Tons of Vegetables Planted in Tiny Garden - Food Forest

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  • čas přidán 24. 02. 2018
  • Do polycultures really work? I planted many vegetables in one garden bed to see what would happen. What I learned was surprising. Can you mimic a forest with annual vegetables? Are food forests the best kept secrets or just utopia? I also share a delicious stirfry. Suburban Homestead S1EP1 Created by Siloé Oliveira
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  • @jcdmobil352
    @jcdmobil352 Před 2 lety +22

    These are some of the best 16 minutes I've seen on CZcams! Personally, there was nothing new for me in this video, but you summed it all up so well that I've now finally found a video I can share with people to whom I want to explain the benefits of permaculture,mulching, polyculture, and forest gardens. Bravo!

  • @Realdavidart
    @Realdavidart Před 4 lety +16

    As some one who cooks, gardens and makes videos/photography... the depth, quality, cohesiveness and value of this video BLOWS ME AWAY... WOW! What a wonderfully produced film that has made me re-think my plot of land. I believe that we all have inner knowledge and truth. Your presentation resonated with me and I feel deeply that this is a continuation of square foot and no dig.

  • @charitysmith5245
    @charitysmith5245 Před 5 lety +60

    See, I've been shoving too many plants into a small space forever. Who knew I was a pioneer? I just love the explosion of all sorts of things growing all together and bonus is no room for weeds.

  • @KhaledElGeneidy
    @KhaledElGeneidy Před 5 lety +38

    We tend to challenge the way nature works thinking we came up with something clever, only to realize years later that we messed things up!
    Mono-culture makes planting and harvesting on a large scale efficient for machines to increase productivity, but it disregards the implications this has on our planet’s resources
    Great video, very inspiring 👍

  • @armenianballa41
    @armenianballa41 Před 5 lety +330

    This video is absolutely phenomenal in every single way possible. Thank you.

    • @the_meaning_of_love
      @the_meaning_of_love Před 4 lety +3

      Yes, agree. Really surprise about the production of the video and the honesty of the person. Super!!!

    • @potatopotatoeOG
      @potatopotatoeOG Před 2 lety

      That's cool of you to share. And very true.

  • @lynn8524
    @lynn8524 Před 5 lety +95

    I would love to see a video on which plants do well when planted together. This is a very interesting idea!

  • @VidyaSimran
    @VidyaSimran Před 4 lety +90

    If every house has a polyculture garden in their backyard, we don't require too much of anything else except for grains. I guess this will help in rejuvinating the environment, thus reducing ozone layer depletion.

    • @TheRipeTomatoFarms
      @TheRipeTomatoFarms Před 4 lety +6

      That would be an ideal world!

    • @yeevita
      @yeevita Před 4 lety +14

      Everybody I know has a bit of a home garden. It is possible. It is not the value of many current societies, but if it were... even cutting commercial agriculture by a little bit will help the earth and we can all live and eat better. Pluses!

    • @helenalaney
      @helenalaney Před 3 lety +9

      @@yeevita everybody you know? You must not be from the suburbs lol

    • @rainfall7972
      @rainfall7972 Před 2 lety +4

      That would be really good. Also all the plastic that would be saved. Almost every vegetables come in plastic.

    • @EternalShadow1667
      @EternalShadow1667 Před 2 lety

      @@helenalaney depends what city I guess. Ngl though, I guess, feasibly, maybe people could grow certain crops indoors.

  • @masonk.wilson538
    @masonk.wilson538 Před 5 lety +34

    An easy fix to the crops stunting others, is to plant your forest in zones. Only mix the plants that "get along" so to speak. Plants that fill different niches, and do not compete. You can still grow competing plants, but plant them in a different area in your forest. This is just a theory though, haven't tried it yet.

  • @sharonokada1817
    @sharonokada1817 Před 5 lety +30

    I feel like I’ve discovered a treasure in finding this channel. Thank you so much for this beautiful illustration of your thoughts , experiences & explanation of the differences between polyculture and monoculture.

  • @michelleparson7475
    @michelleparson7475 Před 4 lety +3

    I love how everything is incorporated and used from your garden. It's very inspiring for someone, like me, who is just starting on this polyculture journey! Thank you for your videos!

  • @ferminmorales6564
    @ferminmorales6564 Před 6 lety +2

    It is refreshing to see a very polished gardening video. You obviously spent a good amount of time researching the content and conceptualizing how it would filmed, how you would frame the shots, etc. and your efforts are not wasted as many people not only stick around to watch them but are also educated/inspired by them. More power to you!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +4

      Thanks. I'm trying to make videos that have true lasting value. That people can come back to them and watch again if they choose

  • @serpente300
    @serpente300 Před 5 lety +26

    CONGRATULATIONS!! you know the secret! 😸
    You have a beautiful farm! Lovely to see.
    I'm doing permacultura here in Algarve, Portugal. You've been a great help! Thank you so much
    😊🇵🇹👍

  • @dalewhitaker370
    @dalewhitaker370 Před 6 lety +5

    I appreciate tithe care you take to explain your subjects. Was happy to see a new video from you!

  • @theUrbanGardener
    @theUrbanGardener Před 6 lety +13

    Well Siloe this is refreshing. So good to see that you take 7 months off then make a new video and get such a great response to it. You really were missed. And of course another great video too. The garden community needs your insight and videos.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +2

      Enoch, I was taken back by the response. I really see that the core subscribers really care.

  • @honeygummy8022
    @honeygummy8022 Před 6 lety +18

    I was so happy to see this video, I thought it was just an older video of yours being recommended to me. So worth the wait, your videos are always so beautiful and you can see all the effort you must have put into them. Welcome back and happy gardening!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +3

      I prefer quality over quantity. I did wish that youtube would be able to discern that better, but alas. I am very happy that people like you value the content and waited for a long time :-)

  • @stephkrunic3884
    @stephkrunic3884 Před 6 lety

    Thank you Siloe! We have missed your wonderful contributions.
    THANK YOU :)

  • @deborahandrews9728
    @deborahandrews9728 Před 6 lety +7

    Great information. I remember studying this in grade school and it stayed with me all these years. I don't add additional chemicals to my garden, but use plant and animal waste to build my soil up. Underneath it all is pure sand. I love growing flowers amongst my vegetables because they draw in the pollinators and beautify my garden. Thanks for sharing your experience.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      It is incredible to see that even sand can be turned into fertile soil

  • @kimberlyelizabeth24
    @kimberlyelizabeth24 Před 5 lety +4

    Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!

  • @thuffman44
    @thuffman44 Před 6 lety +1

    So very thankful to see more of your content Siloé. Thank you very much for your time, effort, and energy you put into making this production.

  • @kimaaronson5481
    @kimaaronson5481 Před 6 lety

    So glad to see you back. Your quiet, confident manner is quite an inspiration and even a blood pressure reducer for many of us. Thank you for being you.

  • @zaxmom2006
    @zaxmom2006 Před 5 lety +3

    Beautifully done! Amazing substance! Thank you so much for putting this information out there for everyone to Learn from.

  • @CompartilhandoArte
    @CompartilhandoArte Před 6 lety +17

    very good Siloe!! Congratulations!!! welcome back!!!! hugs

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks Lilian

    • @turnercorey2839
      @turnercorey2839 Před 3 lety

      You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can watch all of the latest movies on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my brother during the lockdown xD

    • @colbytimothy1910
      @colbytimothy1910 Před 3 lety

      @Turner Corey definitely, been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :)

    • @hayesnoe1681
      @hayesnoe1681 Před 3 lety

      @Turner Corey Yup, have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :D

  • @williammcduff6531
    @williammcduff6531 Před 5 lety

    Siloe, I'm impressed by your polyculture garden and thanks for taking us along on your adventure.

  • @aspynjade5312
    @aspynjade5312 Před 5 lety

    This had everything I like in my CZcams content. Some gardening, discussion about an environmental issue, and cooking. Thanks for making great content.

  • @10baretoes
    @10baretoes Před 6 lety +4

    Yay, one of my favorite you-tubers is back! thanks for sharing, its greatly appreciated.

  • @jkhristov
    @jkhristov Před 6 lety +5

    I was just rewatching the videos on your channel last night, wondering if you were done with videos. You have to imagine how surprised I was to see a NEW video from you today! It's great to have you back, we all appreciate it. You have such an honest channel with real advice, and it's very relaxing to watch your videos, please know that you have a unique channel that I haven't found in other gardening channels.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks Joseph! I have to say that seeing the support from you all made me believe again that there is a niche for what I'm doing. All I want to do is inspire people to pick up a trowel and get connect with the ground. I want to inspire people to live more peacefully. Thanks for hanging in there.

  • @sherry5309
    @sherry5309 Před 5 lety

    Absolutely loved your layout and talk on the whole history of what’s going on in our food and how it is systemized. Then how you meandered about your beautiful and luscious garden. Then when you made your stir fry I can’t believe after all these years how I learned how to actually do it right. You made it look so delicious I could almost taste and smell it. I resonate so much with all of what you went over. It was truly amazing.

  • @jeannemanzella9687
    @jeannemanzella9687 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you. From seed to table, I appreciate your beautiful efforts.

  • @skullface215
    @skullface215 Před 6 lety +54

    This is so professionally made! Loved every minute of it :)

  • @TickTockTaxi
    @TickTockTaxi Před 6 lety +9

    This video was incredible. I appreciate your attention to detail, your editing, and so much more! I recently acquired some gardens that had been half monoculture and half polyculture, and this video was extremely helpful in solidifying those two different ideas in my mind, as I have a physical representation in front of me every time I decide to garden!
    So pleased to see this video in my feed today, and it couldn't have been more a more perfect topic for me!

  • @olympicgardencrafts
    @olympicgardencrafts Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for contributing to the growing volume of material on this! I gathered a lot from your descriptions of how to handle polyculture..

  • @SaffronTrailKitchen
    @SaffronTrailKitchen Před 6 lety +2

    Loved this video, Siloe - truly inspiring that so many plants can be grown together. And eye opening fact that soil is smart enough to replenish itself with nutrients.

  • @rissarissa7141
    @rissarissa7141 Před 5 lety +14

    Your realism is surreal. A contradictory hyperbole, but necessary. Wonderful work!

  • @kerathome5920
    @kerathome5920 Před 6 lety +13

    Oh, I haven't even hit play yet - but thank you so much for a garden upload. It is the perfect touch to a lovely weekend in my own garden.

  • @mortonvrose
    @mortonvrose Před 5 lety

    Absolutely beautiful.
    Thank u for sharing.

  • @dritanbega6461
    @dritanbega6461 Před 6 lety

    Thanks for coming back, awesome video, great philosophy, and thans for birnging summer back.

  • @aniwaniwa20
    @aniwaniwa20 Před 6 lety +79

    You are a very talented film maker and gardener. Thank you for posting 🤗

  • @p.c.6706
    @p.c.6706 Před 6 lety +135

    I can't tell you how much i appreciate you coming back! My heart broke for you when i watched your last video. You're such a good person. I know there is much more to you than gardening. You're a man of many talents. I hope you have joy in whatever you choose to share with us. Blessings to you and your family♡👍

    • @nancysueleske7819
      @nancysueleske7819 Před 6 lety +4

      P. C. It was heartbreaking to see him stop. A lot of us understood. Yes, whatever he can happily post should, from evidence of all past efforts,

    • @nancysueleske7819
      @nancysueleske7819 Před 6 lety +2

      P. C. Be very much appreciated!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +19

      Thanks you guys! I need the break. I decided to focus on making what I would love to see and what you guys like, forgetting about the whole youtube thing.

    • @p.c.6706
      @p.c.6706 Před 6 lety +1

      Nancy Sue Leske thank you Nancy :-) Have a great week!

    • @kerathome5920
      @kerathome5920 Před 6 lety +2

      I totally felt the same way, P.C.!

  • @jessicalandi6750
    @jessicalandi6750 Před 3 lety

    Loved the ending...cooking a stirfry with polyculture grown veggies picked that day...awesome.

  • @marlenesabiooliva7667
    @marlenesabiooliva7667 Před 3 lety

    Thank you very much for sharing you experiences. God bless!

  • @gvas7560
    @gvas7560 Před 6 lety +8

    Awesome video. Thank God you are back 😊
    I love you videos. Hope there is more.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks, There should be more.

    • @gvas7560
      @gvas7560 Před 6 lety

      I am soooo happy to know you are back to sharring your awesome videos and knowlede that I have watched this video a few times already lol...🤗

  • @bubblebeebartend
    @bubblebeebartend Před 6 lety +129

    i just read a book called never out of season, it has a similar style to your storytelling. weaving a narrative from the history of agriculture. highly recommend

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +7

      That sounds cools. Thanks for the recommendation.

    • @capybara6810
      @capybara6810 Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks, I'll have a look into that :)

    • @serenemountain6769
      @serenemountain6769 Před 4 lety +4

      @@suburbanhomestead Soil nutrients are easily replendish, Grab all of your food wastes,( no meat or bone ), egg shells included, and agriculture wastes, ("no SEEDS"), also live leafs from trees or bushes, cover your soil with them,
      then use dry leaves, hay, old wood sticks, and cover the food wastes !
      cover it well for it not to attrack flies !
      from time to time put holes for the biomass to breath !
      if flies apear close the holes and keep repeating the process !
      your soil will never loose its nutrients this way, i guaranty it!
      Polyculture is always an ally of this method i just recommended,
      but plants need space to eat properly, and produce properly !
      when ever you need to plant, put a hole in your coverage, and place your plant their,
      it also prevents the growth of unwanted herbs.

  • @leonarddavis3684
    @leonarddavis3684 Před 5 lety

    This is your 1st video I have seen, I now have a new source of enjoyment. I look forward to seeing new videos and from reading other comments previous once as well. Thank you.

  • @LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow

    Thank you for sharing your garden and knowledge with us. I’m a CZcams gardener too. It’s my 3rd year as a gardener and I’m still learning as I grow. This year I’m trying to add companion plants to my garden. This is very helpful and I am so happy I found your channel because it has so much to offer. I hope we can learn more from each other as we grow our gardens and our channels!

  • @thenitpicker911
    @thenitpicker911 Před 6 lety +3

    Welcome back. Always feel calm and peaceful watching your video

  • @ChristasGarden
    @ChristasGarden Před 6 lety +4

    I found your channel right around the time you made your last video. Your videos are absolutely gorgeous and informative as well. Glad to see you are still around. Take care.

  • @RR-ul9tr
    @RR-ul9tr Před 6 lety

    What a bliss and joy to cook and eat from your own garden harvest. It is a blessing!

  • @capybara6810
    @capybara6810 Před 5 lety +2

    A lot of work putting this video together but so worth it!! Beautifully done!! Thanks!!!!

  • @pappapinskie5883
    @pappapinskie5883 Před 5 lety +131

    Don't forget foraging. So much food out there that people don't know about - it's insane

  • @giecreations
    @giecreations Před 6 lety +3

    Welcome back! So nice to see your videos again!

  • @jimwilleford6140
    @jimwilleford6140 Před 5 lety

    I love what you guys are doing. Hope you remain devoted to saving our incredible oceans.

  • @wendysurbanhomestead5011

    Wow !
    I absolutely loved this episode.
    Thanks for sharing.

  • @KIMMIEnFLORIDA
    @KIMMIEnFLORIDA Před 6 lety +3

    So happy to see you creating again!!! Exquisite bokeh throughout the video....beautifully shot!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      Thanks. I have to admit I'm a bit weak for shallow depth of field :-)

  • @jolandabeach8784
    @jolandabeach8784 Před 2 lety

    It's been an absolute pleasure to watch and listen to this video🙂 thank you

  • @michaelocallaghan1163
    @michaelocallaghan1163 Před 4 lety +2

    interesting questions, insights, soil science surprises and a culinary finale. a great vid to watch, again.

  • @MissDeb-jq6nz
    @MissDeb-jq6nz Před 5 lety +4

    Oooh! I loved the presentation, and the background music is the bomb!

    • @GuTzBorges
      @GuTzBorges Před 4 lety

      Please,do foi know the name of the song?

  • @maryclaur8190
    @maryclaur8190 Před 6 lety +133

    Omfg😭 I was so upset that you may not come back... But here you are!🙇.
    I'm 17 years old and I was truly inspired by your videos to start gardening. Thank you so much!! So happy that you're back🙋🤗

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +34

      I returned because of many people like you who have been inspired. That means a lot to me. It makes the whole numbers thing insignificant.

    • @austttttttt
      @austttttttt Před 5 lety +11

      I know exactly what you mean! I'm 18 and love this idea of sustainable food microclimates. I believe it is so important especially with global warming around the corner we need a way to self-sustain and detach from the monoculture system as it will not sustain us consistency without making things worse. I have a quarter acre backyard and have decided I want to garden.

    • @Beans-he3xi
      @Beans-he3xi Před 5 lety +2

      "Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7 (KJV)
      “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” Ephesians 5:14 (KJV)
      Wake up! There is salvation from this present evil world, and from all the pains you go through in your life; however, if you do not have Jesus Christ, if you neglect so great salvation, then you are in darkness and on your way to everlasting flames of fire, where the smoke of your TORMENT will ascendeth up for ever and ever (Revelation 14:11, KJV).
      "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36 (KJV)
      "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9 (KJV)
      Only if you repent and receive Jesus Christ will you be saved from the judgement to come (John 3:15-18; John 8:24, KJV). Jesus paid the price of our sins so we wouldn't have to (1 Peter 2:24, KJV). Receive His free gift of eternal life--only through Jesus can you be saved, it is not of our own works, lest any man should boast (Ephesians 2:9, KJV).
      Do not oppose yourself, let Jesus save you! Let go of your pride, self-righteousness and the foolish wisdom of the world and call upon the name of the Lord and be saved (Romans 10:13, KJV). There's so much more ahead of us for those of us who are truly saved and born again (1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV).

    • @Realatmx
      @Realatmx Před 4 lety +3

      Am 38 and I really love when teens or kids love nature and garden stuff for me it's rare.. God bless you..

    • @fmfdocbotl4358
      @fmfdocbotl4358 Před 4 lety +2

      So how is your garden going?

  • @jeannechin5052
    @jeannechin5052 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for so beautifully teaching us!!

  • @denisestone8491
    @denisestone8491 Před 6 lety

    So glad to see your back! Your videos inspired me to grow from seed this year. I have already started my seeds indoors. Thank you and may your bounty continue to grow.

  • @sashawilkinson6978
    @sashawilkinson6978 Před 5 lety +4

    thank you for bringing polyculture to me, I was thinking of having my own vegetable patch but when you brought this to mind, I always wondered why we had such a problem with soil nutrition loss. I am going to give it a go myself after doing some more research into it.

  • @Peoplespilates
    @Peoplespilates Před 5 lety +5

    I enjoyed your video! I only grow herbs in my tiny garden and shade loving plants. I grow all my plants in compost as I have less soil. I have always grown different things together even in small comtainers. It has always worked well for me.

  • @mrbrigaming
    @mrbrigaming Před 5 lety

    This video should have a million views. I love it man, the polyculture concept, the garden and the cooking. Thank you so much.

  • @Flyingliketheeagle
    @Flyingliketheeagle Před 4 lety +1

    Very interesting video, and informative too. Love your garden!

  • @jennifern2805
    @jennifern2805 Před 6 lety +5

    I'm so glad you are back and I'm looking forward to seeing your new content. Even if it is old footage. I absolutely love your creative style. I'm also looking forward to trying out your method for planting carrots this week. Thanks for a great tip.
    I had ordered salsify a few weeks ago, but didn't know how to grow it and had never see in a garden. I clicked on your video and was hooked. Thanks for producing lovely and informative videos.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      I hope to continue to share my gardening journey! Thanks for being a faithful viewer!

  • @CraigOverend
    @CraigOverend Před 6 lety +20

    Great video! Personally I believe that whether polyculture is a good fit really depends on your climate and the end goal. If resources are available and biomass to build soil is the goal then polyculture wins hands down. With studies I've read showing total biomass increasing up to a species diversity of about 32 and that it's a linear increase up to about 8 species. Suggesting to me you may need about 8 diverse species in time or space to make soil nutrient cycling productive and manitain soil fertility without external inputs. I've also learned that plant available resources play a large role in that total biomass and potential planting density, particularly water. As you state plants are mostly hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen, of which both carbon and nitrogen in the atmosphere can be dissolved in rainwater. So it's no coincidence then that soil carbon, the calling card of life, basically follows rainfall. And I believe regular rainfall matters most for polyculture density as soil microbe nutrient cycling efficiency increases with consistant soil moistures, thereby making dissolved organic carbon compounds readily available to plants and microbes. And therefore sporadic rainfall, tilled, eroded and degraded lands just don't have what it takes to sucessfully grow many polycultures when people try.
    Part of the reason is that the higher order carbon lifeforms such as eukaryotic mycorrhizal fungi and other soil microbiota that colonise and extend plant roots to extract and share nutrients like phosphorus requires higher carbon soils to do their work and have enough to share around. In eukaryotic fungi case they need approximately three times as much carbon as prokaryotic bacteria.
    Also, due to competition for resources and differing plant species strategies, yield for individual plants are likely to suffer when species are most similar to one another in polycultures, the same happens if similar species follow one another in monoculture crop rotation. So getting climate conditions right and understanding species diversity in space and in time can be why finding the sweet spot to produce high multicrop yield can be so difficult. An example is the "Three Sisters" gardening technique that a lot of people fail to successfully grow. This is why I believe polycultures work best with fertile high carbon soils, regular rainfall, and plant and microbial species diversity. Also that the type of polyculture, dense or sparse, woody or soft, that is most suitable for an environment really depends on the succession of that environment.
    The following study sheds some light on the species diversity complexity.
    "Greater similarity in root microbiomes between hosts leads to negative effects on plant performance through soil feedback, with specific microbial taxa in the endosphere and rhizosphere potentially affecting competitive interactions among plant species." www.pnas.org/content/115/6/E1157

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +7

      You deserve an award for such a thoughtful comment, Craig. I had to digest it slowly. I feel that you synthesized much of the complexity of this issue. Thanks for providing this valuable feedback.

  • @MarkSmith-gj4up
    @MarkSmith-gj4up Před 6 lety

    I’m new to your videos, but I like them! I like how this one started talking about the plants and the garden and what you’re doing out there and then progressed to cooking what you harvested! Well done!

  • @seanwall24
    @seanwall24 Před 6 lety

    Yeah!!!! Thanks for coming back. I’ve been hoping and waiting. I love the content and hope you keep it up. Thanks again.

  • @PrivacyPlease_
    @PrivacyPlease_ Před 6 lety +3

    Woohoo!!! So happy to see you back! I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the notification. Wonderful video.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks! And thanks for insisting that I should be back. It made a difference!

  • @vnlavanyak920
    @vnlavanyak920 Před 5 lety +3

    Adorable, this is how I want to live my life.

  • @odetteyo
    @odetteyo Před 6 lety

    Love seeing what dishes you can cook from just your garden vegetables

  • @tara281
    @tara281 Před 6 lety

    I'm so happy to have recently discovered your videos. They are beautifully made, funny, and I'm learning so much about gardening. Thank you

  • @carolschedler3832
    @carolschedler3832 Před 6 lety +6

    So nice to see you back again love your vids!

  • @Letsgocamping143
    @Letsgocamping143 Před 5 lety +3

    I could watch you for hours. Great editing and music.

  • @jlbutters2
    @jlbutters2 Před 6 lety

    Welcome back! You are such a wonderful inspiration. Please keep sharing. It made my day :)

  • @flw9633
    @flw9633 Před 4 lety

    Captivating storytelling about one of my favorite topics . . .gardening

  • @mariad.quintana3290
    @mariad.quintana3290 Před 6 lety +6

    I'm a quiet viewer. So happy to see you back. 🙌 I really wish my garden could look like yours. 😊

  • @Louis-Joska
    @Louis-Joska Před 5 lety +3

    So nice garden 👍💗
    My best regards from Paris .
    Louis 🙏

  • @tghost7721
    @tghost7721 Před 5 lety

    I'm glad I ran into this video, thanks for sharing!! 👍🏼🙄

  • @akasha_law
    @akasha_law Před 5 lety

    Such a necessary conversation. Thanks.

  • @californiagardeningmom3441

    Yay! You're back!!! My fav CZcams channel!!

  • @facundoesquivel1269
    @facundoesquivel1269 Před 5 lety +6

    The green part of carrot and beets is edible, the corn "hears" are edible too, raw or slightly cooked in a plate.
    The corn hairs are infusionable and this beverage is extremely healthy and tasty.

  • @ruvinikarunaratne6991
    @ruvinikarunaratne6991 Před 2 lety

    There's a lot to learn from this channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. ❤❤

  • @billdavis6117
    @billdavis6117 Před 6 lety

    So glad to hear your voice! This made my morning, Thank you

  • @memberson
    @memberson Před 6 lety +36

    VERY GOOD INFORMATION

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +1

      thanks!

    • @StaceyHerewegrowagain
      @StaceyHerewegrowagain Před 5 lety +1

      @elijah mikle yes Indeed! I just subscribed and found him myself, especially after reading all the amazing comments. I love channels that send a peaceful informative message.

  • @schizogabber
    @schizogabber Před 5 lety +481

    You do really nice work and i enjoyed watching this video. But our problem is that we need to feed more mouthes than we can. This is why most farmers using chemicals, nutrition and selected plants our clons. They dont do this to increase their own money. I am also farmer and the actual price for 1kg of onion is 6 eurocent, potatoes 8 eurocent (in the netherlands). I wont let you know what they pay for 1 kg of wheat, because you will cry.
    2nd problem are the supermarkets, they refuse to buy veggis or fruit wich hasnt a perfect shape or colour, also it must be big. This year i have a friend he is also farmer and he is making plums. Because it was very dry this year and his plums were 2mm to small so any supermarket wanted to buy his fruit and he was forced to throw away 50.000 kg of nice plums.
    So if fruit or veggis arent nice or big enough they wont appear in the stores which is in my eyes a much bigger problem than chemical farming. Because chemical farming is the result of the supermarktes demandings.
    If you want to change something, dont buy things in the supermarket or store, if you can buy it at your local farmer. He will be pleased and you too.
    Help the farmers survive, than you will help nature survive.
    I tell you, as a farmer by myself, why do and try everything to be nice to nature, using fungi and bacteria or other non-chemical solutions. Trust me, we do our best but we also want to survive. And if the supermarkts start paying fair prices and dont claim perfect fruit or vegs (nature isnt perfect, sometimes cucumber isnt straight and appels arent round. Look at us humans) we are able to farm without any chemicals.
    Cheers

    • @galentromble3634
      @galentromble3634 Před 5 lety +47

      Consumers and producers are both becoming interested in re-localizing food production. There is so much waste in our current food system, for all sorts of reasons - like your friend with his plums. That's a tragedy. Where consumers can connect directly with the farmers, both benefit.

    • @Galemor1
      @Galemor1 Před 5 lety +34

      Yeah, the stores have really destroyed farming, but also the consumers, that only buys those perfect fruits and vegetables.
      I wish we could just buy straight from the farmers, but it is so regulated, that if someone tries to sell their "waste" products, they're fined..
      If we could cut one chain of, then farmers could get more of the money, and consumers still pay the same price as in the store.
      We have enough food for everyone, but we aren't distributing it equally.

    • @2482agh
      @2482agh Před 5 lety +29

      A lot of this in the US is because of massive subsidies to industrial agriculture that make it artificially cheap and further hide the true costs to the ecosystems that ultimately support us. There is no shortage of food, it's how that food is distributed, as you mention 40% of food is thrown away in the US and worldwide 200 species a day go extinct. We need to end subsidies for industrial agriculture and instead subsidize small scale organic agriculture which the UN said in a 2006 report is not only best for the environment but ultimately the most productive method for producing food.

    • @DerangedM8
      @DerangedM8 Před 5 lety +9

      i find it weird how you are so misinformed, while you're living in the worlds biggest and most advanced garden called the netherlands (we export more crops than any other country by a long shot when comparing surface area with produce). I'm also dutch and i study applied biology in the netherlands. You are talking about "chemical farming" as if it's bad, and this concerns me because you're a farmer, and should know that this process is 1 not bad for anything, and 2 it's basically the same that nature does, only then a little more efficient. You also talk about produce not being used? This is also very weird to me, cuz you, as a farmer, should know this is not the case. Sure the produce might not be available in the stores as raw produce, but for example potatoes that are undersized will be used for the ready made freezer fries you can buy.
      And lastly: you and the video maker should know about basic law of preservation of energy. The reason forests don't need to be resupplied in nutrients is because the nutrients don't leave. berries get eaten by bird, bird poops it out, goes back into soil, and goes back to plants. In farming this is not the case, you take the plant out but don't return anything, this is why you supply the soil with firtelizer, to resupply nutrients, and this by the way is a over simplification of what actually goes on. In the real farming world you send soil specimens to labs, which analyse which nutrients are missing, and how you should resupply them. There is also a thing called crop rotation, this is to preserve the micro bioligical life in the ground which breaks down organic material into nutrients for the plants. It concerns me that you as a farmer don't know about these basic principals. And also that you and the video producer believe we are losing soil.

    • @robvanabeelen2237
      @robvanabeelen2237 Před 5 lety +23

      @@DerangedM8 : from another Dutch person , but it seems like you missed some important points but i don't want to start that discussion as it is long proven that agriculture like we do it in Holland is very very bad for both the soil and the people who live near agricultural areas , i come from Noord Brabant were there is mostly just agriculture and i have seen the destruction that our system of agriculture does to about everything including nature , chemical farming is driven by profits , that is all , every other explanation is just finding exuses for the shit that is caused by it , BUT the problem is that the profits do not go to the farmers so they can produce in a decent manner , but it goes to the supermarkets and from there to the stock markets , and therein lies the big problem , trow in some politicians and you have the perfect mix to fuck the world up , Understand one thing very good my friend , most business people and politicians are very smart in getting what they want but they are not so wise as to know what to do and what not to do , chemicals in the way they are used now are a big NO , but please do not believe me or what you think you know and investigate for yourself , and find some new ways of gathering info as clearly your current sources of info seem to be a bit coloured and outdated.
      I currently live in Portugal and therefor can compare a bit between different ways of doing agriculture , Portugal is in many ways far behind Holland and for some cases that is for the better but in this particular case it shows that they have no idea what they are doing here with all the chemicals , hardly any law , no knowledge and little control from the governement , AND THEY ARE KILLING IT!! and normaly that is a positive thing but here you can see the damage that all the chemicals are doing much better that in Holland as we have a lot of "nature" here so it shows realy clear what the damages are to nature , and it is bad.
      That is all about nature , that is dying from it , but next we sell it to people to eat and still wonder why everybody gets sick around us , wich is normal if you get poisend right? , but like i said , go and research for yourself , talk to farmers who switched back to organic farming , and it is happening all over the world, and yes , switch back as that was the original way , before we all got poisend by lust for cash and other economic advantages and i hope that what you will find just doesn't scare you too much.
      Much love my friend .

  • @GuPagliarini
    @GuPagliarini Před 6 lety

    Yes Siloé, welcome back! I was so excited to see a new video from you!!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      Hey Augusto, long time man! Glad to see you enjoying the channel! Hope you doing well my friend!

  • @gomezaddams6470
    @gomezaddams6470 Před 2 lety

    Thank you again! This is reminding me of a very old book I had on companion planting. Written 100 plus years ago! I had a good collection of very old books that only had one very small printing. Some had very odd subjects. But they were all about plants, animals and food for ailments. I am sad to say they were taken with all of my real(old) very large collection of cobalt glass and a few rare sets of dishes and oddities and fun I had collected. I so wish I new more about the book. If i had it, I would send it to you to barrow for research and fun!
    Life goes on. You friend G.

  • @Just-Nikki
    @Just-Nikki Před 5 lety +3

    I have reserved a section of land to experiment with this myself, I look forward to witnessing this for myself. Very informative and well researched. Thank you for your time and knowledge. Namaste 🙏🏼

    • @mohit5496
      @mohit5496 Před 2 lety

      how did it go ?

    • @Just-Nikki
      @Just-Nikki Před 2 lety

      @@mohit5496 it is a process for sure but I have 3 fruit tree guilds now and it requires less maintenance on my part. Food production isn’t as high as in my raised beds or bio intensively planted earth beds but those take a lot of soil amendments and complete seasonal plantings. It really depends on your goal.

  • @helen_grace_cosplay
    @helen_grace_cosplay Před 6 lety +70

    Your videos are so great--so thoughtful and intelligent 😀

  • @QueenIZA
    @QueenIZA Před 5 lety

    I love this! Thanks for loving our mother earth.

  • @doncooper7007
    @doncooper7007 Před 6 lety

    There are many very good gardening and cooking channels on CZcams, but I have never seen anything like your channel. I'm adding my voice and gratitude to the plethora of well wishes, you are duly receiving. Thank you (Don)

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      Thanks Don. The amount of well wishes has solidified why I need to continue.

  • @funlityoung
    @funlityoung Před 6 lety +3

    I literally thought about you yesterday. Glad you are back.

  • @yarraplumbers
    @yarraplumbers Před 6 lety +16

    Glad to see you back! You're the person to blame for all my plates of seeds in the living room :)

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety +4

      I have to say that made me laugh. I hope this method works well for you:-)

    • @yarraplumbers
      @yarraplumbers Před 6 lety

      It works way too well. I have a jungle in my garden (but a beautiful one in my humble opinion) !!!

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      I've got to say that it is hard to know at times if what I'm doing is bearing fruit.

    • @yarraplumbers
      @yarraplumbers Před 6 lety

      It definitely is , your garden is amazing!! I love the mix of flowers with the veggies ! I’m trying that too and my husbands bees are going crazy making so much honey, Is fantastic ! I still haven’t reached your level yet 😊

  • @barbaracole4314
    @barbaracole4314 Před 2 lety

    U have auch a beautiful house inside and out, you have a lot of style and class with how you take care of everything... plz don't stop showing us your home and garden I really feel inspired

  • @Ash-xx5zd
    @Ash-xx5zd Před 5 lety

    Quality video. Very comprehensive from germination in preparation if the spring, garden theory, and progressive experimentation, to culinary recipe. Beautiful.

  • @TheKalikalam
    @TheKalikalam Před 6 lety +5

    Wow.... wow....wow..... just wake up from the bed only to see the notification of ur new video.... 😃😀😀😀😀😀😀😀.... am so much happy just like others.... welcome back bro👍👍👍👍👍

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      Thanks Man. I hope I could inspire you.

    • @TheKalikalam
      @TheKalikalam Před 6 lety

      suburban homestead You will for sure💪💪👍👍👍👍...

  • @cottonwoodscamp
    @cottonwoodscamp Před 6 lety +3

    Welcome back

  • @elizabethbakewell6046
    @elizabethbakewell6046 Před 2 lety

    Thank you very much! Bon apetit! Yum!
    Thank you so much for these wonderful
    informative videos!!!

  • @elliott4077
    @elliott4077 Před 6 lety

    Enjoyed this. A lot of gardening channels are giving out bad advice and blagging stuff they don't know, but you're not afraid to admit that you don't know certain stuff and are experimenting.

    • @suburbanhomestead
      @suburbanhomestead  Před 6 lety

      I'm glad you are enjoying my approach. I want to foremost inspire people to get out there and experiment and experience nature for themselves.

  • @MNJGaGa
    @MNJGaGa Před 5 lety +5

    This is one of my dreams. I wanna live my life like this.

    • @Just-Nikki
      @Just-Nikki Před 5 lety

      Carmella I wish you success on that journey 🙏🏼 Namaste

    • @MNJGaGa
      @MNJGaGa Před 5 lety +1

      @@Just-Nikki Thanks. Many blessing to you.