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.
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.
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!
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 :)
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. 🙏😎😊
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 🙏
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.
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 👍
My basil has those same round bug holes. Here in the US , holes made by pinchers. I put a small peanut lid almost level with the dirt. Fill with oil and soy. Everyday I had to refill the lid, loaded with dead pincher bug. No more eaten basil. Bugs attracted to the soy but drown in the oil. ☠️ 😆
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.
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 .
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.
