My Top Lessons from a Year of Growing and Foraging All My Food!

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Robin Greenfield shares his top lessons and tips from 1 year of growing and foraging 100% of his food. This video was filmed as part of Wild Abundance’s Online Gardening School. It was filmed in the summer of 2021 at Wild Abundance, a school of permaculture, carpentry and earthskills, located in the mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. Wild Abundance is a home, a hub, and a dream of a more interconnected and sustainable world. Their campus is a living example of everything they teach with beautiful handcrafted buildings, abundant gardens, and a community of passionate people.
Wild Abundance is here to help people nurture a lifestyle in alignment with the natural world. They offer classes that cover subjects foundational to human culture for millennia. You can sign up for their Online Gardening School, Tiny House Academy, get your permaculture design certificate, or learn things like survival skills and basic carpentry, and much more! They offer classes both in person and online. Robin highly recommends education at Wild Abundance!
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Robin Greenfield is a truth-seeker, activist, social reformer and servant to Earth, humanity and our plant and animal relatives. He lives simply and sustainably to be the change he wishes to see in the world. Through living closely connected to Earth, he rejects the status quo of consumerism and demonstrates a way of being in gratitude, mindfulness and presence. His life is an experiment with truth and integrity.
Robin’s public activism involves dramatic actions designed to provoke critical thought, self-reflection and positive change. His activism creates nuanced conversations on the critical issues of our time, with a focus on solutions for living in harmony.
His life’s work has been covered by media worldwide and he has been named “The Robin Hood of Modern Times” by France 2 TV and “The Forrest Gump of Ecology”.
Robin has committed to earning below the federal poverty threshold for life and donates 100% of his media earnings to grassroots nonprofits, with a focus on supporting Black and Indigenous women-led organizations.
This channel is a resource for all who seek to liberate themselves, to live in truth and integrity, and to live in harmony with Earth, humanity and the plants and animals we share this home with.
Robin Greenfield and Dear Friends share means of achieving liberation and harmony through sustainable living, simple living, tiny house living, foraging, growing food and medicine, minimalism, zero waste, earth-skills, food sovereignty, community resilience, compassionate communication, activism, Black Liberation, Indigenous Sovereignty and living in service.
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@HomesteadForALiving 2 года назад

I just completed a year-long experiment that anyone can try! For the past year, I’ve added something I grew or foraged in every single meal I made. It’s surprisingly easy! We started out the year with only a 120 square foot bed. Some days I only had a token amount, a little kale or turnips that I babied through the winter, or a sprinkle of foraged dead nettle or wild garlic. But now about 25% of my food comes from our new 5-acre property. I can’t recommend it enough! It really keeps you accountable in the journey to self sufficiency and sustainability.

@Robin.Greenfield 2 года назад

I love this! This is such a good method for achieving any dream. Thank you for sharing!

@moonhunter9993 2 года назад

awesome

@tannenbaumgirl3100 2 года назад

Vegetable seeds are not GMO...stop spreading lies. When you talk GMO...that's the farms that grow corn and soybeans for making ethanol, diesel fuel, animal food,etc. Vegetable seeds and people who grow vegetables in their gardens aren't affected by GMO...it's an advertising gimic to fool gullable people like you to push an agenda. Farmers who grow vegetables aren't affected by GMO either. Stop confusing hybridizing with GMO. FYI plants naturally hybridize in nature! Mono crop is a big field....not garden crops. Grow what you want and what your family likes, not what fools tell you to grow! You can't eat oak trees....what perennials we can grow depends on your regional climate and growing zones. Again, grow what you want and what you can! The lessons is to not self diagnose and self medicate yourself to the point of what these fools tell you. Eat healthy, stop drinking anything alcohol, stop smoking (all kinds)...I would say cooking your own food is more critical than consuming processed foods.

@janetbransdon3742 2 года назад

I once lived in a caravan park with a tiny plot and even then I ate home grown produce. I had a large window at the front of the van off the kitchen I turned into a kitchen garden... grew every herb imaginable all year round as it acted like a glass house, also climbing cherry tomatoes, lettuce and rocket. My "house" plants were aloe vera, basil and mint . Always had sprouts growing on my kitchen bench. On my tiny plot I grew dwarf fruit trees and had pots and containers filled with edible plants. I have since moved to a home with a double block I feel so blessed I had a great start as I brought all my plants and knowledge with me. I too eat something out of my garden at every meal. Cheers and happy gardening.

@MelDormoy 2 года назад

FANTASTIC IDEA! I'm going to try it! I find our strawberries coming in and going to waste because we are not eating them! (At meal time I forget to go pick them).... I'm going to make this a habit. Thank you for sharing!

@RiotRioter 2 года назад

If there was a zombie apocalypse I would want to stay with this guy

@ElNegringoKreyolito 2 года назад

The apocalypse is now :)

@dylanminer3728 2 года назад

Learn how to do what he does first !

@Robin.Greenfield 2 года назад

Inspired to grow more of your own food? Check out the Wild Abundance Online Gardening School! www.wildabundance.net/online-classes/online-gardening-school

@NetraAmorosi 2 года назад

Should also look into hydroponics and vertical farming if you haven't already. Get a lot more food out of the space with vertical farming.

@ElectroHouseProducer 2 года назад

Holy moly this is the best video I saw today🔥

@ashleystewart6326 2 года назад

Great tips Rob. Can definitely relate to the importance of diversity in what you grow. Last year my tomato and squash crops were pretty much failures due to fungal issues but I had the best harvests that I've had yet of melons, cucumbers and carrots.

@aloenottingham6163 2 года назад

This guy has to be one of the most wholesome people in the whole world 🙏🏾💚

@neuralsoup 2 года назад

You should start a Patreon and give any of the money you don't need to non-profits, I'm sure a lot of us subscribers would want to help contribute. You are so inspiring and a breath of fresh air in a world where so many people don't seem to care much or are overwhelmed by all the issues that surround us

@matthewgoetzka8855 2 года назад

The reminder I found most helpful was to "start small." I dream growing everything that could possibly thrive in this region, but that's not anything that will come in my first years. This year my focus is on sweet potatoes and sunflowers.

@royormonde3682 2 года назад

Nice work, good tips and great story. I remember growing up 50 years ago and gardening with my Dad, back then it was just the way we survived. I'm now in my 60's, I still carry on that tradition, plant grow, harvest, collect seed, store, can and freeze everything, the rest goes to the food bank. I wish I had gardening groups in my area, getting old now and it sure would take a load off if you could find a dozen people in your community to each grow different crops and share with each other come harvest. Like you said gardeners are always willing to share, swap stories, teach and learn techniques...not to mention a nice big harvest party and BBQ at the end. I just started sowing seeds in trays and have a few rounds over the next 2 months yet before planting out and my cellar, pantry and freezer are still half full. Happy gardening everyone.....freedom in 2022, YAHOO.

@daniellerodgers6493 2 года назад

Thank you these are the kind of videos I need.

@hehaheadshot97 2 года назад

Thank you for everything you do Rob! You're an inspiration to many and hopefully many more going forward!

@wizardss3684 2 года назад

Dude I love what you do. All these videos have so much valuable information. I hope my town has a community garden.

@bianamcguire1544 2 года назад

If it doesn't, join a garden club or just knock on the doors of people growing food.

@wizardss3684 2 года назад

@@bianamcguire1544 I’ll check that out. I recently just got into growing vegetables and my papa has a garden every year. He grew up gardening with his dad. He’s definitely got a lot of knowledge to pass down, but with watching all these videos I think I could give him a few pointers. I’m looking forward to passing on the tradition to my kids one day.

@LSinclair 2 года назад

Omg, the abundance/scarcity death/life analogy! I had never thought of that before… and that to be a good gardener we need to be a good killer! That’s amazing!! I’m one of those who DO feel too much for the plants, and the worms, and so I avoid digging into soil, or pruning a tree, because it worries me. So this was very helpful, Rob.

@blakes9771 2 года назад

Rob for president 2024

@LSinclair 2 года назад

Rob, lessons here for LIFE really! You covered everything it feels and gave me light bulb moments, too! Like, now I know where I’m going to place my first bin garden! For EASE and aesthetics both. And also, to not try to do it all in the beginning; this was so helpful. Thank you!!!…once again.

@carolinageorgiamix6632 2 года назад

You shared some awesome tips...Keep smiling

@sustainablelivingschool12 2 года назад

I loved the reminder about "eat the weeds!" I typically think the most about bees and dandelions and forget I can eat them too! (among others....) thanks for the reminder 😎

@ChefIsaac925 Год назад

Your channel is what I’ve been looking for!! Gold mine of information! You the man brotha!

@backslash11 2 года назад

Rob is like a successful version of me and my pursuit of self-sufficiency. At one point I was trying to maintain 7 different garden plots throughout my city. It totally wiped me out. Years later I discovered a gamechanger: ebike. I'm restarting this year, but closer to home.

@gayalux1688 2 года назад

You make me proud and happy to be human! 💖😁🤗😀😊👏😄😜

@tarasemp3792 2 года назад

At the end of the day you really gear me up n doze booster my lazy bone Rob. I am so thankful to you,Gbu

@GardensforLife 2 года назад

Epic! Keep up the good work. Good luck from Ireland! :D

@generalsmedleybutler340 2 года назад

I am trying to become self sufficient in as many food types as I can in a suburban backyard with about 2000ft2 of growing space: greens, herbs, a variety of fruit in each season, and lots of sweet potato and squash.

@earthwyrm6756 2 года назад

Look for Jeff Ball's Self Sufficient Suburban Garden book. So helpful. Worth it just for the charts at rear-- crop timing & spacings, yield data, and nutrient breakdown for various organic inputs. Older, so likely available used.

@AdaptiveApeHybrid 2 года назад

Does hickory and black walnut grow near you? Foraging is a great way to supplement your harvests. I must have collected over a hundred pounds of nuts last fall

@generalsmedleybutler340 2 года назад

@@AdaptiveApeHybrid Black walnut, California hazelnut, and chinquapin are some of the edible nuts that grow here in California. Black walnut is especially abundant. I will have to try that as I missed the black walnut season last year.

@YoutubePremium-um4cu 2 года назад

Keep makeing videos they really contain alot of nowlege and inspire peaple

@user-df4qg1ee1l 2 года назад

Rob is the Best! As always! Thank you for your work!

@HJB30 2 года назад

OMG THANK YOU. I had never heard of WWOOF and it turns out there are hosts in a 5 mile radius of me!! What the heck?! This is incredible.

@pascalxus 2 года назад

6 front yards! Wow. That’s some seriously awesome gardening! And thanks for all the tips. Definitely lots of replay value in this video.

@MrsNinaMarie 2 года назад

I love your perspective on pests.

@tuvei 2 года назад

Looking forward to one year of growing in colder climate! I live in Sweden and keep myself from expecting abundance (even though I know deep down there is so much food that can geow here). Can't wait to be inspired and share the inspiration with others!

@lorebrown5307 2 года назад

Check out Sara Backmo's videos on growing organic food abundance in Sweden. She has them in English and Swedish

@tuvei 2 года назад

@@lorebrown5307 Thanks, you are absoluteley right! I know about Sara Backmo, she's amazing! Still looking forward to Robs new project though, he has more of a foraging and sustainability approach which I find super inspiring. Love all the great gardening content that exists online right now!

@ramonasurprenant2122 2 года назад

Absolutely! “We can do anything, but we can’t do everything.”💕💕

@crazyaboutnature 2 года назад

I would love to see you do the same sort of adventure in a different environment. 1 year of growing/foraging all your food, but in a new location. That'd be sweet!

@shellystanley9746 2 года назад

Rob, you have a great outlook on life that's infectious. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and love. We want more.

@oakfox 2 года назад

Thanks for a great talk and inspiration at OGS!

@WaywardLifeSailing 2 года назад

Thanks for the inspiration! We are living and travelling on a sailboat and always looking for more inspiration on how to grow food onboard while still being a functional sailing vessel and this was helpful! :)

@marikaheitmann5206 2 года назад

Oh, I would LOVE to see you do the one year challenge in a colder climate!! 😍🍀

@mbethosseedcompany3307 2 года назад

This is a wonderful message. I have followed your journey and I am always happy to listen to your video. Your positivity is something I need very much right now! And you are right: there is a renewal going on in our food system. I have a small seed company and I focus on producing seeds adapted to a northern climate, because this is where I grow. I also have a small market garden and I see more and more people who want to learn, buy local and are educated on the benefit of locally produced food. Keep up the good work! I come back to your video whenever I need a pick-me-up!

@cassidydavis4421 2 года назад

You’re such an inspiration! We just planted several fruit trees and berry bushes to start a perennial food forest, we are so excited!

@larrycyprus3052 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing your lessons. I look forward to putting these into practice with our garden and community.

@ibelieveinpandas 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! Especially like #11, doing one thing at a time and integrating it with the life we already have going on!

@sarahogden3826 2 года назад

So much life wisdom in one video! I’d be interested to hear how you found colder climates to be more abundant than places like Florida. I’ve been contemplating relocating somewhere warmer because I thought it would be easier to produce more food, but now I’m curious which climate actually does produce more!

@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness 2 года назад

Some foods are cooler weather foods and some are for hotter climates. Doesn't mean you can't grow cooler weather plants in hotter climates, it just means you have to plant them at different times. Also warmer weather plants in cooler weather areas may have a shorter growing season in colder climates, but the cooler weather regions could grow in greenhouses.

@lottiehindley9816 2 года назад

Love the weed thing dandelions everywhere - TEA!

@sarahpannwitz3322 2 года назад

I love this video. You made it really easy to understand.

@deepavr2452 2 года назад

Absolutely correct . I am following this .

@garystringer2582 2 года назад

Thank you Rob. Very useful.

@neuralsoup 2 года назад

This is so helpful and inspiring thank you. I recently moved to a 3 acre acreage in Northern Alberta, Canada and I can't wait to turn all this grass into gardens and produce so much food. There's a local farmer nearby who has a garden center and I cant wait till its open to learn about what's best to grow here I abundance and maybe ask them if I can volunteer at their garden to learn more in the process. I already plan to grow tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, peas and raspberries. And want to plant some apple trees. I would love to not have to buy food from the big box grocery stores in the nearest town that I take a trip to every 2 weeks. I also want to get solar panels installed here and use some of that energy to grow stuff indoors during the long winter. My goal is to be completely off the grid eventually and not rely on fossil fuels and minimize my waste.

@sustainablelivingschool12 2 года назад

Congratulations Emily! Will you be documenting your journey? We'd love to follow along from BC, Canada!

@jalenejohnson8484 2 года назад

Look into passive solar greenhouses and walipini 😉

@visnuexe 2 года назад

You are wise beyond your years for such philosophy and advice, there Dan! That comes from putting 100% into all that you do! It might seem edgy to some, but when it comes to growing all your own food and given the concerns of the times this is eminently relevant. People are apt to go full bore with their new homesteads to get their first food grown without regard to water drainage, and soil types, PH, or without succession planting. When one planting might fail and dash all hopes, or one attempt to grow a full acre of food, it will certainly challege even the more experienced! Growing anything in Florida is a test of any companion planting as far as the pests are concerned. Yet you ate, and made it through a year! I love what you said about getting to know your weeds! What a secret wealth there is there! Think in abundance, and don't be afraid to kill the plants. Be purposeful! YES!

@Emmapuravida 2 года назад

This is coming to the right time! Thank you so much for being such an inspiration! Sending love from Costa Rica! (I’ve actually lived by Saint Michael and was really moved to know you were there too at some point of your journey) 🤍

@TheHoriginal 2 года назад

LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!!

@thomasalford2607 2 года назад

Love it, love it!

@patricial1004 2 года назад

Love the shout out to northern Wisconsin ❤

@cosmicbackwoods 2 года назад

this is solid and wise info. you're a good human, thanks for doing the work, you are appreciated. much love from texas

@jacobdunbar9309 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the video! thank you for sharing your experience

@GTEnchantress 2 года назад

Great tips and reminders. I really enjoyed this. You are right on about the Everglades tomato. Here in Orlando, FL they thrive all year. Thank you for sharing.

@latinaartista36 2 года назад

Such great information. Thank you

@healingrevolution123 2 года назад

Soo good, thank you for this video

@YoutubePremium-um4cu 2 года назад

My favorite chanel

@johnjude2685 2 года назад

You are incredible and must have courage and work ethics . You are great

@JamesMBlackwell 2 года назад

fantastic. you are an inspiration.

@dreamleaf6784 2 года назад

I'm super pumped that your going to do growing a year of food in colder climate. I hope you make some videos of progress so I can follow along. I just moved and I have a clean slate to start growing

@kongkongball1 2 года назад

good on you to do this project!

@sonofabear 2 года назад

I forage 20% of my food during the spring/ summer and autumn. Hopefully i get that the number up!

@kortneyhorn8989 2 года назад

I'd love to see what you grow in AZ! It's a literal scorcher for a good percentage of the year.

@JulianJP21 2 года назад

Great Rob, great person, thanks for your job✌️🤙we can change this f....k world!! Take care MAN and thanks

@tomherter3531 2 года назад

I just found your channel and subscribed. I'm looking at turning our yard into a food forest. I live in Australia (melbourne). Sooo wish you could come over and help. You are definately my go to. Once l grow in our yard lm going to try the park a few doors down. Sadly need council approval. But l wont ever give up. Thankyou for all you do. Love it, love it, love it❤❤❤❤❤

@Kate-fn8rj 2 года назад

Great lessons and good background :)

@moonhunter9993 2 года назад

this was really good!

@AdaptiveApeHybrid 2 года назад

Love ya big homie, thanks for the awesome content

@Chopperdoll 2 года назад

Great video!

@nickthegardener.1120 2 года назад

I just got my first allotment and it has 2 perennial vegetables (asparagus and rhubarb) and 5 perennial fruits, red&black current, gooseberry, strawberries and raspberries. I was lucky that the plot was only vacant for 3 months so not too many weeds. I'm going to plant an apple, cherry and plum tree and lots of annual vegetables!

@jesuspajarilla8265 2 года назад

Awesome content!

@Njennings42 2 года назад

1:23 I just wanted to point out this neat little rhyme lol. I don't know if it was intended or not, but I enjoyed it.

@teresatrigiani7838 2 года назад

EAT THE WEEDS! love it....the wild ones are the best....:) I live at the beach now and it is dry season and can't find my usual weeds. Did find amaranth and got that pulled up and put in a growing box.

@davidconnor8151 2 года назад

Hi.. Teresa

@AbidAli-bv2gl 2 года назад

Excellent video

@GettingGoshen 2 года назад

Your County Extension Agent has Grow Calendar Varieties for your areas Also Local Master Gardners answers your questions.

@ramthian 2 года назад

Thanks 🙏 xxx.

@JenMarco 2 года назад

You must be seeing huge health benefits from this! Please make a video about it.

@NetraAmorosi 2 года назад

Might also help to find out what pests effect the crop and find what plant repeals said pests and have that planted around it if possible.

@nickbenz5281 2 года назад

Hey Rob! When will your book "Food Freedom" be published?

@RN-uo2vo 2 года назад

You are one cool cat.

@Steveyjtv 2 года назад

Inspiring

@reignofaragon6890 2 года назад

Thankyou

@veronicapatino7184 2 года назад

Great video!!! Thank you!!! Looking for a book learning how to recognize edible weeds. Any recomendation?

@VomitYou 2 года назад

Yeah... Mint.

@robincrawley311 2 года назад

🌿You have such an Awesome channel, Loads of Inspiration as well as Informative, Thank You So Much for Sharing! I have glaucoma, do you know of which plants work well with it?Blessings🌿

@emperorpoffzocampf 2 года назад

I just want to say, we did the free seed project last year. Was fantastic for my small family, we grew as many as we could next to our window, since we live in the city. This year we are growing more plants in the same window, this year we hope to have just as much fun and success. Thank you for opening up our world to home growing, even if it is on a tiny scale.

@jalenejohnson8484 2 года назад

Colder climate huh!? I hope it’s Alaska! I had decided a while ago that when I was able to achieve the circumstances I would invite you to try it up here because I’m sure you’d embrace the experience…. Although I doubt you could get by with only owning 47 things. 😉

@YoutubePremium-um4cu 2 года назад

Please make a video on how two grow apple tree from taking cuttings since seeds won't produce the same apple

@roniecasil8281 2 года назад

Do you have lecture for planting method? Please share. Thanks Rob.

@shannonwolff2599 2 года назад

And don't plant tomatoes next or too close to the peppers or the peppers won't grow anything or very little. I had no idea why my peppers gave me almost nothing and when I told my hubby's grandfather who was a retied farmer, he knew what the problem was right away. So the next year I planted them at opposite sides of my garden and had an over abundance of peppers!!! I was practically giving them away to everyone as door prizes to anyone who showed up at my house!!! It didn't seem to affect the tomatoes, just the peppers. The tomatoes still grew great but off off 4 pepper plants I only got 3 very small peppers (no bigger than a small halpinio)

@ameeraljadie1282 2 года назад

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@AllBeingsAreLoveAmen 2 года назад

you're experienced at having experience

2 года назад

🙏

@pascalxus 2 года назад

One thing I learned from this video is, I need to up my perennial game. What do you guys think, which perennials have the most yield per unit of time/labor?

@tinnerste2507 2 года назад

My best producers are hazelnuts, day Lillie's and sea kale, and bacon, though most of mine are still building up numbers cause I started off with a tiny cutting. I'm zone six cool summer climate

@LearnWithLilibeth 2 года назад

13:44 I wish I saw this before buying Neem oil for my citrus trees (to fight spider mites 😬). I’m curious how other people feel about neem oil 🤔

@nulisticintl9054 2 года назад

@Rob Greenfield Hey. I know you were here in Orlando when you started that project. Can you list some of those resources local in Orlando? FWIW, I have properties that can be converted to urban food garden. Thanks.

@stevenecheverria5032 2 года назад

Hey rob can you tell me what are the best places to forage in the Tampa st Pete area? I live in Tampa

@DeverVision 2 года назад

Everyone should watch the documentary on Netflix called “ FOOD INC” so insightful. Yet disturbing what are government is doing to us just in the food industry🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬