The best gardening & homesteading channels on Youtube
Starting a new garden this growing season? Want to avoid the most common pitfalls and guarantee success? Avoid these 5 mistakes and you’ll be well on your way to munching your way through your home-grown produce. Yum! If you love growing your own food, why not take a look at our online Garden Planner which…
Spring is around the corner and it’s time to supercharge your soil, ready for the growing season. It’s important to top up your soil’s nutrients at this time of year, every year. but where do you start and how do you do it? All your questions are answered in this week’s episode. Want to get…
It’s Hot. Our plants are thirsty. Water is a precious resource and every drop counts. So how do you know when to water, how much to water whilst apply it in the most effective way? There are a few tricks that every gardener needs to know, which Ben reveals in this week’s video, in time…
It’s only early summer and already there is an abundance of tasty pickings in Ben’s garden. Follow Ben as he leads us around his garden showing us everything he has growing and sharing his knowledge. He’ll even show us the bits we don’t usually get to see, including his food forest, his ornamental border and…
Everyone Loves A Bonus! Two for the price of one…..buy one, get one free….nothing like getting a great deal and us gardeners are the best at sniffing them out! But in our world, even better than saving money, is double harvesting our favorite crops! And I don’t mean multi-harvesting like when you cut fresh herbs…
Get your trowel at the ready. It’s TIME to PLANT! What started out as a few hopeful seeds have now turned into a forest of triffids, raring to get out their pots and into the ground. Help! Never fear! Ben our backyard gardener is here to guide us through his tips, tricks and tasty tid-bits…
We all learn from our mistakes. 😧 But you don’t have to! 😍 Learn from the advice of a gardening expert instead. Find out what the pitfalls are so that you know exactly what to avoid. Your garden will thank you for it! 🙏 In this week’s episode, Ben talks us through the 5 most…
It’s the end of the growing season… or is it?! Ben takes us on a tour of his garden and shows us some essential jobs to do and some essential crops to grow this autumn, to keep you growing right into spring. For yummy and ingenious ways to store your produce over winter, check out…
The autumn leaves are falling, and it’s time to reap the Roots of your labor! Think of all those tasty roast dinners, cottage pies and rooty stews to come over the winter. Delicious! But how do you keep your veggies from going off between now and when you want to use them? Ben has some…
If you are new to Gardening or passionate about growing your own food then you’ve come to the right place. Whether you are growing in spring summer autumn or winter you will find all sorts of videos related to the vegetable you are growing, helping you have a successful harvest. This “How To” channel will…
💛 📖 Find out about the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx Many people have shady areas of their garden, yet the standard gardening advice is to grow most vegetables in ‘full sun’. If you’re wondering how to grow delicious fruit and vegetable despite the shade in your garden, this video is for you. In it Ben…
If you are new to growing food, or are looking to start a vegetable garden then this video is for you. I give my honest and frank advice when it comes to starting a food growing journey, with the hope that it will greatly help you achieve your vegetable growing dreams. The goal with this…
💛 📖 Find out about the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx Soil is much more than just dirt! It must be nurtured to prepare it for the demands of the upcoming growing season. Well-prepared soil will jump start your garden and give your crops what they need to succeed. In this short video we’ll show you…
Grab some raised beds to start your 2021 garden off right: https://shop.epicgardening.com/ – there are so many mistakes that a new gardener can make that will result in poor harvests or even NO harvests. Here are 9 of the ones I think most beginners run into at some point or another! 0:00 – Intro 0:56…
Planting Cauliflower In The Fall. Cauliflower loves the fall. The cooler temperature produces the sweetest florets and the cleanest, pest-free harvests! Join me today as I plant a raised bed from start to finish, using the no-till, no-dig method of gardening to plant Cauliflower starters in a raised beds. No music and no commentary, just…
Shopping the nursery for seedlings can get a little pricy, so here are some of my absolute favorite tips to get the MOST for your money: 1:45 Separate seedlings planted in the same cell 2:33 Buy the smaller tomato 3:12 Check roots for damage and root circling 4:13 Same pot, same price, so choose the…
Growing your own food is a hugely exciting journey! But it is important that you are armed with the right knowledge so you don’t fall into any pitfalls along the way and to also help guarantee fantastic vegetable gardening success. In this video, I share my top 15 vegetable gardening tips every beginner gardener should…
Whether you’re a beginner vegetable gardener or know someone how is just starting out, it is important that the right path is chosen. In this video I outline how to start growing food if you are new to vegetable gardening by knowing what to focus on first. Growing your own food is a fun process…
This video is about a skill that holds huge potential to ensure long-term food abundance of your garden. It is a skill that is very separate from your usual planting techniques because it involves the bigger picture and taking a very different approach. One benefit is that is is very easy and only needs around…
Hardiness zones are helpful, but for beginner gardeners, they can often confuse you more than they clarify. They’re based on the average annual minimum temperature, which gives you SOME info but not ALL the info you need to know what to plant and when to plant it in your garden. Click here to find your…
If you’re just getting started on your first garden, it’s important to have early success. These 5 groups of crops are extremely easy and fast to grow, so you can have your first successful harvest and build your gardening confidence. 1. Microgreens 2. Pea and Sunflower Shoots 3. Baby Lettuce 4. Baby Root Crops 5.…
I’m so excited to release this video to celebrate the launch of my book Grow Food for Free which is out now! Get your copy here: https://geni.us/grow-food-for-free | This video features 17 garden hacks that work so well and I use all the time. Garden hacks are all about saving time and effort 🙂 Woodchip…
http://planforabundance.com/ – Use code YOUTUBE20 to get 20% off the Productive Planting Plan Online Course. Get your notepads out because in this video I will show you how to create a vegetable garden planting plan to ensure food abundance throughout the year. Very often gardeners create a yearly plan but this makes it very hard…
When there is a frost coming, it can mean the end of the vegetable garden, but it doesn”t have to! These are the 5 steps that I take to keep the harvests coming all fall and to keep me in fresh veggies till Christmas, even here in my zone 5 Canadian garden Step 1 Keep…
When you think of Wisconsin, you typically don’t think “okra”. However, all things are possible in the Brew City Garden. Let’s take a look at what I’m doing to help my chances of getting a successful okra harvest this year. Thanks for watching!! Check out our Facebook Page!: https://www.facebook.com/brewcitygardener/ Join our Facebook group – “The…
So once you have made your first raised bed – how do you ensure fantastic harvests? I have broken this down into 7 steps for you to use to enjoy successful and delicious harvests. Grab a copy of Veg in One Bed here: https://amzn.to/2BDJiQz Raised beds made out of recycled plastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJZZMlDclE4 Raised beds made…
So once you have made your first raised bed – how do you ensure fantastic harvests? I have broken this down into 7 steps for you to use to enjoy successful and delicious harvests. Grab a copy of Veg in One Bed here: https://amzn.to/2BDJiQz Raised beds made out of recycled plastic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJZZMlDclE4 Raised beds made…
💛 📖 See the GrowVeg book here: https://www.growveg.com/growveg-the-beginners-guide-to-easy-gardening.aspx. Growing a garden is equal parts challenging, rewarding, mystifying and uplifting. There’s a lot to learn, but we’re here to help. Don’t make the same mistakes we did! In this short video we’ll share our top 10 tips to help you grow a successful garden. If you…
In this video, I explain my preference in the long-debated war over seeds vs starter plants, plus some examples of it in action!
This is a bit all over the place, but I talk about the experiment that we are going to be doing this year in finding out which zucchini grows the best for us – by growing them all! Experimenting with different varieties and different plants is a good way to learn what grows well in…
