You can do permaculture!! Start small and work slow!!

Permaculture Design: Use Small, Slow Solutions. How I break Parkrose Permaculture down in a series of small gardens. Don't feel overwhelmed with a big garden project! Break it down and tackle small areas at one time. Permaculture gardening and living is approachable for anyone! You can do this!
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[@lesliekendall2206]

I love the fairy garden! I'm 64 and alone but I have a teeny children's picnic table and a ton of marbles, shells, and colorful rocks sitting around doing nothing. 😊. Also a great place for a birdbath.

[@lcotee]

Western Tanagers are so beautiful and so is your garden!

[@justalurkr]

The previous owner of my townhouse had a lot of permaculture elements in the back yard, but no fruit trees. Pretty much all I needed to do was drop in two Asian pear trees, some comfrey, and stop "weeding" the clover. Blueberries, perennial onions, columbine, ferns, wild strawberries, iris, and what I suspect is a mulberry were already there.

[@lcotee]

Permaculture is the answer to all the climate woes and so much free info online!

[@dawnhood3666]

Just found your Channel. Now I’m going back and watching everything!

[@atallnobody934]

Thankyou for the encouragement to take is slow; small projects and being okay with making mistakes

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

I'm a big fan of slow cooking and the slow and steady approach to permaculture really resonates with me. Cheers!

[@mra6308]

The fact that the your kids had input as well for their own "garden" really shows how well you've thought this out. This will be a much better way to connect with them as they grow ❤

[@yvonneknight8746]

I liked your garden 🤩 I have a small patio garden and I'm putting my Berry bushes to have in my garden to add to the cantaloupes , Baby sweet watermelons and lemongrass plant it's small but my garden is loved😍

[@rubygray7749]

Very encouraging way to describe the ongoing process of achieving a permaculture garden thankyou!

[@lanialost1320]

Gosh! This time of year, my fledgling permaculture garden in Massachusetts looks so bleak. You have a green thumb -- all your plants are so healthy-looking and lush. Love your mix of food plants and non-food perennial flowers and shrubs.

[@InTheMusicBox]

Good idea and inspiration knowing you can do this on a smaller piece of land

[@bobbiejeanesser864]

Thank you George!! So precious, and such beautiful gardens! We are working on our own food forest/garden areas. I am disabled and therefore limited in my physical capacity for now. Hoping that I can heal by growing and eating my own organic, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide free, super nutritious plant foods. Any amount of healing would make a big difference in my life. God bless you and your family Angela!

[@aurelienyonrac]

Happy garden, happy kids, happy women. Thank you for sharing.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I love that young people are thinking outside the box in terms of their yards and a place to grow food. Even the commercial organic movement its not enough. That food DOES NOT taste as good as what you can grow and is devoid of minerals we need. We employed the Back To Eden style of gardening and I am gradually learning permaculture. I believe its so important to start growing at least some of our own food. What a waste of space a lawn is these days with good quality fresh food being so scarce and expensive commercially. Growing our own costs very little and the benefits are amazing to our health and well being. Thank you for sharing your garden and time with us and spreading the word. These gardens can be can be as small or large as we want them to be. Yes start small and don’t get carried away folks! 😉

[@navitgiauque1413]

I am about to embark with 10 acres of land and huge permaculture ideaIs. I started getting very overwhelmed. This video helped calm me down. Thank-you.

[@svetlanikolova7673]

Tell your local tree cutting service to drop their waste in your property for free! That will help you prepare your land for your next step!

[@shuvanidev]

I love the little apple guild/fairy garden. Wonderful example - I CAN do that :) Thank you!

[@rachelteske]

great message on the slow and steady. I enjoy your videos because you speak so clearly, and your hand pointing out different plants and areas always is so helpful.

[@aurelienyonrac]

Yes

[@merrycontrary3520]

Brilliant! Thanks for the words of encouragement.

[@sharmashwetaUTube]

I love your channel.I am just starting and its amazing

[@moriahgarcia8888]

Thank you so much for this. Definitely needed a reality check with my permaculture dreams!

[@1Lightdancer]

Such good advice for many aspects of life - slow and considerate. Such a beautiful space 🍃 💚

[@okmmauh]

Wow quarter acre. I just purchased half acre for permaculture. I don’t know where to start. Slow and small. Thank you

[@ajhayes7704]

Love the message, your garden & videos. Very informative & inspiring. Like you & George said, by not rushing to fill every square ft. in the garden makes me & my wallet very happy. Keep up the videos & I will be looking out for your book.

[@lauraolsen6030]

excellent, thank you for your message. It is overwhelming to try to develope a plan for the whole garden. Your suggestion to break it down to design small sections at a time is wonderful.

[@MyHumbleNest]

I just started subscribing earlier this growing season. I went back a few years, and WOW what a difference you have now. There is some magic happening there, must be the fairies. 😉

[@dandingo168]

Love your garden and that is the best advice start small one patch at a time, Thanks for sharing

[@vert2002]

Hello! Thank you for this wonderful little video. I'd love to know more about the design aspect and how to decide what to grow, in a small scale urban garden like yours. Keep up the great work!

[@busker153]

I am enjoying assimilating my yards a little at a time, from one edge across over time. I had plans and ideas, of course, but did not hold them too tightly. I love how my urban farm has been developing!

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

Your garden and the way you speak of small area beginning are inspiring. We've recently started a greening of the desert project and we called it the elephant garden. Old joke for progress is how do you eat an elephant, 1 bite at a time. Thank you again.

[@lwjenson]

Love this! It so cool to see how your garden has grown over time!

[@marianazinsou8955]

This is wonderful! This is how I am gardening! I didn't know that is named like this!!! I love it! Thank you for shearing.

[@ikbuhguhphonk]

Respect. Keep it up. Garden looks amazing. Hopefully I'll get there some day. Peace.

[@terryhogan5554]

Thanks, very useful for beginners

[@Heather11268]

Great video, needed this. I am one of those people who, just wants it done, lol, and nature just doesn't work that way. I am learning to enjoy the process, thanks.

[@nataliecartier8933]

I love the fairy garden, great job! 💕🌻

[@mclovin2232]

Your place looks amazing!! So much abundance!

[@Wendyann1100]

Really beautiful garden. Thanks for sharing.

[@dag118]

Just the message I needed to hear!❤️👍

[@ShannasCountryCreek]

So need this encouragement 2day...loved your description inspiration. Moving in 7days to new land with a 100x50 garden started. A lil overwhelmed with a dose of anxiety thinking I need it to be purrrfect! 🤦‍♀️I seriously feel permaculture is gonna be my jam❣🙌💃🥰 Thank you for the inspirational video😘

[@krissycus]

Ok, so this vid is 4 years old but I stumbled upon it. I definitely am piecing my gardens together bit by bit, according to what is available to buy, what the weather is doing, and how much $ we have to spend at the moment. One thing that is tough though is that I constantly feel like I have to rip out plants and move them to fit my new plants/trees, as I"m still getting to know the land and how much space/light the plants need.

[@hornandhearth2581]

Beautiful and inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing

[@one.arizona.garden]

I absolutely L💚VE your awesome garden!

[@scmarih]

Just found your channel and love your garden!

[@alexjohnson3745]

obsessed with your channel and it's teachings! Thanks for sharing

[@ziarsylabiyyu]

Love it ❤

[@t.m.3769]

Hi! New subscriber! Thanks for really explaining permaculture design concepts. You’re growing so much on a quarter acre.

[@gardenweedsgrower]

If you have 1/4 acre for your food forest Permaculture garden then I definitely have less because my yard is way smaller and it includes my house and one car driveway. i’m glad people with small lots like us are showing that we can produce great amounts of natural organic food for sustainable living. It is more manageable, cost less and don’t become a full-time job but just part of life or sometimes one of our weekend activities that we actually enjoy doing.

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Hi! You should check out some of my newer videos because this was years ago and the property looks VERY different now! I think that's an excellent point: with a smaller plot, you can still have a career outside of your property while also getting yields off your property and enjoying it without being stressed out with caretaking obligatons.

[@PermacultureHomestead]

i do love this time of year in the food forest, yours looks great, really nice guilds.

[@bsides7]

Hi! I love your video- thank you! I was wondering if you used any specific design tool to help you plot your land?

[@3musketeershomestead62]

I just found your channel today.. very motivational

[@mascoteno]

Thank you! Now I have a perspective on how get started. Would love to read your book when it’s available.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

"What can I get done in a weekend?" "What can I get done in a week long project?" I can't do that analysis. I like to have an end goal without deadlines. I get up in the morning and work through the day, what gets done gets done. I have 4 acres to turn into a food forest. I have an understanding about how to transition it like natural succession would, and that's how it will go. It will take a few years but the annuals and small perennials will give a return quickly.

[@treesagreen4191]

EcoCentric I understand where she's coming from though. When you look at the permaculture literature and courses, the need to design the whole thing appears to be one of the most important things. I think she was trying to break that process down into bite sized pieces that people could manage in any given chunk of time. I'm with you to some extent, in that my garden (which is long and narrow) is gradually evolving into what I want it to become. And I'm glad of that because one plum tree has grown bigger than I originally imagined it would, for example, so the slow approach can save some time/money in the long run

[@BrowncoatBlue]

very cool. I hope to have a garden like yours one day!

[@ecuresafe]

Very impressive presentation.

[@luciebardos]

your garden looks beautiful! Glad I found your channel. =-)

[@thomassmith8700]

Thank you for sharing your space. I was hoping this was an instructional video on how to start a small space with permaculture concepts. Perhaps in another video.

[@mmangla5575]

Wow good

[@JIMKOR]

Will you a step by step videos on how you started these small gardens

[@meredithpunchesup8095]

We are starting our Zone 5 (north Midwest) Suburban garden this year. We have a HOT HOT full sun backyard, with utility lines running along the back (and through the back yard to our house) and no shade. the FIRST plant we are looking to plant is a Serviceberry Tree in the back to help add a little shade, but not be too tall/ close to interfere with the lines. I'm really inspired by your fruit tree and the little garden around it. What type of plants would benefit the fruit tree/ vise versa? Also, the rain garden is lovely. I've been dreaming of that around my subpump / downspout to keep the water in our yard! Those irises are just wonderful.

[@ricky2g893]

💜💜💜💜

[@Thegonepotties]

Just found your lovely channel ☺

[@conradofm]

nice video..

[@karenmergner3117]

Please explain how you keep 34 trees in your yard at a manageable height. What is the process to keep fruit trees from overwhelming the space? Florida fan.

[@shadyman6346]

Karen Mergner I know it’s been a year since your question, but they probably use dwarf trees and prune seasonly.

[@karenmergner3117]

@@shadyman6346 Hi, Angela said in a recent video she coppices her fruit trees, which means pruning back nearly to the ground; she uses the cut wood for hugelkulture mounds and fuel for the wood burning stove. The tree responds with new growth, is strong and vigorous. Seems a good way to reinvigorate old orchards.

[@heliosrusty]

Love this video!

[@RikkiTaviTikki]

Hi! Thanks for the video. Is there a way for a beginner to learn how to do permaculture gardening? I mean I have absolutely 0 experience even in normal agricultural gardening, but I would like to start, and do permaculture. I mean if I have just a piece of land and there is nothing. How do I start? What do I do? Can you recommend books or articles or videos for people like me?

[@justalurkr]

I got started with videos about fruit guilds that break down what plants to put in and why for soil health and pest control.

[@choipark6878]

I like your video so i subscribed 😊

[@MuzikAngelSarah]

Thank you so much for what you're doing! I've learned so much from you! I'm curious, are there evergreen plants that would grow well in the Northwest that produce something for you, or your pets? We have a hedge of arborvitae that give us privacy from the neighbors, but I'm curious if there is something more productive that I could use for privacy year-round. I want to create a "hedgerow" and put a variety of plants in that work together, but I also want something evergreen in there to help keep the privacy, while still producing something useable. Let me know if you can think of any plants, or if you have any helpful thoughts! Again, thank you so much for what you do!

[@lwjenson]

What are those purple and white and pink and white flowers in the front? They look so cool!

[@actanonverba91]

I like your style homie

[@deemee7329]

how do you go about the planning... like trees first... or small areas... will you fill in the middle of the yard or just the outside area . what influences you with the infill plants... also shade, water considerations. im in Zone 9b and the heat can be grueling..

[@kitdubhran2968]

I know this is an old comment, but I grew up in the desert. My suggestion would be to do as much planting for desert and hot weather plants as possible. The more you do that, the more shade you get as the trees grow. Then they’ll create microclimates underneath, and You can add more things that are happier cooler, and in more shade. It could also benefit you to have some shade.

[@bethatz252]

Please share the plants you used in your apple guild.

[@jonathanhargus1469]

I just recently found your awesome channel. I was searching for information on Pawpaw trees! In this video you mention that you're writing a book...is it out yet?? Thanks, love your videos so far :)

[@ShivaniLokaLaksmi]

Where is your garden? (State? Zone?) thank you for the video it s a lovely garden you have !

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

This is a super old video!! I’m in 8b in Portland, OR USA

[@hermittraveler2163]

How much time in your day is taken up by permaculture? I'd like to get an idea as to how I could fit this in with my other activities.

[@wakingupinsuburbia]

I want to start small. We live in a traditional suburban neighborhood with HOA on another .15 acre. We have plenty of yard space and sun. I’m afraid to start - not sure what a first small project would be. And one concern is we have tons of rabbits. We also live in Lyme Disease central and rabbits are riddled with them. So how do I keep them away? We have a fenced yard but it doesn’t keep them out. Would you suggest starting with a small raised enclosed bed?

[@CreeksideSimplicity]

I know this is an older video, but thank you for sharing it! I've never taken any kind of permaculture design course before, but we recently moved to a new property and we're in the process of implementing different elements. I'm very interested in learning more about guilds, especially.

[@cocotwisty300]

Looks cool, thanks for the inspiring video! I think your plants are loving the wood chips... how long have they been breaking down? When you said "pizza oven" all I could think was "if she could get it over 450 C and airtight she could make some amazing biochar in that thing :D Link for all you gardeners out there that don't know about biochar: news.rice.edu/2012/03/22/cooking-better-biochar-study-improves-recipe-for-soil-additive/ One aspect of Permaculture I really like is the focus on perennials for less labor and increasingly abundant yields - a great example would be growing a perennial collard tree instead of annual collard greens. The tree will have a bigger root system every year, able to pump out more leaves as time goes on, vs. having to replant every year and wait for harvest time. For this reason I am excited to plant things like artichokes, berry bushes, and especially fruit and nut trees. Another way to say what you mentioned in this video is the idea of stacking multiple benefits (like Magic: The Gathering for all you nerds out there) of plants in the garden so that the synergy makes the whole greater than the sum of its parts. I just started my first in-the-ground garden and am experimenting with low-or-no-budget amending clay soil for annuals and hopefully perennials if I can get a greenhouse over it! Just one way to avoid the negatives of annuals as mentioned above - I'm growing indeterminate tomatoes, peppers and a ground cherry which will hopefully survive the ~35F night temps during December - I will be stacking as many budget heat-saving & generating tricks that I can in order to attempt an average +20F over outside temps in the greenhouse.

[@hailbop2121]

Hi. Did you finish your fruit tree book? Where can I find it?

[@malcolmsheeley2224]

Good Day, Gardener. I am in Saanich, B.C. Canada. So where is here! No zone, because Rain Country is in 8b, but some things do not do well in her 8b zone as in others. I am 1/2 acre including the house.

[@judycarter587]

What do you mean by “apple guild”?

[@MrVantsit]

Hey I’m curious what percentage of your groceries are supplemented with your garden?

[@ParkrosePermaculture]

Oh goodness this video is quite old! We purchase flour, oats, beans, lentils, coffee, sugar, nuts, maple syrup. We also get a grassfed cowshare. I do run out of carrots and onions and end up purchasing those in bulk now and then. I also end up buying cauliflower and rarely, potatoes and sweet potatoes. We buy citrus and sometimes bananas and mangoes and avocado.

[@aeastman59]

did you finish your book?

[@Heather11268]

How much is a quarter acre in feet. My yard is 66x145.

[@naomidenisepinedaspirit-bo7955]

How does one even begin to have foods to plant

[@WoRldLoveNow]

maybe you should plant some food

[@BeFreeHugATree]

💞🙏🌻🖖💞

[@monikarosman4126]

I have 0.33acres

[@WoRldLoveNow]

slow sucks .plant seeds. watch grow.no need to go slow unless you dont really know anything about gardening like this lady.all she said all video long was go slow and repeat the word permaculture 50 times.learn more about gardening before you pretend to be a teacher.