What an awesome system and inspired me to purchase 28 barrels which I'll be using to make me a rather large garden. The tilling and weeding are too much for me any more and this is simple and perfect for my needs. Great Job Brother...Thank you.
Love it. 1.On your drain holes you can cut up some old T-shirts put a not at the end. Drop them in the white 55gal drum. If you forget to water the plants will get the water from the T-shirt hanging in the white 55gal drum. 2.You can also plant the (3 sisters) corn,beans and squash.3.you can also put cans in the bottom of the blue 55gal drum to save on potting soil.4. If you put some cardboard in the blue 55gal drums you will get more worm castings. Hope this help. Be blessed.
haha, "o in and fight withe your spouse and kids". I'm thinking of combining this with the self wicking tub idea shown on Gardening with Leon. Less water wast and keeps the nutrients from being washed out. Thanks for sharing KMG
Awesome job you have done i really do like this a lot you could add the fish and you would be set i wish i could have me an setup like this with fish but i do the rain gutter grow system. thanks for sharing.
I cut some of bigger barrels vertically like this. They are shallow, but I laid a 100mm wicking bed of 5mm river gravel at the bottom and lined them with cardboard. Fine for herbs and shallow rooted veg. Stuck a 600mm length of 20mm irrigation tube at one end for watering w a drain hole at the opposite end. btw Never use "treated" anything around food plants.
Paint the PVC black then you wont have a problem down the road with Algae build up inside the pipes. Sunlight will penetrate the pvc.. Black Polyline is what I use in my Nursery. GREAT Video
I like your setup.. Like one person commented before me about raising fish along with your Green's Garden. And circulating the fish water to irrigate your plants raising fish and fertilizing your garden at the same time. Other videos I watched on aquaponics the person circulated the fish water and irrigated all plant beds and as the water filled the plant bed areas he had a bell siphon so the water raised to the top of the Bell siphon and dropped, drained from plant conrainer and slowly filled again not allowing the roots to stay wet constantly . It seemed brilliant. Sorry about the long spew thanks for the video
I do not know the name of their company but they told me I can order anytime. They always got stocks. They just ask buyers where they intend to use it. So that if they use it for livestock or gardening purposes they provide the ones that are food grade. They are in Houston Texas and I am 30 minutes away from them. They deliver with $25 delivery fee. I got the 11 barrels I ordered now. I will order some more.
Awesome job! Great idea all together but 2:30 snap. Risers in galv. Redymix at the 90 galv/pvc connection....edit dang this video is an oldie but goodie.
Hey love your channel always supporting TH-cam Gardener. Question are you at all concerned about your tomato plants shading out your melon plants in the barrel
BACKYARD GARDENER Thank you for your support, Shading was a non-issue. I posted a video tonight I hope it uploaded of the plants growing from last year
Mosquitoes would be a big concern and algae too. I was thinking about all the wonderful nutrients that are getting washed through the soil and into the white drums. Ideally he'd have some kind of eaves trough collection system, all draining into a single drum that he could scoop out the black gold. Can we get an update to these videos? Now that you've used it for 1 summer.
Nice system. However with all that work and parts used maybe you should change it to Hydroponics and forget about the dirt! I have been doing allot of research and watching many videos for simple easy setups to build myself. Looks much cheaper, easier, less mess bugs plant issues No weeds etc.... I was planning to build something this year like you have there myself, but then while looking at various ways to automate a system I've found 3 types of DIY Hydroponic systems I will be trying. All cheap and easy to build and pretty much just start and forget until harvest time. Well almost forget anyway. I need something I can just plant and forget for myself since I travel allot. I am great at getting good startings from seeds but then before I can get them planted I have to travel and everything just dies while I am gone. I planted early one year before a trip and a darned late frost killed everything.
great idea i just want to put it on timer so when i go on holidays i dont have to worry about watering , if i use timer do i have to cement all the joint? thks
It would seem to me there is a fair amount of unused space between the barrels. The width of the barrels is narrow enough to place them together with a trellis between them. Additionally, the ends can be together. This would allow for additional rows. On the subject of piping, a single line down the middle of each barrel row supported around 12 - 15 inches above the soil should be enough. When drilling the holes, offset them around 10-15 degrees or more in a V pattern facing down & then use the valves to control the pressure so that the water exiting the pin holes sprays over a wider area. I use pallet wood whenever possible which is normally available free, for example, to support the barrels. Additionally, I would have ensured the height of the barrels halves was at a comfortable height I think that you would benefit from an air gap between the white barrels and the carpet to allow for drying and avoiding mold formation. This would also allow you to adjust the height of the blue barrels for comfort I don't think that indoor/outdoor carpeting is intended to be placed directly on the ground. Heavy-duty UV protected landscaping cloth would be my choice. I would seek out broken & chipped paving stones from a manufacturer or wholesaler to create a footpath between the barrels. Again, pallet wood would also do the job, along with making your own patio slab stones. I also hope that you took into account shading that could be caused by nearby trees and the path of the sun to maximize exposure. Finally, don't forget to add hail protection. Shade cloth is not designed to stop hail damage. It might, but then again it likely won't.
For all those interested in seeing the Garden growing. Add part 3 to the end of the title instead of part two. For some reason I am unable to add this video to my KalamazooMichiganGardener channel. Thanks for watching
Thanks for all the info, however you did not explain the white buckets underneath. I can only assume they are for water collection. How do you drain the water?
I was going to say the same thing. when I used 5 gal. buckets for container gardening I put several 1/2" holes in them and luckily I had cause we had a wet season that year and most people had to replant there gardens(some more than once) and my garden survived and I've never had issues with them drying out either (draught dry)
426 SUPER BEE Thank you, I only had a problem with a raccoon getting into my sweet corn! LOL I posted a video tonight of the garden growing. I hope it uploaded. It was from last year. Quite impressive
426 SUPER BEE getting watermelon To grow on a fence is a piece a cake. You suspend them with the stocking or make a cradle out of string.There are lots of videos showing this done. I wish I had made a video of mine in the fall.
Great idea. Two suggestions 1) Eliminate the carpet. Weeds are beneficial if they do not compete with your crops for nutrient. They tend to flower all season long and attract beneficial insects and pollinators. 2) Eliminate the watering system and convert all the containers to wicking tubs. (th-cam.com/video/9guNoWP8_ls/w-d-xo.html) Plug the drainage holes with silicone. Works much better and impossible to over water. You can add nutrient to the fill tube and apply at the root level where it belongs. You could retain much of the plumbing if you are real lazy like me. Use the basic plumbing to run a 5 gal per hour dripper to each bed. Put it on a timer to run weekly. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Ralph
i would probably turn the barrels upside down or put mesh on the so it dont become a mosquito breeding ground and then just recycle the water. i think i like the second idea. recycle the water.
Umm, if you have to "buy a roto-tiller every year" you're doing it wrong :) I'm up near Charlotte and this looks like a great idea to expand my "kitchen garden". What was your yield this past year? Also, if you have a small air compressor (or even a strong shop-vac) you could use that to blow out the water lines for wintering over.
Ashley Harris You are too funny, I miss spoke I really meant if you have to have someone rotor till for you every year. The yield was outstanding. I posted a video tonight I hope it uploaded. It was from last year
Google Search UV effect on PVC. Nacopvc.com say only impact strength/resistance is effected. Tensile Strength pressure elasticity and stiffness is not effected they say.
Well since you already have the wood you could forget the barrels totally and just build a box and line it with 6mill plastic, either on ground or raised.
Wut a joke! Wut an eyesore! And birds can't fly in. And racoons can't climb. And the drain water goes where? And it's just butt ugly! I had to pee my pants LOL LOL!!
Wow, that looks fantastic. And here I thought making self watering planters out of those old barrels was ingenious.
You sir; are a genius! Thank you for this video.
wow!👍 This is elaborate! Please make more videos on this and keep us updated step by step on how this is working for you!
paradise in the making, cool video, nice job.thanks much
enthros Thank you, I just uploaded a video from last year with The garden growing I hope it uploaded
Nice system. Thank you for the great info.
What an awesome system and inspired me to purchase 28 barrels which I'll be using to make me a rather large garden.
The tilling and weeding are too much for me any more and this is simple and perfect for my needs.
Great Job Brother...Thank you.
Ooh, that''s wonderful, it shows a lot of creativity
Garikai Mbira Thank you,
I love your setup!
Goodstuff.Very well thought out. Thanks.
George Macidy Thank you
That's a great system! Thanks for sharing it. Ill use some of your ideas
Love it. 1.On your drain holes you can cut up some old T-shirts put a not at the end. Drop them in the white 55gal drum. If you forget to water the plants will get the water from the T-shirt hanging in the white 55gal drum. 2.You can also plant the (3 sisters) corn,beans and squash.3.you can also put cans in the bottom of the blue 55gal drum to save on potting soil.4. If you put some cardboard in the blue 55gal drums you will get more worm castings. Hope this help. Be blessed.
Sansom’s Pressure Cleaning & Pool Service thanks you
Very nice would like to see plants growing but what a labor of love...
Tara Haugo thank you, I just Uploaded a video of the plants growing from last year.
Thank you for this video, I was wondering how to make a stand for my half barrels without wood!!
Thanks for info, have a great day
freevideos051 Thank you
Great looking system
Very nicely done, i wanna see something growing in there.
Thanks for the great video and info 🎉
daniel cabrera Thank you
Cool vid ,I'm inspired and looking to do my own😀
haha, "o in and fight withe your spouse and kids". I'm thinking of combining this with the self wicking tub idea shown on Gardening with Leon. Less water wast and keeps the nutrients from being washed out. Thanks for sharing KMG
I admire the work you’ve put into this system
I’m thinking of using the watering system but I won’t need the barrel system
Wandering Travels Good luck to you. Although I think you would be very happy with this system. All the best
Awesome job you have done i really do like this a lot you could add the fish and you would be set
i wish i could have me an setup like this with fish but i do the rain gutter grow system. thanks for sharing.
I cut some of bigger barrels vertically like this. They are shallow, but I laid a 100mm wicking bed of 5mm river gravel at the bottom and lined them with cardboard. Fine for herbs and shallow rooted veg. Stuck a 600mm length of 20mm irrigation tube at one end for watering w a drain hole at the opposite end.
btw Never use "treated" anything around food plants.
very nice setup, I would like to see it with something growing.
ceramictiletonight Thank you, I just posted a video from last year I hope it uploaded
Thank you for spending your time to make this vid. Looks like your on the down hill side, nice job.
66blacksunshine Thank you, I just uploaded a video with the plants growing from last year it was amazing
Good job dude 👍 i am just about to copy your design here in Thailand awesome ✌️✌️
the carpet tip is amazing...better than buying landscape fabric...
Paint the PVC black then you wont have a problem down the road with Algae build up inside the pipes. Sunlight will penetrate the pvc.. Black Polyline is what I use in my Nursery. GREAT Video
I like your setup..
Like one person commented before me about raising fish along with your Green's Garden. And circulating the fish water to irrigate your plants raising fish and fertilizing your garden at the same time. Other videos I watched on aquaponics the person circulated the fish water and irrigated all plant beds and as the water filled the plant bed areas he had a bell siphon so the water raised to the top of the Bell siphon and dropped, drained from plant conrainer and slowly filled again not allowing the roots to stay wet constantly . It seemed brilliant. Sorry about the long spew thanks for the video
Love your set up! Instead of the carpet to control weeds I would lay down layers of cardboard, newspapers, and wood chips….
Cardboard. The answer to everything. Except "More cardboard". 😅
Good job.
Heregul Mithal Thank you
Looks good on paper.
wish I had seen your video before I quid mine, yours is much better! Question how much dirt is needed for the initial fill of the 55 gallon drums?
NICE !!
Excellent idea Sir. 12 barrels are to be delivered to my property tomorrow. Got them for $10 each with $25 delivery.
:0 where are you getting them? If local- what kind of company?
I do not know the name of their company but they told me I can order anytime. They always got stocks. They just ask buyers where they intend to use it. So that if they use it for livestock or gardening purposes they provide the ones that are food grade. They are in Houston Texas and I am 30 minutes away from them. They deliver with $25 delivery fee. I got the 11 barrels I ordered now. I will order some more.
Wonderful video! Wish you were my neighbor!
dawn e Thank you, I uploaded a video from last year tonight. I hope the video upload it . It was very impressive
Awesome job! Great idea all together but 2:30 snap. Risers in galv. Redymix at the 90 galv/pvc connection....edit dang this video is an oldie but goodie.
Hey love your channel always supporting TH-cam Gardener. Question are you at all concerned about your tomato plants shading out your melon plants in the barrel
BACKYARD GARDENER Thank you for your support, Shading was a non-issue. I posted a video tonight I hope it uploaded of the plants growing from last year
Thank you👍
i support your channel.
Vocho's Granja Thank you
If you get mosquitoes in the white 55gal drum put goldfish or Tilapia in them. Remember you can eat the Tilapia
You can eat the gold fish too, well if your in collage anyway LOL
Mosquitoes would be a big concern and algae too. I was thinking about all the wonderful nutrients that are getting washed through the soil and into the white drums. Ideally he'd have some kind of eaves trough collection system, all draining into a single drum that he could scoop out the black gold. Can we get an update to these videos? Now that you've used it for 1 summer.
Nice system. However with all that work and parts used maybe you should change it to Hydroponics and forget about the dirt! I have been doing allot of research and watching many videos for simple easy setups to build myself. Looks much cheaper, easier, less mess bugs plant issues No weeds etc....
I was planning to build something this year like you have there myself, but then while looking at various ways to automate a system I've found 3 types of DIY Hydroponic systems I will be trying. All cheap and easy to build and pretty much just start and forget until harvest time. Well almost forget anyway.
I need something I can just plant and forget for myself since I travel allot. I am great at getting good startings from seeds but then before I can get them planted I have to travel and everything just dies while I am gone. I planted early one year before a trip and a darned late frost killed everything.
great idea i just want to put it on timer so when i go on holidays i dont have to worry about watering , if i use timer do i have to cement all the joint? thks
jas singh great idea, thanks, you will only need to cement the 3/4 in main line. It’s under pressure
I wanna see your garden growing. Any up dated videos?
Thank you, I just added a video it was from last year
I forgot if you want FREE 55 gal drums. Go to your water plant. They give them away free alL the time. THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING
Sansom’s Pressure Cleaning & Pool Service Thank you that was great advice. I paid five dollars per barrel
IM GONNA DO THIS
Shannon Cook Trust me, you won’t be disappointed. I just posted a video from my garden growing last year it was phenomenal. I hope the video uploaded
White barrels are from wheir and cost and do you drain into them. Especially where I can't find them
It would seem to me there is a fair amount of unused space between the barrels. The width of the barrels is narrow enough to place them together with a trellis between them.
Additionally, the ends can be together. This would allow for additional rows.
On the subject of piping, a single line down the middle of each barrel row supported around 12 - 15 inches above the soil should be enough. When drilling the holes, offset them around 10-15 degrees or more in a V pattern facing down & then use the valves to control the pressure so that the water exiting the pin holes sprays over a wider area.
I use pallet wood whenever possible which is normally available free, for example, to support the barrels. Additionally, I would have ensured the height of the barrels halves was at a comfortable height
I think that you would benefit from an air gap between the white barrels and the carpet to allow for drying and avoiding mold formation. This would also allow you to adjust the height of the blue barrels for comfort
I don't think that indoor/outdoor carpeting is intended to be placed directly on the ground. Heavy-duty UV protected landscaping cloth would be my choice. I would seek out broken & chipped paving stones from a manufacturer or wholesaler to create a footpath between the barrels. Again, pallet wood would also do the job, along with making your own patio slab stones.
I also hope that you took into account shading that could be caused by nearby trees and the path of the sun to maximize exposure.
Finally, don't forget to add hail protection. Shade cloth is not designed to stop hail damage. It might, but then again it likely won't.
Gence Nointeli Actually my plants grew so big if you had them any closer you would not be able to pass through
For all those interested in seeing the Garden growing. Add part 3 to the end of the title instead of part two. For some reason I am unable to add this video to my KalamazooMichiganGardener channel. Thanks for watching
Thanks for all the info, however you did not explain the white buckets underneath. I can only assume they are for water collection. How do you drain the water?
Laurie Groover all barrels have two plugs, you remove them...simple
Maybe I missed it but when the water drains into the white barrels are there drain hole them or what?
Leave the drainage holes the way they are, smaller ones tend to plug up and if if rains, your plants drown.
I was going to say the same thing. when I used 5 gal. buckets for container gardening I put several 1/2" holes in them and luckily I had cause we had a wet season that year and most people had to replant there gardens(some more than once) and my garden survived and I've never had issues with them drying out either (draught dry)
How are you protecting your pipes from freezing?
Most Expensive too Any thing a plus with out MOLES, GOPHERS and GRASS, WEEDS thanks for sharing cheers
426 SUPER BEE Thank you, I only had a problem with a raccoon getting into my sweet corn! LOL I posted a video tonight of the garden growing. I hope it uploaded. It was from last year. Quite impressive
426 SUPER BEE getting watermelon To grow on a fence is a piece a cake. You suspend them with the stocking or make a cradle out of string.There are lots of videos showing this done. I wish I had made a video of mine in the fall.
Yoyo Fabio
so got to put diapers on em he hee ok going to try some cantaloupe 1st thanks bud
Absolutely.. LOL. Good luck with your garden I’m sure it will turn out fine.
be my luck they would pull off the vine. I'am going to give it a try cheers
Is this setup supposed to wick water to the plants?
Great idea. Two suggestions
1) Eliminate the carpet. Weeds are beneficial if they do not compete with your crops for nutrient. They tend to flower all season long and attract beneficial insects and pollinators.
2) Eliminate the watering system and convert all the containers to wicking tubs. (th-cam.com/video/9guNoWP8_ls/w-d-xo.html) Plug the drainage holes with silicone. Works much better and impossible to over water. You can add nutrient to the fill tube and apply at the root level where it belongs. You could retain much of the plumbing if you are real lazy like me. Use the basic plumbing to run a 5 gal per hour dripper to each bed. Put it on a timer to run weekly.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Ralph
where do you get all of your barrels ? What is considered a fair price for them ?
check on craiglist sometimes you can find the for 14 dollar or less. brand new it cost 65 dollars. you want food grade when you get it..
A big rectangle of carpet will be a nice surprise for whoever wants to dig a hole there in a hundred years. lol
Where’s the fish tank gonna go? I thought this was aquaponics that’s what I was hoping to see it’s literally all ready
will water collect in the support barrels. what about mosquitoes collecting in there.
Ermine Smart You drill holes in both the top and bottom barrels
I would add coco coir instead of soil and use them as coco-ponic beds
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be sure to paint any plastic (pipe or barrel) that is exposed to the sun or it will deteriorate and break apart.
i would probably turn the barrels upside down or put mesh on the so it dont become a mosquito breeding ground and then just recycle the water. i think i like the second idea. recycle the water.
Great looking system. I do think your gonna have problems with your plants growing onto the ever green
trees and climbing up the trees.
were did you get the barrel? cost?
Paul Pieretti I purchased mine off craigslist. Five dollars each
What happens to the water that drains into the white tanks? Do you ever have to drain it?
Peter Nichols No, as soon as you hear the water begin to trickle down shut the water off
Umm, if you have to "buy a roto-tiller every year" you're doing it wrong :) I'm up near Charlotte and this looks like a great idea to expand my "kitchen garden". What was your yield this past year? Also, if you have a small air compressor (or even a strong shop-vac) you could use that to blow out the water lines for wintering over.
Ashley Harris You are too funny, I miss spoke I really meant if you have to have someone rotor till for you every year. The yield was outstanding. I posted a video tonight I hope it uploaded. It was from last year
Any idea how long PVC pipe lasts in the sunlight? I thought it degrades when in sunlight...
Google Search UV effect on PVC. Nacopvc.com say only impact strength/resistance is effected. Tensile Strength pressure elasticity and stiffness is not effected they say.
Clint Pot So far so good.. LOL
Spade an hard work that why don't u show the end result.first time grower had some spare time an tryed this out
Maine NOVI thanks, I just posted a video I hope it uploaded. With the garden growingFrom last year. It was phenomenal
Add Part3 to the end of the Title instead of part two
In my area, those barrels are way too expensive to waste any on just holding the tanks off the ground. I would have to make stands out of wood.
and the wood would b cheaper by how much??
A lot, since I have a pile of it already and easy access to free pallet wood.
lol
that makes all the difference.
Well since you already have the wood you could forget the barrels totally and just build a box and line it with 6mill plastic, either on ground or raised.
What if it rains?
matermark Holes are in the growing barrel and the Stand has holes in it
white pvc is not uv rated. It will fail in a few years. Use electrical pvc conduit (gray) above ground. I learned this in my greenhouse.
Oooo I guarantee there will be skeeters in there. Michigan state insect is mosquito...lol
trish y Mosquitoes were not a problem trust me
feel like this was rendered at 15-20 fps, its so juddery its making my stomach churn.
honestly i will give you an A for effort but it waste a lot of space, the base can be used for planting as well..suggest to use 2x4 and do a base...
That carpet is gonna mold up and smell BAD
the treeted lumber is unsafe for a garden produceing food
lost me with the carpet - terrible
Wut a joke! Wut an eyesore! And birds can't fly in. And racoons can't climb. And the drain water goes where? And it's just butt ugly! I had to pee my pants LOL LOL!!
You sir; are a genius! Thank you for this video.
You sir; are a genius! Thank you for this video.
Nick Holmes Thank you for your comment. I’m still laughing. But thank you anyway
You sir; are a genius! Thank you for this video.
Nick Holmes wow... you were so impressed that you commented 4 times?!? Lol