How to Start Your First Garden (COMPLETE GUIDE)
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- čas přidán 15. 02. 2024
- Over 12 years ago, my brother started a garden with me and that kickstarted my own passion for gardening. It's a big reason why Epic Gardening exists today. But...HE STOPPED GARDENING! Until today. Learn along with us as we start a garden in his backyard from start to finish.
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Great to see brothers like this! Which bagged soil product did you use to fill the beds, please?
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Why no mulch? Isn’t it necessary to retain moisture? It’s also good for microbes and fungi
What is your favorite soil
I always love seeing my sons working together ... Great job 👨🌾👨🌾
The best!
Proud Mama! ❤
Definitely one of the best videos ❤
Mrs. Espiritu, you did a wonderful job raising them. I'm glad Kevin has made a big impact on the gardening world. Thank you for sharing him with us b
Awe so sweet!
This video needs to be shown in schools. It is so incredibly in depth without being overwhelming. Like, it’s so easily digestible and I think there’s going to be so much takeaway from it for a lot of newer gardeners, as well as seasoned. Ugh! Love it!
Wow, thank you!
better yet have our cities and towns start growing food and native plants in under utilized areas and tie school courses to it a few in jr and a few in highschool
Yes, wish all kids learned how to garden, as we really need to know this as humans to be prepared for anything that may come, and it gives kids more of an appreciation of food and an interest to try more foods.
IKR?!?! I do not have a green thumb and have been struggling to learn gardening for 5 years now (intermittent motivation correlated with failure rate). This video has been the most helpful one I've ever seen. Definitely subscribed and will be watching y'all regularly.
@@richmondvand147 have you seen how city dwellers treat their areas and you think they will work to raise a garden they barely work to raise their children.
This has been one of my favorite videos you’ve done in a while. I would love to have a 3-4 month update where Bryan tells about what has worked and fails/successes as a new gardener.
We'll go back!
What's so critical about this video is that it does not assume any knowledge. This is truly the beginners guide, but not pretentious in the slightest. Thanks so much for this video! So important!
I LOVE that you use basic language (without talking down to the viewers) and are including all the steps and budget-friendly tips.
What budge friendly tips were there because that set up for maybe 20 dollars worth of veggies would cost over 1k to set up.
My favorite beginner gardening tip for soil and fertilizers is still N-P-K = Shoots, Roots, and Fruits!
That is awesome 👏🏻
❤ I love it! Thanks.
I don't get it :)
@@rstroh2105 N helps new shoots grow, P helps the Roots, and K helps grow fruit. So you can more easily tell what fertilizer to grab by looking at the numbers. Ex: Dr Earths generic fertilizer is 4-4-4 but its starter fertilizer is 2-4-2. Its more complicated than that of course (isn't everything in gardening), but the simple rhyme helps me remember the order.
Love that. Never heard it before!
Bry is intently focused. Dude looks like he’s learning so much. Stoked to see your brother jumping on the epic gardening train. Can’t wait for more updates! We love to see it.
He was in the zone
I’m going to paid attention because I want to start a garden for my mom’s senior housing. They want to start a garden space
Very nice! Speak to the administrator and see if you can not only volunteer your time, but see if they will chip in and purchase plants for you. Sometimes they can get grants or tax breaks. I had flower, veg, and even fruit trees growing at a few retirement facilities and villages, of which I've been around my entire life. Best of luck!!
If you use the berdie raised beds and wood is too expensive you can use empty milk jugs and water jugs. That is what I did… wood was too expensive for me.
@@eg5569 we are going to try grow bag and used (but cleaned) paint buckets. We are starting slow but we want to try in ground growing. We have a lot of trees and leaves 🍁 to help with composting along with table scraps
Cool!!!
My mother in law is in a senior home that has a garden! They raise vegetables and flowers and flowering bushes. The residents are encouraged to responsibly cut the flowers and decorate their rooms with fresh flowers! The veggies are used in cooking the food the residents eat! They do not depend entirely on this of course, but the residents love knowing that they are actually eating what they have seen and sometimes helped raise! They put in a large pumpkin patch and they residents painted these for a Halloween contest, then they were used to make pumpkin soup, which they served for dinner for several meals!
That dog leaping up trying to photo bomb!😂 Cute! Loved the info on the soil, it's been one of those things that has confused me a bit in the past. Thanks❤
Lol. I rewound the video to figure out what that was.
I really appreciate that you did this video in LONG format and included all the dialogue between you and your brother. It's so helpful to anyone who is starting and brand new to gardening, and also for someone like me who has gardening experience but it's been a few years. I'll be building a raised bed garden soon and this is a great guide to help refresh the knowledge. Good luck in your gardens, everyone!
Glad you enjoyed!
Who else was hoping that Kevin’s brother was named Eric? 🤣🤣🤣🤣Nice to finally meet him!
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You two were surprisingly so professional and serious in this! If this were me and one of my siblings we couldn’t help but to be goofing off the whole time 😂
Good luck to the epic bro!I hope his first year goes great and we can get an update on his progress!
Hahaha next time we'll loosen up...I told him to keep it chill because normally we're INSANE
Hopefully you turn this into a series for this year! I would love to see updates like every other week or even once a month on how his garden is doing. Even issues he is having and how you would fix them. It's always nice to get questions from someone who is new that you don't think of yourself.
Great idea! Definitely agree
Please incredibly help
Another vote yes here.
And yes, another vote on this idea because my family starts enthusiastically and then becomes discouraged when the weeds overtake the garden and our motivation
Another yes! Would love to how things are going.
Can't wait to see this garden fill in! Also, definitely jealous of that massive avocado!
I noticed that avocado tree too and immediately had avocado envy 😂
@jaquesinthegarden I’m glad you caught that. I did a double take and holy moly doughnut shop, what I wouldn’t give to have that monster
For soil, if you are filling multiple raised beds it is almost always more cost effective to get a bulk delivery of soil rather than using bagged product. Even if the soil is not high quality, you can always amend it with peat moss, compost, vermiculite and/or perlite etc.
00:00 - Intro
01:18 - Garden planning
07:00 - Soil
12:25 - Seed selection
14:04 - Live plant selection
19:12 - Filling the beds
23:33 - Planting herbs
28:35 - Planing strawberries
32:24 - Planting lettuce
35:09 - Planting cabbage
37:15 - Starting seeds
44:49 - Finishing up
45:17 - 2.5 week update
19:32 Peeping dog
I would have never thought that the height of the bed could change the light conditions. I always learn something new. ❤
Same!
Its nice seeing your brother. He did a really good job. I had a twin brother til we were 46 , his name was Kevin and mine Brian. Only in our case I was older.
Small world!
Finally, we've come full circle on the origin story of Epic. Awesome to see helping new growers especially around this time. My family is starting seedlings this month as well!
Keep on growing everyone.
Plant tomatoes in containers along a wall that faces east . It gives the plants morning light and hot afternoon shade.
This video is SO thoroughly educational. It's like having a personal shopper. I'm so excited with all the information I've received and perfect timing for me. Thank you!
The neighbors doggie was epic!!!
Garden looks spectacular!
Kevin - this video absolutely rocks! Being a new gardener, I really appreciate the effort you put into these videos. They are always informative with practical advice while making it entertaining (I had to rewind to catch what was going on at the fence - nice touch!)
So nice of you
OMG I turned away and was listening to your brother talk KEV your voice twin 100%..welcome to the Garden Club Bry!!!!!
This came out while I’m redoing my whole backyard and planning out my spring garden! I’m beyond excited and so glad you put this video out
Wonderful!
Same here. Redoing my tomato patch soon to be a u shaped garden bed and needed this. Thank you!!
I just cracked open your new book yesterday Kevin, and I'm really enjoying it! I was just thinking we need more full guides of entire processes, (in between season maintenance, planning, starting and harvesting etc.,) and here you are with a complete first garden set up guide! Love that!
Awesome, thank you! So glad you are enjoying the book
Thank you, this video covers so much !!! Love that you did this with your Epic Brother, he was great and asked all the questions we needed answered.
Most urban areas that have places where soil compost can be purchased bulk and you can generally have it delivered. It's where professional gardeners go to get the soil they use for gardens. And most places have a large variety of different soils for different uses. And it's less expensive than the commercially baged soil at the garden centres. Sometimes a LOT less expensive.
One thing that I'd highly recommend is buying soil in bulk from a local landscape company. It's usually at least twice as cheap when buying 4+ cu yd compared to buying the same amount of soil in bags.
Agreed
I just buy turf in bulk Coco coir and perlite and mix some bone meal and other things that are cheap and use less in total I have some good soil for my "tomatoes" and I use the same recipe for my peppers 🌶️
@@DruggiePlaysyour name tracks 😂
Kevin you are such a great teacher. I train teachers for a living. You're awesome.
Wow, thanks!
First of all, wow, yes you two look alike! It literally looks like you, trying to wear a disguise! 🤣Clearly there are some strong genetics there, lol! 😃But I'm sure that's not the first time you've heard that! Second, Kevin, you really are such a wonderful teacher. That is obviously why your channels all do so well, but it is definitely not something that everyone is good at. Everything you say is to the point, and so easy to understand. You never clutter up mind space with a ton of superfluous facts, and that makes the important stuff so much easier to retain. Love that you did this, love how attentive your brother was, taking it all in so intently, love that he's staring a new family and a new garden at the same time! Love the whole thing! ❤
Kind of you to say!
This video came out at the best time - my family and I are finally starting to entertain the idea of starting to become self-sufficient. This is important knowledge to have, many thanks to all that you do!!!
I love buying plants that have multiple plants in the pot and planting them out, this way I get way more for my money. And the floppy ones sometimes you can get it at a discount, and still get a lot of plants...Win, Win😮😊
I once bought a six pack of 'Alpine Glow' Graptosedum, and I have so much of it now, I just pop leaves into random pots and let them do their thing. This all started with my step grandmother giving me a baggie of generic green sedum, which I proceeded to plant at ever location I lived, and still have to this day. 😂
Im so glad you did seed vs seedlings.. cause turns out i dont like starting seeds or the whole germination process. I prefer to garden from plants.
I definitely want to see a follow up video!
this is a good starting guide for new people like me who are trying to start farming
Hey I think it would be an awesome idea to maybe show how to do like rental property gardens for a lot of us that have some patio space but not a place for a permanent setup. Just an idea- thank you!
Another nice thing about the raised beds, saves your back!
This was a great episode. Your brother asked so many great questions and getting to see Kevin be such a knowledgeable and passionate teacher was awesome!
We saw the cute Easter egg pup saying hello at 1:37!!! Too funny!!!
It's always fun getting people involved in your garden or in there own specially if it's family.
JUST IN TIME 😃 I had 2 small raised planters at my condo porch and recently moved into a 1+ acre home. Feeling completely overwhelmed with where to start but this video is here to save the day! ✨
as a third year gardener, i still loved this video!!! cant wait to see the progress!!!
No matter what, I add Black Kow (composted cow manure) to my garden & lawn. That bullsh*t is amazing. 😂
Having followed your and Theo’s journey for years now, I just want to say that I admire your bravery and applaud your sincerity and openness. Thank you for sharing your story. I’m much older than you are, but our journeys are remarkably similar.
Wishing you much joy, healing, and peace. And again, a very heart-felt thank you to you. This is the type of sharing that can save lives.
Big hug.
This is exactly what I need since I’m in Upstate NY Zone 5 and need to start planning how to transform my backyard into a garden.
Aww! I didn't think I saw a resemblence until he started talking. You definitely have the same mouth. He has facial features that look very similar to yours, Kevin. So cool that you are doing this with your brothers yard. We are doing the same thing this year on our channel, but over at my daughter-in-law's house!
I'm 31(m). I started gardening as a kid. My mom had an enormous garden where she would grow the ingredients for her pickles, salsa, etc, and she always insisted that we (me and my 2 siblings) help.
I've since successfully gardened by myself several times. Squash, beans, corn, cukes, tomatoes, peppers, and many, many flowers.
That said, I'm less than 10 minutes into this video, and I've already learned 2 helpful things. Much obliged.
Loved this! Bryan was such a good sport with all the garden nerd stuff😂☺️
So true!
You did an amazing job, Kevin, explaining step by step how to set up garden beds, pick plants, start seeds. Really nice to see how you and Brian work together, perfect team work 😀
I'm a twin myself with a close connection to my brother. I can see it in both of you. Great video and extremely knowledgable Kevin!
Not only do you look like brothers, you sound like the same person! I wasn't looking at the screen during the outro and totally didn't realize it was your bro talking! Excellent video, love how you two approached teaching us!
It's fun to see the Epic bros establishing a garden. 👍👍
This was a fun video. I enjoy this type of content more than the ones where you jump around all over the place with multiple people in multiple locations chiming in. I’m not begrudging you, the changes you want to make to the channel, Kevin. I’m just offering my constructive feedback. I enjoy the videos like this and the ones where you and Jacques are just goofing around in the garden doing garden things.
Very much appreciate that feedback!
@trixiejferguson I must agree with you on the jumping to different persons. Love the idea but if you stick to one person I think there would be more impact. The video where it jumps to 3 very knowledgeable women was good info but also info overload.
We're definitely gonna need an update in about a month!
This is what I needed 4 years ago! Thank you for sharing. Sometimes it’s hard to find the basics, especially for the first few years of gardening. It’s kind of like dieting, so many options and opinions.😵💫😅😂
Yep tried to keep this simple!
Great garden.
Now - the time for planting of tomatoes, peppers, beans and cucumbers is here in 2-3 weeks in San Diego!
Many more beds will be needed!
That was so damn cute. My big brother is coming to bbq/garden with me tomorrow
I can't believe how excited I am to see these strawberries grow 😆
Winter sowing is the easiest way to start your summer crops in a large water container. I live in Northern California so we are a couple months behind you. Started tomatoes in January. Should be ready to plant out in March/April. I love watching you guys garden. I’m itching to plant out my plants in spring. Even though I have lettuce, potatoes, garlic, Peas, cilantro, winter squash, radishes, among other things. Planted out flowers while all the rain is coming. Good luck with your gardens guys!
You guys are so lucky to live in the San Diego area. I went there in 1978 to visit my aunt and uncle and it's beautiful. I didn't want to leave. You have the perfect climate for just about anything you want to grow and you can grow all year round. I live in Detroit and we have a very short growing season so you have to be on your game when it comes to when to start. Even then you can run into trouble. Last year it snowed in may and it pretty wiped me out. This year the winter has been warm because of the El Nino and I'm hoping for better luck
Patience, kindness, knowledge, sharing…thank you both for teaching and openness to learning 🌿🕊️🌱
The Landscape Fabric part... I actually set my raised beds on wire mesh covered with landscape fabric and then cardboard. I do this because I've got a lot of digging rodents in my area, and, it helps discourage invasive roots from trees and shrubs from being drawn to the water and nutrients in my garden soil seeping into the earth below.
Dude you are the best teacher! People that are passionate about what they do, they explain everything down to the smallest detail
This needs to become a series! More please!! 🙏🏼 😊
LOVED this video... I learned so much. The method of presentation was perfect for my poor little memory banks - lol. I really 'got it' when you showed your brother each plant from soup to nuts. Do more like this! Thanks
It has been amazing to see how much you have done with your suburban property. It is an inspiration for me! Awesome to see you helping your brother.
Welcome back to gardening, Bryan! You certainly seem to be off to an excellent start. Good equipment, materials, plants and advice.
The relationship between you and your brother is really good!!!!👍
I love this sharing your passion with your brother.
His follow-up shows the resemblance. Please keep the follow-ups and your solutions to his issues.
Nothing like seeing Thick Daddy/ Plant Bark, helping out his brother!
Watching her step on the bag yo stop it in the background of the planting out section was beyond relatable.
Uh huh, yup, ok 👍 😂 I think he was nervous and didn’t know what questions to ask. Lol
Gardening is intimidating and there are a lot of things one needs to think about. So thank you for helping your brother and his family be on the right track to starting out ☀️
It's intimidating to be on camera for the first time!
Your voices sound so similar to one another, even down to the cadence of your speech! Great video!
Definitely brothers!
We have moved and every time it is starting all over. 🎉 year two and I am, ready to plan.
Just bought four of the birdies beds, wish I could have such a quick set up for mine! Even though I have gardened a lot a still like to watch your videos for new ideas. I hadn't thought about adding a cattle panel type trellis between the beds, so definitely planning on changing up my layout plan to accommodate the trellis! Thanks for the inspo!
You bet!
This is my 3rd year gardening with raised beds/4th year with containers and I’ve realized, I actually know a lot more than I think watching this. But in so many ways I’m still such a noob lol. I’m finally using a cool planning software this year (seedtime) to maximize cool crop gardening and succession sowing. I’ve been failing so hard with cool season crops and I realized it’s bc I was starting them in March instead of February. Hopefully, I get a really productive season. It’s going to be a really great learning year.
I don't recall many CZcams channels more in synch with their viewership than this. This video is proof. Outstanding content.
I’m trying to get my friends into gardening. One of my coworkers has been asking me since last year to help him start a garden. I think he wants to start one this year, so I’ll help him.
❤you two sound so much alike and look like bros too. Great vlog
I know how to do all of this but I still watched it all because I live in zone 3 and I need to live vicariously through you! 😄
Excellent video! I watched it twice. Looking forward to getting updates on Brian’s garden.
This is awesome seeing brothers working together! The family that gardens together...stays together!❤❤❤
Definitely love that she turned the longer ones I would arrange it in the order that I cook. I run out the back door and grab herbs but I might not run the whole way out and get vegetables so I want those nicer beds close which is really smart and then further back more vegetable beds very cool design.
Smart design!
This is a “Masterclass” for beginning gardeners. All the basics in one. Thank you for this. I’m starting my garden tomorrow with this for information. Gee, I think I’ll need a couple more Birdie’s Beds because now I want to do two round ones like you did here, one for herbs and one for strawberries. And now I know why my strawberries didn’t work the last time (only one berry per every week or two)…I was using a “strawberry pot”, with the pockets. It crowds each plant too much, especially the roots. And I completely agree on the Cherokee Purple tomatoes; they are my absolute favorites. So delicious!
The biggest thing about starting the garden is knowing how to get and keep the grass out. I know several (elderly) people work themselves to the bone picking weeds only for it to go fallow again once spring comes. Work smarter people, not harder!
Thank you for filming this; it was nice to see the whole process.
having just disassembled and moved and then re assembled my older style tall long epic raised bed? i am GREEN with envy over the new style of braces!!!
We sell them individually now!!
i will happily order some, although i hope to never ever move a full bed again!@@epicgardening
I'm starting my garden this year now that we have a house w a yard so this was such a perfectly timed video!! Thank you!!
Everyone should have a garden in their backyard
And the brother is attractive too! 😍
Good looking family.
Great info as always Kevin, thank you!
Thank you too!
I’m starting my new raised Birdie’s bed this spring. Watching this video makes me want more. I have so many veggies I want to try and grow!
Hope you love your beds, really appreciate you ordering from us!
The best start your first garden video I’ve seen so far. I wish I saw this before I started. This video was so relatable and intimate. It was like I was your brother for an episode. 😂 I’ve seen many videos and really enjoyed this one the most. Thank you!
Oh my gosh ❤ how fun !! Two brothers Hanging in the garden. Kevin, the knowledge that you shared today so so informative. Loved all of it. Your brother has to keep us in touch throughout the year. This is going to be fun.
We will definitely do an update!
This was a really informative video! I can't believe I sat through over 45 minutes because it went by so fast! I loved the question/answer format because your brother asked the questions I was thinking of as I watched.. Hope to see more! Great job!
This has been so much help. We are building a screened in porch right now and our yard is literally a construction site. I’m watching your videos to help me prepared for adding raised gardens in May.
Prioritize how you get water to your bed-- as long as everything is ripped up, if you're SURE that a raised garden is gonna be somewhere-- maybe consider installing some underground PVC to get your water lines from the source to your bed, without running across the top of the grass like my janky set-up 😅
OMG The dog! "What are you guys doing?"
I've added a few raised beds and filled them with pure manure/food waste compost of which I buy trailer loads from a landscape supplier for about $60 per cubic yard. I've planted a variety of crops including beans, potatoes, garlic, and kale, and everything has grown as well or better than my other garden beds. It's very loose and easy to dig in with just my hands and moisture retention and drainage have been good. I've even been using it for seed starting and besides having some larger chunks and being more prone to fungus gnats than peat mixtures, my seedlings are growing strong. "Can you grow in pure compost?" could be a good topic for an epic gardening video.