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0:00 Intro
0:24 Claim #1 Saves You Time
1:50 Claim #2 No Weeding
12:37 Claim #3 No Watering
20:30 Claim #4 Saves You Money
24:45 Most chaotic ad read ever
26:05 A message about the channel
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33 Comments
actually…….
Did she just say 30 minutes a day on watering? LOL wut! Lady, it takes us TWO FULL HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY to water.
Your arms look like they are the functional type of strong
❤
So glad I’ve stumbled upon your channel. Brings a monster smile to my face.
Ah! Just thought of something I’d love to ask about.
Here in the northeast (upstate NY) it’s been a super odd growing season. Something flourishing that have been more difficult in the past, and other things struggling and limping along that were previously no-brainers.
Was wondering if you’re finding this phenomenon in your gardens this year as well.
I'm working on adding wood chips to my pathways right now. In WA I can't believe how fast the grass and weeds grow in the garden. I put 4 inches on top every year and if I don't actively burn or pull weeds it'll be 100% green stuff in my pathways again! I put down cardboard/ rolls of paper before the chips too. Every year.
The critics must not have have much gardening experience. This is so helpful .
L😍❤E THIS ANNE! I feel exactly the same way.Ironically my interest in farming and homesteading began almost two decades ago while living in a major Northeastern city. At the time my goal was to discover all of the things around us that supported and strengthened life that were often overlooked so I began foraging and attending herbal apprenticeships. It was empowering to say the least. However when things unfurled in 2020 I switched my focus more to fear and began like everyone else looking for land that was expansive and isolated, feeling like the more I could do on my own the better off I would be. In the midst of my search, it became obvious that I would need community, so I began looking for places that not necessarily were intentionally agricultural but were more rural and people tended to know how to do these things as a way of life. This is where I am now. I still dream of becoming part of a focused agricultural community but this is a great launching pad for me as I am enjoying learning how to grow and to build and to do all the things that would make me a vital member of such a community. I'm still so excited for this journey but as you said it is no longer around fear but has once again returned to fascination. Thank you so much for sharing this message!
You are the best!! most informative..much appreciated..Ive been using woodchips they are the go!!!!
..I just made an Anne garden this afternoon.. Ive only been watching you for 3 weeks and I have learned more
than I have in 3 years with other Utubers…Gardening Oscar goes to you Anne… 🐴
About the use of cardboard in the garden… Nowadays, cardboard boxes have pesticides and other chemicals (to avoid mold and pests during transport, etc.). When the cardboard decomposes in your garden, won't these chemicals end up in your food?
This gives me some "Back to Eden" vibes
can you explain how you have such an amazing strawberry patch??? :O or do you have a video that talks about this? I need help with strawberries :'(
Love this video- Instant subscriber 🙂
You are bloody gorgeous – and a bloody good motivator and teacher.
I use wood chips and have very few weeds, if any, coming up from under the chips. I don't have cardboard under because I just didn't have it to put down
what is that korean potion
"intuitiveness enough". Nous?
Last year I fought the ants. I used borax and went to war. Turns out if I’d have busted waited about 2 more weeks they would have went away on their own. Like weeds I attacked with presumption. Sometimes standing back and waiting, observing, and learning will solve more problems than quick action armed with internet info.
Boy Howdy! That was an outstanding video. Thank you 💛
Work smarter not harder 👍
Many complainers consider every effort an imposition ("I wanna beautiful productive garden without having to do anything") and seem to be actually upset that you suggest things that save time, money and effort. They LOVE to drop a few hundred at Loews or HD. Cardboard has been my GO TO for some time and since I'm in Middle TN it breaks down quickly. The grandkids love to play in the dirt because I have a "zillion worms". I love drip, especially starting out, but my soil is so rich use it sparingly. During our drought this summer I kept thinking, "I can't tell much of a difference" then discovered the "shutoff valve was in "off" position – it never came on! Having lots of containers have taught me the importance of shade. Keep on informing us!
There are many "untold" things about the deep mulch method in gardening. The first one is mulch thickness. The people who work for Back to Eden gardening studied that, and realized that anything less than 5-6 inches/15 cm of mulch and you're just fertilizing weeds, especially perennial grasses like quack grass. I can vouch that this is true. You need at least 20 cm of mulch (8 inches) to prevent the weeds from growing through the mulch. Some perennial weeds won't care and still go through like thistles or rumex. But most of them will be smothered out. However, to prevent having to use such a deep mulch, actual commercial veggie farmers simply use large tarps over the mulch.They burn holes through the tarp to plant or sow, and that's it. The tarps are usually old tarps used to ferment corn stalks for cattle that (at least in France) you can get easily for free. BUT it's something we mortals in our personal gardens can't get, not to mention don't really want to get, coz plastic tarps are quite ugly. So it's likely you'll still have weeding to do… Winter cover crops help a lot against perennials, and of course the ultimate technique is permanent perennial cover cropping, with stuff like mint, but it's a very new thing. Cardboard only works for a month or two. My soil is quite rich and healthy at the moment, so if it's a rainy warm spring, carboard (even thick) can be gone in a month.
Omg how do you keep the birds & other critters from eating the strawberries? Is there just so many it doesn't matter?
Love, love, love this video. But I don't think of anything you do as lazy. You're trying to be EFFICIENT with time. If you're taking twice as much time doing something that could be done in half the time, you're wasting that time. Waste of time is worse than waste of food. Time is precious. I'm sure all your animals and husband would like more time with you, so the faster and more efficiently you can do things, the more time you can spend with them, or spending time taking care of yourself! Thanks for sharing, you have such great videos!
Lol you mentioned pokeweed, I was super excited to see that it grows behind my barn. I love pokeweed. It’s absolutely delicious. I grew up eating it. My grandma used to pickle the stalks for me when I was a little girl. You can eat the greens, also. you just have to par boil them first before you fry them up. You can even swallow the seeds hole to help with inflammation in your body just do not chew the seed it will make you extremely sick. When pickling the stalks you have to make sure you peel off all the Red skin or that also can make you sick. I’ve heard people talk about only eating the new shoots, but my grandparents harvested it when past the shoots stage.
Thank you!
I built a garden in this fashion in the poorest rocky clay that was a pig pen a few years before. I used many layers of cardboard in the path and convered over with wood chipsfrom a sawmill. The beds i made with mostly store bought amendments. There were nothing good to put in there for free and didn't know about the logs and sticks. But it was super that year. Growth was impressive tons of tomatoes and peppers. All the fun I had doing it with my grandsons. For years that's the first place they wanted to go when i visited. Fond memories.
I appreciate this video so much, i live in the city but, our yard has been transformed into my dream garden, 70% perennial fruiting garden and 30% and growing vegetables. Our garden is set up to be the most bountiful with the least amount of work possible. In fall i load our garden with these things : 4 feet, yes 4 feet of mulched leaves which all my neighbors generously give me, saves me all the work as they bring it bagged. I did 54 garbage bags full this fall. I also collect seaweed from the ocean, garbage bags full. I also get bucket loads of coffee grinds from our locla coffee shop, and i load it up. All these are free, use your resourses it makes the most rich soil ever. Come spring when its time to plant, everything is compressed down to about half a foot tall, i just move it to the side, plant, and recover around the plant like a blanket. It keeps the soil moist, it keeps water in, worms love it, and it keeps the ground the perfect temperature
I'm brainstorming my garden and want to maximize materials around here- so I'm wanting to use gravel that I can get from the creek for the walking paths instead of wood chips (which I'll need to buy). I watched your other video on the setup and you mentioned that the pathways breaking down make an easy way to add more organic material in year 2. Are there any other advantages to a mulch path or disadvantages to a gravel path that you can think of?
For me the "lazy" method was a natural evolution of gardening. Weeding is minimized and more strategically timed. I employ the more tight/crowed planting method and learned to accept some chaos. The Native American 3 Sisters (Corn, Squash and beans) companion planting also works pretty good.
Great video! I'm wondering if you think saw dust would work just as well as a mulch in the garden or if it's too fine. I'm leaning towards too fine but I'm just looking to be resourceful with what I already have access to.
You go lady