On a 1/3rd acre urban lot in Corvallis, Oregon, horticulture professor and youtuber Andrew Millison has spent the past 12 years turning a grassy yard into a high-yielding microfarm with more than enough produce, eggs and honey to feed his family.
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
https://www.youtube.com/user/amillison
https://www.andrewmillison.com/
permaculturedesign.oregonstate.edu
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It's been a wild ride this year. Y'all have made it a good amount better. Thank you for letting me share our journey with you.
Here’s to another year of abundance to come.
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The OSU Food Hero Challenge is officially underway here. Today I started a brand new mini greenhouse with a tray of zinnia, a tray of marigolds, two 6 six cells of kale, two 6 cells of lettuce, three 6 cells of basil, and one 6 cell of beefsteak tomatoes. We'll see what happens!
We got out first blackberries off our vine that I've been growing for 2 yrs now. These ones were a smidge tart but the rest were good. Had to pull off a little early because the birds have now discovered my berries... Also onions blooming, squash getting loaded with blossoms and purple green beans! The onions that are blooming were onions that had been thrown out by a store for not being good enough. They were fine, I pulled off the outer layers, planted the 5 sections it had and yada. Now we will have seeds for this variety that will continue to strengthen and be adapted to our soil make up here. * * * * * * * * * * #spring #garden #veggies #berries #blackberry #gardening #farm #microfarm #homestead #homesteading #permaculture #gardenlife #homesteadlife #homegrown https://www.instagram.com/p/CdQzK71ux1G/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=