You can use sheet mulching to improve your food forest, one island of fertility at a time! Green Thumbs Tee: www.etsy.com/listing/1509045210/may-your-thumbs-always-be-green-tee CREATE YOUR OWN FLORIDA FOOD FOREST: amzn.to/3OfIaaw We try to keep things simple and find ways to build awesome gardens over time, without huge expenditures of money and time all at once. This method has worked really well for us when building food forests. I hope you find it inspiring. Thanks for watching! -DTG

@creameedwards9518

11 ай бұрын

Hey any ideas where to get good bamboo seeds everyone I see on Amazon is 2out of 300 popped or none I just don't want to waste money lol

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

They are much more efficient to grow from root cuttings. I haven't bothered with seeds.

@agapefield

11 ай бұрын

@@creameedwards9518I worked in a huge wholesale nursery and we propagated all types of bamboo from cuttings or dug & divided huge clumps for sale.

This is the most GARDENEST and amazing channel in the WORLD 🌎

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

I dunno about that. Have you seen Pete Kanaris's channel?

@joleaneshmoleane8358

11 ай бұрын

@@davidthegoodhaha he’s pretty ambitious 😂

@michellebarnhill5130

11 ай бұрын

​@@davidthegoodno, but I will check it out after this😊

@ReapWhatYouSowGardening

11 ай бұрын

@@davidthegood who's Pete kanaris?

@johnshawngrubb4675

11 ай бұрын

My husband just said he sees how my listening to you has really improved our food forests. The excitement of gardening comes from your encouragement to keep it uncomplicated and SIMPLE! “What lives, lives and what dies, dies!”

My brain: "a permaculture guild? Sounds complicated, I'll do nothing forever." Also my brain: "oh, just make a teeny island of perennials? Done."

I just prepared a new garden bed with cardboard, grass clippings, and compost for next spring. I love making a bed with this method. Much less work! I made friends with the owner of a lawn/tree company and he will drop off all the mulched leaves and stump grindings I want. God bless!

Nice touch holding your daughter with the right hand and picking up the cow cakes with the other, hahaha. That first shot reminds me of a farmer friend who lost his wedding ring and found it ten years later when he let a friend take some compost... the friend found the ring in the compost! Since hearing that story I try to leave my wedding band in the house before I go out to the garden :)

I’ve been doing this for years- I thought I was just being lazy. 🙏👍🌻

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

You nailed it without even trying!

Anyone can do this! I love it…no excuses guys! Weed block Mulch is everywhere I go to the liquor store and get their empty boxes …then go inside get 100 proof liquor to tincture the herbs that have been growing in the beds …a win win thanks David for sharing with us all…stay blessed

This is exactly what we did 3 years ago. Similar sandy soil, it’s completely come to life now. 👍

@davidthegood

2 ай бұрын

Great work

This is exactly what I do. When the couch grass starts to make a comeback, I just add more mulch and pretend it's not there 😁

David, you are CLEARLY One of the most genuine people doing videos on KZread RE: the topics you love and have knowledge in! You are my inspiration for buying an acre, instead of a tract-home!!! Thank you for all your KZread'z,

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. An acre allows you to do a lot!

These last two videos I have absolutely enjoyed watching. This is what I di in garden and love watching the progress of seeing instant garden. So easy and free. Nice that people see this.

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Thank you.

Well, that was not intimidating at all! I could actually do that! Thanks David! 😃😃

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

Speaking from experience , trying to establish my own food forest that is 37 metres by 5m and having to deal with 6 chickens that are mini excavators creating craters and flicking mulch everywhere, this approach is far better

Thank you so much for taking something that seems so overwhelming and put it in the simplest form.

Thank you for making gardening so accessible!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Thank you - that is kind of you.

I just want to thank you for making gardening not scary anymore! All those rules! Your way makes it fun😊 im just now putting your teachings into action....and your right...not enuf mulching material!😂

Thank you David the Good. You bring hope to my gardening dreams. May God continue to bless you and your family.

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

I watched your “easy” gardening video yesterday. I’m a long time follower but so grateful for the reminder not to stress about a perfect garden. Through circumstances my garden got away from me and I felt deflated. After seeing you make islands with the weeds I got out there this morning to make war on the weeds 😅 One Island at a time got me going again. 🙏 Bless you and love your videos.

@davidthegood

9 ай бұрын

Good work. One bite at a time.

Thank you again David... I am showing a group of people in Michigan your tips and tricks... I am hoping they will do as I did and start growing with the Zone friendly plants for up here.

Thank you for this :) I need to get back to my Food Forest building. Way to shock your girly girls like me grabbing cow dung while with other hand holding your adorably dressed daughters hand. So nice to see your photographer was back with all her awesome angles and panning of activity. Love it all but please no cow dirt on the tutu Dad! Also THAT SHIRT IS AWESOME!!!!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

I forget that normal people don't pick up the manure. It's really not bad - the sun dries it out for the most part.

When I need to take a shade break I have a chair, a machete a file and a pile of fan palm trunks. By the end of my shade break I have a pile of palm trunk mulch. Remember, it’s not work if you are bored and cooling off and playing around with a machete. I like those palm chunks better than wood chips and sometimes I soak those palm logs in urine if they fit in the soaking bucket.

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

That's great.

Great stuff DAVE!! One of our biggest game changer was our lawn mower bagger system, when we collect the grass we can easily turn it into our beds. WE also love it for pickiing up our leaves in the fall. The other option is to drive around the neighborhood on yard waste pickup day! FOOD FOREST FTW!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Yes! I have been known to stop for bags of leaves.

Poke weed is good to get rid of fire ants. Mulch over the mounds with it and they disappear.

I saw the beginnings of an island when you moved the grass clippings!

thank you. i needed this video. one small space at a time.

*D to the G. I haven't tuned in for some time or posted a comment. I am glad to see you're well. Just watching this video makes me smile knowing just how damn much I have personally learned from you over the years. I did almost this exact process of layering with grass, clippings, cardboard, branches, up rooted weeds and tithonia diversifolia to my calamondin tree last week.* *We had a bumper crop last year from this little tree. Peace and blessings to you my friend.*

Incredibly helpful, David..as always. I was afraid to use cardboard around our trees (against monster weeds), but now know how to do it safely, and so richly for our trees! THANK YOU!!!

Wow.. Love that!

Excellent one!

Love this!

Totally doing this with this alley behind my house. Trash and dumping. Just creating islands of heinous invasives. It's kinda working.

Best most inspiring video ever!!

Excellent video!

You are such an inspiration! 😊

Great video! Thank you David!

Awesome food forest skills.

Quite inspiring!!!

Thanks David

Great info!

That looked like fun with long term benefits.

Greatest idea ever

Picking up poop with your bare hands shows dedication 😂

Great job

THANK YOU once again!!! 🌱

Oh your farm So good

Awesome!!

this almost looks like reverse hügelkultur, brilliant

We have a few acres to develop…this will make it so easy to get started!!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

One bite at a time.

Trying it now ❤

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Good work!

Love this, fantastic approach!

Thanks man!

Great design Perry! Ordered mine..today

Organic matter is all that is needed for successful trees

❤ the cardboard!

You are blessed with life all around you. From your children, to the dung beetles, to the mushroom fungi, to the praying mantis. And lastly, almost as an afterthought, the actual plants you are growing. Its wonderful to work with God’s creation rather than against it. Many blessings!

Love your videos! For our suburban neat-and-tidy area in PA I edge the borders throwing the sod, roots faced up, onto the bed. Then it gets covered with wet newspapers I’ve rolled up into a half bucket of water layered section by section until area is covered. Finally gets topped with wood chips to the cut edge. Looks great and prevents water runoff as well. On our beds I also add twigs, branches and garden clippings because I’m not so concerned with appearance though I think it looks quite natural as your does. It’s a great support to the trees and a time saver not needing to bag and haul thing to the curb. Thanks for broadcasting these practical and beneficial ideas. Peace! Garden as though your life depends on it.

I'm building informal food forest islands starting with cardboard similar to yours, but I'm also laying them out in rows and files to make watering them easier and more efficient, using 1/2" irrigation tubing and 1/8" drip lines. Thanks...keep up the good work!

Awsome videos! Nice to have met you.

Love it.🎉 Any variation on this approach seems to mamy fruit trees so happy 😊 Thanks for the continued inspiration!

Thank you so much. I can do this 🙏🙏🙏

Wow..now I know what I'm doing today!

This is great! Just starting my food forest. This is great to get it going in a few spotts, tbe will eventually merge into one large island.

You are wonderful! Thank you so much for all your information but mostly for your 'this is easy' attitude! I love it! Just plant it.

I always cut my cardboard down as much as i can as im paranoid i didnt water enough. Like to leave crevices where water can sneak in when it rains or when i water. Have learned quite a bit from David the Good. I also am not too worried about weeds 🤷‍♂️

Thanks 😊 👍🏻

Good day ! Blessings all from CT

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Glad you're here.

@DavidTheGood : I'm watching this video over and over again !!!! Thanks for your ideas !!!!

Your advice always helps me with my style of gardening/food forest. Thank you.

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thank you for sharing this 🙏 wonderful video garden tutorial ❤️ ❤❤❤❤

Loved this

Thank you so much for all the encouragement especially since the heat is so discouraging, here in 8b!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Yes, for sure. But we'll get a break soon.

@angelaespinet4035

11 ай бұрын

@@davidthegood If you ever get a chance to come this way, could you try stopping by, I would love some help? I am in between Dunnellon and Crystal River. I tried getting in touch with you via website but was unsuccessful!

That shirt design is awesome! Hands are difficult...great job.

@davidthegood

9 ай бұрын

He is very good at design. Thank you.

Its not David the Good, it’s David the GREAT!!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Technically, I am "David the Sinner Saved By Grace." "Great" is definitely too much, but thank you.

You are a paint legend

Hello everyone from hot got Central Texas 👋

@robertsoliani7729

11 ай бұрын

Hello from Boerne TX. New to the atea. How do you garden in this type of weather and soil? Thanks!

@craggyoakhomestead3476

11 ай бұрын

@robertsoliani7729 we've built up a lot of beds with compost and use a lot of mulch. We also use rain catch systems to water through the hot summer months. We are in the process of creating a gray water system to supplement during the year also

@midwestribeye7820

11 ай бұрын

November through March I always wish we lived further south. However, July and August I feel so blessed to live in Northern Iowa. Hope you are staying cool! God bless!

Awesome info. I am so enthusiastic to try it. We want a food forest as well. Can't wait to try! Thank you David and family for all that you do!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

You can do it!

David, THANK YOU so much! Thx to your content, I grew an amazing garden without putting much work into it. It is JULY & I have super healthy potato & tomato plants growing in TAMPA, FL zone 10A. Buried some potato peels under cassava plants on the West side of my house (partly shaded) & the peels came up as plants, been growing strong for 1.5 months. The tomatoes grew from table scraps underneath a cranberry hibiscus bush. They're big tomatoes too, not the small cherry kind. Unbelievable! Thank you, thank you, thank you! God bless! :)

love the shirt

East PA here...Home of the Pennsy-potatoes (aka. rocks & boulders). I started making compost piles so I had some dirt to work with, & then just started these little islands...Sooo fun to make & satisfying to connect the dots! Not at a lack for rock walls here & there, too. Thanks for the idea, Mr. David!...fits right in with my chaotic-garden Nature. :)

Nice video...I like how you use invasive species for your own benefit...that pile will be a fungi heaven for years

Thanks!

@davidthegood

28 күн бұрын

Thank you very much, Angela.

im doing it tomorrow

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Yes! Good for you.

Wow. Amazing. Thanks for sharing this video and showing others this technique. I do this and it is the easiest way to garden, build fertility and get rid of organic waste and debris. I call them my debris beds. 🙌🏾

David, was wondering if you guys have a collection of bloopers? Also, do you ever get bit my snakes or spiders when messing around with woodpiles?

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Not really a collection. If something strikes me as entertaining during the editing, I tack it onto the end. No, have not been bit yet. Though my daughter almost was before she realized rattlesnakes were a thing in Alabama.

@MRSGRANOLA

11 ай бұрын

That is my biggest concern when I see you piling on .. I do some of this but a bit worried about snakes

@oneperson5760

11 ай бұрын

Rakes for snakes. The length of a rake handle is a little safety buffer when gathering mulch stuff.

that crepe myrtle looks like it will be useful, they supposedly have a bit of rot resistance too. we had to get ours cut down then lawnmower guy kept cutting it back because it's a "weed" but now that it was allowed to regrow it came up really nice very quickly.

Love your channel. We live in Texas and it’s HOT. I had to choose between starting a garden or our trees and home use because this heat has hurt our water well. We use well water for slow watering our smaller trees and hubby brings water from other source to water bigger trees. I plan on using your method as soon as I can. You are full of knowledge and funny. God bless you and your family!

yup

I wish I had your bravery when it comes to these methods. I already look and wonder.

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Just do it - the bravery will come with experience.

This is absolute gold, thank you so much for making food forests not so intimidating. I wish I could get your book… I’m zone 6a unfortunately and will move in a few years to 8a. So not even 8b lol

Great video! Im inspired! Cheers from Sydney Australuia.😁

Great 👌👌👌

I've raised three bottle calves this year -- the purebred Jersey heifer and the steer are almost six months old now, and the Jersey X Angus heifer is not quite a month old. Primarily they are for milk and meat -- I plan to use the heifers as nurse cows (we don't tolerate cow milk very well, so if I milk them it will just be to make butter, and then make ghee out of the butter), and we'll eat the steer. I'd like to use the cow patties for fertilizer, but like you, the soil bugs eat them up so fast I'll have to be quick in order to collect them!

You are a breathe of fresh air and extremely informative. Im starting my food forrest in the atchafalaya basin and the knowledge you have shown has been life changing. Thank you kind sir

@davidthegood

4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Good luck.

@huhbruheditz

4 ай бұрын

@davidthegood being that Florida is swampy also, what would be the ideal choices for a tree island in the swamp? Fruit tree, shrub, vine etc?

FREEDOM!!!!!!

Ok David, we are moving to a small plot on the tropical island of Aruba and my long long wish is to create a food forest, have some poultry and try to (mostly) live of our own garden. I have seen a lot of food forest ‘easy’ ways and most gave me crossed eyes and performance fear in advance. Your video is by far, no the only one and the most down to earth that i have ever seen (and i have seen a lot of them). Thank you! It all makes so much sense now! Garden life makes so much sense now and to be frank, in a way i always knew.

@davidthegood

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. That is a great climate.

@scrqqge

3 ай бұрын

We really hope so, thnx

DUDE! Im the least germophobic person I know, but breaking apart fresh cow crap is totally a glove needing job!

@davidthegood

11 ай бұрын

Naw. It builds the immune system.

Food islands sound gold. I was just about to plant an apple tree I sprouted with a lemon tree flowing in the same pot . See what happens hay ? ❤️🙏

My backyard is so tiny. But I'm going to make a food island in the corner! 😂 Thanks for the tip!

I was sitting outside a grocery store waiting with the dog. In front of me sat a tray of 4 decent cannas. I had to bring them home because of you! You owe me 12€ 😅

Excellent video! I use leaves because that's all we have in my neighborhood (other than some other thing I grow like bananas and mexican sunflower). I collect the bags of leaves in February when everyone is raking the oak leaves.