We Turned a JUNK PILE into a CONTAINER GARDEN!
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- Опубліковано 15 бер 2024
- Join us as we clean up junk from the homestead and make a new container garden in the process.
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Sarah and Kevin, I love how you work as a team. You show that God's plan for marriage is perfect.
I fully agree with your comment. My late wife worked side by side with me. Infact I on our 2.5 acres I had the fight to get to use the tractor. Those were the good days.
Even though my gardening days/yrs. are over, I LOVE to be entertained by your live programming. Better than any movie. God bless you and give you strength to do everything you do. ❤️
My husband before he passed away last June, planted his broccoli, cabbage and greens in October to November and grew them through the winter, we live in South Alabama. Good job y’all!!
So sorry for your loss! I'm sure your family will think of him fondly, as you harvest the fruits of his labor!
Sorry for
Your loss
I’m sorry for your loss dear. But…I’m happier you’re coping and able to see the beauty in the world. Growing plants, any plants is providing life. It is to me anyways ♥️👋🏻😊 Michigan
Sorry for your loss😒Working in a garden is wonderful "therapy" and the perfect metaphor for life, regeneration, and hope. to be able to grow in the winter is awesome! God bless🥰😇
I'm so sorry for the loss you're working through. Jesus sees you. Holy Spirit, please continue to give her comfort and peace. Give her unexpected joys that keep her eyes focused on the Lord, who loves her. In Your Name I pray, Jesus. Amen
I’m sorry there are so many people that think they know better than you regarding your methods. It’s a big reason this nation is so divided. Too many people who think their facts/experiences are all knowing.
Your homestead is looking fantastic!
I’ve been watching for a few years. Always good stuff to share!
My thoughts exactly!! Kevin and Sarah have been doing this for many years so they clearly know what they're doing!! These "know it all" people seem to forget that no two homesteads are alike and what works for one person doesn't always work for others!!
We've already had 6 tornados touch down in southwest Ohio, during February and March. One hit about 10 miles from us! We are thankful for God's grace and protection during bad storms! Please pray for the families hit by tornados a couple days ago, just north of us. 3 people lost their lives, and 3 we're seriously injured!
Oh yes, we already have been praying for you all in that area. God bless you!
What in the world do you say to the people who did not receive your god's "grace and protection"?
😢 Prayers
@@jamjar5716The bible says "time and unforseen occurrence befall us all" Ecclesiastes 9:11
Tornado damage is not evidence of a lack of God's protection, just a result of the weather where you happen to live.
Praying for all of you & those families who lost loved ones! 💔🙏🏼🕊️
Psalm 34:18 NIV
18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
🧎🏻♀️
Tomorrow I will be planting peas, lettuce, radishes in my community p-patch garden. I have raised bed because I have arthritis. I am profoundly grateful that the city where I live provides community gardens that accommodate my limitations.
That's awesome! Happy Gardening.
What are you all plan for the eclipse.
Every homestead, farm, and ranch has a "Don't know where to put pile!" Been working on mine the past couple of weeks. I look forward to everything you all post!
Even every house has those piles, too. We just stuff shuffle. Never thought how big those piles would be on a farm.
You two never cease to amaze me! You guys are amazing! What a wonderful partnership you two have, been watching you for years!!
Thank you so much!!
About that fence post et al "lumber": Years ago now, we built 4 sided boxes to go over/ around black, nursery, growers pots of the big, tree size for aesthetics out of pallet top and pallet wood. There was about 1"-2" clearance between the plastic pots and their 4 sided outer shells. Each side consisted of a number of boards cut to the same desired length laid out on a table then secured using screws with a piece of vertical 1"x2" used as cleats; except for those secured with some repuposed interior trim, one side by lathe, and what ever else was available. We put 2 cleats per side. Some of these sides had the cleats showing on the the exterior but most were hidden on the inside. We used an ecletic combination of hardware and methods to secure the sides into a box shape. Once completed, we dropped the wood boxes or shells over top our planted growers pots. And yes, these were not particularly structurally sound but they simply needed to look more like a planter from the street. - What we found however is that the R-factor and dead air space (still plenty of air flow through) helped moderate the temperatures of the grow pots allowing for extended seasons and also helped in our hot summer drought. They didn't do much but they did keep the plants happier in the summer amd then we noticed in the other seasons.
I love waking up and spending my morning drinking my coffee and watching your new videos.
I already started my seedlings around 2 weeks ago. Tomatoes, peppers, beans and squashes.
Thank you for spending time with us! ☺️
I can't say how much I appreciate you introducing us to the weed fabric from Growers Solutions. I ordered it several years ago after watching one of your videos and it has changed our gardening forever! :)
I'm going to buy some. Have a farm in the desert.
It's a strange winter here in MN. Last week people were outside sitting around in almost 60° weather. Last night the cold blew in, again . Getting tomatoes and peppers started this week. Don't usually put them outside until June 1st. We need some rain since we didn't get our normal amount of snow. The ice is out already in all my area lakes.
In Northern WI, this week, our lowest temp is predicted to be 13°F. It snowed a little today as well.
Same in Northern Ia. TSHIRTS and shorts one day and snow on the ground and storm warnings this week.
We bought that weed fabric because of your recommendation 2 years ago. We use it in our container garden. We live in northwest Arkansas and weeds are terrible! And, yes, it is a game changer. Absolutely no weeds grow through the weed fabric!
Ah ha! I bought the mesh bags and used bamboo stakes to hold the mesh up and off the 5 gallon buckets I planted cauliflower in. My big mistake was not putting the mesh bags on right away. Now that I know, maybe I will get a better crop of cauliflower. One can always hope!!
A pressure washer would help getting up the grass and cleaning off the dirt from the weed fabric.
Great idea! I have one in the barn and never even thought about using it for that purpose. This is why UA-cam is great! - Kevin
Good morning everyone!🌄😊☘️ Bought some of the netting bags last year and it really works, no cabbage worms from the moths. Hope you were safe from this week's storms! It has been a very dry winter here in MN. Less than 10" of moisture. Praying for God to change the weather patterns and send rain or snow. We normally get 36-48" of snow each year. And we had a dry summer last 2 years. Not a good combination. The ground is cracking already, never have I seen that, and I am in my 60's. God bless and take care everyone. ☘️🥰☘️
NW MO here and it has been several dry summers for probably 4 years. The ground has been cracked most of winter. We had a good soaking rain a few days and feel really blessed. I have lost several 2-3 ft diameter trunk trees. They had to be decades old. Now Ill have to have them cut down and shade is gone for the house. Wow, I'm complaining too much, lol. Anyway, I empathizer. 🤗🤗
@@jenniferrevilla5298 Seeing big old trees die is hard! The only other time I have seen cracked ground is in Texas. This is a first for me here. We did not even have a season of ice fishing this year.
@@jenniferrevilla5298 Plant some Fast growing trees... They do exist, I have several that were shade trees in a couple years... BEST WISHES!!
THAT SHIRT, 😇
Made me smile!😊👍
Last year I used the fruit bags and that was the first year I was able to grow cabbage, and cauliflower without them being riddled with earwigs or cabbage worms. The fruit bag idea was a true blessing.
What about pollination.
What a great idea (bags with the wire hoops). I am a new gardener and wanted to just cry when looking at all of the chew holes in my cabbage. I live in upstate NY and still have time to get ready. Happy Gardening!
@@gailoreilly1516 I cried. My cabbages all eaten by pests. No shame on shedding tears for the lost and frustration. Then pick up myself, pat off the dirt on my knees, and go look for solutions.
@@ninadukette3340 since you harvest these veggies before they flower you don't need to worry.
Add a deflector to your fan and plant anywhere you like. Should be a simple piece of metal with a wire opposite to hold into place.
We love that weed fabric. Yes sir you are right. If you have one tiny hole a weed will find its way to that hole but spray 30% vinegar and poof , no more weeds.
Also it does ravel so cutting with the lighter is a must.
Great video. 😊
wow yall are amazing! Tomato whisperer hah I love it!
Love the tip about not drilling holes in the bucket. Love your new growing space!
It’s such a blessing to watch y’all work together ❤
Love that music you picked! Sarah- YOU are the ROSE in your living traditions homestead GARDEN! So helpful in all the outdoor chores and animal handling. Plus, such a kitchen pro you are! Kevin is no slouch, of course, but you bring the beauty & love to your home ! Well done, young lady!!!
BTW I love "confirmation" that something is or maybe is NOT correct- So I'd be wanting to turn that fan on and see what happens, too!!!
Agree about the music. You guys could make a music mix to garden and farm by. I bet my goats would like it too.
Are the fruit tree bags like netting or are they like row covers? I have a lot of old row covers that I might be able to sew into bags
You can put the buckets on pallets and use the tractor to fill the buckets and then use pallet forks to deliver the buckets where you want them. Saves the back.
Love using all the space you can wisely.
We use a lawn blower to keep our landscaping fabric clean. Try to keep as much dirt off of it as possible
I hope to catch your video on setting up irrigation in your raised beds. I need to learn a lot and source the materials. Thank you for this video, nice work.
QUESTION : Kevin mentioned covering up any holes you didn't want in the weed fabric and I wondered if you would care to SHOW US how we might DO that and what products would work best in the process. Thank you SO much for your intentional teaching. 🧡
Us AZ ans know all about bermuda grass! & we all know you are right. Don't argue with Kevin!!
We've had such a warm winter in SE WI that we direct planted our cold frame today with radishes and Asian greens. I've set my strawberries, which overwintered in the shed, back out.
As you said, the plants don't need 18 inches for their root growth, so what I do is fill the bottom quarter to third of my mineral tubs with leaves, twigs, tree branches etc. Then I add in my soil/compost and whatever I'm growing. Works great!
Wow, you've given me so many ideas of things I can do. I'm in a trailer park and can only have 3 4x4 raised beds. But they never said anything about containers. You showed how to do container gardening and doing it tastefully. The area you cleaned up looks great. God bless, love ya.
I worked a little yesterday. We live on hill. I added 3 more mineral buckets .I made mistake and put in circle. Can't get to other side. Just one,but it grows good. We don't have much room.Too old to do big garden .We don't plant until after May 12. That's why we watch you. Love gardening.Cant quit yet
I really enjoyed the cattle being curious and watching you as you worked.
Thank you for another inspirational video. We are slowly moving away from traditional gardening to container gardens. I am anxiously awaiting your video on the watering system and how you run yours in the greenhouse and to the containers. God bless!
Good morning, watching from BC, Canada! Love your channel! God bless your day! 💕🙏🇨🇦
Hi! Couldn't help but notice that Big Ol Barn we've only seen the milking station and lean to of. Hey Kevin, how about giving us a tour of the rest of that old barn?
You guys are awesome! I cant wait until you reach 1 million subscribers! It’s coming!
I was up late into the night here in Scotland watching Ryan Hall Y’ll and various storm chasers, worrying about you and your livestock. So glad to see a video this morning, although I haven’t watched more than the first 5 seconds of it yet.
I use mineral tubs as self-wicking tubs and can fertilize the water as I add water through a pvc pipe. The hole is drilled 4 - 5 inches from bottom, with a drain tile pipe in the bottom of each tub. I got the idea from Gardening with Leon.
I live in Northern Minnesota, and I am living vicariously through you guys right now. I cannot wait to start planting. Thank you so much for your videos. Love them.
Enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing what has worked for you. Love the idea of the cover. 🎉
I love this y’all! A set up that you can extend if you needed to is always great! You can extend and add more buckets out to the end of the weed fabric if needed. And this would be an awesome garden spot for grand babies to have their own garden down the road!
I LOVE Growers Solution's weed fabric! As long as you keep the soil off it, nothing will grow through it but things/seeds can root on top, but the weeds are easy to pull off!!! I bought a small battery-powered blower from Harbor Freight to blow debris/dirt off my weed fabric! You can buy mosquito/bug/tulle fabric in a roll to cover a long bed because some people, (me included) can't source the tubs you have, and using a roll of 9-gauge wire cut to at least 72", you can make hoops to hold the fabric above your brassicas. Prevention is better than wormy food or poisons!
I love to repurpose anything I can ❤ Nothing goes to waste
Love how neat your homestead is kept.
This has motivated me to dive in and get rid of my embarrassing junk pile.
Awesome!
It's like my phone was listening to me😮 because this video showed up after I was outside talking to my son about my junk pile.
Much like political opinion most people will probably never come to a full agreement on how many one issue should be worked out for the greatest good. I'm sure that weed clothe is able to do exactly what it is created for. Kevin and Sarah thanks for trying to address the opinion of those who don't always agree with you. I can say that I have followed your UA-cam channel for years now and I agree with everything that you use and do that works for you on your Farm and homestead. Please keep doing the wonderful information filled work on the farm. May God continue to bless and keep you ❤😊. I'm sure that I probably just missed the covered porch build but I wanted to mention how great the porch looks 👍. I was wondering Kevin and Sarah if you have ever heard of or ever tried growing a plant that I've been hearing about and it's called forever Chard? I hear that it has the most amazing flavor.
Planting peas on Sunday. My grandfather ALWAYS plant his peas on St. Patrick's Day.
You have a whole group of watchers. 🐄
Another great video from the LTH! Blessings on your day kiddos!🌻🐛
You are so kind
Speaking of junk piles You to would not be alone when it comes to jump I have so much junk piled up next to my garden it's a little bit of everything pots and what not lol.
In the future you could make grow tables. Easier on your back to manage containers.
I am in Antigua in the Caribbean and the Bermuda grass will grow up and over the weed fabric or into any soil that falls into the fabric. I love using weed fabric in my container garden areas & walkways. Huuuge game changer! I can now focus more on growing food instead of weeding grass.
Amazing idea, Thanks for sharing
Lots of work and nice to see you two working together, you are young and full of energy. So beautiful to see and inspiring to hear. America is great, vote for peace in the world, save Ukrain.
One of the neatest looking farm junk piles I've ever seen.
Long time viewer - love your content, but I prefer the sounds of the farm more than music. Best wishes for a wonderful growing season.
Y’all are so inventive. What a terrific idea.
Love the back ground music you play while y’all are working❤
I use those bags too. I put fencing inside the tubs then put the cover over. It helps keep out the chipmunks, bunnies and the woodchuck and deer.
Great ideas for cabbage plants and reclaiming planting area
Contacted Growers Solution about the hoop wires. They still carry the item. People can search wire for hoops, and it will be listed.
Wise move on doing the grass vs. fabric demo and pulling a new patch, no one can argue ya staged it lol! Thank God you guys & everyone survived those storms ok, I was praying for you guys & my other YT family when Ryan was showing Minnesota & Oklahoma! Ohio got hit pretty bad, I thank Him for keeping us safe here.🙏
I like your tshirt "Tomato Whisperer"...
Fantastic video that shows the process from beginning to end!
Kevin I love your shirt it so perfect for you!!!!😂😂😂😂
A-1 folks. Thanks a bundle. This has given me lots of good food for thought for my big grow pots.
Started using the insect bags last year. Also used tomato cages to hold bags off of plants. Works great!
We set up our raised beds last fall after viewing your video. We also ordered compost from Hansen’s. Like you folks, we only used half to fill our containers so we are adding to our flower beds this spring. My husband is digging out the worms for fishing.😊
Your hard work is paying off. 😊
You could use those protection bags as a wedding veil also. 😂🤣😂 Thanks for sharing your information.
I use those kind of containers with one inside another, using the bottom one as a water reservoir and wick it up into the top one. They’re harder for me to come by, but well worth the search.
Great video, as always. ❤
Awesome garden plan. Love it. I'm getting excited for this year's garden. I live in Massachusetts zone 6 and I can't wait. You have given me so many ideas. Love you guys. Happy Gardening.
Happy Gardening!
Thank you from The Netherlands
Loved this video. You gave me a better solution for my containers (covering them). Beautiful transformation on the garden
I'm excited to see Kevin's promised new video with more details. I wish there were some magic fabric that allowed pollinators in but excluded the bad ones. Assume our working on that, right? LOL
I’m so glad you’re going to do a “complete step-by-step” video on the irrigation system! Really appreciate it! We have a small 12’ x 20’ vegetable garden area and a rose garden (about double measurements of the vegetable garden) that will need irrigation. I’m in the zone area, of Missouri, where Bates City is. In Johnson County, Missouri. Due to our ages, there’s no need for a larger garden. We keep it simple! Can you let everyone know when, or if, you’re going to that market, where you sell plant starters? I’m not sure where it is, only lived here for 3yrs. Thx and “God Bless”! 🥰🕊️ Verita Wallace
I definitely am looking forward to the "in depth" video of the drip system however...will you please include a "how to drip" for the greenstalks?😊 Happy St. Patrick's Day 🍀🍀🍀
I live way up in God's Country, Gaylord Michigan. We will have snow until May. Getting our plants started and hardened off as early as possible is quite a task!
I bet!
Kevin, I chuckled at your Tshirt. Love it😂
Here in East Tennessee, I have not had any broccoli grow for me. So, I heard about sprouts and found out that sprouts have ten times the benefit of the broccoli florets. My husband's foot swelling has gone down too. UA-cam is loaded with information on growing sprouts in wide-mouth jars. You may find radish sprouts taste good in your salads too.
Thank I have learned so much. My husband won't let me start gardening.
Northern Missouri here, getting a couple of hard freezes this week so waiting a bit longer. Good job on clearing out your space. I like that you have them close by so they don't get overlooked, great idea!
Well I’m ready to go do something with all my buckets now
I’m so thankful to have found you’ll on UA-cam I’ve been watching your channel for years and truly appreciate the hard work you’ve put in together.I’m a grandmother of nine and would love to have just haft of what you got to feed my grand children I live in Savannah Georgia and can’t find the cattle buckets to get started is there anyway I can purchase 20 to get started 🙏🏾
I wholeheartedly agree on the insect netting. I tried it last year on our Swiss chard. That was the most beautiful chard I ever grew. I ordered a bunch more nets to cover the rest of our raised beds. We have those dreaded white butterflies that decimated our Kale last year because I didn't cover them. Lesson learned! Cover everything brassica haha
Always love your content! Happy growing everyone ❤🥕🥒
Looking forward to the sprinkler system video! Thank you for all you do! God bless you & your family ❤
That is commitment to growing food! 😊
Those bags are nice! You could gather them at the bottom and slightly lift the pots and tuck them under so they'd be snug, even use a twist tie at the top X of the wire frame, probably not necessary though.
You have a beautiful day for planting its snowing here, Monday its. April 1, warm March cold may
please give updates on the napa cabbage, I grew several last year in my greenhouse. They were big and beautiful but they rotted from the center outward. I never watered overhead, just from the base. I live by Springfied and have followed your channel for many years and have learned so much... Thanks...
I also put my drain holes on the side of buckets. Or some shredded cardboard at the bottom which sucks up and holds water. I think it helps in hot temps giving the plant a small reservoir as long as it's a deep enough container.
Excited for Spring? - Oh yes! Here in central Maryland, we've had extra early, "false Spring" weather. Since late February, we've experienced multiple days of 60's and late 70's. And we have a Last Frost Date of 4/16! Oh, it has been sooo tempting ... but I've had sad experiences in the past. Well, sure enough. Now we have 30* nights predicted for next week. I'm glad I waited, but that hasn't dampened my enthusiasm to "get my hands into the soil!!!"
So excited for spring. But I think in our part of Michigan, we might have another bought of Father Winter.
Good cleanup job. I like the netting over your plants.
Thank you Kevin & Sarah. God Bless you all in Love. Prayers. Maranatha ! ( shared to f/b )
funny but sad story. Last year for the first time ever in all my years of growing I managed to beat the battle of the cabbage moth and I was so proud and happy. Then one morning I went out to inspect my 6 cabbage plants only to find that I may have beat the cabbage caterpillars but the dang mice found my cabbage and ate all the tops off of it making it unusable. Yes it seems Alberta Canada mice like their vegetables just like we do.
You’re an amazing team! God Bless you both. Love watching and learning from you.