I’ve gotten a lot of questions about the size of this property. While the entire property is 1/3 of an acre, the food forest itself is just 35 feet x 40 feet, around 0.03 acres. In this video, I share a few strategies for how we planted over 100 perennials and a whole bunch of annuals in the space. My hope is that this video inspires you to reimagine your backyard, property, or maybe community garden plot, as I think many will be surprised at just how much can be grown in a relatively small space.
Here’s a link to my plant spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cfvIcp7GS1afKW6Lds0mpVn0iohqSKpzT0sVM6IXz0c/copy?usp=sharing
For more information on these and other permaculture topics, I recommend the following books that have been helpful here at Goldifarms:
Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming By Masanobu Fukuoka
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Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof
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Humanure Handbook by Joseph Jenkins
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Restoration Agriculture by Mark Stepard
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Permaculture Design: A Step-by-Step Guide Paperback by Aranya
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Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening by Sepp Holzer
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Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability by David Holmgren
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Natural Way of Farming: The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy by Masanobu Fukuoka
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Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
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About Goldifarms:
We are Erin & Gilberto. We started Goldifarms in January 2020 as part of pur journey to heal ourselves and restore this land. We follow permaculture design principles to create regenerative abundance here on the Central Coast of California in zone 9a. The intention with this YouTube channel is to provide inspiration to connect with nature, grow your own food and medicine, and help create a more beautiful world together.
Thank you for all your support, we hope these videos will inspire you to follow your heart and pursue what lights up your life ✨ 🌼💛
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Chapters
00:00- Where’s Goldifarms
01:01- Keyholes for efficient planting
01:29 – Our regenerative planting pattern
02:58 – Examples of dense and diverse planting
04:00 – Leaf eatin’
04:40 – Stacking functions with your paths
05:27 – Planting up on berms
05:48 – Using hog panels to plant vertically
06:21- Grafting fruit trees
07:05 – Get that GoldiGlow
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Beautiful! Definitely a long term goal of mine to have a food forest like this!
When will we see persimmon leaf tea in your etsy store? 😉
Your garden is so far ahead of us! Thanks for reminding me whats coming, once winter subsides in the Rockies!
I recently found your channel and you’ve inspired me so much, I’ve watched all your videos. I got to the end of the list the other day so am so excited to see a new one posted today! Thank you so much for sharing Goldifarms with us 🌻
I love these videos girl! It’s really refreshing to see a California permaculture YouTube page. I’m zone 9b, and I’m taking the plunge to convert my large yard to a food forest too. Definitely incorporating some of your ideas in to mine. Thank you for sharing and creating!
It's amazing how far your food forest has come, you are an inspiration. P.S..I added some mini fruit trees this year!!
Beautiful work! Very inspirational. I'm starting a food forest in the mideterranian europe 🙂
Absolutely love your page! Please keep posting videos as much as possible. It’s a great inspiration for someone on the same size property & in the same CA zone (9b) as you. Very, very well done 👏 👏 👏
I’ve already ordered several Goldie glows and love them! And your tea is absolutely delicious. Thank you for sharing all of this with us it takes us to another world. ❤❤
0.3 акра = 13000 м2, а не 130:Р))) В такой жаре у вас чудесный сад. Успехов!:)
Hi! It's exciting to see such a diverse and happy foodscape! Do you cut back your NFTs to bring the nitrogen to the soil (ie, the trimmings eventually decompose)? My place has an acacia and am wondering how to do this. I'm hoping this would take place before they set seed since they are technically invasive here in CA
More videos like this!
It’s great to see this level of a combination of knowledge and common sense being applied to caring for the earth
thats awesome! great job =) enjoy this beautiful place!
I love your multiple keyhole design! Wishing you abundance
If I just bury compost like that I get digging varmints.
Your food forest looks amazing! I like the connected keyhole layout. I recently tried grafting and it was a lot harder than I expected.
How do you control your chocolate mint? Mine seems to try to take over everything.
Wow! This is the video I needed, I was wanting to make cozy garden paths but didn't know how!!!! Plus your voice is like the Holistic Habits of gardening!😊
I think it's 0.30 acres.
Where would you recommend buying the zone specific plants? I live in a similar climate and it's often hard to find reliable and affordable suppliers
Wow 🤩
We just planted our trees 🌳 ❤️ 😀 ♥️
https://youtu.be/QrUcG6vg8II?si=cxsM2MxGnHjVqkm4
Is there a book with more info on Keyhole gardening? I love what you did here. And I am hoping to have a chance to use this design later this year.
How about canopy layer?
We live in a similar climate in Australia. We have quite a few acres , so we don’t uterlise our land as well as yourself . But we follow similar principles. A great video to encourage people to produce what they can.
Yes to grafting video please!
Hello, I really enjoyed watching your video. I’ve done much the same thing, 40+ years ago, except I’ve now downsized my fruit trees only 23-25(?) – bc I literally got tired of all the rodents coming into my yard!! Plus, we aren’t 4-5 people anymore – so it becomes overwhelming to keep up & harvest. My exception is that my yard doesn’t look like a forest. I also have zero grass anywhere on my property, but it looks well maintained & it’s been great for my grandkids to run around in, ride their bikes, scooters, etc & entertain/dine under a nice patio.
Best of luck!
Fascinating! How large do you tend to make the keyholes, and the spacing of the trees within them? Thanks!
So much bounty and growth in 3 years! Love it
Scribed… we need more of this.
This is amazing! So excited seeing your food forest thriving. I’m at the beginning of my planning/dreaming journey in Sacramento. And wow, I am thrilled you shared your Google sheet plant list! It’s amazing and will be so helpful for me!
Wow! Your special! God bless you
Hello, new subscriber here!!
Great video!
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