A highly productive small-scale urban garden | Urban Farming | Gardening Australia
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- čas přidán 23. 05. 2019
- If you want a productive garden and only have a small space, this small city garden is inspiring. Kat Lavers is a permaculture designer and educator, with a small-scale but very productive space. On a mere 96m2, the garden produces an abundance of edible crops every season. And what's a smaller alternative to chooks? 3:34 Quails of course!
Kat moved into her house ‘The Plummery’ in 2008. Apart from an old Blood Plum (Prunus cv.), the garden was a mass of weeds with contaminated soil and marauding possums. 0:41 With above acceptable levels of lead in the soil originating from peeling house paint, Kat built three raised vegetable beds.
Kat: “I am going to live here for a long time, and eat many kilos of produce from my garden, so it’s important I know what is in my soil, both in terms of contamination and nutrients.”
1:14 Kat rotates her edible crops across the 3 raised garden beds. For ease of use, they are all the same size - the trellis system she uses can be moved from one bed to another. The beds are easy to net, water, work on and harvest. “I can easily reach into the middle of the bed from either side, and even though the garden is small, I leave one metre wide paths for my wheelbarrow to get through.”
The fruit trees, including a persimmon, plum and pear are kept small and pruned regularly to promote continuous cropping throughout the year, and to make the most of the smaller site. The fruiting grapevine shades the back of house and seating area, and provides shade for the vegie beds too. “The garden is designed so the vegies get some shade and wind protection during hot summer days.”
Kat is methodical. She keeps a diary tracking her plantings and recording all produce picked. In 2016 the garden produced 350 kg of herbs, fruit and vegetables. In 2018 this was well over 400kg. “The diary is my most important tool for increasing productivity!” Kat explained. From record keeping, she now has a preferred list of what is best to plant in her small garden.
Kat favours vegies that are easy to grow such as silverbeet, and give back more than she puts in. Perennial vegetables are high on the list - perennial leeks, chokos and wild rocket (Diplotaxis tenuifolia) - as they keep on giving. It should be noted that Diplotaxis tenuifolia can be invasive in many parts of Australia, and local invasive species listings should be checked prior to planting this variety.
3:34 Quails
A small-scale garden doesn’t mean you can’t have poultry to lay eggs and provide fertiliser. You just need to think small - quails! “Quails a fantastic alternative in urban areas where soil contamination, space and noise constraints may limit a flock of chickens” says Kat.
Kat’s Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) are kept in a semi indoor coop on a concrete base with “deep litter”. You can use wood shavings, wood chips, autumn leaves, shredded paper and cardboard, which is eventually used as compost.
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The video failed to mention that in 2018 she harvested a whopping 428kg of fresh produce off that little plot... An absolute inspiration.
Incredible!
I wish I could see the blueprints for what she's planting where cuz that is an amazing amount of food
@@GardeningAustralia aynen
I keep going back to this video. I Never get bored with it. Such an amazing way to utilise small garden space
Starting a day with watching something like this is very soothing to the soul
True
Absolutely, the garden is where the heart is!
Give me something from the gospel to put me to sleep
This is what I do now.
Same sweetie
You guys covid 19 show us how money is useless during pandemic, we need this permaculture to keep us alive
The quails are soooo cute! ❤️
Permaculture is a great tool to mitigate climate change and feed the planet in a sustainable manner. No pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, no weedkillers, no fossil fuel, imagine millions of green oasis like this around the world. Nutritious food and beautiful landscapes based on Knowledge, Sun and Manpower. It is time to put back 'culture' in 'agriculture'. If she can do it, you can do it! Please spread the news around you, the more people, the merrier!
The "Manpower" part is the problem. Ever since the industrial revolution started, "Manpower" was seen as only useful if it gained someone a lot of money.
Before a person is willing to invest the manpower, s/he must consider the oasis more valuable than money.
@@ecocentrichomestead6783 the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
@@theHDallaroundgamer I totally agree. What good it gave us, we could have gotten without the industrial part.
I am working in a small area of 2 square meters in my garden. It is entertainment. I will not be able to grow a great variety of vegetables and I like to eat a variety. So how would we do the exchange with those beautiful plums? I loved them...but now I only have a small square of land that I am working on... (weekend projects!).
@@MBEspinosa You could grow one Espalier tree at the edge, I guess.
A small space means you have to prioritize which crops you want and do the top of the list till the area is full.
whoever edited this video did a great job! love the quails and that plum tree look divine. i live in the same city so hopefully could also successfully grow one
Thank you and thank Kat! A suggestion - let Kat post more of her videos. Watching them with great interest and learning.
Love this woman and her simplicity
The key, I think, is to create nearly zero waste, and to think of every scrap of material as a resource rather than a burden. Used Coffee grounds make fantastic fertilizer, all food scraps can turn into a worm farm, or food for a farm animal, and every thing in the garden can be chopped and dropped. I love that she has quail rather than chickens. For her space they are perfect, and have me thinking about possibly using the quail in my own space. They are just as interesting and have such beautiful eggs.
YAYYY I moved to the US so gardening Australia was a show I knew I'd miss. Thanks for uploading on youtube. I admire this girl's creation. It's truly like another little garden world
If you get a VPN you can watch it on iview
@@johnthomas2970 actually you do not need a VPN, the ABC allows International viewers to download or watch segments on the GA website without a VPN.
Shout out this video
animals aren't products but that garden is dreamy wow
Thanks for a great series. I'm making a start on our small garden in the UK.
I love how everything is carefully considered.
Love that gymnopedie remix in the background.
Glad several other kings n queens recognised that
What a fantastic use of space!
I love how full that garden is. Nice job
Wow, such great produce from a 12 x 8 patch 🎶💧🌱🙌
Totally amazing use of space.
Awesome garden as well as its owner !
Quails are so cute
Lovely!!! Great ideas for everyone to grow organic plants
I cannot love this video more if I tried! I’ve always wanted chickens but think now I might go for quails.
At least the wouldn't wake the neighbours! 😴😂😳🙏😫
You and me both.. Quails are cute
So, so wonderful...the quails: how fabulous!
I think I am going to raise a few quail for my homestead
Food cost a lot more these days. It is all the more reason to grow veggies in the garden. And quails also take up much less space than chickens and can fit in many suburban blocks. They are egg laying machines.
Wow that is amazing! It must be a challenge in such a small space
Keep up the good work
Cheers from America!!!
I love this video! Thanks a bunch and now I'm keen on raising quail, so adorable!!
my favorite snack in a road trip that are sold so cheap on the streets , are quail eggs,, its more healthy too.,,,
wow, the garden looks green, cool and fresh..
Amazing..
My fav part is the quail ♡ so cute
This is the best video i got to see on youtube when it comes to urban gardening. Great job!
I love the small bird incorporation..
Beautiful design maximizing space. The contrasts in urban agriculture makes everything so much more interesting
Wow! Beautiful garden. Very informative channel. Thank you for sharing.
Fruits plants are the memorable things and events that you memorize
Beautiful and Amazing! Let's do it!
This is my dream garden!
Beautiful! That plum tree is fabulous!
A very intelligent lady 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Its nice to harvest veges which u have planted and grown
Wow, what a beautiful urban garden!!! ❤️
The quails are so cute
Ignoring the madness of the christmas build up by watching videos like this. Thankyou
Yes! This is exactly what I've been looking for! In Perth 280M2 is the average for new blocks of land so it's fantastic to see something that is applicable and achievable.
Great work!
Kebun yang cantik dan subur ,suara burung yang merdu dan pemilik kebunya yang cantik serasa di surga ....mata dan pikiran jadi sehat. 👍👍💜💜💜
Love the plum 😍
It’s brilliant, well done 👍
Her garden as beautiful as she is pretty..😍
This is my first time enjoying your CZcams channel. Great work! I’m looking forward to more great content from you. Thank you so much for this informative video! I got so much out of it.
wow awesome idea
*Bountiful Garden* 🌱💕
So amazing!!
Ah what a great garden. Siriously love the bird idea!
beauty garden
Fabulous
Great video, thanks for posting this.
Great job, you guys are an inspiration.
Those look like very happy quail
Good sharing
I love the blood plums!
I love the egg, thank you nice 👍
Those quails are so cute!
beautiful inspiring . my indoor plants are thriving still a beginner but this video is an inspiration
Inspiring garden and the way of living.
wow! i love the color
Growing your own food is the best ❤
Love it!
good idea and good inspiration.
Beautiful garden!
God bless 🙏
Gorgeous garden!
This looks amazing
I do love this video. I watch it a lot for inspiration.
2:42 yes I like that too. In Berlin it grows as weed everywhere and so I stumbled over it and have it on my balkony garden. You are fortunate, that you can grow all year around. Over here in western / northern Europe, that`s not the case. Such a small garden wouldn`t be sufficient here at all and we would need a some sort of storage for winter and early spring too.
I like gardening, from Bangladesh
So beautiful
Such a beautiful place , and productive ,what a proud you'd be !! Cheers from México.
This is one of my favorite episode/ video, i wish i could do it soon❤😊.
Beautiful
Love her garden! Definitely makes me want to have more raised garden beds and less grass!
It is a beautiful little garden
Great bed rotation idea, I'm going to copy it for my garden.
Impressive 👍
Serch for plants that decontaminate soil from lead like brown mustard.
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5:08 So envious of Milly XD
Great Video!
100m2 to jest niesamowite jak można stworzyć tak piękną przestrzeń.To szaleństwo! Wielkie gratulacje!!!!!!!
oh so sweet garden and you
I cant wait to get quile ,chickens ducks and rabbits. I have goats but I will sell all but one and wait until my goat cage is easier to clean . Greetings from Bulgaria. You do have my dream garden.
brilliant
I love this kind of farming thank you mam
Thanks for sharing, I have to do this during COVID-19 and will practice ever
So beautiful!! Those plums looks so delicious. Congratulations!!
I know! They had my mouth watering haha.
Very smart.
Superb
lm nicoedec from phillipines,i like urban gardening,but my space is very small,,but now iwatch your video in youtube,i have a idea now thank you and l hopeyou give me another tips about urban gardening,,god bless
Loved watching the video!! Wishing you huge success with your channel and future endeavour!!