It’s all about trial and error as you go. We wanted to spend more time growing, preserving, and eating our harvest and less time maintaining and refreshing 4,000 sq ft of garden space.
This is where we have reached after 9 years. We call this our retirement garden because we hope to pleasantly grow food here until we die or until Jesus’ return, whichever comes first.
There are several great “no-till” gardeners online. Charles Dowding is my #1 go to source for all areas of garden advice and the sheer visual pleasure of looking around his garden.
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This is so helpful!! Which zone are you in? Do you have videos on compost?
Very informative how you transitioned to the raised bed border. Does the concrete suck moisture from the bed or did you line them with plastic? I'll probably implement something similar too.
591'st subscriber here.from the Philippines.. i love how you vlog your garden..that is one of my dreams to have when i retire,im planning to go back to my province(countryside)..to live with not so off grid living with tiny house!! i just bought 3 lots.the 2 lots are going to become a garden.and 1 for business..
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I just started a raised garden last year and will be expand it to include more. Good tips and motivation
A true labor of love and a love of labor 😀 Thank ya much for sharing!
Accidentally started gardening in raised beds last year lolz Long story short, had a dig to do and perish the thought of wasting top soil!
The beds are stacked chunks of lawn (2 ft'ish tall) for the perimeter, compost material and an amateur shot at biochar for the inner base, then just dirt, a little more biochar, and maybe some compost to top 'em off. Made three last year (around 20'x 4') and hoping to finish a third (around 30' x 4) for this year.
They're holding up alright so far and we've plenty of repair material (dirt) and tools (shovels) for when they don't 😉
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I love the fact that you have to consider the dogs' activities which my life has revolved around. Everything dog! And I love my raised beds.
Weeds are good for your garden . If you look at the permaculture system and understand what weeds do to the soil . You could compost all the weeds , make weed tea .
Love it. Hoping i can gor may garden again
It looked so very wonderful green garden and We love it . 🤣🤣🤣👍.
Expansive gardening
Very impressive, and superbly designed.
Are the bricks used for the raised beds cemented in place?
What a fantastic video! The progression of your garden is so inspiring!
I will definitely be checking out more of your videos!
Cheers Deb & Dan.
thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Of anyone has advice for keeping ants out of raised beds would love to hear it.
Beautiful garden with all kinds of vegetables and seedlings
Hi! You have a very nice garden over there! I like how you explain! Thank you for sharing and have a good rest over the winter! The spring is comming soon and you will enjoy your garden again! I hope you will share with us again!
You may also want to look into Korean natural farming and regenerative methods, along with biochar
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My friend, thank you for good sharing
Very nice garden, and the way it developed. I wanted to know how will get return from the garden. Who is your customer?
I know it would be a lot of work, but if you grew a 10-12' deep raspberry patch as a border, you'd never have deer again. You would need to clone dozens of raspberries from summer to autumn every year for a few years. On the border use a simple trellis made of fallen branches etc to lead them up and then let'em go do their thing. And you get berries as a bonus.
I have raspberries and holly on my forest side border and it has eliminated traffic into my yard besides squirrels, rabbits, skunks, and ground hogs. I just mow all the runners and toss the material back into the forest.
love ur story keep it up share with us growers we need ur experience
What grow zone? what state n county? how many acres?
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Wow, how much land do you have? Awesome work looks wonderful!
you guys did amazing 🙂
Thank you for sharing. We have been on the same journey adding to our garden little by little. We are not there yet, but we are enjoying the journey. Totally understand trying to grow in NC soil. We could call our place “Rock City,” 😂 Would you mind sharing info o your greenhouse? Was looking at them earlier today on Harbor Freight and was curious about them. So I know this was providential, having your video suggested. Do you heat it in the winter? And if so with what? Thank you for sharing your journey, so inspiring. ❤
Really amazing progress. Thank you sharing this with us.
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