Turns barren suburban lot into high-yield Microfarm & YT studio
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Published 2022-08-08
Every corner of his front, back, and side yard is covered with fruits, vegetables, cover crops, bee hives, chicken coops, grey water treatment plants, and even a bamboo forest that supplies garden fencing.
He intentionally planted fruit all along the perimeter of his corner lot to feed the neighborhood, as well as plenty of native flowers to encourage pollinators.
Millison, who teaches online permaculture courses at Oregon State, turned an old shed on the property into his home office so he can now take breaks to tend his garden while working:
“For me, it's the perfect relationship between work and garden because I'll be sitting here and I'll think the chickens are being really loud, and I’ll go and see they're out of food or I'll hear the humming of the bees and suddenly be like ‘oh my god my bees are swarming.’ I feel like my work and play relationship is very nice.”
Andrew Millison
youtube.com/user/amillison
www.andrewmillison.com/
permaculturedesign.oregonstate.edu
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All Comments (21)
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Andrew Millison is a real inspiration, I feel like I’m one of his students from watching his many videos on water management. Slow it, spread it, sink it. A great teacher, not surprised he wants to feed the neighborhood as they walk by, great generosity of spirit. Thank you for making another great film 🙏
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This is how every yard should look
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People like this should be empowered and employed for community design and urban development. My first time seeing this degree of thoughtfulness, I plan on bingeing his videos!
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Wow imagine what the world would look like if everybody did this on their property
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This guy Andrew is a water LEGEND. Can't recommend his youtube channel enough, really follows the ways of permaculture well IMO. He draws magic when it comes to explaining natural systems design.
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He's a great educator! I binged all of his videos when I was feeling especially world weary earlier this summer and they helped me feel not so dour and also hopeful for the future
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Truly a great little ecosystem of selfless labor for extreme rewards: peaceful, food, protection of chickens and bees+ native pollinators. 12 years of hard ( a hobby) work/management. Plus solar on the roof, water catchment, self contained compost. Thank you for the video, Kirsten.
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Millison's Youtube channel also happens to be one of the best permaculture/ farming channels around
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Hi, Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. 70yo. So interesting to hear you speak of the abundance for children to experience. I grew up on a small dairy farm where abundant blackberries grew, along with hazelnuts, apples, plums and quinces. I know exactly what you are referring to. We had that sense. It creates a longing to recreate it. For 10 years now, I have been converting my 1/3 acre suburban lot into just your type of food forest garden... along with a bit of Mediterranean whimsy. Congratulations on your great work and attitude. Newly subscribed. Love your content.
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This guy is out there transforming one small corner of a neighborhood block into something out of Willy Wonka if all his snacks were natural and organic. I absolutely love what he's contributing to his community, while just making something really cool at the same time.
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He is also a generous one sharing his fruit trees to the people 😀👍I wish I can do what he does..taking care of a garden and plants by himself is real talent.
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Agree with him on sharing food with public. Joy of kid eating cherry or tomato hot off the vine kept me going along time. Kids are gone, hope memory sticks
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Still one of my favourite permaculture videos. I keep coming back to it whenever I need motivating.
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Beautiful yard very much alive , full of plants , oxigen , food and beauty ... What else can we ask for?
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Healthy abundance within suburban reach. Nothing better than eating what you have grown.
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There should be more people like him…. It would be a better world. Thank you for sharing…..
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The crossover we definitely needed. I've watched Millison's video on water capture and treatment probably a dozen times
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This is the kind of hero I admire!
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Him talking about the kids grazing on his property line reminded me of my old house. I had passionfruit, green beans and blackberries planted on my fence as a privacy screen, and a peach tree that had half its canopy hanging over the fence line. The neighbor kids would browse most of the things they could reach, but they ate gobs of peaches (with my blessing and encouragement). One day, one little girl who's older brother were friends with my son came up while I was gardening and asked if she could take some home. She wound up taking about a dozen in the pulled out hem of her shirt. An hour later she came back for more, as she had already eaten the whole lot. Lol. They were a really sweet variety of peach, and easy to go crazy on, but I sure hope she didn't wind up with a bellyache after so many in one setting. Two other neighbor girls who also sometimes played with my child discovered the chocolate mint and stevia plants and took to making leaf sandwiches from them (stacking the mint and stevia leaves, and just eating them). They nearly denuded my plants, so I eventually gave their grandma (a fellow gardener that lived on the same street) some cuttings so they would ease up on the ones in my yard.
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Thank you for introducing me to Andrew and his channel. He's just the person I need to learn from, I've been permaculturing my yard without knowing it for the last 8 years. I currently rent but will soon buy and this is just what I want to do with any yard I'll have. Thank you
