In this video, I give you 5 gardening mistakes not to make in your fruit and vegetable garden when growing your own food.
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Mark, how much of your own food do you grow vs buying it out of curiosity? I know an off-grid family that grows and hunts almost everything they eat, but they've got orchard with like 140 varieties in it.
You gave me good info , especially about fruit trees
I recommend weed barrier under the small rocks if you decide to do it that way. That's one of the biggest mistakes he made in this video. You will get some small weeds on top of the rocks during the summer but its just 2 or three handfuls of small weeds just like in the raised beds. Really minor maintenance takes a few minutes to do. When I did mine I had the area leveled with a backhoe and bucket and just rolled out the weed barrier, built the beds and put rocks around them. Not putting a weed barrier in is a verry common mistake people make.
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Another brilliant upload π
Hi Mark, you said you got avo's in a single year– what size plant (& cost) did you start with and what type? I'm in WA and I love them. A neighbour down the road has a couple of huge trees which produce these amazing avo's which aren't like the shops– they're mostly round vs. teardrop shape. Any idea what they could be and if it's possible to graft to a different avo variety if I can't find that type?
Your first mistake was my mistake to start with 100%
I haven't seen your videos in ages. It's fantastic to learn from you again. Have a good one mate!
Love your videos, Iβm in the UK, but your advice is still very helpful even though the climate might be a bit different xx
Lets see Kevin from Epic Gardening do a Australian visit & Self sufficient Me visit San Diego! Yes!!
i don't know you. i've never met you. But i just want to say, your smile always brings a warm feeling of joy that passes on the smiles. Also thanks for these vids, i auto played onto you after watching some stuff from no till growers. and i've picked up so much just watching your stuff. π so thank you.
I never thought to use a mound for a tree. Iβm planning on growing some trees soon so Iβll keep in mind to check if they could drown easily since it floods a lot. The only tree Iβve planted was a spruce sapling I found growing on my roof. I Donβt live there any more, but itβs 20 feet tall now. I wish I could climb it. My tree sonπ
I just made one of your big square beds but mine has an avocado in the middle and veg around the outside
Excellent gardening advice. Very practical. I have been wandering along the garden path for longer then I care to remember and here I meet a fellow Gardner further along the path of βgrow-your-own- veggieβ with great ideas I can add to my already evolving weed and pest controlled gardening. This is happening in Hampshire southern Britain where my garden is dry and hard in early summer and slugs make quick work of my early strawberries and any other early plantings. I use grow-boxes home made to beat slugs bugs and fright control. (
Such a wealth of experience! Fantastic garden! Thanks for making gardening an attractive option; even as we advance age-wise! β€οΈ
Who knew Harvest Moon's problem of 3×3 sowing and the middle being inaccessible because plants get in the way is applicable in real life
Another great production video, great ideas for beginners in the field of gardening. I have become a fan of your and will look for more of your advice. Cheers mate from NYC
If your not making mistakes, & learning from them your not living.
Only eat fruits ripe, do not eat them unripe. The riper the better. Why? Because it tastes better and there are less phytotoxins in the riper fruits.
Use builders plastic over the parts of the bed where you don't want any weeds. Blocking light is the best way to get rid of weeds organically.
What about lychees in late spring in scenic rim with clay soil?
We really enjoyed your video. We'll be watching!
omg that little buggy is so cute
Greetings from Philippines I truly love your videos and I learn a lot big thanks β€οΈ
I love your videos. Thanks!
I moved into a house with 2 existing ground level garden plots π₯ I was 29 years old and even my back said Nope to it. Needless to say, we had a year of crop and then weed and then I got rid of them for good. Now 1 plot is concreted for the kids to play on and I just installed a 120cm high L shape bed in the other plot and started planting again. My back and the plants are both happy about it.
And thanks for the avocado tip. We had an avocado I grew from seed 6 years ago and had no idea why it was so sad all the time π Clue the clay soil hahaha.
Haha, they had trouble propping up the tower of Pisa too!
I am a little stumped… You began with grass around your veggie garden, it would flood. Then you added a thin layer of rocks/pebbles with a fabric underneath. After the weeds over took the rocks, simply adding a layer of dirt and sod. You've come full circle back to grass around your veggie garden yet now after only having a thin layer of pebbles under the new sod was enough to increase drainage and aleviate the occurrence of flooding?
lol G'day π
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I started following you…ive turned my back yard from grass to garden beds and am going crazy planting everything haha…times are getting tough and food is getting expensive and seven sometime hard to get like lettuce over here in tassie $10 when the crops are hard to get….not no more…i m picking lettuce leaves all the time now…and i cant wait for the tomatoes and watermelons…you teach well about gardening and i think i much to learn…cheers and happy growing