Is "Lazy Gardening" a LIE? Is a NO Weed/Water Garden Possible?
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- A no weed, no water, no hassle, money saving garden? Let's evaluate the 4 claims of "lazy gardening"...This video is brought to you by Squarespace. For a 10% discount at launch go to www.squarespace.com/anneofall...
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0:00 Intro
0:24 Claim #1 Saves You Time
1:50 Claim #2 No Weeding
12:37 Claim #3 No Watering
20:30 Claim #4 Saves You Money
24:45 Most chaotic ad read ever
26:05 A message about the channel
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You are hands down one of the best gardening teacher I’ve encountered on CZcams. You always seems to go into just the right amount of explaining why doing something (or not doing it) is valid. I’ve learned so much from you and thoroughly enjoy your content. Thank you for doing what you do.
I’m so glad to hear it! Thanks for sticking around!
I do old fart gardening. Right before the rain, I scatter seeds in the breeze off of my balcony. Wherever the seeds grow, that's where they grow.
Love this idea! It’s survival of the fittest
I like your style!
I was surprised how far the seeds actually spread out. We're on 10 acres. I do a little of different seeds on different days and times, and the wind changes, and the rain displaces some, so they all don't come up in the same place. I broke my leg a few weeks ago, so James is making some raised beds on legs for me. I can plant in them while sitting quite easily.
This is ingenious
@miss_mish Thank you. I also spread out seeds in bare spots to help coverage and rake them in. I like to mimic nature as much as possible.
It's exactly what happens in the forest. No one turns the topsoil every year there, or pours lots of chemicals over the forest floor? Yet things grow fine, every year.
That's why we spend time in the forest, studying how things work there, and try to mimic the function and even the design as much as possible in our gardens at home. There's an overstory and and understory, and everything works together for the greater good.
You'll not find a row of carrots growing in a forest though
@@oftin_wong you’ll find tons of other taproot growing plants and many relatives of carrots though ;)
@@AnneofAllTradesYep, I have a virtual tropical forest full of wild Mandrake out there right now not to mention all the wild carrot and stuff like that
@@wytchwoodhomesteadandkenne5036 how's the mandrake taste ?
I'm not sure how I ran across your channel, but I am so grateful I did. You are a born educator and you do it with such a friendly, approachable air. You have a gift for making your content accessible and interesting... total inspiration! Big fan already. Cannot wait to try out your methods on our small farm.
If you ever do need a herbicide for that invasive grass, boiling water is your friend. Just be extremely careful not to spill it on yourself - but that goes for any herbicide really.
Peeps thought "lazy gardening" meant hiring you to do it for them. Only explanation....:P Love seeing everything you've accomplished over the past 6 years!
I’ve only recently started following you, and you’re already one of my favorites. So informative!
Yay! Thank you!
I'm praying for you your family neighbors and all the animals and properties if you are in the path of these strong tornadoes. I pray God keeps you safe. I don't know where you live so I'm praying for everyone to be safe. I love your unselfish person that you put in so much of your life to be able to teach us so much about farming and gardening, woodworking etc. i live through your videos at 80 years old. ❤😊
If I kept gardening the way I used to back in the 90s, I would have quit long before now. I am too busy now to garden that way. Mulch, compost and such changed my life and made me “mostly- hands-off”. If you compare a tilled up garden to how we do it now-way different!!! It makes me think I’m “lazy” but I’m not. Love your videos!!!
We are also helping ourselves when we do this work. Not just by giving us food and beauty, but our physical and mental/emotional health, and our spiritual health can be improved via gardening. Trouble shooting, patience, and our ability to follow through with a task are improved. I am a brand new (first year) gardener, older, and have a disability. However, gardening has shown me and others that I am still able to do so much...I just need the help of others from time to time. That is not a bad lesson to learn, either. We all need a little help now and then. We can all give a little help now and then, too. Thanks, Annie, for helping keep some of the old ways alive! There is something to be said for the sense of community that gardening/shared interests bring. And the empowerment of learning to create things, rather than purchase them is fabulous!
When you pulled back the cardboard, you had some nice microbial life there!
I'm a big fan of the fungus among us!
@@AnneofAllTrades You put the fun in fungus!
I love the fact that you are as enthusiastic about all the projects and not one. I tend to do the same myself.
I LOVE MY WEEDS! They're so delicious and nurtritious, and medicinal! (at least for many of them) Lazy Gardening isn't quite an oxymoron, but a lazy gardener is still a hard worker. Cheers!
I don’t garden. Desire to. Can’t. Disabled. But enjoy you & your genius lazy gardening. Trust me when I say you have explained your lazy gardening in such a way that people should “get it”. No worries. You have ALWAYS explained it well. More than well. Thank you for sharing!
I bet if we put our heads together we could come up with some creative ways for you to get your hands dirty if you’d like.
I’m dealing with fibromyalgia and MS…so I can relate. On really bad days, I live vicariously through Anne’s videos. Her cheeriness is infectious.
@AnneofAllTrades I'm a new subscriber. My brain wants to do all the things, but my body doesn't cooperate, so I've taken baby steps towards homesteading in the suburbs. I grow in containers close to the house. I don't mow the backyard very often. I'm starting a tiny lazy garden this year. If I can keep up with it, It'll grow in size next year. My municipality doesn't allow livestock, so veggies it is. My disease demands that I move my body and feed it well. Gardening is one way I do that. I look forward to watching your videos so I may learn about your ideas on gardening efficiently.
Id love to see a video that tackles this. I'm not disabled.. But i do have arthritis, i try to stay active and healthy and gardening is one way but i often see and heart of these conditions progress, if like to be proactive on incorporating stuff to make gardening possible for disabilities. @@AnneofAllTrades
Got my husband to watch your videos. He loves your approach! It's what we try to do here. I call it "killing the weeds" 'cause, we do not have grass. It's ALL weeds!! Bain of my existence! I have been carboarding/newpapering for YEARS and now, we're on a complete mission to cover the whole property! People think we're nuts!! Keep up the fantastic work gurl!
I plan to do the same, slowly. I have three dogs and my yard is compacted clay, weeds, and mud. One side yard was completed last year, it's entirely cardboard and wood chips and it looks awesome. Now I'm working on the backyard where the dogs go.
Don’t have the wood chips but have plenty of leaves that seem to work well. Thank you for sharing your journey.❤️
This is so helpful. It shows how much one person can do even if they're super busy. It's not cutting corners and it's not cutting steps out but it's creating an environment where everything can thrive with minimal interference from a human... Gee that sounds familiar... Like nature!❤
I'm "lazy gardening" this year....got too much to do elsewhere while it grows 🤣 this is my second year at this property. Ready for it to maintain itself! Lol
You're so awesome Anne! Who thinks otherwise must be a troll. Don't feed them. They probably never planted a single plant.
Saying a cheery hello from Townsville North Queensland Australia 😊 it is 4.06am here. Just finished work and watching you while winding down 😊😊
Morning!
I’m so happy I found your channel! I’ve been interested in gardening for years, but I have intermittent health problems that have me stuck in bed for weeks at a time, so I can’t keep up with things.
This seems like a perfect system for me- I can do all the work while I’m healthy, and not have to worry about it when I’m not.
Having a serious health crisis of my own that manifested in very similar ways a while back is what led to much of this mindset for me too. Do what you can when you feel up to it, and don't beat yourself up for the balls that get dropped when you don't.
Can’t wait to see you at the homesteading conference in Idaho in June!
It's gonna be such a hoot!
You are my kind of gardener! I also say I am a lazy gardener, I hate to weed and water, and save so much time not having to much if any! I was told my methods don't work, well guess what, they do! I'm glad I recently found your channel!
I dont think it matters what you talk about, but it is really nice to see you so enthusastic and happy. I hope you stay on that path. So you can talk about anything----I happy to listen. :)
Thank you so much!
I agree😃😅
You are me sister!!! I work in CHAOS !! My husband NEVER UNDERSTOOD ME!! Thank you so much 👍❤️
I’m a desk jockey with a small community garden in hot and muggy northern Virginia. Similar to Tennessee. My asthma has gotten worse in the past few years which makes my hot summer gardening hard. It takes me longer and I get less done. So inspired by Anne of All Trades, I kicked butt on the cool spring mulching. Heavy mulch. I’ve never tilled but have close neighbors that let their weeds go. Fingers crossed that my weeds under control this year! Thanks, Anne.
Eat some local honey. It will contain the pollens that annoy you and help desensitize you.
I’m a lazy gardener! It was a lot of work getting my garden ready, but now.... I’m kind of board. I just walk through my garden everyday to put my eyes on everything and I’m watching it grow. I haven’t watered at all with the exception of watering some transplants because heat was high and rain was a week out. But, it wasn’t much and honestly, I mainly watered the mulch.... so I’m not sure it did much.
Love that!
I'm sure you can do anything you put your mind too!❤ Colleen
So proud of my CZcams friends for not expounding on how big of a crush they have on Anne. As for myself....I just can't help it. Hello from SC
😂😂 so glad you've stuck around.
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Found you a few months back and you have truly inspired me. I love what you do with the materials you find, like widdling sticks into spoons and such. Most of my garden is put together with home-made fencing and trellises. My goal is to be minimal, and my soil is looking much better. Thank you Anne!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Anne, I am SOOO excited I found your channel. Don't change a thing! The way you talk and the way you think/learn/experiment is 100% my style. 100% the way I want to live in a few years. I look forward to my own journey standing on the shoulders of... well.. not giants per-say (5'2"? I tower over you by an inch! Ha!!) BUT, on the shoulders of a giant mind with a fabulous personality ❤❤❤ Thank you!
Last year I felt like I spent so much time weeding and watering. I spent a lot of time late winter and spring laying out mulch and setting up drip irrigation. I'm looking forward to not needing to spend so much time in the garden when we are in the 90s and 100s.
I really enjoyed the video! After years of mulching I found it doesn't matter if you put it on a couple of feet thick you're still going to get weeds. Heck I think I would be more worried if they didn't come up lol. I found that a stirrup hoe works pretty fast getting rid of them. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend!
I just Love this channel, ❤
I find so many lessons I learn from you and just wanted to say thank you busy building my lazy garden that I have weeded for years !!!
Wowza. You're a genius. Love your show. Thanks so much
Wow, thank you! So glad you're here.
Lazy gardening doesn't mean do nothing. There is this thing called LAND MANAGEMENT. You still have to manage and maintain your land. The land is just like children. If you don't pay attention to it and correct it, the land will get out of hand quick.
I just adore this channel. A kindred spirit you are. Inspiring, educational, funny. You got it all! 🍀
I just want to say I really appreciate all your videos and am very inspired. I love your positivity and go get attitude. Please don’t change.
You’re a true blessing for us that love gardening but not so organized!! ❤
Anne, this was a fantabulous lesson. Love the humor 😂 Looking forward to more of this valuable content 👍✨
So glad!
I just found your channel. I have seen a few videos now and I love it. Western NC, here. Similar climate. Totally relatable. So glad you mentioned Paul G. He has really been an inspiration for me. I also love David the Good.
I’m in the same area, are there any other resources you like to use for gardening in our climate?
Paul is such a treasure. I was so lucky to get to know him when I lived in Washington.
I have a 20x40 garden. I rototilled it to start and did alot of shoveling to make raised rows. Its half raised rows and half walkways i covered in cardboard. No wood chips on the walkways. I replace the cardboard every 3 years. But i also dump a ton of leaves into the garden in the fall which helps with weed suppression.
For my beds, I use cut grass as mulch. I spend very little time weeding. I do spend quite a bit of time raking and moving grass though. 😊
Yeah I think cardboard for paths and grass for the garden mulch is the best way. Free. Also the grass feeds the beds to some degree.
I'm getting ready to do the cardboard thing since the borough dug up my garden for a water pipe. Thanks for the info. Im also doing JADAM. So happy i found Garden like A Viking on utube to break it down for the home gardener. Were never to old to learn & change when we have too. Thanks again 😊
I hate woodchips, but I appreciate your logic and admire your results. I'm doing "no-dig" in Huw Richards/Charles Dowding style. I'm tolerant of a reasonable level of weeds, as long as my crops grow well. I'm no good at talking to people, and nobody here in my part of rural Germany uses any gardening services so begging woodchips probably would not work anyway. The local authorities don't even cut the roadside trees and bushes every year. Horse manure I can get though :-).
I love your videos (even though I feel lazy and unaccomplished by comparison. I have enough ADHD friends to be used to this... 😂)
❤️ your barn quilt!
I've gotten soo many ideas from you, thank you! (And hi from E. TN)
I'm so glad! Hi back!
I haven't started my garden yet, for many reasons, but let me tell you, "on the way, in the way" was life changing for me. My whole house is starting to operate in this way, and it means I actually get things done. It saves me the 15th time of getting sidetracked for the day.
Also, it essentially IS lazy gardening, not because it doesn't mean working hard, but it makes it so much easier to work hard by removing all the extra steps. It's the extra steps (in my experience) that most frequently causes people to fail, not their inability to do the thing to begin with. It's forgetting to water your plants, or slacking with the weeding until it becomes a problem. Then when you get overwhelmed it can make it that much harder to fix. By making things as easy as possible, it makes it that much more likely to get done. Remove the extra effort and it makes the hard work that much easier to tackle!
Great video as usual! I need to add more layers of cardboard for my upcoming season.
Adding drip irrigation to my garden has allowed me to experiment new techniques.
By the way, I am happy to see you back in the garden after recovering from your accident. God is great.
Happy gardening!
Hey Anne I found your channel a week ago and me and my two kids are hooked! I love your humor, I appreciate that your channel is so informative and family friendly, you are so talented in so many ways, and you rock your grey hair!! Just wanted to send an encouragement that you’re making a difference.
Love your videos Anne thank you!
I collect so many boxes for the same reason. Yup being in the south, I realized that I needed extra cardboard and extra layers of woodchips because of the humidity which causes decomposition process to happen quickly. I use weed wackers as well. I am with you on diversify and I am of the motto of plant resilience. Whatever fails, its okay, time to do another round.
Just love your passion to teach folks Anne. Thank you!
This kind of gardening is why my april and may are the busiest gardening months. It's all about the preparations and getting everything set up for success. Then I can just let it all grow without bothering to check it more than once or twice a week
I found your channel and really need to get something done today! Binge watching Anne of All Trades: naming Willey, hurting your hand, and starting gardens. Wow love this channel. You do so much, getting up off this chair now! ❤ Ann of a few trades, Minneapolis (I can relate to the cold, snowy video)
Love ur passion. Your knowledge is extensive. The more you know and understand about how everything works together, the less resistant the process becomes. Reminds me of that documentary 'the biggest little farm'.
What a compliment, thank you!
I love your videos. They are so entertaining and knowledgeable. Your sense of humor is great.
Thank you Anne for another great video! I enjoy them so much!
I discovered some beautiful & Very strong weeds that go hand in hand with my green beans!! They are huge & beautiful & taste wonderful!! You GET ME!! Thank you God bless!!❤
So Refreshing and encouraging! You inspire me to keep doing the work of lazy gardening!
I really liked this video. It’s so clear in your explanation and it makes so much sense
Thank you for more gardening videos! You are number 1 in my book!
I love your videos! I am starting a garden for the first time this year based on what I have learned here!
This is your best video yet! Thank you !❤
As far as I am concerned just growing my own food is a plus for me , but You have given me some ways to save time and money in so many ways. I love your programs and techniques ❤ Keep up the amazing work 💞.
I love your gardening advice! Keep the videos coming.
Fantastic video. A wonderful encapsulation of the great ways there are to garden with empathy. Not to mention all the other top tips you have! Thanks Anne-of-all-trades.
Great video, as usual!! Thank you for the fun while learning. Love all your furry friends!! And the pond looks great!
I had heavy Bermuda grass and found that cardboard and the thickest mulch seemed to make it happy and/or vengeful. I ended up having to prep future beds with a silage tarp.
After a 3 year battle with mine, it's finally mostly gone, but I put down some construction tarps around the outer edges of the garden (not actually on purpose, I just had a bunch of construction materials stacked there for a long time) at one point and that really helped too.
Just an awesome video! Thank you so much for posting this information. I will be checking out all your videos.
I'm so so glad to see you using BOTH hands. You're inspiring my new garden. I'm so excited to start some "lazy" chaos!
In the way on the way, I love it. It has helped me so much since I have heard you say it.
Lazy Gardening - Smart Gardening - Efficient Gardening. Either way I like the Less Weeding outcome.
Thanks for the honesty. I grow this way in Texas and you're right about the weeds and bermuda grass! When there's little rain, and with some plants especially, watering at least some is important.
Absolutely...yes...will certainly take a look. Also,Thank you for clarifying the best way to contact. Much appreciated.
Thanks for being so very inspiring Anne.🏡
I love this channel because as someone with ADHD, it's like every BIT of it resonates to that feeling of "ok...well that way works for YALL but imma need to make a different and better way for me and my brain"
Like my whole life I had to do some weird way that was optimal but other people thought it was impossible or illogical...
Yeah for *them*
Edited to add: Fuck the no-nuance Nellies who made you feel like you have to defend your methods. How daft can people be???
You see the you in me and I in you ❤️ neurospicy for life.
Love how the two guardian dog sat there perfectly!!! Lol
I appreciate all your knowledge! I feel so overwhelmed and these videos are what I needed!
I'm so glad!
You seem to be getting along with your Hand injury, appears to be functioning well . Can't tell how much your trying to hide, but your stride for normal is winning. One thing for sure , Not slowing ya down any . Godspeed Girl !
Thanks for noticing! It’s not perfect, but it’s as good as it’s gonna get, which is good enough for me. I’ve got permanent loss of feeling and loss of some function in my thumb but I have found ways to adapt. I’m just so thankful I can still do the 3 things most important to me: play music, milk my cow, and build furniture.
Hey I am new to your channel; after many years of convention gardening I
depleted my soil big time…so here I am trying to learn more sustainable ways to amend and save the natural compounds in my soil! I really like your approach and I’m most thankful you are sharing sooooo… much knowledge! We (I) just can’t be careless with soil any more. Two years ago we had a hurricane Fiona, which caused so much destruction in to the East cost, I lost all the trees that surrounded and shaded my house…but the house was not hurt… learned so many lessons in that fall and into spring 2022-2023 - I have ample decaying tree matter and a renewed interest in becoming more self sufficient- wish me luck… love the information you are providing! I am no spring chicken but feel with your knowledge based channel I might gave one more garden left in me! Thank you so very much…. Sheila from Nova Scotia Canada! (Ps … I am interested in you trellises great for my smaller space… what are they called? and can they be purchases at a livestock supply store? thanks again❤
So glad you are here Sheila!!
Charles is one of my favourite channel's ive learnt alot from him and hes the reason i do no dig.
Loved this video Anne! keeping it real! By the way, I have been watching you for some time and look like a great person to be around! Love your vibes
I enjoy your videos. Thank you for all the effort!!!
Thanks for another great video Anne!!
Thankyou. Simply good advise. Sharing knowledge is the key. Thanks to CZcams, you have the opportunity.
This was such a fantastic video. Thank you for bringing your tips and tricks to us.
I went to a craft school in Portland Oregon and was part of the last graduating class before they closed permanently. I had an amazing time there and learned so much. But, finding communal spaces/ workshops/ studios hasn’t been easy since then. I’m very much looking forward to hearing more about your project, and maybe seeing it in person since I live near Nashville as well.
Comparatively speaking, it's lazier than what some people consider gardening. Thanks for sharing.
I agree with you! I understand the methods from a more natural perspective! My mom and I garden like this too under the tutelage of my grandmother. It’s a beautiful way to work in harmony with the planet rather than fighting it with chemicals.😅 I think it’s amazing the amount of work you put into trying to help people understand these important skills that contribute to our quality of life. Sometimes when we are working hard in the garden and building interesting objects 😂 I think about you and how you are doing the same and it encourages me to work hard and be tough like you 😉. Howdy from North Florida 👋🏻 the weed pressure is intense here too 😅
Girl you are amazing. Great news to share…my compost is three houses away at a Horse farm!!!! Busted it today and grabbed a handful with my bare hands. No manure smell, and it made my excitement about gardening escalate, knowing that if I need something, it’s three doors down the road. I feel the pain you went through with your hand injury, as last fall I took a tumble and just had my shoulder replaced. I think this year may be just a prepping ground, planting a few test container, gardening areas, and enjoying just getting my hands a little dirty. Keep up the videos as I will need you in years to come, and may God greatly bless your efforts and those around you who support you!
I chip tree lucerne. The leaves are high in protein, and feeds N to the garden. The wood chips from the branches break down easily. 5% humus in the top 300mm of soil will store 80 litres of rainfall per square metre before reaching saturation and leaching to subsoil.
You are an awesome teacher! I absolutely love learning from you. I put our wood chips down 2weeks ago because of what you are teaching me. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!
Best of luck this season! Send any questions my way!
I found your channel while looking into composting. You have some amazing advice on many topics and your delivery is on point and fun.
So glad you’re here!
Hi Anne! First time commenter here. I just gotta say, I LOVE your attitude and energy, and listening to your story as time goes by, and even your somewhat made-up words! I have a small farmette, roughly 10 acres total, with about 6.5 acres tillable. Since we acquired the property, we've been working the fields and planting a variety of vegetables, we've purchased equipment like tractors, tillers, and plows; I'm kinda excited to get started with this 'lazy' gardening system. I know it won't happen over night, but I look forward to less weeding and watering. I can't wait!
If you ever get to Wisconsin, feel free to pop in and give us some pointers!
When I was working full time I would make a daily list of things I needed to do for that day and the next. Some items on the list were small or low priority items. If I didn't take care of these items they would accumulate and would require a larger effort later. In a way I was creating time or maybe finding it.
Writing things down makes them real and rememberable. I try to not get too overzealous with my to-do lists though, so they don't become "didn't do" lists later.
Oooh, strawberries! I moved to a new location and haven't had any luck growing them in the garden. I may break down and use baskets.
Love the concepts of time n energy!! We ENJOY THESE “chores”😅😅😅
Did no-dig garden two gardening seasons ago for the first time. It really works. Had beautiful harvests and less work achieving it. Go for it. Try it out.
Great homest video. I run my garden pretty much the same way, I'm completely into regenative farming an gardening. As I you my animals in my gardening an land regeneration. They help me by doing what they do naturally.