Great update and perfect timing to remind others now is the time to feed their green friends. Your farm is looking fantastic! Both yours and Lori's perseverance and hard work is paying off.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny how time just creeps up on you and all of a sudden it's fall and the trees are taking off again. Really cool to see those tropical fruit you have ripening up. We may try a few out here, but the extra 5-6 degrees of cold really makes that tough. Are you going to sell fig starts this coming season? We have a few spots in our fig orchard that we need to fill and it would be great to buy them from somebody local. Particularly the more difficult ones to find.

@EnlightenmentGarden

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Time goes by fast! You are definitely colder out there! Longan, pink guava and white sapote may work in a protected spot for you. Clumping bamboo also could be a great thing for you on windbreak and perpetual mulch. I'm retiring the channel this year and closed the etsy store to focus on other things but will be happy to send scions of the best fig varieties I grow your way from one gardener to another that you can graft or root. I'll be pruning in January so if interested let me know how to contact you.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@EnlightenmentGarden pink guava is definitely something I think we'll try. I pulled up your plant list (didn't see that until just now) and boy do you have a great assortment of figs you've started! I didn't see contact information, but our email is info@edgeofnowherefarm.com if that's the easiest way to connect. Or we're on FB and Insta if we can message there. We would definitely like to snag a few cuttings from you to see if we can get them to go here.

@Faithfulsheperd

3 жыл бұрын

enlightenment garden edge of nowhere farm I just want to say that you both had a profound impact on why I have a garden now. You dedication and sheer power is amazing 👏 🙌 Much love 💘 @hummusxpress is my restaurant local spot tempe. established 2012. Would love to have you ❤

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@Faithfulsheperd Hey Eddie! Thanks for the encouraging words and so glad to hear we encouraged you to get out there and get your hands dirty! Next time we're in Tempe we'll need to stop by.

The issue of what fertilizer to use is interesting. The point being meeting the plants nutritional needs without damaging the soil life of course. You guys are in a position to trail several different options and really see the different results. Like you I prefer natural/ organic the manures, compost and such but I do and always will mix the smallest amount of commercial fertilizer blended for the area and conditions. Because we are always trying to meet the needs of the plant and all organics decompose at a slower rate and take longer to become bio-available for the plant. The best indicator for me is the grubs and worms as well as fungi growth. Work hard, have fun and share your experience, Thanks

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Richard, you make some great points. One the reasons we're sticking with the conventional fertilizer for this go around is that it's made here in Arizona for our unique soil conditions. We've been pleasantly surprised to see soil life even with this fertilizer mixed in.

Wow glad the dog came back! That usually doesnt end well out here on the Edge of Nowhere!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, our neighbor was VERY relieved to get that phone call. I'm glad we happened to be out and about when she came strolling through!

Hey Duane.... Was waiting for this vlog, since you'd mentioned doing it in an earlier vlog. As one of your other viewers mentioned, will be looking forward to the fruit bearing season. Will be giving the neighbor's Mulberry another liquid feed in about another week. Cheers.....

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Tony! I'm still looking forward to how that mulberry tree does come spring. You're definitely doing all you can to give it a good shot!

In vino, veritas! I love watching you build live soil from dead. Grow, baby, grow!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Chet. That's the plan. Grow the soil that grows the plants that grow us!

@chetnash5991

3 жыл бұрын

People don’t understand that when they plow down the trees and grass to put up condos

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@chetnash5991 oh so true.

I'm glad the neighbor's dog made it back home. I know my dog ran off a few times when he was in his first year. the first time he came back the same night. I actually left my front door open so he didn't leave again, and he came running down the hall about 11:30 at night. The second time he was gone a couple of days, and I was out scouring the surrounding neighborhoods looking and showing people pictures of him, and I told them where I lived, and a man came early afternoon and told me he let him into their fenced yard and came and got me. I was actually crying when I was showing them pictures of him. The third time he was gone for 8 days, and he ended up being on the next street over. The day before I was walking down that street calling his name the whole time I walked the block and a lady stopped and talked to me, and she had seen him a couple of days before in front of their fence because the have a couple of dogs. I told her where I lived, and the next day I came home and she had left a sticky note on my door saying, I have your doggie lol. I sat at home and cried every night. I was so worried that he was out there being run off and no where to go and scared. I was so glad to get him back!!! I noticed after that, though, he was jumpy at loud sounds as if he was shot at or something; I'm not sure, but he wasn't jumpy like that before. I think he's gotten over it, mostly, but he's such a sweet dog. It broke my heart when I thought I had lost him, so I'm very glad to see they got their dog back! I think they become like our children!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

It sounds like your pup is quite the wanderer! Our pets become part of the family, so to hear your story warms my heart. I can tell you love him and want the best for him.

Thank you for the reminder. I'll be using granular fertilizer, azomite, fish emulsion, compost and worm castings tomorrow and thank you for sharing.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Daniel, that's a great mix of ingredients. Sure wish you could raise some chickens for those trees of yours!

Nice update and dog rescue. Well done.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Allan, filming the Vlog today and tomorrow and...well....you'll have to watch!

@allanturpin2023

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm- ooh. A cliffhanger. You're getting good at this. Just so you know, I don't always comment, but I do always watch.

Like #108! Beautiful share! Nice talking! 😍😍👍👍

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Lisa, thanks and glad you're enjoying the content!

Was the Fertizona you used the 20-20-20? Its over near the 303 Loop right? Thanks!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric! I think this one is the 15-15-15 and yes I think the main shop is over off 303. Reid scolded us for not using this fertilizer when we planted his trees, so we're going to give them one more shot of if before moving to the organic stuff!

Nice update all around. What was the wonderful music track used in the background?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one. The music track is in the KZread Library and titled Eternal Garden. Fitting title!

Great update. If we are not able to obtain wood chips could we use straw ? Or? Whats the NPK on the fertilizer that you are using from Fertizona ?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Kev. Yes, you definitely can use straw and we will be incorporating that here on this property also. The Fertizona fertilizer has an NPK of 15-15-15, so it's pretty high. We plan on discontinuing that once we get these trees through their first year and start establishing the larger rings around them. With Nitrogen that high it will make it tough on the soil biology that we're trying to encourage.

Hey Duane great video as usual! I would love to see you do an experiment, on not fertilizing one or two trees to see the difference. I wonder if the aquifer water you use is enough, being loaded with minerals and all....If true, that would explain why my fruit trees struggle so much...

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Now that is a great suggestion. We'll have some trees going in next year that we may be able to try that out with. Maybe the Moringa trees if we can get them going??

@franswa7251

3 жыл бұрын

COOL!

Hi, I live in Surprise next to you... I've mixed a bunch of horse manure and wood chips together a couple months ago... Do you think I could add this to my fruit trees? It's not completely composted but I hear horse manure is mild? My trees are about 3 to 8 months old. Maybe I can stick with the fish emulsion I bought? Thank you for your videos, we love them!!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey neighbor! We don't have experience with horse manure, but we've had a few viewers who suggest composting it down for at least 6 months before using it on or around plants. It sounds like the biggest concern is with passing seeds into soil and possibly herbicides from the hay. With young trees I would be more inclined to go with either chicken manure mixed in wood chips like we're doing here or with your fish emulsion. You just can't go wrong with Fish Emulsion. Just keep in mind that it absorbs a bit faster, so you'll want to reapply again next month before things shut down for the winter. Hope this helps!

What type of soil did you add in after you pulled back the wood chips? I’m very new to this.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Lisa. I think you may be talking about the composted/raw chicken manure. Was it at the beginning with the mulberry trees and one of the kumquats?

I still have to fertilize my trees. I stopped pulling back the woodchips on my trees because it was a huge job with the sweet potatoe vine jungle that I have in the way and also I was told it disturbs the soil life that we are trying to build. I will be sprinkling it around the drip line and then watering it in well. I have decided that this fall I'm going to move a struggling Tango Mandarin tree which was planted too deeply. Would you hold off fertilizing or go ahead and do it?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Michaela! We generally try to keep the soil disturbance to a minimum and in this case the trees are still very young and the area we're moving in won't be touched again. As for the Mandarin, I would probably hold off until it's transplanted and then give it some fish emulsion or something similar to help with the transplant shock. Then back again next winter/spring with regular fertilizing, but it wouldn't hurt it either way. Fingers crossed it takes to it's new home!

How are you keeping the rabbits and geound squirrels from going under the fencing around the trees....mine are getting munched on

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great question and the rabbits are being kept at bay really well with the fencing we're using. However, the ground squirrels are getting in from time to time (mainly from the top where they just climb right up and over). We've resorted to gopher traps on the ground squirrels until they go into hibernation here shortly. Are they munching on the branching or on the roots?

@rusticdeserthomestead6196

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm the roots and lower half of the bark on the trees....i have fencing but these little rascals dig right under

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@rusticdeserthomestead6196 ok, if you can get a deep enough mulch ring around the trees that should keep them from going after the roots. We've not had them attacking the roots, but we have seen them in the mulch. The bark on the tree is a tougher issue. If the trees are big enough you can use some metal flashing or pvc wraps that can help out with that. We have a couple of options in our Amazon shop under Bird/Pest Protection that may be worth trying. I'll link the shop for you here; www.amazon.com/shop/edgeofnowherefarm

Do you guys ever have to deal with salt buildup from your water? I know Phoenix has a higher amount of salinity in the tap, but I haven’t seen too much discussion on it anywhere

@davidhorst9203

3 жыл бұрын

Think they are on well water 💧

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Joseph, I think David beat us to the punch on this one, but we are on well water here. It's still very hard water and we're hoping the occasional heavy downpour and large watering rings will help mitigate any issues we may face. It is one of the reasons we went with flood/bubbler type irrigation on this property. It spreads larger amounts of water and drenches the soil pretty well each time we irrigate. We'll see how it goes!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidhorst9203 thanks for the pickup on this one David!

Aww no grub eating chickens .

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they didn't devour them like we thought they would. A few of them eventually picked through and ate them, but they seemed pretty hesitant when they first went in.

@slamboy66

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I think more an Easter egg than a food source . Hit and miss

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@slamboy66 yeah definitely the case with these.

I'm living in MN. When I can fertilizing my fruit tree ? Thanks

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Duc. That's a great question and I'm thinking you may be past that date by now. Our first frost is usually in November or December, so September is our fall fertilizing time. That gives the trees about 1.5 - 2 months to put on growth before going dormant for the winter.

I'm readyyyyyy to see the explosion on our fruit trees. They look sad right now. I am also excited to get some of those blackberries- the raspberry Ken bought is just NOT happy.

@YourAverageWitch

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't you guys say you were looking to get a LGD of some kind or was I thinking of someone else?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

They're starting to flush after the cooler weather this week, so it's going to be gangbusters here shortly...hopefully! We never did have much success with raspberries either, so we're sticking with our 2 key blackberries. Sorry to hear you're seeing the same.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@YourAverageWitch We're not set on that yet. I (Duane) have a slight allergy to pet dander and hair. We're looking at a few different options between donkeys and guard geese.

Can you fertilize a tree that hasn’t bloomed yet or is in the process of blooming?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! The key with fertilizing is being as consistent as you can, but if timing is off a little it's still fine. Assuming you're using a time released fertilizer of some sort (not liquid). We did a fertilizing episode a few weeks back and I explain the timing a little better in that one. I'll link it for you here; kzread.info/dash/bejne/qKhp26StoMq-mag.html

@chocolatechipslime

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm appreciate it

What about people in Los Angeles ?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

You're in my (Duane) old stomping grounds! Yes, it's definitely time to get fertilizer on your trees in LA. Especially if you're further inland where you see higher temps during the summer. I'm originally from Gardena, what city are you in?

Hello, is it ok to fertilize trees that start fruiting in May? Or that would harm the small fruits on the tree? Thank you.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great question Khalid. I'm assuming you're here in AZ or a similar climate with the same seasons and you're using a pelletized or time release type fertilizer. If so, you should be fine. The timing for fertilizing is more in regards to the overall growing season and May is right in the middle of that for us here in AZ.

@Khaledf

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you. I really appreciate it. I do not live in AZ. I live in Arabia ( hot weather), but judging by your videos I think AZ climate is smiliar to Arabia. The type of fertilizers I use is Blue fertilizer & Red fertilizer. In Arabia, fruits trees are not that much. The most popular tree here is the palm trees ( dates). However, some fruits trees can be grown successfully such as citrus trees and fig trees. I have these trees in my garden, and they start fruiting, so I want to support these trees, but I don't want to harm the fruits.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@Khaledf ok, very good. We have a lot of viewers in the Middle East and you have very similar climates and seasons to what we have here in Arizona. Your citrus and fig trees will do very well if you're following a similar schedule to ours (February, May and September). Let me know how your trees respond to your fertilizing efforts!

@Khaledf

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks! I will let you know about the results God willing.

Do you ever add sulfur to your soil to decrease the alkalinity?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great question and no we haven't added any single amendments...yet! We're trying to see what we can accomplish with mulch and different types of fertilizers, but sulfur would definitely be on the list of things that we will eventually try out. Do you have any experience with it?

@ElectricBoogaloo007

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I added some a couple of months ago to my fig trees because I read that when soil pH is really high, it diminishes plants' ability to absorb nutrients. But I haven't noticed a difference yet.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@ElectricBoogaloo007 gotcha. Well, let us know if you see any difference. Figs have been a consistent producer for us, but if there's a way to increase it even further it would be good to know!

Joy to see flowers and fruit but I remove all flowers from immature citrus plants till they are of age. The fruit quality and quantity from such trees is noticeable. Wondering what's causing the roots to move upwards.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good call on the fruit. We did remove all the fruit when we planted them and actually didn't realize fruit had set until just before filming this update. The roots you're seeing here are growing into the mulch rings.

so are you going to start raising your own worms when you start going to 100% organic fertilizer. I'm seeing a lot of people using the worm and chicken manure with woodchips and straw etc. to make their own compost. I don't know how good I would be at all of that! I never knew chicken manure was used as a fertilizer. I've used dried horse manure for a garden at my mom's when she was alive. It really done well in the Texas heat. I tilled a about 6 yards of dried up horse manure into the ground, and it really needed the help. I wanted cow manure and mom had friends that had horses, so it was free. I didn't know what I was doing, but I got some good cucumbers and the Zucchini and Squash done so well, I sold a five gallon bucket of them to a small restaurant in town because there was no way we could eat it all. I think I sold it for 20 dollars. I don't know it that was good or bad but they didn't sit and go bad anyway. I really planted it to give myself something to do. I planted some carrots, but I never reaped anything from that lol. I'm sure my soil just didn't agree with them. anyway.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know that we'll ever purposely have worm bins, but we have worms all over the farm. They arrived in the potted trees we brought from the old place and we have made sure to transplant them into areas of the farm. Animal manure and worm castings are the lifeblood of the farm. It's one of the many reasons we're focused on getting more animal pressure onto the farm, so we can continue to reap the benefits of their impact on the soil.

We ran into a scorpion 🦂 in our mulch ring. How do you battle these creatures?

@desertdanblacksmith1394

3 жыл бұрын

My chickens n ducks fight over them.....lol

@tinyhouseonatinyranch2587

3 жыл бұрын

Desert Blacksmith don’t have birds yet...still working on the infrastructure. Guess I better move them up the list of things to get!

@slamboy66

3 жыл бұрын

UV light and a spade. Give to chickens or throw in compost .

@slamboy66

3 жыл бұрын

Nice ones get put in epoxy resin like my Snake heads .

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a few folks beat us to the punch and have some great ideas for you. We really don't have much of an issue with them in the mulch rings, but we know they're out there. We see them sneaking around from time to time and feed them to the chickens when we can!

My girls just love the grubs. In addition to the Japanese Beetle grubs I also get Mesquite Beetle grubs which are about the size of your thumb. It's not a pretty site watching the girls tear those apart.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Have not seen a Mesquite Beetle grub, but I can imagine it's a sticky mess once the chickens get their beaks involved! Love it!!