The Basics of Natural Farming (part 1 of 2)

This video is about a garden I started in Preston Hollow, NY after reading Masonobu Fukuoka's "One-Straw Revolution" and applying those theories and practices to vegetable gardening.

To view part 2, please follow this linnk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8gn8R_Ino

I grew fresh vegetables for a small CSA (Community Shared Agriculture) , local markets and my friends and family. Much of my gardening practice coincides with the principles of permaculture. No-till farming creates permanent planting areas, in this way, one can incorporate perennial growing alongside the annuals.

Artistically, I was inspired by Carl Sagan's Cosmos and the work of David Attenborough, which I grew up adoring as a child. I find it ironic how modern media was one of the original gateways to my increasing curiosity about nature, though perhaps this is what I hope to mimic by putting together my personal story with this garden.

I hope to continue learning from nature for years to come... and hopefully inspire others to do so themselves.

Resistance is fertile, folks!

Oh yeah...
and check out my website: www.collectedseed.com

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[chuckthelumberjack]

This is an interesting story, more people should hear about it.

[Earthtomihail]

@chuckthelumberjack thank you! please embed this on your blogs, emails, social networks, etc.

[sojil]

awesome video! very inspiring! I only nitpick because your video is otherwise sublime: you have some weirdness in the sound. right/left is separated, and raw video audio is on when it shouldn't be. just this simple criticism. nevertheless, I think this is one of the best permaculture videos on youtube now!

[Earthtomihail]

@sojil thanks for the compliment, man. the sound happened that way b/c i recorded the voice over in stereo but one of the sides wasn't working. i noticed it weeks after i had come out of the studio. also, the "raw" elements of the video/sound were a stylistic choice of mine to remind the viewer that these images are, after all, taken with a camera.

[aufwachraum]

what a nice film you made for us - thank you, m.

[TheRastaRick]

I hear that Fukoaka used to grow an abundance of rice for summer, and barley for winter.. What was the barley used for?

[sujaysukumar123]

super!!!!

[TheDoveBear]

I'm going to share this with everybody I know!! Great video, awesome narration and one of the most important messages the every man needs to understand.

[pietrpanak]

Is this really the natural farming as Fukuoka had in his mind? I am trying to find precise informations about his technique and from what I read, he considers no plant as a weed. He advices to scatter the straw as loosely as possible. He wrote, that his fields are full of so-called weeds. I am not sure how he did his farming. It seems, he wasn't pulling any weeds at all. You say to mimic nature, hence there should be no artificial man brained tasks in your farming, right? :)

[Thejadjadjad]

@Earthtomihail Awesome Channel and video. i am in my senior year and i am extremely motivated by Farming and its Majors. what do you recomend for me to study if you have any idea. Agricultural engineering,biosystem engineering,soil science if you have any advice for a student to pursue a career dealing with our beautiful nature please reply

[RonPaulIsiah]

i got tears in my eyes watching this.