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We are about cold climate gardening, growing from seed, off-grid gardening, subarctic growing, family scale food production, self-sustenance, community gardening, food preservation and sometimes just general northern living!
We've been operating the subarctic gardening focused website, FrostyGarden.com, since 2015. Our efforts generally aim to help people become better cold climate growers using our experiential information, guides and topic focused articles.
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Frosty Garden
P.O. Box 74907
Fairbanks, AK 99707
We've been operating the subarctic gardening focused website, FrostyGarden.com, since 2015. Our efforts generally aim to help people become better cold climate growers using our experiential information, guides and topic focused articles.
Thank you for visiting our channel, we hope you find some things you like. If we've earned it, we'd love for you to subscribe.
Each and every sub counts for us.
If you want to know more about us, please visit us at FrostyGarden.com!
Should you like some free stickers, please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the following address. Return mail will be USPS stamped from the Alaskan Frontier! More info here: FrostyGarden.com/stickers/
Frosty Garden
P.O. Box 74907
Fairbanks, AK 99707
Raising Hundreds Of Garden Starts From Seed Indoors (Part 2 - Plug To Transplant)
Hello again, everyone! This is part two of our growing from seed series! In this video, we cover everything from the initial seedling transplant all the way up to the point where we have a plant that can be put into our gardens!
We grow well over a thousand plants, from seed, indoors every season. This video covers all the important things that we're paying attention to. From the actual mechanics of transplanting, watering our plants, how we harden them off to our strategies that we use to planting our gardens into a cold climate. Between part one and this video, it covers pretty much every aspect of our growing from seed process!
Again, we want to stress that we have to grow indoors out of...
We grow well over a thousand plants, from seed, indoors every season. This video covers all the important things that we're paying attention to. From the actual mechanics of transplanting, watering our plants, how we harden them off to our strategies that we use to planting our gardens into a cold climate. Between part one and this video, it covers pretty much every aspect of our growing from seed process!
Again, we want to stress that we have to grow indoors out of...
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Family Scale Food Production In Extreme Cold Climates (Lecture Series)
Просмотров 2992 месяца назад
We've given this presentation a few times in several cities and towns across Alaska. We figured that the content would be useful to our broader audience, so we decided to record it! This was our presentation given to the Anchorage Gardening Club in March of 2024. We like to describe this lecture as basically a synthesis of our understanding when it comes to family scale food production in extre...
Growing Hundreds Of Garden Starts From Seed Indoors (Part 1 | Seed To Germination)
Просмотров 3,8 тыс.3 месяца назад
This has been one of those landmark videos that we've been wanting to make since we started making videos for our channel. And that is covering the process we use to grow over a thousand garden starts from seed to garden transplant, indoors, every single growing season. Once we had written the script for this video, it became clear this topic is considerable enough that we had to break it up in...
Vegetable Variety Selection In Northern & Cold Climate Gardens
Просмотров 7974 месяца назад
OK, you've asked us over and over again. The question always comes up about "what varieties do you grow?" And we've always been a bit cagey about it. Not because we're hiding anything, we talk about the varieties we grow all the time! The reason we don't make a list is really because we think about that question in a very different way than the people who are asking it. As somewhat advanced gar...
Frosty Garden's Mid Winter Update & Happy New Year
Просмотров 3246 месяцев назад
Happy New Year, everyone! We figured some of you might appreciate a mid-winter update from us, so here you are! We're deep into winter at this point, regularly experiencing negative temperatures and dealing with really short days. We obviously aren't doing much gardening these days, but thought some of you might appreciate hearing from us. With the new year, we're starting to get excited about ...
Reusing Container Garden Soil & Winter Soil Storage Techniques
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.9 месяцев назад
As larger scale container gardeners, we often get the question about whether you can re-use your container garden soil from year to year. The short answer is, yes, absolutely you can re-use your container garden soil. We've been re-using our container garden soil stock for nearly a decade at this point. The point of this video is to show you the various techniques we've used to solve both stora...
Harvesting Strategy For Large Gardens In Cold Climates
Просмотров 59010 месяцев назад
We put a fair bit of thought and strategy into the general harvesting of our considerable garden. When you're growing in a cold climate, after that first frost date, your garden is always at potential risk of frost. This video talks about how we prioritize our harvests to ensure we get everything that we grow from our garden. If you're looking for our article we discussed in the video, you can ...
How To Freeze Your Harvest Properly | Near-Perfect Food Preservation!
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.10 месяцев назад
This was another landmark video that we "for sure" wanted to get done this season! While we do practice the majority of various food preservation techniques out there every year, blanch and freeze has become our absolute go-to for a large portion of our garden. We have an in-depth article on this topic that you might find helpful. It covers things like the timing a lot of other details that you...
Honda FG110 Mini-Tiller | DIY Oil Change & Annual Service Maintenance
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.10 месяцев назад
This isn't one of our typical videos. While this video is less focused on gardening, it's a very important topic to gardeners that are operating small engine machinery to help them with their gardens. This video covers all of the annual maintenance tasks that are called for if you're operating a Honda FG110 Mini Tiller. This work is very important to conduct on a regular basis to keep your till...
Fixing 8 Common Problems With Container Gardens
Просмотров 191 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Container gardening is an awesome growing method, especially for us cold climate growers, but it's not without its issues. We picked the 8 most common issues container gardeners will face and how we solved exactly those issues! Container gardens are often looked at as being an "easy" gardening solution, so it can throw many gardeners off when they develop a number of issues that are directly ca...
More Important Than Fertilizer | Water Soluble vs. Granular Plant Fertilizers
Просмотров 71411 месяцев назад
The more we have gardened, especially in an extreme northern climate, the more we have come to appreciate the different types of plant fertilizers out there. You might be wondering which kind of fertilizer you should use, or maybe if one is "better" than the other. These are our thoughts on the topic of water soluble and granular fertilizers. We've found it to be a little more nuanced than "wha...
Summer In A Glass - The Basil Mojito
Просмотров 14711 месяцев назад
One of the main keys to growing basil well is to regularly top your plants. If you do this, the basil will continue to grow, providing ample supply throughout your growing season. This drink is one of our "keys" to making exactly that happen, providing us a regular use of our basil throughout the season. This has become one of our most anticipated mixed drink cocktails we make out of our garden...
Our Subarctic Community Garden Walkthrough, Midnight Sun Grown!
Просмотров 30211 месяцев назад
Something a little different, this is a full walkthrough of our 1,700 square foot community garden this year. This is our eighth season in this plot, we're quickly approaching the first decade that we've worked this soil! We figured you all might like an actual tour of one of our subarctic gardens, grown at just shy of 65N. This garden is technically in zone USDA zone 2A, experiencing -50F/-45C...
Basics Of Garden Fertilization | The Key To Great Gardens & Good Food Production
Просмотров 71711 месяцев назад
Of all the questions we field as public growers, plant fertilization and fertilizers is always one of the top questions we get. The topic of garden fertilization appears way more complex than it really is, but a lot of gardeners second guess themselves on the topic. This video covers all the basic elements of garden fertilization and essentially defines the target that the gardener is trying to...
Container Gardening, Done Right | Off Grid Centrally Irrigated GroBuckets
Просмотров 17 тыс.Год назад
The video that made me want to get into RUclips! We get a lot of questions about our container gardening solution, as it's definitely uncommon, so hopefully this video does it justice. We grow well over a couple hundred plants in containers every year and this is how we do it. Some people will likely find it interesting how we've scaled container gardening to a fairly large scale. We currently ...
How We Fixed Square Foot Gardening And Grow More Food, Intensively!
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How We Fixed Square Foot Gardening And Grow More Food, Intensively!
Our Off-Grid, Gravity Powered Centralized Rain Water Harvesting System
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Our Off-Grid, Gravity Powered Centralized Rain Water Harvesting System
Guaranteed Tomatoes: How & Why To Pollinate Tomatoes By Hand
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Guaranteed Tomatoes: How & Why To Pollinate Tomatoes By Hand
Our Cold-Weather Planting Strategy for Successful Crops in a 1,700-Square-Foot Garden
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Our Cold-Weather Planting Strategy for Successful Crops in a 1,700-Square-Foot Garden
How We Prepare Our 1,700 Square Foot Community Garden
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How We Prepare Our 1,700 Square Foot Community Garden
How To Replace Your Gorilla/Garden Cart Wheels In 5 Minutes!
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How To Replace Your Gorilla/Garden Cart Wheels In 5 Minutes!
Sowing & Transplanting Into Our Alaskan Raised Bed Garden
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Sowing & Transplanting Into Our Alaskan Raised Bed Garden
How We Prepare Our Raised Beds For Growing Intensively
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How We Prepare Our Raised Beds For Growing Intensively
Wait, What? Green Onions Are Perennial Down To 33 Below Zero?
Просмотров 147Год назад
Wait, What? Green Onions Are Perennial Down To 33 Below Zero?
How We Get Great Seedlings & Plant Observation Techniques
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How We Get Great Seedlings & Plant Observation Techniques
Our Garden Is Finally Growing Outdoors, 100% Grown From Seed!
Просмотров 238Год назад
Our Garden Is Finally Growing Outdoors, 100% Grown From Seed!
Frosty Garden Livestream #2 - April 29th, 2023
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Frosty Garden Livestream #2 - April 29th, 2023
How We Heat Our Subarctic Greenhouse To Get More Season
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How We Heat Our Subarctic Greenhouse To Get More Season
Hardening Off Seed Grown Vegetables & Flowers In Cold Climates
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Hardening Off Seed Grown Vegetables & Flowers In Cold Climates
7 Weeks To Last Frost (Still Moving Snow...)
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7 Weeks To Last Frost (Still Moving Snow...)
Thanks very helpful
Growing urban backyard in San Jose for the first time & going to try to over winter most of my garden for the month of hard freeze. My major concern was the month it's very cold and no green house....the trash bag trick is awesome! Thank you.
Depending on what you're overwintering, they may be able to tolerate it entirely unaided. (Albeit, they will grow slowly or not at all.) You can also switch your focus to colder climate veggies and you'll do great. Things like kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts, lettuce, radish and so forth prefer generally cool temperatures. Glad you found our lecture & other tips helpful!
You are making a lot of misstatements about Mr Bartholomew publications ie your a jaggoff
LOL. I think you meant "*You're* a jaggoff." If you're going to try and burn someone, at least use proper grammar! It's much more effective that way.
planting like with like... instantly makes me think of pest invasions. i like the organization, but so do the pests.
It can be problematic, especially if your area is prone to pests. But, this can be an issue regardless. Pests are really good at finding their favorite plants! Appreciate the comment and watch!
Wow this is was very helpful I appreciate your video nice progress on your plants
Thanks for the kind comment, appreciate the watch!
helpful if you say ...this is what it looks like if plants are overwatered, underwatered, underfed.....not just look for signs...what are the signs?!!!
That's certainly a valid point. It can be difficult in making these videos "all encompassing" without also making them into movies. Haha. We do want to do some various videos on deficiencies, but we'll get there eventually. Thanks for the comment!
It is interesting to see people's experience of SFG. I did think I would need to be fertilizing. I think large brassicas and plants like squash need 2 to 4 square feet. It probably doesn't make sense to use up such a large section of your raised bed for such plants. Though Mel suggests you might need 3-4 raised beds per person per year, so perhaps you would plant in separate beds. Like your container gardening!! I never thought you could grow corn in containers. What an eye opener!
Indeed. I do think there's some differences in people's knowledge, depending on how (and even when) you learn the technique. If you've read the books, there's significant differences between the various editions. I think 3-4 beds is only a starting point, especially if you're using SFG to grow larger plants. Thanks for the comment! Oh, and corn does great in containers!
This video is really helpful. ❤ from India.
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the watch.
Great video! To the point!!! 13:33
Thanks for the kind comment, appreciate the watch!
This was so informative. Thanks so much!
Glad you found it helpful, appreciate the watch!
Drip is not feasible for all home gardeners, takes away the fun in gardening. ❤
In our case, we use drip irrigation where regular watering would be annoying or exceptionally time consuming. It saves us a lot of time that way. Thanks for the watch!
Hi sir so nice to come acroos your garden channel ,your garden looks great i also grow food from containers because of space i start my garden from recycled seeds but it looks good keep the good work❤❤
Excellent! Thanks for giving us a watch!
With the oil, it isn't hours as much as age. The oil get's contaminated when you run the engine. Letting that oil sit for long periods damages the cylinder walls etc.
That is conventional wisdom, yes. But, if you're not actually operating the tool, I think "fresh oil" is of marginal benefit. We typically run in spring and do maintenance in the fall, so "most" of the storage time (winter) is with fresh oil.
Th a nk you! Great info!❤
You are welcome! Thanks for giving us a watch!
I put way too much oil in it, now it's blowing oil out in the intake air filter. Any ideas what I screwed up and how to fix it? Thx in advance.
I would correct the oil level first. Check it on the dip stick before you start the machine, it should be halfway up the stick when its right. If the air filter is super saturated with oil, it's a good idea to clean it out and re-oil it again.
Is it just me or does anyone else think he sounds like the narrator on Amazon training/safety videos?
Ha! I've never heard that guy. But, I will tell you that I've done professional voice training and also have done a fair bit of voice over work. But, I'm definitely not the Amazon guy. Thanks for watching. :)
Southern California👍 zone 10A and 9B😂 enjoy the content though👍
Excellent! We do try to focus on our extreme cold climate, as there's few resources out there doing it. Always appreciate the support from warmer zones, we're a bit jealous sometimes! (But, also, we have few pests! Haha.) Thanks for the watch!
Thank you for the informative video. More or less a newbie at this. Do you know where reasonably priced drip pans can be purchased?
We got most of ours on Amazon. They are generally less expensive in multi-packs and you can find them in various sorts of quality and cost. Good luck!
I appreciate you, thanks for sharing your knowledge
Glad you found it helpful, thanks for the watch!
Just curious about planting 6 bush beans per bucket. You don't have a problem with Botrytis or Sclerotinia??? I've taken to spacing my beans 12" and even interplanting to prevent the fall mold from taking hold. So was surprised. And curious to know your experience. Maybe the trick is that your buckets are spaced to allow for good air flow ???
We generally keep our beans fairly well packed together, we even keep our buckets pretty close together. Growing them in containers, they'll naturally get decent airflow. But, we haven't had much of a problem. Thanks for the watch!
Am guessing that you remain in the area for the full hour that your vegetables are drying out. We do battle on a regular basis with red squirrels. They get in to everything I do on the deck. Wondering if you two encounter interference from squirrels.
We do usually stick around (typically doing cleanup and such) and haven't really had many problems with squirrels. They are around, but if we're out and about, they usually retreat back to the forest.
Been using 5 gallon black buckets for 6 years. Been a real learning process. I have controllable drip lines on a timer. I've had very good harvest. But last year low yields. Due to late planting season. Hope this year's is better. Thanks for the tips.
Excellent! It is a pretty good technique, if you can counter some of the issues. A late planting can definitely set you back a bit. Good luck this season! Thanks for watching.
I take note of everything you said, and it sounds interesting that I will apply it on my vegetables growing in containers. Thanks.
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
I grow literally everything in containers. I noticed you have a perfectly fitted insert for the bottom of your 5 gallon pails. Where on earth did you find those? That would certainly be a game changer for me. Thanks for any info you can provide on those inserts for the pails. 😁. Great video!
These are called GroBuckets, they're designed to turn a 5 gallon container into a subirrigated container. We talk more about them in this video! ruclips.net/video/x4FwfdL71fI/видео.html
Helpful thank you
You are welcome! Thanks for watching!
I cover crop my potted plants now by sowing around my cash crop in a circle White Clover because White Clover sucks up Nitrogen from the air naturally and drumps it into the soil to create this natural soil plant feeding effect so my cash crop benefits from that naturally. To prevent the White Clover from using that nitrogen from the air naturally I prune the entire White Clover stem back to 2 inches tall and the excess haircut of that I mix with the soil to let it biodegrade over time to feed the soil even more.
GREAT ideas!!!!
Glad you found them helpful! Thanks for the watch!
IF YOU PLAN ON DRIP OR WATERING WITH TAP WATER I ADVISE YOU TO WATER ONE PLANT WITH TAP WATER THE OTHER WITH DISTILLED WATER WHY TO SEE IF YOUR WATER IS GOING TO KILL YOUR PLANTS OR MAKE THEM SICK . LAST YEAR HAD ALL PLANTS DEVELOP CHLOROSES OR STUNED AND NUTRIENT DEFITCEINT . WHEN I STARTED TO USE DISTILLED THEY BECAME MORE COLORFULL AND ALL PLANTS STARTED DOING BETTER ALTHOUGH I LOST ALL PLANTS BEFOR AND COULDNT EVEN GET SEEDS TO SPROUT . VERY SAD I WAISTED MY TIME , MONEY AND FOOD FOR MY FAMILY . IM FROM OHIO SO DONT KNOW IF HAPPINING EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT LIKE I SAIDE DONT WAIST YOUR TIME BECAUSE IN THE LONG RUN YOU DONT WANT TO WAIST TIME , MONEY OR FOOD FOR YOUR FAMILY . I ONLY USE RAIN WATER AND PLANTS ARE ALL DOING GREAT . IMAGINE WHAT THIS TAP WATER IS DOING TO THE HUMAN BODY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME FROM DRINKING IT . DEMAND WATER TEST FROM YOUR STATE WATER DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHATS WHAT PEOPLE . MAGA4U
Good quality water is definitely important! Thanks for the watch!
I am hard of hearing but I never lose a word because the volume and clarity are just right. I can’t believe that that I have no problem with your videos. Many thanks.
Excellent! I try to focus on being clear, easy to understand and put a focus on the quality of the audio! Glad you found it helpful, that makes it worth it!
You show plants and garden less and yourself more ! phew ! :(
Aww, so glad you think so. Lots can be said in short bursts of video, we try to keep things moving. Thanks for the watch!
Thanks for sharing. This year I will increase the number of container plants and I need to learn.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching!
Yeah, container gardens look like crap sorry but that’s the reality of it. It’s all good for you cityfolk though.
Yeah well thanm God we don't gaf about what our garden looks like to people like you.. we aren't doing it to appease you..and I live in the country
We are rural and use container gardening. But, we use them because we're in a cold climate and its the right method for us.
Ty for sharing all the information! I have to do container gardening. So this video really helped me a lot!!
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the watch & comment!
Thanks for the content My question if you get a chance to answer is If you try to sub garden with direct water to a jug to bottom of container it said it has almost no waste of water and a constant supply But on the same token if a container has all that water in the bottom of it What stops a tomato plant from getting root rot are bacterial fungus
Sub irrigation requires a little bit more than just water in the bottom of the container. It's typically a "designed" process that has a few things involved. For example, there's an air gap above the water supply, a drain (to rid excess water) and soil/water contact. It's the air gap and drain that prevent over-watering and therefore avoids things like root rot. Some day, I might do a video explaining the technical side of things a bit more, but I don't have anything for now. Hope that makes sense, though! Thanks for the comment, let me know if anything doesn't add up!
Wow I wish I had seen or talked to you about two weeks ago . I bought some 17 gallon tubs and I was going to install water jugs or milk jugs a total of five in the bottom with one being the water source from above I let my wife talk me out of it without a second opinion I had seen videos on how to do it with the weep hole located about five inches from ground level . I ended up drilling hole for weeping in the bottom of tubs dang it !! Oh well I will know better next year Thanks for answering me back
1/not using good soil for containers 2/not using mulch 3/transplant shock 4/invisible bugs eating leaves 5/drooping leaves from too much or not enough water are few issues I found
Sure, there's a zillion things that can go wrong with containers. Most of your items have nothing to do with container gardening specifically, but are general gardening issues. The "good soil" is definitely one of them, but we did mention that potting soil is a good choice for most gardeners. Thanks for the comment! Good luck with your gardens.
@@frostygarden907 true and I learned the hard way before finding your channel unfortunately. I saved my pepper plants in time and moved them to 5 gallon containers. Straw mulch to water less frequently.
I'll just say that even if you are a taller person don't think "Well if little old ladies can handle 4ft wide beds then I can do 5". You probably can until you put up a trellis for your peas to climb or you tomato plants get a bit burley blocking easy access from one side..
True! There's actually a ton of debate about the "right size" of garden beds. Personally, I think 3 foot beds are "best" for access. But, you also sacrifice a fair bit of garden density. A trellis can be annoying, no matter the size of the bed, it's basically a fence in your way! Thanks for the watch & comment.
Loved listening to ur interview on container gardening I’m planing on planting herbs for tea into growing bags I’m wondering if I’ll find any solutions and if it would work because mints is my favorite and it’s very invasive it kind of grow into other herbs that u don’t want it to cross pollinate so I want to try out planting into grow bags pots will seem to freeze and plants may die I live in zone 4 a but I usually plant anything for zone 3-4 so it has a better chance to survive
Containers and perennials can be tough in really cold climates. The best thing you can do is give them a bit of thermal mass, like placing the containers next to your home over the winter. (Or, just bring them inside.) You can try things like mulching with straw, which will create insultation. If you have bad luck with survival, the best thing to do is get them in the ground. You can block off parts of the garden to prevent spreading of invasive species, which helps a bunch! Thanks for the comment and watch!
Greetings everyone! We have finally completed our "from seed" growing series! We hope you find it helpful to see the various aspects of how we raise close to 1,500 plants from seed, indoors, each season! As always, should you have any comments, let us know. Thanks for your continued support of our channel!
Thank you so much! We have a project about urban gardening and it involves pure container planting. Its been very tricky and watching this video prove my conclusions. By the way im watching here in the Philippines sending likes!
Cool! Container gardening is perfect for many urban applications. Anywhere can be a garden! Good luck with your project. Thanks for the watch and comment.
love your videos
Awww, shucks! Thanks so much, we appreciate you watching and the kind comment!
I’ve stumbled upon a gold mine with your videos. Thank you sir for the content
Excellent! I'm glad you found us! Thanks for the kind comment & for supporting us with a watch!
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Thanks for your tips on container garden I am growing my Veges in container on my Balcony in Oshawa north ON Canada I guess for me too your tips will work GOD BLESS YOU AMEN !
Wonderful! These tips will work pretty much anywhere, but especially for us northerners! Thanks for the watch & comment.
I'm having trouble hearing what you are saying because your music is very distracting. Having no music would be better. I stopped watching at 2 minutes because of it, just so you know.
We do our current videos with no music in the background. Just too many kinds of speakers out there, it's impossible to master audio for every device. But, we can't fix our older videos without deleting them. Thanks!
Subbed you, like your style getting straight to the point without any nonsense. Also, most gardening channels talk about much warmer climates than mine, yours look much like here in Finland. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic! We are growing in a very similar climate to Finland, up in Fairbanks, Alaska. We noticed the same thing you have, so that's why we make content for us northerners. Thanks for the watch & kind comment!
Six years!? Seriously? Without any rust on the cotter pins? Hmm... The tires on my cart began cracking after two years, and it was kept out of the sun. Wish they make higher quality.
Ours is still holding up! We are kind of surprised by it as we live in a harsh climate. We did develop a crack in the plastic this last winter, but it's still doing fine as a garden wagon. Sorry for your troubles! Thanks for the watch!
Clearly spoken. ...Lots of good info. Thank you!!
Wonderful. We're glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the kind comment!