A Permaculture Food Forest

[attiliocg]

I have to agree with marchetta67... this is a beautiful example of a permaculture farm, is a far cry from a "food forest". Much LOVE, Respect & Gratitude to the Brookman Family for what they are doing and all their efforts because it is moving US ALL in the proper direction, as compared to traditional farming and agriculture. For anyone interested in joining a new permaculture settlement currently being created in the Western U.S.A., search-out "One Community Ranch" for all the details.

[iampeeay01]

thanks for posting this video.. i learned a lot.. blessings to you..

[katsandroses]

very good, thanks for uploading :-)

[NuttBurger]

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[jackrowet1234]

Ok. The Secret to survival is.... not to stop driving cars, the secret is to ADAPT by being aware, and optimistic.... Like this guy; "apples rotted? Whatever, jujubes next year...."

[JasonDamisch]

I would like to suggest, and for people to consider, that plants play a large roll in regulating the climate. If you cut down all of the trees, and destroy all of the forests, then the average temperature is going to rise. I think that is what has been happening.

[marchetta67]

That's not a food forest. It's a permaculture farm. Totally different. A food forest is a 7-layer farming forest. While, permaculture is designed to farm w/o consuming resources. However, a food forest is a subset of permaculture. Hope that makes sense.

[ThanksgivingWalk]

What a great, fullfilling life you must live and to have your significant other support you, awesome! Thanks so much for sharing both your success' and "lessons learned" with us. You're not crazy - you're inspiring. Also thanks to Permascience for uploading another great video.

TGW - USA - Louisiana

P.S.

How about an update?

[teamgrn]

what are the nets for over the trees and the bushes? heat/shade or bugs

[prospectorman]

@teamgrn or maybe birds.



[lmollot]

any use for native indian methods?

[senagain]

15 hectares is like 30 acres. that's about the average size of a small family farm and more than enough space for a family to feed itself using permaculture techniques and still produce a cash surplus.

[WorldMonkeyTree]

I agree that the information and courses about permaculture are mostly sold for profit, but these things take money to run and as long as it's not too high it is a good investment that keeps them running

With that said, you don't necessarily need to take a bunch of courses to start thinking in permaculture terms. If you are a already a gardener/farmer just think about where your excess resources are going(water, organic matter, chicken poop) and think of ways to cycle them back into the system

[TheGregH67]

I completely agree with gnutbeam.. you would think all the permaculture information would be out there free.. especially PDC online for free and course details etc.. but it doesnt seem to be.. and it involves peope travelling ( in many cases overseas) to go to places to Do 72 hour PDC is an old school chalk and talk environment.. for money.. i think this is the biggest problme with the whole thing..its a product.. and the good salesmen and women then prosper or take on roles as salespeople..

[hablerz]

@TheGregH67 To be honest theres enough videos on the web to understand the basic concepts. Once you understand those such as water havesting , mulching, seqential planting then its quite easy to get your head around.

I suppose they have to earn a living like anybody else, i dont begrudge them that. At least they wont spend the money polluting the planet im guessing.

[permalove1]

@TheGregH67

The PDC is not given away because there would be no way to ensure good quality information transfer. It has to be tested somehow before the certification is given.

If you want the information for almost no money, buy Permaculture: A Designers Manual and read it.

Permaculture teachers occupy a role; they prosper because there is demand for that role.

Once you've got it you can do what you like with it. You can take it back to your community and give it away.

Peace.

[Craigfromsunderland]

@TheGregH67 Greg you make some good points. I travelled to Jordan from the UK to take my PDC with Geoff Lawton and to see the famous Greening the Desert site. Personally I did not get much more information from the course than I did from reading Mollison's big book, and reading Patrick Whitefield's books (more for a temperate climate). I did however get to meet some really great people from around the world. You need the PDC to teach it - but not to implement a design

[widows80]

@TheGregH67 Why would you begrudge people making a living in a positive way? There is a huge demand for permacultural teaching, and teachers who can inspire and inform people about this complex subject are few and far between. If you want to teach yourself about permaculture there are countless resources available on the net, but many people prefer to learn in a more structured environment such as a PDC. Buy the Designers Manual, its cost is incompatible with its value...

[gnutbeam]

What I find is there is a lot of talk about doing good for the planet, but I don't see much open sourcing (google it) of permaculture information. Pitiful lack of sharing of information unless it's done at pay for seminars. In this day and age, web sites, youtube, wikis etc are a great way of sharing permaculture information but I don't see a lot of it.

[po5166]

@gnutbeam buy a book cheapskate..

[000piper000]

inspiring. Why don't you guys try goji berries?? Very hardy, desert loving, incredibly nutritious and valuable on the world market

[theproducegarden]

go aussie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[govindas999]

chk subhash palekar-wrote about vedic agriculture-no fertilisers req.

zero budget agriculture..

[UrsaOrion13]

Good one!

[hiercolloquialism]

150 varieties, holy rufous bettong!

[NWforager]

wow ,, that thing is Huge. we need to do this with forests and parks .

[X5ARA]

Thanks for posting this one.

[lifeseeker51]

I live in Colorado. 40 aq on a dry mesa near colorado city. It is my plan to produce all the food we eat here. So far I have four raised beds. The results I'm getting are encouraging. Later we'll add sheep, guineys and chickens.

[goldgrif]

awesome, how are you harvesting water?

[beinghere4u]

have you read Permaculture the book?

[PakaNoHida]

Check out the work by Fukuoka & his farming.. it will help you immensely.

[spikeslawson]

@lifeseeker51 Ok, so you're at a high elevation and it's dry. Are your raised beds set up on Sepp Holzer basis? I'm in NW Montana and thinking about using Sepp's ideas as a starting place so I can experiment from there.