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0:00 Intro
0:20 Soil Types 101
1:36 Mistake 1: Too much of a good thing
4:18 a word from our sponsor
6:10 Building up your soil
7:04 Never leave your soil uncovered
8:08 Lazy garden design and runoff
11:56 Listen to your plants
13:09 Mistake 2: Wrong time of day
14:34 Why Lazy Pathways work
15:56 Mistake 3: Wrong kind of water
18:04 Don’t monocrop
21:11 Emulate the seasons
28:51 Why deep roots are important
32:34 Checking on Ella
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37 Comments
What about trying to propagate your failing tree with some cuttings? I've had some heavily stunted trees in the past and propagated some cuttings, I didn't graft them, but they're doing decently well.
20:45. I shook my head too, but it was a good one… haha
I made a Hügelkultur bed inspired by your techniques
Took me a while to figure out why t.f. you would drink slug bait 🙂 mentioning the first time.
So clever bless your 💜💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️
Hey!?! I watched that video! ( 33:00 )😆😅😂
Damp is the non-gross word you were looking for
Moist is an underrated word.
Interesting addition, we don't have a "wet" sense. We can sense texture and temperature.
So in the case of my container plants, the soil will "feel" wet because it is mulched and much cooler. But then the plants start wilting 😅
Zone 7 TN grower here nature works wonders
Love every video you put out, thank you for sharing!!
Thanks, Anne!
Plastic is why I don’t want to get a rain barrel but it looks like all I can do in the city. Do I vid on plastic. Most controversial topic I research 😂😭
Gosh, I'm feasting on your knowledge and the way you share,
especially with your non vegetarian morsels added. (okra is going to be fried in pork fat later, yum)
My brain is full and I'm only halfway through the video.
I want to gorge more but should get up and walk around to digest a bit.
btw LOVE your comment in the Weeds video, comparing exposed soil to
Mother Nature exposed and needing to modestly cover up. 🤭
I feel smarter and more confident in my lazy ways 😅
This video is awesome
You provide a well of information
Thank you❤
Thanks for sharing!
Great video. I love the waiting room for the calf delivery 😊and “As mulch as I believe” 😂 was so funny. Thank you. Your garden looks great. I watched that video you mentioned at the end.
Great info Ann! Thank you! And entertaining too😊 I just harvested my last garlic bulbs (which are tiny this year) yesterday here in zone 5b and we are in a bit of a heat wave with no rain for 5 or 6 days. I have not watered much this season as we have had a LOT of rain, yet my garlic bed is bone dry. And I did not cover the soil this week as I harvested my garlic. I did leave the weeds in place but the soil is like powder. I will add some mulched manure and am planting beans and pepper transplants in that bed tomorrow before our next forecasted rain! Thanks for the gardening advice.
Anne, I hope Better Help is actually helping you heal your heart. ❤ Thank you for sharing your story in a previous video, Thank you for your lazy gardening tips, and Thanks to Better Help for Sponsoring!!
We moved from desert CA to TN (and all this greenery) 4 years ago … 6 acres of just house and “grass” and 1 acre of thick woods in back. We are gradually working garden beds into the scene, literally by hand (no heavy machinery). I’m so inspired by the permaculture method, using the water from the sky and the lay of the land to distribute it. We must be doing it right because we’ve never seen so much mushroom activity this year. Foraging aside, What should I do with these shrooms … leave them be, compost them? Love your videos – looking forward to Birth Day 🐄
Such a fantastic explainer and presenter.
You're awesome! Thank you so much for all the information and humor 🙏
What a beautiful cow! Love her soft dark colored face 🥹🩷
Drinking some slug bait" HA!!😂
I appreciate your content so much! You're a good teacher
😃👍🏼👊🏼
Good luck with the donkeys and calving!😂
Lazy Gardening Basics.
I live in Arizona, and following this thinking killed my plants
So glad we have another Tennesseean who loves the land
Real-deal garden advice and very descriptive. Ella is gorgeous !! I wish it would rain here !! ( Manteca, Ca. ) I definitely collect rain water when it actually rains. Why would anyone treat our water-sources ?? !!!!! I am glad July will be done as nearly every day here was 100 and over. I love the way that you glean knowledge from the forest of life, good job .
I don't get rain here in the desert if eastern WA, so i am seriously considering doing what i use to and making wells instead of humps for my vegetable crops next year. I'm thinking that everything will stay wetter much easier!
Thanks for the great content! I love your energy and enthusiasm. I also like your holistic approach to gardening. Many kudos!
Thank you for sharing, I assumed we needed to increase water when fruit is forming and ripening
No kidding not all rains are equal, this year seems like every rainfall comes in a thunderstorm with high winds & hail…but after three years of draught I'll still take it. Now to watch the rest of the video, because I'm going to be watering a friend's garden while they're away and I don't want anything dying on my watch!
You lost me when you said watering in the morning will essentially burn your plants. If that was the case Florida would be a barren wasteland.