Month: July 2014

Episode-250- Food Forest In Full Swing Part 3/4

Tony Teolis July 20, 2014 0 Comments
This third installment of the Food Forest in my bakyard show how the backyard extends to all around the house. Beginning on the south side I show the raspberries which produced about 18 pounds of fruit this season! Going to make wine now that the jam is stored. Of course the raspberries depicted in this video only make up about half of the total raspberry plants. We harvested about 12 pounds...

Episode-249- Food Forest And Permaculture Showcase Part 2/4

Tony Teolis July 11, 2014 0 Comments
Here is part 2 of the food forest videos. This video shows how the swales that I built in the backyard have matured to the point where they now support hundreds of plants. That is no exageration and the goal is to have them eventually fill out with the fruti producing bsushes such as Juneberry, Goji and Goumi. I'll ad to those over time too. The video was taken before the battle with Japanese...

Episode-248- Food Forest And Permaculture Showcase Part 1/4

Tony Teolis July 10, 2014 0 Comments
I finally get a chance to share with you a view of the food forest I have envisioned growing. The backyard is a web of interconnected systems. It is not a forest yet as full production will take several more years. There are apple and peach tress that have to come online yet and the goji, goumi, juneberry, and other berries have some time before they will become productive. In the meantime...

Episode-247- Easy Way To Provide Water For Honeybees

Tony Teolis July 6, 2014 0 Comments
             It is taking me time to catch up on all the things I have been recording around the home from the beginning of spring but I get to things eventually. Today's video was taken in April before the spring was in full swing. I'm at the point now where my management cycle has been tested enough that I know when to bring certain systems online. I built this site to help me keep...

Episode-246- Plant Comfrey And Parsley Part 2

Tony Teolis July 4, 2014 0 Comments
This is part 2 of the parsley and comfrey planting this year. The last video showed what the comfrey looked like out of the fridge where it was stored for a month. The gardens look bare and that's because they are. Soon though things will be growing in all the mounds and swales. They will be hosting apple and peach trees, elderberry and blueberry and much much more. There will be juneberry,...