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Step into the world of permaculture with world-renowned teacher, designer, and consultant Geoff Lawton. In this video, Geoff sheds light on the pressing issues facing our world today. From sustainability challenges to food security and water cycles, he confronts the stark reality while offering tangible solutions in permaculture principles. If you want to learn more…

How to start a no dig bed and compost differences, I take you though the early stages of mulching weeds, which means smothering or covering them, I show examples of composts you can use, which serve to feed soil life and get plants off to a great start, as well as smothering weeds! Use any…

No dig conversion of weedy ground into a productive garden. Follow the progress we made from February to November, using mulches to smother the weeds, and compost to enable rapid, successful transplanting. Then we made second plantings and even in November, almost all beds have something still growing, or new seeds starting such as broad…

Starting no dig and planning on new land. It's less than two months since I bought this acre / 4000sqm of pasture and weeds, and I think out loud with some possibilities of what I may do. Meanwhile we continue to grow vegetables for sale on the existing quarter acre of no dig beds, which…

New no dig area in early spring, with first plantings. Much has happened since February, despite an unusually cold spring here, and new growth being slow. That does at least give us time to put more things in place, before summer. 00:00 Welcome back 00:26 The herb garden, a bit of rabbit damage, growth affected…

New no dig area in June, big changes in 8 weeks. I show you the many exciting developments since April. Not all of them planned, or desirable! For a background to this, see the preceding video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA66WaH6Cu0 00:00 Welcome back to the new area 01:13 Herb Garden 02:12 Using black plastic against the bindweed and…

See the transformation from weedy pasture to an area full of vegetables, even in November. Many of the plantings are second crops after summer harvests, such as leeks following potatoes, and mustard is following winter squash. The mustard is mostly a cover crop or green manure, plus we cut the tips for adding to salad…

Some issues with dull, wet weather yet... growth!!! Just 8 weeks have passed since I showed you around, see the progress and harvests. Compare with the video of 8 weeks earlier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSS7RZK_u2E 0.00 Timelapse June to August 1.05 Lettuce root-aphid problems and new interplants 2.38 3 day old bed on thick weeds, no dig and…

This time we’re planting peppers in the greenhouse where the animals were (in deep mulch). RESOURCES ___________________________ My Merchandise: http://bit.ly/ShopJustinRhodes ________________ I Listen to Audible: adbl.co/ListenToAudible Music: http://bit.ly/2wnf3g1 Today’s vlog edited by https://bit.ly/GrassFedHomestead Try DIY Abundance (free for 30 days): http://bit.ly/DIYAbundanceFreeTrial OTHER RESOURCES ___________________________ Raise Chickens: http://bit.ly/2CoBLDr Intro To Permaculture: http://bit.ly/FreePermaculture I can teach you…

Spring crops going in the raised beds. Plus the herb garden. Shirtless farmer, Fix for chickens escaping and finishing the people barn. Source