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Today's show is all about the science and application of air pruning to grow hundreds or thousands of trees with incredibly healthy root structures in a small area. Air pruning is what happens when a tap root or growing root tip gets exposed to air - it essentially dehydrates and goes dormant. This creates a hormonal stimulus that back-propagates up the root towards the stem-root junction of the tree at least 4 inches, and all along that length of root it induces lateral branching. Air pruning is a way to grow non-circling, non-girdling, high-density root systems that increase tree survival and helps them thrive when they are planted out into their final home. We'll discuss different ways to leverage air pruning depending on your application and the number of plants or trees you are wanting to grow. We'll go into the pros and cons of using air pruning pots vs. constructing your own air pruning beds, as well as how to make your own air pruning bed from basic materials, sized according to your needs. Second to planting a seed in the ground and having it grow in place for its entire life, air pruning is a great way to grow healthy, strong trees that will do in one year what it will take a typical pot-grown or bare root tree to do in three. You can grow up to 500 trees in a single 10'x3' air pruning bed. Lots of additional information, including videos and DIY guides, available and linked in the show resources below. Show Resources DIY Article: Air Pruning Beds - Grow Hundreds Of Healthy-Rooted Trees In A Tiny Footprint DIY Air Pruning Beds - Illustrated Build Instructions Off-Grid Irrigation System - helpful for automating irrigation for air pruning beds. Sean Dembrosky from Edible Acres talking about his small, easily-portable air prune beds. Akivah Silver - Air Pruning Beds Video 7th Gen & Honey Badger Nursery - Air Pruning Beds walkthrough video Dr. Carl Whitcomb - Root Pruning Basics Extended Presentation YouTube Playlist: Air Pruning Science, Pots, DIY Beds Getting started designing your homestead? START HERE: Enroll in the Minimum Holistic Goal Creation Mini-Course today for free. This is the ONE THING that will make everything else easier or unnecessary on your homesteading journey! 100% Free Upon completing this course you will have a crystal clear idea of who and what resources you have to work with, your desired Quality of Life that your homestead has to provide for, and what you will need to produce and the conditions required to sustain that production to meet your Quality of Life needs. Music by Alex Grohl
Sean Dembrosky is the creator of Edible Acres, a Permaculture nursery and forest farming research space just north of Ithaca, NY. He and his wife, Sasha are engaged in the enterprise of "regenerative agriculture" and represent the kind of pioneering spirit that shows the way to a different, more sustainable way of living on and in the landscape. Sean frames his brand of disobedience in way that isn't so much in opposition to the conventional, industrial "Big Ag" model as it is an alternative. It's just a matter of breaking the spell of conditioning that so many of us are under to step away from the precariously fragile, tech-heavy industrial model to one that is more resilient, healthy and fulfilling.Check out more of what they do here: http://www.edibleacres.orgOr check out their wildly popular YouTube channel: Edible Acres
In this episode we speak with Sean, who is a gardener/permaculturist, nurseryman, and YouTuber about how he got into gardening, his gardening philosophy, hand dug ponds, and we geek out on some of our favorite plants including Schisandra chinensis and Diospyros virginiana. You can find him at EdibleAcres.org and us at Patreon.com/plantcunning. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantcunning/support
Quest Fanning joins the show to talk about homeschooling and life in the City. We discussed the many benefits of homeschooling, and at times, where it seems like homeschooling might be lacking. The Links Edible Acres Edible Acres on YouTube Permies Music from the Show: Nick Piccone - You's and I's The Velvet Underground and Nico - Heroin Shocking Blue - Acka Raga Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Ride a Hustler's Dream If you're enjoying the show, you can join the discussion at the goodviewquarter on Keybase, or you can show your support by becoming a patron on Patreon and get access to bonus shows, seeds, and merchandise (and if you don't like Patreon, you can sign up to support the show on BitBacker!) You can also do your Amazon shopping through our Amazon link. Please subscribe and leave a review on the Apple iTunes Store (or on any podcatcher, though iTunes is the most important). You can also like us on facebook and share the show from there. We are on Twitter as @HSandHSpod, and sometimes even on Instagram, too. And don't forget to join the The Homesteaded Homeschool Forum to be a part of the conversation. And don't forget to pay Nicky P. a visit either at Peace Freqs, or on bandcamp, and pick up a subscription to the Freedom Song 365 project. And if you want to hear all the songs from previous episodes, check out our Spotify playlist! Link to show notes for episode 86 with Sean Dembrosky.
Sean Dembrosky of the booming YouTube channel and mostly edible nursery, Edile Acres, joined me this week to talk about permaculture, food forests, healthy living, and how we can take cues to better growing by paying attention to our natural surroundings. A fun coversation you can't miss for sure. The Links Edible Acres Edible Acres on YouTube Permies Music from the Show: Nick Piccone - You's and I's Phantogram - When I'm Small Shocking Blue - Acka Raga Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - Ride a Hustler's Dream If you're enjoying the show, you can join the discussion at the goodviewquarter on Keybase, or you can show your support by becoming a patron on Patreon and get access to bonus shows, seeds, and merchandise (and if you don't like Patreon, you can sign up to support the show on BitBacker!) You can also do your Amazon shopping through our Amazon link. Please subscribe and leave a review on the Apple iTunes Store (or on any podcatcher, though iTunes is the most important). You can also like us on facebook and share the show from there. We are on Twitter as @HSandHSpod, and sometimes even on Instagram, too. And don't forget to join the The Homesteaded Homeschool Forum to be a part of the conversation. And don't forget to pay Nicky P. a visit either at Peace Freqs, or on bandcamp, and pick up a subscription to the Freedom Song 365 project. And if you want to hear all the songs from previous episodes, check out our Spotify playlist! Link to show notes for episode 85 with Brett Veinotte.
Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres joins me today to talk about his plant nursery and food forest. If you're interested in starting a food forest or plant nursery, you'll want to give this one a listen. Edible Acres: http://www.edibleacres.org/ Edible Acres' YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/EdibleAcres
This weeks episode is about how to start your own edible permaculture plant nursery with special guest, Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres. Edible Acres is a small homestead and plant nursery that Sean runs in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Today, he shares with us some great tips to getting started or improving our own plant nurseries. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 34, How to Start an Edible Plant Nursery with Sean Dembrosky appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.
This weeks episode is about how to start your own edible permaculture plant nursery with special guest, Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres. Edible Acres is a small homestead and plant nursery that Sean runs in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Today, he shares with us some great tips to getting started or improving our own plant nurseries. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 34, How to Start an Edible Plant Nursery with Sean Dembrosky appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.
Sean Dembrosky, 32, owns and operates the ‘Edible Acres’ project just north of Trumansburg NY (www.edibleacres.org). Formally educated in the fine arts, but focused on agriculture for the last decade, Sean has developed a farming system based on permaculture principles and forest farming. Very low tech / no tech approaches to plant propagation, polyculture development, and a focus on long term perennial food and medicine crops has enabled Sean to begin the work of developing a resilient, high calorie out for calorie in food system that requires no external sources of electricity or fuel to function. This episode has been sponsored by Hearst Ranch. “If you’re 27 years old or younger, you’ve never experienced a colder-than-average month.” [14:30] — Sean Dembrosky on Greenhorn Radio