Thank you Robbie for showing us your early morning routine. My cat Ally wakes me up and we go out into the garden and she sits on my knee while I have my coffee. Best time of the day admiring my garden and working out my projects for the day whilst sharing cuddles with my cat.
My mom once went out in the morning to her garden just like you. Cup of coffee in hand, also no make up. It was 7 am, right before getting ready to work... What she didn't realise was that her new kitten was learning how to open the front door and managed to lock it shut from the inside in the process 🤣 she had no phone with her and there was no one at home to open the door 🤣🤣 sorry for the off topic sharing but your relaxed morning stroll in the garden reminded me so much of my mum ❤️
The containers that I did last year with kitchen scraps and shredded paper were amazing. I am collecting containers to make compost tea and compost this year. The birds loved my fountains last year. I am planning on doing a few more. You rock!
yeah, i'm a new viewer, so i've just been checking out her bird feeders & baths, im totally stoked! i'm going to try all of her grow containers and bird ideas and am excited to grow flowers for all the flying critters too. ---doing it on the cheap as Robbie does makes having a real garden possible for anyone. (even us living on a tight budget) --- budget-friendly gardening for the frugal, that's how i need to roll, and since finding this channel i'm excited to do it!
Lovely video as always. Due to my space, I had to get raised beds (flooding in my area and mud). However, since my totes did so well last spring/summer, I decided to put totes inside the raised beds. That way I don’t have to plant the whole bed at once as you mentioned. I just plant one tote at a time but it’s still raised high enough to prevent issues w/ the flooding in my area. So far it’s worked out great. thnx again for another great video.
I have grow bags and I just purchased my Birdie raised bed and I can hardly wait to set it up I live in a suburban area I want my garden to be beautiful and neat,so I use my grow bags on the side of my home. Every other year I make adjustments to my garden for improvement. Happy gardening everyone 🍅🌶🥒🥬🍆🍅🍅
Andrea Green Hill SAME! I'm trying to keep it as neat as possible. Unfortunately I live with HOA rules. We are allowed to only have a 250 sq ft backyard garden. I'm putting nice Grow bags around. I did find some totes at my local Goodwill. I will put them on the back patio. My home backs to the woods.Happy Gardening to you also🍃🌿🌱💚🍅🥕🌶️🥦🥬🥒
@@jacquelines3685 perhaps u could go vertical? Saw some of those upside down tomato planters- seems like they grow out the bottom and sides. Or like on rungs of a ladder.
@@vickiew8642 Wow! Great suggestion...I remember when those Topsy Turvy tomato planters were all the rave...I bet I could hang a 🪣🍅 upside down & my hubby could put a hole in the bottom of it to feed the tomato plant through...GREAT 💡 IDEA 👍🏾 Thank you Vickie W!!!
your chairs gave me an idea about also using tables and other similar pieces. i've seen stuff that people put out for the trash that i could have grabbed to use as risers for the totes. ...often times you can find iron tables that were patio furniture but the glass tops have broken, grab them and use wood to make a replacement, it doesnt have to be cut to fit perfectly, just something thats long enough to fit across it so you can set your growing totes on it. you can also grab curbside or thrift store dog houses, pet carriers, infant bathing tubs, kitchen washtubs, things like that to use as you would the growing totes. you can also use cardboard boxes. and if you check w/grocery & liquor stores the heavy items come in heavy-duty cardboard & sometimes they have handles cut into them. and w/lots of us using delivery services we get lots of boxes shipped right to us, and if you dont need them for growing or for composting inside, then you can use them for composting material and for weed barriers if you're planting on the ground. these days all of the inks used in most paper printing & in shipping supplies are soy-based.
Furniture stores are excellent sources for cardboard, both to use as ground cover for weed control AND Shredded cardboard. Shredded cardboard is excellent for adding to homemade soil and for mulching. I'm RICH!!!!!!!
I've really got spring fever. I've been planting all kinds of stuff that is for cool weather. Snow peas, radishes, onions, pok choy, collards, lettuces, etc. I love my totes. tomorrow night is suppose to be 28 degrees and right back up in the 60's Sunday. I grab my tote lids, cover my seeds, and they are fine. You trained me well!
I'm using a combination of cardboard for no dig and organic hay as mulch for my beds this year. I checked on my peas and those babies have sprouted so they are happy even though we've had some super cold weather. My lettuce that I let go to seed last fall came back, voluntarily and so did my kale!!! The kale is big enough to eat! Yay! ❤️ I can't wait to make a solar fountain. Thank you so much for common sense ideas and for the advice to pace ourselves!! 🎉🙌❤️
Hi Robbie. For hand tools t wrap red electrical tape around the handles and also clip on a expanding plastic key chain. The come in lots of bright colours. Makes the tools easy to find when you put them down
Hi from southern Mississippi...I'm trying your method for compost in a tote. ...I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm new to your channel so I still have a lot to learn.
I didn't know about the tulle, will be trying this year. We had a bad snail problem. Was going to cut some of my blackberry vines and put around the garden. I heard it helped keep snails away.
I bought a tree shredder machine this week at harbour freight. It will shred limbs up to 1 1/2 inches diameter. Definitely not a high power machine, it was $129.00. However Im going to use it to shred up cardboard boxes, and yard waste, and my compost with larger sticks in it. People are using office paper shredders for the cardboard, the machines life is short for the cost, hence the tree shredder. I'll be trying it soon starting with cardboard.
7:45 Good info on which recycle codes are what, and which are food grade. 👍 Good tip on totes too ... ive been using 5 gal white polypro pails for tomatoes, and theyre prone to knockdown if winds are 10mph+ 16:34 Wow, that is one heck of a retainer wall.
Your tips are fantastic and right up my alley! Your compost in place worked very well in my container garden last year. Can't wait to implement the chair garden. Thank you and happy gardening!
Growing your own food is getting so important now but with a bad back wasn't sure how much I could do. That chair garden idea seems perfect. Bet it will help against the critters too.
I just discovered your videos. I also live in So. Cal. I can't wait to find some cheap totes. Last year I planted tomato seed in leftover 5-gallon planter pots from old shriveled grocery store tomatoes. The crop was huge & lasted me until last week! I saved more seed and will have new seed for this year, so I have confidence. All it takes is one good crop for confidence 👍
I used pvc, binder clips and garden fabric to create a long fabric rectangular “pot” that was off the ground. Air pruned and worked for a while, while also looking tidy (wife would never go for the tote look). Just need to work on strengthening the system this year. Would maybe sew and use a more hefty product.
Can't wait to get started, but I one time asked the lady why my ground wouldn't grow anything but our neighbors did, was told ours was stripped for a pond, and neighbors lot was where the cow barn was, lol, totes worked good last year.
You're so ingenious Robbie I'm surprised you haven't used a tool belt to carry your gardening tools. One small one like men use for construction would last a lifetime and it's so handy
Gardening instructions to me are like cook books, never following the recipe, just get ideas😁 I have tried raised beds and this and that, but I must say for some things totes are just fantastic😊
I use her ideas and adjust them to my area, too. I have snow and cold in winter so I can't grow all year, but the totes still last as long as I keep dirt in them. Just can't use them for perannuals. I also have invasive plants that I can't dig up, so I cover them with cardboard, etc and put the totes on top. Still planting while I, hopefully, still grow!
Thanks for explaining the types of plastic. And keeping your gardening tools & bins cheap. I have a multihandicap son and was looking at the bed pans you get when in hospital. Most of the one's I have are PP5 and I figured it would be good to grow onions.
I’m so excited, we have some peppers and tomatoes coming up in seed cells and plastic cups lined with tulle for easy removal. I’ll plant a lot of these in late March. Trying something new, Cardoon from Bakercreek, related to Artichoke and a new thick walled pepper Lesya. As well as some new tomatoes, tomatillos, just got some other new peppers. So fun, and I love it….ALL!
New subscriber from Australia here; not only am I grateful for all your incredible gardening tips, I'm also thrilled to see Hummingbirds in your video! ♥ thanks for sharing your knowledge ✨
Robbie you helped me this morning while watching your video I realized I had the perfect spot to start my seeds. I didn't even realize I had it till you mentioned it. I have a big old fish tank that isn't being used. The bottom is filled with gravel and I am dragging it out of the shed and going to start my seeds in pots in the tank. WOW I have had that thing sitting in my shed for years and have tried all kinds of different ways to start seeds but now I think this will be the perfect little green house. Thanks so much for reminding me to use what ya got.
Red solo cups are all 5! And they really ARENT recyclable but 100% food safe... if you buy stuff in a store it was grown in plastic... I agree don't mess with 3... otherwise no worries
Girl! You've unleashed a manic gardening whirlwind in my house!!! lol I bought bunches of green and red tulle last week to keep birds, rats, and my dogs from devouring my fruit from now on. Thanks so much for the tip. Today, I bought my first $6 Walmart bin. I'm making an Earthbox hack wicking bin, as I am sometimes too ill to tend to the garden. (This has happened only a few times, but one dead garden is too many.) I'm going to plant chard or lettuce--haven't decided yet--plus parsley or basil. I've been successful growing greens indoors in tower gardens, but they are so noisy. Plus, they are expensive to operate and need chemicals. I am trying one bin as an experiment. My research is designed to determine if a wicking bin is productive as a tower garden but without the expense or irritating noise? My hypothesis is yes. If it's successful, I will put bins on shelves in the dining room. I stopped to eat lunch in the middle of filling it with garden junk, food scraps, comfrey leaves, and a bag of cheap potting soil. Since I always watch a YT vid to keep me company, I get to talk with you about one of my favorite subjects. Because this garden will be indoors, I will mix diatomaceous earth into the top inch of the potting soil--indoor garden bugs usually come from the potting soil. So there's that cost. Also, I'm going to add a few earthworms, because worms finding my dining room bins would be a miracle. I prefer not to grow veg in the ground, too. Thank you for another video. I feel like we're getting to be old friends. Thanks again.
Just wanted you to know that I just love your videos. Really helpful. I found u are right about totes, and now I prefer the totes instead of planting in the ground. Have you ever tried the milk jug seeding method?
Great ideas. I've been thinking about getting a small kiddie pools for radishes, onions and garlic. They're reasonable at DG and rather shallow. Since they're for kids i thought they would be safe. I'll have to check next time I'm at a DT.
@@nancydb1390 I love berries, especally strawberries. I have a neice with woods behind her house and has wild blackberries at the edge of her yard. I'm planning to get cuttings to start a few in tubs. They're my second favorite berry.
Hello Robbie. Nora here. I saw the Rabbit eyeing your garden. There was lil Kitty on the balcony with you. I did not know about Tulle? i will have to order some soon. We have Squirrels that eat our Zucchinis and Tomotoe,s , Cucumbers, and other veggies. When we start the garden Totes on the balcony & on the chairs. i will put Tulle around it. Thanks for the gardening tip !! My Husband and i went to Walmart today, There putting out the garden bags of soil and the faster there putting them out people are loading up there shopping carts. The Walmart Employee said to us don,t worry we will be opening the Garden center very soon and there is Tons of soil very soon. I was thinking Wow, is there going to be any left?? That was funny he read our minds. See you Robbie and Gary and Kitty. Happy Friday and have a great weekend. And Valentines day !! Nature is Beautiful. Bye.
I love your channel. I've learned a lot from you on gardening. I grow in grow bags from Amazon. I also use tulle in my raised garden. I took cinder block 2 high and a sheet of plywood from a neighbor. 12 blocks total. I covered the plywood with a tarp. I put 5 or 7 gal grow bags on shoe trays. The trays are am inch deep and wide enough to hold 2 bags each. I did that so I can water less. Water every other day. On real hot days everyday. I'm in zone 6a in Cincinnati OH. I'm getting my seeds started indoors under grow lights. If you have any suggestions or ideas please share. I love you continent. Very helpful to me.
I was just thinking that you can also keep totes closer to your home like a porch,so if you're handicapped it would be a great idea. 👍I am going plant zucchini it totes this weekend because of your ideas. Thanks
I love your ideas--thanks! Would you be able to do a video demonstrating the various ways you use tulle? I'm new to gardening, and I'm not sure how I'd wrap/tie it with the container vegetables.
I LOVE that thrift silverware idea for garden tools. Especially for the kids. Wow!!! Oh man I hate cabbage moths so much. SO MUCH! free soil is the best. Robbie! We just got our property here in Arkansas!!! So excited to start planting. 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰 I need to get some more walking onions. I left mine in central Cali 😭😭😭
Love the cheap silverware no biggie if I lose it in the garden, tulle works great for the cabbage moth. You should be able to find walking onions soon, Take care
Hey Robbie, where I am staying in Alabama we have a space fenced in, and the east side of the fence is covered in the summer with a beautiful hummingbird vine but I was wondering should we add any other feeders for the hummers? I know they will be good pollinators right? You can't throw away scraps? But you can put them in the garden? Hopefully
I'm trying to grow in a $1 buckets. Even at the cheap store buying a lot of plastic pots to start off adds up to a lot. I have a few little plants in plastic pots and I'm always looking for budget advice for my little container garden.
My husband always asks whether something can be composted. I always say it's either on the compost heap or on the rocket I am shooting into the sun (aka landfill). One my favorite garden tools is popsicle sticks and all those extra chopsticks I collected over the years. Very good for poking out seedlings and poking in seeds and labeling. Wow, your squash is already looking amazing! I am just starting seeds for all the stuff that died in the winter. I am starting to see some volunteer seedlings though. I am keeping in eye on nighttime temperatures though just in case.
I layed 1/2 inch hardwire under my raised beds to keep out the moles,voles to keep out the wild hog,deer,rabbits,possum I had to get a grow tunnel my dirt is terrible so is cost of getting the compost,manure,grow dirt mix by the yard two years ago 12 yards 350.00 now it’s 579.00 🥴 I have hens and raise meat chics but just started and didn’t have enough to fill all my beds, but now after I bit the bullet and filled all my beds I will have enough of my own compost/manure to top my beds each season and won’t have to buy soil anymore. Growing like my family’s lives depend on it…with everything going up and up..it just might
Using storage rubbermaids is so smart! Especially when they're already somewhat busted and aren't useful for actually storing things anymore. A good way to recycle something that would otherwise just be thrown away. Although I have a question. Tomato plants like 5 gallons of soil. Would putting three of them in a 15-18 gal rubbermaid work? To allow them each around 5 gallons, or would only two be best?
I drink bottled water by Body Armor...it has a 1 on it but it's made from recycled plastic....I assume it's ok to recycle since it had water in it to start with....
Robbie, would you share where you find the black planting pots with NO holes? Been looking everywhere with no luck. Thank you. Love, love, love your channel
Get them at a florist shop - it’s how they deliver flowers to them - get friendly with owner & they May give them away or buy something & then ask if they have any they want to get rid of😊
Hi Robbie, I want my climbing roses in two nice large planters, with their own trellis but I would like to make an arch between them. What can I use to connect the two trellisses? I know you have ideas....
We are busy winter sowing in Wisconsin’s snow. Does anything like that work for you to start your plants outdoors while it’s still cool? Really works well here.
Do we live in Colorado and in winter we get snow. To store kitchen scraps outside where it freezes, do I want holes in buckets for scraps, lid or cover? Help? I’ve watched a lot of your videos but you are in a sunny state.
@arthuurwong49 I ended up buying 50 red wrigglers for $10 to use for their castings. They have multiple into thousands! Now they're in 3 separate bins instead of one and I'm going to the grocery vegetable department begging for their throw away scraps and foraging around my house, including shredding paper. I'm only one person and now I feel I've got another responsibility on my hands. Yikes. I may have to sell some to the fishermen down by my river. 😄
Question for you Robbie! I have a couple honey nut butternut squash that I’d planted in a cup with tulle lining it. Roots were coming out of the bottom so I removed it to put in a 4 inch nursery pot. Some of the roots broke off in the repotting of them. Do you think they will be ok? I’m a little worried because I did quite a few other things in a tulle lined plastic solo cup. Did all of your plants do ok when you removed them? Or should have I put the tulle in the next pot?
When you water your plants, water from the bottom( on the plate or bowl your pot is in. The eggs of the gnats stay in the first inch on top. They will die because the soil is dry on top. You can also make a neem spray and spray on top of the soil. That should do it.
Pour boiling water on seed starting mix before use, but if plants are already started, sprinkle some cinnamon on the soil. I haven't tried putting more potting soil on top, must try this year, could be cheeper.
I tried to purchase totes from dollar general, but there was no number in the recycle triangle. Are they safe to grow in? They are made in USA. Thanks for the information you put out for us!
Thank you Robbie for showing us your early morning routine. My cat Ally wakes me up and we go out into the garden and she sits on my knee while I have my coffee. Best time of the day admiring my garden and working out my projects for the day whilst sharing cuddles with my cat.
my ultimate gardening on a budget is growing weeds on purpose, cut them down before they flower, dry in the sun, use to make soil.
Perfect 👍
I have an abundant supply of weeds. Right now they're covered in snow. But you've given me the idea.
My mom once went out in the morning to her garden just like you. Cup of coffee in hand, also no make up. It was 7 am, right before getting ready to work... What she didn't realise was that her new kitten was learning how to open the front door and managed to lock it shut from the inside in the process 🤣 she had no phone with her and there was no one at home to open the door 🤣🤣 sorry for the off topic sharing but your relaxed morning stroll in the garden reminded me so much of my mum ❤️
The containers that I did last year with kitchen scraps and shredded paper were amazing. I am collecting containers to make compost tea and compost this year. The birds loved my fountains last year. I am planning on doing a few more. You rock!
I am doing more too! Thanks so very much 😊❤️
yeah, i'm a new viewer, so i've just been checking out her bird feeders & baths, im totally stoked! i'm going to try all of her grow containers and bird ideas and am excited to grow flowers for all the flying critters too.
---doing it on the cheap as Robbie does makes having a real garden possible for anyone. (even us living on a tight budget)
--- budget-friendly gardening for the frugal, that's how i need to roll, and since finding this channel i'm excited to do it!
What kind of Kitchen scraps are ok?
@@rhodiafiddler5557 veggies, plants, newspaper (not shiny), napkins, cardboard, but no dairy, fish or meat- don't want to attract critters!
You have inspired me... I bought a couple of totes at my local thrift store 💙
Lovely video as always. Due to my space, I had to get raised beds (flooding in my area and mud).
However, since my totes did so well last spring/summer, I decided to put totes inside the raised beds. That way I don’t have to plant the whole bed at once as you mentioned. I just plant one tote at a time but it’s still raised high enough to prevent issues w/ the flooding in my area. So far it’s worked out great. thnx again for another great video.
that's great!
Tracie Neal
AWESOME!!🍃🌿🌱💚
I've seen this work in areas that have massive flooding! I hope it does work out for you.
Want my day to start like yours. Walking around my yard/garden with a cup of coffee. You make my day!!!
I have grow bags and I just purchased my Birdie raised bed and I can hardly wait to set it up I live in a suburban area I want my garden to be beautiful and neat,so I use my grow bags on the side of my home. Every other year I make adjustments to my garden for improvement. Happy gardening everyone 🍅🌶🥒🥬🍆🍅🍅
Andrea Green Hill
SAME! I'm trying to keep it as neat as possible. Unfortunately I live with HOA rules. We are allowed to only have a 250 sq ft backyard garden. I'm putting nice Grow bags around. I did find some totes at my local Goodwill. I will put them on the back patio. My home backs to the woods.Happy Gardening to you also🍃🌿🌱💚🍅🥕🌶️🥦🥬🥒
@@jacquelines3685 perhaps u could go vertical? Saw some of those upside down tomato planters- seems like they grow out the bottom and sides. Or like on rungs of a ladder.
@@vickiew8642 Wow! Great suggestion...I remember when those Topsy Turvy tomato planters were all the rave...I bet I could hang a 🪣🍅 upside down & my hubby could put a hole in the bottom of it to feed the tomato plant through...GREAT 💡 IDEA 👍🏾 Thank you Vickie W!!!
your chairs gave me an idea about also using tables and other similar pieces. i've seen stuff that people put out for the trash that i could have grabbed to use as risers for the totes.
...often times you can find iron tables that were patio furniture but the glass tops have broken, grab them and use wood to make a replacement, it doesnt have to be cut to fit perfectly, just something thats long enough to fit across it so you can set your growing totes on it.
you can also grab curbside or thrift store dog houses, pet carriers, infant bathing tubs, kitchen washtubs, things like that to use as you would the growing totes.
you can also use cardboard boxes. and if you check w/grocery & liquor stores the heavy items come in heavy-duty cardboard & sometimes they have handles cut into them.
and w/lots of us using delivery services we get lots of boxes shipped right to us, and if you dont need them for growing or for composting inside, then you can use them for composting material and for weed barriers if you're planting on the ground.
these days all of the inks used in most paper printing & in shipping supplies are soy-based.
Furniture stores are excellent sources for cardboard, both to use as ground cover for weed control AND
Shredded cardboard. Shredded cardboard is excellent for adding to homemade soil and for mulching. I'm RICH!!!!!!!
I've really got spring fever. I've been planting all kinds of stuff that is for cool weather. Snow peas, radishes, onions, pok choy, collards, lettuces, etc. I love my totes. tomorrow night is suppose to be 28 degrees and right back up in the 60's Sunday. I grab my tote lids, cover my seeds, and they are fine. You trained me well!
Good to know.
Sounds great! Yes those lids help to make that tote a great little green house. Weather is crazy, so up and down, same here, Thanks!
I'm using a combination of cardboard for no dig and organic hay as mulch for my beds this year. I checked on my peas and those babies have sprouted so they are happy even though we've had some super cold weather. My lettuce that I let go to seed last fall came back, voluntarily and so did my kale!!! The kale is big enough to eat! Yay! ❤️ I can't wait to make a solar fountain. Thank you so much for common sense ideas and for the advice to pace ourselves!! 🎉🙌❤️
Hi Robbie. For hand tools t wrap red electrical tape around the handles and also clip on a expanding plastic key chain. The come in lots of bright colours. Makes the tools easy to find when you put them down
I love the in between moments, like a hummingbird bathing 🥰
Hello Robbie!👋 I love growing in my totes!🙂 I grow a lot of food which blesses many folks.🙂 I even grow small pie pumpkins in totes.👩🏾🌾
Pie pumpkins. What a great idea! Now I have to learn to make a good crust.
Hi from southern Mississippi...I'm trying your method for compost in a tote. ...I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I'm new to your channel so I still have a lot to learn.
I have so much to learn too.
Hey Robbie, I live in South Carolina and have found your channel inspiring. I started making videos about 2 months ago.
Cool!
Learned how to save my greens with tulle! (Snails & worms ate them up early winter)
Thanks, Robbie!
😊❤️
I didn't know about the tulle, will be trying this year. We had a bad snail problem. Was going to cut some of my blackberry vines and put around the garden. I heard it helped keep snails away.
I bought a tree shredder machine this week at harbour freight. It will shred limbs up to 1 1/2 inches diameter. Definitely not a high power machine, it was $129.00. However Im going to use it to shred up cardboard boxes, and yard waste, and my compost with larger sticks in it. People are using office paper shredders for the cardboard, the machines life is short for the cost, hence the tree shredder. I'll be trying it soon starting with cardboard.
I bought 2 raised beds....but I'm really liking the tote idea more and more!!
I have the totes inside my raised beds and absolutely love it. It combines the best of both worlds.
Was just about to spend more money than I have on some raised beds. Nope, now I'm going the way of totes.
7:45 Good info on which recycle codes are what, and which are food grade. 👍
Good tip on totes too ... ive been using 5 gal white polypro pails for tomatoes, and theyre prone to knockdown if winds are 10mph+
16:34 Wow, that is one heck of a retainer wall.
Your tips are fantastic and right up my alley! Your compost in place worked very well in my container garden last year. Can't wait to implement the chair garden. Thank you and happy gardening!
Growing your own food is getting so important now but with a bad back wasn't sure how much I could do. That chair garden idea seems perfect. Bet it will help against the critters too.
Beautiful garden
I just discovered your videos. I also live in So. Cal. I can't wait to find some cheap totes. Last year I planted tomato seed in leftover 5-gallon planter pots from old shriveled grocery store tomatoes. The crop was huge & lasted me until last week! I saved more seed and will have new seed for this year, so I have confidence. All it takes is one good crop for confidence 👍
Oh yes, very informative, I also use buckets, old containers, and I make my own potting mix! It helps in the pocket book, thank you so much!
I used pvc, binder clips and garden fabric to create a long fabric rectangular “pot” that was off the ground. Air pruned and worked for a while, while also looking tidy (wife would never go for the tote look). Just need to work on strengthening the system this year. Would maybe sew and use a more hefty product.
I am really thinking about getting myself that wheelbarrow.
I got an old wheelbarrow at a yard sale for ten dollars. I was told that I overpaid but it has been worth every penny to me.
I Just found one in the trash and I love the ones I bought, I agree they are worth ever penny ❤️
Can't wait to get started, but I one time asked the lady why my ground wouldn't grow anything but our neighbors did, was told ours was stripped for a pond, and neighbors lot was where the cow barn was, lol, totes worked good last year.
You're so ingenious Robbie I'm surprised you haven't used a tool belt to carry your gardening tools. One small one like men use for construction would last a lifetime and it's so handy
Gardening instructions to me are like cook books, never following the recipe, just get ideas😁
I have tried raised beds and this and that, but I must say for some things totes are just fantastic😊
I use her ideas and adjust them to my area, too. I have snow and cold in winter so I can't grow all year, but the totes still last as long as I keep dirt in them. Just can't use them for perannuals. I also have invasive plants that I can't dig up, so I cover them with cardboard, etc and put the totes on top. Still planting while I, hopefully, still grow!
I’ve been watching all your videos!!! I can’t wait to get started.
Thanks for explaining the types of plastic. And keeping your gardening tools & bins cheap. I have a multihandicap son and was looking at the bed pans you get when in hospital. Most of the one's I have are PP5 and I figured it would be good to grow onions.
Love your videos! My tulle came in mail today! So excited. Have learned so much
You will love it
I bought the regular expensive row cover last year and it shredded by mid season! Lesson learned, tulle this year!
Hi Robbie & Gary, thank you for the helpful garden tips. Have a blessed evening.🥰
You are so welcome
I’m so excited, we have some peppers and tomatoes coming up in seed cells and plastic cups lined with tulle for easy removal. I’ll plant a lot of these in late March. Trying something new, Cardoon from Bakercreek, related to Artichoke and a new thick walled pepper Lesya. As well as some new tomatoes, tomatillos, just got some other new peppers. So fun, and I love it….ALL!
Hey Robbie 🙋🏾♀️
Learning so much from you.
Found old totes♻️ #5 at the thrift store yesterday for $2 each.
Thanks for all your valuable tips!👍🏾
Good find.
New subscriber from Australia here; not only am I grateful for all your incredible gardening tips, I'm also thrilled to see Hummingbirds in your video! ♥ thanks for sharing your knowledge ✨
I just love your voice and your friendly way of speaking. I wish we were neighbors ♥️ Happy Valentines Day from Connecticut 💕💕
I watch a lot of gardening channels. But, I use the info you give me more than any of the rest. Love two.
Thank you I can start with one tote and I am totally on a budget ❤️
Robbie you helped me this morning while watching your video I realized I had the perfect spot to start my seeds. I didn't even realize I had it till you mentioned it. I have a big old fish tank that isn't being used. The bottom is filled with gravel and I am dragging it out of the shed and going to start my seeds in pots in the tank. WOW I have had that thing sitting in my shed for years and have tried all kinds of different ways to start seeds but now I think this will be the perfect little green house. Thanks so much for reminding me to use what ya got.
Perfect! Thanks so much and take care, happy growing!
Red solo cups are all 5! And they really ARENT recyclable but 100% food safe... if you buy stuff in a store it was grown in plastic... I agree don't mess with 3... otherwise no worries
You are the best. I am so inspired to start my first veggie garden in my small apartment yard. Thank you so much! Such great encouragement
Girl! You've unleashed a manic gardening whirlwind in my house!!! lol I bought bunches of green and red tulle last week to keep birds, rats, and my dogs from devouring my fruit from now on. Thanks so much for the tip. Today, I bought my first $6 Walmart bin. I'm making an Earthbox hack wicking bin, as I am sometimes too ill to tend to the garden. (This has happened only a few times, but one dead garden is too many.) I'm going to plant chard or lettuce--haven't decided yet--plus parsley or basil. I've been successful growing greens indoors in tower gardens, but they are so noisy. Plus, they are expensive to operate and need chemicals. I am trying one bin as an experiment. My research is designed to determine if a wicking bin is productive as a tower garden but without the expense or irritating noise? My hypothesis is yes. If it's successful, I will put bins on shelves in the dining room. I stopped to eat lunch in the middle of filling it with garden junk, food scraps, comfrey leaves, and a bag of cheap potting soil. Since I always watch a YT vid to keep me company, I get to talk with you about one of my favorite subjects. Because this garden will be indoors, I will mix diatomaceous earth into the top inch of the potting soil--indoor garden bugs usually come from the potting soil. So there's that cost. Also, I'm going to add a few earthworms, because worms finding my dining room bins would be a miracle. I prefer not to grow veg in the ground, too. Thank you for another video. I feel like we're getting to be old friends. Thanks again.
worms finding my dining room bins would be a miracle 😆😆😆😆
D. E. Will kill the earth worms
Just wanted you to know that I just love your videos. Really helpful. I found u are right about totes, and now I prefer the totes instead of planting in the ground. Have you ever tried the milk jug seeding method?
Great ideas.
I've been thinking about getting a small kiddie pools for radishes, onions and garlic. They're reasonable at DG and rather shallow.
Since they're for kids i thought they would be safe. I'll have to check next time I'm at a DT.
You got it they are perfectly safe to use , 😊❤️
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Thank you
I tried them successfully with kale and strawberries. This year I'm trying peas.
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I love berries, especally strawberries.
I have a neice with woods behind her house and has wild blackberries at the edge of her yard. I'm planning to get cuttings to start a few in tubs. They're my second favorite berry.
@@patriciahammett4197 Sounds good.
Fantastic idea and I love the chair garden,makes me smile x
As always great ideas Robbie, thank you for sharing.
Hello Robbie. Nora here. I saw the Rabbit eyeing your garden. There was lil Kitty on the balcony with you. I did not know about Tulle? i will have to order some soon. We have Squirrels that eat our Zucchinis and Tomotoe,s , Cucumbers, and other veggies. When we start the garden Totes on the balcony & on the chairs. i will put Tulle around it. Thanks for the gardening tip !! My Husband and i went to Walmart today, There putting out the garden bags of soil and the faster there putting them out people are loading up there shopping carts. The Walmart Employee said to us don,t worry we will be opening the Garden center very soon and there is Tons of soil very soon. I was thinking Wow, is there going to be any left?? That was funny he read our minds. See you Robbie and Gary and Kitty. Happy Friday and have a great weekend. And Valentines day !! Nature is Beautiful. Bye.
I will have to go to Walmart soon just to check things out 😊 thanks
Absolutely love y’all’s channel! 🌱🌞 I am starting my first tote today and am so excited to see how it goes. Much love from Georgia
love the chairs under the totes and showing putting the scraps into the media!
great loving garden you have 🌻 💓
thank you for helping telling how to plant food l never did it l only do flowers 🌸
Hello! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm!
Thank you Robbie and love that big red pepper.
I love your channel. I've learned a lot from you on gardening. I grow in grow bags from Amazon. I also use tulle in my raised garden. I took cinder block 2 high and a sheet of plywood from a neighbor. 12 blocks total. I covered the plywood with a tarp. I put 5 or 7 gal grow bags on shoe trays. The trays are am inch deep and wide enough to hold 2 bags each. I did that so I can water less. Water every other day. On real hot days everyday. I'm in zone 6a in Cincinnati OH. I'm getting my seeds started indoors under grow lights. If you have any suggestions or ideas please share. I love you continent. Very helpful to me.
I was just thinking that you can also keep totes closer to your home like a porch,so if you're handicapped it would be a great idea. 👍I am going plant zucchini it totes this weekend because of your ideas. Thanks
Thank you. You have been such an inspiration. Can't wait to get started.
Robbie, I love this!! Thanks for sharing!!
I love you have solitude, I feel like I'm in a fish bowl.
So true thanks for sharing useful information love your videos
Hello beautiful garden
Love all your great information!!
Wow Robbie those plants look great ♥️♥️
Love ya Robbie! Always look forward to your videos ! XxOooO
I love your ideas--thanks! Would you be able to do a video demonstrating the various ways you use tulle? I'm new to gardening, and I'm not sure how I'd wrap/tie it with the container vegetables.
Dang, I was going to get some of those oil pans to start my veggies lol. Oh wow, now I have to think of something else. Thanks!
Wonderful video!
Thanks 😊
Are there certain tree leaves to avoid?
Found totes at thrift store today for $1.50 each. Picked up 7 more. SCORE!!!!
Great find!!
Robbie you rock 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for sharing Robbie. :-)
I LOVE that thrift silverware idea for garden tools. Especially for the kids. Wow!!! Oh man I hate cabbage moths so much. SO MUCH! free soil is the best. Robbie! We just got our property here in Arkansas!!! So excited to start planting. 🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰 I need to get some more walking onions. I left mine in central Cali 😭😭😭
Love the cheap silverware no biggie if I lose it in the garden, tulle works great for the cabbage moth. You should be able to find walking onions soon, Take care
Hey Robbie, where I am staying in Alabama we have a space fenced in, and the east side of the fence is covered in the summer with a beautiful hummingbird vine but I was wondering should we add any other feeders for the hummers? I know they will be good pollinators right? You can't throw away scraps? But you can put them in the garden? Hopefully
Adding a feeder may bring in more hummingbirds which would be nice. Yes bury those scraps 😊 the plants will love ❤️ it.
What part of alabama? Im located near gulf coast alabama. Shout out to another alabamain
@@crystal2970 right at the northeast border of Tennesee! Howdy hey and Happy Valentines day!
I'm trying to grow in a $1 buckets.
Even at the cheap store buying a lot of plastic pots to start off adds up to a lot.
I have a few little plants in plastic pots and I'm always looking for budget advice for my little container garden.
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awesomeness
My husband always asks whether something can be composted. I always say it's either on the compost heap or on the rocket I am shooting into the sun (aka landfill).
One my favorite garden tools is popsicle sticks and all those extra chopsticks I collected over the years. Very good for poking out seedlings and poking in seeds and labeling.
Wow, your squash is already looking amazing! I am just starting seeds for all the stuff that died in the winter. I am starting to see some volunteer seedlings though. I am keeping in eye on nighttime temperatures though just in case.
Nice video👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😊
So.. when collecting kitchen scraps do we need to water it?
I layed 1/2 inch hardwire under my raised beds to keep out the moles,voles to keep out the wild hog,deer,rabbits,possum I had to get a grow tunnel my dirt is terrible so is cost of getting the compost,manure,grow dirt mix by the yard two years ago 12 yards 350.00 now it’s 579.00 🥴 I have hens and raise meat chics but just started and didn’t have enough to fill all my beds, but now after I bit the bullet and filled all my beds I will have enough of my own compost/manure to top my beds each season and won’t have to buy soil anymore. Growing like my family’s lives depend on it…with everything going up and up..it just might
Thanks for sharing 💜 I alway learn a lot from you😊
Thank you so much 😊
Hi 🙋🏻♀️ good day
Using storage rubbermaids is so smart! Especially when they're already somewhat busted and aren't useful for actually storing things anymore. A good way to recycle something that would otherwise just be thrown away. Although I have a question. Tomato plants like 5 gallons of soil. Would putting three of them in a 15-18 gal rubbermaid work? To allow them each around 5 gallons, or would only two be best?
I drink bottled water by Body Armor...it has a 1 on it but it's made from recycled plastic....I assume it's ok to recycle since it had water in it to start with....
Robbie, would you share where you find the black planting pots with NO holes? Been looking everywhere with no luck. Thank you. Love, love, love your channel
Get them at a florist shop - it’s how they deliver flowers to them - get friendly with owner & they May give them away or buy something & then ask if they have any they want to get rid of😊
How do you deal with in-ground planting? Do the gophers bother your trees or other plants? I'm worried about them attacking the young trees' roots.
I think she has some videos in that.
@@GoodTimesHomestead Thanks. I'll check.
Gophers can not get into my pots, buckets or totes. I sometimes use a wire basket, I will try to get some video up on that soon thanks
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Thank you! ❤️
Hi Robbie, I want my climbing roses in two nice large planters, with their own trellis but I would like to make an arch between them. What can I use to connect the two trellisses? I know you have ideas....
Would the smaller pool noodles work? I have seen them painted.
Gary does rebar, I connect tomato stakes, even a cheap 10’ pvc pipe could work so many ideas. I am planning on doing an arch over my ponds.
Can u do a video on it?😊
Lids. Probably in my yard. I have used them as wind breaks .. just stuck in edge.
In the chair containers do you just put holes in the front?
I usually just put the holes in the front for the ones on the chairs but you could put more holes if you want
Thank you, do you out holes in the bottom or sides?
I saw your videos about planting seeds with tulle and another about planting seeds in paper cups. Which method do you like best?
We are busy winter sowing in Wisconsin’s snow. Does anything like that work for you to start your plants outdoors while it’s still cool? Really works well here.
Do we live in Colorado and in winter we get snow. To store kitchen scraps outside where it freezes, do I want holes in buckets for scraps, lid or cover? Help? I’ve watched a lot of your videos but you are in a sunny state.
Robbie, I have lots of earthworms in my soil in Washington State. Do I need to buy Red Wigglers????
No use the earth worms you got😊
@arthuurwong49 I ended up buying 50 red wrigglers for $10 to use for their castings. They have multiple into thousands! Now they're in 3 separate bins instead of one and I'm going to the grocery vegetable department begging for their throw away scraps and foraging around my house, including shredding paper. I'm only one person and now I feel I've got another responsibility on my hands. Yikes. I may have to sell some to the fishermen down by my river. 😄
What do you think about using the lids as protective barrier from frost?
One of the comments above mentioned using them and it worked great.
Question for you Robbie! I have a couple honey nut butternut squash that I’d planted in a cup with tulle lining it. Roots were coming out of the bottom so I removed it to put in a 4 inch nursery pot. Some of the roots broke off in the repotting of them. Do you think they will be ok? I’m a little worried because I did quite a few other things in a tulle lined plastic solo cup. Did all of your plants do ok when you removed them? Or should have I put the tulle in the next pot?
I also asked you this question on your Instagram page.
I have so many gnats in my pots and compost can you pls tell me what I can do to get rid of them I am in southern ca also
When you water your plants, water from the bottom( on the plate or bowl your pot is in. The eggs of the gnats stay in the first inch on top. They will die because the soil is dry on top. You can also make a neem spray and spray on top of the soil. That should do it.
Vermiculite on top possibly.
Cover the top with a layer of potting soil and that should do it quick
Pour boiling water on seed starting mix before use, but if plants are already started, sprinkle some cinnamon on the soil. I haven't tried putting more potting soil on top, must try this year, could be cheeper.
@@PDingenen65 I have outdoor fruit and veggie plants planted in a 5 gallon bucket with compost in place only the top 1/3 is covered in soil.
New viewer- do you drill holes in your containers?
I tried to purchase totes from dollar general, but there was no number in the recycle triangle. Are they safe to grow in? They are made in USA. Thanks for the information you put out for us!
If they are made in the USA they should be
What if you have trees with termites in it, is it still usable?
Yes