EcoDreaming -- Where Permaculture and Foraging Meet

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FeralKevin dreams up a food system while out camping.

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• permaculture
• tending the wild
• acorns
• bay
• nuts
• Native
• California
• manzanita
• toyon
• berries
• forage
• wildcrafting
• elk
• salmon
• wild
• boar
• water
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• survivalist

[goblinboy77]

goat and sheep grazing also are bad for the land. i think turkeys and chickens would be better.or maybe llamas or some sort of large rodent

[feralkevin]

I would modify: OFTEN, goat and sheep grazing are also bad for the land. I think they can be regenerative if done correctly. But considering most people can't seem to tell the difference between their ass and a hole in the ground when it comes to land management, maybe I shouldn't even suggest it.

Thanks for your comment!

What kind of large rodent? Like the now extinct giant gopher that used to roam these parts not 10,000 years ago?

[888zzz]

Good thinking. Permaculture gardening and agriculture are similar to foraging because permaculture mimics natural environs. I disagree with your suggestion about livestock or at least cattle grazing. Cattle grazing alone has caused tremendous environmental destruction especially in the arid west. Just look at the hills where cattle graze when driving. They look like they've been mowed. Livestock grazing also places a huge percentage of land in private hands cut off to the rest of us.

[feralkevin]

For the most part, I agree with your Cattle grazing accusations and the problem of fenced off private land. The problem I see isn't with cattle themselves or grazing, but with the way it's done. Typically, it's done bad. I have seen and heard about grazing management that rebuilds the land, and restores native vegetation..

[EatTheWeeds]

Always with a different perspective and plants I never see. Very well done.

[E1GHTY8]

Excellent kevin! I wonder if planted swales with animal forage if you could increase the population. Perhaps animal forage among trees to proved shade and help conserve water.

[deathpiggy89]

i'm just curious what state do you live in??

[JMGyoder]

I was watching the history channel and was almost certain that I saw you in one of the clips in a show. I felt that I should notify you about it.

[krisptreats]

ive learned alot today...cheers

[agentvirgo]

Excellent! I think this video will help a lot of others get good ideas generating.

[Tossdart]

Actually Elk can be brought in overnight it is being done with turkey, geese, quail pheasant so on. People though need to share space with them. Take a steel rod & plop in those acorns. However shouldn't nut growing be on every street & in every yard. If there was a crash like some believe, we will use everything in one day! 7 deer for a suit so on. People need 1st to get along that failing it will be hopeless. You have a chicken I trade for linen so on. City scape has to be part of it.

[bbbleaver]

brad lancaster has some remarkable info on rain harvesting

[bbbleaver]

identifying what's available and already growing before launching into complex earth works is really more efficient in the conservation of energy... brilliant example. thnx again for this.

[bbbleaver]

are you on the west coast? and have you had contact with the wilderness awareness school?

great vid btw!!

[Khono]

Aye, another great video! A pleasure to watch :) I like the way you did the voice-over the video.