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OffGridHawaii
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Join us as we share our progress in realizing our dreams of creating a permaculture food forest on 3 acres in the Big Island of Hawaii, while living off-grid in a shipping container home. Learn with us as we explore what it takes to make dreams a reality and live free! We hope we can inspire you as we share this magical phase of our lives.
For any inquiries, please reach out to us via email:
aloha.offgridhawaii@gmail.com
We'll try our best to get back to you promptly!
Mahalo
For any inquiries, please reach out to us via email:
aloha.offgridhawaii@gmail.com
We'll try our best to get back to you promptly!
Mahalo
Syntropic Agroforestry Management in 5 Simple Steps
In this video we share the 5 steps we take to manage our Syntropic Agroforestry system. We also show some of the progress and share some tips.
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We tested 4 organic fertilizers and this is what happened
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This was a fun little experiment we started in a previous video called "Syntropic Agroforestry One Year Update". In that video we showed what the different organic fertilizers in the experiment were and the amounts we used. In this video we share the results. We were a little surprised to see that one of them didnt work at all. HISEA Boots 15% OFF Discount Code: offgridhi Click our Hisea affili...
Our Most Powerful Homemade Fertilizer | Chicken Manure Biochar
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In this video we show how we make our most powerful fertilizer using chicken manure and biochar. We go through the inoculation process, share our special recipe and explain how to apply it. We are amazed at how well this worked on our lemon tree, it has grow at least 4ft. in less then 2 years and is loaded with lemons!! HISEA Boots 15% OFF Discount Code: offgridhi Click our Hisea affiliate link...
Day in the Life Vlog | Hisea Boot Review, Banana Management and More.
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Aloha, in today’s video we are taking you along on a day in the life working around in the yard. Follow along to get some tips on banana management and much more. Check out the website below if you’re interested in getting some new work boots or rain boots! HISEA Boots 15% OFF Discount Code: offgridhi Click our Hisea affiliate link below! 👇🏽 shrsl.com/4ijtz 🎥The Best Way to Use Urine as Fertili...
Syntropic Agroforestry System | 1 Year Update
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This video is a one year update of our Syntropic Agroforestry citrus orchard. We answer some questions received from the first video, and show you whats working well and not-so-well. The best part is definitely the fertilizer experiment, so make sure you watch the whole video to the end! Just like you are reading this description to the end. Good job. Comment a scissor emoji so we know you're c...
The Best and Easiest Way to Make Compost Using Chickens
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Aloha, in this video we show you our Chicken House which we use to make our compost. It is such a valuable tool on our farm to create rich compost that we can apply to our gardens and fruit trees. This video outlines the basics of the structure and how it all works. We encourage you to give it a go. Let us know in the comments if you enjoyed this video, or if you have any questions! If you actu...
The Best Way to use Urine as Fertilizer
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Michael shares a less known way to use PEE as fertilizer on plants! It's a mulch urinal. Pee Mulch = match made in heaven. Let us know in the comments if you have any questions about this method. Would love to hear your thoughts! Cheers ;) This is the first video we made about using urine on plants: ua-cam.com/video/faW8t6uyYoA/v-deo.htmlsi=uAEa1IHRFC1DP_CC REOTEMP Compost Thermometer amzn.to/3...
Rollinia | Answering All of Your Most Pressing Questions
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Happy New Year! The highlight of 2023 on our farm was definitely our epic Rollinia harvest. In this video we answer the most popular questions we’ve received pertaining to this delicious fruit. Have you ever tried Rollinia? Let us know in the comments! Follow us on Instagram: @offgridhi offgridhi Donation links: Venmo- venmo.com/u/offgridhawaii Bitcoin- BTC wallet bc1qrpk9ddf7jz4...
All Things Jackfruit: Grow, Harvest, Eat, Seeds
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We felt inspired to share about one of our favorite fruits here on the property: Jackfruit! It's so yummy and despite the latex, we love growing it! In this video we share a little about how we grow it and manage it, how to pick the best fruit, and how to eat it (flesh and seeds). Follow us on Instagram: @offgridhi offgridhi Donation links: Venmo- venmo.com/u/offgridhawaii Bitcoi...
First Look at Our New Syntropic Agroforestry Project
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In this video we show you a quick tour of our new orchard project that we're starting on the back of the property using Syntropic Agroforestry principles. This is our first time trying out this method of growing food, so we are excited to take you guys on a journey with us as we learn from our experience. Here is a useful article that explains Syntropic Farming: wikifarmer.com/what-is-syntropic...
Big Island Food Forest Orchard Tour 2023
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Aloha, we're very happy to show you this 7 year update of our food forest! In this video we will cover some of the trees we have growing that are doing great, along with a little about the layout of our 3 acre property. We began our big island food forest journey back in Spring of 2016 and have planted hundreds of plants and trees since then. We have learned so much along the way and want to sh...
We're still here: MAJOR life (and channel) update
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Aloha wonderful human! It's 2023 and the time has FINALLY come to actually get back on the tube and put out more content. We have some pretty big and exciting news to share in this quick (re-)intro video (👶🏽.) Three years has been a long time, and definitely long enough. We have a lot of new ideas for content to share and we're excited to get them out there! Please bear with us as we re-integra...
Why haven't we made a video?
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Aloha, In this video we explain why we haven't made a video in the past six months. Below is a list of all the baby trees and cuttings we have for sale. Send us an email to inquire about prices. Note, we do not ship plants- all purchases to be made and handed to you in person. Most cuttings are $1 each. We are working on shipping seeds off the island if you are interested please let us know wha...
Mulch Crops & Support Species We Grow In Hawaii
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Aloha! In this video Michael talks about some of the mulch crops and support species that we grow on the aina and why it is important to do so. Below is a list of all the baby trees and cuttings we have for sale. Send us an email to inquire about prices. Note, we do not ship plants- all purchases to be made and handed to you in person. Most cuttings are $1 each. We are working on shipping seeds...
7 Common Weeds and How We Use Them
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Veritas Farms products ☞ www.theveritasfarms.com/shop/ 15% off Coupon Code: OFFGRID Veritas Farms video: ua-cam.com/video/VaR95Ay4OCM/v-deo.html Our Albizia Video: ua-cam.com/video/m_K6anhulHs/v-deo.html Aloha! In this video we discuss 7 different weeds and how we integrate them into the farm. We want to focus on the ways the weeds can help us out and not on the ways that they annoy us. We neve...
Tour of our Permaculture Food Forest Orchard 2019 🌳Part 2
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Tour of our Permaculture Food Forest Orchard 2019 🌳Part 2
Tour of our Permaculture Food Forest Orchard 2019 🌳
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Tour of our Permaculture Food Forest Orchard 2019 🌳
5 Things We Wish We Knew When We First Planted Papayas
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5 Things We Wish We Knew When We First Planted Papayas
A Day in the Life of a Farmer in Hawai’i
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A Day in the Life of a Farmer in Hawai’i
Everything you need to know about Cassava
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Everything you need to know about Cassava
Tools I use to farm in Hawai'i (PUNA DISTRICT)
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Tools I use to farm in Hawai'i (PUNA DISTRICT)
How We Make Soil on The Big Island of Hawai'i
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How We Make Soil on The Big Island of Hawai'i
How to Start a Food Forest on the Big Island of Hawaii Part 2
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How to Start a Food Forest on the Big Island of Hawaii Part 2
Eddy’s Food Forest Tour | Planting on Unripped Lava
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Eddy’s Food Forest Tour | Planting on Unripped Lava
How to Start a Food Forest on the Big Island of Hawaii
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How to Start a Food Forest on the Big Island of Hawaii
Tropical Fruit Orchard Tour/Update | Big Island Hawaii
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Tropical Fruit Orchard Tour/Update | Big Island Hawaii
We broke our SOLAR POWER | Heres how we fixed it
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We broke our SOLAR POWER | Heres how we fixed it
OFFGRID FOR 2 YEARS | How much of our food do we grow?
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OFFGRID FOR 2 YEARS | How much of our food do we grow?
How We Keep Our OFF GRID Compost Heated SHOWER HOT | Step By Step Tutorial
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How We Keep Our OFF GRID Compost Heated SHOWER HOT | Step By Step Tutorial
I watched the hug part 5 or 6 times. Very beautiful.
Unfortunately, there is no culture of this plant in the Caucasus, I couldn't get it anywhere, I want to plant it, I wonder what the African fufu made from it tastes like😔❤😋
Dilute vinegar wash
This syntropic thing is a new one on me. Syntropic is not in the dictionary. I asked Google, and Google was like,"What?!?!? So.....what is it?
Syntropic comes from the word Syntropy, a term for nutritional interdependence, is primarily used in microbiology to describe the symbiotic relationship between bacterial species. It can be described as the relationship between the individuals of different species in which both benefit nutritionally from the presence of the other.
@@OffGridHawaii Alrighty then.
I'm in Pahoa. Would like plants from your farm. Rolinia, Banana, Sharwill, mulch plant starters, etc. Will pick up. ken
The only thing we have right now is some of the mulch crops. What are you interested in? Send us an email. Our email is in the description 😊
Cane grass and California grass.
11. Don't live in Puna.
Wow! My daughter would love to plant those sugar cane .
We call bread fruit 'ulu' too on my island home in PNG. love your video
You poor darlings! When you finally give in to your homesickness, what will you find? All the commonalities you are crying about are a part of life. God bless, my children!
God Bless, my parent!
Has greening made it to Hawii yet? Here in Florida they don't even recommend planting citrus at the backyard scale. The only species that is supposed to be "tolerant" (not resistant) to greening is the sugar belle, but it seems like people are having mixed results with that
No not that I know of. I hope we don’t get it here.
Give yellow citrus iron and gypsum.Experiment with these.
I sprayed chelated iron and epsom salt a week ago and it seems to be helping. Thanks for the advice 🙏
Hey bra saw your urine compost video cool I love it are you on the big island? I live on the big island west side growing dragon fruit planning on trying this for myself Aloha
Yes we are on big island
Awesome Channel. Great content. Thanks. Hawaii is one of my favorite places of all to go to. So much plant diversity there.
I’m interested in buying land there. Can you let me know what part can grow tropical fruits? What is your area called?
What fruits are you interested in growing? Certain fruits grow well in different places
Which variety of crotalaria are you showing in the video?
Aloha, I’m not sure of the name but I can tell you it is a more herbaceous variety with very tender lush foliage. It hallow green stems and doesn’t get woody until it’s older. The seeds are black with a rainbow sheen. Hope this helps
I want you to take your these longs and turn them into shorts :).
@OffGridHawaii How were the seedling avocados???!
One is pretty good and a heavy producer and the other barely makes fruit and hasn’t been good either. So 50/50
Awesome video thank you all . Will you make one on fig tree if possible?
Kapoho.
You create mounds.
Go to Soul Fitness Hawaii and talk to them. They can help you with a lot of gardening issues.
Go to Wailuku river.
Put rice in your salt shaker.
4 mile
Are you in Mountain View? Fern Acres?
Happy to see you back!
If you want the stump to break down a little faster, drill some holes down into it so that the urine can break it down from from the inside out
A few years ago, with friends I drove through Puna. It felt peppered with people who seemed to want to escape from society. There was a “community at the end of the road” feel to the place. Beautiful, though.
Been using in my bags of leaves, breaks down real good
I wonder of these are the same trees I see in the Philippines along roads and in parks. I wanna make sure before I drink them LOL
They originate in Africa I believe
My game changing tool is a battery powered hedge trimmer. Slices through weeds and makes chop and drop almost effortless. I spend a whole lot less time cutting stuff up. Lay it up around the stuff you want to feed and done cutting up not really needed.
I can see that being useful in certain situations 🤙
@@OffGridHawaii not for larger than 1.5 inch plants! I still need my machete and saw.
1- 0:23 ´repare fertilizer 2- 1:06 clear weeds whit trimmer 3- 1:39 weed around target species by hand 4- 3:06 spread fertilizer mix 5- 3:40 chop & drop
Thanks 😊
Nice, just saw this on recommended content. I'm next to Mount Kenya in East Africa, smack on the equator at 7000 ft elevation. Doing more and more syntropic here
Awesome! what kind of things are you growing there??
@@OffGridHawaii Dragonfruits and avocado are a big cash crop here, but we are more engaged in growing a full diet and community project. I'm trying to grow more jackfruit and soursop as there aren't many in this region, the diet has become very basic here and need to broaden the fruits
😎🤙🌴U help inspire us on kauai
Fish, Urine, Compost, Water, Bucket, Stainless Steel strainer and I get Giant Strawberries on every plant, I expect to get 3 pound tomatos also.
What is the hand tool with the red handle called and where do you get it? Thanks for the video, ove everything syntropic
Sickle or rice knife. Link is in the description 🤙
@@OffGridHawaii thanks
Can we get an update on the albizia on your property and any insight you might have about using it for lumber?
We are still using the albizia as a support species and mulch but haven’t used any for lumber.
What is common name of crude alaria because its not showing on google from this name ?
Crotalaria or sun hemp. There are many varieties of this plant too
@@OffGridHawaii ohh sunhemp ok thnks
U should try any oil cake too
Are you taking about neem cake?
@@OffGridHawaii any cake neem cake or mustard cake or castor cake but neem cake is best
Squirrels do not leave a single nut here. For nuts, we do better with sacha Inchi and cariodendron orinosense. The squirrels hit avocados too, but they cant cary them off, and never eat a whole one, so they just help selectively harvest.
No squirrels here thank god
I really comend your making videos. Ive been doing what your for the past 17 years, and still cant find time to do it. Some day.
You should really get to it! It would be great for someone with your experience.
My pineaples grow fine in shade but dont produce well there. Ive learned to just put them on both sides of any long paths I travel daily, like where I cary drinking eater from the spring, and sniff out the ripe ones before critters find them, which smell potently when hit by the sun. i miss many, but tend to pull 3 or 4 every day or two, whenever Im on my way to do something else. papaya and soursops are similar. You really have to check them daily. So using zone one paths helps to not miss ripe fruits.
The ones doing well for us “in the shade” is a very light shade and we have gotten very nice fruit. The sun is very powerful here though. Love the idea of the “zone 1” walking paths, where you can easily see things that are ripe. We have lined our driveway and paths with things like tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, papaya, pineapple, etc. works great 👍
Great video. You have a beautiful project, which I say with a like mind. I have a 70 hectare regenerative syntropic agroforestry system. I'm going a bit more jungly here, in terms of introducing orderly but very regular canopy crops. Lots of eritrinas, ingas, tabibueyas, acacias, and loads of mid story fixers like poinciana and jacaranda, and layering in cacao and coffee to fully stratify vertical space. Extra long and sturdy elescopic pruners are essential, but leaving tall shade really ups your game in terms of the quantity of biomass and N fixing and general soil biota. As you say, the tropics swollows up biomass so fast. But with the right density, you can build absurd depths of humus. Some of the denser cloud forrests on the property are meters deep in it.
Also, I recommend birds foot trefoil as a supplement or replacement to the fodder peanut. it does just as well if not better in shade but doesn't bind around tree roots so much. The fodder peanut is great, but once it reaches a lawn like density it can have a choking effect as the roots form a thick mass, and be really hard to keep clear of the "plate" of tree trunks without damaging feeder roots. Some trees, like guavas, being exotropic, don't care, but others find it a bit hard to breath unless your basically digging the stuff up regularly.
Thank you for sharing some details about your project! Sounds amazing! There are definitely things I would do differently next time but over time I plan on correcting my mistakes on this system. This is why I started small here. I knew the odds of me getting it perfect first try were slim lol.
Interesting 🤔 I’ll look into that.
Whizzing on your compost is one of the most underrated ways to fight climate change. Urine has nitrogen and potassium that neutralizes the carbon in wood chips so it never gets to heat the planet and taking that nitrogen out of the sewage system makes sewage treatment plants use less electricity . Not all heroes wear capes, some pee on their compost and fight climate change.
Thank you for your content, and you deserve many more likes!
Thank you 🙏
been waiting for videos good to see you are back!!
Thanks! Good to be back😊
How are you supposed ride your Bmx in that jungle😅 kidding dude pumped ur doing good man
😂 we don’t even have dirt here to build jumps. Hope you are well too!
Is it ok to use urine if we are taking medicine?
I’ve heard you shouldn’t use it, but I’m not sure what medication are bad.