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Welcome to my Garden, and thanks for watching! Thank you for the encouragement. Some days it's exhausting work, and it's good to know others think it's worth it too. :-)

lol indeed Hey, Welcome to my garden, and thanks for watching. I hope the 'time stamps' give some context to my garden and its journey. (P.S. I'll work on getting to editing quicker!)

It's sold under the name of "Can of Worms". I've been very impressed by how sturdy it is with the extra 3 layers on. The original bin came with three casting layers and one leachate layer. However the legs were insufficient for even just the original four layers. Thus I now have the unit sitting on a milk crate. It's very sturdy in its current state.

@@GardeningMyFathersWorld I can see the weight of the castings being a problem.

I bought my Can o' Worms in 2008 and it is still working well for me. Thank you for the video.

Thanks. I did plan to attach shade cloth around the outside of the surrounding wooden frame I made at some stage. However I never got around to it. The shade from the wooden frame seems to shade it sufficiently enough. On top I have two plastic items - a large pot plant base with a diameter wider than the bin so it shades it completely in overhead sun, and a soil sifter, which sits between the lid and pot base, keeping the lid's air holes clear and open, and holding the pot base up and allowing for air flow. Last summer was a dry scorcher, and I didn't have a die off. I do, however, pour between 20 and 60 Litres through the farm most days, so it's kept very moist, and that would help the worms survive the hot dry days.

We often stand in awe of the beauty around us. We certainly are grateful for this opportunity to caretake this piece of creation.

I have been at times both surprised and concerned by some of the plant recommendations made by the permaculture and syntropic communities. It seems that the potential invasive tendencies of many plants are overlooked with the focus being on the benefits that the plants can provide “when managed”. And so we commit to being diligent in our management, while in the back of my mind I worry about the day that something goes wrong and I can’t manage my property any more. As I am the sole gardener of this property, no-one else has the same knowledge of which plants are potential problems, nor the skills to manage them, nor the urgency to remove the entire plant if the garden is to be abandoned. Every time I walk the property with family I ensure I point out the plants that have to go if I suddenly can’t garden any more. Even that may not be enough. Many of these plants require repeated efforts to chop out or poison. I can’t see them being committed to that effort. Thanks for drawing my attention to elderberry. It is one of those plants that is freely swapped between gardeners over here. Website growmeinstead.com.au says, “This plant has become very invasive of roadsides, old gardens and disturbed bushland.” While avoiding berries is easy enough by chopping and dropping as soon as flowers appear, elderberry’s tendency to develop suckers may create the sort of problem I don’t want to deal with. As the sole gardener responsible for this property, I can’t risk it. One “problem” that I am dealing with currently is Queensland arrowroot. I love to walk between the tall lush vegetation while it is growing. Using it for chop and drop requires little effort and yields a lot of biomass. However the plant grows, and is encroaching on the fruit trees in the row. I have begun pulling up some of the rhizomes that are spreading beyond my preferred growing space. Of course these went into my chop and drop row. Less than a month later I find I have arrowroot sprouting throughout my chop and drop row. Easy enough to pull out now, as they are suspended above the ground within the dropped vegetation, but if I miss one, it quickly becomes rooted in the ground. I have begun cutting the rhizomes off and putting them in the burning pile … and they’re now growing there. Something else to “manage”.

Welcome to my garden and thanks for watching! Great to hear you have found a system that works for your garden. We often forget that the most important part of a garden is the gardener. They are the factor that works the space and helps it to thrive. You gotta do what you can to help you work the system. I'm working on Part 2 of this journey of discovery. There's a lot more to learn!

Welcome to my garden and Thanks for watching! It’s certainly a labour of love and a lesson in patience. I look forward to harvesting from my fruit trees one day! You may enjoy my other Garden walk videos. I’ve been doing one every month from February 2024. th-cam.com/play/PLlv9F8oqq5YU2VpDgxkgQlynjgvlWuzaC.html&si=Fr_YLMAPgj2EIbHU

Thanks. Glad you like it. I do a monthly Garden Walk video, so visit my channel and you can see the garden change over time. They are all in a play list together. th-cam.com/play/PLlv9F8oqq5YU2VpDgxkgQlynjgvlWuzaC.html&si=UvISfsa1w2TgpjXH

Greetings! Welcome to my garden and thanks for watching! These hot and steamy days can sap the energy from a gardener, but I shall keep gardening! And hopefully all this humidity will result in some rain. Then things will really start to look great! Thanks for the encouragement.

@@GardeningMyFathersWorld You are most welcome, thank you so much for the love and support too.😊❤. Sure the hot days can really snap your energy. it's get a bit cooler now.

Hi @christasmicroflowerfarm2695 Welcome to my garden and Thanks for watching! hehe looks like that got past my editing! Yes, you're right. June is winter here in South East Queensland. Perhaps I can claim that it was June (winter) before I got to cleaning up from my autumn gardening?

Hi @madrabbitwoman Welcome to my garden and thanks for watching! The watermelon never produced any edible fruit. When I added a deep covering of sugar cane mulch to the whole bed in August I ended up pulling it out. The pumpkin vine continued on though. As I mulched around it I discovered four edible pumpkins on it. They ranged from 2.5kg to 1.5kg, so only small. However that row rarely got watered, so I’m grateful I got anything! Now in October, the vine has spread energetically along the row again. Lots of female flowers and fruit setting, but checking now I discover it looks like every one has been attacked by fruit fly. Time to renew my traps!

There is such freshness, especially in the early morning.

@rahman Greetings! I'm pleased to hear you enjoy my videos. I have only been making these videos for a few months, and have not advertised them anywhere while I learned a little of the art to making videos that people would value. Originally I was making them just for my family who lived away from us and couldn't enjoy my garden with me, but now I see some people think they are worth their time, I think it's time to get the word out !

G'day from sunny Queensland! I'm thrilled to hear you enjoy my channel. I originally started it as a way to share my garden with family who cannot come see it. It is very pleasing to hear others are enjoying the content. 🙂

oh dear, you're right! The joys of video making when one is new at the game!😂🤣🙄🤦‍♀

I loved how completely unique it was, so different from the next one I captured.

I’ll find out what I need to do to make the recording last longer. The story is only half told …