Volunteer Training Videos for week 1 (playlist) :
- Inga Alley Cropping – Permaculture technique using inga / ice cream bean / guaba for chop and drop mulch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZUO6e4wvU 1:33
- How to Chop and Drop in a Food Forest “Living Permaculture” Episode 4 – Explanation of chop and drop, various specious, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTrc2KFp7qU 9:40
- Chop n’ Drop Protip – Mexican Sunflower – Explaining how to chop and drop mexican sunflower so that it doesn’t root around the plants you are trying to mulch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0izMFRtzdRQ 4:29
- Harvesting Namwa Bananas – How to harvest Namwa Bananas (and tell when they are ready to harvest.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esi-kyQZ_AE 6:30
- Inga Alley Cropping – Climate Smart Farming – Instructional video on Inga Alley Cropping system from Ya’axché Conservation Trust, Belize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezxeE_p_vYk 12:53
- How to plant pinto peanut – How to plant Pinto Peanut with the highest success rate https://youtu.be/th_hsd61Mro 2:48
- Vetiver grass – A perfect solution for soil restoration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16xZjlFterk 5:59
- 4 Tips on “How to Grow Healthy Organic Bananas” – Follow these easy tips in this video and you will be rewarded with strong, long living Banana plants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4N-QLhXjjY 5:33
- The Jungle Below Our Feet – Introduction to soil biology. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeN-QlHi4bE 2:48
- Grass System – Using grass for short canopy alley cropping for the first 1-2 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym3WQKtlPo4 7:12
- Growing Katuk – Growing Katuk (perennial high-protein green) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8EA1dpruWQ 8:19
- Use This Vaseline Trick to Stop Aphid & Scale Pests Organically – How to stop leaf-cutter ants from destroying your trees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iic-aHGhUb4 3:57
- I wish they told me This when I first started Gardening, How to easily 10X your Harvest – How to maximize production in vegetables and fruits by manipulating cycles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0E3Zk1BX_4 10:03
- Biochar: The Oldest New Thing You’ve Never Heard Of – a diy, scalable technique to both improve horticultural yields and sequester carbon simultaneously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0YNFn9Dloc 9:38
- Pruning Citrus Trees – Pruning trees to meet our needs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw4ghHbD_1g 13:08
- How to make Terra Preta (Black Earth of the Amazon) – Making Terra Preta using bio-char, and using it in the garden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuLts1_viF8 9:31
- How to Air Layer Lychee Tree – Air-layering propagation method of lychee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe5ukSRWPBA 3:52
- Dwarfing Tool: Cincturing or Girdling Fruit Trees | Quicker Fruiting – Description of a technique for increasing fruit production while keeping tree size small. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45wYnQG9kjE 3:35
- Completed Bed Details – Heavily mulched bed with polyculture. We have many of these plant species at Fruit Haven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpFAIxaW1c 7
- 50 Tree Mango Orchard 1 Year Update – Farm tour with polyculture, tropical fruits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv35iQWU50s 7:25
- Forest Regeneration with Food Forest – Interference in Natural Ecosystems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WJFUUktYDw 9:22
- Hortalizas orgánicas en Ecuador con Pacho Gangotena – Quito farmer talks about organic vegetable gardening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qC5Ig3T4NY 13:52
- Village Hub: A Sweet Sustainable Solution – Description of a sustainable village project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtWp84htc18& 13:36
- Video 5: Soil acidity in the Wet Tropics – Issues related to soil acidity in the wet tropics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaFO7KT_suc 5:29
- Regenerative Horticulture: Peter Salleras – Growing fruits with tatura trellis, chop and drop, no herbicides or fertilizer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU-A9jMl-QE 2:49
- Fruit Tree Pruning Tips – Info on pruning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik3W1SI_ka4 20:30
- Solutions from the Jungle: The Tengkawang Factory – Another sustainable village project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5jo4yC6H1g 13:38
- All About Carambola (Starfruit) – Everything you need to know about carambola! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SiCsOEl2ho 8:26
- Geoff Lawton: Absolute in Abundance Permaculture Masterclass – Keylines, swales, berms, water retention, contour lines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnLN_lNmXhI 18:52
- 5 TIPS How to Grow a TON of TOMATOES – Self Sufficient Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzP6eq2_3XE 13:38
- 5 Tips How to grow a ton of dragon fruit Self Sufficient Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMMfM3maMkE 8:49
- Manipulating plant genes…through grafting! SciShow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN1Y_giTMeE 10:53
Volunteer Training Videos for week 2 (playlist):
