Two of my friends and fellow YouTubers…Leija and Felipe…have recently flown to Hawaii, to be a part of a program called WWOOF, which means: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
WOW! What an amazing program! If I weren’t playing around in this garden, I’d be hitting the road……seeing the world and playing in gardens while I traveled!!!!!!!!
Check the above video out..I’m sure you’ll be mesmerized by the beauty and the possibilities!!!!
Leija and Felipe are two of the most inspirational people on the WEB…I can’t get enough of their videos…I’m SO grateful they are transmitting to the planet…and sharing their JOYS…as they learn and GROW!!!
MUCH LOVE and GRATITUDE… TO YOU BOTH…YOU’RE TWO OF MY HEROES!! HOPING TO COME PLAY IN YOUR GARDEN SOMEDAY!!
Here’s their YouTube Channels: You’re in for a very delicious/ inspirational/ informational…. ride!! ENJOY!!
Here’s the Winter update..in photos and video. So many plants to play around with!! Getting ready for Spring..by amending soil in current beds, creating more soil for future beds and selecting, starting and planting more seeds and seedlings!!! We’re also building swales on contour.. and putting in more nitrogen fixers.
oh..and.. I did a lady bug release last night..in the dome..go get em ladies!
Building my first swale in the front yard..FOOD FOREST! The rain..comes out of the gutter to the right..and hits the swale.
Instead of running straight down the hill..to the street..it fills the swale..especially the middle..then sinks in..keeping nutrients on the property and builds up a water “lens” underneath the fruit trees.
One of the many simple techniques of Permaculture. I love SWALES! SO much WATER SAVED. We will be planting fruiting/nitrogen fixing plants on top of the swale very soon..
Early in morning..7AM..still frozen
Later in the morning..10AM..venting the tunnels
Mixed heirloom romaine lettuces..Jericho, Paris Island, Freckles
The brassica bed, still growing..but frozen in the morning.
I love seeing the Kale’s freeze back..then warm up..greeting the sun!
This is a short video on a very inspirational family, the Dervaes family. They’re growing their own food! Not only that…they’re doing it on a very small city lot just off the freeway in Pasadena! They’re growing enough for themselves and enough surplus to sell to local restaurants! Amazing!
“In our society, growing food yourself has become the most radical of acts, it is truly the most effective protest–one that can–and will overturn the corporate powers that be. By the process of directly working in harmony with nature, we do the one thing most essential to change the world…
