The Easiest FOOD Vegetable Garden you can set up and Grow in, and compost in place for free plant food and soil. As your garden grows, you make much of your garden soil too, at the same time. Adding in some purchased garden potting mix is fine, I do these days too, but most will be coming from your plants. This set-up can be Free (if you have some of these storage totes) or Cheap. I have been using these now for years, as we have been growing Tons of food like tomatoes, peppers, watermelon, parsley, celery, Malabar spinach, moringa tree, herbs, mint, kale, collard, carrots, radishes, sage, oregano, thyme, basil, lettuce, and more vegetables. AND I compost in place making free plant food from your leftovers and browning leaves as the plants grow, as win win perfect vegetable Garden.
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Robbie, You are my favorite youtuber! I have an old blender. Would it be beneficial to liquify my vegetables and compost in place with the "juice" instead of the cut pieces? By my uneducated reasoning, I think that the greater surface area would give the plants more nutrients more quickly? Am I misguided? Also, I never see any scraps of bread in your compost. Is bread a no no?
I was filling up a plastic bin with food scraps and garden waste, and now I have potatoes growing in there lol.
How to avoid cockroaches in your compost?
You have inspired me. I've gotten obsessed with growing food. I don't have a lot of space or a lot of money so I fill a tote/tub with composting materials and when it gets almost to the top I add a thin layer of potting soil and only then do I allow myself to plant in it. I will not allow myself to plant in a new bin without any compost materials in it first. I have totes on standby, so I can continue to fill them once the old ones are planted in. I love your methods. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
I live in condo community. My question is if I use food waste to make rich soil, does it start smelling bad??
Is your husband that tall
Thank you! I have piles of leaves behind my house that my husband has raked up for years. You just showed me I have tons of good free soil I never realized I had.
Thank you so much for this great information. Iβm new to growing food so this is exciting news for me!
Are there foods you don't suggest using in the compost?
Hi Robbie I learn the lot from your experience Tyou for your sharing This year my fruit tree got a lot of fruit πππππ
In Australia we have Eucalyptus. What are your thoughts?
I mix top soil with worm casting and leaf mold, compost. and vermiculite or perlite if I have it.. thats my basic recipe.
This is great! π Thanks
Get something going…ha…i like it. Which vegetable has long roots? I set up some totes too, everytime i put kitchen scraps there i put a layer of top soil, pretty good top soil has small wood pieces inside. But only half way it is already so heavy. I am learning to grow from seeds too. π
Every time you say "On the free" my heart smiles π€£π Ws are buying our first house In May and have only done gardening on our small balcony so any way that we can save money in a larger garden is so helpful. I plan to eat mostly from our garden. Thanks for sharing π
Is wood pellets the same as wood stove ash?
Very awesome!! Thank you from Australia.
Super duper β€οΈππ
Greetings from Maine, the other side of the country! So growing up my mom always watched Good morning America or some news channel talk show. Screw that. This is my good morning world show lol. Gardening inspiration daily tv show. Who needs fictious tv when you have real life people who feels like your neighbor having a talk next door. You never cease to amaze me Robbieπππ±π·ππ» Thank you for sharing nuggets of golden garden wisdomππ
All great information Robbie! Thanks for the video
can i use spruce tree dried leaves etc?
Thank you.
I am new doing vegetable planting and I can tell you I have spend hundreds on buckets and soil, I wish I would it see this video sooner but from now on I'll do your way and I am going to look for buckets and chairs. Thanks a lot
THANK YOU ROBBIE, FOR TELLING US ABOUT DIFFERENT SOILS
Can u use all the green clippings the gardener tosses in my βgreensβ garbage can?
I have alot of ants in my compost. Does this matter? The soil is really rich! I absolutely love this tip!!!!
Can I use dead leaves from my trees? Mostly pine and oak
You are amazing, lady! A real Garden Mama! I'm learning soooo much and spending so less now in my garden!
Are oak leaves ok to use…..and acorn shells left from the squirrels?
Thank you π
I've been stressing about how to expand my garden and pay for soil. This is very encouraging π
Robbie, you gave me exactly the specific info I needed today! I googled what I needed including βRobbieβ and I got it!! Haha. Iβm going out now to plant all my sprouted seeds done in your way with paper towels and in a dark box! Results!! π₯³π₯³π₯³ oh, oh btw, of course Iβll be planting them in my plastic bins filled with all the ingredients you have taught us about! ππ
If you cut down a lot of weeds from your field or garden, can all of this go in the pot or would it grow and produce more weeds?
I love watching your videos. I probably watch most of them from frw years ago. Im implementing composting in places and in containers and save so much money. Thank you very much.
Can you mix your ground dirt with potting soil and grow flowers or vegetables and I live in Georgia and we have red Georgia clay
Itβll be nice when I have more yard scrapes. Iβve dragged home broken branches off other peopleβs lawn. And once, I picked up a long worm in the grocery store parking lot. Hahahaha.
I love your practical reasoning and being frugal these days. Yes, I am following you!
I love this Lady!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!! Years ago, we bought a half truck load of compost from the city and it ruined the soil. The tomatoes literally smelled like wet diapers. And years later we still have issues in that plot. I'm switching to containers now.
You have inspired me & Dog to start our container garden and start a video blog on YouTube. β€β€β€π thanks Robbie. You are the BEST πππ₯°π₯°πππ€©π€©