She Learned to Garden in a Cult 😱 | Container Garden Tour
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- The Epic Assistant, Natalie, grew up in unique circumstances - in a "culty" environment as she puts it, where she learned to can, preserve, garden, and prep. Here in her home in San Diego, she's growing in 100+ containers in her backyard and producing a TON of food for herself.
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Rubbermaid Totes
3:29 - Growing Up in a Cult
3:49 - Warm Containers
7:37 - Cool Containers
9:21 - Air Pot
10:56 - Back Zone
12:36 - Seed Starting
14:04 - Patio Zone
14:56 - Budget & Planning
15:37 - Rabbit Stew
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What do you think of Natalie's garden?
Most people are in cults.
Cult of conservatives
Cult of liberals
Cult of covid
Cult of popular knowledge (hypnosis)
Cult of confusion
Specifics are priceless
Impressive, and a good reminder that you don't need to spend a ton to have a diverse, thriving garden. Resourcefulness is key!
her garden is awesome and she is the shizzz! love her
Absolutely impressive Natalie!
I love the fact that it's in containers. Easy to move. Love the idea. As someone who moves a lot around my country. I can't ever build a decent garden. So containers are my way to go
Shout out to learning to garden in cults 😂 that was my start as well. Glad you're free now, shout out to garden life and reclaiming our lives.
Same!
I would totally watch a Homesteading Channel created by Natalie! I admire homesteaders and independent lifestyles.
She needs to be frequent guest on Epic. This interview can be divided into 3 parts. Everything went too fast.
YES I agree! Do it! Do it! Go Natalie!!!
Yes a homestead section by Natalie would be amazing!
I would also love to see more of her
I would like to learn more about how she picks different plants to grow together
I am absolutely fascinated by Natalie, her fantastic garden, her 5 year plan, and her back story. As a renter I am pretty much forced to container garden. And I'm on year 14 of my 5 year plan. 😒 Getting closer though. Would love to see more videos from her!!!
Im on year -14 of my 5 yr plan 😂. May we have what we desire soon ❤️
Everyone needs to learn to be self sufficient like Natalie! She's not going to starve! Great garden!!
Since I was a teen it's been one of my dreams. I had started a few years back but a cat. 5 hurricane came, knock down my house so I had to move. Kept trying in the different house that I moved to but no luck, had issues with not enough sun little due to no balcony, too humid or no space. But I have my heart set on trying again this year
She is so cute. She has created a great system. Such a manageable system.
She has!
@@epicgardening what are good crops to plant in san diego right now
She's not cute at all.
Thanks for saving the rabbit stew part until the end. I have pet rabbits and I didn't want to see that, but I did want to see the entire garden part of the video.
This is why I hate homestead videos and don't watch them. They always involve killing multiple animals, not something I want to see
Very impressed with Natalie's self sufficiency. Would love to see her demonstrate/teach her propagation methods in future videos.
Wow Natalie! I love how she uses a Tri- Gardening method: 1. One Flower; 2. One Vegetable; One Fruit!
Kevin, way to push through the interview, to keep it under 20 mins. Very informative!
Thanks for the tips!
Eric?
@@twobluestripes KEVIN!!!
Yeah it's easy to remember! I think "one herb" could be added to this!
I'm now going to add two more things to my buckets! So far I have escallion and sweet peppers in one but the others are single plants so....time to plant.
My favorite part of your Channel is seeing other peoples garden. Everyone has such a unique way to grow food.
I was feeling a little envious of others, since my backyard is shaded, which forces me to grow everything in containers in my driveway (skirting/thumbing my nose at HOA regs). She is such an inspiration! Haven't used grow bags yet but I definitely will!
Unless the HOA wants to pay for your groceries, I support you continuing to thumb your nose at them 😉😂
Check your state statues. I live in Florida and we have a statute that supersedes HOA rules that basically says they can’t prevent you from growing your own food.
@@ortizurbangarden That's great info! I'll look into it. Thanks.
@@user-di6cn2ne7u Depending what state this person is in he may want to take his HOA seriously...things can get very ugly and expensive to resolve.
@@ortizurbangarden wait really? Might convert some more lawn…
She's so organized and she can identify everything so quickly and easily! I'm so impressed and jealous of her 😅 No hate, Natalie, just wish I had all your skills.
I loved this episode, please do more with Natalie!
Natalie needs her own CZcams. I'd be down for that.
I’d given up on growing a loquat in my small patio. You’ve given me hope.
Kindred heart with Natalie there. I completely understand trying to extract the positive things from that experience and leave the negative behind. Early on its hard to not throw the baby out with the bathwater in an effort to just get away. Much love.
I really like these videos where we get to meet the Epic Team and everyone’s gardens. You have the best coworkers!
Does Natalie hand water everything?
Very neat tour. What a treat for us.
She does, right now!
This makes me feel so much better about the number of plants I've stuffed into all of my grow bags lol. I've kind of been assuming all my plants are going to die from overcrowding but Natalie has given me hope that I can continue to buy too many plants without consequences. I would love to see a video about all the different common garden plants you can grow from cuttings!
Natalie ....thanks for sharing what you learned from your grandparents/parents so that we get to benefit from that time depth of knowledge. I think of nuanced gardening as a lost art.( Co-planting, etc ).... Excited to start some containers this spring!
I am leading toward containers gardening for back yard due to the hill I have as part of septic tank front yard is flat so will start a fall garden in front yard this year. I love her gardening plans.
Love these garden tours!
Glad you like them!
Natalie's set up is very do-able and she motivates me. Love her goal of being a homesteader and being self sufficient.
My grandmother in Houston had a loquat tree and I fell in love with them. We made anything and everything you can think of with them but my favorite was making jelly. They're pretty popular in SE Texas.
I love Natalie! Short gardeners unite lol. I'm also 5'2" and I have grow bags. I have grown all kinds of things in them. I will say I made the mistake of getting 20 gallon and they are too big and heavy to move most of the time. I like the 10 gallon ones better. 15 gallon should be the max size if you plan on moving the bags frequently. One of my questions is how does she cheaply fill the bags? Garden dirt can get pretty expensive and filling all those containers can get pretty expensive.
That was the highest cost for her!
If she’s making her own compost, she can add it to the soil, nearly doubling the amount
Idk how the price compares to other options, but I mix my own soil from the free city compost, coir and perlite. Let me know if you want the ratio of ingredients!
@@florabescansaluers please do share! :)
@@florabescansaluers - yes please, share away! 😁
Thank you for showing a garden grown on a budget! I use recycled items and grow a lot from cuttings and seeds. I love her interplanting. That’s the way I garden too.I used to do mostly container gardening. Thankfully, I now have much more space. But I still garden on the cheap! Please keep adding budget-friendly gardens to your channel.
Definitely will!
I've been wanting to start a garden in my backyard but the process, starting from scratch, is overwhelming to me. This container thing seems to be my answer. Thanks for sharing her wonderful garden.
Bernie Cat, 36 years ago, I started with a very small area, maybe 4' x 6', maybe a tad bit larger. I placed containers around the outer part of that area. I had Gardenia and Rose bushes, and a few other things in the ground. I grew various tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumber in the containers. It was sooo much fun! I was amazed by what I could grow. And I LOVED that little garden, my first. I only grow in containers. You, too, can do this. Start small with only 6 containers maximum. Have fun, and Enjoy the experience.
@@1blondidea thank you!
Container gardening is a great way to start! Last year I did container gardening on my patio in LA. I had flowers, herbs and one tomato. You learn so much just from starting.
Now I have two raised beds in E TN and a bunch of containers with potatoes, tomatoes, herbs, flowers, and strawberries.
You have to start somewhere! Good luck!
Just start. It will grow bigger all by itself. No need to have it all planned and arranged from the start.
Bernie cat, I started with a 4x4 raised bed and now I have a 60x60 garden area with other things spread through my yard.
As a fellow person from a cult in Utah, YOU GO GIRL awesome garden :) and ideas, thank you.
Loved being introduced to Natalie. She has such a positive, bubbly personality with so much savvy advice! Thanks! Hello, Natalie!
The self sufficient part of the cult (which i believe to know the name of) is pretty life changing. That's got to be the best feeling in the world when you come home with a meal in mind and have all the ingredients to prepare it.
What is it? I'm so curious!
Twelve tribes? I spent some time at one of their hostels.
sounds about white.
@@jd9064 since when is growing food and being self sufficient only something white people do lol 😆
Huh? Do tell, I have no clue.
Go Natalie! I applaud her harvesting of rabbits (I can’t do it). I’m good with gardening but the best I can do meat wise is pull marine life out of water. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to handle chickens, cows, etc. they’d become pets on day one.
I too would only be able to keep pet farm animals, not food animals. I attach so quickly
You are not alone. I don't even have chickens but a friend does and I love her chickens DEARLY.
Loving that idea to recycle strawberry containers to create seed starters. Great way to save money and do something sustainable.
Making the best of a bad situation... Natalie is a gem. As much as I'm not a big fan of cults, there can always be silver lining, Natalie is proof of this. I wish her the best in the future.
She really is!
I love how you are showcasing gardens on different budgets. Thank you.
I like the idea of planting several crops in one container. As chill as Natalie is, she's very goal oriented and makes gardening look easy, just like you, Kevin!
How fun!!! You all should do the challenge! It seems like you could all share food and grow lots of fun things and have meat chickens and rabbit and eggs- a two to three week challenge would not be too bad. ❤
We will!
What a ray of sunshine Natalie is. She has such a optimistic upbeat personality and inspiration to those who don't have the biggest gardens or great soil. you have a great team Kevin.👍❤️
Love Natalie's garden. And her self-sufficiency. I'm start going to grow flower, fruit and vegetables in pots now.
Totally random, but I gotta say, the colour grading on this video is so gorgeous 👌
The palette with the muted sky, those green containers, even Kevin's outfit. Reminds me of a Wes Anderson film.
Really appreciate what Natalie shared about her container garden. Might need to rewatch the show a couple more times to fully understand all the details. Thank you!
The apocalypse grow challenge you did is one of the first videos I saw of yours that got me into the channel. So I'm really looking forward to a 2022 version, would love to see Jacques do one as well at the same time.
Means a lot to hear this!
I absolutely love seeing Cannabis in her garden! Can't wait for it to be more well received for Epic Gardening to actually grow some!
This is what I have to do, container gardening. Diamateous earth on broccoli? Just dust it? Your garden is amazing Natalie and i love Epic Gardening ❤
WOW!!! she just changed my whole view on gardening and i haven’t planted in my grow bags yet but i will be inter planting everything with flowers especially!!!
I LOVE her garden--and her lilting voice! Her enthusiasm is motivating, too. Lovely garden. ❤️
What an awesome garden! I love how she reuses things for plant starts. It just shows you can garden anywhere with a little ingenuity and planning.
It's so awesome that your staff gardens!
I love her garden! Inspired by Epic Gardening and Jacques I have added a few flowers to the garden this year and I was so busy I had no time to label my plants so thinking I was planting sunflowers (I learned which ones to use from Epic Gardening) here and there, I planted some funny kind of tomatoes instead. (Seeds were a gift from a friend). Interplanting by coincidence. Our neighbour now has problems with his beautiful tomato plants being slayed by mole crickets, and trying to google out a solution for him I learned that my somewhat chaotic gardening with flowers all over and different types of plants growing together creates an environment where mole crickets don't want to live.
Natalie seems like a very down to earth and practical person. Great use of space and very interesting garden she has going on.
More on Natalie and how she feed's and water's her lovely garden? Love the movement of the plants from shade to sun, and the colorful sections, she's full of garden wisdom would love to see and hear more, thanks for sharing your garden Natalie with us!
Fascinating information on reasonable cost gardening and practical planting. I learned new information.
Love how much she has packed into a small garden! So inspiring! 🙌🏻
you are both amazing!! I've spent probably most on soil as well. I actually went from 10 tomatoes to 25 to over 70+
all thanks to your tips and love giving them away tp friends. I feel as the best thing in gardening is sharing your accomplishments.
Love seeing the gardens of your team members! Natalie’s garden is awesome!
I love her down to earth approach. Perfectly imperfect with her totes. I love these tours from your team! YAY!!!
Very neat...Never thought about a garden divided up by COOL and HOT coloring ?
10:58 ...I love that Gopher story !! 💓🤣👍
12:40 ...SANDY 👋😻...fantastic Garden partner
15:02 ...$800 on soil + $300 on plants = $1100.oo on her garden ...that is fantastic Budgetting.
I love this PREPPER lady *Natalie*
I must of missed it..but is that tarp on the fence for privacy or shadings or wind protection ?
Does NATALIE have her own CZcams CHANNEL...I would love to follow her journey in Self sufficiency gardening / living
Natalie’s garden is amazing! I would love to see more of her on the channel.
Natalie's garden is such an inspiration and reminds me a lot of my own! I'm still living with my parents while in college so my garden is a bit limited and a lot in containers but one of the first things I added was backyard livestock: coturnix quail and rabbits. I think raising your own meat, if you can handle it, is such a good step towards self sufficiency and it feels great to have that kind of connection with where your food comes from. Rabbits (and also quail!) are such a great sustainable meat and fertilizer source if you can get over how cute they are. Loved the garden and interplanting tips, and seeing all the rabbit stew ingredients!
I love using strawberry shells upside down. line the lid with clingfilm and it'll hold water for bottom watering. love her garden!
I LOVE it! Natalie is AWESOME! I just started gardening and am coming at it completely blind. No one to learn from and sandy soil with nothing in it. And I mean nothing. So I'm jumping straight into container gardening! So I can grow AND take the time to fix my soil.
Wow I absolutely loved and enjoyed watching this so much!!! With all the weirdness going on like, food shortages, this was such an inspiration to see. Just goes to show how much you can do with so little. Awesome video and hopd to see more stuff like this on your channel!!
I respect everyone with container gardens! I personally prefer in-ground but everyone I've seen with containers does such a beautiful job and always do it for practicality which is awesome
This was such a great video. I really like Natalie’s garden. I too have lots of containers in my garden. Love the idea of three plants in each container. I usually just do basil in my tomato containers, but I think I will add a small pollinator now.
Love her style of gardening with companion plants. Think I'm going to try this because I don't have a lot of space but I love gardening both flowers and edibles too
this is my favorite Epic Gardening video. More of her please.
I love videos liek this, it really shows how gardening can fit anyone's situation and environments and how versatile it can be!
Using strawberry containers to propagate plants is such a big brain move, I can't wait to try it!
I had to remove an established Loquat from my back yard several years ago because it was too close to the back door and the dang Starlings loved it! I miss it, but I don't miss the mess.
I like Natalie's reuse of containers. I have about 15 mixed paper recycling bins (HDPE) that have become planters or support for my grow bags.
This is one amazing lady! I don't think I could move my garden around, but it's working for her (20 years younger).
Love this video! Also a low budget container gardener so this was really relevant to my needs & interests. More Natalie!
I also want to have a homestead. I'd love to see more of Natalie. Find out where she plans to have her homestead, etc. She's fantastic.
Great video… Natalie is a blessing!💕
This is like super encouraging because I don’t have much space from a grass standpoint but I can do this a lot better having containers that can be moved to capture more sun.
I like that she is using what she can. I am also using a lot of grow bags and pots this year.
I want to see much more from natalie!! I think I identify with her the most of alllll your highlighted gardens this year
Me too!!!
Yeah, same here! I'm in a hot area with tons of containers bc I need to be able to move them to shelter during our frequent tropical storms.
Fantastic vlog. She’s very sweet and humble!
Tremendous!
Now your Cult is extremes with perfect organic square foot gardening!
Thank you for sharing informative videos!
I just got my garden started I love the container approach
This was my favorite ever. Go Natalie!
Yes more of her! She is fab
This was an especially good tour, what a great story and plan she has
Such an inspiring tour!
Much respect, Natalie and Eric. Thank you
(Kevin, not Eric 🙂)
I love this series! Thanks for sharing 👍...very inspiring 🙌! You all truly walk the walk!
This is such a cool video. What an amazing garden and it says so much for the benifit of container gardening. Natalie makes gardening fun too!
I'm a small space gardener (I have outdoor space that's south facing but not as much as I would like), and I've been wondering if I could do 100% container gardening and this is making me realize it is 100% possible!
@Ikope0903, Container Gardening is all I have ever done, for most of 36 years. I am physically disabled. Container Gardening allows me to enjoy growing food and flowers.
@@1blondidea Love that! Thank you for extra inspiration!
Hi Kelvin I would like to see more Epic team member’s garden, they are very inspired.
I truly need to up my container game! Love her ingenuity!
Natalie’s so cool! I’m so intrigued by what her homestead plans are
I would love to learn more about meat rabbits. If I had the space I would keep some. I would love to have been along to see your meat rabbit experience you mentioned.
I just loved this tour! Thank you for sharing. I'm inspired to plant all the things in my grow bags now!
Gardening gopher 😆 what a good little helper with his 5 for me 1 for you system
More Natalie! I could listen to her talk about her plans all day.
She has such an amazing energy I really enjoyed this video 💖
Great garden and video. That's pretty much how I garden here in Michigan. It's addictive! . I have 35 grow bags and pots, a greenstalk, and recently added in 2 6 in 1 birdie beds. It's a nurturing hobby!
i love her vision.
thanks for the vid.
[5:27] "You have a very eclectic collection of things in growbags... " LOL... Oh YES, she does!!
What an encouragement! So many people think that container gardening is somehow less than any other type of gardening, that is absolutely false! You can do pretty much the same with container gardening as any other type as seen in this awesome video !
Beautiful garden! Very cool story to go with it, great things can come out of sketchy situations with the right mindset!
Love hydrangea too. Pls more from this gardener. She’s great!
Natalie has such a great personality! I'm a thrifty gardener too👏! I would love an episode with her for the thrifty gardener...tips, etc....
Loved how she grows so much and propagates and all, but I quit before you got to the rabbit stew.