Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 26 minutes ago
In this TAP SHORTS (filmed Sep 2019) we look at our forest garden tree rows that frame our market garden veg bed plots. These mixed fruit tree and shrub species hedgerows are inspired by the natural pattern and design of a forest ecosystem but planted in a way that enables easy harvest of the fruit. We also took great inspiration from the work of Stefan Sobkowiak and his Permaculture Orchard. Planting rows of productive trees between our plots of organic vegetables (harvested for a weekly CSA veg box scheme) is a small scale example of alley cropping, a widely used agroforestry method of combining crops on one area of land.
In these rows we grow apples, plums, blackcurrant, raspberry, autumn olive and many different herbs.
WHAT ARE TAP SHORTS?
TAP SHORTS are extracts from our FARMVLOGS - nuggets of information, be it a market gardening tutorial, tool demo, handy tip or just something we feel needs to be highlighted - reconfigured into a bite size video for you to quickly watch.
About Tap o' Noth Farm:
Hi, we're James and Rosa! Welcome to Tap o' Noth Farm, a quarter acre Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) market garden and 8 acre permaculture designed forest garden farm/homestead in Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland. We practice home scale to small farm scale agroforestry and regenerative agriculture methods to produce organic fruit and vegetables, raise dairy goats for all our raw milk needs, Shetland sheep and geese to graze our silvopasture and coppice systems and laying hens, moved around in a Chickshaw, for an abundance of eggs.
Our videos aren't 'how to's' - more videos to give a glimpse into our lifestyle and hopefully inspire you to bring aspects of what you see into your own life.
Patreon:
patreon.com/tapfarm
If you're looking for even more content from James and Rosa then you can become a patron of Tap Farm. It takes James between 5-10 hrs to edit our vlogs, let alone the time it takes to film and farm at the same time! Your support will aid us greatly in producing our FARMVLOGS, enabling us to take the time needed to craft a beautiful film and to help fund the licences needed for the vlog soundtrack. We will list your name at the end of each vlog episode so everyone knows how brilliant you are! We will also keep you updated on our farm work/life by posting exclusive video content that is not available on YouTube such as FARMVLOG outtakes, behind the scenes footage, hints & tips and more in depth videos discussing the many permaculture systems to be found on the farm PLUS the odd photo from Rosa and James.
Social Media links:
INSTAGRAM - instagram.com/tapfarm
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/taponothfarm
TAP CHAT FB GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tapch...
WEBSITE - taponothfarm.com
#forestgarden #permaculture #agroforestry
In this TAP SHORTS (filmed Sep 2019) we look at our forest garden tree rows that frame our market garden veg bed plots. These mixed fruit tree and shrub species hedgerows are inspired by the natural pattern and design of a forest ecosystem but planted in a way that enables easy harvest of the fruit. We also took great inspiration from the work of Stefan Sobkowiak and his Permaculture Orchard. Planting rows of productive trees between our plots of organic vegetables (harvested for a weekly CSA veg box scheme) is a small scale example of alley cropping, a widely used agroforestry method of combining crops on one area of land.
In these rows we grow apples, plums, blackcurrant, raspberry, autumn olive and many different herbs.
WHAT ARE TAP SHORTS?
TAP SHORTS are extracts from our FARMVLOGS - nuggets of information, be it a market gardening tutorial, tool demo, handy tip or just something we feel needs to be highlighted - reconfigured into a bite size video for you to quickly watch.
About Tap o' Noth Farm:
Hi, we're James and Rosa! Welcome to Tap o' Noth Farm, a quarter acre Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) market garden and 8 acre permaculture designed forest garden farm/homestead in Aberdeenshire, NE Scotland. We practice home scale to small farm scale agroforestry and regenerative agriculture methods to produce organic fruit and vegetables, raise dairy goats for all our raw milk needs, Shetland sheep and geese to graze our silvopasture and coppice systems and laying hens, moved around in a Chickshaw, for an abundance of eggs.
Our videos aren't 'how to's' - more videos to give a glimpse into our lifestyle and hopefully inspire you to bring aspects of what you see into your own life.
Patreon:
patreon.com/tapfarm
If you're looking for even more content from James and Rosa then you can become a patron of Tap Farm. It takes James between 5-10 hrs to edit our vlogs, let alone the time it takes to film and farm at the same time! Your support will aid us greatly in producing our FARMVLOGS, enabling us to take the time needed to craft a beautiful film and to help fund the licences needed for the vlog soundtrack. We will list your name at the end of each vlog episode so everyone knows how brilliant you are! We will also keep you updated on our farm work/life by posting exclusive video content that is not available on YouTube such as FARMVLOG outtakes, behind the scenes footage, hints & tips and more in depth videos discussing the many permaculture systems to be found on the farm PLUS the odd photo from Rosa and James.
Social Media links:
INSTAGRAM - instagram.com/tapfarm
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/taponothfarm
TAP CHAT FB GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/tapch...
WEBSITE - taponothfarm.com
#forestgarden #permaculture #agroforestry
