nickplays]

🦁 😺

[@kpNov23]

Do you have ticks?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

Yes. They are the worst part of my area. I check myself every day for them. We are just leaving tick season now thankfully, so we should get a few months reprieve.

[@MrBigotes503]

Iove to star my own permaculture ,how much land would I need ?

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

As much as you have. I have seen people do something in a 40 foot by 10 foot backyard. It just depends on your goals. Edible acre on KZbin is on 1/10th of an acre for example. I have about 2 acres planted out.

[@MrBigotes503]

@CanadianPermacultureLegacy thanks for the quick reply . I read a comment you wrote on another video related to permaculture , where you tell the story about your grandmother ,it has to be one of the most beautiful stories I have ever heard . That is why I came to your channel, take care and May God continue to bless you 🙏

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

@MrBigotes503 thank you, so kind of you to tell me ❤️

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

"Lots of beneficial bacteria on them" AKA probiotics.

[@peaceofearth]

You can harvest that horsetail and eat it or tincture it for medicine! ❤

[@ew374]

Ok dude great, but rinse the salad ,please😒

[@TheKindredMan]

Your channel and others like you have inspired me to go down a similar path. Hopefully in 7 years I'll have a food forest half as good as yours 😊

[@CanadianPermacultureLegacy]

For sure you will