How to Grow a Garden That NEVER Stops Producing

[@jamesprigioni]

Share this video if you love seeing Tuck in the Garden!🐕❤ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:11 Harvesting Purple of Sicily Cauliflower 00:37 Harvesting Durgesh 41 Cauliflower 01:10 Harvesting Clementine Cauliflower 01:33 Harvesting Rainier Cherries 02:25 What They Told Us Wouldn’t Work 03:18 Using Microclimates 04:15 Tomato Polyculture 04:33 Harvesting Peas 05:14 Seven Layers of a Food Forest 07:59 Overview of the Backyard Garden 08:18 Tuck Eating a Carrot 08:43 Permaculture Sayings 09:19 Harvesting Purple Moon Cauliflower 09:24 Harvesting Green Magic Broccoli 09:47 The Importance of Scalability 10:11 Harvesting Clementine Cauliflower 10:27 Most Space Efficient Raised Bed 11:02 Harvesting Merveille des Quatre Saisons Lettuce 11:53 Tuck Eating Carrots Again 13:01 Touring the Food Forest 15:26 Final Thoughts Thanks for the kind words and support 😁🐕❤ CHECKOUT THE NEW MERCH: teamgrow.us/collections/garden-merch

[@lindagilmore8352]

❤❤❤❤ Tuct

[@donnabrooks1173]

So much garden wisdom. Thank you so much for these videos. Thank you also for your brother doing absolutely excellent filming. The two of you are so in tune with each other. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Bob-pd1wf]

James, check out Dan Carlson (Sonic bloom). If you were to add this and electroculture you may 2x or even 3x production. Could be impressive to watch.

[@lindaobrien2659]

❤ for Tuck!

[@GenXHeart]

Thank you! You're an inspiration for sure!

[@williamblackwell8413]

People told me at 70 to not start a garden well it took me 3 months but I built a 16x64 greenhouse with cattle panel. And now I grow a lot of food and I love your channel it has really helped me.

[@lindabishop7656]

James, I just got my 87 yr old friend interested in your channel...she has a "brown " thumb ( she says) ..but really wants to learn and grow things. PEACE and LOVE my friend

[@ioschris]

Well that “brown” thumb will turn green with the right steps. It’s like pulling off from a green light, we all start somewhere so tell her keep on “sowing”. S/o to everyone! 🌱🫡

[@xaviercruz4763]

Nice a brown thumb means good soil with compost. The green is what God willing follows after (unless planting purple basil or something)

[@jawnzen8366]

Grow auto flowering cannabis. Get that confidence up.

[@MonkeyBoy-sd9vc]

That purple cauliflower was insanely vivid!

[@amynourse9727]

You have the most wholesome and helpful channel on the internet. 🐶♥♥♥♥♥

[@carissalizotte8977]

So my garden space gets FULL sun.. and honestly lots of folks told me how great that was and they wish they had full sun. I have found over the last four years that my garden actually gets TOO much sun for some plants! It requires way too much water and I am working to plant trees and shrubs within and working toward a more food forest type environment!

[@TheOnlyKontrol]

Yep…I have a huge pine tree covering my raised beds during mid day for like 3-4hours depending on the spot and at first I thought this was a bad thing…the more I grew in these spots and experimented the more I realized that shade from the pine mid day actually saves most of my plants mid summer…my tomato’s love it especially. Shade cloth is a option for most plants and what I’ve found is strategically planting taller plants that shade other plants during peak hours is something you can experiment with also.

[@TrrsnSmrg]

I don't know how u feel about lemongrass or container gardening but what I like 2 do with that situation is put some lemongrass in some containers and strategically move them around to provide some temporary shade . Then I also use the lemongrass for chop and drop mulch and nutrient adding to the veg and herb gardens. It might be 2 time consuming and or hard on ur joints tho.

[@MB-co6qj]

Get some shadecloth!

[@pokeydiaz210]

@@TrrsnSmrgthere’s nothing I hate more than moving plants in containers from spot to spot

[@KamoreeLove]

This our backyard get wayyy to much sun lol

[@waylandsmalleycomeonletsplant]

We are crazy also but there is nothing better than the organic home grown...Thank you.

[@cindystimson3632]

❤'s for Tuck. James, your food forest looks better and better every year. I'm blown away with it this year.

[@libra7.063]

Who is Tuck? I'm new to this channel.

[@nesforce7712]

I love it when he says Let's go!!!!

[@melissasnellagnew3854]

Me too!

[@marthachaput6848]

Love your enthusiasm & encouragement. Your warm personality permeates through your videos & I look forward to watching every single one!

[@TheGardenRebellion]

James.. I can’t even tell you how far my food forest has come in just 2 years and you are the main source of and confidence/inspiration! I wish I can comment a video to show off! The family can’t thank you enough!

[@jamesprigioni]

I’m happy to hear that best of luck with your garden this year!

[@tessiemae8569]

I love how you include Tuck with your planning. Tuck is a pretty smart pup 😊 Thanks for your videos.

[@pinksky1467]

All I see is a CRAZY amount of MOUTH WATERING DELICIOUSNESS! Trim a limb and you have sun if needed, simple, not crazy at all. ♥♥♥♥♥♥hearts for Tucker🥰 A cute little carrot for Tuck, just perfect for him. You need your wheel barrow to collect all your treasures. Great video!!!

[@CH-hm8ud]

James I take my cilantro put it in my food processor make cubes freeze them put it in a freezer bags and used during a whole year.Thank You to encourage people to grow food. I am in Florida 70 years old and I have so much food in my garden, even birds, squirrels, opossum and raccoons participates. Keep it up.

[@RobMyself]

I have garden envy

[@NeelaTara1]

I so appreciate the nod to Nature as Guide… She knows best, eh?

[@renestewart604]

A true paradise. We just love Chuck. Would love some of his organic carrots. Your garden is so inspiring.

[@Sally-v6f]

His name is tuck ❤

[@lolaseymour1532]

Thanks so much for encouraging me to stretch my gardening skills! Love watching Tuck eat his veggies ❤❤❤

[@karenhealey935]

We are 3 years into developing a suburban garden in New Zealand from the bare grass seed that the builder included as "landscaping". It has been a hard slog to create borders especially with the site being over an old river bed. Digging a hole can sometimes take an age but at least we now have a nice rock garden! What we are learning is soil amendment / improvement because of the clay and water logging issues and the importance of mulching. Patience is definitely required as none of this happens overnight. We have learned lots of lessons and have had to go back and reconfigure some areas / planting. Your channel is full of inspiration and guidance.

[@bigjeffrc8923]

My first year growing food and I love it I’m growing everything i can your videos are the best bro thanks

[@carissalizotte8977]

Love your content. 💚 I will say at times I wish you would do more informational videos about HOW you get all this so productive. The tours and harvests are great but it would be cool to see how you get to this point

[@deb7639]

Totally agree. When you harvest that amazing cauliflower, what are five things you do to get it so amazing?

[@bethsands7665]

Nobody should tell you what not to do as you know what to do with soooo many years of experience growing. The shade that you have is awesome as most people cannot grow lettuce or carrots now. You have become the front-runner in growing produce and whom we all need to learn from. Wowza with you 20 tomatoes in 20square feet !! I thought I over-planted, but I guess not. Your garden beds are lush and awesome !! I am dealing with Gophers rising up into my Vego beds and eating all the root vegetables and Dill !! Next year, I will definitely lay a wire bottom under all my ego beds.

[@fordfalcao9061]

Your summer garden is coming along beautifully James. Yeah, a lot of people think gardening is a lot of effort, I tell them the effort is in trying to create your own system that works for you. I have raised gardens beds, about 20 of them around my house, I have my own system, its really minimal effort to grow my own food. I too grow organically, no synthetic fertilisers. You simply cannot get that taste and tenderness in the supermarkets, no chance. take care James and everyone.

[@gvergona]

Received a grant from my diocese to plant a community garden. Each person is assigned a 4 x 8 raised bed, using the hugelkultur method. Percentage of food goes to our food pantry. Amazing production! Learning a lot from your videos. Thank you so much.

[@michaellikes780]

I credit this channel all the time for my impressive tomatoes.

[@christinea674]

Love your channel! Tuck is the best and my granddaughter and I just love him... btw thank you for recommending the Shuksan strawberrys. I bought 12 plants last year , (they multipled quickly) we planted them under and near the blueberry bushes and Oh my goodness they have produced FANTASTICLY... amazing amount..you're the best James. Bless you and give Tuck a pet for us.❤

[@heidiedwards7819]

“Things happen to you or FOR you!” I needed this today! Thank you! Things happening FOR me for sure! And I have naysayers in my circle.. but they aren’t growing!

[@Del-Lebo]

I live in Downingtown PA. I love your channel and really learn so much because I'm in the "same" area" so your videos are around my growing season! Thank you!!!!!!

[@normarosado5697]

The food forest looks awesome.❤❤ love seeing Tuck eating fresh carrots. Thanks fir the video.

[@olderendirt]

❤❤❤ For Tuck! That's an incredible way to plant. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@kimm1780]

♥♥♥Watching Tuck is the joy in my day!♥♥♥ Just moved and starting garden over from scratch. Thanks for another dose of encouragement! Love to you both!

[@garfielda34]

❤❤❤ for Tuck and a great harvest!

[@melissasnellagnew3854]

I absolutely LOVE your energy, we always say LETS GO!! with you! 😂 so fun and inspiring watching your channel ❤

[@tannicejeanpierre6421]

You’re such a great teacher, James. I’ve learned so much from you over the years. Mainly, you’ve taught me courage to garden bigger and bolder than people say I should. Thank you.

[@turtlequeen158]

Hey James, thanks for sharing your knowledge with us! I love your videos! One thing i always wonder about how do you deal with your brassicas? I see you grow them pretty much everywhere and a lot of them. Because they are heavy feeders they say you should plant brassicas at the same spot for the next 4 years do to crop rotation rules. How do you deal with it? Do you follow a crop rotation especially for brassicas? Do you use insect netting for them and so on… Maybe a whole video about this would be so interesting! 💚

[@rasserfrasser]

I'm a first year grower (containers) and one of my early mistakes was not having enough light for my seedlings. So, naturally my lettuce seedlings were leggy. I didn't care, I took my leggy lettuce to the grow tables I made and continued to water them with care not to damage them. They kept growing! I've now got whole set of lettuce growing above the soil..? LOL Just today one of them got wilty after blossoming crisp out of it's 1 gal container. So I watered it twice today, very hot, lots of sun, and wouldn't you know it...the wilty became unwilty! It's back! Make mistakes, keep going with it and add a little at a time with regards to fertilizer etc. Some things might need it while others don't at all. don't spend what you don't need to. Peace!

[@PhuongFarmLife]

May your gardens flourish endlessly, bringing joy and abundance to your lives. Let's grow together and stay inspired by the wonders of nature! 🌿🌼

[@zannaB60]

Hi James and Tuck, I am growing what I can on an RV lot in Zone 9 in Texas. I have three Green Stalks, one full of herbs and onions, and a second with strawberries, peppers, micro-dwarf tomatoes, and some onions. The third had my brassicas and root crops, but I must replant it. I may start my fall garden in that one. I also have an asparagus bed, two climbing roses, a bay laurel plant, Chocolate mint in a metal pot, 6 determinate and indeterminate tomatoes, 3 peppers, okra, leeks, potatoes, an olive tree, a dwarf peach tree, and a dwarf cavendish Banana. Oh, and three red raspberries, three blueberries, a wisteria, and a jasmine. Whew, just listing all of that wore me out! Thanks for the good information. Zanna

[@nancyseery2213]

God bless y'all and keep growing--no matter where you live!

[@lewisodonnell234]

#1 KZbin gardener !!!

[@mslwinters]

Thanks James and Tuck! You have an amazing food forest. 💜

[@VagabondBird]

You have the most amazing garden! Love seeing little Tuck ❤❤❤

[@prym1camo845]

So impressive, the amount of food that you have growing. Love watching you and Tuck!

[@tonywilliams6037]

I started the “food forest” concept 2 years ago- and really started to see results this Spring. This is an exponential process, starts slowly, then doubles, and this year I cannot eat 25% of what I produce. Example: from 5 strawberry plants planted last spring I now have 18 plants (which I cut back every 4 weeks), producing 140-150 grams per day. I eat fresh strawberries every day in spring and summer, and every week I make 500 ml of strawberry compote which I freeze and blend with yoghurt in the winter. Same with raspberries and blueberries, the blackberries are slower in my climate but from 24 berry bushes planted I will definitely have 1-2 pounds, (0.5-1.0 kgs) a day. I am in Europe and in Zone 10b.

[@mariacallison2584]

Love your garden! Thank you for sharing and I love your dog! Hi tuck!❤😊

[@SarahBahou]

Thanks, this is encouraging as I work on my first garden. Luckily, I put the tomatoes in containers like you showed awhile back, and it has been great to shift them to a slightly shader area to protect them from the intense TX sun

[@josiashikawa9006]

I love your channel , I’ve been learning a lot from you and your beautiful garden! I’m a Brazilian living in Japan 🇯🇵, I love good food, fresh and organic vegetables. I’m trying to make my garden place in a safety zone for my babies there. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge.

[@WinsomeWinslet]

Your food forest is doing beautifully! We turned our two front yard flower beds into a raised bed veggie garden LOL! People said we were crazy but now it's pumping out tons of food every single day and looks amazing. Squash, green beans, tomatoes and soon to be cucumbers, peppers, okra, cantaloupe, watermelon, and more.

[@TheowlFreedompharms]

Another great show! And you’re so right when mentioning the failures as being great lessons. We learn from mistakes. Which is exactly why I say anybody that calls themselves a master of anything needs to try another method. Especially those that call themselves master growers lol. Love your show! Thanks for the update! You’re killing it! 🌳👊😃🌳

[@renifedisudar]

So happy to see your own productive supermarket. Hope I'll have the similar one in the future. ❤

[@jul4275]

James. Tuck and brother, you have done an amazing job . My family is from Jersey. I would love to meet you guys someday , especially Tuck. You need a book signing that you can come to CT with Tuck. I just love trying out some of your planting tricks. Thank you....🐶🐶🐶❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joannedrogue9432]

Wow, I know you have worked on your yard for many years, but WOW!

[@afoxnamedmulder]

I love your positivity and I love little Tuck too ❤

[@nancynesytofreske]

Thank you James and Tuck. Always learning from you. You two are the best.

[@indraawai5183]

I am amazed at how you utilize all the space in your food forest to plant something that is in harmony with each other. Tuck is doing a great job and he looks healthy ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I look forward to seeing him in the garden .

[@Godisincontrol325]

Great Video 😁🎉❤️ Always so much Fun watching you and Tuck doing what you do best.. My backyard Garden sometimes gets frustrating to keep up with and especially with the high heat and no shade. I take it as a learning experience and love Growing ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for sharing this Video 🎉 Truly an Inspiration 🙏 Many blessings to you and Tuck.. 🐕😊

[@karenschwarze8626]

James, you are becoming quite the teacher! I am watching all your videos, you are sharing so much of your knowledge and I so appreciate the encouraging messages you include with your lessons of the food forest. And of course, can't enough of the little boss, Love seeing you in every video Tuck....garden guardian 💚💚💚💚

[@juliereed9188]

James... I just love your enthusiasm!!!

[@jadarianharris4873]

I’ve been watching you for awhile now James and my first harvest is coming soon! Thank you for the motivation!

[@ceecee-thetransplantedgardener]

Your growing philosophy is just amazing. Love it! ❤❤❤ for Tuck!

[@Detour4it]

Enjoy your world, and thanks fot letting us into it! You make it all happen and I enjoy all the knowledge gained. I apply it all to my central Florida back yard food forest 👊👍

[@MaryMorgan-l7i]

Thanks James &Tuck ❤❤❤

[@jayniecharlton4882]

Greetings from Australia…Oh my goodness. Found your site recently….wow!…love love love….recently retired and if I can’t eat it, I don’t grow it. Hubby plants the flowers for the pollinators…..oh and a BIG ❤❤❤ for little man Tuck….cuteness overload…

[@thelittlefarmersfarm5706]

What a fantastic food forest

[@yukey2587]

I'm so glad you described the 7 layers!

[@JstFunning]

Hey JP ...Man all I have to say is you're a MAGIAN in the gardening world. I get totally blown away by the beauty of your efforts in the garden. Great job .and pat The Boss on the Mellon for me >>>> Tuck 💗💗💗

[@jutiansmith5689]

Great to your doggy eating the veggies

[@TheD510addict]

I'm envious of your Cruciferous veg. My Cabbage, Broccoli, Cauliflower etc get hammered by Cabbage Moths and bugs.

[@Sally-v6f]

I saw on another channel if you let your gal of milk get spoiled , you can take the whey ( the liquid) mix with 1/2 water 1/2 whey bugs hate the smell. Spray the leaves under and on top. .. 👍

[@moodybikerchic]

💜💜💜💜💜Tuck! I am amazed at all the early and spring crops you still have! I am not in North Carolina and all of my spring crops are done! We have had several days over 90 degrees already. I love all of your videos! I garden organically too! I just ate my first Mortgage Lifter tomato sandwich! I have 36 tomatoes! Some are the ones you suggested. I grew over 250 plants from seed using the Winter Sowing method. Costoluto Genevese, Sun Gold, Barry’s Crazy Cherry, Black Cherry, Super Sweet 100;are new ones for me.

[@beverlyd3464]

We need to "get back to the garden"....Thank you, this was inspiring!

[@reallygraceful]

ALWAYS inspired by your harvests, may you have MANY more!

[@viral-vedios17]

Watching from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@kristiedaniszewski70]

Thank you for always being motivational and encouraging…💗you are so informative and full of energy! 🤩I’ve been gardening for a lifetime but it’s the first year I’ve had such a large garden-it’s been testing me a lot-🫤and I’ve had bouts of giving up, not to mention my own naysayers, but your channel has helped me continue on…🌱🌱I have quite a bit of personal issues going on and the garden is my solace and escape✨but it’s had its moments of trying my patience this year!!😢thank you for your positivity and knowledge, it’s helping keep me focused 🍅🌿and for sharing little Tuck☺️🐾💗he’s a darling 🥕I have my own garden dog/helper🍓🐶too! 😊always look forward to seeing more informative videos from you 🍅🌿💗so much gratitude 🙏🏼 for people like you!💗🌱💗

[@ijanurjannah5123]

The sound of cutting it is really satisfying ❤❤

[@deborahfont8697]

James and Tuck, your garden is amazing this year as always. The plants are so big, what is your secret miracle grow formula.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@krisyates6374]

Tuck is so adorable ❤❤❤❤❤

[@dynamiscr]

‘Me and Tuck’ ‘me and the King’ ❤

[@soyengbenihumtsoe9467]

Love how simple and positive you are ❤

[@hcambo5373]

Good luck ❤❤🎉

[@DarleneUrbano]

I hope tuck get better soon love him

[@rachelAB9503]

Wow, what a beautiful harvest so far this year! Those colorful cauliflowers are so gorgeous! I love all the fruit growing throughout. Cant wait to see what the harvest will bring next! I followed some of your tomato pruning tips. It's my first time growing indeterminate tomatoes, so I hope I can get at least a few tomatoes this year! Im having to rebuild my new garden from scratch and I miss my old plants, but trying to focus on all the new things I can grow!

[@Nottelling34]

I am a very picky eater but everything in your forest looks delicious ❤❤❤❤❤❤ for tuck

[@vickicoster9722]

❤❤❤❤ for tuck

[@1hyonts]

❤❤❤❤ I'm having a great time turning my yard into a productive garden. I am getting a lot of great tips from your videos. Thanks! My family grew traditional gardens all my life and it did not appeal to me, but doing it my way and trying things out has been a blast. I[m growing tomatoes up strings next to my carport and my plants are loaded with tomatoes. ♥ Love Tuck!

[@royhanbury5730]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck. James, as usual, i learned a lot thanks you are an inspiration

[@tinad6812]

Such an absolutely beautiful and productive garden. I’m in Chicago and the weather goes from freezing to burning hot, then cold again. My broccoli bolted, but my kale and cabbages look nice. Thank you.

[@SarahBahou]

These cauliflowers look amazing! I'll have to try to grow some!

[@wenpm9714]

"things are working out to you or for you" ❤️ And thank you for explaining the food forest layer concept. I'm looking forward to having a food forest in my future. ❤❤❤Tuck❤❤❤

[@MichaelRei99]

I have the best if both worlds. I have a great lawn and a beautiful garden!

[@albertnett7864]

Shade is great for the garden.

[@kellyburnell6271]

James!! You are a great teacher ! Love, love your videos, Tuck& all your information..💙💙💙💙.. "Tuck& I"🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@GardenGal-f3o]

Thank you for introducing me to GreenStalks. I have potatoes in one of mine and oh, my gosh, does it ever look fantastic! It looks like a 9' tall green 'cousin it" I have 3 others, most are just getting started, but they have offered me so much more garden space! 🐶❤❤❤❤❤

[@marypowell2994]

❤❤❤for you both

[@patricepennywell1628]

Love seeing, Tuck. ❤❤❤

[@andreahorsch286]

I enjoy it, and I get something out of it EVERY time!

[@MissWoggy]

Love seeing Tuck!❤❤❤❤

[@aphillips5376]

I would love to see what you do with all this food! I started Sq. Ft. Gardening last year. I havested 7 pounds of greens today and have more than I can eat, give away and/or feed to my chickens.

[@growinginportland]

James. Super awesome food Forrest. Your food supply is blowing up. I had huge harvests of raspberries and strawberries. But no flowers. Tried so hard. Will keep trying. My cauliflower also flowered. But happy with the progress l’ve made over the last 2 years. Thanks for sharing James. All my best.

[@jonitayoungberg4325]

I Love Tuck. I also love your passion for veggies. I admire all your cauliflower, which I eat cauliflower almost everyday. Your cherry trees look deicious. I could easily eat veggies everyday over meat. I would be in heaven walking through your garden.

[@AS-lm9xm]

Thank you for sharing. I too believe to try it no matter what anyone says, you'll only truly know if it works if you try it yourself. I am growing a lot of plants that bring in polenators so that it can help with the veggie garden.

[@limabean2]

I really enjoyed your final thoughts segment today. Learning nature is the boss is a great burden to be lifted because no one really knows what she wants so we get to be kids in the sand again.