closed canopy organic gardening is food forest prep
www.permies.com Michael “Skeeter” Pilarski shows off what he calls “closed canopy gardening” – the idea is to reduce the amount of sun that reaches the soil. You can hardly see the paths. This is an early phase for a food forest or for agro forestry. Already well beyond an organic garden. As part of his presentation, he talks a little about gooseberries, squash, (thornless) honey locust, calendula, mulberry, lovage, worm seed, peppers, dill, leeks, horseradish, asparagus, garlic chives, columbine, echincacia, pole beans, summer savory, lavendar, hissop, potatoes, burdock, grape, teasel, raspberries, black currants, chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus), hissop, erronia berry, radish, eastern black cherry, blue elderberry, silverberry, nitrogen fixing, seeds, seed pods, mulch, organic matter, photosynthesis, roots, plants, berries, fruit, bee forage, insect forage, trees, shrubs, wild crafting, legumes and thorns. Organic gardening is just the beginning. Music by Jimmy Pardo
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@TheSchwabyLlama Yep. Keep Popping. It is good cellular exercise. Neighbor’s White cat is imitating.
Pathlessvoyager
November 27, 2011 at 10:34 pm
@paulwheaton12 awesome garden, i love tonasket and the annual trip over the mountains to the beloved bater fair.
northwestblazinfire
November 27, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Funny slip of the tongue ….”This was all filled with potato vine a minute ago”
toonberry
November 27, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Hilarious at the end!
rathersurf
November 28, 2011 at 12:37 am
@Pathlessvoyager looks like gardening keeps us young
TheSchwabyLlama
November 28, 2011 at 1:18 am
WHat a great Garden…wonderful
doobersmanster
November 28, 2011 at 2:05 am
My favorite part is the jumping around, poping in the garden (forest). Thanks, nice work that you share.
Pathlessvoyager
November 28, 2011 at 2:11 am
You have a problem with poisonous snakes, rabbits, or other things you either don’t want or don’t want to run into?
kthardin
November 28, 2011 at 2:20 am
hahahahahaha skeeter rocks!!!!!!
simonk512
November 28, 2011 at 2:29 am
Love it!!! Mostly love the Skeeter jumping. !!! <3
11watergirly
November 28, 2011 at 2:36 am
@FightUni09 Absolutely, I’m currently trying to grow dandelions and stinging nettles 😉
bluesdog88
November 28, 2011 at 2:46 am
@bluesdog88 everything he grows is weeds and I approve. edible weeds is the way of the future. I have a weed garden too but not as extreme as this man’s. Wish I had the sun he has.
FightUni09
November 28, 2011 at 3:19 am
god has blessed this man more richly tha he knows!!!!wheres the pond with crayfish,or bullfrogs,or catfish?marketable rescources for this wonderful man and his children and his childrens children.hope hes on ebay!!would love some seed!SPRINGS A COMIG!
irishbreakfast
November 28, 2011 at 3:51 am
wonderful overlap of all these wonderful species. Very cool!
hastingr
November 28, 2011 at 3:56 am
@paulwheaton12 Thanks for the reply, that’s awesome so basically you can eat everything, I didnt realise that plants sent energy into the soil around them, great video great quality Thanks again 😉
bluesdog88
November 28, 2011 at 4:40 am
@bluesdog88 first, there aren’t many weeds because there is very little exposed soil. Second, as time passes and this evolves into a food forest, there will be even fewer weeds. Third, 90% of the things people call “weeds” are not weeds in this system. So – there are hardly any weeds to control. Far more details at permies dot com
paulwheaton12
November 28, 2011 at 5:22 am
How does he control weeds?
bluesdog88
November 28, 2011 at 5:48 am
skeeter in the bush … i’m getting weak in the knees. your knowledge is intoxicating.
sookiestackhouse2u
November 28, 2011 at 5:52 am
Ahhh, there’s nothing like a skeeter in the garden!
Jenigreni
November 28, 2011 at 6:04 am
@paulwheaton12 Thanks. I’ve been thinking of trying this with part of my land. Weeds are the death of me every year.
HotSauceJohnny
November 28, 2011 at 6:26 am
@BaronVonSTFU I think the first step is to get a shirt with pineapples on it. 🙂 The second step would be to take a PDC.
paulwheaton12
November 28, 2011 at 6:34 am
@daveyellis tonasket, washington
paulwheaton12
November 28, 2011 at 7:27 am
@HotSauceJohnny the system gives you the yield
paulwheaton12
November 28, 2011 at 8:24 am
Very knowledgeable guy. I am curious – is the focus more on creating a “system” rather than crop yield, or do you get the benefit of both? Thanks.
HotSauceJohnny
November 28, 2011 at 9:07 am
Is this guy a MASTER or what?
chuckthelumberjack
November 28, 2011 at 9:51 am