Panos Manikis' Natural Farm - Edessa, Greece

A silent tour of a Fukuoka inspired natural farm. Trees and vines receive no pruning, vegetables and other groundcovers are broadcast into existing vegetation which is later cut, no fertilizer or chemicals used in any way. This forest farm is 2.5 hectares in size and contains over 120 varieties of edible species including jujube, paw paw, apple, quince, medlar, grape, persimmon...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Permaculture
• Panos
• Manikis
• Agroforestry
• Fukuoka
• Greece
• Natural
• Farming

[KeylineVermont]

Hello Charlie

Glad to hear from you. In terms of details, I don't have much to share at this point as it's been some time since I was last there. I'd highly recommend Dave Jacke's Edible Forest Gardens Vol. 2 for species details though it's geared more directly to North American ecosystems. Also, visit the Plants for a Future database for an extensive searchable directory of multifunctional plants. I hope you find something useful in that.

Best wishes

Mark

[KeylineVermont]

Very good point. I agree - I think the concept of natural farming is beautiful, but I believe that humans can be powerful allies to plants and animals in our application of good management to landscapes - pruning being one key area

[lucafidani]

gracias por compartir esto, desde la patagomia un saludo

[KeylineVermont]

es mi placer! mucho gusto

[humanproductions]

dear friend if you have any more info on this garden and what they have their it would really help us with out forest garden in Italy we are growing,, any contacts or species matrix please

many thanks

loads of love

Charlie

[humanproductions]

hey there - have you any more info on this one please? We are growing a forest garden in Italy with a simular climate. Any contact info or websites, species matrix ect would be hugely useful for Europa - Praises and thanks, love Charlie

[empjohniv]

I have seen a lot of strong trees where I grew up that were completely pruned. There is a problem of harvesting from them as they are often rather oddly shaped and demand some climbing. But they are generally very healthy.

[phantomcreamer]

I know that seedballs will degrade and spread out a little, but why weren't smaller seedballs used in order to acheive a better spread of the seeds? There could be a few generalist and tenacious plants that will be found in every seedball and outcompete all the others, causing reduced biodiversity of plants that grow versus the biodiversity of the seeds in the seedball. I would suggest smaller seedballs unless some specific application is needed.

[TheNaturalfarmer]

I wouldn't know about that, i think i'll leave some trees without pruning and see how it comes. Fukuoka says we should have faith in nature so i'll definitely try! This guy is great!

[Tossdart]

Nice to see. I find people on You Tube to be mostly not interested in gardens. I have so few visits but if I said watch my pink panties lol. Gzillions a day. I hold out small hope there are too few of us.

[TTLM77]

i love Fukuoka's principles, with the exception of his policy on no-pruning. Pruned trees live much longer with greater vigor.

[chuckthelumberjack]

ich liebe Fukuoka