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  • @JRNurse2013
    @JRNurse2013 4 месяца назад +151

    I dig holes about a foot deep in my flowerbeds/vegetable beds and dump all my kitchen compost (crushed up eggshells, coffee and tea grounds, vegetable peels, overripe bananas, fruits and vegetables from our refrigerator that have spoiled), toilet paper rolls, paper from the shredder, and leaves. I once had hard red clay soil and now I have rich dark soil with earthworms. No turning compost in bins, no worries about my greens and browns, and no expense. Anyone can do what I do. I will turn 67 in a few months.

    • @lovelight9164
      @lovelight9164 3 месяца назад +7

      That's what my mom always did as well and her gardens were always a huge success and I loved walking barefoot in the freshly plowed soil.

    • @shannonelliott9230
      @shannonelliott9230 2 месяца назад +1

      Awesome JRNurse!

    • @susanolson4486
      @susanolson4486 2 месяца назад +3

      @JRNurse2013 Do you dig one or several foot-deep holes in each bed? How wide are the holes, approximately? And, lastly, how full do you fill the holes? I would think you’d need to cover them with garden soil to keep the critters away. Thanks for your help!

    • @nancycherven9933
      @nancycherven9933 2 месяца назад

      If we are just starting a new bed, please share which soils to blend and quanities needed and any extras!?
      Tyvm

    • @JRNurse2013
      @JRNurse2013 Месяц назад +3

      I’m telling you, I keep it simple! About every 2-3 days, I start digging holes about a foot deep and bury whatever scraps I have collected. I cover the soil back over the area, water and let it go. Because I do it so often, I remember where to go next. I wish we had trees so I could collect leaves and shred them as well. Our trees are very small. Also, we have to have our grass sprayed 😢so I never use grass clippings. Bermuda grass and Ok winds blow in so many weeds! I will never do that again! We’re moving back to FL next year.

  • @robinham2796
    @robinham2796 Год назад +74

    Literally NOTHING is wasted here! If we don’t eat it, chickens will, or worms will or it goes in the garden composting. I’d rather hang out with my chickens and my worms than most people❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @kathleenquinlan2884
      @kathleenquinlan2884 Год назад +5

      Ha ha

    • @mycrazyfamilyid
      @mycrazyfamilyid Год назад +7

      Haha, same here!

    • @johntheherbalistg8756
      @johntheherbalistg8756 2 месяца назад +5

      Same. We have people, dogs, cats and chickens here. If one of the above won't eat any given thing, the compost will love it

    • @Lindseyro
      @Lindseyro 2 месяца назад +5

      Literally same over here! 🙋‍♀️ U sound exactly like me... brings so much happiness , joy, peace, and at the end of the day for some reason I actually feel way more appreciated by nature and my animals.(it's an unspoken like knowing that is felt) ya know what I'm saying!? 😍🐥🦋🪱🌸🦟💮🌼🪰🌱🏵🌾🌻🪴🐔🐕🐈‍⬛🐈🐦

    • @Victoria-uq8mf
      @Victoria-uq8mf 2 месяца назад +3

      Sameeeee

  • @rickraub5448
    @rickraub5448 2 месяца назад +19

    Even our plants show intelligent design.

    • @duxdawg
      @duxdawg 27 дней назад +2

      Amen!

  • @dickbrett9827
    @dickbrett9827 3 месяца назад +64

    This content should be elemental in each & every school on earth. I can't understand how you can't resist the amazing power and balance of natural ecosystems. Gardening is maybe the most satisfying thing in our lives it really should become a subject.

    • @doloresreynolds8145
      @doloresreynolds8145 3 месяца назад +4

      I can understand how you can’t resist the wonder of natural ecosystems. They are amazing, in their power and balance. 😉

    • @coleen2213
      @coleen2213 2 месяца назад +3

      I agree, gardening is important for self reliance& is the best therapist you’ll ever have😊

    • @peterstein179
      @peterstein179 2 месяца назад

      ​@@coleen2213m

    • @qkcmnt1242
      @qkcmnt1242 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@coleen2213I would think 🤔 by now we would ALL realize how DEPENDENT we are on the multitude of organisms fueling our lives. Self-reliance? HARDLY.

  • @geraldhowse8597
    @geraldhowse8597 3 месяца назад +18

    This is such an amazing video. Thanks. I've been gardening like this since the 1960s, I was in grade school. I'm 73 years old now. Your work should be continuously aired on tv to reach as many people as possible to educate as many people as possible to the benefits of what they can do. God bless you. You are my hero.

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  3 месяца назад +1

      aww shucks. Thanks for your kind review. I'm inspired by your gardening longevity! Cheers.

    • @thomasg.hallal8950
      @thomasg.hallal8950 2 месяца назад +1

      Stunning visuals. For the uneducated in ag like myself I find the science of composting a bit daunting. How do you apply all of that black gold?
      Have you considered year around growing with hoop houses? Do you sell any of your produce? Thank you for such an informative podcast. My wish is for this type of study to be required at every elementary school.

    • @robertawestbrooks9531
      @robertawestbrooks9531 2 месяца назад

      Thank you 4sharing, so much knowledge, and awesome information 😀 😊

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  2 месяца назад +2

      @@thomasg.hallal8950 Hey, thanks, and since I'm only running a bit over 2000 sq feet of beds, I do everything by hand. But at scale these practices are again starting to be used in regenerative ag farms. They typically spread compost extract from wheeled sprayer. As for what we do with the produce, we generate between 1200 to 1500 pounds of organic food every season and it all stays here. processed, preserved, dried, canned, etc.. Cheers. Tom

  • @dedetudor.
    @dedetudor. Год назад +152

    Can you imagine how healthy the world would be if everyone followed these methods?
    From garden to small and larger farms... Just think of the World of wonderful food that would create!💖🌱🌼

    • @Think-dont-believe
      @Think-dont-believe Год назад +3

      I’m think of the disease and despair cld be prevented just by diverting all the fresh water instead of letting it flow into sea…. Channel California insider so frustrating

    • @emihayashi7725
      @emihayashi7725 Год назад +5

      @@Think-dont-believe Water is allowed to flow into the sea to accommodate the salmon population, their natural upstream spawning journey which by the way helped the bears thrive

    • @qkcmnt1242
      @qkcmnt1242 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@Think-dont-believe
      Sweetheart, don't worry about fresh water 💦 supplies. Rain 🌧️ comes back on the clouds to deliver the water we need. If it doesn't, figure what you can do to work with nature and our Creator to rectify desertification. Shalom.

  • @belenvelez7028
    @belenvelez7028 Год назад +13

    I knew commercial fertilizer for our plant food contributes mostly to our illnesses. I was a farmer’s daughter. My father refused to use fertilizer that the government demanded him to use in our farm. My father use the old way of fertilizing our farm. I knew this is, because my grandfather died at the age of 104 and never saw a doctor. Now a days they have plants especially fruits, GMO. My father said if you find worm it means it safe to eat. No pesticides.

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 20 дней назад

      The government demanded he use a fertilizer? Explain? Not doubting, but confused.

  • @phylwilton1827
    @phylwilton1827 6 месяцев назад +18

    What a remarkably well made 'story' about soil science! I learned a lot of this, to successfully grow (and teach/demonstrate) pretty food gardens in Arizona. Then I used some of these methods in inner-city community gardens, in Oklahoma. Now, I'm replacing a steep 'lawn' with annual crops and berry bushes, in Northern Minnesota. Edible landscapes are the only practical way to use a property. Tom Bartels... You are such a gift!

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  5 месяцев назад +3

      Thanks for your kind words. I enjoy sharing this amazing process with whoever is interested. Cheers.

    • @sherryhayhurst3027
      @sherryhayhurst3027 3 месяца назад

      Shalom! Where in Oklahoma? I live in the Tulsa area & would LOVE to do that here! Ty!❤

  • @karenrice5144
    @karenrice5144 Год назад +310

    I can't believe I've been gardening for59 years and can't do what you have done. Not dead yet, I'll keep learning, ...maybe next year I'll get there. Thank you for helping and growing. John rabeler

    • @winniethuo9736
      @winniethuo9736 Год назад +20

      Some people are just a gift to us.

    • @DayTrader__
      @DayTrader__ Год назад +13

      @@winniethuo9736 or, some spend more time on youtube than actually getting up and making it happen! lol

    • @donnabashline4933
      @donnabashline4933 Год назад +3

      @@DayTrader__ Are you including yourself? Lol

    • @apolloisnotashirt
      @apolloisnotashirt 11 месяцев назад +11

      @@donnabashline4933aye aye aye no more fighting, just gardening.

    • @Cutecat689
      @Cutecat689 8 месяцев назад +8

      ​​@@DayTrader__Hey! I feel attacked 😂 In my defence I don't have the space and resources so I'm living vicariously through the RUclipsrs 🥴

  • @mubizz80
    @mubizz80 Год назад +92

    Today I spent my better day mentally thinking about how I can engage in agriculture, especially in food growing without introducing my plants and farm to external factors such as pesticides or external manure. Then this evening as I returned from work I found this exact video teaching about natural fertilizers and compost manure. Today I begin my lessons by following and practicing what I shall learn from your educational videos. Thank you for reaching out to the world. Our governments have a long way to go.

    • @Misterdandamanify
      @Misterdandamanify Год назад +9

      Governments who do nothing about plastic pollution and consider leafs as waste..

    • @johnmartinez9625
      @johnmartinez9625 Год назад +7

      I bought a leaf shredder. I use every leaf even neighbors

    • @johnmartinez9625
      @johnmartinez9625 Год назад +1

      @@Misterdandamanify plastic death of OUR planet

    • @johnmartinez9625
      @johnmartinez9625 Год назад +4

      I never use chemical fertilizer mainly use cotton seed meal sparingly will try alfalfa meal this spring

    • @joyabia682
      @joyabia682 Год назад +2

      Govts are humans just like you. Learn this and take thr awareness out there. Join the government

  • @tommielourogers4327
    @tommielourogers4327 Год назад +133

    Thank you so much. I have taken college level classes on soils and I just learned more useful information from you in this video than I did in an entire semester.

    • @ingridkneer8246
      @ingridkneer8246 Год назад +7

      Does this work in a rather shady garden?

    • @emihayashi7725
      @emihayashi7725 Год назад +7

      @@ingridkneer8246 yes!

    • @starttakinnotez
      @starttakinnotez Год назад +13

      My college professor was kick ass and went over all of this stuff and then some. We did our own rapid compost lab. We tested soil for microbial life. We tested purity of drinking water. We used microbes to ferment tea to make kombucha. Even went onto OEM's, oil eating microbes. The course was called Applied Microbiology and it was taught at U Albany by Professor Denise McKeon. She is great. You will learn about all this stuff if you take the correct microbiology course and/or lab.

    • @pewpewkachew4735
      @pewpewkachew4735 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@ingridkneer8246no plants need a certain amount of light and to grow. Doesn’t matter how good your soil is. Think about it this way. Some of the best soil are in old growth forests with decades of leaf mold compost, it goes down like 1-2 feet. Why do we see nothing on the ground level of old growth forests? Because it’s not getting enough light. Most vegetables are full sun and would need 6-8 hours of direct sun to grow properly. You could grow them in shade but they might not produce fruit or grow so slow you won’t get a harvest or a very minimal one.

    • @ingridkneer8246
      @ingridkneer8246 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@pewpewkachew4735 thanks, makes sense

  • @waltermessines5181
    @waltermessines5181 Год назад +22

    You just warmed the heart of an old vegetarian... Very inspiring and "simple is beautiful".

  • @ciap.4701
    @ciap.4701 Год назад +10

    I've been over my father's everyday and noted his soil was just like dust. No organic matter added. My dad is a neat freak and leaves and mulch bother him. He can no longer work in his yard so I've been adding all foliage and petals back to the flowerbeds. I bury it so dad isn't disturbed by an untidy appearance. Now there are lots of worms and casting piles all over the garden. I even started a worm bin in his backyard. Free range worms under his avocado tree. The change has been amazing! The neighbors are now giving me dropped fruit to add to the yard. It's had a great ripple effect.

  • @milly-sy4bc
    @milly-sy4bc Год назад +45

    Amazing video, everyone should watch this. Not many people remember to treat the microbacteria inside their own bodies well, same with their soil.

  • @judysherfey2283
    @judysherfey2283 Год назад +24

    In my worm bins I add wine bottles particularly filled with water and corked. If cools the wrigglers in the summer and warms them in the winter (if water starts to freeze it gives off heat).

    • @judysherfey2283
      @judysherfey2283 Год назад +4

      We put them in our hugelculture beds too:)

    • @skybox-101
      @skybox-101 Год назад +3

      Wow! Such great idea! I may have to do this in my zone 7b. But I'll have to improvise the wine bottle and cork.

    • @donnabashline4933
      @donnabashline4933 Год назад +1

      That's interesting. I have hundreds of wine bottles that I've collected for art projects. I'm in zone 9b so so the cooling part is intriguing.

    • @judysherfey2283
      @judysherfey2283 Год назад +4

      I live in Sacramento so the summers bake my potted plants:/. The wine bottles at the bottom of the pots give relief to the roots snd micro biome. Best gardening wishes:)

  • @juneshannon8074
    @juneshannon8074 Год назад +29

    Hello Tom. I have just found you. What an outstanding tutorial., many thanks. You are now my gardening Guru. Although I am 74 I’m looking forward to going through your channel and learning more.

  • @saminairfan45
    @saminairfan45 Год назад +10

    You should have RUclips channel on your garden and do more videos …..really enjoyed this😍

  • @Warwck24
    @Warwck24 Год назад +22

    I’ve never seen a presentation like this. It’s so informative thank you

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  Год назад +7

      Thanks for your kind words Sara. You're welcome. Get out there and grow some food!

  • @loungelizard3922
    @loungelizard3922 Год назад +5

    I've picked up a lot of this information here and there over time, but for some reason it never really clicked for me until I watched this video. It's a bit like studying history, it's all a bunch of names and dates until you build a framework to reference new information with. Thanks for this video, I'm going to go start a worm garden and learn how to compost properly.

  • @najeebyunusa
    @najeebyunusa Год назад +3

    This is impressive. Currently our startup company is producing tons of compost to help small holder farmers. Thank you!

  • @magicsupamoggie
    @magicsupamoggie Год назад +6

    I’ve never added worms to a compost bin. Get the material in and they just arrive. Also I use those plastic bins you don’t like and never had a problem. I don’t turn it either. I have back issues so don’t do any heavy work I don’t need to. I do however add rain water and I drive a metal pole in to keep it aerated. If I’m emptying a pile I will add any woody materials that aren’t fully composted into the new pile and a spade full of the newly finished compost.

    • @flatsville9343
      @flatsville9343 Год назад

      Adding red wigglers, which are a different type of worm than US earthworms, speeds up the decomp of compost by orders of magnitude. All worms are not the same. Worms prefer to inhabit different layers & will not perform for you the way you think they should because they are "worms." Don't expect US earthworms (which vary) to perform like red wigglers who will happily inhabit a pile of compost many inches above the soil or in a closed container/bin.

  • @johac7637
    @johac7637 Год назад +3

    I tell people in a question " Do you like and need to eat ?". Then I say, " So do your plants". When asked how do I feed them ? I tell them imagine you are a tree or plant in the forest. It's fed by organics and rain and sunlight.

  • @jonniricard5383
    @jonniricard5383 Год назад +59

    This was such a comprehensive video and I learned so much I can implement in my backyard garden. I have a compost pile and have been researching vermiposting and love how you show that these go beautifully hand in hand. I am gardening in New Mexico which is quite a different ball game than Eastern Washington State where the soil was black! I appreciate this video and your sharing so much with us free of charge!

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  Год назад +16

      Thanks for your kind words. I'm glad you found it useful. That is my main intention. The more people that grow food at home, the better off everyone is. Period,

    • @jobejarano1559
      @jobejarano1559 Год назад +6

      Any tips on growing in the desert with poor/barely growable soil and little natural moisture?
      Any advice will be MUCH appreciated!

    • @billdeakin9399
      @billdeakin9399 Год назад +2

      I have no experience growing in a desert but I would use compost. A lot of compost in your soil.

    • @dawnpettiglio6930
      @dawnpettiglio6930 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@jobejarano1559I am in the high desert of northern Arizona. I use a system combining hugelkulture, KNF and a lot of mulch.

    • @brentjenkinsdesigns
      @brentjenkinsdesigns 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@jobejarano1559 you could try "hugelkulture" combined with heavy mulching with compost. If it were me. I think I would focus on building *living soil*. Once that is a regular practice you should be able to grow, just about anything you want.

  • @pascb7360
    @pascb7360 Год назад +3

    A perfect balance of who, what, when and why in less than 40min. I love composting and this video has inspired me to take it to another level. I also live in Southwest Colorado a little over 6500ft. Thanks again and maybe I'll see ya around. Haha!

  • @libbyholt3863
    @libbyholt3863 Год назад +36

    Thanks to this video, I think I now see what I was doing wrong with my first composting endeavors. Recovering from that fail, I now have the beginnings of a worm colony and am inspired to know, with this, at least, I'm more likely on the right track. I had no idea gardening could be so much fun until recently. Just getting into it. Thank you for this post.

    • @soniahofmann4969
      @soniahofmann4969 Год назад +4

      May I ask you what you think you were doing wrong I would like to learn more about this and have better results with my gardening thank you

    • @libbyholt3863
      @libbyholt3863 Год назад +11

      @@soniahofmann4969 I think my main mistake was not adding enough water. But, another reason I'm switching to worm composting is that it's easier for an old lady like me to manage. I was periodically taking a pitch fork to my two 3'x3'x3' bins & it was too much for me. I found a very busy Chick Filet (sp?) in my city that has enough leftover buckets by mid-day on Saturdays to give me a few each week. They usually aren't able to hold on to the lids, tho, for some reason. Using a method I've seen many RUclipsrs post about, I cut a huge hole in the bucket bottom and drill and smooth many 1/2" random holes up and down the sides. I then bury 2 each in every garden bed so that only a few inches sticks up above soil level & I add the lid with a stone on top to weigh it down. I wasn't sure what worms would be best, but I bought European Reds f/Uncle Jim instead of Red Wrigglers cuz I want my worms to burrow deep & wide and aerate my whole bed. I keep adding layers of kitchen scraps and brown matter to one bucket until I see signs that usable compost has formed. Then, I start feeding the second bucket so that the worms will leave the first one & I can harvest the compost they made.

    • @gmaw23beauties37
      @gmaw23beauties37 Год назад +3

      @@libbyholt3863 Hi Libby,this sounds like a amazing idea! I haven't seen this method but will search for it now. So you created a underground hotel for the worms and the bi products of the bin leech in the surrounding soil? Can you tell me what exactly you started with in your bin and what you add as you go? And i assume the level keeps depleting /lowering allowing more room for new products? Thank you for sharing and yes i need a easier method as well! The in-ground method keeps a temperature i assume to house the worms/matter to allow for effective breakdown? And how often do you water this little ecosystem? Zone 6 here so gets pretty chili .

    • @skybox-101
      @skybox-101 Год назад +2

      @@libbyholt3863 I am old too and just starting. I have a chick felix but not familiar with their buckets...are they five gallon buckets? Also I am in 7b zone of Oklahoma. Gets really hot up to 100's in summer and often gets a bit below freezing in winter. I was just in process to collect some pallets to begin composing. Now that you do these worm hotels in each garden will you utilize the compost pile at all? And what is good food for the worms? One person in comments said they blend the house left overs with some white paper. Is that good? Also if white paper is good is it ok to toss in the white coffee filter with the coffee grounds? I can get coffee from nearby convenient store but the grounds are encased in a filter. Is it necessary to peal off the filters or good to leave in?

    • @mariap.894
      @mariap.894 Год назад +2

      @@skybox-101 If you could, peel the paper, but if not leave it. I also do that with the tea bags. Good luck 🍀😊👍🦋🌻

  • @blessedsuburbanmamma7062
    @blessedsuburbanmamma7062 Год назад +4

    I’m in a suburban neighborhood but I have a compost box for my plants and I’ll often add my dogs fur to my box or around and on my plants. I have Alaskan malamutes and when their fur breaks down the oil gets nitrogen from it but in the meantime the odor from the fur will help keep little critters away 😉

  • @samjeffords1
    @samjeffords1 4 месяца назад +4

    I believe God has shown me this method over the past few years and I’m getting great results like you. It’s interesting to see a video showing this kind of gardening. It really does work and gets better and easier each year.

  • @franziskani
    @franziskani Год назад +47

    I learned a lot from this video even though our climate is very different. Thanks for the effort. Also very well and eloquently presented, no filler words either. AND - the warning about broadleaf herbicides. Gardeners are almost certain to import them into their soil sooner or later (certainly in the U.S., and it looks like they are also used a lot in the U.K.) If one gets manure, compost, straw, hay from outside sources it is only a question of time.
    It only hits people that try to grow following natural principles. They have no chemical fix for the fertility demands so organic growers have always been on the lookout for manure and the like, regional (free) resources. Some do not have space or time to make as much compost as they need, or they want to avoid costs. Charles Dowding in England produces for the farmer's market, his property in urban area is not _that_ big. So he would like to get manure and he bought compost in the past - but it got so bad that he did not use ANY outside material before testing it with seedlings. He has had the habit to store compost or manure for some time after he got them, but that does not help with aminopyralides.
    So many gardeners, homesteaders, market farmers, organic farms have been burned, and that seems to be an international problem for smaller growers.
    I am binge watching gardening videos, and know of several Canadian Permaculture Legacy, Growfully Jenna (I think she is in Texas), another person in a Southern state (forgot the name), Charles Dowding UK, and a smaller channel in Germany ..... Aminopyralides are the new & international herbicide from hell.

    • @robinham2796
      @robinham2796 Год назад +2

      I need help with winter composting

    • @Gabi-lt4mx
      @Gabi-lt4mx Год назад +2

      Check out Edible Acres from NYState. Amazing person.

    • @kimgordon3695
      @kimgordon3695 Год назад +4

      ThankYou for taking the time to post this! #OurStoneyAcres YT

    • @rijnasevensma4036
      @rijnasevensma4036 Год назад +1

      Wonderful information. Thank you.

  • @SilverSaabArc
    @SilverSaabArc Год назад +16

    Thanks for this vid! There are a lot of videos on this topic that just don't dive into the specifics. I showed this to my room mate who is helping to start a back yard market garden that doesn't have much of a bio-chem background, and they weren't lost in a morass of terminology. That is a fine line to follow! Accessible information is the best information! 😍

  • @ajb.822
    @ajb.822 Год назад +10

    at 6:43 I would consider adding in the sunshine factor, too. The plants photosynthesis is, or is part of, what creates those sugars etc. being released in the 1st place. Properly managing our land, keeping it covered with plants as much as possible and managing those plants well, such as with holistically planned grazing - see Alan Savory's presentations on this, in particular the one at Harvard U ( has a couple supporting points not always covered in others). Where grazing isn't possible ( and I'd encourage geese, ducks, rabbits etc. in suburban yards though ! ), mowing - which, as Jim Kovaleski demonstrates, can be done w a scythe & not on a tiny scale, by one, not young, man even ! - can be managed similarly. The main understanding of this HPG is to wait to graze or cut again until the plant has recovered sufficiently, learning to give the herd the right amount of space per the variables, for the day and then move again, to prevent them over-grazing the individual plants ( the tastiest ones) as they're trying to regrow. If they're nipped again and again as they're trying to regrow, they run out of reserves and start to weaken. Resulting in slower, shorter growth, thinning stands and so on. As Alan learned himself the hard way, the old idea of not grazing at all/less herbivores, does NOT help either though, esp. or at least in arid areas, where the grass dries up but doesn't break down into mulch/soil, on it's own, when it dies. Needs to be eaten and/or trampled. So, anyways, plant coverage absorbing sunshine and inclusion & management of animals are big parts of things on the total scale both of human food production and of land stewardship.
    Obviously not the main points of this vlog, I'm not picking on this vlogger !!! Just sharing info :) !

    • @cindyspiess9963
      @cindyspiess9963 Год назад +1

      Yes I saw he had some chickens in the background . I was hoping he'd put some words in about chicken manure , also horse , cow ,goat, rabbit etc. Or maybe just manure use in general ... I use horse manure on the bottom of my beds , seems to do very well 😉👍 also love your points on grazing .

    • @jonniricard5383
      @jonniricard5383 Год назад +3

      So happy to find another Alan Savory fan. I think you absolutely make excellent points. I also would like to say this is a very comprehensive video for small scale gardeners as opposed to a farmer. Not to mention this video is an introduction and entices one to take the paid workshop. I was so surprised how much great information he brought in a free format! Wonderful!
      Do you farm? I would love to hear what your experience has been in implementing Alan Savory's methods. I am a small backyard gardener and have dreamt of having something larger scale with livestock to put this information to meaningful use!

  • @RuthanneR1
    @RuthanneR1 Год назад +11

    I am just starting vermiculture and composting this year for my flower farm. This information is exactly what I need. Thank you.

  • @TheNoteBuyer
    @TheNoteBuyer Год назад +20

    Thank you so much, Tom. I have learned more from just a few of your videos than from hundreds of other videos. I've signed up for your class and am looking forward to learning more from you. Right now, I'm anxious to get an old freezer for a worm bin. Do you have to remove the bottom of it? Can you tell us what that entails? Is it something that a handy man could do or does it require any special tools? Thanks a lot!

  • @pascalxus
    @pascalxus 5 месяцев назад +1

    when you brought out the leaf mold pile, i started salivating! i can't believe some people through this out!

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  5 месяцев назад +1

      Yup. Only those who have had a lobotony understand the value of compost.

  • @sharoncastaneda597
    @sharoncastaneda597 Год назад +15

    Lots of great info on composting. Can you do a video for tropical climates?

    • @Praisethemoon60
      @Praisethemoon60 Год назад

      If you haven’t found him already David the Good is a great resource for tropical and subtropical climates

    • @lovieperkins
      @lovieperkins Год назад +1

      Please help us that live in subtropical climates sandy soil hot summers even near salt air

  • @theresatraugott6970
    @theresatraugott6970 26 дней назад +1

    Thank you for telling us where you are gardening. I’ve been looking for someone gardening here. I’m from Alaska and this is all different.
    I’m in Montrose. Thanks.

  • @mandywescott707
    @mandywescott707 Месяц назад +1

    My mulch tower has more veggies groing in it than my garden, at the moment 🤦🏼‍♀️ Potatoes love it!
    Also just moved a huge compst pile and underneath was rich beautiful soil and lots of worms!! Started a mounded garden with the debris i moved 🤷🏼‍♀️ hopefully im doing something right

  • @rosettapowell3746
    @rosettapowell3746 2 месяца назад +1

    I have a hard time making compost, but you have made it clear how 🤔 to do it. I think I'll try it again.

  • @Reciprocity_Soils
    @Reciprocity_Soils Год назад +7

    Thanks for all the well-proven tips. Applying your thorough explanations really encourages each part of my garden to robust growth. Peace and health from the soil.

  • @mjvaquatics2626
    @mjvaquatics2626 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great video. I really like the part about seeding the pile of shredded leaves with redworms! I'm leaning towards 'No Dig'. There is a school of thought that double digging upsets the soil food web and a fair amount of time is required to restore. Nature doesn't till. Many years ago in the fall I placed a 12' round of snow fence filled with leaves in my 'hard parking lot' garden soil. In the spring tilling was tough going until I got to the spot where the leaves had been all winter. Then the tiller sank effortlessly to it's maximum depth. Nature did the tilling!!! So I'm convinced that deep mulch can be the answer to natural soil tilth and fertility.🙂

  • @kevinbrookes2032
    @kevinbrookes2032 Год назад +18

    Just starting to make compost and this video is the best that I have found. Simply wonderful 🙂

  • @franziskani
    @franziskani Год назад +9

    Excellent input about composting. However in other climates one has to factor in slugs and pests and fungal diseases, and longer periods of rain (in spring, summer and fall - and in winter for hardy salads, too much water is actually more dangerous for them than the cold). With the intense planting he can do w/o mulching, but I very much doubt we would get away with it in our much wetter climate. I fear there would be fungal diseases, no matter how well the plants are fed by the soil.
    Mulching is a big no, no in the Southern states of the U.S. Fireants love undisturbed areas. I read a blog post by a person that had a successful garden in a semi arid climate, and then moved to an area with much more rain, and colder winters. She and her hausband were surprised what difference that made, some practices did not work any more it was a new game. And they had much more pressure from pests. They may have had a struggle for water, but only in hindsight they realized that they had been blessed to deal with relatively few pests.
    For arid or semi arid regions this works great, the plants look really good.

    • @pledgeyourallegiance8530
      @pledgeyourallegiance8530 Год назад

      Oh yeah. Grew up in vegas. Strong strong sun and the real feat is water just need a drip system. Moved to illinois. Pests and health of the plants are way way more.complex.

    • @brendablake584
      @brendablake584 Год назад +1

      I moved from Colorado to Texas- definitely a learning curve for a new growing zone.

  • @enriquesilvestre8500
    @enriquesilvestre8500 Месяц назад

    Must things for before starting an orchard! I've been for one year hard working and building composter bins, vermicompost and a system that nurture the soil with more than 1000 liters of hummus per year, just then started to grow veggies and the outcome is really impressing, after the first harvests I'm really looking forward for what it is to come since naturally with this system the soil is gonna to give more and more

  • @cafeli06
    @cafeli06 Год назад +4

    My cousin used a bathtub in my grandma's yard for a worm farm when we were kids. He did it for fun not because we needed it for a garden. Handy for fishing though.

    • @franziskani
      @franziskani Год назад +1

      Geoff Lawton (a heavyweight in the permaculture scene) also uses bath tubs, but he is in Australia (subtropics). In cold areas the freezer with insulation makes sense. However, the coolant would have to be removed - and not into the air.

    • @eugeniebreida1583
      @eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

      A plastic tub could work, but best to INSULATE it. A steel or cast iron tub will conduct COLD in the winter (freeze worms) and conduct HEAT in Summers . . . overheating the compost materials and the poor worms. (If you completely buried in ground, temps would stabilize, but pretty back-breaking eh?)

  • @svetlanapil8089
    @svetlanapil8089 Месяц назад

    I love your jungle! I'm also in Colorado at 8500 feet. For the last three years I've been growing soil on our new property. This year I'm ready to plant and I hope to have as luscious garden as yours.

  • @kaleyjanenigh
    @kaleyjanenigh 26 дней назад

    I have several (3) old bathtubs that I want to start worm farming in, but I wasn't sure how to keep the worms alive in the winter here in Southcentral Wisconsin (zone 5b). This hot compost + worms idea is fantastic! I'm going to need to work on this idea... I just moved back to Janesville, WI after living out in Castle Rock, CO - I do miss the high desert! ❤

  • @leonardsimiyu83
    @leonardsimiyu83 Год назад +38

    That was a great hands on lesson proff. I am very enlighten on composting and rhizosphere development in gardening. Keep it up.

  • @gemrosegardening4051
    @gemrosegardening4051 Год назад +9

    This is definitely the best composting video and organic growing guide I have seen out there too! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Will start doing this to prepare for winter!

  • @rubytuby6369
    @rubytuby6369 Год назад +1

    My whole garden is a compost pile. I mulch the whole thing every year, and in the spring I just move the mulch aside a little where I’m going to plant.

  • @etiennelouw9244
    @etiennelouw9244 11 месяцев назад +1

    Over in Cape Town, South Africa I started a veggie patch in August 2021. It was tough as there is Kikuya grass in my back yard, this grass does not die so I had to dig it out and even so it burrowed through under the barriers I put in it's way. I now have 6 patches and still killing this grass, eventually it will be gone. The house I bought also has a lot of builders junk just below the grass so I have had to get rid of that as well and that removal goes down 2 foot. there were not even a single earth worm fond as I dug the soil, now they are back with me just composting.

  • @nickthegardener.1120
    @nickthegardener.1120 Год назад +5

    I'm pretty much doing everything you're doing but I've just started, so next year I will see the benefits.👍

    • @nickthegardener.1120
      @nickthegardener.1120 8 месяцев назад

      My soil is much better now I've added 3 tonnes of compost, and mulch.👍🤠

  • @lanettelawrence6308
    @lanettelawrence6308 Год назад

    I love learning about compost.

  • @marinoonan3666
    @marinoonan3666 Год назад +2

    Thank you for the “rich” compost information,
    I’ll start your method for the spring planting preparation. I’m still a learner & so glad your video came across & caught my attention !

  • @elizabethmensah3102
    @elizabethmensah3102 Год назад +1

    I'm so grateful to you

  • @user-pm1kf5mf2k
    @user-pm1kf5mf2k 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for being this generous with the information

  • @luciharper4027
    @luciharper4027 Год назад +2

    Love, love to have seen your garden. I wished I could do the same in my yard!

  • @milamirasol1941
    @milamirasol1941 Год назад +11

    Great video!. Thanks Sir for sharing these valuable information about making healthy soi and how to grow healthy food. Very helpful for me as a beginner organic farmer. Kudos!

  • @maryannpost8146
    @maryannpost8146 Год назад

    Hello! I just found your channel today! Fantastic presentation. Thank you so much! I really enjoyed it!

  • @beeps1036
    @beeps1036 Год назад +1

    Thanks for great video

  • @doloresbertling5725
    @doloresbertling5725 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for short timing on videos. Appreciate it!

  • @naterussell6025
    @naterussell6025 3 месяца назад

    thank you so much for this free info

  • @jameslarsen4589
    @jameslarsen4589 Год назад

    Great video glad found your RUclips station!!!!

  • @jimmyjack35
    @jimmyjack35 Месяц назад

    I like to go out to public forestry property and grab a little topsoil with alot of leaves to throw in planter box to give them a good start. Seems to help

  • @colinmacdonald8738
    @colinmacdonald8738 Год назад

    Thank you Colin ❤

  • @patriciahogg5763
    @patriciahogg5763 Год назад +2

    Excellent video!!
    Appreciated and enjoyed this teacher’s style!!
    🌻🌻🌻

  • @victormartiny7599
    @victormartiny7599 20 дней назад

    Thanks brother

  • @debbiedebbie9473
    @debbiedebbie9473 Год назад +1

    Creating living soil is SOOO IMPORTANT. ❤️👍✅

  • @Dra.DielikaCharlier
    @Dra.DielikaCharlier 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for taking the time to prepare and film this. I will use it for my small garden. 😊Dielika from DR

  • @fearnoneeverlasting8272
    @fearnoneeverlasting8272 Год назад +2

    This is the best block of gardening instruction I have ever received.❤❤ thank you!

  • @karenschwartz5209
    @karenschwartz5209 4 месяца назад

    Wow, what a wealth of information! Thank you!😊

  • @angelaphan3346
    @angelaphan3346 5 месяцев назад

    I started a vermi heap last year, and without a bin, I’m able to generate a lot of compost for my 150 sqft garden. I also have a proper vermi bin as well to supplement. I didn’t realize this is something others did as well! Work smarter, not harder.

  • @Juan_Hernandez_Jr.
    @Juan_Hernandez_Jr. 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome! Thanks for sharing!💯

  • @CH-hm8ud
    @CH-hm8ud Год назад +1

    That absolutely correct, you put compose to your plants in three days look 👀 like they saying Thank You 🙏!! However, not everyone can have so much leaves to make the quantity of compose you have! I have 13 beds, my compose pail doesn’t produce twice a year neither. But I pick a lot of food from my garden. Another important thing to consider is zones! If you leave in Fl, you put your winter crop pretty much late October, but if you are in NJ, you do it pretty much in spring! Beans in Fl are done around March. Good luck 🍀 everyone with your garden, and don’t ever give up, it’s really the best fountain of health!!

  • @SusanBayly-hb4ck
    @SusanBayly-hb4ck 3 месяца назад

    Wow, amazing information.
    Thank you

  • @jasonmann5019
    @jasonmann5019 Год назад +4

    Thank you for sharing this video Tom. I found this very educational and helpful. Best wishes Jason from Melbourne Australia.

  • @jadeschnurr5520
    @jadeschnurr5520 Год назад +5

    This was a great educational video! Thank you for sharing!

  • @GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn
    @GrowCookPreserveWithKellyDawn Год назад +3

    What an informative video and you articulate it so well. Thank you!

  • @lornamaples9673
    @lornamaples9673 3 месяца назад +1

    This is amazing. I've seen videos of our bodies with all these. Thank you for all the information needed to grow a great garden. Sharing. ❤

  • @lindaholmes6411
    @lindaholmes6411 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @meowdownkio
    @meowdownkio 27 дней назад

    brilliant!

  • @cwit8846
    @cwit8846 Год назад

    Thank you for your knowledge sir I found your video very informative

  • @evelyndulay5613
    @evelyndulay5613 Год назад +2

    Realistic and Doable information.
    Thank you for those precious info

  • @luciocanete6277
    @luciocanete6277 Год назад

    Thank you for helping and growing. John R.
    Hoping one you travel to Paraguay.

  • @biointegraenlacea.c.1754
    @biointegraenlacea.c.1754 2 месяца назад

    He elucidates well!

  • @nickyperryman2683
    @nickyperryman2683 Год назад +6

    This is fantastic and so inspiring! Your garden looks lush!

  • @kengrow3992
    @kengrow3992 6 месяцев назад

    With all the websites that are just selling filler thank you very much for providing real and accurate information

    • @GrowFoodWell
      @GrowFoodWell  5 месяцев назад

      You are very welcome. Real people growing real food is what we’re about.

  • @myjesusisall3192
    @myjesusisall3192 Год назад

    Best video on this subject I've seen. Learning a lot!

  • @saisusmita677
    @saisusmita677 2 месяца назад

    From core of my heart thank you so much for this lovely informative video which I was looking for it I have been through farming just from last year I’m still learning ❤❤

  • @ranjithdavid5798
    @ranjithdavid5798 Год назад

    Great to. See your garden.
    Farming is one of my hobbies.
    I do grow lot of vegetables.
    Your vedio is useful.

  • @hardcoretrout
    @hardcoretrout Год назад +6

    Outstanding presentation and content to bring soil to full life.

  • @jchittoor
    @jchittoor 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing episode. Thank you.

  • @d.j.koutsaris4328
    @d.j.koutsaris4328 Год назад +1

    You guys are amazing!!!!! Learning alot here want to start a community organic garden! Thank you!!!

  • @magicsupamoggie
    @magicsupamoggie Год назад +2

    Brilliant video!

  • @aprilarmijo6967
    @aprilarmijo6967 Год назад

    Absolutely brilliant 👍

  • @backwoodscountryboy1600
    @backwoodscountryboy1600 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for making this video I think I picked up on a few tips or more that can benefit my home garden very much I didn't realize it was that much of a big deal and could make that much of a difference in my food crops. I hope to use your ideas so I can produce more food for home and maybe that'll help me be able to preserve more food. Thank you

  • @josephtein3835
    @josephtein3835 Год назад +2

    Very nice, intelligent, well thought-out presentation. Thank you.

  • @juliehamel4518
    @juliehamel4518 Год назад +1

    Thank You 💖

  • @dr.allisongunneph.d.6494
    @dr.allisongunneph.d.6494 5 месяцев назад

    Wow fantastic information in your video post! Thanks. I’m in Middle TN zone 7a. My daughter is in Boulder & has a garden plot in a huge garden co-op. I go in Spring to assist with planting & teaching her my 62 years of garden management skills. I truly need to learn more about the chemical biological processes within soil and how plants can optimize my efforts.
    Blessings,
    Allison 🎄

  • @gracecerere6458
    @gracecerere6458 Год назад +2

    Am amazed at how easy it is to make compost. Am going to try this method definitely. Thank you soo much.

  • @Babarmeer18855
    @Babarmeer18855 Год назад

    Effectively educating video.

  • @pascalxus
    @pascalxus 5 месяцев назад

    great post! love all the compost tips.