Hope everyone is getting prepping as much as they can for an increasingly likely bad future. Plant what you can now. Get your water collection systems in place. Help your neighbor, support your communities. We can weather this storm if we band together and take care of each other. Most important of all, stay safe.
So glad to have this epic video to watch this morning. My grandpa lost his battle to cancer last night and this kept my mind off it for a bit. Thanks Kevin.
I started a garden about 7 months ago, after getting inspiration from these videos. I have harvested greens, cucumbers, garlic, and radishes! Thanks Kevin for everything you do!
While I don't like that you have unsuccessful lessons, i love how honest you are about how often they can be. It really gives someone like me who is barely just starting the courage to keep growing and keep learning
Idea for the mint: Cold brewed green tea. Loose leaf or bagged green tea, lime zest or keffir lime leaves, mint leaves, and if you're feeling Moroccan, crushed lemon grass. Steep at least overnight in the fridge. Drink as-is or add your preferred sweetener to taste. Green tea has all kinds of fantastic phytonutrients on its own, but when paired with mint and especially in the cold brew preparation, you get a synergistic brew that is even better.
Ooh, I must try the crushed lemon grass. It sounds fantastic. I have lots of herbs and have put in a camellia sinensis hedge so I can (eventually) do all my own standard tea.
We had an armadillo problem the night we planted all of our tomato transplants. He came in and dug up about 18 plants. A small electric fence (designed for pets so it gets their attention but won't harm them) has kept all of the small animals out of the garden (tall fence keeps the deer out).
Oh. Man. That had to hurt!! Keep it up....Just heading into the gardening I've wanted to do for a number of years . So much to learn, including how to economically keep the pests and vermin at bay.
@@mochamommyATX I have bought deer urine pellets and it keeps the raccoons away- however- maybe human urine works just as well and it is free.? Not sure my hubby wants to pee in the backyard---LOL
With the 15% off Birdies coupon, I ordered an 8-in-1 Birdie and a 5 pack of 10 gallon grow bags. A short time later I placed a second (exact same) order to give to my son and daughter-in-law. They are really getting into gardening and I want to encourage them in any way. They are so excited about getting the Birdie and grow bags! Thanks for your inspirational videos, Kevin. It’s a blessing to watch your RUclips channel.
Retired Lady in rural Texas here...I am so excited because I found a petunia plant and flower in a pot of "weeds"! Yesterday I almost pulled all that out. I Garden on a small scale. Have tomato plants grown from store Roma tomatoes, with a few flowers. Cucumber plants coming up. Yea! 💞 Your channel is so informative. Thank you🤗
Thank you again. I actually do have a white powdery mildew problem on my pumpkins. makes me so sad. I'm in Windsor Ontario. it's already so humid here and this summer there has been so much rain. I'm letting my common sorrel grow to absorb some of the moisture and every time i feel like my moss bed is strong enough i remove a patch from it and place it by my pumpkin. for those who don't know moss absorbs water in the air rather than through its roots. it also takes up more co2 that a tree (as in if i had a square foot of a tree vs a square foot of moss the moss will take in roughly 6x more co2 than the tree) . Kevin! your cat is so cute!
I'm planning on starting my hand at gardening this spring/summer. I'm doing all sorts of research this winter and made a 4 year plan on how to ease myself into gardening without overwhelming myself. I'm so excited! You've inspired me, and your videos keep me inspired and excited to learn hands-on this spring!
@arescue we just had snow last Sunday and then I got sick, so I haven't even had a chance to start :'( but I'm still planning on starting with herbs as soon as I get better!
Martha Stewart said a great way to discourage pest ie skunks is to place gallon water jugs with holes poked in top curve filled with water and 8-10 nuggets of moth balls. Placed around garden the fumes drive off the offenders without poisoning your soil or plants. I found it really protected my apples previously stollen by squirrels with no obvious harm to them or me. Don’t breathe the fumes hahaha good luck love you love clips 15:13
videos like these are my favourite!!!!!!!! i'm having a lot of struggles keeping skunks squirrels and bunnies off of my strawberries and from digging up all my bulbs but your motivating me to not get discouraged, love the variety of the garden too!!
Now many are calling me Tulle Queen, LOL, that has now saved my garden and we now grow Tons of food with nature. If I did not come up with using it we’d have nothing ❤️
My elementary school principal actually traps the possums and throws the cage into his pond in the backyard. Good night Mr. Possum. He reels it out, composts the critter, and resets the trap. I wonder if he did it to any of the bad kids in school. The possums are just decimating fruit trees, but I've not got a pond, and they do eat rats. But I think they eat like 100 fruits for every rats. I'd set up a game camera to see just how much activity these garden beds get at night.
Everything looks amazing, and so early in the season! I was concerned for my garden when we had a scary derecho blow through a few days ago (gusts at 82 mph), but there was no damage at all in the garden, despite lots of tree damage in the area. It's amazing how much a strong, healthy garden can handle!
For the past few years you have been such an inspiration to my current project! I have dreamed about having a garden that covers the whole yard. Creating a food Forest that will supply us year round. In fact, with so many people getting into gardening I believe we are going to find this food shortage that is predicted will turn out to be nothing because we will be relieving tons of pressure on big agriculture supply. I have built over a dozen new beds on our new property and even posted a few garden tour videos. I will certainly never measure up to all that you are doing to inspire people but you have set the bar high and I am going to shoot for the moon! We are currently growing almost 90 cultivars of over 40 different crops thanks to inspiration from you and those like you! Thank you Kevin for setting a fantastic example! Same to Jacques and the rest of your team as well. Keep up the great work for decades to come. You have helped to create dreams in my life that have come to reality.
Amazing! I live in zone 5, so all we have to eat is asparagus, rhubarb and chives right now. We finally made it through the late May freeze with no damage to the little guys.
This is such an impressive set up! Absolutely in love with the pond and chicken coop. We are 2nd year gardeners and am learning a lot from your channel!
Thank you, thank you for sharing the struggles with wildlife and your seeds. We can commiserate, when your garden is small the losses hurt! So much good stuff...loved this blog!
Everything is looking so good! Great updates. I would recommend keeping that fennel going: the flowers attract some good wasps and other bene's, and then (yes, *if* you like the flavor, I do) the seeds are easy to collect and super useful in like curries or stew, or I just enjoy a small pinch or two plain.
I love your comment about herbs. They are so expensive to buy, add so much value to your food and your health and are so easy to grow. I wouldn't be without my herbs and all the wonderful things that I do with them. The garden is looking wonderful. Thank you for the tour. Much needed, especially as we're heading into winter here in New Zealand.
Oohh Kevin! .. you have a beautiful garden there!.. Im jealous ! But up here .. north of 53* and with only a balcony to grow on besides.. my garden is in pots and grow bags, but Im a senior .. almost an octogenarian.. … so, Im not going to be able to look after too many pots etc. Not for lack of desire, but because of mobility. Issues ! i would love a neighbour like you! i learn so much every time I come here, and even though my scale is much smaller I still want to grow it all too! You are so enthusiastic, its a joy to watch and hear you joy as you show us. Congratulations on your lovely very own piece of land there!.. thankyou very much indeed! BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
All you need now is some perennial native shrubs in some of your "dead" spaces. They'd add beauty, keep the pollinators and birds happy year round, and create a bit of shade!
I’d love a future video or videos with you taste testing all the different varieties and then let us know what they’re like. I’ve never heard of so many of your oranges I’d be interested in which are tart or sweet…. Other crops too, tomatoes, carrots, peas, beans…. Your garden in Epic! Bravo 👏🏻
Dude, I’m in San Diego and your garden is so far ahead of mine. I’m super jealous! 😉 I wish I could pick your brain about planting for out specific climate. I HAVE just received my first greenstalk garden verticals planter that I’m super excited about trying out. One day I’ll successfully grow strawberries!
You will be successful in planting strawberries one day! Planted bare root strawberries early March and they are starting to flower and fruit now. First time ever to plant such beautiful strawberries. Trying to transplant some of the strawberry runners that are popping up everywhere. Might as well plant them, too. Happy gardening!! Blessings!!!🙏🌱🙏
I started using tomato cages for my tomatillos to prevent them from splitting. They get really massive and produce alot of fruit so it supports it perfectly.
I love the variance with each of your beds and containers. The "companion" aspect. This is really just starting to click with me after 10 years of focused gardening (yes, I am prolly slower than most, don't judge). This is such a key idea for those will smaller spaces. Your point/my point: We can grow much more than we think because a tomato bed doesn't have to be "just a tomato bed", right? Add other stuff in the spaces. Brassicas and beans, another example. Watching that combination today - I was like: omg, heller? Anyhoo, thank you for continuing to teach this old dog. So nice to know, I can learn new tricks and grow "wtf" I want. Mostly. :)
Do you ever use netting? I used netting for the first time this year and was so happy not to have an aphid or cabbage worm issue. My only complaint is that it's a pain to remove the netting to weed, prune, and fertilize every weekend.
I planted a large grow bag with corn last week and the next day I went out and it had been dug up. I suspect either a raccoon or a squirrel….since it seemed to happen overnight, I’d bet on a coon. I’ve taken your advice this year and planted alyssum with my tomatoes for the first time. I used to plant it every year in my childhood flower garden, so I have fond memories of them, and I’m so excited that they’re beneficial for tomatoes!
I've planted several melon-types (watermelon, pumpkin, cantaloupe) with the hope that I can trellis them and use net bags to support the fruit while it matures. I think it will not only look cool but also preserve space in my woefully small yard. Tomatoes are popping (Litchi, roma, glacier, orange jazz, etc) and my peppers are going nuts (Shishido, Anaheim/Hatch, jalapeno, bell)
I'm also curious as to what that tree is behind you in the beginning? Every thing looks so happy. I got my seeds in the ground yesterday. Hello, from central Canada.
I had truly epic success growing nasturtium as a sacrificial plant. All the aphids swarmed it and I hose blasted them whenever I got to it. So not only were my roses and vegetables completely untouched, the nasturtium outgrew their devastation. 10/10 this will be a mainstay.
I have 200 plus sunflowers too!! They are planted with everything. I’m in the desert in Texas so I need lots of summer shade. Corn makes great shade too.
You have come a long ways, Kevin. Your imagination in designing your garden is admirable. There's no way for the neighbors to complain since you keep everything so tidy. The tour was very informative. I just wished you had popped up the names of the plants as you were introducing them, just as you did with the garden beds. Perhaps next time!! 🌿🐈🌼🌾🍅🍃
I miss my chickens. I loved my girls they used to follow me around the yard waiting for me to dig up some worms for them. LOL. I love your homestead. I think I need to plant some herbs around my tomatoes too. Didn't think about it. Thanks for being there and sharing.
I planted so much nasturtium this year in various pots around the yard and mixed into my garden beds. We enjoy eating it but also I love its other uses of drawing pests away from other plants and just their beauty. Since we are in process of building our new home, I have my 3 dragonfruit pots indoors by a large window. They are growing and healthy, but don't have enough heat or sun to fruit (nor have I fertilized very heavy, intentionally) . Next spring I hope to have my very first fruit. I currently have 2 of each, neon, physical graffiti,and Vietnamese White. I do have to protect them well(or wheel them indoors) in the winter here in Central Arkansas. Your garden is looking incredible 😍 Raised beds don't work in my situation. but I love how yours look. Very neat. The green thumb is strong! 😁🌱
I learned to grow tomaters from my grand pappy when I was like 5 yrs old. I’ve been growing them for almost 35 yrs now. He never pruned his plants so I didn’t even know you were supposed to prune them until last year.
Wow! You've done an amazing job at your new place! You've been busy. Everything looks spectacular and the plants are doing well! Enjoy your summer. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks to you, I got into gardening! I just bought a new plant today and im ao excited to care for it. I have a goal to have so many plants in my room that it looks like a jungle. I love plants so much! Great job on your garden, and thanks for inspiring me ❤️
Kevin< When my string beans were disappearing just when they were just coming from the ground I successfully deterred the culprits by putting a sheer white curtain over them to protect the plants . It still had sun and rain and it had no more problems with the chewy culprits.
@Epic Gardening So interesting to see your seasons in play - I'm in FL 9b and to give an example our strawberry season is in February/March. Strawberries will die off in summer if not babied, or at least mine did on the coastline. And our lettuce and leafy greens have long since bolted and yours are fine - even though you are in 10a/b. Interesting that apparently the big difference is the humidity!
Bachelor Buttons are my favorite flower! I have never seen anyone else mention them so this video made me extremely happy. I grow the blue and the black varieties but I bought a pink/red mix to add this year.
Kevin, I've had fairly good luck using Repels-All vs squirrels & other 4-legged critters. Also, have ya'all thought about deterring the little beasties by planting a "hedge" of chives just inside the rim of your containers--maybe even one around the outside edges, too? It's what I'm doing this year to deter a resident groundhog who's taken a liking to my amaranth & sedum in years past (let ya'all know how it works). As an added bonus, not only can you harvest the leaves, but the flowers make a lovely lavender-tinted vinaigrette.
I remember when I started doing garden I were looking for help and ideas, then I found you and since then I have been following you. It’s amazing how you have done tons os progress, and the same time I have been learning a lot with you. Kevin please I know the gorgeous tree is not in your garden, but I could not. Let this beautiful tree going without saying anything, what is this kind of tree with gorgeous blue flowers?
Kevin's not joking about borage's proclivity! I started just 2 plants from a pack of seeds last year, and had tons pop up on their own this year before I even got around to reseeding! And, the pollinators absolutely love them!!
Greetings from OC! I love all that you've got going on. I've had huge success with aquaponics in the past. It ran for 8 years with very little effort, healthy plants, healthy koi, very clean water and it was great for making clones. Would you consider adding some Epic aquaponics to that amazing homestead?
I really appreciate the almost-everyday RUclips videos from you and Jacques! So informative and entertaining. It's great to see how far you've come. Thanks for teaching us both your failures and successes! 🙏
In hot sunny climates you'd want to reverse the sun orientation. Tomatoes & peppers suffer from sun scalding, so some protection is necessary. You can shade them with taller plants or with shade cloth, whichever works for you.
Here in the mountains of New England in the middle of nowhere I’m trying to fix up an old cabin. I’m 22 trying to stay out of big cities where day by day gets harder and dangerous to live. Just started my channel and let’s see how it goes. Stay safe and work hard to make your life better bc politicians will never care about us.
Thanks for sharing Kevin... I love what you're doing in your garden and your channel. You're making me a better gardener and for that I say thank you!!
This is such a fun tour! I’m starting a vertical garden in my new home soon - got a green stalk from your website and just waiting on it to get started 😍
Can you do a video about the right way to plant intensively? I want to learn how to do it without courting fungal problems, pest infestations, etc. I would LOVE to plant as intensively as you do in your garden, as I don’t have a lot of space, but I always thought you had to worry about airflow.
Kevin!!! I've got goosebumps! The homestead is so amazing. I love that while building the infrastructure you plunked your plants into the dirt... everything is growing so happily!! :) Your neighbors must be so happy to have you!! Absolutely beautiful!!
Everything looks amazing, Kevin! A SD local here too. I had 12 beautiful Hopi Azul corn stalks growing in my garden bed, and came out one morning to find a raccoon (the muddy footprints gave it away) had gone through it like a bulldozer. Another battle last summer, with 15 strawberry plants dug up repeatedly. Skunks and possums too. :( Don't have time now to rethink it all, but you have many good ideas. Very interested to see how you handle it. Love your pond...it is epic indeed! You are blessed with your garden buddies, both human and feline. Cheers.
Omg man, it just amazes me how climate conditions can differ around the globe. You planted strawberries THIS year and your gonna let them flower during the, same, year! I live and quebec and worked for 8 years in a strawberry farm (we also did lots of sweetcorn, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc.) But around here we've got to prevent strawberries from flowering for 1 whole years, even 2 sometimes depending on the variety or the summer. Thats what it means to have a long winter hahaha. Good job with the garden, its really inspiring.
Started a salsa garden bed during late spring up here in North County. Tomatoes are flowering and keeping my fingers crossed! Still continuing to learn a lot from your channel.
Love a good garden tour, especially with all the wide shots in this that let us get a good idea of how things are set out. You’ve really done such an amazing job in a short time.
Thanks for the advice on white squash leaves. I've been worrying as my squash have been looking white like yours, but nothing online about powdery mildew looked the same. Happy gardening!
Oh boy - you picked a very prolific rose! That will fill in extremely quickly. It is a great plant, but will need a fair amount of pruning to keep it from taking over. I understand there is a tea that can be made with it.
Thank you for some sunflower inspiration, I planted a lot of sunflower seeds and had no idea what to do with all the baby plants. They are going in those beds this weekend!
Great tour! It's amazing what you've accomplished in 18 months. I'm surprised you didn't comment on the fun wall art, though. Maybe I missed it? Thx so much for everything you do. I'm a brand new gardener and have learned an incredible amount from your channel.
G'day Kevin. Still watching, but I had to pause to say how fantastic it looks and I just love those Birdies raised beds. Good on you for inspiring so many to get active in the garden. OK, back to it.... All the best, Daz.
I really loved this video because you grow alot of fruit trees that I grew up with in my backyard in New Zealand.....loquats, which was the tallest tree on our property and I would climb to the top and feast on them; figs, which unfortunately I did not like eating when I was young and a lot of our fruit went to waste and fell to the ground to rot; apples, citrus fruits, etc. As for the watercress, Maori people love this stuff. We would find it in waterways/drains along the side of country roads or small creek beds on farmland. We would find it, pick as much as we could, take it home and wash it thoroughly, then cook it in a boil-up (meat, like brisket or pork bones, potatoes, watercress and dumplings boiled together in salted water). Of all the greens in the world, watercress was my fave & I could literally eat pot-fulls of the stuff when cooked in a boil-up. So thank you for the nostalgia.
Hope everyone is getting prepping as much as they can for an increasingly likely bad future. Plant what you can now. Get your water collection systems in place. Help your neighbor, support your communities. We can weather this storm if we band together and take care of each other.
Most important of all, stay safe.
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Wait, what? "increasingly likely bad future." Is this a scare-mongery prepper-type channel now? I hope not.
@@epicgardening ???
@@daisyblooms4813 open your eyes
So glad to have this epic video to watch this morning. My grandpa lost his battle to cancer last night and this kept my mind off it for a bit. Thanks Kevin.
Sorry for your loss. Sometimes it's the little things that bring us comfort.
So glad I started testing out my gardening skills a few years ago. Now I’ve got chickens and a few peppers to help with food shortages 😂😅
Taters, maters, squash, and beans. Super easy and great for beginners.
Well done!
That's awesome!!
Wow! Good for you!! God bless🙏🌱🙏🌱🙏
I started a garden about 7 months ago, after getting inspiration from these videos. I have harvested greens, cucumbers, garlic, and radishes! Thanks Kevin for everything you do!
Garlic in 7 months?!? 2 years later, I still haven't found where I planted mine.
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While I don't like that you have unsuccessful lessons, i love how honest you are about how often they can be. It really gives someone like me who is barely just starting the courage to keep growing and keep learning
and that my friend, is what gardening is all about. you learn and you grow! :)
Idea for the mint: Cold brewed green tea. Loose leaf or bagged green tea, lime zest or keffir lime leaves, mint leaves, and if you're feeling Moroccan, crushed lemon grass. Steep at least overnight in the fridge. Drink as-is or add your preferred sweetener to taste.
Green tea has all kinds of fantastic phytonutrients on its own, but when paired with mint and especially in the cold brew preparation, you get a synergistic brew that is even better.
I grow a lot of plants to make my own teas, I'm a coffee guy but now that I grow my own tea I enjoy it in the afternoon
Ooh, I must try the crushed lemon grass. It sounds fantastic. I have lots of herbs and have put in a camellia sinensis hedge so I can (eventually) do all my own standard tea.
We had an armadillo problem the night we planted all of our tomato transplants. He came in and dug up about 18 plants. A small electric fence (designed for pets so it gets their attention but won't harm them) has kept all of the small animals out of the garden (tall fence keeps the deer out).
I view deer feeding in my garden as a trade off. They eat my garden I harvest one of them in the fall. They eat my garden I eat them, fair trade.
Oh. Man. That had to hurt!! Keep it up....Just heading into the gardening I've wanted to do for a number of years . So much to learn, including how to economically keep the pests and vermin at bay.
I heard if you pee around the beds it csn help
@@mochamommyATX I have bought deer urine pellets and it keeps the raccoons away- however- maybe human urine works just as well and it is free.? Not sure my hubby wants to pee in the backyard---LOL
With the 15% off Birdies coupon, I ordered an 8-in-1 Birdie and a 5 pack of 10 gallon grow bags. A short time later I placed a second (exact same) order to give to my son and daughter-in-law. They are really getting into gardening and I want to encourage them in any way. They are so excited about getting the Birdie and grow bags! Thanks for your inspirational videos, Kevin. It’s a blessing to watch your RUclips channel.
It looks so great. I love all the colors and how you incorporated hardscape along with your garden. Love the pathway and the pond is awesome
Thank you!
We love doing Garden Tours, this was interesting thanks
Retired Lady in rural Texas here...I am so excited because I found a petunia plant and flower in a pot of "weeds"! Yesterday I almost pulled all that out. I Garden on a small scale. Have tomato plants grown from store Roma tomatoes, with a few flowers. Cucumber plants coming up. Yea! 💞 Your channel is so informative. Thank you🤗
That's a win right there!
Thank you again. I actually do have a white powdery mildew problem on my pumpkins. makes me so sad. I'm in Windsor Ontario. it's already so humid here and this summer there has been so much rain. I'm letting my common sorrel grow to absorb some of the moisture and every time i feel like my moss bed is strong enough i remove a patch from it and place it by my pumpkin. for those who don't know moss absorbs water in the air rather than through its roots. it also takes up more co2 that a tree (as in if i had a square foot of a tree vs a square foot of moss the moss will take in roughly 6x more co2 than the tree) .
Kevin! your cat is so cute!
I'm planning on starting my hand at gardening this spring/summer. I'm doing all sorts of research this winter and made a 4 year plan on how to ease myself into gardening without overwhelming myself. I'm so excited! You've inspired me, and your videos keep me inspired and excited to learn hands-on this spring!
How is your garden doing?
@arescue we just had snow last Sunday and then I got sick, so I haven't even had a chance to start :'( but I'm still planning on starting with herbs as soon as I get better!
Talk about a productive plant. I planted sunflowers in my yard one time 18 years ago and every year since I have sun flowers pop up all over my yard.
Martha Stewart said a great way to discourage pest ie skunks is to place gallon water jugs with holes poked in top curve filled with water and 8-10 nuggets of moth balls. Placed around garden the fumes drive off the offenders without poisoning your soil or plants. I found it really protected my apples previously stollen by squirrels with no obvious harm to them or me. Don’t breathe the fumes hahaha good luck love you love clips 15:13
videos like these are my favourite!!!!!!!! i'm having a lot of struggles keeping skunks squirrels and bunnies off of my strawberries and from digging up all my bulbs but your motivating me to not get discouraged, love the variety of the garden too!!
Spray repel all works for a quite a while
@@pandorasgarden3369 will look into it thanks :)
Now many are calling me Tulle Queen, LOL, that has now saved my garden and we now grow Tons of food with nature. If I did not come up with using it we’d have nothing ❤️
My elementary school principal actually traps the possums and throws the cage into his pond in the backyard. Good night Mr. Possum. He reels it out, composts the critter, and resets the trap. I wonder if he did it to any of the bad kids in school. The possums are just decimating fruit trees, but I've not got a pond, and they do eat rats. But I think they eat like 100 fruits for every rats. I'd set up a game camera to see just how much activity these garden beds get at night.
@@SuperStruct - Don’t they eat tons of ticks too? Not sure that we have ticks in San Diego, though.❤️
Everything looks amazing, and so early in the season! I was concerned for my garden when we had a scary derecho blow through a few days ago (gusts at 82 mph), but there was no damage at all in the garden, despite lots of tree damage in the area. It's amazing how much a strong, healthy garden can handle!
For the past few years you have been such an inspiration to my current project! I have dreamed about having a garden that covers the whole yard. Creating a food Forest that will supply us year round. In fact, with so many people getting into gardening I believe we are going to find this food shortage that is predicted will turn out to be nothing because we will be relieving tons of pressure on big agriculture supply. I have built over a dozen new beds on our new property and even posted a few garden tour videos. I will certainly never measure up to all that you are doing to inspire people but you have set the bar high and I am going to shoot for the moon! We are currently growing almost 90 cultivars of over 40 different crops thanks to inspiration from you and those like you! Thank you Kevin for setting a fantastic example! Same to Jacques and the rest of your team as well. Keep up the great work for decades to come. You have helped to create dreams in my life that have come to reality.
Means a lot to hear this!
🤯 👏👏👏It's been so great watching you transform this property. Great job, Kevin y Jacques! So inspiring!
Amazing! I live in zone 5, so all we have to eat is asparagus, rhubarb and chives right now. We finally made it through the late May freeze with no damage to the little guys.
It's really coming along nicely. You're upgrading while we're over here downgrading (not by choice). So, I'm living THROUGH you this year!
This is such an impressive set up! Absolutely in love with the pond and chicken coop. We are 2nd year gardeners and am learning a lot from your channel!
Thank you, thank you for sharing the struggles with wildlife and your seeds. We can commiserate, when your garden is small the losses hurt! So much good stuff...loved this blog!
Everything is looking so good! Great updates. I would recommend keeping that fennel going: the flowers attract some good wasps and other bene's, and then (yes, *if* you like the flavor, I do) the seeds are easy to collect and super useful in like curries or stew, or I just enjoy a small pinch or two plain.
I love your comment about herbs. They are so expensive to buy, add so much value to your food and your health and are so easy to grow. I wouldn't be without my herbs and all the wonderful things that I do with them. The garden is looking wonderful. Thank you for the tour. Much needed, especially as we're heading into winter here in New Zealand.
Oohh Kevin! .. you have a beautiful garden there!.. Im jealous ! But up here .. north of 53* and with only a balcony to grow on besides.. my garden is in pots and grow bags, but Im a senior .. almost an octogenarian.. … so, Im not going to be able to look after too many pots etc. Not for lack of desire, but because of mobility. Issues ! i would love a neighbour like you! i learn so much every time I come here, and even though my scale is much smaller I still want to grow it all too! You are so enthusiastic, its a joy to watch and hear you joy as you show us. Congratulations on your lovely very own piece of land there!.. thankyou very much indeed! BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
All you need now is some perennial native shrubs in some of your "dead" spaces. They'd add beauty, keep the pollinators and birds happy year round, and create a bit of shade!
I’d love a future video or videos with you taste testing all the different varieties and then let us know what they’re like. I’ve never heard of so many of your oranges I’d be interested in which are tart or sweet…. Other crops too, tomatoes, carrots, peas, beans…. Your garden in Epic! Bravo 👏🏻
The homestead is looking g amazing! You’ve done so much to make it productive in relatively a short time. Kudos to you!
Dude, I’m in San Diego and your garden is so far ahead of mine. I’m super jealous! 😉 I wish I could pick your brain about planting for out specific climate.
I HAVE just received my first greenstalk garden verticals planter that I’m super excited about trying out. One day I’ll successfully grow strawberries!
More vids coming...don't worry!
You will be successful in planting strawberries one day! Planted bare root strawberries early March and they are starting to flower and fruit now. First time ever to plant such beautiful strawberries. Trying to transplant some of the strawberry runners that are popping up everywhere. Might as well plant them, too.
Happy gardening!! Blessings!!!🙏🌱🙏
I started using tomato cages for my tomatillos to prevent them from splitting. They get really massive and produce alot of fruit so it supports it perfectly.
I love the variance with each of your beds and containers. The "companion" aspect. This is really just starting to click with me after 10 years of focused gardening (yes, I am prolly slower than most, don't judge). This is such a key idea for those will smaller spaces. Your point/my point: We can grow much more than we think because a tomato bed doesn't have to be "just a tomato bed", right? Add other stuff in the spaces. Brassicas and beans, another example. Watching that combination today - I was like: omg, heller? Anyhoo, thank you for continuing to teach this old dog. So nice to know, I can learn new tricks and grow "wtf" I want. Mostly. :)
I love growing my corn in concentric circles! I found that growing it that way gave me a much better yield than when we planted in rows
Started some seeds and 2 raised beds at the end of April. I’m getting close to needing to transplant them and your videos have helped soooo much.
Amazing transformation Kevin, glad you have a pond and growing edibles, love kitty 🐱, thanks for sharing!!!
Do you ever use netting? I used netting for the first time this year and was so happy not to have an aphid or cabbage worm issue. My only complaint is that it's a pain to remove the netting to weed, prune, and fertilize every weekend.
We do, we are actually adding more soon
We use tulle.
Im not a fan because it can be really dangerous to birds and other small animals
Don’t you think the plant rather than the grower would catch that karma? 😂
I planted a large grow bag with corn last week and the next day I went out and it had been dug up. I suspect either a raccoon or a squirrel….since it seemed to happen overnight, I’d bet on a coon.
I’ve taken your advice this year and planted alyssum with my tomatoes for the first time. I used to plant it every year in my childhood flower garden, so I have fond memories of them, and I’m so excited that they’re beneficial for tomatoes!
Great job! Love the overall tour! Been with you for a long time, and it's still really great to see the updates, and how they all fit in spatially.
I've planted several melon-types (watermelon, pumpkin, cantaloupe) with the hope that I can trellis them and use net bags to support the fruit while it matures. I think it will not only look cool but also preserve space in my woefully small yard.
Tomatoes are popping (Litchi, roma, glacier, orange jazz, etc) and my peppers are going nuts (Shishido, Anaheim/Hatch, jalapeno, bell)
I am genuinely jealous. I am also in adoration of Paul Stamet's garden. Both inspirations.
I'm also curious as to what that tree is behind you in the beginning? Every thing looks so happy. I got my seeds in the ground yesterday.
Hello, from central Canada.
Me too!! I really need to know what that tree is!!
Jacaranda
Jacaranda. Amazingly gorgeous in Sydney Australia in Spring
That’s what I came looking for, too. Thx!! Jacaranda….💜
I had truly epic success growing nasturtium as a sacrificial plant. All the aphids swarmed it and I hose blasted them whenever I got to it. So not only were my roses and vegetables completely untouched, the nasturtium outgrew their devastation. 10/10 this will be a mainstay.
Thanks!
I’ve really enjoyed your progress over the past year. Is very encouraging, especially when we can all learn along the way.
THIS....is EXACTLY why I love & follow this channel. So much great info - thanks Eric, you ROCK!!!! LOVE the setup!!!!!
Oh hai, Babka. I love your style. Those slippers and boots give me life.
I have 200 plus sunflowers too!! They are planted with everything. I’m in the desert in Texas so I need lots of summer shade. Corn makes great shade too.
You have come a long ways, Kevin. Your imagination in designing your garden is admirable. There's no way for the neighbors to complain since you keep everything so tidy. The tour was very informative. I just wished you had popped up the names of the plants as you were introducing them, just as you did with the garden beds. Perhaps next time!! 🌿🐈🌼🌾🍅🍃
I miss my chickens. I loved my girls they used to follow me around the yard waiting for me to dig up some worms for them. LOL. I love your homestead. I think I need to plant some herbs around my tomatoes too. Didn't think about it. Thanks for being there and sharing.
I planted so much nasturtium this year in various pots around the yard and mixed into my garden beds. We enjoy eating it but also I love its other uses of drawing pests away from other plants and just their beauty.
Since we are in process of building our new home, I have my 3 dragonfruit pots indoors by a large window. They are growing and healthy, but don't have enough heat or sun to fruit (nor have I fertilized very heavy, intentionally) . Next spring I hope to have my very first fruit. I currently have 2 of each, neon, physical graffiti,and Vietnamese White. I do have to protect them well(or wheel them indoors) in the winter here in Central Arkansas.
Your garden is looking incredible 😍
Raised beds don't work in my situation. but I love how yours look. Very neat. The green thumb is strong! 😁🌱
I learned to grow tomaters from my grand pappy when I was like 5 yrs old. I’ve been growing them for almost 35 yrs now. He never pruned his plants so I didn’t even know you were supposed to prune them until last year.
Wow! You've done an amazing job at your new place! You've been busy. Everything looks spectacular and the plants are doing well! Enjoy your summer. Thanks for sharing.
200 Sunflowers!! 🤣 I do the same thing.. wondering where I should plant all my extras 🤔
Horsetail is a great herb to grow in or near your pond. I grew it in FL so it can deal with heat. It's wonderful for you and beautiful
Thanks to you, I got into gardening! I just bought a new plant today and im ao excited to care for it. I have a goal to have so many plants in my room that it looks like a jungle. I love plants so much! Great job on your garden, and thanks for inspiring me ❤️
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When my string beans were disappearing just when they were just coming from the ground I successfully deterred the culprits by putting a sheer white curtain over them to protect the plants . It still had sun and rain and it had no more problems with the chewy culprits.
@Epic Gardening So interesting to see your seasons in play - I'm in FL 9b and to give an example our strawberry season is in February/March. Strawberries will die off in summer if not babied, or at least mine did on the coastline. And our lettuce and leafy greens have long since bolted and yours are fine - even though you are in 10a/b. Interesting that apparently the big difference is the humidity!
Bachelor Buttons are my favorite flower! I have never seen anyone else mention them so this video made me extremely happy. I grow the blue and the black varieties but I bought a pink/red mix to add this year.
Kevin,
I've had fairly good luck using Repels-All vs squirrels & other 4-legged critters.
Also, have ya'all thought about deterring
the little beasties by planting a "hedge" of chives just inside the rim of your containers--maybe even one around the outside edges, too? It's what I'm doing this year to deter a resident groundhog who's taken a liking to my amaranth & sedum in years past (let ya'all know how it works). As an added bonus, not only can you harvest the leaves, but the flowers make a lovely lavender-tinted vinaigrette.
Those roses by the arch are starting to fill it up nicely. Beautiful!
Looks good! I hope everyone has a bountiful harvest this season ☺️
I remember when I started doing garden I were looking for help and ideas, then I found you and since then I have been following you.
It’s amazing how you have done tons os progress, and the same time I have been learning a lot with you.
Kevin please I know the gorgeous tree is not in your garden, but I could not.
Let this beautiful tree going without saying anything, what is this kind of tree with gorgeous blue flowers?
Kevin's not joking about borage's proclivity! I started just 2 plants from a pack of seeds last year, and had tons pop up on their own this year before I even got around to reseeding! And, the pollinators absolutely love them!!
So true 😂
Greetings from OC! I love all that you've got going on. I've had huge success with aquaponics in the past. It ran for 8 years with very little effort, healthy plants, healthy koi, very clean water and it was great for making clones. Would you consider adding some Epic aquaponics to that amazing homestead?
Might!
Completely awesome! We have expanded our growing into our front yard this year also. Those cattle trough beds make it look beautifully organized.
It's been amazing following your epic homestead grow. I can't wait to see what the future holds for you!
Every summer I put an eggplant surrounded by purple alyssum in a big pot and it is always the prettiest combination on our lanai.
Genius combo!
I really appreciate the almost-everyday RUclips videos from you and Jacques! So informative and entertaining. It's great to see how far you've come. Thanks for teaching us both your failures and successes! 🙏
In hot sunny climates you'd want to reverse the sun orientation. Tomatoes & peppers suffer from sun scalding, so some protection is necessary. You can shade them with taller plants or with shade cloth, whichever works for you.
Here in the mountains of New England in the middle of nowhere I’m trying to fix up an old cabin. I’m 22 trying to stay out of big cities where day by day gets harder and dangerous to live. Just started my channel and let’s see how it goes. Stay safe and work hard to make your life better bc politicians will never care about us.
Kevin omgoodness that's a really nice size yard.. wow I had no idea it was so big.. so much you can do.. awesome!!!!
Yeah me too, its huge. Didnt realize all that in the community. Its alot of land.
That purple tree out by the street is so cool. I've never seen anything like it! So many flowers!
Thanks for sharing Kevin... I love what you're doing in your garden and your channel. You're making me a better gardener and for that I say thank you!!
This is such a fun tour! I’m starting a vertical garden in my new home soon - got a green stalk from your website and just waiting on it to get started 😍
I am so happy to find a San Diego gardener to follow!
The local wildlife won the lottery when you moved in :)
Thank you!
Can you do a video about the right way to plant intensively? I want to learn how to do it without courting fungal problems, pest infestations, etc. I would LOVE to plant as intensively as you do in your garden, as I don’t have a lot of space, but I always thought you had to worry about airflow.
Kevin!!! I've got goosebumps! The homestead is so amazing. I love that while building the infrastructure you plunked your plants into the dirt... everything is growing so happily!! :) Your neighbors must be so happy to have you!! Absolutely beautiful!!
Everything looks amazing, Kevin! A SD local here too. I had 12 beautiful Hopi Azul corn stalks growing in my garden bed, and came out one morning to find a raccoon (the muddy footprints gave it away) had gone through it like a bulldozer. Another battle last summer, with 15 strawberry plants dug up repeatedly. Skunks and possums too. :( Don't have time now to rethink it all, but you have many good ideas. Very interested to see how you handle it. Love your pond...it is epic indeed! You are blessed with your garden buddies, both human and feline. Cheers.
Omg man, it just amazes me how climate conditions can differ around the globe. You planted strawberries THIS year and your gonna let them flower during the, same, year!
I live and quebec and worked for 8 years in a strawberry farm (we also did lots of sweetcorn, cucumbers, pumpkins, etc.) But around here we've got to prevent strawberries from flowering for 1 whole years, even 2 sometimes depending on the variety or the summer. Thats what it means to have a long winter hahaha. Good job with the garden, its really inspiring.
Thanks Simon!
I weed wack and use it as a mulch like you have because it’s their free and gets so hot.Helps a lot on overwatering and splashing water.
We have rosemary and black berries taking over.
You've come so far in considerately short amount of time in this new location. Very well done, Kevin 👍
Started a salsa garden bed during late spring up here in North County. Tomatoes are flowering and keeping my fingers crossed! Still continuing to learn a lot from your channel.
Love the updates. Congrats on the house. Who needs a big house witha garden like that . Id be outside all day. 😍
2:05 the flowers are gorgeous, but that tree is on a different level
Love a good garden tour, especially with all the wide shots in this that let us get a good idea of how things are set out. You’ve really done such an amazing job in a short time.
Thanks for the advice on white squash leaves. I've been worrying as my squash have been looking white like yours, but nothing online about powdery mildew looked the same. Happy gardening!
The tree behind you in the beginning of this video has beautiful blossoms. Just bought another Birdies Bed through your site. Can’t wait to get it!
Always good to see a channel living up to its name.
I dream of exactly this garden. I'm green with envy.
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Congratulations Kevin. Your garden is very inspiring and beautiful ❤
Oh boy - you picked a very prolific rose! That will fill in extremely quickly. It is a great plant, but will need a fair amount of pruning to keep it from taking over. I understand there is a tea that can be made with it.
I can't wait!
I like to trellis my young apple trees. That way I don’t have to thin the apples thus maximizing harvest.
Wow, you have done an incredible amount of work in your garden. It looks great!
What an outstanding garden! I love the pond, and how you utilized your front yard ! Inspiring !👍🏾👍🏾💚💚🌻
Thank you for some sunflower inspiration, I planted a lot of sunflower seeds and had no idea what to do with all the baby plants. They are going in those beds this weekend!
Great tour! It's amazing what you've accomplished in 18 months. I'm surprised you didn't comment on the fun wall art, though. Maybe I missed it?
Thx so much for everything you do. I'm a brand new gardener and have learned an incredible amount from your channel.
12:51 ...outstanding...Loving that vertical Garden !! 😎👍💯🌟🌟🌟🌟
Love your Garden Tours...so much to learn from you..thank you
My garden is poppin. Been getting cucumbers. Tomatoes are at 3.5 ft. Squash is producing. I'm excited for this year
G'day Kevin.
Still watching, but I had to pause to say how fantastic it looks and I just love those Birdies raised beds. Good on you for inspiring so many to get active in the garden.
OK, back to it....
All the best,
Daz.
Appreciate you!
That purple tree behind u in the front yard is beautiful. Ur garden is great
I really loved this video because you grow alot of fruit trees that I grew up with in my backyard in New Zealand.....loquats, which was the tallest tree on our property and I would climb to the top and feast on them; figs, which unfortunately I did not like eating when I was young and a lot of our fruit went to waste and fell to the ground to rot; apples, citrus fruits, etc. As for the watercress, Maori people love this stuff. We would find it in waterways/drains along the side of country roads or small creek beds on farmland. We would find it, pick as much as we could, take it home and wash it thoroughly, then cook it in a boil-up (meat, like brisket or pork bones, potatoes, watercress and dumplings boiled together in salted water). Of all the greens in the world, watercress was my fave & I could literally eat pot-fulls of the stuff when cooked in a boil-up. So thank you for the nostalgia.