Being a farmers market strawberry maniac (chain store “strawberries” are not the same fruit, some kind of tasteless imitator 😁) I am in AWE of this beautiful garden filled with repurposed barrels. Absolutely amazing and I love that you have hundreds and hundreds of plants. I am going to be likely trying to replicate this idea next year. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m also going to do about 12 cut-in-half barrels for 24 lettuce and carrot beds for salads along with a few 55’s used for tomato plants. I’d bet they will get huge in a 55. Thank you for this video it has me absolutely determined to get my garden going for next year!
Good idea with the clay pots in the center of the barrel! I had seen a pipe down the middle with holes in the sides where you could have worms and compost, but I hadn't seen your idea before. Nice if you want to go somewhere and not be too concerned about watering while gone!
on our best year ever with quinault berries, we looked them over and rearranged plans to get them the next morning but our furry rabbit friends beat us to them! they must have overheard the conversation and so ate them all! the plots are fenced in now but too much over winter mulch last year took a toll. in barrels, birds nest in them and eat them; on the ground; rabbits, birds and even squirrels get them (ignoring dozens of marigolds that are supposed to repel them. one year the rabbits ate all the marigold flowers) this is a new year, 2019, and the battle will go on. nice thoughtful arrangement you have - happy harvesting...
It can be a challenge. One method I have seen people try is to paint red berries on the containers so when the berries are finally ripe, the birds think they are just paint. Not sure about them wanting to nest though! Goodluck and thanks for watching.
Exellent video, will be looking for your build on this as I want to build a double barrel strawberry planter with a wormery pipe down the middle, with the intention of the worms feeding off the food scraps and leaving castings near the strawberries to feed them, with a collection system at the bottom to collect and reuse the juices at the top. 🌱Happy Gardening my friend, Terry.
That is the method most people go with. I choose to not include the worm tube or collection system for the juices because I use clay pot irrigation instead. With the worm tube you need a way to empty the tube eventually which means having your barrel up on some kind of stand (which then makes it hard to move). Also you need the barrel on a stand for the flow through compost tea collection...however the only reason you need a drawer to collect all those juices is because people are watering too quickly and the nutrients are flooding through the soil....and yes sometimes it is recollected but usually the drawer is full before you reintroduce it to the garden and some is still lost. My solution is to use the clay pot olla and a core of organic matter. There is still lots of native worms and bugs to break down the organic matter but watering is done extremely slow and doesn't cause the flow through nutrient loss...and it also prevents such constant watering.
This is really great. I lined a laundry basket with burlap and cut slits in the sides to plant bare root strawberries, and lettuce seeds on top. The bare roots didn't take, and after 2 failed attempts, I gave up and bought 4 starts on clearance from Walmart and planted them on top after the lettuce bolted. They looked pretty dead but I had faith. Two years later, the laundry basket berry patch is getting pretty crowded (needless to say, all 4 plants made it back from the dead 😄), and this barrel is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing your design. I'm very excited to try the olla, as we get some scorching summer sun here in Oklahoma and it's tricky to keep container plants alive without automated irrigation. I can't believe I haven't seen that method before. Just fantastic. Good luck with all your ventures!
Thanks so much for the positive review! I really like the olla design but it can run low on water as well if it is very hot. One option might be to add another pot on top to increase the water capacity. Hope that helps, happy gardening!
@@lisakukla459 The beauty of the olla is that it doesnt overwater the soil. If the soil is hydrated then the olla will stay full due to osmosis. Just make sure there is drainage holes in the bottom of the barrel in case of full soil saturation due to rain and you should be all good.
Hi Aaron! I used 10 inch pots to make my ollas. To plug the bottom hole I broke a piece of clay floor tile and used it to block the hole with silicone from the inside of the 2nd pot before I joined the two pots together. Remember to like and subscribe! Thanks :)
You are welcome! I will be making many more videos in a few weeks if you would like to subscribe and/or hit the "bell" button to get notified about new videos!
There is a playlist of the various garden barrel videos but "how to make a barrel pocket" or "clay ollas explained" are the ones you are likely searching for.
Hi Tim, love your setup. can you elaborate a bit about your watering system with the 2 pots? does the water go through the wall of the pots? do you have drainage holes at the bottom of your barrels?
Hi Inon! Yes the water flows directly through the wall of the clay pot. There are drainage holes in the barrel to drain the bottom level of plants otherwise it will drain out the bottom pocket level and drown the bottom level of plants. The idea of the "olla" (clay pot irrigation method) is that it only releases water as the soil needs it so it helps keep the soil from drying out. I still water the soil, then fill the olla but it stops the water from rushing through the soil and taking nutrients with it. I have another video about ollas you can search if you are interested.
Great stuff! How do you prepare the ground below the barrels, to prevent weeds? Also, how do you things grow on the north side of the barrel? Is the growth pretty even all the way around? Thanks
Holy Smoke Tim !! very very impressive..I just bought my barrels and looking to do something similar.. Do you have a video on how you built these barels ?
Nevermind..found your videos on your channel on the barrel making..Outstanding..do you have any recommendation on the various varieties of strawberry to keep a continuous harvest through fall?
Thank you for for the compliments! I used Albion but any "day neutral" or "ever bearing" varieties will produce all season. What that means is that their fruiting is not determined by the length of the day, they will produce slower but more continuously. Please consider liking, subscribing and/or sharing my videos :) Thank you!
I love when I get comments on my videos :) All of the plants in the video are bare root transplants that are about 2 weeks old. They all produce the first year but it mostly depends on the size of their roots. The smaller bare root plants may not. I had thought about putting a fabric over them for winter but never got around to it. I have grown them in containers 5 times large without winter protection and they all seem to live so at the moment I just have my fingers crossed they all survived. I think that they will....normally the leaves die off but the roots survive.
The clay vessel is extremely important in my opinion. I am the only one who puts them into a vertical garden but I wouldn't make a barrel without one....also I plan to put a foam ring on top of the clay pot and add a second clay container to double the water capacity which should give it about a week between watering in peak summer. Also you can add a rotation ring to have it spin around. I get mine from home depot in the cabinet department and place the spinner between 2 flat concrete stepping stones.
Tim, so does strawberry plants die off at end of season and have to be replaced every year or do they just keep coming back. I’m in the Midwest so we do have winters here.
Sadly all my barrel garden Albion strawberries died in a cold winter. In the Ibc totes I have more of a wild variety of strawberry that seems to survive the cold...not sure if it is the bigger container or the difference in variety. If you wrapped them in burlap or have a greenhouse you might have better luck overwintering them. Goodluck!
Depends on variety. Some handle the cold better then others. Greenhouse helps or you can try to insulate them....maybe a wire cage and straw would help.
I used a triple mix from the garden store. I added unfinished compost/ organic matter including tree branches, sticks, leaves, kitchen waste, etc. I have not added anything (no multch, compost or fertilizer) in 3 years but everything still grows great.
They will drain on their own. As long as you cover them from snow and ice they should do okay. Some of mine have broken but only the ones exposed to snow and ice. Digging them out each year is a chore I would prefer not to do :) happy gardening
I learned the hard way that Albion strawberries don't like the cold! I was attempting to sell the barrels full of strawberries and soil and I did sell/deliver a few of them but most of the strawberries died except for the alpine variety or the ones in the greenhouse/sunroom.
If I am starting seeds I would consider watering the pouches, otherwise the Olla should be good enough. Some people use a drip line system to auto fill their ollas to prevent manual watering. Hope that helps.
My barrels have 40 planting pockets plus the top which make up about 22 square feet of garden surface space. It depends a lot on the plants you choose. 40 Radishes will not go too far but 40 kale would provide more greens then you can eat. Also depends on climate and how hard your winter is...the more perennials you can grow the better and the bigger the production generally speaking...
I am currently in Costa Rica but some of the barrels are now in a sunroom in Canada and they produce winter greens all year round. The Albion strawberries did not do well without frost protection. I still really like the olla barrel design. My current design has a wheels and a wire trellis. If I was to do it again I would make a bigger olla hope that helps :)
@@Timodeus , awesome, thank you so much for this feedback. I am starting a community garden for the homeless and every little bit of info helps. Thanks again!
Hi again Tim. I have 4 questions. I tend to over think things and it always puts me into stand by and wait for answers mode! 1.) Could you please let me know about the size for the wine bottles? I've got 3 different sized bottles and yours look so uniform. 2.) Also what is the spacing for the rows and 3.) between the plants? 4.) Lastly, how far up from the bottom so I can figure out how thick to make the drainage layer? Thanksm for such great videos. So much clearer than others in the subject.
They are all approximately the same size but they need to be white wine or fizzy drink bottles for the thick glass and sloped neck on the bottle.... 5 rows, 8 pockets per row, spaced evenly, I think 3.5 inches per pocket or so (diameter of the bottles) and maybe 6 inches between each one?. The barrel is 3 feet tall so it is 6 inches per level in height with 5 rows. I used a template fabric so I could just draw the marks on. Drill holes in the very bottom so water doesn't flood the bottom layer...and I would use a double olla (4 pots total) to max out water storage. Happy gardening!
@@Timodeus You are awesome! Thanks for responding so promptly. Do you think it is too late to make it for this year? Also what variety do you feel is the best tasting or producing? I live in Edmonton. I'm on the Saskatoon Nursery site looking right now.
@@barrystraughan Cold tolerant is the name of the game. I have tried many varieties of strawberries which were all kinda awful. I almost exclusive grow one I found on a local farm which is maybe semi wild but very drought and cold tolerant and very productive. The wicking barrels and vertical barrel gardens work good for a patio but if you have access to the ground, "hugelkultur" build underground with flat flag stones on top has been working really well for me.
I've been growing strawberries for years but we live in the southern appalachias and get lots of rain, and I'm tired of losing berries to slugs and mold. I thought this system might help but wondered how these have held up to UV light? Plastics tend not to last too long in our high altitude sunlight.
They hold up well to UV but they dry out too fast for my liking, even with the ollas. Most my strawberries are in ground now and I never water them. I use a semi wild variety that does very well with fruiting but also cold and drought tolerant. The strawberries in the video were "Albion" and most died their.first winter. (check out my tree trunk terrace front yard garden/berry boulevard) to see more on that kind. Thanks for comments/watching.
@@Timodeus @Timodeus Thanks for this input! I was concerned about watering also. Albion does well here (growing some now) but we may be further south than you. I love alpine berries & we have the wild variety everywhere here - fun to forage! I've also planted cultivated alpines, but they are too runner-heavy for me. I'll check out your other videos now - thanks again!
Wow! What an amazing garden. I see you have used the inverted clay unglazed pots connected together for watering. How often do you expect to have to change out the soil since you're not trying the compost centers for the towers? Has the watering pots been efficient even in hot weather?
Thanks! The clay pots work well but I would make them with 4 pots instead of 2 if I were to redo it. In summer they still need watering every couple days. I have a Playlist called tree trunk terrace which I haven't watered at all this season and have major strawberry production of a semi wild type I love
Do you got any tips for how to make those cavities in the barrel. Cause i was actually inspired from your video, because i got a couple barrels aswell. But i have no idea how to make it like that.
I have access to a sun room where they stay in winter but the soil, plants and dirt can stay out in winter. Just stop filling the olla so it has time to drain before any water freezes.
@@Timodeus thanks for the quick reply. I'm debating between heating method or drill a 2in hole and insert a short 2" pipe and aim it upward. What do u think? Do t jave a torch, only a heat gun, not sure if it would be hot enough. Does your hole deform at all?
Ontario Canada. For winter i just let the clay pots drain and sometimes they go into the sunroom. They seem to be okay as long as the water has been drained. If you had perennials you could maybe cover them as well.
Thanks Ammar. Often vertical gardening is done at scale inside commercial greenhouses. Although they most often will do hydroponics, aeroponics or aquaponics (different methods of growing without soil) to maximize yield.
@@Timodeus thanks for your quick reply. I do have seen many hydroponic greenhouses, however i see low initial investment in this. Yet i dont see any farm using barrels. Questions that come to mind 1.Does it really save space 2.Is it commercially viable 3. Can root vegetables like ginger be grown in this method?
@@AmmarSaya It only saves space for small plants like strawberries. If you have large plants on top they will shade the lower plants and stunt their growth. I would stay it is not commercially viable. The reason I made so many in the back yard was in an attempt to sell them fully planted. For awhile I was delivering them full of soil and full of plants. If you have very limited space inside a greenhouse it might make sense but otherwise I would probably just plant in the earth. Root veggies could be grown on top but growing them on the sides of the barrels would be difficult to harvest, and the light would be likely blocked from the plants above.
I built and grew strawberries two years ago but it needs too much water and fertilizer. I think the soil in the barrel isn't enough. You must plant less strawberries. (6 or 8)I had to water tree time a day.
Tim Burrows Wow, was not expecting that much but it makes sense. In another video about a rooftop garden with rectangular plastic containers the guy mentions to keep the weight between 40-60 per unit. So now I don't know if I should use this barrel method (even without the pots) because of the weight :/ Thanks for responding!!
If you live near a big city you can sometimes find them free. Usually they cost around $20 or so used. Kijiji, Craigslist, or Facebook marketplace are good places to start looking.
I decided to replace the worm tube with the clay pots because without putting the garden on legs, it becomes difficult to access the worm tube castings once the tube is full. Also I find barrel gardens dry out fast so the clay pot irrigation helps with this. You can always do vermicomposting and add the compost tea and castings the the barrel garden later. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
I have an idea for ya. Take a ping pong ball and a 1/4" dowel. Glue the dowel to the ping pong ball and put it in the hole of the terracotta pot and that will tell you how much water there is in the pots. To hold it in the center of the pot you can cut a piece of plastic with 3/8" hole then you can gauge how much water is in the pots. Mark the dowel with 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and then and add line for water. That way all you have to do is just glance at each one to tell how much water is in the pot and when to fill the pot. Let me know what you think about this idea. I too would like to know how you built the barrel slots. I have some idea how you did, but not sure.
Rockyj that is a clever idea! I have another video about how to make a barrel pocket. I have my videos organized into playlists or you can search for it directly. Thanks for the input and happy gardening.
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They look a little nicer now, I have them on drum dollies so they can move, with a trellis and doubled the olla. You can check it out in other videos.....no wife yet, they are all in my mom's back yard but she seems to like them! They could be made in another color like a terracotta, white, black etc but drastically cheaper then the garden tower project. Thanks for commenting :)
Being a farmers market strawberry maniac (chain store “strawberries” are not the same fruit, some kind of tasteless imitator 😁) I am in AWE of this beautiful garden filled with repurposed barrels. Absolutely amazing and I love that you have hundreds and hundreds of plants. I am going to be likely trying to replicate this idea next year. I’ll let you know how it goes. I’m also going to do about 12 cut-in-half barrels for 24 lettuce and carrot beds for salads along with a few 55’s used for tomato plants. I’d bet they will get huge in a 55. Thank you for this video it has me absolutely determined to get my garden going for next year!
Good idea with the clay pots in the center of the barrel! I had seen a pipe down the middle with holes in the sides where you could have worms and compost, but I hadn't seen your idea before. Nice if you want to go somewhere and not be too concerned about watering while gone!
Exactly! Vertical gardens dry out quickly and the worm tube barrels do not have a solution for this. Thanks for the comment!
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on our best year ever with quinault berries, we looked them over and rearranged plans to get them the next morning but our furry rabbit friends beat us to them! they must have overheard the conversation and so ate them all! the plots are fenced in now but too much over winter mulch last year took a toll. in barrels, birds nest in them and eat them; on the ground; rabbits, birds and even squirrels get them (ignoring dozens of marigolds that are supposed to repel them. one year the rabbits ate all the marigold flowers)
this is a new year, 2019, and the battle will go on. nice thoughtful arrangement you have - happy harvesting...
It can be a challenge. One method I have seen people try is to paint red berries on the containers so when the berries are finally ripe, the birds think they are just paint. Not sure about them wanting to nest though! Goodluck and thanks for watching.
Exellent video, will be looking for your build on this as I want to build a double barrel strawberry planter with a wormery pipe down the middle, with the intention of the worms feeding off the food scraps and leaving castings near the strawberries to feed them, with a collection system at the bottom to collect and reuse the juices at the top.
🌱Happy Gardening my friend, Terry.
That is the method most people go with. I choose to not include the worm tube or collection system for the juices because I use clay pot irrigation instead. With the worm tube you need a way to empty the tube eventually which means having your barrel up on some kind of stand (which then makes it hard to move). Also you need the barrel on a stand for the flow through compost tea collection...however the only reason you need a drawer to collect all those juices is because people are watering too quickly and the nutrients are flooding through the soil....and yes sometimes it is recollected but usually the drawer is full before you reintroduce it to the garden and some is still lost. My solution is to use the clay pot olla and a core of organic matter. There is still lots of native worms and bugs to break down the organic matter but watering is done extremely slow and doesn't cause the flow through nutrient loss...and it also prevents such constant watering.
Tim Burrows thankyou Tim and you have given me something to think about, thanks for the comprehensive reply.
How did your version turn out??
@@Gradechecker1 I struggled with Vine Weevils, and getting enough water to the strawberry plants so it was dismantled after the first year.
This is really great. I lined a laundry basket with burlap and cut slits in the sides to plant bare root strawberries, and lettuce seeds on top. The bare roots didn't take, and after 2 failed attempts, I gave up and bought 4 starts on clearance from Walmart and planted them on top after the lettuce bolted. They looked pretty dead but I had faith. Two years later, the laundry basket berry patch is getting pretty crowded (needless to say, all 4 plants made it back from the dead 😄), and this barrel is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for sharing your design. I'm very excited to try the olla, as we get some scorching summer sun here in Oklahoma and it's tricky to keep container plants alive without automated irrigation. I can't believe I haven't seen that method before. Just fantastic.
Good luck with all your ventures!
Thanks so much for the positive review! I really like the olla design but it can run low on water as well if it is very hot. One option might be to add another pot on top to increase the water capacity. Hope that helps, happy gardening!
@@Timodeus That would be easy enough to try. You don't think the bottom would get too swampy?
@@lisakukla459 The beauty of the olla is that it doesnt overwater the soil. If the soil is hydrated then the olla will stay full due to osmosis. Just make sure there is drainage holes in the bottom of the barrel in case of full soil saturation due to rain and you should be all good.
@@Timodeus Yeah, that makes sense. I'll try it doubled up, then. Thanks so much!
Tim Burrows OH, so you do put holes in the bottom of the barrel? I was wondering about that but didn’t remember seeing that covered in your videos.
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Knowing the time it takes to build each of those, this guy has the patience of a saint lol.
The first one took a long time but got faster after each one. Thanks for watching!
Awesome work. Thanks for sharing
Awesome! What size of pots do you use and how did you plug the bottom hole? Excellent job!
Hi Aaron! I used 10 inch pots to make my ollas. To plug the bottom hole I broke a piece of clay floor tile and used it to block the hole with silicone from the inside of the 2nd pot before I joined the two pots together. Remember to like and subscribe! Thanks :)
When you fill the barrel with compost and soil, it that when you put the seeds in the holes?
Yes but the soil tends to sink around the edges so I pack it down with a stick as I fill them before adding seeds.
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this is really interesting, I like, strawberries
Wow, fantastic garden there , very initiative
Thank you muddywaters! :)
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how did you get the holes so perfectly round?
Check out my channel I have a "how to make a barrel pocket" video. I use a sloped wine bottle and a powerful blowtorch.
thanks for this information
You are welcome! I will be making many more videos in a few weeks if you would like to subscribe and/or hit the "bell" button to get notified about new videos!
Interesting
Great video
So that we can plant many kind of vegetable in one
Glad you liked it! Sorry for late reply
Tim Burrows
It’s ok
I understand you are so busy.
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When child it was my dream do something like that thank you
can you show us how you make the holes and the proces of Making this system
There is a playlist of the various garden barrel videos but "how to make a barrel pocket" or "clay ollas explained" are the ones you are likely searching for.
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How heavy is each barrel when fully loaded? I want to know if they can be transported easily afterward. Thanks.
Yellowknight888 around 300 lbs. I use a dolly and strap to move them but they can also be built on a drum dolly ( a base with wheels )
Hi Tim, love your setup. can you elaborate a bit about your watering system with the 2 pots? does the water go through the wall of the pots? do you have drainage holes at the bottom of your barrels?
Hi Inon! Yes the water flows directly through the wall of the clay pot. There are drainage holes in the barrel to drain the bottom level of plants otherwise it will drain out the bottom pocket level and drown the bottom level of plants. The idea of the "olla" (clay pot irrigation method) is that it only releases water as the soil needs it so it helps keep the soil from drying out. I still water the soil, then fill the olla but it stops the water from rushing through the soil and taking nutrients with it. I have another video about ollas you can search if you are interested.
Great stuff! How do you prepare the ground below the barrels, to prevent weeds? Also, how do you things grow on the north side of the barrel? Is the growth pretty even all the way around? Thanks
In this case I used landscape fabric and mulch but this was only for 1 season as I built a patio in that spot shortly after.
Holy Smoke Tim !! very very impressive..I just bought my barrels and looking to do something similar.. Do you have a video on how you built these barels ?
Nevermind..found your videos on your channel on the barrel making..Outstanding..do you have any recommendation on the various varieties of strawberry to keep a continuous harvest through fall?
Thank you for for the compliments! I used Albion but any "day neutral" or "ever bearing" varieties will produce all season. What that means is that their fruiting is not determined by the length of the day, they will produce slower but more continuously. Please consider liking, subscribing and/or sharing my videos :) Thank you!
Thanks Tim for the quick reply. Do they produce fruit from bare roots in first year ? Do you protect them in winter ?
I love when I get comments on my videos :) All of the plants in the video are bare root transplants that are about 2 weeks old. They all produce the first year but it mostly depends on the size of their roots. The smaller bare root plants may not. I had thought about putting a fabric over them for winter but never got around to it. I have grown them in containers 5 times large without winter protection and they all seem to live so at the moment I just have my fingers crossed they all survived. I think that they will....normally the leaves die off but the roots survive.
The clay vessel is extremely important in my opinion. I am the only one who puts them into a vertical garden but I wouldn't make a barrel without one....also I plan to put a foam ring on top of the clay pot and add a second clay container to double the water capacity which should give it about a week between watering in peak summer. Also you can add a rotation ring to have it spin around. I get mine from home depot in the cabinet department and place the spinner between 2 flat concrete stepping stones.
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Tim, so does strawberry plants die off at end of season and have to be replaced every year or do they just keep coming back. I’m in the Midwest so we do have winters here.
Sadly all my barrel garden Albion strawberries died in a cold winter. In the Ibc totes I have more of a wild variety of strawberry that seems to survive the cold...not sure if it is the bigger container or the difference in variety. If you wrapped them in burlap or have a greenhouse you might have better luck overwintering them. Goodluck!
Great video! How much are you able to harvest off that many towers? Thanks very much!
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Does it freeze where you are located? If so what does a freeze do to berry roots in barrels?
Depends on variety. Some handle the cold better then others. Greenhouse helps or you can try to insulate them....maybe a wire cage and straw would help.
what kind of soil did you use for the garden barrels? can i use a potting mix?
I used a triple mix from the garden store. I added unfinished compost/ organic matter including tree branches, sticks, leaves, kitchen waste, etc. I have not added anything (no multch, compost or fertilizer) in 3 years but everything still grows great.
What are the pockets spacing dimensions??
Live it. I cant keep Terracotta pots from cracking when they freeze. I'd have to modify this I think, or at least pull them our before frost hits
They will drain on their own. As long as you cover them from snow and ice they should do okay. Some of mine have broken but only the ones exposed to snow and ice. Digging them out each year is a chore I would prefer not to do :) happy gardening
try putting a sealer coat inside and out to stop water soaking in and expanding and cracking in the winter
@@woody7219 Sealing the clay will prevent the ability for the clay to weep water which would defeat their purpose.
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I would think this method could be used to grow potatoes, and sweet potatoes. That would fill the barrel from top to bottom.
I love strawberries but what do you do with this in the winter time so the plant in the roots don’t freeze
I learned the hard way that Albion strawberries don't like the cold! I was attempting to sell the barrels full of strawberries and soil and I did sell/deliver a few of them but most of the strawberries died except for the alpine variety or the ones in the greenhouse/sunroom.
Do you also water the side pouches of strawberries if it doesn't rain for a while? Or is the olla's water enough?
If I am starting seeds I would consider watering the pouches, otherwise the Olla should be good enough. Some people use a drip line system to auto fill their ollas to prevent manual watering. Hope that helps.
I know it all depends, but roughly how many barrels do you think you will need to supply one adult's moderate vegetable consumption continuously?
My barrels have 40 planting pockets plus the top which make up about 22 square feet of garden surface space. It depends a lot on the plants you choose. 40 Radishes will not go too far but 40 kale would provide more greens then you can eat. Also depends on climate and how hard your winter is...the more perennials you can grow the better and the bigger the production generally speaking...
We need an update on this if possible, thanks!
I am currently in Costa Rica but some of the barrels are now in a sunroom in Canada and they produce winter greens all year round. The Albion strawberries did not do well without frost protection. I still really like the olla barrel design. My current design has a wheels and a wire trellis. If I was to do it again I would make a bigger olla hope that helps :)
@@Timodeus , awesome, thank you so much for this feedback. I am starting a community garden for the homeless and every little bit of info helps. Thanks again!
How did you make to perfect hole in the barrel? Did you cut, heat,and use a cut pipe to make them. Any video would be helpful.
Search "how to make a barrel pocket" on my channel. Enjoy!
Hi again Tim. I have 4 questions. I tend to over think things and it always puts me into stand by and wait for answers mode! 1.) Could you please let me know about the size for the wine bottles? I've got 3 different sized bottles and yours look so uniform. 2.) Also what is the spacing for the rows and 3.) between the plants?
4.) Lastly, how far up from the bottom so I can figure out how thick to make the drainage layer?
Thanksm for such great videos. So much clearer than others in the subject.
They are all approximately the same size but they need to be white wine or fizzy drink bottles for the thick glass and sloped neck on the bottle.... 5 rows, 8 pockets per row, spaced evenly, I think 3.5 inches per pocket or so (diameter of the bottles) and maybe 6 inches between each one?. The barrel is 3 feet tall so it is 6 inches per level in height with 5 rows. I used a template fabric so I could just draw the marks on. Drill holes in the very bottom so water doesn't flood the bottom layer...and I would use a double olla (4 pots total) to max out water storage. Happy gardening!
@@Timodeus You are awesome! Thanks for responding so promptly. Do you think it is too late to make it for this year? Also what variety do you feel is the best tasting or producing? I live in Edmonton. I'm on the Saskatoon Nursery site looking right now.
@@barrystraughan Cold tolerant is the name of the game. I have tried many varieties of strawberries which were all kinda awful. I almost exclusive grow one I found on a local farm which is maybe semi wild but very drought and cold tolerant and very productive. The wicking barrels and vertical barrel gardens work good for a patio but if you have access to the ground, "hugelkultur" build underground with flat flag stones on top has been working really well for me.
I've been growing strawberries for years but we live in the southern appalachias and get lots of rain, and I'm tired of losing berries to slugs and mold. I thought this system might help but wondered how these have held up to UV light? Plastics tend not to last too long in our high altitude sunlight.
They hold up well to UV but they dry out too fast for my liking, even with the ollas. Most my strawberries are in ground now and I never water them. I use a semi wild variety that does very well with fruiting but also cold and drought tolerant. The strawberries in the video were "Albion" and most died their.first winter. (check out my tree trunk terrace front yard garden/berry boulevard) to see more on that kind. Thanks for comments/watching.
@@Timodeus @Timodeus Thanks for this input! I was concerned about watering also. Albion does well here (growing some now) but we may be further south than you. I love alpine berries & we have the wild variety everywhere here - fun to forage! I've also planted cultivated alpines, but they are too runner-heavy for me. I'll check out your other videos now - thanks again!
How about a picture of the garden 2019?
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The strawberries died their first winter sadly....but I have made adjustments to the system, doubled the water, added wheels and a trellis.
Wow! What an amazing garden. I see you have used the inverted clay unglazed pots connected together for watering. How often do you expect to have to change out the soil since you're not trying the compost centers for the towers? Has the watering pots been efficient even in hot weather?
Thanks! The clay pots work well but I would make them with 4 pots instead of 2 if I were to redo it. In summer they still need watering every couple days. I have a Playlist called tree trunk terrace which I haven't watered at all this season and have major strawberry production of a semi wild type I love
How would you go about stacking 4 pots in this barrel? @@Timodeus
@@mannym1843 th-cam.com/video/LnzPLAFaYeA/w-d-xo.html Same way i make the 2 pots one except I only block the hole on the bottom pot.
Do you got any tips for how to make those cavities in the barrel. Cause i was actually inspired from your video, because i got a couple barrels aswell. But i have no idea how to make it like that.
Search "how to make a barrel pocket" on my channel. Happy gardening!
I btw found the rest of your channel. that’s all i needed👌🏻✌🏼
Is there anything you do with the barrels, plants and dirt in the winter time?
I have access to a sun room where they stay in winter but the soil, plants and dirt can stay out in winter. Just stop filling the olla so it has time to drain before any water freezes.
Strawberry barrels (fields) forever
Curious
Where can I get barrels with the holes already in them to buy?
Check out my "how to make a barrel pocket" video. Or if you are anywhere near Toronto Canada I have several!
Also there are vertical tower gardens for sale online like the garden tower 2 but they are quite expensive.
What zone are you in? We are in southeast Missouri Northeast Arkansas area. How do the strawberries winter in these?
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What about sun shine, does not one side doesn't get much sun? Or do u have to rotate it constantly?
I used to rotate them but they seem to grow fine without so I didnt bother this season.
@@Timodeus thanks for the quick reply. I'm debating between heating method or drill a 2in hole and insert a short 2" pipe and aim it upward. What do u think? Do t jave a torch, only a heat gun, not sure if it would be hot enough. Does your hole deform at all?
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Where are you located? I want to know if you have winters with snow and what do you do with them in the winter for them to hibernate?
Ontario Canada. For winter i just let the clay pots drain and sometimes they go into the sunroom. They seem to be okay as long as the water has been drained. If you had perennials you could maybe cover them as well.
Looks good!
Nice seeing your videos.
I wonder why this is not done on scale. Like on hectors instead of kust backyard gardening.
Hope you have an answer to that.
Thanks Ammar. Often vertical gardening is done at scale inside commercial greenhouses. Although they most often will do hydroponics, aeroponics or aquaponics (different methods of growing without soil) to maximize yield.
@@Timodeus thanks for your quick reply.
I do have seen many hydroponic greenhouses, however i see low initial investment in this. Yet i dont see any farm using barrels.
Questions that come to mind
1.Does it really save space
2.Is it commercially viable
3. Can root vegetables like ginger be grown in this method?
@@AmmarSaya It only saves space for small plants like strawberries. If you have large plants on top they will shade the lower plants and stunt their growth. I would stay it is not commercially viable. The reason I made so many in the back yard was in an attempt to sell them fully planted. For awhile I was delivering them full of soil and full of plants. If you have very limited space inside a greenhouse it might make sense but otherwise I would probably just plant in the earth. Root veggies could be grown on top but growing them on the sides of the barrels would be difficult to harvest, and the light would be likely blocked from the plants above.
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Какой интересно сорт?!🍓🍓🍓🍓
А где такие бочки продают , может быть знаете?
Мне тоже интересно,где купить такую бочку?
@@galinakant5721 оказывается все просто, пропилить надо такое в обычных бочках
Вам не кажется, что урожай маленький? Клубника не очень плодоносит?
I built and grew strawberries two years ago but it needs too much water and fertilizer. I think the soil in the barrel isn't enough. You must plant less strawberries. (6 or 8)I had to water tree time a day.
The clay vessel helps a lot with watering and they strawberries to okay close together depending on type.
Also there is lots of buried organic matter and compost for fertilizer.
How you made those holes into the plastic drum?
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Those could be perfect for a hydroponic garden
Hi! How much could one of this barrels weight? Would you recommend putting a few in a rooftop?
They are around 300lbs. A lighter soil mix could be used but it mostly depends how wet they are and how full the olla is. Hope that helps!
Tim Burrows Wow, was not expecting that much but it makes sense. In another video about a rooftop garden with rectangular plastic containers the guy mentions to keep the weight between 40-60 per unit. So now I don't know if I should use this barrel method (even without the pots) because of the weight :/ Thanks for responding!!
@@-ilkis- Milk crates lined with geofabric might suit your needs. They are great at stacking, just a little hard to keep watered. Happy gardening!
where did you get these barrels from ?
Local classified ads like Craigslist or Kijiji. Just make sure they are food grade
Where can you get free food grade 55 gallon barrels?
If you live near a big city you can sometimes find them free. Usually they cost around $20 or so used. Kijiji, Craigslist, or Facebook marketplace are good places to start looking.
how did you make ?
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Отличная идея👍👍👍
Где можно приобрести такие ведра ? Тоже желаем такую посадку)) молодцы
🙋🙌🙌🙌🙌bravo! Perfect!
Can you make a video of making these?
Search "how to make a barrel pocket" I made a video.
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Sweet!
Thanks! They are also contained hugelkultur!
I'm going to build vermiculture garden towers. I honestly can't wait.
I decided to replace the worm tube with the clay pots because without putting the garden on legs, it becomes difficult to access the worm tube castings once the tube is full. Also I find barrel gardens dry out fast so the clay pot irrigation helps with this. You can always do vermicomposting and add the compost tea and castings the the barrel garden later. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
Best Barrels Garden !
Thank you Lone!
@@orucreeis 55 gallon HDPE barrel. probably 23inches diameter. 40 planting pockets, 1 plant per pocket. Buried compost, kitchen scraps, yard waste, leaves, sticks etc. Also a clay watering vessel called an "olla".
I built one but does not look as good as yours. I put in to many pockets. Do you have a layout for the pockets you can share?
zpoedog 5 levels spaced 6 inches apart. 8 pockets per level spaced evenly. Just over 3 inches per pocket.
Thank you!
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I have an idea for ya. Take a ping pong ball and a 1/4" dowel. Glue the dowel to the ping pong ball and put it in the hole of the terracotta pot and that will tell you how much water there is in the pots. To hold it in the center of the pot you can cut a piece of plastic with 3/8" hole then you can gauge how much water is in the pots. Mark the dowel with 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and then and add line for water. That way all you have to do is just glance at each one to tell how much water is in the pot and when to fill the pot. Let me know what you think about this idea. I too would like to know how you built the barrel slots. I have some idea how you did, but not sure.
Rockyj that is a clever idea! I have another video about how to make a barrel pocket. I have my videos organized into playlists or you can search for it directly. Thanks for the input and happy gardening.
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Thanks Diego! :)
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Thanks Zozo! :)
I'm from Saudi Arabia I said as (ayu riyu) : this is really interesting, I like, strawberries
Thanks for watching! Sorry for late reply.
Hi tim
Hey there :)
Dude you don't have a bird problem?
They did not survive winter but when they were fruiting I had no issues with birds.
Good good
Thanks Muhaba!
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Заебись! Где бочки взяли?
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main aapka bahut shauk se dekhta hun main bhi aap aur Mohammed Salim ke naam ka banaya hua please please aap bhi uska describe karte hain aur like karte hain shukriya
Sorry.... English? thank you! :)
Thats a lot of money in soil
I help full the space with lots of organic matter...old branches, leaves, compost etc. and the clay pot irrigation system.
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What is this dirty
The strawberries can get dirty sitting on soil. Growing them vertically prevents this because they hand mid air.
efficient but ugly, What did the wife say?
They look a little nicer now, I have them on drum dollies so they can move, with a trellis and doubled the olla. You can check it out in other videos.....no wife yet, they are all in my mom's back yard but she seems to like them! They could be made in another color like a terracotta, white, black etc but drastically cheaper then the garden tower project. Thanks for commenting :)
Столько бочек! А не проще на этой территории посадить клуьнику? Бред какой то
Mixed accent
A City-Canuck.
Spent some time in Australia/ USA could be affecting it :)
What have you had problems growing I am doing this during the winter in my garage so we have veggies but I can grow anything but it's nice to ask
you can grow most things.... larger plants will shade out the levels below though