My Gardening Method (and the 5 Goals that Shape It)

[@OneYardRevolution]

My gardening method and the five goals that shape it! 0:21 Method Overview 1:08 Five Goals 1:41 Goal 1 - Grow a lot of food 2:38 Goal 2 - Don't spend much 4:02 Goal 3 - Don't work harder than I have to 5:07 Goal 4 - Work with nature 6:34 Goal 5 - Use practices that are supported by science 7:41 Oscar! 3 Ways You Can Support OYR Without Spending an extra Penny! 1) Stay engaged! Subscribe, like, share, comment, and select the notifications BELL next to the SUBSCRIBE button to be notified when new videos are released; 2) Let the ads run. This is a big ask, but the extra ad revenue will help offset the cost of cameras, mics, computers, software, etc. 3) If you shop on AMAZON in the US, you can support OYR simply by clicking this link (bookmark it too) before shopping: www.amazon.com/?tag=oneya-20

[@marycook9607]

OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening: what about using cedar chips. Are they ok for gardening?

[@steverobinson5492]

Patrick..... My wife and I have just started reviewing all of your videos. We have followed you for years. The more we have returned to watch your videos, the more we have realized how valuable they are. Thanks a million for all of the hard work and sharing your experience. Cheers!!!! SnJ

[@Moomoo_Mage]

I did a project that highlighted the good claims in this video and how your teaching methods are sound and supported by research. I hope all my class mates take the time to like and comment on this video but here is a super thanks as well. I will update this comment with a link if you care to check it out.

[@அவானிஉயர்ந்தது]

Your videos make me feel better and help me go through the dark days of winter 🥶

[@jamesprigioni]

Professional on every level. Thanks for sharing Patrick!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, James!

[@asherfamilyacres1698]

You two are my favorite KZbin gardeners!!! I just finished planting my fruit forest. I just need way more wood chips, but I’ve sourced a couple more sources for them

[@miwanabanana]

This is why you're my favorite gardening channel on YT. So doable and uncomplicated. We had 20 5-8lb cantaloupes, 7 ~8lb watermelons, over a dozen corn, more tomatoes we can count, and many more thanks to your gardening advice! We are now swapping over to winter crops and hope we get another bountiful harvest. Many thanks from a mom trying to get her kid real life science applications and a kid who'll take any excuse to get his hands and feet in the dirt.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you! Congratulations on your success with your garden. It's great to hear your young one enjoys helping in the garden!

[@John5ive]

Thank you for taking the time to share the mountains of gardening info you have over the years.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, John!

[@PharmSilver]

Nothing like a leg hug from Oscar at the end of a garden video ! I can’t wait to build your trellis systems at my beds next spring. Thx for all your videos !

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome! I hope you like the trellises. Oscar says hi!

[@mikek8455]

Thank you so much patrick! I am about to start gardening next year and your videos are (at least in my opinion) perfect example of how to do so correctly. Let me write down real quick what i love about your videos: - as you state in this video, the things you recommend/present are scientifically researched - short, information dense videos - absolute abundance of information about the most critical topics - no overdramatized clickbaits - always helpful links to databases and products in the description - no useless repetitive talking about why "permaculture is so awesome" (it is, but you are simply taking the best essentials and make use of them) - the garden is organized, clean and beautiful - always comments with timetables, guidelines or summaries of the video - you convert to the metrical system as well - recurring nice aspects like the music or the gorgeous cat oscar I would highly appreciate a complete guide, book or workshop on your gardening style and i know there are others out there sharing this view! Best wishes from Germany!

[@Lagaloggie]

Thanks for the update Patrick. What I really like about your videos is that they're practical, experience-based, and not about selling this and that unnecessary acoutrement. I think the goal about enriching the soil without going overboard or resorting to chemical means really drove home a very excellent point. It reminds me of what Andi Clevely said in his allotment gardening book -- feed the soil, not the plant, and the rest will follow. P.S. Oscar again had his moments.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Oggie! One reason I started my channel was to provide an alternative point of view to some of the channels that are promoting so many products. I think the profit motive sometimes results in less than stellar information. I'm glad you enjoyed Oscar's antics!

[@user-yg6eo1yo8c]

This is a great video! I just started gardening last year and I love it. I cleared an area for a garden last fall and then had a house fire and have been out of the house. Now I have all my plants in containers and my garden is full of weeds. Trying to find an easy way to clear it of the weeds and do basically what you spoke of.

[@troyb4533]

I agree with everything. Except the work part. Gardening is a form of therapy for me. So more work in the garden is something I enjoy.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks Theodore! I agree that gardening is great therapy.

[@jillhumphrys8073]

Loving that kitty boy! They say that when a cat brings you something they've killed, they are trying to teach you how to hunt. Last week mine brought a dead mouse to my 2month old chickens. I have 15. They looked at her like she was nuts, but she tried.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Oscar is trying to teach me how to be HUNTED! LOL

[@singleman1986]

+OYR...LMAO. Dang it Patrick! You owe me the cost of a keyboard cleaning! I spewed my evening martini all over my computer laughing at that comment. One has to have had a cat like Oscar to even appreciate what I'm agreeing to. A cat WILL teach you 'who's in charge'..... LOL.

[@mtkz13]

Well said; That's my motto too. Growing lots of food, not spending a bunch of money and less work maintaining it. I use the "cram it and jam it technique" (sq ft. gardening) and it's been working good. Thanks to you Patrick I have learned much.

[@OneYardRevolution]

My pleasure! Yeah, we cram and jam quite a bit in there too. LOL

[@jim6235]

My 19 bell pepper plants are a success this year with chicken wire to protect them. I don't have a cat anymore to chase away the rabbits. I was disappointed my cucumber plants died early in the season, but the early harvest was incredibly good! Thanks for your encouragement and advise, I will keep trying.

[@jim6235]

Also I would like to share your videos on face book to encourage others. Imagine everyone growing, instead of destroying, the world would be a better place.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks for sharing my videos, Jim! I appreciate it.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're very welcome, Jim! I'm glad my videos helped. Enjoy those peppers!

[@pamjones6465]

I love these methods. It's perfect in creating a self sustainable garden. I don't mind working for what I want, but if I can make it easier It's a winner. Thank you for sharing all of your awesome advice. :)

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Pam!

[@PeterSedesse]

1. Grow a huge variety of different veggies, not just my favorites 2. Every time I plant a space, the soil is better than the last time I planted there 3. Work as little as possible, especially at the things i don´t enjoy 4. Buy nothing but seeds and infrastructure 5. Watch OYR videos the day they are released.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Great principles, Peter! Thanks for including #5 in there.

[@zepguwlthistle7924]

i truly envy your ability to make your own compost. I cannot find a source of wood chips and cannot make compost where I live. So i buy compost yearly, straw, have a worm bin and also purchase fertilizer. BUT it is still worth it to me to know where my food comes from. I have a grow center and start my plants from seeds, I also have a green house to grow in the winter. I grow as organic as possible. It is so rewarding. thanks for your videos. They are encouraging

[@OneYardRevolution]

My pleasure! Since you can't make compost there, I'd recommend focusing on organic mulches. Grass from untreated lawns, chop and drop garden waste, and autumn leaves are outstanding free resources for mulching.

[@jenex0513]

Love your commonsense approach to gardening and taking the best from all gardening methods and making them work for you.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you!

[@barbararickman8543]

I find I am leaning much more in your direction. As I am 60 and only beginning to really garden, I would add age to the reason I am leaning in your gardening direction. If I do what you are doing, then, I can do less and get more as my age-related lack of agility comes on. I did a test with two large green planting pots and did as you said. I did not turn over the pots this year after I put my own compost and wood chips in the pots for garlic the year before. I planted Dikon radishes in the pots this year after harvesting the garlic (which came out great by the way). The Dikons are doing much better than the daikons I planted in other areas of the garden where compost and woodchips were not layered onto the soil the year before. This fall, I will layer ALL of my raised beds this way as I empty each bed after the winter garden is finished.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Yeah, age is definitely a consideration for me too. I'm just a few years behind you and want to make sure that I have an approach that will continue to work for me. I'm glad the experiment with the daikons and mulch worked out!

[@koosvanzyl2605]

I 100% agrees. I also follow Charles Dowding from the UK who has the same approach. No fertilizer and other expensive chemicals for me. And my garden looks nice.

[@Starlight22215]

You are a man after my own heart. I passed your details on to a guy in work. We can change gardening to a much kinder, earth friendly experience one friend at a time.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks for spreading the word, Lesley!

[@norwichhouse]

Thank you for another great video. Many years ago I was told that double-digging was invented by head gardeners on English estates to keep journeymen busy during the winter. I do grow in rows because my poor sight makes growing in beds difficult - horses for courses you know.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Malcomb! I hadn't heard that about double digging. 🙂 You're right. Growing in rows makes perfect sense in some situations.

[@pacificpermaculture]

Great philosophy and explanation ! ! I took a horticulture class years ago,and the instructor insisted we double dig a garden bed.It was the last time I did that ! ! !

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! LOL Yeah, double digging is hard work!

[@marxerm]

Watching your video helped me clarify the difference between permaculture strategies and permaculture techniques, something I've been grappling with. Thanks you!

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome!

[@armyguy9735]

I saw your leeks. My Grandfather used copper plumbing tubing on his green onions and leeks. In the absent of light, it grows longer whites plus green parts. Just an old timer trick. P.S. My father used plastic PCV plumbing tubing because it was cheaper. Love the videos

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@SkiesOfBlue4MeAndYou]

You certainly inspired big changes in the garden for me thanks Patrick! So great not digging anymore, and just laying compost and mulch on top. I'm aiming for a do nothing garden too :) What a character Oscar is!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! I'm glad my videos have helped to make gardening easier. I'm glad you enjoy Oscar too!

[@terrysharing]

Patrick, great timing on this video. Now that I'm retired I'm building a completely new garden. All raised beds since my very acidic and clay soil takes a lot of work to keep plants happy. Although I've been gardening for 35 years, it's good to hear your thoughts. I want what you do. Less work, better production, less cost. I'm looking at all of the things you mention in this video. I wonder, have you given thought to hugelkultur? I've lots of wood at my disposal and will give it a try but wondered if you've considered this. Many thanks for your very insightful and helpful videos!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Terry! I prefer to apply wood to the soil surface. You get the benefits in terms of nutrients and water-savings, but nitrogen isn't tied up in the soil. I'd rent a chipper and use the wood chips as mulch instead of building hugelkultur beds. Best wishes with your new garden!

[@tee1694]

Patrick, I think growing root crops would not work so good with that system because the wood will prevent it from growing. I tried growing squash with that system and it didn't grow at all and stayed the same size all season long. I really want to grow tomatoes, peppers and eggplant mainly in my garden. The wood has to be mostly rotting in order for it to work.

[@tee1694]

You've been giving me food for thought for next year's garden. I still till soil a little because of the weeds because I had to leave my garden fallow for a couple of seasons due to disease issues from growing the same crop or family of crops year after year...but will like to leave the garden with lots of mulch so that I won't have to work harder than I have to. The weeds I have has tremendously deep runners which are difficult to get rid off because the neighbor has abandoned the lot next to me so the runners will creep in no matter what I do. But because of composting the soil quality has dramatically improved from sandy to loamy...will plan to add clay like amendments next growing season.

[@OneYardRevolution]

I think you'll like the results you get with mulching. I don't know what kind of weeds you have, but sheet mulching with cardboard and covering the cardboard with mulch eliminates most weeds. You'll definitely have fewer weeds with this approach. Tilling actually brings buried weed seeds to the surface, where they can germinate.

[@tee1694]

Thanks I will try mulching heavily and will attempt to grow perennial vegetables before the weeds germinate. Because the weeds poke holes in root crops I can not plant carrots, daikon or sweet potato type plants in the garden just yet. I am trying to use weed cloth temporarily as an alternative to cardboarding....I figure leaving it on the ground for a few months will discourage the weed growth and then mulch heavily...later on.

[@shellyrees7946]

What a goof-ball kitty. Thanks for your video!

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Shelly! Yeah, Oscar was in rare form today.

[@jims512]

Your videos are very good. They are informative, but to the point. I like that they are shot with you moving about the garden, but aren’t overstimating nor distracting. This is my new favorite garden channel.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks Jim!

[@josiew47]

Great video. I am going to peruse all your videos because I want to grow veges using your methods and we have very little space. Our cat Jimmy crossed the rainbow bridge recently after 15 fabulous years so it is lovely to see your boy happy & playful. Cheers.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you! I'm sorry to hear about Jimmy. I know how difficult that can be. Best wishes with your garden!

[@MVIsland]

Love love love this gardening channel!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you!

[@debbiem2146]

This video has provided so much helpful information for me as I get back into gardening! Thank you!!!

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Debbie!

[@roberttucker3322]

Great video Pat. This year I’ve been establishing a vegetable garden based entirely upon what you recommend. I couldn’t be happier with the results. Thank you for all your suggestions. Oscar looked to be a bit vicious in his play fight with your leg!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Robert! I'm glad you're happy with the results. Yeah, that Oscar is vicious! LOL

[@spacecat86]

ive been incorporating your style of growing in my backyard using your same raised beds plus some large Smart Pot containers and Big Bag Beds. I will have to link to some pictures sometime when it's rocking and rolling. I will have to link to some pics sometime. Thanks for all the great info, it's invaluable and has helped connect some dots.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Connor! Yes, I'd love to see pictures. My FB page is a great place to share them: facebook.com/oneyardrevolution/

[@dkulikowski]

Thank you Patrick for your help and inspiration in our gardens. Today on my 'to do list' is CHOPPING AND DROPPING Comfrey in all of my veggie beds. So wonderful that we haven't had a frost yet. It is giving my peppers time to ripen on the vine.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you, Lark! You're so right. We're still harvesting tomatoes and peppers and it doesn't look like we'll have our first frost for a while.

[@comptonranch7105]

Boy, wish I could get some wood chips, but live in the middle of nowhere.So cow manure and leaves for me :) I did pick up some mushroom compost when it was on sale.I dig a hole in my raised beds and add my kitchen scraps in the fall until it freezes.Thanks for sharing you methods and sure love Oscar!I'm going to check out your other videos on making your own compost, I need help.LOL.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome !Leaves are EXCELLENT for the garden. They're actually my favorite free amendment. I'm glad you enjoy Oscar's antics. This video shows how I make compost: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goKueX2XnrGmrMk

[@knowledgeworld9458]

I just love your approach and passion for gardening. Once again , thanks.😊

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you, Nitika!

[@LB-vl3qn]

Your method makes perfect sense and confirms everything I've researched and tried. Thank you for doing all the work for us! Do you happen to have a video on growing leeks? I searched for it, but came up empty. May I request one, if you don't, please? As usual, Oscar steals the show. I look forward to his little cameos, and today he did not disappoint Pet him for me, please.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome! I don't have a video on leeks, but I'll add the topic to my list. I'm glad you enjoyed Oscar's performance today. He was in rare form.

[@chevy6299]

Oscar hamming it up, love it. I also like your approach to gardening.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Oscar never disappoints. LOL

[@MiuMiuG]

Your approach to gardening is my ultimate gardening goal. Thank you for these videos. Special thanks to Oscar as well :-)

[@OneYardRevolution]

My pleasure! Best wishes with your garden. Oscar says hi!

[@sanctuarywoods7748]

Love, love , LOVE everything you are doing here Patrick ! You have really inspired me with my garden ! I have zero questions left. Thank you.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you!

[@Ferelmakina]

The "hidden" two goals are even more important than the traditional three, in my opinion. Really interesting video, I'd say it's been the most profound yet.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Fernando! That's very nice of you to say.

[@ingerhaugland6763]

This is such a great video! Just jam packed with information and very well delivered. :) It's very evident that your method works. You're definitely a big inspiration to me!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you, Inger! That's very nice of you to say.

[@unapocacosa]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin. You have definitively influenced my approach to gardening. Thank you and congratulations for all the hard work you have put on these videos, Patrick. Ernesto

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you, Ernesto! I'm glad my videos have been helpful.

[@singleman1986]

I had to watch this one thrice before I archived it. Almost 2k views, Almost 300 likes. And not a single down thumb. Go figger. You da man Patrick, and don't you ever forget that.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[@Pigearvet]

What an amazing person you are Sir. Getting ready for retirement and thinking things out for a happy healthy one. Thank you for your research, time and encouragement. Rob and Nat

[@AgsiSD]

Awesome Patrick, thanks for sharing.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@fire7side]

I turn my beds over with a shovel in the spring because the soil has a fairly high clay content. I find it enjoyable, really. I don't have that big of a garden. I always have an abundance of energy in the spring which tapers off quickly. During the summer I don't do much more than spread clippings and harvest. I generally have enough weeds built up that turning over is a sound idea. The worms don't seem to mind that much.

[@OneYardRevolution]

That definitely works, but no-dig and mulching with wood chips, leaves, grass clippings, etc. will work wonders for clay soil, and the mycorrhizal fungi will stay intact.

[@fire7side]

Yeah, someday maybe. The weeds just tend to get ahead of me in the summer. I've heard even people with a thick layer of wood chips say that the weeds get ahead of them. Mulch will slow weed growth and it's fine for people a little more industrious then I am. They do get easier and easier to pull as time goes on though, but late in the year I don't get past harvesting because I'm fishing, hiking, camping, and who knows what by then. In the spring it's just easier to turn it under. I also have creeping charlie. I don't know if you get that or not, but it's wicked. It keeps coming back no matter what.

[@jennifertimmons9882]

Two questions: 1. Where do you find those awesome t shirts? 2. May I ask what you do for a living? You are so organized, methodical, and collect so much data that it leaves me thinking you are an engineer, a scientist of some sort, or an accountant.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Jennifer! I get them on Amazon: amzn.to/2xrw89f I'm a systems analyst.

[@rickfollett351]

Love your content and delivery. Can you please elaborate (perhaps another video) on what exactly you grow in your grow room and why you chose to start them there rather than start in the garden?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Rick! I direct sow seeds whenever possible. I started some of our fall crops indoors because there was no room to start anything outdoors and to avoid cabbage worms. And in late winter, I start frost sensitive crops indoors indoors, including tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants.

[@health.bites.5615]

As always, great video! Loved the tip about mulch and slugs! This has been our worst year for them. Ugh! Definitely going to keep up with mulching the paths. Thanks again!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Sue! If there are ground beetles and centipedes where you live, mulching will increase their population. I hope you see the same results we have.

[@LolitasGarden]

Your method has really inspired ours. Thanks!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Ian! I'm glad I've helped.

[@Lew_and_Phyllis_White]

What a relief! Thank you.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Phyllis!

[@debolsen3294]

Oscar is so much like my Marco! Not only his coloring but his attitude as well! LOL one minute he is rubbing all over us and the next he is attacking! LOL

[@OneYardRevolution]

Marco sounds like a lot of fun, Deb!

[@elizabethsansom6447]

Your little kitty is a show off thanks for the great tips

[@tylermorgan8254]

Really enjoyed this one after a long weekend in the garden. Thanks

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Tyler!

[@singleman1986]

LOL. Aside from the 'reinforcing' of the goals you've already taught us, that 'Oscar' chuckle at the end made the entire 8 1/2 minutes worth the click. He's the 'star'. Thanks once again Patrick. I wish I was where you are NOW when I was your age. (ps.....I didn't even like MYSELF until I learned to like/appreciate cats.....just sayin' kiddo....)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Yeah, Oscar was in rare form today. LOL

[@singleman1986]

LOL. 'Rare' hell. I'm sure you meant to say "rare form ON CAMERA". LOL. I've had many great dogs, but I only had one cat. And I'll always miss the ornery jerk. He left a hole that can't be filled.

[@rekster11]

So many great tips in less than 9 minutes 👍🌱

[@redpsycho90]

Thank you for your great movies. Every time I learn a lot from it and change my approach of my own farm :)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! I'm glad they've helped.

[@jimwilleford6140]

Like you, I have a back yard garden. So glad to see your points. The will be very helpful for me. Thank You.

[@ngale3218]

thankyou sir for sharing ur experience

[@OneYardRevolution]

My pleasure!

[@robertkresge3579]

Hello Patrick, I like your five goals and would like to adopt them in my own garden. I'm faced with a few challenges however and am curious to know what your approach would be in my situation. I have a large family and we do a lot of bottling, Mainly tomatoes and salsa so we plant a lot of tomatos, peppers and onions. We have a large garden plot, about .2 acres, which has been gardened for many years by my father-in-law using row planting and flood irrigation. It sat fallow for a few years before we bought the home and weeds grew wild. I now use drip irrigation (we live in Utah, zone 7b) but still in rows on raised beds (but not with wood borders, beds are just slightly higher than the pathways between). The garden gets full sun for at least 6 hours a day. I have stopped tilling but do use a broad fork on the rows each spring. My challenges are these: 1.Still fighting all the weeds, especially field bindweed. 2. I don't think I can generate enough compost for my garden so is it worth it to do any composing or should I just buy compost ($17.00 / yard). 3. Getting out of the row planting mindset and figuring out how/what to "polyculture plant". Do you know of any KZbin people like yourself who garden in a desert climate like mine? Any thoughts on what you would do different if you were gardening in an area like mine?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Robert! I would focus on mulching the garden with organic matter instead of making compost. It takes less organic matter to cover the soil than it does to make compost, and mulch has many benefits for desert gardens. It will save a great deal of water, increase the water holding capacity of the soil, moderate soil temperature, promote beneficial microbes, and increase soil nutrients. We mulch with wood chips, autumn leaves, grass clippings from untreated lawns, chop and drop garden waste, comfrey, and used coffee grounds. Wood chips are an excellent choice in desert climates. Arborists are often happy to drop off truckloads of wood chips for free or a small fee. This service connects gardeners with arborists for wood chip delivery: getchipdrop.com/

[@ceadeses]

Great info as always and that is one cool cat! I bet you don't have a mouse or vole problem in your garden.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Marc! Yeah, not too many mice in the garden. LOL

[@mumbaibalconygardenerhobbies]

Enjoyed your methods and the reasons behind your choices 👍👍.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you!

[@brianwhite9555]

I admire your approach to gardening, Patrick, though I know it's taken a bit of time, effort, and experimentation to fine-tune your practices. I appreciate that you've shared the journey. Can you tell me where I can get a T-shirt like yours('I garden and I know things')? Thanks, and keep up the good work!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Brian! I got the shirt on Amazon. I can't find the shirt with the wheelbarrow, but here's basically the same shirt without the wheelbarrow: amzn.to/2ya5wZ5

[@GarSunChan]

I love it.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you!

[@zullylozano1840]

I love and appreciate your videos, Your garden is truly inspirational. Mine is only 1 year old, I have to deal with hard clay soil and part shade. Nevertheless I managed to grow a lot of organic veggies for my family following your advice. I’d like make my own vermin-compost, but My husband refuses to have worms indoors, and to be honest I’m a little wired out about handling worms too. Would a worm tower be a good alternative, do you know if they actually work? Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Zully! Congrats on your first year garden success, despite challenges! You don't really need to use vermicompost. I like vermicomposting because it allows me to compost food scraps year round, and it gives me worm castings for my potting mix. But you don't have to have them. If you live in a warm climate, worm towers are a great way to introduce composting worms into your garden.

[@valeriehowden471]

More great info. Any tips on how to manage flea beetles? Hi Oscar.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Valerie! Growing in polycultures is a great starting point. Interplant vulnerable crops with crops that do not attract flea beetles and spread them around the garden rather than have them all in the same place. Also, plants like fennel, caraway, coriander, and a variety of flowers will attract braconid wasps and tachinid flies, which prey on flea beetles. I hope this helps!

[@maryjocoons]

I love your gardening goals! You have helped me a lot since I have starting watching your videos. I know you use polyculture principals. What are your thoughts on permaculture? I would like to incorporate fruiting trees and more fruiting bushes but it is hard to do that after years of gardening and having things already in place. They also present a shade problem that can't be removed like your sunchokes can.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Mary Jo! I think permaculture has a lot to offer. We have two dwarf fruit trees strategically placed in the garden to not shade out our annuals. We also have a number fruiting bushes - mostly along our eastern fence.

[@maryjocoons]

I was also wondering if you have any thoughts about power lines affecting production output. If it is problematic do you think I could dig out a 3 year old apple tree and relocate it successfully?

[@OneYardRevolution]

We live in a densely populated area and there are power lines everywhere, including directly over our garden. We're happy with our yields. I wouldn't relocate the apple tree.

[@dustman96]

Well done good sir, yet again. Thank you! Do you happen to have an archive of important studies, research, and/or videos that we can access? Do you feel you have better production overall single stemming tomatoes? I find it hard to control pests and disease when my tomatoes get big and thick.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Is there a specific topic you're interested in learning more about? Yes, I think I get more overall production from intensively planted single stemmed tomatoes.

[@dustman96]

I'm interested in learning any and all things related to growing food efficiently and sustainably. I like to focus on fundamental principles and concepts. Like you I appreciate scientific evidence, though these days I feel like the scientific arena has been corrupted in the interest of profit. So... Any direction to good, untainted sources of scientific information is of great value to me. Not asking you to do my research for me, but it sounds like you have access to good info and you have more experience to know truth from BS, so if you already have a compilation put together and you could share it that would be awesome. I've been trying to really get all the concepts down so I can be confident about teaching others, which is important to me. I have guided people with good success thus far but feel there is much more to learn. Anyway, thanks again for the time and effort you put in to teaching people. Learning how to grow one's own food is one of the most important, empowering, and mind expanding things a person can do in their life, in my opinion. Cheers.

[@happyjohn2035]

Great videos but one of your methods i would question. Why put wooden edging around your beds. Surely the cost and labour of building and maintaining them is a lot of work. Here in the uk wood is expensive and rots after a few years unless treated with toxic chemicals. Also i find they make perfect habitats for slugs .

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, John! You're right. Raised beds are definitely not always needed. We have a north facing slope, so I built beds to slope slightly toward the sun. They last about 8 years here.

[@realjackofall]

Nice video Patrick. Thanks for sharing your methods. How much time do you spend on an average per week tending to your garden's needs? I realize this could vary depending on the season.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! On average, I work in the garden a couple hours per week.

[@tomanderson6366]

I like your videos, you and I garden a lot alike.....I would like to know how do you support indeterminate tomatoes ? I have tried several different ways, this year I am trying cattle panels, and tying to those, thanks for sharing your knowledge of growing plants

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Tom! We grow tomatoes on trellises. This video shows how I build them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4OzfaePpbyenZo

[@emmavik-fredriksson640]

As always, great video!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Emma!

[@HoosierBenzo]

Great video. This remains one of my favorite gardening channels and I watch a lot of them! Regarding compost tea, in those areas of our yard where we don’t apply compost, do you think spraying compost tea is worthwhile?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Ben! I don't it would be worth the effort to make actively aerated compost tea. I'd just spread the compost used to make the tea around the area instead.

[@superjake01251]

Lol the geese at 7:40...

[@OneYardRevolution]

Yeah, I like how you can see their shadows as they fly over too.

[@linetteguiliani3312]

Very useful information. Blessings!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful.

[@sharadajoshi8920]

Hi Patrick, Great video sir I saw the video on worm feeding, you freeze the scraps, how long to thaw before you feed

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Sharada! I don't thaw them first. I just put them on top and cover with shredded paper.

[@turbonbc]

Neem oil is safe to use for pest management if you must use anything use that :) Excellent Video!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! You're right; neem oil can be safe if applied properly. Unfortunately, some of the application methods I've seen on KZbin, including a backpack fogger, will kill beneficial insects too.

[@turbonbc]

Oh I didn't know that thanks, I usually use a Chapin Model 1949 sprayer for great coverage and it doesn't seem too powerful. Here is a short video about it vimeo.com/144544762

[@jackiehorsley9263]

Enjoyed your video and I understand what your saying everybody does have there own method to the way that they grow a garden when you use the no dig method does that mean that you just layer everything that you put in your garden and just let it break down over time I always wonder what that meant do you ever use the method chopping drop

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Jackie! Yes, I apply organic matter to the soil surface without digging it in. Yes, I chop and drop too.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@maria09mc051]

Do you have a video on how to compost? (Your method) Great video thank you for all the effort being put into your videos and for actually fact checking and including your sources 😊

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Mari! This video shows how I make compost: kzbin.info/www/bejne/goKueX2XnrGmrMk I also chop and drop a lot of our garden waste: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5S5gnWqf96Bf6M

[@cottagefarmflowers]

I'm going to adopt your 5 goals and see if I pass muster. Here in central Florida now is the time we start our fall gardens, as too many crops can't be grown in our summer heat. My planting table is loaded up with seedlings ready to go in the ground, but I noticed today something is already munching my tiny tomato seedlings! I have no idea what to do. If anyone can help I sure would appreciate it. My other question is on your reference to vermicompost. Do you have a worm bin, or is this one of the few items you purchase? I have my set-up ready, I just haven't ordered worms yet. I'm very interested on how you obtain yours. Thank you for the wonderful video, as always.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Leslie! This video shows how I make my worm bins: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3m9hnafi919aJo I ordered my worms from Uncle Jim's Worm Farm.

[@Cdngardengirl]

What green manures do you apply and what zone do you garden in?

[@OneYardRevolution]

I plant this mix in August (zone 5): www.groworganic.com/soil-builder-mix-raw-lb.html

[@SurfinScientist]

Thanks Patrick. I keep being inspired by your methods. However, I dig out the top 30 cm of my vegetable beds once a year to get rid of beetle grubs. Last time I did it I got about 40 grubs from 2 square meters of garden beds. They are pests here in Japan, because they eat the roots of my veggies. I would like to know any alternatives, since digging is pretty labor-intensive. Any ideas?

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome!We're fortunate to have a lot of ground beetles in our garden. In addition to eating slugs, they eat grubs. One approach would be to determine if there are any natural grub predators where you live. If there are, try to create conditions that promote them.

[@SurfinScientist]

Thanks Patrick. That makes totally sense. I will investigate their natural predators. One other approach I am currently trying out is to build a hoop house with 1 mm netting. so that the beetles (and other insects) can't get in to lay their eggs. That may interfere with pollination in spring and summer, but in autumn and winter that is not so much an issue. In the winter I plan to replace my netting with plastic, though I probably need only a single layer here in zone 9.

[@BenjasUberHobby]

Those are great goals! Thanks for sharing :)

[@russellwilliams5820]

Well presented, Patrick. Out of curiosity, how long has it taken for you to transform your garden space into what it is today? Also, what condition was that space in when you began?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Russell! The yard was originally very shaded and the soil was a rock hard sand/clay. Only weeds would grow there. I started with just one raised bed. Then I took about 3 years to remove over a dozen trees and expand the garden to fill the yard.

[@bachmanrob]

I have a garden area covered in wood chips. When I add compost should I put it on top of the chips then add more wood chips, or move the chips exposing the ground, add compost then wood chips?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Robert! It's best to brush the wood chips aside before applying compost. I apply compost when I plant. That's an easy time to apply it to planting holes and to areas where I'm planting seeds.

[@Morhua1]

Great video and advice! I have one concern about using wood chips. I know trees can take up a fair bit of heavy metals. Do you know if using wood chips can have a substantial impact on the amount of heavy metals in the garden soil?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you! That's a topic I haven't looked into. The Garden Professors Blog Facebook Page would be a great place to find out if there's been any research on that issue.

[@adamshaffer8176]

Patrick, how do you control mosquitos? Do you control mosquitos? I keep learning a lot from your videos, thanks so much!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Adam! I don't do anything other than try to avoid letting pools of water develop for them to breed in. I live in an urban area, and mosquito abatement programs keep the population under control.

[@ijanms]

Grow lots of dog fennel around the house. Works here in the wet tropics

[@sharadajoshi8920]

I grow most of my plants in containers. If we are in doing a chemical free growing, how much of the worm castings or compost should be added as a top dressing at one time and how often should you repeat this.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Sharada! My mix for containers is 25% worm castings. I don't grow any perennials in containers, but if I did, I'd add an inch or 2 of castings to the surface every year. I also mulch my container plants.

[@sharadajoshi8920]

Thanks. I have a fig and a guava plant in containers

[@isaacfrerichs3305]

Great video! Question: where does one start with trying to adopt these principles? I’m a new gerdener, almost a year in and I find that it’s exoensive to buy things like sprays, mulch, etc. But I don’t need know where to start. Tomorrow, I’m building a 20 foot raised bed in the back. I’d love to start learning your approach step by step. Where do I logically start?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Isaac! Probably the easiest way to start is to begin covering the soil with free organic matter like grass clippings from untreated lawns, leaves, ground eggshells, used coffee grounds, and chop and drop garden waste. I also recommend mulching pathways with wood chips. You may be able to get free or low cost wood chips through this service: getchipdrop.com/ Also, start making compost. I hope this helps!

[@rajivs4528]

Hi Patrick your approach towards being self sufficient is amazing 👍👌 I have a question regarding organic liquid fertiliser that is compost tea which you said you stopped using few years ago. What i use them for is the quick growth of the vegetable seedlings and winter flower seedlings as they are easily taken up by them rather than adding compost to soil. May i know please how you grow your seedlings from seed without using liquid fertiliser.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Rajiv! I don't use any fertilizer when starting plants. My potting mix includes 25% worm castings, which provide all the nutrients the plants need. I'm not a believer in using sterile potting mixes.

[@rajivs4528]

OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thank You Patrick!

[@joanthomas9842]

Do you have suggestions for people starting from scratch? I moved this summer and the new house (while otherwise perfect!) has zero garden space. I'm building a raised bed/cold frame/tunnel space and I have located a good landscaping company that can provide me a good, organic soil/compost mix at a relatively reasonable price. I am planning on building more raised beds in the future. Where do you get the ingredients for your compost, and how do you know if there have been chemicals applied?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Joan! Hopefully, this beginning gardening playlist will help you get started: kzbin.info/aero/PLApXYvbprElyBWtdepbZyhIGFkc3YCbxv The main ingredients we use in our compost are: autumn leaves, garden waste, grass clippings from our neighbors untreated lawn, and food scraps. We collect a lot of autumn leaves. They do wonders for the soil

[@Dollapfin]

Your gardening practices are very similar to I Am Organic Gardening's practices. I love his vids. He goes over work by soil scientists and agronomists like Ray Archuleta.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Yes, they're very similar. I enjoy Mark's videos a lot.

[@NS-rn2yy]

What about squash bugs? I just got them in my garden this year for the first time. Cucumber beetles too. Nasty critters. How do you control them? Or do you have them? Thanks for all you do. I really appreciate your videos!!! I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada by the way. zone 6b

[@OneYardRevolution]

Squash bugs are sometimes a big problem for us. This video shows how I deal with them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ3Il4Cbjb10a9E I was very pleased to find only 2 squash bugs and 2 egg clusters this year. It turns out that some ground beetles eat squash bug eggs. We have a lot of ground beetles living in the mulch, but I'm not sure yet if that explains the sudden disappearance of squash bugs from the garden. We'll see if they're back next year or not.

[@rancidscooter]

What are the black compost bin called? Also, does the cat use the garden as a litter box?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Scott! It's a Geobin. I bought mine on Amazon: amzn.to/2g1ly1c Fortunately, Oscar doesn't use the garden as a litter box. I think cats will go to the bathroom in bare soil, but avoid beds that are heavily mulched and/or intensively planted.

[@mtnbiker0205]

Having to rewatch cause half way I was trying to figure out where to buy this shirt, lol

[@OneYardRevolution]

LOL I got the shirt on Amazon: I get them on Amazon: amzn.to/2xrw89f