A little behind here.....but HELLO STEEMIT!!!!!!!! My name is Jake. My steemit handle is @rawutah. We are so excited to be on steemit and learning from ALL of YOU! Been lurking here for a few weeks getting our feet wet. We are a small family living in southern Utah....that has been learning to grow our own urban food forest for about 10 years now. We started by learning/being inspired.. from others sharing their own stories..in books, magazines, blogs....and the burgeoning YouTube at that time.
here's our first DTUBE video and tour of the forest(not sure how to embed it here)--------
Here's our youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rawutah. if you have any interest in seeing how this food forest evolved over the last 10 years, we documented quite a bit of video over time. Dtube and vlogging on this new steemit application now....has sparked our interest!
In the summer of 2008, after countless hours studying and learning from others..we just went for it...and started digging!!!
This picture was taken in the summer of 2008. Flags were staked to mark the underground utilities....and we BROKE GROUND!!!
image below: looking over the gate into zone two in 2008. freshly planted.
Here's looking over the same gate in 2017. almonds, peaches, nectarines, sea berry and countless herbs... bursting off the lot!
Here's a drone shot of the food forest ...as of last summer 2017. As you walk out our front door...you hit our zone 1. zone 1 is mainly cherries, pluots and plums. Then, as you walk across the driveway....you arrive at zone 2, the peaches and almonds. walking into the backyard you arrive at the cherries...asian pears and figs. zone four is the greenhouse. zone 5 stretches behind the house...growing mainly apples. zone 6 comes back up the other side of the house and is growing kiwi and pluerries. then back to zone 1. the FULL CIRCLE FOOD FOREST!
As our new trees started to root in the fall of 2008, we decided to buy a greenhouse to grow year round. this....is...looking down into zone 4, pre greenhouse build and forest build. this image was shot right as we purchased the home around 2003. i'm standing on the future site of the growing dome greenhouse. dead center!
November of 2008 we bought a greenhouse kit from "growing spaces greenhouses" and they helped us set it up over a few days. we ordered the 18ft diameter kit.
After the greenhouse was completed...we just kept planting!!!!! 10 years of adding fruit trees to this small 1/4 acre lot and we've grown to over a hundred fruit trees and countless perennial herbs. it's become a place of solace for all of us. a homeschooling/unschooling.....place for our son to dive into the nature and learn while growing some of his own food. a place refuge.....for the whole TRIBE!
our four year old son, river....loves exploring in the forest daily. living in wonder!
The following video is a brief interview done by a friend and fellow youtuber. shot in the summer of 2011.
Family... food forests, wildcrafting..raw Utah adventure......and blockchain technology!!
PURE JOY!
Thanks for checking out the food forest and our steemit blog/vlog. we apprececiate ALL those who are sharing their lives and inspirations here. we have much to learn...and soak UP from all of you. the steem blockchain, steemit, dtube.....and all the other applications being built on this blockchain have such a future in our opinion!!!!! let's keep creating and sharing!
other social links we can currently be found at: facebook: rawutah and instagram: rawutah
catch you on the next vlog! COMING SOON!
thanks for viewing!!!! -Jake