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Hello brother. First next time you will know. First thing on the property you build is a small lake/big pond - big enough for family to swim in one for dry months to get water out of one. Second thing you do is a driveway which always you can squeeze if necessary even on the side of the pond. Third last you build structure/house whatever.
Turn your drive way like I told you already into a big pond and pull asphalt to house on the side of the property. Pond/lake is a sanctuary of human soul. A key to peace, happiness A refuge whenever you need one and it works wherever is that you are located - city or village.
It's looking good. Thank you for asking! I'm in the maintenance stage now. The fruit trees are all bearing tons of fruit. The nut trees are too. The forests are still young but growing. You can see pictures and video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VeHEcAFf7Nc.html Just forward to the last ten minutes or so.
It's doing great. Thanks for asking. Still full of water. Lots more cattails now, and the bamboo is very thick on the wall, which is great, so no trees sprout.
I have used clear plastic, just because a large forestry silvacilture green house remove their covers every spring, it heads to the dump. What I found is I til, cover it as early as possible, it heats, steams, solarizes all at the same time, it takes a couple weeks, depending on our spring. What the clear does is the weed seeds need ultraviolet to germinate, so they get that, get the heat/steam and it kills them, as well I get my soil temps up for a earlier planting. I noticed the silver side was up on your tarp, reflects ( bounces) the heat away.
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Hey Mark, The wetland plants do not grow well in gravel, despite the diagram I followed from Gaia's Garden. I ordered clay today to fix it. It will be clay lined. 2017 tour should be out soon. I've already recorded it. Thanks for watching!
We're still under a blanket of snow at the moment, but I'll try this spring. We do have tons of wildlife visiting the ponds. Possum, skunks, ducks, geese, cats, groundhogs, muskrats, birds, fox, dragon flies, etc...
Hello from Georgia. Just found your channel and I love your videos. I'm currently wood chipping my whole backyard and was wondering should I put ground covers of some kind down to help block weeds?
Hey Reginald, If you're applying wood chips, no need to add ground cover plants, the wood chips are performing that function, and wood chips block weeds better than ground cover plants in my opinion. If it's a food forest area, you would of course want to add you trees, shrubs, herbs etc... If it's an annual garden, you may want to add some perennial herbs for diversity.
Thanks for the look-around! I always enjoy them. Usually I go back and watch them all in a row to see the changes. I did that a few weeks ago in anticipation. Bet I'm not the only one!
Hey Melanie,That's not too far. You should consider joining the permaculture club that I help coordinate here in Lebanon. On Facebook, it's the Lebanon Gardening and Permaculture Club. It's free to join.
Hi, I had a question about the first wetland, whether or not you thought about putting in a grease trap first before having the grey water deposited in this area? Would this not be a plus in helping to purify the water by taking out grease and deposits before it goes into the wetland. Maybe it is just not necessary? Also, in regards to the liner, is sand enough to protect it from being punched through roots from trees around the the pond? We live in the Caribbean and everything grows like crazy here, would hate for all the water to run out due to a punched liner. I am thinking of doing something very similar. Great job on the project and thanks for sharing!
Quirin,I did think about a trap, but I'm not sure if it's needed, so I went without. You could certainly do that, and the water would be cleaner, but you still have to check the trap and dispose of the contents. I didn't want that hassle. If I have clogs, I will have to address it. It hasn't been long enough to know whether or not this will be a problem.You would not want to have large trees too close to the wetland. I have some fruit trees, but they are not that close. I also have some shrubs, but they don't get too big. This would not be as critical if you are clay lining your wetland.Thanks for watching!Phil
Great tour, so nice to see everything evolving. Totally surprised the gray water plantings aren't growing insanely! Are the roots just not getting down to the water level yet? Thanks for all the videos, really appreciate your time and efforts.
Love your stuff, I live in Cincinnati so I think we share a lot of similar fruit trees and such. Have you thought about running more chickens in the food forests to build up nutrients, and get more efficiency out of your land, or simply some small manageable livestock?
Thanks Andrew! Yes, I will be putting the chickens in the food forests and timber forests, but I want to make sure the trees are large enough to handle the chickens scratching around the roots. I think maybe another year.
can you switch back and forth with perineal garden with annuals mix in living mulch then switch it to 4 or 5 years of deep mulch wood chips/leaf mix. we are in drought almost all the time in cali. it would be great to kind of create a water soak point in layers.
Not sure I fully understand your question, but in a drought stricken area, I prefer wood chip deep mulch to a living mulch. The plants have less competition for water, and the wood chips hold a lot of moisture. Thanks for watching!
That's a good question. I'm not sure. The original seed was an improved variety, and the current versions have certainly crossed down the genetic line, but they still taste very similar to the originals. Having said that, I've never had a wild parsnip. It might be worth trying the wild stuff in the early spring of 2017.
i love clover in my food forest, i actually chop and drop it after the bees have raped it, then i wood chip over it. Its almost like composting in the field. Thx for the update been wondering how you been .
I've had a thought about the source of info determining the better way of the two. The permie experts all want you to pay for their knowledge whereas Paul gives his knowledge away despite the discomfort of doing so because of the source of the knowledge in the first place. Just a thought along the lines of our Father is good! Enjoy your videos!
+MsTokies, I have used straw, but not hay. I didn't like it for two reasons: 1. I had a hard time finding straw that the person could guarantee no herbicide. 2. Also, I had wheat growing everywhere from the wheat straw. Having said that, I'm not opposed to it, but for me it was difficult to find good clean straw without herbicide.
