This is a continuation of a previous blog post: Our Tropical Forest Garden and Homestead Update.
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Our Tropical Forest Garden and Homestead Update: One Year+ Later
Tour of our finished homestead. The forest garden is now a lush haven for humans and native wildlife. Our banana plants are around 9’-16’ high and producing nicely.
After a long delay, I’m posting another video about our homestead and forest garden. Everything is pretty much finished except small odds and ends. In summary, the project is a major success on many levels – personally, affordability goals, improved health from working in the garden and eating better, and just plain fun and rewarding. It’s great being in nature. It’s definitely been one of the best projects of my life.
Permaculture Paradise at Val’s
This video is worth watching more than once to catch all the details and plant descriptions.
Permaculture Paradise at Alex’s PermaGarden – Part 1
Alex Ojeda demonstrates permaculture and gives a tour of his garden in progress.
Secret Garden of Survival – How to Grow a Camouflaged Food Forest
“Imagine a food garden that you only have to plant once in your life-time, that takes up very little space, that will provide food for the next 30 years; that can grow five times more food per square foot than traditional or commercial gardening; and where you never have to weed, never have to use fertilizers and never have to use pesticide– ever. All disguised as overgrown underbrush, so nobody knows you have food growing there! This book will show you how to do it in one growing season!”