Building a Zen Garden on a Sailboat!- Sailing Uma [Step 138]

[@_Tylor_]

As an orchid rehabilitator (I find dying orchids at the stores and rescue them on the cheap) I suggest the Vanda pachara orchid species. You don't have to put them in media instead just soak the roots once a week for an couple hours, meanwhile you can just tie them up with string to hang around your boat/home 😊 AND THEY'RE FRAGRANT ORCHIDS 😍🌺⛵ Ps: Vanda pachara orchids.can get really big, but they do have mini's 🥰

[@davidc6510]

Kika goes full throttle on plant niche redesign,,,,Yeeeehhhaaaaaa!!!!! Look at that serious face on the table saw and doing the project .... like a boss!! Beautiful finished nice job Kika! Awesome job 8D! Cheers!

[@SailingUma]

😂yeeeeeehhhhaaaaaa indeed!

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

Are you kidding me? What I envisioned vs what you did... Magical. I love that little space.

[@kareykumli3458]

Love your land dinghy, and octopus! Sweet to see playful creativity. You two are the Best!

[@user6619-k9t]

A perfect little Zen Garden! Really like those metal tiles. Made me start thinking of a place where I could feature a few of them in my place...

[@franbaas3403]

Beautiful, your mother is with you always!

[@smurph4959]

Kika love it 🌼🌸🌼 the sea urchin air plant idea is excellent👌🐙 I love plants too. Succulents are the easiest for me ... Not to kill 🙈😄

[@fish7400]

I have the perfect place for a garden on my boat! AAAAND... there's a leak right there.. so it'll be self watering :) Totally amazing job Kika! I love how you bring that "homeness".. is that a word? It is now.. homeness into the boat. It's super important, and I think a lot of people overlook that aspect. It's a home and it should feel the part. Hi-Five! One-love!

[@chaoticstrawberriestheidiot]

Plants add such a personal touch, and that fact that the sand came from Haiti, makes it even more personal.

[@math3513]

Hi guys we've watched you from step 122 back to the start. We've all taken on your view on life I'm also very happy you still edit out the curs words as my 1 year old daughter and my 5 year old son love watching your positivity and glass half full attitude on life experiences. We bought a couch but have never regretted it. My partner Chelsea is half carabian and I'm British which means I get burnt and she becomes a bronze goddess like yourself haha. We hope to become part of your journey. We hope to share pics off ourselves and you can find the funny side that as two couples from two sides of the earth we look exactly the same.

[@billb.6109]

Nice Garden,..... everyone needs to bring with them, a bit of Home. Safe travels.

[@swannabe3764]

garden looks great, before you put the white pots in I was thinking an old piece of rope would look great as a type of shoe moulding to cover the blue tape

[@brucemelmer9243]

Kika, you are a special lady in so many ways!

[@anthonypeterson5618]

Great videography. I think u guys found ur second career.

[@SailingTanker]

I love your enthusiasm, there are so many great herbs you can grow Basil etc. You can even grow small container plants and hang them....

[@shopstuff5]

the interior of UMA looks more like a small apartment, so cute and NOT boaty! I like it, nice work.

[@dueldr]

Good work Kika. On another note - it always blows my mind to see the number of thumbs down. Some people are just... ick..

[@yankeecaptain6626]

My wife and i sailed for years and we two liked growing plants, especially air plants. and we planted them in shells and put them on little shelves with candles. we liked to listen to audible books in the evening. and this produced the perfect atmosphere. who needed tv. Yankee

[@SailingUma]

We LOVE air plants. Easiest thing to take care of....ever. That's what the jelly fish are made from.

[@markgallagher0000]

stunning little piece of garden art,think i would have put a good hifi in there though,sorry,looks great though,and its lovely to have a little piece of home and memory's of mum,good look guys,the freezer cabinet looks great too.x

[@tomriley5790]

Garden looks amazing guys! Great to see you infront of the camera Kika, I realised that you were behind the camera alot so we didn't get to see you working:-)! Nice to see Dan playing with the slowmo and artistic shots too - great shots making the longboarding look epic :-)!

[@spinnaker5514]

Your videos keep getting more and more artistic. Love the part where Kika rides the long board through the puddle....very cool! I know you must have thought about that one Dan. Especially because you were holding the camera. LOL! The garden is a real nice touch to make a boat a home. I have shared your galley make over video at least 10 times with friends who own sailboats, one friend wrote back saying that his galley is now his winter project. You guys are very inspiring. Also, very cool that you gave your extra pot filler to another channel....yeah saw that and thought that was very nice of you guys! Of course we all know what nice people you are!!!

[@maui2erika]

Amazing Kika!!! Onboard gardening is going to be a must for me too.

[@mrc1539]

That’s really a cool garden, it’s always nice to have a touch of home with you .Nice job ! 👍😉!

[@nealeburgess6756]

Love the garden Kika!

[@bdjm8595]

Well that was fun, nice job Kika !!!

[@sailingconcordia3835]

Great idea...looks amazing !!! Just wonder about the mirror, when you’re sailing the hull is working...so be careful it doesn’t burst. You two are so wonderful.

[@spencerflynn7743]

Wow the eriting on those beauty shots and nice music

[@TheLiquidlogic]

You could try some fishing line to secure the orchid at the bottom and to stop it from swinging... You could even try hanging it from fishing line which might make it look like it is floating there at first sight. Just an idea. Rock On Uma!

[@BEElaine1008]

I like the jellyfish, it’s so cute!

[@robertportersc]

You need to have a couple of aloe plants on board.they are pretty, help clean the air, and if you wind up getting a burn 4 days from shore it really helps.

[@michaelmclaughlin8474]

The garden looks nice...!!!

[@svjubilee8629]

Awesome job! Great video! We kept our last boat at that marina when we lived down there. Loved it...such great people!!

[@OG_Gamers_Live]

the hanging orchid can be secured by using some clear fishing line you could also try some fiber optics like they use in some lamps and light it up

[@whiteboi3818]

"Nothing in this area will ever move" best laugh I've had today thank you.

[@MsClever26]

It took binge watching for me to finally get confirmation regarding Kika's cooking abilities. I often wondered about the way Dan prepared fish (as Caribbean folks definitely don't cook that way) lol. I really hope Kika learns to cook, Dan deserves good creole food, besides no woman from the islands can not cook

[@jastark22181]

Good job Kika! It looks lovely. And it was very nice of you two to hook up your fellow sailors with the extra pot fill faucet you guys had. 😁

[@janethartwig774]

Fantastic garden!

[@kevincarlin604]

excellent videography. Loved the slow mo longboard in the water.

[@Lielou]

Yeeeeeeeah ! I’m like you Kika, i love garden 🙈🙈🙈 And we have juste one only cactus, we save it from the lonlyness on a dock ! 🌿

[@williambunting803]

I love the garden. On our boat we have a shelf with a port light and that will be our herb garden. On a boat I was designing I included an amidships high cupboard compartment under a decklight with ventilation for a largish herb and cherry tomatoe garden. Not built yet so not tried.

[@tamaskiss1930]

The garden is really beautiful Kika and sand beeing from Haiti makes it really special. Mr Dan you have a very sweet little lady there.

[@josephford6970]

Kika....here's a modeler's tip. For a realistic, dry looking ground cover.. sand, for instance.. mix the medium with powdered adhesive...once the sand is where you want it.. activate the adhesive by spritzing with a sprayer bottle. Voila!

[@lexfuzz1]

Awesome sailors. Beginner skaters! Skate bearings will ruin fast with water. Longboard needs great bearings so you can surf it longer and push it less! Shred around those puddles. Maybe I’ll send you a flatbill hat lol.

[@vahnlewis9749]

Great looking project Kika. Very tropical and homey. Couple of thoughts. Not sure what the mirror is made of, but if its glass, you might consider putting a plastic edge on it. Also, be careful with what you put behind the mirror, since there are wires back there. In particular, granular fertilizers are salts (conductive) and may also be hydroscopic (absorb water out of the air). So if they are not well sealed, you can end up with a gooey and highly conductive (and corrosive) mess. Liquid fertilizer may be ok though. Also, get some clear safety glasses so we don't see any finger tips hitting the blade.... Love your channel.

[@CarBjorn]

U guys gives me a BIG smile every week , thx for sharing !!! And the photo is great. Cheers from Sweden =)

[@rogers53]

Great job on the garden,a fantastic idea!!

[@101froggydude]

Cool! Gives me ideas for the herb garden I want to start!

[@saltynlit]

Great vid y'all! I'm taking my aloe plant when i move to my sailboat in a couple weeks.

[@xanderharty8612]

2 Years On... Hows the sailboat?

[@tuberAlma]

Guys, lets talk camera stabilization. Whats your secret? Your b-roll shots are so smooth.👏🏾💪🏾

[@SailingUma]

It's really a combo of many different things. 1. Starting with a good solid stance/base to shoot from (think Tai Chi) 2. The Sony a6500 (our 'A' camera) has a stabilized sensor AND stabilized lens which is SWEET! 3. We often shoot b-roll in 120p so it's even smoother. HA! That's 3 points, looks like we should make a video about it now.

[@tuberAlma]

Sailing Uma Thanks for the tips! Looking forward to the video. Fair winds! 💚

[@bobstienke178]

Who dat cameraman? Awesome! He do sound too? Righteous! New look for Uma!

[@suziq5293]

Nice garden, well done!

[@thatguy2408]

Old video I know. Hopefully you will read this. I am sure it was fun, but that looks like a great micro-green grow space. With LED lighting the power draw would be less than you think. It would still draw. But fresh green sprout salad daily, even after weeks at sea. That space could easily fit 3 decent sized trays. Gimballed trays on a frame with lights on the underside for the tray underneath.. Sorry, didn’t mean to rain on the fun project parade. Again I apologize as I work for a CEA (controlled environment agriculture) equipment supply and manufacturing company. Also, you could add a little mushroom log and have fresh mushrooms every now and then. Would that not be double? Sure it’s one more thing to do. But it’s just setup of the crop then minimal monitoring til harvest.

[@sailingmarie7097]

You Guys are something! 😃😃

[@justinnitsuj7041]

9:28 ahahha Can always count on Kika making pure comedy

[@fritzonvespa]

Nice little project.....always good to have grounding objects around you on a daily basis........ crossed my mind that popping a cut-out in the top and using silicone to glue down a Perspex ( plexiglass ) shelf above would let a ton more light into Magical Uma Grotto ! Always enjoyable videos. Take care.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

Kiki, I'm sure you have used a table saw before, but please find the blade guard for that table saw and install it. Also, push sticks are a wonderful thing when cutting small pieces. I have seen a lot of people loose finger tips or whole fingers, so please be careful. Love the little goof at the end, though.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

Whoops, Kika.

[@jeffgriglack9624]

Norm Abram: Before we get started I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your power tools PROPERLY will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this. There is no other more important safety rule...

[@kimyoung230]

@@jeffgriglack9624 ...then to wear these, safety glasses! (and you gotta say it with a Boston accent -- "sawr".) Awesome plant nook, Kika!

[@steveswoodworking2504]

Kika, when you are cutting those little pieces on the table saw, you cannot have the piece constrained between the fence and the blade like that. Then you used your fingers to hold it, which is very dangerous. What will happen is a slight tilt on that piece and it starts turning and compressing into the blade. The blade will grab that piece and throw it back at you at high speed. Maybe into your stomach, maybe into your face. Since your fingers were on that piece - it will pull your fingers right into the blade. Be careful. Don't use the fence for crosscuts.

[@busog97641]

Really quickly, you live on a yacht, not on a boat! You have made this more that the average boat.

[@tammyadams4237]

Do you have any plans to secure these plants for while you're under sail? If you're heeling to your port side you could send the whole garden into your salon. And what would happen if you had a knockdown? All loose objects become weapons when flying loose during heavy seas, as I think you probably know from Dan's head injury.

[@craigme2583]

Sooo great to see Kika!

[@marionarnold9177]

Good job on all your boat jobs 🤗

[@michaeltillman1147]

LOOK AT YOU! Just a touch dark for me but it looks great. 💖

[@SailingUma]

Yea. Its a bit of a dark area but i plan on running a strip of LED in there to brighten things up.

[@Gladtobemom]

Basil, chives, oregano, thyme, and parsley. They all grow good on the boat except the parsley, I keep having to replace that. I do replace them when they get overgrown.

[@davidnierzwick2775]

Can't wait till you guys get back sailing😛😃

[@SailingUma]

Us too. Hiding from Hurricanes gets old.

[@davidnierzwick2775]

@@SailingUma be safe you two are still young! Lots of sailing in your future!😎😝

[@mehere7514]

awesome job thank you for inviting us into your lifes be safe

[@josephford6970]

Oh... and for all you whiners who complain about not enough sailing now..... Welcome to the real world of cruising... where 90% of your time is spend working on the boat... getting ready for the next passage. Be thankful these kids have the energy to produce so many vids.... no comparison... so... enjoy or change the channel.. but for cryin' out loud ... no whining.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

Peach of a skateboard!

[@carycorrell4039]

Great Editing!! Love you guys!!

[@svpearlsailacapegeorgesail4758]

Pretty creative!

[@hogroamer260]

Maybe I missed it but, you were going to use the space behind the mirror to store clay pots etc. Didn't hear you glued some marine grade plywood or similar to the back of the mirror to prevent it from breaking while sailing?

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

The only thing that is missing on this channel is a vast amount of spiffy sanding!

[@owiela]

Mads will approve of this comment! #saillife

[@Zoch]

Good old Athena...

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

LOL a good description

[@HammerRocks]

You mean more "glorious, glorious sanding"? :)

[@patrickchoquette2316]

Glorious sanding to make it look spiffy! ;-)

[@idratherberiding3456]

Loved it Kika!

[@mikeh720]

If your back wall is magnetic, you could pick up some tiny rare-earth magnets to hold "plant-imals" on, instead of hot glue. Looks good Kika!

[@captainmarkgray8856]

You have to be careful with magnets or even metal on boats as they can affect the compass and even a small deviation can put you far off course over time.

[@turnersparadise8368]

lol, that is too funny. The metal would have to be right on top of the compass in the first place, in the second, who relies on a compass? Sheesh, it isn't the 1800's Captain Hornblower....

[@captainmarkgray8856]

Tenspeed, Made me laugh too :-) Humm, do electronics ever go out? Imagine any boat without electronics and without a compass or sailing with one of those toy compasses. Too funny :-)

[@turnersparadise8368]

Good God, man, there is more metal in the rigging and hardware than the silly wall. A couple refrigerator magnets tens of feet from a compass will not affect it. Let's not be stupid about it, huh? You should scold them for lighting a candle (gasp) on a boat too. Captain my ass, the only thing you ever captained is the couch in your mama's basement...

[@craigme2583]

@@captainmarkgray8856 ok, now i want to see them sail somewhere navigating with the starts and the sun. Challenge fir you guys, come on i know you can do it...

[@FrancoisEdmondOfficial]

Great video

[@williamfredrick3682]

Really enjoy your boundless energy Kika on all the projects you are doing and I'm curious where are the funds coming from to do them? Awesome jobs!

[@RenegadeADV]

No plants on board, just a big fuzzy dog who sheds like crazy!

[@primzack]

Looks great.

[@floydpeters9494]

Think about a hydroponic tube for herbs/lettuces, very small amount of water loss if you do a closed system.

[@arottie4097]

Here, Here. I'm a Big Fan of Hydropic grown ... Stuff! ; )

[@jamestheotherone742]

I sense another project coming on....

[@sailingbrewer]

Hot glue will release in high heat. Just something to think about. Good job love the projects

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Can that board handle water well? I dont think thats very good for the washers.

[@anneleblond]

Does custom ever has issues with plants or fresh goods from other countries when you arrive to a new country? I love your videos!

[@SailingUma]

No, not really. As long as the produce, meats and plants stay onboard you're fine. It's things like pets (That need to go to shore) where customs starts to make you jump through hoops.

[@anneleblond]

@@SailingUma Thank you :)

[@lauriegraham5924]

Epic love love your garden.

[@Rooneycgs]

Loved the vid thanks kika

[@Josh-mp1qc]

Any issues with live plants on the boat when entering other countries and dealing with customs?

[@SailingUma]

We havent had any issues so far... But here, if they ask, I say we got them at home depot. Lol. The places I know would be an issue, I would stick with my fake plants.

[@MrTatts64]

Cant speak for the rest of the world, but back in the 90's when I was doing customs clearance, the bulk of which was Dutch plants, flowers and trees, they had to accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate. Not purely because they were entering the UK, but because they were foruse within the country. I dare say common sense has to prevail - even with the govt at times - and houseplants which are staying on the boat should be fine. If the powers that be reeally wanted to get stupidly bureaucratic about it, they would insist that all "foreign going " vessels have their hulls cleaned of ALL plant and animal life before entering UK waters. I would imagine that things will be pretty much the same in all countries for houseplants which are never likely to leave the boat, just so long as you dont bring them ashore

[@goulash75]

I wouldn't be surprised if Australia and New Zealand are that strict, but I've never sailed into there, so can't be sure.

[@bethells86]

They sure are, being Island nations they are free of many seriously harmful and invasive plants, And they want to keep it that way. Big fines for ones caught bringing un-declared plants.

[@mozismobile]

Galapagos Islands require the cleaning IIRC, NZ not. But the plants a lot of places will get excited by. It's not even really the plants, it's the insects and microflora that come with them. It only takes one little mite or wasp or something and suddenly half pine trees in Canada are dead.

[@MrTatts64]

All that effort getting plant life to "stick" to the inside of your boat and not just stay put, but to flourish as well... Have you thought of the irony there guys? This little project versus all the time and effort you have spent, and will yet spend, in trying to get plants and life to NOT stick to the outisde of your boat?!?!? Great little ep[isode guys! See you on Sunday :)

[@BastienKoert]

Kika, for the swinging orchid, add clear fishing line from the bottom to the floor of the space. Then you won't even see it

[@ElleDelSol]

I love it! Great work!

[@ETERNITYISHERE]

KIKA style is the bomb!

[@ФедорПавлов-ч5ы]

Wow, beautiful!!!

[@andrewafrican]

I enjoyed it!

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

So you guys are buying your alcohol by the CAN now? Almost time to leave for the UK isn't it? Have a great time over there. :-)

[@SailingUma]

On our way as we speak ;)

[@kevinschultz7040]

What song is at 11:30?

[@keithmabey4705]

Great title.

[@SteveM-05]

Like the look of your B-Roll ...very McKinnon-like Very Cool

[@daniseakey6773]

totally McKinnon!!

[@ChisWest]

LOL ... That is one “Urchen/Gellyfish” that is not gonna move for sure ...

[@Oxnate]

All plants are legal when you're in international waters. Do you have any plans for some... alternative plants?

[@jobreland3407]

Hi...My name's really Jo. I'm just so overwhelmed by your intelligence and humanity. Listen, I go way back, but if I had to rank #KZbin #SV_Cruisers, @SV_UMA is #1. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@jobreland3407]

Listen Kika and BF Guy [Why doesn't he make a honest woman out of you]...'I took your advise gf, i'm binging you and your therapy makes me whole...i'm really scared! I'm 68 in 30 days.

[@robertjones-zy7ym]

when is uma getting painted ? or did i miss a video .

[@SailingPauHana]

Nice garden. How long before you start tossing misc “stuff” in there? 😊

[@arottie4097]

They could start tossing their table scraps in there. You know, just turn it into a composting bin! Thus, keeping the whole organic vibe going!? Ha!

[@ctnvisual5281]

When she pulled out the jar of sand from Haiti all I could think of is Captain Jack Sparrow saying "I got a jar of diiiirt!" lol

[@SailingUma]

haha. Me too!

[@ranchdude4367]

GO girl!!!