Have you done a video on methods for saving seeds? In a SHTF where will you get seeds for planting? Thanks for sharing all you are doing, you really have me thinking.
@Gabay54 LOL What a coincidence. I just got in a large order of seeds a few days ago, and am in the middle of taping a video, on how to store them. I'll include some info on saving seeds for you.
something only hinted at in the squarefoot gardening book, but of VITAL importance to the system working out is the addition of either ashes from a hardwood fire, or dolomitic lime *aka: dolomite*. his "mel's mix" is so acidic, as described in the book, that very few things can grow other than bluberries (food-wise that is) and a couple other low pH loving plants. dont add hydrated lime due to its caustic nature and rootburning potential. do plenty of pH tests, water OFTEN, and its a good system
Love the "GOOD STUFF!!!" lol. Just subscribed and will check out your gallery of vids. :) Started my square foot garden this year. More work upfront for me but in the long run I'm hoping it will be easier to maintain. Only problem is it went from 4 beds to now 10 and I want to make more because there's more plants I want to grow. I love variety in my diet. lol
Any problem with hilling your potatoes with "the good stuff"? Seems our potatoes end up scabby when they get too much compost. Growing climbing beans on a fence makes bean picking easy work, we don't bother with bush beans anymore.
I planted my first "4X4" garden and I am hooked. By this time next year, if we haven't gone back to my parents' homestead yet, I plan to have seven of them. It's the end of September, and I have lettuce and spinach growing like mad.
I don't subscribe to these gardening systems. I prefer to just follow some general rules of thumb e.g. dig in manure in the spring, compost around the vegetables for moisture retention. Still, it certainly looks like you have produced some great vegetables - I am jealous! I also agree that self-sufficiency is the best response to more stringent economic times.
this year our family used an old hot tub, cut the bottom off and dug a big hole for the big one to sit in, made it pretty with logs around the edges, used the smaller part we cut off as a potato bed with mesh around it so we could build up.....and an old green enamel bathtub has squash bursting out in all directions! , an old hot water heater tank cut in 1/2, welded back together with legs on it for salad greens, a couple 4' x 8' raised beds, for other stuff, we are off to a GREAT start I'd say
Resist01-Sounds like you are on your way!!! Keep it up. If you have windows movie maker, You can make videos, without a video cam. Just grab some pictures off of Yahoo images, and do some narration.
WOW, your garden looks AMAZING!!!!! I have to get my hands on that book. Loved the video, this is the type of things I wanna see and learn about. The planet, the country, government, it's all screwed, we're all screwed, it's survival mode time, and I ain't talkin' AKAs and MREs, I'm talkin' 'bout gardens, feeding my family, and if I can, my neighbor's family. Looking forward to the future videos. Great things will come from this channel =)
The garden looks great. I've done SqFt gardening in the past - I use a sort of modified version now - some row crops, some raised beds -but I don't use containment edges. Mel's system is great - I just find that here too many slugs, snails and earwigs hide out in the boards/rocks/blocks that you use along the edge. And I have LOTS of weeds, LOL.
Have you done a video on methods for saving seeds? In a SHTF where will you get seeds for planting? Thanks for sharing all you are doing, you really have me thinking.
Gabay54 1 year ago
@Gabay54 LOL What a coincidence. I just got in a large order of seeds a few days ago, and am in the middle of taping a video, on how to store them. I'll include some info on saving seeds for you.
GoatHollow 1 year ago
something only hinted at in the squarefoot gardening book, but of VITAL importance to the system working out is the addition of either ashes from a hardwood fire, or dolomitic lime *aka: dolomite*. his "mel's mix" is so acidic, as described in the book, that very few things can grow other than bluberries (food-wise that is) and a couple other low pH loving plants. dont add hydrated lime due to its caustic nature and rootburning potential. do plenty of pH tests, water OFTEN, and its a good system
BoondockFarms 1 year ago
@BoondockFarms I dump wood ashes into my garden all winter, never tested it though. It seems to grow things just fine LOL
GoatHollow 1 year ago
Love the "GOOD STUFF!!!" lol. Just subscribed and will check out your gallery of vids. :) Started my square foot garden this year. More work upfront for me but in the long run I'm hoping it will be easier to maintain. Only problem is it went from 4 beds to now 10 and I want to make more because there's more plants I want to grow. I love variety in my diet. lol
VivianRinSC 1 year ago
Any problem with hilling your potatoes with "the good stuff"? Seems our potatoes end up scabby when they get too much compost. Growing climbing beans on a fence makes bean picking easy work, we don't bother with bush beans anymore.
mashhammer 2 years ago
I planted my first "4X4" garden and I am hooked. By this time next year, if we haven't gone back to my parents' homestead yet, I plan to have seven of them. It's the end of September, and I have lettuce and spinach growing like mad.
tjttzcspplt 2 years ago
I don't subscribe to these gardening systems. I prefer to just follow some general rules of thumb e.g. dig in manure in the spring, compost around the vegetables for moisture retention. Still, it certainly looks like you have produced some great vegetables - I am jealous! I also agree that self-sufficiency is the best response to more stringent economic times.
ivankinsman 2 years ago
I only wish I'd gotten about 5 times as much planted, Ivankinsman. Good luck!!!
GoatHollow 2 years ago
I like the new angle. Good to see that the spirit still burns
SqF is badass!
haseyes 2 years ago
Oh and we have started a worm farm!!!! For the making of "Good Stuff" someday if I get a video camera I will make a video....
Rezist01 2 years ago
this year our family used an old hot tub, cut the bottom off and dug a big hole for the big one to sit in, made it pretty with logs around the edges, used the smaller part we cut off as a potato bed with mesh around it so we could build up.....and an old green enamel bathtub has squash bursting out in all directions! , an old hot water heater tank cut in 1/2, welded back together with legs on it for salad greens, a couple 4' x 8' raised beds, for other stuff, we are off to a GREAT start I'd say
Rezist01 2 years ago
Resist01-Sounds like you are on your way!!! Keep it up. If you have windows movie maker, You can make videos, without a video cam. Just grab some pictures off of Yahoo images, and do some narration.
GoatHollow 2 years ago
WOW, your garden looks AMAZING!!!!! I have to get my hands on that book. Loved the video, this is the type of things I wanna see and learn about. The planet, the country, government, it's all screwed, we're all screwed, it's survival mode time, and I ain't talkin' AKAs and MREs, I'm talkin' 'bout gardens, feeding my family, and if I can, my neighbor's family. Looking forward to the future videos. Great things will come from this channel =)
sammieluvsdoomy 2 years ago
Dang, you sound just like Carlstens...
The garden looks great. I've done SqFt gardening in the past - I use a sort of modified version now - some row crops, some raised beds -but I don't use containment edges. Mel's system is great - I just find that here too many slugs, snails and earwigs hide out in the boards/rocks/blocks that you use along the edge. And I have LOTS of weeds, LOL.
hunt1803 2 years ago
Am I that recognizable???
GoatHollow 2 years ago