I am constantly amazed at how organized your farm is. My place is a series of half finished and failed projects and it shows. Keep up the good work.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark! We're trying to stay on top of things which is why we're only working on half of the land right now. Our goal is to eventually be able to retire into farming, so we're trying to design that into this. It's a bit more labor up front with the hope that it won't take quite as much to maintain in the future.

I am watching from Canada. I have shared this video with my nephew in Phoenix and urged him to plant some fruit trees in his backyard. I so envy your warm weather!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there Shah! I imagine it's just a tad cooler up your way. This time of year it sure would be nice to feel a cool breeze blowing across the face though!

@arturowagner4728

8 ай бұрын

Not that enviable in the summertime...

Great information! Also, I'm always impressed by how neatly you guys do things.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouraging words. We're trying to design the farm so it's less labor intensive (eventually!), so keeping things orderly is important. Nature really roars to life when you give it what it takes to thrive, so we need to be ready for that!

That is awesome to see what is growing on underground! Wood chips are amazing thanks for another educational video.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who gets excited to see that. It's amazing to see what can happen in our hard desert soil when you give it a little TLC. Citrus is one of the "4 Cs" of AZ for a reason!

So very thankful for the information you provide!!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Kyle! Glad you're finding these useful. We're still learning a lot of this ourselves, so we enjoy sharing things as we find them.

I have the Sun Joe tiller too. Absolutely a great tool.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Edwin! It's funny, we bought a large gas powered tiller for the pasture install and it does great when you're going in straight lines and have plenty of space. For everything else this is the tool for the job! Glad to hear we're not the only ones who like this little guy.

The tiller has helped so much in clearing my land for fruit tree planting and removing brush where rattlesnakes were lodging. Thanks for the video

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it. We've been very happy with this little tiller as well. It's quite the workhorse!

I have 3 of your vids to catch up on. Saving them for my holiday treat lol

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

We get to be a part of your holiday, that's awesome!!

Thank you for another informative, instructional and motivational video. Time for me to redo some fruit tree berms.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Daniel! Yeah, the ever expanding tree berm is the reality of things for us as well. At least for now!

This was super useful! Thank you for this video.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you found this one useful. We get a lot of questions on irrigation, so we're trying to cover as much as we can.

Good work! All your trees look like they are doing great in that extreme environment!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

This summer was a real test, but they muscled through it!

@JarodHanson

3 ай бұрын

​@EdgeofNowhereFarm is this pear trees in the desert? I'm I. 9b seems like you may be also. I want pears. What zone are you In?

always plant trees in orchards in circles of 16 or 8 or 4 trees and one most powerful impact sprinkler in middle of circle smack bang

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting take on irrigation!

Electric Tiller Ninja. My tiller is like an old mule I cannot control.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we have one of those also. This one is small but mighty, so it's a bit easier to wrangle.

Thanks for this...it almost felt like it was a custom video for what I need to do to my figs......thx...I covered my figs in ground with a plastic tent...suppose to get down to 28 tonite....I have straw on the ground too...I wish I could get woodchips up here

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Dan. That mulch is going to be key for you up there. It should give enough buffer for moisture and heat retention. A small wood chipper like that Sun Joe we've used in the past can give you some home made mulch in small quantities to at least take care of your smaller trees.

Excellent video and lots of information

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Abid! Always encouraged by your comments. Thank you!

Super helpful insights! Subscribed!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're finding the content useful and welcome to the channel!!

I have not yet gotten irrigation to the fruit trees I'm working on the Garden area I hope soon to have irrigation to the trees Hand watering is not my thing. I love seeing the trees and the info you share.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Pamela. Irrigation is a HUGE undertaking. In fact, we've been working on an expansion to the back of the property over the last few days and we are just wiped out! One thought on your hand watering. If you notice in this video we have a small "nook" where the ring juts out to the bubbler that is filled with rock. I'm using a regular hose pointed into those rocks to water the entire ring. That's not a coincidence. You can easily leave a hose running there for a minute or two and completely fill that ring. If we have a tree that needs a little extra hydration it's easy to pull a hose to it and drop it there for a few minutes while looking the tree over or just hanging out in the orchard.

It is nice to reinforce the fact that woodchips add the necessary organic matter you need to grow healthy plants. That desert ground is all sand, silt small gravel and clay. To make soil you need the addition of organics. The high nitrogen chicken compost speeds up the process and helps prevent nitrogen deficiency. And as you point out so often those little wigglers help a lot as well. Everything is looking so good.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great points there Richard. We are working on irrigation this weekend and just pulled back some of the woodchips we put in the garden beds and it was just loaded with red wigglers and a few night crawlers. Love seeing life where there once was none!

This channel is incredibly informative. I am going to start donating at a local community garden in salt lake city. Also very dry and hot. I will be taking care of the fruit trees. Thank you for this content

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Lav. I'm glad you're finding the content useful. I imagine you'll face some very similar challenges in Salt Lake that we find here, but it's wonderful that you're willing to care for those trees. They will return the love many times over as the years pass!

@lavona8204

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I started doing tree work for the city in 2019. We had a huge windstorm that wiped out a big portion of our urban forest last year. It is my goal to get to the point where I can teach people about establishing and maintaining their trees. I think fruit trees is a great place to start with that sort of instruction.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@lavona8204 couldn't agree more on that one. Fruit trees are unique in so many ways and experience is the best teacher when it comes to managing them. You should have lots of opportunities to hone your skills!

my understanding is that by running multiple extension cords the resistance increases and so the electric motor may not get enough amperage while operating. This can cause your tiller to break. But it sounds like it has been going strong, so all good!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not an electrical guru, so I wouldn't be able to say for sure. The tiller is still going strong, so it seems to be able to overcome it, at least for shorter periods of time.

Nice video keep vlogging to keep us learning

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Marcelo, glad to hear you're finding the content useful. We'll keep them coming!

Ughh. I still need to make my outer ring!! I like that sun Joe! That's perfect for this application! I have a small gas powered one but I don't think it will work as well.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Funny you should mention the Sun Joe. We have a large PTO driven chipper for the large branching, but we only pull it down at the end of the primary pruning season. We broke our old Sun Joe (long story, but totally our fault) and just ordered another one yesterday for all the smaller branches and light pruning that we do during the Spring - Fall months!

@hiddenvalleyfarmstead

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm oh nice! Yeah I only have a little electric chipper for now. It will take care of pencil size stuff 🤣🤣

Seeing that hard pan soil when you made the outer rings reminded me of a symbiotic planting strategy. With a need to help create soil as well as make room for those feeder roots, why not plant Tiller Radish, or Daikon? It wouldn't take many seeds in each ring, maybe even only a single seed at the Cardinal Points. Not only would this provide nutrients and organic matter deep in the ground, but they are called Tiller radish for a reason. 😁 You're giving enough water to the trees to support a Tiller or Daikon, I would think, and I'm quite sure they could burrow into the ground after the first watering has loosened up the dirt a bit. Then they'd take off like gangbusters and you end up not only with some quality organic matter added to the soil in the root zone, but also treats for your pigs and goats. Of course, they might also attract havalina.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

That's definitely an option, but we prefer not having anything in or around a newly planted tree's roots (we have found roots in the outer rings within 2 months of planting). If we were not trying to get these trees in production for cash flow on the farm it would be worth planting cover crops in these water rings first and then planted behind them once they've broken down. In that case tiller radish and/or cover would be a great option.

Another great video. As we touched on in your first “live” video, you hardly amend at all compared to many but your trees look darn good. Shows irrigation technique is more crucial them additives to the soils. And with all the wood chips you are keeping the soil moist longer during the summer and keeping the roots warmer in winter. Keep up the great work!!! Lookin forward to more live feeds. My mom got a kick out of seeing you interacting with my questions! :)

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Eric! We're trying to give everyone the straight deal on things as we do them. It doesn't usually hurt to amend the soil, but it's also not necessary under most circumstances. The reality is we don't want the tree's roots hanging out in that hole because it can't grow unless the roots grow can grow out of there! It was really cool seeing you pop up on the screen during the live feed. We didn't know whether anybody would see it or not, so having somebody that we knew pop up first was great. Thanks for jumping on there!

@ericbowers1620

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Yeah if you put all the goodies in that initial hole the plant wont want to move out. Yeah it was fun going live. I showed it to my mom on her birthday yesterday how you were excited to see me pop up and she laughed. She wanted to know if you sell most of what you grow including the later made wine?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericbowers1620 we do either sell or plan on selling a lot of what we produce. If you guys want to be on our customer email list, just shoot me an email and I'll put you guys on there or you can subscribe to it on our website. The only exception is the wine which we don't have a license to sell. However, we may wind up sampling some on future farm tours!

I have always wandered that when the woodchips start to break down, does that impact the flow of water around the ring and do they soak up the water and maybe reduce the amount it gets? After watching you using the auger when planting your trees, I bought a 2ft auger drill bit. Hopefully, it will help me plant the 2 bare root fruit trees that I will get in January 😊.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Michaela, great question as always. Eventually the wood chips will break down and essentially "fill" the rings with amazing soil. At that point we'll need to "install" new berms around that soil to keep the irrigation water in. For now we're still working on ring expansions, so we're not seeing an issue. At some point we may need to raise the riser for the bubbler if the soil level gets too high, but we haven't worked out those details quite yet. You'll love having that auger. It's the only way we've been able to get all of these trees in the ground here!

I prefer to cover ur swales by a plastic sheet under neath the mulch to prevent evaporation We used this tech in saudi arabia and succeeded

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, can you expand on that a little further? We're trying to figure out how you work with both the plastic and the woodchips. Saudi is a very similar climate to ours and if you're finding success with it there it makes sense that it would work for us as well.

@khamsibq

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm that is right saudi arabia is very similar to nevada and arizona The idea is making a cupola of plastic sheet to trap the moist underneath it The bigger the cupola the better result We did it to green the desert We soaked the soil with water once then apply the plastic sheet in shape of cupola and finally cover it with dirt and mulch The tree will in the centre or beside the sheet to follow the trapped moist The experiment was on desert trees of different types

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@khamsibq thank you for this information. We'll have to see if we can incorporate this when we work with more desert adapted trees.

@khamsibq

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm if it s working with desert trees it will work with fruit trees with little irrigation the same principle

Hey Guys, I have seen a lot of your videos even from your old farm. I saw that to let you know I have gain a wealth of info for your video's. I would like to see if you have a video of how you set up your bubblers from scratch?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Joseph. Glad you've been enjoying the content! We did a series on irrigation and did show how we ran the PVC for the bubblers. I'll see if I can track that down and link it for you here; kzread.info/dash/bejne/hK12yLN6ocvMqZs.html Our irrigation playlist may have some useful content for you as well. I'll link that here; kzread.info/head/PLnT_wyDSIC9jOwEr_CetZQY-R6RQT_uIJ

@josephpendergrass5211

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks Man, Just a little nugget for you guys. I watched the video that you said to make sure to look into the land code and ordinances before you buy. We listened and we had to not go through with a land sell do to some code issue that even the agent was not aware of. So if I ever make it out there I owe you and your wife a drink!

Have you considered putting some light feeding cover crop in the outer berm? It will take in some water, but also keep the ground cooler, shade the water so that it doesn’t evaporate as easily.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great question June and we may. It's hard to keep anything alive without water going directly to the roots and the tree roots will continue to grow outwards (which is good) to compete with anything we plant (and vise versa). The trees themselves will eventually become very good at shading most of the ground in the orchard rows and the wood chips do a fantastic job of covering the soil and keeping things much cooler along with absorbing a tremendous amount of moisture. Our biggest challenge with cover crops in the orchard is keeping them controlled during the growing season. We have the rows between the trees designed to accommodate a small chicken tractor or our mower, so we can control them easily there. Inside the orchard row is a bigger challenge. All that to say, you're making a great suggestion that we're trying to figure out how we can incorporate.

@johanconradie2120

2 жыл бұрын

loke strawberries, very best ground cover!

Thank you for these great videos! So my soil is rocky, like 6" footballs. Rather than digging a swale around the tree, would just piling up dirt in a ring be equally as beneficial ? Where are you sourcing your wood chips from? I can get them from my landfill green waste program, but they mix it with the 'biosolids' in it from the city sewage and might be grinding up toxic plants like oleander and other noxious weeds , dog crap from back yards, plastic toys and other garbage. Not too keen on that.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one. You can definitely pile up the soil if you need to, but it may take a bit more compaction to make it so the water doesn't seep through the berm. As for woodchips, those we get mainly through Chip Drop. We're close enough to town that we can get them occasionally, but not as often as folks in the city can. I can't say I would be too keen on anything with sewage in it, but these do come from arborists working in the city. With that, it's common to have oleander and other less than desirable chips in it. However, that breaks down quickly over time and becomes inert. Sewage can be a much longer process.

Best planted trees I have ever seen! But what GPH can you get out of that irrigation system for each tree? I would think you'd need a lot to flood just one tree swale let alone having enough volume to do a whole row!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Very good question/observation. We have each zone planted (24 trees max) so we can water each tree at 1/2 gallon per minute (30 gallons per hour) with the flow we get out of the well. In theory we could run irrigation continuously at that rate which is also the rate our well pump brings into the tank. That's not something we want to do which is why we're limiting the number of trees to allow for realistic irrigation during the peak summer months. That being said, we are in the middle of an irrigation expansion to the back of the farm for some larger trees that will have 1 gallon per minute bubbler heads on them as they will need much more water to thrive. With that we are limited to only 12 trees on that one line based on water flow out of the system. All that being said, you'll notice in this video we have the rings designed so we can easily bring a hose to the same spot you see me watering into for extra water if needed. That will easily fill these rings in a few minutes without the woodchips and can be left for several minutes at a lower flow rate with the woodchips in there. Sorry for the long response, but this is a great question.

@VloggingLife.

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm that's using 1 1/4 inch feed to 3/4 correct?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@VloggingLife. yes, the main lines are 1 1/4" and we tee off with a 1 1/4" to 3/4" reduction tee that extends 5' to the riser. Then a 3/4" to 1/2" reducer elbow that the riser inserts into.

I have the same dirt it seems like its staying moist for a really long time even if i go dig up a dry spot its already moist now my plant is turning yellow

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

It looks like you asked this on another video where I responded. I'll copy that response here for you; If you're seeing yellow on leaves that's a pretty good indicator of too much moisture. The heavy mulch we use really helps to reduce that as it will pull some of that moisture into the chips and hold a more consistent moisture level. Reducing irrigation and watering deep, but infrequent (no more than once every week or two during dry/hot periods) will help also. Most of our trees at the peak of summer get no more than 60 gallons of water once/week. During the Winter we water very little if at all.

Nice work! Could you share your watering ( bubbler) system set up with the box.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Steven! We did a series on this install and I'll link the episode we did showing the extension to the riser for the bubbler here; kzread.info/dash/bejne/hK12yLN6ocvMqZs.html The bubblers are the Rain Bird 1400 Series Pressure Compensating Trickle Bubbler and we use the 1/2 GPM on most of the trees with a few on 1 GPM. Let me know if you're needing more detail on this one!

@stephanstephan5491

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Duane, thank you for the info! Noticed you had a value box next to all of the trees, and you connected the garden hose for watering, Is that an extra feature you have done for quick watering? Could you also share the hose connection setup for garden hose that is inside the box with the brass valve?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanstephan5491 oh, sorry about that. I wasn't sure what you were referring to. We had that part of our irrigation professionally installed, so I don't have a parts list for that. We did show a more close up shot of how it connects in our wrap up video for this installation that I'll link for you here; kzread.info/dash/bejne/gWmax5d9d7KaqM4.html

Amazing! Is that upside down bucket thing with the hole, where you insert to hose for watering once the chips are in?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hey there Rosa! What you're seeing there are valve box covers. Underneath those is a 1/2 gallon/minute bubbler that is on a timer that we water all of our trees with. We keep them covered to prolong the life of the bubbler and also to further reduce evaporation.

@elOratorio

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you for your time to reply... Seems a little complicated 😁

I'm east of you in Desert Hills. Now I know why my poor suffering mature citrus trees (with the one bubbler set right at the trunk) do not thrive... I needed an irrigation make over. Would you add some pipe to the riser and redirect to a berm at the drip line? Top with wood chips, of course. I love watching your progress and thank you for all the information. You are a fantastic team.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Glad this one was useful. We get more questions on irrigation than probably any other single topic. Nearly all of our consultations include a redesign of their irrigation, so it's very common. For most folks it's just a matter of following the advice from the nursery which is usually not someone who has experience with fruit trees. Watering desert trees that adapt quickly to desert soil is drastically different from getting a fruit tree to thrive in something other than it's natural environment. As for your question on redirection, yes. You can either cut the line further back from the tree or redirect it somehow. I would be inclined to cut the line further out from the tree so it doesn't become damaged by invasive roots. It's not usually a problem, but as pipe ages it becomes much more susceptible to this type of damage. Hope this helps!

@horserepairs

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thank you! I'll give it a try. I am really impressed with how much TLC and care you provide to your animals. It is obvious how much you enjoy (on and off the dinner table) and respect them. Quite heart warming. Best wishes J.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@horserepairs thanks for the comment. We're in the middle of dealing with some heavy losses to our broiler chickens with the weather which is really tough to deal with. I suppose for most farmers it wouldn't be a big deal, but it's been hard on us.

Great educational video as always . Are these rings permanent or they'll be extended in the future as well !!. Thank you guys for sharing. 💯👍Lol

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great question Bin. I'd like to think this is it, but we may need to expand them a bit further in the future. I'm hoping my neighbor to the South of us might give us a hand if we need to make them bigger in the future. ;)

@hungrybilly1955

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm hahahah. you bit 💯 Lol

Thank you for a great video! Very helpful! I've noticed your fig tree had yellow and brown leaves. I have the same problem. What is that and what's causing that? How to fix that?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found one of our irrigation videos. I replied back on your other question, but this is a good place to start. The yellowing and browning on the figs is because they're going dormant. They usually lose their leaves by mid-December at the latest, while most of the country sees those fall by October or so. As a deciduous tree it's completely normal.

@DefaultName-qn9qp

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks so much! I'm south of Phoenix actually, and I saw that happening on my fig trees in the hot summer.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@DefaultName-qn9qp ah, ok. We have that same thing happen mid-summer as well. It's stress and they usually bounce back in the Fall.

Hi Duane. Thanks again for all the great info. Have another question for you. Just got a wonderful pomegranate tree and I have two questions for you. 1. Do you water it the same way as your other fruit trees (1/2 gallon bubbler - 90 gallons summer/60 winter twice a week and using bubbler) 2. Does it need another tree for pollination or is it ok by itself? Thanks a bunch.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Great questions Ahmad and yes, we do water them the same as the other fruit trees. They do well with consistent watering throughout the growing season to help keep the fruit from cracking. No need for cross pollination on these as they are self fruitful. The only real issue with them is the longer ripening season (all summer basically) and the bird damage you'll get. We have to cover them with organza bags or the birds peck into all of them. One caveat, they do set fruit in the Fall as well and those usually come through ripe with no issues! Great trees and fruit for us here otherwise.

@ahmadomais1380

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks Duane.

Great job! Thanks for sharing! 3:12 How about a battery-powered one? xD It saves a lot of labor. About 50 percentish. haha Who hates wired tools too? ;)

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

No doubt that would be preferable, that's for sure!

What season do you usually make the swales and plant the trees? I live in a dry island in Greece we have very dry summers and wet winters. Thanks

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Jeremiah. We always plant our trees during the Fall through early Spring months. This is when the trees are under the least amount of stress, because of the dry, Summer heat we get. The swales are typically done during those same months, mainly because it's just too hot for that kind of work during the Summer!

You gus rock! 🤘🏼❤😃🌱 What are the lowest temperatures in your area?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

We have hit 20 degrees F a few times, but our normal Winter temps are down into the upper 20's.

@stebarg

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm Thanks! Keep on building soil! Where do you get your mulch from in the desert? My concern is that the mulch must come from somewhere in the end. If we take it away from some place this soil area is unprotected. Usually we need more mulch as we can generate from the same area. The ration is more like 1:5 or 1:10 Meaning we need much more space to generate the mulch. At some point we run out of mulch from waste material, and we have to grow it somehow. Any thoughts on this? Have a good time! :)

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

@@stebarg We get the vast majority of our mulch through arborists found through Chip Drop. One of the major advantages to living on the edge of a city with 5 million people in it, there is a lot of "waste" material that can be redirected here from the landfills.

I learn a lot from you on how to manage Orchards. I've a question, how did you estimate/calculate the irrigation interval (when)? and amount in mm at different growth stage of a fruit trees ? Did you consider the soil parameters of field capacity (FC) and permanent welting point (PWP) and the weather data such as temperature to estimate evapo-transpiration(ET). I mean Total Water requirement for a single tree. Thanks Gezahagn

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

Hey Gezahagn. We haven't done any calculations do determine how much irrigation to put on the trees (I, Duane, am just not that smart). Rather, we start at one amount and adjust up and/or down from there based on the tree's performance. I will say this, with our extremely dry weather it's very hard to over-water fruit trees if you're watering them infrequently (no more than once/week).

@gezahagnnegash9740

Жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thanks for your response

In Black Canyon City there are SO MANY ROCKS I've been doing at least 5 Foot circles taking out as many rocks as I can assuming the Roots will never get through the Rocks... At least trying to give them an easy time at 1st? Thoughts? Your Awesome! 😁

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Steve. Black Canyon City is just a cool part of that stretch heading North on I-17. Your views must be simply AMAZING! As for your trees, you may be surprised. As long as they can get around those rocks they should be just fine. Try to get those watering rings a few inches deeper than what you see us doing (maybe a foot or so) and pile the mulch nice and high. As long as there is some soil along with those rocks you should be good to go.

@VloggingLife.

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm it is Beautiful and our future retirement home so while spending Summer in Minnesota we watch and learn from you! On a second note I bought some metal spikes from Tractor supply and drilled holes and bolted to the bucket of the skid steer its amazing how much better the digging was!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@VloggingLife. We're extending some fencing this weekend and were just talking about how important the power tools are when working with the soil around here!

@waxwax8781

3 жыл бұрын

I've dug out large granite boulders, let alone rocks to infinity. One thing is, they're cool. Literally cool. So, it seems they have side benefits of cooling soil, roots & could host bacteria, along with downside of way too much drainage, etc.. Caliche & concrete are a whole different matter to be "blessed" with, of course. Then there's the matter of inadverdently mixing what you've got from here and there into concrete. Yikes. Aaaaannnyyyhhoooo . . . Back to our regularly scheduled actual excellent advice.

hey man does the wood chips around the tree help with the weeds? invasive grass? wondering what to put around my fig trees for the weeds. do you use round up at all?>

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Salvador. Yes, wood chips definitely work well to keep the weeds at bay. You just need to make sure they're deep enough. We shoot for at least 8" of mulch around the trees. We don't use any type of chemical weed deterrent here on the farm. Not even organic means (vinegar, etc) as we're trying to allow root development wherever we can to help capture and retain soil moisture around the farm.

@salvadorgonzales1566

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm I appreciate it man will do

Do you guys offer classes or home consults for aspiring farmers in the valley?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey there Megan. We do offer consulting services, but we're on hold until we get most of the new farm infrastructure in place. Once we're back up and running we'll let everyone know through FB, Instagram and our website (which is currently under construction). We also have a customer email list that we can add you to if you'd like. Just email us your contact info and we'll add you. Our contact email is on the About tab here on KZread.

So you system doesn't work so well on the backside of the tree ?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

As long as we put at least 30-40 gallons in the system at any given time we haven't seen an issue with a lack of moisture on the back side of the rings. I will say it works much better with higher output/minute. The 12 trees we have on the back of the property run with a 1 GPM emitter and they tend to have much better saturation than our trees with a 0.5 GPM bubbler.

Are these the final rings?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

What I really want to say is yes, the reality is probably not. These should support enough tree growth to get good results, but we may expand them just a bit further in the future. Hard to say for sure right now.

When woodchips breakdown, don't they take a lot of nitrogen from the soil?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

8 ай бұрын

Great question. We have not had any issues using woodchips over the last decade or so as a top layer of mulch. That's the key as the interaction between carbon and nitrogen only occurs where they touch, so in the case of mulch it is only at the surface. Also, we fertilize with partially composted animal manures, so they wind up utilizing that carbon to continue breaking down over time.

Where do you get your wood chip supply? Is it somehow guaranteed organic? I'm growing in a similar climate over the New Mexico border. I've gotta get a good wood chip supply.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great question James. We have used Chip Drop in the past and we befriended one of the delivery drivers who now drops for us on a fairly regular basis. We also drove by a neighbor once who is a landscaper and he has since started bringing us wood chips when he has them. We've also stopped by arborists when they're chipping and asked them to drop at our farm with some success. Basically, we're chip hounds whenever we're out and about.

@yoshi450gmail

2 жыл бұрын

Some tree services would be more than happy to give you a load for free and depending on where you are it may be closer to wherever they usually dispose of their stuff.

How often do you water and about how many gallons per tree?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Zach. That varies a lot based on the season and whether or not we're seeing any rain. However, in the peak of summer with no rain we put about 100 gallons of water per tree, per week (typically once per week with the setup you see in this video with the expanded rings). This time of year it's more like 30 gallons every week or every other week. Any rain and we don't water at all right now.

We planted plum, apricot and nectarine last spring and the trees are doing great but it seems as if the trees sunk slightly down into the ground lower than the berm. I am now expanding out my drip irrigation. Should I just go ahead and expand the ring as you did lowering the dirt ring but not disturbing those feeder roots that have expanded out beyond ring ball. I hope you can understand what I’m describing. I have drip irrigation and we were watering 3 x a week but just increased it to 4x a week and I think 30-45 minutes each time because we are in mid 90’s with horrible winds we get each year. We still haven’t figured out watering in the desert. The leaves of some trees are closed up but not dry. Is that to much water? We had wood chips down around as mulch but they blow away so we bought straw. We are in Sierra Vista, AZ. Also what month was this video filmed? Any general advice would be appreciated.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Michele. It's normal for trees to sink a bit after planting and expanding the ring down and out would help with ensuring it remains above grade. When you're looking at irrigation for trees the key is infrequent, deep irrigation. It can be done with drip (that's what we used on the old farm), but you won't want to water more than twice per week (and that only during the peak of summer). Right now we're irrigating our trees with 60 gallons once/week. We'll move that up once we're consistently over 100 degrees to about 90 gallons split up twice per week (45 at each watering). What you're describing with the leaves can be a few different things, but watering that often can become a problem as the roots will remain shallow and not drive out and down for water. Wood chip mulch is essential for us here in the desert as it helps regulate soil temps and moisture (helps with both under and over watering). We have daily winds, sometimes topping 30 MPH and don't see any issues with the woodchips moving around the trees. Are they actually chips (mixture of large chips, branches, leaves, etc)? We've had monsoon storms pushing well above 60 MPH and the chips don't move at all. Oh and this episode was filmed in December.

@michelel1852

2 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm thank you so very much for this response. We appreciate it!

Do you know the Groasis waterbox?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few videos on it. It seems like a good option for desert adapted trees, but would not give you sufficient water to ripen fruit. Especially larger, water laden fruit like stone fruit, pome fruit and citrus.

Hi, How many liter of water do you give to every fig tree once a week ?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

Жыл бұрын

During the peak of summer our fig trees receive at least 227 liters/week. If it's extremely hot and dry we will hand water half way through the week and add another 100 liters if the trees are struggling. That's one of the many reasons we irrigate with these rings, so it's very easy to drop a hose at the end of the ring and add some additional water outside of our normal irrigating cycles.

100 gallons a week per tree is a massive amount. Where do you get it from?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

8 ай бұрын

We are on a private well here on the farm. I'll link to a video we shot on our source for you here; kzread.info/dash/bejne/n3hh18WBhrHZlag.html As a side note, our water use has gone down as the trees have matured and will continue to do so as we build soil and retain more moisture on the property.

What about growing from seed in the desert?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great question and it depends on what you're trying to grow. All of our stone, pome (apples/pears) and citrus varieties are grafted to ensure you're getting the same variety or type. If you grow them from seed you'll wind up with either the root stock or some variant of the root stock. Mulberries and figs need something to pollinate the seeds and we don't have that available for them, but we do propagate them through cuttings and air layering which is much faster than growing from seed. We will grow moringa in the future and those we will grow from seed.

@quietlike

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm trying moringa right now!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@quietlike good choice. They are amazing trees!

Where's your violette de bordeaux fig?

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, that is funny you asked about that fig. We planned on getting a few more trees expanded that day, but ended up wrapping the video at the end of that run of irrigation. The next (and last) tree we expanded was the VDB fig. It's doing really well and amazingly hasn't started losing it's leaves quite yet. We need to give an update on that little guy.

Is there a book you would recommend for beginners who know nothing

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 ай бұрын

Oh boy, that's a tough one, because the farm we run here has a lot of different aspects to it. Is there something in particular you're wanting to know about?

@messiahmindset2964

2 ай бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm for fruits trees bushes and vines. I’ve tried researching and a lot has to do with vegetables. We currently just planted 2 peaches / pears and blueberries. As far as for our tree (peaches specifically) all the leaves have been eaten and have been continued to be enjoyed by insects after spraying need oil . Do u think it’ll recover or will it die? And for some reason our peach trees don’t look healthy one seems like it’s lost it’s life . Idk if it’s because if we did something wrong or because of the store we purchased from You have any suggestions or further videos that can help us

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

2 ай бұрын

@@messiahmindset2964 hmm, that's pretty frustrating. There are so many things that can be causing this, so it's hard to say for sure. Root stocks are VERY important as that is what allows the tree to grow and thrive. We have a LOT of videos on fruit trees and also several on peaches (you can find it in our playlists here on YT under peaches), but I'm not sure it will address this specific issue for you.

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@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Robert. I found your website and your beds look very interesting. Shoot us an email when you get a chance. You can find our contact info on the About tab here on KZread.

Here we are complaining about too much rain 🤐🤐

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny, we had rain last Thursday the day before we started our irrigation expansion and I was complaining about it because of the mud. Then thankful when we had to hand trench a few small sections because the ground was much softer! :)

@deborahmeijer9697

3 жыл бұрын

@@EdgeofNowhereFarm i can Inmagine that would be a great help 😁

It is advisable to have face mask to protect from dust.

@TheFatTheist

3 жыл бұрын

So funny! My wife was like, "Is Lori wearing a mask?" I got pneumonia from moving the woodchips once. I have a pretty sensitive respiratory system but still I would recommend for others as well.

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion Ajaib. Once those wood chips start moving it needs to be the habit!

@EdgeofNowhereFarm

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFatTheist yeah, I (Duane) have an issue with the wood chips as well which is why I tend to be wearing one when we're working heavily with them. Lori tends to be a bit less consistent with that and gloves for some reason. This is a good reminder to keep those lungs clear!