6 Things You MUST Master For A Garden To Survive With Zero Inputs 💰💰
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Ashley has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are TH-cam, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s TH-cam channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her TH-cam channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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Here's some plants I learned to culture in a way they reseed themselves zone 5. I do this whenever possible. Ground cherries, tomatillos, tomatoes, peppers, let these volunteer and then relocate. spinach, kale, collards, cilantro, grow these as a biennial, weed them in spring, and let them seed, then thin in fall when seedlings are 4". The garden can't have grass and must be low in weeds but once you are at that point many things can become easier. I really dislike starting tiny seeds and they grow 3x larger in biomass in their natural rhythm.
I’ve been trying to get people around me into gardening but it’s been a tough sell. Finally got one on the hook!! Yay! My beautiful niece has been bit by the gardening bug and we’re bouncing things off each other, supporting each other, and even teaming up to take turns to weeding our gardens.
Community (even if it’s just one other) is amazing
Yeah, I find the same. I am the only one gardening on my street and the ones to my left and right. I did get my best friend into it and she lives it but she lives in FL and I live in MA so we can't share much info and no sharing crops. Maybe I'll find a garden partner some day.
@@aphillips5376 I really hope you do. It’s so uplifting.
Maybe try inviting one of your neighbours over for a lunch or dinner incorporating some fresh garden eats? Might help inspire
Love it!!
Does anyone experience happiness after getting a notification for Gardening in Canada 😊 my Tomatoes are insane this year 90% goes to this channel tips much appreciated
Awe jeeze that’s a pretty major compliment
@@GardeningInCanada your welcome 👋
I am all on board except for the grey water, If I was homesteading by myself, OK but my wife would throw me out with the grey water,(Sush!, she doesn't know I save my urine). I do have a 100 gallon horse trough I save rain and sump pump water.
The only costs for me this year was a retractable hose reel, a yard of topsoil, that turned out to be a yard of pulverized clay, maby $30 US in seeds and a roll of chicken wire to keep the bunnies out.
I raise worms, hot compost, make leaf mold, grow comfrey, make some fermented and areated teas, make LAB, save most of the seeds I plant including carrots, celery and onion.
I use my homegrown amendments for seed starter and potting mixes also.
I do all of the above because it is a challenge, keeps me on my toes.
Stay Well!!!!
Ahahahahahah
Wow!
Things I must learn!
Um, what is LAB?
@@tyramasters-heinrichs921Lactobacillus, I believe.
Your sense of humor is amazing. ❤
🤗🤗 thanks!
Oh, I love experiments in my small gaden! It it brings so much joy! I sow new interesting varieties and give seedlings to friends. They usually say "Agnes, could you sow something common? Red ballshaped tomatoes for instance" I answer: "Red ballshaped tomatoes are in stores". Of course not every experiment is successful. This year I plant wild bolivian cucumber - achocha - beatifull leaves but but taste is not for me. 😃
I'm in the United States, Central Florida. Zone 10a, subtropical climate. It is as hot and humid as Satan's armpit, especially during the summer months. The pests and fungal disease in July and August are crazy. Even though this lovely TH-camr is based out of Canada with a totally different climate, I am learning so much from her! I especially loved learning about the microbes under the soil and the symbiotic relationships they form with plants (from another video.) Any other Floridians in the Geek crew??
Really love this channel!
Much appreciated! And I love you guys ❤️🤗
I hope the lightning storm was good! I love them too, and my gardening has always been a "Test lab." I should start writing things down.
I'm not in Canada (by a longshot) but I glean so much from you that I watch fairly frequently. This is a great video with general principles anybody almost anywhere can use! (And I'm sending it to my son who's in AK.)
With the hurricane weather, I would like to request a video on how to keep tomatoes from getting blossom end rot with all the rain.
"We're on the clock to try to beat a tornado combined with a thunderstorm..."
I'd call that a SHTF scenario!!
LMFAO I’m the poster child for chaos
A garden is a full time job. Thanks for showing me your wonderfull place
It sure is
GREY WATER
In this new millennia of sustainability and environmentalism, it perplexes me that grey water systems have not been integrated into new home / building construction, since 2000. There are some buildings with this system in place, but not at the scale that would make a difference to the amount of fresh water we waste every day.
Think about it. How many times a year are toilets flushed in your home? How many gallons of water are used to flush your toilet each time? Now wouldn't it be a great idea to collect the water you use to wash your hands, take a shower / bath, or wash your dishes with, to flush your toilets? And that's just one use for grey water.
EXPERIMENTATION
Aside from reusing old potting soil, as demonstrated by Ashley in another video, I am going to build my own small scale grey water system. I have an old stainless steel sink I will place into a old table, to use as a vegetable wash and potting plants station. I will use rainwater to wash harvested veggies, catching the water in a bucket beneath. That water will be used to water the garden and flowers we have. If the bucket is full, I simply dump it back into the rainwater catch barrels.
I know this is not something new, but it will dramatically cut back on the amount of fresh water used from the city's supply. This water can also be used to clean outdoor furniture and equipment. It may not be much, but it will reduce the amount of water you use and pay for.
Perplexed? You might be underestimating the power of laziness, and also how architects want to work on skyscrapers so ignore things that don't scale well 😵💫
I absolutely agree with you on wasting water. I grew up water conscious. When I see people watering their plants from our shared well water in the middle of the day in + 20C with sprinklers drives me nuts.
@@generrosity To be fair, there is an added extra cost with the extra piping needed, grey water tanks, and filtration systems. But if the government, as well as the rest of society, were so keen on sustainability and environmentally friendly construction then these types of costs would be subsidized and/or accepted as common building practice.
Grey water systems do work, unlike the unreliable power generation of wind and solar...yet these are pushed as positive solutions. In addition, I believe that homes and/or businesses could have built-in systems for natural lighting and heating, as well as indoor gardening, for things like herbs, lettuce, tomatoes, etc, in conjunction with grey water systems. These are all positive things that can help people live more sustainably, while saving costs.
If everyone treated their home as part of their daily living, with systems like these, that would be a drastic change on a global scale. Let's just say that only one billion people make this change. How many billions of gallons of water would a grey water system save per day...per year? Small changes, on a global scale, will have a massive impact. It may be more costly to begin with, but the savings over the years would be more than worth it. Cheers.
In some municipalities, it is actually illegal to collect grey water. I suspect the Calgary water incident -- not to mention the drought and fires endured by Western Canada over the past few years -- has officials rethinking grey water systems on all scales.
@@PrairieDawnC Actually, the oil sands have come up with a way to collect and use grey water for their fracking / slurry processes, severely reducing their need to use water from the Bow River.
Just saying hello. I always watch on youtube on my TV and you can not see or add to the comments while watching from a TV. I love your channel and the fact you are in Canada...a different zone but everything still relates 🙂
Thanks for sharing!! ❤️❤️
Hi, I'm Mardi from Ontario grow zone 5b. I try something new and experiment every gardening season. Some Duds, but lots of fun and some awesome surprises.
Thanks for sharing!
🦄 Can you make a video on seed saving please? It's impirtant but the seed saving thing has me frustrated. I'd LOVE to save seeds! But I keep hearing that things cross pollinate and I won't get the 'same plant' or even worse I can risk getting sick from 'toxic squash' etc. Obviously I grow multiple varieties of things like squash, cucumbers, melons etc. and I can't plant them a mile apart on an 1/8th of an acre.
Zone 7 here.
I've used grey water in my garden (veggie and ornamental) for several for years and the much smaller food particles add another level of 'future' nutrients as they break down over summer. The larger food scrapes are mulched and added when they've composted down. Sometimes I spot huge earth worms in these treated areas as round as my pinky- freakin' though they were radioactive!
I didn't garden last year due to tendinitis so my beds were even worse than usual for weeds. I dug weeds out of two beds but by the third bed I was just overwhelmed with the task. I decided to experiment with black plastic. I mowed down the weeds with my manual mower and left the cuttings on the bed to decompose. I cut industrial garbage bags in half length wise and tacked them into the beds. (Dollarama has great metal pins for this.) I then covered the plastic with landscaping cloth so it wouldn't be too slippery and maybe retain water on the surface better. I planted seeds in small cross cuts in the plastic/cloth and dug small holes through the thick weeds and roots. I do have some germination and hoping that my root vegetables (beet and turnip) can make some headway through the thick mass of weed roots. Fingers crossed.
It’s crazy how quickly weeds move in
Two experiments/lessons learned this year: Shade cloth for this 95 F. summer has been very successful so far in setting fruit and stopping leaf curl on my tomatoes. One year old Leaf mold as a soil amendment has paid off very well this spring. I just need to have contractor bags of shredded leaves working in the shade over the course of the year, and I have great soil in the spring.
my garlic and shallots had a bad year in zone 6 and I'm not the only one.and I just started picking cucumbers.I love the channel and your red hair.
Mine are total garbage
I like that you kind of mentioned it. There is the science and then what works anecdotally. Like me and ignoring seeds/weeds in compost :P
And I got broccoli growing a big head in early july atm so I really don't think any of the seed rules actually mean anything lmao. Not even an acclimated seed.
I'll have to search the channel but land race gardening is a topic i'm really into at the moment. I'm reading that one dude's book and it really lends to the whole "zero inputs" idea. I don't mind doing /buying things but as I expand my operation it sure will matter more.
Interesting!
A gardening journal! Yes!
I try to "experiment" with something every garden season. Sometimes it's minor things with low risk, sometimes it's more involved or higher risk.
Agreed every year I try 2 new things. This year it's Corn and Watermelons. So far so good. One year it was something and Okra. FAIL. lol it happens
One of my favorite experiments was a packet of wildflower seeds. I called them the mystery plants and couldn't wait until they bloomed so I could ID them.
Makes sense! Never too many that you are overwhelmed
Lady you rock! Every time I watch you I learn so much, lol, including but not limited to your vocabulary. Thank you!
Hahaha 😆
Some good thoughts. Experimenting is so fun - new plants, extending growing zones, etc.
Great advice about your gardening advice lol... almost nothing will work the same or grow the same or be attacked by the same pests or diseases or fungi when you drive more than a half hour from home. The best practice is to start small and figure out what works for your yard, then learn and expand at a slow pace that allows you to look like a master grower.
Also, I hope everyone in Calgary area is doing alright with the water situation going forward. Useless municipalities being in charge of delivering you fresh water is just another reason that urban living sucks... 😅 Wells all the way! No water or sanitary system bills... not to mention half your front lawn and/or garden getting dug up whenever the city feels like it.
Love the concept of TAX. I do the same thing, letting the bugs get to eat a bit. Hopefully the bad bugs will grow big and tasty, so the good guy bugs and birds will feast on them.
That’s a wonderful way to look at it
Hello Ashley yes sow important ❤ I’m trying to increase the seeds too as micro greens use sow many. I’ve been talking to other gardeners and trying to seed swap too.
Yes Compost
I moved from U. S. A. zone 9b to 3b ( North Dakota) 6 miles from the Canada 😊
I use many types of composting throughout the year! So now hot compost and mulch! and a worm bin! This turns into cold compost and then leafmold and wood chip composting! Every season has its way! Everything is also composted here! But make sure you know what you are doing! You don't want an infestation of fruit flies, rats, mice, etc.
Here too, experimenting makes you wiser! Thanks again for your vlog, it is appreciated!
Nice to see the concept of “Nature tax”. I have used the exact term, except 30% seems a bit steep.
Great ideas; thanks & I trust you only got a thunderstorm - not a tornado! Zone 3, central-west Alberta, here & working out of drought & unusual, twisty winds this year. Gardens are slow with the annuals but the perennials are growing well (I fed them Gaia fertilizer a few times). My asparagus blooms are over 6 feet tall & covered in bees. Love seeing experiments; mine is overcrowding of plants in my raised garden.
Hahah yes just rainstorm
I'm just getting into gardening so thank you for the informative video!
Oooo you are malleable 😉😏 we will turn you into a GIC
Nature tax…..same as Justin T…🤣😂🤣😂😂
We would have the same taxes with a conservative leader. Why are people blaming a prime minister.
Definitely not escapable 🥹
@@marilynm2086just a joke
Very helpful vid; thanks Ashley!
You're so welcome!
Great tips for the garden 🇳🇿❤️
You never know from year to year what is going to do bad. In past years I've had great luck with Organic potatoes bought to grow my potatoes. Not this year. I wrote it off to a very bad potato year. Will look into some Seed potatoes next year from the big box store.
Would love love looove a composting video for colder climate!
Sounds good!
I'm in zone 5b pa, right now my grass goes dormant if I mulch it. I bagged my grass last week and it went poof. We did have an inch of rain. But I have never seen in 10 years of living in my house this phenomenon. So should I bag the grass in the hottest part of summer or alternate bagging and mulching?
I would take your chances of survival in shtf over Canadian Prepper any day! :) I saw you setting him up with a permaculture, it would be interesting how that looks in a year.
Lol…. Yeaaa he will need a decent amount of help
Really happy to watch someone that gets looked at like I do 😂😂😂
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How long after parsley flowers will seeds be viable. Literally seems like a month or two but they are not dying for seed saving!?!. Swear the cilantro goes to coriander inbetween the parlsey. However i hope the parsley brings the parasitic wasps...
Do you have a rain barrel recommendation?
Thanks
Hope you get some rain❤
Hi Ashley! Love your channel. Please. Please do a composting video. Need all the help I can get.
You got it!
Thank you so much!
I'm gardening in straw bales this year. Hoping it works out.
So far the zucchini I've planted outside the fence have been killed by deer. Any thoughts?
PS rural, Manitoba Interlake, zone 3
I like Bobbex for keeping critters away. Do you find straw bales difficult to keep moist
Would be so interested in a compost video 😊😊
Noted!
Should people be concerned about ecoli when using various manures? I mean obviously wash your vegetables well...what's your thoughts maybe bacterial load?
Absolutely! Always needs to be composted
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Go riders 💚
What zone are you? I can't believe you in Canda can grow tomatoes outside. I can't in zone 7b, in southeast Alaska.
My mom had bad germination of her beans this year. She told a friend and find out 5 people have bought seeds from same store and all was not viable lol. So one tomato type i grew had zero and my mom gave me from her stock and even though from last year, it had zero germination when it was high 90s% for the rest. If that was the only type i was growing and new, id may have thought it was me lol
Ps are you doing long term experiments with your 4 soil structures? For when things like logs that take a while longer to decompose, start to? Do they all get similar sun amd exposure to rain?
Thanks!
The soil is really cool this year
What's with the price with garlic these days. I saw them sold at Vesey's for 80 dollars - at that price I can just buy garlic in the supermarket (I actually successuflly grew supermarket garlic, but I wanted to try different varieties). Where can you find garlic for fall planting at a decent price?
Just plant the grocery store stuff 😏
I buy my garlic at local farmers markets to get different varieties.
That's around 3.50 to 4 dollars a head. Seems to be the average price for seed garlic. It's still kind of crazy though. I've never seen hard neck at the grocery and wouldn't bother with growing the soft neck. If it all works out, you only have to buy it once. I've been replanting my homegrown garlic for years. If you're going the grocery store or farmers' market route look for roots still attached (likely local) and organic (not treated with sprout inhibiters of irradiated)
Local garlic wont be available until late July - early August
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I think the saddest part of gardening is that the commercial industry has convinced people that they need to buy a bunch of stuff to start a garden. My garden is lovely and unique because it is almost 100% recycled or reused materials. Once you've waited three years to see a false white Indigo that you planted from seed bloom, everything else propagates in the blink of an eye 😂.
I F up my garden a lot any plants that survived I save the seeds, they are hardy
That dog kind of looks like my cane corso
Awee yea he is a bit smaller than a cane corso lol by 100 lbs
What is the nature tax? 30% of what?
Yeild
The plants upper biomass
@@GardeningInCanada So the plant's upper biomass is a 30% tax on yield? Or to paraphrase, by having upper biomass on the plant, it reduces yield by 30%?
Do a video on JDAM, i dare ya 😂
I’m scared of this group lol
I live in MI. Gray water use is illegal
I also live in MI. It is not illegal.
MCL - Section 333.12757
Trudeau would tax us for using the free sunshine energy if he could!
This is not a political platform. Keep those for your X or IG.
@@ppfacppfac2449You aren't the boss of everyone.
We have no sunshine here between the clouds and smoke haze 🥹
seed prices are ridiculous these days. And you get less.
I found shipping is the real cost! OSC seeds were my best deal this year with cheapest mailing cost.
Compared to shoping the grocery store, they're super cheap. Seed saving is fun too, easy, and honestly a game changer. I'm looking at literally tons of vegies and only spent $50. Mostly "fun" seeds I didn't really need. What other hobby gives you so much for less than dinner and a movie?
@@Pha-qI can spend well over $150 on seeds for my lot now. Five years ago I was lucky to spend $80. I’m not just planting pretty flowers over here.
How true is this… it’s a major pain
Hacking, stomping, screaming and smashing what are the other two things
Oh yeah chopping and burying
Begging and pleading with the eggplants.
Yanking , throwing
LMFAO
Einstein said “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results “.
Or just plant a native garden.
You clearly are not from the remote and boring world of zone 3. 🥹
Busted. I'm from oregon. Plenty of options here I'm probably taking for granted. Howdy neighbor... keep up the good work.
I'm zone 5 Illinois. I find lots of your tips very helpful. I belong to several Facebook groups that share seeds. I have found some amazing varieties. Yeah... Worms rule!! 👍🏼🪱😃. I love storms too. Us Midwest people stand outside and watch the storms. ⚡⚡⚡🌨️
Thanks for sharing!!
Zone 5 Iowa. The weeds, soil, and pests here are driving me mad. Literally insane. My yard and garden beds are taken over by new weeds that keep spreading.
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