closed canopy organic gardening is food forest prep

http://www.permies.com

Michael "Skeeter" Pilarski shows off what he calls "closed canopy gardening" - the idea is to reduce the amount of sun that reaches the soil. You can hardly see the paths. This is an early phase for a food forest or for agro forestry. Already well beyond an organic garden.

As part of his presentation, he talks a little about: gooseberries, squash, (thornless) honey locust, calendula, mulberry, lovage, worm seed, peppers, dill, leeks, horseradish, asparagus, garlic chives, columbine, echincacia, pole beans, summer savory, lavendar, hissop, potatoes, burdock, grape, teasel, raspberries, black currants, chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), hissop, erronia berry, radish, eastern black cherry, blue elderberry, silverberry, nitrogen fixing, seeds, seed pods, mulch, organic matter, photosynthesis, roots, plants, berries, fruit, bee forage, insect forage, trees, shrubs, wild crafting, legumes and thorns.

Organic gardening is just the beginning.

Music by Jimmy Pardo

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• organic
• gardening
• garden
• food
• forest
• agro
• forestry
• weeds
• permaculture
• eco
• green
• environment
• farming
• plants
• vegetables
• grow
• growing
• how to
• food forest

[bluesdog88]

How does he control weeds?

[paulwheaton12]

@bluesdog88 first, there aren't many weeds because there is very little exposed soil. Second, as time passes and this evolves into a food forest, there will be even fewer weeds. Third, 90% of the things people call "weeds" are not weeds in this system. So - there are hardly any weeds to control. Far more details at permies dot com

[daveyellis]

What is the location of this video?

[paulwheaton12]

@daveyellis tonasket, washington

[FightUni09]

@bluesdog88 everything he grows is weeds and I approve. edible weeds is the way of the future. I have a weed garden too but not as extreme as this man's. Wish I had the sun he has.

[jezzmoto]

And some cannibus over there

[4cysmith]

@CSVickers1984 Spilanthes...a daisy-like medicinal herb AKA toothache plant.

[jojajico]

Wow, your pretty spry. Must be all the good natural food. :)

[claeslook]

Love it when he goes wild in the end. <3 Great example of a permaculture system!

[CSVickers1984]

What is the plant Mr. Pilarski indicates at 7:17? It sounds to me like 'subverdia argentia' but I cannot find any information on it.

[CSVickers1984]

I have been unable to identify the plant Mr. Pilarski mentions at 0:25 in the video - it sounds to me like 'philantes'. What plant is talking about, there?

[Pathlessvoyager]

@TheSchwabyLlama Yep. Keep Popping. It is good cellular exercise. Neighbor's White cat is imitating.

[northwestblazinfire]

@paulwheaton12 awesome garden, i love tonasket and the annual trip over the mountains to the beloved bater fair.

[toonberry]

Funny slip of the tongue ...."This was all filled with potato vine a minute ago"