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Tony TheGardener
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2020
Trying to grow food for health and sustainability
4x4 raised bed update
Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m doing a quick video on my 4x4 raised beds
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October Backyard Garden Tour
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m doing a quick video on my backyard garden tour #gardeningplants #regenerativesoil #garden #zone8b #plants #backyardgardening #growyourownfood #gardening #Tonythegardener
Free fill raised bed update
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m doing a real quick video on the free fill raised bed #gardeningplants #regenerativesoil #garden #zone8b #plants #backyardgardening #growyourownfood #gardening #update #covercrops #soil
Expensive raised bed update
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Hey TH-cam this is a quick update on the expensive raised bed garden
A quick update on the inexpensive raised bed
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Hey TH-cam just a quick update on the inexpensive raised bed #gardeningplants #regenerativesoil #garden #zone8b #plants #backyardgardening #gardening #covercrops #update #fall
Planting a pomegranate tree
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Planting a pomegranate tree before the cold weather season begins #backyardgardening #regenerativesoil #gardening #zone8b #biochar #compost #covercrops #plants #garden
Fertilizing in ground fruit trees
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Todays video I’m gonna be fertilizing the in-ground fruit trees Previous video: th-cam.com/video/VMS9fH9iRXk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=6B92GyVNz-IZYfZr #backyardgardening #gardening #regenerativesoil #fruit #trees #fruittrees #zone8b
Fertilizing Citrus trees in container pots
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Hey TH-cam in today’s video I’m gonna be showing you all how I fertilize my citrus trees in container pots so they hopefully have enough energy to produce fruit next year. Video Reference: th-cam.com/video/JbNJ_J1X2cs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tTjo6SqtgbWS0Nfa #backyardgardening #gardening #regenerativesoil #garden #fertilize #zone8b
September Garden Tour in Zone8b in Desert Climate
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Hey TH-cam in today’s video I’m gonna be doing a backyard garden tour in my zone 8b desert climate in this tour I’ll be showing you some everything that’s been going on. #regenerativesoil #backyardgardening #plants #biochar #compost #covercrops #gardening #raisedbedgarden #mulch #zone8b #gardentour2024 #gardening #garden
4x4 raised bed transplanting Broccoli & Cauliflower
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m gonna be transplanting Broccoli & Cauliflower into the 2 4x4 raised bed gardens, hopefully you all enjoyed todays video if you did please leave a like comment and subscribe and hopefully I’ll see you in the next video thank you all for watching #regenerativesoil #backyardgardening #plants #biochar #compost #covercrops #gardening #raisedbedgarden #mulch #zone8b #br...
Backfilling a free fill raised bed with more free stuff
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m gonna be backfilling this raised bed 0 free so within this video I used my native soil and amended it with my homemade biochar that I charged with homemade compost extract with homemade compost and whatever compost I had I used to top dress the soil that I amended then put a mulch over it watered it then ended the video. #regenerativesoil #backyardgardening #comp...
Backfilling expensive raised bed
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m gonna be backfilling my expensive raised bed with pretty expensive compost from Malibu compost company amended with rock dust for extra minerals and raw biochar even though I should have bought charged biochar hopefully I’ll do that next time, because I messed up I didn’t have enough Malibu compost I decided to use compost that I usually buy for the second half of...
Top dressing inexpensive raised bed
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Hey TH-cam in todays video I’m going to be top dressing my inexpensive raised bed since it didn’t need to much soil, so in this video I’m top dressing this raised bed with some compost and biochar to hopefully make it so I don’t have to water as much as I did this year. Thank you all for watching and hopefully I will see you in the next video #backyardgardening #gardening #regenerativesoil #cov...
Newbie gardener try’s: Trying to take prickly pear cactus cuttings
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Newbie gardener try’s: Trying to take prickly pear cactus cuttings
1 month update on both 4x4 raised beds
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1 month update on both 4x4 raised beds
How to make seedling soil & making it premium
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How to make seedling soil & making it premium
3 month update on the 3 4x12 raised bed backyard garden zone 8b
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3 month update on the 3 4x12 raised bed backyard garden zone 8b
Replanting an orange tree to a mineral based mixed
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Replanting an orange tree to a mineral based mixed
July Garden Tour in backyard garden in zone 8b
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July Garden Tour in backyard garden in zone 8b
Finally harvesting blue potatoes from containers
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Finally harvesting blue potatoes from containers
June Garden Tour in Zone 8b in Lancaster California
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June Garden Tour in Zone 8b in Lancaster California
May garden tour in zone 8b in desert climate
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May garden tour in zone 8b in desert climate
Besides the water, add a thin sprinkle of soil between the layers - it has the microbes to start the composting
Yeah that’s something I’ve been doing lately and something I’m gonna mention when I make a new video on this. Ty for the tip I do think it helps
The roots take about a year to stick in ground just water it and be fine be patient
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Thanks for updating. Really inspiring ❤❤
My pleasure 😊
i lacto-ferment my kitchen waste in a large barrel and apply it with wood ash to create a neutral ph soil amendment
keeep em comin'
what gallon size are those fabric pots?
@@johnnygoose420 15 gallons
Broadleaf?
Nothing makes sense to me what you are doing . I have four trash cans . holes in the center of the bottom covered from the inside with fly screens in the top Leeds are very fine air holes . Than I’ve put everything on bricks and an window cleaning bucket underneath. The trash can is filled with worms . In two years I got enough worms to make every 3 to 5 month about 60 kg very good worm compost . Yes it’s work to seperate the worm casting from the worms .Once a week I poor 10 litre of water each one trough it . That is now my very cheap worm farm. I have made compost for over 30 years now in every way and came to the conclusion that it’s not as good as people tell you. As a friend of permaculture. Tell me where you find it in Nature.? Mulch yes . But big rotting heaps No . If you dig it in that is like an rotting tree stump or roots from a plant . That brings a lot of activity to the soil which is needed . I can not see the big improvement with vegetable plant if you put compost a ready product around plant . But if you dig kitchen waist in the garden worms will come in masses to eat it . That similar to a worm farm . I’ve learned the hard way if you want success in the Garden you have to copy nature and let nature do the work to build up an echo system Hope that helps you. In Summer i cover the trash cans with an shade cloth . Australia can be hot .
Yeah since the last video I made I realized the same thing, I still compost in trash cans to get rid of excess waste, instead of the land fill I didn’t intend to use it as a worm composter, because like Australia here in the California desert it gets extremely hot so maybe in the future I’ll also try a shade cloth and hopefully the worms won’t disappear then I could use that compost as a top dress or to make compost extra/tea there’s several different things I’m thinking about when it comes to making compost in the future but eventually something will workout for me like the need to water more since I tend to forget, but thank you for the comment and hopefully I’ll see you in future videos
@@tonythegardener96 It’s good that we can help each other to reduce the rubbish to the land fill . A few things I want to mention . Use Doppel shade cloth . Build the trash can in a way the worms can’t escape to the the soil where it’s cooler . On very hot days you could put ice cubes on it and or poor the water a second time trough it to save water .. Everything should’ve in a shady corner .The bottom line for me is that our sheep, cow , chicken manure looks and smell all the same from the hardware shop. It’s heavy mixed with fine wood chips . The quality can’t be good. That’s why I’m interested to make my own worm castings. Even if it looks more like compost. An other interesting thing is that I dug in a bucket with fish guts etc. From the fish shop with water to make my own fish fertiliser.. But that is an big learning experience
Good job
Nice
Hey Tony! Thank you for taking us on a tour brother. By any chance have you considered making a raised bed using the wood pallets in the background? I am going to be making a video soon but I haven't had any luck with pallets lately 😂.
@@GardeningwithDave all of my raised beds are used with pallet wood if I remember I’ll link it for you if you like
How long will it take your fruit trees to fruit..?
@@rauarumi9877 it should take about a year so hopefully next year depending on weather conditions and how well I water especially with the desert heat and drought conditions
First time here and I already subscribed!
@@GardeningwithDave thank you 😊
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Really it will be super.
By little it will grown
Oops meant grow
Good job
You should try layering with organic material and just do chop and drop. it works I do that with my garden beds. Peace&Love:'u
@@rauarumi9877 yeah I have more ideas I want to do in future videos but I thought this was a good base to make sure my soil carries water better
Good job
It’s all good! You got this! Progress is progress. You’re doing way better than when your channel first started out.
Also try using Espomas organic citrus~tone fertilizer. Instructions for use is on the bag. This stuff works really god. Recently got some from my grandma and I have had huge success on my new lemon tree. I also have a lime tree but it’s small and growing.
Just let it grow. Less is better for now. Let it grow until there’s good growth on the tree and then prune to your desired vision
Tell us about the soil mix for Texas sage 🌿
Newspapers- if using choose those without color pictures.
If it’s newspaper you shouldn’t worry about color since the ink now a days are made with soy
Good work, Tony!
Thank you!
where are you from.?
I live in California
@@tonythegardener96 The weather must be nice out there, I've started Getting my garden ready for planting. I live in Canada. I was Wondering how long you've been gardening for.?
@@rauarumi9877 I started back in 2020 a little bit but got really into it last year
@@tonythegardener96 I just found your videos and I enjoy watching you experiment With gardening.I do the same. I might have to start a youtube channel too!
@@rauarumi9877 lol I think you should and if you do let me know so I can check out what you got going on
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Oh my god thats alot of paper
Lol I know it’s actually not to bad since paper breaks down a lot easier
How did you learn so much about soils, plants and natural fertilizers?
I just learned little by little by gardening itself or watching videos
Good job .. keep up the good work 👍 soon you'll see the results of all your labor.. thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you for watching 😁
Apples need a pollinator. There is a chart that shows what pollinates what. acnursery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Apple-Pollination-Chart.pdf
This year for my potted tropicals, im going to try a well draining mix. 30% builders sand, 40 % peat and some loam and a dash of pumice(not to much pumice/lavarock because it holds alot of water, just a handful) We have fairly wet seasons and cold with a few deep freeze. Ive notice potting soil/peat or compost is just too much a risk for rootrot. I'll use compost and bark as mulch.
I think that’ll make a good growing medium, I do believe the compost and mulch should be on top of the soil instead of being in the soil, with my mix I only added 10 percent just to help with organic matter but I don’t think it’s necessary just as long it’s on top slowly feeding your plants. I hope everything goes well for you
Everything is looking promising
Thank you 😊 I can’t wait for spring to start I’m getting excited just thinking about it.
I mix my biochar from a woodstove retort with a vermicompost slurry and also just dumped it on the ground & piled nearly finished compost on top before applying. I am looking to eliminate steps in successful gardening. I think a lot of what gardeners do produces miniscule results, but makes them feel better because they believe they are actively affecting the process. Charging biochar makes perfect sense. How elaborate the process needs to be is questionalbe. Ex.- Mixing rock dust into the soil when you put the beds to sleep in the fall v putting it into biochar? Rock dust is not living & doesn't appear to need crevices to go dornant & protected over winter like some micro-organisms & fungi might utilize.
I think however people charge the biochar it would be fine as long it’s not just the carbon, and the whole putting beds to sleep thing is a whole other argument maybe a video idea I can do in the future because I believe if you could you should grow year round even if it’s not a crop you expect a crop from.
@tonythegardener96 Agreed. Most of my beds get some amendments in the fall & a winter kill covercrop (unless they are largely perennial or already have deeply rooted terminated stalks from the previous season.) Peaceful Valley makes a good winter kill CC blend which reliably terminates unless you have an unusually warm winter. If that happens, I just weed wack it down & cover with black ag tarp or heap leaf mould on it to block photosynthesis.
Your system seems anaerobic. Its not a fail cuz what you have can still be aerobically composted but its difficult to do that in a garbage can. Are the plastic cans needed? A year is quite a long time. Also, a garbage can is too small to heat up effectively. A pile 3'x3'x3' is recommended minimum. If you consolidated all those cans into 1 pile on the ground it would be more effective.
I’m sure it would be but I do have dogs that would like to get into it and you might say put a 3x3 circular wire around it and that’s something I just haven’t done yet, but maybe would do one day but for rn this is all I got. I know I can save it just learning how to use it still. Thanks for the suggestion though
It is too bad it didn't work out for you. I have been garbage can composting for over 5 years and it has worked out really well. Use a compost crank to turn the compost. I have 1 active composter that heats up and 1 resting composter where the worms move in to finish it off.
Awesome. Yeah I think it’s because before I didn’t add enough water and this time it’s because I didn’t turn it enough and kept adding scraps so it couldn’t fully break down.
Thanks for sharing your experience. My compost pile is just on ground on the side of my house. I did water it pretty religiously this past summer but I really didn’t flip it at all. It has provided me super premium compost. We will see how it looks after the winter. I haven’t been watering much but we have had a lot of rain. I’m going to get in there and see how it looks in the next few days. I’ll try to remember to come back here and update.
I would like to read the update I know people can get away with not putting to much water in there compost pile, kinda like a Johnson su bio reactor, well it’s more of a no flip pile that I want to do one day.
@@tonythegardener96 hey I was able to get in the the compost pile and use some yesterday. It still has quite a bit of roots in there but once sifted out it is still great compost. I’m not knocking any other method, as I’m sure other methods can produce better compost faster, but I can attest to just a pile with covered plant matter. Well I cook A LOT so I have lots of vegetable scraps that is more than maybe most gardeners even. And again, I watered it almost daily all summer.
@@youngmauro12 as long get compost that’s all that matters sure there might be faster methods but there’s pros and cons to all different types of composting a static method will probably give you a more fungal compost since you aren’t destroying the fungal strands from turning all the time. Since sifting is all you needed to do I think you’d made some great compost let me know how well it works on your plants and or soil
@@tonythegardener96 cool will do! Also worms can get in as they please!
Place them in a cooler place, too much sun kills most microorganisms, worms, gongs, etc.
Yes but it’s not hot rn also the black trash can keeps them out of the sun. So they’ll be fine
Cant see your head?
Yeah, I didn’t realize until after I started editing the video
Could you use ashes and charcoal from fireplace
I’m sure you could the only thing is you’ll be getting a lot of ashes witch could be good for the garden if needed but I’d rather charge it with more nitrogen because it is a high carbon source.
Might need more support for the weight of the soil. Could break easily over time.
Not digging electro culture?
No, just because I don’t know to much about it. I literally just watch a 15 minute video about, I would need to do some more research on it before deciding whether or not I want to do it.
Turned out pretty well overall!
Cool
Great that you have explained what advatages it offers and what it does ?
Oh right, biochar adds tons of carbon to your soil making it hold more nutrients and water also makes a great housing space for all the microbes that live in your soil making plants healthier and more robust and if you have healthier plants the plant can sequester even more carbon just making a great cycle for the soil to plants and thus helping the soil environment. All things I should have mentioned but forgot to.
Nice one! Seems like you're off to a good start already😁
Thank you 😁
I used to cold compost now I just trench compost instead as it's much easier. Just dig a trench in an empty bed or alongside one, add food scraps, leaves (if possible), cover trench back with soil and done. The soil life will be attracted to it and take care of the rest. I don't have to worry about the nonsensical greens to browns ratio. If you have vermin, you'd most likely need to guard against it. And in a 1-3 month's time, it should be fairly to completely broken where you can plant.
That sounds like a good idea, I just might do something like that since I just built a new raised bed. Thank you for the suggestion and comment. I hope you stick around for more content