is it TOO LATE to start a garden?
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A garden is the heart of any self-sufficient off-grid homestead, and we are so proud to have finally started ours! With so much going on with the shipping container build lately, it was hard to find the time to build this massive project. Luckily we had some friends in town from Berlin and the extra hands helped make things move along much faster.
Also incredible update from the seeds we planted just last week - they're already sprouting beautiful baby leaves. Seems like Lou picked the perfect spot for the garden to thrive :)
Thanks for being with us during this massive learning experience. We have so much to learn about gardening, but I'm just so happy we actually got seeds in the ground this year.
Big hugs,
Dana
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Just thinking back a few years to the water fasting video and how Lou could barely move his back. To go from that to see him building a garden with his bare hands is just incredible. 🥺❤
It really is, we are beyond grateful and happy about this ♥ Thank you so much for the kind words, it is a really nice reminder to be grateful for all types of progress and happy changes over the years! Wishing you a beautiful week ahead x
I was thinking about that, too! So wonderful!
I've been thinking about that too through the build! So incredible.
It’s never too late to start! Even if you get no good harvests from the garden this year, the plants you do grow will build the biodiversity and good bacteria in your soil and build the foundations for healthy soil for years to come. The first year of gardening is always the hardest as you learn your climate and then the small little microclimates within your garden space and as everything establishes itself. All it takes is time. Even a “late” start is more time than waiting until next year would be. 😊
This is suuuuper encouraging, thank you so much for taking the time to share, Amalya ♥ That is a great way to think about it, that it is the foundation for later years, lots of happy biodiversity in the soil :) Wishing you a beautiful week ahead!
You can create a 45 day garden using quick growing non GMO, organic, heirloom seeds. We started our community garden in July and we are in a 6a growing zone with frost and snow starting as early as mid September.
Have a great time with your growing project.
I just love how you acknowledge Max and make him a part of everything you do. 😍 Such beautiful intentional parenting. ❤The planning dance is everything 😁 Could you expand on the cage idea of the blueberries and add additional posts to cover the entire garden and create a greenhouse for year-round gardening? Blessing to your family.
Thank you so much for the kind words ♥ and what a cool idea to consider, making it a greenhouse!! Will definitely mull over that, thanks!! Wishing you a really nice rest of your Sunday ♥
Sow hardy winter vegetables such as sprouting broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale, winter cabbage and leeks in late spring or early summer as they take several months to reach maturity. They stand well through frosty weather and can be harvested throughout the winter months.
This is great advice, thank you, Veritanuda! So excited even just thinking about harvesting those delicious things in frosty weather :)
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Sow leafy crops such as chard, chicory, landcress and parsley in early summer for autumn harvests that can last into winter if they are provided with some fleece or cloche protection.
Don't forget potatoes
I was smiling so big when you were walking around your garden just being happy about it. That was really nice.
My adivice is be willing to learn, and do a greenhouse and get lots of adivice. Plant potatoes and onions first! Purchase from local Seed and feed store. My great grandfathers in the 1800s put large sticks crossing like an X around gardens to keep the Deer out. It works.
Wow awesome job! Just a tip for your potatoes, when a potato has multiple sprouts growing off it you can cut and divide the potatoes into smaller pieces so you get more potatoes!! Each sprout will grow its own bundle 😊 if that makes any sense lol
There's plenty of info online about what crops to plant mid Summer. NOT tomatoes! Root veg, cucumber, herbs that can be brought indoors when temps drop, salad makings if you have shaded garden areas which is a must have, carrots, etc. Google it for your local area and weather conditions. NOT tomatoes. 😅
Best wishes.
PS. Be sure to plant a few fast growing deciduous trees around your contsiner home in Autumn! You need shade from the Sun and warm weather. Plus, the birds are singing right outside your windows! The Autumn foilage color is a beautiful bonus viewed right next to the house. I recommend a few broadleafed Maple Trees. Buy 5 year old saplings too. They're more vibrant and already look like small trees and not sticks.
Thanks so much for the tips!! Especially love that idea of the birds singing right outside the window, would feel like Snow White :)
Fruit trees?
I love the silent bits of working where it’s just the sound of what Lou is doing. It gives such a calming realism to it all. So cool to see the garden project coming along 🖤
I absolutely love the shot around 1:15 when Dana turns so Max can see as he hammers the post into the ground. Just a sweet little detail that I enjoyed!
Freya is having a ball!!! What an amazing life you are all building on this beautiful property!! Hugs from Australia
Amazing! As so many already said, it’s never too late to start a garden. Rocket Salad is quick growing and makes a great pesto in autumn; there is some spinach varieties which go into soil only in August to be harvested in winter (that’s what I do in the Pyrenees) and berry bushes such as cassis etc actually go into the soil in autumn (if they are already winter hardy). Good luck & good growing!
Just look up your first frost date and talk to local gardeners. Roots and Refuge Farm is in zone 8a I think. You are in a lower zone. MI Gardener is also a great place to get seeds, especially for a northern garden.
Your days are getting shorter, which will impact growth too.
What incredible support from your friends!
Truly!! We are so grateful and happy to have them in our lives ♥ Thank you for your kind comment!
We have had good luck keeping birds away from fruiting trees and bushes using bird netting.
Also, a poly tunnel could really extend your growing season! Fy Nyth and Mossy Bottom are two off grid channels with lots of lovely, soothing videos in their archive about gardening.
Wow you did it! So happy for you, congratulations! This is a major step!! So fulfilling to work with the Earth and grow your own food. I love your teamwork and great time lapses per usual. Here’s to many happy harvests! Yay!!♥️🌿
Thank you, Lindsey!! Feels so special building this connection to the land :) Thanks so much for your support and kind words ♥
Living off grid is an amazing lifestyle, I’m lucky I found my own bit of paradise here. Growing food is just a part of loving off grid life. Good luck to you guys…..much love n respect from Australia 🥰
Well done guys, next year is going to be so bountiful ❤
I love how much silence you allowed in this video ❤
what about planting some fruit bushes at the far end so the empty space is used? all that empty wood chip will want to revert to weeds? you can always move them elsewhere if/when you expand your beds.
Such a lovely family
The garden looks amazing!! I would love to have raised beds like that one day. 🙂 You should have plenty of time left for a fall garden with cold hardy crops. Roots and Refuge Farm has a ton of great garden resources, including all kinds of info on fall gardening.
There are a lot of deer in my area (there's a herd of about 8-12 that sleep in our front field every night) and I've successfully been able to grow a beautiful garden with a 4ft "3D" fence. Basically, it's a woven fence (to keep out the smaller critters) with an additional 1-2 strand fence all the way around the exterior about 2-3 feet away from the woven fence. I guess they can't figure out how far the distance between the two is to jump over it.
Good luck with the garden! Can't wait to see more about it in future videos!
I would recommend building a scarecrow to help keep the birds away. Plus it will look cool and be fun, especially for Halloween time. You can have a pumpkin patch and hay rides
Haha you are so right, a scarecrow would be so cool especially around Halloween time!! Great idea, thanks :)
It's NEVER to late to start a garden. Squash plants are beasts, if you grow now , you'll have all kinds of DELICIOUS edibles. Zucchini! Pumpkin!
Next spring you can blow your own minds! I did, by making salsa completely from my own garden, a lifelong dream.
You have property- plant whatever trees you can! Apples?
This is an achievable dream in that climate, and I highly recommend doing what I did which was after mastering growing fruits and veggies, I surrounded the veggie garden with flowers.
Gardens are such a joy, if it's truly in your heart it becomes a passion you just want to take care of them- you enjoy it you by the hat, you buy the gloves you think about it all the time.. I went from being a condo dweller with houseplants, to having a garden so beautiful that people walking their dogs on the street would stop and tell me how lovely it was... When I started it it was only meant to feed me, but then I couldn't resist adding all those flowers. You will drive happiness and frustration in equal parts, but if you're committed to living off-grid, a family feeding Garden is an absolute necessity!
It's so cute how talkative Max is 😭💕
Composting will definitely help your garden thrive and help with waste
You can plant pumpkins now too
It's never too late to start a garden!
We love to see it! I feel like the first year is just getting the land set up. It isn't until the next year or year after that you can actually know enough to grow such abundance that it feeds a lot of people (at least that's what I'm telling myself about my first-year garden haha). So it's not too late! You're just getting ahead for next year!
🎉 you can still plant fall things ❤, winter squash, pumpkins, dark green veggies etc. Best of luck and wishes🎉🎉
The garden looks amazing Lou and I loved how excited Dana was lol. I think you are fine to plant out as due to the weather everyone is getting the crops are so behind anyway - good luck xx
Hi!! Love the video. On my family farm, we have a bunch of natural wildflowers and certain plants around the garden to help keep out certain animals. It's super friendly to the environment AND gorgeous when all the flowers bloom! Just something to consider! I also think that talking to local farmers or even any Amish Families in the area would help you understand the land! The Amish help me and my family so so much when it comes down to understanding that land
Max is getting so vocal, it’s adorable
He is so chatty, it is so cute! :) Thank you, Ross, hope you are having a nice weekend!
Dear Dana, Lou, Max, Freya and friends 🤗 So beautiful to see your garden becoming alive. 🌻🍀🪴🌱I read something about a greenhouse. Might indeed a nice plan for later. Step by step. You are doing such a good job at so many levels. Much blessings, love and joy to you all! 💜💙💚💛🧡❤
Thank you so much, Jolly ♥ You kind words really brighten my day!! Greenhouse would be a dream for sure :) Wishing you a beautiful rest of your weekend!
Once you get your gardening feet under you, you can think about what ways you could protect smaller areas of the garden into the colder weather so you can extend your fall garden veggie harvest a while longer. That could be a store bought 4x4 mini greenhouse or plastic stretched over a frame or window sashes on a frame that closes in the area. Increase your chances of success by planting the stuff that can handle cold weather better-lettuce, chard, kale, cabbage, broccoli, etc. Remember, seeds WANT to grow. We can help with the right area, water and soil nutrition. Once thing I wish I had done earlier in my 40 yrs of gardening was to give myself permission to play and experiment with my garden-see whats possible in MY space-cause they're all different.
Max clearly has planting advise ❤❤❤❤
A Garden is always beneficial. Just the exercise, alone, is a huge benefit for your body. There’s always next year, Right⁉️
💝 Take care 🫡
Yay the garden beds look amazing! Congrats on planting your garden 🎉🎉
You said it at the start. Life's hard and everyone is going through something and doing their best. Your priciples haven't changes and you'll still eat plenty of vegan/vegetables meals I'm sure. You do you.
Excellent work! Hoping all this rain helps those potatoes & kale grow well.
Looked like a magical day!!! Garden started is a big milestone. Can't believe how much Max is talking. Look forward to seeing how the garden grows and what amazing food you will make it with. Thanks for sharing this happy video with us!
Thank you so much ♥ Lots of love!
Your soil looks amazing! Black gold as they say! Earth worms move in? That's the very best
Lou works so hard, I bet sleep come like a heavy drape💥
The beds are lovely and so well made and uniform. Can't wait to see the wonderful crop you have. X
Thanks, Rebena!! Your comments are always so nice and encouraging, it is so sweet and appreciated ♥
Amazing!
Thank you ♥
Looks really nice ❤.Great job.
Thank you!! Thats very sweet of you to say ♥
Plant pumpkins waaaaay across the field. Plant then once and they come back forever. Lol. Mint takes over, too - consider container garden to keep it under control
Yae, your first garden!!! Some of what you planted should do ok in the time you have. It all depends on where you live and the luck of the weather. The deer should not jump that, but if they do, tie sparkly something along the top and that will stop them.
That is a great tip with tying something sparkly! Thank you :) Also thanks for the encouragement! Wishing you a really nice rest of your Sunday ♥
would love to have a garden like that some day! How is your back doing Lou? See you doing some heavy lifting this past period
It’s never too late to start a garden go for it
Thanks for the encouragement, MaryAnn! ♥
Have you watched/read the Yearling....it is about a fawn....and a boy.
Now is time for cabbages
What do you like to listen when you're working solo? Music? Podcasts?
Hello awesome video Rosa olbera
I would love to see you guys grow your homestead with getting some farm animals basically having your own mini petting zoo so to speak I would be so jealous of max getting to grow up with that he would learn so much and it would be amazing to see him interact and learn with them
Ha a mini petting zoo of happy animals!! That idea does sound really magical :) hope you are having a wonderful Sunday ♥
Chickens at least, fresh eggs!
You should have put 6 layers of cardboard down first or a couple of layers of weed cloth beneath all that mulch. Now you know for the future. 🙏
Great tip to keep in mind for the future! Thanks ♥
You need fruit trees, dozens of fruit trees
Needs vermiculite ❤.
Way to work smarter not harder using the tractor to move the dirt
Please straighten your overall straps!!!!
You should wear gloves when gardening because you can pick up diseases from soil unfortunately.
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