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Time is our most precious resource, and one that always seems to be in short supply. If you sometimes feel like a slave to your garden, you’re going to absolutely love our time-saving tips.
From fast ways to make new beds to making smart choices that will ensure the crops you grow thrive, there’s real potential to save hours of hard work around the garden.
In this short video we’ll share our time-efficient tips so you can spend more of your valuable time really enjoying your garden.
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Another great video! Thank you
Being able to mow my lawn seems such a far away job at the minute. It's had so much rain that the thing is a bog at the minute
I thought you had named your lawn mower "Hater" for a moment. I've named my mower The Garden B**tard. Crude, but it gets me in the right mood for tackling the nasty jobs!
Very Good -Man – I Enjoyed – Thanks
Shovelling is much easier than digging 😄. Once a digger now a raised bed enthusiast. I know the pain of a digger and his back.😄Ready Recokoner your video 👍
Cheers young man
Great vid as always, thank you for the help. I’d like to sign up to your planner but I’m only just beginning a bare allotment, haven’t laid out the beds yet. I feel that once I know what spaces I’m using then the planner will work well.
Brilliant, indeed! Last year we put in drip irrigation and it saved so much time in watering. Using the timer made it easy breezy! Also, using a small chipper to create my own mulch saves time and money, whilst removing debris piles from around the homestead.
Be Blissed!
Could you be more specific about the water reservoir in the pot? Thanks.
Mr. Growveg I came across some seeds that say to be germinated in the dark. Do you have any videos on seed starting using this method?
Great video and I liked the tips – some of them I already do, and some of them I don’t do I’m looking forward to giving them a go! I’m creating a vegetable garden this year so I’ll be putting the tips to good use! Thanks!
Good morning! My dirt has "sunk" in my raised beds and I have much and straw over them for the winter. Could I just add more dirt, then plant? Or should I remove the mulch and straw. Thanks! P.S. only watch your videos
Love the garden program!!!!!!
Great tip on planting potatoes to help start a growing area!
Great tips, hadn't considered heavy watering x2 vs daily light watering, thanks! Did I see fennel (or was that dill?) planted with something else? I'm planting it for the first time this year but off by itself, would love to companion plant instead!
Good stuff as usual–thank you!
The veg garden is spot on. The lawn tips are bad! Grass types have an ideal length (e.g., tall fescue). Letting them grow too long and cutting them down more than the 1/3 length rule will stress out the grass. Stressed out grass will not grow well and weeds that do like to grow long will move in replacing the grass.
Another wonderful video. Thanks
Hello!🤗 Enjoyed this beneficial video that was packed with many useful tips!
Be blessed and safe! 🦋1/26/2021🦋
A tip I’d share is if you are planting, and it’s practical plant just slightly wider than your hoe width. That way it’s easy to hoe around plants. Mulching is better however.
Love your videos!
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Thank you Trevor
I always love seeing these videos, when I have time to watch them. Just a thought on the watering shortcuts. If you are making a new bed you can always put a drywell under the bed. I use 20 gallon barrels that are plentiful in my area from the local juice factory. I put a ring of holes around the middle of the barrel and wrap it with weed barrier cloth. Then place it in the ground. I use a hole saw bit to cut a hole for a piece of pvc to go into the lid. I put lime stone in the barrel around the pvc. Place the lid on top and burry the entire thing with the pvc sticking up about 18 inches. I know I won't always be able to get out to the garden and I keep the barrels filled. If it gets unusually hot, or we have a dry spell I will make sure to get the hoses out, but the barrels work great. I have 5 gallon buckets under several of my raised beds that are set up the same way.
Great tips as always, so clear and succinct without the waffle, you really are fantastic and so helpful to me as someone who has only been growing vegetables for a year 😁!
I love your videos. I don’t know how I’d manage without Old Farmer’s Almanac; but there’s a fellow named Frank in your online sales customer service department who actually made me cry.
Be careful with empty soil bags though, they are not made to resist the light for very long and will decompose after some time.
For a year on the bed, ok. But not for permanent mulching along fence lines or so. When fallen apart, your soil is full of tiny plastic pieces…
(The person who had the garden before me did this and left me the surprise and joy of removing it…)
I could listen to that tune alone…..really love your videos. Looks like a great week to come and get stuck in.
I started mulching and not digging 2 years ago. Huge time saver. Carrots are the only area I till now and when I thin them I mulch them as well.
Take my like for the thumbnail alone!
Stayed for the rest of the video as well, though. Love it!
If you have an ugly fence, such as chain link, or only an area too narrow for a traditional hedge, plant ivy, woodbine, or even grapes. When the tendrils get too long, just push them through to the other side of the fence for them to keep growing–much less work than waving a hedge trimmer around!
Aqua culture, Wicking beds & hugle bed in hot climates s. Large greenhouses, large rocks to retain heat and straw bales in cooler climate.
Lol! Another Canadian. Dreaming in late Nov 2021 from the interior of BC where atmospheric rivers are currently threatening soil stability. But this too will pass. Happy holidays to you, Ben, and your family and friends. Keep posting. You keep us dreaming. 🇨🇦👍❤️❤️👍🇨🇦
Love your garden tips. Thank you for posting. 👍🏻
Hi Ben, can you tell me how long horse droppings need to rot down before use also can I use used straw from a stable straight on the garden as a mulch even if it's a bit wet ?!!!