If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 My Experimental Gardening Journey 2:31 Mistake #1: Raised Bed Depth 4:01 Mistake #2: Raised Bed Material 5:12 Mistake #3: Enclosed Garden 7:03 Mistake #4: 4X4 Post Length 8:12 Mistake #5: Asaparagus Problem 9:44 Mistake #6: Banana Problem 12:00 Mistake #7: Permaculture 14:10 Mistake #8: Container Gardening 18:43 Adventures With Dale
@@TheMillennialGardener That's totally normal when we don't have the two legged variety. I get giddy too and it's all good. Just enjoy the gardening and adventures with Dale. He's such a cutie. 🤎🤎
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm glad I bought my house in a non-HOA neighborhood in Calabash. My main 20x23' vegetable garden is in my front yard where it gets all the sunshine!
That's why I love gardening. You never know everything, and there is always the promise of improvement. It's fun beating your old records and doing better every year.
Yes, gardening in different climates comes with a lot of new learning. I'm in north central Wisconsin and the sun during summer is very intense so i grow using the food forest method and chop and drop weeds for mulch. It works well.
So you are telling me I made a mistake by acquiring dozens citrus trees, 2 banana plants, 4 avocado trees for Portland Oregon? Glad to hear that others are making mistakes as well and not some super human who makes no mistakes on CZcams. You made my day. I needed the cheering up. thanks.
More and more I've become a fan of paying a neighborhood kid to do stuff while we are on vacation. They have great rates, and the younger they are (early teens, with no job), the more seriously they seem to take it.
I have a fear that things will get missed. I have so much growing in every possible corner that I don't think it's possible to find it all unless you know where everything is 😅 I have to work on consolidating, especially my container garden.
@nick-hdh. I agree. Kids are not taught to work and be honest like back in the day. I shoveled a foot deep snow off an elderly lady's walkway for 5 bucks when I was about 14. I gonna be 60 in December. Kids are into video games these days and want money for doing nothing. It also applies to people in general. This is an entitled generation we live in now.
@@donnabrooks1173and the generation before you said the same about your generation all. If your kids aren’t taught to work and be honest, it’s the parents to blame… and guess who raised that generation? Yours! ❤❤❤
My little brother and two neighborhood friends made $50 each picking up sticks in peoples yards after a huge storm. They went house to house offering to pick up sticks for free. Every house gave them a “tip” after they killed it lol
When I was on vacation in Sarasota I was told in tomatoes are grown from September until May, cause the sun is too intense in the summertime. I thought that was fascinating. So if you ever move you might not need shade cloth if where you’re property is at you have mild winters.
First year container grower, here. I can already tell you that if you start out growing anything plant spices first. You're going to keep shopping and foray into gardening, so be basil and chive ready. Second, plant potatoes. They're easy and are THE stepping stone to growing food IMHO. So when things frustrate you as you learn more, at least you have your foundation.
Do not be afraid of watering with a timer. I have 9 sprinklers on hoses attached to timers. I can be away for a month at a time and do not worry about the yard and garden not getting watered.
7:51 For your sagging shade cloth, why not run another cable down the middle on the inside attached to an eye on each end of your poles to make a peak like a tent? Then just use turnbuckles with hooks so you can loosen and remove the cable when needed?
@@TheMillennialGardener maybe set up a circus tent style? that is what I was going to do starting at the top of my fence all around the garden with only ONE tall pole in the middle. Mainly because I only want to ding one hole. LOL
You could tie up the asparagus the way people tie corn stalks together as decorations to keep it out of your way. And they have oya ceramic spikes that you can put an upside down wine bottle in to make sure your plants and containers stay hydrated while you're gone, I have a few potted trees with two wine bottles at a time. As for the property you bought in Florida, have you thought about getting a piece of heavy equipment and digging a swale or two, that way while you're away, it can retain water and possibly build up the surrounding soil. And if you visit it you could dump a bunch of items in the swale so that they could compost and enrich the soil... I had seen a really cheap large piece of land that I thought about doing the same because the area was very dry, most of the year, and figured if I did this and abandoned it for a few years it would kind of recover on some level.
This is my third season and you and Tuckers dad have inspired me. I have 68 containers between on the side of my house next to the neighbors property line. Good thing for nice neighbors and no HOA.
That's a lot of plants. I feel it. I have an HOA, but anything behind a fence is none of their business. They can't step foot on your property, so if they can't see it, it doesn't exist.
I wouldn't say it's a mea culpa. I'm definitely not sorry for any of them. I am glad I made the mistakes, because they taught me what not to do, and I can share the mistakes with others and hopefully they can benefit from the lessons I learned. The next time I build a garden, I'll know to take these lessons, and I'll have something even better. That's the best part about gardening - you never stop learning and growing. It's humbling and rewarding.
Florida will be a whole new learning experience for you. Our growing season are opposite of what most gardeners are accustomed to. Do your research before you move!
It's not much different than where I live. Same rainfall pattern (actually a little drier than here), same temperature patterns, similar solar intensity except for a longer period of time, same soil, etc. It won't be hard at all to adapt. I actually anticipate it to be significantly easier, because the summers will be virtually identical, but the dry season will actually allow for a stable growing period. We don't have any stability here in the coastal Carolinas, and I'm actually looking forward to a proper 6-7 month dry season.
Yes it’s a learning curve from the north, that’s for sure! Sw fl here. I will say, I have incorporated a couple of his ideas tho. I dont grow much in summer here. Just work on building up and ammending beds. I mainly grow mid Sept-mid May. And yes, FL has nematodes. I can say that two yrs of planting french marigolds have helped. I chop and drop them too when they are spent and they just keep growing.
Can’t wait to see what you do here in Florida when you make it down. Your Blueberry video is so well-done, it made me a life-long fan and even got my father interests in growing! As for summers, sweet potatoes are the best- your video with the satsumaimo helped a lot too!
I love my 2 foot raised cinderblock beds with sitting edges in the back yard. They will never need maintenance and I am about to glue down the cap stones with landscaping glue. I built a superstructure around those beds that hold shade cloth at 8 foot up. Consider not putting the wood in the cement but bolt to top with threaded rod and post mount. I had to dismantle my superstructure to get a hour tree removed and was able to in less than 20 minutes. Great for maintenance, very simple. I do like the roof idea. When you get moved down here it rains a LOT! You'll love having that roof, I'm sure! We're in Destin. I used only 4x6s and wouldn't go back to 4x4s. Very sturdy!
Trees take time also. A Santa Rosa plum finally gave fruit this year. Planted it a decade ago. Yet a volunteer peach maybe 4 years old tops is bearing fruit and it appears it will be viable fruit.
One thing I learned later was to put in more flowers and a variety of them. I finally get enough bees and other beneficial insects that I rarely need to deal with insect pest outbreaks. The outbreaks still happen, but tend to be small and momentary.
I hear you. People know I love gardening and offer me plants all the time. I tell them thank you but my garden is full and I don't do pots. This year I have put in 3 potato pots, early so they are finished by November, which is coming into our summer in Australia. I also have some strawberries grow bags but I can hide them under the orange tree if I go away for a few days. Absolutely minimal or no pots in the summer time. My raised garden beds out the back which cops all the afternoon sun, I have installed shade cloth and I will mulch well and drop the shade cloth right down to the ground if I go away. I will grit my teeth and hope for the best 😃🤔😅 Love your channel. I appreciate all the hard work it takes to put it together and look forward to see your changes.
I grew up in North West Florida and I move up to the coast of North Carolina. I'm over around Jacksonville and I love the climate here compared to Florida. We get some brutally hot days but it doesn't compare to the deadly heat in North Florida. If your serious about moving to Florida I suggest you visit your land around August and see how you do. Anyways, Love the Channel and will miss having you here giving me advice that I know is relevant to me.
for the sagging shade cloth. Take a telescoping rod or similar pole, afix a closed foam 3 inch ball on the end and use it to push up the center of your shade cloth
I personally like using soft bristled push brooms. It distributes the load over a wider area and it makes it easier to maintain an even height along walkways.
Good information! I have a solution for your banana plant problem... plant a hot tub and some tiki torches. Make your newlywed selves a romantic little tropical oasis in that corner. A little pergola... some string lights... a wifi speaker... a floating plank wakway. Then you won't need to go on vacation! I see them for free on marketplace all the time.
I have been watching your videos for a while now, but just started following this year because I didn't realize that I never actually hit the follow button🙄. That being said, I have also had more luck with my tomatoes this year than any other year, and I don't think that is a coincidence. Watching these videos has also helped me educate other new millennial aged gardeners like me who were raised in the south and have had generations of stubbornness influence our gardening decisions. To this day, my dad thinks that it's blasphemous to use shade cloth, even in spite of the obvious yield difference from all my previous years😂. This winter is going to be my chance to finally build an in grounab/raised bed combo garden, and this video will definitely help in the decision-making of plant placement. Also, could you post a little more content on the power banks and supplies on your Amazon page? I have looked, but haven't been able to find the videos specific to those items. Thanks for all your hard work and videos!
😊 you are such a chipper fellow. Hopefully the upside of container gardens is that when you do move, it is simply a few trailer hires and you have an established garden in the new place.
One of my favorite videos I've seen you make! I've been gardening for 13 years, and I so look forward to buying a new home in 3 years and starting from scratch so I can take all I've learned and do it bigger, better, and easier from day 1. I plant to start a CZcams channel for my journey. My biggest mistake was making my rows between beds only 2' and my beds only 2'. I'm going to switch to 4' rows and 3' beds. Sooo many other things. Live, learn, grow, and teach others!
Once again…. Exactly the video I wanted! I’m in the process of remodeling my garden as well.. 30 x 40 (for corn/okra/peas/beans,etc) Roughly.. alongside a random mix of 15 mineral tubs, 15 - 20 gallon grow bags, and 3 cattle panel trellis’.. now I have 3 EPIC gardening 4-8-18” raised beds and 3 4-8x18” beds from Amazon… so.. Everything has and will have again shade cloth and drip line / drip hose / emitter irrigation. I’m in 8a, just West of Memphis, Tennessee m, innArkansas. Flooding raid and scalding heat with mind numbing humidity is the order of the day it seems lately. Using your area as a template.. this update is perfectly timed information … thank you thank you
I've been watching you for years now, and have learned so many valuable gardening methods from you. Seems like you should be in a place where you could collaborate with someone locally that can join you in your gardening and business ambitions. It's time to branch out so you can have some time off with your spouse and Dale, in my humble opinion. You have so much valuable information that you have shared with a community of people whom you have never met. I would love for you to expand your enterprise into selling seeds or seed trays, whatever, and start capitalizing on your channel. Much love and respect to you!
Eventually. Not for quite awhile, though. I have family here, and I'm hoping the Florida boom cools off and all this insurance nonsense gets squared away. It'll eventually happen. I really want to grow avocados and mangoes.
You can easily add height to all existing wooden raised beds. Also, not sure why you sank the posts 3 ft, but you can add height to them, too, by cladding on an extension. Great video!
Yes this video was helpful for me. I am an inner city gardener in North Jersey with 9 raised beds totaling 304 Sq feet all of which are 8" high. They are starting to decay after 7 years so I will be replacing them with 10" high. lumber. Here in N.J. we have had a difficult spring and summer so far. Temps have been in the high 80's to mi 90's since June I haven't used shade cloth so the tops of my tomato plants are not producing any flowers and the flowers that are produced fall off I will be erecting a shade cloth to hopefully solve that problem. Thanks for bringing to my attention ways to solve problems that I am currently experiencing. 👍Jack Zampella Bayonne, New Jersey.
I am relatively close to you geographically and it looks like we’ll practically be neighbors when you move! I can also confirm the effects of the sun and rain on a garden. Who would have thought they could wreck it so easily?! I have also seen my garden as an experimental project and made some of my own mistakes which I’ve noted for my next garden when we move. Mistake number one is thinking I can ever grow a carrot!
I had nice foliage for months! Watered. Epsom, fertilizer etc. Got about 5 3 inch disfigured things. Some bush, still smaller than "baby carrots". And it was many months later🤷🏿♀️ I thought lettuce would be easy but hadn't been. Until this year I got a couple leaves. Bitter though...
Interesting. I'm only a couple hours inland from him & I grew great carrots, small but sweet, and kept going into mid- October last year. In a big round pot, though. Good luck!
I have learned so much from you over the years! Thank you so much for your willingness to share your experiences. I, like you, grew up in a colder area north of NC--now in Raleigh I am a budding gardener and have learned that Faith and Trust are essential for growing kids and plants. Will continue to follow you no matter where you are as long as you post. Best wishes to you and your family!!
I had never considered a solid, polycarbonate roof for my garden. The downside is that you'd be relying entirely on drip irrigation since the rain can't get to them, but I think it would be worth it. I live in southeast VA, and our storms are insane. Next year I'll try the roof, and invest in an additional large rain barrel I think. Awesome vid as always!
@@TheMillennialGardener I feel the disappointment though. Especially having seen other videos about figs and banana. It's like you did SO MUCH to get them where they are, don't want to give up, but nothing. And you know you know enough to make it work but it's not. Appreciate your humility btw. I'm just beat down with my failures of direct sow, losing seedlings, fighting this heat. Close to giving up but bought seeds again for this week, though I sowed some 2 weeks ago! Storm coming this wknd. Will see.🙄 I feel better a bit knowing that even someone with the wealth of knowledge you have, can have #gardenfails Mother nature will always do her thing I guess
One thing I learned this year is the importance of planting things in designated garden beds. I haphazardly planted things in my back yard. Now I have to watch everywhere I step so I don't accidentally kill anything.
You certainly can build things on a budget. Some of these options, such as the metal raised beds, simply weren't available at the time. Other mistakes were simply due to a lack of experience, such as my asparagus and banana problems. When it comes to the enclosed gardens and shallow beds, on the other hand, that's a budgetary issue. Looking back, I should have spent additional money. 6 years later, I wouldn't have missed the extra cash for the benefits I would have received.
@TheMillennialGardener 100% agree. Money definitely has to be spent, but sharing the knowledge of how and where to spend it can save the beginner tons of money in the end. People get so caught up in the picture perfect social media gardens and spend WAY too much doing the same things, when it's definitely not the best way to actually have a productive garden. Then give up when everything starts to fail because they spend so much. I've heard it from a good many of my clients who want to start the homesteading life.
Containers work really well with a drip irrigation system on a timer. You can adjust every dripper to give the right amount of water to that container if you want, and really minimise water waste and nutrient leaching, but even without that, it's really easy to make sure your containers get watered every day on schedule. Bonus, the water is released at the soil surface or even under the mulch, so you don't have to worry about wet leaves developing diseases. Paying a neighbouring teen to come by and check on everything once a day isn't expensive and isn't a burden - just make sure the teen's parents are in favour, and they'll make sure their kid does the job you're paying them for. You're giving a kid a chance to do useful work and get paid for it, and that's a life experience that will do them good for the rest of their life.
Totally agree on the container gardening! It’s just so much more time consuming.. much more individual attention is needed vs a bed.. given to each container.. so needy.
I've only been watching your videos for the last few months... But, I love your honesty and your passion. Gardening is difficult. Thanks for giving me truly great advice.
Thank you for encouraging metal beds. I'm older... so I figured in the future I would have to replace wood beds on a fixed income or not be in the greatest physical health. So I have already gone metal.
This is my first season gardening and I am taking it slow. I am in my forever home (been here for 20+ years) so I feel I should take my time getting it all set up. This year I have two raised beds - one wooden and one of those metal ones I snagged during a sale that you posted (thanks for that). I'm doing the composting in the garbage can that I learned from your channel. Everything is working but I didn't get as much harvest as I was expecting. I am sure next year will improve as I improve my soil and methods. I really appreciate your channel and have learned so much from you. I just wish I could have you plan my garden since you have that engineer brain! LOL
I can relate to so much of this. I cut back on my containers simply because of physical limitations. I went away for 6 days and had a neighbor water. I even did a water demo with him two days in a row. I came back and everything was stressed out. I think he only watered every other day.
Very useful video. Most of what you said is applicable to most of us. Except I live in Socal and we don't get rain in summer time. The little rain we get is during the winter time. Thank for sharing.
I started container gardening because I wanted to start trees but wasn't sure where I wanted to put them (new house/land). If I could do it again, I would have picked ANY spot and plopped down a tree. Then expand out from those into small guilds w/the smaller container fruits and berries that I'm not still maintaining. I thought I'd keep them safer in the containers, but I created a very very fragile system. That being said, I also got really familiar wtih growing in containers in north texas.. so I ended up getting my nursary floral license so I can put that knowledge to use and grow some of my favorite species and cultivars to sell at the local market. But my personal plants? They're going in the ground first chance we get a break from this heat.
@TheMillennialGardener coming to FL? Cool! I'm in Tampa area. Your commitment to shade cloth or garden cover will def be a plus. I lost 3 dozen seedlings from all kinds of things last week. Can an improper dilution of BT kill seedlings? Think i did. I also probably shouldn't drink and garden 😂 But here, it's hot near 100 and rain daily 🤷🏿♀️ Bet you are seduced by the longer growing season😊 Looking forward to your new space when it happens...let me know if you want a "property sitter"😂 I could work the soil while you guys decide 😅
Your posts are fine with the shade cloth. Just put one up last week after watching your videos. The cloth sags from the heat and wind. Some proper sized eye bolts (1/2" or so), cheap paracord, cheap aluminum carabiners on one end, and those Nite-Ize camjam carabiners on the other will fix it right up. Love your videos man
I was away overseas for 2 months and one of my neighbour's son looked after our garden for us, including our indoor plants. Although most part of our garden has irrigation system, there are some areas that he had to hand water
I think Dale would eat anything! How wonderful!❤ Thank you for sharing your mistakes. In my 5 or so years of having my current garden, I have completely revamped my garden plan every year. My husband says he's done moving and adding to drip irrigation. We have deer, coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, voles, mice, rats and Chihuahuas. Nothing is safe!😂
I made my own raised beds using roofing tin framed with 2x4s. That way the bed is over two feet tall, deep enough for any plant and tall enough so no bending over is needed. Worked fantastic. And as for the sagging roof run a couple of wires from post to post in every direction. The extra support will work wonderfully.
Hey dude- this video is probably one of your best videos you’ve put up all year. Probably watched over 5 hours worth of your videos so figured I’d send you a comment. Started gardening in December when my lady and I bought our first home in Orlando, FL - from Atlanta. Doing things mostly myself outside as she’s the interior design warrior; learning a lot about the environment, weather conditions, soil and have made some questionable labor intensive decisions with my shovels. Been in between: wood and metal beds, shade cloth- thanks for that tip it cracks me up seeing how excited you are about shade cloth; design; etc….. Your Mistake #6 Banana Problem reaction had me dying laughing. Bought 2 banana trees because of your channel and hopefully won’t have the quantity problem. 😂. My feedback for you: Your channel is about as entertaining as any show on tv. Keep it up. I am looking forward to seeing videos when you get your bigger property. -Zac Disher
Nice video. Appreciate your take on things. Like you I have a few coffee plants I'm growing my wife thought I was nuts when I picked them up and I told her we'd have our own brand of coffee in 3 or so years. 😂 They were very slow to grow the 1st year, but this 2nd year they have taken off like crazy. Kind of wish I would have placed a friendly bet with her on this one because I rarely win any contest against her 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences as I am learning so much watching your videos. I have been gardening for 40 years. Thank you for improving my garden with your expert advice.❤
you've become one of my favorite youtube gardeners. some of your tips on tomatoes have really helped my tomato plants this year. if you ever get land out in the country just and want to do those 4x4 posts again just drop anchors into the concrete piers so that your wooden posts sits on top the concrete (with a gap off the concrete itself). i feel you on the container gardening. i have a fraction of what you have but also feel like it's hard to be away from the house with them. previously i had set up a timer and drip irrigation but when you have a leak it can be devastating.
I love this video! You are so right about so much all the time. I too am a prisoner to my potted garden of 75-80% pots. I too feel like its a burden to ask people to water so much for me plus they may miss things. My hoa doesnt want any food growing at all but they cant come in your yard so theres that. I dont have the land you have but i can relate to your mistakes for sure. The sun in GA is rough, the bugs, the clay soil ,(which is why i started by doing pots). Love your channel!
Thank you so much for this video. It is quite helpful to know what you have been through to help me avoid some mistakes. I never would have thought of some of the things you pointed out. I love that I got to see more of your yard and your garden layout. I to live on a 1/4 acres lot in NC near Charlotte. I've been trying to figure out how I want to setup my garden for the best use of space and ease of use. Thanks again, love your videos.
oh my gosh! I just love your channel! I'm so excited that you have land in Central Florida! that's where I live. I hope you keep your channel when you move. it will be so cool to see how your gardening tips might evolve!
Thanks for the good tips. This is my 5th year gardening in zone 6b. I also learn more things every year. Has Dale tried plain Greek yogurt? I bet he’ll like it as well. My pups love it. I smear some yogurt on the treat lick mats and freeze it during the hot days.
Dale gets a bowl of yogurt every single night. He alone probably goes through...conservatively...40oz of unflavored yogurt a week and has been for at least 4 years. We buy European yogurt, because we do a lot of mix-in's and the Greek yogurt is too thick to do it (and we'd go broke). We literally eat 4 quarts of yogurt a week as a household, so it adds up quickly.
@@TheMillennialGardener Have you ever thought about making yogurt? Not that you need a new hobby but it's not that difficult once you get the hang of it. Hardest part is finding a pure strain of acidophilus to grow. Can't just use plain yogurt anymore because it's usually a mix of 3 to 5 species.
The RAIN! You’re so right about how destructive it is. I’m seriously considering enlarging my small greenhouse and only growing tomatoes under cover next year. I planted way too many of them (as always) and by August more than half of them are all bursting and dying, but the ones in my greenhouse are still healthy
Yes! I think that's what Charles Dowding does - only grows them inside. I've thought about it. Of course, he's in the UK and prolly needs the heat. They sure are pretty, though, and maybe could go year-round!
Can't wait to see what you do here in Florida when you get here. I'm sure your already brainstorming for our crazy intense heat, spring drought to deluging downpours and hurricanes
Thanks for your tried and true garden learning experiences through the years. We all learn the hard way which is how we grow and prosper in the end . At least you know know what works better in working towards your dream-garden ....you have learned many important lessons in the gardening realm to share with us, thanks. We all learn what works and what fails from year to year which helps us get motivated for the next year's crops as we get real with what we can and cannot do realistically. Also, sometimes we need to grow what we enjoy eating. You are efficient in growing and wise knowing what you can and cannot do ! Kudos to your coffee plants. You have a wealth of knowledge in growing peacefully in the garden. Nice helpful video !!
Great Vid. I would add with the raised bed that to not make them out of wood. I have a mixture of thin cinderblock and metal raised beds. I used T-posts for my trellises. I can get them in 10' lengths. I put post caps on top and throw a clear poly tarp for a winter greenhouse
On the drip irrigation part, I have been experimenting this year with purely rain barrel fed, gravity, drip irrigation via PVC pipes - hooked up to a valve on a timer. Only energy it really takes is batteries and in the event of a failure you'll just have water on the ground. In your situation you would need to sister quite a few barrels together, but if you have the space on the side of your house, I think it would work.
Very interesting points & thanks you for sharing. As one of many subscribers that have coveted your sunshade system you have built and hope to replicate someday, I will take your suggestions to heart. I’m only 5’4 but I want to make sure I have plenty of head space for me & any garden visitors. As a Texan, also in 8b, looking to cheat my zone and watching over the years your tips on how to do so with coverings and water tanks, I appreciate the warning as to how far to try to push. As always, a very thoughtful and informative video
So on a south/ west facing wall you can plant asparagus and run wire or string from one end to the other maybe every six to 12 inches from ground and as the asparagus fronds grow they can stay behind the string. And then the roots if they escape can just be mowed. I saw this done and it made them very tall and not falling out into space and such. Just an idea! Or put them along a fence and put the string around them as they grow and get taller.
A CZcams gardener in Switzerland always grows her tomatoes in a covered ‘tomato house’ to avoid getting the leaves wet and diseased. She says people in Switzerland and Austria always grow them in houses for this reason. So strange that we’re only just learning this now in the States.
I'm in NC too and I agree on 5 of the 8....I cannot grow bananas in the Piedmont and I did not plant asparagus...I was already too lazy for the container plantings 😂 Agree with and unfortunately learned the hard way on the other 5....Love the channel...
That looks great for cobbeling...u ought to see mine..this year I just thrubup my hands and didn't put one up...I got thrips so bad theyndestoryed my garden in about 5 days.
You could easily mitigate the issue with the asparagus by tying them up. After harvest season simply wrapping a tie around the stalks of each plant as they grow will cheek them contained to their bed.
Thank you for this! Yes, I made mistakes in my garden as well - many! I'm glad to see you will have an opportunity to start over in the future. Have you considered a high tunnel? I'm sure you know this but Johnny's seeds has a high tunnel hoop bender tool that might be a solution in the short term. Our summers in southern Maryland have become ridiculous - I'm making my veggie garden smaller so it is easier to take care of in the heat.
If you’re going to build a house in Florida, definitely see if monolithic dome homes are allowed to be constructed on your property. Monolithic Domes are hurricane, tornado, fire, pest, and earthquake proof if you build them properly. You’ll need that down there.
I do enjoy it, but I'll be honest - I wouldn't do it if I had more land to work with. It's a bit of a pain staying on top of it, but it is cool looking and it's awesome to grow up against a fence.
If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😊TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 My Experimental Gardening Journey
2:31 Mistake #1: Raised Bed Depth
4:01 Mistake #2: Raised Bed Material
5:12 Mistake #3: Enclosed Garden
7:03 Mistake #4: 4X4 Post Length
8:12 Mistake #5: Asaparagus Problem
9:44 Mistake #6: Banana Problem
12:00 Mistake #7: Permaculture
14:10 Mistake #8: Container Gardening
18:43 Adventures With Dale
Awesome video. We live and learn until we die. Loved ❤❤ "cantaloupe, what would your honeydew?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@donnabrooks1173 I don't know what it is about dogs, but they make me revert to baby talk 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener That's totally normal when we don't have the two legged variety. I get giddy too and it's all good. Just enjoy the gardening and adventures with Dale. He's such a cutie. 🤎🤎
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On mistake #4 (too low height) simply put some 12 ft, or even taller, beams in the middle of your beds to prop up the shade cloth!
bro is a HOA's nightmare. I love it lol
I'm shocked that the HOA allowed it
If they can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.
Right!?! I love it!! He's talking about building a roof over the garden. Good luck getting that approved 😅
@@TheMillennialGardener I'm glad I bought my house in a non-HOA neighborhood in Calabash. My main 20x23' vegetable garden is in my front yard where it gets all the sunshine!
FL GOV Desantis passed a law that condo assoc and hoas could not fine someone for growing veggies in the front yard💪👍
We learn by our mistakes, but gardening is a continuing learning experience. I'm 75, been gardening for 10 years and I'm still learning!
That's why I love gardening. You never know everything, and there is always the promise of improvement. It's fun beating your old records and doing better every year.
It's not a do-over it's a do better!
I love your videos. I've learned so much.
Love this!!
Yes, gardening in different climates comes with a lot of new learning.
I'm in north central Wisconsin and the sun during summer is very intense so i grow using the food forest method and chop and drop weeds for mulch. It works well.
Chop and drop is necessary here in SW FL.
The sun is relentless!
So you are telling me I made a mistake by acquiring dozens citrus trees, 2 banana plants, 4 avocado trees for Portland Oregon? Glad to hear that others are making mistakes as well and not some super human who makes no mistakes on CZcams. You made my day. I needed the cheering up. thanks.
That's not a mistake... that's a blessing 😊😊
More and more I've become a fan of paying a neighborhood kid to do stuff while we are on vacation. They have great rates, and the younger they are (early teens, with no job), the more seriously they seem to take it.
I have a fear that things will get missed. I have so much growing in every possible corner that I don't think it's possible to find it all unless you know where everything is 😅 I have to work on consolidating, especially my container garden.
Yeah if u can find a kid that will come outside these days
@nick-hdh. I agree. Kids are not taught to work and be honest like back in the day. I shoveled a foot deep snow off an elderly lady's walkway for 5 bucks when I was about 14. I gonna be 60 in December. Kids are into video games these days and want money for doing nothing. It also applies to people in general. This is an entitled generation we live in now.
@@donnabrooks1173and the generation before you said the same about your generation all. If your kids aren’t taught to work and be honest, it’s the parents to blame… and guess who raised that generation? Yours! ❤❤❤
My little brother and two neighborhood friends made $50 each picking up sticks in peoples yards after a huge storm. They went house to house offering to pick up sticks for free. Every house gave them a “tip” after they killed it lol
Wow, whoever buys your old property will be so lucky to get your inground fruit trees included with the package. No digging required......
I really hope whoever buys this from me one day appreciates it. A fear I have is that the future buyer won't get it and will cut everything down.
@@TheMillennialGardenerThat’s why I never go back to the house I sold! 😱
I appreciate your honesty and humility in discussing your mistakes and how you learned from them. Great info!! Good Boy, Dale loving the cantaloupe!!!
Learning is my favorite thing about gardening. It’s the promise of getting better that makes it addictive.
When I was on vacation in Sarasota I was told in tomatoes are grown from September until May, cause the sun is too intense in the summertime. I thought that was fascinating. So if you ever move you might not need shade cloth if where you’re property is at you have mild winters.
Where he is moving he will get occasional hard freezes. The southwest coast is much warmer in the winter than north central.
First year container grower, here. I can already tell you that if you start out growing anything plant spices first. You're going to keep shopping and foray into gardening, so be basil and chive ready. Second, plant potatoes. They're easy and are THE stepping stone to growing food IMHO. So when things frustrate you as you learn more, at least you have your foundation.
Do not be afraid of watering with a timer. I have 9 sprinklers on hoses attached to timers. I can be away for a month at a time and do not worry about the yard and garden not getting watered.
I use rain barrels. Timers don’t work with these as there isn’t enough pressure to open them.
7:51 For your sagging shade cloth, why not run another cable down the middle on the inside attached to an eye on each end of your poles to make a peak like a tent? Then just use turnbuckles with hooks so you can loosen and remove the cable when needed?
Because I don't have posts there to support it. The posts are spaced 8.5 feet, and that sagging area is in the gap between posts.
10' T posts with 1/2" conduit over the top. pvc tees for th conduit. drive into the ground 18" or 24" max.
@@TheMillennialGardener a rail between the tops of the posts would give you the fixing place you need for extra cables.
@@TheMillennialGardener maybe set up a circus tent style? that is what I was going to do starting at the top of my fence all around the garden with only ONE tall pole in the middle. Mainly because I only want to ding one hole. LOL
@garrybaker6725 they make 10 ft tposts?!?
You could tie up the asparagus the way people tie corn stalks together as decorations to keep it out of your way.
And they have oya ceramic spikes that you can put an upside down wine bottle in to make sure your plants and containers stay hydrated while you're gone, I have a few potted trees with two wine bottles at a time.
As for the property you bought in Florida, have you thought about getting a piece of heavy equipment and digging a swale or two, that way while you're away, it can retain water and possibly build up the surrounding soil. And if you visit it you could dump a bunch of items in the swale so that they could compost and enrich the soil... I had seen a really cheap large piece of land that I thought about doing the same because the area was very dry, most of the year, and figured if I did this and abandoned it for a few years it would kind of recover on some level.
This is my third season and you and Tuckers dad have inspired me. I have 68 containers between on the side of my house next to the neighbors property line. Good thing for nice neighbors and no HOA.
That's a lot of plants. I feel it. I have an HOA, but anything behind a fence is none of their business. They can't step foot on your property, so if they can't see it, it doesn't exist.
Really appreciate your mea culpa about mistakes you have made. I have a ton of them and glad to see someone else is human 😂
I wouldn't say it's a mea culpa. I'm definitely not sorry for any of them. I am glad I made the mistakes, because they taught me what not to do, and I can share the mistakes with others and hopefully they can benefit from the lessons I learned. The next time I build a garden, I'll know to take these lessons, and I'll have something even better. That's the best part about gardening - you never stop learning and growing. It's humbling and rewarding.
Florida will be a whole new learning experience for you. Our growing season are opposite of what most gardeners are accustomed to. Do your research before you move!
It's not much different than where I live. Same rainfall pattern (actually a little drier than here), same temperature patterns, similar solar intensity except for a longer period of time, same soil, etc. It won't be hard at all to adapt. I actually anticipate it to be significantly easier, because the summers will be virtually identical, but the dry season will actually allow for a stable growing period. We don't have any stability here in the coastal Carolinas, and I'm actually looking forward to a proper 6-7 month dry season.
Yes it’s a learning curve from the north, that’s for sure! Sw fl here. I will say, I have incorporated a couple of his ideas tho. I dont grow much in summer here. Just work on building up and ammending beds. I mainly grow mid Sept-mid May.
And yes, FL has nematodes. I can say that two yrs of planting french marigolds have helped. I chop and drop them too when they are spent and they just keep growing.
@@FloridaGirl- I only grow a cover crop over summer. I too grow mid Sept to may. He does have some great suggestions.
@@TheMillennialGardener love your channel, looking forward to videos your journey into establishing a new garden from the ground up. Pun intended😀
Can’t wait to see what you do here in Florida when you make it down. Your Blueberry video is so well-done, it made me a life-long fan and even got my father interests in growing! As for summers, sweet potatoes are the best- your video with the satsumaimo helped a lot too!
I love my 2 foot raised cinderblock beds with sitting edges in the back yard. They will never need maintenance and I am about to glue down the cap stones with landscaping glue.
I built a superstructure around those beds that hold shade cloth at 8 foot up. Consider not putting the wood in the cement but bolt to top with threaded rod and post mount. I had to dismantle my superstructure to get a hour tree removed and was able to in less than 20 minutes. Great for maintenance, very simple.
I do like the roof idea. When you get moved down here it rains a LOT! You'll love having that roof, I'm sure! We're in Destin.
I used only 4x6s and wouldn't go back to 4x4s. Very sturdy!
Trees take time also. A Santa Rosa plum finally gave fruit this year. Planted it a decade ago.
Yet a volunteer peach maybe 4 years old tops is bearing fruit and it appears it will be viable fruit.
You will carry all of the lessons AND many of the plants and trees, I expect. Beautiful video!
Yes, absolutely. It's been fun learning and figuring things out.
One thing I learned later was to put in more flowers and a variety of them. I finally get enough bees and other beneficial insects that I rarely need to deal with insect pest outbreaks. The outbreaks still happen, but tend to be small and momentary.
Nice advice!
95 degrees in So Cal, and my garden is protected by shade cloth due to your videos
I hope it has worked out for you. It's been incredible where I live, so I imagine it's even more effective in a place with clear, dry summers.
Yep, 🎉 Jame Prigioni is the man Amazing garden!! Both of you are my favorite garden gurus🎉!!!
I hear you. People know I love gardening and offer me plants all the time. I tell them thank you but my garden is full and I don't do pots. This year I have put in 3 potato pots, early so they are finished by November, which is coming into our summer in Australia. I also have some strawberries grow bags but I can hide them under the orange tree if I go away for a few days. Absolutely minimal or no pots in the summer time. My raised garden beds out the back which cops all the afternoon sun, I have installed shade cloth and I will mulch well and drop the shade cloth right down to the ground if I go away. I will grit my teeth and hope for the best 😃🤔😅 Love your channel. I appreciate all the hard work it takes to put it together and look forward to see your changes.
I grew up in North West Florida and I move up to the coast of North Carolina. I'm over around Jacksonville and I love the climate here compared to Florida. We get some brutally hot days but it doesn't compare to the deadly heat in North Florida. If your serious about moving to Florida I suggest you visit your land around August and see how you do. Anyways, Love the Channel and will miss having you here giving me advice that I know is relevant to me.
You aren't kidding!!!
I grew up in South West Mexico on the beach, and now I live in Florida. The humidity is KILLER here!!! 😮😛😰🥵
for the sagging shade cloth. Take a telescoping rod or similar pole, afix a closed foam 3 inch ball on the end and use it to push up the center of your shade cloth
I personally like using soft bristled push brooms. It distributes the load over a wider area and it makes it easier to maintain an even height along walkways.
Good information!
I have a solution for your banana plant problem... plant a hot tub and some tiki torches. Make your newlywed selves a romantic little tropical oasis in that corner. A little pergola... some string lights... a wifi speaker... a floating plank wakway. Then you won't need to go on vacation! I see them for free on marketplace all the time.
Now that is a good idea ❤
Ooh they sell hot tub plants?? Where?! 😂😜
Think circus tent. Use 12 foot posts inside to prop up your shade cloth. On the corners of your raised beds. I love your channel and you are awesome.
I have been watching your videos for a while now, but just started following this year because I didn't realize that I never actually hit the follow button🙄. That being said, I have also had more luck with my tomatoes this year than any other year, and I don't think that is a coincidence. Watching these videos has also helped me educate other new millennial aged gardeners like me who were raised in the south and have had generations of stubbornness influence our gardening decisions. To this day, my dad thinks that it's blasphemous to use shade cloth, even in spite of the obvious yield difference from all my previous years😂. This winter is going to be my chance to finally build an in grounab/raised bed combo garden, and this video will definitely help in the decision-making of plant placement. Also, could you post a little more content on the power banks and supplies on your Amazon page? I have looked, but haven't been able to find the videos specific to those items. Thanks for all your hard work and videos!
😊 you are such a chipper fellow. Hopefully the upside of container gardens is that when you do move, it is simply a few trailer hires and you have an established garden in the new place.
Believe me, I am dreading that day. Sometimes I have nightmares 😂
Thanks for the suggestion regarding asparagus. I wasn't aware that the roots were so invasive. You saved me on that one!
I didn't think it would be quite this bad. They are intense. Plant them away from everything. Isolate them.
I always enjoy your videos , thank once again for the advise, you are one of the best on CZcams for gardening 👍😊🇦🇺 Adam ..
One of my favorite videos I've seen you make! I've been gardening for 13 years, and I so look forward to buying a new home in 3 years and starting from scratch so I can take all I've learned and do it bigger, better, and easier from day 1. I plant to start a CZcams channel for my journey. My biggest mistake was making my rows between beds only 2' and my beds only 2'. I'm going to switch to 4' rows and 3' beds. Sooo many other things. Live, learn, grow, and teach others!
Once again…. Exactly the video I wanted! I’m in the process of remodeling my garden as well.. 30 x 40 (for corn/okra/peas/beans,etc) Roughly.. alongside a random mix of 15 mineral tubs, 15 - 20 gallon grow bags, and 3 cattle panel trellis’.. now I have 3 EPIC gardening 4-8-18” raised beds and 3 4-8x18” beds from Amazon… so.. Everything has and will have again shade cloth and drip line / drip hose / emitter irrigation. I’m in 8a, just West of Memphis, Tennessee m, innArkansas. Flooding raid and scalding heat with mind numbing humidity is the order of the day it seems lately. Using your area as a template.. this update is perfectly timed information … thank you thank you
I've been watching you for years now, and have learned so many valuable gardening methods from you. Seems like you should be in a place where you could collaborate with someone locally that can join you in your gardening and business ambitions. It's time to branch out so you can have some time off with your spouse and Dale, in my humble opinion. You have so much valuable information that you have shared with a community of people whom you have never met. I would love for you to expand your enterprise into selling seeds or seed trays, whatever, and start capitalizing on your channel. Much love and respect to you!
Glad you’re coming to Florida❤️. Welcome (5 years in advance😂😂)!
Eventually. Not for quite awhile, though. I have family here, and I'm hoping the Florida boom cools off and all this insurance nonsense gets squared away. It'll eventually happen. I really want to grow avocados and mangoes.
@@TheMillennialGardenerYay for avos'and 'goes!!!🎉🎉🎉❤
Welcome as well❤🐕❤
That would be some expensive avocados and mangoes. The insurance will never be fixed. Do more research, please.@TheMillennialGardener
You can easily add height to all existing wooden raised beds. Also, not sure why you sank the posts 3 ft, but you can add height to them, too, by cladding on an extension. Great video!
Yes this video was helpful for me. I am an inner city gardener in North Jersey with 9 raised beds totaling 304 Sq feet all of which are 8" high. They are starting to decay after 7 years so I will be replacing them with 10" high. lumber. Here in N.J. we have had a difficult spring and summer so far. Temps have been in the high 80's to mi 90's since June I haven't used shade cloth so the tops of my tomato plants are not producing any flowers and the flowers that are produced fall off I will be erecting a shade cloth to hopefully solve that problem. Thanks for bringing to my attention ways to solve problems that I am currently experiencing. 👍Jack Zampella Bayonne, New Jersey.
I am relatively close to you geographically and it looks like we’ll practically be neighbors when you move! I can also confirm the effects of the sun and rain on a garden. Who would have thought they could wreck it so easily?!
I have also seen my garden as an experimental project and made some of my own mistakes which I’ve noted for my next garden when we move.
Mistake number one is thinking I can ever grow a carrot!
I had nice foliage for months! Watered. Epsom, fertilizer etc. Got about 5 3 inch disfigured things. Some bush, still smaller than "baby carrots". And it was many months later🤷🏿♀️ I thought lettuce would be easy but hadn't been. Until this year I got a couple leaves. Bitter though...
🤣 agree! Carrots 🤣🤣 I grew them and they were pathetic
Interesting. I'm only a couple hours inland from him & I grew great carrots, small but sweet, and kept going into mid- October last year. In a big round pot, though. Good luck!
I have learned so much from you over the years! Thank you so much for your willingness to share your experiences. I, like you, grew up in a colder area north of NC--now in Raleigh I am a budding gardener and have learned that Faith and Trust are essential for growing kids and plants. Will continue to follow you no matter where you are as long as you post. Best wishes to you and your family!!
I had never considered a solid, polycarbonate roof for my garden. The downside is that you'd be relying entirely on drip irrigation since the rain can't get to them, but I think it would be worth it. I live in southeast VA, and our storms are insane.
Next year I'll try the roof, and invest in an additional large rain barrel I think. Awesome vid as always!
I laughed about the bananas. I accepted the fact that i am not getting any fruit but i used the heart for soup. Thanks for sharing your experience
You’re welcome!
@@TheMillennialGardener I feel the disappointment though. Especially having seen other videos about figs and banana. It's like you did SO MUCH to get them where they are, don't want to give up, but nothing. And you know you know enough to make it work but it's not. Appreciate your humility btw. I'm just beat down with my failures of direct sow, losing seedlings, fighting this heat. Close to giving up but bought seeds again for this week, though I sowed some 2 weeks ago! Storm coming this wknd. Will see.🙄 I feel better a bit knowing that even someone with the wealth of knowledge you have, can have #gardenfails Mother nature will always do her thing I guess
Thank you for sharing your experience. You are greatly appreciated.
Thank you! I appreciate that very much.
One thing I learned this year is the importance of planting things in designated garden beds. I haphazardly planted things in my back yard. Now I have to watch everywhere I step so I don't accidentally kill anything.
Oh gosh, I did the same thing this year.🤦♀️😭
I love your videos! I learn so much from you. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!!🙂👍🏻
You're welcome! I appreciate it.
NAILED IT!! This was the "budget" video idea that I was trying to explain.
You certainly can build things on a budget. Some of these options, such as the metal raised beds, simply weren't available at the time. Other mistakes were simply due to a lack of experience, such as my asparagus and banana problems. When it comes to the enclosed gardens and shallow beds, on the other hand, that's a budgetary issue. Looking back, I should have spent additional money. 6 years later, I wouldn't have missed the extra cash for the benefits I would have received.
@TheMillennialGardener 100% agree. Money definitely has to be spent, but sharing the knowledge of how and where to spend it can save the beginner tons of money in the end. People get so caught up in the picture perfect social media gardens and spend WAY too much doing the same things, when it's definitely not the best way to actually have a productive garden. Then give up when everything starts to fail because they spend so much. I've heard it from a good many of my clients who want to start the homesteading life.
Containers work really well with a drip irrigation system on a timer. You can adjust every dripper to give the right amount of water to that container if you want, and really minimise water waste and nutrient leaching, but even without that, it's really easy to make sure your containers get watered every day on schedule. Bonus, the water is released at the soil surface or even under the mulch, so you don't have to worry about wet leaves developing diseases.
Paying a neighbouring teen to come by and check on everything once a day isn't expensive and isn't a burden - just make sure the teen's parents are in favour, and they'll make sure their kid does the job you're paying them for. You're giving a kid a chance to do useful work and get paid for it, and that's a life experience that will do them good for the rest of their life.
Totally agree on the container gardening! It’s just so much more time consuming.. much more individual attention is needed vs a bed.. given to each container.. so needy.
I agree
I agree. And I tried some fabric pots this year. They were disappointing. Dry out way too fast
You can deepen your wood beds using a metal corner bracket and add another 2x8 to it to get it closer to 15in.
I've only been watching your videos for the last few months... But, I love your honesty and your passion. Gardening is difficult. Thanks for giving me truly great advice.
Thank you for encouraging metal beds. I'm older... so I figured in the future I would have to replace wood beds on a fixed income or not be in the greatest physical health. So I have already gone metal.
This is my first season gardening and I am taking it slow. I am in my forever home (been here for 20+ years) so I feel I should take my time getting it all set up. This year I have two raised beds - one wooden and one of those metal ones I snagged during a sale that you posted (thanks for that). I'm doing the composting in the garbage can that I learned from your channel. Everything is working but I didn't get as much harvest as I was expecting. I am sure next year will improve as I improve my soil and methods. I really appreciate your channel and have learned so much from you. I just wish I could have you plan my garden since you have that engineer brain! LOL
I can relate to so much of this.
I cut back on my containers simply because of physical limitations.
I went away for 6 days and had a neighbor water. I even did a water demo with him two days in a row. I came back and everything was stressed out. I think he only watered every other day.
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Very useful video. Most of what you said is applicable to most of us. Except I live in Socal and we don't get rain in summer time. The little rain we get is during the winter time. Thank for sharing.
I started container gardening because I wanted to start trees but wasn't sure where I wanted to put them (new house/land). If I could do it again, I would have picked ANY spot and plopped down a tree. Then expand out from those into small guilds w/the smaller container fruits and berries that I'm not still maintaining.
I thought I'd keep them safer in the containers, but I created a very very fragile system.
That being said, I also got really familiar wtih growing in containers in north texas.. so I ended up getting my nursary floral license so I can put that knowledge to use and grow some of my favorite species and cultivars to sell at the local market.
But my personal plants? They're going in the ground first chance we get a break from this heat.
Quality post-mortum! Maybe I'm biased but... I really thing this is why engineers tend to make such great gardeners/agriculturists!
What a great video! It will be wonderful to see what you eventually do with all that land in Florida!
I’m excited for the day. It is good to have long term goals.
@TheMillennialGardener coming to FL? Cool! I'm in Tampa area. Your commitment to shade cloth or garden cover will def be a plus. I lost 3 dozen seedlings from all kinds of things last week. Can an improper dilution of BT kill seedlings? Think i did. I also probably shouldn't drink and garden 😂
But here, it's hot near 100 and rain daily 🤷🏿♀️ Bet you are seduced by the longer growing season😊 Looking forward to your new space when it happens...let me know if you want a "property sitter"😂 I could work the soil while you guys decide 😅
Your posts are fine with the shade cloth. Just put one up last week after watching your videos. The cloth sags from the heat and wind. Some proper sized eye bolts (1/2" or so), cheap paracord, cheap aluminum carabiners on one end, and those Nite-Ize camjam carabiners on the other will fix it right up. Love your videos man
We're putting in high tunnels withroll up sides to avoid a lot of those issues.
I was away overseas for 2 months and one of my neighbour's son looked after our garden for us, including our indoor plants.
Although most part of our garden has irrigation system, there are some areas that he had to hand water
I think Dale would eat anything! How wonderful!❤
Thank you for sharing your mistakes. In my 5 or so years of having my current garden, I have completely revamped my garden plan every year. My husband says he's done moving and adding to drip irrigation. We have deer, coyotes, raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, voles, mice, rats and Chihuahuas. Nothing is safe!😂
I made my own raised beds using roofing tin framed with 2x4s. That way the bed is over two feet tall, deep enough for any plant and tall enough so no bending over is needed. Worked fantastic. And as for the sagging roof run a couple of wires from post to post in every direction. The extra support will work wonderfully.
Proud of you for learning and growing, sincerely. Keep up the great work and good luck on your journey.
Hey dude- this video is probably one of your best videos you’ve put up all year. Probably watched over 5 hours worth of your videos so figured I’d send you a comment. Started gardening in December when my lady and I bought our first home in Orlando, FL - from Atlanta. Doing things mostly myself outside as she’s the interior design warrior; learning a lot about the environment, weather conditions, soil and have made some questionable labor intensive decisions with my shovels. Been in between: wood and metal beds, shade cloth- thanks for that tip it cracks me up seeing how excited you are about shade cloth; design; etc….. Your Mistake #6 Banana Problem reaction had me dying laughing. Bought 2 banana trees because of your channel and hopefully won’t have the quantity problem. 😂.
My feedback for you: Your channel is about as entertaining as any show on tv. Keep it up. I am looking forward to seeing videos when you get your bigger property.
-Zac Disher
Nice video. Appreciate your take on things. Like you I have a few coffee plants I'm growing my wife thought I was nuts when I picked them up and I told her we'd have our own brand of coffee in 3 or so years. 😂 They were very slow to grow the 1st year, but this 2nd year they have taken off like crazy. Kind of wish I would have placed a friendly bet with her on this one because I rarely win any contest against her 😂😂😂
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences as I am learning so much watching your videos. I have been gardening for 40 years. Thank you for improving my garden with your expert advice.❤
you've become one of my favorite youtube gardeners. some of your tips on tomatoes have really helped my tomato plants this year. if you ever get land out in the country just and want to do those 4x4 posts again just drop anchors into the concrete piers so that your wooden posts sits on top the concrete (with a gap off the concrete itself).
i feel you on the container gardening. i have a fraction of what you have but also feel like it's hard to be away from the house with them. previously i had set up a timer and drip irrigation but when you have a leak it can be devastating.
You should be so very proud of what you do.
Thank you so much! I think sharing your experience of mistakes help even more people.
Enjoyed watching despite the fact half of your mistakes I've never done. I naturally avoided them:)
I build raised beds from cinder blocks with gopher wire underneath. They are relatively easy to move, adjust size of bed, raise height, etc
I like your honesty 😂 seven bananas might be a little over the top!
Learning by mistakes. Great video!
I love this video! You are so right about so much all the time. I too am a prisoner to my potted garden of 75-80% pots. I too feel like its a burden to ask people to water so much for me plus they may miss things. My hoa doesnt want any food growing at all but they cant come in your yard so theres that. I dont have the land you have but i can relate to your mistakes for sure. The sun in GA is rough, the bugs, the clay soil ,(which is why i started by doing pots). Love your channel!
Thank You for Sharing Your Experiences!!!! You’re So Awesome. 😊. Really Appreciated This Video.
The Best Experiences are Learning From Our Mistakes.
Thank you so much for this video. It is quite helpful to know what you have been through to help me avoid some mistakes. I never would have thought of some of the things you pointed out. I love that I got to see more of your yard and your garden layout. I to live on a 1/4 acres lot in NC near Charlotte. I've been trying to figure out how I want to setup my garden for the best use of space and ease of use. Thanks again, love your videos.
oh my gosh! I just love your channel! I'm so excited that you have land in Central Florida! that's where I live. I hope you keep your channel when you move. it will be so cool to see how your gardening tips might evolve!
Thanks for the good tips. This is my 5th year gardening in zone 6b. I also learn more things every year. Has Dale tried plain Greek yogurt? I bet he’ll like it as well. My pups love it. I smear some yogurt on the treat lick mats and freeze it during the hot days.
I am also in 6b after growing up and gardening in 9b and 10a. What a change!!
@@1OKToni I totally agree. It’s a learning curve for sure.
Dale gets a bowl of yogurt every single night. He alone probably goes through...conservatively...40oz of unflavored yogurt a week and has been for at least 4 years. We buy European yogurt, because we do a lot of mix-in's and the Greek yogurt is too thick to do it (and we'd go broke). We literally eat 4 quarts of yogurt a week as a household, so it adds up quickly.
@@TheMillennialGardener Have you tried Aldi's yogurt?
@@TheMillennialGardener Have you ever thought about making yogurt? Not that you need a new hobby but it's not that difficult once you get the hang of it. Hardest part is finding a pure strain of acidophilus to grow. Can't just use plain yogurt anymore because it's usually a mix of 3 to 5 species.
The RAIN! You’re so right about how destructive it is. I’m seriously considering enlarging my small greenhouse and only growing tomatoes under cover next year.
I planted way too many of them (as always) and by August more than half of them are all bursting and dying, but the ones in my greenhouse are still healthy
Yes! I think that's what Charles Dowding does - only grows them inside. I've thought about it. Of course, he's in the UK and prolly needs the heat. They sure are pretty, though, and maybe could go year-round!
We are tied to our garden and now we have goats (need milking) and chickens that keep us home!!
Can't wait to see what you do here in Florida when you get here. I'm sure your already brainstorming for our crazy intense heat, spring drought to deluging downpours and hurricanes
Thanks for your tried and true garden learning experiences through the years. We all learn the hard way which is how we grow and prosper in the end . At least you know know what works better in working towards your dream-garden ....you have learned many important lessons in the gardening realm to share with us, thanks. We all learn what works and what fails from year to year which helps us get motivated for the next year's crops as we get real with what we can and cannot do realistically. Also, sometimes we need to grow what we enjoy eating. You are efficient in growing and wise knowing what you can and cannot do ! Kudos to your coffee plants. You have a wealth of knowledge in growing peacefully in the garden. Nice helpful video !!
Great Vid. I would add with the raised bed that to not make them out of wood. I have a mixture of thin cinderblock and metal raised beds. I used T-posts for my trellises. I can get them in 10' lengths. I put post caps on top and throw a clear poly tarp for a winter greenhouse
THANKYOU DALE I now know why I need 3 boards high. We not as hot as you but evaporation is still an issue.
Oh no weekends we busy garden suffer, deep water and run , friends do it, take all you want, props.
On the drip irrigation part, I have been experimenting this year with purely rain barrel fed, gravity, drip irrigation via PVC pipes - hooked up to a valve on a timer. Only energy it really takes is batteries and in the event of a failure you'll just have water on the ground. In your situation you would need to sister quite a few barrels together, but if you have the space on the side of your house, I think it would work.
Great Vids! Really enjoying. Keep em coming
Thanks!
Loved this video. I'm downsizing my pot inventory myself I didn't know what I signed up for!
Very interesting points & thanks you for sharing. As one of many subscribers that have coveted your sunshade system you have built and hope to replicate someday, I will take your suggestions to heart. I’m only 5’4 but I want to make sure I have plenty of head space for me & any garden visitors. As a Texan, also in 8b, looking to cheat my zone and watching over the years your tips on how to do so with coverings and water tanks, I appreciate the warning as to how far to try to push.
As always, a very thoughtful and informative video
So on a south/ west facing wall you can plant asparagus and run wire or string from one end to the other maybe every six to 12 inches from ground and as the asparagus fronds grow they can stay behind the string. And then the roots if they escape can just be mowed. I saw this done and it made them very tall and not falling out into space and such. Just an idea! Or put them along a fence and put the string around them as they grow and get taller.
A CZcams gardener in Switzerland always grows her tomatoes in a covered ‘tomato house’ to avoid getting the leaves wet and diseased. She says people in Switzerland and Austria always grow them in houses for this reason. So strange that we’re only just learning this now in the States.
Charles Dowding, too, in the UK. Beautiful, lush plants in his glass greenhouse. So jealous!
Thanks for sharing your mistakes. Very helpful.
Always a learning experience 😁. Hi to sweet Dale 🐕🐾💕
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I'm in NC too and I agree on 5 of the 8....I cannot grow bananas in the Piedmont and I did not plant asparagus...I was already too lazy for the container plantings 😂
Agree with and unfortunately learned the hard way on the other 5....Love the channel...
Can you do a more in-depth video on how you care for your banana trees? Fertilizing, getting bananas, after winter routine, pup removal, etc
That looks great for cobbeling...u ought to see mine..this year I just thrubup my hands and didn't put one up...I got thrips so bad theyndestoryed my garden in about 5 days.
You could easily mitigate the issue with the asparagus by tying them up. After harvest season simply wrapping a tie around the stalks of each plant as they grow will cheek them contained to their bed.
The roots are the bigger problem. They're invasive and spreading.
Thank you for this! Yes, I made mistakes in my garden as well - many! I'm glad to see you will have an opportunity to start over in the future. Have you considered a high tunnel? I'm sure you know this but Johnny's seeds has a high tunnel hoop bender tool that might be a solution in the short term. Our summers in southern Maryland have become ridiculous - I'm making my veggie garden smaller so it is easier to take care of in the heat.
If you’re going to build a house in Florida, definitely see if monolithic dome homes are allowed to be constructed on your property.
Monolithic Domes are hurricane, tornado, fire, pest, and earthquake proof if you build them properly. You’ll need that down there.
Really digging the fruit tree espalier. I’m doing the same to some of mine as well as my blueberries.
I do enjoy it, but I'll be honest - I wouldn't do it if I had more land to work with. It's a bit of a pain staying on top of it, but it is cool looking and it's awesome to grow up against a fence.