http://www.edibleacres.org
Walking tour of the established perennial garden at Edible Acres discussing strategies and plantings and management that has led to a relatively worry free garden of perennial hardy plants. We are experiencing a very dry summer so far: http://flxweather.com/2016/06/23/near-drought-conditions-expand-across-new-york/ –
This is nothing like the southwest, I know, but it is approaching a historical dryness for this region. Our farm operates exclusively on captured rainwater and human scale work, so this is a huge huge test so far. The plants and soil and rich deep relationships made amongst them all are really astounding to see how well they can handle this…
Edible Acres is a full service permaculture nursery located in the Finger Lakes area of NY state. We grow all layers of perennial food forest systems and provide super hardy, edible, useful, medicinal, easy to propagate, perennial plants for sale locally or for shipping around the country…
http://www.edibleacres.org/purchase – Your order supports the research and learning we share here on youtube.
We also offer consultation and support in our region or remotely.
http://www.edibleacres.org/services
Happy growing!
22 Comments
Woah this garden looks great in reverse lol, been catching up in the wrong direction. Great wild diversity, looks good in full production.
I love letting things go feral. However, as someone who suffers from chronic Lyme disease, I struggle between this desire and concerns with ticks who love damp, mulched areas and hanging out on shrubbery and long grasses. I kept hens before we had to leave our rural property, but not sure if they're enough to deal with the tick population. We will invest in more hens and possibly guinea hens (although, not sure I want to deal with the noisy things!) once we're back on a rural property. My question is, what, if anything, do you do to protect yourself from them? Great videos, they keep me inspired to get back to the land!
Hi, sorry to bother you. I have watched rather a lot of you video but I couldn't make out where approximately you are. I am in Wales in the UK and I was trying to figure out how replicable you wonderful garden is for me as I try to design mine here. Thanks for all the inspiration anyway!
Mulch it like you mean it — love it! Business bumper sticker would sell like hotcakes!
what is the name of that plant at 8:42 how you spell it
hi,how many acrie for this garden?
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t find Brianna Apricot online… is that what it’s called?
Every time you are going on and on – and stopping, thats a shame for sure. Incredible work at Edibleacres
very good
After watching these videos …lawns should be turned into gardening areas personally I hate mowing lawns it really a waste of time one could grow most if not all of their food while saving lots of money not to mention the food would be much healthier
Question about grafting: could I use any established tree to graft to? Could I graft apples onto an oak (for example)? If not that, could I use a large sour plum and graft other species onto it?
What gimble are you using?
Keep the great work up, you are inspiring.
Just wonderful. Thank you.
LOL. "Mulch it like you mean it" That needs to be on a t-shirt 😉
Burlap! I have a huge roll of burlap from a wedding, was trying to come up with a good mulch for tall hugel beds so they don't loose top soil while breaking down over winter. It'll do! Thank you for the inspiration 😀
ALWAYS a pleasure (and an honor) to watch your videos and take in your wisdom.
It's inspiring and refreshing. A real DEstressor without resorting to mindless fluff 🙂
You mention a near-zero cost, but how did you source your plants…trade, gift, or purchased? Also, did you have to work at all to save up for your land and how did you afford your property?
Do wild lettuce make seed just wondering
What does Muhammad and Michael Jackson have in common? They're both pedophiles. They locked up John Gotti but not Michael Jackson. Think about it.
Mulch is great for retaining moisture as well as keeping the ground cooler during hot dry summer months
Brilliant. Nothing bets good, heavy mulching. The plants will figure their way from there.