The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
In this video, I show you how I move my cauliflower plugs that we created in the last video, over to the nursery standard 4-inch pots, minimizing the damage and disturbance, and maximizing your future yields this autumn! DIY Potting Mix #1: https://youtu.be/f-yKH-45diw DIY Potting Mix #2: https://youtu.be/Q2SYrFqQYSI Seeds vs Starters: https://youtu.be/tLieMDfcDGU Fall Crop Video…
In this video, I show you the easy 3-step process for saving your own tomato seeds from the heirloom tomatoes that you have grown all summer. Saves you money and you get to select the best genetics for your garden for the following year!
We actually have some free time today, so we are randomly hoping on for a LIVE visit with everyone to give you a quick update on where we are at. And to get some advice from all of you about what you would like to see from us in the future. It’s a beautiful day…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Saving your own seeds is the ultimate in self-sufficiency. Every gardener should give it a go! Over time, saving seeds from your best plants can result in vegetables that are perfectly suited to your garden’s growing conditions. This means stronger, healthier plants – and bigger harvests! In…
I’ve heard that insanity is doing the same action over and over again, but expecting a different outcome, and yet we are over here in the middle of MOVING MADNESS still hoping that today will be easy, lol. So I guess we are officially a crazy couple for moving every one of our plants to…
In this video, I show you my Top 3 easiest ways to quickly and effectively save water in your veggie gardens during the heat of the summer!
In this video, I show you that RIGHT NOW you need to start thinking about your fall garden and getting those starter plants such as the brassicas, ready. Two videos on my DIY potting mix! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-yKH-45diw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2SYrFqQYSI
We need to prep a new garden in order to bring over our herbs, so today we are killing more grass – because ALL GRASS MUST DIE, lol. To make the new garden we do a shallow till to the dry grass, then rake up the grass from the surface. Once we have removed most…
We are pulling up our berry bushes and transplanting them to the new house. With the vegetable garden finally completed, and the berries coming along, the gardens and work are starting to stack up. We are excited to see our new farm evolve! __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR JOURNEY! https://www.youtube.com/c/YouCantEatTheGrass?sub_confirmation=1. __________ SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram |…
We have been in a big rush, everyday this month. But why? Wouldn’t it just be easier to take our time, get in some good soil, build some raised beds? Rome wasn’t built in a day after all. This is completely true, which is why you need to know a little bit more about why…
In this episode we take a look at the various forms of pest control that I employ in the Brew City Garden. We take a look at a few different types of pesticides and their application. Thanks for watching! Check out our Facebook Page!: https://www.facebook.com/brewcitygard… Join our Facebook group “The Global Straw Bale Gardener’s Collective”…
After Serina complains all day, Ian finally swoops in and saves the day! They are at it till late at night, but the holes get dug in the rock hard ground, and the new garden gets planted. Now’s not the time to stop! We’ve barely even gotten started! And now the garden looks great (or…
We have been so busy trying to get settled into our new place that we are behind on creating videos, but we are excited to share all the changes we have made. Every day is another trip between our old house and our new farm, and although we aren’t done yet, we are getting close.…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Weeds are an inevitable part of gardening. Their often persistent nature can make for a truly frustrating experience! But you don’t have to let them get the better of you. From puny annual weeds that can be dispatched with a hoe to more troublesome perennials that need…
I’m ready to give up! It’s been a long week of fighting with our stumps and grass to get ready to start bringing over our plants to our new farm. But when I head outside to finally dig the holes and get planting, I get a new surprise – our ground is rock hard! I…
We have figured out how to get the tiller started, so it should be smooth sailing from here on out. Oh, except for the fact that when we break ground we learn that we own a stump farm! We hope you enjoy the universal humor of us breaking ground for our first garden, as well…
In this episode I give you the full tour of the Brew City Garden to show you how well everything is growing and just how well the straw bale garden is working out. Thanks for joining me on a rainy day in the garden!! Check out our Facebook Page!: https://www.facebook.com/brewcitygard… I am happy to make…
We needed a grass murderer, so we bought ourselves a BCS 739. Serina likes it because it is small enough and light enough to be a perfect lady tractor. Plus it fits in a shed! We feel it will be a great tool for our future 1 acre market garden. But first we need to…
Serina and Ian are digging up their massive garlic harvest at the old house. Can you ever have enough garlic? Not for us! And 100 bulbs is what we are harvesting today. After 9 months it is exciting to see the garlic come out of the garden. We share some of our tricks for how…
We have been really busy this last 2 weeks getting into our new farm. Every day the list of tasks is endless, and we have been going to bed late and tired. But we wanted to share with you our first impressions of the new place. It is hard to believe that this is now…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Cabbages you’ve grown yourself are sweeter and crunchier than anything you can buy. Better still, they are straightforward to grow, so there’s no reason you can’t enjoy delicious homegrown cabbage. There’s a cabbage for every season, meaning you can have a year-round supply of your very own…
Urban Farmer Curtis Stone came by to check out our new farm, and give us a consultation about where and how to get started farming. It was fun to show off our dream farm, especially because he was planning on buying a new farm all winter, and we were the ones to end up with…
Permaculture provides abundance, and we are sad to be moving away from our urban permaculture paradise, but excited to be taking the next step in our journey to a small farm. Before we leave our old house though, we wanted to show off a bunch of the permaculture systems we have in place. Even though…
California Gardening is one of the biggest channels in the gardening space here on YouTube. I’ve learned SO much from his channel over the years. A few days ago I left a comment on his channel to see if he’d be open to a full tour of the garden, and to my surprise he said…YES!…
Hey guys, in this video I explore the concepts of Lasagna Gardening and why you should be employing this method in addition to your no-till farming practices
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. One crop sums up the sheer joy of growing your own more than any other: beans! Beans are quick-growing and exceptionally prolific, producing tender, tasty pods over many weeks. Grow them from seed for no-fuss plants that will crop repeatedly. In this short video we share invaluable…
We have a couple pictures of the new house to share with you all! It is exciting that we will be into our 100 year old farmhouse soon, and we hope you enjoy this sneak peak of the reasons we are excited about the place (and some of the problems). __________ Subscribe and JOIN OUR…
In this episode I show you how I set my trellis posts, cross braces and trellis netting for the straw bale garden. I also tackle the issue with rabbits munching the bean sprouts! Thanks for watching! Check out our Facebook Page!: https://www.facebook.com/brewcitygardener/ Join our Facebook group – “The Global Straw Bale Gardener’s Collective” https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheGlobalSBGCollective/ Sign…
We visited Dundurn Castle, where they have a garden based on what it would have looked like during the 1850s, using the technology and plants available for the time period. This is without a doubt, the best vegetable garden ever, and we are excited to have an acre to replicate it on our soon to…
I just want to give a quick update on how the garden is doing now in mid-June. The weather is (finally) about to really warm up and the garden is getting ready to EXPLODE with fresh new growth! This just a quick, simple garden update with more to come in the next few days. Thanks…
