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VIDEO: 5 Tips to Starting A Low or No Cost Garden!
Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive, in this video i talk about the 5 big ways people spend money in their garden and how to save tons of money. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com
We get lucky here and get the town compost for free. And like You said…it's beautiful rich compost!!
I’m confused, so the whole bed can be filled with just compost and plant in that????
Question for anybody out there–We have some leftover 1 & 5-gallon containers. We have no store bought materials remaining for growing medium. Is it possible to use a combination of leaf mold, homemade compost, and rotted wood humus as a viable growing medium in containers? We have grown our garden into a small farm, but we always believe we can expand even more, and we are now fully retired.
yes you are so right ..now we have all the time we can remodelled our garden ,i start a ready is hard work never end i know bud i love it…!!
Thank you for yet another insightful and informative video. Hoping your family is Staying in and staying safe. God bless you all. 🙂
Most of my raised beds are made from reclaimed lumber pulled from dumpsters. It's absolutely insane how much perfectly good lumber is tossed during renovation/construction projects. Also I keep my eyes open during our city's heavy trash pick up weeks. I picked up 90% of the supplies I needed to build my greenhouse that way – someone set out a stack of phenomenal lumber that I filled the entire back of my truck with. Free!
And the beds are filled with composted horse manure I get from a local farm for free. I add in my own compost and organic matter throughout the year and usually another load of the manure compost once a year. It does have more weeds than typical but they are real easy to pull up. Can't complain for free compost!
I think between 4 raised beds I've paid about $100 for supplies.
Great video for a newbie,for me I go cheap and there are endless ways of setting up set ups for next to nothing.When you mentioned about the top soil ( do not get for garden) that thought never crossed my mind ,great to know,
Does anyone know if by using city compost are you at risk of introducing harmful fertilizers that people use on their lawns?
Can someone tell me what you do with horse manure? Do you mix with soil or a composite pile thanks
yup be resourceful. I needed a garden claw BADLY to start my garden, but our stores here do not carry it and all the "non essential" stuff like that is like 3 weeks out if I order one……so what do I do; I grab my saw, an old scrap steel bedframe I have laying around, some bolts out of the scrap bin, and fired up my welder. Problem solved.
Man kid, while your tips are a bit cheaper than the Home Depot method, you sure do have a different idea of cheap or affordable than most working folks at $40 a bed. Still much appreciated though. We'll be lucky to be able to spend $40 for the entire project, that including seeds/plants. Appreciated all the same though. I've learned a lot from your channel. Not many other yoYouTube garden channels are from the zone 5 perspective and those challenges.
Some of you may be able to get compost from your town if they do leaf, tree limb and yard waste clean up. Ours collects all of that and gives compost made from it back to the community for free.
So, say your only financial choice is to dig up your small yard to do a vegetable garden. What add ins can you mix into it to make it good for gardening? Ground egg shells, coffee grounds, saw dust, those pearl things? I don't have a compost system going yet so I was wondering, and I am sure this is a dumb question to established gardeners, but could one liquify veggy and fruit scraps to add to the soil to get some nutrients in it quickly?
A complete beginners guide to starting compost and everything that can and cannot go in it would be amazing.
Two years ago we sold our condo and moved into a rental which is a bungalow. We brought everything here, from storage, from family and friends, everything we had all over the place from us, our parents, … We started to downsize and got rid of things! In the process we ended up with tons of plastic Sterilite and Rubbermaid containers which we drilled holes into the bottom and have been using them to grow our vegetables. Makes it a lot easier to garden and less dirt to add compost to every year! The dollar store has large plant pots now and I grow strawberries in them. Garage sales are also a great place to find plastic containers for inexpensive. Old serving dishes that our kids don't want, drill a couple of holes in the bottom and plant herbs, or a lettuce, or green onions. As for soil, use what's in the garden just remember to keep it outside, and amend it, don't need much other than tables scraps, maybe a bag of manure for $5.00. Lots of ways and lots of ideas, just talk to people! I would be lost without my garden! Enjoy!
Now this is something to bark about
Another great video! Keep up the good work.
I have worked on a few different horse farms for the past six years and at almost every one the owner was so happy to get rid of their manure piles when I asked. Most of the time (especially on horse farms) the manure pile can get so big that it’s actually annoying to the owner because it takes up too much space. JUST ASK!!!!
or just dont make beds.
YouTube keeps unsubscribing me just thought I should share this
Thank you for your videos, I learn something each time…..today I heard you talk about Chip Drop. I'm going to check that website out. Thank you!!
I so glad that I have found you and your YouTube Channel. I wanted to spend more time with my youngest son and needed a project that would be fun and rewarding for the both of us. I hope that I haven't started to late. Today is May 2020. We live in Maryland. I've gathered so much information about how to start a garden. I wanted to start a outdoor hydroponic system. After watching about 8 of your episodes I want a raised garden also and so why not do both. In the next 2 weeks I will be gathering my starter kit to plant my seeds indoor. I will be buying the Rockwool cubes 10 x 20 kit with heated mat, dome, and light set up. I will also start on one raised garden bed with the untreated wood, pest moss and compost. The soil in our backyard is VERY sandy and the ground slopes a little.
Thank you
I found a horse ranch that will deliver 6 cubic yards of 4-month-old horse manure for around $150. My question is, is that old enough to put in my garden beds or does it need to sit around longer?
Only thing is: Getting this stuff home when you have a compact car? Good luck.
I wanted to mention a method I use to cut costs in my container gardening. Old furniature makes fantastic containers for holding soil and growing plants in. Lay a bookshelf down on the balcony and bingo! Youve got yourself a container garden!! Once you fill it with the apropo organic matter lol
10$ per yard!!? lucky dog. Over here in CA, we pay 46$ per cubic yard!
Can you please do a video that shows transitioning from a regular in the ground garden bed to a raised bed? I didn't have the resources to start my garden 3 years ago, but I've been amending and building the soil there this whole time.
Bamboo stakes make great trellises. You can buy a six or twelve pack for a couple bucks, use twine to tie three together for tomato/pepper cages.
I just retired and I am learning so much
Lumber is so expensive right now
Yay! I have been wondering if I can used aged manure to fill my new garden because it’s the only thing I can get near me for cheap. I have been looking everywhere for an answer but almost every single article is only talking about fresh manure.