Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
At Tap o' Noth Farm we have always planned for mixed, tree based perennials to supersede areas of our annual based market garden. In this video we discuss the idea of working with and accelerating natural succession by changing areas of the market garden over to a mixed orchard or forest garden.
We look at how we have already integrated perennials (trees, shrubs, herbs etc) into our small CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) market garden enterprise over the past six seasons with linear forest gardens hedgerows that frame and interject the vegetable plots.
Due to slowly shifting our focus from small scale commercial vegetable production and developing new on farm enterprises, we also discuss how the decommissioned vegetable plots are beginning to show signs of reverting back to their pre-cultivated plant communities. We intend to encourage this demonstration of forest ecosystem succession and also aid in the acceleration of this process by experimenting with seeding the plots with an understory of mixed grasses and herbs before planting more multi species, multi strata agroforestry systems, designing not only for home production but for generating a surplus for future perennial based enterprises.
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.
TAP:RETREAT
Come and stay on the farm in our traditional shepherds hut, complete with pizza oven and wood fired outdoor bath set amongst fields, trees and beside a beautiful pond. you can book through AirBnB here - airbnb.com/h/tapretreat
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
#permaculture #marketgarden #forestgarden
At Tap o' Noth Farm we have always planned for mixed, tree based perennials to supersede areas of our annual based market garden. In this video we discuss the idea of working with and accelerating natural succession by changing areas of the market garden over to a mixed orchard or forest garden.
We look at how we have already integrated perennials (trees, shrubs, herbs etc) into our small CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) market garden enterprise over the past six seasons with linear forest gardens hedgerows that frame and interject the vegetable plots.
Due to slowly shifting our focus from small scale commercial vegetable production and developing new on farm enterprises, we also discuss how the decommissioned vegetable plots are beginning to show signs of reverting back to their pre-cultivated plant communities. We intend to encourage this demonstration of forest ecosystem succession and also aid in the acceleration of this process by experimenting with seeding the plots with an understory of mixed grasses and herbs before planting more multi species, multi strata agroforestry systems, designing not only for home production but for generating a surplus for future perennial based enterprises.
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.
TAP:RETREAT
Come and stay on the farm in our traditional shepherds hut, complete with pizza oven and wood fired outdoor bath set amongst fields, trees and beside a beautiful pond. you can book through AirBnB here - airbnb.com/h/tapretreat
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
#permaculture #marketgarden #forestgarden
