If new seeds, I don’t bother with pencil box to start seeds - plant directly into soil & even with 40 degrees at night, seeds still sprout especially if you put on 😊south side of house in sun during the day
Hi Robbie, I've told a few folks to join your channel & just realized I hadn't yet...so here I am. I've a spinal cord impairment & gardening is my only pain relief. Here in N.E., MT all we can do is wish right now. Unless you're experimenting inside like a mad scientist. Yep, I'm conjuring up lots of greenery. Your little dog, Kitty cracks me up with the broccoli. Her & my Grymm are so much alike. His sister, Zarina only likes sweet fruit. Anyhow, I was watching another video where you take broccoli from the store, place it in a clear jar with a bit of water & wait for roots to grow. I even did the full experiment with a cut stalk from green broccoli and the other flowered stalk on even when its not edible. It's been about 5 days now & the one w/a flowered stalk is shooting up brand new florets. The other is growing tiny roots, so I'll plant it in a few weeks. Hopefully my mad experiment will give you your own to try. If nothing else, Kitty won't complain as she'll have plenty of broccoli florets to eat. Much love, ~ Covah
You are just SO down to earth, Robbie. I love how you garden and your garden walkabouts. Oh, and Kitty is beyond adorable. Feed her a piece of broccoli flower for me, please.
I know you like to shop the Dollar tree. Have you ever thought of using the plastic covers for covering food bowls? I love them they're so convenient , instant greenhouses & reusable. I think there's like 17 in the box.
I have been following your methods of composting in place, and I have had the most amazing looking vegetables in my life 🥰 This spring I dumped all my food scraps into a garden bed and covered it with soil ready to plant out, but before I got back to it I had all sorts of things growing happily, so I left it alone, now it’s autumn (I’m in Australia ) I’m waiting for 12 pumpkins, 4 melons and 2 butternut squash to ripen, I have spent the summer picking tons of tomatoes that grew and even had a small crop of potatoes 🥰. I love, love, love that you showed me how to compost in place, it’s the only plant food I will ever need, Thank you from the bottom of mine and my families Australian hearts 🥰
I love your channel soooo much! This will be my third year at trying to grow a backyard garden, (in my small concrete track housing yard). I wanted to give up, but watching your videos, and a couple of other garden podcasting folks in So Cal, has helped encourage me to try again. Thank you so much! 😊🌱🌿
Guten Tag ❤ Und wieder viele neue Idee! Ich muss vielleicht diese Idee schreiben, um nicht zu vergessen 😊 Bei mir (Nordwestdeutschland) ist noch kalt, in der Nacht ca 30°F, im Tag ca 50 😢 Jetzt sortiere ich die Samen, zeichne was und wo pflanzen Liebe Grüße, Barbara
Love, love, love ya Robbie! I grew 3 containers of potatoes. One of the containers was actually just a container I used to toss in my scraps, I didn’t intend to grow anything in it but potato plants came up so I left them. when I dumped all 3 containers the one I used as compost had the biggest potatoes in it and the soil wasn’t even that broken down. I had pine needles and oak leaves in it!!!! The other two had more potatoes but were quite small. Thanks for all your tips and tricks! I’m working on bird garden. A single cardinal and a several squirts have found the feeders.
Love this!! I was wondering if I could plant a potato I have sprouting into one of my bins that has my kitchen scraps and compost in that has not broken down yet. Maybe too late for potatoes for me some 6b Ky but I may give it a go just to see. I already planted two reds from my pantry that sprouted back in April and they are looking really healthy and grew fast. First time planting potatoes 🥔 for me.
Robbie you are just so creative and fun! Ok, my garden this year is interesting ! Winter sowed my seeds this year ! And did my sprouting inside and they did sprout and just planted them in soil ! It’s been super cold here in CLE NO SUN ! Just learned from you to put my kitchen scraps that are in plastic bags in the garden just sitting …..in my pots ! Thx 🤓🤓🤓🤓😍 As I look at your southern Ca sunshine , I am envious! ♥️ thx as always and have a great evening 🤓🥰😇🙏🏼
Robbie I listened to you I dig holes in my garden bed, buried my kitchen scraps and then sit a bucket with soil on top of it, and I got tons of earthworms, yesterday I went outside to look at I found so many huge earthworms.
You are so amazing! This is my first year starting a garden and I have been sharing your wisdom with my friends and neighbors. Your ears should be burning as I keep telling everyone about your channel, the great info you provide and all of the creative ideas you share. Your kitchen compost looks so clean, do I need to rinse out the eggshells before I drop them directly into my bucket? Everyone - Please remember to click the "Like" button on Robbie's videos!
I'm preaching too, Richard just like I do for the channel I help moderate for low income recipients. I wondered about rinsing shells, but I watched this video a couple times & at least here Robbie didn't rinse them. Take care, ~ Covah
Hi Robbie, you continue to astound me with all these wonderful Videos with such useful information for gardeners to grow in containers! This is my 3 rd year trying totes, and well, last year was a bust due to very weird weather (other gardeners had many problems too things not growing and flower buds falling off and not germinating) BUT, this year I have redone the soil misture and have been very conscious about what I plant together...and well, I think this year is going to be much better. Here is to being better at all this. Thanks
I live in East Central Illinois and I have been throwing kitchen scraps in a tote all winter. Soil and scraps full tote. No break down until recently. By it's time it's warm to plant it will be broken down. Love you videos and of course Kitty. Noticed your gloves. Of coarse I do not know where you get yours I get mine at Dollar Tree and they seem to last.
Oh wow! Me too, I love using dish gloves in the garden better than anything and yes, I get mine from dollar tree too; great minds think alike😊 when you are ready to garden when the weather warms up perfect❤
Hi Robbie! I love these videos. I tried your seed method and also the paper cup method to put the seeds once they grow a root. Because it's still cold at night, I'm definitely having to do something like your two system pots as they're indoors and I'm running out of room 😅 I have a nice tall table in front of a bright sunny window so my radishes, lettuce, green onion and chives are growing.. also calendula and zinnia. Some are in pots with kitchen scraps covered with soil and leaves and shredded paper. Hopefully it won't smell. So far, so good! Looking forward to bringing it all outside hopefully soon. I also collected food grade plastic containers from a birthday party that I aim to find a use for in some form or fashion with my plants! Cheers from WI 😊
I am trying the paper towel seed method in the container too, I tried this with some seeds years ago with cloth moistened in a bowl and it does work! I sprinkled cinnamon ,but still having trouble with mold on top of soil with some seeds I started in the middle of Feb. under a grow light and close to outside french door for sunlight, most of them just wilted and died even though I replanted them in their own cup.
@@janetholley1004 I mist the leaves and so far haven't had mold issues. I dont water them every day as the soil is moist but not drenched. That has happened to me before with the mold though. I have them by a sunny window.
I loved your video. Wow you are a very intelligent lady I am so proud I found your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and willingness to share it with us.
Very inspirational, Robbie! I can't wait to try it. Kitty is so adorable! Raining again in Nor Cal today and tomorrow. I set out 2 zucchini's and 2 yellow squash plants I grew indoors in the garden with "green house" tops (plastic bins, and the plastic containers that Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies come in- perfect little green houses), I hope they make it!
I get the green one sometimes from Home Depot, which I know it’s not that cheap. It’s like seven dollars, Walmart has a brand that’s why I ended up with the blue one, they were out and they sent me that as a substitution. They sell for about four dollars, check online and see if you can find a cheaper price, the cheap stuff from the dollar stores is not as sticky and doesn’t hold up as long. 😊
So happy it worked! too Robbie! I'm excited to try this. I've tons baby lettuces & zuccini seeds on hand...💚💚💚 I have a silly question. Now that I have tons of baby worms in compost bin...can I move a handful & place into my bins w compost pitchers? TQ
I put compost in the bottom of all my planters, what do I do to keep the possums from turning the planters over and digging the dirt & plant out to get to the compost? I love you guys channel, TIA!
This year I'm going to plant my zucchinis in smaller pots like yours. I will try... I see that your zucchini is happy and it's growing. So cool you have zucchini already 😊 the way you plant it it's genius 👏 Thank you Robbie for the update!!! Your idea worked so perfectly fine ❤️🌟
So I went to Walmart and their totes start at $10 on up. Not inexpensive. Do you think the clear totes are good for planting in or should they be solid opaque ones to keep out the heat
I don't know if anyone has dared mention it, but i think Kitty is a brocco-holic. There must be a support group for that, should you want to seek help.
I got my best friend started on the compost tea in a containers but she had to do hers in the house due to cold weather freezing it when she left it outside. She was telling me it was bringing gnats. I told her it's meant to be set outside so she could avoid them.
I put a chopped up cabbage core in my compost then added it to my soil and guess what!!! I now have three baby cabbages growing.. 🤗🤗😃 thank you so much for being such a great teacher ❤
@@sapheriaartwell7258 gnats are ok if u want to attract hummingbirds- they eat little bugs like that - put some hummingbird feeders directly above the pots or totes with the kitchen scraps & u can feed hummers both ways 😊
Next time you go to the dollar stores look for the bags of shower caps they will fit over those pots beautifully and they're reusable
Wow, great idea! Never thought of that and I go there quite often.
Great idea!👍🏻
Thank you,what a good idea.
Great idea& unlike plastic wrap, totally reusable!,😊
If new seeds, I don’t bother with pencil box to start seeds - plant directly into soil & even with 40 degrees at night, seeds still sprout especially if you put on 😊south side of house in sun during the day
Hi Robbie, I've told a few folks to join your channel & just realized I hadn't yet...so here I am. I've a spinal cord impairment & gardening is my only pain relief. Here in N.E., MT all we can do is wish right now. Unless you're experimenting inside like a mad scientist. Yep, I'm conjuring up lots of greenery. Your little dog, Kitty cracks me up with the broccoli. Her & my Grymm are so much alike. His sister, Zarina only likes sweet fruit. Anyhow, I was watching another video where you take broccoli from the store, place it in a clear jar with a bit of water & wait for roots to grow. I even did the full experiment with a cut stalk from green broccoli and the other flowered stalk on even when its not edible. It's been about 5 days now & the one w/a flowered stalk is shooting up brand new florets. The other is growing tiny roots, so I'll plant it in a few weeks. Hopefully my mad experiment will give you your own to try. If nothing else, Kitty won't complain as she'll have plenty of broccoli florets to eat. Much love, ~ Covah
You are just SO down to earth, Robbie. I love how you garden and your garden walkabouts. Oh, and Kitty is beyond adorable. Feed her a piece of broccoli flower for me, please.
❤ I sure will, thank you
I know you like to shop the Dollar tree. Have you ever thought of using the plastic covers for covering food bowls? I love them they're so convenient , instant greenhouses & reusable. I think there's like 17 in the box.
I have been following your methods of composting in place, and I have had the most amazing looking vegetables in my life 🥰 This spring I dumped all my food scraps into a garden bed and covered it with soil ready to plant out, but before I got back to it I had all sorts of things growing happily, so I left it alone, now it’s autumn (I’m in Australia ) I’m waiting for 12 pumpkins, 4 melons and 2 butternut squash to ripen, I have spent the summer picking tons of tomatoes that grew and even had a small crop of potatoes 🥰. I love, love, love that you showed me how to compost in place, it’s the only plant food I will ever need, Thank you from the bottom of mine and my families Australian hearts 🥰
I love your channel soooo much! This will be my third year at trying to grow a backyard garden, (in my small concrete track housing yard). I wanted to give up, but watching your videos, and a couple of other garden podcasting folks in So Cal, has helped encourage me to try again. Thank you so much! 😊🌱🌿
For merch, you should create a shirt with your dog on it and a cute saying about broccoli. 😊
Congratulations on the zucchini & beans🥰🥰
Thank you! 🤗
Guten Tag ❤
Und wieder viele neue Idee! Ich muss vielleicht diese Idee schreiben, um nicht zu vergessen 😊
Bei mir (Nordwestdeutschland) ist noch kalt, in der Nacht ca 30°F, im Tag ca 50 😢
Jetzt sortiere ich die Samen, zeichne was und wo pflanzen
Liebe Grüße, Barbara
Nature is amazing, especially when it is lovingly cared for!🙏🌈👍🏻
OH SO HAPPY FOR YOU ROBBIE 💗 HUBBY KEEPS REPLANTING. I GUESS IT'S TOO COLD HERE. HE'S CUTTING BACK ON WATERING TOO. LOVE YOU ROBBIE. ❤
Love, love, love ya Robbie! I grew 3 containers of potatoes. One of the containers was actually just a container I used to toss in my scraps, I didn’t intend to grow anything in it but potato plants came up so I left them. when I dumped all 3 containers the one I used as compost had the biggest potatoes in it and the soil wasn’t even that broken down. I had pine needles and oak leaves in it!!!! The other two had more potatoes but were quite small. Thanks for all your tips and tricks! I’m working on bird garden. A single cardinal and a several squirts have found the feeders.
Love this!! I was wondering if I could plant a potato I have sprouting into one of my bins that has my kitchen scraps and compost in that has not broken down yet. Maybe too late for potatoes for me some 6b Ky but I may give it a go just to see. I already planted two reds from my pantry that sprouted back in April and they are looking really healthy and grew fast. First time planting potatoes 🥔 for me.
Robbie you are just so creative and fun!
Ok, my garden this year is interesting ! Winter sowed my seeds this year ! And did my sprouting inside and they did sprout and just planted them in soil ! It’s been super cold here in CLE NO SUN !
Just learned from you to put my kitchen scraps that are in plastic bags in the garden just sitting …..in my pots ! Thx 🤓🤓🤓🤓😍
As I look at your southern Ca sunshine , I am envious! ♥️ thx as always and have a great evening 🤓🥰😇🙏🏼
Robbie I listened to you I dig holes in my garden bed, buried my kitchen scraps and then sit a bucket with soil on top of it, and I got tons of earthworms, yesterday I went outside to look at I found so many huge earthworms.
Did you cut out the bottom of the bucket ? For the worms to go up i to it?
@@kayte13 I put holes in the bucket, I really put the bucket so no animal's try to dig the kitchen scraps up. And I really have tons of earthworms.
You are so amazing! This is my first year starting a garden and I have been sharing your wisdom with my friends and neighbors. Your ears should be burning as I keep telling everyone about your channel, the great info you provide and all of the creative ideas you share. Your kitchen compost looks so clean, do I need to rinse out the eggshells before I drop them directly into my bucket?
Everyone - Please remember to click the "Like" button on Robbie's videos!
I'm preaching too, Richard just like I do for the channel I help moderate for low income recipients. I wondered about rinsing shells, but I watched this video a couple times & at least here Robbie didn't rinse them. Take care, ~ Covah
@@covahsmusicvault8953 Thank you!
Hi Robbie, you continue to astound me with all these wonderful Videos with such useful information for gardeners to grow in containers! This is my 3 rd year trying totes, and well, last year was a bust due to very weird weather (other gardeners had many problems too things not growing and flower buds falling off and not germinating) BUT, this year I have redone the soil misture and have been very conscious about what I plant together...and well, I think this year is going to be much better. Here is to being better at all this. Thanks
Well, I hope your garden does better this year, of course, and I think it will, thanks so much and happy gardening ❤️
Thanks Robbie for all your inspiration to me and others. God bless. Sherry :)
Hey Robbie & Kitty🥰
Hi
I live in East Central Illinois and I have been throwing kitchen scraps in a tote all winter. Soil and scraps full tote. No break down until recently. By it's time it's warm to plant it will be broken down. Love you videos and of course Kitty. Noticed your gloves. Of coarse I do not know where you get yours I get mine at Dollar Tree and they seem to last.
Oh wow! Me too, I love using dish gloves in the garden better than anything and yes, I get mine from dollar tree too; great minds think alike😊 when you are ready to garden when the weather warms up perfect❤
Hi Robbie!
I love these videos. I tried your seed method and also the paper cup method to put the seeds once they grow a root. Because it's still cold at night, I'm definitely having to do something like your two system pots as they're indoors and I'm running out of room 😅
I have a nice tall table in front of a bright sunny window so my radishes, lettuce, green onion and chives are growing.. also calendula and zinnia. Some are in pots with kitchen scraps covered with soil and leaves and shredded paper. Hopefully it won't smell. So far, so good!
Looking forward to bringing it all outside hopefully soon.
I also collected food grade plastic containers from a birthday party that I aim to find a use for in some form or fashion with my plants!
Cheers from WI 😊
I am trying the paper towel seed method in the container too, I tried this with some seeds years ago with cloth moistened in a bowl and it does work! I sprinkled cinnamon ,but still having trouble with mold on top of soil with some seeds I started in the middle of Feb. under a grow light and close to outside french door for sunlight, most of them just wilted and died even though I replanted them in their own cup.
@@janetholley1004 I mist the leaves and so far haven't had mold issues. I dont water them every day as the soil is moist but not drenched. That has happened to me before with the mold though. I have them by a sunny window.
I loved your video. Wow you are a very intelligent lady I am so proud I found your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and willingness to share it with us.
Great video as always 😊 Thank you for sharing and have a great day and happy gardening 🌿🌱😊🤗
You can use a rubber band to keep the plastic wrap or tulle in place. Love your videos. Thanks for all your awesome ideas!!
Sooo inspiring!!! Merci and blessings +++!!!
Thank you so much!
You and ur family rock 😊❤
Hi Robbie, can I put onion scraps in my bucket too? I am realy embracing your methods and pray for good results❤
Thanks for sharing this with us Robbie 🌱🌱💚✨👌🏾
I’ll be using these planting techniques for my summer squash. Great info
Works great for any squash 😊 thanks
Very inspirational, Robbie! I can't wait to try it. Kitty is so adorable! Raining again in Nor Cal today and tomorrow. I set out 2 zucchini's and 2 yellow squash plants I grew indoors in the garden with "green house" tops (plastic bins, and the plastic containers that Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies come in- perfect little green houses), I hope they make it!
Beautiful zucchini, Robbie! Sweet method! Kisses to Miss Kitty.💕
Thank you 💜
Thanks great video
Doing this, Robbie. Thank you.
i have a volunteer zucchini growing this way and it’s the biggest healthiest plant
Thank you.
Where do you get the cheap painter's tape?
I get the green one sometimes from Home Depot, which I know it’s not that cheap. It’s like seven dollars, Walmart has a brand that’s why I ended up with the blue one, they were out and they sent me that as a substitution. They sell for about four dollars, check online and see if you can find a cheaper price, the cheap stuff from the dollar stores is not as sticky and doesn’t hold up as long. 😊
So happy it worked! too Robbie! I'm excited to try this. I've tons baby lettuces & zuccini seeds on hand...💚💚💚 I have a silly question. Now that I have tons of baby worms in compost bin...can I move a handful & place into my bins w compost pitchers? TQ
do you use left over rice and other foods in your scrap bucket?
How did you string the beans?
What size is the irrigating tubing
1/2 inch ruclips.net/video/mGvznkWZHJ0/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/1Q_dfpDlfeU/видео.html
I put compost in the bottom of all my planters, what do I do to keep the possums from turning the planters over and digging the dirt & plant out to get to the compost? I love you guys channel, TIA!
This year I'm going to plant my zucchinis in smaller pots like yours. I will try... I see that your zucchini is happy and it's growing. So cool you have zucchini already 😊 the way you plant it it's genius 👏 Thank you Robbie for the update!!! Your idea worked so perfectly fine ❤️🌟
I can’t wait to get my first zucchini for this season ❤️ weather here has been colder then usual, so hopefully soon 😊 No more in freezer, thanks
I had those chickens that lay the green eggs
So I went to Walmart and their totes start at $10 on up. Not inexpensive.
Do you think the clear totes are good for planting in or should they be solid opaque ones to keep out the heat
Target has kiddie pools for $12 much bigger than the totes.
The clear ones will work for a season or two. I used a few this year in my greenhouse for starting potatoes.
Robbie do you get kitchen scraps from neighbors?
Robbie what's ur FAV ZUKE that tolerates the heat & humidity? I am 10a FL. TQ
I don't know if anyone has dared mention it, but i think Kitty is a brocco-holic. There must be a support group for that, should you want to seek help.
🤣 She could be ❤️
So u use Miracle grow?
If I use any potting soil, I use about one inch on the top
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How do you use kitchen scraps without attracting the flies. I had banana peels and veggie scraps and the flies came marching in 😂
Loved this, but fungus knats would drive me out of my house in 24 hours.
I got my best friend started on the compost tea in a containers but she had to do hers in the house due to cold weather freezing it when she left it outside. She was telling me it was bringing gnats. I told her it's meant to be set outside so she could avoid them.
I put a chopped up cabbage core in my compost then added it to my soil and guess what!!! I now have three baby cabbages growing.. 🤗🤗😃 thank you so much for being such a great teacher ❤
@@kathyfranco9372 super 😊
@@sapheriaartwell7258 yes best to do That outdoors
@@sapheriaartwell7258 gnats are ok if u want to attract hummingbirds- they eat little bugs like that - put some hummingbird feeders directly above the pots or totes with the kitchen scraps & u can feed hummers both ways 😊