- Audience: 16.7K
- Video Views: 1.19M
- # videos: 421
- Estimated Earnings: $296 - $4.74K
-
Category:
Lifestyle
-
Date Created: 2010-05-31
-
Date Updated: 2024-06-28
Audience activity: 71
Views per video: 2.82K
Keywords:
gardening
permaculture
agroforestry
organic
gardening tips
organic gardening
how to
how to plant
how to grow
trees
pecans
hazelnuts
blueberries
homesteading
diy
plant
grow
deep mulch
wood chips
woodland garden
back to eden
#Gardening #permaculture #Agroforestry
"The end is near, the sky is falling, there are too many people on this planet, and we are all going to die" .. Well, at least the last part is true, but hopefully not for a good long while! I've been pondering the problem of feeding a growing population, and have formed a startling hypothesis: With over 14 billion acres of arable land on good old planet Earth, and the capacity for just one of those acres alone to produce enough to feed 6 persons (and maybe more, especially in the tropics!) the situation may not be as dire as predicted -IF- we begin using that land differently. To test this hypothesis, I am transforming 1/3 acre of Arkansas river bottom here in North Eastern Oklahoma into a permaculture garden. Using regenerative agriculture practices and hand tools, with no pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chemical fertilizers -OR- products obtained from the slaughterhouse industry, how much food can be produced in such a small area?