I have a half-bare patch of ground between buildings, populated with spike agave and friends beneath a chinaberry tree. Today we attack it, add some good soil to level out the area, then plant in some bananas and… coffee!
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I ‘m a bit of pruning, topping would help that tree n you….
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Where's the mulch? Great video!
Media azederach is a native Rainforest tree where I live (Queensland, Australia) which we call White Ceder. The fruit can be soaked to make a systemic insecticide as a substitute for Neem oil
hey david great vid! quick question if you woudnt mind, my Seminole pumpkins have had male blooms for like 2 months or more and still no females! is there anything i could do? thanks so much, love your vids!
Shade is good.
I don't know how much of that space you will need ground cover for, but purslane (Portulaca oleracea) might be a good choice. Your climate is very different than where I live, but it looks like purslane will grow just about anywhere. It can get a little tall, for a ground cover but, once established, can be mowed like grass. It's packed with vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and minerals. It tastes different when harvested in the morning that when harvested in the afternoon. I recently found a huge purslane plant at a a job-site that was going to be thrown away as a weed. I threw it in my trunk and planted it in the middle of a bare patch of soil outside the house I recently moved into. It is thriving and producing lots of tiny seeds, which I have been sprinkling around other barren areas on the property.
Ginger and tumeric make great weed barrier if planted close together
looks good!
That’s neat…why not pop the coffee in just to see…I have bought heirloom corn and squash…I am going to stratify the seeds in the fridge, get them started using an old aquarium and grow light, and plant them in my compost pile in back yard next spring…maybe with some sunflowers and peanuts as well…by the way, my apricot seeds are coming along nicely…I saw it in one of your videos…..I am starting into an addiction…I can sense it🤙
I like the jungle approach to landscaping as well. Less opportunity for weeds to get a foothold. The permculture in me says, use arrowroot as the ground cover, behind the tree. So you can grow your mulch for your edible plants, alongside them. Unfortunately not much variation in foliage than "green". So maybe some canna lilies instead (same family) and get the pretty flower displays. It can still be used as chop and drop, though.
We have Chinaberry here in Texas. It has fragrant, really pretty starlike purple flowers borne in clusters in Spring. The fruit turns a translucent gold, they look like small glass marbles when ripe. I didn't know about the bead/seeds! Very cool, bet they could be dyed different colors and polyurethaned, nice project for kids.
Haven't seen you videos in a while…I remember you saying you had a bid on some land… is this your new place? 🌱
So, I guess I've stopped getting notifications; this is the 1st video of yours I've seen in a week or more. Time to start mining. So where the heck is this?
Even if they take, arabica taste better higher altitude
I really thought that tree was actually a Neem tree 🙂 , its from the same family too
you aren't concerned at all using pond muck that can be filled with years of pollution and lord knows what else?
I have read that every part of the Chinaberry tree is extremely poisonous, including the seeds, flowers, leaves, bark, and roots and there have been many documented cases of it killing dogs, horses, goats, and even humans. Also I have read that the tree is alleopathic & that it interferes with the growth of other plants nearby. Because of this I am curious to know if your edible garden was successful? And because of this, would the food you grow be safe to eat? I just spent alot of time building a vegetable garden before realizing it was next to a large Chinaberry tree, but after reading about it I am now concerned so trying to find out more info.
Is Chinaberry tree still around? Or do you know what part of Florida still have these trees?
2 years on….is the chinaberry causing issues in your garden stunting the growth of the other plants around it? Only discovered 2day online that the tree is toxic. I started using the leaf litter from the china berry tree in my veg garden & raised beds as compost and mulch 4-6 months ago and my garden has been thriving – my fam and i have been eating from it almost daily and we r still alive and very well. I've been using it in conjunction with other tree leaves and usual gardening practices e.g composting, hugelkultur, organic pest control etc. So i am shocked by the claims that it can kill off other plants. Then again i noticed most of the sites with these claims use the same text – meaning it's reused info with very little independent research. Invasive?…yes. Poisonous to humans and some animals?…likely (can't personally verify) Toxic to other plants?…so far nope – based on my personal experience.