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You can plant indoors or on a small patio while still imitating nature and getting as close to Back to Eden as you can.
Yes, you can go to the garden center and buy everything you see in this video, but try not to. Sustainable Permaculture is possible in any environment!
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Self sufficiency at its best. i am glad you are scratching the surface of literal urban gardening meaning people such as myself for example who live in suburbs and have a back yard with a pool! i just planted mints of different genetics around my side yard that are just taking off. i have always bought my worms form wallyworld in the fishing gear section. Enjoy! great video thanks for sharing.
Thanks Patriot – that is great feedback! I think there are times that those of us who are in the rural environment – or just flat-out in the woods – forget that there are numerous people who have the same desires as us, but are in a situation where they cannot plant a big garden. Hopefully this little video is recognition on my part that not only do those people exist, but they can take just as much enjoyment from their containers as I can from my ground.
I'm a new sub & really enjoy your videos. I'm still learning about the Back to Eden system. I have a question for you. I couldn't really tell if your chips had any green material in it. It seems to me, Paul made a real point that the wood chips needed to have a percentage of leaves (green material) with the chips. Unless someone 'doctored' up a purchased bag of mulch w/ greens, I'm not sure if the outcome would be the same as Paul's B2E garden. What are your thoughts?
Many thanks, Gin
Ginnie, glad to have you, and thank you for the compliment. My short answer is this: The worms don't care about green material, and it is the worms that will keep the soil full of nutrients. Frankly, I don't know the science of it. I just know that where there are worms, there is good soil, and where I put down dead brown straw, hay or wood chips, I have tons of worms. I hope that makes some sort of sense! Thank you so much for watching!
I have used wood chips to mulch on top of containers and it has worked well, particularly for fruit trees.
Thanks! Glad to hear you have has success with this.
Man, why didn't I think of this. My wife's "rose garden" is on the deck…this would be perfect for her.
Give it a shot – if you record anything about it, leave a VR and we'll put it up!
I see only one problem with this. If the pots get hot from sitting in the sun, I am thinking the worms will try to go deeper and if you have holes in you pots for drainage they may go out of them. Just my thoughts, please let me know how this works out. Thanks for sharing.
You will have mint coming out of your ears! Mint is of the devil! hahaha – Kidding – we love our mint, but you are right, boy – it will take over the world when planted in the ground. I'm anxious to see how it does in containers. But, if a few weeks from now you walk into the office and can't find your wife, don't say I didn't warn you. 😉
It is a good point. We will give it a month or so to see if this happens. One of the pots is sitting in our garden, so full sun, it will be a good one to check. Thanks for the idea!
Haha! She'll be happy to eat her way out!
Very well delivered message. I am all about saving money as most people are in this economy. I am sure you have inspired many to give it a try!
Chuck
Thank for the nice words Chuck 🙂
It will take awhile for the mint to get going but then the pot will fill quickly. Those little sprigs will need to not get picked at for a month or two to generate enough energy to start the process. I would even suggest that once you see some new stems shooting out go ahead and cut the longer stems at least 6" and take the leaves off the bottom 2-3" and set in water to root. Then after they root go ahead and put them in the pots as well. You can go check my channel for my mint video to see.
Thanks! We may well have to try it!
Welcome, I look forward to your mint update videos to see them progress. I bet the worms really help you over my plants. We are way too hot for worms.
Those worms are going to die in your pots, unless they escape because the pots are likely to get too hot unless they are insulated and get enough moisture.
3:33 – And don't call me Shirley. LOL 😉
It would be nice to see someone who only has a small porch posting container videos. So many are just little 15 minute segments made by growers with a lot of space. It's not quite the same! I think you really have to have a small space to understand the ins and outs of small space gardening. – Chris Johnson, The Lincolnshire Bucketeer.