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So today’s update on the dog kennels is going to be a little bit different. I’m going to show you what it looked like a week ago and what it looks like now. I’ve been busily working and getting containers ready, making holes with my power station so I can set up all kinds of plants. The first part of this video is actually notes to myself, but I decided to let you see because it might be worth it to give you ideas on how I think and how I record. So let’s go see what it looked like a week ago. This way you’ll be able to see the difference in about seven days. Okay, so here’s what’s going on. Celery can stay, though. It really should be moved. For now, it stays. The tomatoes down here, these wonderful compact samaranos will stay. This should not have been a squash, but that’s okay. I’ve got a yellow squash here. See? Yellow zucchini. I’ve got a watermelon. Watermelon is going to go up. That’s why I’m thinking of moving that. I wasn’t thinking in the beginning on this. Everything should go up because I have a trellis here. I have vertical gardening and I wasn’t paying attention to that. Here I can put something up. It can be squash. It can be cucumbers. Whatever wants to vine. I can change it in the winter. So I need one, two, three, four more dish pans because dish pans you can grow everything in. Then I could do kabotaa. I could do delicotta. I could do cucumbers. And all I need to do is bring them up. This whole thing can continue to go up as much as they want. I am going to clear keep this side clear because this side is my walkway. Though I could put something small there if I wanted to. Everything there will go up. Now, I shouldn’t have planted the watermelon where I did, but I don’t want to pull it out. So, I might put a piece of wire across. Let it go across cuz it’s going towards the sun, which is that way. It likes the morning sun. And then if it all goes well, it will go up. If that one makes it, there’s something wrong with that tote. I am now thinking roly pulley. They’ve been eating most of the seedlings. I hope I don’t have contaminated soil in there because all the soil I put in there was from the driveway. And years ago, I had some soil. I had bought a nice bag of soil that had persistent herbicide. I do believe that’s all gone. But just in case, anything that I do decide right now, I’m not going to pull it out, will be in a pot and it can put its roots in there if it wants. It doesn’t want to and pull its feet up. In other words, not put its roots in there. So, we’ll see. But I am pretty sure it’s roly polies. The cucumbers back there came out. They’re growing. Nothing in here is growing. And that’s when I’m losing cucumbers. So, we will see what happens. I don’t know what’s growing there. It looks like a potato. The tomato plant came up on its own. I’m leaving it for now. These cucumbers, I pulled one out because there were too many. They’re doing good. This is Malibar spinach. For now, I’ll leave it. I don’t want it. So, I’m going to let it do its thing. The tomatoes in the ground and I need to stake this up. So, it’s going to go up up. Peppers on the ground. They won’t go up because they’re only going to grow as a bush. That is zucchini. I didn’t even think they were going to make it. There were old badl looking plants and they’re taking off. I could move the bucket anywhere, but I think right now I’m going to leave it. I have room to put another bucket here. And I’m going to put a 10gallon tote. The ones I picked up at Dollar Tree there. The grow bag I’ve had for years. Couple years ago ago, I grew some peppers last year and nothing grew in there. And I made this ring out of the quarter inch tubing. I’ve shown you how to do that in the past because that keeps the bag from collapsing if the soil drops down. It works beautifully. Here I’ve got this bench that my daughter got me which works really nice. You can push yourself up and get on your knees or you can sit on it. That is hooked up with this. So, that is working out really good. But this is the big thing here. I can put some things on the bottom if I want. Nothing that’s going to get too big. I’m not sure yet what. I’ve got water down here. That is just some soil. And like I said, we’ve been here. So, everything here will go up. Now, if I didn’t mind to squeeze, I could spot more here to go up. I think for now, I’ll call it quits and do that. See, originally I was thinking I was going to hang things. I have so much wall space to hang things with hooks and nice big planters. I was going to grow on the top, which might work out fine for the winter, but for the summer and into the fall, a lot of your plants, like I love Korean melon. I want to get that in here. I’m going to grow the dickens out of watermelon. I have watermelon here that I bought, and this is a watermelon that I planted from seed. So, I’m going to just go nuts with the watermelon. And I don’t have to worry about the rats coming and eating my watermelon, which has happened. And though I do tool it, you know, I mean, that’s fine, but then it’s I’m fighting with tooling it. So, I think this is going to be great. Everything is going to be vertical. I would love to be able to use the outside here. But the moment I plant something here, I add more cover for rodents that come in here and hide in between things like they can go under the chair. But right now, I like it completely open because it’s going to keep the critters away. I don’t want to encourage them, even though they can’t get in, I don’t want to encourage them to try to get in. So, I’m going to leave this open and just let the plants grow. And plus, I would cover too much because, see, they like the sun that’s up here. So, even if I grew something here, then you’re fighting with sunlight because I’d have plants growing here and plants growing here. So, I think it’s going to do really good. I could do the outside here if I wanted to. Maybe later on I’ll change my mind and trellis some stuff up here. I mean peas would be nice, but again on the outside I am going to be dealing with deer that come through here. All the rodents that want it. And right now keeping it open like this and clean all the way around I think is better. So maybe I will put some small containers here and grow some peas up or beans. We’ll see. I do think I have peas planted in here. But right now I’m going to concentrate on this one. We’ll get everything going. And this is going to be great. I don’t want it to be too tight. Now, if I was desperate for a food, I would then tighten it up. Yes, I would definitely start putting stuff along here and getting more up. But right now, I think this is going to be really good. I have a station for water. I have watering cans here, so I can come through, check everything, and water. And it’s working. So, we’ll see how it goes. Maybe I will once this is all done and complete. Maybe I will come back here and then put some smaller pots. I don’t think I want big five gallon buckets. Go with maybe maybe the flower pots like I have my turmeric in. I mean, that’s something I can spot in here, too. But the turmeric is doing fine. So, why do that? I don’t need to do that. So, this is my plans and we’ll see how it goes. And um like I said, I can always add, I can always take out, I can always change, but right now I am thinking vertical gardening because you know what? It costs you a small fortune to get those panels right. You got to buy the panels. You got to make everything. By the time you start your vertical garden, you are spending hundreds of dollars on wire to do your vertical garden. I’ve got it. These dog kennels are what? 200, let’s say 35. Let’s say $250. So, I have two dog kennels here. That dog kennel costs as much as all those panels for vertical gardening. I should be doing the same thing in there. I may do that later on. Right now, I am going to do this as a vertical garden, growing the stuff I need that goes up and away. Okay, I’m going back to work because I love working in the evening. I know you can’t tell on my phone and this is really not a video. This is really notes to myself, but if I put it up, that’s what it is. I I do a lot of notes on my phone so I can go back and go, that’s right. That watermelon was grown by seed by by me, and the yellow squash was grown by seed by me, and this watermelon’s better than that watermelon. I’ll know where it came from. So, a lot of notes are done that way. So, this is basically you’re reading my daily diary, if you want to call it, if you know, if I go ahead and put this up, I think this is going to be fabulous because the big thing I haven’t talked about on these dog kennels is vertical gardening. I brought it up, but this is like so impressive. I’m going to go up on that wall, too. This is vertical panels. all this. It costs a lot of money to go get those cow panels, whatever, the cattle panels and all that. I already have it. Why not use it? Okay, back to work. I’m watering, going through my plants, and I will be back here in the morning changing that up because I changed my mind. Oh, I love the look of this. Look at the long tunnel. Cool. Let’s look from the other end. What a beautiful morning. Okay, let’s talk about this. Hi, this is Robbie from Southern California. We’re just going to do something quick right now because I have been working in here and I love it. This is the double dog kennel. Now, two of these have been put together. We’ve got all the videos on how we did it. And by putting them together, instead of 8 foot long going to 16 foot long, we gained the extra panels to make this 20t long. The only change we did on this as far as the dog kennel, the way it comes, let me step back a little more, was Gary decided maybe I should have it a little lighter. So, for now, we talked about it. He took the top off. It was a kind of a silvery gray top. really holding back the light. If it was in the middle of the summer, it would have been great. And he just threw on shade cloth. Now, I do have it covered in quarterinch wire. I did talk about that I was going to go ahead and put tulle on the whole thing, but you know, it’s working so well. I’m not going to knock myself out doing that right now. I could decide later. It could be changed up at any time. But look at this. So now I have a 20foot garden completely protected from everything except hoverflies. You the hoverflies go in there and they’re hand they’re not hand I’m handpollinating. They’re pollinating because they can get through the quarter inch wire. Is that amazing? Let’s step in for a minute cuz I wasn’t going to do a video. I’m just coming out here to look at all my things going on. I thought, you know, I’ll share it for a moment because I changed everything I was going to do. Now here when I walk in I have tomatoes and I have an eggplant. There is the eggplant came out of the cup. I just planted it. Theoretically if it wants it can send its roots out through the bottom. I can cover some more soil around there and it can do its thing. And then I’ve got a tomato plant. I believe that’s a San Marzano. Then under here, same thing. And then I’ve got some lettuce growing for right now. Celery. Not part of the growing scheme right now, but it’s here. I brought it in here. I’m going to leave it. Now, why isn’t it part of the growing scheme? We’ll talk about that in a minute. This is just a I believe this one’s a yellow squash. Oh, I think I have a cucumber coming up here. Hold on. Right there. I’ll have to double check cuz I pushed cucumbers everywhere. This is just layering. This is my lemon balm I’m growing. Had tea last night before bed. That was really nice. Got a watermelon in there. These are dish pans. Love these dish pans. They’re Sterlite. They’re made in the USA and they last forever. I don’t believe I’ve ever had one break. And boy, do I do all kinds of stuff with it. So, right now, this is the way this is going to grow. Now, this might get a little too bushy, but I’ll see how it goes. This is a food container, and I can tell you there are so many things wrong with this. It’s something we’re going to talk about in another video, and I hope to get that up real soon if it’s not up yet. Oh, this a little milkweed. My neighbor wants some milkweed. So, I just left it there right now. Then I have another food container. Another one that it’s got its issues. We’ll talk about that in another video. A flower pot with a little pepper back there. Here’s the red peppers. I bought the peppers from Walmart early on in the year. You saw me plant all those seeds. Well, they’re kind of still sitting in here. You know, that’s something I should talk about. We planted this. You watched me on the video. Yellow, orange, and red. Really almost everything I planted wasn’t that great. Look, monarchs, they come in here and they do their thing. And this is an eggplant. And I try to get the celery out of there that blows in there and grows. The point is, a lot of the stuff I planted was not that good because it sat for months till I got it out. The seeds I push into my little green houses I’ve made were my growing houses. I’m going to have to tell you, they come up in 5 days and they’re so healthy and big. I’ve been moving them all over the place. Stuff I planted all winter was really a waste of time. Eggplant, yes, it thrived in a cup. Peppers, yes, they can thrive for six months and longer. I I know. Lettuce we’re going to grow in small containers. Yes. But if you planted things like tomatoes, well, they can hang in there some of them, but some of them just don’t do well when you go to move them. Or cucumbers or watermelon. It was too early. I have found this is the time I’m growing. Oh, these are seedlings. This is cucumbers. There’s more cucumbers. I didn’t put anything in here yet. I’m debating what to do down there. Um, then I’ve got the red Swiss chard in here. And then my peppers I put in there. This I’m gonna set up. I’m just putting it together now. See? And what I’m going to do when I’m done is I’m gonna full fill this up. Hopefully by today or tomorrow there’ll be more soil in here. See, right now I can show you. Let me move this over. This is just leaves coming out from my squash. There’s uh just branches and stuff. The top I’ll put a lot of soil from another container because I buy very little soil. And then on the top maybe I’ll put some potting mix. We’ll have to see on that. Then I’m going to put these containers in there. I’ll show you what I’m going to do in a minute. And a lot of you I’ve had a few, not a lot say, “Oh, she’s so silly. She puts containers and containers.” You betcha I do. And that’s why I get the production I get. First of all, when I water the container, these plants get the water. If I watered one container, the water may go there and disappear somewhere else. So, it is full control over my plants. And I can push this. This is an 18gallon tote that I can push the dickens out of there and get a whole lot more growing when I do it that way. Plus, it reserves water because these containers have to drain out of the bottom and the water won’t go any anywhere. Like here’s a grow bag. See all the water that comes to the edge and then it just uh the hard water shows up. This thing is drying up all the time here for me. I have to keep watering it. Oh, you know this is good. If you got grow bags that collapse, you know the halfinch tubing, you can string this together. I I think I have a video on this and how I put it together. Not with wire. I you know, if I can’t find the video, I’ll make it. I make these for the few grow bags I’ve got and then you can drop them in there and your bags won’t collapse as the soil goes down. That keeps the bags from collapsing. That has been great. I’ve got a few of them, but they don’t do well where I am because I’m just simply too dry. And this is a constant thing that needs water. So, I keep a bucket of water here and I keep watering it because it’s evaporating from the top, it’s evaporating from the side, and it’s evaporating from the bottom. In other words, it’s full evaporation. So, it’s a tough thing for me to grow in. I have found that peppers do okay in them, but everything else is really suffering here. The only place it can evaporate is through the top. And this works for me in Southern California and probably for you and you’re in really hot areas. Look at this. Now, these two plants I did plant in the house. They’re both zucchini. They were planted oh a month or plus ago and they look so bad that I decided to put them in a five gallon red bucket I had very similar to what you get at Harbor Freight and I put them both in there. I didn’t think they were going to make it. No, they’re full of fruit. So, it’s going to do good. This again was my thought. Let me step up. I had planned on loading this all up with totes, buckets, and containers and growing. And then I stepped back a couple weeks ago when I brought this up to you and thought, “What the heck am I doing? I just was going for it. That was silly.” And why was it silly? Do you see what I’ve got here? Let’s look. Look at these totes. Aren’t they doing good? And I’m pushing it. I want to see how far I can push it. Then I can hang things. So I can put all my tools and stuff here. It’s just an old basket I had just hung up with quarter inch. You know how I do that? They put wire inside. Look at this. Hang things. Here’s a hook. 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It’s the watermelon, the cucumbers, the runner beans, all the other stuff that takes off and grows. All the squash that takes off and grows that I’m chasing around the yard with tulle. This is where I’m going want to put it up. So, I’m planting some squash. I think I just planted some Korean melon in here. And this one has got butternut squash. I haven’t planted in there. And what I’m doing is I’m directing everything up. I’m using all the panels right now to do something different in the winter, but for this summer, all these grids are going to be used to go up. So, I went nuts planting anything that goes up. So, I’ve got all this watermelon growing here. Look how beautiful. And again, the totes are absolutely full. There’s holes on the bottom. Drainage. Drainage. We all have to have drainage. And now I’m layering different things as I go on top of everything already put in there. See all this has got matter in there from around the yard. Look at this one. This is watermelon. Let it go up. And then when I get two or three good watermelons on it, I will stop the plant because you it can’t do that much. So we’ll get like maybe even two on there and that will be fine. Then I’ve got cucumber and this will be guided this way as it grows. I’ve got, let’s see, there’s some tomatoes. They came up on their own. And then I think this is a potato that came up from the compost. I’ll see what I’m going to do with that. It’s not in the way, so I’m going to leave it. And then here, I’m spotting in peppers. These are just sitting right now. So, they’re not doing anything. And then I’ve got You know what? Let me show you what I do here. I had a problem with roly pulley in here. So, I don’t see them now. So, I took a flower pot, took some old leaves. See the holes? They’re eating. They’re probably inside. And when I find them, I kick them out because they were eating my plants. So, I kind of give them a little home. They get inside. I lift it and then I just toss them outside. Let them go somewhere else. So, it’s worked really well to get rid of them that way. So, I’ve got them back there, too, with just some leaves underneath. But, you see what I’m doing? Here’s a little space. There was this cobwebs. Um, not much I could do in there. So, I put a pot and I put two peppers. Are they growing peppers or already flowering on the top? And then here too. See the cucumbers? They’re going to go up. So the cucumbers I can’t step back that far because we’re only what? Four foot wide I think. Yep. So the cucumbers are going to go up. I can move this. This is just a hook I made when it’s in the way. I’m going to leave this because when I planted this, I wasn’t thinking. This is a yellow squash. So I can leave this right now and when it grows, which is, you know, some squash later on, I could decide if I want to take it out or leave it. more peppers that I planted. Again, these are the Walmart ones. Look at this. This is loaded with tomatoes. This came up on its own. Oh, here. See, there’s tomatoes there. There’s tomatoes down there. This whole thing is full. There’s been tomatoes. When I see a red tomato, I pick it. We’ve been using a lot of tomatoes and different things. But look, I have all this real estate on the walls. Now, this is my path to walk. So, what I’ve been thinking about is putting small pots here, burying them in the soil a little bit. I’m not going to have a gopher problem because they’re in pots. And maybe put some runner beans, green beans, peas along the wall. Right now, I’ll probably go with scarlet runner beans. Again, I want to utilize the wool because it costs you money to buy it and I’ve got it and I’m ignoring it. What a silly person I was. It it took me when I started planting all this up and designing the way I wanted it cuz I wanted a simple way to walk through and service including I can have my stool here if I want to sit down and clean off a plant or something. I’m sitting in here going, “Hold on, I got a wall. I got the perfect grid. Look at this. Why am I not using it?” So, that has been a big change on the dog kennel for me. Now, like I said, when winter comes, I could do another thing with this. I can cover it up differently. I’ve already got my ideas and be growing in this all winter, but when it comes to summer, I am fighting those squirrels. I just had a squirrel eat up. I can show you that my squash plant and I couldn’t figure out is it a deer or is it a squirrel? So I spied on it was a squirrel. Now can I get rid of it? Of course I can. Like I did all outside there. We just put tulle on it and I’ve been watching and he’s gone. They don’t like the feel of it. But I don’t have to do that here. I have no squirrels. I have no rats. I have no mice. The only thing I’ve seen coming through here because it can squeeze through this quarter inch wire are little tiny hoverflies. They look like miniature bees and they’re going in there and they’re pollinating and looking for insects cuz hoverflies eat insects too that are much smaller than them. And they’re doing their thing. So, we’ll come back here probably in a week cuz I am still working in here. I want to set this up today. It’s going to be set up exactly like I did that one. This one is on those little chairs I picked up from the thrift store. That one’s on the ground. So either way, I won’t have to bend when I service it. No reason. It’s just that’s the way I did it. I was going to go with a small tote. This is an 18 and I think that’s a 10 gallon tote from Dollar Tree, the gray one. But I figured, you know what? This is good here because it gives me plenty of space to walk around and work. This one is pushed off to the side. It’s out of the way. And this one, it does stick out another couple inches because of the cement footing that Gary put there, but it’s not in my way. And I can get more in there because I’ve got what, an extra eight gallons or so. And it can go up and I’ll utilize the wall here. Here is where I should have done things differently. I should have lifted these. See where the cucumbers are growing? I could have taken another pot. I think I’ve got like this. could have put it on there and made it even bigger. But I we’re gonna try this. Let’s see how it goes because this is packed with all kinds of goodies, leaves and things from the garden. So, it’s making its own compost, its own plant food as we go. See, I don’t really buy much soil. So far, I think I’ve bought one bag this year and I spread that like maybe to do seedlings or put it just on the top sometimes or just in the hole in which I’m planting something. So, this is going to be really cool. And if I don’t like it this way, I can change it up. But I am thrilled. Now on top here, I’m not sure how this is going to go with cucumbers because it doesn’t have all that much room. But we’ll see. Maybe I can just wind it around and keep it going. I mean, it’s not going to want to go down cuz your vining plants want to go up. But you know, the whole thing with gardening is experimenting. Cuz somebody may tell you, “Oh, you can’t do that.” And let me tell you something, that’s not true. because a lot of times they tell you you can’t and you find out it works perfect for you. So tell me what you think of this cuz I am thrilled and so excited to be working in here and I haven’t seen any of those big green fruit beetles but when they come I just shut the door and I lock myself in here and they’re not going to be buzzing around my head. So I am almost done. Like I said the celery didn’t have a place in here. I could put it outside. Nothing eats it. But, you know, it’s here. It was one of my first plants I put in there, so I’m going to leave it. But I am just tickled pink with this. I think this is one of the most beautiful gardens that you can do. Look at the monarchs flying around. And you have it to yourself and you can wave to the squirrels that are outside or the raccoons or the possums or the skunks and say, “Nope, this belongs to me.” So, with that, have a wonderful day. Don’t forget to eat what you grow. Eat like your life depends on it. And have a fabulous week. And leave those comments because I’m going to read through cuz maybe you’ll say, “Hey, why didn’t you do this or I really like this or it’s too much work.” You know, I’m so thrilled about this that I’m looking at here and I’m thinking or even down there. What do you think? Oh, this is the way to garden. Bye-bye.

43 Comments

  1. Hi Robbie. What about more of that shelving that you have. Have it all down on side because then you can go up multi level.
    On the other side you could get some long narrow pots.

  2. I may have to get a few of those. The deer here are not deterred by tulle. They jump my fence, ignoring my flashing Christmas lights, chew holes in the tulle, and not only eat my flowers and strawberries, but rip them out of the ground and toss them! Such disrespect!

  3. Hi Robbie I’m sorry the bugs got your tote. I think it might be earwigs. When you did your first videos showing how you plant in your totes, I noticed an earwig running around around inside your tote. If you look back you will see it scurrying along the edge.

  4. I have all of my vegetables in totes and buckets inside my dog Kennel and they are doing amazing
    Thank you for all of your tips and tricks Robbie 🎉

  5. When I eat a grapefruit, I put a half of the empty skin, like a little igloo, in the containers. The rollies love it and I just shake them out into a plastic bag and tie them up tight, every morning. It really helps to reduce the populations.

  6. I’m always checking for a garden tote video. I wish you’d make one everyday. I’m not into the all bird videos. A little birds and lots of learning is what I like. I’m also in Southern California. 🎉

  7. Robbie, where did you get the green foldable bench seat that’s hanging in there? I have 2, but they’re the narrower ones, and I don’t feel very secure on them. Yours is more square/wider. I do NOT want to go over backwards. Lol

  8. Robbie, I would like to see videos of you actually working in your gardens. Perhaps start with an introduction of what you are going to do, then let us watch you do it. Maybe stop every now and then to explain something. The same for Garry. Maybe a bit of both of you. Might have to stop for various reasons and continue the next day. I would even like to see the both of you as you gather leaves etc for future bed making, and getting a new bucket/dish box/etc ready from scratch for planting. Just what I would like to watch on a slightly fast forward or a slow motion. Please think about this. Thanks 😅

  9. You should try beets it you like them. Mmmm pickled beets.😀👍🏻yeah all the vine type plants can grow along the side of the dog run.💕

  10. I have one tub, first seeds never sprouted, I mean not one! Second seeding, different seeds, again not one sprout. Third seeding I put okra in and looky there, at least 50% are looking just fine. Go figure. Then we got another thunderstorm and I didn't have to water😊

  11. I am curious when you plant plants together do you see if they are companions.? Meaning are they alright to be grown together. Thank you.

  12. I need to let you know, people are selling those Lego things on ebay. I checked when I couldn't find the small packs that you were putting on bird bath fountain. I purchased a large pack, thought it's better than driving all over town and not finding them.

  13. Robbie I planted up some bell pepper seeds given to me from a grocery store pepper. Some were green peppers and some were the sweet pepper shaped pepper. Both were good but because they were hybrid they did not come true.
    I gave some away . One never grew any peppers.

  14. Hi Robbie! I don't know what a rolypoly is, but I'm having issues with earwigs. Ugh, they are eating my tomato and zucchini leaves even tho I have them covered with tulle, they are still getting in or eating thru the tulle. Even white flies have been a problem. Other than that, my zucchini plants are huge! Juli from Michigan

  15. We ❤ vertical growing. We built 15 wood raised (4 ft high) boxes the we grow as many veggies as we can. We live north central Minnesota so our growing season is short. We did purchase cattle panels (one time purchase) we trellis our cucumbers with radishes on one side, and cucumbers and onions on the other side. The cattle panels are excellent for peas of different varieties. We stole your tulle idea to cover our fruit trees; the birds decimate the fruit in one afternoon. We grow, eat, preserve eat again.

  16. Controlling water is key. I used chicken pen covered. What a difference in controlling water. Gamechanger. Order one off walmart 30 ft long. Roll of painters plastic from depot. Around 300.00. Gamechanger. Kenell nice but way overkill. ❤

  17. Good morning from Michigan, Robbie and Gary. Can you please do the update on the food containers that you used? I’ve been also using the milk containers and I’m curious as to your opinion on those.

  18. I think that it is awesome especially since you still have the little hoover flies to pollinate while keeping the pests at bey lol.

  19. A deer came down and went to town
    On my little vegetable lot
    Yesterday it was full of vegetables
    This morning it was not
    Most times deer just come through here
    To be back another day
    This time they came to stay
    And with my vegetables had their way

  20. Great use of those kennels! We turned an old dog kennel into a chicken run. But they also have a big fenced yard to run around in.

  21. Love the new garden area. I first came across your videos a fews back when you started the chair garden. I tried it and grew a whole garden in 17 gallon totes sitting on colorful chairs. Thank you for sharing all your wisdom 🙂 I look forward to seeing how full it will look in a few weeks with foliage and fruits.

  22. Robbie, this is wonderful! I love what you do. Could you tell us how you fertilize your container gardens and how often and what you use.

  23. I love all your creativity! I reuse anything I can get my hand into to use as a dish/bowl for my containers. This way the fertilizer I use will be collected at the bottom and be wicked right back up instead of washing off. I need all the space in my container to grow what I need to grow. I’ve been extremely busy lately so I love using 27 gallon bin. This way I won’t have to worry about drying out my plants as quick.

  24. If you build a second tunnel along the side about 6 foot away you have almost a free instant tunnel in the middle. Just ends and roof needed.

  25. Hi Robbie, I had to laugh when you mentioned a gopher because I have a gopher of which I took a picture of it as it was sitting on top of my 5 gallon bucket, eating my cabbage. Looking straight at me as if to say thanks for the breakfast. I was hoping by planting in the 5 gallon buckets I could keep my veggies away from him or her. I had no idea it could climb.

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