Hidden away in a rural village is Wade’s incredible permaculture backyard that is full of abundance. From a vegetable garden to a mini food forest, compost setup, water capture, chickens, ducks, greenhouses and many other things neatly packed together to produce an impressive amount of food from a small space. In this video, you will learn what the best apple rootstock is for small spaces, which potato variety works particularly well for Wade, his no dig approach to growing food, what permaculture is, and lots more! I hope you get inspired as much as I did when I visited. Get a copy of Wade’s orchard book here: https://shop.permaculture.co.uk/the-orchard-book-plan.html
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The new season of the inspiring garden series is here! This is now an annual occurrence on this channel as a way to provide ideas, information, and inspiration to use gardeners for next spring. I hope you enjoy! And here is Wade's book: https://shop.permaculture.co.uk/the-orchard-book-plan.html
Bravo, I really enjoyed this video. What an inspiration. Thank you!
Warms my ❤️
this was a super inspiring Saturday morning watch! love seeing the different ways people apply permaculture right in their backyard. Got some good ideas from this one, excited for me episodes in this series.
A beautiful and productive garden! I fully agree with his philosophy that gardening isn't work if you enjoy it. I truly enjoy every minute in the garden.
What a nice video. Great shots of the inscets enjoying themselves. I've finally put up my first poly tunnel today… So looking forward to using that this coming season.
What a gorgeous video! And what lovely messages of wisdom about gardening. So inspiring.
A very nice garden, thanks for featuring it on your channel Huw…Steve…🙂🙂
I wish more people could have the opportunity to taste heirloom apples, that's all I grow. There's a certain satisfaction when you see someone's eyes light up the first time they taste one straight from the tree and you tell them it's the same variety Thomas Jefferson and George Washington grew in their orchards. Unfortunately, so many of orchards in the States were chopped down during Prohibition, but, 90 years later, they heirloom varieties are starting to make a comeback.
How close are the fruit trees to each other? Are they dwarf?
I agree completely about the joy of eating a tomato in the garden that's been warmed from the sun!
That was a really nice video. Gardening isn't work when it feels like play. When I was a kid I played in the dirt and had so much fun!
What a beautiful video of a lovely garden! Thanks for sharing 👍
Super nice video! I love this series!
I hope you don't mind Huw, but I'd like to point out that no dig raised beds are really "dig somewhere else" gardening. AKA "NYMBY – Not in my back yard".
I'm a fan of initially loosening the native soil and applying compost and organic mulch thereafter. (No dig once the native soil is loosened)
Would love to see an overhead 'snapshot' of these spaces
I have a small backyard (townhouse) that I'd like to pack in everything including a food forest LOL and so I'd love to be able to see what others are doing layout-wise
Growing food is not about saving money. It's about food security, knowledge, experience, and beauty, all in exercise. The same people who don't want us to grow potatoes go to the gym for their only exercise, and many, many of them don't even know what truly fresh food tastes like.
Fantastic video
I’ve added a Braeburn and Gala M26 semi dwarf trees this year and have a Morello Cherry Gisela semi dwarf en route right now. Moving into my third no dig year in 2023. So excited as I expand my once formal plot.
What an inspirational video! He has made me restless to get out in the garden and start ‘doing’ and we have several long dark months before that can happen! Thank you for sharing.
Thats awesome!
Lovely little plot, thanks Huw!
Beautiful garden, beautiful man. I wish more people would take up his philosophy!
My home area is about this small and we are planning to do permaculture, so it's really inspiring. Thank you!
By the way, 5:35 did I really see a penguin behind the eggplant, or was it just my imagination? 😄
Absolutely inspirational! Wade Muggleton, as with his garden, crammed do much into that short film. Beautifully shot too. Thank you both.
Very nice. I was hoping to see if he grows anything other than apples in this climate.
beautifully made video about a beautiful project. Nice job to the both of you.
What an inspirational video, I thoroughly enjoyed it 😀
Love watching this episode over breakfast. Very relaxing and inspiring. Thanks Huw and team. Cheers 🎉
He's so right, it's not work when you enjoy it so much. I've been busy raking leaves and adding them to my compost pile this month, and I know if it weren't for these opportunities to be outdoors I'd be inside all day not getting any exercise. I am so grateful to have a yard to get me outside to enjoy the sun and fresh air.
What a lovely little film, nice work Huw, with a tip of the hat to the editor too.
So cool to see another one's no dig garden. Thank you!
I loved this! His attitude toward gardening, his plot size, layout and and conditions are pretty much the same as mine. although we're thousands of miles apart. It encourages me that he's been so successful. I don't have chickens at the moment, but miss them and plan on getting more in the spring. I do need to work on my water capture and was inspired by his, as I really have no space where I can have a big water tank. I do envy his hand pump and sistern!
Huw you always give us Surprises
What a delightful garden, cared for by such a lovely man! This has given me so much inspiration going forward – thank you so much Huw! Beautifully filmed, as always 😊👍
O.M.G.! LOVED this video! I agree with everything he spoke about. This morning I was sleep baking and made English cinnamon cranberry scones to enjoy with coffee and settled in for this wonderful surprise. 😊
When I began gardening I too said Oh, I'll only grow what I eat… in all of my glorious ignorance! I now understand the importance of biodiversity. And, no it's not work…I'll step outside to do two things in the garden, spend two hours out and it feels like five minutes. It's joyous, therapeutic and relaxing.
Thank you for sharing. It's vast and lovely! ❤️
I love all the trees around the edges with the garden in the middle! Perfect!