Use FREE resources and permaculture techniques to make a garden resilient & sustainable. Our fruit trees require NO water or fertilizer only six years after planting,. Fruiting plants are drought tolerant.
Amend the soil with FREE resources, permaculture, and use native trees to make a sustainable garden!
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Chapter descriptions
00:00 intro
00:49 intro to a Resilient & Sustainable Garden
01:18 PERMACULTURE TECHNIQUE #1
01:24 overview
01:48 why amend garden soil
02:56 three free soil amendments
04:50 how to amend soil
06:04 PERMACULTURE TECHNIQUE #2
06:26 make shady spaces
06:38 shield young plants
08:03 environmental health
09:01 use native grasses and pollinating plants to make a garden resilient & sustainable
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our collection of edible plants: heppy.org/plants
How to grow Che: heppy.org/che
How to grow Jujube: heppy.org/jujube
How to grow Elderberry: heppy.org/elderberry
How to grow Chokeberry: heppy.org/chokeberry
How to grow Persimmon: heppy.org/persimmon
How to grow Pawpaw: heppy.org/pawpaw
Why amend the soil with free organic material
1. it’s free!
2. optimize water retention
3. increase soil aeration
4. well draining soil reduces the risk of overwatering (drowning and rotting roots)
5. moderate soil temperature
6. optimize soil health (fungus, microbes and earthworms breakdown the cellulose that puts nutrients into the soil!)
7. accelerate root growth
8. save money because less water & fertilizer are needed
9. save time because less work is needed
10. increase fruit production and the quality of fruit.
11. healthy trees are less prone to disease; healthy trees are resilient
Three FREE sources of organic material
1. woodchips. i used A LOT of a free organic soil amendment.
2. organic material from farms of domestic animals or crop (hay, alfalfa and a little poo from horse corrals, for example)
3. free compost from local municipalities
Use native trees.
1. make shady spaces in the garden for your personal use and safety.
2. to shield young plants from the sun, and until they’re established.
3. keep the large trees environmental health.
Native trees do not need water, are disease free, are great for native pollinators and wildlife, and require no inputs! However, I do prune them every 2-3 years. I keep the trees topped, and selected lateral branches that assure shade.
Here in Maryland, the Sweet Gum is the easiest native tree to manage. The sycamore is very vigorous and grows upright. Oak trees are very hard on the woodchipper. Poplars grow very really fast. I left out the Maple tree :/. Sweet Gum is the best ....
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