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I’ll show you the most important first steps in creating a garden that will last a lifetime. Do this before building your raised garden beds, plant your in ground flower garden, or and other type of backyard garden or front yard garden. The process of properly preparing the foundation and underground utilities for a garden…
How To Save Your Own Beet Seeds! Saving seeds is not only fun, but in today’s economic times, it also makes sense. Beets are a very prolific crop that will easily produce thousands of seeds for you to collect….if they have the time! Today, we’ll take that time. In this video, we’ll go over everything…
How To Save Carrot Seeds! Saving carrot seeds is easy, but it’s also time consuming. As a Biennial plant, carrots take two years to complete their life cycle. They need to go through a winter “vernalization” period to stimulate flowering and seed production. This makes carrot seed production a little more involved with a couple…
Come along with me on a tour of my garden as I return after three week away fighting wild fires here in Northern California. I’ll show you my tomato garden, a few of the trees in my orchard, my blueberry collection, and some unique tropicals and subtropicals that I’ve been collecting for an upcoming project.…
I will show and explain why and how to prune fruit trees during their summer growing period. In this easy summer pruning demonstration I’ll be pruning my Spice Zee Nectaplum, but this pruning process can be adapted to a wide variety of fruit trees including peach trees, cherry trees, plum trees, apple trees, persimmon trees…
In this video I’ll explain what to look for when sourcing your seed garlic, then I’ll take you to my original urban farmstead where I’ll walk you through the most important considerations for planting location, soil preparation, planting, maintenance and more. I’ll share my tried and true process as well as some tips and information…
In this video I’ll show you how I prune my fruit trees during the first summer after planting. These are all two year old trees and this first summer pruning is necessary for size control and structure creation specific to backyard orchards with a wide variety of trees in a small space. Ideally I would…
In this video I’ll take you on a full tour of my summer garden after spending the entire month of July away fighting wildfires in Northern California. A lot has changed in the past 30 days and I’m excited to share this experience with you as we walk around to see what’s growing, what maintenance…
In this video I’ll show every step you’ll need to know to create your own backyard orchard for season long or year-round fruit harvests. I’ll cover soil preparation, Irrigation, planting fruit trees, pruning young fruit trees, tree spacing and location, painting fruit trees, mulch, and much more! I’ll show each of the varieties I’ve selected…
In this video I’ll show you how to build a DIY gravel patio and create a gas fire pit seating are with POLYWOOD chairs. I’ll also show how I created a D.G. (decomposed granite) and gravel pathway with steel landscape edging. Well at this is how I built mine and it’s working great! In addition…
Fall Is The Time To Plant Broccoli! This autumn wonder crop is probably the most famous of the cultivated Brassica plants. Growing Broccoli right in your backyard is super easy. Even easier is growing Broccoli using no-till, no-dig, regenerative agriculture methods. Let me show you how! In this video, let’s take a typical raised bed,…
If you’re fortunate to live in an area with mild enough fall or winter weather you should absolutely take advantage of this cool weather growing season! In this video I’ll give you a quick tour of my garden as it is goin into fall then I’ll show you exactly how I turn over my garden…
Over the past few months I transformed an abandoned lawn into this thriving organic vegetable garden. In this video I’ll take you on the first ever tour of this garden to share some of my favorite summer vegetables and tips on how to grow them. The following videos show each step in my process of…
In this video I’ll review three different weed barrier options after installing them with my wood chip mulch pathway over two months ago. Installing wood chip mulch and weed barriers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRQtx_c55o&t=123s GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ Music: Morning Mandoline by Chris Haugen
In this video I’ll explain some considerations when choosing plants for a privacy hedge, and show my full process for starting mine. FIND ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ The Starter Fertilizer I use when planting every plant in my garden: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OVCA7GU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kylehagerurba-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00OVCA7GU&linkId=985b046e4f2e963c231621bb226abd89 GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead Music: Sweet Release by Dan Lebowitz
In this video I’ll show you three ways to create a fence panel/utility panel trellis with full details on how I’m building the trellises for our new garden. How to Build a Wood Framed Fence Panel: https://www.instagram.com/tv/BxD4C5sHZAQ/?igshid=1cwoz1z0e6db6 Sheep panel: (the panels I’m using are 60”x16’ but they are not listed on the website) https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/feedlot-panel-sheep-goat-16-ft-l-x-48-in-h FIND…
In this video I’ll show you a simple way to propagate fig trees with 100% success! And I’ll explain an even easier method that’s nearly as effective. Fig Propagation & Seedling Supplies: Urban Farmstead’s Amazon Page For more gardening follow me on: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead Song: Blizzards Artist: Riot
How To Stake and String Tomatoes and Tomatillos with the Florida Weave In this video I’ll show how to stake and string tomato and tomatillo plants using the Florida Weave method. I’ll also describe a few of my other favorite tomato trellising systems. For more information about my other favorite trellising systems FIND ME ON…
In this video I’ll show you how I plant some of my favorite summer vegetables, but this isn’t the only way, and it’s not necessary the “best way”, it’s just the ways that I’ve found works best for me. If you have any questions or comments feel free to share them below. Happy Gardening! The…
In this video I’ll show you my process for setting up a simple, affective, and adaptable automatic irrigation system, perfect for any garden scenario. Irrigation Supplies I Use https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead?listId=1AWDB57JBLZW3 GARDEN PRODUCTS I USE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ Music: Picnic on the Roof by The Whole Other
In this video I’ll show you how I’m installing a very efficient and affective automatic irrigation system for our vegetable garden. Irrigation Supplies I Use https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead?listId=1AWDB57JBLZW3 Other Garden products I use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead How to Install Irrigation Valves: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B0Uav9fj6RR/?igshid=15jsg63tfa4mv FOLLOW ME ON: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/urbanfarmstead/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theurbanfarmstead/ Music: Birds in Flight by Dan Lebowit
This is a followup video to show how well my DIY LED grid rack is working after two months. I’m also testing out professional LED grow lights to see how they compare to the Inexpensive LED shop lights I’m using. To see exactly how I built this rack see my LED Grow Rack Build video:…
In this video I’ll talk about the benefits of using wood chips for garden pathways and show three options for how to install wood chips in your garden to block weeds, save water, and build your soil. See the results in this follow up video: Weed Barrier Review. Two Months After Install. https://youtu.be/NkX77D59u7M GARDEN PRODUCTS…
In this video I’ll show how I removed my weed filled lawn then amended the soil and create garden and beds to grows a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Here is a full video list of every step I’ve taken so far to create and maintain an incredibly productive and widely diverse organic vegetable…
In this video I will demonstrate how to accurately test your garden soil three different ways and compare the results of home test kits to a professional laboratory soil analysis. My Favorite Home Soil Test Kit LaMotte Soil Test Kit: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AM1ZG38/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00AM1ZG38&linkCode=as2&tag=kylehagerurba-20&linkId=b5e6b35607f91aef74cfbdcc6a8ab85e The Organic Vegetable Fertilizer I Use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BJAOYB6/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=kylehagerurba-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00BJAOYB6&linkId=eb8d9cb483e8dffb2835f1d4d61603de Other Garden Products I Use: https://www.amazon.com/shop/urbanfarmstead FOLLOW…
Scott for Flavourful Farms is sharing 21 hot tips for new farmers with us today. As first time farmers, we needed all the advice we could get from an experienced market gardener. Make sure to go check out Scott’s channel for more great farming content: https://www.youtube.com/c/scotthebert604
On my trip to NYC, I had to stop by a mythical urban farm on top of a Whole Foods in Brooklyn, NY, where they grow 13+ different types of greens and herbs. It was called Gotham Greens, which is just about the best name for a hydroponic greenhouse you’ll ever hear. They use nutrient…
During my trip to NYC, I visited Jonathan Sumner, the Farm Manager at Riverpark Farm, one of the most unusual urban farms I’ve ever visited. He grows in 3,200 individual milk creates on real estate that’s probably some of the most expensive in the city. All of the produce goes to Riverpark, a celebrity chef-owned…
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In this video, I go through almost every bed on the farm, explaining its current state, how its doing, what its doing, plans for the future. 6-8 weeks left of pure summer growing let’s finish off strong before it is time for fall productivity. Basil Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YSs_KIm0uE&t=1s Zucchini Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sYFvikclZ0&t=1s Roma Bed That Was Lasagna-Gardened:…
