I’m so glad I found your channel. I have been gardening since I could walk. You guys are an inspiration and have really brought me back to my roots. Thank you for sharing your experience.
When I leave my roots in the soil it helps me remember what the last crop was, so I can rotate if I like. We have terrible clay soil, so hugelculture saved us. Everything is logs, buried in sticks, buried in chips covered in mulch manure amd soil. Think giant lasagna beds. They're exceptional and worth the initial effort (especially if you have a woodland and can use all refuse to build beds.)
I stumbled onto your video today and I’m so happy I did. Thank you for sharing how to plant and maintain a healthy garden. I have loved gardening all my life, getting older now, 66. So, the no till is good for me to. I really liked seeing all that you added to your soil. I’ve added some of that but I’m definitely getting more to add to my arsenal. I sure like learning cuz it’s a lot of work if you don’t get it right and disappointing results to.
Last year I was shocked when I discovered that cilantro will grow all winter. It made it through -6 F temps in zone 7a. I’m impressed by the well planned design of the garden, along with the health of the soil. Looking forward to future videos!
Thanks for the kind remarks! If we work with nature everything is easier and more productive, just like letting a couple lettuce plants go to seed and then you get early lettuce in the spring, peppers too! You get free and early plants in the spring! Win/win situation!
What a pretty garden plot so flat and lovely view over the field at the rear especially with the autumn sun shining down. My little garden in our downsized home is sloped and difficult to maintain one’s balance but has beautiful views. I’m looking into levelling one part so growing will be easier now I’m 80. Our last home had a large flat garden but I worked full time so never grew vegetables there only flowers and shrubs and apple trees. I love hearing what people grow, cilantro (if I am correct is Coriander) is grown a lot in the USA which I was surprised I always think of it as an Asian herb. I can’t stand the taste of fresh myself. Thank you for another interesting video.
Another very informative video - thanks. I also don't do much crop rotation in my 20 x 20 garden - I keep it close to the same each year to make the most of the sun vs shade areas. I do, however, plant a winter kill cover crop of oats and field peas (I used to cover the soil with black garden fabric to keep the weeds down over the winter/spring. I also used to pull the plants up by the roots - I will no longer do that based on your advice. Have you ever used cover crop over the winter and if not, why not. Thanks for all you do to keep backyard farmers like me enjoying the garden.
Nice! Great question! We answer that question in the video we made about mulching. In that video we explain why we don't do cover crops. Happy gardening!
Yeah, I came across the cover crop video shortly after posting my comment/question. For many years now, I've composted the garden in the spring and again in the fall after the growing season - then for the past few years I've added a cover crop - originally one that didn't winter kill and, you're right of course, it was a lot of work to turn the entire garden over to get rid of the cover - lately I've been planting winter kill cover crop over the compost and then just raking the "debris" away in the spring . I think this coming fall, I'll try the compost and cover crop on one half of the garden, and compost and hay on the other and find out what I have next spring. As always, thanks for the very informative videos and the quick replies to subscriber questions. @@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork
I was offered one of your videos, liked it, so have now watched several of them. There are wonderful nuggets in each one. I've subbed and pushed the bell. I'm reworking and expanding our young garden, so I will implement many of your tips. Thank you and God bless and keep you.
Glad you like our channel! You will want to protect the twine loop from sun UV damage - that is tied around the conduit. We've had some failures resulting in broken loops and dropped trellis twines which is not what anyone wants to see. The solution is to cover the twine on the tubing /conduit with something like foil tape or a piece of tin foil conformed to the conduit so that the twine is not exposed to the sun's damaging UV rays on the top loops. Hope this helps!
I really enjoyed the walk around your productive garden and how you encourage volunteers with chop and drop like that. You’ll have so much asparagus soon too. God love you both too 😊 Kayleen
Im not good at identifying disease vs just an old tired plant...which makes me nervous putting my old plants on my soil...i worry too much about diseases that might over winter
Love the videos. Been binge watching since I recently found the channel. Loving the content. I'm 44 I've been gardening for 15 years, I love all the experimenting he does. I'm the same way, always trying different methods of growing. What state are you guys located... regardless I love the content and how would I go about getting some of the world record seeds of his?🙏
Beautiful garden! I’m taking notes to implement some of this at my place. Do you have crab grass in your area? Do you have any tips on keeping it at bay?
Great info, thank you. I’m just starting my garden plot, I will instal a drip tape system but I can’t find the valves for 16mm header pipe to drip tape, do you have a link to the supplier, I’ve looked on Amazon in Spain and Germany but no success Your help will be appreciated.
Thank you for the gardening tips. I am a beginning gardener and this was really helpful. I am always wondering what to plant with what companion plants, and what the needs of different crops are. God bless you. Have a happy thanksgiving.
I just put apricot tree logs/branches,leaves,hay,straw and then covered it all with the soil that I had excavated out,and that's it, and then I've topped with compost each year.
We'll let you know depending on whether we think they are good or not at harvest time,so far they look good, the walla walla sweets that we did a planting video with the auger bit have done phenomenal! They are approximately 6 to 7 inches in diameter, tremendous crop! I'll definitely be doing it the same way next year.
Unfortunately there's some things that I'm not willing to show of how I grow the world record tomatoes, top secret 🤣 but I will be doing more videos on tomatoes that should help you grow monsters!
Very nice garden you have! I am in the process of redoing my garden and like the layout. I would like to know the spacing between rows and the spacing for the main walkway.
Do you recommend beds running North/South, or East/West? Your dad mentioned the peas shading the celery. I assume he meant afternoon shade, in which case his beds appear to run North/South. But would love your input on it, thanks.
Question: The garden is broken up into rows of beds correct? But instead of building upwards with wood or metal, you went down into the soil, like the single hugelculture bed? What are the rest of the beds like? I have raised beds, 6, and quite a few of the bigger grow bags, 10-12 gallon… my in ground garden is 25 x 40 in a rectangle more or less.. I’m wanting to put lanes in much like yours but am unsure about exactly what to do to actually separate paths from garden soil…
Not sure if you got a reply to your question yet, but we love hügelkultur - do it if you have the ability. Yes there are beds in most of the garden. Some places like the corn and potato areas are not "beds" as much. The paths are wood chips/sawdust from milling. The pathways go down into the soil (thick profile of wood chips) and act like a "soft" border for the beds. Hope that helps!
What about tomato roots. Mine are the size of bowling balls. I'm limited on space so I've been pulling them. Would they completely breakdown in 2 seasons? If so I can try to plant around them for a season.
I'm enjoying your videos. I started asparagus this year and had some asparagus beetles. I worry about cutting back and keeping in place in case they overwinter - even composting a few feet away could be problematic. Do you worry about overwintering pests with chop and drop? Ohio 6a garden.
You won't have beetles if your plants are healthy, so I'd suggest you seek to discover why you have beetles, something is out of balance, you will never have insect pressure if the plants are healthy, and to have healthy plants you must have thriving biology in your soil.
Does the nitrogen from the corn carry over into the soil contaminating the soil of the vegetables that don’t need a lot of it? Or does it stay relatively in the area that is in need of it?
My corn is always planted on the same spot,I don't practice crop rotation, no need too since nature doesn't why should we,there's reasons why I don't rotate other that that.
Brought the "good dirt from our old place"
Now this is something I would do😂
From my experience not only does leaving the roots left in the soil for mychorizal purposes but they are also good food for worms.
Aye, sir! Indeed! 🙂
your volunteer pepper patch is quite an interesting approach compared to seed saving, thank you.
That cat cameo was epic 😸
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I just recently found your channel, and am so excited to see your garden and learn from the great experience y'all have.
Happy to have you here! Hopefully we can help you understand organic gardening better! Blessings! 😊
I’m so glad I found your channel. I have been gardening since I could walk. You guys are an inspiration and have really brought me back to my roots. Thank you for sharing your experience.
That's neat! Nice to have you here!
Great walk through! He was happy/ proud to show us his garden!
Glad you liked it!
I love the pepper seed idea!
When I leave my roots in the soil it helps me remember what the last crop was, so I can rotate if I like.
We have terrible clay soil, so hugelculture saved us. Everything is logs, buried in sticks, buried in chips covered in mulch manure amd soil. Think giant lasagna beds. They're exceptional and worth the initial effort (especially if you have a woodland and can use all refuse to build beds.)
That's way to do it! Bravo!
I'm learning so much from your videos!
So glad to hear,that's why we make them,to help others!
I love your videos. So well done and packed with great information. Thank you
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching! Happy gardening!
I stumbled onto your video today and I’m so happy I did. Thank you for sharing how to plant and maintain a healthy garden. I have loved gardening all my life, getting older now, 66. So, the no till is good for me to. I really liked seeing all that you added to your soil. I’ve added some of that but I’m definitely getting more to add to my arsenal. I sure like learning cuz it’s a lot of work if you don’t get it right and disappointing results to.
So glad to hear that it was a help to you,have a wonderful growing season next year!
Last year I was shocked when I discovered that cilantro will grow all winter. It made it through -6 F temps in zone 7a.
I’m impressed by the well planned design of the garden, along with the health of the soil. Looking forward to future videos!
Thanks for the kind remarks! If we work with nature everything is easier and more productive, just like letting a couple lettuce plants go to seed and then you get early lettuce in the spring, peppers too! You get free and early plants in the spring! Win/win situation!
What a pretty garden plot so flat and lovely view over the field at the rear especially with the autumn sun shining down. My little garden in our downsized home is sloped and difficult to maintain one’s balance but has beautiful views. I’m looking into levelling one part so growing will be easier now I’m 80. Our last home had a large flat garden but I worked full time so never grew vegetables there only flowers and shrubs and apple trees.
I love hearing what people grow, cilantro (if I am correct is Coriander) is grown a lot in the USA which I was surprised I always think of it as an Asian herb. I can’t stand the taste of fresh myself.
Thank you for another interesting video.
Glad you enjoyed it! Blessings!
I noticed that beautiful view too💕
Another very informative video - thanks. I also don't do much crop rotation in my 20 x 20 garden - I keep it close to the same each year to make the most of the sun vs shade areas. I do, however, plant a winter kill cover crop of oats and field peas (I used to cover the soil with black garden fabric to keep the weeds down over the winter/spring. I also used to pull the plants up by the roots - I will no longer do that based on your advice. Have you ever used cover crop over the winter and if not, why not. Thanks for all you do to keep backyard farmers like me enjoying the garden.
Nice! Great question! We answer that question in the video we made about mulching. In that video we explain why we don't do cover crops. Happy gardening!
Yeah, I came across the cover crop video shortly after posting my comment/question. For many years now, I've composted the garden in the spring and again in the fall after the growing season - then for the past few years I've added a cover crop - originally one that didn't winter kill and, you're right of course, it was a lot of work to turn the entire garden over to get rid of the cover - lately I've been planting winter kill cover crop over the compost and then just raking the "debris" away in the spring . I think this coming fall, I'll try the compost and cover crop on one half of the garden, and compost and hay on the other and find out what I have next spring. As always, thanks for the very informative videos and the quick replies to subscriber questions. @@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork
Can you do a video about the asparagus??? Things it needs, things to stay away from, how to take care of it through the season.... Thanks!!!
Great suggestion! Hopefully we have the time to do that for you! Blessings!
I was offered one of your videos, liked it, so have now watched several of them. There are wonderful nuggets in each one. I've subbed and pushed the bell. I'm reworking and expanding our young garden, so I will implement many of your tips. Thank you and God bless and keep you.
Amazing! God bless you too! 🙏😊
Thank you for that walkthrough very interesting 😎Dennis
Glad you enjoyed it! What part did you find valuable?
Love this channel! I’m building the trellis system for tomatoes like you have as well.. 2 runner system.
Glad you like our channel! You will want to protect the twine loop from sun UV damage - that is tied around the conduit. We've had some failures resulting in broken loops and dropped trellis twines which is not what anyone wants to see. The solution is to cover the twine on the tubing /conduit with something like foil tape or a piece of tin foil conformed to the conduit so that the twine is not exposed to the sun's damaging UV rays on the top loops. Hope this helps!
I really enjoyed the walk around your productive garden and how you encourage volunteers with chop and drop like that. You’ll have so much asparagus soon too. God love you both too 😊 Kayleen
Glad you liked it! Hard to wait until spring for all the green beauty again!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Im not good at identifying disease vs just an old tired plant...which makes me nervous putting my old plants on my soil...i worry too much about diseases that might over winter
Mad excellent 😍✌🔥🔥🔥❤
Love the videos. Been binge watching since I recently found the channel. Loving the content. I'm 44 I've been gardening for 15 years, I love all the experimenting he does. I'm the same way, always trying different methods of growing. What state are you guys located... regardless I love the content and how would I go about getting some of the world record seeds of his?🙏
We're in WA state. He isn't selling any of the world record seeds at the moment, but I believe he is selling some strains that performed close.
Beautiful garden! I’m taking notes to implement some of this at my place.
Do you have crab grass in your area? Do you have any tips on keeping it at bay?
What tomatoes and peppers do you grow for fresh eating?
Great info, thank you.
I’m just starting my garden plot, I will instal a drip tape system but I can’t find the valves for 16mm header pipe to drip tape, do you have a link to the supplier, I’ve looked on Amazon in Spain and Germany but no success
Your help will be appreciated.
Beautiful garden! Are there any plants that you don't leave to cover the ground at the end of the season? Thank you for your videos!
Yes, I compost my tomatoes, potatoes, brassicas, and then put that compost back on the beds.
My name is Veronica I like to plant big tomatoes I like your garden mix I will try it
Great! Hope you have success!
Thanks for sharing 💜
You're welcome!
Who do you control pest, garden is beautiful.
Thank you for the gardening tips. I am a beginning gardener and this was really helpful. I am always wondering what to plant with what companion plants, and what the needs of different crops are. God bless you. Have a happy thanksgiving.
Thank you! 😊Glad it was helpful!
Curious about the hugo culture bed and what it all contains
Hugelkultur 😊
I just put apricot tree logs/branches,leaves,hay,straw and then covered it all with the soil that I had excavated out,and that's it, and then I've topped with compost each year.
Great video! What variety is your winter storage onions?
We'll let you know depending on whether we think they are good or not at harvest time,so far they look good, the walla walla sweets that we did a planting video with the auger bit have done phenomenal! They are approximately 6 to 7 inches in diameter, tremendous crop! I'll definitely be doing it the same way next year.
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Glad you liked! God bless you!
Hi love watching your videos could you possible do a video on growing giant toms from start to finish and we're you grow them and that if possible
Unfortunately there's some things that I'm not willing to show of how I grow the world record tomatoes, top secret 🤣 but I will be doing more videos on tomatoes that should help you grow monsters!
Very nice garden you have! I am in the process of redoing my garden and like the layout. I would like to know the spacing between rows and the spacing for the main walkway.
You might get that info in the upcoming drip system video. 😀
Do you recommend beds running North/South, or East/West? Your dad mentioned the peas shading the celery. I assume he meant afternoon shade, in which case his beds appear to run North/South. But would love your input on it, thanks.
Yes my beds run N & S , it can work either way but I prefer N&S as it gives a more even amount of sunlight on both sides of the plant.
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork Thanks for the response. You guys make great videos, I'm always eager to see the next one.
Question: The garden is broken up into rows of beds correct? But instead of building upwards with wood or metal, you went down into the soil, like the single hugelculture bed? What are the rest of the beds like?
I have raised beds, 6, and quite a few of the bigger grow bags, 10-12 gallon… my in ground garden is 25 x 40 in a rectangle more or less.. I’m wanting to put lanes in much like yours but am unsure about exactly what to do to actually separate paths from garden soil…
Not sure if you got a reply to your question yet, but we love hügelkultur - do it if you have the ability.
Yes there are beds in most of the garden. Some places like the corn and potato areas are not "beds" as much.
The paths are wood chips/sawdust from milling. The pathways go down into the soil (thick profile of wood chips) and act like a "soft" border for the beds.
Hope that helps!
What about tomato roots. Mine are the size of bowling balls. I'm limited on space so I've been pulling them. Would they completely breakdown in 2 seasons? If so I can try to plant around them for a season.
Yes they will break down in two seasons no problem! Have a blessed day!
What kind of drip line do you use for the irrigation? Link please. Thank you.
We get it from a local irrigation supplier. However, I can see if I can locate the heavier duty drip tape we use online. 😊
I'm enjoying your videos. I started asparagus this year and had some asparagus beetles. I worry about cutting back and keeping in place in case they overwinter - even composting a few feet away could be problematic. Do you worry about overwintering pests with chop and drop? Ohio 6a garden.
You won't have beetles if your plants are healthy, so I'd suggest you seek to discover why you have beetles, something is out of balance, you will never have insect pressure if the plants are healthy, and to have healthy plants you must have thriving biology in your soil.
Does the nitrogen from the corn carry over into the soil contaminating the soil of the vegetables that don’t need a lot of it? Or does it stay relatively in the area that is in need of it?
My corn is always planted on the same spot,I don't practice crop rotation, no need too since nature doesn't why should we,there's reasons why I don't rotate other that that.
Do you have cucumber beetles in Washington state?
Yes but not terrible, I believe that I'd your plants are healthy you won't have pest pressure.
@@GardeningHomesteadingWoodwork Thank you!
I know you have probably been asked this ,what zone are you in? New subscriber here .
We're in 7a-7b
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