Permaculture Vegetable Garden NO WORK Grow Tons of FOOD Easy Gardening Self Feeding Compost in Place
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- Garden with arborist woodchips now breaking down creating plant food and self feeding system back to the soil and land, grows food in a food forest fashion, with very little water or maintenance needed. Self contained as it grows with nature taking care of itself.
Growing Tons of food like tomatoes, peppers, pepinos, bananas, parsley, celery, Malabar spinach, moringa tree, herbs, mint, kale, collard, tree collard, radishes, sage, oregano, thyme, basil, lettuce, strawberries, black berries, apple trees, papaya trees, ubi true yams, potatoes, sweet potatoes, artichoke, onions, garlic chives, catnip, taro, Swiss Chard, tree collard, broad beans, fava beans, water cellery, canna edulis, stinging nettles and more vegetables. AND I compost in place making free plant food from your leftovers and browning leaves as the plants grow, as win win perfect vegetable Garden. Although I was tired it was time to do a garden tour since my last one was almost a year ago.
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YOU ARE BOTH AMAZING!!!🌻
That's very amazing, love it!
Great tour and so amazing how you have set the system up. Could you show how you start sweet potato slips ? Or do I just order them ?? lol You both are so fun to listen to & thank you for sharing all your tips.
Gary responding. Thanks Debbie. I'm working on getting my sweet potato's set up for this year. I will get a video out soon on that.
I loved the video gary and robie thank u 😍🌸🌺
Gary responding. Thank you, your welcome.
I loved it & it was so calming and peaceful, Gary seams so humble and so into nature.
Gary responding. Thank you. I guess I am calm and my gardening is my peacefull connection to nature.
what are the lizard ladders made from or where do you get them?
I make the ladders from scrap wire mesh. Gary.
Hi' Robbie & Gary ,Gary your garden is great lots of food and we are only in April WOW! great video guys keep them coming thank to all your hard work and Mother Nature God Bless
Gary responding. Thank you, take care.
This was one of the most interesting gardening videos!! I look forward to more🌿🌺🍃💞
Gary responding. Thank you. More to come!
Gary your garden is amazing! I love how you planned the pond gardens and also thought about bees and birds falling in , the ladder idea is genius! Stay safe my dear friends and big hugs to both 🤗
Gary responding. Thank you. With the weather warming up I see your starting your papalo.
What are the ponds themselves made of? Also, how is the outer portion of each pond getting water, are they wicking as well and in wood chips?
Gary You got it going on! It means everything learning from a Veteran in Gardening 🔥👍🏼
Gary responding. Thank you P parker.
Loved the video. Hummingbirds are my favorite. Long-time birder here.
Gary responding. Thank you. I'm fascinated by them. My goal is to plant many edible plants that also flower. That way they can eat and so can we.
Mine too,I have 3 feeders up and they are fighting over them.
I love the little critter ladders on the pools. How clever!
Gary responding. Thank you.
It's amazing, I would love to have the same garden too
Gary responding. Thank you.
Wow, I live same area an learned so many more plants an ideas. Thank you!!!
Gary responding. We are fortunate to live in a climate where we can grow a large range of plants that you don't often see. Thank you, your welcome.
I can hear Gary muttering: "Oh no! She found me!" Lol, just kidding guy's!
Gary responding. Yes Ben it was sort of like that, Ha Ha. Seriously I was wanting to do an update for a while. Hopefully it won't take another year for the next one.
I think you complement each other Robbie
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Well if it does it means you've been busy doesn't it? Besides, Robbie keeps sneaking in to your garden so she'll keep us in the loop. ;)
Oooo! I want to try my hand at rhubarb! So big and beautiful! Thanks guys!
Gary responding.You should!
My Goodnes, your garden is just awesome. Things growing everywhere!! You must have tons of fruit and veggies; do you sell at farmers market? I'm really impressed with how you garden. Thank you for your post.
Gary responding. Thank you. No we don't sell at a farmers market. We're self reliant for veggies and fruit. I also grow a lot of leafy greens for chop and drop composting to fertilize my bananas and papayas.
My goodness Gary you garden is doing amazing!! I appreciate you both taking us through and sharing it with us. How about that everyone got a piece of Gary’s asparagus.😉
Gary responding. Thanks luckychicav. Everyone got some asparagus and tonight we had artechoke.
Robbie cracks me up. she gets so excited about stuff and I just love it because i do too. I sent robbie a messsage a couple weeks ago on facebook hope she got it. I feel like I know you Robbie...I want to be just like you and don't care what others think and do what I like...I want to do what is good for the birds and plants...I bet you got all the hummingbirds don't you? lol, I love it. I am excited because of Robbie I am learned how to make the homemade nectar and all kinds of stuff...love it when you go longer and off track on your videos...you are just being YOU. Thank you, much love from Charleston, SC!! Sherry
Gary responding. Thanks Sherry. We have a philosophy to improve and share our space with nature
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy , I just saw this reply. Yes, I am doing that too now...really ramped it up around here...I haven't cut my yard and got upset when my roommate yanked roots out back of some weeds that had little flowers on them for the birds for their nest. I am learning and listening every chance I get. I saw my first hummingbirds, or one at least that keeps coming back...got 6 out, I make sure to change out every three days and using recipe Robbie gave and still learning. I have never gotten flowers for my yard but have done so in the past 6 weeks...I got mandevilla, foxglove, lantana, verbena, impatiens, parsley, dill, lavender, fuschia, perppermint..just name a few...I transferred them all over to pots all by myself and they all are doing good! Yah! a
Just made rhubarb strawberry jam with my rhubarb, so delicious !
Gary responding. Sounds so good!
I love your videos and have started composting in place and container gardening.
My question is on this video Gary, how are you setting up the pools?
Just amazingly beautiful! !! Great job Gary!
Gary responding. Thank you.
I am always AMAZED by the diversity of Robbie's vs Gary's gardens. And i apply that to my west facing patio area... to the north side as to what struggles where and then what tends to thrives. Thank you for sharing how you harvest seeds, roots, cuttings to procreate what you already have. All types of onions are such an easy thing to replants the root ends. I now appreciate even when one of my plants bolt. Yippy... i get seeds !!!! Gift from the flora Gods. Thanks always for sharing your knowledge with us. It's like a field trip to the botanical gardens.
Gary responding. Thank you Robyn. Collecting seeds and utilizing what you have will be especially important moving forward
I did the same too :) I don’t pull out the roots I just cut the top of my basil 🌿 off and leave the roots inside and plant the new one next to it in the coming year :) those old roots can hold the soil and water truly well
Gary responding. Thank you Sherry. Great tip!
What do y’all do with all the Food you Grow????? Between both of you produce So Much!!
Gary responding. We share a lot with family and friends. A lot of the greens I grow to build my soil and feed my bananas and papayas.
Find myself watching all your videos awesome job but it always leaves me with questions and now I am wondering about the wicking pot I love the idea I'm in Houston Texas when you say Pond I think mosquitoes but I tried to sound like I knew. Talkin about to my wife when I said well that's why he has fish the fish will eat the mosquitoes I'm guessing however my question about your wicking Pond I understand what wicking is but I do not understand how your stuff could not be over saturated with water so could you please share with me this Secret you have one hole in the center maybe one hole in each side how is it that you can keep all of the water in and it not absorb too much water into the dirt looking forward the answer thank you and have a blessed day
Hello Family, new Gardner here with a question! I'm planting in containers because I live in a small space. My question is about squash. I planted from seed in the container. It has just put out true leaves about a week or so. The only thing Ive done differently is put a small container in the soil beside the plant. Drilled holes on the bottom and side of the small container and doing mini composting within the container and covered. It has scrap paper kitchen scraps and soil so far. The next I woke up to an inch and a half growth of 2 mushrooms beside my squash plant. Is it safe? Do I leave them? Please help!
Gary responding. A lot of mushroom species feed on wood. They are likely feeding on the paper, being a wood product and will help to break it down. It is normal to see them. It's ok to leave them, they will die off once they've done their job. I wouldn't touch them. If you have any concerns you could remove them, just don't handle them with bare hands. I am not familiar with all the mushroom species so I treat them all with caution.
I'm sure you know that pickling nasturtium seeds are like capers
Gary responding. Thanks Jennifer. I actually didn't know about pickling the seeds. Thats something I will defininatelly look into.
Wow!!! Really impressive
gary responding. Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks once again Garry, for sharing your knowledge, you and Robbie are the best!
Gary responding. Much appreciated Pamela, take care.
Hi from London,Canada :) ..this question is for Gary..do you not get Mosquitos?..with Still body of water?..And Thank you Robbie and Gary for sharing your Gardens and HUMMERS!..I'm learning SO MUCH!!..Love the 3 muskateers ..lol
Gary responding. I don't have; or see, mosquito wrigglers in my ponds. The fish and dragonfly larvae eat them before they are visable. In cooler weather adults do come in. It's warming up enough for the dragonflies to emerge, so from now till fall I can work in my garden and not be bothered. We have day and nightime mosquito species and the dragonflies do a good job of taking care of both. Thanks Debbie.
This was sooo interesting.. amazing
Gary responding. Thanks Carolyn
Wow. Kitty loves the veggies. Look at how much healthier she looks than the other two dogs. Her coloring is brighter and shinier. Everyone can learn from Kitty too.
Gary responding. Yes she will run when the greens come in, Thank you.
Wow, I did not see Kitty
The ponds look like their water isnt moving, how do you keep them from becoming stagnant? Great video, thank you
Gary responding. Thank you. Each pond has a solar fountain pump that breaks and agitates the water surface a little. Each is set up a little different. The three with the small wading pools in the center have a slow circular flow, duck weed, no hair algae and no dragonfly nymphs. The two with only pots have the least amount of circulation, less duck weed, lots of hair algae but have dragonfly nymphs present. The surface water isn't stagnant but the bottom of the ponds are mucky. I spent a lot of time cleaning my original pond until I discoverered dragonfly nymphs hiding in the hair algae and the detritus on the bottom. I want to raise dragonflies so I let some of the ponds run wild.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy hi. Do you have a video that explains or shows how yr pond system was set up? I love your system - its brilliant
How do you prevent pests? Your plants do not look like they're being eaten by insects. My Zucchini were decimated last year. Any suggestions for keeping Zucchini beetles away?
By having everything mixed up and growing together I don't have many real pest issues. The birds and benificial insects clear out pest insects and create a natural balance. Some birds eat some plants but that brings in the insect eaters as they feel safe. There's plenty for everyone. I haven't had to deal with Zuccini beetles.
Gary has a little eden growing there❤️ Rhubarb and strawberries make a tasty pie. I wish my rhubarb was that big! I just started mine last year and it looks kind of puny compared to Gary’s😁 Thanks for the video
Thank you.
I love that he has concern for the lizards and other creatures that might fall into the water. Don’t the fish run out of oxygen? He grows Most people would not care. You grow Dragon Flies??
How does you water that garden? Would it be expensive to build a watering system that went along the ground? It must take some time to water all of those plants. It is a beautiful garden.
I love your babies! I have one and she is such a darling. I can’t imagine having three to baby!
Thanks. The fish that are in the ponds can gulp air. They are one of the hardiest fish and can tolerate all sorts of water conditions. Yes I have a lot of adult Dragonflies emerge this year. I deep water one section at a time.
Fantastic garden. Where are you folks? What climate? Funny how he says it doesn’t take much work at this point. That’s the fun of everyday, gardening!
We are in Southern California USDA zone 10a. Thanks, Gary.
The rhubarb was great to see. My grandmother had it in her garden back in the '60s. She lived in the small coastal town of Shell Beach on the Central Coast just north of Pismo Beach. Anyway she made the most amazing rhubarb pies.
Thanks for sharing
He get dragonfly i love his garden pond wicking system his garden is so.magicent..really cool how he manage it so wild n natural really earthy love how his plan of letting it grow wild n he know all his plants he very wise...Robbie is amaze by his wisdom Gary really has natural n so earthy peaceful love his fish n way it laid out so cool!
Thank you. This year is a great year for dragonflies. A lot of them have emerged and my garden is full of adults right now.
Do you feed yr fish with purchased fish food? Or do they get all the food from mosquito larva & algae?
No purchased food needed here for them, as everything they need ends up in the water
Thanks for the tour! Love your Yorkies 🐕
Gary responding.Thanks for watching!
OMG YOUR DOGS ARE SOOOO CUTE, I LOVE THEM❣
Hello Gary and Robbie... .we love your way of vegetable gardening...Cheers Les and Cecile from Broome, Western Australia.
Gary responding. Thank you, take care over there.
WE LOVED, LOVED. LOVED this video and Gary's garden ❣❣❣
ARE ROLLY POLLYS good or bad for gardens and if bad how do you get rid of them?
Gary responding. Thanks Laura. They can be both good and bad. They break down compost but prefer to eat young seedlings, soft leaves and fruit like strawberries. Robbie is working on a video about them.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Any tips to get rid of them? Something ate my kale baby plants, a small tomato plant and is putting holes in my swiss chard? I have up off ground in tubs and screen over top so pretty sure it wasn't a rabbit or squirrel. NEED HELP PRETTY PLEASE😊😊😊
Hi, how does Gary get the wading pools just the right height? Is the top one sitting on something so it doesn't get water logged? I assume there are holes in the bottom?
Gary responding. There are two small pools stacked together in the center. The bottom one is filled with sand and the top one has holes drilled around the edges for water to flow in and out. I will get a video together specifically on that. I started one but it never got finished.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy that's ingenious
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy hi hi, could you sketch it out how you put them together if you dont have time to make a video?
love gary’s garden! you two are amazing growers! omg, had no clue dogs would eat asparagus. i will,have to try that.
Thanks so much.
Square beds suggestion : "Dinner Plate" sized Dahlias in one bed, Popping Corn, Moon Flower vine, or Grapes in the others. Loved the tour!
Gary responding. Sounds great!
I enjoyed the tour very much. Also, Kitty is a great tail wagger. She loves veggies!
Gary responding. Thank you. Yes Kitty loves her veggies.
I learned so much from this garden tour. An escape ladder for critters- genius!
Gary responding. Thank you.
You guys have plenty, plenty of food!
Gary responding. Thank you, yes we do.
Hi Robbie, Gary, what did you do with sifted aged woodchips? Please ex[plain more about it. Thanks -
Gary responding. I've been composting Arborist woodchips for a few years. Now I'm trying to learn what will grow in straight sifted aged woodchips without anything else added. My self watering wicking beds separate them from the soil. So far mint and strawberries work the best. Cellery is ok but lighter green than mineral soil grown. Nitrogen/nutrient deficient? More experiments to come.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Thanks for the info. Looking forward for your experiments to come.
God bless!
His garden is pretty organized and looks neat 👍👏
Yes, thank you
How is the pond a wicking system? Does the 1 pool have holes in the bottom ? 🤔 luv this idea , what a beautiful garden you have Gary, luv both of your videos , you both are amazing 🤗
Lol. He is so green
how do you not get mosquitos from all the sitting water
I have fish in all the pools, Gambusia and Rosy red minnows. The dragonfly nymphs also feed on the mosquito wrigglers. Now the weather is warming up the adult dragonflies have emerged and I can work in my garden into the evening without getting bit.
Love watching the self sustaining garden videos. Great job.
was hoping Gary would do a tour SOON
Gary responding. Thank you, I realized afterwards that it's been almost a year since I did a bigger tour.
love your Garden Gary!! I hope one day I can have one to rival yours and Robbie's....outstanding!! BY the way...are 12 quart plastic tubs enough for growing? and what could I possibly grow in them?
you guys should sell those malebar spinach seeds
Gary responding. Thank you. Right now we're not quite set up to do that. Maybe in the future.
I have wood chips that I could give my strawberries. Thanks. I had not thought of that.
Great garden such diversity and creativity tfs😊
Gary responding. Thank you Cynthia.
When unsure take a nibble 😋..dill and I was waiting for those little birds in the pond to move near the microclimate lesson. Careful a big flower might come out of that monstrous rhubarb. Woah! those are crazy.. that whole area past the peas was incredible!
Gary responding. Thank you. If it does flower I will have seeds to grow more!
Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy true, but I was actually thinking you might have a flower coming up like Audrey from The Little Shop of Horrors. She was huge and so was that Rhubarb! Well, done, you both are gardening super stars.
I really enjoyed the Garden of Gary''s There are to different styles, But great growing for us all to see. Thank you both have a wonderful growing season to you both. God Bless, Wanda In Okla.
You guys are great❤ love your videos you inspired me to have containers in my containers to make soil. love nettles tea and I use comfrey as well as nettles for compost tea.
love it!!!!!! so i need two dump truck of much and about 20 pools 60 fish oh pergola is must ...
My curiosity demands that I ask you, are you making money to support your gardening habit via sale of plants, or seeds or ? It appears you are growing far more than 2 people can enjoy by yourselves.
Hello - love your videos - thank you so much for sharing!
Gary responding. Thank you.
Gary Gary Gary I love love love your garden
Is all this growth from compost wow
What the heck do you feed them
Love the greens
How does the wicking pool work? Are there holes in the inner pool? If so , Does the dirt come from the holes to the outer pool then? Do you have a pump to filter the water? Need a video on construction of a wicking pool!
Appears you have a lizard friend on the wall at exactly 30:00
I love critters, especially snakes and lizards.
I love you'lls BEAUTIFUL gardens!!! The Hrubarb is amazing! Thank you 4 sharing all these videos, I'm inspired. :-)
Thank you so much!
Brilliant way to water with fish fertilizer built in. Wow- rhubarb and beans from the giant's garden! And I'm envious of your artichokes, haha. Started two plants last year, but we're in the NE. Any advice about growing them would be much appreciated! Is sprouting broccoli the same as broccoli rabe? Thanks for all you guys do - wonderful information!
Gary responding. Thank you. Here artichokes grow as perrenials. I don't know how to grow them away from a mediterranean climate, but I believe some people grow them in Great Brittain as annuals. If you can get them growing again they may flower in their second year. Robbie purchased the sprouting broccoli online labelled sprouting broccoli. It may have been seed sold for microgreens?
41:25 the funk from that bucket got to gary LOL i know the feeling but plants love that stuff
I love the little ladders in the pools
Thank you.
Wow! Loved Gary's garden! Fantastic video.
🇬🇧 My purple sprouting broccoli (early and late) are a winter veg. Oct early and end of March late. Those look as if they are going to seed. This garden is absolutely amazing. 👍👍 And no pests ! I'm surprised he doesn't grow comfrey to use for plant food and the bees love the flowers.
Gary responding. Thank you. Yes the sprouting brocolli is going to seed. We grow many brassica's as perrenials. The lessor goldfinches feed on the seeds and often on the leaves. In the wilder section of my garden I grow a number of large leafy edible plants instead of comfrey. They work well for compost and also attract pollinators. By keeping things on the wild side nature moves in and feeds on most of the insects.
Robbie, have you ever put your totes into larger totes that you can fill with water to wick into the tote - like Gary has done with the pools?
SO SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS 3 PUPS!!! HA! ADORABLE!!!🌻🐕🐕🐕🌻
So i have been binge watching you video which i have been loving and helping me so much i was a gardener that believed i have to have one plant in one pot now i have been throwing other thing in the containers.. but i wanted to ask cause i have been curious what do you do with the food so you grow in excess do you don't need it sell it or just leave it on the plant and give it all to the wildlife because I've noticed you bro a ton and it's just you and your husband
What was Gary’s Garden Space used for in the past? Was it enclosed with a roof? Such a pretty space.
I wish I had a wall like that, I love playing outdoor racquet ball alone at my own pace. Unfortunately America doesn’t build many outdoors and I’m not into playing hoops alone. When I lived in West Hollywood, I played outdoors but the floor surface was falling apart. I think it was shut down and cleared out since I left a few years ago.
Gary responding. Thanks. It may have been a barn/stable for horses. It had some crumbling roof material left when we bought the property which I removed.
Lovely tour. I grow green Swiss Chard. Your video has inspired me to grow the red.
It looks so lush and tasty. Thanks.
Gary responding. Thank you.
Its a wonder why you haven't put shade cloth on the top of your wooden structure. With the extreme heat you have in summer it would be so beneficial. Great garden, amazing Rhubarb. Never seen some with leaves that big. Love your garden and garden tours. Thanks
Gary responding. Thank you. I have some shade cloth in strategic places for my turmeric and ginger, I just need to get something set up for the exposed rhubarb and in the back for my bananas. The rest of the plants do well with the sun shade, sun shade that they get from being under the rafters.
Thank you Gary for sharing your beautiful PEACEFUL garden 👏🏽👏🏽
Gary responding. Thank you, your welcome.
Thank you love all your videos ,take all the info I can as I live in VA. Question what is the over head wood shelter. Do you throw something over it certain time of the year?
So loved the tour. Thank You
Gary responding. Thank you, your welcome.
How long do the sweet potato slips have to be before propagation? TIA 😊
Wow! Great video. Thanks Gary and Robbie. So much variety with so little work. I really appreciate the way you have consideration for everything in your garden, plants, animals, insects and yourself. It’s like a miniature ecosystem. Thank you so much for sharing your gardening knowledge and experience. I have learned so much. I’m glad to know all of you are well. Take care. Blessings
Gary responding. Thank you sharon.
Deer don't like Rosemary!
When he says pepino, is he meaning cucumber or something else?
I like how you both grow different things also.
The mint pond is such a great idea. We planted chocolate mint and a couple other types about 20 years ago and it took almost that long to get rid of them again. My parents couldn't kill the mint under the deck until they took the whole deck out. Every time i mowed the lawn it smelled like mint lol
Gary responding. Thank you. I like mint but yes straight in the ground it can take over and become a nightmare. This has been the best way to contain it.
Thank you Gary for the tour. You have an amazing garden. I enjoyed the many tips from you both, I’m a new subscriber as of last week and just started a small garden. So far the mint has sprouted and it doesn’t take long to spread out lol. Thanks again Gary can’t wait to see more.
Gary responding. Thanks for subbing!
Nice garden. Thanks.
Gary responding. Thank you.
Maybe on a future video you could talk about the tree collard, I’ve never heard of that before. Thanks, I love your videos. :)
Great suggestion!
Robbie how do you fix Malabar Spinach to eat? Do you mix them with other salad greens or do you have to cook it. I thought about growing some. Does it taste good?
Gary responding. I like the taste, Robbie not so much. It is mild but has an okra like texture that some people aren't fans of. I eat it mostly raw but sometimes I batter and pan fry it.
Wow that was awesome! Wonderful selection of plants I learned so much during the store thank you so much for sharing can’t wait to see other videos you put out thank you again for Phoenix Arizona
Gary responding. Thank you. You are so welcome
MMMMM Rhubarb! I haven't had it in years. I make sauce or stewed rhubarb and also pies and crisps. MMM tart and sweet.
Gary responding. Growing up we mainly had rhubarb stewed, looking forward to eating it again.
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Great tour..like👍🏼
Gary responding. Thank you.Thanks for liking.