making a storage bin garden | Skill 3: Gardening

[@mcglinnen]

I love your attitude of "hey I'm trying this, I don't need to hear from you what I'm doing wrong" perfect!

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

You have no idea how much you brightened up my Saturday morning!!!

[@ctaylor999999]

Video was amazing. I am so excited to watch you doing these new things. I am so proud of you!!!!!

[@normanmallory2055]

No person starts out being the perfect Gardner , not every thing you plant survives well it sure didn’t for me ! Start with easy hardy plants 🪴 I did and the plants grew , wow I was impressed! Gardening is relaxing and therapeutic, my grandmother always had a garden and worked in it when she was in her 80’s she loved it ! Good for you ! Tomatoes 🍅 for me , I think maybe 4-5 actually grew the rest didn’t 😂. Maybe my gardening gig wasn’t growing tomatoes!

[@crandonborth]

Love the dramatic background music at the Home Depo... that honestly makes you feel like a "real" KZbinr now.

[@Woodpile63]

Love this channel. Just random fun. "I can already smell the comments." You can't not like this woman!!!!

[@charlessalzer2763]

I did not even try..... :-)

[@tedspradley]

Hi, love the creative energy! I’m thinking you will want to put some type of drain pan under your plastic bin so that any excess water can evaporate? The water likely will drain out of the holes as muddy water. The muddy water will either stain the patio or run down off of your patio onto your neighbor’s patio. Or both.

[@realBkay]

FYI - I Love this channel. U never fail to make me smile.

[@mprice6683]

It's her commentary and attitude. She is funny.

[@chipsdad5861]

She knows how to embrace her "I don't know what I am doing!"

[@AJ-rk3hk]

This is awesome! Keep up the good work Erika!

[@Mr.Shartly]

My sister uses those tiered garden beds on her patio. She's become quite the gardener.

[@justin_time]

When the cooking part of this channel and the gardening part of this channel coalesce after a bit of plant growth, it will be an epic event. The sauce will be legendary.

[@camus83489]

awesssome - some strawberry snacks for the puppy

[@Jojo-gk7xi]

Great video! Just a little tip: My grandma always told me that I should never sprinkle water over the tomato leaves because it can make them sick. Greetings from Germany

[@georgedavid9985]

You are gorgeous so you will always attract viewers. Your spontaneous style works. Please get treatment for your depression.

[@Garrett0329]

Just continue showing them love ❤️

[@NorthernLightss]

I'll say it again, you are FUN! Great job and it never hurts to try something new.

[@AlexanderCalderon-kd6mh]

No criticism here, only compliments! Nice to see you trying different things! Don't worry about other people. Everybody's in their car doing the same thing nowadays! Your channel is entertaining & even the comments are entertaining & encouraging! Nowhere for you to go but up!

[@43JohnDeere]

You gave plants in the Home Depot their own dramatic sound track...I think that was a very nice acknowledgement for those plants to have their moment in the sun.

[@ScottToney-g4s]

Love this!

[@claytonbrown8231]

🤗🤗💕💕👄👄a good step for your garden Erika

[@christopherkeil]

This may have become my favorite channel on KZbin. Erika, is more fun than all the cat videos combined.

[@lawrencelam6719]

Great videos.

[@bobbyshaftoe]

You can use a lighter or your stove.. to heat up the phillips tip of the screwdriver..and use that to melt holes..

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

Look at it this way, even if all the plants die, you LEARNED something. You figure out what went wrong and you try again.

[@arianna121000]

Next time heat up the screw driver with a lighter and melt a hole, no mess.😁

[@ArunSudama-ur2cd]

I’m the same…worried about what people think. We really need to stop worrying about it.

[@gentlemanx7987]

Indeed. It is so stupid when thinking about it, really. Yet, we all do worry. Like, alot. :D But we manage. It'll all be fine :D

[@jamestravis1147]

I try to look at it like this- If I wanted them to have an opinion that mattered to me; I would have given it to them already. ;)

[@bastian6173]

The secret is to just stop it. Concentrate. Go mindfully through the day and question every thought, feeling, sensation. And see what happens. I'm trying too

[@gentlemanx7987]

@@bastian6173 Catching myself having certain thoghts and feelings already goes a long way, that is absolutely true. It does not seem like the "ultimate solution", if there is any, because you have to work with what you observe, too, buuuut: I feel most people still aren't even at that stage. Most people (and I, too, sometimes, I have to admit) are completely on auto-pilot. Good luck on your path. Godspeed. Much love.

[@DanLaTour12]

This my forth time I have seen you. You said you didn’t know anything or where you were going with your channel. But look at you recycling and gardening now. And stop it, embrace your youtubeness you are earning it every time you post a video. Enjoy your ride young lady.

[@Simwith]

Thank you so much❤

[@deadphishcheesespread]

Haha. what if the watermelons take over the whole thing? They will! They become long vines. Really long. Cut off all but two branches and let in grow along the railing. The watermelons can hang off the branches. When they get big you can support them with a cloth hammock style.

[@razzberrylogic]

Learning by doing. Looking forward to the updates on your garden. My favorite quote from this video: “Sorry kid, you’re getting full sun, we’re all going in together, this is a family”

[@jim8779]

My favorite quote was the one about making holes in the container- "I also have a lighter, we can always try fire"-lol. I so enjoy these videos!

[@gergalurg]

She actually SAID those words AS I read your comment quoting her! 😮😂

[@zionpsyfer]

Doing these vids, you're actually exhibiting a very valuable skill/trait: Just jumping into something new and learning through trial and error. IMHO, that combined with a wide range of things you've tried give a much broader generalist perspective. Thanks for doing sharing these with the world. Also, frenchie ftw.

[@Generalpickaname]

Love this. Keep just taking us along for the ride. It is entertaining. Love your subtle confidence in an awkward social outer shell. You’ll soon find that what you do is not necessarily the content you’ll find works best for you to provide, but just being you is what people come to love and watch!

[@RickQuinley]

This is really GREAT stuff !! This is a leaning journey .

[@paulmann8885]

Oh Erika - you are doing GREAT with this! Absolutely love that you're trying something new and different. Your "I don't care" how it turns out, or what people think, attitude is absolutely perfect 🙂. The addition of some background music works well too - it's not intrusive nor distracting and helps keep the video flowing whilst you're not talking to camera and busy with doing things. The end result, improvising with a storage crate too, looks great and yes please, I for one look forward to progress reports as your plants grow. Have a great week!

[@JannHofmann]

2:13 Now you are a KZbinr 😂😉

[@djdubz]

Fun video! Do a video of your dog!

[@MarkYaklich-fm3ty]

Nice job! Only improvement is maybe try a planter that overhangs your balcony railing to get more sun. Next time!! Please keep updating how they are growing!!

[@Anonymous-rj2lk]

Botanical adventures with Erika, can make a series out of this.

[@lukekao8136]

FYI, As the plants, etc grows, you might get univited guests eating the "strawberries, etc", which means you might have to build some sort of protective housing on your garden to keep them out. :)

[@andrewkarppinen4348]

Different content. It's cool. If you don't want to talk to the camera in stores or outside just do voice overs like other people do. You can run another channel for mine craft or whatever. I like the music addition.

[@scott6252]

You don't want people think your talking to yourself 😅

[@basicprogrammer6147]

Have you thought about lifting weights? I found that lifting helps me quite a bit with life's troubles. It takes me about 5-10 minutes per session to get into it. Those minutes are difficult. But then... my spirit starts to soar. Same thing happens when I read a great novel. The first few minutes and even deciding to read is difficult. But then, an hour later, I am glad I did. I love pepperoni pizza and bacon cheddar cheeseburgers.

[@HomesteadMadeEz]

Embrace the idea that you are a content creator, because you are entertaining and people want to see you.

[@SpecialMarco]

Hi, Erika! I enjoyed much this video: you're SO lovely and your voice is SO relaxing. Thanks for sharing these pieces of your life, my friend. Simple but beautiful things. A big hug and positive thoughts from Italy. And a caress to Lady Kiwi. Stay safe and take care.

[@paulrom446]

We have Volunteer Oak and Poplar coming up in some soil in some soil we have in our Totes! Amazing what Birds will help us plant! Those soil bags are heavy!

[@JoshMann-lj2zr]

Next time you are putting holes in thick plastic and you don’t have a drill. Take your lighter and heat up your screw driver tip and it will go right through that plate! 😃

[@chrisho6874]

That is creative to use a bin as a garden bed for your herb plants and I like your choice of background music for parts of your video. Hope your garden does well.

[@bobbyshaftoe]

SoCal... **EVERYTHING GROWS** 🙂

[@realBkay]

You know honey bun, if you didn’t want anybody to see you speaking when you’re sitting in the car by yourself - you could’ve parked in a parking space far away where nobody was. Then, when you completed ur intro, you could have moved to wherever it is you wanted to park. Just sayin’. I used to be a slave being concerned about what other people thought of me. When I was able to get past those thoughts and could care less what other people thought of me, living life became much easier. Again, just sayin’. U do u.

[@freddyr6853]

Hi Erika, first, I'd be willing to place a small wager that before too long you will be able to look outside onto your property and actually see a vineyard, lol. Here's one observation you might appreciate. If you feel like you don't have time to do something then it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy and you very likely won't. This probably applies to everything. Here's an idea for your channel too. How about doing a before and after type of thing? For example, I'm pretty sure you could find a person who has a gardening channel, there might even be a subscriber on here who already does, and you can do a channel share. Next time around, they can have you on their channel and you can upgrade what you did the first time around for your patio garden. You will gain a ton of followers that way and they probably will also get more views and subscribers too. And you can do the same with other activities your interested in. Would be fun. You might feel like no one who has an established channel would want to do that but I'm 100% sure you would find some fun creators who would love to do it. Also, you probably feel unworthy, I don't know why, but that's pretty common. Most people actually feel the same way, but if you can get over that I'm sure you'll have your vineyard sooner than you could imagine. Best wishes!

[@paulhart3812]

Good to see you branching out beyond the kitchen. I noticed a bookshelf behind you at the end of the video. It would be fantastic if you could show us some of your reading material.

[@daleb5967]

Nice tan!😊

[@williamdukeofnormandy1403]

I have two tomato plants in pots, and a flower garden, & a raspberry plant, so far.

[@Tmate4444]

Definitely improves apartments when you can have some plants. Get a watering can so you can soak them properly, rather than flood sections. Or just hold your hand over the tip of the jug so the water spreads out a bit, that's what I do

[@Cartier_specialist]

You're putting yourself out there and that was the whole point of starting the channel if I understood you correctly.

[@pierre931]

joy pls take informatiopns cos some plants near others make die the firsts-pls read about cos not all the plants love the full sun.....i dont know if is cos of lazyness but you must read before do things.pls dont put the water when plants are in full sun, you must wet they in the evening or the first morning

[@gazoontight]

Square foot gardening is a real thing. It’s possible to raise food plants in confined areas. Keep an eye on your plants. Some of the plants I have purchased at a certain store (not Harley Davidson) developed mold. Buy some garden fungicide spray from the same place you bought the plants. Gardening isn’t glamorous. It’s hard work. The melons are going to need room for the vines to run.

[@jupp9999]

What a beautiful person and woman!

[@awatts7520]

You are wonderful at improvising! Also, I note you now have 11,500 +/- new friends. You are so beautiful to me (Joe Cocker song).

[@kaus1839]

When I lived in a small place, having a garden on the terrace was such a mood booster! And it was a joy to just go out there and prune, trim dead leaves, water, and just look at everything. I ended up with shelves and plants vertically all around! Like a private secret garden. It gave lots of privacy as well. Enjoy it!

[@joejoubert9174]

And a great sound and noise damper

[@PrayersUnceasingly]

I love how simplistic this garden idea is! And hope it grows beautifully 😊 Your dog is so cute btw!

[@peterw2845]

Great video and always the best way to learn is to do it. The only thing I would say is about the lid under the tote, I would turn it the other way up to it acts to catch any water , the water will come out brown and over a period of time may stain the concrete of the balcony. Have fun with everything you do

[@moleculemagician8616]

It’s always nice to have some watermelons growing on the terrace. That way if a zombie apocalypse happens you can always fill the watermelons with high proof vodka, stick rags in the holes, and when the zombies approach you can light the rags on fire ( one at a time) and throw the improvised Molotov cocktails off the balcony to defend yourself. 😅. All jokes aside, I think you’d do just fine as a pioneer woman in a covered wagon.

[@jaybower577]

I tried planting watermelons for the first time this year, but due to space issues I had to plant it at the edge of the grass. No watermelons for me this year...I forgot it was there and ran over it with the lawnmower! I did like the music because it was understated, not covering over your voice like I see on so many other channels. Tell us about your bookshelf and what books you read.

[@normanmallory2055]

No you are not doing it wrong , you are doing it your way with your skills !

[@gergalurg]

Everything new will "take all day" but only the first time. You're doing fine 👌 Also, people talk alone in cars all the time because of facetime, speaker, bluetooth hesdsets etc. I'd be very surprised if anyone would even blink at it nowadays. So you're cool there, don't worry.

[@crippninja4664]

Doing melons of any kind will totally take over an entire yard

[@seanmc7128]

Holy crap what an idea!!! She can store her garden in the bin!!!

[@akseakayaker]

This is my new favorite favorite channel

[@npvj5687]

The fact you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty and practice is worth the journey. Don’t forget to feed um too 😜 turn the lid upside down as a dish to catch the water 😜

[@lordjoni187]

You must have rocks at the bottom and soil on top

[@mainiotaainetta]

wow cute!🥰 Nice ride too!😯 Thanks for the video!

[@ItsLookingUp]

What a fun video! And, you went outside!. Great repurpose for a tote. I wish you gardening success!

[@Dreuh2001]

That was entertaining 😊 And thanks for carrying those bags up!

[@jamestravis1147]

That went well. Remember to keep them watered about maybe twice a week and they should grow well. Plants will usually limit themselves to the size of the container of their roots. If you would like another suggestion that would be a worthwhile skill to learn, get out your car's owners manual and read about how to change your tires. It's easier to learn now than with a flat tire on the side of the road at night and in the rain, and the BEST way to learn something is by experiencing doing it so take one off and put it back on. And I am a believer that every young person- regardless of gender- should know how to do at least the most basic maintenance work on their own car. Even IF you don't want to do it as a hobby, at least you will be able to do so without having to pay someone else to do it for you (or get ripped off by someone else doing so, because you will know what needs to be done). It's just a suggestion, but the theme of this channel seems to be leaning into personal growth, right? That being the case, I suggest you approach it like Robert Heinlein's famous quote- A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein ETA: Oh, and the background music went well. Just remember that as this channel continues to grow, stick with music sources that do not have copyright issues (which I am presuming the selection you used does not).

[@billponder2186]

Like some others have already commented...... Those scissors in hand pointed upward while lifting that bag of soil in a confined space...........scared me to death. LOL. Depending on sunlight levels, you'll probably just get watermelons and tomatoes. The watermelon plat will dominate everything except the tomatoes.....they'll get the tomatoes too if you let the watermelon plant vine up the tomato plants. As they grow, the tomato plants will need some kind of support or they will eventually break over from their own weight. Great presentation, though. Thanks for doing these!!!!!!!!!

[@lynandhenrymeyerding3392]

A typical large serving spoon will stand in for a trowel. Did you have a good reason why you didn't dump the dirt in the tub already on the balcony area? Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Even if you don't eat many tomatoes they smell wonderful.

[@ronsmith7262]

get a big pan to go under that so the water and mud dosent get everywhere or dont and make a mess

[@OutlawJJ80]

Dont be embarrased lots of people do it with the way social media in todays age. Vlogging is a thing. You're doing great keep it up. :)

[@mprice6683]

She's in California. I bet there are at least a dozen people in her apartment building with KZbin and/or TikTok channels.

[@bonsaimaster205]

Just have fun with it! I grow in containers. I don't have enough level land for a proper garden. Remember, don't consider it a failure if something doesn't work out for you. It's just a prototype.😄

[@GoinDownhill361]

The best way of learning something is by doing it and learning from mistakes (if they happen lol). You got this!💪

[@paulhenry8174]

You’ve got the basics. Plant a lot. Kill a lot. Plants are great teachers for those who listen. You’ve got plenty of soil to start. More soil just means more time between watering.

[@WillLlamas]

Great work. You'll have gardening down in no time.

[@stanleyolszewski7701]

I like that idea using the tub, especially putting the lid underneath. I was thinking that when you watered them the dirt would be all over the balcony, but the lid will solve that. Great idea!!

[@simonjandrell5897]

its fun growing shit..

[@danu_daann]

Radiohead-creep

[@derekscottpersonalchef694]

That a girl I’m so happy you’re starting a little garden. Roma tomatoes are good for making tomato sauce. Chives, lemon Thyme, rosemary and oregano are perennial herbs. They’ll grow thru the winter or grow back in the spring every year. Melons will grow if you have enough sun. Keep up the good work. 👨‍🍳🪴

[@freeatlast1020]

I like your attitude. You have two choices in life. First let life happen to you or second make life happen. I'm for the latter. Good Job! When you fail you learn to appreciate the success. One hint for you. The water you are using is clorinated. Put you water on the counter the day before and the clorination will off gas over night. You are doing great.

[@Sunfrogg]

Yay! That was fun! And, you got out of the house! I have been enjoying your shows. Thanks for making them!

[@gentlemanx7987]

Cool idea! Great. Gardening is nice. :)

[@larrycurran8036]

Don't change a thing. I love your carefree/fun attitude. I think your little garden will do fine if you don't forget to water it. You must have some grit to carry those bags up the stairs as you appear to be a tiny girl. 🐱

[@catfish9537]

Mighty Fine! Now your also an apartment prepper. It was such a pleasant surprise to get your notification. It makes my day better. Watermelon wine!!

[@macgonzo]

Good luck with the garden! The only issue I know might come up is that the birdies love them some strawberries, when my parents grew them they had to put up netting to keep the birds off them. If you notice vanishing strawbs, that'll most likely be the cause. Potatoes are pretty good for growing on your terrace, you can grow them in buckets, but they have to be the larger style buckets. Might be a bit late in the season to start them, but if you did start them you'd probably at least get some baby potatoes.

[@fg-pv5ht]

I find gardening very therapeutic it's an excellent way to relax and wind down

[@CitrianSnailBY]

Erika, You asked for emails. I emailed You twice. You never replied. Why did You ask for emails, then?

[@OuramazingGod]

I love watching your videos, your such a doll, very king and gentle gal, your doing great...God bless have a great day!!

[@Hurricanehicks01]

Lol entertainment

[@eclecticcowboy5784]

Pic of garden soil "for IN GROUND USE".... LOL

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Sticky flower garden?

[@RobertYonng]

A blonde talking to herself in California isn’t that normal? 😉😂🤣😍

[@AaronWolfenbarger]

BLASHPHEMY! EGGS go on the passenger seat not nasty plants!