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Moving to the country to start a new life. Young Family trades sodgrass for a horse farm over at Barn Boots and Country Roots:
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5 Years ago we decided to do something different. We started planting out our lawn. Trees, bushes, flowers. We wanted to mimic a forest, using permaculture principles, and grow our own healthy natural beyond-organic healthy food. Come join us for a fall tour, and lets pick some pears.
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Or help me plant trees directly through Patreon by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15912954
Moving to the country to start a new life. Young Family trades sodgrass for a horse farm over at Barn Boots and Country Roots:
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For great recipes, cooking, storing, canning, and growing tips, check out Gardening in the North:
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Today we talk about... well, mostly bugs. We also talk about peach leaf curl, some guilds, and the value of intrusive herbaceous layers into tree canopies.
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Moving to the country to start a new life. Young Family trades sodgrass for a horse farm over at Barn Boots and Country Roots: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRevkfe3phDB0bKeJ1wW2Yw
For great recipes, cooking, storing, canning, and growing tips, check out Gardening in the North: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk8xZzWYjZv0pjfr9iOjxw
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Winter 2018. A brief video tour of the property. Swale systems, permaculture guilds, and integrating a composting system for automatic fertigation.
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The MVP of a garden. A must have include in your permaculture food forest. And while we are at it, let's cook with it!
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Lets graft and make a Frankenstein's monster apple tree.
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On this channel we show more family life, camping, board games, more kids more wife, more fun outside of gardening. Want to get to know the family better? Check it up and subscribe!
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Moving to the country to start a new life. Young Family trades sodgrass for a horse farm over at Barn Boots and Country Roots: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRevkfe3phDB0bKeJ1wW2Yw
For great recipes, cooking, storing, canning, and growing tips, check out Gardening in the North: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk8xZzWYjZv0pjfr9iOjxw
Music credits:
Epidemic sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/qfqvpi/
Closer by Jay Someday | https://soundcloud.com/jaysomeday
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A common question I get is "how much does it cost to make a food forest"? I think it's a video worth doing, so in this video I attempt to answer this question. However, make sure that you understand the difference between the cost of a food forest and the cost of a swimming pool. One of these things is an investment, an asset in our lives, and one of these things is a liability.
Often we weigh decisions between choices based on what they cost us to buy, but we never consider if one of these things actually MAKES us money in the long run, versus if one just keeps costing us more and more and more.
Okay, you get that, but still want to know certain things, like, how much will it cost me to install a food forest, how much money will I save, how long it will it take me to make my money back (return on investment (ROI)). Well that's also not easy to answer, because it's going to be completely different based on where you live!
So what I can do is talk about some of the costs, talk about some of the things that impact cost. Talk about ways you can save money in your installs, by say, fleshing out your herbaceous layer through foraging, or looking for end of season sales. Or tapping into free waste streams that are of incredible value to you (cardboard, woodchips, etc).
But then I can also run some numbers based on what it cost me to get this puppy up and running, and I can feed you back info on how much food I'm making per square foot, and we can at least come close to some kind of ballpark number that you can expect to be in the general vicinity of. And trust me, there's enough wiggle room in the numbers to almost guarantee that no matter where you are and how you do this, that installing a food forest is going to be one of the best financial investments you can ever make.
I then also touch on an extremely important point at the end of the video - make sure you watch the section on "nutrients", because at the end of the day, when we buy food, are we buying "apples" or are we buying the nutrients contained in the apple?
One thing I didn't touch on (edited it out due to length of video) so I will mention it here... also remember that this food forest is likely DISPLACING what used to be there. If what used to be there is a grass lawn that cost you time and money to "keep looking perfect", then for complete accuracy you want to factor that into your calculations. If you are now saving $200 per year because you aren't subscribed to some green lawn fertilizing maintenance company, or you aren't spending gas and hours on a lawnmower, then what is that worth?
For a little upfront money and time, you can gain both of those back, one hundred fold in the years that follow.
Thanks for watching everyone, and I'll see you on the next one.
Keith
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