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Its Nick, Live from the Blanket Fort once again. This time around we venture outside where I show off my yard, and my plans for it. As I know my videos can go long, here are the basics: I show off my large collection of seeds, then give a tour around the outside. In particular I show the bushes and trees that will be removed to make way for gardens and the like. I show off the back yard, and my plans for four large rectangular gardens, which will be used for effective crop rotation. I also show the stream which is a few hundred feet away, which Ill be keeping in my thoughts for irrigation, as the garden planning is finalized. I go on to show the corner plot in the back which will house small fruit trees, and explain that I always offset crops and trees to maximize space used. I also show the outside of my shed, and the foundation of an old garage, which will eventually be the site of a hen house. I go on to explain my plans to use nut and berry bushes around the entire property, planting different kinds of bushes depending on the amount of sunlight the planting site receives. I finish off by showing a few odd sites left over which will have herbs or plants for making tea placed in them. Over most of the video I explain that my plans are to make every plant I grow be used for consumption of either a food, herb, or tea, or in other words nothing is ornamental, and everything is eaten. This should be an interesting year, as this will be my first time attempting something <b>…<b>
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