COMPLETE Guide How to Build a Raised Bed Garden On a Budget-GROW Vegetables Tote Container Gardening
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- Container Gardening easy and cheap, growing food simple. WORTH WATCHING to THINK About~Here I explain Container Garden & Vertical Garden in Totes / storage containers works great, on a deck, balcony or small space, or even in a large back or front yard. We are now in full Modern Homestead, growing most all our own produce for us to eat. Set up with lots of GARDEN organic leaves, branches and Matter (FREE) from MY garden, Easy Water maintenance, easy to plant and pace your growing needs for a very successful food garden. Grow as slow or fast as you want, less money to start, but lots of food for you and your family. Grow Large Vegetable in Container Gardening SUCCESS Tips & Why it Works Easy Cheap & Great, for real. SUCCESS TIPS Grow Vegetables Container Gardening Why it Works Easy & Cheap ANYWHERE for Tons of FOOD
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I just found you... And I've been using totes for years for my potato's and my back yard cucumber plant and I thought I was the only one that did that... I also have a bunch of ( 5gal.) ice cream container's for free and I've been using them to now for the past two years... I grow in the ground in my front yard for my tomatoes and they grew to about 10 foot tall last year. And so did my front yard cucumber. My pepper plants did really well the year before. We will see this year how it goes... What kind of plant food do you recommend????
I make my own compost tea, check out my videos on them thanks
I'm learning so much from you. Thank you!!!! You are loved!! I'm new at this.
You have single handedly begun a garden revolution, woman!! DEFINITELY you need to write a book before someone beats you to it!
Years ago my husband built a 4x8 raised bed. I planted a few things & got some tomatoes. Most plants died. It was too far from the house, didn't get watered enough, & at 71 I gave up when it got hot. This year (before I found you) I planted 8 galvanized tubs around the deck. I'm excited about gardening again! I still didn't water enough in the hot 100° Missouri summer, but got more veggies than ever before. For the 1st time I got a couple of pumpkins, cantaloupe, & watermelon, some cukes, peppers & scads of tomatoes! Too many rotted because I didn't know what to do with them & didn't know you can freeze them. Lettuce & carrots were failures, but learned a lot from that.
Drilling holes on tub bottoms didn't work too well, but cannot wait til next spring. Already collecting tubs, & will reuse some galvanized ones with a few holes in the sides.
I know this is way too long, but I'm so delighted with my little bit of success, that I HAD to tell someone! No one else understands how exciting this is. THANK YOU!!!
I share your enthusiasm...I'm growing sugar baby watermelons in a tote and it's so exciting to see them get bigger and bigger and bigger. Robbie is a great teacher!
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@@DandLwelcomehome I bought some sugar baby watermelon seeds and was wondering if and how I could plant the seeds due to the melons vines running..
@@pattimears200 I remember buying a few start up baby watermelon plants and planting them in the tote. The tote is up against a lattice and the vines hooked up to that very nicely. Now, I'm trying for the first time, growing pomegranates from seed. First, I placed them in a wet napkin into a sealable bag waited about 2 weeks, then planted them in small pots. It's been about a week, so far so good. Crossing my fingers X.
@@DandLwelcomehome thank you so very much! Last year my 90 yr. Old mom had a man who does their yard work bring some mulch and put around her flowers and a couple of watermelon vines actually grew from the mulch! We have never seen anything like it! Don't know the varieties but, we had free watermelons last summer and they were delicious! I'm thinking ok, we will have to grow our own now!
Hi Robbie, thanks so much for your videos. Setup two totes for my mom who wanted to get her hands dirty digging in a garden again. I did not have any chairs so I used two cedar fence pickets laid across cinder blocks. She loved the colored totes. Mom is celebrating her 99 the birthday in Nov. she planted some flowers and some vegetables and is now hoping for warm weather to return.
God bless her!
I hope your mom is alive and well 🙏 God bless
God Bless her! Happy gardening.
This is the most successful garden season I’ve ever had. I live on the east coast of Virginia it’s hot and steamy here. Grow bags didn’t work here, but the totes are amazing. I also use 5 gallon buckets. Although I never wanted to grow in plastic containers I kept an open mind and I found out that totes and 5 gallon buckets are the answer for me.
I know how you feel, but we live in a Plastic world, so I keep what I can out of the landfill, and never store plastic water bottles full of water in my car, ( I found out a very good friend did that for months, in the trunk of their car in case they wanted a bottle of water) I had to let them know, NO NO NO, usually I let people do what they want, but in this case, that was not at all good for someone's health, that hot closed trunk can get over 180degrees, and months in the truck...well you know. But outdoors will never get that hot, and soil is even cooler than the air. SO, all is good, take care, thanks, Robbie
What do you grow in the buckets please
@@ElizabethPerez-dn3pi Last year I grew tomatoes, I also had a fig and blueberry bush, I grew everything else in 18 gallon totes.
Thank you
I'm starting to use the 5 gallon buckets. I thought I was the only one to use those✌
Oh I was blessed I got 5 cubit feet of Miracle grow in ground potting soil for free! The bags were torn and they just wanted them gone 👍🏼
OMG! That was fantastic! I got a bunch of bags a few years ago for 75% off, but you DID GREAT! Remember, use them as needed and never toss them out if they dry out. Just add some water to them and let them re-hydrate, and they will be as good as new. Take care, Robbie
Who could downvote this?
This WORKS!
I love watching you. I am 80 and do not want to bend down and plant. Also. My favorite part of the totes is....I can plant them in the shade and my neighbor will place them where ever I want. Of course he can pick anything he wants. Old fashion barting..lol. Thank You so much.
This is such a fantastic idea! At first I was apprehensive about plastic in the garden but then my fiance put it to me this way: the stuff plastic should be used for is stuff you want to last as long as possible. Plastic not breaking down makes it a problem in landfills and is why we stay away from single use plastic as much as possible. But that lack of breakdown? Is what makes it perfect for things you want to use for a long time, such as garden containers. Can't wait to have a much more economic and fruitful season this year 😁
Bought 6 totes today at Walmart & I’m sure I have more lying around at home! So excited to get started slowly and get my kids involved 🥰
Throw in some worms, and a cover crop and top it off with some straw for shade because wigglers don't like sun. Not a a lot of worms because they will multiply in no time
How was your garden?
My totes are doing great! I made a plant base pesto pasta last night.
Chard has been picked and we sautéed with garlic, onions and balsamic vinegar. I’m disabled so these totes are a real blessing! Thank you!
Love that pesto you made!!! Sounds great, this year I am doing more like that too. So glad the totes worked out so great for you, nothing better in the world than some real live food, grown, picked and so fresh! Even a little live food goes a long way for us all! Thanks so much for sharing all this, take care Robbie
I bought me a soldering iron last week. I already love this tool. It’s so handy if you don’t need a drill. Thanks for the great idea!! You are an inspiration!!!
What part talks about that?
You are so welcome ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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12 45 stay alive. 367 straight to heaven. Good way to remember plastics.
You got it! Food safe ones are 1,2,4and 5, THANKS
I wish I had started my container garden with totes. The grow bags have been hit or miss (mostly miss 🤦🏽♀️😆 ) gonna keep my eyes peeled for sales on storage totes. Spring is gonna be awesome
Wow! This was such a good lesson! You and your husband are the Johnny Appleseeds of 2020...planting new gardeners around the world! Thanks Robbie!🙂
Watching your videos makes me so happy. I also love gardening in totes and containers. My husband is an "in the ground" gardener but he's supportive of my container style and very impressed with the successes I've had with my crops. I LOVE your videos and your personality...please never stop!!
Good morning from Houston Texas USA. Thank you for sharing
I have to admit, my veggie plants growing in totes are doing much better than anything else. For my birthday this Thursday, I had my daughter buy me two more totes and soil. I have both the round ones and the square ones.
My bff Michele STILL has summer squash growing strong in her totes!
I was thinking of those big buckets that they sell for kids toys to store in would work good since they are usually massive! Also I will be using a decomposting method with sticks and leaves and such in the bottoms of the totes to take up space and it breaks down into food for the plants, I also have composting worms that could work out in these systems, wow as a new sub I'm getting so many ideas
@@jules-marcdavis6843 Make sure you check the # on the toy bucket.
@@patriciagraham4786 yeah true what numbers are ok
@@jules-marcdavis6843 i know 2, 4 and 5 are ok. Stay away from 3.
I can envision an addition to your chair garden in the form of another row of chairs - it would look something like an orchestra pit. :-)
I love it!
Musical Chairs to the sound of Mother Nature.
I was thinking 2 rows of chairs, back to back like "Musical Chairs"..
New to gardening and have been feeling very timid about starting. This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I really love it. Love the colorful chairs as well. All my hippiness came rushing up when I saw this and I actually feel like I can do this!! Thank you! New subscriber!
At 63 years old I LOVE this idea!!!
I'm 72 and love it more!!!
Jean Dudley 😃
Not only are they so easy to grow in, it works Great too, take care, thanks, Robbie
I use shoe totes since I'm one person and my shelves are short. I use the ones from lowes that are 12 1/2 inches deep. I also use Walmart's reusable grocery bags (they're the same material as the expensive grow bags). I also reuse salad boxes to start seeds. Definitely going to try a large tote for my winter rotation. Your garden is extremely beautiful!
Hi there, Debbie here..I love your chair garden..cute idea,,I can’t wait to tell my Dad the idea,,he’s 87 and loves to garden but it’s been hard on him to do in ground...
Robbie, Since I recently stumbled upon your wonderful videos, you’ve inspired me so much! I already made my first bird bath with items from around my house and a few thrift items! You are such a blessing to watch and learn from. I also just made my first tote! Waiting for my zucchini, spinach and pole beans to sprout 🌱 before adding them to the tote. After watching I now realize, I can grow multiple veggies in one tote if I want. If this works like I believe it will, this is just the beginning to a more self sufficient and fruitful way of life that I now realize is truly possible because of you!! Thank you for sharing all your valuable wisdom with all of us! You are a true blessing to me! Hi 👋🏻 from NC!
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love your idea of planting something next to the containers so that plants can be watered from the containers!!
Totally! Those 2 big zucchini looked like watermelon...it was crazy, oops...I think one is still out there, I hope I can lift it and carry it in, LOL. Plants near by love the totes, that is what Gary and my daughter are doing now with totes in their garden, using the totes to also feed the plants in the ground, take care, thanks so much, Robbie
Question, are you concerned at all with the plastic leaching into the soil and veggies?
I just love your positive attitude. First, I started the deal with the hummingbird feeders, where we habe currently 15 buzzers buzz around, and I started two tote bins for right now. Thank you, you are my Covid survival lady and helping me to cope! 😍
So I live in high desert and have some of the same issues as you.. i did want to add if people are growing potatoes you can also bury the tote 1/4 to 1/2 of the tote deep to help keep the soil cooler and damper. What a great video Robbie. Thanks I was a bit skeptical but all your points make great sense and what a wonderful idea for apartments and renters too. You can take your beds with you if you have to move. Thanks for all your clever ideas.
Good job Robbie but show us your daughters garden !!! Even pictures would be great... Your so cool of a gardener!
Love you girl😀 write a book. You have wonderful ideas.
Maybe one day I will do that....THANKS, take care, Robbie
2 piece of advice. I live in an area that can be 100 degrees in the summer and down to 0 in the winter. I didn’t empty my totes when winter came, in the summer some of my bins and totes had become brittle. I recommend emptying the bins and storing them out of the elements if you live in a similar area.
2nd I have a few 8’x4’x 2’ to help use up some of the 24” depth I filled the bottom layer with yard waste. Old logs, the dried tumble weeds, autumn leaves, these will all decompose and fertile the soil toward the bottom. I have also seen videos where seasoned gardens will add compostable items into in a layer. We have a very short growth period and the ground she be pretty warm before planting some vegetables, the bins allow the soil to warm up faster. I can also do a mini greenhouse tunnel with hosing or pvc over a individual bin for cheap, allowing me to plant vegetables that aren’t freeze resistant early then I could otherwise AND also extends my growing season into the fall past our first few freezes.
This video is why I started gardening in totes on chairs 😊. Love you Ms Robbie.
Ms Pat from southern Indiana 🌹
Omg! I bought a tote for a small spot between regular garden plants because I thought it would be better than digging into already planted space. Boy! Do I now know what a great idea it was!! Thanks!
For those concerned with longevity of totes due to sun, depending on how spendy you want to get and how much effort you want to put in, try wrapping your totes with that shiny foil bubble wrap insulation and then covering that with a couple of layers of shade cloth or reed/babmboo fencing, enough so the foil isn't too obvious. One could also set the totes in a garden bed and planting around the totes with flowering annuals or herbs that grow to the same height to disguise the sides of the totes. Oregano is a good choice since it's not too demanding and will be happy with runoff from the tote, especially column-type oregano. Let it flower, the bees will love it. Borage also gets nice and big, somewhat prickly but another bee favorite. It can be a self-seeder but volunteers are easy to remove and borage is GREAT for your compost. Not sure how very cold weather will affect the totes as the last garden I had was in California. However, nothing will last forever. I'd clean'em up at the end of each season and put them in a garage or shed if I was gardening in snow or hard feeeze territory.
Wow ! I love the chair and tote garden idea!
I've got 2 white plastic chairs left from a patio set that I bought 30 years ago that no one can sit on, because they're degrading, leaving a white dusty residue on clothing. Was thinking of taking them to the dump this summer, but using them for a raised bed would be the perfect solution! Thanks for these awesome ideas!
Paint them - Robbie has a video on it & at that stage is perfect time to do when paint is deteriorating
@@arthuurwong49 Awesome video! thanks Arthuur :)
Very informative video, exactly as you said - just grow something! Usually you start with few plants and end up with not having enough space because you want to grow more plants 🍀
Absolutely! Yes, it GROWS on You...LOL, thanks take care Robbie
This video made me subscribe because it's so easy, it's exactly what I was looking for trying to set up a new garden at a new home, and your enthusiasm is amazing!
I love using totes too. You can move them around. They don’t tend to get a lot of weeds. They are big enough to do bigger plants in or a bunch of potatoes or carrots. I love the idea of putting them on top of cheap plastic chairs. I’ve always put them right on the ground.
Quite the inspiration Robbie...I’m going to find TOTES!!! YOU are right about the grow bags. I’m going to put mine in one tote so they stay damp and I can grow little bits in each one. But next summer totes for my green beans so I don’t have to bend down so much! I’ve got walking onions in a nursery grow can as well as sprouting broccoli, then sugar peas in another. Then they water what’s under them..!
I had an extra black tote and took a cutting off of my tomato plant. OMG! I couldn't believe how huge that plant got! Of course now colored totes are not available at our Walmart, only the clear ones.
I just can't wait !!! But must go through winter. We get better every year don't we?!! Yummy 😋 take care 🤗😇
This is my first year "gardening" in containers. I had planted some peas in an old tote I had and then discovered your videos. My peas are doing great so far. I'm setting up my first stacked tote to try stacking. Love you ideas and your garden.
Wonderful! I have a video where I did the stacking of totes too. Hope it can give you some ideas. Thanks, Robbie th-cam.com/video/w7EWikoxGgs/w-d-xo.html
I like the idea of a chair garden - and I already have a bunch of them! I use a stool to sit on in the flower bed. I
Both my shoulders are replaced and I want to make it as easy on myself as possible. The chairs are ideal. Thank you for the information!
I was using that tote already for 3 months, and it was so fabulous.
Wonderful I love them 😊❤️
If it's a 3, let it be!
Always amazed how more great information you come up with each time you review the totes and chairs idea
Brilliant. Thank you. I bought chicken wire to wrap around amazon boxes which would last a year or two just so that I could start small and build. This is way easier and the concept of keeping water in without drowning or drying is awesome. Happy gardening! I know I will be now!
Great information Robbie!! If you don't have chairs.... you could possibly fill a tote with wood chips and place another tote on top to bring it up higher.... although a chair would probably be better support. I love your videos and your positive energy!! Thanks for sharing!!
Good idea. Look up Robbie doing this in a video.
Just flip the tote underneath upside-down and place the other one on top
I think you've convinced me!! I'm trying totes next Spring!! Thanks for your wonderful videos! Take care.
You should! I will be setting up more totes next Spring too, or sooner, just TOO fun and TOO easy, thanks, Robbie (already ordered and bought more)
Every time I watch your videos, my gardening passion gets more and more
Wow!!! I am so excited to try this!!! Thank you!!!!
Can I have your Yorke". He looks exactly like my Yorkie named Bacon who passed away last year. I just love to watch him in your videos.
Ty for the explanation of the plastic- I know many people needed that- also one day ppl need to understand the difference of planting then covering with a mulch and planting with UN composted mulch ! 🤪 I understand many people do not have knowledge or understanding!!
Greetings Robbie & Gary, thank you so much for all your gardening help!
Great info as always. It's always good to see another video by you!
Just found this post and appreciate it so much. Went to get my totes this morning and have some of my items planted! Appreciate all the ideas
Robbie my boyfriend just started his first tote today. Thank you! Giggles!
I’ve been watching your videos for a few weeks now .. great advice! Craig and I started our container garden two weeks ago!
You're concept is brilliant Robbie much easier to manage.
You've convinced me on growing in containers make sense...
Thank you..
Hi Robbie it is 4:30 am I watching your videos I will gardening on patio in apartment building I have to share patio I’m doing short season vegetable seeds I live in Wisconsin but I really in joy your videos thank you so much for your garden videos your garden is huge and beautiful thank you❤️🙏🏽
I love your videos!!! You have made such a difference in my little garden. Thank you for sharing
Hi Robbie & Gary
I love your ideas. You gave me motivation to start our very first garden. Thank you. I know you are busy but believe me keep up the great work. You have giving so many people your energy to grow your own. I have learned so much and starting to see results from using bins. Still learning but loving it.
I am so thankful that I found your video. Great common sense and affordable. Will be following.
Just what I needed. thank you Robbie for talking about totes and the quality of each one as you and I will prep another growing season & for the long hot summer from top to bottom excellent!💓🇺🇸🇨🇦🧉🍵
Thank You for you video. Living in an apartment it's hard to have a garden after seeing your video, I bought 6 totes at 8 dollars each at walmart now I need soil to get started. I can't wait fresh vegies are so expensive now.
Thank you. Robbie for your suggestion. I have learned so much from you. I have started my fall garden in totes. And now I'm keeping all my old garden plants in a bucket to use.
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Old lady ..love the tote chair garden.
Bobbie I have been watching TH-cam on gardening for all of the pandemic to learn how to garden and your presentation is the most beautiful and best that I can do you are teaching me so much the other channels were just overpowering and I didn’t wasn’t able to afford thank you so much thank you
You truly inspired me to get the large storage container for growing food I really love and see clearly the benefits and going to check them out thanks for sharing!
I'm so glad! So worth a try, I love how I can PACE my containers as needed, which SAVES ON EXPENSIVE soil, use that soil on the top of the containers, and fill the base of the totes with cheap (great stuff) like leaves and garden matter, THANKS, Robbie
Robbie you were my saviour during the winter, I have watched all your videos over and over again! 😊 we will be going into spring soon and I will be copying all your ideas, take care and stay safe
Have learned so much from your videos! Thank you for sharing! 🌻
EVERY video has crazy clever ideas? Amazing !
I love my totes too. Thank you so much for teaching us how to do it. This is my second year and found I need veg, herbs and flowers that tolerate shade. Because of the mature maple trees all around.
Happy gardening!
Ms Pat from southern Indiana 🤗🥰
Thanks so much Robbie! You’ve given me a lot to think about. I believe I’ll try it next year. 😉🥰👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you so much this removed my concerns about growing in plastic 😃 such wonderful information and I’ll be growing in them myself too. I really love the idea of having them in the chairs which would make it so much easier on my back! Thanks again! 😊💖
Thank you so much. You have been a great source of information.
I’ve rewatched this video so many times! Thanks 😊
Omg I just ran into your vid. I have grown my vegetable garden and wish I saw this method earlier. So beneficial will try this next year. Thank you
❤️🏡I’m so happy to watching you videos 😊🏡
Thank you ! I have 2 containers ! Going to buy some seeds tomorrow and start on my veggies !
Love your chair garden…!
I agree with container gardening
Love the Chair garden idea.
Square containers much better than 5 gal bucket. 😻
Thank you for all this great information and ideas!
Honestly love your channel. You make everything doable. I bought a soldering iron after i watched your vids...its fantastic quick and easy way to make holes in tubs. Looking forward to your next vids❤❤
I have several totes that I am growing my fall garden in it, and even made a video on it. You have given me a whole bunch more reasons to believe in them ... And buy more totes!!!
FANTASTIC❣️
Though I knew some of these things.....I am glad that I listened to your video!!! I may not or maybe.....be able to plant again.....where I live, but I so enjoyed the sweet conversation of successful planting in containers!! Your video lifted ME!! Ahna
You are so practical and I love your approach! I intend to do tote gardening in the future!
This is genius.. I will be trying this. Thank You..
Thanks, will do!
Great information!
Love this! I have these tubs I can use! Thank you for the info
Such a great time to start planting food. This is a great video on how to be a successful urban gardener👍
I can't love this enough!! Thank you for the advice. I wish I had seen this before I bought the grow bags lol I'm in North Louisiana so I'm going to give them a try this year but I may add storage containers along with my flower pots next year
I love your passion for this I will try this and thank you 😊
I followed your advice and created a tote garden on garden chairs and they're all flexible. My only problem was not enough sun on my back porch and patio so I'm going to do good shade loving plants vegetables and flowers this year. I'm not giving up 😄
Ms Pat from southern Indiana 💞
Hello from a fellow Hoosier! I live in Arkansas now, but grew up near Bedford. Happy gardening!
Well Done! ...so practical and efficient. I'm into container gardening and I make cement risers to elevate them. Very rewarding results. Thankyou for your great video and Best Wishes to you.and your family.
Great video! Thank you!
We just had 6 #5 Sterlites on Walmart for 30 bucks!! So I got some! Yeah! I usually miss that sort of bargain...they had actually sold out in our area but I'd already ordered so they sent me some from Texas.
That is so cool, crazy cheap, and just think of all the wonderful stuff you are going to grow, at YOUR pace....as you set them up, one at a time. Thanks for sharing! Take care!
I love your ideas, I would like to try this kind of gardening totes. Thanks for sharing.