The Chaos Gardener - Regenerative Living
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How to Harvest Red Leaf Lettuce Seed!
Welcome to “The Chaos Gardener,” where we embrace nature’s wisdom to grow food sustainably and heal the soil. In this video, I’ll show you how to harvest seeds from red leaf lettuce that has gone to seed. Watch as I cut the entire top part with the seed stalk and let them dry, ensuring a bountiful harvest for future planting. Join me in mimicking nature’s natural selection to cultivate the best plants for your garden!
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Maypop Passion Fruit from Seeds, Update! (Passiflora Incarnata)Maypop Passion Fruit from Seeds, Update! (Passiflora Incarnata)
Maypop Passion Fruit from Seeds, Update! (Passiflora Incarnata)
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 128Pƙed 4 dny
Welcome to “The Chaos Gardener”! đŸŒ± In this video, I’ll show you how to grow Maypop Passion Fruit from seeds using a method that mimics nature’s own processes. Chaos gardening is all about working with nature to create a sustainable, soil-healing garden. In this episode, I demonstrate the steps I took to successfully grow Maypop Passion Fruit (Passiflora incarnata) from seeds. Starting with scar...
Why Bradford Pear Seedlings Make the Best Rootstock for Pear TreesWhy Bradford Pear Seedlings Make the Best Rootstock for Pear Trees
Why Bradford Pear Seedlings Make the Best Rootstock for Pear Trees
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 143Pƙed 7 dny
Welcome to “The Chaos Gardener,” where we harness nature’s principles to grow food sustainably and rejuvenate the soil. 🌿 In this video, I’ll explain why Bradford pear seedlings are the superior choice for pear tree rootstock. By mimicking natural selection, we can cultivate the strongest and most resilient plants. Join me as we delve into the benefits of using Bradford pear seedlings and how t...
How to Reinforce Grafts So They Don’t Break Off in the WindHow to Reinforce Grafts So They Don’t Break Off in the Wind
How to Reinforce Grafts So They Don’t Break Off in the Wind
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 170Pƙed 8 dny
Welcome to “The Chaos Gardener,” where we embrace nature’s wisdom to grow food sustainably and heal the soil. đŸŒ± In this video, I’ll show you how to reinforce top worked scions to ensure they don’t shear off in the wind. By mimicking natural selection, we can cultivate the strongest plants and create a resilient garden. Join me as we explore practical tips and techniques to protect your grafts a...
Front Yard Potato Harvest! Teaching my Kids to Grow and Harvest Potatoes!Front Yard Potato Harvest! Teaching my Kids to Grow and Harvest Potatoes!
Front Yard Potato Harvest! Teaching my Kids to Grow and Harvest Potatoes!
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 153Pƙed 17 dny
Welcome back to “the chaos gardener”! In this video, we’re diving into the exciting process of harvesting potatoes grown right in our front yard using a thick layer of mulch. đŸŒ±đŸ„” Chaos gardening is all about mimicking nature and letting natural selection guide us to the best plants. By utilizing our land in a renewable way, we not only grow delicious food but also heal and enrich the soil. Join ...
Summer Grapevine UpdateSummer Grapevine Update
Summer Grapevine Update
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 54Pƙed 21 dnem
Welcome back to The Chaos Gardener! đŸŒ± In this video, we dive into the art of growing grapes in Independence, Missouri (Zone 6). Discover how Labrusca grapes are thriving in our garden and learn the secrets to their success. We’ll explore the benefits of using mulch to enhance soil health and support your grapevines. Join us as we mimic nature’s methods to cultivate a sustainable and bountiful g...
When and How to Grow Tons of Garlic!?When and How to Grow Tons of Garlic!?
When and How to Grow Tons of Garlic!?
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Lucas finally Eats his friend Findley the FlyLucas finally Eats his friend Findley the Fly
Lucas finally Eats his friend Findley the Fly
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Green jumping spider, Paraphidippus aurantius, eating a fly.
How and Why to Grow Bee Balm!How and Why to Grow Bee Balm!
How and Why to Grow Bee Balm!
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 225Pƙed měsĂ­cem
Welcome back to “The Chaos Gardener,” where we embrace nature’s wisdom to cultivate abundance. In today’s episode, we dive into the vibrant world of bee balm, a pollinator’s paradise. Join us as we demonstrate how to grow a thriving patch of bee balm using mulch, a simple yet transformative technique that nurtures your soil and plants. 🌿 Why Bee Balm? - Discover the ecological and aesthetic ben...
Someone Stole my Wife’s Flowers at 1am! We got a Flower Thief 😂Someone Stole my Wife’s Flowers at 1am! We got a Flower Thief 😂
Someone Stole my Wife’s Flowers at 1am! We got a Flower Thief 😂
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 266Pƙed měsĂ­cem
Next time just knock and ask đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž. I’ve never had someone steal flowers from me before. Looked well prepared though with a nice gardening/horticultural tray. Cuts were impressively clean. Just strange to steal when I give so much for free.
Turn your Front Yard into a Food Forest and Chaos Garden! (Yes front yard!)Turn your Front Yard into a Food Forest and Chaos Garden! (Yes front yard!)
Turn your Front Yard into a Food Forest and Chaos Garden! (Yes front yard!)
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I decided to turn my from your into a food forest chaos garden! Come join me in the chaos!
How I Multiply my Strawberry Plants for Free! (Bonus chaos gardening song at the end)How I Multiply my Strawberry Plants for Free! (Bonus chaos gardening song at the end)
How I Multiply my Strawberry Plants for Free! (Bonus chaos gardening song at the end)
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 181Pƙed měsĂ­cem
Join ‘The Chaos Gardener’ on a journey to transform your land into a bountiful food source with sustainable practices that rejuvenate the soil. In this video, we delve into the art of propagating strawberries. Watch as we expand your strawberry bed and enrich it with composted mulch, creating the perfect environment for runners to thrive. Discover how this fertile addition not only boosts growt...
Springtail (Collembola) Invasion! (Maybe time to start a terrarium)Springtail (Collembola) Invasion! (Maybe time to start a terrarium)
Springtail (Collembola) Invasion! (Maybe time to start a terrarium)
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 1,1KPƙed 2 měsĂ­ci
It started raining and I noticed a huge bloom of springtails. Let me know if you’ve ever seen them in big clumps like this.
How to Grow Passionfruit (Lilikoi) in Cold Climates!How to Grow Passionfruit (Lilikoi) in Cold Climates!
How to Grow Passionfruit (Lilikoi) in Cold Climates!
zhlĂ©dnutĂ­ 671Pƙed 2 měsĂ­ci
Join “The Chaos Gardener” as we embark on a unique gardening adventure, defying the chill of Zone 6 to cultivate the tropical delight of passion fruit, also known as lilikoi. In this episode, we’ll demonstrate how to harness the power of chaos gardening to grow this exotic fruit far from its native warm climate. Here’s what you’ll discover: Innovative techniques to protect and nurture passion f...

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  • @cathyplantlover2862
    @cathyplantlover2862 Pƙed dnem

    The seeds take their time but will germinate I bought some fruit and germinated the seeds and I got 100% I was surprised and wasn't ready soil wise, I had to rob peter to pay Paul...because I didn't think they would all germinate.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed dnem

      Yeah I’ve noticed the seeds need to be germinated right away. If you let them dry for more than a couple weeks the germination decreases rapidly. I went back and tried germinating year old seed and had very low germination but if right out of the fruit it’s basically 100%

  • @hopestorey
    @hopestorey Pƙed 2 dny

    why did my rose shoots dy off after planting in soil?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 2 dny

      There’s dozens of reasons why rooting can fail. I would guess old cambium. Sometimes the cambium chooses not to differentiate into root cells for whatever reason and just dies. Don’t let it get you down. Just do lots of cuttings and hope for the best. Sometimes if the roses are too old they will all fail.

  • @baneverything5580
    @baneverything5580 Pƙed 3 dny

    It`s very odd but my lettuce plants in the garden never bloomed this year. They began bolting then quit growing. My new Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry trees have been pruned and topped repeatedly and two are now over 9 ft tall in their first year. If they hadn`t been pruned they`d be well over 15 ft tall. Last year`s tiny Brown Turkey Fig twig is now a massive 12 ft diameter tree. A cutting from it I planted in March is already getting huge and so is one of my new Celeste Fig trees.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 2 dny

      Funny you say that. My mulberries went nuts too. I’m thinking about removing them because they are just out of control

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 Pƙed 2 dny

      @@thechaosgardener I didn`t realize from the descriptions that these trees grow so huge. No fruits yet though except on my figs. I planted the 4 mulberry trees to help distract the birds from my figs, hopefully, and help feed my future chickens since feed is too high now. I left all the lowest branches in case they need to be cut way back repeatedly because I use solar and I can`t have 30 ft trees.

  • @shawnastewartSDG
    @shawnastewartSDG Pƙed 3 dny

    How are you controlling leaf miner on your lemon tree? All of my new leaves have leaf miner.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 3 dny

      I didn’t get any leaf miners. I think it’s because I had 50 miles in almost every direction of desert and they just hadn’t found their way.

    • @shawnastewartSDG
      @shawnastewartSDG Pƙed 3 dny

      @@thechaosgardener Lucky you! Happy for that. Your tree is gorgeous.

  • @user-pc9hx9bb4x
    @user-pc9hx9bb4x Pƙed 4 dny

    Beautiful..teach me how to make my yard more productive fir hungry folk and myself. .thank yiu

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed dnem

      It’s mostly about taking the time to plant stuff. The more time you spend trying to grow stuff the more you learn that works and doesn’t work. Gardening is mostly about experimentation because there are so many combinations of climate and soil conditions.That’s why it’s a good idea for everyone to grow something and once they master that thing then move on to another thing. Before you know it you’ll be growing lots of things

  • @Hendraja96
    @Hendraja96 Pƙed 4 dny

    It's amazing how you make plants fertile with pond water, it really helps 10:55

  • @thechaosgardener
    @thechaosgardener Pƙed 4 dny

    This is an update to this video: czcams.com/video/HyWZT2qE_fo/video.htmlfeature=shared

  • @thechaosgardener
    @thechaosgardener Pƙed 4 dny

    Here’s an update on this sprouted seed! It just flowered! czcams.com/video/Q8Fl-mrvqa4/video.htmlfeature=shared

  • @geriannroth449
    @geriannroth449 Pƙed 6 dny

    Maybe keeping those grafted trees short would be a good idea too.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 5 dny

      Yup whatever makes sense. I have mine just high enough kids won’t mess with my scions since this is my front yard and I don’t have a fence

  • @geriannroth449
    @geriannroth449 Pƙed 6 dny

    Should the screw be stainless steel, copper?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 5 dny

      I like the ones that are coated with a weatherproof polymer but I don’t think it matters that much. Use what you have around

  • @odettemelanie865
    @odettemelanie865 Pƙed 8 dny

    How can I get the leaves? I am in Fort Worth Texas

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 7 dny

      Usually you order stems for propagation material. I got mine on Etsy. I think I got 5 cuttings for $15 or so

  • @DibitDas-xw2iv
    @DibitDas-xw2iv Pƙed 8 dny

    Where are you from bro

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 8 dny

      This was filmed in Arizona near Phoenix zone 9b. I now live in KC Missouri zone 6b

    • @DibitDas-xw2iv
      @DibitDas-xw2iv Pƙed 8 dny

      @@thechaosgardener can you give me your contact number?

  • @staywellandstrong4199
    @staywellandstrong4199 Pƙed 8 dny

    I am So relieved to know All of your crucial facts. My goal is to graft multi- fruit for my tiny garden. Thank you very much. 🎉

  • @chessman483
    @chessman483 Pƙed 9 dny

    Mate I thought my pomegranate was small. It’s two years old and around 9ft tall and very bushy.

  • @EstelleCalifornia
    @EstelleCalifornia Pƙed 9 dny

    Where is the link for the material ?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 9 dny

      In the video description. Thanks for asking. Sorry it wasn’t more clear

  • @aisyawatuzzahwa
    @aisyawatuzzahwa Pƙed 11 dny

    Thank you, sir, very helpful

  • @HybridParentSupport
    @HybridParentSupport Pƙed 12 dny

    Great video, very informative.

  • @CharlesChiccone
    @CharlesChiccone Pƙed 14 dny

    So you put rooting hormone on your cuttings and stuck them in moistened potting soil. What else, did you put them indoors or out, in the sun or shade? Everybody, including you, seems to give only half the directions.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 14 dny

      I made more detailed videos when this one got popular but for some reason this one gets all the views. I like to use aerogardens because I can control the water and sunlight and I have a link below for that method. The soil method also works but it’s more unpredictable. Sometimes I’ll have all of them be successful and sometimes they all fail. I think it comes down to how fresh the cuttings are.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 14 dny

      To answer your question I put them in a window with indirect sunlight. North facing works best until you get root growth

  • @michellepeters6532
    @michellepeters6532 Pƙed 14 dny

    Uhhhh, you didn’t tell us what to do next! Propagate in water or just directly plant in soil?

  • @doityourselflivinggardenin7986

    For some reason, everyone is digging up their potatoes early. The plant needs to be dead brown in order to build a tough skin for storage. Nice potatoes, though! It's good to get the kiddos outside.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 17 dny

      It’s true it’s best to wait. Especially for seed potatoes.

  • @samuraioodon
    @samuraioodon Pƙed 17 dny

    So you cut in summer time ? Hello from Dallas Texas

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 17 dny

      Winter is best but I didn’t want to wait that long.

  • @whatthefunction9140
    @whatthefunction9140 Pƙed 17 dny

    That intro is great 👍

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 17 dny

      I appreciate the feedback! I had fun putting it together

    • @LucyTDubaibreS
      @LucyTDubaibreS Pƙed 17 dny

      Great video! Kids love learning ❀

  • @hillaryabplanalp
    @hillaryabplanalp Pƙed 17 dny

    60lbs of potatoes đŸ„” Thank you!!!

  • @SuperManning11
    @SuperManning11 Pƙed 19 dny

    But you never said the name of the app..

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 19 dny

      Sorry Seek, it’s in the description. I added it to the title.

    • @SuperManning11
      @SuperManning11 Pƙed 19 dny

      @@thechaosgardener Sorry! Just saw that. I’m an idiot
 thanks!

  • @RauschThe
    @RauschThe Pƙed 19 dny

    Mycelial raft

  • @Nocare89
    @Nocare89 Pƙed 20 dny

    I overwintered kale and started harvesting seeds from 1 plant today. I will have about as many as are in that bag from 1 kale plant. Had a similar idea so that's how I ended up here xD I'm going to grow it everywhere. Even if you don't eat it, it is a great mulch producer. The leaves grow super fast. And then the seed pods are kind of like light peanut shells. Maybe you could compare to rice husks. Nice fluffy mulch material.

  • @larryaugust8205
    @larryaugust8205 Pƙed 20 dny

    The whole purpose of is to have flowers so why are cutting them off?

  • @doityourselflivinggardenin7986

    Not trying to bash you, but your vines are too weak to bear grapes. The vines need more time to build caliper size on the trunk and a vigorous root system. Patience is a vertue when it comes to grapevines. I only let young vines bear a few clusters if it looks like I am getting bull canes on my cordons. Most vines grow three years before bearing grapes in their 4th leaf. Yeah, I could let some have clusters in their 3rd leaf, but experience has taught me better. I've killed vines before. Your cardboard can stop water from reaching the roots. They also provide shelter for voles that eat grapevine roots. Voles destroy grapevines underground. You have a lot of carbon. You might want to consider balancing that with nitrogen. All the best wirh your garden!

  • @Stretcholemighty1
    @Stretcholemighty1 Pƙed 21 dnem

    They help with parasites as well. Most detox contains black walnut husks. I wanna say you can use it for ringworms and food poisoning. Learn to heal you and yours naturally because we see man made shit come with a price. I also believe they (the government) is destroying natural shit so we HAVE to use man made expensive medicines. Everything is going to cost soon because everyone wants a piece of something.

  • @angrybees8122
    @angrybees8122 Pƙed 24 dny

    Oh wow, i looked at my grape vines and this is true 😼😅

  • @MIKE2HANDS
    @MIKE2HANDS Pƙed 24 dny

    How do you get the seeds or cuttings for that variety? I Google it and it just gives me sugar cane and ornamental sugar cane.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 4 dny

      I got it from another CZcams person who was growing it locally.

  • @memph7610
    @memph7610 Pƙed 24 dny

    Most of my maypop's flowers have 4 stigma right now, but still just 5 stamen.

  • @aisyawatuzzahwa
    @aisyawatuzzahwa Pƙed 25 dny

    Is it possible for all types of mushrooms

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 25 dny

      Not all types. It’s specifically good for any mushroom that likes lignin and cellulose specifically. Some mushrooms prefer other substrates and you’d have to substitute the “mulch pile” for the substrate for the mushroom or mycelia in question.

    • @aisyawatuzzahwa
      @aisyawatuzzahwa Pƙed 25 dny

      Are oyster mushrooms a category?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 25 dny

      Yes

  • @aisyawatuzzahwa
    @aisyawatuzzahwa Pƙed 25 dny

    Do you have a full training video on mushroom cultivation?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 25 dny

      Here is a playlist of the videos I’ve made of my related experiments regarding mushroom cultivation. It’s by no means a comprehensive guide but its a decent resource. Thanks for the question!

  • @Godisincontrol325
    @Godisincontrol325 Pƙed 26 dny

    😃🎉 Excellent I subscribed to your channel đŸ™đŸŒ±

  • @atomickettle7320
    @atomickettle7320 Pƙed 26 dny

    can these grow in zone 8?

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 26 dny

      They will grow for sure. You’ll probably have to harvest and keep stem cuttings indoors over the winter though. Winter will kill them since they are tropical

    • @atomickettle7320
      @atomickettle7320 Pƙed 26 dny

      @@thechaosgardener Thank you ill be sure to do that!

  • @Tarheelsrule
    @Tarheelsrule Pƙed 28 dny

    Get you some Rapunzel tomato seeds they are a vining tomato thinking about 15 ft tall and these four plants will produce at least three 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes For just another little experiment that you might Find Interesting you don't have enough tomatoes for yourself your family and pretty much all of your neighbors the Rapunzel tomato gets about 3/4 of an inch long and are a really great sweet tasting tomato great for salads , salsa , pico de gallo ,and eating them right off the vine

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed 25 dny

      Sounds delicious. I’ll have to get some started. I have lots of volunteer beefsteak tomatoes this year so I think I’ll have more than I can eat

  • @Tarheelsrule
    @Tarheelsrule Pƙed 28 dny

    I actually bought two sugarcane cuttings off of eBay and planted them in a 2-gallon pot they already had roots when I receive them in the mail after 6 Weeks they where 6 Feet been Using Flora Duo hydroponic fertilizer because to me this outperforms all of your other fertilizer even though it's for hydroponic I use it when Watering the Cane sugarcane requires a lot of Water so now I have taken it out of the pot and planted it in yard today is July 2nd it has roughly 3 months left to grow here In Indiana this was just an experiment but I think it's actually going to get to the point where I can get cuttings off of it for next Year haven't really figured out how to overwinter it yet other than putting it in parts and bringing it inside a great little experiment that actually might Work Out great video I will subscribe to your channel keep it going good luck with your sugarcane

  • @pastryshack551
    @pastryshack551 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    The stems make a beautiful cup of tea when dry very yellow and nice if you want to try

  • @thechaosgardener
    @thechaosgardener Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    Bonus Country Chaos Gardener Music at 5:57

  • @ceemee7368
    @ceemee7368 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    Maybe he stole money from his wife’s purse , and going to give her a stolen bouquet for forgiveness!đŸ€ŁđŸ™ƒSo sorry for the Scum bag stealing your wife’s flowers!💐

  • @jasonwatson1412
    @jasonwatson1412 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    Don’t kill these people! If you are lucky enough to have one around leave it alone. It will kill thousands of bugs you don’t want and some nasty spiders too, like widows. They are zero threat to humans.

  • @19PurposebyDesgn81
    @19PurposebyDesgn81 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    Why is there a fish in that jar. 😱 that’s just mean. Please place that fish in adequate space in a tank.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      It’s a Gambusia. It’s a lot smaller than it looks and they thrive in small areas and prefer stagnant water. It’s selected for that exact reason. Look up “gambusia affinis”.

  • @captainhappysarcanaadventu1587
    @captainhappysarcanaadventu1587 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    I was born and raised in Merced Ca.

  • @ronallens6204
    @ronallens6204 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    I heard you can clone just from a leaf??.

    • @thechaosgardener
      @thechaosgardener Pƙed měsĂ­cem

      I can make anything grow roots. The problem is if it doesn’t have a stem it won’t continue new growth. If you can make the leaf grow a new stem you might be alright. I’ve made a number of leaves grow leaves but they failed to grow roots and eventually died

  • @aBachwardsfellow
    @aBachwardsfellow Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    - you could put up a little sign: "You can't steal these -- because we want you to have them" ;-)

  • @brandonboulton2776
    @brandonboulton2776 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    The anaerobic fermentation sterilizes it for exceptional innoculation.