10 Tips to be a successful Lazy Gardener
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Here are my top ten tips to becoming a more successful gardener with fewer hours spent weeding, watering, and maintaining your garden.
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Planting scheme: One for the crow, one for the mouse, one for the bug, one for the house.
One for the blackbird, one for the crow, one for the cut worm and one to grow! ;)
One for the squirrel, one for the blue jay, one the dog will trample, and one for us, yay!
Enter the huntress, me and my traps, now I'll have some nice meat with my grass! :))))
Everybody's grand-folks are smiling right now. Wisdom lives.
I don’t know what this means but I wish I did lol
Wow! You could have just as easily called this 10 Tips to be a successful ADHD Gardener. Nearly EVERYTHING you mention (multiple tools at multiple points of use, putting things in your path to remind you to do them, etc) are ALL ADHD strategies. THank you, from this ADHD (not lazy, cuz that's what we get labelled incorrectly) gardener :) THanks for this video!!
Haha we have a funny way of finding each other ;) I hate the word lazy for the same reason, but I also try to contend with algorithms so the people these systems could hopefully help actually get a chance to see the video.
@@AnneofAllTrades algorithms indeed. I figured it was a way to draw in. Everything about your suggestions and demeanor was kind and compassionate. So glad I stumbled on your channel.🧠🌿🎍❤️
Yes yes yes! This woman is NOT lazy, she’ probably ADHD which is why her video was so perfect for us ADHD folks! Thanks for pointing that out 🥰
Oh my God I was like.... There's no way this lady doesn't have adhd cuz this sounds like all the hacks I do to get around my adhd. Also I highly recommend painting your tools really bright colors. Like neon pink. Also since my garden is in the front yard I keep a bunch of bins by the front door on a sofa table shelf that have all smallmy gardening supplies
@@beccam9854 I forgot about the bright colors! I need to do this to my tools 😆
I always had problems with insects eating my tomatoes but I’m too lazy to treat them with anything to get rid of the bugs. This year I got smart and decided to move the tomatoes to the area of the garden where all the toads hang out… not a single bug on them this year. It’s a simple matter of moving the plants and The toads and I both enjoy good food.
I plant basil around them which grows up tall in my zone - have had 1green tomato hornworm in 2 years. Also - a cheap infrared flashlight shows them up as neon purple after dark so you can just pick 'em off!
ADHD gardeners *UNITE*!!!
I was already inadvertently following the first tip of leaving my tools in places where I need it. And it's definitely worked wonders. The stirring stick is right next to the compost bin, mini shovel and rake next to the worm bin (with a little bucket to collect castings), pruners next to both my strawberries and tomatoes so I can harvest right then and there, etc. Seriously, just leaving tools lying about has made gardening super enjoyable and less like a chore. I look forward to watching this 5 more times to pick up the tips I missed due to getting distracted and not paying attention 🤣🤣
My favorite is when I accidentally recreate scenes from 3 stooges with rakes I forgot were there 😂😂😂
@IjeomaThePlantMama...We are a very misunderstood bunch. These are my people. I resemble these remarks. 😊
As if my neighbors didn't think I was odd already.
"They're vacuuming the the plants."
hahahaha my 75 year old neighbor came out to take pictures of me vacuuming my plants the other day. He thought it was soooo funny
Anne, less than a minute into this video and you just helped my marriage! You explained something so well, so simply, that my husband hasn't been able to put into words. Leaving tools around has always been an issue for me, I'm a very tidy and frugal person, but he is also a "forgetful person" too and may actually need this! I hadn't thought of it that way before! Thank you! ❤️
Something that changed my whole life as realizing that “if I can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.” It’s why I make piles and put them in my way, instead of putting things away. Instead of trying to change that about myself (because I wouldn’t be successful, trust me, I’ve tried), I’ve learned to lean into it and created systems that help me stay on top of the things I need to do from day to day. If it’s the same way for your husband, maybe you could work together to come up with ways to mitigate that forgetfulness. For what it’s worth, I use whiteboards in every space I work in. I carry notecards in my pocket to write things on I need to remember or want to do so I can review them at the end of the day and come up with a plan for tomorrow before I go to bed. ❤️❤️
@@AnneofAllTrades I love it! Great advice! This could be a whole video, especially when you are working with someone and both of you have different needs and ways of doing things. Thank you for all you do Anne! You make a beautiful difference in the world! ❤️
I've started using baskets for my piles. It helps my tidy partner feel like the house is not in disarray while I can still see the contents and come back to them.
Anne with an e. Petpeve from another Anne. I mean, it's in the name of her channel.
@@guardmommad5084 mine is Ann without and I think my autocorrect changed it and I didn't catch that since I'm used to seeing it. People add an 'e' to mine. Also, you could be a little kinder when correcting someone. Kindness is a choice.
Great post. I have a mail box posted at the other end of my property. All sorts of hand tools and a pair of gloves in there have saved me the long walk back to the barn sooo many times. LOL, am thinking about adding a roll of toilet paper!
Mail box in the garden is so handy ♥️. I've got one.
I also have a mailbox! It's at the main entrance to the garden. Grab them as I come in, drop them off as I leave.
Put your tools in a plastic container so they don’t weather. Even a garbage can will do. It’s a great idea to have them close, but you don’t want them ruined. You might not always have access to readily buy them. 👍
Vacuuming the pests off the plants is genius!!!! Definitely going to adopt this!!!!!😁
The vacuuming had me dead lmao its so genius
I know this is an old post, so you might not see this, but a little cooking spray in the tools you're leaving out might help keep the rust at bay!
10 years, and look how far you've come.....congratulations.
I’m glad someone did a video like this. I am a lazy gardener this summer because this heat wave is too much. I am trellising as I go but I keep up with watering.
THANK YOU!!! I stand and look at my terrible "garden" and think it is just too much. Now I know I can actually do it with a little time
I'm definitely a lazy gardener. I do have suggestion to up your compost laziness. I pick a corner of the garden to be my compost corner. I start with a hole and than fill it with kitchen scraps and lawn debris threw out the season. It is a slow process since I don't bother turning it very often. In the fall I spread it out and pick another spot. I keep a bucket next to the front door to put any kitchen scraps that dont go to the chickens. My husband refers to it as the "bucket of evil" because I don't dump it as often as I should. It is great at jumpstarting a cold compost pile.
That’s a great tip! Another way to make that even easier is to actually dig a trench along your garden beds to do just that. Then the stuff breaks down and is already right where it needs to go. The reason I’m not doing that here is because of the sheer volume of compost I’m trying to make. The soil isn’t great here, and I’m working, slowly but surely, to improve not just the garden, but the pasture and orchard as well. Currently I’ve got a pile I manage with my tractor that’s about 20’x100’x6’ tall. When I stir it it steams up the whole valley 😂
Going to start that
I find in-ground composting to be easiest, too. Mom would just dig a little hole, dump in the scraps and throw some dirt on top. Easy peasy for us lazy gardeners.
We keep bucket in kitchen for scraps. And we build stationery compost piles, no turning. I put where I want to kill grass to create more planting space!
My left ear loved your tips
This is what I needed as a ADHD mom of 4. The out of sight out of mind thing seemed to be my biggest issue. If I don't see it I forget it exists. Thank you XD
I absolutely can relate to you and this video brought a smile to my face. I am 3 years removed from the corporate world. Been learning how to drive tractors, bale hay, garden, grow and process chickens, and now homeschool my children. I love to learn but sometimes am lazy towards the garden. I always felt bad about that but you just helped me with this video. God bless
*sigh* My depression got the better of me this year. I've been unable to summon up the energy to do much of anything and my garden shows it. I finally managed to have a good day yesterday and got out to weed. Most of the garden is dead or dying and weeds are waist high.
*HUGS* I've been there. I started with clearing a small patch and planting seeds to enjoy the growth of while I tackled other parts of the garden.
I hear you big time there, that’s what my garden was like the second half of 2020 ❤️❤️, and I think ErraticPerfectionist has some stellar advice there, reclaiming a small patch as a start May just be the ticket to easing back in and having less to add to the overwhelm.
You know I read that there's a natural antidepressant in soil! Maybe you can get excited about a fall garden. You could probably start some seedlings indoors right now.
Is it depression or lack of nutrition (vitamins:minerals:etc) and electrolytes?
Also, being dehydrated can make you feel tired and depressed.
Good luck…I hope you feel better.
And look up “grounding”….making contact with the earth with bare feet.
yeah the chop n drop is good for the soil in other ways too. it sounds silly but the earth is smart enough to grow what it needs where it needs it. so if its growing there it should die there. keeps the soil healthy.
Hear hear
Hahahaha, you are describing exactly how I garden. Right at your opening line, I said, "oh that's what I do". I am also a real lazy gardener. Fortunately for me, we had a big farm when I was growing up and I enjoyed spending my whole day in the farm and watching my father how he took care of his plants and animals. I learned a lot of tricks that you are mentioning here from my father.
What an inspiration you are Anne to not only the beginner gardener, but to people like me who make mistakes and fail. Why stress when we can learn as we go along. I’m glad I found this video and will be watching the others.
Oh OH!! I love the vacuum idea! I have all but given up on ever getting a brassica harvest here!
My compost pile is about 100yards away from my garden. I'll be moving it tomorrow!
❤❤make a little tool shelter at the gate with a rack... no door, just a 12" roof and a rack... do it in one show🙏
One way I tie up my plants to the trellis is using bungee cords. Packets of them from the Dollar Tree. They often have multiple sizes and it's a lazy gardeners best friend. 👍🇺🇸
Smart!!
I was thinking the same thing when I saw Anne tying. Cattle panel fence is there, so I could just keep some hanging at the ready. LAZY!
100% spot on.! These practices reduce the labor to maintain the garden, and increase your bandwidth to make observations re plant health and pests while also increasing the enjoyment. "Efficient smart gardening" aka "lazy gardening" as practiced by the best! Other ones I've done, which is more on the garden layout/infrastructure layout aspect: 1) multiple entrances to a gated garden (both the standard 4' width for a person or small garden wagon and the larger 6' or 8' width to fit a tractor or other machinery), and 2) multiple spigot/water access points, if possible. In areas where there is limited water/drought, this may not be feasible. Frost free spigots if you can in areas this makes sense.). Wrangling long hoses or carrying buckets of water and watering cans leads to overuse of limbs and joints (repetitive strain injuries) and also wasted energy that could be better spent elsewhere. Not everyone can afford/build these ideas in. But if you can, they are worth considering.
Great additions!!
2 and a half minutes in and you already got yourself a new subscriber 😅 thanks for the amazing tips!
I leave some of the weeds. I’ve noticed that pests flock to them as opposed to my desired plants. I’ve noticed it with red root amaranth. It has a long tap root similar to dandelions. And, like dandelions, they have edible parts.
Wood mulch is one of the best things to put in the garden. It does such an amazing job at protecting and waking up the soil. Put it on the ground, let it breakdown & you’ll have dramatically better soil that just needs a little compost or organic fertilizer at time of planting. I live on a river & my soil is 90% sand. Wood chips are the perfect solution for me
Suuuuper helpful for an ADHDer like myself! This is not being lazy, but ingenious! Thanks!
Love this.. especially the part where you vacuumed the bugs off. I'm definitely a "lazy" gardener too. But I think lazy is smart too! We recently got ducks so that they could help out with the slug in our pnw garden. The bonus has been that emptying the pond water has been really boosting the nutrients all over the garden (and reminding me to water a bit). My chickens are also excellent at weeding and composting ;) I let them do all the work to turn our compost. Caring for animals is some work, but it's a fairly rewarding trade off.
I pull out any UNWANTED weeds( I keep dandelions, plantain etc) in a small section of my garden everday and feed these to my chickens. I then cut the grass in that area and use as mulch or dry to use for bedding for my chickens nesting boxes.
I love your life style being 70 you do stuff I will not be able to do so watching you do them is satisfying. Thank you for taking your time to share with us.
A tip I came across involves using old carpet for your pathways. Flip it upside down and cover with mulch. No weeds, groundhogs can't dig through it, water drains easily, and highly durable. I used a 12x12 piece for my kids swing set, covered it with rubber mulch, and it is still going strong after 16yrs. They couldn't even wear out a path where the swings are. We also use 2x12 carpet allong the fence lines with regular much. No weeds to weed wack ever and very comfortable to walk on!
The only problem with carpet is that there is formaldehyde in the glue. An old timer had blanketed our whole last farm in carpets and the cleanup and soil rebuilding process was hugely time and labor intensive.
Many carpets are treated with extremely toxic "forever chemicals" (aka Teflon) that are not good for the planet.
I’m also a lazy gardener and my Master Gardener parents don’t get it, but things grow and grow for me! We moved from western Washington to north central Alabama 1.5 years ago and the hard clay soil has definitely been interesting. I want to check out those seedless dandelions that you showed!
Diakon radishes are great for breaking up clay soil - so I hear.
I live just 15 minutes south of Huntsville. 😁
Oh my goodness Anne, I need donkeys in my life! 😂❤
A friend installed a mailbox in her gardens. She stores tools in them.
It's good to see you with no arrm restrain
Thank you for the great tips. To the new gardeners, her watering scheme only works where there is sufficient ground water available. This won’t work in Nevada, Arizona, etc.
Still, the wood chips would help conserve moisture in the ground. I use hay instead, bought a big bale from a local cattle ranch neighbor on the cheap. I asked him if he had an old bale , and he brought it to me free, since we all help each other out around our tiny community. Anyways, it's been around 100 for the past month or two, so when the hay mulch starts to thin, I just throw on some more. My plants are doing ok, lazy as I am 👍
Look up Geoff Lawton- Regreening the desert projects
@@michelifig6356 I’ve followed him for years. It doesn’t change the fact that irrigation is a daily time commitment in my Reno permaculture garden.
She's so wise! How comes such a wisdom at such a young age!
Little tip about the pest, instead of putting them in the 'water' feed them to the chickens, they absolutely love it
So true Anne! I cut down my brassica a week ago. I forked the soil (close as I can get currently to broad forking). The soil even with compost layer was Significantly drier than my beds with grass clippings and plants providing shade. Soil needs coverage.
Hello Michelle, hope you’re good 😌👋
Right up my alley! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful information Anne.
Thanks, Anne!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great info Anne, enjoy your channel…👍👏
Awesome stuff Anne, sharing this with somebody right now! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
I loved the bit where you sent the bug to beautiful bug heaven 🤣 And everything else 😀
Anne you’re the best!!!💫💫
Wow I love this video! As "lazy" (ADHD :P) gardener myself I really appreciate these tips, and am doing several already. My biggest issue I think is replanting, when a crop does reach it's end I'm not so good at having seedlings ready to go to fill the space, so it often sits with a bit of mulch until the weeds move in or I do a big round of replanting like I've finally gotten to now (at the height of summer, my poor seedlings!)
Also was that a passionflower growing next to your dahlias? Mine has been going crazy here in VA, it's actually a native variety called a Maypop. It grows wild around here too but none I've seen have as many flowers or fruit as mine! Hoping you a bountiful harvest too!
This was very helpful.
Love your system. It flows nicely.
So incredibly useful and practical!
Love the vac trick!
Very nice garden and farm.
Great CZcams channel! Thanks for the content, ideas and techniques.
You are a genius!! I love the vacuum concept. :)
Awesome! I’m going to start using some of your ideas! Thank You for sharing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Great tips Anne. This is a definite save video for quick reference throughout the summer. Thank you.
So organised and creative gardens. Such great ideas🌺
First episode. Subscribed.
You're amazing! I love your place, garden, animals, & that llama.
The dill in your garden is looking awesome. Great tips Anne.
Amazing video! Thanks for all the tips. You are an engaging teacher.
Nice video👍👍👍👍
You vacuumed your plants hahaha instant subscribe! my kinda gardener!
Thank you Anne for the Tips👏👏👏👏🙏👌👸❤️❤️❤️❤️🥬🥦🫑🥕🥔🧅🍅😍
My first thought. " I am liking the sound of this". 😂
hallo Anna danke für deine Nachricht und alles prima und alles klar in deinem Garten und tschüß aus Düsseldorf Germany!!!
GREAT SPACE!
Love all these tips, I definitely need to get a lazy garden going. I would love to hear more about herbs especially, and indoor options.
I’m SO happy I just found your channel from Melissa Norris’ video- you’re a treat to listen to!
I absolutely LOOOOVED this video and all the tips! Thank you!!
So glad to hear it!
"I'm a lazy gardener"
Proceeds to go and vacuum the garden haha. This is perfect for me lol. Loved this video👍🏻
I’m so glad you’re back. I just found you
I love this person. Can you be my garden mum?
Never thought about the roots going deeper to get water. Good tip!
Volunteer beans...I love it!
soooo cuuutee
These are genius tips. I'm definitely going to improve our gardening quality of life by implementing some!
I love it. I'm definitely a lazy gardener.
Rather than a lazy gardener.. id call it being a smart gardener 😎
Absolutely BRILLIANT! Happy to see the "old" Anne is back in force, what a great video. Your garden sure doesn't look like it's been not watered much and definitely looks very healthy. Great tips with the tools and equipment, if you can't easily find stuff to do what you want, you ultimately get frustrated and move on. Wish there was some technique to teach the patience required to start and build such a garden for us now getting started. Have to take that tip and get something ontop of the soil in my small garden I'm now starting with our daytime 31C+ days we're getting.
Wow..Ann first time here...I love the vacuum and garden is beautiful I'll be watching to see that house..I guess it's for the llamas..looks cool nice work
Thanks for sharing
Hello Sally, hope you’re good 😌👋
Your garden looks great and thanks for all the helpful tips!!! It's so nice to see you doing a video again. Sending best wishes from AZ where plants are always thirsty!
Hello Lori, hope you’re good 😌👋
when the head falls off a rake, stick it in a piece of slightly flattened 1/2" iron pipe, and weld it. last a long time and worth not much. my good tools live in the house
OMG YOU ARE MY NEW BEST FRIEND!!!! :) Sooo happy that another crazy person like me exists!
I am watching from Mozambique 🥰 and I really enjoyed it well explain thanks
I'm learning a lot with you my dear, thanks for all you do 😊
I'm so glad!
Am I the only person having audio issues with this video? Other videos work but not this one. I’m stumped
She's completely panned left. Anne! Your sound is only in the left channel.
DANG IT! I just realized the audio is in mono, but unfortunately I can't fix it post-upload. Unless of course you know something about youtube that I don't, which honestly, wouldn't be surprising to me, I can barely check my email.
sounded perfectly fine to me ... didn't notice anything with regard to sound quality
Yeah it's only in the left channel. Not great when you use headphones.
@@jeffsimpson9232
Lol Thank you!
I only had the right earbud in.
Interesting
What a great idea! I am charging my vac for the Japanese beetles! It's a little late but for next year it's a game changer!
Very interesting and informative 👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just found you and subscribed thanks for the articulation of theory
Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here ❤️❤️👊🏻👊🏻
Love the video and you look absolutely fantastic. Healthy, strong and happy. Hope you feel that way too!
Thank you! Yes, things are definitely looking up around here ❤️❤️
I love the idea of vacuuming up the beetles..😀
Me too. Brings some funny looks from neighbors too ;)
You get a A+++ for this video.
I have similar quick connects as you.
Also the use of a wand is much easier when watering.
Yes regarding soil tests! I'd have to do 20 tests. I always felt the test result will be in the growth.
Your calves are darling! Love to see their fluffiness :)
They are the best ❤️❤️
I too use my woodshop bits in my garden.
Hello Gillian, hope you’re good 😌👋