Epic Homestead Tour | New Mural, Irrigation, and More!

Join me for an update on some of the major infrastructure updates here at the Epic Homestead, including creating an incredible mural with some Epic Gardening easter eggs ;) - see how many you can spot!
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Irrigation Drip Update
02:16 - New Fence
04:01 - Orchard Update
05:22 - Outdoor Shower Update
06:39 - Epic Pond Update
09:41 - Back Garden
10:52 - Epic Mural
12:11 - Chicken Coop Update
12:42 - Solar Panel Update
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[@seanpidduck]

The mural looks amazing. Really are living the dream! You should have all the Epic guests who visit the garden sign the wall as a mini memorial it would be a great way to track who comes through!

[@TL-cm5bd]

I really wish my partner would let me fence off the front yard so I could have more growing space. I think that’s so much better than having lawn.

[@saltycat662]

Just do it. They will thank you later.

[@turkeypants1000]

Regarding the cover crop area, you should use part of it for a 3 sisters' type experiment. I've seen people do the traditional Corn, Green beans and squash, but some do watermelon instead of squash. See if there are any other variations out there you like better. This is my submission; Three Sisters garden.

[@chriskitching4510]

I agree! Would love to see that :D

[@mightymagyar9640]

I’ve heard of people using Sunflowers instead of corn so Kevin could do that too!

[@esrcornwell]

I agree Three sisters!

[@Eric-fl1kh]

I'm excited for the possibility of bees. I'm much too scared to try it myself, after hearing of guard bees chasing down neighbors, but I love the idea!

[@bobjob3632]

I m scared of bees too, but I took the decision to have a hive and in my garden ........next year

[@facelessdrone]

Then, instead, get or make bee boxes for native bees. They sting far less and pollinate a lot more.

[@Eric-fl1kh]

@@facelessdrone Bee boxes have been my Plan B! They seem to like it

[@nicolelusk4652]

This video almost made me cry when you got to your pond! All the forethought, care, and execution is exactly what I've been wanting to do for my own property. The permeable flagstone patio on top of the aquablocks, the rainwater refill, the pond water for irrigation, and the thoughtful plantings that contribute to water quality/fish habitat/water retention/food, is just *chef's kiss*. Can't wait to see how it, the rest of your property, and you evolve over the years!

[@patcox8745]

Please do a video on your drip system setup. Your place looks fantastic! God bless.

[@gardeningzone-diy9096]

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[@PanchoPringles]

Agree, would love to see the breakdown on the irrigation to the beds. I’m planning to run irrigation to our garden off of our well when we get a chance.

[@styleme3375]

I vote for till and grow a melon patch. That spot will be productive but it’s nothing permanent. Plus the chicks would probably love some watermelon treats.

[@jennhoff03]

That's a great idea!

[@Carebearstare93]

Definitely would love the PVC video to plan for my new house

[@lenoracorcoran3268]

Looking amazing! Really turning into an oasis back there. I’ve seen a lot from Californian’s lately about the water restrictions destroying their gardens. It’s great that the epic homestead can be so self sustaining.

[@bendonaldson9026]

Hello Lenora

[@Tiim]

Please do a video on irrigation! I am kinda new to gardening and am looking into irrigation right now, so that video would be amazing

[@savannahrains8187]

Goals x 10000! Also so happy babka made the mural :) 💜

[@evev2041]

These are my favorite kinds of videos.

[@TiaDawn911]

That mural looks great!!! I love that you have included all the elements of the Epic homestead. The chicken are sooo big now! How about "Silvie" or Silvia as the name for the silver one. How is Bobka with the chickies? Does she leave them alone?

[@charliegroves]

The mural is amazing!

[@mightymagyar9640]

Another vote for using the empty space for a 3 sisters experiment (or variation substituting sunflowers for corn, watermelons for squash, etc. I think it’d be great!

[@Wolf-E-Romeo]

AMAZING!! Its crazy how much you have accomplished in just 18 months. I get excited to see your homesteading updates. Its not something i can currently do, but it would be nice to be able to do one day. Its a lot of work just to maintain the beds i currently have with my limited knowledge. Haha. Im putting in an irrigation system right now and it broke me today. I think i finally figured it out but the sun was going down and i decided to take the night off. Im hoping i can finish it tomorrow if it doesnt rain. I dont want to lose this momentum. The chicckys are getting so big! I am in love with lavender. Are they producing eggs yet? Or what age do they start? I know nothing about chickens. That mural IS EPIC. Love that you added that splash of color in the back drop. Keep up with all the hard and amazing work! You got this!

[@kamiifae]

For the front yard, you should put solar lanterns on every other post. I think it would look nice and would light up your front. also for the solar! Hurry! It's taking them forever to get it connected to SDGE or the Community Power. We got Solar in San Diego city in February and it's still not online. I think everyone is trying to get it done before summer.

[@pamelahughes1469]

The solar caps are such a nice touch. We have them on our fence.

[@ligynnekenespana]

Adding lights looks great but lights draw in moths which lay eggs and become catepillars that eat up your veggies. I actually took bulbs out of my fixture outdoors and saw dramatic reduction in need to control catepillars.

[@kamiifae]

@@ligynnekenespana oh wow! I never thought of that. Haha I do have a pollinator garden in the front yard so different needs. 😅

[@mountaingardening]

So cool to see this! Way to be smart with your water in the desert! Loved seeing all the trees.

[@Frazzlenodazzle]

Everything looks so amazing! Once again this is my dream but here in the north. :) One thing Id like to suggest is to get solitary bees instead of a hive. Solitary bees are native whereas honey bees are not. And a cute little painted up solitary bee house would fit right in.

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello

[@Gardeningchristine]

I also bought a home in 2020 and have been planting since. I made a container garden on the front and back porch and planted in ground all over. Have also started upcycling large wooden crates as raised beds. I LOVE GARDENING!!!👩‍🌾

[@rockyusa2012]

Homestead looks great Kevin 👏👏👏 and the pond looks fantastic 🐟🐠🐡

[@noramaegomez197]

The is looking beautiful ! I think you should extend your pond back towards the fence /pile of earth . In a year or less I think you might want to also .🌱🐟🐠🌱🌱

[@henrythenaturalist4950]

The entire mural is absolutely gorgeous, but what really got me was that koi. I love the use of purple in it.

[@cynthiaarmstronghopefulhom9672]

I love all the wonderful and new changes that are being made in the Epic Garden. The mural is beautiful it really tells a story. Thanks so much for sharing. 😊

[@dropthedigibomb]

Amazing job! I think the dirt area behind the pond would make a great area for a cactus garden. Or aloes. Etc. Could be really cool. :)

[@italiana626sc]

Absolutely love the mural!! And I thought those leaf cutouts around the shower were iron. They are gorgeous. Definitely plant corn in that open, unspoken-for area.

[@daniellelady27]

The mural is absolutely amazing. I love love love all the bright colors! So much fun!

[@stevenlehmann4432]

Homestead has come along way since the front yard garden

[@leslielevinephotography2350]

The amount of thought you have put into everything is beyond! Very impressive and gets my wheels turning!

[@siamstation]

I think a stand alone windmill, would look amazing in the orchard. Love the water storage area. Blessings from Australia.

[@nicolekay9789]

Thanks for the tour Kevin! It looks amazing ❤️🙏

[@cherylmoller6248]

Thank you so much for all this inspiration! You have the most beautiful garden and I love that you blueprint it for those of us living in the city but want to enjoy the closer connection to the land. We are currently clearing the grass in the grass to put in some raised cedarwood garden beds and irrigation. Solar panels are next!

[@petrag.4092]

❤️❤️❤️ how it is all turning out, and the mural fits in perfectly! 🙏🇺🇸

[@k9spot1]

LOVE the mural. What a fun way to brighten up the area.

[@kfetter9046]

Aha!! I spotted this mural a few videos ago. I love it, and how it tells the ongoing tale of the Epic Homestead.

[@PrincessTS01]

its a green-grey like a battleship almost

[@irenesilva744]

Love. love, love the mural. Everything looks so amazing.

[@kathiesimpson571]

Love everything you’re doing! What a great story the Epic Mural tells, awesome❤️

[@jaclyndepre5557]

This is incredible! Love watching this space transform

[@annierampersad3982]

Love everything about your garden. Thanks for sharing Kevin.

[@takishasage-freebeautyzone]

Everything is really coming along nicely! I love the mural. It's perfect!

[@mybelovedchaos]

I love how excited you are about all these systems and I admit, I am jealous but it still makes me so happy to see all this progress!

[@paigegough6929]

miniature water papyrus is really easy to propagate you pull the heads off and put them in water and they will root. you could do a 3 sisters patch corn beans and pumpkin maybe a cousin melon lol.

[@StorytimewithMeemaw57]

Looks amazing!!! LOVE the mural!

[@ToysMum]

Kevin, it’s such a treat to see what you are achieving with your hard work and creativity. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

[@epichomesteading]

My pleasure!

[@peachBloom]

You could keep that old, large grapefruit tree with the established roots! Look into grafting the main stems of young fruit trees onto thinner branches of the existing grapefruit tree, and doing careful and gradual pruning of the old growth. The multiple new young fruit tree grafts will grow much faster, using the established root system of the old tree!

[@a11s10h08]

Everything looking Epic! 🌱

[@sunsetgrange6357]

It’s spring in New England so excited for gardening season your videos get me through winter love it all man keep her moving ❤️

[@majoyap3403]

Wow.. Love the progress of you pond. And the mural is gorgeous.. Looks like a mural at the park. Looking forward to seeing bees and other crops.

[@KatrinaGressett]

I love the patio and pond! Once some of the vegetation takes off around the edge, that will be an oasis for sure.

[@GmamaGrowz]

Nice mural 🤩 Thanks for sharing your garden tour!!

[@maryse8]

This was a great tour, Kevin! Love it!

[@serjicalforce]

That mural is beautiful. so cool to have a story of your garden like that

[@510shoshana]

Awesomeness 👏👏👏👏👏 Truly an EPIC ACCOMPLISHMENT!

[@TheTishaable]

Totally Epic!! Love your videos 🥰 keep up the great work.

[@LoriWatson11]

Love this! The wall mural is EPIC! ❤️

[@sherryadess7507]

Wall looks fantastic can’t wait to see all the clean up and new plants like squash watermelon more goodness

[@charliegroves]

Love the tour videos!

[@tigerrose4213]

if the shadow/lighting isn't altering the color, the shower is a beautiful silver green. Our office walls are similar. You did a beautiful job with it.

[@rodneymccrea7214]

Plant a big corn patch behind the pond. You need the patch to be large if you want anything to harvest!

[@kittiew260]

Great update 👍 coming together so fast.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

Wow that's a crazy amount of work those driplines... Regarding the cover crops, the answer is easy : squash down the lot instead of chopping it, and mulch it. You can direct plant in it about 2-3 weeks later, provided it rains on it or that you water it. Sadly in San Diego you'll probably have to water it so it decomposes. You can then plant tomatoes and stuff directly in it. If you want corn or squashes, add some manure, grass clippings or compost underneath the mulch, half that half wood chips, and it works great. If your cover crop has done its job, you shouldn't need to till it. Growing stuff in your native soil is much much better than in raised beds. Also, you should do a flower patch in this cover crop area as well. Some perennials, shrubs, herbs, that kind of thing. The diversity of microbes that it provides will actually helps your veggies grow (if they're planted not far from them). And in case you didn't know, in hot summers like yours, tomatoes and squashes prefer to grow in part shade. In the South of France, people will add a shading cloth to their greenhouses or even do strutures outside with shading material. You get a better crop yield.

[@JLee-pc2vc]

Idea for the empty wasteland--do a tilled garden space vs. no-dig garden space experiment.

[@vlong7112]

Love that this dropped on Earth Day 🥰 Kevin, you are such an inspiration!!

[@michaelsasylum]

Leave a decent amount of that exposed earth by the pond, it contrasts nicely with the greenery you're building up.

[@jackietoth7109]

I’m in love with the outdoor shower!

[@thatgirl_Devi]

I love your mural and how your garden is growing! 💖

[@KingtheGreat82]

Absolutely Fantastically Epic!

[@sauldmark7942]

love the mural! Bobka is a nice touch.

[@JulianJP21]

Homestead look outstanding epic Kevin 🤙🤙✌️ awesome murals!!!

[@thisisbethm]

Every time I see your epic homestead, I start trying to get a good plan for my tiny Midwest lot!

[@sowinthecity]

Wow!! Your homestead is amazing!

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

Wow love the outdoor pond area! With that low front fence all your bins would be stolen as well as all the trees and plants here. It's autumn here now.

[@bendonaldson9026]

Hello my lovely friend:

[@stuckinmyhead9890]

You know, I bet some moss would love to grow in the cracks between the flagstones where the pond water sinks into that pebble buffer!

[@mondraymondo]

I absolutely adore homestead tours! The mural is very inspiring and personalized, very stylish art! Love the watercress, and i do hope you get bees! Im planning on getting stingless trigona bees myself. Soon i hope

[@leviricard9895]

Can’t wait for the solar panel vid, we’ve been thinking of getting them for years

[@joannsilva4715]

It's looking good! Your open section, maybe a flower garden with cool garden art structures. Bees love flowers! A bee hive so near neighbors might be a huge accident waiting to happen! The pond is really pretty! Nice job on everything.🌎💚🐾

[@CraftCannabis]

I love seeing the citrus and grapefruit trees in full swing. In my climate I would have to put them indoors in winter.

[@ElderandOakFarm]

Great set up! I cant wait to set up my drip irrigation!

[@bankyankerdude]

Dude that wall is amazing!

[@cspeterson7533]

Fun tour!

[@WhisperWolfe]

I love seeing how it’s all come together! You know, might not be a bad idea to get yourself a few baby pigmy goats. They’d feed on the overgrowth area, give you more nutrients for the soil in the form of manure, and you’d eventually get some fresh goat’s milk out of the deal. Just imagine the cuteness!

[@debbietampasheher3682]

This is so inspirational! Thank you

[@7bpotager8]

Love the mural! 🤩

[@mmd9976]

Nice update, fun to see the progress. You need an Epic Gardening t-shirt and shorts items to match your gardening tour.

[@JeanHudson2022]

Glad I found you and I would love a video on how to do the irrigation of those beds. Thank you

[@fairweatherfarmer]

love your videos Kevin, such a beautiful setup that you're creating. awesome to watch it develop ^.^

[@epichomesteading]

Glad you like them!

[@romanbelaire2217]

That back corner looks like a great spot for an epic summer mega melon!

[@BabyBishRemy]

WONDERFUL!

[@loripeterson6400]

Dry grapefruit wood used for fire smells spool good!

[@marlajackson]

As I was making guacamole yesterday, I got to wondering if you had any avocado trees. I'm glad to see you are getting a couple as San Diego climate should be great for them. I love your informative and inspiring videos!

[@Jardin-de-invierno]

Crazy cool house bud…love all the inspiration.. much love from kcmo

[@rebeccazody1278]

Put in a walk along in front of the mural. I really like that mural.

[@JonShep93]

I’ve noticed the shower is slowly developing each video I’m watching! Meyer lemon nice - you may have seen my comment couple days ago on your initial citrus video - just planted my own! Sweet lemons great choice!

[@jenniferjsaracino]

Love the tour!

[@bendonaldson9026]

Hello Jennifer

[@Dreamzz101]

you have gone a long ways and its looking Amazing! .. 🤯..I love corn ..🌽..😉

[@markus_selloi]

Graft over the grapefruit!! That would be cool and you can still use the established roots

[@lookwhoneedsahobbie]

It's absolutely insane how much you've done

[@epichomesteading]

Tell me about it

[@williamreeder3660]

Great video…. Thank you so much for sharing

[@terrybouck5192]

You have done a tremendous job!