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Creating A Perennial Vegetable Garden for Self-Sufficiency in the UK
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Creating A Perennial Vegetable Garden for Self-Sufficiency in the UK



As we learn more about growing food for self-sufficiency each year, there are two important points we are becoming more aware of:
1) that diversity/polyculture is a key aspect of resilience in our garden in providing food for ourselves ALL YEAR round, and
2) that creating practices or methods that help us save time overall is very important.
Growing more EDIBLE PERENNIAL plants ticks both of these boxes, so this year we decided to turn one of our growing areas into a NEW PERENNIAL GARDEN, with a strong focus on perennial plants that provide food for us during the leaner months.

We are Dan & Laurie and our land is called Freedom Forest – Its 3 acres in the South of England where we are creating an edible oasis and trying to provide as much for ourselves, from our land as possible, where we are completely off grid.
Our food growing journey began together in 2017 when we created our first No dig lasagne bed. Every year we grow more and more and now we are currently around 60-70% self sufficient in our food needs.
Our style and methods are inspired by permaculture and we try to be thoughtful about how and what we do, to be as gentle on the planet as possible.

In our videos you can follow our journey as we share our experiences and what we get up to at Freedom Forest.

We are MASSIVELY grateful that you choose to watch our Videos and support us in this way, however, If you appreciate and get value from what we share and would like to help us a little more, you can become a Freedom Forest Patreon (link below). In return your name will appear in the end credits of our videos and we’ll message you a password for the ‘members area’ of our website where we share a few more of our favourite recipes exclusively for our Patreon’s 💚

https://www.patreon.com/freedomforestlife

Enjoy & Thanks for Watching

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22 Comments

  4. @jamesrichey

    Wonderful video. I just have a simple backyard garden in Texas. I started with the inspiration of Charles Dowding. Best of luck on yours!

  6. @yogamind7334

    Hi, I wonder where you are in South of England. I am a maintenance gardener in and around Exeter, would love to visit you guys some time. Perry's Garden Maintenance.

  7. @angelikabatsis9631

    i really liked your video and it is great to see how you go about expending your garden. i live in greece and i am just starting , i planted some trees last year and in spring i will start with the first vegetable beds. i also plan to use as many perennials as possible and aspargus and rhubarb are on my list, although the rhubarb might not like our heat here. keep up the good work

  14. @kimcarter5097

    great video – please may I ask what part of the country you are in – or maybe for the sake of your privacy, what is the average rainfall in your area? I follow several channels, but also seem to be in the West – either Wales or the West Country. I live in one of the driest areas of the country – Kent on a mix of chalk and clay.
    Just interested to find someone growing in similar conditions.

  15. @sualleron3001

    Brilliant, as always!! I planted asparagus, yacon and rhubarb 3 years ago…so hoping to pick my first asparagus in spring!!!

  22. @michellehughes8661

    Hello Dan and Lauri (I hope I spelled your name correctly), I found you via the wonderful vid that Huw Richards' released 11 hrs ago. 😊 You have a beautiful garden. Looking forward to watching your vids. Cheers and blessings.

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