Amazing Urban Permaculture Food Forest Garden with Edible Exploding Impatiens

[happybuddyperson]

Are lemon leaves edible? And are tropical orchids' leaves and flowers edible? (perhaps say which genus and species are edible)

[peaceinstead]

This is one of the best videos Ive seen on Permaculture!- Thank you!!! Im a pioneer with a sustainable project called OneCommunityRanch (we are a dot org) and we are getting ready to move on 600 acres to grow all our own organic food, build eco homes and share all plans open source freely with the world. We are looking for experienced permaculture members too. This video has so much great info and I want to thank you again! Come to our site and see what we are doing! Peace!

[1964parakeet]

This is a great inspiration John! Can you recommend some information resources on learning how to grow some of these plants and on permaculture? I'll be taking a permaculture course in the spring but wanted to get some background on the concepts. Thanks for all you do!

[jetle25]

What camera are you using to record and do you have a microphone? Love your vids

[maponicspro]

I really enjoyed this video and plan to watch more of your offerings. Thank You for posting this.

[aspire1more]

I feel healthier just watching the video... grocery store in the yard.

[doGruoY]

the person that clicked the dislike button for this video, is trully totally lost and disconnected from source. thanks for this video, awesome enviroment, can't wait to create my own! peace <3

[ytmalveo]

I Love You Man !!!

[inremembranceofruth]

would do better grown on such a surface as well? I can envision the latter cascading down from a higher slope - seem to remember that Sepp Holzer had great success with this approach. In using such inexpensive materials, one can direct resources towards such beautiful structures such as their greenhouse, public bus shelter, cob cottage, etc. How I enjoy sampling the delicious veges and fruit - vicariously through you John! As much in awe of this bountiful garden as you are:) Thank you all!

[inremembranceofruth]

Twice back, in as many days, to marvel again at this beautiful amazing permaculture garden site. In admiration of the owners' resourcefulness in using free/inexpensive reclaimed materials (riff-raff, wood chips, manure, etc.) -so practical and cost-effective for a site of this size. Further, that riff-raff makes a wonderful heat trap?! Thus, perhaps the watermelon could be grown on a bed of this - broken up in small pieces...instead of the black plastic. And, maybe the pumpkins...

[juicysmysoup]

@growingyourgreens hi john you got my subscription w/ this one by optimizing language too lol. you've delighted me w/ enthusing over other standards of going back or keeping to basics so that just fits too. i'm wonderin what happened to a video i think you spoke elsewhere for us to look up your site, on how to grow chlorella & i got excitedy curious how you'd show it most natural as feasible but got stuck o no show on search. maybe it's not in title but you still have one in collection. carolyn

[baddasz8]

Hi John,

Big huge fan. I'm in NAPA and was hoping if I can stop by and just shake your hand. You have hanged my life.

[rawer77]

i have zero success at growing food. i have pretty much zero experience. i bought a couple plants a few times. i water them until i forget and they die. i feel bad. I'm killing innocent plants. any advice. my goal is to grow my own food. i would like to stop eating meat but i can't grow anything.

[growingyourgreens]

I would suggest start small, and start easy-- growing sprouts in your kitchen is a good way to start growing your own food. They are packed with protein and other nutrients.. such as sunflower sprouts, clover sprouts, radish sprouts, etc. then graduate to herbs.. but you gotta remember to water them.. or set up an automatic watering system..

[rawer77]

@growingyourgreens thank you for the info!!!!

[LT0WnWaRi0]

hey john really amazing garden you have found there they got some nice plants there, but can you tell me the exact name of this red plant @ 34:03 please?

thx =)

[growingyourgreens]

I believe that one is Red Orach or Atriplex hortensis.

[IrresistibleHealth]

Awesome!

[oldrockmustard]

great video!! thanks!

[pgm98387]

Wow! What a great place! Best gardening videos I've ever seen!!

[VTECsqznN2O]

Permaculture is the way to go. I've been working on mine for two years now, and cant wait to finish

[Whitney3797]

Wow, makes me wonder where people find the time to do all of this.

[LotaOldstuff]

My interest in permaculture is "growing" and more so when I see gardens such as this one. The mulching and riprap idea seems to be very productive. Getting started is a big hurdle that most "monoculture" gardeners have blockage with. Yet seeing this garden in it's most natural looking form is great.

[Illchangeitlater]

whenever I look up permaculture you only get to see people starting their gardens, laying down mulch and what not, you never get to see such beautiful end results!

[powrxplor69]

that was truly amazing.

[IllumTheMessage]

Epic garden.

[will6659]

Nice John

[SueMoseley]

Fantastic. 

[edstar83]

WOW... Paradise.

[Mrcoynz]

john if your still in Oregon and are coming down Interstate to come home.. let me know when you are i would love to get together with you and do a video on wild edibles.. i have a great area to go and forage.

[germainejenkins]

I watch tons of youtube vids and NEVER comment. That permaculture garden is outstanding and inspirational. I worked all day in a community garden but your vids make me wanna go back outside in the dark to make up for lost time! Love all your videos btw. Keep 'growing on' and motivating subscribers like me.'

[RT2BEAR]

@growingyourgreens Hey man, what a killer garden. As you mentioned, "Laid back", and that's what a garden should be. I'm in the same boat, the one filled with folks that want to get some land of their own and grow a sustainable garden, similar to what you show in this video. I'm trying with what I've got and have had decent success. I'm really happy with the "Bulgarian Carrot Pepper" plant I grew this year. The peppers look nice, you get a lot of them, and are not "mild"...they're hot!

[Parkerman5000]

Great episode!! Great information!

[jazz61021]

Luther Burbank was the first? person to develope thornless blackberries. Not sure if his plant is available commercially, but there are several different thornless types availible here in the MidWest from Stark Nursery in Missouri.

[nini51963]

I think this is your best video . I grow a lot of my food this way . I really can use your help , I live in central California and am willing to drive to get specific plants . I would love the thornless black berry and I need a great bee hive that keeps healthy bees what would you suggest .

[Thaneii]

This is one of your best tours. I only wish it was longer. And if anyone gives you s**t for saying s**t, tell them to K your A. After all, as we all know, in nature s**t happens.

[m081779]

Is this garden their fulltime job? It seems like the upkeep would be tremendous. Harvesting must be very difficult as well since things are not planted out conventionally. I LOVE this garden, but I am having a little bit of a problem wrapping my brain around the logistics.

[ArkOrganic]

Hi John do you have Dwarf Elder over there?

[LawnsAreDumb]

LOL John, scat *is* an S word too! :-D Love those thorn-less blackberries! Going to look into getting some of those!

[Helioforge]

John, the raccoons were saving plum seeds, and you ate the thornless blackberries, so you could save seeds too! : )

[Epic878787]

Please get that camera focus working. Great video! Thanks.

[shadowofjuniperhill]

This garden is AWESOME! I didn't want the video to end. You have inspired me with all of your videos and this one is closest to what I have always dreamed of having. Thanks!

[CobinRain]

This is a great video. Thanks for making it! This is the way to go...

[inremembranceofruth]

Apologize...a bit more. Cannot but imagine otherwise that you will have the land/food forest garden that you dream of John. Consider all that you have created and inspired thus far? And wondering - have you encountered anything especially noteworthy (in a food-growing sense) within Humboldt County? Last - your humor, enthusiasm, and cultivated knowledge are truly remarkable.

[inremembranceofruth]

John, you have OUTDONE yourself! In awe - regardless of having watched hundreds of wonderful growing videos. Astonished by some of the foods they have been able to grow. And such beautiful/functional aesthetics. Thankfully, was eating local cucumbers and raw honey mints...or could not have born your sampling:) Wondering if this will be the/a site of the upcoming permaculture convergence? With much gratitude to both you and the horticulture hosts.

[PJDolan1]

Amazing food forest!

[Vladivostok41]

Wow! That place is beautiful!!

[jadie415]

I have seen almost all your vids and this is by far the most abundant GORGEOUS garden we have seen on your channel. I too would love to experiment with permaculture. Once I get outta the city, and onto some land, you better believe I will be growing all my food this way. Thanks again John for your amazing insight and focus on gardening and plant-based diets for all! You are one of my heroes. I would love to visit your home in Santa Rosa one day, since my family is from there :)

[EatRawGreens]

Great Video John! I hope to have a Garden like this one day as well.. But in a more tropical setting.. Thanks, Eat Well, Be Well ! :-)

[4GreenEarth2]

Yup, that's true. We Asian have been blessed with "Eternal Youth" because we incorporate a lot of herbs, spices, and greens into our diet.

[RichHappyGirl]

I sent you an important personal message. It's about the heirloom festival. Thanx!

[LACYV1]

I like to call the reused concrete "urbanite"

[THUGOONIE]

AWESOME PROPERTY! I want to buy a house on land like that. Do some permaculture.

[MyInspiredCreation]

John, watching your videos has inspired me to make my own and also got me to go "exploring" nurseries and garden stores to see what interesting things I can find and maybe grow my own. Keep up the great work!

[growingyourgreens]

First! Wow. Amazing Episode!