PSA: This is the ONLY time I'll put super similar content on 2 channels, just so you all know! This is to announce the 2nd channel for those of you who may have missed it.
@trishdavi70494 жыл бұрын
Oh sure you say that now but you might get an app that does that for you so you won't have to do it manually. ...
@thelylatsystem46914 жыл бұрын
Okay I was confused for a second right when I got to the loofah part haha
@cheryldodge49204 жыл бұрын
awesome did you find a virtual assistant ?
@juneafraser67964 жыл бұрын
at least try to salvage majority of the shed materials in your new shed
@barbaracarbone46584 жыл бұрын
@@juneafraser6796 I agree. I hate to see him take it down at all. If nothing else it's great storage. Wear a hardhat when you go in the shed. 🤣. Funny, but serious.
@BoneFrossil4 жыл бұрын
The wife and I are looking to move from our condo to an actual house this year and these videos get me excited about starting fresh.
@nannynatalie4 жыл бұрын
I’m excited for you!
@zephyr36934 жыл бұрын
I highly recommend chickens. Especially if you like eggs. Once you get a few healthy hens grown to adulthood, you'll have more eggs then you know what to do with. Chickens are also highly entertaining to watch, they love eating garden scraps, and they have a lot of personality.
@HESEDNMERCY3 жыл бұрын
If you want to kill off weeds I have found laying a tarp over an area I am going to garden in works great
@AHG13474 жыл бұрын
The setup is looking great so far. Thank you for taking us on this epic homesteading journey.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@tauceti83414 жыл бұрын
Im excited for the pruning episode! And chickens dude, if you're neighbors are cool with them they're amazing and destructive. They've given me a lot of companionship during the lockdown. I haven't gone out since march, and now there's a wave 2. I've been doing work on the gardens in the front, all the delivery guys comment "Oh is that Arugula, is that RHUBARB OH WOW! THATS A WATERMELON" They love it.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
I'll have a ton of them!
@mikekeller614 жыл бұрын
@@epicgardening Any thoughts on keeping ducks? In my reading/watching/listening, I ran across people talking about keeping ducks instead of chickens because (unlike chickens) they don't tear up their gardens.
@karenlatham40534 жыл бұрын
ducks would be awesome and he has enough room for a little pond.. I think you have to have a little pond for ducks because they do their business in the water. Then you just clean out the water once in awhile and use it for fertilizer..
@joannecarroll55044 жыл бұрын
@@mikekeller61 I saw another KZbinr yesterday (has a small farm with ducks, geese, chickens & a few other things) she said they figured out over time never to have only ducks without a couple of chickens too. Ducks are great for pests, but their webbed feet flatten & compact everything around them, resulting in a big flat mudpan when it rains. She said the 2 chickens run behind the 12 ducks, pecking & clawing at things so there's still oxygen & growth - & that you just have to figure out what the creatures are good at & how many of them is right for your own situation. Seems like an interesting thought.
@mikekeller614 жыл бұрын
@@joannecarroll5504 Awesome! Thank you.
@chadburke19384 жыл бұрын
We just had a ten by twelve she’d built from Tuff Sheds. Went with the barn-style (gambrel) roof as it gives you a huge overhead space that you can put a loft in for extra storage. If you are putting the shed in another location anyhow, consider turning the old shed into your chicken coop. If you put a nesting box with external access you wouldn’t have to go into the low roof structure other than when cleaning it out.
@doloresreynolds81454 жыл бұрын
Chad Burke GOOD IDEAS,
@GardeningInCanada4 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Great job, congratulations on becoming this successful. The passion and love is so evident. Perfect timing too I needed a 2020 success story to brighten my year. Your channel is such an inspiration and I’ve used to to fuel my own passion of science based gardening channel using my education in soil/plant science. I was montozied only 3 days ago and feels awesome.
@aceelliottcentralcoastchic66444 жыл бұрын
I couldn't have said it any better. Kevin is such an inspiration. Iam kinda new to gardening myself. I've grown 3 kinds of peppers already inside my apartment. Now that I've successfully done that Iam moved on to trying to grow more in my apartment. Iam growing without an patio, balcony or backyard. I live in a second floor apartment. I've also started a channel showing what iam doing and to show people that doesn't matter where you live you can still grow your own food. Yes it's going to take more then if you have a backyard or patio. To me as long as you have windows that get majority of the sun during the day. Then you only need grow lights to supplement the rest of the time. Hope you have a wonderful and blessed week and coming weekend. Sending love and hugs and a happy growing season from the central coast of California. 🍅🌽🌻☀️
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Your channel is fantastic, and HUGE congrats on getting to monetization...that's something to be proud of!
@GardeningInCanada4 жыл бұрын
Epic Gardening wow now that’s a comment that made my heart sing 😅. Thanks Kevin!
@GardeningInCanada4 жыл бұрын
Ace Elliott Centralciastchica that’s awesome! Congratulations on the big step in the right direction.
@aceelliottcentralcoastchic66444 жыл бұрын
@@GardeningInCanada thank you
@christineesposito81694 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the journey my friend. When I moved from Wisconsin 18 years ago ( a pompous master gardener) to south Florida I realized my new kindergarten status. The journey and renewed learning with some staple old standbys, has been magnificent. I don't have a huge piece of land, but I have taken it from residential urban (with an obscene amount of grass) to old Florida forest with grass only over the septic system. I am jonesing on the constant awakening to new ideas on how to preserve this blessed gift we have given as a home. Enjoy the journey.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Likewise my friend
@maurine35534 жыл бұрын
I just started a small vegetable balcony garden and I realized how time consuming gardening can be. So, if you ask me I think for one month that's good progress.
@doloresreynolds81454 жыл бұрын
Maurineez Using mulch of some kind helps cut down on the work & retain more moisture. Used coffee grounds, torn up newspaper, even cut up cardboard can help (when I lived in town, I learned which day the nearby housing development would pick up bagged leaves & grass clippings. I would drive by the night before the scheduled pick up, and pick up a bag or two of grass clippings (houses with big lawns are a likely source). You need to feel that the bag is mostly grass, not branches, and not leave an annoying mess behind.). Also, water bulbs can be bought or homemade. You can even use a plastic bottle with small holes in the bottom in strategic places to drip water out into the soil slowly, into a pot or small tub. I enjoy container growing (the larger the container, the slower it dries out). Sorry for running on so long.
@maurine35534 жыл бұрын
@@doloresreynolds8145 wow! thank you for the insight I am still a beginner at this point. I will definitely try the torn newspaper and cardboard they are readily available where I'm at. I am currently using cocopeat and it helps retain moisture but I still have to water regularly. Thanks again.
@Mech.E4 жыл бұрын
@@doloresreynolds8145 there is a great chance herbicides have been used on the lawns, so if you were to get contaminated grass clippings it can harm your plants and garden. Just a heads up
@lianne93164 жыл бұрын
"What we got GROWING on" - love it!
@TheOtherGuybo4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that the timeline shows the videos segments. You're the only channel I subscribe to which is using that function. Well done. Nice potting bench. I look forward to seeing what you do with this property.
@achillea31474 жыл бұрын
I've been so much more inspired to garden in my tiny little apartment space thanks to this channel. I now have serious space envy haha
@melaniethomson79084 жыл бұрын
Where I live in rural Queensland Australia, most people rely solely on rainwater & don't have ANY town water. I have two 10,000 gallon rainwater tanks attached to the down pipes of the house & will soon be getting another tank for the garage. Any roof is water catchment area ;) Its a way of life here & I love it! not only is my water always crystal clear & completely chemical free, its always the perfect PH!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Soooo awesome!
@rivrrrat3194 жыл бұрын
Oh man! I’m excited about your homestead and new channel! So much potential and can’t wait to watch it slowly develop. Thanks for taking us on the journey with you!
@Steinru734 жыл бұрын
I would suggest that you watch Garden Answer on KZbin. Laura does a number of videos on drip irrigation for her gardens. When she installed irrigation in her raised vegetable garden she ran a dedicated line to each bed with its own faucet from there she ran different drip lines. She then can shut off each bed individually when needed. She and her husband are doing a whole new series of large planting on three acres that they just purchased. Of course she readily admits that this is a large scale learning experience for her. But she was in the same place you are with the planning of where do I dedicate orchard, veggies and cutting garden. Where to put a high tunnel etc. lot of insight on gardening products too. I love watching you both. I’ve relearned so much in the veggie area.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
I love Laura!
@susieclark14984 жыл бұрын
I just joined your channel, I'm a senior who started gardening again after raising the white flag to gofers. Now I only do pots or raised beds with chic. wire on the bottom. Be careful of those buggers. I live in Escondido, so hotter than your area but so happy to find a local to help me and one that I like. blessings...
@EngineerCatPyro4 жыл бұрын
Oh Susie, I feel your pain. I knew they would be an issue so I figured growing in 27 gallon bins would work. Wrong. I have been battling them daily. They destroyed my cucumbers, watermelon, beautiful squash plant, they eat my tomatoes and doing their best to keep my eggplant from growing. SO FRUSTRATING!
@ritagibson2254 жыл бұрын
Susie I also am a senior who lives in Escondido. I actually have rented a plot in the local community garden. I just laid "hardware fabric" (heavier than chicken wire) on the bottom of the beds. Hope that keeps those buggers at bay!
@susieclark14984 жыл бұрын
@@ritagibson225 Somehow I missed your reply, thanks, I'll take a look at hardware fabric.
@trishdavi70494 жыл бұрын
Are you allowed to collect rainwater in your area? Some states counties or cities prohibit that. Best to find out first what the regulations are on that . If you do utilize rain barrels, a peaked roof on the shed would allow for better run off. Be sure to cap the barrels or at least mesh or tulle to stop potential mosquito larva
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Yes, we can! And thank you
@Brayan-nd1uj4 жыл бұрын
So much space, endless creativity! Can’t wait to see the journey
@mrsc32714 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your videos! I love how honest you are, it makes me feel like I actually have a shot at doing some of this :)
@assasin7624 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the amount of space that you have for your proposed projects. I think that it sounds fantastic!!!!. Here's a thought, what about growing the larger green beans and pigeon peas on a few in ground beds. It works for me in Florida 😎
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea!
@emm_bee4 жыл бұрын
Woooo! I’ve never been this early to an Epic video! I’m so excited to see the end results.
@JaniceSeagraves4 жыл бұрын
It looks like a huge yard. Lots of room to do your gardening. I got a problem with a fruit-eating pest, too, and it's not an insect. I've seen the square flat teeth marks on the fruit still on the tree.
@csn5834 жыл бұрын
That's just an insect with good orthodontia! 😬
@JaniceSeagraves4 жыл бұрын
@@csn583 LOL :)
@bradmaas68754 жыл бұрын
Also if you have a soil/dirt/bark place near it make sense to get a small trailer to transport bark, mulch, ect, yourself. Can the shed be moved without destroying it, you could use it for grey/rain water collection and your watering center. Build a 1-2 foot wall to set it on so you don't smack your head. If you are allowed rain water collection it might be a lot cheaper than drilling a well. I'm using 330 gallon IBC totes
@Neyeli_NJ4 жыл бұрын
I love the direction you’re going. Also I’m super excited for you!!
@amynguyen74 жыл бұрын
Wow. Congrats on your new homestead. So much more growing space. So excited to see how this new space transforms for you. :)
@elizabethhayes70694 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing the update! Jess and Miah from Roots and Refuge have a great video on how they have irrigated their property in zones and they even walk you through kind of how they installed it and how it works.
@peterturner15824 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on the move to your new Urban Homestead. I am so jealous. From the look of the hard clay and weeds your property is crying out for some Charles Dowding no dig beds. You've even got the cardboard. I will now subscribe to the new channel.
@feliciafelicia69654 жыл бұрын
This time last year I had no building experience. I spent every weekend since June 2019 building habitat houses. It's hard work!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Love to hear this!
@samyu29714 жыл бұрын
Such a wide palette! You must be so excited. Good luck, Kevin!
@greenishthumbs63704 жыл бұрын
Love your potting area and reusing the irrigated water! We just filmed for our seed starter kit and will be needing to transplant several guys and i think that will be a much needed thing to add into our life.
@calebcaplan984 жыл бұрын
Good for you that you have a new area to plant more and give us more content
@shanesykes12354 жыл бұрын
great video. i have gone the other way from large inground and raised bed gardening to small scale potted garden. The biggest change for me was going to purchasing bulk soil by the cubic foot from landscape suppliers to buying by the bag, which is a far more expensive way to purchase growing media. my soil used to be delivered in a mini tip truck and then i would have a number of very busy days, filling beds. The reason i used raised beds was that i way gardening on very heavy red cracking clay which set like concrete when dry and was a sticky thick glue like consistency when wet. Best of luck with the new garden.
@czmiccommando5374 жыл бұрын
What an amazing piece of property to have in San Diego! Can't wait to follow along on your journey!
@MrCliveado4 жыл бұрын
Excited for you buddy! Wishing you the best from the UK
@TheRawRainbow4 жыл бұрын
I am so excited KZbin recommended your channel to me! I live in San Diego (Bonita) and just started homesteading 1/2 of land with so much potential! I have some experience after working on permaculture farms in California and Hawaii, but I would still consider myself a beginner. Can't wait to learn with you!
@CheflisashomegrowngourmetTV4 жыл бұрын
Wow, can’t wait to see what you do with this property. It’s exciting!!
@downunderfulla60014 жыл бұрын
If you have a final direction of your placement, run some thick 3/4 or inch poly pipe to setup your watering outlets. Easy as and make sure you get a graphics book and pencil in a scale of your property, with what’s existing and all the permanent structures (trees, water, power, sheds, gardens, etc...) you erect or install. This way you’ll never damage anything and can always see a perfect top view of your property and if something needs change.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jasonmatthews31914 жыл бұрын
Bio-tilling! Plant some diakon in your whole yard in Nov. Acts as a living mulch, prevents weeds, and you can work some mycorrhiza in before planting and then after the plant dies down work it back into the soil and add some worms. Might be ready in one season even
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Suuuuuch a good idea
@jasonmatthews31914 жыл бұрын
@@epicgardening www.amazon.com/dp/B07F7SFRGC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_XaLdFb7CX99YW These are what I used. You can find specialty seeds (gopher radish, tillage radish) but any Daikon should work really. And obviously get creative, add some California native grass, like Purple needlegrass, or maybe you could do some oat and legumes too.
@Martin_Tyto4 жыл бұрын
Looking great, idk if you've grown passion fruit before but it's amazing for creating some privacy around your fence.
@janicecarey35924 жыл бұрын
Before they had rototillers, they had shovels. I never tilled my ground, did It all with a shovel. That plumbago will get huge-like 8 x8. Great job!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
I'll have to prune it HARD!
@christineesposito81694 жыл бұрын
I just refuse to till, always do lasagna gardening.
@Mntnphotog4 жыл бұрын
Consider getting a Stihl Kombi tool. The tiller attachment works really well. Also get a straight string trimmer attachment for weed control. You can add other attachments as you need them. It will save space and money in the long run.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@fluxilla4 жыл бұрын
For the Luffa, put it in the ground, and use 16x4 cattle panels to trellis it. It grows insanely well in California, especially in the hotter and drier areas. It's in and of itself a huge attractant to pollinators, with copious large yellow flowers. It's not going to perform well in a tiny pot, I guarantee you, but in the ground, it'll easily vine just as much as a morning glory if not more, and will produce dozens of softball bat sized gourds.
@nidhavellir4 жыл бұрын
That vertical herb planter would be brilliant for an apartment balcony.
@robynnefdt41444 жыл бұрын
very exciting to see how epic urban homestead is developing
@WizardOfAtlantis4 жыл бұрын
If I had all your water needs, I would definitely use every roof (house, shed, garage) for rainwater harvesting with containers 'in the back'/less sunny area somewhere and get that well you mentioned, too.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea!
@nancywells56264 жыл бұрын
Hello Kevin, You might check with your local government and neighbor to see if you can put a foundation and structure on your property's easement before you build. We have a shed, but it is at least 15 feet away from the backyard easement. Good Luck!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@Pballa424 жыл бұрын
Awesome progress! Really excited to see your plans with adding chickens. It would be cool to see you experiment with a wood chip based food forest model in the orchard part of your new gardens.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
High up on my list!
@phillipmetcalf94044 жыл бұрын
Go lean to if possible. It gives you the best area for collecting rainwater or solar panels if you can position it right. Also simpler to build. If not go with a high angle roof as if you are adding solar the high angle will help max none summer light exposure. Just some thoughts.
@hig4s4 жыл бұрын
If you can grow a Myers lemon tree you should add a limequat tree. (Basically a key lime tree on a cumkuat root stock) we have one it it produced a ton of limes every year, and all the little white flowers attract a lot of mason bees for us.
@laurafrey52444 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch your videos!!!
@sonholee57694 жыл бұрын
If you want, I have an extra fuerte avocado seedling about 6 inches tall and doing well in a pot. But I'm in greater LA.
@rorybrown31494 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Just bought a bunch of seeds off San Diego seed co. and checking out epic homestead next!
@Donna_G4 жыл бұрын
When I was still living at home, my dad rented a tiller and tilled up part of the back yard so that I could put in a garden. We got enough rain that I did not have to worry about watering the garden; however, there was a faucet attached to the house. Each year after the initial tilling, I chose to just dig with a shovel, if I needed to do it. Normally, I would just cut the weeds down as my plants were growing. Eventually, my veggie plants got to the size that the weeds couldn't really compete with them. The veggies took over. I didn't stake anything. My dad insisted that the tomatoes needed to be staked. I just kept telling him that I was doing an experiment and he would let it go for a while. If you got chickens, they would scratch the grass looking for insects or grubs and will destroy a patch of grass in no time. Kevin from Living Traditions Homestead has some videos on how to build simple chicken tractors. If you want to have chickens for eggs and for meat, there are chickens that serve both purposes. The laying hens would need to have nesting boxes and will learn that's where they should lay their eggs.
@villagesteader35524 жыл бұрын
Moved from South Florida to Western New York...sooooo missing my Loquat tree and Citrus trees!♥️🐝🌻😎
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
So good!
@villagesteader35524 жыл бұрын
JoJo Skye I never had any luck with veggies in Florida, just fruit trees and herbs. Now I have all kinds of veg growing. I thought I had a black thumb... little did I know, I was just in the wrong place! ♥️😎
@Thingys-Jill3 жыл бұрын
Temporarily you can go to Home Depot or another Big Box store and get a hose bib with 4 spigots that you simply screw onto the one that is there. Then perhaps put manual timers on each of them. That well you spoke of could cost you $12,000+ to dig. You'd be better off harvesting from the roof into rain barrels and also keeping an empty pitcher to catch the sink faucet water. If you let it sit overnight, the chlorine will dissipate and you can water your plants with it.
@jlfoodforest4 жыл бұрын
Wow! That's a huge lot! My house is on 5 acres and I'm trying to create a permaculture food forest but maybe because I'm used to seeing my place it doesn't look so big. You have a lot of work to do with such huge empty canvas, happy gardening 😘❤💕🌲🌳🌿🍃🌴🌾🌻
@blackberrykeep39804 жыл бұрын
Hi Kevin, if you are allowed a horse, perhaps there are sheep or goats close by that you could procure manure for soil amendments. I have a small farm and purchased my current property a few years ago, I could not dig into the ground without hitting rocks or clay, now the soil is filled with worms. I garden in raised beds (modified Hugel beds) with lots of branches, llama,sheep, goat, duck and chicken manure. As far as poultry are concerned, they are all naughty and helpful. All will eat something in the garden whether you want them to or not, but will also rid you of many pests and fertilize the soil (and leave you eggs). My Old English Games do not appear to cause damage like the larger fowl, and the Ancona ducks devour the slugs. Guineas may be the least destructive, but possibly the loudest (next to my peafowl). I am also off grid, on solar, but use propane for hot water on demand and the stove. Choose energy efficient appliances. If I can do it in British Columbia, you will not have any issues in southern California. Have fun! PS due to the continued border closure, I still have not picked up my Birdie bed. Joanna
@baytate86124 жыл бұрын
Great setup! I can't wait to see the progress over time.
@TinaKiker4 жыл бұрын
Just purchased my Kindle copy of "Urban Gardening"! Looking forward to diving in and learning some good stuff!
@ssm10934 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing the details of your projects rather than presenting a vague tour. You are a gift! Keep up the amazing work.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@StephanieJoRountree4 жыл бұрын
Your homestead is going to be awesome. You're so lucky to have such a large plot in CA. Would love to see the inside of your home.
@csn5834 жыл бұрын
Check the 2nd channel!
@marisap094 жыл бұрын
Cast cover crop seeds for all your growing are into the winter! I think your friend from the Nature’s Always Right channel will be a great reference for improving your soil in a short amount of time. Seems he also has a really good contact for nice yards of compost.
@Jennifer333334 жыл бұрын
Loving the cedar raised bed and the grow bag garden. Excited to see how the shed goes. I like the traditional looking one. Just make sure the ceiling is high enough. 😂
@AshelinFox4 жыл бұрын
Having a well saved my mom's plants back when she still had a yard (she moved into an apartment a few years ago). For us, most of the issue was that city water use for lawns was put on an every other day schedule during drought season. With how hot it got, that would have meant very dead gardens. Because of the layout of her sections, she was able to have a sprinkler system installed that ran off of the well, and then programmed the timer to reflect each zone of her garden and how much water each needed.
@emilyrachelle884 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome you’re in San Diego!! I just subscribed!! So nice to have gardening tips from someone who is in my area!
@shadesofidaho4 жыл бұрын
When we bought this place in 2008 it is half an acre and 21,780 SQ FT and 90% of it was covered in 6 foot tall bull thistles. What a mess. A lot was scraped off in the leveling for the house and garage foundations and hubby had a bobcat he scraped the rest off with. 12 years later I still have to keep after the little ones. This is the first place I have ever totally landscaped. Well we also built a log house in 1986 but the landscaping I did was minimal. I thought it would be so much fun to design and create this yard. Has been one of the hardest things I have ever done all by myself too as hubby was not a yard person. Finally 12 years later I feel like my vision of what I wanted is happening. I brought 15 trees from our last house and about 20 liac starts and daylilies and bergenia and columbine with us. I had no money to spend on the yard. We did buy fencing as the years went by and I finally finished the last 250 foot the fall after hubby died. I did all of that by myself too. Hopefully next year will be the year I can sit back and enjoy and just maintain all of it. I LOVE it so much. I created several yard rooms with walls of plants dump shopped items to create big trellises for privacy. I LOVE flowers so I have a lot of them. too. Kevin enjoy your adventure. You are young and have time to be creative. I will enjoy watching your progress and will find my way to watch more on your website. Are you keeping all your wonderful planters from your other house or leaving them there. I brought mine with us from the last house. I had to empty them. Then refill them. Now I just keep adding potting soil to the top of them as they continue to sink away. I give them my used up house plant soil.
@1phloxy4 жыл бұрын
Hi. Congrats on your new home. Just keep watering your dirt. Bring it back to life. Add Peat moss wood chips you get free.
@abyssal_phoenix4 жыл бұрын
have you ever grown poppy flowers? There are tons of different variations. My favs are the 3 natives here: red-orange, orange, white with pink hints. (The last one was introduced by farmers. The flowers attract lots of pollinators and the seeds are delicious in many ways (bread, crackers, granola bars, cakes, desserts, etc)
@lindseymerlin72684 жыл бұрын
I like seeing how your ideas evolve on the new homestead. Have you considered permaculture? I just read Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway and he offers some ideas that I think you would find interesting. You can probably find his book at your local library. Something else you may not be aware of: there are businesses that will drop off truckloads of mulch (sometimes compost) at your house. My mother used to get a truckload of mulch dumped in our driveway every spring/summer. She would then wheelbarrow it to where it was needed in the yard over the course of several weeks as she had time. You may find a truckload of mulch is a more economical option for you than plastic bags. Another thought: you can often search around for businesses who are getting rid of things you can use and take their waste for use in your garden. Coffee grounds from coffee shops is one that many gardeners know about. I happen to work in a chemistry laboratory and we toss mountains of cardboard and shredded paper every week. Our production facility often has heat treated wood pallets and pharmaceutical grade steel drums in the back alley to be tossed. Ask around for what you need and you'll be surprised what people are throwing away!
@shadesofidaho4 жыл бұрын
Because this is Idaho with severe winters any watering system needs to be buried deep and blown out for winter. Also being on city water if you have an official watering system like you want it has to be inspected every year and have special back flow valves on it. I got around all of that with only one hose bib by a series of regular garden hoses. So I start off at the one hose bib and put a double splitter on it. One loose hose to water that area between house and garage and a second hose to go to the front of the house and a third hose to go to the rest of the yard. This is just a carrier hose hooked to a four or five split manifold. From there I have laid a hose on top of the ground around the end of the house and coming out on the west side also with a splitter on it. I can then use two hoses to water that area as the one hose will not reach all of it. Then another hose on the manifold for the dogs yard garden and another hose for what I call the lower yard. I write on each hose where it goes because all have to be drained and rolled up and stored for the winter. Makes it easy to lay back out the following year. I can do all of it in about an hour. It took me several years to figure all of this out. That big manifold is key. The reason I am telling you all of this is because at this point you are not sure where your yard is going to evolve . This system is so flexible. Now for you once you have it all worked out for what you need you can make it more permanent. We already had a lot of hoses because the yard part of our house before this was about 2 acres of the 8 1/2 total acreage.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the feedback!
@guyanesegyalgarden86564 жыл бұрын
Love your container garden 💕
@Tobias6114 жыл бұрын
Just putting more or less the same/similar comment here as I did on the first homestead episode: Thank you! Your content is great and I am absolutely in love with your new garden, and I can't even imagine what it'll look like in a year or two! I ordered your Urban Gardening book about a week ago and have been reading halfway through it and it's great! Easy to comprehend (even as a non native english speaker), very informative, lots of pictures to show *exactly* what you mean and it gave me lots of tips that I didn't know about as this is my first year gardening! Looking forward to another book release of you lol. I absolutely fell in love with this channel (and the second one) and it's great! Thank you for all the effort you put into your content, be it KZbin or your book. It really helps people get into gardening and not making as many mistakes as they otherwise would've!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much - I"m so glad to hear you like it
@zillennialtries4 жыл бұрын
Love the pallet planter! I always wondered how to keep the soil in those.
@thndrgrrrl4 жыл бұрын
I am so excited for you! I really love seeing the tours and hearing your plans and just dreaming with you. Thank you for the positivity we all need so badly right now!
@nancynesytofreske4 жыл бұрын
Hi Eric, Very excited for you! I'd like to make a suggestions regarding pollinating plants. It's crucial for birds and insects that we choose native varieties (not nativars). This will provide nectar and host plants for insects and birds and food for birds and their babies!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic call. I need to focus on that more - KEvin
@glamour44254 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say I love your videos, help me so much !!
@wchiwinky4 жыл бұрын
Makes sense to replace the shed...and you don't need a permit for a 10X12. If I had the space you have here in NM, I would put up a geodesic growing dome from 'Growing Spaces...(but you probably don't need it as much in San Diego ;) Thank You Kevin! I love your project and ideas...
@sheldonsolis4954 жыл бұрын
This is awesome! I started my garden back in March (im a noob. Its gonna be great watching your garden come to life while having a sense how what im doing 🙏🏽😋
@francescabuenaflor93444 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a segment on seedlings, I find your videos the most comprehensive and would probably learn more than what I've been finding on KZbin
@mg44684 жыл бұрын
LOVE THIS “MINI SERIES”! I’ve learned so much from your videos...TYTYTY! ♥️ & Thank you SO MUCH! FROM, YOUR FAN & FUTURE FARMER STUDENT IN TRAINING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@queensaladini67314 жыл бұрын
i recently used my 3dprinter pen to make custom plant markers for my new balcony garden your channel has inspired me to create. keep it up!!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Oooh, smart Darah!
@jennyc56314 жыл бұрын
I thought I was Happy with myself and my day in the garden...and now I'm extra happy watching your progress video! Keep up the great work!!
@anneg83194 жыл бұрын
Regarding your hard soil and possible use of cover crops: I am in a similar situation and am only doing no-dig/till. It's amazing how scientific research has led to the discovery of certain crops loosening up the soil and suppressing weeds within one growing season. For example Rodale Institute has an online article CHOOSING THE BEST COVER CROPS FOR YOUR ORGANIC NO-TILL VEGETABLE SYSTEM published in 2008. Also, The Maine Potato Lady has cover crop info. For example, check out the crop "Deep Till Radish" on that site. You can let the crop do the work for you until you are ready for that area!
@rtsalsa20584 жыл бұрын
Love this series, I was really exited to see another episode, keep it up!
@theugfcrew4 жыл бұрын
Kevin! You should make yourself a grape tunnel or a gourd tunnel. I think either would be beautiful in your yard.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
FAntastic idea
@montanaliving47694 жыл бұрын
An absolutely beautiful place with so much potential! Congratulations! You can imagine my envy from northwest Montana tho my views are stunning as well I would love your climate for gardening!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Montana is beautiful
@stephaniearnold27752 жыл бұрын
Harvest the rainwater off your shed and home! It'll save money and it's alot less work! Just takes some pvc piping, a plastic food grade barrel, a screen for the top of the barrel so debris doesn't get in and if you'd like it's optional for a filtration system.
@AlecVeravieff4 жыл бұрын
Concerning your well, we're also in San Diego County on ag-zoned land, and we were told "Irrigation is fine. For drinking water it will need to pass a potability test by a county approved lab." by our well driller, but San Diego County DEH told us "Your water well can be used for both potable and irrigation."
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
I think what matters is DEH in the end, right?!
@peterd.70694 жыл бұрын
tearing down the shed 😢, now i have no place to stay when i, your best friend in the world visits you. 🏚
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
;)
@Stettafire4 жыл бұрын
@@jnl. It probably is so old that it isn't safe. Also some sheds just fall to bits and are no good once you try to remove them.
@csn5834 жыл бұрын
@@jnl. That sounds like a Blossom shed-hack.
@JK-eu1du4 жыл бұрын
Man, this is great, thanks very much. I've been recommending ya to all my friends, hope your subscriptions keep blowing up!!!
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend!
@yeevita4 жыл бұрын
You should definitely have at least one water feature. Worms or plants, like daikon, might be able to till for you. If you put stuff worms like to eat under something that keeps the area moist, the worms will come to eat it and make your soil for you. Otherwise, something like daikon, maybe planted during your wet season, would push holes into the dirt. Actually, if your bag area is wer underneath with some plant material, it might already have a nice population of wild worms.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic ideas
@jessbrewer44084 жыл бұрын
Produce food and get down with nature! Great content man 🙏🤙
@rcove28854 жыл бұрын
These videos are part of my Food Grail Diary that I'm making for my first home. I am curious though, how did you fund your projects when you were first getting started?
@TheNIJUAL4 жыл бұрын
You are truly blessed thanks for sharing
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome
@MaskedAtackler4 жыл бұрын
Maybe consider a no till method to build your soil for your in ground garden portions. I like the Ruth Stout method personally as it is fairly easy for me and helps soil retain water. I'm excited to see how this project develops for you.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Totally will be!
@maricelpagalan45283 жыл бұрын
Great progress. Have you looked into california native plants? They are mostly drought tolerant, easy to grow, great for wildlife, and very beautiful too. I love Las Pilitas Nursery. They ship live plants. Good luck with everything!
@interplanetjan4 жыл бұрын
Super excited for you! Especially if you can drill a well...what? We have a lot of room backyard too. Eagerly watching progress. We moved our chicken coop from one side to the other and now predator proofing. If you get chickens, make sure the run is tall enough for you to walk into it. Also, to collect rainwater we sourced some food grade barrels from a guy with an aquaponic farm in Escondido.
@epicgardening4 жыл бұрын
Great tips!
@BeccaGulliver4 жыл бұрын
All that space, so exciting.
@ThreeGreenthumbs4 жыл бұрын
Great work! Love your videos. I live in Northern CA and I use gopher baskets for every plant/bush/tree I plant in the ground. Been gardening for almost 30 yrs. and won't plant in the ground without them. You can purchase them in bulk online :) I buy gopher baskets in Santa Cruz.
@borcsaster4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how much rain is falling over there, but here in Hungary, Europe it's raining a lot at a time so much, that I can't use up my 260 liters (68 gal) water from the barrel I placed this year although it's the middle of the summer... So I'd recommend investing in some rain barrels for cheaper irrigation! ;)