How I Select Plants for my Permaculture Food Forest

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Күн бұрын

I received so many great questions from my video on How to Design your Food Forest. This is the first of many more to come answering your questions.
Below are links to the spreadsheet I mention in the video. Please note: As of posting this video, the spreadsheet has a ways to go, feel free to suggest any edits, and make a copy so that you can make it your own.
Here’s a link to the spreadsheet I’m working on- where you can make comments:
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And if you’d like, you can make your own copy of this spreadsheet with this link here:
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There’s so much more to unpack on this topic, things like growing fruit trees from seed, and selecting plants based on management…. which gets into the topic of invasive species, which is a complex issue, and something I’ll cover in a future video.
So if you have any comments/ideas/suggestions that you think will be helpful for others starting their food forest, please leave them in the comments. And together we’ll grow thriving food forests 💛☀️🌳
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For more information on these and other permaculture topics, I recommend the following books that have been helpful here at Goldifarms:
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming By Masanobu Fukuoka
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Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
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Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins
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Restoration Agriculture by Mark Stepard
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Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide Paperback by Aranya
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Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening by Sepp Holzer
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Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
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Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy by Masanobu Fukuoka
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Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
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About Goldifarms:
My name is Erin. I started Goldifarms in my backyard in January 2020 as part of my journey to heal myself and restore this land. I follow permaculture design principles to create regenerative abundance here on the Central Coast of California in zone 9a. My intention with this KZfaq channel is to provide inspiration to connect with nature, grow your own food and medicine, and help create a more beautiful world together.
Thank you for all your support, I hope these videos will inspire you to follow your heart and pursue what lights up your life ✨ 🌼💛
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Chapters:
00:00-00:27 - Intro
00:27-01:11 - Catherine's garden
01:11-01:47 - Designing Consortiums
01:47-03:56 - Selecting based on form
03:56-05:37 - Selecting based on function
05:37-07:38 - Successive Harvest
07:38-11:32 - Natural Selections
11:32-13:06 - Chill hours and Pollinators
13:06-14:06 - Putting it all together

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@robertromatowski6938 Жыл бұрын

The garden is the best place to be adventurous, and go for things that are not the norm.....the garden is my "go crazy place", trying things that test the boundaries, and let nature decide. Love your videos, and have a great night!

@KeepOnGrowin Жыл бұрын

This gives me lots to think about and is very helpful. We may only be in our current place for a few years before we move to a "forever home" but I want to transform this small yard into something wonderful before I leave. This will be valuable practice before moving on. Thank you.

@MartinaSchoppe 9 ай бұрын

Leaving the place better then you found it! I like that!

@user-ut4zw6so6o Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Zone 7a Long Island here. I have the problem of being close to a natural woods and regularly have deer, rabbits, raccoons, squirrels and groundhogs harvesting what grows in my yard. A day or two ago put some strawberry “groundcover” in a bare spot and within 10 minutes looked out the window and saw a groundhog literally running toward the strawberries! So at the moment have most vulnerable food plants growing in small fenced in areas or hidden spots the animals don’t seem to visit, or in waist-high raised beds (although makes it convenient for the deer to browse.)

@aprilbreen9207 Жыл бұрын

I’d love strategies for this situation…. Permaculture designers are thinkers After many decades, deer finally found my lots of concrete Union county NJ town. Arrrrgh! Also had first groundhog too.

@butternut_squish Жыл бұрын

Your friend's garden is so beautiful! It would be wonderful to have a video walking through the space and talking about it with her

@melissagoodwin2602 8 ай бұрын

Information provides me with things to consider when growing

@CMR308 Жыл бұрын

I like the size of this food forest. Makes me believe that I too can pursue this wonderful lush technique.

@MartinaSchoppe 9 ай бұрын

Go for it! 🙂 I started mine in 2018 in a completly different climate (Germany, hardiness zone 7a-ish), much more rain, heavy clay soil). It is still smaller then Goldifarms. The plot is about 830 square meters (including the house and garage) but the food forest is about a third of that. I might expand it a bit more, not sure yet.

@godisincontrol32 Жыл бұрын

Lovely food Forest 😊

@hackhackandaway4060 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed, and learned a lot from this video. Thank you 😊

@rootmother Жыл бұрын

Love this Erin! Some of your trees are so tall, I can’t believe you planted them in the past few years or so!

@Goldifarms Жыл бұрын

Those acacias just take off!!

@jennie22.02 7 ай бұрын

thank you for talking about the chill time! that was a new concept to me

@tyrexpolie 9 ай бұрын

@Goldifarms I jut want to say a massive thank you for sharing your plant spreadsheet. I've been trying to make one, but not getting much done as I'd rather prefer to be out there mucking with my compost :). I finished my PDC a year ago but haven't done much apart from growing a veggie patch and this winter, I decided to do a bit more in terms of planting a small food forest. I'm in Southern Europe and we have drought for the last 2 years with water restrictions so it has been a challenge to grow anything. I've watched with great sadness dying plants even young trees who succumbed to lack of water. I've been thinking yes, it's nice to build a swale and water catchment, but it's nicer if we get rain first. But it looks like we're getting some rainy days this autumn so I thought better get on with it. Thank you again for your helpful videos, new sub here.

@user-qf2ps5pp5f 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your spreadsheet! I'm in a similar climate, just in Europe, so it is very useful.

@aprilbreen9207 Жыл бұрын

My advise to Californians wanting to grow mugwort is be very careful, it is powerfully hardy and spreads by runners. It is therefore like mint but much a much larger plant. It wants to take over and is likely Allelopathic. It might be best in a pot which absolutely has a place in a permaculture plan. Also consider Malabar spinach I’m in a different area, 7b on the east coast where Mugwort is invasive but have also gardened in coastal California.

@dominicrichlevien Жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic video, I really enjoyed watching it. Thank you for you effort!❤

@nancyhewitson4729 Жыл бұрын

Living in suburbia in Cape Town in the Southern Hemisphere with a Mediterranean climate in the amazing Fynbos biome I have am reworking my very small food forest (`~ 70 square meters) and plan to try grafting stone fruits onto a peach tree and apple varieties onto an apple tree, etc and using some fynbos for under stories. My thinking is that it will support our insects for pollination and beauty, be beneficial to my local environment/ecosystem and I'll learn more about our indigenous edibles. .

@LindaAntonFreelife 6 ай бұрын

We love your videos!!!❤❤❤ So inspiring and you help us keep our dreams alive🥰 The psychological part is so important and you have such a beautiful way of looking at living life ❤

@SonjaSannert 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for another very useful and heartwarming video! I also appreciate very much the spreadsheet. I didn't take serious the importance of being structured that way but it absolutely makes sense. 🙏🧡🙋🏼‍♀️

@LawOfNewton7 Жыл бұрын

Love your vids! Clear, succinct and informative. Great stuff

@aprilbreen9207 Жыл бұрын

Malabar spinach is a good use of space and loves heat

@JeremyThomas_Environmentarian Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for all your work! Well done :)

@rachelmock1442 Жыл бұрын

thank you for this video 😊 the spreadsheet idea could be super helpful for all the plants I've tried and failed with lol

@jaycruzsemple Жыл бұрын

My olive tree I had for 6 years my longest tree was destroyed by the frost or the dock leaf weeds which invaded the plant pot and sucked up all of your nutrients and moisture I was very sad my other little mini olive tree also lost all its leaves through winter and I lost all six of my citrus trees so very sad but everything else is doing ok I just wish I had more passionate people who were willing to be more helpful and help me in and around the garden it is very challenging with the visual impairment not having any usual eyesight and having to try feel your way around especially when you get your hand cut up or Jag by brambles or overgrown jaggy nettle weeds lol I keep positive and faithful my eyesight will be restored one Way Or Another and I can actually watch your videos other than just listen to them and how nice day sound and be able to see my little boy's face again and also be able to see what I am going

@MissBetsyLu Жыл бұрын

I pray with you. Grand Blessings everyone

@thefoodforestnamibia 11 ай бұрын

Awesome videos! You just got a new subscriber!

@jamesbassett8470 11 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Love the succession planning. ❤ "NI"

@ErikRothFfM Жыл бұрын

Thank you dear Erin. Allways al pleasure to see and hear your contents. ❤🌿🔥🍀🌒🌕🌘🍀🔥🌿❤ Namasté and Blessed Be.

@caranicolewilcox 3 ай бұрын

Just watch the acacia- they are very invasive as well as flammable in our coastal California.

@raykingston4354 9 ай бұрын

fantastic advise. Thanks

@gratitude354 Жыл бұрын

I watched your last video... about design of food forest... Could you please make a detailed video on initial earth works before planting...

@shl9560 Жыл бұрын

I would like to be able to save this vid to my "food forest" list, but I don't see that option.

@j.r.mythical1238 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jaycruzsemple Жыл бұрын

Great video as always what do you use to edit KZfaq videos and put music on it to make them look really good would love to know is it a free application you can use or do you need to pay for it and also would be great to get another tour of the guarding I got Cherry's for the very first time in 5 years of having my container cherry trees still not got any apricots or peach from my little to trees I got all of them but maybe not warm enough in Scotland and still nothing from my King James black Mulberry but other things are going good and try get about you up at some point once I have someone who can help me record it

@pongop 4 күн бұрын

Amazing and helpful video! Beautiful farm! Shout out to Central CA. Did I see a Pacific Madrone with a butterfly? I also spy a copy of Ishmael by Daniel Quinn! It's one of my favorite and most influential books! I was just thinking about his books and getting to meet him and have him sign my books once.

@Goldifarms 2 күн бұрын

Yes and yes! One of my favorite trees and yes an excellent book. ✨🫶✨

@RisenUponTomorrow Жыл бұрын

Do all plants have a use in permaculture? I'm excited to start a food forest and want to include my collection of horticultural plants but I haven't been able to find uses for things like lillies, dahlia, bird of paradise, etc

@Goldifarms Жыл бұрын

Yes! Those would be excellent for providing pollen for bees, adding beauty to the garden and some you mentioned are even medicinal.

@MissBetsyLu Жыл бұрын

Dalhas and daylilies are both edible for us. Blessings everyone.

@MartinaSchoppe 9 ай бұрын

"Being beautiful" is a function, too. And as MissBetsyLu pointed out already, daylilies and dahlias are also edible.

@ecocentrichomestead6783 Жыл бұрын

Cold hardy kiwi fail.... That's the issue that has not been much researched. While a plant may survive the minimum temperature of the local climate, all plants need a certain temperature regime during the growing season to grow and, especially, to produce fruit/seeds.

@carolyneoconnor5029 4 ай бұрын

Hi! I have quite a small area that I'd like to use for a permaculture garden. I wanted to have a couple of apple trees and some clementine trees/bushes since they grow well in my location. Could I have different variety of apple trees so they harvest at different times, or would I need two trees of the same variety so they pollinate?

@Goldifarms 4 ай бұрын

Hi Carolyn 💛 that sounds wonderful! I definitely recommend different apple trees- For the reason you stated. Typically the tag on the tree will indicate what varieties it will pollinate with. And if it’s not on the tag, you can always look online. Happy Gardening ✨💛🦋🌷

@tulsiramdagur9580 Жыл бұрын

आपके नर्सरी बहुत सुंदर है। आप भी बहुत स्माइली, सुंदर है

@kimburns6694 10 ай бұрын

I have trouble with pocket gophers eating the roots on all my plants. Any ideas on what I can do?

@Goldifarms 10 ай бұрын

Pesky gophers! We plant our trees in gopher baskets. I can’t say I enjoy making them or planting in them but it does make a huge difference. We also have cats to hunt rodents. People seem to have a lot of success with the gopher hawk but it’s not something I use much here at Goldifarms.

@Nini51963 Жыл бұрын

I live in central California San Joaquin county how do you find plant nurseries that have permaculture plants ?

@Goldifarms Жыл бұрын

All plants can be used in permaculture!

@tulsiramdagur9580 Жыл бұрын

आपकी नर्सरी धरती पर स्वर्ग से कम नहीं हो सकती

@mena2138 10 ай бұрын

Hello, I have seen your great project and we can collaborate in every way, I am part of an agroforestry team in Andalusia with more than 25 projects around the Sierra de Ronda and the Sierra de Grazalema. We would like to help you retain more water, make it much more profitable, create better soil faster, create nearby employment. All this is possible thanks to the creation of Dynamic Edible Forests. We will advise you by choosing the key species, their location, their temporal succession, the time to prune, why it is done this way and the best way to do it, creating ditches following contour lines. .. being in turn 250% to 1000% more profitable per hectare than an average crop, if you are interested respond to this comment with a way to communicate and show you our work!! We want to participate in your path, without economic interests. Thanks anyway!!!!, Mena.

@Goldifarms 10 ай бұрын

Yeah! Would love to see what you’re up to ✨☀️✌️