Gardening is not worth it I'm working too hard
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- čas přidán 13. 03. 2021
- I've been told in past videos that I'm working too hard, wasting my money and I'm better off buying my vegetables from the store.
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My garden provides more than food for me. It provides therapy from the every day worries of the world. The value of my garden = priceless. Thanks for the video.
Well said 👍
Yes and the fresh vegetables tastes a lot better too.... putting ur hands and feet in the dirt keeps depression away
This is so true!
I am trying to grow a garden for the first time on my new property. Only tomatoes, paprika and strawberry. Not that much, but its nice to know that it is organic and I have created it.
Hey Pete, good talk. I feel the same way. Its not just the good food you grow but the hard work itself pays off in better physical fitness. Thanks!
I couldn't agree more with what you said to Pete,it's amazing exercise-gardening,so you have a gym and a nutritional therapy centre all in that veg patch when ya think of it😉👍☺️.we wouldn't have half the problems we have health wise if we ate healthy like this.
I'm agree with all you say !
The best enjoyment is to work in the garden )
I really don't care how much it costs for me to grow my own food... I enjoy it, I feel great doing it, I love the taste of fresh veggies, and I'm learning so much. Makes me slow down and appreciate what I have and gives me purpose as I approach retirement. Keep it going, Pete! Great vid!
I will teach that hard work to anybody that thinks store bought produce is good! I grew 21 different vegetables over the winter in my raised beds in north Texas. Thank you pete for educating the uneducated.
That is awesome!
Thanks Pete for sharing, I couldn't agree with you more. We are what we eat and we, as a people of plenty, need to be very selective of what we put into our bodies. As the old saying goes, "you only live once", so lets make it as good as possible. Kudos to your hard work... God bless TEXAS and long live the Republic!!!!
Good points. Here’s to Pete and all of those who will make an effort to grow their own food. I will make another effort this season.
If everyone did this how healthy would we be?!☺️👍.
@@patrickboyle6727 I agree with you Patrick. And I find that it’s also an art or a science…gardening, knowing when and how…to produce more and better fruit and vegetables. A lost or dying art, unfortunately. But an excellent and beautiful one. There is nothing like harvesting or tasting produce from the earth, purely organic. Patrick I believe we’re in a much better position learning this art while we still have time.
@@richtofenillingroth641 yes rich,always good to be ahead of things alright,you reckon there will be food shortages?
@@patrickboyle6727 Patrick the way I see things is that even if there isn’t a drastic food shortage in the near future, the cost of food will increase more so, as farmers are also getting hit with rising costs. We are also spending more money on food and less on non-essential goods. It’s a grim and spiraling 🌀 situation.
Great show today I got up to 660 now I am at 400 it’s been a long time coming and you are right you are what you eat! And thanks for this it hit home and no hard feelings for a still overweight 52 year old man but you give me hope ! Thanks my east Texas friend
Great job!
Pete these are the videos I missed while you took a long break. You're a straight talk guy with kindness and willing to show the path rather than ridicule people. If we can lead the nation back to gardens so many problems will go away. Keep on the path !
As a whole -food plant based vegan, I agree about growing your own produce. If a food has more than two or three ingredients, leave it at the store. I grow veg for a living, 1,000 tomato plants in seven high tunnels, four acres of sweetcorn and over an acre of greens and other veg. Let food be thy medicine!
I agree that gardening is absolutely worth the effort and investment of time and $$$. What people don’t realize is that you get 10x more from every dollar you spend on your garden than you do from the grocery store. I love late spring and summer when we get to start eating fresh out of the garden, it’s amazing. I do use the microwave to reheat leftovers, 😉😂.
The very same people who comment that you're wasting your time and money in the garden are the ones who spend hours on a treadmill and spend money for the gym to exercise. when you have your own garden you might be spending money for soil amendments and products to grow our food but the exercise, fresh air and delicious food you get is worth it. keep growing on and enjoy every minute of every day doing what you love to do.
Yes and they spend thousands of dollars just keeping their lawns perfect..when these plots could be used for growing their own food...and a lot are in HOA.. nonsciens..can't have no vegetable gardens, only well manicured lawns, living most HOA's... so sorry for these people....
Growing your own food is a lot of work no doubt; however, it’s worth the effort. There’s tremendous satisfaction that comes from growing your own food not to mention the taste of fresh nutritious food.
Love your channel my good man! Funny how now a days people are upset someone else is working hard!😂
Enjoyed watching. In order to reduce complexities I grow ( specialize ) only in a few items. Garlic 20 varieties, Japanese eggplant 10 varieties, some cherry tomatoes and cucumbers. I barter with other gardeners for items I don't grow. It easier that way. I gave away the sofa and television to make time for the garden. No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, I'm devoted to the garden. Third president wrote.
I love this video I work a 9 to 5 making less than $17 an hour and the money I put into growing my own food has been financially stressful but at the end of the day I believe it would all be worth it!
I will be starting a CZcams channel here soon to show all of my garden beds and how I am mended them and what vegetables I have growing and I’ll be cooking them I am a chef of a years and I can’t wait for this growing season!
Awesome, get that channels going and get your video editing skills down. 👍
I believe that the people who commented that it's not worth it are not regular subscribers of your channel or maybe this channel is not for them.
Im so glad I found your channel! I'm out in between Emory and Point! You got this!
I seriously need to think about removing some of our trees down so I can have a bigger growing area!
Awesome, glade you found my channel too. Yes make your growing area as big as you can handle, it's good to have too much food.
Love listening to you, Pete, although you're preaching to the converted here, everything you say makes sense - my roots are no longer down Big Mac but in the God given Mother Earth who provides me with health, wealth and happiness which is all we need (and a bit of LOVE!) God Bless you and yours and keep the magic flowing! XxxX
This past two days storms hit hard in our area. 5-1/2 inches at last tally. Our garden was flooded. It’s receding now. Still muddy. My point is all I thought when it was storming is there goes my garden. It means so much to my husband and myself. It tastes better. It’s better for me, it’s not easy to grow in Texas. You have to learn how. It isn’t easy. So I’m learning now before the system falls apart. It helps me in more ways than nutrition. It’s therapeutic. I call it dirt therapy.
The funny thing is that the produce area is always full when there something goes wrong. During the run on the stores during he beginning of Covid and the recent snowstorm the stores were empty of all convenience junk foods, however the produce area was untouched. I live in a small town and am probably the only one on my street with a garden. It is sad.
people now a days don't know what a fresh home grown food taste like most live in the fast food stores grab and go
I absolutely love my garden. We are not on the grand scale that you are but i love the exercise, plus i love growing our own.... and the reward of going into my backyard and gathering food to eat!!!! The food in the grocery stores is no good...we will continue to grow our own and expand as much as we can so we don't have to go to the store for anything...we eat so much better and our food does not go bad as quick as the food in the store...
I agree with you 100%. I'm "gardening" in a smaller urban setting. For me it so peaceful and the reward is a variety of healthy food w/ a sense of self sufficiency.
Pete...you are rockin’ it!🥕🥬🍉🍓🌶🍆 my brother from another mother
It's a lot of work for sure. We really enjoy our urban farm. Great work Pete.
Thanks 👍
Making the holes with a torch.....freaking brilliant
Great video. The exercise you get from preparing your garden pays for itself. No Gym dues needed.
The fresh air the sights and sounds of thangs in nature.
I would whether be outside then sitting on my ass watching tv.
Where on the same page friend
Great video!!! Thanks for sharing. Country living is real living ♥️
PEOPLE, BLESS Y'ALL! Keep up the good hard work! Thank you!
really like these points! its taken a few years here but this year weve gone all in on gardening beekeeping and tree planting ♥️
Pete a lot of the negative comments you get are from people who are too lazy to garden, it is hard work. Very rewarding work..Nothing tastes as good as the food you raise on your own land using your own hands. good videos. Thank you.
Thanks Pete for the info. I just said to my son (42) that same thing the other day--we hardly ever saw overweight people growing up. Saw a WW11 clip of the day the war ended and people celebrating in Hawaii. I kept thinking while watching it, something was different with the people. They were so happy (of course) and yelling etc, but I looked and looked and to my amazement, everyone was slim and trim. They were eating good hardy meals as my Mom told me the diet during those days. No preservatives! Fresh fresh --my Grandfather & Grandmother lived in San Francisco during the war, and he raised a garden, always, and rabbits. Italian, and knew his stuff, I might add! Later moved to the country, had a acre of garden--hard work, but he loved it and shared with all of us and neighbors. Good memories to share and begin your own, for your families. A good life, as I myself, a woman 73 years young, still growing in containers and whatever I can do to grow my veggies!! Now moved out of town, small lot, but room to GROW, and stay healthy and teach the grand kids and great grand kids. Like you said--delicious and the work is keeping our bodies working and healthy. The sunshine and fresh air, and the joy of taking care of living things growing. Fantastic. No where can you get more satisfaction, God knows what we need, we just need to do it. Keep up the helpful, great work, it helps us to keep on keeping on! Blessings!
Thank you, yes I always notice the old movies that people were slim, this modern western diet is killing everyone slowly.
Well said Pete, growing your own food and being self reliant and efficient is what its all about.
Great point, we should all strive to know where our food is coming from, and what goes into producing what we eat, I completely support your thoughts and vision
You work hard because you value your independence, just like any other self-respecting person would
Excellent video man! I was getting hungry when you showed the veggies on the grill. You should do more videos like this... pro health / coaching and healthy cooking/grilling.
I worked on an industrial sized strawberry farm when I was in high school. Do not buy strawberries from farmers. You have no idea how many pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides we used. This is what woke me up young. I grow mostly all of my own food now and sell at farmers markets. I pay essentially ZERO for all my food, save meat, which I trade for with meat farmers.
It is really worse than most people think it is (corporate farming).
This is a great video and full of good information for the ones that want to listen. Sorry I don’t comment on more of your videos.
In addition to all the things you've already mentioned oh, I have noticed an amazing connection to the Earth and everything around me just try sitting down to eat food that I grew myself. I started gardening more than 20 years ago because of concerns about the chemicals and garbage they were putting in our food already and because of the cost of certain vegetables like bell peppers when I lived in Florida. So glad I did
Even living in the city you can grow food. There's a whole movement called Food over Lawns. there's a lady in Germany who grew food on her 82 square foot terrace. No matter where you are you can garden.
Those who think you spend too much time and money have obviously never reaped the rewards of sitting down to eat the food that you've worked so hard to grow. I live in the mountains of CO so growing a garden is so hard because of the rocky soil lacking in nutrients.
I was at the grocery store yesterday and I was behind a woman who probably weighs 300+ lbs and her basket was loaded. I overhead her talking to a man and she told him that she was "stocking up" in preparation for the snowstorm expected to hit the mountains this weekend. I thought good Lord woman are you expecting to be snowed in for a month?
Starting my first garden this year. Mostly peppers, and other compatable veggies. Next year I'll expand
Pete B: You don't need to justify ANYTHING you do to anyone. So what if you work harder than most, to provide whole, nourishing food for you and your family? If it makes you feel good and gives you pleasure, that's all the justification you need. You're right. There's nothing more satisfying than eating foods that you grew yourself. You hinted at the coming food insecurity that became apparent at the beginning of this pandemic. There will come a time when growing our own food is not just a hobby but a necessity. You're way ahead of the curve! People are going to hate no matter what. It says more about them than the ones their criticizing. You do what's right for you and if it makes you healthier, and doesn't hurt anyone, more power to you!
Thanks for the video.
Great video enjoyed it Beautiful garden Be safe God Bless
Thank you and God bless you too.
Same amount of hours in the day today as there was in 1960. People just need to realize how to manage their time.
Not to mention the fact that growing your own food has another advantage besides the obvious benefit of eating right, you also get tons of exercise with all the physical work you have to put into it
Im 48, just bought a farm because of everything you are talkin about. Everyone should learn how to do it but only a few will do so.
Love your videos. Gardening is very hard work, but so worth it. We probably don't save money by gardening, but love the results. We appreciate your recent chicken videos, because we're about to get chickens.
Awesome thank you
Thanks Pete. We have been encouraged to try and buy a homestead. Will update on our progress. Very motivating your videos. Thanks again
Awesome 👍
You got a nice huge land! I would grow everything too!! I would 100% grow my own.
Right on Pete another great tutorial.. I appreciate your hard work and knowledge. Keep them coming bro!!!
The best thing for me about a garden is that its like a free refridgetator that continually gets bigger instead of dying as it sits. Haha just walk outside cut out what I want for the days meal and im good to go! Next day everything is even bigger for free besides the water and any elbow grease. Dont even have to drive to the store haha. Made my front lawn a whole garden.
Live in east tx as well aand i survived the 105 weeks in stride. Love growing fully edible plants like radishes, bok choy, beets, spinach, kale, etc. Today ate my first fruits from my tomato plants and felt wonderful. Love picking fresh cucumber or squash and eating them raw for breakfast on the drive to work. Lol just enjoy the fresh fruits of our labor. Hard work is the best flavoring!
Pete, you are an inspiration. We are moving to WA state this year and getting a couple of acres. You eluded to it, that the other advantage of growing your own food is variety of foods, you have a very limited selection at the market and many foods are engineered for reasons other than taste and nutrition.
Thank you
So I’ve checked out Farmer Dre channel, and what he dose and I think is a great idea, is he takes a small vegetable can stuck a handle on it and use that as a guide to burn holes in his weed barrier. Also I think one can wield a measuring stick on it and everything will be the same distance apart.
Great video Pete. Gardening is wonderful, relaxing and fun.
Good Job Pete Keep up the good work I agree with you 100% Buddy,
I salute you, you are a great person, serious, diligent and meticulous.. God bless you🌸🌿🌸🌿🌸👍
I appreciate that.
Great video sir! Thanks for taking your time to educate. I'm in your area and in the process of building out our garden/orchard. If you have time, we'd love to see a quick video of when you're planting and what you're planting this year.
Thank you, I'll be doing videos of our planting soon.
Charles Dowding has been at gardening a long time and a big proponent of no dig gardening. I would estimate he does about a quarter to a max of a half of what tiller gardeners do and his results are stellar. His biggest tasks are adding to the compost, spreading the compost twice a year, planting and harvesting.
People with great soil are so lucky to not have to till!!
There are definitely a lot of great channels to watch on it. Its crummy that we can't no till here because of the clay soil.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Pete, keep them coming when u can.
Pete, stick to your guns. Keeping planting and enjoying and benefiting from your home grown fruits & vegetables. And the eggs your chickens provide. You've inspired me! Be well & keep safe.
Thank you 🙂
I really enjoy your videos and great ideas!
I live in east Texas and wanted to know how you are doing yours just getting started love the torch idea lol wow
#growyourown I retired my tiller this year and bought a 60" pto tiller for my small tractor. Last year I hurt for 3 days after tilling the gardens. We tilled the potato patch in minutes today. :)
East Texas land of my birth and love of my heart.
My grandparents had a farm with fruit trees and homegrown vegetables. The store bought doesn't taste anywhere near as good as what I ate as a kid.
Total Wisdom... agreed 100%. We are working 9n our Homestead now, Greenhouse up, Garden going in now... sharing a pig with family in a few weeks, as well as sharing a beef cow with a neighbor he raised and we paid 1/2 ... will get the meet in Mid-April ... canned our own food, we've not wanted for anything even when all the stores locally had little to no food.. ignorance isn't always bliss... thanks for sharing & Blessings
Great videos! I enjoy watching them
I have to say all your hard work has paid off that ground is beautiful.
You have certainly perfected your rototiller technique.
Not to mention the supply chain shortage problems during a shtf dilemma!
You are so right. People don't know how delicious home grown vegetables are. Nothing compares to the fresh taste. Its been a very cool wet summer where I live in Australia, 2 nights ago I finally baked my first eggplant and ripe pepper along with freshly picked tomatoes, zucchini and herbs. It was a taste I had been looking forward to since last years growing season and it was like heaven. I would put all the hard work into growing my own food all year for just that 1 meal alone! But you cannot make a person understand until they taste the difference. Next time someone asks me this question I won't answer in words....I will simply invite them over for a BBQ! 😂😂 great topic of discussion, thanks 😊
Beside the G90 and KandyKorn, bodacious and peaches n cream do outstanding here in etx. Very sweet as long as thoroughly irrigated!
Thanks for sharing. I agree with you 💯. Great video
Thank you
Pete another great video
Thanks 👍
You should try the No Till method. Make some raised beds. Saves a lot of time and the soil is way more healthy and full of what you need to make your food full of vitamins. Every time you use the tiller you destroy the mitochondrial life in the soil.
So many people in the city will never hear the frogs in your background. Country life is great.
It’s therapeutic, a labor of love
great video! I cant wait to buy some land. About to start driving around Texas to find my perfect spot!
Good motivational discussion.
Very interesting. I'd like to know more about that black cover...burning holes in it? Good idea. Also, how does that watering device work? Hopefully I'll come across these things in a different video.
Nice I wish I was 20 years younger and didn't have arthritis so bad. I plant but no way I could handle that big tiller.
yes! it is so hard! our 2nd year into growing. man that 1st wave of mistakes and errors. the bugs! the lack of composting and fertilizing. oh man, it was so discouraging at first but I am getting back into it. built a greenhouse and going to till my ground this weekend for our corn and potatoes. I do feel the same at times to just go get something to quick-fix our meals but I am breaking free one seedling at a time. great chat and video on how I can work the tiller into the ground.
Awesome 👍
Do you have a beginner video? Which vegetables are easier to grow and which are harder? What materials do you start out with, to make a small garden? Which require more work and which require less work?
There is nothing like growing your own. Yes, it is hard work . The reason I have my garden it to get away from pesticides on food. Trying to eat better for health. If it makes you happy, do it. I so agree with what you are saying.
I'm growing my own food too,awesome video Pete.
I love gardening. Like watching it grow if nothing else. Thats a big garden who all are you trying to feed?
The garden and greenhouse is just for my wife and I and friends and family but we are also freeze drying what is extra and anything that has gone bad will go to our chickens.
Liked the pictures of you from Bodybuilding. That explains a lot. You understand discipline and hard work, and it comes through on your videos. I always like your videos. Good common sense and practical advice. You might try Hoss Tools drip tape.
I appreciate that!
Mathew 24 say famines are coming, it time to be prepare for the endtimes---Things are changing fast. It's still cold in Alberta, i am excited to start planting.
Well said 👍
The taste of home grown is so much better.
I just retired in January from over a 30-year career and health care. I've told people for years if we do not take care of ourselves somebody else will have to. It really is physical exercise and what you eat oh, there is no magic pill. We need to get back to basics. My family and I enjoy your videos so much. Definitely praying for all y'all down there in Texas.
Thank you
We've had a farm for well over 20 years, but have only been in East Texas for a year and a half. Any tips on the best types of veggies that grow here and where you but those seeds? I'm in the experimenting phase here. There's an organic farm locally I buy from sometimes and she said whatever I'd grow in summer up north is what I should grow in fall here. I'm not sure what schedule to follow
I grow my on food in the summer and freeze a lot of it. Yes it is hard work and good exercise. I love it. The food is soooo much better than store bought.
You live the life others can only dream!
Thank you, everyone should try to work towards making those dream come true, setting up a plan to get out of the cities.
@@petebeasttexashomesteading we are working towards having both an apartment in the city and a productive farm in the country. We are getting there.
I agree with you Pete 100% I can’t wait to be back in Texas and grow our own foods. Currently we live overseas because my husband is an expat but he’s going to retire this year although he’s still younger and we gonna start growing our own foods. Being an expat we travel a lot all over Europe and people there grow vegetables even in there little balcony have pots with grown vegetables they even rent small lot to grow there foods. European grow foods in there yard unlike the US where they’re big into beautiful landscaping in there front yard.😀
I am 59 yo and may I offer a suggestion? Roofer's knee pads for gardening. Save your joints
You are right. My family was brought up on garden foods. My mom always cooked fresh foods, and I do too.
Thanks for the reminder that it’s worth it!