Bayard – Silver City New Mexico Permaculture Garden .MOV
This video might be interesting to those who live in the Desert Southwest. This video taken the morning of Earth Day April 21st 2012. Some times I think I need to talk about what the video is about. With 60 different types of seeds dumped into a 5 gallon bucket and scattered randomly everywhere and then scratched in with a pitch fork for some ground cover means it saves my lower back, and that seeds find where they want to grow, not where I think they should grow, so I GAVE UP TRYING TO CONTROL WHERE PLANTS NATURALLY WANT TO GROW. Seeds will naturally will find their best location where conditions are perfect for them. Also I’m finding that the sides of the rebuilt contour swales from last year are perfect for planting spring salad greens and longer term crops like Onion Carrots Garlic Kale Spinach and Chard as well as Fennel and Hollyhock and Parsnips, and this way its super easy to collect a salad by walking around the paths and looking for larger leaves to pick. The Shade Cloth I have is a living shade cloth and these are the Biennial Plants that wintered over from last year that are just about to bolt and bloom and provide more shade and attract lots of pollinators right when I need them them the most especially now that its suddenly very hot and dry, and I get to look forward another huge bunch of beautiful flowers and a seed crop as well. This is the longest video about 32 minutes. Could not find a way to slice this into 2 tracks with Linux. Going to upload as it is …
11 Responses to Bayard – Silver City New Mexico Permaculture Garden .MOV
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Awesome and inspirational!!! You could never touch that garden again and it may spread to all if new mexico!!!! Such a great living seed bank!
catfish222banjo
October 12, 2012 at 3:54 am
Lovely =)
LilFrugalGardener
October 12, 2012 at 3:57 am
Hi I appreciate your interest, and so far I’ve decided not to be a public garden. I’m thinking of your questions.
7 Food Forests in 7 Minutes with Geoff Lawton See Youtube
BEST VIDEO ON FOOD FORESTING.
Lawton’s Guide To Permaculture Design. Youtube
Tree Crops: A permanent agriculture, by J. Russell Smith. This book was scanned and this document prepared by the Soil and Health Library in. 2009.
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moviedoo
October 12, 2012 at 4:56 am
Blessed day. I have some questions about the possibility of my group visiting your sit. It would be a small group 3-5 people. I am looking for a permaculture instructor that can lead a PDC here in El Paso Texas. Do you recommend anyone?
Kind Regards
Robert Leal
elpasopermaculture
October 12, 2012 at 5:00 am
Your garden looks very healthy and beautiful. Glad to see other people getting into growing food for themselves. Awesome yard you have.
athatcher85
October 12, 2012 at 5:16 am
Thanks so much. What a great way to acknowledge mother earth! I’ve probably watched three score You Tube clips regarding permaculture yet have never learned so much as I did watching yours especially about the companion plantings and feeding the bacteria which in turn feed the plants. Did you mulch your swales to help retain moisture and what kind of elevation drop or slope do you have on the property? I’m also curious to how often you have to hand water from spring through fall? Thanks again.
Halopa60
October 12, 2012 at 5:46 am
I found your video very informative. I was a bit dizzy from the constant movement; but was drawn in as you spoke about companion plantings. I plan on watching more of your videos and try incorporating a few of your ideas into my low desert garden in S. Calif. How much land are you gardening? How much water do you use besides rainfall? How many fruit trees are bearing for you (at what age)? Please consider my many questions as a complement. You’ve gained my interest. Happy Gardening!
gogogardener
October 12, 2012 at 5:49 am
Thanks so much for your wonderful comments. I like the Alfalfa Pellets because it has Molasses and many Trace Minerals that help Mycorrhiza thrive when making compost tea. Below is one the best descriptions I’ve read online. Also see Elaine Ingham of Soil Food Web in Corvallis Oregon. I’ve composted all my life. Last year the first year I started foliar feeding Compost Tea every two weeks. The results are Amazing….!!!!!
Mycorrhiza From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 7-14-2011
moviedoo
October 12, 2012 at 6:24 am
beautiful. thank for sharing your insight.
elpasopermaculture
October 12, 2012 at 7:14 am
oh and hey, I’ve made an alfalfa tea before by just soaking alfalfa straw in water…that the same thing that you talking about with the pelletts only on a larger scale?
ArizonaAdventures
October 12, 2012 at 7:59 am
hey I watched the whole thing 🙂 lol awesome yard and garden for sure. I never knew that about parsnips either so thanks. A ton of great info.
ArizonaAdventures
October 12, 2012 at 8:26 am