Thanks heaps for coming along to see what we've been up to - I hope you enjoyed it! If you'd like to see more, feel free to check out the video I made of the land back in Summer which shows some of the other cool stuff we're growing :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndGfnMZhlt2aoJ8.html
@Dang_Man2 жыл бұрын
i have been growing a dragon fruit not grown I just put the seeds they haven't sprouted yet
@Gazzasore2 жыл бұрын
Banana? avocados See my post below
@Poison.Ivy_2 жыл бұрын
Truly. When I watched this I thought (vegetable sky) from toriko
@riversdudley46502 жыл бұрын
Have you considered a "setting up the property " video discussing building yalls house and the start of the food forest ? I think it would be really interesting and help push more people into doing this sort of thing
@roommate26302 жыл бұрын
try mix plants " pumpkin root and watermelon top ' those watermelon will become so strong and big , start in spring time can harvest 3 to 4 time in summer.
@benny7257j2 жыл бұрын
Many people still don't know the importance of native trees and plants and what role they play in local ecosystem and how many animal species are dependent on those native plants and trees, awesome video and nice updates 👍🏼.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Benny, definitely agree. Planting more native trees is something we're going to continue working on more and more. There's a real lack of them in the farmland that surrounds us unfortunately.
@klug_d2 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower I can't wait for that! I am very interesting in New Zealandian flora 😊 though I am from Austria
@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm32912 жыл бұрын
I’ve been planting native fruit trees on my property as well. I’ve been putting them close to my property line so the squirrels will spread the seeds to other properties. I planted 25 bare root pawpaw trees a couple months ago. I gathered wild persimmon seeds from a friends property to add to mine. I’m going to find spots in my woods that get sunlight and plant the seeds. Then I will let nature take its corse.
@deadtreebark2 жыл бұрын
They attract natural wildlife and pollinators
@RichardColwell12 жыл бұрын
We really need a revolution in education…. I would like to know Americas educational system history and if nature based information was taught even 100-150 years ago… seems like reading writing arithmetic and history, social studies, and geography came eventually, but why is it that people don’t really learn about plants until college (horticulture, ecology, landscape architecture?)
@ednaofeliasabile57372 жыл бұрын
After 6 years of gardening I decided a no dig garden, we bought like 60 tones of compost so we can reduce weedings. I put the cardboard first then the compost. I cover weed mat to my tomato beds a 1 meter wide and 40 meters in length. This time the tomato got no weeds because I used a 1.83 wide weed mats but the walk way have some weeds. You inspired me with the no dig and I believed next season will be less work because after harvest this summer we will cover them with weed mat so next planting will just create the holes and plant our seedlings. Planning to cut trees to shredded so we create mulch for the walk way in winter.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Nice, definitely good idea to cover walkways with mulch, sounds good!
@lee-rentiaarnoldus45002 жыл бұрын
The cardboard is a wonderful idea,the thought of weeds really put me off,thank you for that tip
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
No worries! So easy and works so well :)
@Sh1roNekoshi2 жыл бұрын
I adore birds, really. They're really something when you've raised them from the egg no matter what species it is! Loved the excited gobble in the end!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Haha yea they're a lot of fun to raise and have as friends :)
@pacojuanrico2 жыл бұрын
"Hey turkeys! Gobble gobble!"
@kiwitexan60222 жыл бұрын
I am at the exact point you were 3 years ago, building my food forest and veggie garden in Kaitaia. Thanks for being an inspiration! Hopefully my garden will look as amazing as yours in three years.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, exciting journey ahead! :)
@sarahclemson7587 Жыл бұрын
Somehow, it was really fascinating seeing sheep eat bamboo of all things.
@vancegilmore2452 жыл бұрын
Kalem, you are a Zookeeper!! I am in deep awe of you. You are truly a holy man. May you live a very very long and lovely life. We need people like you in world leadership.
@janinehenderson8542 жыл бұрын
Sometimes we think back to what we’ve done over the past 5 or 10 years. And I’m amazed at what we got through. Doing a recap on how far you’ve come is amazing. Congrats on your progress. I still remember early days when the Feijoas went in.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Janine, yea it’s easy to get caught up in the things that need to be done and looking forward, so it’s good to be able to stop and reflect :)
@ohseedeemunky2 жыл бұрын
Loved the update. Can't wait to see more throughout spring and summer!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Mike, glad you liked it!
@teashawnaperry53662 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower i love nature and i thank you for giving me need ideas for planting i love your fruit garden 😍♥️🇹🇹 i will love to see this garden in person so beautiful unique 😍😍😍
@arieswildchild2 жыл бұрын
Love to see how devoted are you to this garden, and it actually repays. Plants knows when you care well about them, it makes them grow healthy.
@haley51542 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel recently been binging all your vids. So jealous with your section and green fingers, veg patch and plant looks great. Would be keen to see what you plant in the summer :)
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps, glad you like them. Will definitely share more and thanks for checking out all my other vids! :)
@tipiwhenuatanirau81052 жыл бұрын
this is so great , fantastic to see kiwis on here
@enjoyyourlife30826 ай бұрын
You are living in heaven! Nature around you is amazing ❤️
@brendancull2 жыл бұрын
You’ve got a beautiful plot of land! So nice to see the updates to your gardens. Thanks for sharing.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Brendan!
@mahmoudsharafan29342 жыл бұрын
Man I'm a City guy but damn you have a great place to live , Amazing job thanks for the update
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate! :)
@mapd68312 жыл бұрын
It’s great to see just how much you’ve developed your property! Congrats mate
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps!
@joshendy2 жыл бұрын
Wow it's really starting to look like a forest! I was gutted to see what happened to your cherimoya. I've got a grafted cherimoya down here in Wellington and I've been protecting it with my life! Looking forward to seeing how your food forest takes off this summer 😊
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you’ve been protecting yours. I got a bit busy with other things and never really gave it what it needed, poor thing. Nevermind, lesson learnt!
@catherinegrace23662 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower sometimes you just get too tired
@rachellewis6492 Жыл бұрын
Yours is the most beautiful vegetable garden I've ever seen, so inspiring
@catherinegrace23662 жыл бұрын
Love it! Food Forrest is what I’m going for on 1 acre here in Northern California. My plants made it through the summer of constant heat 110 - 120 so I am doing a happy dance. I mean a HAPPY dance! It was brutal. We are experiencing a mild fall so everything looks pretty good. I worked like a fool to stay ahead of the heat. I have chickens and a rabbit too. They had misters, shade, shade cloth, ice and a fan. It was still hotter than blazes but we made it!
@awesomebro36592 жыл бұрын
I think I am falling in love with your food forest. I am planning on something simular in my garden.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps, sounds cool! Good luck with it :)
@Irishjay-gu5pb2 жыл бұрын
So thankful I caught your video!!! I'm taking my farm in the same direction, meaning creating a food forest. :) It's a beautiful way of gardening, very intuitive aa well. Thank you for the visuals! It's even more beautiful than I imagined! The bees and beneficial insects must be extremely happy as well! :)
@denisemarshall24329 ай бұрын
Thankyou so much for sharing your experience!! I swear most 'gardening books' and websites just cut and paste what has been written before. My mountain paw paw melted too, even though I planted it alongside a gabion wall (stone filled) that I had put in to help my avocados cope with winter in Dannevirke. I shall go out now and see if there is any sigh of life at the base!!
@grouchPotato2 жыл бұрын
One of the rare channels with no dislike! Weel deserved and more power!
@121homestead92 жыл бұрын
My absolute favorite garden companion…..young turkeys. I trained mine to look for tomato horn worms. They are amazing at it, I tried teaching the geese and they will not cooperate.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
That's some well trained turkeys! :)
@121homestead92 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower I believe that they may know that this is the easiest way for them to get a treat, otherwise they have to fight the chickens, ducks, and the very entitled(in her own mind) female goose. Turkeys are not nearly as fast as the rest of them.
@bethanyc57122 жыл бұрын
Oooh this is amazing! Absolutely love it! I'd love to have a huge food forest like this one day
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Bethany! :)
@MaxMustermann-cq8bl2 жыл бұрын
Man, your videos are a huge help in getting my own little garden project to survive. Northern Germany has seen drought after drought in recent years and the parts of my backyard, that I don't water like every other day already are literally just dust for the first 20cm down which is insane for these parts. I've been trying to get a miniature version of how things looked around here like 200 years ago before agriculture sort of turned 80% of open space into farmland to take foot and even the plants, that should be absolutely A-OK with the sandy soils have struggled beyond believe. I mean, even the damn juniper I planted has. Mulching as much of the ground as I can to at least give the bigger plants a chance to establish themself has been a huge help because no way any sort of natural groundcover is going to survive without hundreds of liters of water every week for the whole summer and our well has been running dry cause groundwater levels are at an all time low, lmao
@moonorchid9242 Жыл бұрын
Your property is like my absolute dream. I’m trying to do my best version of a food forest on my suburban houseblock in Australia. This year Im expanding into my front yard & putting in a bunch of trees which I’m going to grow in grow bags with raised beds in between each tree.
@selvarasuyuvaraj46552 жыл бұрын
Very nice...... And control of human fertility also very very importent, helping nature to recover itself.....
@Odennyd2 жыл бұрын
QUE HERMOSA ES LA CREACIÓN. GRACIAS POR COMPARTIR ESTAS IMÁGENES.
@Hopolangify2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful 👌🏾I am about to binge watch all your videos
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy :)
@bane58072 жыл бұрын
Dude you have the life I want to live damn it! Awesome stuff man, just getting into gardening and this is a great channel!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers and glad you're getting into it! :)
@kennedynthiwa51008 ай бұрын
You are building a natural world in your homestead while big corporations driven by greed and power are destroying the natural resources like forest in order to get rich. The guardians of the natural world salute your efforts. Whatever you are doing now will be celebrated and enjoyed by generations and generations to come. Please keep it up and God Bless
@TobyJin2 жыл бұрын
Lots of progress since you first started, excited to see this place develop into the future.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Toby!
@lolitabonita08 Жыл бұрын
someeee years agoooo i took a class of horticulture and I remember that the teacher spoke about a farmer that started to have issues with wild animals eating his crops...so he decided to plant half of acre at one corner of his property and he let the animals know that the food growing in that part of his property was only for them but he wanted them to stop eating his crops...long and behold...the wild animals ate from their garden and never bother the farmer's crops ever again...nice...and the story is real
@janetbransdon3742 Жыл бұрын
This is a great way to garden. I am in the process of doing it this way. I have planted my trees and shrubs in different guilds and planted herbs, veges, flowers etc around the shrubs and trees. I have vines growing along the fences. A voulnteer choko is growing over one tree in my garden. I have other volunteers popping up everywhere, including sunflowers, wheat and corn in the chicken run from where I broadcast the seeds for the chickens lol. Love your garden. So inspirational.😁
@acaciagrove42042 жыл бұрын
Nice job mate good to see fellow kiwis going down this path. I'll have to go check out marvelous fruits
@wendyburgess29622 жыл бұрын
This is brilliant. I understand the concept of planting Canopy trees and really thinking of the Pathways.,. What a beautiful Food forest. My Ponies demolished my Broadbeans. They do a lot of pruning. Little rascals. I love the garden dedicated to animals. Amazing information.
@gazzabethyname2 жыл бұрын
Hello from Eastern Bay of Plenty. Love the videos. Thanks for sharing 👊
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Hi from the upper Waikato :)
@jefsimpson81292 жыл бұрын
Wow! The farm is looking great thanks to all the hard work you two put into it. I am really enjoying this gardening information. Thank you very much.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Jef! Glad you think so :)
@ethanalkiny34522 жыл бұрын
Finally the garden! It's so beautiful
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ethan!
@ethanalkiny34522 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower I always wanted a farm. Maybe someday 😌
@rajishmaharaj75522 жыл бұрын
Loved the food forest. Cant wait to see all tge growth in the coming year.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, same here!
@misssophie65152 жыл бұрын
The light is so beautiful!
@Krfification1012 жыл бұрын
You get a like just for the gobble-gobble at the very end.
@lilspittin3132 жыл бұрын
Wow the animals you have on thy land look so happy! :)
@PJ-sh3nh2 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel and I'm geeking out over it lol...instantly subscribed. Great videos, thank you.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks heaps and welcome to the channel 😁
@eneko45622 жыл бұрын
Literally my dream for when I get old
@charlotteking81232 жыл бұрын
Just found you, love your work! Great, simple explanation of the two types of lasangne gardening!
@huntingwithgrandma2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. They fun entertaining and I learn heaps, keep up the good work
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, glad you enjoy them!
@littledotti68082 жыл бұрын
Taking tiny steps. So far my succulents haven't died, mind you, I had to replace a few before I knew what I was doing. So their thriving. My first attempt at growing something. I also planted spring onions, to my amazement they grew. Growing confident now. Next, more veges. Auckland weather is so dang unpredictable, so I'm more inclined to grow items in pots then the ground. Small steps.
@einosky2 жыл бұрын
Nice to see your patch of green amongst the farmlands, love it. Can't wait to see what it looks like in a few more years. Maybe start keeping your own bees ;)
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlie, hopefully one day it's completely consumed with trees haha. We've got a few hives here, have been beekeeping for around 3-4 years now :)
@teresamexico3092 жыл бұрын
"Labor of love" And there are many in the club :)
@lisacebu2742 жыл бұрын
Slowly im obssessed with your videos
@auroraborealis91912 жыл бұрын
Wooow, what a garden this guy have😯 I love it 😍🌱🌿🍊
@l4te4oot912 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love seeing these updates brother. Hope to have fruits and veggies forest like yourself. Sooo gnarly
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers bro! I hope you can too :)
@martinamedina29812 жыл бұрын
Loved your comments on all d gardening
@lumiere200752 жыл бұрын
Love your garden ,sir
@markj11072 жыл бұрын
Hey Kalem! Its all looking really great. I look forward to seeing how things are progressing down the track and what you have planned for the summer veg garden. Cheers as usual from Oz!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Hey Mark, thanks heaps, look forward to sharing more as things continue to progress :)
@Takurugki2 жыл бұрын
new subscriber here from Philippines, I am happy to see your garden, it motivates me do my own. Thank you for sharing this very informative video.💚☘️
@user-yi7tb5vm5r Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your lovely videos!! We get inspired even in another part of the world!! Aegina island - Greece!! Thank you :-)
@MrCow5792 жыл бұрын
I got recommended your channel at the same time a lot of others have, been hooked ever since! Your content is great! Can't wait to see what's to come :D
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, glad you like it!
@jocylenebrillo17562 жыл бұрын
💗💗💗 Watching from Philippines 🇵🇭
@alyoshakaramazov15372 жыл бұрын
When you hit max level on farmville and start a real life one 👍👌🙏
@charlottehart3112 жыл бұрын
How inspirational! I’ve been trying to get closer to the source of my food/eat more plant based, and your farm is my dream!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Charlotte! Sounds good, a great goal to work towards :)
@matthewgoetzka88552 жыл бұрын
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@danacoleman40072 жыл бұрын
wow! I wish I knew even a small fraction of the things you know about nature
@naumikaur74592 жыл бұрын
Repeat watching. Really inspirational. Thank you
@carolineg58072 жыл бұрын
Ahh, I was looking forward to seeing the loquat tree
@sarirooftop73692 жыл бұрын
All is beautiful, really love it👍
@lila2k032 жыл бұрын
I think it’s really cool
@nateb97682 жыл бұрын
Hey man thanks for being so educational and broadening our horizons with exotic items. Don’t think I’d ever get to learn about this in college.
@najmaht.a.13142 жыл бұрын
i cant imagine how beautiful the garden is in spring! 😭✨✨
@isabelladavis1363 Жыл бұрын
Eleagnus hedges would be an amazing wind break for your property we grew a hedge about 200 feet long from our neighbor and it has turned into a sheltered place for birds and the fruits are loved by one and all…
@hayscib032 жыл бұрын
What an amazing garden you have there. thumbs up.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@justcarineinparis2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ! Bravo!
@listay12 жыл бұрын
Can't believe the changes in such a short time! We moved into our home 10 months ago and have set up a raised garden and lots of containers for our place. It's a tiny (in comparison) not quite 4m X 4m patch!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Nice one Lisa, sounds like you're utilizing the space well!
@brianhurt38012 жыл бұрын
Hand pollination incredible
@bvazdiniz2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to see new videos and to follow the development of your food forest… greetings from Brazil!!!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Bruno, hi from NZ! :)
@bvazdiniz2 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower I love your videos!!! Keep it up!!!
@tjandhuri2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely awesome what you're doing there keep it up
@raymondkyruana1182 жыл бұрын
What a dream!
@victoryinhim96892 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful food forest you have.
@86Nebraska2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed to watch it.
@gardentours2 жыл бұрын
Very good example how one can change a lawn to a food forest 🌱👍
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ireneluvharry2 жыл бұрын
Wow Amazing ! My dream is to have my own farm ! Even a small one ! Someday !
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, an exciting thing to work towards! :)
@farmstrong54342 жыл бұрын
Love what you've done! Taking it as inspiration to start my own on our farm. Love from Morocco 🇲🇦 !
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad to hear 😊. Good luck with it and love from NZ
@mcn295 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing place love it's
@rickershomesteadahobbyfarm32912 жыл бұрын
I’ve been planting native fruit trees on my property as well. I’ve been putting them close to my property line so the squirrels will spread the seeds to other properties. I planted 25 bare root pawpaw trees a couple months ago. I gathered wild persimmon seeds from a friends property to add to mine. I’m going to find spots in my woods that get sunlight and plant the seeds. Then I will let nature take its course.
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
That sounds awesome! What a cool thing to see take shape and a great legacy to leave
@carolinesilva21482 жыл бұрын
As a brazilian, I recommend to you plant "jabuticaba", our sweetner blueberry. Is delicious
@imankhan9106 Жыл бұрын
Love your work! Bula from Fiji 😍🖐🏾
@juniper23462 жыл бұрын
I had to chuckle at the silverberries xD They're considered noxious weeds in a lot of places and people go to great lengths to eradicate them. They are tasty though, enjoy them! Lots of lycopene and other minerals
@EnchWraits2 жыл бұрын
6:17 they had me in the first half.
@blackkseraph2 жыл бұрын
Ive never seen someone who puts cardboard unter the soil…good to know that it helps
@jonathanayee83462 жыл бұрын
Awesome work man!!
@vitorpacheco35192 жыл бұрын
What a joy to watch, I wish I had something like this.
@thomaskrafft98902 жыл бұрын
You and your videos inspire me in my own garden. Have you investigated the benefits of biochar? I never learned about in my Agronomy studies, but I now believe in it the emerging science. I love when age-old, low tech methods prove better than our chemical fixes. Thanks!
@icefoxone54402 жыл бұрын
Plants 👍
@JLFamilySong2 жыл бұрын
Kalem, I have used newspaper before, and it didn't seem to break down well. I have used just mulch, but it didn't kill the weeds. I love the idea of the cardboard! That's pure genius!
@TheKiwiGrower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers Joe, same here with newspaper, I've also found it takes much longer to break down. I guess with cardboard the corrugation allows water to soak through better and it can then break down much quicker.
@brentgreeff11152 жыл бұрын
@@TheKiwiGrower - Seems like a great idea, but I was wondering what chemicals are used in the manufacture of cardboard. A quick google search seems to indicate that there are quite a few toxic chemicals involved. - I guess its all a matter of degrees.
@KoncoTaniDolanSawah2 жыл бұрын
Green zone, i love it
@BeyondEcho952 жыл бұрын
I'm just mindblown. You've perfectly created my dream property ❤