Inspiring Food Forest Tour - Turning a Grass Paddock into an Edible Oasis!

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Join me for an immersive food forest tour and see the other garden projects that I've been working on!
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The food forest is bursting with growth and there is such a diverse range of plants that I'm excited to show you. This garden has been a lot of fun (and a lot of work) to create, but seeing it go through the recent growth and changes has been relly enjoyable and satisfying. I feel very lucky to have been able to create this beautiful garden and develop this land and I really appreciated the ability to share all the gardening projects, the different plants and fruits with you all.
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Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :)
0:00 Intro
0:21 Cardoons & Artichokes
1:02 Food forest layout
1:43 Herbs in the food forest and making dry tea
2:40 Chop & drop of support plant species
5:19 Subtropical fruits
8:03 Peach trees from seed update
8:44 Rare & Unusual fruit trees
10:56 Nectarine harvest
11:37 Polyculture gardens
14:50 Tree Growth (Gums & Natives)
15:47 Paddocks & Turkeys
16:10 Thank you for your support :)
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@TheKiwiGrower 5 ай бұрын

If you’re struggling, consider therapy with our sponsor BetterHelp. Click betterhelp.com/thekiwigrower for a 10% discount on your first month of therapy with a licensed professional specific to your needs. Thanks everyone for watching and for your continued support! Happy gardening and have a great rest of the year :) -Kalem

@gaytridewangan4512 5 ай бұрын

My garden is my therapist it is so good there that I can spend hours and hours❤❤ big fan bro

@yilengyang3325 5 ай бұрын

Hi I just asking do you have any finger lime can you send me some seeds I will send you money

@funkblack 4 ай бұрын

@@yilengyang3325 Seeds would be useless. You need a scion for grafting.

@funkblack 4 ай бұрын

I've watched your old coconut sprouting video from years ago. Do you still got that tree?

@saurabhkashyap1335 26 күн бұрын

I just clicked the video and it ended in no time.. 😮

@jmoney4000 5 ай бұрын

My dream is to be reincarnated as one of Kalem's turkeys

@spockster202 2 ай бұрын

Such amazing, informative and inspiring videos Kalem. I’m 69 years young and getting stronger everyday to care for our 8 acre farm on the big island. Your food forest is so diverse and lush. Mahalos and blessings. 😎🌴🌿🌺💐🥭🥝🥥

@just_outsideiru 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been watching you for almost 3 years and because of you I've started growing all sorts of weird stuff,clementines, dragon fruit, mangos, oak trees, kiwis, apples, grapes, you name it. You’ve made a big impact on my life, every video i look forward too keep up the great work and keep on making amazing videos thank you. :)

@barbwells5605 5 ай бұрын

Your 'blue ribbon ' gardens are like seeing The Garden of Eden! I am so impressed!! You've done a magnificent thing!! Thank you so much for sharing!

@brendancull 5 ай бұрын

So cool to see your food forest developing! I always love to see what you're growing. I followed your directions / advice for stratifying peach seeds and have my fingers crossed the seeds will survive the winter (it's a bit borderline for peaches here). A fun experiment. Your place looks gorgeous!

@felinetherapy4782 5 ай бұрын

Just stunning. Amazed at what you produce and love your animals!

@assafcohen3173 4 ай бұрын

This channel is pure calmness.

@handelhan7264 5 ай бұрын

What a great farm and garden!❤

@dougs_urbanfarm 5 ай бұрын

Looks great, its amazing how fast you can transform a piece of land. Eight years and 250 fruit trees has transformed my block.

@Holymn 5 ай бұрын

The cat in the video for me is the win! ❤ well done on your garden!

@em_pen 5 ай бұрын

I've loved watching your garden grow over the years :) It's looking AMAZING!

@benburns5995 5 ай бұрын

Hi Kalem, every time I see your garden it makes me think of the Garden of Eden from the Bible. It is amazing to see all of the unusual fruits that you can grow there. The cut Celery in all the different colors looked like a real work of art. Surprised the bugs don't eat the celery but it looks really fresh and beautiful. The Pink or Red Pineapple sounds very interesting and I'm sure they taste awesome being home grown. The plant that looked like Artichokes with the Purple flowers seemed to really flourish well in the environment in New Zealand. Best wishes as you enter the Summer season down in New Zealand.

@aerthman 5 ай бұрын

Rest assured, you’re appreciated by many. Wow, so much growth

@N.N-Dimethyltryptamine 5 ай бұрын

Hey Kalem, so nice to hear from you! Your forest looks better than ever, you should be very proud ❤ Looking forward to more videos from you next year🤞🙏

@Urbanfishing05 4 ай бұрын

If you haven’t yet you should consider adding a Lowquat tree, super easy to grow from seed and the fruit is amazing

@jonobuckley 5 ай бұрын

Yeah bro gardening is soooo good for the mental health! Love gardening and seeing what works and what doesnt!

@veiragumintang9435 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful garden and adorable cat ❤

@brodiemiller4747 5 ай бұрын

How is the dragonfruit plant going? Didn’t see it in the video

@Pengalen 5 ай бұрын

You are so fortunate to have such a nice space of land to grow your wonderful garden and raise your sheep.

@jillgerardi4740 2 ай бұрын

So beautiful! I just discovered your page while searching for growing peaches from seed and I can already tel I will be binge-watching your channel! Wonderful content and I love the island design with grass walkways of your food forest ❤

@TheKiwiGrower 2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, and welcome to the channel! :)

@rebeccah.5096 5 ай бұрын

You live in a paradise, mate! I'm so jealous! Greetings from Berlin. 😊

@brooklynmort6023 26 күн бұрын

Kia ora! Thank you so much for sharing your amazing knowledge! It is me and my husband’s dream to move to NZ and start our own food forest & I have taken SO much inspiration from your channel. It’s so important for us coming from the USA to stay away from capitalism and what that does (and has done) to our soil and beautiful Mother Earth. I hope one day when we make it there that we can meet to sponge up some of your knowledge to start our own food forest! 😊

@YOOTOOBjase 5 ай бұрын

We're just getting started on our food forest. We have enough land that, ideally, we'd be able to grow enough food for our whole family. Just a few months in now!

@tarnr5713 5 ай бұрын

Just wonderful! I have been hanging out for a tour of your food forest for ages. My 10 acres in Nth Canterbury is very bare and you have just given me LOADS of ideas, thanks Kalem. 👍🥰

@decembercat8524 5 ай бұрын

Yay new video!

@teresasuderman2199 Ай бұрын

I can't believe how many things that you grow that I have never heard of. God has really made such an amazing diverse world.

@adamolsen6411 5 ай бұрын

Your property looks great! And it's amazing your climate allows you to grow both tropicals and temperate fruits and veg all together!

@oltedders 5 ай бұрын

I'm so glad to see that you've put up another video and see the update on the native forest plantings. Are you going to make a video featuring the animals sometime in the future? Everything looks so healthy and happy. Hopefully, the possum will find somewhere else to forage. Thanks for all of your hard work. It is appreciated.

@jeaninegibbonsart2939 5 ай бұрын

Love the idea of thorning up the trunks of trees to stop the possums... we get hammered in the sounds, even with a fort Knox fence..I might just try that with good old blackberry or bush lawyer.

@_orodrigofernandes 5 ай бұрын

This garden is where forests will reset after apocalypse 😂😂😂. My man has all plants varieties he can put his hand on. Great job, man! I hope you keep going! I wish you all the best!

@rogermckenzie2711 5 ай бұрын

Great to see how things have developed. Keep up the good work!

@Rumrunner4me 5 ай бұрын

Welcome back and great to see your forest doing well!!! Great job

@DavidS5118 5 ай бұрын

Loved the quick time lapse of the property change over the years at the start of the video. Great to see so much greenery as we head into winter where I live. Thanks for sharing and Happy New Year.

@fibi8346 Ай бұрын

Thank you, love the layout of multiple diverse islands. I find this more aesthetically exciting than rows.

@kathybrandt6060 5 ай бұрын

Your garden is so incredible. I live in a condo in New Jersey in the USA and I’m allowed to have three pots and they can’t be bigger than 2 foot across and 2 foot high but the flowers in them early the herbs can be big but I have to contain them. So seeing your garden, just makes me want to go move somewhere where there’s space and a little bit of freedom. If you can’t tell, I really do like gardening shows. I look forward to your next video and I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday season. Kathy.

@greenhillsparadise 5 ай бұрын

Love this video!!! ❤

@nikismith1871 4 ай бұрын

Your food forest is looking lush! Thanks for talking about the importance of mental health, I struggle with anxiety/depression and have found therapy really helpful. Gardening even in a tiny section is such a great way to get out of my head and connect with nature. Was wondering if Dock plants have the same effect as Comfy? Happy New Year and thanks for your cool uploads. Keep shining 🍒😁

@stephenwilling7287 5 ай бұрын

You can make a tea with comfrey by steeping the leaves in a bucket of water, use a brick to weigh the leaves down. Takes 4-6 weeks but then you'll have a tea that can be watered down and used for indoor or outdoor plants. The leaves can still be used in the garden and will break up faster as the water already started the process.

@lisathiedeman4487 Ай бұрын

This is paradise! How do you keep the possums and mice away from the veggies?

@unclebubbaknowseverything9143 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us.. You are an inspiration and an interesting person... Howdy from Texas 🤠

@Conus426 2 ай бұрын

WOW that comfreys got massive leaves! I grow it too but it must be some kind of different variety...

@Starprgr 5 ай бұрын

Leave some fruits for the possum; they have a role in your food forest, too!

@crochetingaroundnewzealand 5 ай бұрын

Wow i remember when you moved there. Everything has grown so fast. All the bees in my area swarmed off several weeks ago. I'm having to hand pollinate everything. Not a single bee on my lavenders, flowers or escallonias. My baby plum and blackboy peach are loaded this season. The sultan plums are ripening early. Well done with your stunning gardens.

@CyrusBluebird 5 ай бұрын

With bananas it's a bit insane how to describe them: They are shrub like, but act like tall herbs, which die on making berries, which can be very starchy to very sugary. Also being a herb, the leaves are useful.

@PeterEntwistle 5 ай бұрын

Wow, I absolutely love your food forest Kalem! It's incredible how much everything has grown in such a short space of time! Very inspirational! I hope one day I can replicate something similar 🤞

@julienrichard-1076 4 ай бұрын

So nice to see your forest grow every year! You might be interested in trying to turn your red sichuan pepper into a powder, that you can then use as pepper all year long! You can wait for the fruits to dry naturally on the tree and grind them with a coffee grinder for example (you can leave the seeds if you like, but I like to remove them). But you can also pick the fruits while they are green, dry them in your dehydrator or in the sun (same for the seeds, as you like), grind them, and voilà, a delicious pepper you can use with any dish! It is surprising how different the green and red versions differ in taste, so I would recommend you try both! I do about half and half every year, it is so good.

@shannonmartinez8036 5 ай бұрын

It looks beautiful!! I love what you've done!

@sunflowerhillhomesteadaust7887 4 ай бұрын

Looks fabulous! A food forest was my plan, but I'm in Australia and the sheer number of deadly tiger snakes put paid to that idea sadly...!

@rockspyder3970 5 ай бұрын

A corner of heaven right there! Beautiful. I noticed a patch of nasturtiums there, not only are the seeds for capers, the leaves make an excellent alternative to vine leaves for the stuffed Greek snack dolmades.

@bvazdiniz 5 ай бұрын

So cool that you had the chance to plant Uvaia… it’s quite productive and you can make delicious juice, ice-cream, jellies, jams and marmalades out of it… it’s wonderful!!!

@gardeningwithkay 5 ай бұрын

I always feel inspired with your food forest.. you have done so well with your land. Your land is literally your fruit and veg supermarket ❤

@jakbarry4468 4 ай бұрын

Please please please an update on the multi graft apple tree!! Happy to see it’s happy and still going strong (:

@pikashroom1 5 ай бұрын

love getting a taste of summer while I'm stuck in the northern hemisphere having to deal with winter. Beautiful gardens all around

@lesleywise5201 5 ай бұрын

I also am recommending a herb called Texas Tarragon to all my gardening friends - used by Incas - tastes just like French Tarragon, but also has a beautiful yellow flower - easy to propagate.

@CropswithColin-gn7gg 4 ай бұрын

HI Kalem, your food forest is looking sooo lush, it really inspires us, we are in the south island so I think our conditions are cooler than yours, but just seeing what you have been doing makes us want to do more, especially more fruit trees, we do have a small patch that we chop and drop on and it is doing OK, thanks for making great content, love the cat 🥰big licks from Colin the dog

@user-ii1di7fy7c 5 ай бұрын

Gardens come along way from a bare paddock good job .can't wait till our gardens are planted and established.youve given us many ideas over the years.thanks

@SHANONisRegenerate 5 ай бұрын

Was a nice show and tell. I do look forward to a tour. That possum will take massive chunks out of your trees if you dont kill it. All the best.

@thecraftiekiwi4919 5 ай бұрын

well done Kalem your food forest is looking amazing! i love the idea of little islands with paths between something im trying doing myself. will have to plant more herbs around the trees i have in i think!. thanks mate and all the best for next year!👍👍

@patricioiasielski8816 5 ай бұрын

Oak leaf papaya (Carica or Vasconcella quercifolia) it's native from a huge range from my country, Argentina. It's a wonderful plant to grow, around here is used to make jelly and candy

@CountryGeek-hr8tk 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful to see this tour of you garden, and that your doing well. Cheers from Idaho. Be careful with kale, it will concentrate any heavy metals in the soil. Kale also has a lot of oxalic acid, which contributes to kidney stones.

@TobyJin 5 ай бұрын

Amazing end of year update. It's great to see the food forest and the native plants do so well. It's crazy how diverse the food forest is, there's so many different types of plants from all over the place, even some tropical ones such as the banana.

@TonysSunnyGarden 5 ай бұрын

Wow! This looks amazing! Thanks for showing us around 🙏 You are inspiring me and so many people by doing that. My favorites are the Papaya Tree and the Red Szechuan Bush/Tree. And also the cat 😁

@dengueberries 4 ай бұрын

I recall you planted the native trees incredibly close to each other... now that they've grown, what did you do? Did you dig some of them out to give them space, or are you just letting them continue competing?

@sassytherabbit 5 ай бұрын

Your garden is so beautiful and your cat is so cute. Thanks for sharing and explaining why particular plants are planted in specific areas. My dream is to have a food forest like yours. :) Thanks for the inspiration.

@mannfamily4366 5 ай бұрын

Your food forest turned out wonderfully dude. I really appreciate your videos and all the variety of plants you grow. I have learned a lot about plants that I never knew about prior to watching your videos. Also, my kids love your videos too. Keep up the good work! 🎉

@cairozulu6700 5 ай бұрын

Your garden looks nice with all that variety of trees and veggies

@ExploringSumatra 5 ай бұрын

Love this! Really makes us excited for the future when we have our own little patch of land. We might have to get you over here to consult - I'm thinking dragonfruit, pineapples, papaya, mangosteen, bananas and a whole load of veggies!

@randomguy6868 5 ай бұрын

One day when im have a family ,i want to own a patch of land and start to grow alot of plant and veg just like you .

@MitchK_ 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your food forest, and all the cool plants you worked so hard to grow and care for man! You're definitely an inspiration for people to have a unique backyard. 👍🏻🌿

@karensterling5246 5 ай бұрын

Your garden is maturing beautifully. I love your idea of securing the thorns to the trunks of your fruit trees. I use my bougainvillea cuttings in my large pots to discourage the stray cats from using them as a litter box. And thanks for continuing to remind us to take care of ourselves. Cheers and a happy new year when it comes. Wishing you more abundance in the years to come. 🌿🌸🦋

@carolineashley7456 5 ай бұрын

Stunning! I reckon you need some ducks up in there 😁

@TheSSoSS 5 ай бұрын

So good to see how well your piece of peace is progressing! my oh My! - Especially the native trees border, thats so nice to see and how it has exploded with growth! As always Kalem you inspire and irritate in equal measure, Im inspired to have all that you have and do, and irritated at the fact that Im well jealous as I havent yet got it anywhere near as awsome as yours!!!! Hope '24 is a bumper year for you in all ways and you grow as much as your garden seems to ! ( ps...so so jealous!!! :) )

@gt2023a 5 ай бұрын

I'm so envious, ha! xD You are an absolute force, Kalem!!!

@timroyal7552 5 ай бұрын

Pesky possums ... try wrapping a metre high or higher sheet of clearlite or flat aluminium at the base of the fruit tree. Very nice tour thanks.

@gartengeflugel924 5 ай бұрын

Your garden looks absolutely beautiful and the plants grow with such vigor! Also really cool to see how many subtropical plants you're able to grow. I'm especially surprised about your banana and pineapple plants faring so well! Cheers

@Levi-kc9pv 4 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos! Thanks for putting them together. Love seeing the diversity you’re able to grow there and seeing just how different everything compared to my area here in the states. Hang in there brother!

@jonaseckardt4952 Ай бұрын

You Inspire Me!❤😊

@_MSD75_ 5 ай бұрын

amazing to see the transformation of the land. Honestley, having land to do this is my dream.

@viclarock5321 5 ай бұрын

Love your garden and what a cool cat.

@cutlassman1 5 ай бұрын

Where is this forest at that you can grow papaya and other tropical trees?

@lyonheart84 5 ай бұрын

Incredible what you can grow outside in your region Kalem ! Fantastic tour

@alina2715 5 ай бұрын

wow amazing thanks for taking us on that journey and letting us witness this amazing transformation of your property. You are a great inspiration! Thanks to you I got myself a nice finger lime tree which bloomed for the first time this year. Unfortunately the temperatures here in Germany don’t allow me to grow such exotic plants outside but your channel is also a great inspiration for my vegetable garden. Thanks! 😊❤️ Watching your videos feels like a relaxing day on holiday!

@angietaylor5311 5 ай бұрын

You’ve done an amazing job with your food forest, congratulations with your success. Keep the videos coming as they are so full of information, Happy 2024 🎉

@realvipul 5 ай бұрын

A mountain papaya/babaco cross? Australia doesn't have such a plant. 😌

@gosiapuciowska1071 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video Kalem! Whenever a new one comes out it brings me so much warmth, it's good to see you and your garden grow :)

@gee3161 2 ай бұрын

Hey mate, have you tried multi grafts? Saw a short on YT about growing an orange and an apple on the same tree, there's even a nursery over in VIC that sells multi grafted saplings.

@ostirus 5 ай бұрын

this is what i want to do down here in wellington once I get a house

@danielverwimp5521 4 күн бұрын

Great video. Your Lucky you don’t have fruit fly over there, I’m in qld and have too work hard too prevent losses due to the fly, do you have other pests that cause issues apart from possums

@Semiicolin5 5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your videos. You inspired me to start gardening with your "grow from seeds videos". I love what you've done with your garden and hope to have my own just like yours one day!

@sharynhughes1061 5 ай бұрын

Oooh!. My Wonderful Garden. Is growing really well. Thankyou. 🎉👌🎉💃🤩

@kali-66 5 ай бұрын

Your food forest is so prolific after a short time, wonderful fertility, interesting diversity packed in there, and healthy looking plants. Pity about the possums, they are a real downer, cheeky so and so's ! Awesome to see ther results of your mahi , thanks for sharing. I have a babaco in my glasshouse in Greymouth which flowered for the first time this year, unfortunately i think most of the flowers have fallen off, didnt know it might need a pollinator

@edstraker8451 5 ай бұрын

Kia Ora. Good to see you and your garden thriving, mate. Looking forward to more of your brilliant content.

@dazjohns3913 26 күн бұрын

can you spare any seeds cuttings or planmts for our food forest in auckland

@agungkacaribu 5 ай бұрын

Interesting - those tamarillo really look like the eggplants we grow in my village

@TheRexfenris 5 ай бұрын

Such diversity and colours! Just beautiful.

@michaeljames8594 5 ай бұрын

Kia ora. It may be worthwhile putting in a small pond or ponds with large rocks around the edges for capturing heat in Winter and cooling the block in Summer; also as a bed for aquatic plants like water lilies (there are fragrant water lilies); you can also try planting some NZ natives like Pukatea and other swamp dwellers like Rimu and Kahikatea just next to the ponds. The ponds should attract frogs and birds. A grape vine like Lakemont Seedless trellised next to the house will provide shade in Summer and let sun through in Winter and its green grapes are delicious. Kia kaha e te paruauru.

@joshlovegood9392 5 ай бұрын

This was an awesome tour mate. Keep it up!! Can't wait to see more like this. Would love to see a detailed video on your annual beds too.

@TheKegtwo 5 ай бұрын

Happy New Year my kiwi cousin. We wish you and your family the very best for the coming year. We love your content and envy the space you enjoy. Keep up the good content and we will be very happy to come back again and again to watch your growth.