I’ve made seemingly infinite mistakes with my gardens over the years. But I’ve learned a useful thing or two from those mistakes as well and I’d love to share the best of those learnings with you as you start your vegetable garden journey.
Join us as we walk through 5 hard-won gardening insights that I *WISH* I’d know when I set up my first vegetable garden. They might just save you a little heartache and will definitely make the experience of getting started a more satisfying, enjoyable one.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:11 It’s not about the plants
03:14 Garden spacing is weird
05:43 Growing your own seedlings (in trays)
07:48 Skip the “old favorite” varieties
08:59 Garden Goals
Resources for Further Learning
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Styles of Gardening:
– https://www.growveg.com/guides/planting-systems-for-vegetable-gardens/
– https://www.itsmysustainablelife.com/vegetable-gardening-styles-methods/
– https://www.groworganic.com/blogs/articles/double-digging-a-hallmark-of-french-intensive-gardening
Migardener Seeds: https://migardener.com/collections/all-seeds
Johnny’s Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com/
How to Prep A Garden Bed: https://youtu.be/OwMO4fUaoNw
Materials Mentioned In the Video
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Espoma Garden Tone Fertilizer – https://www.amazon.com/Espoma-GT4-4-Pound-Garden-Tone-3-4-4/dp/B001H1LS6G
#gardening #homesteading #growyourownfood
8 Comments
soil not dirt
I always say “If the worms are happy, the plants will be happy.” Obviously you can make it as complex as you’d like but happy worms is a great starting point.
I agree that the most important "thing" is good, healthy and nutritious soil. I spent the last few years with less/no digging and putting good, fast rotting stuff on top. When I grab my hands in, I now can feel the good quality of my soil. I'm in Germany. The spring here was very cold. All plants are behind the usual schedule. Summer plants like tomatoes, peppers, melons are sitting in their trays and still have to wait at least two more weeks. Then our last frost date should be gone by.
The spacing recommendation is for individual plants to grow their full size, but that does not mean the space between can't be filled with other plants. Carrots Love Tomatoes is a pretty good quick reference guide for what plants you would fill those gaps.
You have such good vibes 🤙🏼 I’m a new gardener and am so glad I found your channel! Thanks for all the info!
Just wanted to say thank you for making such informative content without feeling the need to scream and/or act incredibly hyped up and loud lol. It's fantastic to find more "chill" content like yours!
Love your videos and your enthusiasm. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this subject and I agree with most of them.
A suggestion on presentation – please sit on your hands! From this viewer`s viewpoint there is so much flapping it is really distracting! Keep up the otherwise very entertaining channel.
great information about gardening.