Hello Mark, I'm a young man from north Africa and I'm a big fan of you. I've been growing all kinds of crops with my dad ever since I was a kid and I didn't realize that we were actually using a very ancient way to grow food in our garden. I started watching videos on TH-cam after I started learning English and I'm really glad that I've come across your channel. It's really good to find people who inspire others to do more and be positive about it. Thank you so much for your efforts. Much love from Algeria.
G'day Everyone, go here to get Birdies Raised Garden bed in the USA: shop.epicgardening.com/ and use SSME2020 for a 5% discount. This video took me quite a while to put together, hence the extra time between uploads - better late than never! Hope you enjoy it... Cheers :) selfsufficientme.com/
By far my favorite gardener you inspired me at the age of 21 wanting to garden for a better healthy life I thank you for helping me find my way in life just by watching your youtube videos.
enjoy to gardening journey mate. it makes me happy to see more and more younger people exploring a passion in growing their own food and building gardens! you're on a good track
I hope that someday I will get to shake this gentleman's hand and thank him personally for inspiring love for gardening. People in touch with gardening are always filled with wonder and delights that are absent from city life.
i love how you use both "natural" and artifical products/methods and explain why either is better for a certain task, instead of just dismissing one as inherently worse.
Thank you! I like to "try" and keep an open mind in most areas of my life because it broadens options and it surprises me sometimes how perceptions can be wrong when the facts are revealed. Cheers :)
Sage advice Mark!! rain reigns; suns a rising star; healthy soil keeps your garden grounded; gardens don’t always need mushroom; always enough thyme; good location gives a seeding edge; organic farmers till it like it is. I’m rooting for you!!!
Finally someone who's honest about spending time in the garden! Time and passion (or the lack of them) are I think the most common reason why most people fail at gardening
I love this guy & I love his enthusiasm for sustainability. One year ago I left my inner city apartment for a home in regional Australia. Since that move I am in the process of creating a garden that reflects Mark's lifestyle than the one I had lived for so many years. I have not one regret.
"Add on the current instability in the world today, we are as motivated today as ever to grow as much food as possible." I totally agree and I am going to invest in fruit and nut tree's this coming spring.
So much inspire to do farming ,so love to see and watch your videos.sooner I will have mine too.thank you so much for the advice .Take care and May Godless you all.
You are the best. The way you explain every aspect of gardening-good and bad- makes it more attainable and understandable for the regular person. I’m a fan
oo i wonder how prickly pear cactus would grow in your area? might be a nice crop to have in drought times, the fruit is great for jams/jellies and the paddles can be eaten raw or cooked. plus they generate green foliage from minimal water so you could continue to make compost even during drought.
Another reason to keep garden veggies out of the main food forest: Fruit trees grow best in a soil that favours fungal growth, forming symbiotic relationships with tree roots. Garden veggies, on the other hand, tend prefer a soil that contains more beneficial bacteria. The vegetable garden also experiences more soil disturbance as annuals die and are replaced season to season, something that would be disruptive in fungal dominant soil. Perennial shrubs are a better choice for the forest garden. This channel is awesome! It's so inspiring to see the potential of having a home garden.
That's an excellent explanation Irene thanks for sharing your knowledge! I have also planted some pigeon pea this year for the first time and we have peas on the small plants already - I have a feeling this will be a top long-lived perennial on our property and suitable as a gap filler amongst our fruit trees. Cheers :)
Irene Baker, thanks for your post. I recently moved to Florida and have been thinking about the food forest. I didn't know your info about the fungal connection to fruit trees and hadn't considered the disruption of the soil for veggies as a problem. The citrus greening disease has been thought to not be a problem for native oranges growing under the canopy of live oak trees, so, food for thought.
Love your videos Mark you have inspired me to make my own gourd tunnel, my son and I built it from mostly recycled materials because we are on a tight budget. Love your passion for gardening Keep the great videos coming! Much love from South Australia 😊
I share your overall belief of where we are at. Started working on 1 Acre in the WA Weatbelt. Clay below shallow fertile soil @ 30 mm, no bores, started raised beds, need more water storage. I remain confident and committed. Yours Stuart
Yeah Stuart, that clay is a real PITA - it plays havoc with several varieties of trees here on our property (especially avocados). Building up is definitely the way to go. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme Thank you for the reply, my brother offered me some young Avacado so I did a little research and concluded it ain't that easy in Kendenup. So have stated to plan my next raised bed, for the plants. I,we, the many, much appreciate your work !
The secret to success in my garden is a dedicated mark from self sufficient me shrine. I have constructed a life sized model of him so I can pray to and make daily offerings.
This is honestly the best TH-cam gardening channel out there!!! Also Mark keep up the great work!!! Your garden design is amazingly beautiful and unique!!!
Thank you Mark I really appreciate your videos they have helped me a lot I am very much looking forward to the spring planting season this year. I live in Florida Orlando Florida that is in the good old United States. At first I started watching your videos cuz I like the way you say tomatoes. But I have really grown to enjoy the way you go about presenting everything and then you're growing tips or something I'm going to follow to the T. So again thank you for what you do by sharing your Garden expertise and knowledge
I just sold my 500sqm plot in city & zeroed in on a half an acre countryside plot in India and shall close the buying by April end. You and Permaculture exponent Vinay Kumar are my inspiration. God Bless you both for the positive vibes you guys exude and teaching us how to live with nature and not live off it.
I like putting in fruiting shrubs between our fruit trees. Usually you can find some type of berries that don't mind a little more shade than the bigger fruit trees or vegetables. I think when I have the rest of the trees we have left to put in all planned out, I'll probably put perennial flowering plants at the ends of the rows and in the open spaces. I haven't had a whole lot of luck with lots of vegetables in part shade, but some perennial herbs do quite well (such as chives).
My brother you're such an inspiration to me and I love that bit at the end. I'm totally with you. I grow successfully on my apartment balcony and someday hope to have just a fraction of the amount of land you have. I have a passion for gardening because there's truly nothing else like it and I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about. The fact that a single tiny little seed could grow into an enormous plant that produces fruit still blows my mind daily. Keep changing lives! God Bless.
One of the things I love about your channel, aside from the great gardening advice with a smile, is hearing and seeing all the birds and animals in your backyard; it makes me feel like I'm in a rainforest! Thanks for another great video!
Thank you! It certainly can get busy and noisy here at times with all the wildlife around - sure, they sometimes pinch a bit of produce but we don't mind. Cheers :)
"You can burn money. But you can't eat it." Exactly. Been watching your channel for a while. Followed some of your suggestions and after two years of work, finally had a massive harvest this year. Starting with tomatoes then peppers , onions, garlic, cucumbers and carrots. I had so much that I had to give some my neighbors. I consider it a good problem because I was able to figure out the proper times to plant, treat the soil and water content needed to sustain production. And I am doing this in Texas. Everything you mentioned in this video I have done and have been just as successful. But I don't own a 3 acre lot. Not yet. I do all of my gardening in the backyard of my house using raised beds. And it is all organic which I discovered, (quite by accident), that all of my produce keeps much longer than anything I buy at the market. Keep doing what you are doing and I will keep watching. Cheers!
Love it! I only have .39 of an acre and I've got 30 fruit trees, a couple large raised gardens, and some other potted stuff.. Watching this makes me want to do a lot more. Thanks for the inspiration!
Really interesting. Food for thought. I'm still working full-time, so I have to pace myself: space - limited, passion - plenty, time - limited. But as you say, be SS in something. I'm always inspired by your presentations. (and yes, I like to feel the soil/compost with my hands too!)
I'd like to send a prayer to the thumbs down crowd in this video........ "God, please do not punish the unwise for they DO NOT KNOW THE FRUITS OF LOVE/LABOR U ARE DEMONSTRATING THROUGHOUT THIS BROTHER FROM ACROSS THE WORLD " Great video bro !!! The learning I've acquired from you is PRICELESS.
Just started a small vegetable garden, and love your content. Very informative and doesn't put me to sleep like alot of others. :) think the storm and weather has just hit South Aus. Praying for some rain for everyone suffering the drought.
I moved from the UK and now live in the South West Alentejo region of Portugal only 2 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. We enjoy a Mediterranean climate but the Alentejo is basically a desert in the summer months from April/May to October/November. If it wasn't for an integrated regional irrigation system nothing would grow. Indeed my house doesn't even enjoy town water. I could talk to you for hours about the challenges of growing here but this isn't the correct forum. You should add Portugal to your travel itinerary and compare the different regions. In fact I will offer you free accommodation in one of our Yurts and show you around our local area for few days if you're interested. Some of the local farming techniques haven't changed since the Christians kicked out the Moors 800 years ago. Fir now I'll just watch, listen, learn and get ideas. Good fortune and keep the topics coming. Many thanks. Phil Austin. 👍
Where I live, getting enough sunlight is my biggest challenge, I’m shaded out by so many trees, but with what little sun I have, I’ve been able to grow some thing :)
Congratulations for this and also other very well produced videos! Quality productions like this related to garden and planting are not Easy to find and It certaintly motivates begginers in this area. And also the consciousness you have about what investing in self sufficiency and homemade garden means! You're indeed generating a good impact for the world at all!
@@bamanature5258 mark, im hoping you can help me. My crop of self sewn tomatoes were just deciminated by shield beetles. Massive crop but most just destroyed with the little bites which then caused rot. Is there a natural product that i can use to destroy tis beetle? Regards Barb Wilson Walkerston out of Mackay.
I have an Allotment in the UK and it’s fascinating to see what you grow in what seasons. Even though we are on the other side of the world so many of the principles are the same. With global warming impacting our hot summers it’s really valuable to have your experience on watering as well.
Just completed 14 new raised beds for next year. After a successful experiment with them this year, everything will be in raised beds next year. We love your channel and gardens! 👍 Cheers from northern Canada
You're totally blessed with the bountiful fruits and vegetables you have there. It's awesome to see your garden continue to thrive throughout the drought period. You're videos are always informative so please keep it up. Aloha from Hawaii 🤙
Very good - and especially your summation - too many folk are far too removed from food production. Kids sadly have no idea where their food comes from or what it looks like growing let alone how it grows or who grows it - if everyone who had a bit of space could grow something - especially with their kids, it would help our environment and the understanding of what makes it tick, so much! Thank you, Mark!
Well said small wonda. I'm saddened that growing food and farming education is not part of the curriculum for young kids in elementary school. Generations are being lost as to where our food actually comes from!
I absolutely love your videos. Although I am almost completely blind and physically unable I don't see how I could actually do a garden like this. It's wonderful to watch someone who can and listen to how you're doing it. I also share your videos on my Facebook. Thank you for what you do. God bless
I smashed my thumb so it would be BIG so I could give your video the BIG Thumbs Up you deserve. Love your videos, and esp the last point on this videos 6 points... PASSION... That is the main thing that keeps me going back to my Oklahoma/America full sun summer heat humidity dripping sweat garden, and the cherokee purple maters etc of course. Keep up your good work and stay safe you and yours.
However small your patch, grow some food, mine is tiny tiny, but this year I grew beans and peas, got lots of meals off them. Next year I plan on doing corn and cougettes too... the courgette in a large pot I think. I live alone so I don't need more than one plant... Toms of course, but I got blight this year, so they will all have to be in pots with fresh compost. I will not give up, I love growing stuff that I can eat.
I live in a duplex. I grew veggies in fabric pots outside on the wall that faces east since that is the side of my unit which got the most sun. I had a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes. I used the cucumbers up; but, ended up dehydrating the tomatoes. Dehydrated tomatoes take up less room than canned or frozen tomatoes; so, it has worked out for me. Next year, I want to grow peas and beans along with the cucumbers and tomatoes. I want to try potatoes and onions, as well. Even having a container garden helped me so much.
Right on Donna! Container gardening is so awesome. It's amazing what you can grow in just a little bit of space. Definitely try out some vine peas. They have miminal root systems so often you can actually grow 2-3 plants in a single container!
I'm in south eastern Arizona in America, so I pretty close to your climate, I bit cooler, probably a little more dry. I love your videos, so helpful and encouraging.
Well ol' chap you've done it again. Another great video full of a wealth of information and knowledge on gardening. I frequently (every night) watch your videos. I must admit I have watched a couple others but none compare as personable as yours. I don't even bother with anyone else's channels anymore. My night times are all well spent watching 2+ hours of watching just your channel. Might seem a bit of an obsession, and you would be correct. Now that I'm retired I have taken up the hobby of landscaping and gardening. Living in the Boston area in the north eastern US my gardening season is very limited to what I can and cannot grow in my area. But learning of what you are able to grow is all very interesting to me. I'm almost glad I don't live in your climate area. I would never sleep. I would always be planting something new. Either way, I enjoy your videos very much. Those I have seen before of produce I am able to grow, I tend to watch over since at my age my memory is not what it was when I was much younger. I always seem to pick up on a few bits of information I may have forgotten or over looked. I'm very jealous of all the varities you can produce. We all seem to want what others have while living in other locations around the world. For instance, you might be jealous of people in my area that have access to a multitude of fish and shellfish such as lobsters, scallops, and clams to name a few. I have to admit I cannot live without my seafood but being able to still grow my own food is quite rewarding. Although my growing season is limited to only six months out of the year, it doesn't stop me from growing plants indoors as well. It's currently December 1st right now which means planting seeds indoors is keeping me busy. Right now I'm trying to start blueberry, and rose bushes from seeds. This should be quite challenging since I have no idea what I'm doing but as I always say, Columbus took a chance! I dedicated a spare bedroom into a growing and food storage area. I live in the city but have one of the largest yards in my area. I planted six blueberry bushes this past spring along with five rose bushes and a few lemongrass plants. Not knowing at the time that lemongrass is not fit to survive below 45°F. I had to cut down to a foot high and dig up in October to store in my basement. Leaving them in a cool dark area will leave them dormant till the spring when they can be replanted outdoors. Now that I'm aware of their growing enviroment I'll leave them in pots so I don't have to dig them up again. They grew into massive size plants like yours and when I first planted them in June they were scrawney little three leaf plants. Now they are a foot wide and come springtime I'll break them up into scrawney little plants again and give some away. Their leaves cut up do make a great mosquito repellent to spread out around an area I choose to sit in. I also learned a slice of lemon with cloves in it works even better. I just wanted to comment here though to let you know how much I enjoy your channel and thank you for all the information you share with us all. Time to get outside right now and mulch up some more leaves that have fallen and add them into my compost pile before the snowy season starts. A beautiful 43° day out there. Perfect for some more yardwork. Gotta love the months of Oct-Dec. Here to provide me with lots of fallen leaves for mulching. All great garden compost for next season, good'ay!
Thanks so much for your video and knowledge you pass on today for all of us. Im in usa, ( Florida ). My third season growing so still learning a lot from people like you. Building my garden up for food once i retire in a couple of years. Happy Gardening
I have watched your videos for a very long time, and I am always inspired to continue my gardening journey. You my friend are a very wise man and dish out the best gardening advice 😊
Here is a tip for increasing yields on your pepper plants. Cut the top off just below where the stem starts to fork, Y Thank you Mark for all of the wonderful information you share with the world!
I am a unique garden - 1.2 acres (American) with bayou access (really really far south Louisiana) . About 80-87% of usable land but lots of clay and high brackish water table. Believe it or not your channel helps a lot because of weather similarities and raised bed gardening. I am in the process of providing raused areas for fruit trees because of coastal erosion and etc. making it a necessity. Despite all the challenges, I'm planning on being sustainable in the next 5 years. Thankyou for you channel and dedication. Its inspiration!
You never fail to disappoint. Love the content and the little backstory on why you started to grow your food garden. We are currently transitioning to a similar lifestyle for similar reasons, and your videos are full of good info and inspiration. Thank you!
love it man, great inspiration, I only have a couple of small raised beds in my rental but I love going out there and growing, we haven't had to buy a salad leaf or a tomato for months once they kicked off.
Great video mate, we started our yard garden for the same reasons and are enjoying some amazing veges, you absolutely cannot compare the taste of home grown veges to anything from the mass market. Thanks for the inspiration!!
We've moved in our forever property in Western Australia and are attacking the established, though overgrown, garden - we are excited about what we will make - though it is a bit daunting! Mark, your videos have provided clear guidance and this one is no exception. Particularly the 'time' aspect - we're fortunate to now be taking this on when we can make it our full time job. But as you say, you don't want to discourage anyone from giving growing a go - so I'd echo your thoughts and encourage folks to start small and see what works.
I have a 7th thing that helps create a successful garden: physical stamina and ability. I know even in a wheelchair a person can garden, but for some, the higher raised beds are expensive. I know that gardening can increase stamina, but for some who suffering from physically limiting disorders it is difficult to be out in the garden enough to make a positive difference to the garden. I once got a small grant to improve gardening at the local senior center. I used it to have wheelchair accessible raised beds put in and filled and for drip irrigation and shade cloth cover (to help with blistering desert sun) added. Now I'm a senior and could use some of those super high raised beds. I'm struggling up and down onto my kneeler still.
Im a new subscriber and have my first ever garden beds ordered and on the way. This is my favourite video of yours and is exactly why im hoping to grow food into the future. Love your ethos and way of life. Thank you!
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Those 67 thumbs down are the greedy energy corporations and other ilk :) My family has always grown their own food. My grandfather on mothers side had a sheep, pig, a lot of chickens and a fairly large vegetable garden ( this is located near the Belgium/Dutch border region). The food that came out of that garden was so tasty. The grandfather and grandmother of fathers side well they grew their own food though it was mostly grandmothers jobs since grandpa owned and operated 3 businesses ( construction with buy/sell property, an accountancy bureau and undertaker business). Even though Grandpa was busy as a bee he still came home in time and spent at least an hour in the garden with grandma, looking and cleaning the beds, pruning here and here etc. Now their grandchildren ALL grow their own food. I also think that we got that lifestyle instilled in us from a young age. When I eat food that comes from supermarkets ( when I was forced to eat at restaurants for work/meetings with clients, business work meetings,etc) you can taste the difference. I also have a large garden myself, though I live on higher elevation than most viewers ( or I assume so), living in Switzerland. I also have more hilly terrain so I had to dig out some parts. it is also not subtropical so I work with greenhouses a lot. One part of the hill I completely dug into and created a hillgreenhouse, it has always sun and the tomato harvest has been epic every year. From financial point of view, I made some calculations: a pack of seeds ( or taken seeds from existing plants ) costs between 10 cents and 2 euros ( I am talking euros now because it is easier for people to convert) usually my seeds all come out so that means 15+ plants. Say I lose 5 plants that makes it 10 plants that can grow food product. let us take tomatos for example. Last year 10 plants generated a good 60 kgs tomatos ( I know I had 10 plants separate). The price of tomatos per kg is about 3 euros or more depending where you buy them. so that is 180 euros( if we take just 3 euros per kg) tomatoes those 10 plants generated. If I put all the costs of fertilizer ( most of which I have readily available or from friends who have chickens and other animals) biological fungal protection etc I come out on say 25 euros. Now add 10 euros for balance and 2 euros ( the most expensive seed I have bought last year, was a tomato variant from Latin America)and you get to 37 euros. 180 euros minus 37 euros is 143 euros I saved. Add to that the healthy food you get from it something you cant calculate monetarily. I see growing your own food as such a great advantage plus you KNOW where your produce comes from. How many times have you heard " authorities have to recall x , y ,z from the supermarket because ecoli, etc". The health benefits are also visible. Here is an example of a friend of mine, and 180kgs heavy fella that lives in a fairly large apartment. they got a ton of sun and well the doctor told him to eat more healthy. So through me I taught him to grow his own food with space maximalisation and growing produce in pots. He didn't "like to eat healthy because it tasted funny" referreing to the supermarket produce. When his first batch came in of his produce ( small mini tomatos and there were a lot of them) he couldn't get enough of them. His mom, he lives with his mother, was also very surprised at the taste. Now 3 years later he is growing his own food, a lot of them from that apartment and by eating healthy he went from being 180kgs and starting to bald, to being 85kgs and having his hair back completely and fully. Now I do not know if that hair thing has anything to do with the food but I think it does. Both of them ( he and his mother) looking a lot healthier and aren't as tired as before. Even the cat loves all the plants because she smells the plants and loves to curl underneath certain plants, especially the mini tomatos, that way she isn't in the open and is camouflaged. Sorry for the long one, I do love the garden tips you give! I hope you are doing ok with these nasty fires and I am so sad to hear nearly all of them are arson related.
Your garden looks wonderful and I totally get your ethos. The UK cold weather and rain is killing off our crops and the warm growing window has reduced to 5 months. Oh to dream of living in Aus.
G'day from the Atherton Tablelands in far North Qld. I am loving your videos that relate to the Aussie Qld climate. I appreciate your advice and you have given me renewed inspiration to help us plan and grow more food successfully on our 2100 square meter rural town corner block. It's good to know we are on the right track as we just recently planted an additional 8 fruit trees well spaced around the front corner of the block to maximise remaining open sunny space for veggies at the centre and rear of the block. I only recently found your channel, so I'm a new subscriber and I am looking forward to more viewing on your channel. Thank you. Cheers.
Fabulous Mark you certainly covered it in this video, I unfortunately cannot have a tank as we have an old (but good) asbestos roof & I would not water a food garden with it. I have large tubs around the garden that collect rain water for me & I keep them covered & in good condition. Your videos are an inspiration to me & wish I had (in younger days) bought an acreage. Cheers Denise - Geebung
I always enjoy watching your videos!! I've started some raised beds out of white pvc garden boards.... I also used the hugelkultur method of dead apple tree wood in the bottom, with leaves, wood chips, kitchen scraps. I like you metal beds too!! Thank you for sharing.
Mark, I always love your videos❤️! We are about to close on our homestead this week in Florida. I've never lived in Florida, but it is sub tropical as well. I love getting new ideas from your channel for what I can grow, and I want to grow everything!!! 😁 Keep up the great videos 👍😍.
I really appreciate your knowledge as well as your honesty on how to grow fresh vegetables in such a dry climate., I'm actually using some of your tips
I’m sorry but it’s absolutely essential that you post much more often. I’m completely addicted. An idea for a video is which crops to purpose with others in different sized raised garden beds. Love your work irrespective mate. Cheers!
Yes it's really good to have a bit of garden in our backyard just like I do in New Zealand.Its very rewarding and get some extra money by selling it to neighbours and at Facebook marketplace.I wish I have bigger section.You are inspiring mate.
Hi! I’m in zone 8a in the US. I’m getting off to a really late start this year. But my beans & cucumbers just broke ground. I should be able to get a late harvest because is warm here and my garden is 18” in the ground. Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🏻. Thank you for so much info. How you doing? 😎
I have just started my gardening journey here in Sweden, and thought we have different climate your TH-cam videos are great inspiration source! Thumbs up for you 👍
thanks for so many great videos! my wife and i just bought a house and i honestly can't wait to finally have some space for a garden and fruit trees. I'l definitely be using so many of your tips!
Hello Mark, I'm a young man from north Africa and I'm a big fan of you. I've been growing all kinds of crops with my dad ever since I was a kid and I didn't realize that we were actually using a very ancient way to grow food in our garden. I started watching videos on TH-cam after I started learning English and I'm really glad that I've come across your channel. It's really good to find people who inspire others to do more and be positive about it. Thank you so much for your efforts. Much love from Algeria.
G'day Everyone, go here to get Birdies Raised Garden bed in the USA: shop.epicgardening.com/ and use SSME2020 for a 5% discount. This video took me quite a while to put together, hence the extra time between uploads - better late than never! Hope you enjoy it... Cheers :) selfsufficientme.com/
Self Sufficient Me very much so! Thanks mate
I really enjoyed it, especially the part where you compared the food forest concept to your method.
Cheers / diolch, absolutely love your vids, I've learned a lot. Greetings from Wales.
You are a voice of reason, Mark. I thank you for this and the information you bring forth.
Cheers from Western Europe.
Great video!
By far my favorite gardener you inspired me at the age of 21 wanting to garden for a better healthy life I thank you for helping me find my way in life just by watching your youtube videos.
Good luck!
@@ThahnG413 thanks bloke
That's great to hear Lachlan and very kind of you to say - all the best mate! :)
@@Selfsufficientme thank you so much mark you made my day
enjoy to gardening journey mate. it makes me happy to see more and more younger people exploring a passion in growing their own food and building gardens! you're on a good track
I hope that someday I will get to shake this gentleman's hand and thank him personally for inspiring love for gardening. People in touch with gardening are always filled with wonder and delights that are absent from city life.
Actually, better make that an elbow bump.
i love how you use both "natural" and artifical products/methods and explain why either is better for a certain task, instead of just dismissing one as inherently worse.
Thank you! I like to "try" and keep an open mind in most areas of my life because it broadens options and it surprises me sometimes how perceptions can be wrong when the facts are revealed. Cheers :)
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Sage advice Mark!!
rain reigns; suns a rising star; healthy soil keeps your garden grounded; gardens don’t always need mushroom; always enough thyme; good location gives a seeding edge; organic farmers till it like it is.
I’m rooting for you!!!
Finally someone who's honest about spending time in the garden! Time and passion (or the lack of them) are I think the most common reason why most people fail at gardening
I love this guy & I love his enthusiasm for sustainability. One year ago I left my inner city apartment for a home in regional Australia. Since that move I am in the process of creating a garden that reflects Mark's lifestyle than the one I had lived for so many years. I have not one regret.
So easy to do at the Sunshine Coast! Enough water, no frosts or 45+ degrees temps for weeks on end.
"Add on the current instability in the world today, we are as motivated today as ever to grow as much food as possible." I totally agree and I am going to invest in fruit and nut tree's this coming spring.
Many nut trees take up to 10 yrs to bear food.
3 acres. What a wonderful luxury. I'm happy for you!
So much inspire to do farming ,so love to see and watch your videos.sooner I will have mine too.thank you so much for the advice .Take care and May Godless you all.
You are the best. The way you explain every aspect of gardening-good and bad- makes it more attainable and understandable for the regular person.
I’m a fan
My dream is to have a plot of land and grow a garden similar to yours someday. Your success is my inspiration!
just make use of what space you have. if you have a balcony or window that gets sun you can grow some herbs at least. give it a go?
oo i wonder how prickly pear cactus would grow in your area? might be a nice crop to have in drought times, the fruit is great for jams/jellies and the paddles can be eaten raw or cooked. plus they generate green foliage from minimal water so you could continue to make compost even during drought.
Another reason to keep garden veggies out of the main food forest: Fruit trees grow best in a soil that favours fungal growth, forming symbiotic relationships with tree roots. Garden veggies, on the other hand, tend prefer a soil that contains more beneficial bacteria. The vegetable garden also experiences more soil disturbance as annuals die and are replaced season to season, something that would be disruptive in fungal dominant soil. Perennial shrubs are a better choice for the forest garden.
This channel is awesome! It's so inspiring to see the potential of having a home garden.
That's an excellent explanation Irene thanks for sharing your knowledge! I have also planted some pigeon pea this year for the first time and we have peas on the small plants already - I have a feeling this will be a top long-lived perennial on our property and suitable as a gap filler amongst our fruit trees. Cheers :)
Irene Baker, thanks for your post. I recently moved to Florida and have been thinking about the food forest. I didn't know your info about the fungal connection to fruit trees and hadn't considered the disruption of the soil for veggies as a problem. The citrus greening disease has been thought to not be a problem for native oranges growing under the canopy of live oak trees, so, food for thought.
Beautiful garden 😍 I simply loved this place 👍
Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you for this.
Love your videos Mark you have inspired me to make my own gourd tunnel, my son and I built it from mostly recycled materials because we are on a tight budget. Love your passion for gardening
Keep the great videos coming! Much love from South Australia 😊
Terrific vid. So much wisdom jn yr lifestyle. Love all yr vids
I share your overall belief of where we are at. Started working on 1 Acre in the WA Weatbelt. Clay below shallow fertile soil @ 30 mm, no bores, started raised beds, need more water storage. I remain confident and committed. Yours Stuart
Yeah Stuart, that clay is a real PITA - it plays havoc with several varieties of trees here on our property (especially avocados). Building up is definitely the way to go. Cheers :)
@@Selfsufficientme Thank you for the reply, my brother offered me some young Avacado so I did a little research and concluded it ain't that easy in Kendenup. So have stated to plan my next raised bed, for the plants. I,we, the many, much appreciate your work !
@Ants C Thanks I will
I did, there is much to be learned from this young lady.
The secret to success in my garden is a dedicated mark from self sufficient me shrine. I have constructed a life sized model of him so I can pray to and make daily offerings.
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This is honestly the best TH-cam gardening channel out there!!!
Also Mark keep up the great work!!! Your garden design is amazingly beautiful and unique!!!
Thank you Mark I really appreciate your videos they have helped me a lot I am very much looking forward to the spring planting season this year. I live in Florida Orlando Florida that is in the good old United States. At first I started watching your videos cuz I like the way you say tomatoes. But I have really grown to enjoy the way you go about presenting everything and then you're growing tips or something I'm going to follow to the T. So again thank you for what you do by sharing your Garden expertise and knowledge
I just sold my 500sqm plot in city & zeroed in on a half an acre countryside plot in India and shall close the buying by April end. You and Permaculture exponent Vinay Kumar are my inspiration. God Bless you both for the positive vibes you guys exude and teaching us how to live with nature and not live off it.
I like putting in fruiting shrubs between our fruit trees. Usually you can find some type of berries that don't mind a little more shade than the bigger fruit trees or vegetables. I think when I have the rest of the trees we have left to put in all planned out, I'll probably put perennial flowering plants at the ends of the rows and in the open spaces. I haven't had a whole lot of luck with lots of vegetables in part shade, but some perennial herbs do quite well (such as chives).
My brother you're such an inspiration to me and I love that bit at the end. I'm totally with you. I grow successfully on my apartment balcony and someday hope to have just a fraction of the amount of land you have. I have a passion for gardening because there's truly nothing else like it and I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about. The fact that a single tiny little seed could grow into an enormous plant that produces fruit still blows my mind daily. Keep changing lives! God Bless.
Your enviable passion for gardening, and your vast knowledge of the subject, is what keeps me coming back !!
One of the things I love about your channel, aside from the great gardening advice with a smile, is hearing and seeing all the birds and animals in your backyard; it makes me feel like I'm in a rainforest! Thanks for another great video!
Thank you! It certainly can get busy and noisy here at times with all the wildlife around - sure, they sometimes pinch a bit of produce but we don't mind. Cheers :)
Thank you for generously sharing your knowledge in small scale farming
"You can burn money. But you can't eat it." Exactly. Been watching your channel for a while. Followed some of your suggestions and after two years of work, finally had a massive harvest this year. Starting with tomatoes then peppers , onions, garlic, cucumbers and carrots. I had so much that I had to give some my neighbors. I consider it a good problem because I was able to figure out the proper times to plant, treat the soil and water content needed to sustain production. And I am doing this in Texas. Everything you mentioned in this video I have done and have been just as successful. But I don't own a 3 acre lot. Not yet. I do all of my gardening in the backyard of my house using raised beds. And it is all organic which I discovered, (quite by accident), that all of my produce keeps much longer than anything I buy at the market. Keep doing what you are doing and I will keep watching. Cheers!
That's great to hear! It sounds like you don't need to upsize with all the produce you've grown - good stuff. All the best :)
Love it! I only have .39 of an acre and I've got 30 fruit trees, a couple large raised gardens, and some other potted stuff.. Watching this makes me want to do a lot more. Thanks for the inspiration!
Really interesting. Food for thought. I'm still working full-time, so I have to pace myself: space - limited, passion - plenty, time - limited. But as you say, be SS in something. I'm always inspired by your presentations. (and yes, I like to feel the soil/compost with my hands too!)
Enjoy watching you explaining gardening with such passion. Especially when u sample the fruits of your labor!
Passion is so important.
Also, loved the bit at the end about getting away from the system
I'd like to send a prayer to the thumbs down crowd in this video........ "God, please do not punish the unwise for they DO NOT KNOW THE FRUITS OF LOVE/LABOR U ARE DEMONSTRATING THROUGHOUT THIS BROTHER FROM ACROSS THE WORLD "
Great video bro !!! The learning I've acquired from you is PRICELESS.
Just started a small vegetable garden, and love your content. Very informative and doesn't put me to sleep like alot of others. :) think the storm and weather has just hit South Aus. Praying for some rain for everyone suffering the drought.
I moved from the UK and now live in the South West Alentejo region of Portugal only 2 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. We enjoy a Mediterranean climate but the Alentejo is basically a desert in the summer months from April/May to October/November. If it wasn't for an integrated regional irrigation system nothing would grow. Indeed my house doesn't even enjoy town water.
I could talk to you for hours about the challenges of growing here but this isn't the correct forum.
You should add Portugal to your travel itinerary and compare the different regions. In fact I will offer you free accommodation in one of our Yurts and show you around our local area for few days if you're interested. Some of the local farming techniques haven't changed since the Christians kicked out the Moors 800 years ago.
Fir now I'll just watch, listen, learn and get ideas.
Good fortune and keep the topics coming.
Many thanks.
Phil Austin. 👍
Where I live, getting enough sunlight is my biggest challenge, I’m shaded out by so many trees, but with what little sun I have, I’ve been able to grow some thing :)
"You can burn money, but you can't eat it"
I will keep this message dear to me! Thanks for all the love Mark!
Congratulations for this and also other very well produced videos! Quality productions like this related to garden and planting are not Easy to find and It certaintly motivates begginers in this area. And also the consciousness you have about what investing in self sufficiency and homemade garden means! You're indeed generating a good impact for the world at all!
I find my plants like rain water more than my tape water too
Your garden is really beautiful and amazing
Thank you for sharing 🙏 😊
Thank you Sherry! Yes, there's nothing better than good old rainwater for a garden I agree :)
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Quick question how do you keep the mosquitoes from breeding in your rainwater storage.
@@bamanature5258 mark, im hoping you can help me. My crop of self sewn tomatoes were just deciminated by shield beetles. Massive crop but most just destroyed with the little bites which then caused rot. Is there a natural product that i can use to destroy tis beetle? Regards Barb Wilson Walkerston out of Mackay.
I have an Allotment in the UK and it’s fascinating to see what you grow in what seasons. Even though we are on the other side of the world so many of the principles are the same. With global warming impacting our hot summers it’s really valuable to have your experience on watering as well.
Just completed 14 new raised beds for next year. After a successful experiment with them this year, everything will be in raised beds next year. We love your channel and gardens! 👍 Cheers from northern Canada
Just bought a farm in Thailand and I'm finding your channel very useful.... Cheers mate 😁
You're totally blessed with the bountiful fruits and vegetables you have there. It's awesome to see your garden continue to thrive throughout the drought period. You're videos are always informative so please keep it up. Aloha from Hawaii 🤙
Aloha Leilani! Yes, we're lucky here compared to our suffering farmers and town folk out west and inland. Thank you :)
Very good - and especially your summation - too many folk are far too removed from food production. Kids sadly have no idea where their food comes from or what it looks like growing let alone how it grows or who grows it - if everyone who had a bit of space could grow something - especially with their kids, it would help our environment and the understanding of what makes it tick, so much! Thank you, Mark!
Well said small wonda. I'm saddened that growing food and farming education is not part of the curriculum for young kids in elementary school. Generations are being lost as to where our food actually comes from!
I absolutely love your videos. Although I am almost completely blind and physically unable I don't see how I could actually do a garden like this. It's wonderful to watch someone who can and listen to how you're doing it. I also share your videos on my Facebook. Thank you for what you do. God bless
Thank you very much Beckey! God bless you too :)
@@Selfsufficientme by the way I am in Central Florida USA
Try some black cumin. It should help with your vision.
I smashed my thumb so it would be BIG so I could give your video the BIG Thumbs Up you deserve.
Love your videos, and esp the last point on this videos 6 points... PASSION... That is the main thing that keeps me going back to my Oklahoma/America full sun summer heat humidity dripping sweat garden, and the cherokee purple maters etc of course.
Keep up your good work and stay safe you and yours.
However small your patch, grow some food, mine is tiny tiny, but this year I grew beans and peas, got lots of meals off them. Next year I plan on doing corn and cougettes too... the courgette in a large pot I think. I live alone so I don't need more than one plant... Toms of course, but I got blight this year, so they will all have to be in pots with fresh compost. I will not give up, I love growing stuff that I can eat.
I like that you added passion to the list...it's so important
I really like what you are doing . successful gardening
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge in gardening you good example! I love it
I live in a duplex. I grew veggies in fabric pots outside on the wall that faces east since that is the side of my unit which got the most sun. I had a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes. I used the cucumbers up; but, ended up dehydrating the tomatoes. Dehydrated tomatoes take up less room than canned or frozen tomatoes; so, it has worked out for me. Next year, I want to grow peas and beans along with the cucumbers and tomatoes. I want to try potatoes and onions, as well. Even having a container garden helped me so much.
Right on Donna! Container gardening is so awesome. It's amazing what you can grow in just a little bit of space. Definitely try out some vine peas. They have miminal root systems so often you can actually grow 2-3 plants in a single container!
Very very beautiful garden
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I'm in south eastern Arizona in America, so I pretty close to your climate, I bit cooler, probably a little more dry.
I love your videos, so helpful and encouraging.
Well ol' chap you've done it again. Another great video full of a wealth of information and knowledge on gardening. I frequently (every night) watch your videos. I must admit I have watched a couple others but none compare as personable as yours. I don't even bother with anyone else's channels anymore. My night times are all well spent watching 2+ hours of watching just your channel. Might seem a bit of an obsession, and you would be correct. Now that I'm retired I have taken up the hobby of landscaping and gardening. Living in the Boston area in the north eastern US my gardening season is very limited to what I can and cannot grow in my area. But learning of what you are able to grow is all very interesting to me. I'm almost glad I don't live in your climate area. I would never sleep. I would always be planting something new. Either way, I enjoy your videos very much. Those I have seen before of produce I am able to grow, I tend to watch over since at my age my memory is not what it was when I was much younger. I always seem to pick up on a few bits of information I may have forgotten or over looked. I'm very jealous of all the varities you can produce. We all seem to want what others have while living in other locations around the world. For instance, you might be jealous of people in my area that have access to a multitude of fish and shellfish such as lobsters, scallops, and clams to name a few.
I have to admit I cannot live without my seafood but being able to still grow my own food is quite rewarding. Although my growing season is limited to only six months out of the year, it doesn't stop me from growing plants indoors as well. It's currently December 1st right now which means planting seeds indoors is keeping me busy. Right now I'm trying to start blueberry, and rose bushes from seeds. This should be quite challenging since I have no idea what I'm doing but as I always say, Columbus took a chance! I dedicated a spare bedroom into a growing and food storage area. I live in the city but have one of the largest yards in my area. I planted six blueberry bushes this past spring along with five rose bushes and a few lemongrass plants. Not knowing at the time that lemongrass is not fit to survive below 45°F. I had to cut down to a foot high and dig up in October to store in my basement. Leaving them in a cool dark area will leave them dormant till the spring when they can be replanted outdoors. Now that I'm aware of their growing enviroment I'll leave them in pots so I don't have to dig them up again. They grew into massive size plants like yours and when I first planted them in June they were scrawney little three leaf plants. Now they are a foot wide and come springtime I'll break them up into scrawney little plants again and give some away. Their leaves cut up do make a great mosquito repellent to spread out around an area I choose to sit in. I also learned a slice of lemon with cloves in it works even better.
I just wanted to comment here though to let you know how much I enjoy your channel and thank you for all the information you share with us all. Time to get outside right now and mulch up some more leaves that have fallen and add them into my compost pile before the snowy season starts. A beautiful 43° day out there. Perfect for some more yardwork. Gotta love the months of Oct-Dec. Here to provide me with lots of fallen leaves for mulching. All great garden compost for next season, good'ay!
पिछले एक साल से आप प्रेरणादायक हैं प्रेरणा स्रोत हैं। धन्यवाद।भाई जी कुछ प्रश्न हैं संतरे नींबू मौसमी के पेड़ो के बारे में।
Thanks so much for your video and knowledge you pass on today for all of us. Im in usa, ( Florida ).
My third season growing so still learning a lot from people like you. Building my garden up for food once i retire in a couple of years.
Happy Gardening
I have watched your videos for a very long time, and I am always inspired to continue my gardening journey. You my friend are a very wise man and dish out the best gardening advice 😊
Here is a tip for increasing yields on your pepper plants. Cut the top off just below where the stem starts to fork, Y Thank you Mark for all of the wonderful information you share with the world!
I enjoy watching your plants
What an absolutely gorgeous piece of property. Congratulations on all the fruits of your labours. Thank you for sharing:)
I agree with ALL your reasons for having a food garden. I love the idea of self sufficiency. ONE BIG THUMBS UP
I am a unique garden - 1.2 acres (American) with bayou access (really really far south Louisiana) . About 80-87% of usable land but lots of clay and high brackish water table. Believe it or not your channel helps a lot because of weather similarities and raised bed gardening. I am in the process of providing raused areas for fruit trees because of coastal erosion and etc. making it a necessity. Despite all the challenges, I'm planning on being sustainable in the next 5 years.
Thankyou for you channel and dedication. Its inspiration!
You never fail to disappoint. Love the content and the little backstory on why you started to grow your food garden. We are currently transitioning to a similar lifestyle for similar reasons, and your videos are full of good info and inspiration. Thank you!
love it man, great inspiration, I only have a couple of small raised beds in my rental but I love going out there and growing, we haven't had to buy a salad leaf or a tomato for months once they kicked off.
A few small raised beds can still grow a heap mate as you've found out! Cheers :)
Great video trying to get my winter gardens in now self reliance is key to sustainability
Hey I’m from Toowoomba originally too. Just started to binge your videos over the last fortnight. Thank you.
Appreciate the time and info given. Im in California north of LA and been trying to apply some of your ideas in my backyard.
Thanks again!!
My father always told me that you can’t go hungry if you own land. The truth! Love your videos!
Mark, I really enjoy your videos. I would love to see some of your favorite recipes with your fruits and veggies.
Great video mate, we started our yard garden for the same reasons and are enjoying some amazing veges, you absolutely cannot compare the taste of home grown veges to anything from the mass market. Thanks for the inspiration!!
We've moved in our forever property in Western Australia and are attacking the established, though overgrown, garden - we are excited about what we will make - though it is a bit daunting! Mark, your videos have provided clear guidance and this one is no exception. Particularly the 'time' aspect - we're fortunate to now be taking this on when we can make it our full time job. But as you say, you don't want to discourage anyone from giving growing a go - so I'd echo your thoughts and encourage folks to start small and see what works.
Thanks Cynthia and all the best with your new property in WA - that does indeed sound very exciting! Cheers :)
Beautiful video Mark ...Makes me love my garden even more and inspires me to "getintoit " every day .
I have a 7th thing that helps create a successful garden: physical stamina and ability. I know even in a wheelchair a person can garden, but for some, the higher raised beds are expensive. I know that gardening can increase stamina, but for some who suffering from physically limiting disorders it is difficult to be out in the garden enough to make a positive difference to the garden.
I once got a small grant to improve gardening at the local senior center. I used it to have wheelchair accessible raised beds put in and filled and for drip irrigation and shade cloth cover (to help with blistering desert sun) added. Now I'm a senior and could use some of those super high raised beds. I'm struggling up and down onto my kneeler still.
I am a Filipino I enjoy to watch your video I like this kind of living.
Passion 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Passion can be started by influence. Your positive influence. ☺️👌
Im a new subscriber and have my first ever garden beds ordered and on the way. This is my favourite video of yours and is exactly why im hoping to grow food into the future. Love your ethos and way of life. Thank you!
Those 67 thumbs down are the greedy energy corporations and other ilk :)
My family has always grown their own food. My grandfather on mothers side had a sheep, pig, a lot of chickens and a fairly large vegetable garden ( this is located near the Belgium/Dutch border region). The food that came out of that garden was so tasty. The grandfather and grandmother of fathers side well they grew their own food though it was mostly grandmothers jobs since grandpa owned and operated 3 businesses ( construction with buy/sell property, an accountancy bureau and undertaker business). Even though Grandpa was busy as a bee he still came home in time and spent at least an hour in the garden with grandma, looking and cleaning the beds, pruning here and here etc.
Now their grandchildren ALL grow their own food. I also think that we got that lifestyle instilled in us from a young age. When I eat food that comes from supermarkets ( when I was forced to eat at restaurants for work/meetings with clients, business work meetings,etc) you can taste the difference. I also have a large garden myself, though I live on higher elevation than most viewers ( or I assume so), living in Switzerland. I also have more hilly terrain so I had to dig out some parts. it is also not subtropical so I work with greenhouses a lot. One part of the hill I completely dug into and created a hillgreenhouse, it has always sun and the tomato harvest has been epic every year.
From financial point of view, I made some calculations: a pack of seeds ( or taken seeds from existing plants ) costs between 10 cents and 2 euros ( I am talking euros now because it is easier for people to convert) usually my seeds all come out so that means 15+ plants. Say I lose 5 plants that makes it 10 plants that can grow food product. let us take tomatos for example. Last year 10 plants generated a good 60 kgs tomatos ( I know I had 10 plants separate). The price of tomatos per kg is about 3 euros or more depending where you buy them. so that is 180 euros( if we take just 3 euros per kg) tomatoes those 10 plants generated. If I put all the costs of fertilizer ( most of which I have readily available or from friends who have chickens and other animals) biological fungal protection etc I come out on say 25 euros. Now add 10 euros for balance and 2 euros ( the most expensive seed I have bought last year, was a tomato variant from Latin America)and you get to 37 euros. 180 euros minus 37 euros is 143 euros I saved. Add to that the healthy food you get from it something you cant calculate monetarily. I see growing your own food as such a great advantage plus you KNOW where your produce comes from. How many times have you heard " authorities have to recall x , y ,z from the supermarket because ecoli, etc". The health benefits are also visible.
Here is an example of a friend of mine, and 180kgs heavy fella that lives in a fairly large apartment. they got a ton of sun and well the doctor told him to eat more healthy. So through me I taught him to grow his own food with space maximalisation and growing produce in pots. He didn't "like to eat healthy because it tasted funny" referreing to the supermarket produce. When his first batch came in of his produce ( small mini tomatos and there were a lot of them) he couldn't get enough of them. His mom, he lives with his mother, was also very surprised at the taste. Now 3 years later he is growing his own food, a lot of them from that apartment and by eating healthy he went from being 180kgs and starting to bald, to being 85kgs and having his hair back completely and fully. Now I do not know if that hair thing has anything to do with the food but I think it does. Both of them ( he and his mother) looking a lot healthier and aren't as tired as before. Even the cat loves all the plants because she smells the plants and loves to curl underneath certain plants, especially the mini tomatos, that way she isn't in the open and is camouflaged.
Sorry for the long one, I do love the garden tips you give! I hope you are doing ok with these nasty fires and I am so sad to hear nearly all of them are arson related.
Your garden looks wonderful and I totally get your ethos. The UK cold weather and rain is killing off our crops and the warm growing window has reduced to 5 months. Oh to dream of living in Aus.
G'day from the Atherton Tablelands in far North Qld. I am loving your videos that relate to the Aussie Qld climate.
I appreciate your advice and you have given me renewed inspiration to help us plan and grow more food successfully on our 2100 square meter rural town corner block. It's good to know we are on the right track as we just recently planted an additional 8 fruit trees well spaced around the front corner of the block to maximise remaining open sunny space for veggies at the centre and rear of the block.
I only recently found your channel, so I'm a new subscriber and I am looking forward to more viewing on your channel. Thank you. Cheers.
7:10 - Indeed, symbiotic relationship between animals, fun guy, and plants :D
Pozdrawiam Aleksandro :)
Fabulous Mark you certainly covered it in this video, I unfortunately cannot have a tank as we have an old (but good) asbestos roof & I would not water a food garden with it.
I have large tubs around the garden that collect rain water for me & I keep them covered & in good condition.
Your videos are an inspiration to me & wish I had (in younger days) bought an acreage. Cheers Denise - Geebung
I have recently discovered your channel and am enjoying the heck out of it! You're fun, funny, knowledgeable and an all around good guy. Thank you!
P.S. I live in Seattle Washington USA.
We just started our garden back, thank you for your videos!!
I always enjoy watching your videos!! I've started some raised beds out of white pvc garden boards.... I also used the hugelkultur method of dead apple tree wood in the bottom, with leaves, wood chips, kitchen scraps. I like you metal beds too!! Thank you for sharing.
Your work is such a huge inspiration to me !! Thank you for helping me to understand so much more from all your videos !!
I really appreciate what you said at the end. Thank you for your knowledge and creating this channel. Cheers
Beautiful little heaven
You’re voice is heavenly relaxing 😎
You’re accent is just ...... love it.
Mark, I always love your videos❤️! We are about to close on our homestead this week in Florida. I've never lived in Florida, but it is sub tropical as well. I love getting new ideas from your channel for what I can grow, and I want to grow everything!!! 😁 Keep up the great videos 👍😍.
I really appreciate your knowledge as well as your honesty on how to grow fresh vegetables in such a dry climate., I'm actually using some of your tips
I’m sorry but it’s absolutely essential that you post much more often. I’m completely addicted. An idea for a video is which crops to purpose with others in different sized raised garden beds. Love your work irrespective mate. Cheers!
Your beautiful huge garden is really something to wake up to each morning👍❤️😉👌🌷
I have been watching so many videos from your channel, I live in Tassie and love watching your stuff. awesome job mate
Yes it's really good to have a bit of garden in our backyard just like I do in New Zealand.Its very rewarding and get some extra money by selling it to neighbours and at Facebook marketplace.I wish I have bigger section.You are inspiring mate.
Hi! I’m in zone 8a in the US. I’m getting off to a really late start this year. But my beans & cucumbers just broke ground. I should be able to get a late harvest because is warm here and my garden is 18” in the ground. Keeping my fingers crossed 🤞🏻. Thank you for so much info. How you doing? 😎
I have just started my gardening journey here in Sweden, and thought we have different climate your TH-cam videos are great inspiration source! Thumbs up for you 👍
thanks for so many great videos! my wife and i just bought a house and i honestly can't wait to finally have some space for a garden and fruit trees. I'l definitely be using so many of your tips!
This was one of your top 10 videos in our opinion. Thanks so much, for all of the growing-gardening info and tips you provide. Cheers!