New Twist on Old Methods // Orchard and Food Forest Maintenance 

I split a two inch section of garden hose to put around small trees to prevent girdling from the cord.

BILLY WILLIAM I JUST GOT A ORDER. FOR THE SUPPORT LOOK I GOT A BASS PLAYER MAKING AND WATCHING YOUR CHANNEL 6 HOURS AFTER YOU MADE YOUR VIDEO FOR SHIRT.

That's alright Billy, my husband still can't say espresso without putting an X in there! 😄

Good idea on tying down the fruit tree branches. I've got one pear that grew almost straight up so it doesn't fruit as well as the others. I've used all kinds of different things to tie them over the years. Old plastic coated phone cords work pretty well.

If’n I recall aright, Joel Salatin’s son went through something similar when he started to breed rabbits. In the early days he lost many from various causes, but by allowing them to cull themselves he ended up with some virtually indestructible stock which is in high demand.

Man, I learned so much from this one, thanks Billy! We put in several fruit trees a few years ago wished I'd had known this stuff then!

Quality "and" quantity all in one place. . Mad props to Jr. and the Mrs. as well. The three of you are so appreciated. 🙂👍❤

Every time I see your videos, I yearn to grow mine to emulate yours. I’m a year or two behind but today I had my first blueberry from one of the blueberry bushes I planted this spring. What a joy it is to go from rock hard clay to fruitful soil and tasting the results of your sweat and tears. I have Pak Choy and Tatsoi growing but the dreaded cabbage loopers got to it. I’ve pulled all the damaged leaves and I’m going to apply some eucalyptus oil around the bases of the stems. I’m also looking for Neem oil, I had some but lost it. My first zucchinis, melons and pumpkins are also forming fruit. Hickory king corn is now about as tall as I am. Also planted Cherokee Tan pumpkins, Cherokee Purple tomatoes, Nancy Hall and regular orange sweet potatoes, Cushaw and 3 other types of squash, cucumbers and radishes, peppers, etc. Things are starting to take hold and the ground under some areas of wood chips is feeling spongy. There’s more to tell you, but I’m just elated to see the growth! Just received Amaranth and Sorghum seeds today. They’ll be in the ground tomorrow.

We used garden hose cut to length then thread wire through to tie off around the trunk. May work as an extra barrier to prevent the indentation on the trunk

Very educational. William does such good camera work following your gestures. You guys are doing God's work IMHO.

Thank you for all the help you provide! Tying up is a great solution! There are also limb spacers in different sizes and materials specifically designed for this. I have a tiny property so I'm considering both espalier and keeping my fruit trees a manageable size. A great book on this is "Grow a Little Fruit Tree" by Ann Ralph. I'm in zone 5b MA.

Looking great Billy.I appreciate you sharing the methods with us that work.As always praying for you brother.

Apple rust is a fungus that lives part of it's life cycle on an Apple tree and part on a Cedar tree. If you don't have Cedar trees in the area, you have broken the life cycle of Apple Rust.

Another great video Billy!!! I spent the day outside in my new fruit tree area, planted using syntropic methods...and enjoyed every second, even though it was 102 degrees...........not supposed to be that hot in Denison!! Keep sharing your knowledge, help us all learn, and then we can pass it on too.

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@18:00 You could take advantage of those rootstocks suckering. Deliberately mound them or airlayer the root stock, make copies of them. Now you have rootstocks, that you can graft whatever variety of tree is compatible. Thanks for all your info.

I made some comfrey salve off of two leaves of the comfrey I got from y’all. And all I can say is this stuff is amazing. Simple. I’ve had a knee issue since a bad fall mid march. And within 24 hours I could see a major improvement. Now 6 days later it feels perfectly fine. I had ankle replacement 4 years ago and I’ve had an issue w tenderness that never has eased since the surgery. Well. It ain’t healed yet but it does feel markedly less painful. Simply amazing. I’m hooked on comfrey for injuries. Thank you Billy. I appreciate being in less pain and it is because of you and this channel. Job well done !!!!

Trees are looking great!

Billy! I so enjoy your knowledge! I can’t tell you how much I learn from you with each video. I went to Centerville, Texas to visit a friend. His property has tons of Mimosas and Mulberry trees. I took cuttings from both. I have 40 cuttings of Mimosas and 12 cuttings of Mulberries. If half of them “root” I’ll have enough for me AND my friend who is setting up their own “stead.” I’m hoping that the next time ya’ll make a trip to visit Granny, my family will have an opportunity to feed ya’ll a good meal. It’s the least we can do as recompense for what you have given us. May Yah continue to guide you and bless you!

I always learn so much from you. From little nuggets of wisdom to tomes full of good info. Thank you for what you do.

Thanks! You condensed so much permaculture orchard information and made it so easy to understand.

I apparently need to plant more strawberries next year so i can have some! My ground squirrels literally grab and go while I'm watering garden. The eat and watch me while i finish watering. I don't really mind. I always plant enough for nature.

If you have a short union point, you can plant them deeper and potentially get the grafted part to root out or grow low branches. If you get the low branches then you can turn what would be a tall tree into a bush so you don't need a ladder to harvest fruit in the future. This was a fortunate accident in my case and how I figured it out.

Thank you for your content. We are researching the permaculture homestead to start on our land and came across your channel. You are so encouraging! Just hearing you say at the end - you can do this- was what I needed to hear. 💛

3 years ago I bought a apricot tree in a 40 gallon pot at a nursery. The man that owned the nursery said how deep to plant the tree. The tree grows lots of those saplings off the trunk and I have to cut them off every 2 months. The apricot tree does have lots of fruit production and the apricots taste great.

I tied our branches to heavy rocks because I wasn't sure about damage if I tied them to the trunk, this is very handy

Great Video! As for False Indigo: 'While indigo-dyed blue jeans rose into fashion in the late 1800s, early American settlers-and Native Americans before them-used False Indigo as a dye to achieve blue coloring for both garments and artwork'. Another stream of income?

love Stefan. He has great videos on how to 'read' health of soil by observing what's growing i.e. dandelions. I just divided some comfrey will have to try the chop n drop.

Great information, I hope to remember and use it in the future. Thank you for sharing and helping everyone with your knowledge.

Wow that's interesting. Thank you

Thank you very much Mr.Billy , we put in 2 peach trees , 2 blackberry bushes & 3 blueberry bushes , ( 1 peach tree from last year has 11 peaches growing on it - but my blackberries, blueberries an the other peach tree which is a Re-placement tree we put in last fall & is bigger then the one growing the 11 peaches didnt give fruits yet , possibly this fall . I now know to plant many comfrey roots around the Peach trees , what about the blackberry & Blueberry bushes ???? As they look like they are struggling in this Texas heat , Im using shade cloth & several academy 4 legged tents over our sweet potatoe slips & they took GREAT - now moved the tents over new Succession pepper plants etc... Thank you & God bless you , Mrs. Michelle and William with his new Wife . Mrs Josette Texas 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

We have a problem with apple rust. I am going to try the milk wash. We planted some fruit trees when we first bought our property and I have seriously utterly neglected them. I need to go do some maintenance there. Thanks for the tips!

Another great and informative video😉. I see lots of garlic scapes🤗. Take care friends😇

I really like the tree training method that you use. It reminds me of bansi trees. When you emphasize that y'all use methods of about 7or 8 different people to help you figure out what's going to work best at your place it sometimesakes me think of how Bruce Lee took all of the things that he liked in other disaplines of fighting and melded them all together to make up his own type of marshal art. Thank you Again for another great video. It was very informative like the milk/water mix to out compete the bad bacteria on your trees. May y'all have a good one and Have fun take care

Looks great Billy . I'm going to start over after this heat. Hope you're all doing well. Thank you have a great day.

thanks! I watched another video and they used pigeon pea trees as nitrogen fixers, I can't grow them in my zone. they die below freezing, but they also give peas to eat.

What is the channel for the great "tree man"? I couldn't catch his name. LOVE your videos!!! I always tell people: Be Prepared, Not scared.

Great video Billy. Thx for sharing so much all the time. Blessings, julie

When do you stock comfrey cuttings. We would love to add it to our property and would like to purchase from you.

I ordered a freeze dryer from your link. Thank you for the info! It will ship in 8-10 weeks.

Great information Billy!! Thank you for y’all’s efforts! God Bless and keep safe!

Thank ya sir!!!! Greatly appreciate your rime and effort sharing the knowledge!

Thank you so much for your knowledge and thanks so much for sharing. 😊

Thank you very much for sharing this video, I’m going check out Stefan’s work! I’m learning so much from you guys! I’m learning so much about the value of permaculture and providing for our families!

Thank you again!

You can also espalier to stakes in the ground, not risk tree trunk damage.

Thanks for sharing this with us God bless

Love your channel, I have a big backyard with many fruit trees. I am going to use your methods!, Thank you!

I've used milk to kill white powder mildew on zucchini plants and it helps. My semi dwarf apple trees get a small amount of black spot, I'm going to try milk on them.

Good information. Susie

I love your permaculture sharing. So could you share what you know about Brix? And how brix can be a helper to know things are going the best way?

Always informative. One thing I’ve done with trees to train branches is to put a few inch wide piece of rubber/ I use an old inner tube, around the back side of the trunk to spread pressure out preventing most damage. I will be looking at the knot video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Stefans only about 2hr drive west of me. hopefully ill get there to visit soon.

Awesome thanks for sharing

Billy when you said you were spraying a mixture of milk and water on the tree were you talking about cows milk or a mixture of some kind?🧡🧡🧡🧡

I have apple rust, I'll give it a try.

Thank you for sharing💜💛💚learning so much from you. I have a very new “orchid” planted apple peaches and plum this past winter. . Want to plant comfrey around them . When do you think you will have it back in stock

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Billy, I live in Northern California in a true Mediterranean climate. We do not have much land to work with and need it to be as efficient as possible. Are there any books you could recommend to help us? We're both in our early 50's and no spring chickens and having a garden that does not need a lot of hands on is what we need. Really appreciate your videos. God bless!

There are nine and ninety ways/ Of singing native lays,/ And every single one of them is right! Rudyard Kipling This applies to MANY things. Theme and variations…

Stefan says to keep pear branches vertical, not going down like you showed. Not sure why... How close can you plant the nitrogen filters to the fruit trees. Yours look super close! I have a "regular" backyard orchard that I'm trying to permaculture-ize, but there isn't much space as everything is already kind of packed in! Appreciate your videos!

Great info! Please, what is your spacing from locust to apple? It looks like only a few feet and is that possible due to coppicing the locust to allow the apple to dominate the sun intake? We planted our monoculture spot with 20' spacing earlier this year and not digging up trees would be great!

Do you have a video about pruning fruit trees and grape vines? I really need to study that. My trees need help!

I wonder if those sprouts y’all are going to prune out from the graft area could be rooted and propagated.

Have you had any success getting the rootstock to root? then you could prune your tree and graft onto rootstock.. FREE TREES!

When you trim the suckers off the grafted trees, can those cuttings be used to sprout new trees?

I heard that water milk solution works good on garden veggies too. I don't really understand how it helps cucumbers, tomatoes, and squash? How often to do it?

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Do you think the raw milk/ water treatment would be good for the vegetable garden too?

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Can you spray the milk on other plants, like your vegetables and fruit bushes? Would it be beneficial or harmful?

Billy I need comfrey cuttings, any idea when it’s coming back in stock? Thanks

What about Red Bud for nitrogen? Native and pods are edible.

Where do you get your wood chips from? How old are they before you use them for mulch?

What size is your comfrey Salve and the price please?

Do I need to be afraid to plant comfrey? I was told it’s invasive.

Would it work with cherry trees

Have you ever used Eastern redbud as a nitrogen fixer?

Could one use a stake to tie the branch to instead of the actual tree to prevent indentation?

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Do you sale Comfrey .

How do i figure out what time of year is best to plant different fruit trees and bushes?

if you got apple rust remove any nearby cedar trees....they are a host plant.

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How long do you keep the cord on the tree? What is in your “milk” spray?

Cut those sucker off that fruit tree , and use them to start a completely new tree .. free fruit trees

I apparently need to plant more strawberries next year so i can have some! My ground squirrels literally grab and go while I'm watering garden. The eat and watch me while i finish watering. I don't really mind. I always plant enough for nature.