Native perennials, raised bed vegetable garden, and rainwater harvesting in zone 8B
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- This is a beautiful perennial and vegetable garden in central Texas, zone 8b. Jean reduced her water hungry lawn by replacing much of it with great native and adapted plants that survived our 2023 summer. These include Jerusalem Sage, Texas sage, Horseherb, Turk’s cap, Esperanza, Mexican marigold mint.
The vegetable garden has lots of happy plants. Mentioned or featured in this video were Juliet tomatoes, Kajari melon, and Armenian cucumber. Obviously there’s more but they’re too numerous to name them all😊
The rain harvesting system carries rainwater across 125ft of yard to extra storage and Jean’s vegetable garden. She accomplishesthis by using a solar powered RV pump. She even has a plug in pump for cloudy days.
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Soooo despite my extensive internet “research,” it appears purple martins do not control mosquitoes populations. Jean didn’t know I was going to add that bit and I should have checked with her.😅They are still amazing birds though!
SO fun to share my garden with you. You did an excellent job in this video, Natalie! I'm looking forward to all we'll learn from each other!❤❤
I learned so much and it was so much fun! Thank-You for being willing to share your sanctuary with us.
Oh, the many ideas rolling around in my head! Thank you for the inspiration, ladies!
Love you mom! I’ll come help you🙌
@@theplantninja-texasgardenerlooking forward to it, love you too ❤
What a Beautiful Place, Thank you for sharing with us, Learned a Lot especially about the watering system & native plants
Thanks Cici! I felt like a kid in a candy store in that space! I feel the same when I see all the goodies in your garden. You always have a little surprise for us💗
Thank you for the video. The rain capture system was on time. I will be implementing that. As per always, I love your channel. Best wishes.
You are most welcome! Comments like these pump me up🙌 I’m so excited that you feel better informed to tackle garden challenges😊You’ve got this!
Awesome vid! I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for checking it out😊
Amazing tour. Fellow Texan in ur area. Valuable resource! Thank you for sharing and lucky you for befriending such a resource of knowledge! And STILL you're doling out information too! Experts unite!
Howdy neighbor! I’m still trying to earn my seat at the expert table BUT so grateful for those willing to let me share with them on this channel. Some days it’s the hot mess express 😝
Good Morning
Garden activity .
Nice tips
Thanks you for sharing
Yeay really nice and enjoy place.
Thank-you 😊
Love this. Great video!
Good to see you Maximus! Jean dropped some serious garden knowledge on us in this video. I learned a lot myself. I’m stoked to get a solar powered pump going😊
Her Rainwater system is what I need. Thanks for sharing Texas (8A/B) gardens. New sub. 😊
Welcome aboard! I’m hoping she’ll help me upgrade my rain harvesting system🙌
You can’t harvest too much water! Plant natives because they don’t need any (much) water. Lawns are hopeless; they give you a ton of work and consume resources such as water. Replace lawns with natives. Good idea to use raised beds for veg. Great video!
Howdy France! So glad you enjoyed the video. Jean is a garden inspiration! I’m looking forward to implementing a lot of this into practice myself😊
@@theplantninja-texasgardener doubly interesting for me as she used to garden in Germany and has had to learn new ways to do things. I used to garden in the UK so I had no experience of dry hot summers. Now I’ve got several varieties of sage and Phlomis (Jerusalem sage).
@@simonbarrow479 I really need to work on learning the botanical names😜
I love this video! What a great place! And so true about Mother Nature always winning. I tried things I used to know but not in this past summer's crazy weather.
The seed storage is wonderful, the colors for warm and cool seasons is particularly great for me, I paint so this makes sense totally ♥
I wish I could have an Esperanza but the deer around here like to eat it
Her garden is such an inspiration on so many levels! That’s so cool that you’re an artist as well…that artistic flare shines in your videos.
@@theplantninja-texasgardener Well I don't know about artistic flare, but I will say thank you lol - I enjoy your videos and info! :D
Thank you for the video. I need a whole separate video on the rainwater collection, and maybe you've already done that, and I'll search for it. Where to get the larger than 55 gallon barrels, how to setup diverter kits, how to setup water lines from that to the garden, how to setup a pump, does the water need to be treated in any way for long term storage...etc
I have a metal tank (230 gallon) but they come larger. The difference between metal and plastic is mostly aesthetics. Here’s an interview with the owner of the place I purchased from:
ruclips.net/video/RywmSED3NZU/видео.htmlsi=4ZZ8Mvj8uUkFNn6T
Here’s an online supplier of plastic tanks:
www.tank-depot.com
Here’s how I hooked up my pump:
ruclips.net/video/yNaXBOxVt68/видео.htmlsi=GqJnbadjp-SlQcua
Here’s how I set up my drip irrigation. I plan on attaching to my rain tank to my drip irrigation. I don’t explain how to connect the drip irrigation to the rain tank specifically but essentially you just attach the head assembly to the pump output instead of a municipal spigot:
ruclips.net/video/YWWGqbl_RFc/видео.htmlsi=zM5s3mtQDRt8jFei
In terms of treating your water, it’s up to you. Some would argue the water in the rain tank is too risky to apply to your edible garden due to runoff contaminates and bacteria without purifying it first. I use mine without a purifier and I don’t have a diverter. If you plan on drinking the water you should definitely plan on a first flush diverter and purification system.
How does she keep weeds out of her gravel? Lol
This is how👉 ruclips.net/user/shortspGe47wWIxL8?si=yRDY3F15KSGwLaZF
You can’t water your plants with the rain that rolls off of asphalt right? That’s what I’ve always been told please verify
Excellent question! Safest and easiest answer is to not use non-potable rainwater on your edible garden. However if you’re looking to do so in the safest manner I think there are two big concerns :
1. Are there significant microbial contaminants from the roof, gutters/downspouts, barrel to create risk of illness? The answer is yes. There are basic measures you could take to minimize the risk. Apply the water directly to the soil(drip irrigation) instead of plants. Water in the morning and harvest in the evening. Clean produce well after harvesting. Some sites suggest adding a prescribed amount of bleach to the barrel. Of course you could add a filtration system to your harvesting setup to make it potable.
rainwaterharvesting.tamu.edu/files/2011/05/gi-366_2021994.pdf
2. Are there significant toxins leached from the roof to pose a threat? I’m not sure, but I found the below article that discusses a study that attempts to address this.
www.sightline.org/2015/01/07/a-green-light-for-using-rain-barrel-water-on-garden-edibles/
I’m sure you’ll find gardeners who will feel strongly in favor of or against use of rainwater from an asphalt roof. While general best practice guidelines do exist, I would consider checking out texas agrilife extension articles on the topic and/or reaching out to your county master gardener association for more information and then making a decision you are comfortable with
How in the world do you keep water from going bad what do you add to it please help
For regular landscape plants(not eating) no treatment is necessary. You do want to ensure you’re using a dark colored barrel to avoid algae growth. For an edible garden see my previous answer to your question about asphalt roof.
Jean, the featured gardener, in this video uses her rainwater on her edible garden and does not treat the water.