I am a long time gardener, I am 80 years old. We have 4 acres and have been gardening in the ground, fighting weeds, and bugs =back pain. Your method of container gardening on elevated grow tables is an excellent idea, that will help me to continue gardening in my old age. Thank you.
As older peole, Is it bad for our back to let the ability to work the ground aprophy, as children can do comfortably? To allow our bodies to atrophy from more selective physical movement?
This is so inspiring to read; you have no idea! I'm 72 and once upon a time had a 5 acre garden and canned *so much*. I tried growing tomatoes in containers last year but unfortunately got way too late of a start. I've got a handle on it this year, though! Keep on doing what you're doing and commenting whenever you can because you truly are an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. ❤ 🎉 😊
I can vouch for you on upright gardening. Many years ago a went to a U Pick Strawberry farm in North County San Diego. I think it’s the San Mateo Sand ( very unique characteristic not really found anywhere else in the world where the strawberry beds were way higher than knee high with all the berries easy to pick . It was like walking in a trench between the berries with the walls firm and not collapsing.
Hey Hollis, this was just the video to lift my spirits. One additional benefit to container gardening: no dog or cat tootsie rolls near your food. So gross when neighborhood cats use the garden as a bathroom.
Hollis, I have almost 40 acres but my best gardening was done on my second story deck in containers because the deer thought my garden in the ground was only for them. I've noticed your deer fencing. Is there somewhere that makes wire fencing that tall or do you have 2 runs of 48 inch fencing with one installed above the other?
I was thinking a 65 bending over is not as easy as it was when I was in my 50’s. Gotta make into our 80’s and 90’s and keep growing with these great ideas. We are putting in a 12x16 greenhouse. Hallelujah!
The older I get, the more I'm getting into raised beds and container gardening. Thanks for the video, and even as a so-called veteran gardner, I always tend to learn something new watching your videos. Thank you. Have a blessed day.
I really love your videos . I’m a Christian and country song writer. I love growing my vegetables in pots but like you I have the space . Keep on posting , great video . 😎🇺🇸😎
Oh my goodness, Hollis, have just changed my gardening life. I really have not planted vegetables because of a lack of space, you have just opened up a whole world of possibilities. Thank you, and blessings to you and Nancy.
I have also been gardening for years. I am exploring doing grow bags, and am currently also growing using a hydroponic system. I am doing different growing methods this year
Many people get home deliveries of food and medicine in foam coolers. I rescue those coolers from the curb and use them as planters. The foam also insulates the roots from the heat. Another advantage of container gardening is pest control. Root knot nematodes love okra. It's easy to remove the contaminated soil so that the other plants aren't affected.
@@Anne--Marie What a fantastic idea, those are generally cheap at the Dollar stores if they are not available for free. Love how inventive gardeners are!
I been a truck driver for years, now I like to stay home and star to planting, your videos help me a lot, thank you I star to due, I like to say thank and Good bless U and u family please don't give up
Thank you so much. So glad you like our videos. We are trying to continue as long as we can. Old age and some health issues are taking a toll on our ability to garden. We are still trying but on a much smaller scale❤️
I have watched a few of your videos in the past and liked them all. This video was especially inspiring. I have grown so tired from other videos that say everyone is doing everything “wrong” and only they can tell you how to do it correctly. Your approach is refreshing and informative, and I really appreciate the fact that you give God the glory for your blessings. I hope you and Nancy have many more years of health to enjoy your gardening and time together. I am subscribing today.
@@HollisNancysHomestead Please know that we value and appreciate whatever content you put out. There's always value in what y'all share even if it's less often. Wishing peace for you both and Bing-Bing!
I enjoyed this. You have good sound reasons for growing in containers! I think there is something more, I have watched you guys for years now, you like building and growing in containers! Gardening is personal, experienced gardeners will find ways of growing over the years, that are successful and pleasing to them! I feel really close to the Lord when I’m out working in my garden, pure joy! God bless Klaus
Omg! I don’t know why I didn’t think of a grow table. Thank you so much for sharing! I have been having flooding problems, and I couldn’t think of what to do for my containers. I was on the verge of not having a garden anymore. Blessings to you and your wife!
Some great points here. We do similar (also on a 5 acre plot) but we generally use only two sizes of pot (15 or 30 litres, approximately 3.5 or 7 US gallons). We don't go any smaller for growing things as the wind on our site is just too strong, the bigger containers generally (not always!) stay where they're put when full of damp growing materials. We do our seed starts in reusable heavy duty commercial growers starting trays, we then plant out the plug plants from these to overcome slugs. As for your raised tables for growing and planting, they're a fantastic thing for old and young alike, definitely worth building. Keep up the awesome work here on UA-cam. All the best from the wild and windy Highlands of Scotland! 👍🌱
Last season I planted a variety of lettuces for the first time. I saw that they were ready for harvesting. I decided to wait until the next day because I was busy that. When I went out the very next morning to harvest my heads of lettuce I saw that the rabbits mowed down my lettuces, as if I hired them to mow my lawn. 😂😂😂 Those rabbits gave them a nice low cut. So this season I will definitely be growing them above ground
You and Nancy have a beautiful garden. I agree that containers are the way to go. My husband grows our peppers and tomatoes in containers. I grew for the first time some Chinese string eggplant in containers. It works wonderfully. Thanks for this video. Gave us some more ideas.
I’ve been a farmer too for 25 years back in my younger days. Now every thing I grow has to be in containers due to physical conditions make it easier for the lower back problems, easy to move m, around. But not only that, I plant them in small containers because I can’t carry heavy stuff either. I also grown indoors under grow lights especially when the cold states to kick in. Reason for growing in small containers for more space and more varieties of vegetables. I just love the compact garden now. Thanks for sharing your video.
I have gotten older and I know what you mean about saving your back. I have made several of you grow tables and just love them. Thank you for the plans.
Years ago, someone either dumped their bunnies, or they escaped. Our yard bunnies are all descendants of those former pets. They expect to be fed, and will actually come on the back porch and thump the door. They have their own tiny garden patch this year to help keep them out of the in-ground plants and away from the house. They won't touch the purple cabbages, but boy do they love the green ones! We eventually hope to catch a few of them to keep as pets and for their spherical outputs to mix back into the garden.
@@katiemoyer8679just make the rabbit garden more accessible than the others. I still have a short wire fence around MY gardens but if they can have their own garden they don't try so hard to get into the others
I scored when my friend sold The Grow Box Company he emptied on me all the returns experiments every kind of container .Now all I need is compost and tables
Hi Hollis and Nancy. Today was my 1st time seeing one of your videos. Great ideas w containers, and I also really like the elevated grow tables! But best of all was the end where you give God all the glory!!! No wonder your garden thrives....yes, of course you both work hard, but the favor of The Lord Almighty God is resting on you as you steward what He has given you, and as you thank and praise Him for it all. Amen. 😊😊
Wow. How refreshing to see a YT channel without the host doing one of those annoying wide eyed open mouth click bait photos. Whenever I see those I never enter their sight because they’re just plain insulting. You’re a treasure and an original, Hollis and your information about gardening is amazing. ❤
Great video with great reasons...as we get older container gardening is the way for us too! Thank you for being inclusive...you are correct not everyone has land to grow....your planting ideas have been not just informative but inspiring whether land or containers...well done...thank you...from cold snowy NY!❤
Thank you so much for this awesome information. Your Blessing at the end of your video are a Blessing to me. May the Lord continue to richly bless you and Nancy❤
You were the first person I’d ever seen these elevated grow tables with containers! I will set up a couple this season with some left over wood. I had a bunch of large trees installed and kept the 25 gallon pots! Thanks for all the tips.
I'm a beginner Gardner and had no idea what I'm doing and I've seen a lot of videos here on UA-cam and none of them are more informative than yours and easy to follow .. I subscribed immediately..
thankyou for the video--- wow--wow-- this was needed !!! awesome------- I'm adding this type of gardening to my plans this year! and this will help my 83 year old father with his in the ground garden, to not have so much work for him. GOD is with us all--
I in Florida (zone 9b) and I am working on my container garden. I had good results with cherry tomatoes and mustard greens. I am starting cucumber, squash, and tomato seeds. I am glad I found your channel.
We love watching your videos. They are so relaxing in this stress-filled world. You inspire us to try new things and give step-by-step instructions that take away the guess work. The north is more limited in its growing season, closing the timetable, at the same time increasing the stress to hurry and plant when needed. But the container garden opens up more great options! Thank you for all your videos and great information! We love you guys!
I have transitioned over to a lot of containers. I am soon to be 74 and with arthritis pain, I cannot be on the ground like I used to or I can’t get back up!!! lol. Thank you Hollis!❤❤❤
I found the best way to control slugs with diatomaceous earth was to mix a heaping scoop in a sprayer and shake as I apply it ( the DE is not water soluble and will precipitate and clog you nozzle otherwise) and spray it on the ground and leaves, tops and bottoms. I did wonders on my strawberries. Worked for almost two weeks even in the rainy season.
So grateful for any and all ideas you give. Been watching you for many years but don't comment often. Age and health has been a big problem for me and I wasn't sure what I was going to do this year. My husband says it takes to much soil to do in containers but I am doing some this year. I got grow bags as a gift this year and going to see what I can grow in those this year and pray I can get some help with the earth garden until I can get enough area for grow tables and raised bed. Live in the north so short growing season and really need what I can grow to help with my food needs. God's blessing to you and yours
We live in Maine, and agree the traditional growing season is very short, usually Memorial day to late September. However, we've learned what plants can handle the cold, and have been getting them sown as soon as the frost in the ground is gone. Mid Apil. Peas, lettuces, spinach, onions, brassicas are all good examples. And when early varieties are done, again, replant varieties that will do well into October. Now you've extended your growing season from3 1/2 months into 6 months In regard to purchasing soil, and again it's expensive. Save it, when you harvest and revitalize/amend it in a garden cart/wheelbarrow/large bucket, refill the pot and carry on. These are easy ways to borrow time from Mother Nature. Personally, I hate a baron garden, much prefer the color green as soon as possible after 4-5 months of white/grey, and brown. Good Luck 😊
Our first year gardening, we grew EVERYTHING in 100 5 gallon buckets. Very compact and it was lots of fun and we had great yields. We have moved to raised beds, but your comment on smaller containers for lettuce, radish, and spinach have made me think we might need to do something there. Always love your videos
Really like this summary video on container gardening. Containers also let you extend the growing season by moving plants easily into a greenhouse or cold frame when light frosts arrive. Thank you for the great video!
You did bring peace to my day and a smile on my face. What a wonderful idea you have come up with. It's also the perfect answer to some of us seniors. Thank you.
I am going back and writing down how he does his gardening like bone/blood meal and how much and how often if more than at the beginning.(putting in ground). I have just started. Also going to write down his soil amendments.
This is my second time watching your video, but I took notes this time. I've been gardening only a few years now, seriously. I live in suburbs with a very large plot. However, I've been losing in-ground space due to tree roots chocking out anything in/at ground level. Your chat about plant pots and what you grow in them helps me a whole bunch. Plus, I'm building your bucket frames. I have to grow vertical if I want food. Budget wise, I can't afford new wood now, but I'm going to upcycle better pallet wood from window stores, etc. Plus some old privacy fence sections to make my tables n frames. I'll replace it as funds permit. Thank you both for sharing your knowledge.
May God in his infinite mercy continue to bless you and your family.Thanks for everything I have learnt from you all the way in Lagos Nigeria.God bless
Hello, this what I have been waiting for. Containers for vegetables. Didn't have any success last year , . Excellent explanation regarding vegetables in containers.
Hollis your experience and wisdom is priceless, thank you so much for continuing to share both with us. And yes Hollis, just looking at your amazing vegetables did bring a smile to my face, hope to emulate your success only on a much smaller scale. Blessings to you both from Tasmania.
Thank you for watching! It warms our heart to know our videos are peaceful for you to watch. That has been one of our main goals while creating videos. Your kind words have encouraged us to keep at it. Have a peaceful weekend ❤️❤️🐶
You did a good job explaining that question. Even when we grow in the field it is still good to have some other favorite veggies in pots near the kitchen door!
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I suffer a back injury last year and was not able to garden at all. Going to take some of your ideas and implement them in my garden. God bless you all.
Great idea. Thank you. You can put the containers on rain gutters, closed both ends of the gutters, fill the rain gutters with water and have the plants wick water from below. You can even set up automatic float valves to have the rain gutters self-fill from water barrels, better yet rain barrels.
Excellent tips! I am going to try growing Bok Choy this year and probably would've failed without your video. May God bless and keep you all the days of your life.
LOVE this video, Hollis! Living in Ohio now, but looking at property in Arkansas. Container gardening would be terrific there, too, because of the rocky soil conditions. This is exciting stuff. I don't have to give up gardening simply because the rich soil I'm used to isn't available in my new region. I'd love to see more of this topic. Hi, Nancy! Love to you from this old Buckeye State! "Have a blessed day!!"....aw, you are amazing. I love hearing that.
We made a container table last summer on our back deck with shade cloth overhead and we had lettuce, spinach and herbs all summer long. Plus easy to reach when preparing meals. Our main garden is in direct sunlight all day long and it is brutal, so this shade cloth covered table was a great idea. I am going to try broccoli and brussels sprouts in 5 gallon buckets (or larger) under the shade cloth too. Raised beds and containers are our only option because of our rocky soil. Thank you for your inspiration!
I'm so glad that you mentioned shade clothes!! That had never occurred to me. They will certainly help me to be able to grow vegetables other than full sun vegetables. 🌞 Thanks so much!! ❤😊
@@vickykent353 I have to credit Hollis & Nancy's channel for this idea. I figured if it works in the heat and humidity of Florida, it should here in TN.
Ive been wishing, at 73, for a natural terrace-like setting to save my back doing gardening; so glad to discover your way today...looks like i found my plan thankfully. Great thanks to you two and the Almighty! Table building time. 👍
Thank you for this information! I live in an apartment and have a container garden for the first time! Praying for the Lord’s protection and blessings on our garden and for yours too!
Love your name Hollis. It is very unique. Thanks for all these great tips. You and Nancy sure do grow and eat well, and as always we owe it ALL to the Lord.
I’m SOLD!!! Sensible solutions for all my concerns: pest control, weeding, aging considerate, harvest staging, convenient, and looks a dam site neater organised gardening option than traditional ground grow beds. Love it. Thank you for sharing all the benefits. Love your entire set up. I’m 51 this year. I love gardening but I’ve been looking for a suitable plan that helps me as I get older. Had considered Aeroponics grow towers but I love playing with soil… it’s meditative. Perfect solution.
Love your videos. I am an avid container gardener. Am retiring in June and can’t wait to garden all the time! Please continue making these! God bless you and Nancy.
I also grow my crops in pots. I have a question: Have you heard of the Prickly Lettuce? It is considered a weed but if you look online it says it is used for so many medicinal uses. It is amazing. I started planting it all over my yard as I saw one popping up then I dug it up and planted it in a pot and then where I wanted it in the yard.
Also, I’ve seen recently that you can over winter pepper plants by cutting back to a few inches above the lowest nodes, removing the root ball, cleaning some of the soil off and putting into another container with fresh amended soil. Jump starting for the next year.😊
You two are such a blessing. I found you to day 5/4/24. My 2nd year container garden. I have 2 acres but, will be 66 in August and widowed 2 x before age 54. Its been rough. Ive been wondering about size of containers. This is so much help. THANK Y'ALL and GOD BLESS!!
If it weren't for you and your knowledge of growing in containers, I would not be growing anything. I now have a great container garden in 5 gallon buckets it wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thrilled to have had the privilege to view your post today! We were considering an in ground garden as well as a container garden. Now I know exactly what I want, thanks to your post! I love how the Lord makes available to me the information that brings joy to my soul and the ideas/examples that I can emulate . May you and your lovely wife have a bountiful harvest and enjoy all of His Blessings.
these tables are the greatest idea I've ever seen and when I get my new house, that is exactly what I'm going to do. Thank you so much @Hollis and Nancys Homestead!! ❤❤❤
Just started mine I bought a whole bunch of food gray buckets from someone that gets them at their job and started gardening. That way I live in a studio apartment with a lanai so I'm taking a bath of that area until I get my home God willing thank you sir.🙏❤️☮️
Thank you for all the good information! I enjoy watching you and Nancy cultivating your homestead. I also like the wild animals walking through at night!
Hollis thanks for this video! I started watching you several years ago, before you moved to FL. I have always liked your start to finish video format so thats what caught my attention when I seen your videos at first. I have to say though I look forward to also seeing your scriptures at the end of every video as well. you and Nancy and Bing are Blessed and a blessing to so many people. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for growing!
I had a few left over fish tank stands from our fish stage. We put left over plywood on top and use them as tables for my container garden. Also left over shelving units, cinder blocks stacked up as legs with wood spanning between them for tables. I repurpose whatever I can.
I'm 36, just getting into gardening, I live in a city apartment , we have small outdoor area, so I can only grow in containers, so many useful tips, thanks a lot!
I love this way of growing. I need to begin a garden notebook frm easy natues way of growing. I hoe use thi in future. This hoefully be my future job. I like his senior garden plan.😅❤❤❤
I am a long time gardener, I am 80 years old. We have 4 acres and have been gardening in the ground, fighting weeds, and bugs =back pain. Your method of container gardening on elevated grow tables is an excellent idea, that will help me to continue gardening in my old age. Thank you.
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As older peole, Is it bad for our back to let the ability to work the ground aprophy, as children can do comfortably? To allow our bodies to atrophy from more selective physical movement?
This is so inspiring to read; you have no idea! I'm 72 and once upon a time had a 5 acre garden and canned *so much*. I tried growing tomatoes in containers last year but unfortunately got way too late of a start. I've got a handle on it this year, though! Keep on doing what you're doing and commenting whenever you can because you truly are an inspiration! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. ❤ 🎉 😊
I can vouch for you on upright gardening. Many years ago a went to a U Pick Strawberry farm in North County San Diego. I think it’s the San Mateo Sand ( very unique characteristic not really found anywhere else in the world where the strawberry beds were way higher than knee high with all the berries easy to pick . It was like walking in a trench between the berries with the walls firm and not collapsing.
I am disabled and container gardening has enabled me to keep gardening. I love your grow tables!
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Fantastic. Love every thing you shared. We have no idea how to do this
Hey Hollis, this was just the video to lift my spirits. One additional benefit to container gardening: no dog or cat tootsie rolls near your food. So gross when neighborhood cats use the garden as a bathroom.
I had to actually use chicken wire on the TOP of my raised beds because of that!
You NEVER LIE !!!! Easy on the back & knees that's why all my garden this year is going up up up
Hollis, I have almost 40 acres but my best gardening was done on my second story deck in containers because the deer thought my garden in the ground was only for them.
I've noticed your deer fencing. Is there somewhere that makes wire fencing that tall or do you have 2 runs of 48 inch fencing with one installed above the other?
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this make a lot of sense, I am 76 years old and bending over is not was easy as it was in my 60's.
I was thinking a 65 bending over is not as easy as it was when I was in my 50’s. Gotta make into our 80’s and 90’s and keep growing with these great ideas. We are putting in a 12x16 greenhouse. Hallelujah!
The older I get, the more I'm getting into raised beds and container gardening. Thanks for the video, and even as a so-called veteran gardner, I always tend to learn something new watching your videos. Thank you. Have a blessed day.
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I really love your videos . I’m a Christian and country song writer. I love growing my vegetables in pots but like you I have the space . Keep on posting , great video . 😎🇺🇸😎
Great presentation Hollis, people forget that us oldies have back & joint problems. I think your system of raised planting is brilliant 🌍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌍
Oh my goodness, Hollis, have just changed my gardening life. I really have not planted vegetables because of a lack of space, you have just opened up a whole world of possibilities. Thank you, and blessings to you and Nancy.
I have also been gardening for years. I am exploring doing grow bags, and am currently also growing using a hydroponic system. I am doing different growing methods this year
Many people get home deliveries of food and medicine in foam coolers. I rescue those coolers from the curb and use them as planters. The foam also insulates the roots from the heat.
Another advantage of container gardening is pest control. Root knot nematodes love okra. It's easy to remove the contaminated soil so that the other plants aren't affected.
@@Anne--Marie What a fantastic idea, those are generally cheap at the Dollar stores if they are not available for free. Love how inventive gardeners are!
@@QueenAnnesLace13 Thank you! Happy gardening!
The raised container garden (for me so far) has made it so much easier on my knees and back, eliminated slugs, snails and pill bugs from my plants.
I been a truck driver for years, now I like to stay home and star to planting, your videos help me a lot, thank you I star to due, I like to say thank and Good bless U and u family please don't give up
Thank you so much. So glad you like our videos. We are trying to continue as long as we can. Old age and some health issues are taking a toll on our ability to garden. We are still trying but on a much smaller scale❤️
I have watched a few of your videos in the past and liked them all. This video was especially inspiring. I have grown so tired from other videos that say everyone is doing everything “wrong” and only they can tell you how to do it correctly. Your approach is refreshing and informative, and I really appreciate the fact that you give God the glory for your blessings. I hope you and Nancy have many more years of health to enjoy your gardening and time together. I am subscribing today.
Carlos.. thanks for trucking! Hard job my son just came off the road for an in town job to see his young family. God bless you and your harvest🙏
@@HollisNancysHomestead Please know that we value and appreciate whatever content you put out. There's always value in what y'all share even if it's less often. Wishing peace for you both and Bing-Bing!
I enjoyed this. You have good sound reasons for growing in containers! I think there is something more, I have watched you guys for years now, you like building and growing in containers! Gardening is personal, experienced gardeners will find ways of growing over the years, that are successful and pleasing to them! I feel really close to the Lord when I’m out working in my garden, pure joy!
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what we do channel. I also feel closer to God too. I always thank him as I am joyfully picking my harvest.
Omg! I don’t know why I didn’t think of a grow table. Thank you so much for sharing! I have been having flooding problems, and I couldn’t think of what to do for my containers. I was on the verge of not having a garden anymore. Blessings to you and your wife!
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Some great points here. We do similar (also on a 5 acre plot) but we generally use only two sizes of pot (15 or 30 litres, approximately 3.5 or 7 US gallons). We don't go any smaller for growing things as the wind on our site is just too strong, the bigger containers generally (not always!) stay where they're put when full of damp growing materials. We do our seed starts in reusable heavy duty commercial growers starting trays, we then plant out the plug plants from these to overcome slugs. As for your raised tables for growing and planting, they're a fantastic thing for old and young alike, definitely worth building. Keep up the awesome work here on UA-cam. All the best from the wild and windy Highlands of Scotland! 👍🌱
I always watch to the end, for the blessing, of course, but also to see that fine boy, Bing Bing.
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Last season I planted a variety of lettuces for the first time. I saw that they were ready for harvesting. I decided to wait until the next day because I was busy that. When I went out the very next morning to harvest my heads of lettuce I saw that the rabbits mowed down my lettuces, as if I hired them to mow my lawn. 😂😂😂 Those rabbits gave them a nice low cut. So this season I will definitely be growing them above ground
You and Nancy have a beautiful garden. I agree that containers are the way to go. My husband grows our peppers and tomatoes in containers. I grew for the first time some Chinese string eggplant in containers. It works wonderfully. Thanks for this video. Gave us some more ideas.
I’ve been a farmer too for 25 years back in my younger days. Now every thing I grow has to be in containers due to physical conditions make it easier for the lower back problems, easy to move m, around. But not only that, I plant them in small containers because I can’t carry heavy stuff either. I also grown indoors under grow lights especially when the cold states to kick in. Reason for growing in small containers for more space and more varieties of vegetables. I just love the compact garden now. Thanks for sharing your video.
I have gotten older and I know what you mean about saving your back. I have made several of you grow tables and just love them. Thank you for the plans.
My wife saw this and sent me over to watch, thanks for sharing your insights and showing us the grow beds.
Years ago, someone either dumped their bunnies, or they escaped. Our yard bunnies are all descendants of those former pets. They expect to be fed, and will actually come on the back porch and thump the door. They have their own tiny garden patch this year to help keep them out of the in-ground plants and away from the house. They won't touch the purple cabbages, but boy do they love the green ones!
We eventually hope to catch a few of them to keep as pets and for their spherical outputs to mix back into the garden.
They make the best fertilizer. No need to compost first. Was wondering, how you intend to train them to use THEIR plot of greens and protect yours?
"Spherical outputs" -I LOVE it!😂👍
@@katiemoyer8679just make the rabbit garden more accessible than the others. I still have a short wire fence around MY gardens but if they can have their own garden they don't try so hard to get into the others
Those container tables are not just senior citizen friendly. Some young folks with bad back appreciate them too😂
You are a world of knowledge. God bless.
I scored when my friend sold The Grow Box Company he emptied on me all the returns experiments every kind of container .Now all I need is compost and tables
Hi Hollis and Nancy. Today was my 1st time seeing one of your videos. Great ideas w containers, and I also really like the elevated grow tables! But best of all was the end where you give God all the glory!!! No wonder your garden thrives....yes, of course you both work hard, but the favor of The Lord Almighty God is resting on you as you steward what He has given you, and as you thank and praise Him for it all. Amen. 😊😊
Thanks for watching and subscribing!! Have a peaceful weekend ❤️❤️🐶
Wow. How refreshing to see a YT channel without the host doing one of those annoying wide eyed open mouth click bait photos. Whenever I see those I never enter their sight because they’re just plain insulting. You’re a treasure and an original, Hollis and your information about gardening is amazing. ❤
Yeah, I laugh at those kind of thumbnails too. Looks stupid. 😲😲😲
I dislike them too. Mouths open and arms outstretched wide.
Another advantage is that it's easy to amend and recycle soil. And also if you move you can move your garden with you.
I just love listening to your southern drawl…it’s so nice and soothing! Thanks for being a kind person!!!
Great video with great reasons...as we get older container gardening is the way for us too! Thank you for being inclusive...you are correct not everyone has land to grow....your planting ideas have been not just informative but inspiring whether land or containers...well done...thank you...from cold snowy NY!❤
I just think you and Nancy are just Lovely People
What a sweet thing to say!!! God bless you and yours❤️❤️❤️
Nothing better than homegrown ❤
Thank you so much for this awesome information. Your Blessing at the end of your video are a Blessing to me. May the Lord continue to richly bless you and Nancy❤
You were the first person I’d ever seen these elevated grow tables with containers! I will set up a couple this season with some left over wood. I had a bunch of large trees installed and kept the 25 gallon pots! Thanks for all the tips.
Mr. Hollis for president! :)
I'm a beginner Gardner and had no idea what I'm doing and I've seen a lot of videos here on UA-cam and none of them are more informative than yours and easy to follow .. I subscribed immediately..
Welcome to the family ❤️❤️🐶
thankyou for the video--- wow--wow-- this was needed !!! awesome------- I'm adding this type of gardening to my plans this year! and this will help my 83 year old father with his in the ground garden, to not have so much work for him. GOD is with us all--
It definitely helps me especially now that I am in my 70s
I in Florida (zone 9b) and I am working on my container garden. I had good results with cherry tomatoes and mustard greens. I am starting cucumber, squash, and tomato seeds. I am glad I found your channel.
We love watching your videos. They are so relaxing in this stress-filled world. You inspire us to try new things and give step-by-step instructions that take away the guess work. The north is more limited in its growing season, closing the timetable, at the same time increasing the stress to hurry and plant when needed. But the container garden opens up more great options! Thank you for all your videos and great information! We love you guys!
Thank you for watching!!! Hope our videos bring more peace to you during these stressful days ❤️❤️🐶
Thank You, Hollis and Nancy. So appreciate all you do to teach and encourage. God Bless
Uncle Hollis - the BEST to ever do it!!!! ✌🏻💜🌻
I have transitioned over to a lot of containers. I am soon to be 74 and with arthritis pain, I cannot be on the ground like I used to or I can’t get back up!!! lol. Thank you Hollis!❤❤❤
Wowza! You have mastered gardening for seniors! And smart people!
I found the best way to control slugs with diatomaceous earth was to mix a heaping scoop in a sprayer and shake as I apply it ( the DE is not water soluble and will precipitate and clog you nozzle otherwise) and spray it on the ground and leaves, tops and bottoms. I did wonders on my strawberries. Worked for almost two weeks even in the rainy season.
So grateful for any and all ideas you give. Been watching you for many years but don't comment often. Age and health has been a big problem for me and I wasn't sure what I was going to do this year. My husband says it takes to much soil to do in containers but I am doing some this year. I got grow bags as a gift this year and going to see what I can grow in those this year and pray I can get some help with the earth garden until I can get enough area for grow tables and raised bed. Live in the north so short growing season and really need what I can grow to help with my food needs. God's blessing to you and yours
We live in Maine, and agree the traditional growing season is very short, usually Memorial day to late
September. However, we've learned what plants can handle the cold, and have been getting them sown
as soon as the frost in the ground is gone. Mid Apil. Peas, lettuces, spinach, onions, brassicas are all
good examples. And when early varieties are done, again, replant varieties that will do well into October.
Now you've extended your growing season from3 1/2 months into 6 months
In regard to purchasing soil, and again it's expensive. Save it, when you harvest and revitalize/amend it
in a garden cart/wheelbarrow/large bucket, refill the pot and carry on. These are easy ways to borrow
time from Mother Nature.
Personally, I hate a baron garden, much prefer the color green as soon as possible after 4-5 months
of white/grey, and brown. Good Luck 😊
Praying God provides for you so that you are able to grow abundantly!
Put mulch at the bottom of your pots and shredded papers leaves and twigs you only need a small amount of dirt
This is one of the smartest forms of gardening I've ever seen. This is so good! Thank you for sharing this wisdom!
Our first year gardening, we grew EVERYTHING in 100 5 gallon buckets. Very compact and it was lots of fun and we had great yields. We have moved to raised beds, but your comment on smaller containers for lettuce, radish, and spinach have made me think we might need to do something there.
Always love your videos
Really like this summary video on container gardening. Containers also let you extend the growing season by moving plants easily into a greenhouse or cold frame when light frosts arrive. Thank you for the great video!
You did bring peace to my day and a smile on my face. What a wonderful idea you have come up with. It's also the perfect answer to some of us seniors. Thank you.
I am going back and writing down how he does his gardening like bone/blood meal and how much and how often if more than at the beginning.(putting in ground). I have just started. Also going to write down his soil amendments.
Thank you... I have been battling gophers pulling tomatoes down under ground... This is a perfect solution... And saving my back
Love you guys keep growing and growing and praying❤😊
This is my second time watching your video, but I took notes this time. I've been gardening only a few years now, seriously. I live in suburbs with a very large plot. However, I've been losing in-ground space due to tree roots chocking out anything in/at ground level. Your chat about plant pots and what you grow in them helps me a whole bunch. Plus, I'm building your bucket frames. I have to grow vertical if I want food. Budget wise, I can't afford new wood now, but I'm going to upcycle better pallet wood from window stores, etc. Plus some old privacy fence sections to make my tables n frames. I'll replace it as funds permit. Thank you both for sharing your knowledge.
May God in his infinite mercy continue to bless you and your family.Thanks for everything I have learnt from you all the way in Lagos Nigeria.God bless
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Really that’s a very good idea so hard as we get older to bend down lol great video
I'm so happy, To find yall again...❤
Been watching You and Nancy garden. Since. Your small Bardyard Home..❤🙏😘❤️🙏🙏🙏
Welcome back. ❤️
Hello, this what I have been waiting for. Containers for vegetables. Didn't have any success last year , .
Excellent explanation regarding vegetables in containers.
Hollis your experience and wisdom is priceless, thank you so much for continuing to share both with us. And yes Hollis, just looking at your amazing vegetables did bring a smile to my face, hope to emulate your success only on a much smaller scale. Blessings to you both from Tasmania.
I am glad you said it. I connect with God in my garden. My garden is evident that God exists. Happy gardening!
Love your videos. They bring peace. Also really like our raised garden and container garden. Makes so much sense. Thanks, Hollis.
Thank you for watching! It warms our heart to know our videos are peaceful for you to watch. That has been one of our main goals while creating videos. Your kind words have encouraged us to keep at it. Have a peaceful weekend ❤️❤️🐶
You did a good job explaining that question. Even when we grow in the field it is still good to have some other favorite veggies in pots near the kitchen door!
Thank you. We especially like the easy and convenient harvesting for a individual meal👍❤️
This is awesome. Thank you for sharing. I suffer a back injury last year and was not able to garden at all. Going to take some of your ideas and implement them in my garden. God bless you all.
Thank you for sharing. I haven't watched you in a while due to life but we are back to gardening and needing ideas. Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Great idea. Thank you. You can put the containers on rain gutters, closed both ends of the gutters, fill the rain gutters with water and have the plants wick water from below. You can even set up automatic float valves to have the rain gutters self-fill from water barrels, better yet rain barrels.
I like how your mind works👍
Informative and well-presented! Nice friendly session with your experience stamped on everything you said. Great work, you two and thank you!
Excellent tips! I am going to try growing Bok Choy this year and probably would've failed without your video. May God bless and keep you all the days of your life.
I think a grow table is just what I need. Blessings Hollis & Nancy🙏🏻
Wonderful video as always! It is so nice that you share some examples of what plants 🪴 for different sized pots… Thanks to you both🙏
LOVE this video, Hollis! Living in Ohio now, but looking at property in Arkansas. Container gardening would be terrific there, too, because of the rocky soil conditions. This is exciting stuff. I don't have to give up gardening simply because the rich soil I'm used to isn't available in my new region. I'd love to see more of this topic. Hi, Nancy! Love to you from this old Buckeye State! "Have a blessed day!!"....aw, you are amazing. I love hearing that.
We made a container table last summer on our back deck with shade cloth overhead and we had lettuce, spinach and herbs all summer long. Plus easy to reach when preparing meals. Our main garden is in direct sunlight all day long and it is brutal, so this shade cloth covered table was a great idea. I am going to try broccoli and brussels sprouts in 5 gallon buckets (or larger) under the shade cloth too. Raised beds and containers are our only option because of our rocky soil. Thank you for your inspiration!
You are doing a fantastic job 👍👍👍👍
I'm so glad that you mentioned shade clothes!! That had never occurred to me. They will certainly help me to be able to grow vegetables other than full sun vegetables. 🌞 Thanks so much!! ❤😊
@@vickykent353 I have to credit Hollis & Nancy's channel for this idea. I figured if it works in the heat and humidity of Florida, it should here in TN.
It's been awhile since I have seen your videos. I sure enjoy the content you share with everyone. Bless you two!
Ive been wishing, at 73, for a natural terrace-like setting to save my back doing gardening; so glad to discover your way today...looks like i found my plan thankfully. Great thanks to you two and the Almighty! Table building time. 👍
Thank you for this information! I live in an apartment and have a container garden for the first time! Praying for the Lord’s protection and blessings on our garden and for yours too!
Love your name Hollis. It is very unique. Thanks for all these great tips. You and Nancy sure do grow and eat well, and as always we owe it ALL to the Lord.
This is my goal for this garden season, is to have more containers.
I’m SOLD!!! Sensible solutions for all my concerns: pest control, weeding, aging considerate, harvest staging, convenient, and looks a dam site neater organised gardening option than traditional ground grow beds. Love it. Thank you for sharing all the benefits. Love your entire set up. I’m 51 this year. I love gardening but I’ve been looking for a suitable plan that helps me as I get older. Had considered Aeroponics grow towers but I love playing with soil… it’s meditative. Perfect solution.
Love your videos. I am an avid container gardener. Am retiring in June and can’t wait to garden all the time! Please continue making these! God bless you and Nancy.
Congratulations on your retirement!!! Enjoy the peace and joy in your garden. You are taking your garden to a whole new level ❤️❤️🐶👍👍👍
I also grow my crops in pots. I have a question: Have you heard of the Prickly Lettuce? It is considered a weed but if you look online it says it is used for so many medicinal uses. It is amazing. I started planting it all over my yard as I saw one popping up then I dug it up and planted it in a pot and then where I wanted it in the yard.
Also, I’ve seen recently that you can over winter pepper plants by cutting back to a few inches above the lowest nodes, removing the root ball, cleaning some of the soil off and putting into another container with fresh amended soil. Jump starting for the next year.😊
Always enjoy the videos you and Nancy post. Thank you!
Wow that bokchoi is gorgeous.
Great info Hollis! Love how you guys moved to FL from yankee land and are living your dream!
Great information and enjoyable to watch. Thank you for sharing Hollis. Best wishes Jason from Melbourne Australia.
You had me at 'Elevated grow tables.' Such a smart idea. Why be on your hands and knees when you don't have to lol - shoot
You two are such a blessing. I found you to day 5/4/24. My 2nd year container garden. I have 2 acres but, will be 66 in August and widowed 2 x before age 54. Its been rough. Ive been wondering about size of containers. This is so much help. THANK Y'ALL and GOD BLESS!!
Amazing ideas growing Vegetables ❤❤❤, Thank you so much for sharing ❤
I really appreciate your help with the best gardening advice 🙏
It's my pleasure
So good to see you two again! I had lost touch after my move! Glad you two are still thriving!
If it weren't for you and your knowledge of growing in containers, I would not be growing anything. I now have a great container garden in 5 gallon buckets it wonderful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thank you for all your knowledge of gardening, I grow some amazing food because of you and your beautiful wife.
Lots of great stuff in this video for growing and keeping the critters off the food. New Sub.
Great info, Hollis...thank you for posting!
Thank you!! I may just stack pallets to make a table.
I have several like that and they work just fine
Praise God for an open Mind! ( funny nothing fell out 😅) Grow table & Grow bags are going be a BIG Part of my new Panhandle back yard! Thanks Hollis.
Thrilled to have had the privilege to view your post today! We were considering an in ground garden as well as a container garden. Now I know exactly what I want, thanks to your post!
I love how the Lord makes available to me the information that brings joy to my soul and the ideas/examples that I can emulate .
May you and your lovely wife have a bountiful harvest and enjoy all of His Blessings.
Thank you so much for watching. Enjoy the peace of your garden this year. Have a blessed day ❤️
these tables are the greatest idea I've ever seen and when I get my new house, that is exactly what I'm going to do. Thank you so much @Hollis and Nancys Homestead!! ❤❤❤
Great vid Hollis. God Bless you and Nancy.
Just started mine I bought a whole bunch of food gray buckets from someone that gets them at their job and started gardening. That way I live in a studio apartment with a lanai so I'm taking a bath of that area until I get my home God willing thank you sir.🙏❤️☮️
Thank you for all the good information! I enjoy watching you and Nancy cultivating your homestead. I also like the wild animals walking through at night!
Hollis thanks for this video! I started watching you several years ago, before you moved to FL. I have always liked your start to finish video format so thats what caught my attention when I seen your videos at first. I have to say though I look forward to also seeing your scriptures at the end of every video as well. you and Nancy and Bing are Blessed and a blessing to so many people. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and passion for growing!
I really like container plants, they are . I never thought of using tables.
I had a few left over fish tank stands from our fish stage. We put left over plywood on top and use them as tables for my container garden. Also left over shelving units, cinder blocks stacked up as legs with wood spanning between them for tables. I repurpose whatever I can.
I'm 36, just getting into gardening, I live in a city apartment , we have small outdoor area, so I can only grow in containers, so many useful tips, thanks a lot!
I love this way of growing. I need to begin a garden notebook frm easy natues way of growing. I hoe use thi in future. This hoefully be my future job. I like his senior garden plan.😅❤❤❤