Massively Productive Small-Scale Suburban Vegetable Garden | Backyard Self-Sufficiency on a Budget

Today's video features the wonderful Becky from @Sow_Much_More! Find out more about how she transformed a weedy, cluttered backgarden into a hugely abundant vegetable garden in such little time. Becky is a true inspiration and shows us what we can do in a small-space, following organic principles and growing not just for food, but also a space that look beautiful.
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[@HuwRichards]

Hopefully some nice gardening inspiration for us in these dark winter days😀 I really enjoyed visiting Becky's incredible garden back in the summer! Thank you so much for watching and you can follow Becky on Instagram at instagram.com/sow_much_more?igshid=11a6aofcctt2o 🌱

[@batbarasobczak351]

I have a small backyard. My neighbour sprayed round-up in the fence line. It blow 2 metres.

[@stefaniazanotto1661]

Can i have a mail?

[@batbarasobczak351]

@@stefaniazanotto1661 ?????

[@stefaniazanotto1661]

@@batbarasobczak351 a mail for contact becky...

[@mukeshranjan1985]

💐 Incredible stuff indeed...This was really helpful, we need to understand Nature ! Ecological balance & Soil Structure is crucial, Constantly Improving the same with quality composting is important !! Organic has to come Naturally, practicing Permaculture will ultimately open doors to Health, Happiness n Happenings !!! I'm feeling Motivated...Thank-you all 👏

[@kieransmith9338]

Please make your own KZbin channel, it was a delight to see someone with an amazing “normal” sized garden where regular viewers will be able to follow and replicate without the need for a few acres of land and a greenhouse the size of a house.

[@SowMuchMore]

I'm going to start working on it 🙈

[@janaw.6266]

YES!!!! please

[@joshmann7587]

Look up 'one yard revolution'

[@siterioffiji7649]

@@SowMuchMore That's great, Becky! Looking forward to it, because not everyone live in farms, or has acres of land.

[@monicamoon369]

And a normal size womanly body, not those all same looking typical Instagram models or KZbinrs.

[@etiennelouw9244]

I started a veggie patch this year, I dig up the grass, cover the patch with cardboard, cut holes in the cardboard and insert "grow tubes" (made from soda bottles) and plant my veggies in the grow tubes and I have harvested a bit so far. In Cape Town, South Africa we almost ran out of water 2 years ago so it's important to try and save as much as possible. I only water inside the grow tubes that protrude a bit above the veggies and cardboard. I invented this way of doing things as I am a pensioner. When I have completed my garden I am going to show it on UTube.

[@dollyperry3020]

Hew! She needs to have a youtube channel!!!

[@gardentours]

That's what I thought as well. I was trying to find her channel on KZbin.

[@williamg7254]

@@gardentours I found her channel here on YT. She doesnt seem to be uploading there regularly :(

[@SowMuchMore]

I'm working on it! 🙈

[@nonamemcgee4842]

I was going to say the same thing!

[@stacesprinkle7822]

@@SowMuchMore just followed you on IG. Look forward to learning from you: .

[@ZeroWasteFamily]

I love this video showing how you can actually grow sustainable food in a small space. Our family of five grows 80% of our food on 1/8 acre, 10 minutes from downtown. I hope this is a movement that will grow

[@debbieolin8153]

Why don't you do a channel too???

[@ZeroWasteFamily]

@@debbieolin8153 we have one

[@debbieolin8153]

@@ZeroWasteFamily I will check it out!! What's the name??? Once the temp got below 100 here, I got a bumper crop of everything and had to learn to can. Now I am really fired up!!!

[@denisepinkston7160]

I never really thought about my garden as reducing our carbon footprint. Now I am even more excited about my new 20' x 25' full sun garden.

[@Estertje93]

Saving the world one plant at a time 🌼

[@flaquis2729]

I'm all for being responsible about our environmental impact, but until companies like Chevron, BP, Exxon etc reduce their impact I don't believe what we do makes too much of a difference.

[@Estertje93]

@@flaquis2729 we all do what we can within our budget and knowledge. The best thing to do is vote for your more environmentally conscious politicians! And I've since put my money into a bank that doesn't support oil companies. Money speaks, if you have it.

[@lamdao1242]

Oh I’m so envious. A full sun garden!

[@greener336]

@@flaquis2729 Vote with your dollar

[@goatkidmom]

Listen to what she says in the beginning: she spent all winter redoing her garden. That's how you get such a gorgeous garden - you don't quit and go inside at the end of the season, you work on it throughout the whole winter so that is completely ready to plant as soon as spring arrives. It's January and I'm making biochar and digging out the deep rooted weeds. My peas, carrots and lettuce will be easily planted early in spring.

[@ohiogardener4019]

Depends on where you are located. When the ground is frozen under a foot of snow, there isn't much garden work to do.

[@amaris3767]

Agree, even if we have snow or a freeze there are plenty of thaws and that's a great time to put down compost. I enjoy looking at the garden in winter, it gives a good view of what I can improve and what plans to make for the upcoming season. My friends laugh when I say I was working in the garden on a snowy day. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Plenty of work in the winter. 😁

[@mollwoll6518]

Frozen ground...areas of flood water....no chance of getting anything done!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

@@ohiogardener4019 Location makes a big difference. The UK might not get the long deep freeze but here outside Chicago, we do.

[@LegumesEtFleurs]

I agree and of course it depends on where you are located. Here in the West of France, I worked on my new garden plot until December and started researching on the plants/flowers I am going to plant this Spring. I keep myself busy planning though I know at the beginning of the season I just throw aways my plan 😄. I do this because Jan/Feb makes me feel depressed and so down. Working and thinking about the coming season gives me some energy to get up everyday.

[@monicamoon369]

I wish I had a best friend like her... 😭 Such beautiful soul. Thank you for taking care of our planet and being Green. 💚

[@williamg7254]

Finally someone with a small backyard most of us can relate to. Found her YT channel. I wish she uploads more regularly now that you introduced her to us. Thank you Huw!

[@menacinglygorgos7653]

what's her yt channel?

[@williamg7254]

@@menacinglygorgos7653 It is under "Sow Much More".

[@ohiogardener4019]

For a beginning gardener, she is exhibiting a wealth of knowledge, especially her discussion of the Living Soil Food Web. It is great to see what she has been able do with that barren piece of dirt, to turn it into rich productive soil.

[@karenschneider7395]

she's not really a beginner if she has a degree in ecology.

[@SowMuchMore]

@@karenschneider7395 Also have been gardening for about 20 years 😂 But I'm new to *this* garden! 😊

[@jeanniemullinder9038]

oh please - not another one who refers to our wonderful living soil as 'dirt' - !!!

[@shahiqpasha6837]

Why do people call such a wonderful soil as dirt Ridiculous

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

Preach it, sister! Exactly why I garden. I recently moved from my hippie homestead acreage to a small lot in the village. The next chapter of my life is making more of a social impact by showing how much food can be grown in a tiny place.

[@eviek3809]

What a special space! A few months ago I found a random seedling sprout in my compost, so a few months ago I threw it into an old, raised garden bed and last weekend I harvested 5 butternut pumpkins/squash. Seeing them grow almost by accident gave me the bug so we’re now planning a backyard similar to yours :-)

[@tristinchristenson6349]

Nurture nature by instinct. This is the way of a real steward of the land.

[@elizabeth0starits]

I feel like Becky is who I want to be. Thank you for sharing your story. I have an area of land and a few seedlings. And this year I’m finally going to make a go at growing some food!

[@clairedennis6697]

Wow, what a woman. Could listen to her all day. So knowledgeable and inspiring.

[@karencolcomb1823]

That was a sheer delight to watch. Thank you both.

[@HuwRichards]

My absolute pleasure Karen!!

[@SowMuchMore]

Thank you so much 🥰 x

[@HouseFairyDIY]

I'm amazed at how many plants she's managed to pack into the space and still keep them all looking vibrantly healthy.

[@brucetidwell7715]

Being a suburban gardener myself, her garden is such an incredible inspiration!

[@jennychuang808]

Honestly, this is the way - gardening should be!

[@catherineemerson99]

So inspiring! I really appreciate seeing other suburban gardens on realistic pieces of land and those gardening on a budget. Great job, Becky!

[@JustTavia]

I would love a vegetable garden like this but just getting started is so intimidating! I wasn’t around gardeners growing up, so I don’t know what I’m doing but my daughter just turned 1 and I’d love for her to grow up around homegrown food. This garden is really inspiring! You don’t have to have a lot of space to start! I’m going to have to do some research and crack on :)

[@MrCobbsalad]

Do it. Try growing in containers first using compost (potatoes, garlic, lettuce etc) buy a strawberry Planter and 18 plants, takes up little space and very rewarding. Best of luck

[@JustTavia]

@@MrCobbsalad Thank you! Since leaving this comment I have actually got a few container plants, and I’ve just planted some raspberry canes that I think my daughter will love helping herself from (she’s fruit obsessed!) Keep your fingers crossed for me that I can keep them alive :)

[@MrCobbsalad]

Superb and snap, Ive just plated 3 raspberry canes, my sons fruit mad 😂 It's addictive this growing lark, am new to it too so get were your coming from, wanna show my kids a different way to bloody tesco. Best of luck, I'll pray for ye both 😁🍒

[@catarinaf3261]

Start small :)

[@grimsqueaker5333]

Even growing just a few herbs and salad leaves makes a huge difference. Everything is wrapped in plastic in the shops near me and leafy stuff goes off before I can use it all. Now I can pick what I can use and it is much fresher and therefore more nutritious that that from the store.

[@prepperinireland2240]

Well done Becky! I'm at the opposite end of the scale in years from you, but I too am just creating my own food producing garden in Ireland (which means rain, rain, and more rain). Your garden looks gorgeous and you're an inspiration to anyone wanting to grow their own food, something that's more important than ever now.

[@SowMuchMore]

Alice Rozen thank you so much 🥰💚

[@tennesseenana4838]

Becky - TEN green thumbs up to you!!! You've done an awesome job with your garden!

[@alexnoman1498]

This is like a crash course on much of what KZbin has to offer on gardening :D Definitely follow up on all that, people, it's marvelous what can be achieved on tiny amounts of well fed soil!

[@becky1519]

Becky I love your podcast too! Seed pod is one of my favorites!

[@tommymckiddy7872]

Definitely a good video. She needs her own youtube channel. I would definitely subscribe. I don't do the social media thing that much, not really my thing, but I do watch youtube a lot to learn better ways to garden (among other things). Definitely inspirational.

[@zoratamas4379]

My thoughts exactly. :) There aren't many channels about small British gardens, especially not ones that are this productive.

[@mariagibbons8437]

Sorry, how do you watch her video, I tried the link for Instagram but could not get further. Not great at tech... help, please.

[@zoratamas4379]

@@mariagibbons8437 I think this on KZbin is her only video. Can you play that?

[@mariagibbons8437]

@@zoratamas4379 Thanks! Yes, I press it when it appeared with your reply. Thanks again,

[@SowMuchMore]

Thank you - I'm going to work on it!!

[@sydneygardener540]

I am a nursery horticulturalist from Sydney Australia. The grass is always greener somewhere else. But I sure wish I lived there out of the humidity

[@Heal2Inspire]

Omg where is this beautiful soul on KZbin? Please please make a youtube channel I could listen to you talk all day. Your garden is such a treat and a inspiration xx I’m heading over to Instagram to find you, subscribe and learn all you have to share 💗 thank you for this wonderful video

[@giojared]

Oh my goodness, what a beautiful garden. The before and after is amazing.

[@thegingerallotment7413]

Amen sister! Community gardens are the future. Grow your own is the only way!

[@uppanadam74]

I love your set up!! I have an 800 sq foot garden and that's just the backyard!! It's taken me 4 years to get it set up!! And I'm still going/struggling to do so!! LOL!! Yes I am on a budget as well!! :-)!!

[@lotusladyogini]

I can't even tell you how often I come back and revisit this video. Being a small-scale, urban homsteader myself, but also being so early into my journey this is everything I am calling into my life. I own about a 10th of an acre in the city where my house sits and it's so limiting but also so abundant at the same time when I think about house much can actually be done at such a small scale.

[@that_auntceleste5848]

Beautiful garden, beautiful human, and beautiful wisdom!

[@stormvent2572]

Becky this was absolutely brilliant and I enjoyed your garden a lot. You are an inspiration. Thanks.

[@ManilaLondon]

Very inspirational in Small Garden but lots of crop veg to harvest

[@lenam2114]

Beautiful garden 😍 and so inspiring! 🪴

[@HuwRichards]

I 100% agree!!

[@KRIS60]

Everything we see here is pure beauty. Becky seems to me to be a magic fairy who, if she inspires enough people, will save our earth and turn it into a paradise.

[@logika272]

Умницa, девочкa! Здоровья и удaчи тебе и вaшей семье!

[@shawnueda8909]

To Becky and to Huw, wonderful and very uplifting video. WELL DONE!! Lovely garden and so much more. I own a small scale family farm and I practice permaculture/no -till and I'm still very impressed by Becky's garden. Thank you to both of you for showing what organic growing in small plot can achieve.

[@moonyeom3163]

some people think grown vegetables are good for them, some people don't think so. it is about what people chose to select what they like. if some people like to grow, they do that way. if people like to care about earth, they do that way. the good food is what they like to eat. and i like to grow on my own way, so i try to grow some plants but it is difficult to be successful all the time. it's a good video.

[@lovehealthmarket]

this is absolutely amazing! how inspirational for anyone who thinks they don’t have enough space to garden. thank you for this video❤

[@masyitah5saf_azzam3madinah15]

Thanks for you video Becky, lots of food to know how a little step can a big impact for our environment

[@theuglykwan]

This video is really relatable for me as she lives in the UK in a small plot.

[@loisdedopoulos7625]

Love this before and after picture. And Be blesses. Young lady. You will make a difference.

[@nameisscorpion]

This is a good video too... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWXck6GDibiNaJY

[@georgepursley2832]

Thanks for the tour of this wonderful garden. We live on a 120 acre grass fed organic dairy in Wisconsin, USA. Our son in law and daughter take care of the cows, pigs, and chickens. My wife and I retired here and brought our bees and gardening interest with us. We are in year two for the deep mulch garden and look forward to starting a green house and building raised beds this year out of old fence boards. I love your interplanting and emphasis on healthy soil.

[@belindadomingo]

She has a tortoise!? I love it.

[@HuwRichards]

Awesome right!

[@brucetidwell7715]

They will seriously munch on your crops if they are free range, but probably worth it. You have to feed pets something, anyway.

[@sparrowsadhanarajkumar3836]

God bless u my girl...nature world will love you

[@owenbooler3184]

I don't know how anyone can dislike this video! What's not to like! Thanks Huw good to share videos from your peers! Monty Don better beware! Lol

[@lesleannhine6662]

make a plan and throw it out the window. Haha that is exactly what I do. I am in deep snow for 4 months and during that time I like to plan and then when it all starts it is all creative in the moment.

[@robinhazeslip1800]

Sooo lovely and inspiring! My small yard has turned into a vegetable and herb garden over past year 😁🌞🌼🦋🐝🌸

[@cottagemommy5116]

That was a pleasant 9 minutes. 😊

[@HuwRichards]

Great! That was the plan ;)

[@SowMuchMore]

Thank you 🥰

[@007lovediamonds6]

I have all sorts of herbs vegetables growing in the garden plus fruit trees I spend all my time in garden 😁🇬🇧

[@AJMG-cn3tu]

Such an inspiration, trying to use these ideas while gardening in our yard in Stirlingshire, Scotland. We have NZ flatworms and leilandi hedges on 3 sides and Scottish cold weather and found we grow these outside plants well in these conditions, kale, rocket, peas, beans, mustard greens, lettuce, radish, nasturtium, hardy perennial herbs, raspberries, black currants, tayberries and red-currants, red-veined sorrel, apples, pears, broad beans, tagetes, anise, nigella sativa, fennel, horse-radish, potatoes, strawberries, spring onions, garlic and onions and PS Broccoli. Not much luck with beets including silver-beet (chard), or more tender plants like courgettes, fennel and corn but working on growing pumpkins outside. Have to grow like most in the UK tomatoes and cucumbers under cover, and are always trying to grow French beans with some spectacular fails to slugs and sometimes, rain and, hail in May, and even had sleet in June once. Thank-you for sharing your home and knowledge.

[@zaria5785]

I approve Beckys’ message that gardening can absolutely solve a lot of our modern day problems. Self sufficiency for any family and community is at the core of its survival. Unfortunately in many regions of the world where safety and security of the average citizen is not guaranteed- a food forest on any scale is difficult and challenging to manage. The luxury of not fearing a bomb falling on your head or supplies delayed due to check points, and the expulsion of people from their lands and constant surveillance of any human advancement is not afforded by millions of Palestinians in Jerusalem, the millions of Uighurs in China, the Rohingans in Bangladesh, etc. These are advanced communities of people who have strong ties to their motherland and the need to keep it healthy yet many are prevented from doing just that. I hope our conversations on being good shepherds of the earth will also involve discussions of how to respect other people’s homes and land.

[@navajo6931]

I am Indigenous Montagmard Jarai tribe love you garden so lovely Next year I move to countryside to farm vegetable I love plants vegetable

[@Milen983]

Wow is the only word I can say. That’s a huge job you are doing. I wish some day to have a garden half as good as yours. I grew up in a village, and we had a great garden and orchard. I miss gardening.

[@HuwRichards]

You absolutely can do it! :)

[@donnavorce8856]

Very nice. Now, two years later, millions more are gardening after going through the panic of the pandemic and food insecurity. Cheers

[@8888837676]

Its heaven for garden lovers to know your ideas..love from india.

[@Tridhos]

I always remember that old character that used to be on Gardeners Question Time and every answer he gave started with the words, "I think the answer lies in the soil", how right he was.

[@rosemarymurray8256]

Hi Becky you need to have your own channel !

[@litomora8468]

6:54 explained *all* the important effects of Gardening. I super totally agree but sadly not so many people don't know these😥

[@andrea180871]

Beautiful garden is one of my dreams once I have my house with a yard. Thank you so much for your information.

[@temperancemoon8888]

Oh I can't tell you how grateful I am.that I found you today!

[@tm.pockets6440]

Everyone should be learning gardening in primary schools and all the way till they leave, my kids love it and it helps them eat greens

[@akibads]

It inspired us to grow vegetables for ourselves.(Thailand)

[@btown8210]

I love this, it’s wonderful. I’m planning my little garden here in Winchester to grow as much food as possible next year. Thank you for a heartwarming video

[@thandekalewis3657]

Wow😲😲 I just love you. I cant wait to retire or be able to be in my garden all day long.

[@akifkhan88]

It looks beautiful because it is not planned and therefore natural looking and beautiful, just beautiful

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Thank you Huw and Becky for sharing! Becky is passionate and eloquent in a way that is engaging and inspiring. Cheers!

[@OakCity7797]

Amen to the gardening improving mental health. When I can't garden I am a mess.!

[@honeycat535]

youre not saving the world, youre growing veg. Great garden,thanks for sharing.

[@larrykhongwir880]

Very impressive Becky. The world needs more young people like you to save our planet. Thank you for the wonderful video and good luck for the future.

[@wobblybobengland]

It's nice to come to places like this, Becky's last comments are some undebateable truths.

[@user-rj7hs2fw1f]

What sunny person! Hope to learn more about ecology by subscribing. Hi from Ukraine, an agrarian country

[@digsindirt4490]

Fantastic! This is so inspiring. Thank you Becky. And Huw!

[@hossenfeffer8383]

What a gift this wonderful intelligent young person is.

[@Simon-Smith.]

Love your enthusiasm that shines through in the video. One of the biggest things we can do to reduce our impact on the planet is to eat plant based. As you mentioned in the video, most of the monoculture crops goes to feeding animals. Instead of filtering nutrients through animals, we could just eat the plants instead. Do you have a youtube channel?

[@thecatwhosawstars]

That looks amazing!! I love the before and after of gardens. Such a difference!

[@wildwitcheroffgrid]

"Plants can form a significant Space of Love for a person if there are many of them. If they are different and a person communicates with them, touches them with Love. All together they can create a significant Space of Love for a person, beneficially influencing the Soul and healing the body." Anastasia "Ringing Cedars of Russia"

[@healthstyleelizonroy2766]

I appreciate this endeavor of yours

[@pattithompsett9540]

beautiful! what a lovely young woman. im in michigan in the US and winter is just getting started! i cant plant for 3 more months! this is great inspiration!

[@isisamun-ra2479]

Microgreens & or sprouts in jars inside at least its something green&fresh that you know how it was grown

[@MsAnamonique]

120sqm garden haha that is the size of my whole house. I have 9sqm garden size. Her tips very useful though. Beautiful garden indeed!! Thank you for awesome advises.

[@hannahbingham2197]

Amazing! Such an inspiration for me with my own small, suburban space.

[@va3cpm]

I love it! wonderful. A stunning environment you have created. A well nourished family. Congrats.

[@dacebruz2626]

I love looking at pretty gardens. I can’t wait for nice weather so I can play in mine again. Thanks for the video. Love from upstate NY

[@MyNewEra2012]

A beautiful video from a beautiful person about a beautiful garden and a heavenly journey 💫😇 I need a cuppa to absorb all of it and then maybe play it again 😂❤️ thank you!!

[@brianbennett3904]

Would love to see more from Becky!

[@jun_de5090]

I love what she said... Very inspiring

[@SterianAlinaNicoleta]

Beuatiful gardens! I love them! I love gardening!

[@nameisscorpion]

This is a good video too... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWXck6GDibiNaJY

[@kyaumrungthung2390]

I’m Montagnard Jarai indigenous love you garden look so nice I love plants vegetables, flowers

[@reymondatienza8427]

Thanks so much Becky.

[@jeancossigny6411]

The plants are so healthy and looking good. I wish you all the best in your garden,thanks for sharing.

[@jameswistman7479]

admire your thrift and resourcefulness!

[@micheleyates3625]

Enjoyed this young lady immensely. Thank you!

[@disrekiarimba4032]

She is so amazing! Yes she is saving the world 👍😃 Thank you for sharing 👍

[@TheWelshGardener]

Awesome video! A welcome break from school work! Very inspirational! :)

[@lordplanet8413]

Becky's garden is awesome she should try bee keeping.Also this is a great channel for anyone who is interested in permaculture and gardening.

[@Mookiethedog]

Thanks Huw. What a lovely person!

[@niazsgallery]

OMG!! Your vegetable garden is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing this nice video.