7 Easy Ways To Grow More Food with LESS Work & Money!

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[@davidthegood]

Are you a normal person who wants to grow food? When you search online, it all seems too complicated! But if you give up, what if something happens to our supply lines? What if we have an economic downturn? What if you can't feed your family? Wouldn't you like to know how to grow food without feeling like you need a triple doctorate's degree in chemistry, horticulture and soil science? You might think you need expensive raised beds or complex aquaponics systems, purchased soil, piles of mulch and exotic tools and fertilizers - but you don't! In my new book Minimalist Gardening you'll learn how to cut through the complexity and just grow food using simple and time-tested methods. You'll discover how to find easy-to-grow varieties, and you'll learn how to simply put food on your table without expensive and time-consuming methods. If you have a little land, a little time, and the desire for a healthier life, you can put fresh produce on the table, grow an abundance of hearty roots and greens in your backyard, and stop feeling overwhelmed about gardening. Learn how - get Minimalist Gardening here: amzn.to/4auRdh9 And come join our community and get the awesome new food forest video course: www.skool.com/the-survival-gardener/ Thank you for watching!

[@maryjane-vx4dd]

Thanks for making sensible gardening great again.

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

I really enjoy watching your channel, you seem less fronting like a few of the other channels, and I love the way you push diy and free, ways to garden, in a enjoyable way, funny even at times.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

I still have a little spending money from Christmas and I am getting this book, it sounds like an approach that definitely will work for me. As a Mom to a special needs son I just have to have dinner ready so that time can be garden time, while Dad has eyes on him. I will do some in elevated beds and pots only because I already have them. But I love that you described a way that one does need them to get started.

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

@@SouthFloridaSunshine I have enjoyed his channel. I wish I could afford to get his book. I do not have money, I get snaps for food, and family helps me with the other things I need when they can, I am disabled but have yet to qualify for ssi or ssa. So I use what I have or do without a lot...

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. I want everyone growing food - God put us in a garden to begin with, and I think it's good for us to grow.@@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83

[@johnliberty3647]

Today my Barbados cherry cuttings failed to root when I checked them, my pepper seedlings failed when I went to pot them up. One of my mulberry cutting tubs failed to root. Half my banana pups quit on me. My 1 year old cassava isn’t coming back … the lists of failures grows. Now why do my neighbors believe I have a green thumb and they do not? Because they quit after one failure and I kept trying something new. My 10% success rate is really good when I have thousands of plants. No one sees the failures. Persistence pays off.

[@steph6337]

Amen! I'm doing the same!

[@92bagder]

Compost your failures

[@johnliberty3647]

The failures that do not involve using scented cat litter because I was too lazy to read the label.. but yeah? Compost the failures.

[@thewindmillgarden]

Use what you have. 👍. Let’s bring back Victory Gardens.

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

Clay soil is a blessing bc it’s packed with nutrients and minerals don’t hate on clay soil people , learn how to use it 🙂

[@wordwalkermomma4]

YAY for Clay!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

I have clay soil at my property in Georgia. I did a soil test and that soil is void of any nutrients and is very acidic.

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

@@Carolynfoodforest355 well I guess its based on what region you live in bc here in California the red beige clay grows really nice plants but I mix it up with top soil

[@neal0071234able]

My advice is mulch every square inch of a garden even inside and outside fence lines and row middles.. Cause once you think your gonna pull weeds in clay on a row of tomatoes and you pull up a classic annoying chamber bitter weed and realize you've also got a baseball hunk of dirt thats inseparable from the roots bearing almost modeling clay consistency while sweating in July south ms heat.. You learn how wetting and piling mulch year to year gradually will thicken the top soil layer and end that unnecessary sweat fest where the weed never had a chance to grow..so for a gardener in clay.. mulch is a quality of life improvement ..also hilling up rows 6 inches or more in height helps.. And just to note an adult male with only a quality hoe and garden rake in about one hour can hill up a 40 to 50 feet row that looks no different than if a tractor done it..

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

@neal0071234able thanks for the advice. I'm used to growing in Florida sand. Moving to Georgia and growing in clay is going to take a lot of learning.

[@Firevine]

Organic food!? Pish posh. I'm out here growing hot pockets and microwave burritos chock full of soy protein isolate and benzodyhydramine sulfate #43. What do I look like, a rabbit?

[@agapefield]

❤built raised beds are nice for older folks with knee or back trouble though

[@davidthegood]

There is nothing wrong with that. It's not the simplest, but sometimes the simplest isn't the best way for you to grow food. As long as you're getting food on the table, grow!

[@hoperules8874]

I have beds, but might add on with digging walk-ways out instead. I'm not getting any younger and don't wanna be bending over for alot.😅Plus it's cooler!

[@agapefield]

I must add that you clean up nice in this video & that I have 3 of your books "Free plants for Everyone"; "Grocery Row Gardening" and "Start a Home Based Nursery" want 3 more... "Grow or Die"; Compost Everything" and your new one. Saving up for them. Also, not particularly fond of A M A Z O N .... have a blessed day!

[@davidthegood]

Yeah, I understand about Amazon. Problem for me is, being an author without using amazon is like being a truck driver without using the interstate. They own the book market now. @@agapefield

[@agapefield]

@@davidthegood yeah, I can imagine it's difficult!

[@melissasekely5107]

I had this one small yellow tomato plant that got 10 ft tall last year because I save the seeds from it every year and I had green beans under it and it was the healthiest tomato plant over all of them.

[@annalynn9325]

I am SO GRATEFUL for your approach. Otherwise I’d be shopping everyday for blood meal, bone meal, alfalfa pellets, perlite, peat moss, seaweed, fish fertilizer, plastic buckets of NPK granules, neem oil, diatomaceous earth, compost, mulch. And I’d be poring over spreadsheets about what concentration to apply and when.

[@i._.witness]

Out of all the gardening channels I’ve come across, your videos are like a breath of fresh air with the occasional bug that flies in your mouth :)

[@CoreenT]

😆

[@sujo0603]

Man, you are so right. I have sooo many seeds started with no real plan for where it’s all going to go. I have a gazillion pots from over the years but not a gazillion gallons of potting mix. I need this, I need that…yadayadayada…. I feel like God is telling me to put it all in the ground. (He tells Paul G. things, why not me?) I am just going to go bananas in a few weeks. My “garden” is scattered about our property. I walk around it every day. I see the perennials I have started last year and the years before coming back strong and it bolsters my faith to put forth the effort to expand it even more this year. Thanks for the encouraging videos!

[@nancyfahey7518]

You have to become One with the plant. Directly in the ground is good but make some crepe myrtle sticks and tie a string around it so your husband doesn't mow it down.

[@TinaHarris]

You're looking GQ today. Congrats on your new book being #1 in gardening.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Tina.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Food growing is not rocket science, but I think it is more important.

[@laurenpaolini7073]

Congrats on the new book! Scot loves the cover. Make sure you bring some copies to keepers of the old ways, we'll see you there! I love how you crack yourself up lol.

[@davidthegood]

See you there

[@KristyLeeVlogs]

I recently learned that my mom has met you (which makes her a celebrity in my book). She visited your place in Florida for a farm tour and bought plants from you at the market. She said you had a tree that had several types of stone fruit on it, and she really wants to try that. She's got trees growing on her property that began at yours, and one day, I'll inherit the property and plan to do a food forest there. Somehow, this makes both of you so much cooler (you were both already super cool anyway). I hope to get the chance to meet you someday!

[@davidthegood]

Nice! That was my old food forest. We multi-grafted a Chickasaw plum tree with cultivated plums, nectarines and peaches.

[@loveishope4406]

I am moving to Jacksonville in October. My sister lives there. Shes in a foo foo housing edition but there is a privacy fence 🥰 We've decided no built raised beds. We wanna do it the way your talking about in this video. Im a so so gardener but Im learning. Hoping the new book will help us get started. My sister and her husband have never grown food. Nervous but excited.

[@KK-FL]

I have dewberries growing all over my yard! We have a love/hate relationship. So much tiny thorns! But free fruit.

[@avgFloridian]

My neighborhood used to be a pineapple plantation. There is currently a property with a mango orchard. I have had really good luck with weeds, but also sweet potatoes, except for that one spot. The bananas seem to be enjoying themselves. 11:57 🤣🤣🤣

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

It is sad all of the plantations and groves that used to be down here. Palm Beach County here 👋🏼and I used to live, (but only planted flowers for Butterflies) in Broward County.

[@sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519]

David you’re looking good I can see you’re healthy and life is great. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. God bless you and your family always

[@davidthegood]

Thank you - I've had a wonderful time working on the plant nursery this spring.

[@PlantObsessed]

I feel like there should be an instrumental version of sharp dressed man playing in the background. 😂 good stuff as always. Good to know about the new book.

[@JustSumGuy]

You rock man I practice many of these already just from hanging out and watching your content for a while.

[@artstamper316]

As always, great and inspirational video. I love the idea of Minimalist Garden. I love the idea of having a garden, which is why I started a couple of raised beds last summer despite being 75. Then life happened. Now I have to wait for the book you will write on how to garden when you can’t bend over, can’t kneel to pull weeds, and can’t install a trellis or cattle panel for your tomatoes and cucumbers. 😂😂😂😂

[@sharlenec7289]

Thank you for linking the row making equipment. I watched the video and made one today. You look very nice in your sunglasses and jacket. Best wishes to you and your family.

[@simpletown]

love you man. thanks for all you do. i believed i couldn't grow food and now i am. thanks in part to you! you're an inspiration! thanks for the positivity. may you and your family and your gardens all be blessed forever.

[@davidthegood]

You too.

[@roadtraveler6295]

Thank you! Keep the advice coming 😊

[@mykindpharm]

Living in the high desert mountains of Idaho is hard to grow… but I am determined!!!

[@1stbadger700]

I live in nothing but sand with nematodes so containers are a must but I do mini hugelculture with electro culture. I am finally getting some positive results. It also helps me see the copperhead snakes that roam in my area.

[@cleot151]

Excellent tips! We are in central Florida. We planted amaranth last year. This year it is growing all over the place--in random beds and even in the front yard. Amazing!

[@davidthegood]

It's the best!

[@zodiactiller]

Yes garden close, make the garden a top favorite spot in your life!

[@b_uppy]

Seen articles on benefits of raised beds, but sunken beds may have benefits as well, as long as you make them walkable. Lettuces and peas would likely benefit from the coolness of a sunken/ lightly shaded, evenly moist bed.

[@carsonrush3352]

They're the traditional growing style in deserts and other drought-afflicted places. It catches the runoff as it goes by.

[@b_uppy]

@@carsonrush3352 I know how they harvest rainwater, I follow Brad Lancaster. You may have heard of him. He's out of Tucson, AZ and wrote extensively on the subject. What's missing (and what I am wanting to see exploration of) is these gardens for their specific growing qualities and what works in them, rather than sequestering water side of it...

[@Bgraytful]

So sensible. And very doable. I Have been doing simple and cheap gardening for decades: tools from garage sales, making compost instead of bagged soil, using neighbors leaves and grass clippings for mulch. Saving seeds, etc. Thanks for your videos.

[@vivianking8143]

I am so happy to see and hear you on this topic. I have grown so very weary of other channels telling 'what you need to do' buy this product, buy that product, buy, buy, buy. We have done Ruth Stout for a while, now on a much smaller scale as we age more. Also hügelkultur which we love and both methods have been successful for us. We have lots of rotted leaves, branches, limbs and access to a great wood line with plenty of compost. This year we are only growing one type of tomato, butternut squash, okra and zipper peas. I have moved away from growing so many varieties. With the tomatoes, I can prepare them in so many ways and preserve, the butternut squash as well, as just by itself, or I use it as a mock pumpkin for pies, breads, cookies etc. Okra and the peas go anything. Basics can go along way. Again, thank you for this video. In Joy

[@TXJan0057]

😊 I garden in containers because we have gophers the size of large cats. I get free protein tubs from neighboring ranchers I fill the bottom foot with the natural dirt from our property. I mix up some regular dirt from my yard with home made compost and leaf mold. So our garden is free except for seeds

[@davidthegood]

Great work

[@deano1438]

I have gophers like that. I plant enough for us all. They are difficult to get rid of.

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

I use oak leaves all the time as mulch. I let them autumn. I rake them off to the side and let the wind pile them up over the winter, and then in spring, I take what I need. If you have a lot of weeds as well, you can buy a scythe or sickle and get mulch easily as long as you try not to get too many seeds. A lot of neighbors will cry about this, though, but I don't live in a place like that. I am also moving soon, though. I like the area, and I like the home, but I have to leave.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Less work and money? Here for this video, and getting that book, got to collect them all. DTG’s books are the best especially if you think you have a brown thumb, he is like the thumb greening university for those of us gardeners with not much time or money to garden.

[@SouthFloridaSunshine]

Yes, weeds taking over here is a huge issue if something interrupts those checks on the garden. Learn the medicinal edible weeds that do pop up is what I am trying to do too, because those are also Free Plants for Everyone!

[@se5594]

David the Good and Anne od All Trades are great resources for "lazy gardening"❤

[@michaelkaer]

I am growing cloves indoors using the potatoe method. Slice 2 opposite sides of the potatoe and cover the slices with aloe gel. Soak some cloves in water ( I did mine over night) then press them into one of the sliced sides and place the whole potatoe in a container of sand saturated with water. Place the container in a window that gets sun, keep the sand wet and wait. soon you should have shoots coming up.

[@davidthegood]

You are getting cloves to sprout?

[@timothypollard4332]

😂​@@davidthegood

[@TSis76]

Garlic cloves, or the spice?

[@XoTayAndersen]

I love your videos, I am the same way when it comes to my garden. I am a “hope for the best” gardener. I just plant plant plant and wait to see what happens😎

[@everettmcdonald2088]

I’ve been waiting for this, another classic GOOD gardening video. Loved it.

[@etiennelouw9244]

In Cape Town, South Africa, I decided to start a veggie patch in August 2021, due to having Kikuyu I had to dig it out and I had some old cement slabs that I put in as barriers to the grass, I then even though I had no compost, planted seeds, got a good harvest. Still expanding the veggie patch, have compost now so it's getting better. Going to try Bokasi as well.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I was surprised by the jacket and sunglasses at first because I didn't associate that with gardening for some reason but once I started watching the video it was jam packed with useful information unlike a lot of videos I watch. I think this is gonna become one of your most popular videos thanks again

[@davidthegood]

Thanks

[@JL-hw5hu]

Thank you!! I'm very overwhelmed with not having the finances to purchase galvanized raised beds this video is right on time. I deal with all sort of pests in the grass area of my backyard where I want to have a garden. Always loved in ground gardens which I do for flowers but not for food. Thanks for the encouragement. Battling stray cats & squirrels 😢

[@TheHappySensitive]

If it helps. I had a neighborhood cat problem in my small garden. I like cats, but they peed on everything, daily! I got one of those super soaker things (different brand though) that shoot water really far. Every time I saw a cat, I'd shoot water at them (kept the super soaker filled and ready by the backdoor). I had to keep it up for a few months but then they got the message. Will probably have to repeat the procedure again in the future, but I didn't have any cat pee anymore. Huge win. This worked for me even though I was only out there spotting cats occasionally. Just the fact that they knew they might get hit with water worked. Maybe this works for squirrels too? (no idea).

[@lisakruger5289]

I started my food gardening in 18 gallon rubbermaid bins, and loading the bottom half with leaves, kitchen scraps, etc. I already had the bins so the only expense was seeds and a bag or 2 of potting mix to top off the stuff in the bottom. You can grow a lot of food that way at very little cost by using what you have. :)

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL David The Good videos!

[@justinarnold7725]

That's why Grocery row gardening is awesome it gives you more time to drink spiced rum

[@OrganicMommaGA]

I am so behind on watching videos because I'm so often busy in the garden! We put our garden in the front yard and we have been doing small thngs nearly every day to keep it from being overwhelming. Last Spring, we added a few raised garden beds made of concrete blocks. Over the winter, because we don't get snow, we filled the square holes in the concrete blocks with wood chips (free from chipdrop), then a light layer of sand, and topped with our own mixture of compost, peat/coconut coir, topsoil. Our beds are 2 concrete blocks tall, so the top block in each row is the soil mix. Slow and steady wins the race. Every time we are outside, we are picking asparagus, stopping to look at flowers or little growing things and pull a small weed or three poking through the mulch on top of our beds. Taking the time - five or ten minutes a day just to walk through our tiny garden with 5 regular/long beds and 2 small/square beds means we always see SOMETHING to do. (Weeding, light pruning or thinning, watering the newest seedlings or seeds, etc)

[@agapefield]

❤❤❤❤love that bamboo in the background!

[@thehealinghomesteadkc]

My Everglade tomatoes are looking great!

[@Crashbangable]

Your Kamala Harris, impression at the end was spot on😂

[@summerhill_homestead]

Another inspiring video! I look forward to reading the new book.

[@ourrockydreamontheelephant4188]

Love the comment about the elephant. That's why we named our place the elephant farm.

[@davidthegood]

That is perfect.

[@qualqui]

Missed the Goodstream David, but here taking in your words of common sense and wisdom. Prickly Pear, Myrtleberry Cactus and Talayotes (wild cousin of the chayote)grow wild here,they don't need much water(unless you want an endless supply of cactus pads) and for plants that do well here are the Chayote, onions, squash (including the Z culprit),green beans and corn but these all require a lot of water, maybe thinking up away of drip irrigation to save water and at the same time have lots of food, for sharing with friends and family as well as for our pantry.

[@victornicklow9792]

Always good videos. We need more.Stay Blessed

[@lola-BBD]

I had moved to the area 10 years ago. Renting a suitable cottage between farms and driving around for something to buy… There was this curious driveway with a red rock outcropping and a for sale sign. Anyhoot i bought that property; slayed all the trees from heaven or hell that stink and won’t go away. Persimmons, oyster mushrooms, miatake, lions mane, blackberries, black walnut, black cherry, Bradford pear to graft, white oak acorns(!) and passion flower + Introduced similar species; elderberry, just got black dwarf mulberry in containers, just stomping on the bee balm causing smells of euphoria +

[@aaaaaa2206]

3:51 Most useful advice in the video!

[@ptrainingbytim]

You’re the best brother! God bless you and the fam.

[@davidthegood]

You too

[@emilypulled312]

Learn from my mistakes. I live in western Arkansas on a hill, and my natural soil is shale. Fifteen years ago I screened the soil in my beds to get the rocks out and hauled in several pickup loads of silt and leaf mold from a natural worm bed I had access to. Adding that worm dirt to my garden made it explode the following spring. And then the problems started. First it was pests that I’d never had before, then it was weeds I’d never had before, then the Ph problems started, etc,etc, etc. I turned my crappy soil into a labor nightmare. A few years back I grew tired of fighting the issues and started modifying that soil by adding more compost and sphangum peat, and now I’m once again laboring over the garden to correct issues, including fungus gnats. So the moral of this story is be careful when you create new gardens and don’t create issues. Mother Nature is ruthless when you do bad things to her work.

[@lornabaker4039]

Thanks. Always great, sensible advice.

[@andrearutledge5349]

I absolutely love your videos and your ideas. Earlier this year I started some little pallet beds and everything in them was free. The pallets, the cardboard boxes, mulch and gorgeous soil from my words, compost and of course my chicken poop straw. I’m so curious to see how they are going to turn out. I’m having fun experimenting collecting items that already exist on my property and utilizing them in my beds

[@philipweisser8815]

Thanks for simplifying gardening for me ❣️ Im well on my way to be self sufishent. While having time to do my dayjob and care for my family. So your videoes have had great effekt on my garden ☺️

[@jeil5676]

I bet he's not wearing any pants in this vid. He blew the budget on the upper half.

[@user-ic2ug8ys1z]

Pants are overrated anyway.

[@davidthegood]

You see right through me

[@jons5898]

As part of the minimalist theme of this video he’s probably wearing a red Speedo swimsuit 🤔🤦🏻‍♂️ !

[@hands2hearts-seeds2feedamu83]

Or shoes, he not wanting any shoes either. That's what I like about his channel he so down to earth...

[@SG-vu4qy]

i own my brother's homestead now, and he always said just drop the seeds in the soil, it will grow. that's the only thing he ever told me about his old garden. I've toiled in my mind forever about how to resurrect this old garden spot. it was an old onion/garlic farm originally in the 50's about 100 acres. since then cut up parcels and resold. you can still see the agriculture rows from looking from above. When I think about it, all I need is to put up a good fence to keep those darn goats out. KISS is the best method. thank you Mr. David. I truly believe the biggest obstacle to growing food is my mind. I really appreciate you reiterating the "get out of your nougat" point. growing forward.

[@downtoearthsewing]

Thank you for the no nonsense advice! I needed to hear the bit about raised beds. True to my sanguine nature, I keep changing my mind about set up. Thank you for letting see the lack of structure as a blessing! Having the garden close to the house and getting in there daily is crucial for me as well! People make plans when the weather is mild and the weeds are still sleeping... come July it's a different story.

[@lola8590]

Goodness!! You clean up good. Handsome!!!🤩

[@Lauralamontanaro]

I don't know why you aren't coming up in my notifications. I hope the new baby is doing well!!

[@glynischamberlain9126]

Great video, as always, David. Thank you

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@libbysmithstudio]

In Florida. We go from drought to daily thunderstorms to hurricanes. I was thinking of planting in totes with composting in place (like Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy). Thoughts? My neighbors have a hard time getting any food crops to grow, and i think it's because the ground turns into 2 feet of muck here in hurricane season. I lost a lawn mower in it one year.

[@davidthegood]

I grow on mounds in wet soil.

[@almostoily7541]

One thing I'd like to point out about that method ( I watch them and enjoy the channel)... Animals can smell the compost and will dig it out. Even in containers sunk into the tote with another potted plant on top. I'm guessing it's raccoons since a whole half gallon pickle jar was taken out of the tote. I don't compost things my dogs will want to dig up. Other than that, the plants close to the compost containers go gangbusters. There's a noticeable difference in the same type of plant across the tote. It works.

[@Homesteading247]

Your book came yesterday🌻

[@antoninabruno4205]

David you are the BEST

[@leomiranda-castro6908]

Your comment about the diversity of plants in nature is so true! Looking at nature and mimicking it in your garden is critical for the long-term sustainability of your food garden. The funny part is when you forget what you planted, did not label it and next year is a "surprise" 😮 I love that feeling!!! Thank you for sharing!

[@sweetpeasbackyardgarden1236]

Great video! I've discovered something very similar to your reflections. I've had to experiment a great deal. I'm much more receptive to keeping things simple than I used to be.

[@FreeTruth832]

Rule #2 was the first rule my Dad taught me. He was a born and bred farmer, who went to school on the GI Bill, and ended up as a Navy contractor. Our suburban home was such an Eden that my Aunts cut flowers from it for my wedding reception. He couldn't wait to retire back to the family farm where he delighted in his jungle of tomatoes and watermelons. You might say his outlook led me to your YT. Thank you

[@floydgraves3997]

Thank you for this very practical advice. I’m doing most of it but it’s always good to hear it again… to be encouraged to implement the other points as well. Again Thank you, from a Southern California Hillside Gardener.

[@richtgirl]

Just got my book today. Excited to read it.

[@sparky6020]

Love your videos. Have bought a few ebooks. One of my bigger areas is a steep slope. I have a lot of fruit trees scattered on it. Between them i am doing swales with bamboo cut from my area and/or driftwood as borders of berms made with dirt shoveled from swales. Before piling up dirt onto berms i lay cut banana trunks and leaves to decompose and improve berm soil gradually. Dirt here is pretty heavy, with a lot of clay. When berm is made, i plant bigger plants like peppers etc then low plants like salad stuff to take advantage of shade from tall plants. Then i spread fallen bamboo leaves as mulch. Hoping this year is best yet!

[@yougoman1]

Best part is the sparks of laughter.

[@aquietpeacefullife]

Just ordered the book! Very excited to start gardening. Thank you!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@moseshenry6265]

Before the ranger catches you,lol

[@patricksenn8533]

People always ask me how I can get my plants to grow so well, my answer is simple "The proper amount of Ignorance" Too many try to make the process too complicated and they overwork the garden, constantly disturbing the beds.

[@suzannestack7784]

Man I hate pesty pests 😂

[@alysoffoxdale]

It's the varmints more than the pests that get me, though. Bugs I can live with. But rabbits and deer? They completely destroyed my garden two years running. 😭

[@chriskincaid6035]

Thank You ...

[@Alien2799]

We love you Dave :) no BS gardening. You had mentioned some time ago that you were going to write a book for northeastern gardeners. Are you still planning for that? I am in Toronto, Ontario so I would love such a book. Thank you.

[@davidthegood]

No, I don't have the expertise for that.

[@Alien2799]

@@davidthegood That is a bummer :) Are there any books, YTbers etc that you could recommend for that region?

[@ravenpineshomestead]

I probably recommend you the most to other gardeners.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@ilostabet9295]

for years i've told everyone that would hear me that you were the one true successor to Fukuoka and this book is the proof. thank you for all your work. i love you man.

[@josephkiselica8923]

We need more "common sense" in what we do...... All around! SPOT ON

[@ArtistCreek]

I really like your attitude about gardening. I am amazed by the different styles. Some people have fancy Instagram worthy picture perfect gardens and others thow it in the ground and it grows or a combo of the two. I have a nice combo of a pretty arch trellis and wooden raised beds and a flower bed with my extras just thrown in. I mean whats the worst that will happen? Ill have bush beans next to my azaleas right?

[@davidthegood]

Right!

[@almostoily7541]

About the elephant... would you say it's gamey? Or more like chicken?

[@ragheadand420roll]

❤ for tuck. Oops. Sorry. Wrong channel. 😂. David the crockett. Wheres tubbs ? ✌️

[@LiliansGardens]

Hood advice here . Thanks

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Lilian.

[@Lauralamontanaro]

I figured it out!! 😂😂 i have worries about using straw because it might have been sprayed? Have you had any issues? Also, I can use the leaves from my invasive bamboo??

[@_p4n0ptic0n_]

Now with extra audio!!

[@hankstribe8738]

Thank you! I really enjoy listening to you even if I only store most of the information for the future.Ha. (I really did try again to have a small garden and I am having fun.😄) Your videos are inspirational and I love your quirky sense of humor and style. Keep it up!

[@ancient_gamerr]

How could you not trust a gardener in a blazer and pilot sunglasses? 👌

[@larrystratmann624]

Only if he’s wearing shorts also😊

[@ancient_gamerr]

And no shoes 👍

[@midwestribeye7820]

Looking dapper.😎

[@tommyluck19]

Hey,David! Happy Easter! Do You know a feed store in Atmore,where I can buy wheat berries, corn for cornmeal in bulk? Thanks for any help ❤

[@tonyalewis9053]

I’m reading your new book now! Thanks. 👩‍🌾

[@davidthegood]

Thank you

[@jessicafield9907]

But when you plant a bunch of things together you should know your plant so you know what's growing. I did a large "chaos" garden last year with extra seeds that I had never done before. I didn't harvest anything from that space because even though it went nuts and was full, I didn't know what any of it was. And Google did not help.

[@silviadias7791]

Love your honest gardening information, unfortunately living at 4100' in an arid climate leaves me with a short growing season which needs irrigation to live. Otherwise the sage brush and Pondarosa Pine grow really well, just can't eat them :(.

[@AnnsTinyLife]

Best advice ever!

[@williammay2332]

"Nature does not like a monoculture." So, nature does not like HOAs.

[@WhySoZyro]

Yeah buddy

[@TaLeng2023]

I'd like to garden too but I don't really even have space for the pots.

[@davidthegood]

I would consider borrowing a little space from a friend. We've done that, when we had to rent.