My 4 BIGGEST Gardening MISTAKES!
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2017
- Over the last 5 years the Food Forest has become my greatest teacher, and my greatest lessons have come in the form of mistakes. I hope that by sharing the mistakes I have made, you can avoid making the same ones in the future. And get your garden into production quicker.
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You have something amazing going James. We truly are so proud of you and your work on the channel. We will be adding your channel very soon to the list of most influential gardeners worth watching. We really feel you are deserving of the permaculture position as you have not only honed the skill, but made it your own and have filmed so many amazing videos now on it. It is a source of information we love to watch grow.
MIgardener, Your channel and RUclips videos are one of the best I have seen too. I have Learned a lot from you and you have achieved a lot too. It says a lot about you when you take the time to comment and compliment another person on their accomplishments. I hope other people will take the time to go see your channel and perhaps buy some seeds from your store.
Its awesome how you (MIgardener) show him love and support. Really love both of your channels!!
Thanks so much Luke! That means a lot to me, it really does. Gardening is truly my passion, and I'm so happy to be part of a community that feels the same way. Making these videos recently has also helped me grow even more respect for you. For being so consistent over the years, and taking the time to share all your knowledge with us. I still have a lot to learn from you my friend!
i watch both of you guys plus many more! always absorbing information from the best! thanks for all the learning!!
The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I've originally loved the back to eden method because anyone can do it with free wood chip mulch available in many municipalities. I've also learned that some plants like peppers enjoy garden beds with exposed warmer soil more, plus if you still have areas of grass to cut and rake leaves then you can have compost that can be amended on top of your exposed garden beds. So it's been great seeing the benefits of both channels and being able to combine all the best methods to allow all varieties to thrive for me. Both of your work is much appreciated and are perfect influences to anyones lives this day in age. Can't say it enough, keep up the good work.
You're one of a rare breed.Not many people will share their mistakes on RUclips.Thanks for that.
+Pacific Permaculture your welcome. I hope it will make a difference for some gardens out there 👍
not gonna lie i felt sad for the little apple tree when you told him he wasn't special... great video though
Camille Nicole I’m good looking , I’m a good apple, and people like me
I dont know how i stumbled onto this guy. I didnt care too much for the videos, but here i am a year later still watching still planning. *subscribed*
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Please do a how-to video on the grafting proceedure! Also looking forward to the yearly follow-up videos on this video. Thank you James. Lots love from AZ!
You are my new hero. A sign of a great man is to be humble enough to admit mistakes and failures. You go a step further by recommending checking out other gardening successful RUclips channels and books to read. Mistakes will happen. Nobody does anything perfectly. But, when you learn from your mistakes, you become a better, more effective gardener. I have watched RUclips videos in which people insist their way is the right way. You say hey, this is what I do or don’t do and why. Try it, if it doesn’t work for you, that’s ok. But, do your research. I love that about you. Keep the videos coming.
On #3, we also have to seek out advice from others who are growing in our zone. I think that's key. Most of the people doing this type of growing are in much warmer zones. I'm in zone 7b in South Jersey. You know how jersey weather is... you get it ALL.
Thank you James.
I too was new at planting trees so bought from a nursery that I had called and talked with the owner. When I questioned him about the trees, he was evasive. When I told him what kind of trees I wanted, he delivered just the opposite. Turns out he just wanted to get rid of overgrown stock that was prone to canker and disease. Being so inexperienced I accepted what he told me and was taken advantage of. As a result several of the trees died and others doing poorly because they were wrong for our area. After this, I will go to a larger, more reputable nursery to buy my stock. Like you, I’ve learned about the forest floor and health of the soil. Things will get better soon and looking forward to added chicken manure from our own chickens.
Thanks for bringing up the idea of bringing in organic material, rather than trying to build it "naturally." It's so important for us to remember that what we're doing is ultimately artificial, even though we are using nature as a model. The "forest" is mostly for us and our harvest. And realizing that is, oddly, part of the humility of it.
Thank you James. I have watched many videos from different RUclipsrs but your sincerity and passion is a stand out. One of my favorite channels and I now tend to go back and rewatch your videos. You’re a wealth of information
I don't think you should say your mistakes have set you back years. You learned from them and are now helping others avoid them so they are valuable. Everyone makes mistakes. I could say my biggest mistake was not starting earlier and get so discouraged that I stop gardening. But starting at age 69, there's still so much of value to do - improving the soil, growing my own fruit and vegetables, exercising, getting fresh air and vitamin D, enjoying the birds and squirrels, sharing produce, encouraging grandchildren to garden and more. You're WAY ahead of me!
I'm 69 too... and also a proud nana. Thanks for your words of encouragement!!!!
Don’t feel bad about starting your gardening in the golden years, me too, I’m 71. At least we started and didn’t give up altogether.
I so appreciate the info on tree selection!!!. 10 years ago I planted trees from lowes... the frustration of keeping ahead of the bugs, disease and early flowering left me with no fruit and bare trees... 1 tree is left with 2 years of fruit only.. my new bare root trees suitable for my area, from a good nursery are due to arrive after January next year!! Thank you for your guidance! I am empowered!!
Feeling super motivated to have dodged a lot of these bullets (my first year was spent building fencing, doing research, and missing the boat on tree planting since all were sold out). So even though I'm a noob, I got more hope for the future of this land than ever
'Because I was so excited, I did no research' tru dat
Thanks for sharing your mistakes.
We often learn more from our mistakes than our successes :)
Having to learn from your own mistakes as well as others is a big part of gardening/farming. It is a constant lesson year by year and you can learn new things even after decades of growing
This time before I plant, I'm not only going to have good fencing already in place but, researching what rabbits DON'T like 😆🤣
I watch a lot of your videos and really am implementing it. Its incredible. Thank you for being willing to share your knowledge.
a huge ty for this video.. My oldest son built two garden boxes for me.. three years ago.. he planted a few he purchase a few tomatoe plants, two squash and a few other small plants for me.. I had talk about starting a small garden. My youngest son had died and he thought by gardening it would get me outside.. It worked I was also close to my sons fav. almond tree.. so it help me to feel close to him.. the next year we moved to garden boxes to a better spot and I plant every thing except tomatoes from seed... I was so proud of myself.. never thought I could grow anything from seed.. but I need more space... this year I planted in the ground.. again I am so very proud of what I am doing.. I have also planted things from my kitchen that I would have tossed out.. onions garlic potatoes and pineapple.. I am going to try to grow fruit trees from seeds and grapes clippings... I have been composting.. and already have a lovely mulch.. in addition to having four small worm farms.. ( for fishing and soil..) I have lost all but one of my green beans plants.. which I feel so sad about.. had a great harvest in my garden box.. my soil has a lot of sand in the area I planted the green beans... so your advice I am hoping will really help me next year... that and hoping the huge german shepard dog will stop jumping the fence and tearing up my new baby plants..(lol).. I miss my son each second of each day.. but being outside and having to care for my garden has forced me to get out of bed even when I dont want to... and I know that my Shonn is smiling down and so proud of me.. His big brother is proud as well.. again ty for the videos.. have subscribed to your channel.. all my best grandma
We just built a fence this weekend to keep our dog out. We had stopped planting due to the dog but now we are ready and excited to produce fruits veggies and youtube videos
He said bunnies instead of rabbits....aaawwww..so cute..love all the tips!!
Please do a video on tips for great hot peppers if you have these in your garden.
Love the fence point. We are working on turning our front yard into a food forest, but since it is open to deer we have to rethink some of what we would do without them eating everything. Luckily, we have a big backyard vegetable garden so we don't have to worry about the annuals producing so much for us, and they can basically function as feed for the pests to protect the perennial and tree crops.
"you can't use that excuse.." love it. killing excuses. I love your videos and have been both educated and inspired. Subscribed and looking forward to watching your shares increase and multiply.
Awesome to hear my friend! I’m glad you are finding value in them. Thank you, there is more to come 😁
One of the best gardening channels, easily.
James I am fortunate to have stumbled upon your channel. I am going to build a 12ft long and 6ft wide raised Garden in my front yard. I live pretty deep in the middle of the big city here, yet we get plenty of Raccoons, Possums, Skunks, Rats, etc. I never thought about putting a fence up and now that you mentioned it, I probably will knowing that those rodents are out and about.
I love watching your videos and one of the reasons is your dog. He is so adorable and happy hanging out with you.
Thanks for sharing your experiences James! It’s so exciting to see what you’re doing and lessons you’ve learned
Grafting = Brilliant Please make a post a video of that process.
Thank you James. I love researching. Great tips about what trees do well in our area. I will remember that. Thanks for learning from your mistakes so others can avoid them.
Thanks a lot for sharing U'r successes and also the failures! That's propably even more important, especially for beginners. Not so much people are adult enough and/or honestly enough to show their mistakes. Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing your mistakes. I wish more people took a growth perspective like you. This video is helping me establish my food forest in Frenchtown, New Jersey. Hey, Go Jersey!
Thanks again James
Love your videos!!! My daughter is into growing fruits trees and vegetables so I shared your channel to her. I know she will enjoy and learn a lot from watching them. Thank you.
Very good idea to share your mistakes, thank you.
Your content is so humble! I watch daily!
Awesome stuff James! Thanks for these tips I definitely learned something on this video as I do with all your videos. Till the next one!
Hello James! Love your channel, enthusiasm, great tips, things we need to watch out for in our gardens. I love great teachers of the soil and planting food. I wish i could have a real farm some day. I am growing in containers. I do enjoy your videos, and will support it.
Much appreciated, thank you James. My wife and I are about to move to a new, but tiny, suburban property which is fenceless and bare but for the grass. Your ideas about getting the right fencing and importing fertility up front are particularly helpful to us.
James, the information you provide in your videos is invaluable to my family. Thank you from the Diaz family!!!
So glad to hear that Tricia! That’s why I make these to help encourage and empower others
Great video, I love your style, and I'm right at the beginning, just starting to get the mulch for my huge lawn. I'm learning from your advice.
Your videos are so incredibly informative. Exactly what I've been looking, thank you.
Thanks! I’m glad your enjoying them 😁😁
Thanks for sharing... the 4 biggest Gardening Mistakes... a lot of info in one video but I can always come back and review this info... :)
Thanks so much. I finally have someone in my zone hat knows what they are doing. Thanks for being honest about your mistakes. Helped me in advance. You are the best.
Your welcome my friend. I hope you get sick me real value from the channel 😁
This spring or Summer we were at one of the Big Box stores some of the trees had tags on then as to the proper growing zone. Several of them were not suited to our zone. Go figure. Well done again. Best wishes Bob.
thank you for every bit of info
Thank you for putting out all this info!! It helps me to be more in tune to my garden.
+MsLallie your welcome!! Thank you for being open to hear it. That’s awesome, I’m glad your enjoying the videos. I love making them
Thanks for your experienced info! Super helpful:)
Awesome video, young man! We're converting our garden, yard(food forest started this fall) and farm(yes, the farm!) over to permaculture. This was a great video. It's so nice to hear what went wrong for others and save a growing season wasted making the same mistakes. We got chickens this year, and let them free run...the garden will definitely be off limits to them this year! I learned the same mistake as you...
Awesome stuff. Thanks for advice
You are an inspiration .Thank you 🙏
Great wisdom, James! Kudos!
Don't feel bad. I made the same mistake. I live in northeast Texas that has hot humid summers. I bought a golden delicious at my local market and had the same results you did. Been thinking about pulling it out, but think I'll try grafting as you suggest. Thanks for all the information.
Hey James--my wife made the same mistake of buying up small fruit trees from box stores. I had the task of having to plant them. They didn't adapt well to the soil here. I spend too much time watering them for the minimum amount of growth they were doing. I had to rip them all out. It was such a waste of time. I do have one "flowering" plum tree that is pretty but doesn't produce fruit. My yard has large mature trees all around, squaring the the frame of the back and sides. The most ideal place for fruit tree would be in the center of the yard where most of the sun hits it, or the front yard. But I won't make the same mistake again. I pray that I'll have better non-root bound trees next time and yes, just grass yard soil doesn't offer the amount of nutrition they need as I learned.
Thanks for the two references.
Always so helpful!
I am doing this for my first year and I am studying like crazy, but still so scared of making mistakes. Now I see I cannot avoid them. It is hard to find the totally correct info for all cases and details. For instance, yesterday I received 3 nectarine and peach bare root trees in the mail from a high quality organic nursery, but it was two days late because the post office broke the packaging. It was 4 days in the box drying out. When they arrived the roots seemed quite dry. I put them in a bucket of water, but not for very long because I felt like I had to get them planted fast since it was our last day of decent weather before a fast decline into below freezing with rain and lots of snow coming.
Since it was late in the day I only had one hour to get them in their holes (prepared ahead of time) because it becomes dark so early now. So they didn’t have much time to soak before planting - half hour at most. I planted them well and I gave them a large watering and put lots of mulch. This morning it is raining also. I really hope they will come through. I only found out afterwards that people say to soak many hours when bare roots arrive dry. Now it is too late. So I just gave extra water into the ground
James, if you have any experience or advice on this, I would be honored if you would let me know. Or anyone else with experience that reads this too.
Thanks!🌱🌳🌿☘️🍃🍂🍁
My latest mistake was mulching knee-high with arborist chips at the start of the dry season. Without rain the mulch is now just sitting there, not decomposing into humus. The greens are turning into browns, leaving me with just carbon that won't break down easily once the rains do come.
Awesome information James, big thumbs up from me! Keep 'em coming and I'll try to take all my mental notes :-) Of course, I can come back to this for a refresher too, which is nice.
Wow. Thank you so much for this information. It was very informative. And thank you so much for sharing The names of the people that inspire you. I watch the video of Paul Gautschi, He really motivated and inspired me and brought me to tears the way he give God the glory. Uses scripture and wisdom to back it up. My husband and I just bought. A little less than 1 acre of land. We are trying to grow a garden. But our soil is Sandy And yellow. And I was getting discouraged until I saw your video. But I know in time that God will prosper us. Thank you so much. You have really been a blessing to my soul. And you put a charge in my spirit. To know that we can do all things through Christ. Keep doing. What you doing my brother God has placed purpose in your life.
Proverbs 24:13-14
Still unleashing my chickens on the hard pan clay section of my garden for winter. I will give it a couple months to cool down here in 5b Massachusetts, but that black gold they make makes me think i'm into something good. I guess the harvest next year will be the proof of a good or bad choice. Thank you for pumping out these video's. Really great info James!
Congratulations, your two videos that I have watched so far are superb, even though you talk at 90 to the dozen it was completely understandable and right to the point.
After nearly 30 years of simple organic gardening at my last address, the weeds and the heavy work took its toal, having moved this summer to a mature old school veg garden and orchard with a couple of paddocks, which I let a friend run some lambs. I decided to look seriously at permaculture (via Geoff Lawton who is so inspiring), and now the (back to eden with Paul) system of deep wood chip mulch as I am 73 the no dig system was a must.
Plus having watched Justin Rhodes from the beginning I also have hens for fresh eggs. I have been shipping trailer loads of mulch plus I have purchased my own chipper as there are so many trees in the hedges etc that need bringing under control. I also have to bring a dozen large fruit trees back to their former glory with pruning a 1/3rd out for the next few years. More mulch.
One thing about living in rural England is the gardens have been in use for centuries and the soil is good but weed control and huge amounts of grass is the problem here. Your enthusiasm and confidence that so called professional gardeners are on the wrong track with the monoculture system.My main reading material has been, Self Sufficiency, by John Seymour, The Wild Garden month by Month Jackie Bennett, and more recently. The marvellous book by Toby Hemenway Gaia's Garden, this last book goes into great detail on everything you need to know for sustainable world. I'm sure there are many more, in the past Readers Digest used to publish books on food from your garden, which are great for dealing with the seasons here but would not neccessarily transfer to the USA with all the zoning. Sorry going on a bit well done James and I look forward to more great content in the future Brian
So helpful! Thanks!
Thanks so much. Good to know!
Your welcome Lisa, I’m glad you enjoyed it 😁👍
Once again you have hit a home run, James. I will have to watch a couple more times to absorb all the information. Love you, Brother.
Thanks Phyllis, I meant that thank you at the end for you. I wasn't sure if I should have said your last name or not 😁
Love you too!
The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I totally got it! I felt so honored. 🌺
You are welcome and so deserving. All the hard work and your humble kindness is so appreciated.
Cool video. Please correct me of I'm wrong though, when grafting you should choose your root stock to be the resistant or wild type verity and then graft the food producing branches on them. When you do it the other way you are not getting the benefits of disease resistance.
Eg your golden apple root stock is still able to get mildue etc
Thanks!
Great videos , I learned alot from you just started my fruit forest
THANK YOU SO MUCH..💙
Absolutely great advice. So I have recently purchased 1 golden delicious apple tree. I live in northeast GA I believe I may end up grafting to mine as well. we have very high humidity in summer. But I didnt know this till I watched your video so thank you
james-
loving your channel and learning a lot from you......best tomio
I'm very curious to see your process of grafting...
Massive advice. All of it gold.
Geoff Lawton, Richard Perkins, Paul Wheaton, to name a few. This field is full of brilliant minds! And you are clearly one of them, or at least, in training. ;)
+Skot Colacicco yeah those are all great minds. Thanks Skot, I’m hoping to raise myself to their level by creating as much value as I can in this community.
Thank you James! I learned a lot
Your welcome Josephine! I’m glad to hear that 😁👍
Thank you! Yes 🙋 I made the mistake of not having good fencing and lost ALL of my cantaloupe vines , carrot tops 🥕 and 4 whole baby bell pepper plants to rabbits 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🤦
Thank you for this wonderful video. It has been very helpful.
You’re welcome! Glad to hear that my friend 😁👍🏻
I will mulch and cover the ground before and after I transplant to conserve water and plant roots, plus nutrient like nitrogen in the soil. much needed info and thank you for sharing, you are the best.
+Betty Garden awesome!! That will really help, I hope you are raking in the harvests next year 😁😁
P.s I have a great saying "A person who made no mistakes has never made anything" "pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again" goes the well known song.
In 1982 I was running a business and made the mistake of trusting a company to do the right thing, but no, they shafted me good an proper and I went bust owing £191,000, but after a few false starts I joined a large German company who now pay a large part of my pension, which allows me the leisure time to grow stuff to eat and look at and enjoy without worries. Keep making the mistakes some will work out and you will meet lots of nice people along the way B
Thank you. Good to know. One thing I would love is if you would show very specifically how far apart the trees are under which you successfully grew tomatoes. Do you think that the reason that you could grow tomatoes so well in so much shade is the fertility of the soil? Thank you.
Thank you James! Great tips, great video. You da man
+Manguy dude your welcome Manguy! Thanks for watching 😁
Love your videos!
But anyone else feel sorry for the underperforming golden delicious apple tree? Poor thing must feel humiliated LOL
lol
Lol I thought the same! Lol
Maybe if he gave it some compliments to get its confidence up it would start producing
Solid info brother. I also made the mistake a few times getting big potted trees. Bare root grows so much faster and healthier for sure. Thanks for sharing man
+Planting Freedom - athatcher85 thanks bro! Yeah they do 😁
Also best youtube garden thumbnail of all time!!! :)
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I love golden delicious apples lol
Great tips! I can't wait to start up my own food forest.
Thanks!! You won’t regret it once you do 😁😁
That was great. Thank you.
Your welcome Kathleen, thanks for watching 😁
We love your show.
Your knowledge has helped me a ton transforming my moms backyard
still mostly working in potted containers but i've started lemon trees and orange trees.
I want to grow apple trees but i can't seem to get any seeds that will take (in central texas it's probably my fault lol)
I would love to see some grafting videos, I've seen drafting scissors online and are curious how well those would work...
Good info. I miss the energy. Starting a true forest this winter. Going with four fruit trees and some berries.
Are you going to graft for the main scaffold branches or are you planning to graft the branches off the main scaffold? You might want to do the first before the tree gets much bigger. If you’re looking for a variety you might not already have, you can purchase viable scions online relatively inexpensively.
Thanks for sharing! I'm starting to build a food forest here in Southern NJ. This year I'm trying to build the ground works for the eventual plan. I'm clearing a lot of obstacles out of the yard, and bringing in lots of the neighbors leaves. I've taken down s boule of our large oak trees for a new solar installation, and talked the tree company into dropping chips on the property. Really trying to build the soil up for the spring.
Where did you find the research for your trees? I've planted 14 trees this year, and some of them did poorly. Most of them. Were from before I stumbled across permaculture though. So now I'm reading up as much as I can about permaculture and food forest design and development.
Thanks for all the videos, you've been a big encouragement. Would love to come see you place sometime in the early spring!
Great advice James, seems we all make the same mistakes.
So helpful! Thanks so much!
+Shellie Larrick your welcome Shelia! Thanks for watching!!
Good job! Thanks.
Your welcome, thanks for watching 😁😁
Your videos are the best brother.
Your too kind my friend ❤️
Best thumb. Thanks
That was a Jack Spirko recommendation back a few years ago. Go to Lowes and get cheap trees in the off season.
Thank u
Bloody good video James! All obvious traps for young players, but we still find ourselves falling for them don't we?! 😁
+My Own Kind Of Man thank you my friend! Yes we do 😂😂
Our top 3 fav garden channels The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni, MIgardener and Calikim29
Great video...thanks for sharing your success and failures!
+GREG LAYMAN your welcome!! Thanks for watching my friend 😁
Thanks man.
Yellow delicious are my very favourite juice apple.