Check out this incredible backyard garden that has a massive raised bed for vegetables, 18 productive fruit trees, a tangle of grape vines, and a beautiful pollinator garden. Marc and Aileen are growing such an abundance of food in their yard that they end up sharing and donating a good part of it with friends, family, and food banks.
They moved here three years ago and didn't realize they had all these fruit trees and grapes growing. They quickly caught the farming bug and have transformed their yard into an impressive micro farm in the city.
You can follow and find out more about HogsBackYard here:
https://www.instagram.com/hogsbackyard/
http://www.hogsbackyard.ca
And you can check out Marc's artwork here:
https://adornato.ca/
In this video we take a full tour of the backyard homestead, and we also get to see some of the cool projects they're working on, like a rainwater irrigation system made from free secondhand rain barrels and hoses, a greenhouse built with reclaimed windows, a solar pop can heater, and a tree nursery for community tree planting projects.
Marc and Aileen try to keep the cost of this project down by saving their own seeds, and by using secondhand pots, tools, and wood that they collect from all over the place.
The food they're growing helps keep their grocery bill cost down, and they preserve a lot of their harvest by canning, pickling, dehydrating, and freezing food so that they can eat it year round.
We are super inspired by these two and hope you enjoy taking a peek at what they're up to! You can follow and find out more about their project here:
https://www.instagram.com/hogsbackyard/
Thanks for watching!
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