So happy I found you .... first time attempting to grow anything .. other than my kids .... they survived ... so at age 79 I'm giving gardening a try. My wonderful son built me a raised gardenbed which is doing ok ... teeny tiny sprouts but hopefully beets and radishes soon. I've been binge watching your videos and so ready to fill up the bins I have and get to composting! Thank you. Now ... I'm searching for your video where you show how you harvest your groups. I'm excited!
Yes, thanks Robbie and Gary! I’ve learned so much from this yt channel! Your Tote containers are so resourceful and handy for anyone w limited spare or mobility limitations. These would be fantastic for nursing homes, group homes and school gardens.
@@Thankful_. School gardens! About time! Youngsters would be delighted to be part of a beautiful U-shaped rainbow garden, cheap and productive. No digging AND eat what they grow. Seed companies should donate; maybe they are already, who knows.
Robbie do you have a video on making your green drinks? I live in an apartment and after seeing this video I now know I have time I live in South Los Angeles I have lots of birds right now and I know from you they be Fat birds by eating the bugs Thank You for making these videos for us learn from You and Gary have a Blessed Day
Love this channel my husband and I are going to do your container idea, we were going to do concrete block beds but we love the container idea better! We watched for hours lastnight! Xxoo
Hi Robbie, don't worry about the milky drops over the papayas it's natural for this fruit. Here in Puerto Rico we call them either papayas or "lechozas" because of those liquid drops that looks like milk drops.
Don’t underestimate how acidic those pine needles make your soil. I don’t have a pine tree but my neighbor does, and let me tell you: all the pots on that side of my patio have been worthless. I’ve decided this year to just have strawberries there since they’re acid lovers, but it’s a shame because those lines made my beets refuse to get out of seed line phase. It’s been...an education on soil, lol.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! You are SO INSPIRING TO ME! I bought paint, brushes, masking tape, shouldering iron, and glue gun and ask myself what would Robbie do, lol - I have four humming bird feeders now and three bird feeding stations...I have NO started a garden yet but am inspired by your story three years ago of why you and Gary started...I have autoimmune disease and chronic illness since 35 years old. It has been hard to find joy in my life some days, and the birds are helping bring me out of my rut and sadness. I am hoping to start a small container garden here on our small property in Ojai CA. I bought 4 x 27 gallon totes from Costco (black heavy duty recycled #5). I have started saving kitchen scraps. I collected branches that fell around our yard and leaves and toilet papers rolls and shredded lots of old mail and papers...Hoping I can start with some containers on top of my compost pile soon...I need your advice for 1. Good organic seeds? 2. What would be good to start with right now in containers in my compost bins as a first time gardener? 3. Good source for seeds or starters in/for Southern CA? (zone 10A) ~~ THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BLESS
You are on your way, and Ojai has lots of birds there, it is beautiful. As far as seeds, most any seeds really will do, fresh seeds and heirloom, I get lots on ebay and all has worked out great and Baker Creek has great seeds too we get lots from them as well. Do not over worry about organic seeds, they are so tiny and what your concern will be is that you do not use pesticides on your growing plants that you are going to eat. I am starting now broccoli, tomatoes, mustard greens, carrots, onions, parsley...but you can also check out a local nursery to see what they have also. I am excited to get my zucchini going, so far just a tiny bit too early, but I am trying some outside already that I sprouted inside. Within the month we should be able to start almost anything outside, as the weather should be starting to warm up ( I HOPE). You and I are in 10A. Take care and THANK YOU
Robbie you always come up with fantastic ideas.funny enough just bought those strawberry planters today so know going to try your idea.Because of you I am know have started to grow food at present growing onions garlic and herbs,but haven't stopped there have plans for more.
Here in Washington State the testing has attributed the bird deaths to salmonella. In February we were asked to take down our bird feeders and bird baths, where birds congregate, until the end of March in the west, and eastern Washington until the end of April. I took my bird feeders down as I feed my birds year-round and it's hurting my heart not to watch them. I know they will come back as soon as I put feeders back out, but I do miss them now. I continue to feed the hummers as they mostly do not congregate.
Robbie an Gary you guys have such a Blessed Beautiful Happy Inspirational Garden ❤ I absolutely love it. So natural just walking through there an yes a walk into a true Nature Path keep up the great work I love It thank you for all the information 🤗🤗🤗🤗Stay Bless 😊
Oh My, never thought of doing anything on geraniums...I can't get rid of them, LOL. Yes, cut off a nice stem, stick it in a flower pot with very damp soil, and keep it watered, and they just root and grow. Take care
So excited to get planting in the in ground garden BUT we’ve been eating lots of lettuce, different greens and green onions for salad. LOVING your videos, it sure helps a lot of us stay happy and excited about our gardens on the patio or where ever we can grow.
OMG...I actually got scared and my heart dropped when you said you were being followed by....and I expected to see tiny Kitty and it was a tall human!! Lololol!!
Sadly I notice the hummingbird population is down in my area last spring and summer, I buy 25 lbs of sugar per season, I only used 5lb last season. And, the chick-a-dees I have a good flock all winter long, hardly any showed up, only one showed up today. all they get is suet and sunflower seed, so - what is going on- no honey bees last year, I have them every year because they like my groundcover thyme, a few showed up late when the sunflowers were in bloom, Butterflies, it's seldom I see one anymore. Some say the birdfeeder are spreading a bacteria
I think the issue is more than just bird feeders...and with the bees down that shows me it is now their environment that may be creating an issue. If One sprays for weeds and insects, the insect eating birds have less of a food source and it they find contaminated insect food...well you know. All we can do is the best we can do, I will feed the birds here, we now have well over 55 species of birds, got a video of that new visitor bird, that is a pair of Red-breasted nuthatch, that day I did this garden tour. Many birds now stay here all year and look healthy, and we have more bees here now they years ago. Take care!
Thank you for the gardens tour. I love all the tours. I am really looking forward to taking a journey along with you on your rainbow gardening. I now have 40 colorful buckets (oh, my!), and I'm working on setting up my own version of a rainbow garden. Thanks for the inspiration❣
Gary does not use any store bought bagged soil, he takes soil from other totes or the ground where plants grew and things broke down...Hard to explain here, I will see if I can do a quick vlog or video on that, I am going to try to do most next season too, or even over Winter here! AND I may answer this one with a Short Video, not Shorts, just short, LOL
I was bummed thinking it will take forever to get my own compost going, until I realized I know a ton of people who wouldn't be upset about collecting their scraps for me!! As well as driving through the wealthier neighborhood to pick up their leaves that are bagger nicely.... So excited about all this :)) my seedling will have a delicious home to hopefully grow huge in! Thank you Robbie for giving me confidence to think I can actually do this.
As you can see here all the time, seeds are growing in my Compost in Place, you are going to do great! And the way we will be getting that compost make, it is free too, and better for the plants, take care!
Robbie , I could watch your videos all day long !!!! Who would have ever thought , hummingbird feeders made out of peanut butter jars !!!!???? I'm having fun volunteering in our community garden growing food for the neighborhood people !!!! We received six truck loads full of wood chips ; which we use to cover our raised beds for "weed" control , soil insulation , and mulch for adding organic material to the soil !!!! The wood chips are decomposing and turning into soil amendment !!!! We are now gearring up for spring planting !!!!! We have a bird feeding station that brings in the insect eaters !!!! We have eleven fruit trees , and six large raised beds on 3/4 th acre in an urban setting in the central northern California region !!!!
Greetings... Have you tried the Mittliter method of growing food? I hope to compare that method along side the Back to Eden method of gardening. I will be putting buckets and totes into my front year. We live in Houston and we fight the heat and humidity each summer. We gave tried papaya for several years. I would love a cutting of your tree collards. Could you point me to a source of that plant. I am going to try malbar spinach this years. Getting buckets was a problem for a while but now we get several buckets each weeks. We also have problems getting our buckets apart. I will also try nectarines. I love basil and grew basil in The Philippine Islands. We also grew avacados that had long necks on the avacado fruit. We grow the long asian egg plants. You have some great ideas and l love your channel. Be blessed, Padre James
The white stuff on the papaya is most likely from being hit. If you scrape them while green you will notice the same thing. Thank you for letting us join you in your garden. I really enjoy your tours. I've also been trying to garden in totes.
I thank you again for sharing your garden and information with us. You are brilliant. I planted one 5 gallon grow bag yesterday and fretted if I did it right all night. You’ve given me the spark to move one. ❤️
Hi i like watching your videos, i know you live in South of California and you growing bananas tree and Papaya fruit, and i live in North Of California, i wonder if i can grow bananas tree and papaya?
YES, that was a great video clip I got that day, I was filming the fly catcher checking out Gary's fish in the black container, when the Hummingbird flew by and started collecting the fluffy sow thistle seed tuffs for it nest, I was SO happy I had camera in hand AND on, thanks!
I wonder where the birds get their dust baths. Have you ever put out a bowl or bucket of diatomaceous earth? They use things like that to get rid of the tiny critters that get in their feathers and even parasites - I'm going to try a mixture of diatomaceous earth and bentonite clay as I have quite a bit of both - on the other end of the porch, away from the wet bath. Don't have any fountains yet but I think I'm going to put out some wet clay, with a little bit of DE mixed in for eating, if they need it, and then the DE with a little bit of clay for rolling around in, which they do regularly. I don't think they'll eat the clay unless they need it so that should be interesting. But the dry DE/clay bath - that's just SOP for birds. I was wondering about your buds because of the wood chips. Do they have a dust patch to roll in on the property? I think bees ALSO do dust baths or, at least, I have a vague recollection of seeing a piece of video...so I'll probably put out more than one. One on the porch and one out back, away from the front door...just in case the mud daubers or paper wasps would want to use it. And I have cicada wasps in a patch of dirt by the porch so, maybe they'd like it too...I'll make a little pile near the holes and see - I don't know. Actually, I think I'll put out a ground dust pool for rabbits and squirrels, too. They can be a nuisance but I'd still prefer they were healthy so...
With all the wood chips your husband got I wonder why you did not put your containers on the ground You seem to have over 1 inch of chips on the ground which should hold some moisture in the ground
Always love 💘 your garden tours. Last year I bought some totes and started container gardening. My landlord wasn't able to mow my plants down with his lawnmower. Lol So it all was good. I actually had fruit and vegetables growing well past the end of summer and surprisingly there is still herbs and Swiss chard that survived the snow and freezing 🥶 weather.
Could be the papaya is making blankets for the papaya fruit with the sap? nature is amazing! I am amaze with your observations, and I listen to your video while working around the house and now in the process to set up a veggie garden with your compost in place method and layering plants in my apartment balcony! Thank you for the insight, love all your ideas! You’ve got a fan here in Malaysia!!
Hi to You in Malaysia! That was the first time we have seen that Sap(?) All looks great, and you may be right, it created a "blanket" to protect the unripe fruit. You will love gardening this EASY way, thank you!!!! Take care!
Hi. Hope you find this message. I read this elsewhere. What do you think? Debbie Beauvair from Deerfield, N.H., asks: "I have a question about hummingbirds. We’ve noticed in the last 3 weeks or so that the number of hummingbirds have increased and the fights are off the charts. Our feeders are socially distanced by humminbird standards - at least 20 feet apart - but they’re swooping and chasing all over the place. What’s going on?" MY QUESTION. What is the with the 20 feet.
Enjoyable garden tour...as usual! Loads of yummy lettuce! Can't wait to see all the gardens in full production. Lovely to see your beautiful granddaughter!🙂 Thanks for all the inspiration!👩🌾
You most likely already know this, but I thought I would share just in case - I just learned that a flock of hummingbirds can be called a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune. How sweet is that?!
Loved the video and tips! Can't wait to try your way of container gardening! You have re-energerized me to get pumped for this year's growing season with what I already have! Not spending money on pots just some good top soil and compost and will fill up the rest with nature from around the yard. Thanks so much for your content. Just found you and new fan! Bless you and Gary gardens!
My tomatoes have done better all winter than they did over spring/summer too! It's been lovely eating them all thru the "colder" months. I'm in southern Cali too,...Riverside, so a bit warmer than you I imagine.
I know she says best to be in food grade plastic, to only use safe plastic (look at numbers on pool) numbers 1,2 and 4,5 I believe she said, I personally wouldn't want nasty chemicals like BPA to leech into my food and soil...Maybe use LARGE bins if the pools you find are not a safe plastic - Don't use #3, 6 or 7. I assume pool would be used directly on the ground, whereas the bins can be put on chairs and are more of an easy raised bed, Bless
Yes, definitely look at the type of plastic the kiddie pool is made of. There are certain types of plastics you really want to avoid. There’s another TH-camr I enjoy that made a raised bed out of a kiddie pool that she found on the roadside. It was the hard plastic kind NOT the inflatable plastic ones. She said not to use the inflatable ones as they are made of really bad plastic that she wouldn’t want her kids and pets to swim in, much less grow in. Make sure to drill holes in the bottom for drainage.
Lots great ideas
So happy I found you .... first time attempting to grow anything .. other than my kids .... they survived ... so at age 79 I'm giving gardening a try. My wonderful son built me a raised gardenbed which is doing ok ... teeny tiny sprouts but hopefully beets and radishes soon. I've been binge watching your videos and so ready to fill up the bins I have and get to composting! Thank you. Now ... I'm searching for your video where you show how you harvest your groups. I'm excited!
If you use house paint and paint your tub it will last longer!❤️🌞
I so enjoy your videos.... the longer the better
I luv how Gary made that for you and he added a ❤️ on the right corner
He is a Keeper, LOL, Thank you
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Beautiful Rosemary
Thank you so much 😊
I really enjoy watching your videos
You have some beautiful birds to enjoy !
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O good I love sharing with the poor birds.thank for reseach.i am doing this now
Your enthusiasm is infectious.
Hey Robbie...can you do a video on propagating, how to take cuttings off things you want to propagate like your red leaf kale tree. Thanks.
I love your videos and I have learned so much thank you.
My heart is touched to see how you cater to the birds. So inspiring! If i were a bird, I’d want to visit your garden! 😊👏🏽💜☀️🌱💦
Wow, thank you
I'm not a bird but I still would very much enjoy visiting her garden 😁
I love your hummingbird videos any chance you can make a new video
The earliest I have seen hummers in my area is April 7. NC 7b
You are truly a gardener
*Than
How I wish I can get hummingbirds
Never seen them in Brooklyn
Thank you, Robbie and Gary for inspiring a lot of us to garden the easier way.
Yes, thanks Robbie and Gary! I’ve learned so much from this yt channel! Your Tote containers are so resourceful and handy for anyone w limited spare or mobility limitations. These would be fantastic for nursing homes, group homes and school gardens.
@@Thankful_. School gardens! About time! Youngsters would be delighted to be part of a beautiful U-shaped rainbow garden, cheap and productive. No digging AND eat what they grow. Seed companies should donate; maybe they are already, who knows.
You can eat the morrenga seeds. Very nutritious.
Howto eat? Do u cook the seeds?😊
@@arthuurwong49 just eat them raw...But first remove the shell
Do the containers have hole holes in the bottom ❓
My goodness your space is massive
Appreciate your love for nature
The birds are amazing
I am waiting Gary to plant sugar cane Thank you Robbie to show your garden 👍👍👍👍👍
I enjoy your longer video's, I'm leaning how to make a fountain for the humming bird. We have a lot here in so.Cali. ❤
The more you grow...The more you know! Thank you Robbie
wow there is red celery? we are so limited when we only buy at the store , but growing our own its unlimited , I'm now learning at 50 !
Robbie do you have a video on making your green drinks?
I live in an apartment and after seeing this video I now know I have time
I live in South Los Angeles
I have lots of birds right now and I know from you they be Fat birds by eating the bugs
Thank You for making these videos for us learn from
You and Gary have a Blessed Day
I wish I could live in your garden. Those beautiful birds amazing...
Love this channel my husband and I are going to do your container idea, we were going to do concrete block beds but we love the container idea better! We watched for hours lastnight! Xxoo
So glad spring is finally here! Woohoo. 🦋☀️I love your bird garden.
Hi Robbie, don't worry about the milky drops over the papayas it's natural for this fruit. Here in Puerto Rico we call them either papayas or "lechozas" because of those liquid drops that looks like milk drops.
What about fire ants 🐜 how do I get rid of them in raised containers ❓
Really enjoyed the walk/tour of your garden. Appreciate the love you have for the birds. 💕from Ky.
How many Tomatoe plants can I put in a tote?? Say Celebrity, or Beef Steak??? 1 or 2
Love to see those Beautiful Birds 🐦 😍 ❤️ 💕 💖 🐦 🐦
Don’t underestimate how acidic those pine needles make your soil. I don’t have a pine tree but my neighbor does, and let me tell you: all the pots on that side of my patio have been worthless. I’ve decided this year to just have strawberries there since they’re acid lovers, but it’s a shame because those lines made my beets refuse to get out of seed line phase. It’s been...an education on soil, lol.
I love your videos. You are like my neighbor talking gardening, even tho I'm two states away.
Could you please tell me how long it takes to get papaya to bear fruit.
LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!!! You are SO INSPIRING TO ME! I bought paint, brushes, masking tape, shouldering iron, and glue gun and ask myself what would Robbie do, lol - I have four humming bird feeders now and three bird feeding stations...I have NO started a garden yet but am inspired by your story three years ago of why you and Gary started...I have autoimmune disease and chronic illness since 35 years old. It has been hard to find joy in my life some days, and the birds are helping bring me out of my rut and sadness. I am hoping to start a small container garden here on our small property in Ojai CA. I bought 4 x 27 gallon totes from Costco
(black heavy duty recycled #5). I have started saving kitchen scraps. I collected branches that fell around our yard and leaves and toilet papers rolls and shredded lots of old mail and papers...Hoping I can start with some containers on top of my compost pile soon...I need your advice for 1. Good organic seeds? 2. What would be good to start with right now in containers in my compost bins as a first time gardener? 3. Good source for seeds or starters in/for Southern CA? (zone 10A) ~~ THANK YOU SO MUCH AND BLESS
You are on your way, and Ojai has lots of birds there, it is beautiful. As far as seeds, most any seeds really will do, fresh seeds and heirloom, I get lots on ebay and all has worked out great and Baker Creek has great seeds too we get lots from them as well. Do not over worry about organic seeds, they are so tiny and what your concern will be is that you do not use pesticides on your growing plants that you are going to eat. I am starting now broccoli, tomatoes, mustard greens, carrots, onions, parsley...but you can also check out a local nursery to see what they have also. I am excited to get my zucchini going, so far just a tiny bit too early, but I am trying some outside already that I sprouted inside. Within the month we should be able to start almost anything outside, as the weather should be starting to warm up ( I HOPE). You and I are in 10A. Take care and THANK YOU
Robbie you always come up with fantastic ideas.funny enough just bought those strawberry planters today so know going to try your idea.Because of you I am know have started to grow food at present growing onions garlic and herbs,but haven't stopped there have plans for more.
You take such great care of all the birds, thank you.
Here in Washington State the testing has attributed the bird deaths to salmonella. In February we were asked to take down our bird feeders and bird baths, where birds congregate, until the end of March in the west, and eastern Washington until the end of April. I took my bird feeders down as I feed my birds year-round and it's hurting my heart not to watch them. I know they will come back as soon as I put feeders back out, but I do miss them now. I continue to feed the hummers as they mostly do not congregate.
Who is the other person in the video? Never seen them before
we recieved 3 feet of snow in Colorado,cant wait to be in the garden.
Robbie an Gary you guys have such a Blessed Beautiful Happy Inspirational Garden ❤ I absolutely love it. So natural just walking through there an yes a walk into a true Nature Path keep up the great work I love It thank you for all the information 🤗🤗🤗🤗Stay Bless 😊
Show me how to make more geraniums from one plant, can you cut off a stem and plant it to make another?
Oh My, never thought of doing anything on geraniums...I can't get rid of them, LOL. Yes, cut off a nice stem, stick it in a flower pot with very damp soil, and keep it watered, and they just root and grow. Take care
So excited to get planting in the in ground garden BUT we’ve been eating lots of lettuce, different greens and green onions for salad. LOVING your videos, it sure helps a lot of us stay happy and excited about our gardens on the patio or where ever we can grow.
You are my favorite person on TH-cam...so inspiring. Glad to have discovered your channel.
Are the papayas still edible?
OMG...I actually got scared and my heart dropped when you said you were being followed by....and I expected to see tiny Kitty and it was a tall human!! Lololol!!
You should sell cuttings and seeds in your eBay store if you still have it.
I have to figure out how you fertilize! (Just found you!)
Sadly I notice the hummingbird population is down in my area last spring and summer, I buy 25 lbs of sugar per season, I only used 5lb last season. And, the chick-a-dees I have a good flock all winter long, hardly any showed up, only one showed up today. all they get is suet and sunflower seed, so - what is going on- no honey bees last year, I have them every year because they like my groundcover thyme, a few showed up late when the sunflowers were in bloom, Butterflies, it's seldom I see one anymore. Some say the birdfeeder are spreading a bacteria
Sadly MON SANT O and mass glyphosate spraying is greatly harming bees, humans and planet.
I think the issue is more than just bird feeders...and with the bees down that shows me it is now their environment that may be creating an issue. If One sprays for weeds and insects, the insect eating birds have less of a food source and it they find contaminated insect food...well you know. All we can do is the best we can do, I will feed the birds here, we now have well over 55 species of birds, got a video of that new visitor bird, that is a pair of Red-breasted nuthatch, that day I did this garden tour. Many birds now stay here all year and look healthy, and we have more bees here now they years ago. Take care!
Thank you for the gardens tour. I love all the tours. I am really looking forward to taking a journey along with you on your rainbow gardening. I now have 40 colorful buckets (oh, my!), and I'm working on setting up my own version of a rainbow garden. Thanks for the inspiration❣
Sap may be papain. I'm sure Gary knows. Could the Mexican papaya be Maradol?
do you use any kind of slug be gone?? they love my veg
I’m wondering also. You can staple screen around the top.
Or clip tulle to edges of totes/buckets 😊
Love all the birds!
Robbie you said Gary doesn't use soil, is he only using mulch?
Gary does not use any store bought bagged soil, he takes soil from other totes or the ground where plants grew and things broke down...Hard to explain here, I will see if I can do a quick vlog or video on that, I am going to try to do most next season too, or even over Winter here! AND I may answer this one with a Short Video, not Shorts, just short, LOL
I love to see your precious little dog follow you to get some broccoli
I was bummed thinking it will take forever to get my own compost going, until I realized I know a ton of people who wouldn't be upset about collecting their scraps for me!! As well as driving through the wealthier neighborhood to pick up their leaves that are bagger nicely....
So excited about all this :)) my seedling will have a delicious home to hopefully grow huge in!
Thank you Robbie for giving me confidence to think I can actually do this.
As you can see here all the time, seeds are growing in my Compost in Place, you are going to do great! And the way we will be getting that compost make, it is free too, and better for the plants, take care!
A neighbor around the corner had bagged up his leaves. I pulled over. Put on my emergency lights and put them in my car.
I love to see your birds also and I’ve learned so much from you and about the solar devices for your birds
Robbie , I could watch your videos all day long !!!!
Who would have ever thought , hummingbird feeders made out of peanut butter jars !!!!????
I'm having fun volunteering in our community garden growing food for the neighborhood people !!!!
We received six truck loads full of wood chips ; which we use to cover our raised beds for "weed" control , soil insulation , and mulch for adding organic material to the soil !!!!
The wood chips are decomposing and turning into soil amendment !!!!
We are now gearring up for spring planting !!!!!
We have a bird feeding station that brings in the insect eaters !!!!
We have eleven fruit trees , and six large raised beds on 3/4 th acre in an urban setting in the central northern California region !!!!
I've been feeding thistle for the golden finches. Plus the house finches
Maybe put acid loving plants there like azaleas, rhododendrons, blueberries?😊
Hi Robbie, thanks for the update
Greetings...
Have you tried the Mittliter method of growing food? I hope to compare that method along side the Back to Eden method of gardening. I will be putting buckets and totes into my front year. We live in Houston and we fight the heat and humidity each summer.
We gave tried papaya for several years.
I would love a cutting of your tree collards. Could you point me to a source of that plant. I am going to try malbar spinach this years.
Getting buckets was a problem for a while but now we get several buckets each weeks. We also have problems getting our buckets apart.
I will also try nectarines.
I love basil and grew basil in The Philippine Islands. We also grew avacados that had long necks on the avacado fruit.
We grow the long asian egg plants.
You have some great ideas and l love your channel.
Be blessed,
Padre James
Definitely a beautiful Bird Garden! It's looking good, you've been a busy lady! ❤🕊🪶🐦🌱🌿
Never imagined growing sugar cane! That sounds amazing...I'll have to look into it!
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The white stuff on the papaya is most likely from being hit. If you scrape them while green you will notice the same thing.
Thank you for letting us join you in your garden. I really enjoy your tours. I've also been trying to garden in totes.
I love to watch your videos Robbie! You are so fun and full of great ideas!
I thank you again for sharing your garden and information with us. You are brilliant. I planted one 5 gallon grow bag yesterday and fretted if I did it right all night. You’ve given me the spark to move one. ❤️
I've got garlic from the store and it is growing roots. I'll be putting them outside alittle later. You've helped me out😀💐
Hi i like watching your videos, i know you live in South of California and you growing bananas tree and Papaya fruit, and i live in North Of California, i wonder if i can grow bananas tree and papaya?
I live in the SF Bay Area & I see banana trees all over - got 2 in my back yard - just put in warm, protected area as it’s a tropical plant 😊
Omgg 5:16 is that cutie using thistle fluff in a nest?
YES, that was a great video clip I got that day, I was filming the fly catcher checking out Gary's fish in the black container, when the Hummingbird flew by and started collecting the fluffy sow thistle seed tuffs for it nest, I was SO happy I had camera in hand AND on, thanks!
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy magical!
I wonder where the birds get their dust baths. Have you ever put out a bowl or bucket of diatomaceous earth? They use things like that to get rid of the tiny critters that get in their feathers and even parasites - I'm going to try a mixture of diatomaceous earth and bentonite clay as I have quite a bit of both - on the other end of the porch, away from the wet bath. Don't have any fountains yet but I think I'm going to put out some wet clay, with a little bit of DE mixed in for eating, if they need it, and then the DE with a little bit of clay for rolling around in, which they do regularly. I don't think they'll eat the clay unless they need it so that should be interesting. But the dry DE/clay bath - that's just SOP for birds.
I was wondering about your buds because of the wood chips. Do they have a dust patch to roll in on the property? I think bees ALSO do dust baths or, at least, I have a vague recollection of seeing a piece of video...so I'll probably put out more than one. One on the porch and one out back, away from the front door...just in case the mud daubers or paper wasps would want to use it. And I have cicada wasps in a patch of dirt by the porch so, maybe they'd like it too...I'll make a little pile near the holes and see - I don't know.
Actually, I think I'll put out a ground dust pool for rabbits and squirrels, too. They can be a nuisance but I'd still prefer they were healthy so...
With all the wood chips your husband got I wonder why you did not put your containers on the ground
You seem to have over 1 inch of chips on the ground which should hold some moisture in the ground
You bucket thief..lol
You always have so much going on..
I love taking walks in you gardens..!!
😁 Love my neighbor, I did call her first, I told her not to bring them over, to leave them SO I can run over and steal them, LOL
Always love 💘 your garden tours. Last year I bought some totes and started container gardening. My landlord wasn't able to mow my plants down with his lawnmower. Lol So it all was good. I actually had fruit and vegetables growing well past the end of summer and surprisingly there is still herbs and Swiss chard that survived the snow and freezing 🥶 weather.
Robbie - Bird Garden name idea: Garden of Flight!
Wow, I love your videos. How many containers do you grow with? You're so inspirational 💗
Robbie - have u ever counted how many buckets & totes you have? Interesting to know!😊
Would love to get some ideas on using zuccini instead of flour
When you use tulle how do the pollinators get to the plants?
Have to uncover when flowers bloom or hand pollinate with a paint brush 😊
Spring is almost here!!! Yay!!!
Thanks for today’s garden tour, everything is looking great 😊
Could be the papaya is making blankets for the papaya fruit with the sap? nature is amazing! I am amaze with your observations, and I listen to your video while working around the house and now in the process to set up a veggie garden with your compost in place method and layering plants in my apartment balcony! Thank you for the insight, love all your ideas! You’ve got a fan here in Malaysia!!
Hi to You in Malaysia! That was the first time we have seen that Sap(?) All looks great, and you may be right, it created a "blanket" to protect the unripe fruit. You will love gardening this EASY way, thank you!!!! Take care!
Sister i like how you did it but i want to plant rasbery can i plant on the pot because my soil is not good to plant on the ground.
Sure get a big pot
Super garden tour :) Really loved it!! Thanks for sharing 👍😊👌
I’m super interested in Gary and his rock making...
Try hosing with water along the edges of each bucket, may loosen the dirt. Also put a rock or stick in the buckets before stacking them next time.
Hello! I have a question, when do the hooded orioles usually arrive where you live?
Hi. Hope you find this message. I read this elsewhere. What do you think?
Debbie Beauvair from Deerfield, N.H., asks: "I have a question about hummingbirds. We’ve noticed in the last 3 weeks or so that the number of hummingbirds have increased and the fights are off the charts. Our feeders are socially distanced by humminbird standards - at least 20 feet apart - but they’re swooping and chasing all over the place. What’s going on?"
MY QUESTION. What is the with the 20 feet.
Hummers are territorial put them - feeding stations- out of sight of each other😊
Bees sting, they do not bite. You are so lucky to have so much land and space to grow all these lovely things in!
Enjoyable garden tour...as usual! Loads of yummy lettuce! Can't wait to see all the gardens in full production. Lovely to see your beautiful granddaughter!🙂
Thanks for all the inspiration!👩🌾
You most likely already know this, but I thought I would share just in case - I just learned that a flock of hummingbirds can be called a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune. How sweet is that?!
Are these totes UV safe? Resistant? And how do you keep the snails out?
Yes totes safe - raise totes up on chairs & throw tulle over it, fasten w metal clips so bugs don’t crawl in😊
Robbie those lettuce looks good, we're all ready for spring!!!
Loved the video and tips! Can't wait to try your way of container gardening! You have re-energerized me to get pumped for this year's growing season with what I already have! Not spending money on pots just some good top soil and compost and will fill up the rest with nature from around the yard. Thanks so much for your content. Just found you and new fan! Bless you and Gary gardens!
My tomatoes have done better all winter than they did over spring/summer too! It's been lovely eating them all thru the "colder" months. I'm in southern Cali too,...Riverside, so a bit warmer than you I imagine.
So funny on all the tomatoes, you never know with live plants what they are going to do...almost ready to start everything growing....Take care
Like people - never know what makes some thrive & others not!😊
you can do more with your climate than I can for sure...EVERY plant dies here in the winter...
My papayas leak also and we haven't had any of those circumstances in Florida I think they just do that sometimes.
Robbie what do you think about growing in plastic kiddie pools? I have been thinking about growing my greens in these
I know she says best to be in food grade plastic, to only use safe plastic (look at numbers on pool) numbers 1,2 and 4,5 I believe she said, I personally wouldn't want nasty chemicals like BPA to leech into my food and soil...Maybe use LARGE bins if the pools you find are not a safe plastic - Don't use #3, 6 or 7. I assume pool would be used directly on the ground, whereas the bins can be put on chairs and are more of an easy raised bed, Bless
Yes, definitely look at the type of plastic the kiddie pool is made of. There are certain types of plastics you really want to avoid. There’s another TH-camr I enjoy that made a raised bed out of a kiddie pool that she found on the roadside. It was the hard plastic kind NOT the inflatable plastic ones. She said not to use the inflatable ones as they are made of really bad plastic that she wouldn’t want her kids and pets to swim in, much less grow in. Make sure to drill holes in the bottom for drainage.
Look at Gary’s garden - he grows veggies in kiddie pools all the time!😊