Permaculture Garden In The High Desert

Join us on a captivating tour as Lance, a seasoned gardener with over 40 years of experience, unveils the secrets of his lush haven in the heart of Western Colorado. Lance's passion for gardening and seed collecting shines through as he imparts valuable wisdom gleaned from decades of nurturing his slice of paradise.
📌 Connect with Lance:
He can be reached out during his garden talk show at KVNF.org or @ worm@kvnf.org
Lances Show, www.kvnf.org/show/as-the-worm... , Lances Email = worm@kvnf.org
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  • @StefanoCreatini
    @StefanoCreatini2 ай бұрын

    Check out my latest video: Passive Greenhouse Feeds Family of 11 in Utah. kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSD2KODksbOiZM.html

  • @KatSchlitz

    @KatSchlitz

    Ай бұрын

    Did he mention how many gallons of water a month he is using in the summer? That kind of information is super helpful for people on well water that may be a limited flow. New wells are too expensive, so the other way we can add is by water catchment, but I am not clear on how much catchment storage would be necessary for a garden like this. Would love any information you have, thanks!

  • @happydays1336
    @happydays13364 ай бұрын

    Thanks for letting him talk without you interrupting. So many KZreadrs try to make themselves the dominant person in their videos rather than the people they're interviewing. A great video!

  • @YenZenBamboo

    @YenZenBamboo

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes , great interview . Well done. 🤟😎🇦🇺☮️👍

  • @banyanstone8480

    @banyanstone8480

    Ай бұрын

    Great Comment and so true!

  • @leedza
    @leedza4 ай бұрын

    These old heads need to do a podcast to reach the masses. I've been watching food growing videos for a while and this man cannot pass without sharing his knowledge. Almost like the back to Eden videos I'm glad that a new generation can benefit from Paul's wisdom.

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    4 ай бұрын

    I’d be open to filming Lance some more through out the season, share some of his wealth of knowledge

  • @Blue1Sapphire

    @Blue1Sapphire

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@StefanoCreatinithat would be a good idea. Many people could learn from his knowledge and mistakes. If u ask him about both and edit it accordingly, I believe u will be on a winner.

  • @pajcka

    @pajcka

    4 ай бұрын

    Let's face it, I have a garden of 13 x 13 m, and I have a lot of work to do. With this gentleman, everything is under control, and as I see he do it by himself. How?

  • @wannabefarmerr

    @wannabefarmerr

    4 ай бұрын

    He does a garden radio show So that’s the only way to hear him speak 😢

  • @l.cardwell

    @l.cardwell

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@StefanoCreatini yes, please do film him more! What a treasure and inspiration you've captured and shared. Thank you.

  • @Azzury.
    @Azzury.4 ай бұрын

    My grandfather died in 2006, the property was lined with fruit trees around its perimeter, lemons and other citruses, white and black mulberries, various varieties of figs, peaches, grape vines, olive trees, some more exotic things like loquats and prickly pears, with a rose and flower bed out the front that my grandmother kept, and an enormous veggie patch lot with trench rows/raised beds he used to grow tomatoes, melons, squash, all kinds of herbs, beans, potatoes, cucumbers, enough to feed 30+ people easy year round. He had a huge chicken coop and multiple sheds, a huge wood fired oven, a green house, an outhouse. All completely wiped, levelled and stripped bare when the new owners moved in - every tree, every plant, every bit of life. Veggie garden turned to a great big lawn, a beautiful Mediterranean style paved alfresco area with citruses, grape vines, passionfruit vines and olive trees completely gone and turned into a raised wooden deck, and the fruit trees along the fence line ripped out and replaced with bog standard ferns and palms from a generic big box store. Why in the world would anyone do this? I get making a place your own, but to shred up every bit of character it had developed as a home for generations of people, with a history and a story told by its every feature, and replace it with a cardboard cutout from a home landscaping magazine is just insane to me. In many ways, it’s anti human, anti life. To replace something so vibrant, so homely, so abundant with something so sterile. Some people are just hellbent against conserving what comes before, it’s not right.

  • @nolashiflett635

    @nolashiflett635

    4 ай бұрын

    So very true!! Years of work and expenses destroyed for what purpose??

  • @Elementaldomain

    @Elementaldomain

    4 ай бұрын

    Before I moved to my current location 20 years ago, I sold my smaller property to buy this bigger one. I spent a decade creating an oasis in the desert…..ponds, vining tropicals, it was really beautiful, and a local habitat for over wintering birds, etc. The first thing the new owners did was strip everything green from the property…..filled in the ponds….it just broke my heart. My brother is also that kind of person that thinks land should be bare…that people will then view him as an “orderly” person, and thus he is a more valuable member of the community. I kid you not. Anything green pops up on his lot, he rips it out. My take is people like that have a mental illness.

  • @dogrudiyosun

    @dogrudiyosun

    4 ай бұрын

    I hope my nephews do not sell my effort, labour, tears, joys, love. I guess people think this as a lifestyle we chose while we are silently trying to save some values all around the world.

  • @deekang6244

    @deekang6244

    4 ай бұрын

    I’m so sorry

  • @MaryOleri-vd1pd

    @MaryOleri-vd1pd

    4 ай бұрын

    There's something missing in people who do that. Hurtful to the world.

  • @robdobson5056
    @robdobson50564 ай бұрын

    Crazy…he’s built his own farm single handedly. Super impressive.

  • @johnnyblade6088

    @johnnyblade6088

    3 ай бұрын

    What's crazy is every family should have a garden like this. Being dependent on grocery stores is hazardous to your health.

  • @pendragon_cave1405

    @pendragon_cave1405

    2 ай бұрын

    Probably not single handedly- his mom and him worked it together for years and he mentioned friends coming to pick food. Properties like this get built on a foundation of community, something we've walked away from in the US in favor of living alone on our 'castles' like poor kings, everyone with their own tiny fiefdom that can do nothing but grow grass and dog poop

  • @uoohknk6881

    @uoohknk6881

    Ай бұрын

    Plus a dozen Mexicans

  • @N3gr0bitch

    @N3gr0bitch

    Ай бұрын

    Took 40 years of hard work. Not something modern day people are capable of doing. Especially not now with the internet erasing old mouth to mouth knowledge and limiting the content by paywall. That's why i've stopped using internet for other than trolling. If it wasn't for free, i wouldn't pay for it.

  • @OneEyedJack01

    @OneEyedJack01

    21 күн бұрын

    Garden. He built a garden.

  • @veronicaroach3667
    @veronicaroach3667Ай бұрын

    Many years ago I decided to do the veggies thing, so I dug up the back end of my suburban garden & planted around 15 different veggies and covered the whole thing with a peat layer - that garden produced so much we had a lot of trouble figuring out how to eat it all. It was a wonderful year, but we moved the next year & gardening became something I was going to go back to one day. Now I'm 84 yrs old & living with a very small garden where not too much grows well, so veggies are out, except for a few tomatoes in pots ! What I do remember is the total happiness & pride growing those veggies gave me. You can see that natural joy in this guy & it shows how much we all need that connection ! Thank you for a lovely video & keep growing !

  • @jack_irl

    @jack_irl

    Ай бұрын

    look into no dig gardening :)

  • @fuzylogic409

    @fuzylogic409

    20 күн бұрын

    You can do amazing things in a small urban garden. Possibilities are endless from grow beds to a mini syntropical forest.

  • @monaferner8064

    @monaferner8064

    14 күн бұрын

    Lance is my friend since the 60’s. He has been growing food, baking bread & been a health nut as long as I’ve known him. He’ll live a long, healthy life.

  • @kenboydart
    @kenboydart4 ай бұрын

    I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that this amazing individual has created this extraordinary garden at 6000 feet in Colorado what an absolutely wonderful thing to do.

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    4 ай бұрын

    He’s an inspiration around these parts

  • @albongo3949
    @albongo39494 ай бұрын

    This is more important than what nations are at war, what people are being “short changed” or spoken about, this is more important than government and celebrities. God bless this man. Take that athlete energy and work the field for your food and needs. Love it❤.

  • @eas-eautocom4871

    @eas-eautocom4871

    4 ай бұрын

    It would take decades but, if a fraction of all the wasted $$ went into large trees into the areas that are brown on a map they would turn green. For all the climate focus it seems to be overlooked. I'm in Upstate NY maples drop leaves creating rich ground retaining moisture and every other plant grows cooling the ground. In a 50*15' garden composted leaves, woodchips, and chicken coop cleanouts help with heavy clay. Summer bakes like a rock, or wet gums everything up. Organic additions help.moderate it. I'm not a big green world organic this or that person I simply don't want to poison my well water 20 ft from the garden.

  • @Teeveepicksures

    @Teeveepicksures

    25 күн бұрын

    Except this directly relates to people who are being "short changed". We could use a Youth Corps in this country as well as guys like this to teach our kids how to be self-sufficient. They need to learn how we all can do more to help each other, our towns, and the country as a whole.

  • @monaferner8064

    @monaferner8064

    14 күн бұрын

    And he was an athlete growing up. Football in high school & volleyball on the beach for years!

  • @christcg1
    @christcg15 ай бұрын

    Lance is living in paradise!

  • @aiyalidat

    @aiyalidat

    4 ай бұрын

    one he created himself no less. Inspiring stuff.

  • @AminalBeast
    @AminalBeast4 ай бұрын

    Ive been working on starting something like this on an acre in the Colorado mountains at 7200 feet elevation but without a well or reliable water source. I’m in year 5 now. I’ve started collecting rainwater and have been adding a lot of woodchips which seems to be helping keep the ground moist and also improves the soil. Trees are finally getting established. I wish I could keep the animals off my plants and trees because they keep eating them back and then the growth has to start over again. I’ve been putting fence up but animals still find a way to get to the trees and eat them. I feel like I’m finally getting somewhere though and eventually want to start a KZread channel to show what I’m doing here

  • @dagmargross6064

    @dagmargross6064

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes. The fact that Lance doesn't get any animals or insect pests, which is clearly visible in this video, is astonishing!

  • @L6FT

    @L6FT

    4 ай бұрын

    Nice. Supposedly 7 years is the time it takes to get properly established.

  • @Decentralized_World1

    @Decentralized_World1

    4 ай бұрын

    Start uploading and you will have a subscriber!

  • @theseeker4700

    @theseeker4700

    4 ай бұрын

    You should start one anyway! People would love to see your start.

  • @Joe-uv9jo

    @Joe-uv9jo

    4 ай бұрын

    Document the journey

  • @Adnancorner
    @Adnancorner5 ай бұрын

    Pearl millet and other millets are perfect for desert climate. I am from India, and this grain is grown in the Rajasthan state in North west of India. which is a hot desert. but you need to soak the grains before cooking them.

  • @breesechick

    @breesechick

    Ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing that knowledge 🌹

  • @TheNewMediaoftheDawn
    @TheNewMediaoftheDawn5 ай бұрын

    Very impressive, growing one’s own grain on a small scale is probably one of the hardest accomplishments, in the western world almost no one does that, cool🎉

  • @kerrryschultz2904

    @kerrryschultz2904

    Ай бұрын

    Growing the grain is easy. The harvest is the hard part. Cutting , thrashing, milling but can be done.

  • @richardschafer7858
    @richardschafer7858Ай бұрын

    That's amazing! We should all live our lives this way. Self-sufficiency defeats the powers that be who want to control us.

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney4 ай бұрын

    😁a garden talk show called “As The Worm Turns” 😆 Lance is a treasure ⭐️

  • @KeithSilva2
    @KeithSilva25 ай бұрын

    It would be nice to know more about his well and water use.

  • @nata6025

    @nata6025

    4 ай бұрын

    I watched the whole video waiting for this explanation lol, permaculture in the desert implies a video that at the least touches on the topic. He did say he drilled a well, but he doesn't explain his watering practices

  • @varghen0

    @varghen0

    4 ай бұрын

    @@nata6025 yeah, it doesnt look like permaculture. he has so much green grass on a desert, he must spend water like crazy

  • @SHANONisRegenerate

    @SHANONisRegenerate

    4 ай бұрын

    The lawn is yarrow so it may not need as much water as grass. He did mention it had been 2 weeks since he watered his corn.

  • @SkyDavis100

    @SkyDavis100

    4 ай бұрын

    This was the comment I was looking for. Can’t really say it is permaculture if you irrigate. All his crops looked spaced very close together as well.

  • @SHANONisRegenerate

    @SHANONisRegenerate

    4 ай бұрын

    @@SkyDavis100 theres nothing wrong with irrigating in permaculture. Look at Geoff Lawton in the dead sea valley. Iys about how the water is used, which there is no detail to comment on.

  • @catejordan7244
    @catejordan72445 ай бұрын

    Wish he had talked about irrigation

  • @owen1607

    @owen1607

    Ай бұрын

    it’s definitely using diesel pumps for groundwater lol

  • @Fractus
    @Fractus3 ай бұрын

    Of all the videos like this I've seen this is probably one of, if not the, best. 40 years of hard work.

  • @brettoberry3586
    @brettoberry3586Ай бұрын

    THIS is gold! Love to see and hear the wisdom of the self-sufficient people.

  • @InstantAdviser
    @InstantAdviser3 ай бұрын

    This is exactly how we grew up back in Romania❤

  • @billweir1745
    @billweir174526 күн бұрын

    I love how he just casually mentions growing one of the gnarliest psychedelics in existence at the beginning.

  • @kenhunt5153
    @kenhunt51534 ай бұрын

    Well done. We had a family relative who had a permaculture garden for years. He died unexpectedly and the new owners removed it all. Have plans in place to avoid this situation. All the best.

  • @shayson1357

    @shayson1357

    4 ай бұрын

    that's why some people lose hope in humanity.

  • @Azzury.

    @Azzury.

    4 ай бұрын

    My grandfather died in 2006, the property was lined with fruit trees around its perimeter, lemons and other citruses, white and black mulberries, various varieties of figs, peaches, grape vines, olive trees, some more exotic things like loquats and prickly pears, with a rose and flower bed out the front that my grandmother kept, and an enormous veggie patch lot with trench rows/raised beds he used to grow tomatoes, melons, squash, all kinds of herbs, beans, potatoes, cucumbers, enough to feed 30+ people easy year round. He had a huge chicken coop and multiple sheds, a huge wood fired oven, a green house, an outhouse. All completely wiped, levelled and stripped bare when the new owners moved in - every tree, every plant, every bit of life. Veggie garden turned to a great big lawn, a beautiful Mediterranean style paved alfresco area with citruses, grape vines, passionfruit vines and olive trees completely gone and turned into a raised wooden deck, and the fruit trees along the fence line ripped out and replaced with bog standard ferns and palms from a generic big box store. Why in the world would anyone do this? I get making a place your own, but to shred up every bit of character it had developed as a home for generations of people, with a history and a story told by its every feature, and replace it with a cardboard cutout from a home landscaping magazine is just insane to me. In many ways, it’s anti human, anti life. To replace something so vibrant, so homely, so abundant with something so sterile. Some people are just hellbent against conserving what comes before, it’s not right.

  • @shayson1357

    @shayson1357

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Azzury. that reminds me of communist china when they started that whole schtick, they destroyed every temple or holy site or shrine they could find, they wanted to destroy anything old, anything that wasn't modern, that wasn't in their new vision of what the world should look like.

  • @olin777

    @olin777

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Azzury. Please post your comment again in the main comments thread so more people can get to read it if you haven't already. Sorry to hear what happened to that property

  • @midnull6009

    @midnull6009

    3 ай бұрын

    @@shayson1357 why? they bought the property they can do what they want w/it... Why didn't the family relative buy the property him/herself and save it? But no... So plz, stop with this "lost hope in humanity" bs.

  • @amanoos
    @amanoos4 ай бұрын

    The knowledge and experience this man has is truly impressive. Anyone who strives to be self-sufficient should definitely study and follow this man. Thank you for sharing this video.

  • @Stephen_Strange
    @Stephen_Strange2 ай бұрын

    I hope this movement of permaculture and growing nature is going to manifest massively. We need it. Great content, thank you and Lance !

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks! hope so too. I've been doing permaculture in different capacities for the last ten years. Just bought a 36 acre farm in Western Colorado to do permaculture.

  • @floridanaturalfarming3367
    @floridanaturalfarming33674 ай бұрын

    What no plastic mulch? so nice to see someone that knows how to grow, and so rare today🐸❤️thank you

  • @wannabefarmerr
    @wannabefarmerr4 ай бұрын

    and he’s doing it all by himself Impressive!

  • @user-dk3zb4bh1t
    @user-dk3zb4bh1t5 ай бұрын

    What an excellent video. Just a clear portrait of a person and his passion without a bunch of self promotion. Thank you!

  • @dankutcher5634
    @dankutcher56344 ай бұрын

    Hey, Lance! I was a beach bum in SC back in the day, too. I think you are a few years ahead of me - I didn't see you in my yearbook. I still live in the area. What an inspiration to restart my garden that I let go fallow a few years ago.

  • @FloorKandee

    @FloorKandee

    Ай бұрын

    W0

  • @AM-tc9ct
    @AM-tc9ct5 ай бұрын

    Never occurred to me that metal trellises might get too hot for the plants that climb on them.

  • @ElderSwamp

    @ElderSwamp

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah but he is in the desert! 😅😅 Also i think he said just that vinegrapes don't like It, not that Won't grow over it

  • @Alejandro_san

    @Alejandro_san

    4 ай бұрын

    Same, I learn so much fr fr

  • @marlan5470

    @marlan5470

    4 ай бұрын

    It has occurred to me since the Mediterranean region gets a lot of sun and heat. I've never seen metal trellises there, and if there are any, they're smarter if they are replaced with wood.

  • @myobmyob2215

    @myobmyob2215

    4 ай бұрын

    Cant believe folks buy those galvanized troughs for plants, they will cook and freeze anything near them depending on the weather

  • @tomh4591

    @tomh4591

    4 ай бұрын

    that and leeching potentially toxic heavy metals into the soil to boot

  • @unicornbaby8588
    @unicornbaby858817 күн бұрын

    Stephano thank you thank you for bringing this man and his wonderful 3 quarters of an acre property!!! He worked his whole life to have his little slice of heaven ☰ heaven ☰ ⚚ here on earth 🌎!!! Love peace and blessings be upon you and his homes my beautiful and wonderful spiritual brothers and sisters out there!!!❤

  • @merrylmarsh9037
    @merrylmarsh90374 ай бұрын

    Brilliant!! This dear man's knowledge needs to be recorded.

  • @DuongGarden
    @DuongGarden2 ай бұрын

    There is nothing better than seeing the fruits of the garden and sharing experiences. Very good video, I like it very much.

  • @maggygraham2218
    @maggygraham22183 ай бұрын

    This is a wonderful interview. Lance is such a role model. I appreciate what he said about what it is that makes him tick, and how that translates to a productive farm. I'll watch this again for inspiration. The one thing missing was a tour of his kitchen and how he turns these plants into food. Maybe another interview for that.

  • @JustinDOehlke
    @JustinDOehlke4 ай бұрын

    You know a good garden when it stirs your appetite just walking through.

  • @terril.3030
    @terril.30304 ай бұрын

    Wow, he looks like he is in great health. This truly is inspiring, and kudos to his commitment.

  • @imianco8079
    @imianco80795 ай бұрын

    this give me hope as look around the area it is dry and dead and look what this man has achieved a lush place that provides and heals!!! simply incredible!!

  • @Elementaldomain

    @Elementaldomain

    4 ай бұрын

    Check out the JADAM method….Korean Natural Farming. Many vids on YT, books on Amazon. Nothing is “dead”, you just don’t know how to utilize nature to help you grow successfully. Rome wasn’t built in a day. 😊. Start now…..time flies…and you will look back fondly that you had the courage to try. ❤

  • @TrevorTrove

    @TrevorTrove

    2 ай бұрын

    thats the natural biome of a high desert though. i agree its a bit desolate but those plants are adapted to the lack of rain.

  • @nonegone7170

    @nonegone7170

    2 ай бұрын

    @@TrevorTrove Indeed, Oasis's like this often make me wonder, where do they get all that water from?

  • @owen1607

    @owen1607

    Ай бұрын

    all you need is a well, a diesel pump, and a dream!

  • @fhugheveleigh2
    @fhugheveleigh24 ай бұрын

    A most interesting gentleman still enthusiastically creating. Fascinating to watch and to listen to.

  • @svetlanapil8089
    @svetlanapil80894 ай бұрын

    We are also in Colorado, not too far from Hutchkis but much higher 8700 feet in Lake City. Im trying to create a garden like this here as well. We have no soil even no clay, just rocks but in three years with hugelkulture beds I was able to produce lots if soil from scratch,so this problem is solved. I need to close it in from deer, posts are in already, and I believe that I'll be able to grow lots of food and decorative plants.

  • @Starfish2145

    @Starfish2145

    4 ай бұрын

    Good luck at that elevation!

  • @svetlanapil8089

    @svetlanapil8089

    4 ай бұрын

    @@Starfish2145 , I sure will need that as well.

  • @kathyreese4052

    @kathyreese4052

    Ай бұрын

    We are in colorado also and we sink plant holes and areas so they hold water. Above ground just dries out too much.

  • @svetlanapil8089

    @svetlanapil8089

    Ай бұрын

    @@kathyreese4052 every area needs it's own solution. River rocks that we have don't hold water at all. Do you have mostly clay?

  • @deborahroberts1300
    @deborahroberts13004 ай бұрын

    What a success story. An amazing gardening feat. I live in Australia on the east coast,and struggle with heat and humidity in the summer. Clay soil as well. Lots of insects that want to ruin my citrus trees, tomato's and so on. We have a bee problem now, not as many. I'm keeping this video as a guide, it's inspirational.

  • @silviateixeira1997

    @silviateixeira1997

    4 ай бұрын

    você faz videos para seu canal ?

  • @deborahroberts1300

    @deborahroberts1300

    4 ай бұрын

    @silviateixeira1997 I only commented on the video of permaculture garden in the high desert. I don't have a channel.

  • @silviateixeira1997

    @silviateixeira1997

    4 ай бұрын

    entendi, seria legal você fazer um canal.

  • @sunshinemay8930

    @sunshinemay8930

    2 ай бұрын

  • @Godsforever1

    @Godsforever1

    2 ай бұрын

    start making compost right on top of that soil, food scraps, leaves, cut grass, small branches will make a good fertile layer with years

  • @Mayra219
    @Mayra2194 ай бұрын

    This man is worth solid gold.🎉❤

  • @Boringcountrylife
    @Boringcountrylife5 ай бұрын

    Life goals... we've been at it almost 10 years. Looking forward to learning and expanding more over the next few decades. Thanks for sharing this beautiful tour. I would love to hear hours more from him.

  • @patriciabarlowirick
    @patriciabarlowirick4 ай бұрын

    I wish you had talked about how it is irrigated.

  • @susanfoy4794
    @susanfoy47945 ай бұрын

    Do you miss the San Clemente sunsets, Lance? Your permaculture oasis is truly impressive. I am in my second year of vegetable gardening in San Clemente, and I have so much to learn. Our yard is basically neglected construction grade dirt over hard packed clay, but I see improvements in the soil and more insects and life all the time. Hearing how you built your garden in the middle of the desert is inspiring. Thank you for sharing your passion and experience with us.

  • @christopherproffitt3943

    @christopherproffitt3943

    4 ай бұрын

    @susanfoy4794 I highly recommend you go to one of your nearby golf courses and speak to grounds keeping, you could net yourself quite a bit of seed free grass clippings. I say golf course because the grass is kept clipped and from going to seed unlike residential grass. Free compost.

  • @kylekelly1167

    @kylekelly1167

    4 ай бұрын

    @@christopherproffitt3943 Golf course waste grass is a no no no and never use for compost they use a shit ton of chemicals.

  • @bookmouse2719

    @bookmouse2719

    4 ай бұрын

    The sun sets in the Rockies as well, rises too.

  • @jamesgidney8505

    @jamesgidney8505

    3 ай бұрын

    Love the little town of hodgekiss. Great job sir.

  • @monaferner8064
    @monaferner806414 күн бұрын

    Hi Lance! Nothing has changed. You are still making your own bread & growing your own food. You are even more of a wealth of information. Loved making Sour Dough Bread with you & watching MASH together. I still call the end piece of the bread! Love you! Mona

  • @debrobertson-positivedirec5898
    @debrobertson-positivedirec5898Ай бұрын

    Thank you to you both!

  • @cdevpayne
    @cdevpayne4 ай бұрын

    WOW, Thanks. L just saw a great waw to add to my property. WIND break. Here in New Mexico we do have strong winds and it is hard to grow with the high windy days. Thanks Ill start planting for a wind break. love what you have done. Stay safe. Semper Fi.

  • @shawnkay5462
    @shawnkay54622 ай бұрын

    He is living the life

  • @waylonk2453
    @waylonk24534 ай бұрын

    Wow, what a paradise! It goes to show what bounty the earth provides with work and know-how.

  • @oscarcaballero7988
    @oscarcaballero7988Ай бұрын

    That was great such amazing farm he has thanks for interviewing

  • @teresaterezia7982
    @teresaterezia79822 ай бұрын

    Thank you for helping people

  • @Xotayandersen
    @Xotayandersen4 ай бұрын

    I’m in the high desert of southern ca on 10 acres and have been starting my own garden. This gives me so much hope for what I have to come. Love this video, thank you for sharing!

  • @joesligo1516
    @joesligo1516Ай бұрын

    I love his perspective and approach so much

  • @kyleson1381
    @kyleson1381Ай бұрын

    Anyone else notice how healthy he looks from growing his own food?

  • @SkylinersYeti
    @SkylinersYeti4 ай бұрын

    Very nice garden. I live in the Central Oregon Cascades. Our soils are very sandy and hold very little water and nutrients. The other challenges I see is the extremes daily temperature swings and short warm growing season. We have 30 to 40 degree F daily temperature swings and can have temperatures drop to 30's any month of the growing season. If things were too easily it would not be so much fun. . I love the yarrow lawn (ground cover).

  • @Reciprocity_Soils
    @Reciprocity_Soils5 ай бұрын

    Wonderful work in the high desert. Happier and healthier whenever I can get some more info on regenerating soil for gardening above 6000 feet.

  • @vinceordonez5878
    @vinceordonez5878Ай бұрын

    Wow! This is the kind of stuff. I love to watch.

  • @neckozeusa
    @neckozeusa7 күн бұрын

    Great story. Just one addition. The yarrow plant isn't only a good lawn. There is more. It is a great healing plant-Traditionally, it was used in 3 ways: Applied to the skin for wounds and minor bleeding. Taken by mouth to reduce inflammation, especially in the digestive tract. Taken as a sedative to relieve anxiety or insomnia.Also, tea of Yarrow helps with digestive problems,bloating,gases,regulate gallbladder, cramps and pain in the stomach. How to prepare tea...one tsp dry lives and flowers put in 200 ml boiling water, cover and leave for 10 min.Drink 3 times daily before meal.

  • @MR-puffnstuff
    @MR-puffnstuff4 ай бұрын

    These guys are master's and we could all learn something from this group.

  • @midnull6009

    @midnull6009

    3 ай бұрын

    ...barb fence around his property, green in the middle of a desert. Nothing about this is "natural". If you call him a master you might as well call all those vineyard owners in CA desert masters as well.

  • @udoheinz7845
    @udoheinz78454 ай бұрын

    Wow what a beautiful and productive garden! You can see the amount of knowledge and care put into this garden very inspirational

  • @sethberrett
    @sethberrett16 күн бұрын

    Love this guy. Perfect length film as well. Thanks!

  • @Infinite_Curiosity00
    @Infinite_Curiosity005 ай бұрын

    Wish I could find someone like this in my area to befriend and learn from their experience. I want something like this and am working towards it, albeit with many mistakes along the way. Would be nice to have guidance. There are nuances like him saying not to use metal for vining plants that I did not know, but makes perfect sense. Love this stuff.

  • @codyburt6536

    @codyburt6536

    5 ай бұрын

    What area do you live in? I'm in the high desert of Idaho.

  • @amigos4erin

    @amigos4erin

    4 ай бұрын

    Search for “permaculture near me” to start. If you can find a good nursery, you can probably ask them about groups in the area. If nothing else, “garden club near me” might get you in contact with people who know someone who does this.

  • @waywardcajunfarms2731
    @waywardcajunfarms27314 ай бұрын

    Wow such a great example of how beautiful our deserts could look!

  • @actontreadway1168

    @actontreadway1168

    4 ай бұрын

    THEY ALREADY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

  • @bubstacrini8851

    @bubstacrini8851

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@actontreadway1168yes they are already beautiful and if every desert acre was cultivated in this manner the wells would dry up quickly

  • @tommyle628
    @tommyle62812 күн бұрын

    God bless this man, everyone can be a farmer, and grow our own food, we just need a calling to actually gets our hands dirty.

  • @TreDeuce-qw3kv
    @TreDeuce-qw3kvАй бұрын

    Amazing! And someone told me I couldn't grow a garden in the high desert and here is proof that a highly diverse productive garden can be had on only a spot of land. Add a greenhouse and more is possible...Oranges! Greens! Tomatoes!

  • @victoriabernuth9728
    @victoriabernuth97284 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this lovely video. I had a farm for 22 years after I retired. It was an expression of love and exquisite labor. A wonderful experience.

  • @TJWintheWorld
    @TJWintheWorld5 ай бұрын

    Bio char would, reduce watering, also keep the the soil growing. I'm in southwestern Colorado too, this was awesome 💯😎

  • @preciousreading1934
    @preciousreading19342 ай бұрын

    Exemplary and a great luxury with peacefully content lifestyle. All desert areas in the world must be used as this exemple.

  • @chrisstrydom8197
    @chrisstrydom81975 ай бұрын

    Living the dream of many... Brilliant!!!

  • @mounirkl1491
    @mounirkl14914 ай бұрын

    The best video i watched this year it is just what i wish for unfortunatly i have no money to buy a peice of land but watching this warm my heart nothing feels better than planting

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Have faith. Lance started with humble beginnings, everything worth something takes time. Many land owners want someone to take care of their land and grow food. Build the skill first, and then land will come.

  • @Cpt_JaK

    @Cpt_JaK

    3 ай бұрын

    Stef's reply is spot on...Look to build your skill sets in agricultural or horticultural settings by completing a few internships, apprenticeships, etc...then assemble or join a solid team, community of agrarians, heck even check out trad.farming in another country. And yes, the land will come. Or, what's happened for me is other farmers & gardeners in your local community seek out YOUR help, advice, and consult your experiences based on word that has travelled to them about you. No need to own your own thing, property, etc... when land owners have you reside on "their land" in exchange for working the gardens or farm; finally admitting that no one can truly do it on their own!

  • @fastheartmartvideos
    @fastheartmartvideosАй бұрын

    Wow! Such an amazing garden! Thanks for this inspiring video!

  • @user-uv8bv4dm9f
    @user-uv8bv4dm9fАй бұрын

    Just imagine how wonderful his homegrown food must taste!

  • @backwoodsvids7780
    @backwoodsvids77804 ай бұрын

    Just fantastic! You are my hero sir, self sufficiency at it's finest. I would love to be able to do this myself, as a non-vegetarian it would take a few more acres to cover some livestock as well, but people like you are showing how the rest of us should be doing it! All the best to you and yours!

  • @abatude5879
    @abatude58794 ай бұрын

    Wow what a blessed garden

  • @RRaucina
    @RRaucinaАй бұрын

    My dried blue corn has been hanging for 3 years and still sprouting readily for a new crop and popcorn. Amazing plant. Nice garden!

  • @33samogo
    @33samogo2 ай бұрын

    More people like Lance and the world will become heaven💯

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    2 ай бұрын

    100%, just need 10% of the world to be producers for all to live in utter abundance

  • @theonewhoknows62
    @theonewhoknows624 ай бұрын

    Such knowledge from practice! I hope locals and their children can tour and learn from this gentleman!

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    4 ай бұрын

    They do, he does annual gardening classes

  • @insAneTunA
    @insAneTunA5 ай бұрын

    Wow, so impressive !! The soil also looks very good. Thank you for sharing 👍

  • @Cookontherun7391
    @Cookontherun7391Ай бұрын

    Fantastic presentation. Thank you.

  • @JasonsGreenSleeves
    @JasonsGreenSleevesАй бұрын

    Absolutely incredible garden! I love this! And, that yarrow lawn; amazing!!

  • @rmariacarlson
    @rmariacarlson5 ай бұрын

    Thank you Lance, I love it!!! Starting my journey as well and good to be guided and inspired by some of your wisdom and experience here. Truly grateful.

  • @mattk.d.1794
    @mattk.d.17944 ай бұрын

    Very nice, but what does he use as his water source? Genuinely curious.

  • @nolashiflett635

    @nolashiflett635

    4 ай бұрын

    Well and rain water.

  • @cassieoz1702

    @cassieoz1702

    2 ай бұрын

    He said they put in a well

  • @Ang85323
    @Ang85323Ай бұрын

    ❤ what a beautiful soul 💖. We can learn a lot from this

  • @lisacarden1309
    @lisacarden1309Ай бұрын

    God Bless You!!! Dang I wish I could come help you work and learn from you! Enjoy this coming season! 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @IAmKAZMO
    @IAmKAZMO4 ай бұрын

    I want to do this with my high desert ranch , in Texas.... This is PERFECTION! 👏 👏 ✌️🤠

  • @essentialcomforts2166
    @essentialcomforts21665 ай бұрын

    The yarrow is a wonderful tip! I wondered if I should let mine self seed and this answers the question! Lilac and yarrow both survive beautifully here in colorado!

  • @luciatheron1621

    @luciatheron1621

    5 ай бұрын

    Check out permaculture blogs. Very interesting. 😊

  • @cassieoz1702

    @cassieoz1702

    2 ай бұрын

    I hate yarrow. Because it spreads by runners AND seed, it gets into all the growing areas so densely, it strangles everything else

  • @dagmargross6064
    @dagmargross60644 ай бұрын

    ow! All with one well and occasional rain! Beautiful and certainly shows what one can do creating a micro-climate somewhere! Thanks for sharing! And I love the Yarrow lawn idea!

  • @TheFamilyFarmstead
    @TheFamilyFarmsteadАй бұрын

    Fantastic! A wealth of information.

  • @charlottesmom
    @charlottesmom5 ай бұрын

    I would love love love to do something like this, an oasis for the animals, bees and birds (and people) but being 57 and living on the East coast it's obviously not feasible so I'll cheer you on from the sidelines. ❤🌳🌱🌿

  • @Elementaldomain

    @Elementaldomain

    4 ай бұрын

    Please don’t use age or local as an excuse. All things are possible with effort. I am 80, single woman farmer living on-off grid now 40 years…..I still do all the stuff I did when I was 30. Even a small effort will reward you. ❤

  • @nolashiflett635

    @nolashiflett635

    4 ай бұрын

    You can do some of that whenever you are!

  • @debrabrooks6138
    @debrabrooks61385 ай бұрын

    Totally awesome! This is a dream of mine and I am so happy someone is living it.!

  • @mariebaxter473
    @mariebaxter4734 ай бұрын

    Im with others on this one , this guy has some awesome knowledge to pass on to the next generation . Im not that sure he knows how good he is ? Great work Lance.

  • @hummingbirdforestgardens
    @hummingbirdforestgardensАй бұрын

    What an inspiration!!

  • @GardeningWithCoffee
    @GardeningWithCoffee5 ай бұрын

    Just breathtaking 😍 you live in paradise ✨️

  • @maryquitecontrary5126
    @maryquitecontrary51265 ай бұрын

    I live in Colorado and that is amazing!

  • @StefanoCreatini

    @StefanoCreatini

    5 ай бұрын

    Lance is a legend in the North Fork Valley. His seed collection is priceless

  • @danyoutube7491

    @danyoutube7491

    5 ай бұрын

    From inside the garden, it looks as if one could be in England (on a sunny day!). Really verdant. I bet that carpet of yarrow would be nice to walk on, barefoot.

  • @user-vn6vs6jv2k
    @user-vn6vs6jv2k2 ай бұрын

    These are the old heads we need in the government. This man's a national treasure.❤

  • @tjinnes
    @tjinnes2 ай бұрын

    Wow! Pretty amazing garden and a very interesting gardener.

  • @robynstratton93
    @robynstratton933 ай бұрын

    this man is living my dream

  • @radicalgastronomy
    @radicalgastronomy5 ай бұрын

    Good stuff, neighbor! Lance is an artist. I saw six seeds I NEED!

  • @danmartin6865
    @danmartin68655 ай бұрын

    Awesome garden!

  • @breesechick
    @breesechickАй бұрын

    This was great!

  • @jenniferzimmerman7420
    @jenniferzimmerman7420Ай бұрын

    So Cool, really enjoyed this!

  • @TakeMeToYourLida
    @TakeMeToYourLida4 ай бұрын

    Beautiful 🌱