Self-Sufficiency Made Easier Using These 12 Principles!

This year I have decided to dedicate a playlist to all things permaculture. It is my hope that it will act as a valuable free resource and guide for anyone wanting to look at how permaculture can help their gardens flourish - and beyond! Today's video kicks off that playlist by explaining the 12 permaculture principles in the context of a kitchen garden, how they can overlap, and why they should not be seen as rules, rather as a guide.

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Permaculture Introduction 0:00
Principle 1 1:56
Principle 2 3:02
Principle 3 4:22
Principle 4 5:28
Principle 5 6:36
Principle 6 8:00
Principle 7 9:06
Principle 8 10:49
Principle 9 12:24
Principle 10 13:36
Principle 11 14:55
Principle 12 16:30
An important note: 18:14

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[mayam]

I just turned 70 and have a little plot where I can grow a garden. I like your principles and will contemplate to what will be best for me and nature alike.

[joannc]

How did I just watch 19 min of a young man, sitting in a chair, talking about gardening principles? Delightful! You are eloquent 👍🏻. The video production value is outstanding! Thank you for this ❤. I’ve taken my garden from “pretty” into being more effective. This means my landscape includes fruit & berry trees, raised beds & grow bags, as well as forage for my hens and rabbits (food & fertilizer production team 🐓🐓🐇🥚🥚🐇). The “ditch” by the roadway has evolved into holding enough water to support 4 species of frogs & toads (ephemeral breeding pond). It’s wonderful to live in this lil ecosystem. Btw, I have enough shade trees to keep my yard cooler in the summer. You’ve done a BETTER explanation of these principles than I have heard from others. Well done, young lad!

[robynhoode]

TIP...I use fallen leaves for bedding in the hen coup, I then add cold ash from the wood burning cooker, which the hens dust in to keep mites down.
The hens add manure to the mix to create fertile leaf mulch which I then add to the growing plot as I muck out the hens weekly
I've found its a great way to let the chickens do the turning of the compost. Great teamwork😆

[KimberleyJP]

Watching through for the third time, it strikes me, if you exchange 'garden' for 'mental health' as the concept, everything you say and all these principles also illustrate a beautiful system to reflect on and integrate ❤️ Nature therapy for all! 🌳 🍂 🌻 💚 🙏

[munagalalakshmipranati]

1. Observe and interact
2. Catch and store energy
3. Obtain a yield
4. Apply self-regulation & accept feedback
5. Use and value renewable resources & services
6. Produce no wast
7. Patterns to details
8. Integrate rather then segregate
9. Small and slow solutions
10. Use and value diversity
11. Use edges and value the marginal
12. Creativity use and respond to change

[cassieoz]

I was trained by Geoff Lawton 14 years ago. The principles (which are mostly a Holmgren formulation) are deeply engrained in my being and changed my outlook to so many parts of my life

[mickzammit]

Permaculture is brilliant. I drove past a city house recently built on standard sized block and watched over a period of months as it turned into an unbelievable Eden of herbs, fruit and vegetables using the principles of companion plants and permaculture. It even had an artificial lake that provided hydraulic pressure for a lift for a disabled access to the upper floor.

[ColettesGarden]

I love waking up to discover you have posted a new video. Coffee and Huw, its a great morning. 🌻🐝

[earthwyrm]

I've worked with permaculture 30 plus years & on 4 properties. Love your coverage of these principles and especially your examples here!

[davidgolnick]

Happy that you found your space. The puzzle of gardening is infinitely interesting and rewarding/challenging. And liberating. The most rebellious act a person can conduct is to grow their own food.

[FarmLife-kf]

"This content is gold! I’ve always wanted to start a small farm, and now I’m motivated."

[kims.]

I have heard the term "permaculture" all over the place lately, but wasn't really getting a grip on all the concepts of it till now. You have given a concise, easily understood overview for which I am very thankful.

[myrrhidian]

It's always good to spread the word about permaculture :) I've been an enthusiast for 13 years now, but decided to give more traditional gardening a try the past couple seasons. I had isolated my crops from each other for aesthetic and practicality reasons, and paid the price with pest pressure and diseases. This year I'm intending to just mix everything together when I plant. I'm still following a planting calendar though, so I always have seedlings ready to plant out in empty spaces and don't forget anything. If there's no space for what I want to plant, I can just harvest some plants early or remove them as if they were a temporary cover crop. Fingers crossed, I'll have a productive little jungle of veggies and flowers!

[teresacrowley]

Huw, I just want to say Thanks!! I have R.A. so gardening is difficult for me. But watching this and your many other videos always gives me hope that I can accomplish something in my garden. I find you inspiring in gardening and in life. A lot of your ideas can also be applied to
Life. Thanks 🙏 again!!

[EvanC]

So many permaculture principles are also just great life values to adopt. Thanks for sharing!

[GenevaWatkinsvlogz]

Watching through for the third time, it strikes me, if you exchange 'garden' for 'mental health' as the concept, everything you say and all these principles also illustrate a beautiful system to reflect on and integrate ️ Nature therapy for all!

[sarameitner]

Thank you for detailing things here. I have ever-increasing physical impairments which affect my gardening these days (was quite the organic gardener in earlier years). Listening to your thoughtful accountings gives me hope and encouragement to take a few things on again - and work to see them through. All the best!

[CindyOrangeNeely]

Huw, I could listen to you all day!!! You explain things in such a calm and simple way. Thank you!!

[blackstarorganicz]

Hi Huw, I’ve been following you for a while now. And last year got my own allotment (3). Really excited to start growing. I’ve even started my own channel to document it all. Your work is really amazing, and I hope I can replicate what you do…or as close as possible. Very inspiring ❤

[BigManjr]

I LOVED this Huw! 🙏As a suburban food grower in a 'cool temperate' area of Australia, with a very longstanding interest in Permaculture, this was absolutely WONDERFUL! I would really love you to do more detailed content about applying permaculture principles in this context. I think there is enormous value in applying Permaculture principles to smaller spaces and using micro-systems and creativity to build resilience. Thanks so much!😀🤩