Trying The Impossible: Growing My Food In a Shady Forest (Experimenting With Permaculture Gardening)

[@Astronautin]

Looking forward to seeing your new kitchen garden grow 💚. Isn't it incredible how nothing in life stays the same if you put thought into it? Everything's evolving and it's so cool to see that you're not shying away from changing your original plans.

[@Paulin_S.]

Sounds very good with the new kitchen garden position 👍🏻 Good one, you listening to your guts…Thanks for your videos, they are inspiring and calming 🙏

[@JGalegria]

It's a decision based on logic and experience not intuition (ie guts) 😊

[@Paulin_S.]

@@JGalegria​​⁠That’s true. And he talks about his guts about that desicion in 15:48…

[@allanhalberg4713]

Dont be afraid to prune the trees. You don’t have to fell them. You are already cultivating by doing the garden. The trees can exist, even by been pruned. Win win win! Contact a Tree surgeon, you know they do magnifiecent work. Trees exist, you exist, your plants exist! ☺️

[@judithhuntly2375]

Great video I learned alot. It's amazing when we observe and listen to nature it has so much to teach us if we take the time to listen. Looking forward to the new tiny house build and the new kitchen garden in the spring 😊 much love from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@IsabelleBellec-y5y]

We understand your problems with the lack of sun for some vegetable. Every place is different and none of us can grow everything. Also we can not work days and nights only for growing food. When I was very poor, and had to work all day long, I had to get the most of benefit from what I had, so I began searching about every plant growing on my land, what part can be eaten or can serve for some purpose. Example : the leaves of raspeberry are good for health in infusion.

[@hannahhallgren1961]

Love that you share your learnings with us! Thanks for bringing us along with you on your journey🙏🏼✨

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

You’re very welcome!😉😊

[@mariaeugeniarodrigues4048]

Hi,😊 disfrute este vídeo, muy inspiración, también he tenido aprendizajes con mi huerto y ver la luz del sun. este año sólo plante sobre compost y he tenido very good resultados 😊. Es continuo prueba y error. Saludos from Argentina :)

[@danielkidryandad1625]

Sounds like a well thought out plain !!!! I am learning a lot ,, and looking forward to the next video !!!! Thanks Anx.

[@travellingarts93]

very informative ,a lot to learn and the mistakes are blessing when you know what to do to get things right.thanks for sharing.

[@sidetry]

There are so many ways to grow food, regenerative farming- which is what I grew up with, permaculture, urban gardening for those who live in cities, agroforestry, and there is syntropic farming etc...each personal to the individual, I am glad you are sharing your life experiences with us, each lesson learned is wisdom gained.

[@carmenortiz5294]

Like this episode. I live in a colder climate in the US but most of the things in this video, grow in my property. I'm in the middle of a town, but got permission for a wildlife habitat 20 years ago. I also have the issue of many trees. I am doing mayor changes to have more sunlight for the crops, next year. This video is perfect for me. I just discovered the channel today, so I'll be watching the older videos also.

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Great to hear! And welcome to the channel😊👏

[@laifnow]

Great reflections on the warm weather crops...however your tomatoes are decimated by blight, which is soil borne...and when you harvest your potatoes blight spores may blow around (hence the need for distance). If you have sun from sunrise it’s ok to for tomatoes and cucumbers to have full shade from 15-ish during summer as long as you’ve got enough heat. Maybe you could retain some heat with a pile/wall of stones close by ? Good work 👍

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks so much for the great advice!! I just learned something👏😊Next summer I will have a green house for the tomatoes, hopefully🤞😊

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Lovely I've never see anyone growing them

[@sidetry]

I have never heard of the Hugelkulture before but I love it. You are a very busy man Anders, and love to work," by the sweat of a man's brow he shall eat..." You have so many plans and I am sure you will be successful. I like that you are working to understand your space. Every time I watch your videos I miss my home of origin. Blessings!

[@GardensforLife]

Nice garden! Thanks for making the video! Have an abundant growing season. Greetings from Ireland

[@jbye5353]

I get the sense that you eat your breakfast on your feet, during your garden tour hahah! I would love to have a garden, and I am planning to buy a small house outside of the city. I would love to grow cabbage, squash, onions, garlic and green beans! I also want a rose garden, which is good for mental health lol! Thanks for the tour! 🌻

[@bridgetmuehlberger5141]

Lots of good ideas for the new space. Can’t wait to see next year’s harvest! 😊

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Indeed!! Yeah, it's a game-changer with the new kitchen garden!

[@intentionalslowlivingdiaries]

Thanks for sharing your gardening journey. Kitchen garden is a great idea, looking forward to it!

[@kateinsuffolk]

Coppiced trees will regenerate themselves, be renewed and revitalised and can be kept much lower, so the sun reaches more area and you can cut them for your stove too. Thanks so much for your lovely videos 🙏

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks for the tip!! I do plan to have many of the trees coppiced next year when the new garden is ready👏

[@rubydue]

Trees are a renewable resource, you shouldn't worry about cutting some down. Plant a few more and forget about it. I am looking forward to your build on the screws :)

[@shtshot6215]

Hey yeah brother. I'm rooting for you on the second home 👊

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks!😊👏

[@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor]

Beautiful stuff! Thank you for sharing!🤗💛🤗

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

You're welcome!

[@DetenkleFriluftsliv]

Glad jeg fant kanalen din! Veldig inspirerende. Hilsen fra Norge 👋🐶

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Tak, det glæder mig!😊

[@222dyan]

Very interesting, lots of diversity. The mushrooms are looking good, very nice. Nice potatos too. I live in a similar situation I am in the forest in the mountains and have limited Sun. I too am still experimenting. My asparagus look exactly the same as yours. I do well with arugula, kale and Romaine lettuce too. Carrots as well. Thank you for sharing.

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks for sharing!!😊👌

[@JGalegria]

The permaculture philosophy has its limitations. I have seen so many permaculture gardens that are too congested and too shady. I love the "no dig", but I also learned a lot from my grandfather. He grew up on a fruit block (orchards) in Victoria and in retirement set up a large, highly productive vegetable and fruit garden traditional market garden style, in full sun, mounds in rows, climbing veges on the perimeter, in his backyard on the east coast of Australia. He could grow absolutely anything and his crops were very abundant. He always had excess to give away to neighbours. After growing up experiencing this and listening to him, permaculture seemed like a hippy notion to me and it's not that surprising the words "cult and culture" are in there because the philosophy takes precedence over common sense and tried and tested methodology. 🙏😎😊

[@laddieokelley6095]

The attraction of your video is its reverse experience. In the American South we talk about the use of shade cloth, building shade structures and embracing the benefit of nearby trees. My first thought is that your environment is not suited to crops like tomatoes and okra, our mainstays. But there are now so many varieties of tomatoes, bred in various environments. Part of your challenge is researching the best varieties and sizes for you. As to squash/pumpkins, I might connect you with a Mexican heirloom called Tatume, delicious and tender while young, a smaller teardrop pumpkin after long-term growth--also some resistance to squash vine borers.

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks for the tips👌😊

[@lisahodges8299]

I am told that half an acre is a suitable amount to grow good from. I have always failed with asparagus and wish you well with the next season. Birdy

[@CoffGrid]

maybe try raised beds i have a lot of clay soil and have yet to find out what works for me and not kinda exiting

[@DepthsOfSolitude]

Tak for din video. God gennemgang af plante muligheder på Djursland. Rigtig godt hack med terrassen ved din hygelkultur. Kunne være mega nice hvis du lavet en plan tegning over din permakultur have med plante liste og dine erfaringer.

[@ecostudio1044]

and plan the new house for energy efficiency. no need to go overboard since it will be "smallish". Rich

[@janohdegroot989]

When you have something to plant, cut the grass, leave the roots.. and.. plant the new crop..

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Nice tip! Thanks!

[@Tamsins_Potager]

Sometimes it's better to take your time and let ideas evolve. I look forward to seeing the new plans take place 😊

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Indeed!!

[@connydijkstra7781]

👍

[@ClaudiaGanzazarolli]

Olá. Você poderia criar galinhas livres, pois elas comem as lesmas. Mas está indo tudo bem para uma propriedade pequena. Logo começarei a cultivar a minha também .

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks for the tip! I allready have some chickens, but they eat all my salats ;) However, I will try ducks for next year!!

[@buciesprawy8996]

Very nice video, btw. how big is the plot that you have your garden on?

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Thanks!! Its about 5500 square feet😊

[@evibertolait8262]

I have seen forests like yours infested with pumpkins- looking very creepy having that huge pale yellow balloons laying between the pines. There has been allotments around bringing garden kompost into the wood....

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing😊👌

[@beagru5706]

💖😺🍀🌷🐢🌻

[@ginavandam735]

The best way to grow mints is in a delimited area...otherwise it will spread uncontrolably..

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

So true😅

[@Annemarieke58]

I think your garden needed a good clean-up way before you showed us... You can't be self-sufficient in this way....

[@anonymdovvalross1336]

let him cook

[@andersboisentinyhouse]

Yeah I know, but I was under a time pressure this week, because the plan originally was to get started with the house a make a film about that. Besides, my preference is not so much the "nice and clean" look, so I'm trying to find the balance between whats pleasant for the human eye and the actual needs of the plants.

[@Marie-dn8sb]

​@@andersboisentinyhouseI think you have a natural, beautiful garden. A productive garden is what is important. 👍