My problem with modern permaculture is that everyone is focusing on inspiring others to try permaculture, via selling books, lectures, tours, etc., Without perfecting systems that actually work, universally, without paying for a course or needing a mathematical degree. We cannot change the world if only 10percent of the people understand and /or are able to implement a given system.
@rachelholdt6840
Жыл бұрын
The problem with expecting a ready-made system of permaculture is that every environment is different. There are principles that are universal, but the flora and fauna that you'd use in each situation will be different due to water management issues, climate, soil type, personal preferences, etc. You can learn the universal principles and use them to improve any piece of land.
@edsemaj
10 жыл бұрын
totally enjoyed this...for 45 years lived life similar...the enjoyment of self discovery and learning about the past and how to do things that were once common in times past..is enriching and pleasing !
@EverybodiesDaddy
6 жыл бұрын
Tons of gold nuggets in that talk - much appreciated for we Canadians!
@djprsone
10 жыл бұрын
Incredible. Thanks again permacultureVoices! Always inspirational and informative
@jamesalanstephensmith7930
4 жыл бұрын
VERY informative! Looking to permaculture in Maine...
@melovescoffee
8 жыл бұрын
I'm in roughly the same climate but a bit milder. This video was so helpful for me because most of what we see from the permaculture movement are the people in hotter, dryer climates. What i wanted to know is species and methods in a cold, 4 season, wet climate. This answered a lot. I'm still on a quest for viable starch crops but i have a pretty good idea of what i can grow now. A lot of the things he grows, i already grow but there were a few awesome surprises as well that i will definitely consider and i have added them to my shopping list for next year.
@mihkupaul6765
8 жыл бұрын
I agree. I am in Southern Maine, and so many Permaculture videos are set in very warm climates. Frustrating. I also appreciate how Ben reminds us to experiment and that we all need to adapt techniques, livestock and plant choices to our specific situation.
@PhilippeLarcher
7 жыл бұрын
melovescoffee checked Sepp Holzer?
@Johnsen2012
6 жыл бұрын
Sunchokes produce tons of easily-stored (if left in the ground) starch, and are pretty low-maintenance.
@rgrant1892
9 жыл бұрын
I can replicate your farm system but wow I am always happy when i see this in real life
@stevenfairless4931
Жыл бұрын
It's nice when dominion improves nature instead of stealing from it. Our adjustments, for productivity and sustenance, can coexist, and wisely improve our existence with this weed strewn world. We live in a BitterSweet world and sadly an inordinate amount of time has to be spent controlling accursed overgrowth ... Foreign and domestic. Thanks Diego
@vinsslaurie
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, I've learned much from you in one sitting. Now to apply the knowledge!
@StephanieBacks
9 жыл бұрын
What kind of woodstove do you have? And thanks for sharing a REAL cold climate permaculture system (hailing from Ontario, Canada).
@aenorist2431
7 жыл бұрын
Build a rocketstove and be fine.
@EatP1ants
10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic - thanks Ben!
@emanuelavanda7254
9 жыл бұрын
thank you very much for sharing your great experience!
@DeadringerFRED
9 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking this Falk guy could talk about what he's learned from his experiences for days and barely scratch the surface...
@dylnthmsn420
8 жыл бұрын
As a resident of Massachusetts this gives me lots of inspiration
@PhilaPeter
8 жыл бұрын
Bill Mollison saying Tasmania is cold was always upsetting for me coming from the Northeast. Your system looks like a blast to run. 9/10 on the video too.
@sukikite8723
10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Thank you so much for this.
@jonkozak8274
9 жыл бұрын
Great video; some inspirational ideas for opportunity. Seems like your cold climate is a bit warmer than the area I'm looking at (zone 2-3 climate) however similar ecosystem. Just ending off at the part where you said the dog is lazy and it's apparently greeting the visitor. Will continue watching later. Thanks for the share.
@CharlieDurrant
8 жыл бұрын
Very informative! Thank you! Will be looking forward tot he book!
@kreeptip
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. Top stuff.
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
There are people using goats successfully in permaculture with trees- Mark Shephard for one, and a farm in California. They use goats to prune the trees, even climbing up into their almond and olive trees to keep the canopy open, before they are rotated to the next area. As Ben Falk says, 'timing is everything', and management know-how appropriate to the role the animals will play on that land. Yup, Ben, Dorsets are adapted to highly managed and groomed pastures. Nuts should be able to replace grain in the diet of most of your animals in winter when that is needed. BTW, grazing hogs don't need any grain, and do well on quality hay during winter. They benefit from squash, feed beets, apples, etc especially if growing rapidly, or suckling piglets. The possibilites are endless - as are the variations that need to be tweaked, as Falk points out, as the system matures and the manager gains experience.
@601salsa
5 жыл бұрын
If you planted willow on your leach field you can harvest fuel for your wood stove. a township in canada converted their old sewage evaporation ponds into effluent leech fields and planted willow that they harvested to fuel the industrial wood burning generator that provided electricity for the entire township.
@PetalsonthePavingSlabs
8 жыл бұрын
Can't believe I've not come across your channel before now. Subbed!
@DiegoFooter
8 жыл бұрын
+Petals on the Paving Slabs Thanks.
@TheGarrettomahony
8 жыл бұрын
Thank you. that was wonderful
@govcolin
10 жыл бұрын
Great diagrams, amongst other things!
@deima100
10 жыл бұрын
Hi Ben, Excellent! Would you be good enough to recommend a place where I can get black locust 3-4' tree seedling? many thanks
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
Hi David - In case you have not received a reply- Contact your state department of forests, or natural resources, or forestry and agriculture- or whatever they call it in your state, for info on buying seelings from your state nursery. These seedlings will be bare root, available only in the spring (in most states), and will be more like 6"-12", but they will be affordable, and will adjust quickly to their new site. This is Diego's Permaculture Voices channel. You can contact Ben Falk directly - via his WholeSystemsDesign website. Or his own KZitem channel.
@bjornnjordson2986
10 жыл бұрын
Ripe Black Raspberry is good for allergy-related cough. Smash it up and make a liqueur of it with whiskey and local raw honey. Local honey has dust and pollen in it and eating it helps build resistance, whiskey soothes sore throat, and blackberry pulp helps lessen coughing.
@Cryptlord9999
10 жыл бұрын
Another AMAZING product for sore throat/cough or as a sickness preventative, is Oil of Oregano, its AMAZING stuff, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antioxidant, its super good for you. It tastes like eating an entire oregano plant but you get used to it after awhile.
@bjornnjordson2986
10 жыл бұрын
Cryptlord9999 You can't make that at home without special equipment, and oregano is really strong, so that taste might be more punishment than the allergies.
@Cryptlord9999
10 жыл бұрын
Bjorn Njordson I consume Oil of Oregano everyday, you can find it at most health food stores, though not all brands/stores are trustworthy, nor created equal. The taste might be bad, but its better then getting a cough/sore throat, or the flu etc, its more of a preventative, but still works if quickly if you only use it when you start to feel sick. When it comes to allergies, you can consume local bee pollen to help reduce allergy symptoms.
@bjornnjordson2986
9 жыл бұрын
Cryptlord9999 I don't get sick much. Usually just grass allergy in the summer, but that is mitigated easily and reliably with the above remedy. Probably most of my disease resistance is from eating unwashed produce from my garden (not sure it is small enough to call it a garden).
@bjornnjordson2986
9 жыл бұрын
There are days when I just eat in the garden.
@shannagarroutte7829
5 жыл бұрын
Do you know the name brand of that Japanese rice huller?
@11219tt
6 жыл бұрын
Placing rice in ponds (or Lillie’s), would that preserve the water or cause it to be used quicker?
@drqin402
4 жыл бұрын
Cattails are better than potatoes when you look at food density and starch. You should try it.
@ThunderingCreation
10 жыл бұрын
Great Vid. Thanks.
@adamgeorge37
9 жыл бұрын
you should look into cornelian cherry dogwoods.
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
One of the keys to making MIG type grazing work is to have enough fencing set up to ahead of time to be able to simply open the next paddock to the animals. Or have the children take care of moving the animals. :) Pigs, cattle, and horses/ponies are easier to fence than sheep or goats- and there are more concerns with predation with sheep and goats, (and poultry). Instead of mowing, moving more hoofed livestock across the land in 'mob' fashion, aka high density grazing, would trample excess vegetation putting it into contact with the soil- with no machinery or petroleum needed. Certain pig breeds are efficient grazers and do very little rooting or soil disturbance- American Guinea Hogs and Kunekune are two grazing breeds that may not disturb the soil enough where deep 'tilage' and rooting is desired - but they are great for making use of rough overgrown or improved pastures. Hogs are also great for removing tree stumps. Not liking hogs and their young, pigs, that much can be a benefit: not getting attached to them makes it easier to make management and harvest decisions!
@jowoo7237
5 жыл бұрын
What are your strategies for creating and holding water on slope? I have a nice steep slope on my property and would like to terrace it how do you hold the water, do you simply Swale and berm it, or do you use some type of clay layer to slow the water down. Thank you.
@beverlymurphey2906
10 жыл бұрын
Have you considered a shepherd and a couple aussie sheepdogs? You could move the animals gradually, at their natural pace, controlling where they go, keeping strays with the herd, without all that manpower, effort, etc. Just a thought. Modern technology isn't always the cheapest or most energy efficient method.
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
GREAT idea, Beverly! Do you know where I can find someone willing to do this in New England for a herd of 50+/- at a price justified for that size herd? (I believe Ben Falk's herd is smaller.)
@beverlymurphey2906
9 жыл бұрын
Jefferdaughter Jefferdaughter, try 'help wanted' ads....like, in Country Living or Mother Earth News magazines, where likely candidates 'hang out'. Granted, you are likely to get folks who will be learning as they go along, but that's why they come cheap, because they're getting an education and getting to live out in the country! And yeah, I remember those days... I even know how the term 'woolgathering' came to mean what it does!
@Pprez.69
7 жыл бұрын
Are you in Temecula, Ca? when will you have another PERMACULTURE class and how can i find out more?
@11219tt
6 жыл бұрын
Pablo Pérez Pablo Pérez what’s the weather like in Temecula? More specifically how’s the rainfall? Do you think this type of water catchment build is possible in Temecula? I might be moving to Vista, Ca Thanks in advance for the info!
@CliftonHicksbanjo
7 жыл бұрын
Animo et fide!
@MrsRosencranz1
8 жыл бұрын
Soil compaction devices!!!
@601salsa
5 жыл бұрын
Try to supplement your feed with sprouted barley animals get more from it than grain so you dont need to feed the animals as much ordinary grain. Also for poultry eg chickens and ducks aparently soaking their grain overnight reduces the amount of grain you need by up to 25%.
@DJ-uk5mm
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. No one been here for 8 years. Hello permies:- )
@pjchmiel
Ай бұрын
Not many comments, but you have to sort by date posted to see that people were commenting a couple of years prior to your comment.
@JD97711
9 жыл бұрын
What is the make and model of your wood stove ?
@przybyla420
5 жыл бұрын
Why don’t you fence young trees if the deer browsing is posing such a bottleneck? By fence I mean two sticks for stakes, and a little ring of chicken wire. As they outgrow them, replace with a larger one. Unless your deer are starving, it doesn’t take much at all to discourage them
@przybyla420
5 жыл бұрын
Or old sheets or table clothes with some slashes made in them so the wind doesn’t take them, wrapped around three or four stakes.
@garrywhere7511
7 жыл бұрын
government will not let use. you have to get permission to build any raised mounds over 3 feet. that is intended retain water.
@VeronicaMist
6 жыл бұрын
What country are you in?
@fusion9619
Жыл бұрын
@@VeronicaMist sounds like America
@jeffytime
10 жыл бұрын
What was the name of the tomato replacement species you referenced? Sounded like atamala, odamala, idk, but cant get a google result. Thanks for the video, in Northern Michigan (zone 4) your stuff relates to what we are trying to do very well, so thanks again.
@pjchmiel
10 жыл бұрын
He said "Autumn Olive" (Elaeagnus umbellata, it grows as a weedy shrub everywhere in southern MI, maybe less common in zone 4). Good fruit, easy to grow and nitrogen-fixing.
@knpstrr
5 жыл бұрын
As CO2 continues to rise plant life is going to grow like crazy! Plants are starved at our low CO2 levels today.
@TheAdamballah
5 ай бұрын
Rocket stoves will cut your wood load.
@hosoiarchives4858
8 жыл бұрын
Just watch back to Eden gardening film, you'll stop worrying about everything
@ilikeplantsandvideogames8625
8 жыл бұрын
Not quite how it works. No matter what amazing paradise you create in your back yard, it doesn't change the fact that overall we are still destroying soil.
@fusion9619
Жыл бұрын
I'm afraid if I try this the government will harass me too much. How do you keep the thugs in uniform away?
@Jefferdaughter
9 жыл бұрын
So the birds decimated the crop... one hates to lose 1/10th of a crop, but that isn't an overwhelming loss. Oh, he meant 'devestated'.
@kenbourne8207
9 жыл бұрын
+Jefferdaughter I could not find a definition of the word 'devestated' after an overwhelming search. Oh, you meant 'devastated'.
@canadiangemstones7636
2 жыл бұрын
@@kenbourne8207 You decimated him with that devastating comment!
@TheKlink
8 жыл бұрын
iran was green and verdant till the mongols wrecked it.
@mtnmanrab
9 жыл бұрын
everything you talk about is good but CO2 doesn't cause climate change
@kenbourne8207
9 жыл бұрын
+mtnmanrab Yes it does. It is simple physics.Most of the light energy from the sun is emitted in wavelengths shorter than 4,000 nanometers (.000004 meters). The heat energy released from the earth, however, is released in wavelengths longer than 4,000 nanometers. Carbon dioxide doesn't absorb the energy from the sun, but it does absorb some of the heat energy released from the earth. When a molecule of carbon dioxide absorbs heat energy, it goes into an excited unstable state. It can become stable again by releasing the energy it absorbed. Some of the released energy will go back to the earth and some will go out into space. So in effect, carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out, similar to a greenhouse. Ken Bourne
@mtnmanrab
9 жыл бұрын
Even NASA says that more CO2 in the atmosphere causes cooling. We are at a all time low in the atmosphere historically. It's been warmer in the past and cooler in the past even when CO2 higher in the atmosphere.
@DeadringerFRED
9 жыл бұрын
+mtnmanrab Arguing with someone about CO2 is about productive as arguing about politics or religion... ツ
@meowberrymeow
7 жыл бұрын
CO2 is a green house gas and causes warming. You may be thinking of certain aerosol particles, which have light scattering properties and reflect radiation away from the Earth.
@PoliticalJohn
7 жыл бұрын
CO2 doesn't cause climate change. Get over it, your religion is dead.
@1caramarie
4 жыл бұрын
Too bad this video relies on charts, drawings and photos. I makes it so "scientific" and useless. I prefer videos where the person, who is considered an expert, actually show how it's done. I had forgotten Falk's name until it showed the farm drawing and remember why I decided to skip him in my quest of knowledge regarding permaculture. What a difference from people like Geoff Lawton, who was my inspiration to transform 1/3 into a wildlife habitat/food forest, although that meant me removing a 60+ year 1/3 acre lawn by hand! Took years from when I was 59 until I reached 72. But I did there is always something new to learn but this is not it. Just a "look what I did" and don't fall asleep, please. I'm out of here.
@tparker2095
3 жыл бұрын
Oh my god shut the fuck up lol. He's on youtube and Instagram, you can see it all there. Get a fucking life LOL Happy Thanksgiving!!
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