I abandoned my food forest… Here’s what happened

Join The Kiwi Grower Membership 🌿 More plants, more fruits, more behind-the-scenes! Relaxed updates and bonus content straight from my garden. 👉 Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/thekiwigrower I finally returned to my food forest. With months of no maintenance, things have really taken off! In this video, I take you on a full tour of my overgrown food forest, showing exactly what happens when you leave it to nature. We'll go on a harvest and taste adventure with some incredible and unusual fruits: cherimoya, different grapefruit varieties, Vaniglia Sanguino blood orange, tangelo, calamondin (calamansi), Meyer lemon, Buddha’s hand, Tahitian lime, and lemonades. 🍊🍋 I also share the amazing growth of my food forest and discuss the pruning, weeding, and maintenance I need to do to keep it thriving. You’ll even see my chickens helping me with weeding, a quick peek at my veggie garden, and a glimpse at upcoming harvests including macadamia nuts, walnuts, feijoas, peaches, and more. This video is full of inspiration for anyone interested in permaculture, sustainable gardening, urban homesteading, and growing unusual fruits at home. Whether you’re a home gardener, fruit tree enthusiast, or permaculture fan, I hope you’ll love seeing how a food forest can flourish, even when left for awhile, and the practical tips for harvesting, maintaining, and enjoying your own backyard abundance. 🌿 Key topics in this video: Food forest tour & maintenance tips Harvesting unusual and exotic fruits Pruning, weeding, and chop and drop tips Chickens in the garden Veggie garden highlights Upcoming fruit harvests: macadamias, walnuts, feijoas, peaches Sustainable gardening & permaculture inspiration Buy me a coffee to support the channel :) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thekiwigrower Come Say Hi! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thekiwigrower/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thekiwigrower TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thekiwigrower SUBSCRIBE HERE - https://bit.ly/2S1G9T2 VIDEO SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU: 16+ WEIRD and WONDERFUL Fruits & Veggies That I'm Growing at Home https://youtu.be/B4N8Pi-s19s I Turned My Backyard Into An EDIBLE Paradise! 🍇🍈🍎🌿 https://youtu.be/ohsJHKpE-Bc Growing A No-Dig Garden From Start to Finish - https://youtu.be/i3HfAuQut0E Books I've enjoyed and found helpful: Grafting and Budding: A Practical Guide for Fruit and Nut Plants and Ornamentals From Amazon - https://amzn.to/3iniYQa From Fishpond (NZ & Australia etc.) - http://www.fishpond.co.nz/product_info.php?ref=3784&id=9780643093973&affiliate_banner_id=1" target="_blank The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden https://amzn.to/3imbZHo 🎵 Get Music to use on YouTube here - https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/22igix Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants. I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :) 0:00 Welcome back to the garden 0:45 Why did I abandon my garden & food forest 1:22 Benefits of food forests / perennial plants 3:29 Cherimoya / custard apple fruits 5:08 Different grapefruit varieties 7:04 Buddha's hand citron 7:53 Calamondin / calamansi 8:32 Limequats 9:07 Tangelo & Vaniglia sanguigno (Vanilla blood orange) 10:44 Lemons, limes and lemonades 11:36 What needs to be done in a food forest 14:38 Using chickens to help clear weeds 15:54 What's coming next? 18:10 Veggie gardens 18:38 Check out my patreon for bonus videos :) Disclaimer - Some of the links above may be affiliate links where I earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you - Thank you for your support! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Business inquires: [email protected]