Planting Low Maintenance Crops In the Home Community Courtyard / Homegrown Garden

[@marykappesser5145]

You're a true gardener and generous soul! how wonderful for your neighbors. Maybe one of those children will get the gardener bug and want to help in the future.

[@LifeIsMessyImLearningAsIGrow]

☀️🌼👨‍🌾🌻🐝🌸🦋🫑🍅🥕🥬🐝 I’m back for another update of your beautiful garden. It’s amazing to see the changes in your plants over time. I look forward to watching your garden grow! I love watching my garden grow a little each day, that is my favorite part of gardening. It’s so fun to have the growth documented over the season to look back at and see progress. I love that about being a garden KZbinr. Let’s learn & grow more together!

[@gregt2600]

I hope that your landlord and neighbours are grateful for your efforts. It sometimes seems to be a cynical old world that we live in. Well done.

[@cliffordchristopher1]

Thank you so much for letting us join you.

[@sunnyphillips6700]

You're a star! How lovely of you to be so thoughtful and sharing - I only hope your fellow neighbours appreciate your efforts and generosity - bless you !

[@mlduong6739]

It’s a very nice courtyard. Just need a few more raised beds with more greens. Thanks for sharing! 💐

[@markmacklam6524]

Well, I quite agree with the many other comments posted with respect for your generosity in enhancing the communal space. Well done! You are also providing your neighbours and your self with that important vitamin g. I recently read a most interesting webpage article posted by the University of Sheffield Department of Landscape Architecture about how daily gardening is as good for mental wellbeing as regular vigorous exercise [ I copied the headline from them]. Writng to you from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

[@centraltexashomestead-mike4956]

So very nice of you to this for your neighbors, a grew gardener. Rochelle

[@mdnadim831]

God made you so much after so few likes and comments on your video why I like you so much you will be my friend

[@alanhart6197]

bringing back the dungaree with style😁

[@murraycatto1]

Nice job young lady. Looks a million dollars already.

[@tommotomlinson3370]

Peeling the bark took me back to when I was a young boy and I was allowed to peel the skin off my dad's sunburnt back ...so satisfying 😂😂

[@gardenonthemoors]

Brilliant! I'm sure your neighbours will love you!

[@harrybrown3657]

Nice communal area but thank goodness for our allotments!

[@NewMindGarden]

Fabulous video.. 🌷🌷👌👌

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Your just so sweet Katrina 🌸💕🌸

[@amandasanders5484]

You are so kind! I wish I could help you build more beds and a kids play area.

[@stevieb6173]

now thats more like the kind of gardening I like, on a shoestring , an area thats hardly ever used , what a fabulous video , well done you 👍

[@atefbasha1809]

And..about your friends in the team works so much more

[@elizabeththielges3668]

Can you get the tenants to donate raw fruit and vege scraps to make compost. Also, I have switched to using chicken manure that I buy from a farm store for much less than it is In garden centers. Your efforts at your flat will be rewarded. I really enjoy your show. You teach me new things in every video.

[@zelda._.]

Fantastic video, very inspiring and comforting🌿

[@shamimafzal598]

Hello from Pakistan i appreciate your efforts may Allah bless you and keep enjoy your life Ameen

[@RGB0703]

Wow such a good thought ☺ Great Gardener

[@cleanwater6278]

your garden looks good girl so do you

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Katrina, Bless your heart for being such a good neighbor to work on the courtyard garden on your own. Thank you for taking the time to make one small part of the world a better place. You are a very lovely person and quite special in the youTube garden community. May God bless your summer keep you safe bye for now

[@sylviabradley7355]

The gardens look great🪴

[@michaeldavidson2073]

Wow that’s quite a big garden area. You could probably feed the whole apartment block from that space. One thing I that strikes me when I’m in Korea is that no space is left uncultivated. It’s brilliant. If you see an industrial estate with a vacant block someone is growing veg on it. I think 600 or 800mm high wicking beds would be great in that space. The problem would be getting the initial investment required to set them up. Goodonya for digging for your community.

[@youknow6968]

I'm sorry if this is inappropriate, but you're just stunningly beautiful.

[@lindaryder5267]

Totally agree you are a true generous gardening soul. What a difference you have made to the space already. XX

[@maryhandleygunter7623]

Rain barrels are quite inexpensive to assemble and add a spigot. They fill up quickly during rainy seasons then can be used during dry spells.

[@femalecrusader8389]

I think that tiny community garden is perfect and what a great idea having a BBQ over looking the garden area.

[@likeakite]

very nice job....well done you!

[@rebeccazody1278]

Creating beauty!

[@morgaynelove9327]

Greetings from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state! Enjoyed your community garden planting! 🌻🌻🌻

[@LanaiDebbie]

So nice of you to plant up the courtyard to share with your neighbors!

[@urbangardeningandchickenke1018]

Excellent 👍

[@jimmason1072]

That's great of you to do that....this old🌎 of ours needs more of you and your types in it....👍

[@Garfieldj83]

Wonderfull that you do this!! For extra water you could possible place a couple of trough or containers to collect rain water. Would make a nice little pond to possible, with a little solar powered fontain.

[@melvynsexton4258]

Hi Katrina, just an idea for your watering issue, how about connecting a rainwater down pipe from the flat apartment block into a water butt ? Regards Melvyn

[@anthonydoyle7370]

That is a fabulous empty canvas you have to work with. Hopefully we can watch as it grows and takes shape. Good luck with it, young lady.

[@NWMissourigardener]

Great job to help your neighbors and make you home space productive and lovely to view keep up the good work fare thee well from NW Missouri USA 👍👨‍🌾

[@fredlovesfrank]

You’ve inspired me to see what I can plant on our estate! I’m sure I could find a corner for a community garden!

[@jennyjohnson9012]

What a lovely idea! Smashing place to bring neighbours together as well. Let's hope for a lovely summer and lots of barbecues.

[@jenjoy4353]

Great job Katrina! What a joy to see the weeding going so fast LOL. 😂

[@iartistdotme]

So nice to see the honey bee when you were finished! What a joy to see growing things in the yard instead of nothing - for that reason alone, it should be appreciated. (Even if the squirrels get to enjoy the strawberries more than you do.)

[@skullcollector29]

Awesome ........!

[@DC-fo3bn]

There is so much potential for that yard

[@homegrowngarden]

Absolutely! It certainly has its challenges though too. With a little bit of work here and there it’ll hopefully become a better spot soon!

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Katrina great video Thankyou Your neighbour’s are very lucky to have you taking care of the courtyard. Blessings luv Ontario Canada 🐝🇨🇦

[@michaelsperanza6054]

Birchbark makes excellent fire starter. Don’t toss it out!

[@dianeleavitt7947]

Love this!!

[@tahoeblue2491]

Looks great! Hope plants do well. Such a beautiful effort to tidy up and plant for your community.

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Such a beautiful courtyard garden Katrina. Thanks for sharing this video to give us more inspiration. Hopefully the neighbours appreciate the work you have put into the garden.

[@dn744]

Excellent use of space 👌 👍

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Very productive time spent in your common courtyard!! ☀️🫶🏻

[@suebradford890]

Well done, let's hope you get a bit of help from your neighbours over the weeks! Also, ask the landlord to put in an outside tap for you! Hope to see more of this courtyard over the summer?

[@PegsGarden]

This is wonderful, all the delicious herbs and salad 🌱🌱💕💕

[@davewilkes1657]

hi Katrina that was an interesting video and I'll look forward to seeing your next video until then take care of yourself xx

[@itsmewende]

What a wonderful courtyard. You are so thoughtful, you're neighbors must love you. I bet the children, well everyone are excited to see those strawberries turn red. Really even nicer you all like each other. Have a wonderful end to the week and weekend.

[@yeevita]

Great idea about lettuce and herbs. Those are usually the things I love grabbing for a fast meal or added flavor. You might also consider some beans or peas, just because they are so easy to grow and fun to pick. Love the idea of a community garden for the neighbors and yourself and for the kids.

[@malonekenny1]

oooooo the satisfaction in pealing that birch ///OMG

[@homegrowngarden]

I get so excited when there’s a new piece to peel 😂

[@myrustygarden]

That’s so nice of you to work with a shared space could you perhaps get a water butt to save rain 🌧 water, 😂😂 I’m surprised that entire space isn’t veggie and flower beds. Have a great week 🐝 safe

[@chrissifish82]

You really are an awesome person Karina!! Thanks for all the excellent gardening advice!! Absolutely love all the allotment tours. Don't ever think I'll get tired of them. Thank you for sharing your beautiful space here 😊

[@Growveguk]

How adorable of you 🥰 Time to think about getting a house with a huge garden I think. I can just see you with your allotment right there in your back garden Katrina ❤️

[@homegrowngarden]

We’re trying. It’s just a nightmare right now with hardly any properties and they’re all SO overpriced 🙄

[@Growveguk]

@@homegrowngarden I know, just get the feeling the time is perfect for you. Keep on believing and it will happen 🥰

[@flowerpixel]

@@homegrowngarden srsly I have no idea how people can afford a house these days. It's scary!

[@malonekenny1]

you are amazing . love

[@simonjandrell5897]

you're a star

[@Anouk1976]

great job, it looks so nice! You‘re a wonderful and generous Human Being ♥️ A plant I love very much is Centranthus ruber, red valerian - she is such a modest, no maintenance, water?-who-needs-water?, no soil is too dry or stony Beauty who flowers for months and is very much loved by all sorts of bumblebees and butterflies. She strolls through my garden every year since I planted her greatgreatgreat-grandmother over 10 years ago, and shows up often in unexpected places 😊

[@flowerpixel]

I wish you were my neighbor. I love oregano too. Really hope you get the water fixed! I think I have a tendency to over baby/water my herbs. Need to stop doing that

[@suzyking9973]

What a lovely thing to do for your community. Great video really enjoyed it.

[@kristinpagan2361]

Hope the rain eventuated Katrina so you didn't have to lug that watering can around too much. Also your neighbours are very lucky to have someone as generous as you to not only donate some of your seedlings but also spruce up, weed and beautify a lovely communal area. Also the neighbouring cat will definitely be making it's presence known with some random holes and deposits.

[@bhalliwell2191]

Lay poultry mesh/chicken wire down flat over the surface of your garden beds, secured well enough to keep the mesh from becoming relocated whether by weather or kitty feet, but with a little bit of play in it so the cats feel it "give" under them; it'll seem to be unsure footing to them, and they'll go elsewhere which might mean a path instead of a bed, but they won't be using the beds as their little trays!

[@jillmjohnson4606]

Very generous! Hopefully you will get a tap for watering soon, then it will really take off!

[@melstill]

Planting the herbs is a great idea since they take less space and effort then most veg and they're usually much more expensive to buy for the kitchen. Plus they can be snipped fresh and used right away as needed.

[@anthonydoyle7370]

They give a lovely show of flowers too. And the scents when you pick them.

[@carolynellis387]

Comfrey blocking 14 will give you great cheap (tho smelly) nutrient rich feed once made into a liquid, save on buying it.

[@analizafuentes4084]

Hi Katrina! Planning to plant 3 types of mint in one big pot, and as you said not a good idea glad i watched this just in time as i was about to plant them later in the afternoon hehe thank you so much! you are such an inspiration..such a gentle and kind neighbor..always looking forward for more vids..take care! ❤🙏

[@mariekeluteijn5201]

Me too! I’m glad I have seen this. Separate they will go. I have black peppermint and ginger mint. Strawberry mint sounds amazing

[@stevendowden2579]

nice well done

[@jonap5740]

What a lovely thing to have in your courtyard. Very kind of you to get it going. May it rain once a week, to save you trips up and down the stairs! (PS When I was young, I was told never to peel the bark off the birch trees, as it would kill the tree. Was this wrong, were the parents a tad over zealous?)

[@dusshan1]

❤ we have a small backyard garden as well, even managed to raise poly tunnel there :)

[@Acure8]

Looking good. Anyway for you to rig up a water butt to capture rain water? Having to go upstairs to fetch water is no fun.

[@homegrowngarden]

I’ve asked the landlord and it’s on his list 🙄

[@Acure8]

@@homegrowngarden 👍

[@Carol-oc7mx]

A lovely space, full of potential but so under used. I would ..... - put a bench under the bitch tree - add some more raised beds - add trellis in the thin beds to grow either espalier fruit trees near the patio area which would make it more private/cosy and In the other one peas and beans - under the fruit trees make a sensory garden, children love the touchy feely plants - in the shady area would you be able to creat a corner for wild life ... bird boxes, hedgehog house, bug hotel etc - make an upright pallet planter to add hight (more salads and herbs) - add a compost bin (arrange a compost making day) A lovely idea but might be pie in the sky and I'm sure you have lots of ideas of your own Good luck 😄👍😄

[@tunnelrabbit2625]

: O) Hopefully you'll start a trend. The cost of living is exploding. The sooner others get back to gardening, the better.

[@oliverlauenstein6511]

Hi, lovely video as always, but I am left with a quite specific question: the plant in the first bed (with the lilac flowers), is that just a huge chive or a different allium altogether? It looked kind of flat-leaved so we wondered if it was maybe mountain onion (allium lusitanicum)?

[@kevinroome8286]

You are doing a great job for your community. Just a pity you are doing it all on your own. Keep up the great work 😉👍. And take care🙏

[@homegrowngarden]

It’s difficult to get everyone together these days, with everyone working different hours. We do catch up on sunny afternoons rather spontaneously and have bbqs in the summer 🙂

[@uppanadam74]

Ahhhh we get too see the courtyard!! It's a pity though your the only one doing the work even though your a good and kind natured person!! You should do a letter drop too your neighbours saying something like working bee in the garden for 2 hours a month on this Saturday or something like that!! It's not a hard ask!! But if they want free food...they should chip in and do a couple of hours a month sort of thing!! It's only fair!! :-)!!

[@pauljones1222]

Lol “slug along gravel”

[@nige2377]

Lovely lady,lovely informative videos, You could have planted some runner beans and peas up those sticks, loved picking the peas as a child for dinner,sadly to say not many made it back to the saucepan. Keep up the good work.

[@homegrowngarden]

Yes I could. We did that in previous years but they require a lot of watering which is why we won’t grow them this year.

[@rewereset1584]

Good Girl 💙 making the most of it good on you sis as gardening is really coming into play nower days I'm even giving it a go as it goes I'm gonna subscribe too you never know I might need help one day and no doubts you'll know what to do n best guide me 👍🏼

[@Noelmartin2983]

What are the best most sustainable sources of food to plant that can be stored through the winter and into the future to combat the inevitable food shortages which are on the way.

[@homegrowngarden]

Squash is one of my favourites. I still have one that I harvested in October. It can make bulk meals and can be used in so many ways.

[@neeway1620]

What are the two larger plants in the middle raised bed? To my untrained eye they look like Foxglove. With Foxgloves being very poisonous I was just concerned that young boy you mentioned might try some in and around the edibles. Great job and video though. Very kind of you to invest your time and money in the community.

[@lewisgardner1660]

Thank you for the different video it’s nice for a change. Do you keep the birch bark for your Kelly Kettle? Birch bark is a wonderful thing to take a spark

[@homegrowngarden]

You know what, I haven’t! I did know that it’s a great kindling but I must try it some time. I like to press the paper bark and keep it 😆 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@meeganneville1205]

Great job 😊 very much love and look fwd to watching your content. Will you be planting anything amongst the herbs to climb over the makeshift lattice on the wall?

[@Carol-oc7mx]

Peas perhaps 👍

[@crose174]

Can u connect a long hose to ur sink and dangle out a window? 😂🤷‍♀️ I've done it, but not from two stories haha.

[@SedriqMiers]

I love planting a variety of mustard salad leaves and add them to the lettuce and herbs make a great tasting salad.

[@homegrowngarden]

It’s an easy way to get a lot of freshness and flavour for sure! I love growing the loose leaf lettuce so you can cut and come again many times over 🥬

[@Agropelters]

Your the coolest Chick ever.

[@shamshersinghfarmernews884]

👍 💚

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Claw clip hairstyle 💇‍♂️ when?

[@lilred312benett6]

Uh oh I didn't know different flavor mints shouldn't go together. I have ginger mint and peppermint in the same pot. Oh dear. Maybe I've just created a new variety. 😆

[@ritawest2535]

Tip for Nettle stings: seek out or encourage common ground plantain to grow in case of accidental brushes with the Nettle. I (very) quickly pull off a leaf or two, give them a chew and then apply the slightly chewed mass onto the affected area. Relief!! Interestingly enough, when that burn begins, I don't think twice if there is any soil or dirt on the leaves, I just pop them into my mouth to quickly get my remedy!

[@bhalliwell2191]

Another old remedy for the sting of nettles is a handful of dirt rubbed on the "stung" area.

[@stephenchapman8344]

👍

[@marco_cee_]

The slugs ate all my carrot seedlings.

[@atefbasha1809]

And can you visit Egypt to meeting you so much more. Please Katrina 💏💏💏💏🍎😘💪✌

[@atefbasha1809]

Hello!!🤑Katrina 💏💏💏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💜💚🍎the notice I am sorry why your Garden when am I want it clean please