Great idea again! I live in the city and I can't find anywhere worms. But 3months ago when I found your channel and do the composte in place I didn't have worms too. But even without worms everything I had in my containers, kitchen scrubs etc, everything had turned into beautiful black soil!!! So I don't worry if I don't have warms. It only took 3months to have that great soil. I've done the same with my zucchinis and everything I have. It saves me a lot of money. Thank you again for your wonderful idea Robbie 🤗 God bless you 🙏🌻
@@HaliSlots yes I know but we don't have any rain here in the city for months now and I can't afford to pay for earthworms. I have a cat too which means that if I finally can afford buying earthworms I will have to watch them or pay for getting a warm farm too etc and I certainly can't afford the cost of it...
@@AresMares_MariaYou have craiglist? See if anyone has worms for free. Or If you know of an area with a mid large rock bring a bottle of water and put a piece of lettuce and water daily or every other day. Free worms. 🥰
Not only are you amazingly creative, but you have revolutionized the way I garden. I hope you know that. I hope you know how much benefit you have brought to all of us frustrated gardeners because you have enabled almost anyone to have fabulous, healthy food thatcan be done even as we get older. Thank you so much! ❤️
I just started watching ur gardening videos and am getting a lot of good ideas. I have to ask "who is ur delightful, little gardening companion? Is that Gary, LOL?" My husband passed away 11 years ago, and since then I've been "fostering failing" elderly, homeless Yorkies (the ones no one wants) and what a delight they have been. They aren't usually as hyper as younger dogs, and usually become very devoted, at least mine have. Another gardening channel I watch has a co-gardener named Tucker, but he is usually trying to dig up carrots or get ahold of cucumbers. I enjoy seeing ppl's companions.
You are just so creative, bubbly, positive and amazing. I absolutely adore your channel. Thank you for always giving me new ways to help me garden and do the best I can for my humming birds. 🤗💜💛🧡
Hello. Robbie. Our Walmart here where we live. Had a Awesome end of summer Clearance, garden center sale. Everything went 50% and even 75 % OFF of what they had. Soil, Mulch, Beautiful plants and flowers. Everyone was going Wild. I got a few plants and trees. Rushed over to the line. but i was 1st in line Hooray !! What a great system. Mother Natures plant food is the Best.Thanks for the video and demonstration. And we got to see cute little Kitty. I Always say AWW. What a Cutie.See ya !! Keep Cool. Nora and Manuel.
I love your videos. I learn a lot from you. I'm a novice gardener and I just keep learning. You are one of my best teachers. You make everything simple and easy. Keep up the good work.
Just found a tote in the ditch on the side of the road last weekend...now to find some buckets! I love trying out the things you show us. Our weather has been so crazy here in zone 7 and a lot of my plants are struggling but I'm so proud to say I've grown 3 good size zucchinis after hand pollinating and they were delicious! And even though some of my other veggies are not doing so well from the extreme heat and torrential downpours, I'm not giving up. I get discouraged but then I see a few little "midnight snack" tomatoes peeking out under the leaves and I get excited all over again.
Just had to share. I have a bunch of aloe vera plants. I like to give them away because they're so great fo wounds and burns. Well, I'm taking care of a friend so I am not home. My husband brought me a plant where I'm staying. Consequently it had almost no soil. I decided I would pour used, wet coffee grounds in it and see what happened. Well turns out my aloe loves it. It i growing like crazy and even has sprouted babies. I learned something new.
Thanks for this video. Here in Texas, my garden burnt to crispies. But going to order a bolt of tulle to protect may plants and start this fertilizer maker. Doing more container gardening using your water saving ideas as well. Thank you.
Just came across your videos the other day and just in time. My husband and I are going to grow a few things this year. Thank you for helping so many and God bless 🙏
Also in Southern California, but my soil is clay and who knows what! Last year I did quite well. Learned what I could and could not grow well with my soil. Then I made the biggest mistake ever. I used miracle grow granules you mix with water. Ever since I have zero earth worms. I went from seeing 3-5 when digging a new small hole to add a vegetable, to zero. I haven’t seen a worm since March and only tomatoes & zucchini will grow. I was going to tear everything out of my in ground 5x10 garden, add a bunch of kitchen scraps, shredded paper etc and wait a couple months. Even my raised bed had worms. So sad. Hopefully I can bring them back. Will try your method as well for the raised bed. Just got my solar water fountains to make the hummingbird water fountains this week. Can’t wait to try it. It’s been so hot. It will definitely be welcomed by all the birds we have here in the canyon.
I have never used their granules, so I can not really comment on that....I do use their soil, so far so good. I do believe the worms will come back, but something made they move on, and they do not want to come back. Try this method, I know you will have great luck. Have fun making that solar fountain, I will be doing more on that very soon, Thanks
I usually watch your videos in the evening and it gets me so excited to try new gardening projects. Hahahaha so I usually am in my garden in the evening working on something new. I have shared your methods with others and encourage them to grow even if they don't have a large garden.
Looks like perfect raised bed system. Didn’t think you could improve on what you’ve shown us but yes, you did! Taking it a couple if steps further with this genius recycling growing system. Thanks for helping us be more successful gardeners!.
For those looking for organic matter you can go to yr local grocery store & ask for discarded greens & things like corn husks during corn season - there’s usually a big garbage bin next to piles of corn that people can remove the husks & throw into the bin - saves store from hauling out husks - just bring boxes or big bags & ask produce guy for them
Thank you Robbie. Love your videos. Learning a lot. And I set up my first solar birdbath today. Living in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It's been in the upper 90s.. birds already coming to it.. so Thanks again from the birds and me. :)
I grew two pepper plants in plastic containers next to each other, and there's a big difference now between the two now. One container is a second hand flower pot with an drainage holes in the bottom and one is enlarged. The other container is a five gallon bucket that I put seven 3/8's inch holes in at an inch and a half from the bottom. After a few rains, it made lots of blossoms and started setting peppers again. The peppers on it are also sweeter and juicer. I have mulch on the bottom and mulch at the top of the bucket. The soil doesn't get hot. I've been dropping in a sprinkle of 10-10-10 with minors into the mulch every two weeks. I use as close as I can get to hardwood mulch, twigs, small branches, and shredded card board like from cereal boxes shredded in a 10 page shredder. Someone told me that she sets up her peppers in 5 gallon buckets with two 1/4 inch holes two inches from the bottom. I didn't expect to get peppers this time of year in growing zone 9.
That is the way my peppers are set up in my Rainbow Garden in what I show as my Pizza Garden in 5 gallon buckets, those red pepper have been growing in there now since last year, and still now full of peppers and flowers
I love your ideas it cuts down on chemicals and makes the garden accessible to many people with mobility issues. Its also pretty to look at. I live in an apartment where a few pots is all allowed if I ever get a house again trust me I am going to copy your garden
You have a wonderful day as well,I zLove Your thrifty and simple ideas that really Help The Gardener and are not costing an arm and leg so the saying goes❤🙏🙂
Robbie, I made a one gallon compost bin. I used my ($6.00) soldering iron to put holes in the bottom. My husband made a hole in the top just big enough to fit a small flower pot. I filled a 10 gallon flower pot (after adding the holes). I put in wood, grass clippings, weeds, leaves, brown and green. I put in some papier mâchè packing, which is kind of shaped like little buildings, for the worms to live in, and some toilet paper rolls. I put old potting soil from about 10 years ago on that. Then I added a good mix of peat moss, composted cow manure, and topsoil. I planted one tomato in it. Then I planted basil seed in the small flower pot. I also planted a marigold in the big pot. I filled the one gallon plastic box with kitchen scraps, put the small flower pot in the top, and every time I watered it, I thought it would feed the tomato. One day I had some scraps to add. I opened it up...... 😳... And found maggots..... Or grubs? They were very happy with the home I had built for them. 😭 I researched and found that they were probably maggots. HUGE ones. I read that they would kill my plants. So I removed the small compost bin along with the top part of the soil beneath it. To make sure I got them all. Would they really have killed my tomato? Or is the compost suppose to be like that? I know this is dumb, but when I added my kitchen scraps in at the beginning, I put leftover spaghetti sauce in. Epic Fail? Or just New Gardener Panic? I don't think they got in after the lid was on, but must have done before I put it on. 🤯
You did fine, and for the new critters that found a temporary home, they would not have hurt your plants, they were breaking down all that matter in your bucket. They like it very wet, if you’d dry it a bit they would have left, most likely by adding in a bit of soil to dry it. Maggots have a fast cycle so they would have been gone soon. Take care
@@friedabalavage862 Black Soldier Fly larvae break down kitchen scraps etc really fast. They come here in summer. It works out because, at that time, I have so many melon rhinds to compost down.
Since following Robbie and Gary's channel I've tried to be more creative. Had a terrible time keeping water in my fountain (a bowl) so I boughta plastic tub add put a bucket in it. Both are filled with water. The birds love to splash in both are when the water level goes down in the bucket the water stops spilling out. The birds love it.
I recently received some foam chilly bins from my grocery delivery. I'm going to use them to plant something using your setup. I'm in Adelaide, Australia and we're in mid-winter, so I'm going to pop some lettuce in its and other brassicas. I have plenty garden waste to use, well, more weeds and plant trimmings. While I tidy up my garden, I will save the leaves and other materials to make the soil in the containers.
This is fantastic! I ❤️ your vids and all of the priceless info you share with gardeners of all levels! I'm totally making this tomorrow! I have tulle everywhere (per one of your 1st vids on it years ago) & my friends do too! You ROCK! 😘🙏💯🍅🍆🥕🌽🥝🍉🍋🍌🥒🥦🧅🍄🙌❤
I followed your advice on making on site compost, sticks, leaves, etc, in the big pots under my tomatoes. My kids jaws drop when they see how big my tomatoes are!
Hi Michelene from Cape Town.l love your technique for watering your garden. Living in drought areas saving every drop counts. Composting in the buckets is amazing it saves on water as well.l fed my fruit trees that way last year in very hot conditions and they were able to survive the heat and my fruit stayed big and juicy.Thanks for the info you guys sre so inventive.
I'm using your compost in place and had lots of activity in my kitchen scraps in just 2-3 days!! So cool. Thank you for sharing all these videos! I've learned so much from you Robbie. I first found your channel for hummingbird info.
I luv your method I will be doing soon as I have a container that I have my compost tea in and like you showed us earlier I made a scoop and now need to expand because running around the garden with a scoop Is really time consuming and my plants need the tea thanks Robbie!
Great system. One problem I found was that rats are digging holes in the soil tunneling under the plastic buckets to get to the worms or compost. If there is a gap in the bucket, small mice squeeze in and make a nest under the bucket to keep cool. I have to be careful in what I use as compost. Those little mice are smarter than I thought.
Yay!! I have been waiting for this one for a year!! All last year, You kept saying this is going to be very important for me. That coyote had a collar on it?
@@4Grace4Truth yes, that is a tagged Coyote so it can be traced where it travels. I should post online, “ someone’s lost coyote is in my yard come get it” 😊
Worked on my garden for 5 hrs today. Loved your new video. I'm always telling people interested in gardening about your videos because I know your methods are fun and very easy. Love the colorful tote garden too.
Thanks for all your videos! I started to share your videos with my mom and although English isn’t her first language, I told her you explain things so well she can only see and do what you do. 😊
I love watching your videos with all the tips and techniques I created my own tulle dome it’s very challenging I thought it’s easy but i had the hard time :). But i ended up with a successful tulle dome and now my baby radishes are growing now
You have to make it in a fashion it will work for you garden setup. I hope you watched some of my videos on making the, as they are pretty easy normally. Thanks so much 😊❤️
I can't find totes so I'm using large squarish black heavy duty flower pots - they have gone up $2 : ( Not very pretty (I love your rainbow garden) but they serve the purpose. My husband put some drainage pipes in the pots last year - he uses a plastic elbow inside the pot then puts a short piece of irrigation tube inside that and then he puts a length of hose inside that to make it snug. So with the elbows I can move the drainage pipe (turn it upside down so that it doesn't drain) when I empty the bucket underneath. Good idea about the tulle because those tubes do get bunged up - I have to go and blast some with a hose very shortly - I go pretty wet the last time I did it, not fun on a cold day. Thanks for all your wonderful ideas X
It is such a joy to watch your videos! Your joyful enthusiasm is so infectious. I start each day with at least one of your videos. I'm trying to take your advice by setting up one tote at a time so I don't get overwhelmed. I'm a newbie but I'm so excited by your ideas that it's hard sometimes 😂 I do have a question about your methods. Are you ever concerned about crop rotation in your totes? Thank you so much for all you do! I've learned so much!
Thanks Robbie! This is an ingenious way to make the best use of your yard scraps and turn them into black/liquid gold. Will you ever harvest any of the actual compost from the red bucket? The mass will produce liquid, but eventually it would also fill up and become compact. If you use a bit now and then, you could keep the space open for new yard waste to become worm food.
I put the hose almost on the bottom, which works great for me, as we are warm and dry, no rain, but if you get tons of rain, you can put the pipe on the bottom. Whatever will work for you, whether a bucket or tote, Take care
Great idea again! I live in the city and I can't find anywhere worms. But 3months ago when I found your channel and do the composte in place I didn't have worms too. But even without worms everything I had in my containers, kitchen scrubs etc, everything had turned into beautiful black soil!!! So I don't worry if I don't have warms. It only took 3months to have that great soil. I've done the same with my zucchinis and everything I have. It saves me a lot of money. Thank you again for your wonderful idea Robbie 🤗 God bless you 🙏🌻
Yes, Microbes do great in breaking down organic matter, as you can see!!! Wonderful ❤️😊🌱💕
You can get red worms from a pet store for $3-$10 or go to a park after a rainy day and lift rocks or wood and bring a cup to find free worms.
@@HaliSlots yes I know but we don't have any rain here in the city for months now and I can't afford to pay for earthworms. I have a cat too which means that if I finally can afford buying earthworms I will have to watch them or pay for getting a warm farm too etc and I certainly can't afford the cost of it...
@@AresMares_MariaYou have craiglist? See if anyone has worms for free. Or If you know of an area with a mid large rock bring a bottle of water and put a piece of lettuce and water daily or every other day. Free worms. 🥰
Not all worms will compost your garbage. Look for Red Wigglers, Europeaan Nightcrawlers, African Nightcrawlers or Blue Worms.
Not only are you amazingly creative, but you have revolutionized the way I garden. I hope you know that. I hope you know how much benefit you have brought to all of us frustrated gardeners because you have enabled almost anyone to have fabulous, healthy food thatcan be done even as we get older. Thank you so much! ❤️
I just started watching ur gardening videos and am getting a lot of good ideas. I have to ask "who is ur delightful, little gardening companion? Is that Gary, LOL?" My husband passed away 11 years ago, and since then I've been "fostering failing" elderly, homeless Yorkies (the ones no one wants) and what a delight they have been. They aren't usually as hyper as younger dogs, and usually become very devoted, at least mine have. Another gardening channel I watch has a co-gardener named Tucker, but he is usually trying to dig up carrots or get ahold of cucumbers. I enjoy seeing ppl's companions.
You are just so creative, bubbly, positive and amazing. I absolutely adore your channel. Thank you for always giving me new ways to help me garden and do the best I can for my humming birds. 🤗💜💛🧡
You are most welcome, gardening should be fun and easy thank you so much 😊 ❤️
Hello. Robbie. Our Walmart here where we live. Had a Awesome end of summer Clearance, garden center sale. Everything went 50% and even 75 % OFF of what they had. Soil, Mulch, Beautiful plants and flowers. Everyone was going Wild. I got a few plants and trees. Rushed over to the line. but i was 1st in line Hooray !! What a great system. Mother Natures plant food is the Best.Thanks for the video and demonstration. And we got to see cute little Kitty. I Always say AWW. What a Cutie.See ya !! Keep Cool. Nora and Manuel.
You're a genius, Robbie!
Thank you so much
I love your videos. I learn a lot from you. I'm a novice gardener and I just keep learning. You are one of my best teachers. You make everything simple and easy. Keep up the good work.
I love sharing thoughts and ideas to grow great and easy 😊 thanks
Just found a tote in the ditch on the side of the road last weekend...now to find some buckets! I love trying out the things you show us. Our weather has been so crazy here in zone 7 and a lot of my plants are struggling but I'm so proud to say I've grown 3 good size zucchinis after hand pollinating and they were delicious! And even though some of my other veggies are not doing so well from the extreme heat and torrential downpours, I'm not giving up. I get discouraged but then I see a few little "midnight snack" tomatoes peeking out under the leaves and I get excited all over again.
Try a construction site or a new build. Drywall mud and other things come in 5 and 3 gallon buckets and they just throw them away
Robbie I have to thank you for actually teaching me how to use compost, it’s been great! Thank you 😊 and blessings to you and Gary 🌺🧡
I have been wanting to do drain pipes on all my totes! Thank you for figuring this out for me! 💟💟💟💟💟💟
I am doing this in my Dishpans now too, LOVE IT! Thanks
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I was thinking that a bent straw/ small tubing would work great in small trays!!
@Debbie Keller using old picnic coolers with the tops removed, the ones that already have drainage spouts, then all you need is the hose.
another great video sent it to my Facebook
Thank you so much 😊❤️
Wish YT had a 💕 button!
Keep coming up with these winners!!!
Thank you so much
Just had to share. I have a bunch of aloe vera plants. I like to give them away because they're so great fo wounds and burns. Well, I'm taking care of a friend so I am not home. My husband brought me a plant where I'm staying. Consequently it had almost no soil. I decided I would pour used, wet coffee grounds in it and see what happened. Well turns out my aloe loves it. It i growing like crazy and even has sprouted babies. I learned something new.
We've GOT to try this!!! THANKS! ❤️
This is perfect for the whole year, Thanks so Much!
I appreciate y’all from Houston Texas!God bless you both abundantly!!!
Thank you for another good idea, Robbie. Very timely . . . . .
This system is Amazing! Thanks
ROBBIE! You are a genius! Can’t wait to try this 🍅🍅🍅
Easy and works great 😀❤️
Thanks for this video. Here in Texas, my garden burnt to crispies. But going to order a bolt of tulle to protect may plants and start this fertilizer maker. Doing more container gardening using your water saving ideas as well. Thank you.
Just came across your videos the other day and just in time. My husband and I are going to grow a few things this year. Thank you for helping so many and God bless 🙏
Also in Southern California, but my soil is clay and who knows what! Last year I did quite well. Learned what I could and could not grow well with my soil. Then I made the biggest mistake ever. I used miracle grow granules you mix with water.
Ever since I have zero earth worms. I went from seeing 3-5 when digging a new small hole to add a vegetable, to zero. I haven’t seen a worm since March and only tomatoes & zucchini will grow. I was going to tear everything out of my in ground 5x10 garden, add a bunch of kitchen scraps, shredded paper etc and wait a couple months.
Even my raised bed had worms. So sad. Hopefully I can bring them back. Will try your method as well for the raised bed.
Just got my solar water fountains to make the hummingbird water fountains this week. Can’t wait to try it. It’s been so hot. It will definitely be welcomed by all the birds we have here in the canyon.
I have never used their granules, so I can not really comment on that....I do use their soil, so far so good. I do believe the worms will come back, but something made they move on, and they do not want to come back. Try this method, I know you will have great luck. Have fun making that solar fountain, I will be doing more on that very soon, Thanks
Check out Deep South Homestead RUclips for advice on that issue. Have to be careful what products you use.
Skip the granules - probably the chemicals are deterring the worms
Love the hat as well as your system!
I usually watch your videos in the evening and it gets me so excited to try new gardening projects. Hahahaha so I usually am in my garden in the evening working on something new. I have shared your methods with others and encourage them to grow even if they don't have a large garden.
I learn so much from you! 😃
Thank you so much
Me too I love their channel!
Robby, you make gardening easy. Thank you!
Looks like perfect raised bed system. Didn’t think you could improve on what you’ve shown us but yes, you did! Taking it a couple if steps further with this genius recycling growing system. Thanks for helping us be more successful gardeners!.
Thank for the step; by step. Know it works your garden spaces are so bountiful. Thank you!!
Free Plant food that the Plants LOVE, Thank you!
Wonderful idea. You are such a blessing with your ideas. ❤
You are so welcome, thank you ❤️😊
Yes it does help!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I am trying this method can't wait for the results.
Thanks 😊❤️
I have to do this ASAP I don't have any thing set up for free plant food. Great idea 👍 thanks for sharing.
Very interesting. Thanks a bunch.
Thank you for this video I trying to grow things in container in my backyard. This method will save me money on fertilizer
It will and easy too , thanks 😊
Thats amazing. At first im thinking of the construction but then I see when working its a multi-phase factory and its perpetual!
I love all your ideas. Do they help me so much you are fantastic you make it so simple. Thank you.
This is very valuable information right here - thank you
🐇so cute bouncing around
They are fun 😊❤️
Robbie and Gary always sharing the best ideas when it comes to garden.
Thank you 😊
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy your welcome 😀
For those looking for organic matter you can go to yr local grocery store & ask for discarded greens & things like corn husks during corn season - there’s usually a big garbage bin next to piles of corn that people can remove the husks & throw into the bin - saves store from hauling out husks - just bring boxes or big bags & ask produce guy for them
OMG you're so creative, I got a couple of totes, I can't wait to try this, thank you so much for sharing.
So easy and works great 😊 thanks
i love you lady!
Thanks 😊 ❤️
Very Nice Robbie... Constant Compost Tea. Natural gardening
btw. I love that set up also...😁💜🤗
Hi Robbie 🙃🙋🏻♀️
Robbie I have this video saved so I can go right to it and show my other gardener friends. I just love your system. Thx again!❤🎉
Thank you Robbie. Love your videos. Learning a lot. And I set up my first solar birdbath today. Living in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It's been in the upper 90s.. birds already coming to it.. so Thanks again from the birds and me. :)
I grew two pepper plants in plastic containers next to each other, and there's a big difference now between the two now.
One container is a second hand flower pot with an drainage holes in the bottom and one is enlarged.
The other container is a five gallon bucket that I put seven 3/8's inch holes in at an inch and a half from the bottom. After a few rains, it made lots of blossoms and started setting peppers again. The peppers on it are also sweeter and juicer.
I have mulch on the bottom and mulch at the top of the bucket. The soil doesn't get hot.
I've been dropping in a sprinkle of 10-10-10 with minors into the mulch every two weeks. I use as close as I can get to hardwood mulch, twigs, small branches, and shredded card board like from cereal boxes shredded in a 10 page shredder.
Someone told me that she sets up her peppers in 5 gallon buckets with two 1/4 inch holes two inches from the bottom.
I didn't expect to get peppers this time of year in growing zone 9.
That is the way my peppers are set up in my Rainbow Garden in what I show as my Pizza Garden in 5 gallon buckets, those red pepper have been growing in there now since last year, and still now full of peppers and flowers
I love your ideas it cuts down on chemicals and makes the garden accessible to many people with mobility issues. Its also pretty to look at. I live in an apartment where a few pots is all allowed if I ever get a house again trust me I am going to copy your garden
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Wow, love it! I collect water from under my plant towers
You have a wonderful day as well,I zLove Your thrifty and simple ideas that really Help The Gardener and are not costing an arm and leg so the saying goes❤🙏🙂
Robbie you have been a blessing to me and my family…we are eating what we grow! God Bless.
I love all your videos. You are a creative gardening and thank you so much for sharing.
You are so welcome! Thank You!
Amazing Robbie as usual, Robbie!
Thank you so much
Thank you so much Robbie! 🌿🌱
You are so welcome thanks 😊
This is a game changer for a rookie grower like me thanks so much!
Easy and works great 😊 thanks
Thank you for all your help. From a new gardner
Happy Gardening 😊❤️
Robbie, I made a one gallon compost bin. I used my ($6.00) soldering iron to put holes in the bottom. My husband made a hole in the top just big enough to fit a small flower pot. I filled a 10 gallon flower pot (after adding the holes). I put in wood, grass clippings, weeds, leaves, brown and green. I put in some papier mâchè packing, which is kind of shaped like little buildings, for the worms to live in, and some toilet paper rolls. I put old potting soil from about 10 years ago on that. Then I added a good mix of peat moss, composted cow manure, and topsoil. I planted one tomato in it. Then I planted basil seed in the small flower pot. I also planted a marigold in the big pot. I filled the one gallon plastic box with kitchen scraps, put the small flower pot in the top, and every time I watered it, I thought it would feed the tomato. One day I had some scraps to add. I opened it up...... 😳... And found maggots..... Or grubs? They were very happy with the home I had built for them. 😭 I researched and found that they were probably maggots. HUGE ones. I read that they would kill my plants. So I removed the small compost bin along with the top part of the soil beneath it. To make sure I got them all. Would they really have killed my tomato? Or is the compost suppose to be like that? I know this is dumb, but when I added my kitchen scraps in at the beginning, I put leftover spaghetti sauce in. Epic Fail? Or just New Gardener Panic? I don't think they got in after the lid was on, but must have done before I put it on. 🤯
You did fine, and for the new critters that found a temporary home, they would not have hurt your plants, they were breaking down all that matter in your bucket. They like it very wet, if you’d dry it a bit they would have left, most likely by adding in a bit of soil to dry it. Maggots have a fast cycle so they would have been gone soon. Take care
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Thank you! Robbie and Gary, I love you! ❤️❤️❤️
If they were really large maggots, they could have been black soldier fly maggots, they are great to have around.
@@friedabalavage862 Black Soldier Fly larvae break down kitchen scraps etc really fast. They come here in summer. It works out because, at that time, I have so many melon rhinds to compost down.
Since following Robbie and Gary's channel I've tried to be more creative. Had a terrible time keeping water in my fountain (a bowl) so I boughta plastic tub add put a bucket in it. Both are filled with water. The birds love to splash in both are when the water level goes down in the bucket the water stops spilling out. The birds love it.
I recently received some foam chilly bins from my grocery delivery. I'm going to use them to plant something using your setup. I'm in Adelaide, Australia and we're in mid-winter, so I'm going to pop some lettuce in its and other brassicas. I have plenty garden waste to use, well, more weeds and plant trimmings. While I tidy up my garden, I will save the leaves and other materials to make the soil in the containers.
Cool, Robbie! 👍This system certainly is a game changer!😃
I love it 😊❤️ and so do my plants 🌱 thanks
That is to cool Robbie🥰🥰 You are so smart,thank you for all the great ideas🥰🥰
Thank you 😊❤️
This is fantastic! I ❤️ your vids and all of the priceless info you share with gardeners of all levels! I'm totally making this tomorrow! I have tulle everywhere (per one of your 1st vids on it years ago) & my friends do too! You ROCK! 😘🙏💯🍅🍆🥕🌽🥝🍉🍋🍌🥒🥦🧅🍄🙌❤
Omg such an uplifting message here😊thanks so much ❤️💕
Ditto
I followed your advice on making on site compost, sticks, leaves, etc, in the big pots under my tomatoes. My kids jaws drop when they see how big my tomatoes are!
Hi Michelene from Cape Town.l love your technique for watering your garden. Living in drought areas saving every drop counts. Composting in the buckets is amazing it saves on water as well.l fed my fruit trees that way last year in very hot conditions and they were able to survive the heat and my fruit stayed big and juicy.Thanks for the info you guys sre so inventive.
Thank you so much 😊 ❤️
I’m so wanting the warm weather to start in the N.E.!
I'm using your compost in place and had lots of activity in my kitchen scraps in just 2-3 days!! So cool. Thank you for sharing all these videos! I've learned so much from you Robbie. I first found your channel for hummingbird info.
I truly do love your way of gardening I get really excited when I'm about to watch your videos keep it up.
I can't thank you enough for the knowledge you are sharing in this video. I am going to build one like this for my plants!
Glad it was helpful! This makes me feel great, thank you SO much!
You are a genius 😊
Thanks 😊 ❤️
Das sit geniale Idee!!! Ich muß so was bauen 😊 Grüße ❤
Thank you so much for all the great tips on the compost bucket!!!🥰
I luv your method I will be doing soon as I have a container that I have my compost tea in and like you showed us earlier I made a scoop and now need to expand because running around the garden with a scoop Is really time consuming and my plants need the tea thanks Robbie!
This is the set up I'm going to do.
Great system. One problem I found was that rats are digging holes in the soil tunneling under the plastic buckets to get to the worms or compost. If there is a gap in the bucket, small mice squeeze in and make a nest under the bucket to keep cool. I have to be careful in what I use as compost. Those little mice are smarter than I thought.
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Great idea for saving water! Love it Robbie. You are so smart💕🐝
Yay!! I have been waiting for this one for a year!! All last year, You kept saying this is going to be very important for me. That coyote had a collar on it?
Wait-What?! At 9:20 Yes, the coyote has got a collar!!
@@4Grace4Truth yes, that is a tagged Coyote so it can be traced where it travels. I should post online, “ someone’s lost coyote is in my yard come get it” 😊
Yes it took me a year, and boy do I need this set up here, finally I got to it for me and You 😊❤️ thanks
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy thank you so much for showing us!!
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy "Lost Dog" LOL sign !!
You are simply brilliant! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and creativity!
Worked on my garden for 5 hrs today. Loved your new video. I'm always telling people interested in gardening about your videos because I know your methods are fun and very easy. Love the colorful tote garden too.
..you're gorgeous and done genuinely garden jobs, ❤ from 🇩🇪
Ingenious as always Robbie! Great ideas that anyone can do. Just awesome
Thank you
Thanks for all your videos! I started to share your videos with my mom and although English isn’t her first language, I told her you explain things so well she can only see and do what you do. 😊
I love watching your videos with all the tips and techniques
I created my own tulle dome it’s very challenging I thought it’s easy but i had the hard time :). But i ended up with a successful tulle dome and now my baby radishes are growing now
You have to make it in a fashion it will work for you garden setup. I hope you watched some of my videos on making the, as they are pretty easy normally. Thanks so much 😊❤️
Love all your ideas working with nature.
Love your chanel ❤️ from Australia 🌏
Thank you Ms Robbie😁
Love love love this idea!
Thanks
Cool idea!
I can't find totes so I'm using large squarish black heavy duty flower pots - they have gone up $2 : ( Not very pretty (I love your rainbow garden) but they serve the purpose. My husband put some drainage pipes in the pots last year - he uses a plastic elbow inside the pot then puts a short piece of irrigation tube inside that and then he puts a length of hose inside that to make it snug. So with the elbows I can move the drainage pipe (turn it upside down so that it doesn't drain) when I empty the bucket underneath. Good idea about the tulle because those tubes do get bunged up - I have to go and blast some with a hose very shortly - I go pretty wet the last time I did it, not fun on a cold day.
Thanks for all your wonderful ideas X
Sounds great what your husband did, and yes I believe the tulle can help 😊❤️
Can’t wait to try everything you show, when I have yard one day!
Self sufficient gardening system; thank you 🪴🐛
This looks like a fantastic system. Thank you for sharing.
I love it, or should I say my plants love it, thanks 😊
Another brilliant idea, Robbie! Thank you 💖
Thank you
Genius. I hope u have this patented bcz im stealing this 🤑💚💜
Go for it 😊 you will love it ❤️
Thank you!
Genius! I love this! Thank you so much.
Thank you! I have been setting up your method for the last 3 yrs. the best I could understand, you just clearly showed the best video ever❤️
It is such a joy to watch your videos! Your joyful enthusiasm is so infectious. I start each day with at least one of your videos. I'm trying to take your advice by setting up one tote at a time so I don't get overwhelmed. I'm a newbie but I'm so excited by your ideas that it's hard sometimes 😂 I do have a question about your methods. Are you ever concerned about crop rotation in your totes? Thank you so much for all you do! I've learned so much!
😝 Nevermind! You just answered my previous question inthe video!
Thanks Robbie! This is an ingenious way to make the best use of your yard scraps and turn them into black/liquid gold. Will you ever harvest any of the actual compost from the red bucket? The mass will produce liquid, but eventually it would also fill up and become compact. If you use a bit now and then, you could keep the space open for new yard waste to become worm food.
Amazing great idea triple purpose
How do you decide how high or low you want the hose on the side of the largest bucket?
I put the hose almost on the bottom, which works great for me, as we are warm and dry, no rain, but if you get tons of rain, you can put the pipe on the bottom. Whatever will work for you, whether a bucket or tote, Take care
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Thank you! Texas doesn't get a lot of rain lately.