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You are sooooooooo cool. 🎉😅😊
Hi Angela! Thank you 🌻
Need come up with a new name instead of permaculture that people could associate with all of life.
Good points in this video.
I would love to move to Vancouver Washington except for the rain and I couldn’t afford it. I like watching your videos.
No idea what permaculture is, so will research. Living in an apartment in New Mexico should make it interesting to see if I can apply it. There might be community gardens in Santa Fe.
Angela, I hope you make time in your schedule. Spaciousness is necessary for your health. Your voice is so important to the world. We need you to be healthy!
I never ever forced my children or any children to eat anything as they grew up and now my grandchildren too. I wasn’t raised that way. My husband was, once he had cold liver and onions for breakfast for four days. And dinner.😡
Container gardening. Pot gardening.
Joseph Campbell has written about indigenous cultures that believe in Trickster gods who like to play pranks,often very cruel, on people.
I think they were on to something.
For those of us who are privileged enough to have friends and family who have the means to help (and are safe)— I would encourage you to be willing to ask for help as well. It can be a way to allow people to feel good maybe bring a little more community in
It's interesting that you talk about not having time to spare. I just found this channel this morning and have watched several of your videos. I was amazed that you put out more videos than anyone I have ever seen on YouTube. And believe me, I have watched thousands and thousands of YouTube videos. Obviously I don't know you or why you need to put out so much content. Yes, I see that your videos are not complicated. It just struck me as interesting that I observed that earlier and now you are saying that you don't have spare time.
I am now an empty-nester and married. But for many years, it was just me and my two kids. I think I tried to do everything for everyone, but had a failure rate of probably 20%? To be fair to myself, and not feel shame over it, I honestly did my best. Inevitably life happens. I think using some books like 7 habits of highly effective people and some mental health workbooks led me to establish a mission statement for my family. Later on, my new husband and I wrote our secular vows in this spirit. Core principles we both held. When one of my teens needed group therapy, we did some vision boards together, cut out pictures from magazines, but you get the idea. We did all together and with their investment in our shared spaces, I was able to delegate more responsibilities to them without feeling like I was burdening them or neglecting. Now I'm laid off work, married, bored. Worried about food security, so I'm back to gardening like I did many years ago.
You often talk about how busy (too busy) you are. It seems like you spend a lot of time driving your adult kids places. I thought Portland was known for having excellent public transportation. I'm often surprised that your kids, especially the 2 older ones, don't make more use of public transportation. Obviously I don't know all the particulars of your specific situation, simply making an observation.
I have a 5 stop limit when it comes to scheduling. I run out of energy if I try more than that. It requires the ability to say no and cut myself slack when even 5 seems too much.
I love how you've really exposed me to this concept over the years I've been watching your content. I really enjoy how you put it all together. It even goes well with my therapy 😂.
We were Steiner-style parents when our son was younger and during his primary years of homeschooling. Steiner parenting and teaching focuses on rhythm rather than routine and schedule. I found this enormously helpful as the parent of a young child. I’m finding it more helpful now that child has finished Uni and started work with a long commute and menopause is belting me about the head. Rhythm in the day, the week, the seasons provides a scaffold for support, rather than a whip that drives us through the day. Love your videos 💚
Carrots and chickory are still out there under the snow but they are in pots so I can bring them in to defrost them and pull them 🙂
I am in EU zone 9, Abruzzo Italy and we are growing carrots, broccoli rabe (rapini), fennel, lettuces, chickory, wild garlic, parseley. Tropea onions are in seed trays. I still have one jalapeno plant out of 10 producing, the rest have been pruned for overwintering. Now and until the end of february I am pruning grapevines, olive trees, fig trees, and summer mandarin trees. Weeding, lots of clover weeding, then laying down mulch and insulation to overwinter the peps. I too struggle with fitting it all in right now because of severe drought this summer we are still on water restrictions. We only have water 6-6 which is better than the 7-4 we had this summer. Sicily got so bad they only had water like two days a week. If I could do washing at night again I could get my rythm back. My husband has lived here his whole life and NEVER seen water restrictions go past September. But, we have trashed this Planet and now we are paying for it.
I made my first black bean and pumpkin soup last week. I think it'll freeze great. So I'm going to make a triple batch and freeze a bunch of single meals!
Actually harvested Floret “Unicorn” zinnias and Gertrude Jeykll roses for Thanksgiving here in weirdly warm (for this time of year) E TN! Lots of Bok Choy, kale, etc. Even had green peppers! But temps went below freezing last few nights. Will lift the frost cloth and check things today
I'm confused. I keep hearing people define your area as 9A.. I live in the southwest desert in growing zone 9A/B.
Those places are not the same. In fact these are wildly different climates environments and ecosystems. Seriously doubt that it ever gets to 110 or 20 in your area.
So either we're talking about different systems or there's something seriously wrong with the system we're using.
I'm guessing that the techniques and even seasons that you use in your area would fail catastrophically where I am.
The only thing we ever grow in summer here is some seriously desert hardy crops that native Americans grew during the monsoon.
The main growing season here is what others would call winter.
I'm at a crossroads in my work and family life. This video came at a very needed time for me. Thank you Angela ❤
Good video!
You are amazing! A commited person, a concerned mom…How do you do it. I'm retired and I am just blown away!!! And planning for failure…..wow! Great ideas.
I’m in Florida zone 9B/9A, generally get at least 1 freeze per year. “Winter” is our best season for growing the traditional food crops as most can’t tolerate our hot, humid summers. There are some crops that can grow well through the summer if the gardener can stand the heat so there is literally no season to “rest” if one is motivated enough. 😏 If you do want to rest in the summer, you better have a plan to control the weeds 🙄.
I’ve switched to a few perennial, tropical greens and native plant gardening for now. 😊
I struggled with this more when my kids were little. Now that my kids are older and can bike or walk to school, friend's houses, music lessons. etc. by themselves, it has freed up so much time for me. And they love the feeling of autonomy and trust that my husband and I place in them. We are fortunate to live in a city and a neighbourhood where this is possible. I understand that it's not available to every family.
I'm in zone 4A, at least for now. If the warm weather keeps starting earlier and staying longer, we might be zone 5 eventually. Anyway, there never seems to be enough time to do the stuff that needs to be done every day. It's easier for me now because I'm retired, but when I was still working, there was stuff that just didn't get done.