Millennial Gardener Intros are so clear concise and organize/efficient use of precious time. No extraneous words . All the info we need and none we don’t and Dale is darn adorable..the gardener enjoyable to watch too.;-)
It looks great. Just a suggestion on any rebar that you may still have in the ground..... They make orange (usually that color for visibility) caps that have a large flat surface area on top that go on top of rebar sticking out of the ground for construction sites to avoid just the thing you are trying to avoid. You could probably find those to make any you have left safer for you.
I actually installed some t-posts for the same reason this morning. I was going to use twine but you've convinced me to use steel cable. Thanks for the inspiration!
You're welcome. You won't regret the steel cable. It's a little more expensive, but it's much stronger and lasts forever. Twine will likely have to be replaced annually, so over time, the steel cable will pay for itself. The cost of the cable is only around 20 cents a foot, so it's still pretty affordable.
I added an electric fence to my 2 gardens due to the deer eating everything last summer ...i used the left over electric fence wire, t posts, and turn buckles for each row for tomatoes, peas, beans and cucumbers and used jute twine in an up and down zig zag pattern for runners between the upper and lower wire
Nice trellis and as usual an excellent tutorial! 👍 Your plants are looking great.👍 Dale is getting spoiled by all his family. He probably gives grandma lots of kisses when he see her.😄
Your garden is very nice! I am a gardener and CZcams creator too and I’m researching container gardening. I’m happy I found your video. Your channel has so much to offer. Your hard work is gonna pay off. I appreciate your informative presentation this taught me something new. I hope we can learn more from each other.
For the rebars, you can drill holes in rubber balls bought at the Dollar Store, or old tennis balls, and stick them at the top. Safer if children are around.
There are ways to make it safer, but this system is much better so far. It's far more space efficient, safer and it carries my drip irrigation lines. So far, I'm loving it!
Thanks for making a city girl grow beautiful vegs properly. Failed 1st year before I found your clear helpful videos. Shared you o all my friends trying to grow a garden. Thanks
About 10 years ago I wanted to espalier fruit trees and used this system. I used 4x4 posts instead of T-posts for a bit of a more decorative look. The wire cable does sag over time, so the turn buckles are important. It worked fabulously. I never really noticed that you're using the ground fabric - duh! Is it the DeWitt? Are you happy with it? I'm about to create a formal kitchen garden (GA, zone 8) and am inundated with Bermuda grass. I'm thinking of weedeating it down as far as I can go and then putting down the DeWitt I have, hoping it'll keep it from growing through the wood chips I plan to use as walkways. I'm going to put a 'modern' twist in the garden design in that that centers of the squares will have 4 galvanized tubs I'm using as raised beds. I think it'll be fun and easier to manage as I grow older (I'm 64 now with bad knees, lol). Thanks for your videos! They're very helpful! PS - LOVE Dale!
The weed barrier is two different brands. Both are linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description. One is DeWitt. It is going on 5 years old, and it is great. No problems at all. It’ll last many years longer. I highly recommend. The weeds here are terrible and have rhizomes, so a weed barrier is a must.
Thank you; I appreciate that. These DIY-style videos are very difficult to shoot and edit. It's surprisingly tough to get the camera positioned and focused properly 😅
This is so smart. Question- Couldn’t you put another t-post for the middle support? Looking forward to more videos. I need to know how to properly set up irrigation as you described. I grow 80% in containers myself. Thank you.
Great concept and very helpful. I do something similar with my tomato plants. Two t-posts with a cable run between them about 5 feet high. Then I string trellis my plants with plastic clips I bought on Amazon. It works great except for my Sweet Million cherry tomato vines. I have to trellis them over a cattle panel archway because they grow 12 to 14 feet long.
This is great. Thank you for going into such details! Your videos are the best and thank you for all that you do. I'm doing this plus a container garden this year in the backyard and you're the reason. Thanks again!
This is pretty cool. I would love an update on this after a season to see how it holds up and if you would change anything. Maybe you've explained this, but with so many trees, I'm wondering why you're doing containers and trellises rather than taking a permaculture approach. The latter feels like it would be much less work.
Nice neat explanation & look ~ sure beats wobbly 4-stick bamboo teepees! (SE NC is both windy & HOT, for sure. Imagine a blow dryer aimed at your plants 12 hours a day. 🤪 💨🌿 It's really amazing, & a lot of work, that you're able to grow the things you grow.)
Appreciate the demonstration. Do you ever have an issue with algae growing on/taking over your grow bags?? If so, what can be done about it (besides NOT using them any more)?? Your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I'm watching this time harder partly miss my first viewing but sounds like you, Like value Like safety )Ike something that works Doing it right is cheaper Doing it once. Thanks I know someone who is green to gardening I'm asking them to watch and do this the first time. Thanks
You have a lot of great ideas 💡. But up here in Michigan it is still cold and I wonder how to get past it. Is there a anything or ideas you can tell me to get past this cold spring weather
The containers themselves will not present much of a load. All the trellis needs to do is keep them from tipping over. Even if the containers were to fall and put their weight on the trellis itself, it wouldn't be much weight, because all the weight is in the soil. I don't think it'll be necessary to install any anchoring, because each bucket is pretty light.
You’re absolutely correct about that. What i do is angle them outward and that has worked over the years. I am sure there are many ways to counteract that lean and everyone’s environment is different.
Homemade food for canines: 1lb ground Turkey .5lb chicken livers (ground) .5lb chicken gizzards (ground) 1 sweet potato (ground) 2 cans of vegetables (green beans/carrots) 1 can white beans .5 cup barley (as needed to solidify) (add any other ingredient of high nutritional content available at your discretion) Serving size: .5 cup (Coton) 1.5 cup (Lab). Blood work for both is perfect and they are on exact weight targets. This recipe is combined in a slow cooker for 4 hours approximately. When cooled, store in plastic containers and freeze until needed. Total recipe feeds a mature Lab and a small Coton de Tulear for two weeks. We estimate cost per recipe of $5-6. Note: This is one serving per day. Morning feeding consists of unsweetened apple sauce, pumpkin and kibble as needed. Not much work to prepare and cook with big savings and solid nutrition with the price of food increasing. Sugar and Spice send regards to Dale from St Marys, GA. 👅🐾🐾
I know you’re talking about the trellis, but can you tell me what kind of orange tree you’re growing in the pot? I really want to grow oranges, but I don’t want a huge tree.
Hey Millennial Gardener! Quick question! I am growing figs in containers from cuttings for the first time and I’m getting ready to up-pot soon. I’m living in zone 9b near Modesto CA and we get summer temps around 105+ degrees. I’ve heard that container figs can overheat in temps like that. Any tips on how to minimize overheating with container figs? Thanks so much!
For the trees that you keep in #15 containers, do you periodically root prune them so that you won’t have to move them to a larger container? I’m very comfortable with pruning the above ground growth on my plants, but I’m still pretty clueless on exactly how and when to prune roots.
Awesome timing as I'm designing my container section right now and we normally have winds between 10 and 20 mph at least 5 days a week. Also what are your two favorite container figs for zone 8 (I'm smack dab on the boundary between 8a and 8b).
That's a difficult question to answer, and it also depends on your Zone 8a/8b. Zone 8a/8b is very different in the PNW, Southwest or West coast as it is down here in the Southeast. Assuming you're in the Southeast, you're going to need something rain resistant with a short hangtime, like Smith. Something in the PNW, you're going to have to go with a fig like Olympian that can ripen in cooler temps. If you're in the Southwest or West, every fig is 10x better out there, so large, jammy figs like I-258 would get my vote. It's not a question that can be answered unless you provide your exact location, and even then, I've only had results here on the humid wet coast.
O.o ...Oh damn, this is definitely not for a pot in front of my apartment door. >.>' oops, lol... Still a good idea, though, if you have a house and yard!
do you get ant colonies beneath the ground cover you have all over the area I'm seeing? despite rain 3 days a week since May i am having a lot of ant hills everywhere including in the knife blade crack between pavers at my entries and patio area.
That depends on many factors: the variety, the rootstock, how much you prune them, etc. A #15 container should be more than enough room to grow a citrus tree permanently if you prune them well, but you’ll need to refresh the mix every few years. My blood orange has been in a #7 container for 3-4 years and it is fine.
The 5 gallon buckets will last about 2 years before the sun nukes them, at least with my UV index. They used to be great for trailing back when they were $3/piece, but now at $5/piece, they're no longer a good deal. These are the BEST permanent containers and will last 10-20 years: czcams.com/video/LuBHbBmh3hU/video.html
Omg, that is exactly why I hate retarded. I just said that last night, were getting concrete poured and there's some remarkable holding the wooden forms. I hate using rebqr like that, I swear I'll end up tripping and impaling myself one day.
I considered using carabiners where the cable meets the t-posts, but I was afraid the friction wouldn't be adequate enough to hold. That's why I elected to use the steel braided cable due to the increased friction. The turnbuckles must be used to pull tension out of the cable. They cannot be substituted.
If you found this video helpful, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀
Millennial Gardener Intros are so clear concise and organize/efficient use of precious time. No extraneous words . All the info we need and none we don’t and Dale is darn adorable..the gardener enjoyable to watch too.;-)
It looks great. Just a suggestion on any rebar that you may still have in the ground..... They make orange (usually that color for visibility) caps that have a large flat surface area on top that go on top of rebar sticking out of the ground for construction sites to avoid just the thing you are trying to avoid.
You could probably find those to make any you have left safer for you.
I actually installed some t-posts for the same reason this morning. I was going to use twine but you've convinced me to use steel cable. Thanks for the inspiration!
You're welcome. You won't regret the steel cable. It's a little more expensive, but it's much stronger and lasts forever. Twine will likely have to be replaced annually, so over time, the steel cable will pay for itself. The cost of the cable is only around 20 cents a foot, so it's still pretty affordable.
@@TheMillennialGardener why not aluminium! Totally rust free! 5 mm aluminium rod??
I added an electric fence to my 2 gardens due to the deer eating everything last summer ...i used the left over electric fence wire, t posts, and turn buckles for each row for tomatoes, peas, beans and cucumbers and used jute twine in an up and down zig zag pattern for runners between the upper and lower wire
Nice trellis and as usual an excellent tutorial! 👍
Your plants are looking great.👍
Dale is getting spoiled by all his family. He probably gives grandma lots of kisses when he see her.😄
Thank you! Dale is the most spoiled boy in all the land. And he's starting to take it for granted! He's got it too good, I tell ya'!
Your garden is very nice! I am a gardener and CZcams creator too and I’m researching container gardening. I’m happy I found your video. Your channel has so much to offer. Your hard work is gonna pay off. I appreciate your informative presentation this taught me something new. I hope we can learn more from each other.
Thank you! I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
For the rebars, you can drill holes in rubber balls bought at the Dollar Store, or old tennis balls, and stick them at the top. Safer if children are around.
There are ways to make it safer, but this system is much better so far. It's far more space efficient, safer and it carries my drip irrigation lines. So far, I'm loving it!
I suspected you were an engineer. So am I. I love the fact that we engineer solutions in the garden. Well done, as usual! Nancy
Thanks for making a city girl grow beautiful vegs properly. Failed 1st year before I found your clear helpful videos. Shared you o all my friends trying to grow a garden. Thanks
About 10 years ago I wanted to espalier fruit trees and used this system. I used 4x4 posts instead of T-posts for a bit of a more decorative look. The wire cable does sag over time, so the turn buckles are important. It worked fabulously.
I never really noticed that you're using the ground fabric - duh! Is it the DeWitt? Are you happy with it? I'm about to create a formal kitchen garden (GA, zone 8) and am inundated with Bermuda grass. I'm thinking of weedeating it down as far as I can go and then putting down the DeWitt I have, hoping it'll keep it from growing through the wood chips I plan to use as walkways. I'm going to put a 'modern' twist in the garden design in that that centers of the squares will have 4 galvanized tubs I'm using as raised beds. I think it'll be fun and easier to manage as I grow older (I'm 64 now with bad knees, lol).
Thanks for your videos! They're very helpful!
PS - LOVE Dale!
The weed barrier is two different brands. Both are linked in my Amazon Storefront in the video description. One is DeWitt. It is going on 5 years old, and it is great. No problems at all. It’ll last many years longer. I highly recommend. The weeds here are terrible and have rhizomes, so a weed barrier is a must.
Great instructions! So clear and precise, thank you!
Great awesome idea
You’re a great teacher and very detailed. Thank you.
Thank you; I appreciate that. These DIY-style videos are very difficult to shoot and edit. It's surprisingly tough to get the camera positioned and focused properly 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener well the DIY videos are much appreciated. 😊
@@conniealmeida3373 I'm glad to hear that!
This is so smart. Question- Couldn’t you put another t-post for the middle support? Looking forward to more videos. I need to know how to properly set up irrigation as you described. I grow 80% in containers myself. Thank you.
Great concept and very helpful. I do something similar with my tomato plants. Two t-posts with a cable run between them about 5 feet high. Then I string trellis my plants with plastic clips I bought on Amazon. It works great except for my Sweet Million cherry tomato vines. I have to trellis them over a cattle panel archway because they grow 12 to 14 feet long.
This is great. Thank you for going into such details! Your videos are the best and thank you for all that you do. I'm doing this plus a container garden this year in the backyard and you're the reason. Thanks again!
GREAT INFO...
that looks fantastic! I still have few figs in pots but you inspired me a while back to try some in the ground too.
This is pretty cool. I would love an update on this after a season to see how it holds up and if you would change anything. Maybe you've explained this, but with so many trees, I'm wondering why you're doing containers and trellises rather than taking a permaculture approach. The latter feels like it would be much less work.
I wonder the same thing maybe he’s testing out a bunch and will sell the ones he doesn’t like?
Great video tfs
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!
Nice neat explanation & look ~ sure beats wobbly 4-stick bamboo teepees!
(SE NC is both windy & HOT, for sure. Imagine a blow dryer aimed at your plants 12 hours a day. 🤪 💨🌿 It's really amazing, & a lot of work, that you're able to grow the things you grow.)
Incredibly well thought out.
Thank you!
I like this trellis method. Great idea
Thank you! So far, it's working great and we've had several wind storms with 30+mph winds.
I love these videos ! So helpful thanks so much !
Appreciate the demonstration. Do you ever have an issue with algae growing on/taking over your grow bags?? If so, what can be done about it (besides NOT using them any more)?? Your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Nice work. I want to do something like this on a much smaller scale.
Awesome
Thank you!
Looks like the slow feeder dish didn’t slow Dale down too much…LOL!
Super idea 💡 👌
I'm watching this time harder partly miss my first viewing but sounds like you,
Like value
Like safety
)Ike something that works
Doing it right is cheaper Doing it once.
Thanks I know someone who is green to gardening I'm asking them to watch and do this the first time.
Thanks
Dale walks in on cue! lol
Great video, thank you!
Brilliant!!! Thank you!
You're welcome!
You have a lot of great ideas 💡.
But up here in Michigan it is still cold and I wonder how to get past it. Is there a anything or ideas you can tell me to get past this cold spring weather
Thank you MG😊👍 Great info🦋
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Excellent design and intent to distribute irrigation via drip.Should work mah-va-lus Peace from MN
I hope so. It is brutal hand watering here in the summer. In July, I often have to twice daily 😓
@@TheMillennialGardener agreed Hot wind can dry it right out
My containers are on concrete driveway. No room. Lol. Back yard is dog lot. Luckily I have a bamboo patch. I’ll rig up something.
ha ha I see in the background the white ace hardware shelving support brackets that I use too.
Do you mean on the wood posts for my garden trellis? Those are Bluehawk shelving hooks from Lowes, but it is probably the same thing.
Nice video ,great set up good luck .
Thank you!
Your t-posts will pull in with any weight or lateral force. Bracing the end will fix that.
The containers themselves will not present much of a load. All the trellis needs to do is keep them from tipping over. Even if the containers were to fall and put their weight on the trellis itself, it wouldn't be much weight, because all the weight is in the soil. I don't think it'll be necessary to install any anchoring, because each bucket is pretty light.
You’re absolutely correct about that. What i do is angle them outward and that has worked over the years. I am sure there are many ways to counteract that lean and everyone’s environment is different.
Maybe a third T-post halfway between the end ones would have helped with the slack and added some extra support.
It could be added, but I did not want to cut another large hole in my barrier or use the additional posts as I have other plans with them.
You can take a tennis ball and cut a hole and top your rebarr for safety from being empleld.
Homemade food for canines:
1lb ground Turkey
.5lb chicken livers (ground)
.5lb chicken gizzards (ground)
1 sweet potato (ground)
2 cans of vegetables (green beans/carrots)
1 can white beans
.5 cup barley (as needed to solidify)
(add any other ingredient of high nutritional content available at your discretion)
Serving size: .5 cup (Coton) 1.5 cup (Lab). Blood work for both is perfect and they are on exact weight targets.
This recipe is combined in a slow cooker for 4 hours approximately. When cooled, store in plastic containers and freeze until needed.
Total recipe feeds a mature Lab and a small Coton de Tulear for two weeks. We estimate cost per recipe of $5-6.
Note: This is one serving per day. Morning feeding consists of unsweetened apple sauce, pumpkin and kibble as needed.
Not much work to prepare and cook with big savings and solid nutrition with the price of food increasing.
Sugar and Spice send regards to Dale from St Marys, GA. 👅🐾🐾
Wow 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌱🌿
Thanks for watching!
Will this system work for trellising muscadine grapes vines? These vines are thicker than your normal store bought grape vine variety. Thxs
I know you’re talking about the trellis, but can you tell me what kind of orange tree you’re growing in the pot? I really want to grow oranges, but I don’t want a huge tree.
Hey Millennial Gardener! Quick question! I am growing figs in containers from cuttings for the first time and I’m getting ready to up-pot soon. I’m living in zone 9b near Modesto CA and we get summer temps around 105+ degrees. I’ve heard that container figs can overheat in temps like that. Any tips on how to minimize overheating with container figs? Thanks so much!
For the trees that you keep in #15 containers, do you periodically root prune them so that you won’t have to move them to a larger container? I’m very comfortable with pruning the above ground growth on my plants, but I’m still pretty clueless on exactly how and when to prune roots.
Awesome timing as I'm designing my container section right now and we normally have winds between 10 and 20 mph at least 5 days a week.
Also what are your two favorite container figs for zone 8 (I'm smack dab on the boundary between 8a and 8b).
That's a difficult question to answer, and it also depends on your Zone 8a/8b. Zone 8a/8b is very different in the PNW, Southwest or West coast as it is down here in the Southeast. Assuming you're in the Southeast, you're going to need something rain resistant with a short hangtime, like Smith. Something in the PNW, you're going to have to go with a fig like Olympian that can ripen in cooler temps. If you're in the Southwest or West, every fig is 10x better out there, so large, jammy figs like I-258 would get my vote. It's not a question that can be answered unless you provide your exact location, and even then, I've only had results here on the humid wet coast.
@@TheMillennialGardener Subhumid central Texas
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O.o ...Oh damn, this is definitely not for a pot in front of my apartment door. >.>' oops, lol... Still a good idea, though, if you have a house and yard!
do you get ant colonies beneath the ground cover you have all over the area I'm seeing? despite rain 3 days a week since May i am having a lot of ant hills everywhere including in the knife blade crack between pavers at my entries and patio area.
No. The cover overlaps and there are no ants. If that were to somehow happen, a teaspoon of Amdro Ant Bait would wipe out the colony in hours.
Hey thanks man and how long can I leave my citrus trees in a 15 gallon pot
That depends on many factors: the variety, the rootstock, how much you prune them, etc. A #15 container should be more than enough room to grow a citrus tree permanently if you prune them well, but you’ll need to refresh the mix every few years. My blood orange has been in a #7 container for 3-4 years and it is fine.
U have room to build a cattle panels greens house
I thought I was the only one worried about impaling myself on rebar.
Unfortunately those 5G plastic buckets don’t last that long. Any other recommendations? Thanks!
The 5 gallon buckets will last about 2 years before the sun nukes them, at least with my UV index. They used to be great for trailing back when they were $3/piece, but now at $5/piece, they're no longer a good deal. These are the BEST permanent containers and will last 10-20 years: czcams.com/video/LuBHbBmh3hU/video.html
A Post driver would have made that easier.
I see an aircraft mechanic in gardening just like me lol
I'm an electrical engineer, so I know just enough about structures, foundations, soil types, etc. to be dangerous 😂
@@TheMillennialGardener aah wonder why you knew how to put wires on lol nice 😆😆😆
Please paint the post it's rusting
Omg, that is exactly why I hate retarded. I just said that last night, were getting concrete poured and there's some remarkable holding the wooden forms. I hate using rebqr like that, I swear I'll end up tripping and impaling myself one day.
Can't you just use carabiners instead of those clips?
I considered using carabiners where the cable meets the t-posts, but I was afraid the friction wouldn't be adequate enough to hold. That's why I elected to use the steel braided cable due to the increased friction. The turnbuckles must be used to pull tension out of the cable. They cannot be substituted.
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Thanks for watching!
Hay my mators are doin great sinc i started pising in thu gardin , nexct im try pooping onem the vedgtibulls to fur fertlyzer