Summary of Permaculture ORCHARD GUILD Framework — Ep. 136

00:00:00 - 00:25:00

This video discusses the Permaculture ORchard Guild Framework, which is a system for thinking about and managing an orchard. The presenter explains that the framework includes categories such as nitrogen fixing plants, deer deterrents, and edible plants. The presenter also discusses some of the plants they've grown in their permaculture orchard, including a rubus, blackberry, honey berry, celery root, and pear.

• 00:00:00 The presenter describes an orchard they planted between the common house and the native insect meadow, outlining the key plants that were planted, and how their arrangement offers benefits to the orchard and surrounding ecosystem.
• 00:05:00 In this video, the permaculture gardener discusses her Orchard Guild Framework, which ranks different plants according to their importance to the orchard. The permaculture gardener also discusses how to plant different plants around other plants to create a guild system. Finally, the permaculture gardener provides an example of a plant that can provide good biomass in the orchard.
• 00:10:00 The video discusses the framework for permaculture, which includes a scorecard to determine the effectiveness of plants. The highest score possible is 143, and includes 11 categories. The video discusses the plant Comfrey, which scores high with its deep roots and ability to bring up nutrients.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses the Permaculture ORchard Guild Framework, which is a system for thinking about and managing an orchard. The presenter explains that a third of the way through the project, he realized that he needed a framework to think about orchard management. The framework included categories such as nitrogen fixing plants, deer deterrents, and edible plants. He also mentions that he planted 400-500 different strawberries and various types of fennel.
• 00:20:00 The presenter discusses some of the plants they've grown in their permaculture orchard, including a rubus, blackberry, honey berry, celery root, and pear. They also mention a che plant, which is a type of succulent that can grow into a tree. The presenter notes that they've planted a male and two different types of females in order to increase the production of lingonberries.
• 00:25:00 This video covers different permaculture techniques for planting an orchard, including the use of guilds and plants that attract pollinators. The video also covers the benefits of donating 10% of ad revenue to a local community project.