Tropical Permaculture Fruit Forest Feeds Off Grid Family

John from www.growingyour... visits his friends permaculture-style tropical fruit forest orchard that is growing enough food to meet the entire food needs of the family that live on the property.
In this episode, you will discover how on this 10 acre homestead the family is producing enough food to feed themselves WITHOUT bringing in external inputs such as fertilizers, manures or other animal products to create fertility on the property.
You will learn about some of the many varieties of fruit trees that you may want to grow if you live in the tropics and you want to subsist on the food on your property.
You will discover how this land was made fertile by simply bringing in one soil nutrient in massive quantity as well as growing nitrogen fixing trees that build the soil to feed the trees, plants and vegetables that are now growing on the property.
You will also discover how it is possible to live off your land by eating a simple, nutrient dense fruits and vegetable diet and how you can do this without having any animals on property that may take significant time to tend.
Finally you will discover some actions you can take to start growing part of your own food no matter where in the world you currently live.
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[@youssefsaab4072]

Tropicals are the absolute fruit paradise, can't be compared to any other climate. Greetings from Lebanon, we are planting a wide variety of tropical fruits in warm areas and they are very successful and adabtable.

[@gardeningtipswithphil2244]

This is a sensational permaculture garden. More people should garden like this if they have acreage. Fantastic tour, thanks for making this video John.

[@tnwomantanyaneill703]

The reason I love these videos that John Koehler and Jake Mace do is their excitement about growing food. My dismay is that they have to sell the idea of growing your own food. I am 50 yrs old and my first 10 years of life was spent on a traditional Southern farm that provided all of our needs including utilizing wool from sheep after shearing. It has become such a foreign idea for people to grow their own food! How is that even possible? I applaud these guys and support them and look forward to possibly meeting them in December when I move to Arizona. I would ask that they do a small 4ft x 4ft or mini garden and possibly a balcony garden to show people in the city that they could provide some of their own food very easily. Thanks Growing Your Greens!

[@FPGSanctuary]

This was the video the truly lit a fire under me and convinced me to buy my 20 acres on Hawaii's Big Island. I'm just starting out, but so excited to have the chance to grow my own food in the tropics. Thanks John!

[@courtneymcfarland8333]

Beautiful! Living my dream life.

[@quynhngocvuthi1758]

Wow. How great garden you've showed us. Living in this place is like living in the paradise. Love that.

[@HawaiianCanCook]

Amazing information!!! I don't mind the rambling at all! He has so much useful information to share!! If everyone had thoughts like you we all would be happy and healthy!! Thanks!!

[@ariesred777]

Thank you John, inspiring video.I'm sure there is much discipline and good management practised by this family.And daily maintenance on their 10acres over 15 years.

[@jerrodbulgin2261]

Beautiful Garden

[@BenJamin-zw2pv]

Wow - awesome garden. I can't believe he got his katuk to grow so big. Thanks for the tour John.

[@foreseengust]

John, move to Hawaii already! I need to live there vicariously through a gardener.

[@sacredfarmer5239]

Another amazing video! Always learning something!!

[@infiniteawareness2698]

Video's like this remind me of how much a slave I am to the government living on Cape Cod, MA in the US. Such great information and inspirational. Thanks John.

[@samarnold8731]

your doing a great job mate , been following u a long time here in Australia,, keep up the good work you don't talk to much , your enthusiastic about all you do, thanks

[@DaliborSaula]

Sam, do you know anyone similar here in Australia? Would be good to see what people in Melbourne are doing. The climate is a lot different than in many places this bloke goes.

[@husman4795]

Thanks john

[@darrenjeromemusic]

That was truly wonderful and it's my dream to create paradise so this video has inspired me even more to work hard at it! Thankyou and keep making awesome videos! :)

[@albuslove3437]

Dream life. Thank you for this awesome video!

[@christianblanchard9818]

This is so amazing, it's defiantly taken years of hard work, but it's paid off!

[@nena2377]

OMG one of the ripe papaya dropped 😂 love this video John, Hawaii is my dream home to live at and I would love to do what your friend is doing someday. So glad I came across your channel, Keep up the great work!👍🏼

[@MushroomPatch]

GREAT EPISODE! Man...would have loved to see the house being off grid and all.

[@bRealBlknsexi]

I remember learning about the katuk in ur class u gave at the costa rica fruit fest. thanks John for all ur Knowledge! !

[@goldeneaglevideo]

It all depends on a person's health and situation as how close to house it should be. Example :person is stricken with a disease that disables them etc .Very cool place! Thanks Mahalo nui

[@elpida6071]

Great video! Hello from Greece!

[@dirtpatcheaven]

This is pretty neat.

[@J3TPILOT]

21:57 into the vid a papaya drops perfectly for you as you look away. Right place at the right time there John.

[@thehhbros6456]

wow cool video!

[@emilydart808]

Wow, coolest thing. Right at 22:00 one of the papayas is so perfectly ripe it just falls off the tree.

[@meister1975]

Wow - this is an awesome video! Thank you so much, John! It's gems like this is why I will always be subscribed to your channel! :)

[@thuffman44]

I really love these tropical videos. Mostly because I live in South-West Florida; Thanks John... this is the stuff that keeps me inspired to keep growing food. I'm already growing a Papaya, a Mango, a Peach, a Loquat, & a Grumichama , along with pineapples, and I now only want to add more. LOL. I was able to upload some video's with my cell phone. I really need to find some of the various varieties you showed us.... thanks again for an awesome video!

[@christophervasquez6878]

This was a great video John! Thank you again for always sharing your experiences

[@BrentSimpsonEnhance]

Such amazing ideas here. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[@qualqui]

Wow! Many Thanx for sharin' this COOL tour of your friend's place on Maui, the Dragonfruit he has is beautiful, as always John you're TOTALLY INSPIRATIONAL!!! :)

[@BigAlSparks]

I had no clue that John was into using rock dust.....I'd have NEVER guessed he's a fan of it at all....

[@Kaastn]

Chop & Drop? Any Dinamic Accumulators? Comfrey, Canna Indica or other? Lovely garden, definitely the path I'm following :::) Soon I'm going to start growing on Madeira Island. Not quiet as warm as Hawaii, but enough for loads of Nanas :::) Much Love John :::)

[@ktcadd]

what a place!

[@condormusicman]

21:58 the papaya is ready to eat!

[@Just1Ella]

Great video John!

[@sylviechan9078]

Ella Conley you are really talking so much

[@allthesame3856]

complete agreement on the way you think. great way to be. thanks for sharing

[@sekougetrouw6828]

Now I want to do that with my little 1 1/2 acres. I think I can I think I can

[@arandomperson5185]

I love dragon eyes fruit I even grew them back In Vietnam

[@fortmyersfruitforest5214]

Your so right like when did sodding your yard become the normal. Why don’t people plant trees? Or do anything with there yard. People complain about having to mow well then just plant some fruit and vegetables

[@lovebaby4888]

Smartly designed land. Florida you can grow coconuts, bananas, papaya, mangoes, passion fruit, starfruit, leechy, orchids, lemon, oranges, avocado, dragonfruit, Black bamboo, yellow bamboo, lemongrass, monsterafruit, ....very similar to variety of plants in Hawai'i. South florida I had 1 Acre on intercoastal, rained almost every day for 2 hours. Growing and gardening becomes lifestyle.

[@kmrsong]

How about Gauva, Pamogarnate fruit varities. These are also delicious tropical fruits. nice video on permaculture. Greetings from India

[@meehan302]

wow John what a great life you have. Enjoy Hawaii

[@nicacaoile2267]

Nice variety. Adding some of those to my list and will check with the Edible Nursery on the Big Island to see if they have some of those native trees/plants as well. Being off grid is a big challenge but your friend has done a wonderful job! kudos!

[@ClaudethMcK]

Really really liked this one

[@bRealBlknsexi]

great video John! I'm taking notes!!

[@koojc7456]

Awesome video!! I learned a lot. Thank u

[@hilema41]

I have learned in the caribbean that the dragon eye seed shouldn't be thrown, it is actually edible as well! Jut cook it as you would chestnut, throw them in the fire and when the skin get black take it out, crack the seed open and eat it! Taste more nutty than chestnut in fact. Enjoy

[@XAmeriVeganX]

those are some .... tall weeds, john.

[@chinacoulter8288]

This was very inspiring. I watched your "sustainable farming better than organic?" video first and although growing on a massive scale is my ultimate dream, I love that you gave a wonderful example of what that looks like without incorporating the animals in this video. Beautiful! and Amazing! I just want to find the means to mesh these two great ideas together with a few changes here and there and call you over for a midday snack to shoot a video. Thanks for the videos and inspiration. Please keep up the good work.

[@JoeFeser]

Late night John? First!!

[@theTORTUGAZUL]

Being that the title mentions off-grid, I would have really liked to have seen more about it. Even though I do not live in a tropical climate I always enjoy watching your videos .

[@fortmyersfruitforest5214]

Grow your greens! Inspiring content bro keep it growing. Eee

[@kaitlynkennell7346]

You should suggest to this grower to put up a netting to catch ripe fruits and still protect them from a number of insects if he does wan to increase what he can collect

[@bRealBlknsexi]

I love merengue! ! My 1st time eating it was at the costa rica fruit fest😄😄😍😍. where I met u John! !

[@FishnPlants]

John, I liked this video a lot. I felt that there was not as many varieties of plants as I expected when you said there was going to be a lot. That being said I really enjoyed seeing everything, and I really want to see more! If your friend is willing, I am sure that I am not alone in wanting to hear an interview from him! (P.S. I would also love to see some more from you and coconut Chris as well!)

[@AngelEats559]

Cool videos man , @ 22 minutes a papaya falls off a tree lol

[@joemecha03]

Perhaps he can get a better yield of coconuts with that compost pile if he piled it around the trunk and roots, similarly to the compost pile improved by Viktor Schauberger as given in the book The Fertile Earth. Just thought it'd be a great resource.

[@dewmontjerkins9886]

All you need is a 3million dollar farm in Hawaii and you can get started on your own "off grid" experience.

[@elliemaebell3161]

Big thanks to your friends for letting you document their place! I am wondering how the compost piles were set up. Obviously there are natural ones right beneath the plants but did he also have separate piles that he rotates out like the rest of us?

[@IsseyU]

Hey John, awesome video, I hope one day you're fortunate enough to own a piece of land like this! Where did you get the shirt you're wearing in the video from?

[@atmjm8571]

i love u man. brother love your show and best content always! Allah bless you ameen

[@happybuddyperson]

Maybe it could be called a fruit-savannah home. Also, about weeds; every plant is a weed somewhere.

[@patriciabrown4623]

also, every weed is a plant ;)

[@intuit5767]

+happybuddyperson A weed is just a plant who's virtues have yet to be discovered. Don't remember who said that, but it's my favorite definition.

[@happybuddyperson]

scott miller Indeed.

[@tracklabstudios]

Nearly a ten minute intro of rambling and rambling on.. You have good information to convey dude BUT my god you drain the hell out of a persons attention! No disrespect but please get to the point plan out what you want to say, use a TelePrompter maybe? I dunno do something coz you are talking way too much!

[@billavara]

set it to run at 2x speed :)

[@hangtruong8712]

yes, bamboo can stir fry with beef or sea foods or make soup , can dries them make soup ver goods, we all asian eats

[@svend9392]

21:58 papaya fell down

[@ELBLOKE503]

lmfao...papaya was like...showtime!!

[@arandomperson5185]

Hahahaha I would eat that

[@josexmckayla]

+Meditationis Musica thanks

[@chefmachond]

Hansi Hinterseer ready to eat

[@maksichawla6317]

Intense.

[@skiaddict08]

I need to get a glass dome to put over my place in Montana so I can do this

[@sann3119]

I just sort of skimmed through the video but @ 33:00 I thought that was a sapodilla tree at first, until you said it was a mamey. ahhh, interesting. I prefer longans over the lychees. did you get to try the yellow hylocereus?

[@kpham8789]

This is my life long dream.

[@Jean-vz8co]

The volcanic ground containts full of minerals!!!... it needs only water..... on the Kivu (East Africa) the cabbeges can have 60 cm of diameter!!!.. By...

[@bRealBlknsexi]

does he do work exchange for ppl who may want to apprentice under him and learn how to make thier own permaculture farms??

[@thebunnyfoofoo]

Does anyone know what variety of clumping bamboo John was munching on?

[@SandeepSingh-fr4qu]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Alejandro_san]

God bless India

[@evek8220]

Your videos are very informative on growing green. I have learned some valuable things to use. Thank you for that, but don't need to learn how to disrespect a girlfriend. Otherwise I think your vids are one of the best.

[@sosomm74]

Hey John, thanks for sharing this. Question: how does he keep the grass trimmed? Machine? Thanks.

[@-whackd]

It is perennial peanut, a type of ground cover. He controls weeds by hand.

[@TheKalokagathia]

I want to move to the tropics. 7 months of winter is killing me :-(((

[@Rubbe87]

too bad i live near the arctic but there are exclusive fruit and berry's in the north. Like Cloudberry partridgeberry and blueberry. i bet most of you never eaten Cloudberry quite hard to find in the wild or too dificult to grow it at home.

[@SKazclaw]

my dream property! That's how it will be in God's Kingdom, paradise.

[@Miigue2014]

John! What are the 4 varieties of avocado?!

[@extropiantranshuman]

This dude needs to remove non vegan ads from the youtube selection

[@ijmwpiano]

Lol johns singing 17:45

[@silasderoma4726]

How do you get those plants in Hawaii? Are they available on island or do you need special permission to bring them in. Great video, by the way.

[@manthonychavez]

+Silas DeRoma Well, they are definitely on Maui! There are lots of people growing food on Maui. Just starting with what is already locally-available, you will have a lifetime's worth of plants to track down/trade/study/grow. :)

[@SOFIAnav]

did he say how old this farm was?

[@johnkirby5637]

So all I need is ten acres in Hawaii ? How very simple ...

[@sundaravinayagamc6628]

Badam which season growth tell me my friend

[@azblondi2730]

What farm in Hawaii is he at?

[@Keepingittocool]

Hi there. I'am a sub have been for more then a year now. I don't know what your job is but it must pay well. You go all over the U.S. and that cost. Racking up those flyer miles I guess. Hahaha. Great video as always. I thank you for your videos I do learn a lot. Be safe out there that lava is still running there.

[@bababooey2433]

his website is discountjuicers.com

[@timrobinson6111]

Good come back.

[@Nilguiri]

Tim Robinson What is a looser? Is it somebody whose sense of humour was so loose that it fell off completely?

[@timrobinson6111]

He wasn't trying to be funny. He was being a jealous jerk. I have no patients for that on a KZbin channel that is designed to be helpful and informative.

[@Nilguiri]

Tim Robinson Well I thought it was amusing and I'm guessing that John did, too. He has a good sense of humor (he's a fungi). It looks like you are the only one who took offense and started swearing and insulting people on this "KZbin channel that is designed to be helpful and informative."

[@Prox1015]

Is your friend a billionare? That looks so expensive man I wish I had a home like that

[@ElectricityTaster]

***** he doesn't need to be rich; all he needs is a big property in Hawaii, friends that give him cuttings and seeds, a lot of work and some time. Sure, to have all this suddenly tomorrow would mean over a million dollars in landscaping, plants, etc.

[@bayamonpr8383]

Proxlime you dont need to be a billionare ,acres are not that expensive in rural areas ,you can buy them for $5,000 an acres or less depends where .I bought 5 acres for 60,000 here in florida you can even find them cheaper.but the same 5 acres might cost you half a million in the city or close to it

[@daisyfay5233]

i saw a papaya fall of the plant at 21:59

[@txwash2]

Where did you get this shirt?? pls i need it

[@TheDoctorangie]

What is the "gmo" gene?

[@emilybh6255]

Love your permaculture videos, John. I'd love it if you'd show on growing perennial permaculture food forests in all the zones.The goal should be to grow enough food without a lot of work strictly organically (without animals or weeding or even watering) like Nature does it in jungles and forests. That reminds me, does your friend water his orchards or does he let Nature take care of it? Nature doesn't even use Rock Dust. Think about that. Adding isolate supplements to your garden may be like taking isolate food supplements into your body. The purist Master herbalists and Naturopaths know the body can be stimulated by isolate food supplements but it actually can't utilize all of it because the proportions of the original natural substance have been changed by man so they can be enervating also.( For example, relying too much on digestive enzymes can send messages to the pancreas not to produce them and weaken the pancreas.) The hard core advocates of Natural Health use ONLY the WHOLE herb as grown in Nature because the body knows what to do with all of it. There are NO DOWN SIDES to staying as true to Nature as possible.

[@sighyawn2149]

lmao what r u doing to your girlfriend

[@DanaTaylorSudo]

LOL. The sexism. Not intentional buuuuuttt... This woman doesn't like hanging pictures.

[@bIackstreetboy]

that was annoying

[@extropiantranshuman]

42:46 dude needs.to make a vegan.album. Mango song is cool

[@TheLastLogicalOne]

Just because people don't keep animals, birds will still inhabit the land. Also insects and prehaps small mammals will set up home weather you want them to or not.

[@winterfae5403]

Yes! No gmo

[@thychea7360]

john maybe best food for people is people,we just dont know how to cook them. :D ----- 43:15 ----

[@jimsmij]

LOL! THY CHEA There is that book: "How to serve people" LOL. What sci-fi movie was that again? When John said that i thought to myself, maybe we do have it wrong. People kill each other all the time and just bury them, what a waste! Let's eat, or at least compost them! lol OOOOOHHH, the cannibals are gonna get you! lol ;)

[@thychea7360]

:D i was just joking, it funny when the part that john say it.

[@extropiantranshuman]

38:40 the lazier, the fewer the resources