How to Be a LAZY Gardener (SUCCESSFULLY)

[@amymorales4622]

Great tips! I became a lazy gardener when I developed back and hip problems. Because I love gardening so much, I had planting beds built from cinder blocks to a height that makes it easy to garden sitting down. I use a wheeled walker that has a seat, and a bag to keep my gardening tools in. I can even use the walker as a mini wheelbarrow, by putting a bucket on the seat to get things to and from the compost.

[@amyk6028]

I love watching your channel. Your tips are so applicable to every gardener. I am very OCD and really stress about my garden. You make me feel like it’s ok NOT to have a perfect garden! I love that ❤️

[@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy]

Gardening should be fun and easy 😊 free mulch and just easy

[@ManinderSingh-if6xu]

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[@kimberlym.3643]

Love your way of thinking and calming voice.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Very helpful information. Cheers, Scott!

[@peggypease3267]

Lazy today…just watching the garden grow and talking to them and thanking them for hanging in there. Thanks for all your insight and gardening wisdom

[@troyhallman4489]

Thank you for mentioning the benefit of native plants. Any information that can dissuade the public from buying the dreck that Home Depot, Lowes, and most garden centers peddle is a good thing.

[@racebiketuner]

You say lazy. I say wise ;-)

[@cbryce9243]

Instead of mulching, I have been pulling up weeds with Grampas Weeder and planting clover in their place. Clover attracts bees, is good for the soil, and you can walk on it. Best part is, it doesn't have to me mowed.

[@jay90374]

Then you are still mulching, it's just a living mulch!

[@stringchz]

Scott, you are like the Bob Ross of gardening. Love your videos.

[@LeverActionLarry]

Ironically this lazy gardener video has inspired me to not be lazy and get out into the garden for watering and weeding! Thanks as always, GS!!

[@Gkrissy]

Nice video. I am glad you aren’t ashamed to say that your leave your tools out as well if you are going to use the same ones the following day. I do the same thing. I’m considering getting a hose link because I am lazy to put the hose back in it’s place.

[@rhondavanmeter5015]

Krystal, I am disabled and have chronic pain. I bought myself a Hose Link about 6 weeks ago and absolutely love it. It has made a big difference for me and the investment was worth it. Mark put it on a steel post sunk in concrete for me and I can get 360 degree swivel.

[@craftjunkie-gq2rb]

@@rhondavanmeter5015 can you please tell me what kind of hoselink you got. I also suffer from chronic pain and would love to know about this some more!

[@rhondavanmeter5015]

@@craftjunkie-gq2rb Look up Hoselink as a brand. It's based out of Australia, however, they do sell and ship from the US.

[@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy]

We too are Lazy Gardeners growing tons of food for almost free in the city. We both garden here differently, my garden has no heavy work at all, and it can be done even sitting on a chair. I work with Mother Nature too 😊🌱

[@fordtelly6573]

I love your channel Robbie. I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much! And thank you Scott for another great video! :)

[@TheTrock121]

You are so right about Perennials. We have Blackberries at the bottom of our garden that take advantage of the nutrient runoff. We get 50 to 60 quarts of berries every year. I'm eating a bowl topped w/ sour cream and pecans right now.

[@kjrchannel1480]

It is the heat that makes me lazy at times. I however reuse to let Earwigs kill my plants. It is frustrating seeing several gang eating the same transplant. I have been trying to grow birdhouse gourds and I frequently find them damaging them. I had healthy Luffa sprouts in the ground and they killed them. In that regard I can't be lazy. I have discovered that Earwigs are attracted to Neem oil so it's better to use it as a trap bait, or spray it on front, and vegetable scraps for them to eat. You could even ad some Pyrethrin to the.mix. I will however let volunteer Sunflowers grow all over the yard and garden.Given the drought I take color any way I can get it, and it's free. I have been told by others that I grow an impressive garden with what I have to deal with. I reward myself by watching a movie or two outside at night after doing Earwig control, or other garden tasks. That is how I try to enjoy gardening.

[@obsidianjester6314]

One of my tips for lazy gardening is to for what veggies can tolerate it (hint it's most) as a home gardner you can often plant them closer than commercial operations do. Closer means more shading of the ground which creates it's own form of mulch for weeds. Tomatoes, carrots, turnips, beets, are what I grow here in Wyoming that fit this bill really well. The trick that helps keep them watered is to before they get too big drop down a drip line hose and you're good to go!

[@justinp4996]

I am lazy with "pest control". Late spring there were tons of green worms devouring some native perennials. Within weeks there were constantly birds picking worms at the buffet so problem solved, plus the eating of the plant tops caused the plants to grow bushier than normal.

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Sometimes it pays for a gardener to take a day off, just dozing in the sun, - enjoying the visual results of your labor. Watching the butterflies and the bees flying around and the spiders sitting there in their webs waiting for something to come along.

[@GardenerScott]

That's a great tip!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

@@GardenerScott Thank you. Have a nice lazy day.

[@tammibolender3785]

I bought a weed Wacker with wheels. I have a lot of tight spaces that are difficult to get the mower through, but carrying around the weed Wacker was making my arms and shoulders ache. The weed Wacker detaches from the wheeled base for up close jobs, but saves a lot of energy for me between no longer wrestling the lawn mower into tight spaces and carrying around a weed Wacker.

[@AndYourLittleDog]

I’m with you! Since I implemented deep mulching, I too am a lazy gardener!

[@funwithmadness]

You mentioned how your rabbits eat the weeds instead of your veggies... In the past 2-3 years, I've had rabbits nesting in my garden and they never seem to bother my veggies. My yard adjacent to my garden is full of weeds that they normally eat, so there's no reason for them to bother my food. The groundhog, however, is a completely different matter. That fat bastard wrecks everything! I saw it today with a huge leaf hanging out of its mouth from my broccoli.

[@franksinatra1070]

I decided years ago to put small stone down between my raised bed with landscaping fabric underneath to save me from having to put down wood chips every year. I do still use wood chips on about a third of my garden but it's more manageable since my garden is rather large and I'm rather old 😂. I also used the coated green fence to setup my composting bays. I may lose a little compost because of the larger openings but the fence has lasted 25 years so far and has saved me from rebuilding wooden bays.

[@reneeschweiger9921]

i take the same approach to insect control as you do weeds. i have little frogs that live in my plants, so I don't want to apply insecticides that hurt them. i have no aphids, because of the frog s? i hand pick the tomato hornworms, army worms, japanese beetles, and grasshoppers, which in turn i feed to the chickens. spending 15 minutes a day picking off the insects is worth it.

[@kimberly8185]

A Toad scared the crap out of me last night in my flowerbed. 😆 I was glad to see him though and even more glad I didn't step on him!!

[@nancydaniels161]

Any suggestions on dealing with whiteflies?

[@eliandkate]

I 100% back you on these lazy tips :D Why make things hard going if you don't have to?

[@phenixwars1]

This is why I love gardening but I don't enjoy houseplants. Outside they just do their thing, indoors they need so much attention.

[@racebiketuner]

I live where it's very dry with a strong, warm breeze every afternoon. In this climate, heavy mulch is essential for water retention. I use shredded fall leaves 3 inches thick. When temps get over 85F, I bump that up to 4 inches. There's close to zero weeds with this method. They break down over the growing season, so they need occasional replenishing. I keep a 100 gallon grow bag full of shredded leave near the middle of my property for this purpose. I keep a large stainless steel bowl with them for distribution. When I notice the mulch getting a little low, it usually only takes two trips with the bowl to top everything off.

[@tennesseenana4838]

I have a canvas work wagon that helps me big time. It also saves my back from lifting and carrying things. I put whatever I need for the day in it and just pull it easily to wherever I want to go. I have a shade garden in front of the house and a full sun garden on the side of the house. I also have my garden tools in it so they're always with me and ready for whatever I need to do.

[@nickthegardener.1120]

I'm lazy in the sense that I will do anything that makes things easier, mulch, drip lines etc but don't sherk on the hard work when needed.👍

[@pamelamercer1124]

I'm installing drip irrigation on a timer. Huge lazy move on my part and better for the garden

[@nickthegardener.1120]

I have just ordered a compost thermometer.😁👍(before watching this, I love turning compost!) 😂

[@krussell9995]

I have said for years I'm a lazy gardener lol. I love using mulch and timers for watering. I chop and drop regularly, unless leaves are diseased. I also have a handy little wheeled seat I scoot along on for harvesting and weeding. Regularly I have sections of the garden that have been taken over by weeds, I just feel like it's part of the ecosystem.

[@carladelagnomes]

Yep, the weeds will hold everything down until you decide to plant again!

[@patsybulkley]

Mulch around my walking area was making too much work for me because the NM thunderstorms kept moving it into piles at the east end of my garden. I would rake it all back, only to do it over again the next time it rained. So I had landscaping timber installed and filled the whole area with gravel. Now it's completely maintenance free! Also, I smiled at the way you let natural plants be part of your garden. I have wild verbena, sunflowers and globe mallow growing all around my raised beds. They make great additions as pollinators and beauty! I'm really looking forward to some videos about your use of the new greenhouse! I'm using one for the first time this year and have MUCH to learn!

[@steveott1369]

As a fellow lazy gardener, I really take your advice to heart. One thing I have done this year is to let the clover and amaranth”weeds” in my raised beds grow and act as a cover crop. The soil quality in these befs has really improved. Similarly I have alot of horseweed in my flower beds which if I choose to pull are shallow rooted. I am amazed at the fungi in the soil from these. As you suggest let nature do its thing! Thanks for all your practical advice.

[@waynesell3681]

Your encouragement is great! The work sure can be overwhelming, I do say. Wrestling on the learning curve! Enjoying the heavy pine wood chips for pathways to establish the six in ground beds.

[@cobi1kenobi]

now you're speaking my language

[@nates2526]

Some of the lazy crops I like to grow are dry beans, dry peas, winter squash, dry corn, wheat, etc. Plant them, water when needed and harvest when it is convenient. You can let the crop sit on the plants for weeks waiting to be harvested whenever it is convenient for you.

[@dustyflats3832]

Love the hand tool comments!😆 I'm trying to find a lazy way to irrigate. It's on a daily basis now on most areas of the gardens. I'm trying to set plantings and boxes in a line, but as things grow I still end up running them over with the hose. I have 6 different gardens along with other plants and it takes a bit of time. I think I will start a new garden of raised beds all the same size on the other side of house and then have less lawn and use the old garden for perennial veg/fruit and squash/potatoes. If anyone knows of a great irrigation system let me know. I ended up getting clay soil delivered that was called top soil for 2 beds we quickly put up. I think I will need to shovel it on the lawn as it's miserable compared to my native sand. It attracted slugs And I've never had them b4! There are stones also and it is rock hard and I think it will take too much work to improve. I'm lazy when it comes to cleaning veggies. I just like to brush the sand off and the clay--ugh, need I say more. I tried chard and collards and think chard tastes like a pond smells, so think I will pare back and stick with what I like and try and figure out how many plants are truly needed to preserve enough for winter. I'm for trying new varieties, but I want to find the correct ones that grow effortlessly for my soil and then save the seed. Then I won't have to worry about cross pollination. Still looking for lettuce that doesn't take 90 days🤣🤣 Yep, lettuce and peonies are tuff here to grow, but I said that about dill once and now it's everywhere.

[@amymorales4622]

The landscape supply company that I deal with differentiates between “top soil” and “garden soil.” Top soil is anything that was scraped off of the surface of the land, and often contains things like broken glass. Garden soil is better, but it still comes with some debris, bugs, etc. My native soil is heavy clay, and so hard that roots can’t get through it. I have to mix it with the garden soil to get anything to grow.

[@meganmackenzie5993]

So much good advice, a lot of which reaffirms what I'm already doing. For example, lazy compost and mulching to avoid weeding.

[@PhosphorAlchemist]

Most of my flowers are perennials, and as I plant more I'm choosing low-maintenance natives. Maintenance is usually water when it's extra dry, a sprinkle of spring fertilizer, and cutting down the dead stalks in fall. I attract pollinators and feed hummingbirds with almost no effort. The vegetable garden takes the side benefit.

[@hugelpook]

You say lazy, I say efficient.

[@majawanhainen5064]

my season is too short to really expect a pumpkin harvest BUT my neighbour taught me that pumpkin leaves can be eaten. In her home country Kongo they use pumpkin leaves as a vegetable. They taste great sauteed with spring onions. I add water as I cook them so they soften.

[@classicrocklover5615]

I've never heard of this before! They are often large - I wonder if they could be used as a wrap,?

[@majawanhainen5064]

Maybe. But they do soften when cooked so probably not.

[@RDubdo]

Here are some of the things I do to do less: The only time I thin my apple trees is when I see worm holes in them. When I do, I drop the infested apples to the ground. I never pick up those apples, the pest predators need something to eat to keep them around and those apples are good fertilizer for the tree. I can't remember when I didn't have more good apples than I could eat or store. Often some of my fruit tree branches will break due to not thinning them. I just leave them be if they are still connected and harvest the fruit on them after it ripens then I cut the branches off and send them to the wood chipper at the end of the season. Even though most of my garden is no till, the easiest way I have found to grow corn is to shallow till the ground until the quack grass and weeds are all gone. Then I plant the corn and mulch with grass and weed clippings to kill weeds, hold the moisture and feed nitrogen from the clippings to the corn. Only trouble was, tilling with my walk behind tiller was way too much work so this year I bought a 6' three point tiller to pull behind my tractor. I figured that, with the inflation that is coming, the money I paid for the tiller wouldn't be worth much next year. Now I only spend about 10 minutes tilling 4 or 5 times before planting each successive corn plot. Also a while back I purchased a commercial mower with a blower, grass hamper and hydraulic dump so the only work needed for mulch is to spread it with a pitch fork when necessary. For compost, I start one pile and add all organic material including kitchen scraps the composting toilet material, dead rodents and birds to it for an entire year. I keep a pile of leaves and grass clippings near the pile to cover any smelly material as it is added. I start a new pile every year. I never turn the piles and the compost pile of the 3rd year is what I use in the garden. An no there is nothing left in the compost pile that will make you sick after sitting for three years. Everything decomposes in that time.

[@edvanbomfim6772]

I did enjoy your useful teaching about gardening a lot, great job 😊

[@susankilstrom6852]

That mailbox idea is brilliant! That will save me so much aggravation and energy because I often need a hand tool that I didn't grab on the way to the garden.

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks! Here's how I did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3rVoXp5psiWbKc

[@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115]

I’ve missed your Monday live since I’ve gone back to work in the office 🥺

[@ritasenergyherbs3650]

How thick do you put your mulch down Scott? I put 3" deep of free wood chip mulch in my backyard - still have to pull a some weeds now and then - especially the hickory trees that the squirrels plant when they forget where they stashed the nuts. Some areas it is more deep...and I can sure grow the fungi in the backyard! This year I put a thin layer down in my raised beds, at your suggestion. I haven't had a weed issue as I filled my hugelkultur' beds with Purple Cow soil last year, which is weed seed free. Of course birds have been at work, and weeds started this year - the mulch helps, as well as having to do less watering. Do you have a video where you construct your compost pile, and have you built a rain water collection system (this is the project I might start very soon with help from a friend). Appreciate your videos always - helpful to one determined to feed her kids organic and inexpensively. But it is work, still working up to laziness.

[@GardenerScott]

It varies on the plants and bed locations. Most of my perennial beds are 2"-3" of wood chips, but the area around the trees are 5"-6". The vegetable beds are only 1"-3" of lighter mulch.

[@scottcrowley2061]

Almost didn't watch this, because.....

[@lazylonewolf]

A video made just for me

[@freedombug11]

It's so important to know every lazy tip possible with gardening so as not to be overwhelmed. One lazy gardening strategy I think I'm going to use next year is just to not even bother trying to garden in the summer time. Daily severe thunderstorms, high humidity, daily temps above 90 degrees...it's not for me! I will try to grow some things quickly in early spring and have them done by May! And not garden again until September!

[@carladelagnomes]

I'm with you on this one!

[@amymorales4622]

I am having a greenhouse built for this exact reason. I want to have fresh vegetables during our cooler months. I don’t do heat and humidity well, so I will just let the pumpkins and cherry tomatoes grow wild in the garden during the hottest months.

[@highlandscommunityclub1160]

I’m glad you’re not too lazy to make great videos to help us in our garden! I planted a lot more varieties of self seeding flowers this year, (so I can be lazy about that next year), and haven’t had many bad bugs at all. So nice to be able to be lazy about battling them!

[@frankbarnwell____]

I'm lazy, yet attentive. I had an agreement with water from the air. But I've not ankle-deep flooding. Sooooo. Oh boy it's hot. Compost? Piles. Good

[@tranthiduyen615]

Xin chào bạn Scott, lời chào từ Vietnam, chúc bạn buổi tối vui vẻ và có giấc ngủ ngon

[@dtorrice5101]

I approach gardening the same way. Great tips! Great video!

[@candywalker483]

Such practical advice! Love the mailbox too.

[@sweethometreasures]

That mailbox idea is totally brilliant

[@shineyrocks390]

Loved it from start to finish 👍

[@shouldb.studying4670]

+ for the tool mailbox alone!

[@chauchau1354]

Thank you!

[@selebogokhune]

Thank you

[@gardenerkatinnorcal9a]

Ah ha ha! You say lazy, I say efficient! 👏 I’ve got a baby and a 5-y-o, busy mamma with waaaaay too many plant babies then what a sane person would have. I could spend all day just pulling dead leaves or beautifying…. But nope! I have to prioritize and maximize! Keep the veggie garden productive so I can feed the fam. Cheers to us EFFICIENT gardeners! 😆 Some of us just have no choice, and that is a-ok. 🍓

[@joycedagostino8869]

Enjoyed this video. Being able to manage a garden without it being overwhelming takes a lot of planning and constant monitoring but some things are Ok to let go. I also have a lot of plants that came up that self sowed and it is just like nature intended and often they seem happier than the ones that I purposely planted. Each year I also have some surprise volunteers and they always are welcome. And I do a little bit of hand weeding everyday too. I think a lot of the work I do is early planning and planting, and then it can be routine maintenance after that.

[@stephenhope7319]

Great video Scott. Addresses some issues of concern , if I see a plant growing in my planter and I am not sure what it is, I will let it grow until I know it is not something I planted then either let it continue, or add it to the compost. Seasonal changes are tougher. When it is too hot for one plant, I have to be ready to replace with something that fits.

[@nmnate]

Deep mulch + irrigation on trees is one of the biggest time saving things here in the southwest. Eventually I'll put in drip lines for our raised beds, watering annuals daily can get to be a chore. I absolutely have to leave up my rabbit cages / tree tubes, though. I don't have enough vegetation for the rabbits to eat and they go right for the veggies / fruit trees. They'll entirely leave the native plants alone once they've grown accustomed to them (usually only a month or two where they might nibble to figure out if the plant is edible). Native, flowering annuals/perennials/shrubs near your fruit trees is super useful in my opinion. We usually get aphids early in the season, but by mid-summer, they're very hard to find (usually hidden in spots on our brassicas). Feed the predators and they'll do a ton of work for you 😁 We get free lacewings / ladybugs / wasps as they just show up on their own.

[@valeriecaputa713]

I have never watched one of your videos and not hit the like button. 100% like! Each video teaches or reminds me, and definitely inspires.

[@PawsOnTheBalcony]

Lazy gardening for me definitely needs some kind of automated irrigation system, like a drip irrigation. With a solar panel+battery attached to the pump, that should be plenty lazy.

[@LauraEilers]

Ha! I bought one of those collapsible totes on your recommendation. We use it. It's probably paid for itself. But I've always done a lot of chop and drop and it annoys my husband who then brings me the tote

[@marcuspowell2510]

I don’t like Pak Choy enough to keep trying to grow it. It always goes to seed and now all those seeds will be another gardeners problem.. or hopefully a success.

[@HeyJudeDistributing]

It rained hard last night so today is fertilizer night. Tomatoes are growing, I picked cucumbers and zucchini today. Got my garlic on the drying rack, tomorrow I'll get the onions. I used landscape fabric this year and it's working out great. No diseases, just a few bug bites, taken care of. Had to use tule around the cucumbers to keep the RACOONS out. They eat leaves from squash, cukes and cantaloupe. They must not like watermelon leaves.

[@HeyJudeDistributing]

Harvesting everything before the oct/Nov frost will probably kill me. Lol

[@HeyJudeDistributing]

Speaking of lazy, any spots where I planted that didn't make it, well I had a pack of burpless bush cucumbers. They will be great! Oriental purple and green noodle and blue lake pole Beans have reached the top of my cattle pannel arch and Bush beans across one end. Flowers everywhere! Peaceful.

[@KevinModz65]

I’m a lazy gardener. I send my kids to Kroger and buy all my cucumbers and tomatoes

[@theiceageiscoming.5516]

💪😎🇺🇲

[@brianseybert2189]

The creeping thyme and oregano I established in three of my raised beds have almost completely filled in between my veggies giving me a permanent living mulch.

[@brianramsey3824]

When I do use fert it tends to use granular. Grab a loose handful throw it at the base of your plants let water soak it in call it in call day

[@eddieco]

Brilliant. I love this video. Thank you.

[@avalonhomestead9077]

Gardener Scott my wife and I have watched you and appreciated all your insight for years. One thing I have a question about is using shade cloth. We see it on your beds in almost every video and know that it’s an important element of growing plants and gardening. Thanks for all you share with us.

[@GardenerScott]

The shade cloth helps many plants survive extreme heat and sun. It can help delay bolting of plants like lettuce and brassicas. It can improve pollination when temperatures are high. And in my area it doubles as hail protection.

[@samspeaks9413]

@@GardenerScott thanks, maybe you can do a video with some examples.

[@losnolt]

And what percentage of shade cloth you use!

[@amymorales4622]

Like Gardener Scott, I live at a high elevation in the southwestern United States. The sun is extremely intense here, even on cooler days. Covering and uncovering certain plants makes a big difference on whether they thrive. Also, shade cloth helps to conserve water in a very arid environment.

[@compscript7973]

That is a title that gets my attention. I don't think of it as being lazy, I think off it as time management to do other things.

[@fulanichild3138]

I would appreciate any tips from anyone with experience growing eggplant. My eggplants have thrived and produced scores of gorgeous fruits. But now they are 6 and 7 feet tall! All the blooms and fruit are at the tops, almost out of my reach. Should I top the plants? How do I do that without damaging them? Thanks.

[@GardenerScott]

Topping the plants can reduce further growth and redirect energy to the fruit. You can pinch off new suckers and the main tip.

[@hugelpook]

Ruth Stout would be proud of you!

[@thelazynortherngardener7607]

Nicely done!! Sharing with my followers!

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks!

[@margoeastman923]

I'm new at gardening so --- THANKS everyone for all all the fabulous tips! Appreciate it... And thank you Gardener Scott for your awesome channel... I'll for sure try some of these ideas...from ME in AZ...🌺

[@gaildunn8047]

How to amend an existing raised bed ? Mine doesn't hold enough water. Short of taking it apart is there anything I can do? Thanks for you channel.

[@jay90374]

Add vermiculite

[@GardenerScott]

Adding compost and mulch to the top will break down and improve the soil over time. At the end of the season, when plants are gone, you can dig in amendments to help.

[@heidiclark6612]

That's my kind of gardening! Great video! I use drip irrigation that is hooked up to my 8 station timer.

[@bcleeanderson]

I'm a lazy gardener as well, and all your ideas are good tips, except I'm surprised you haven't use the soaker hose to water your garden. It saves water, time and good for the plants because the water with dirt will not splatter onto the leaves causing diseases.

[@GardenerScott]

I like soaker hoses but have so many individual beds that it requires many soaker hoses and is extra effort to move the hose and attach it to a soaker hose for each bed. I prefer to hand water so I can adjust the water my plants get based on daily weather changes. Mulch helps reduce splatter.

[@bcleeanderson]

@@GardenerScott I understand what you mean, Scott. To connect the soaker hoses from one bed to another, it's a pain! I bought a 100-foot-long soaker hose and put it in several beds, but the water leaks out in between beds. So, I appreciate the reason you prefer to hand-water the plants. :) Greetings from Vancouver, Canada

[@tiathompson6674]

What do you do about squash borers?

[@GardenerScott]

Row covers in place before and after they appear.

[@Lissyhead2]

Wouldn't the seeds from the weeds that are dropped just resow and grow back even more? I would love to adopt your method! Just don't understand....

[@GardenerScott]

If the weeds flower and seed, yes more can grow. The key is do cut weeds before seeds develop.

[@Lissyhead2]

@@GardenerScott ohhhh that's incredibly helpful! Thank you!

[@prattsmark1]

Thanks for the garden tips! What kind of prep do you do before laying the wood chips. I have an area that is full of berry bushes and dwarf fruit trees, and a couple grape vines and I would love to not have to mow and weed eat this weekly. We also have a giant pile of wood chips from 5 very large trees we had to take down. Seems like the perfect solution.

[@GardenerScott]

I just add the chips on top of the soil. If weeds are big and ready to flower I'll cut them first, but a thick layer of chips is often enough to smother and kill them even if not cut.

[@prattsmark1]

@@GardenerScott Thanks! We plan on laying the mulch this weekend.

[@RebeccaWhite30]

3 sister ls method is a great way to be lazy and fertilizer and weed your corn!

[@marian9445]

Would you recommend clover as ground cover if I’m not ready to plant out my whole yard yet?

[@GardenerScott]

Clover can be a good ground cover and benefits soil and insects.

[@marian9445]

Great, thank you very much.

[@dmatcardoug2986]

Very good advice, as you usually give! Valuable lessons indeed.

[@VomitYou]

Plant native perianal plants they are too easy.

[@raphaellabooboo8372]

Hi Gardener Scott, just watching this video and was wondering where you got that huge pinwheel? I think it would be great to keep deer away.

[@GardenerScott]

That is one of the reasons I put it there. I got it at a local plant nursery.