In this second episode of our Garden From Scratch for FREE series, we get started on the fun part… planting or sowing our vegetable crops. In this second episode, I’m showing you how to start and grow a new garden for free. Zero cost gardening is the focus in this new organic gardening series. We will take you all the way through the season to show you how our new organic garden thrives with no money spent on gardening. In this series we will show you how to find free compost, how to find free mulch, how to find free vegetable seeds, how to make raised beds for free, how to make your own fertilizer, companion planting and much more.
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VIDEO TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:28 – Recap of last week
00:45 – Growing zones & last frost date
01:48 – No dig gardening
03:00 – Is crop rotation necessary?
04:10 – Start seeds indoors or direct sow?
04:54 – Disadvantages of direct sowing vegetable seeds
05:24 – Advantages of direct sowing vegetable seeds
05:56 – Direct sowing the vegetable garden
07:36 – Perennial crops… artichokes, asparagus & strawberries
09:44 – Sowing or vegetable seeds
10:46 – Companion planting strategies
11:51 – How to sow beet seeds
12:33 – Companion plants for beets
12:58 – Lettuce growing hack
14:03 – My book, Companion Planting for Beginners
14:51 – Sowing carrot seeds
15:14 – Carrot growing hack
16:16 – Companion planting for carrots & carrot fly
16:51 – Growing onions from kitchen scraps
18:12 – Companion planting for cabbages
19:29 – Prevent and control cabbage worm & cabbage white butterfly
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37 Comments
The tomato plants that grew unexpectedly from my compost pile grew bigger and produced more tomatoes than the same varieties I started inside. I was shocked. These were seeds that had overwintered outside and I never fertilized them throughout the summer. I just let them grow wild. I looked it up and some people plant their tomato seeds in the fall and just let them come up in the spring on their own.
Thank you again for this wonderfully informative series. I am so very appreciative of the information and happy to learn all this, now to find your companion plant book! Gonna get some beets and carrots in this week. I know I can't plant enough tho as my horse would eat as much as I can produce :).
Wow! That was an info packed video! I grew walking onions, beets, & romaine lettuce together a couple of years ago. The onions were huge, the beet greens were medium size, as was the romaine (6 or 8 in. tall, most less). The largest beet I harvested was about the size of a golf ball. It was very disappointing to say the least. Please help? Your ideas for carrots & cabbage give me courage to try those this year, & the green onions, too. Your no dig method is a big plus for me! The Spring ground is easy to work but, once it gets warmer the ground is a lot like cement. Anything I need to dig must be well soaked first. Very helpful “class”. Thank you so much.
Brian, I've been gardening my whole life and no one has ever mentioned anything about companion plants in the detail you did. I only know of 2 companion plants you put AROUND the garden to deter pests but never knew things like green onions and garlic can deter pests from certain plants.
Yeah. Another book sold. I need to learn more.
I was guilty of growing things i didnt think i would like….and then ended up loving them!😂
Another great video full of inspiration and information keeping gardening simple. I am zone 8b Coastal SC. I have had success direct sewing tomatoes, bellpepers, basil before the weather warms up using milk/water jugs as mini green house. Leave cap off during warmer part of day for air, caps on overnight. When I run into grubs, bad caterpillar is, mole crickets, I feed them to my local blue birds, Robin's and wrens. I swear when I'm outside, I hear them chattering about me outside and what they are gonna get, lol. I believe they watch over my garden for all the bad bugs.
Hi Brian I am guilty of growing veggies I don't like but I just love gardening and if I can save somebody at least $5 and they eat the veggie it becomes a win win win! I will try anything with a seed❣️😂😂😂💝
Fabulous series Brian. Your information has always been great. I love your Companion Planting book.
I love your book! I use it all the time and have little post its for certain things that I never remember LOL. I keep it with my seeds, so before I start anything I check.
I have used marigolds and basil and…dont get mad but I also used marijuana plants to cover the smell of my plants.. and it works…Thank you for the suggestions for companion planting 😊
yup
Why don't my beets (and radishes) form bulbs?
I didn't get to grow a garden last year but Im starting one this year at my new house (only moved 5 min away) ..I was looking at hardiness zone for a certain fruit tree only ro find out my zone has changed I used to be in zone 8b now its 9a. Im not sure really how much that changes things.
I always tell people if you’re not a huge eggplant fan, grow Louisiana green eggplant. You have to peel them but they’re mild, creamy, and soooo delicious. It’s a MUST grow in my garden.
Stop preaching at me!!!
How did you know I just added eggplant to an online seed order?!
It was a mix and sooo pretty… except I'm not an eggplant lover. I justified it by thinking," but my parents eat them."
They only eat about two or three then try to pass the rest of them off to me and my sister 😂
Also, if you buy a pack of seeds from heirlooms, trade the extra plants for ones you don't have.
You can save the seeds from your plants so you won't have to buy them again. Oh, and DON'T plant all your seed at once unless you need it to get ripe at the same time for canning, etc.
If a freak storm comes through or an animal digs it up, you won't have any. If you have saved seed, you can restart it.
😄😀😃great class!
I ADORE you, for doing this series!! I’ve persistently FAILED, EVERY ATTEMPT AT GARDENING!! I even KILL CACTI!!!! My husband has grown an interest in cooking, and NOW wants to “follow my dream”, of a small-medium sized, container garden. These lessons are INVALUABLE to me!! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart!! ✌🏻❤️ Catherine, FL.
I love this series! I always know I can learn something or get an answer to a question I didn't know I had. Thank you. We decided to scale down this year and only grow what we love and eat regularly so, it was funny to hear your comments about that subject. I am planning my garden for this year and am always a little stumped when it comes to figuring out what vegetables should be sowed once the spring veggies are harvested. What is that called – succession planting? Crop rotation? What-to-plant nexting? Maybe you can address this in future videos….please!
Very happy to see the fertile plantations
You are so mean squishing the caterpillars when you could have fed them to your chickens
Did you forget plant signs?
For the most part I grow veges that we like but occasionally I like to experiment to see if I can grow other things.
Ok I’m following and duplicating exactly!
You tell me I eat the wrong side of the green onion literally all my life???? :O
Why would there be anybody without your book? It's awesome!
How do you start a no dig garden if the area already has weeds? Do you only cut them? I have heavy clay soil, so have to turn the soil if I want to get the roots as well.
My herb garden has varieties I rarely use, and I let the sage flower because it’s so pretty and I can’t say no to the bees. Mostly I plant far more tomatoes and varieties than I need.
Have you ever considered putting in a keyhole garden? I’d like to learn more about that.
Great job Brian
another great video. thanks so much! question: if you spread 2-3 inches of new compost on a bed each year, how does the alyssum (or nasturtium) continue to self seed? seems the seeds would get buried beyond survival.
Have been no dig for over 30 years, but about six years ago realised that the carrots were getting shorter, now dig their area each year, still do rotation for brassicas, tomatoes and potatoes due to club root and potato physild, garden New Zealand.
This is such a fun series, thank you!
Hi Brian! My chickens love love love cabbage worms. It gives me satisfaction to feed them to my girls. 🐛 😆
Should I not dig in my raised beds? I usually add compost and mix it in.
I love your book! I refer to it all the time; and I even gave it away at Christmas I stand by it so much.
Oops! I’m sure you actually meant to say (regarding the cabbage worms),” if you find one….feed it to your chickens!” 😉 Chickens are weird though…sometimes you’ll throw them a bug or worm and they’ll fight over it then other times they’ll act as though they’re thinking,” stop throwin’ that TRASH in my coop!” Weirdos. 😄
Ordered my companion planting book 😍