Chantal and her garden are delightful and an inspiration to me. Also, a Senior late bloomer here and it's been a steep learning curve. My goal is much the same of a permanent food forest. Her achievement in one year is a great ray of hope for another granny gardener. 😊

I am 75 yrs old and shared a dream w my husband who recently passed to Green the Arizona property I purchased some ten yrs ago. I am now in a position to make our dream happen.

The world needs more Morag Gamble.

such a healthy looking happy lady, she is part of the lovely garden and garden is part of her. Gardens are good for the soul.

I'm a late-in-life gardener, too. Chantal is definitely an inspiration. Thanks, Morag for a wonderful video.

I would love to see another tour of the garden with the focus on the landscape and garden with a voice-over comment as you are both exploring this wonderful forest as it matures.

I too am short & have begun pulling my branches of my trees down & tying them down to create all kinds of "weeping willow" fruit trees so I can reach my fruit.

Amazing that this garden has grown for only one year!

Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here again. Ohhh yes. The understanding that a garden tells you what it wants. So true. Just be open to it. Chantal feels that intuitively.

Absolutely amazing how you accomplished so much in a short space of time. I am truly inspired to forge ahead and create my own food forest. Thank you both 🙏🏽💕

Love to see and hear about experimental gardening. I only started gardening last year by necessity. I had to leave the nsw south coast temporarily to do home palliative care for my father on his 4.5 acre property on the southern tablelands in nsw where it’s currently very cold and frosty. I never had time for gardening in the past raising a family and running a business which I had to drop and leave behind for the time being. I had no idea what I was doing and emotionally stressed and very isolated with virtually no human social interaction so, gardening became my therapy or my key to sanity. Suffice to say, I never expected to be here for a whole year and now just taking each day at a time. I virtually had and still have no budget and can’t afford to buy seeds, seedlings etc. I collected seeds from kitchen scraps, found seeds at my local tip, (which is now my major supplier of pretty much all my gardening needs! Lol) when plants go to seed, I collect them. I have no idea what I’m doing and just experiment and work with what I have from weeds to collecting seeds from bird poo from the hand made lopsided bird feeder! I even dig up my own worms and made a compost heap for them that I feed with whatever scraps, leaves etc I can find. I mainly set out to grow food but have fallen inlove and appreciate and utilise whatever plants and animals that surround me (including the snakes, that I used to fear terribly), I feel at one with nature and hope my dad is proud of what I’m trying to achieve out here and thank you especially to Morag and your channel. You present beautifully and even though I’ve only just discovered your channel, watching it has given me hope that what I am doing with his property, is sort of on the right track…thank you for taking the time to make these videos and visiting other nature embracers and sharing their journeys. I would love to see something from the colder regions, I struggle to grow a lot of veggies due to the cold and frost then the harsh heat in summer where water can be scarce…🪴

this was very encouraging to me. I've been on my spot for 3 yrs, and for this year, focused on soil remediation and infrastructure. Now, I'm starting plants from seeds, cuttings, and so on -- in the hopes of building up a food forest over time. I will be buying trees, eventually, but that's a big expense for me. So, starting where I am, adding things in as I go, and always learning and observing. :)

Beautiful inspirational gardener and garden. It's a living proof of how abundant the earth is and given thought,and the right conditions plants just want to grow. Beautiful ❤️

Thank you for this tour Chantelle …..“ I wanted to be part of the solution ….lots of observations….….“ ❤️❤️❤️and Morag❤️🔥❤️🔥. I have watched this 3 times! I have also rewatched all of Morag’s masterful videos. I find Morag to be the best educator and interviewer. THE BEST! There is so much information you provide to absorb, and I learn something new each time I re watch you. It also lifts my spirits and makes me feel much more hopeful. Forest floor, mulch, mulch, mulch stunning changes here. “The soil is the foundation”. Swales , berms, permaculture and the recycling of all sorts of organic matter🔥🔥. I love both of your gardens for wildlife , the beneficial insects, the permaculture chat and recipes too. Great tips about soil creation, and enlivening the soil at the end too. “They are so lucky they are so pretty” re pidgeon peas and King Parrots 👑🦜🤣🤣🤣 I LOVE your channel Morag and I am so grateful for you excellent and inspiring content. I did my first permaculture course in the 80’s the knowledge gained just increases in value and never dates.

Chantelle was adorable. Part of me is quite envious of the style of garden she's chosen to cultivate, but we each only have so much space to work with, and for me the focus has been and remains on creating restoring a native ecosystem as much as possible. I've got a separate area with a few raised beds for conventional food crops, but everything that goes into the ground is native to my specific area. Of course, I'm learning a LOT about what native plants are edible and how to eat them.

There's a good thing to know about chokos. I don't think many people in Australia know, but you can eat the tuber at certain parts of the year. They call it "chinchayote". I had it in a restaurant in Mexico. I think the fellow had boiled it, sliced it in two and grilled it with cheese in the middle. I liked it It's a way to get even more out of a plant that grows quite easily.

Wow! This is amazing I live in Britain and the thought of having something HALF as beautiful as yours is almost getting me going! Thanks 👍

Wonderful! I done similar here in zone 6b. This Spring (early March), I laid several layers of cardboard on top of grass. I continued to layer as I gathered more cardboard. On top of the cardboard I scattered fruit and veggie scraps, grass clippings, tiny sticks and a small amounts of dirt, then more cardboard (as I got it). In May & June I added several seeds and small plants, done by digging holes through the broken down cardboard layers). Finally, after everyone was planted I added tomato cages (most I made from ♻️ materials) and covered everything w mulch.

Do nothing pest management - love it. Nature provides everything we need!

That's a wonderful, heart warming, inspiring and a very beautiful food forest and interaction. Chantal is obviously a very deep and talented artist.... and beautiful person. I can just picture her early in the morning 'communicating' with her garden... It so inspires me to use my own talents and instincts to build a food forest. There's sooo much to learn. I'm still in the process of wrapping my mind around the whole permaculture thing. I gotta say though, it is a whole lotta fun! But the more I learn, the less I know... Heh.

So Happy to see this vídeo... Blessings......

a true cottage garden, absolutely beautiful! thanx for sharing

What a beautiful garden you’ve created! I would love to sit an observe all the birds an insects enjoying it too. You have created a place of beauty ❤️

So inspiring, beautiful garden, In a year... ty for sharing. I'm speachless. So inspiring, looks so rewarding. I hope to start. Thankyou for your tips.

Such a beautiful garden. It was hard to see it though. Maybe if you turn the camera around so it concentrates on the garden and every now and then back on Chantal it would be easier to see the full extent of the garden. Some close up and distance shots would make it great to watch. Or have someone else doing the camera work perhaps. Thanks for sharing.

Older women gardening is so cute 🥰

Oh, please do come back again! It has been a delight to watch the two of you, and to learn from you.

Chantal is so awesome. I love what she's done!

Once again...you have me excited!! We started on a block of heavily compacted rocky clay, probably a heavily used path to an implement shed on an old farm. And heavy clay to boot. It was the worst of soils you could imagine. But after years of horse and cow manure, chicken compost and allowing the propagation of rogue trees to break up the soil it's finally starting to happen. The micro climates begin to form. It's finally happening and boy!! Does it take patience!! But it's worth every minute.

I saw the original video and now to see this beautiful video of how Chantal's garden has developed--very grateful. I'm beginning my journey here in the US. Thank you Morag. So encouraging. ❤❤

Amazing garden, I couldn't concentrate though after she said that man shed was a converted shipping container. I'm so making one!! 👌

What a beautiful and inspiring video. Chantal's garden is as wonderful as she is. So much enthusiasm. I loved how Chantal explained her choko recipes and the willingness to try new plants.

Congratulations Chantal, I’m a bit older than you and am looking for land to embark on virtually the same project, I’m a bit jealous of your drive, energy and intelligence.

This is the auntie everyone should have... so inspiring. All blessings and love, Madam!

Getting my husband to keep all cartoon boxes( from furniture) to put over weeds near swell and also amend the soil around rocks in the garden( in the mountains). Will mulch it later. Can’t spray any chemicals as Neibourghs expect…. as I love my little frogs and 2 water lizards in the garden( my helpers with snails and bugs:) can see craze looks of the neighbours as it is doesn’t look pretty for 4-5 weeks but I care for my wildlife more:)

The two of you are adorable. You’ve given me the courage to really get into mine and make my own dream come into fruition. I’m so excited to see the things she has created here. Very beautiful and well done. I can Certainly relate to the concept of being a late bloomer I’m 63 and just beginning. Thank you for the wonderful information.

Amazing to see what she has accomplished in 1 year! The garden is so well established, it looks much older. This inspires me! Subscribed

Morag and Chantelle, thank you so much for the wonderful video. I watched it two times. Very informative! I am going to use many ideas in my Florida garden!

Paradise!

Beautiful!

So inspiring! Loved this video! Thank you!!

Amazing! Great job. Such a beautiful food forest.

Lovely lady and very creative in her design.

What an inspiration you both are !!

Oh wonderful to see. The bale with the soil in the middle is a sweet tip.

Hi Morag. Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. Just found your channel. I'm 72 yrs old and developing a food forest garden on my steep 1/4 acre block in a subdivision. No lawn at all any more. But multiple fruit trees, vines, berries, veggie garden, chooks and a beehive that set itself up in a birdhouse my grandsons made for me a few years ago. I love the whole permaculture principle. Never used my green bin disposal in 17 yrs. Love your content and newly subscribed although I am in a Mediterranean climate with potential for frosts in winter. So this video is out of my climate zone. But will follow you regardless. If you are national you will have my undying love and support!!

Fantastic food garden, well done.

Wow that was great garden

Love it!!

These two beautiful people makes me smile:) so much love and harmony

Thank you. that was a delightful tour.

This was really delightful and inspiring. Thank you.

Very inspiring! thank you both!!

VERY inspiring garden & human!! Brava, Chantel👏!

So inspiring. Thank you!

Beautiful.

Awesome tour thanks for sharing

What an inspiration. Thank you Chantal so much.

What an amazing garden!!!

Thank you both for sharing! 🤍

I’m so inspired by this!! Morag & Chantill thank you so much for sharing. Im looking forward to creating my own food forest in the near future 🙏🏼

What a lovely garden tour - so many unfamiliar plants from the other hemisphere! We are all learning as we grow!!

What a delightful place ,so inspiring. All of that in one year with a bit of preparation time !

Très joli jardin, merci pour ce beau partage!👍

Thank you so much! Wonderful video 🥰🙏👍🌿🌳🌴🌾🍄🌻🌺☀️🌈

Lovely work bien fait!

Very inspirational

Beautiful! Amazing! Love it! 😁😄😎

So much beauty in the garden and also the gardener 🌼

Absolutely amazing, beautiful ♥️ this is also my style of garden. I just wish I could see at least 1 hour of video, is so much to see 😍

So beautiful and encouraging

how lovely,you two...and the garden!💚❤️💚💚❤️thx for sharing🙏

I loved this video. it's so inspiring. I teared up a little. just so beautiful. thank you both for sharing.

Wonderful! Great job it’s magical! ❤️

This is just incredible. Thank you so much.

Lovely lovely garden, thank you so much for the share :)

Just beautiful. Very inspiring. Thank you so much for posting this ladies ❤️

What a lovely garden! Great inspiration thank you for sharing it. 👏

Love watching this video

Beautiful garden and Chantal ! Thank you Morag Gamble ! Greetings from Canada :)

Beautiful

It is so, so impressive and inspiring, thank you!

That was awesome! Thanks for sharing 🤗

Wow! Her garden is gorgeous! She is a great inspiration!

🌳 I can see you put a lot of work and love into growing!I hope gardening brings you as much joy as it brings me. b It’s the start of my 3 year gardening but there is still so much for me to learn and I appreciate you sharing your food forest. It’s inspirational to me. I’d love the idea of a growing that way. I look forward to hopefully learning more from each other as we grow!

I love this! I especially love hearing her talking about her garden…and what she said about the garden training your intuition. I’m putting in a garden now and I put two plants too close and it really bothers me, but I keep trying to ignore it…but I can’t. I’m going out to trust my “gut” and move those plants!😂

She definitely has blessing hands, love 😍🪴 that beautiful healthy edible garden! 🪴

Chantel is lovely!

Morag, hello from Georgia in the US. Thank you for sharing this beautiful garden; so inspiring. She has truly done an amazing job; please keep us abreast of future viewings of her garden. Thank you again, and stay well.

Thank you for this inspiring garden tour! I live in a more 'moderate' climate, so I planted other trees, shrubs and herbs. The permaculture principles are always the basics, whatever climate or personal circumstances. I do have an 'avocado tree', as a house plant (grown from a seed I planted years ago). I know now I can prune it, so it never outgrows the room!

Amazing...she inspired me a lot.

So inspiring! Thanks! 🎉🎉🎉

Lovely garden thank you for sharing

Fantastic work.

Organic ! 👍 yes! Love it!

Simply wonderful, love from Borneo.

I am inspired! Walking in your foosteps🎉🎊

Beautiful results for just one year! Thank you for sharing this inspiration 😍 bravo Chantal, vous avez accompli un travail magnifique!

A tasty Aibika Spinach recipe to change your mind. Perfect for winter and sore throats 1. On a deep base frying pan fry chicken thigh fillets (skin on) on both sides till golden with olive oil Put lid on and fry for 5 mins. 2. add 1 1/2 cups of water to chicken and add aibika bunch and put lid on. 3. Once aibika has simmered down add a clove of chopped garlic and 2 chicken stock cubes. 4 Toss aibika and chicken around in pan until aibika is soft 5 Best to serve in a bowl if you want to drink the soup with it. # For variations add chilli, grated ginger, etc to taste # Pick only the younger softer aibika leaves for cooking # instead of 1 cup of water you can use a can of coconut cream for even more amazing taste

Just beautiful. Well done. I too am about to start on my Home Block of a similar size. wish me luck.