How to Build an Instant Garden

[@KristinGasser]

I already watched a lot of Permaculture and no dig videos, but most of them presuppose, that you have the possibility to buy good compost in large amounts. I‘m just in the beginning of building up a food forrest/ permaculture garden, I have no animals (yet) and no possibility to buy any compost here where I live. But I can get straw/hay and I can get tons of leaves from the forrest! I defenately gonna try this with my first bed… thank you, this is great!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

This video, made 7 years ago is still cutting-edge today!👍❤️👍

[@asjdnj]

i can not even think of how to thank Geoff Lawton about changing my thoughts on farming just by a single video from youtube. you sir, are a great teacher to me. thank you so much. much gratitude from S.Korea.

[@Guadi-bi4vh]

Would that single video be this video??

[@suzyq6767]

Thanks for teaching me. I did this in 60X10 feet a couple years ago, because I'm not healthy and strong enough to dig a garden. This year my dwarf fruit trees, berries, and comfrey went in. The kale, beans, peppers, squash, asparagus, sea kale, and herbs did really well--melons and tomatoes not so much. I added another 250 square feet of mulch in the form of hay and straw this year over the native vetch like before. I finally settled on pea shrub and lupin as my nitrogen fixers. I can't keep chickens, so I simply bury food scraps and paper all around the garden as they come out of the kitchen. They compost in no time. My mulch is always damp even though this area is in drought. I only watered in the hottest part of summer.

[@xyzsame4081]

You want to check out the channel of Melissa K. Norris about vertical gardening. you might need help to establish the hich arches (improvised from pig fences - farm material). Other people have other improvised trellises and arches, but hers looked good and she said it was sturdy. She is in the state of washington and walked in a green tunnel of beans. Tomatoes. Cucumbers. It can get wet there and she used to have issues with mildew -not anymore. Plus it looked good and of course the beans are easy to harvest. So if you can persuade someone (for a good meal, a share of the crop ??) to set it up for you would be good to go. One other video I saw recommended a kind of tropical "spinach". quite thick leaves, it was growing like weed, self seeding, too (he had problems to bring seeds to germination, but one he had plants they solved the problem for him (friends wanted to get seedling but because they were hard to germinate by him he was reluctant to give them away. They are a perennial where they come from, but die when the winters are not mild enough for them, but if one lets them flower they came back by themselves.

[@xyzsame4081]

Malabar spinach. It is very heat tolerant. In warmer regions it can become invasive if you let it flower and seed out, so that is something to think about. If the winters are cooler it puts a check on them. When cooked it gets a little slimy (like Okra). Good for digestion and for thickening stews and soups. Some people (like that homesteader and his large family) love it, and eaten raw it seems to have a good crunch and thrives in the sun, as long as it has enough water.

[@DiscoverPermaculture]

This is a quick easy technique to start a garden and does not need to be repeated it you build fertility quickly, maybe once or twice more if fertility is slow to build.

[@VisinskiRadoviBeograd]

What a beautiful and important video. I've always looked for a video that will show us how to quickly and in case of emergency, exile or so, start feeding ourselves from the soil. I thing there should be a playlist dedicated to this. So we can learn the material by heart and carry it in our hearts wherever destiny takes us. And wherever we stop for a while, to be capable and knowledgeable to survive. Practical advises from you are precious. Thank you and please gather some videos of this kind.

[@jaredbreen7474]

You're awesome man keep up the great work. These videos are packed with great information.

[@Quailll]

YESSSSSS!! The part at the end: You are never sustainable in a garden if you are not producing soil as you grow!!

[@mjmeyering5583]

About to move to a new construction home. I'm going to follow this method to produce a garden.

[@ethelenefresh1625]

when first dipping my toes into gardening, It was this video that I stumbled upon, and from here i've learned and grown so much. Cheers Geoff your the GOAT!

[@crossing3790]

Thank you for sharing. The world is lost from the simplicity of nature. It all seems to be right in front of us but we look for science to tell us how-to-do-it-wrong. The answer and truth is idden in plain sight. Blessings to you.

[@MrMadalien]

If I showed this to my agronomist uncle he would be absolutely unimpressed, for some reason he always harps on about organic techniques not being able to feed the world, because we have so many people we need guaranteed results and large scale production... Idk, to me it just seems simple too, if I, a nerd artist with no agricultural or gardening experience can create soil AND high quality organic veggies with nutrients and medicinal qualities that are ABSENT in the non organic market, then I think there is no argument for using chemicals. Chemical farming is lazy, absent minded and myopic and it has created the conditions for mass epidemic diseases and chronic illness.

[@franziskani]

@@MrMadalien Conventional ag degrades soil and needs a lot of energy - that is not sustainable, give it 50 more years and we are headed for massive problems. - As for being energy intensive: They need a lot for nitrogen fertilizer - which is easily soluble so it destroys bodies of water (rivers, aquifers, oceans, lakes) elsewhere as it is washed out - see Dead Zones in oceans, like off the coast of Florida. Nitrogen is 78 % of air, so at least it is not a scarce element, just not that easy to get into a form that plants can use. Much worse: we waste valuable phosphor, too. In conventional ag the soil micronisms underperform or are dead so the nutrients have to be applied in a form that dissolves easily in water. In areas with enough rain a part of the fertilizer will be washed out. That includes valuable phosphor - there are not many sites in the world where it is concentrated enough to allow for cost efficient mining (North Africa for instance, Marocco if memory serves). That will be the next wars. Not for oil but for phospor. The phosphor is dissolved in urine and at the moment we wash that away as well. Back in the day a lot of animals and people peed and shit where they grew the food (or the animals were raised) so the cycle was somewhat closed. Now we have mass accumulations of humans in one place and the production of food in another one. And the feces and urin go to waste. Not on Zaytuna farm where they have composting toilets in order to save water (and they also have them in the Jordan project, where they have to treat water as a VERY valuable and scarce resource).

[@svetlanikolova7673]

After watching you , Dr Elaine and Paul Gauchi, I want to be able to feed me mom and my neighbor! It is very exciting to get in the garden knowing this land can feed people / my animals with organic food and produce healthy people and healthy animals! Even the compost they make will be healthy ! Thank you and continue teaching us saving one family at the time - or more

[@krazykirl1129]

I'm going to try this this year. In my garden in the house I rent. I live in Wales, UK and it's super hard to grow things here. The slugs are plentiful. Wish me luck! 😃

[@marthaconover4460]

This is exactly what I'm doing to my yard:) Last Spring I made a plot for hundreds of jalapeno seedlings, one for a dozen huge, free Goji bushes I got free off CL and the same for 20 blueberry bushes (I did amend that soil to make it more acidic, though). I just scalped the area w/ the mower, layered w/ free cardboard I get from work, and covered thickly w/ free chips I'd let compost for a year. HOLY COW! The best crops out of everything I was growing. My garage is chock full of cardboard, and my drive is loaded w/ aged chips, and adding a lot more beds this Spring:) Also have a huge compost pile, which I uses the same way when planting. Yay for healthy soil and easy garden beds!! Cheers!

[@foslas253]

ALLAH bless you Geoff, you’re doing so much for humanity ❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@idahohoosier8989]

Perma Pasture Farmsent me to y'all. Heard y'all's name many times. Decided today, it was time to search for y'all. Thank y'all. Perfect! Blessings, julie

[@kellysoo]

I just love this video as it reminds me “who in the world to make tidy of such organic form that you never going to see through. I sure hope no one has x ray eyes to see through all that layers. Otherwise, it would really be too much information. Thank you Geoff. I feel so celebrated. As I really don’t have time to get it tidy. My priority is to get food in the ground. 🎉🎉🎉

[@achsahkaleb4844]

Thank you so much. I remember Bill Mollison. You are the person I can learn from now!! Thanks for the video on wheely bin compost toilet!! God bless. From South Africa

[@glw9675]

I'm currently turning my monoculture grass lawn into a native New Jersey eden, much in the same way as shown here albeit a different locale. This is the best video I've seen on the general subject, as the presenter not only is engaging but also offers a wealth of key information. Great job!

[@sablon3123]

oh my God thank God that I watch this before I went any further you just saved my life and save me so much time and money it's unbelievable thank you kind sir you are a gentleman and a scholar God bless you!!!!

[@zakhiraazamat618]

Здравствуйте, Джефф. Я смотрю все Ваши видео, хотя слов не понимаю. Жаль, не знаю английский язык. Меня восхищает то, чем Вы занимаетесь. Здоровья Вам 💖👍💟

[@IDilbar]

все просто! сад который мгновенно даст огромные урожаи без полива! слой бумаги любой, картон, старые книги. сверху слой мульчи. то есть сена. Хотите постоянный урожай? Начните создавать почву! Под бумагой живут микроорганизмы повчвообразующие. Поливать только в засуху! Кстати это отличная идея как организовать огород без лопаты и вскапывания .Для инвалидов самое то.

[@guroaq21]

God bless you more for sharing what you have..

[@BorequeTheCreator]

Thank you so much for sharing this. Permaculture should be the positive aspect of any ecological culture-critical philosophy. Here I see a joy in engaging in ever richer processes, a re-affirmation of the human's place in Nature rather than a return to it as an archaic concept.

[@GFYYT11111]

Brilliant content Geoff🙏Knowledge Is Power Thanks for sharing 💚🌍

[@patymoonkaraoke]

I'm so grateful I came across this channel. I seek inspiration from REAL humans, daily. Gardening can be hard without the proper guidance from people who genuinely care. Thank you so much! I started in Feb. My backyard is thriving with life and evolving every day, as am I. It has become my passion and purpose. I needed the confidance boost with the compost, today. It hasn't grown on me quite yet. 😁🌍💕

[@xyzsame4081]

Charles Dowding is also good (U.K. more the _garden_ aspect, he has a market garden and is a legend). Geoff usually has the large systems in mind (I have been binge watching lately although I do not have a desert to green or swales to dig, and could not plant bamboo if I wanted to). And Natural Farmer (also a permaculture guy, with some courses under his belt, and he shares the observations, did projects in India (swales on a farm to regenerate a well) he is now in Sicily, that is more garden / homestead related, Geoff works larger projects). Melissa K. Norris Modern Homesteading is also good. You see that she is a successful gardener (with a large ! family garden) for quite a while and has lots of practical tips to share. Plus she cans a lot if that is interesting for you. Different climate zones, different applications, you get a lot of insights even though the climate zones might be different.

[@petrosstefanis6234]

Geoff Lawton you are a legend! I am watching as many uploads of yours as I can find. Thank you so much for spreading the permaculture principle. You know it is vital for our planet"s future. You have truly made me happy with your message. Thanks also to Bill. No GMO, no roundup, just natural biome. Pete from FNQ, on my way to a food forest :)

[@kerry3710]

I've seen some people put all the rubbish and compost etc straight onto the soil, and covering the whole lot with newspaper ( wetted down) and straw. It can also be planted into straight away.

[@mrbisse1]

I do something quite like that, but I call it "extreme mulching". Almost anything to block the light (for a while). However, I also, here and there, use upside down pallets and used tires as weights because of the wind. Both, movable and constantly moved. I also, at times, use translucent material. Thanks for this. it is really good.

[@mike-gt8yo]

"i dont wanna mulch the dog... although he'd probably be pretty good" lmaooo

[@cristyschranz1544]

You are a blessing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.👍

[@ECOTRANSITION]

I respect Geoff Lawton a lot, I have learned so much from him. On the "sheet mulch" subject the Permaculture world seems to be divided in 2: the "pro cardboard sheet mulch" and those against cardboard. The latter is my position (and Paul Wheaton's). The use of cardboard is controversial. As an engineer I worked in Paper mills... There are nasty chemicals added to all kinds of paper. I have been making lots of veggie gardens over some decades, I just use lots of mulch (dry grasses) and the result is very good. The so called "weeds" will appear, I just leave them as "companion plants" for my vegetables, as long as they are not taller them the edibles. Plants compete for sun. In the root system... they ALL produce exudates (food for the microorganisms). The fantastic soil microbiologist Dr. Elaine Ingham explains that so well. There are dozens of video hours fere non KZbin with her. As the garden take shape and get more variety of edibles, the "weeds", which should rather be called "pioneer little plants" will be less and less. So... pick your side... if you "like" to use cardboard sheet mulch your garden will grow, if you choose "no cardboard" it will grow as well... My "thumb rule": in my vegetable gardens there is no place for anything coming from a factory, being cardboard or any kind of plastic.

[@PrayerWorshipTV]

I completely agree with what you say

[@RebelStateSovereign]

Jan Pocai amen !

[@lynnp8941]

I can pull mail out of my mailbox, and am overwhelmed with the nasty smell of chemicals in the paper. New books and even old books have a nasty smell as well. There are chemicals used in the production of paper that I do not want in my soil or my food. So when he said that he is imitating the forest floor, I have to disagree. I never saw a pile of books, mail and egg cartons in a forest, field or anywhere but a slum. I put down an extra thick layer of wood chips to get things started. Maybe 8 inches. Some grass popped up around the edges, but no one died because of it. At least I know what is in my soil, and when I reach down and take a handful of broken down wood chips, at least I know what I am getting, and I don't have to fear getting rusty staples in my hand. I don't know what decomposed egg cartons and mail smell like, and I really don't want to.

[@DiscoverPermaculture]

Hi Ecotransition, Apologies for my delayed response. Thanks for your input. There are literally hundreds of ways that you can garden, organically and sustainably. The amount of toxins included with the one and only sheet mulching event that uses paper, cardboard, old clothes, old carpets and other sheet material, will have no relevance in the long term and continuous decomposition dominated soil creation event which we continuously facilitate as good soil creation gardeners. We only need to sheet mulch once to quickly dominate the situation, if we are good garden designers. The amount of carbon interaction and melaleuca bonding involved in these processors will lock up the small amount of toxin involved especially when you consider the large amount of continuous carbon cycling. If you do or you don't use cardboard (or other sheet mulches) in the initial implementation stage, it really doesn't matter. But it does make it a lot easier and faster with a guaranteed result for the newly initiated organic gardening novice. If you want to see one of the rather unusually garden mulch techniques that I rather like and have often used when installing gardens for paying customers, checkout - www.amazon.com/Companion-Planting-Successful-Gardening-Organic/dp/0722506945 - Cheers Geoff.

[@evelynselvarajah6909]

ECOTRANSITION n

[@Abzarad]

Contagious wisdom ... Contagious smile .... Contagious happiness!

[@Sandy-sc9vy]

Thank you so much...learning how to create a sustainable garden is great for me trying to depart from being a city person.

[@iddarlopez6255]

Gracias, por compartir todo su conocimiento, maestro. I am from Michocan,México.

[@terrim.602]

This is the easiest explanation of how to make an instant bed I have come across! Great work and Thank you so much! New sub and sharing with my family!

[@mkerby6306]

I love Geoff Lawton's complete connection to all things. You just feel him in constant attention to all around. Even his funny comment about not wanting to mulch his pooch! I really want to start a food forest or two but am on a shoestring budget, so gotta ask for help. Always good for organizing anyway, methinks. I am very glad he gave us a close up of the random/not select items in his living layer. It doesn't have to be "melted down" yet to be good enough. Thank you. Always thinking i gotta grow the compost and wait. Nope. Lesson here...Why wait?!! Never again!

[@Beanz1986]

I wish I could just work with this guy for a day in his garden.

[@johndeggendorf7826]

...give him a call! You never know.

[@mellamoesroy]

Thank you for sharing this video, it makes it a lot more clearer the amount of mulch I have to be putting down on my project. Getting hold of it is should be my number 1 priority. Thanks Roy 😉

[@texasecofarms5968]

So good to see you on youtube Geoff. Thank you for all the edification

[@sanusiabable]

You doing a wonderful thing Geoff. God bless you all. Keep on at it

[@livelifesurvive6375]

Superb idea. Will do it myself. Its what I need.

[@Fuzzinutt]

Thanks Geoff, your information is priceless!!

[@kotovodkotov6868]

The layer of cardboard and paper is good for isolating weeds, if you got plenty. But, as my experience with sheet mulching methode showed, the layer of carbon is not that mandatory. A thick layer of hay + layer of autumn leaves does the same job: keeps most of the weeds under control for 6 months, from early spring till midsummer. However, some of the most pestulant species, like wild blackbury, hogweed (Heraleum spp) and wild prune sprouts may survive and break through the layer of mulch. But cardboard would hardly restrain them, since it rots almost completely over the winter. So the principal is to keep a layer of mulch thick anough and add annually new layers of organic matter between the rows of growing plants. But the layer of fresh organic matter should not be layed thicker than 8-10 inch (20-25 sm), since dense organic matter starts overheating in the process of hot decomposition and may harm your plants, especially during hot summer months.

[@williamgras5598]

Can't stop watching your videos... Really inspiring stuff

[@patrickharper9297]

It’s good to see gardening that helps the soil; thanks

[@margielavarias1490]

Woww!! Thank you so much! me and my family are trying to do permaculture! God bless

[@deesarches602]

Yep, only way I will ever garden again. The only improvement I found esp in hot areas like Texas is to provide some logs ala hugelculture within a raised bed over a foot tall and to pile on bags of leaves to a height combined of 2 feet. I have a chard 2 years old that is enormous!!

[@MatthewSherriff85]

Just made a small 6 x 3 foot patch in my backyard to have a bit more space to grow, hopefully i did it right, i didn't have a chance to plant anything other than some spring onions so i will be filling it up tomorrow and we will see how it goes. Love the concept it was definitely the easiest way to put a garden bed together of all the ways I've tried so far

[@xyzsame4081]

Go up in the air - see the channel of Melissa K. Norris (video title has "vertical "in it, one or two years old), her arches look really good she is walking in a green tunnel and the beans are easy to harvest.. And it solved the mildew issue (tomatoes, zucchini, etc.).

[@quaddrix07]

This is low carbon emission farming. Note the muti-cropping. Thanks for posting this wonderful video.

[@jtktomb8598]

fuck you, that's all @E.S.P.

[@Packgammon]

@@jtktomb8598 After a coming ice age prediction, in 1970 the Club Of Rome invented the global warming hoax. The elite's goal is to make us, the people feel guilty & scared and to steal our money by carbon taxes. Such hoaxes work especially well on people who think they're exceptional (Superman Syndrome) and could solve a planetary crisis while they don't comprehend they've been taken for a ride.

[@Packgammon]

@nafia morris I had to look up "dunning kruger" - yeah, this nails it. The biochar industry advertises by sounding the alarm to global warming. So they're not really truthful either. In general I'd say biochar is a good thing. It improves soils with low organic content however if you already have good soil already bc for example you added compost over some yrs and added worm castings and worms and then kept mulching your plants, then biochar is not really improvement as it can't get better. 5 yrs ago science said that biochar would stay for at least 1000 but maybe for thousands of yrs in the soil. Later this was corrected to about 100 yrs. I'm not sure if carbon sequestering is a good idea or only an automatic reaction of companies which can profit from it. Is a higher CO2 concentration really a bad thing? Permaculture is a great idea to me. It certainly produces very nutritious food, prevents dying of the bees, prevents erosion and is beneficial for ground water tables. It can't really produce masses of food though. Maybe robots can one day overtake the hard work required in permaculture.

[@fusion9619]

If I'm understanding how this works correctly, a farm should be carbon neutral. If it's emitting carbon, something is wrong.

[@MrMadalien]

​@@Packgammon Robots would not be able to do permaculture. Note the "framing" problem in AI, the contextual complexity of gardening in real time via dynamic organic systems like in permaculture would be one of the hardest things ever for an AI to calculate. Also, what is the point of creating masses of food? Permaculture creates a natural, proportional amount of food, that could certainly feed the world and even heal it. Use of NPK fertilizers and other chemicals creates mounds of useless vegetables which have been stripped of their nutritional benefits, they are just semi-empty calories. Anyone with an ounce of knowledge about nutrition and gut health knows to avoid conventional products.

[@Somewhere-In-AZ]

All your lessons are great. I'm a bit concerned about snakes and scorpions where I live. But I'm listening to you say all the time "work with the earth" so I'm going to figure that out. One thing I've thought of is keeping the bull or king snakes living around, because that will deter the poisonous rattle snakes. Chickens are good for keeping scorpions in check. A big stick to poke around before reaching into anything would be good to remember. 😄

[@mothermoira5579]

This is fantastic ... so simple ... and inexpensive ... thanks to Geoff Lawton

[@lilybethcandelaria3588]

Thank you so much for tracking US. I trullo want to Apple this to our gardening

[@lovepeace29981]

What a brilliant video. No doubts at all. Have you made any video on pests like grubs / maggots?

[@Gunniboysexplorers]

Brilliant how come I didn’t think of this now I will give this a go I have a big garden to sort out awesome video

[@julinaonYT]

Hi ,i did a test, i replanted supermarket leeks and some basil and some spring onions and corianders, then i planted it normal the next time i did it your way. The plants are 3x bigger than the uncovered ones. I didn't need to do anything. Im not a gardner by any stretch but i just wanted to experiment. I think if someone was a gardner and also knew what they were doing they could certainly grow something amazing.

[@dukealliefifi]

I love this idea. Last fall I started a sort of mini one. And already it's plantable. Granted, the layer of the sticks were already disintegrating. But I am hate to dig up sod so anywhere that I want to have a veggie/shrub and flower garden, this will be the way I start. Thanks so mulch---hehehe--pun intended.

[@janetbransdon3742]

Wonderful... I will use this method from now on.. thank you.

[@Abundantman777]

TY so much for your insights which now I can put into my garden.

[@lurmot]

If I did that in the uk I'd have a very effective slug conservation habitat.

[@julinaonYT]

Crushed eggshell helps

[@kileyhellens7206]

Thanks Geoff 😎

[@tania4067]

So Amazing and simple, Thank You!👏👏👏🖐

[@tyraeshields498]

I’m starting a garden next season, should I do this now to prepare the soil?

[@mbahmarijan789]

Hello Mr. Lawton, I am a Agricultural Student from Indonesia,, I admire your works,,, hope I can meet you,,,

[@nikamazon4354]

"Lots of free ranging chickens, problem solved." Yes but chicken will disturb your garden. I using an old plank in the garden little stone (2-3 inches) under this plank and every morning you collect snails and slugs and feeding your chicken. After 1 or 2 weeks, you got less and less snails.

[@ajb.822]

I have heard ( never had ducks myself) that ducks eat slugs, anyways, don't know if snails would be different ... & that the ducks, obviously, don't scratch things up. Good to know the board thing, tho, so, thanks !

[@thebooorganicgardener]

I love it! Please make more video about composting🥰🥰

[@rosannecoffman1933]

I love your videos and envy your health and strength

[@krisk255]

Lovely! We're converting our grass into food. This will work lovely in most areas. I wonder about over compact rocky places? Might try to use a digging fork as a broadfork to loosen a bit first.

[@andresamplonius315]

I would use the rocks to make terraces and grow biomass making plants to get organic material on the soil... Which specific plants depends on the climate and humidity... In a dry climate Nopal, for instance, would be useful for planting trees; some paddles at the bottom of the planting will help to maintain humidity. Another useful plant's Vetiver grass, be it dry or wet, you can cut it two to four times a year and use it as mulch

[@CrankStartMediaAustralia]

Great demo Geoff that will help those people thinking they need raised garden beds and a whole lot more , so they never get started. PS - I'd rather be exposed to some biodegrading and diluting chemicals on the cardboard than not starting a garden and buying from the big box stores where you never know what has been used in production for growth and shelf life. Keep up the fantastic work @geofflawton

[@jacelandadventures1523]

Excellent information thank you for sharing 🙏🏻

[@todski3319]

Brilliant Geoff, thank you.

[@HelenPutsman]

Excellent video! Is now a good time to lay out cardboard and mulch to prepare our existing vegetable patch? Our house is in the Haute Savoie, just outside of Geneva. Temperatures are around -4c to max 11c at the moment. It’s more extreme than in the UK. TIA

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Great video the proof in your eyes discovers the truth, listening with our ears if fine but discovery happens with your eyes and the true learning occurs upon replication with our own hands. Then we have truly learned the truth and are on the path of self sustainability. Thank you sir this is the first video of your I have watched and look forward to working through all of them!!!!!

[@Glow0110]

Love this guy so much

[@sonylimena2933]

"I dont to mulch a dog.." 😅 LOL He is a happy guy.. i like him..

[@ruanddu]

Great job! This was very inspiring.

[@Only40centFit]

Thank you sir very impressive 👍👍👍

[@edscukas9689]

What if you have poor soils to start with? For example I have an old pine timber tract that was clear cut and the soils is bare (besides a few weeds) and a mix of clay and sand. Would the cardboard soften the clay under or would I need to build up first with compost then use the cardboard and mulch?

[@michaeladair8063]

Love this video! Thank you Geoff you're a huge inspiration!

[@DiscoverPermaculture]

Thanks Mike. Appreciate the feedback.

[@netexaspine]

Thank you for this information.

[@salsayahya1844]

superb teaching me. great video's. love it!

[@mspakura01]

Can this be done for a flower garden too? And thank you sir, fantastic instructions.

[@chandankumardas5252]

I'm loving your channel 😍

[@marlenagavriliuc2695]

Hello! Is it possible to use the sunflower stem as a suport for the tomato plant? As it grows, the sunflower leafs should provide mulch, and the stem suport... what do you think? Thank you!

[@ambulancebutter]

I will attempt this method this spring

[@he7is7at7hand]

ambulancebutter, I think I'm going to go out early this winter and lay all this stuff down. If I'm able to put it down and put some water on it then it has time to start disintegrating and then I can plant the plants in the spring. I can see that this is similar to the straw bale gardening in some ways.

[@HalemHouran]

chouette video très instructive ! Merci Geoff pour tout le partage de votre savoir et votre temps!

[@mandiegarrett1706]

Do you plant right away or let it set/break down for couple of weeks or how long? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[@ArchangelTyts]

Hey Geoff, first and foremost thank you for the knowledge and the time you take to imparts this knowledge to all. I was wondering if you would be keen to do a BOOK RECOMMENDATION VIDEO for all those book worms out there that may not have the knowledge yet but have all the enthusiam, (myself included) if you have already done such a video could anyone forward that link. Thank you in advance. Be well, H

[@Daniela-gq4qs]

GOD BLESS YOU! THANK YOU

[@americancrocodileeducation8564]

Would love to hear some tips how to make this system work in a sand environment. I live on an island where I can only purchase black dirt. If I added a layer of black dirt under this whole system, would it have to Be a certain depth for the garden’s success?

[@wazoadili]

This is very helpful

[@801oap]

How can this system be adapted for the Sonoran desert where sunken gardens help to conserve water, the soil needs more initial loosening/amending, and ollas are the irrigation source? Also, year to year is the process (cardboard/mulch/holes/compost) repeated right on top of the previous year?

[@colonelcalabash1]

Love this. I am going to give this a try.

[@wobblybobengland]

Out the back of my property I have a piece of land that gets a lot of sun and it's just been neglected for ten years or so. I thought, I think that would be a good place for some hokkaido pumpkin that my wife loves to make soup with through winter. I then thought, ok, I have some wood, I will build a frame and put some store bought soil on it, and then I thought to myself, wtf? Remember that vid you saw, how would Geoff Lawton do this? Thanks Geoff you just saved me twenty bucks and a half day work!

[@Change-Maker]

in a newer video you don't seem to make a hole in the card board (but do add some compost and soil).... which method/tweak would you recommend?

[@sylviarogier1]

So what happens to that same patch the following year? Re-use it as is? Start over with the cardboard, mulch, etc?

[@victoriajohnson3034]

How well does this work in a super wet fall winter spring? 110 inches rain per year. 2.5 ft snow in winters.

[@chrissyuful]

He’s the Bob Ross of gardening!

[@brenbrady6958]

Beautiful! Thank you Geoff

[@crossfit1318]

Hello Geoff, are you not worried about the toxic inks used to print on cardboard and paper?

[@JosetteT]

So nice!

[@ozeletsplay9746]

Watch out that the cardboard and the books have no parts of a silicon layer. If they have, take that layer away or don't use it. Otherwise you have pollutants in your soil and we don't want that. But if it's fully cardboard or fully paper, its okay.

[@JosiptoKorea]

What to do the next season with the mulch? Do you leave it and just plant something else next year or you stack a new layer of mulch?