Starting a Garden from Scratch Episode 1: Breaking Ground

Out with the old and in with the new. Kyle and his family start a new garden from scratch on a bare piece of land at their new house. In this episode you will learn about how he got into gardening and watch him break ground.

[@bbyjcky1]

I absolutely love this video. What you’re doing is so beautiful for you and your family. Your kids are learning hands on one of the best skills there is to learn❤

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks. I can’t wait to start planting out the garden this year. With all the rains this year it’s turned into a swamp so hopefully it dries out so I can plant and start making some more videos.

[@lastofuspartii8946]

What a beautiful journey! I loved hearing your story. Looks like the kids really loved the garden as much as you. How wonderful

[@cliffordcollis4696]

Awesome video, having lived near Kyle I’ve had the opportunity to taste several vegetables from his garden. Looking forward to seeing his new garden.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

You're welcome over any time to check it out.

[@juanitaridge5972]

Though I didn't watch the whole video. I still appreciate the artwork, tips & guide for this kind of project, 8 minutes of the video gives a perspective of the creator to audience.

[@pookie7584]

When he was taking down the old garden omg that was SOOOOOO satisfying to watch sped up!!!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks Im glade you enjoyed it.

[@simplesenser]

Exactly what we needed! We rented a house with a garden and we told the landlord that we wanted to learn how to take care of the garden. We dont know anything about gardening:) We start from scratch with you !

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thats so cool good luck with the garden.

[@AnimalAlmighty]

how is it going

[@mooeygarnet]

Those sunflowers are EPIC!! I hope to grow some that big some day, try new things every year lol one day!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks. You will.

[@that-vr-girl]

Great job! 👍🏻 it’s Sad to tear down your old garden, But I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with your future garden 🪴 space!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Hey Darla how are you doing? Ya it was sad to tear down the garden.

[@theUrbanGardener]

Great video! I like the history before you got started on the garden area. I can't wait to see how this garden develops. Hopefully I will be able to come by at the end of the season for a tour.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

You're welcome any time? The end of July and into August would be prime garden growth. Hopefully the fires this year don't get as bad as last year.

[@ravonrayne]

Great video, sir! My backyard looks just like that and this video gives me an idea of the prep work involved.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks. Good luck on you garden

[@journeyinthemoment]

EXCELLENT!!! Wow, great video! Wonderful story and amazing editing! Very informative!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@odellwright6805]

Beautiful man💪🏽💯. Good husband and father

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks.

[@rachelyarnell9845]

This was really helpful! Thank you!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Glad I was able to help. Thanks for watching

[@braydenkelley1946]

Can’t believe i had to fast forward 8 mins to just get to the point🫠

[@SteadyPressureKennels302]

Goat comment

[@g8ingaround272]

Ty for that 😂

[@DonJane-ng8zl]

Holy shit you’re right!!!

[@Ytshortsmgee]

If u we’re looking for a tutorial u should’ve watched one bozo

[@DonJane-ng8zl]

@@Ytshortsmgee we did you sped

[@Jessica-mq3mm]

Thank you for showing this! I don’t live in suburbia with sod to cut out. Now I just have to figure out how to keep the Bermuda grass out of it…

[@KayWeezy317]

Very beautiful video :)

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks

[@justinhair9207]

Dude....I have that same tiller...pass down from my papa. That's awesome.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

That cool. My tiller needs some tlc. Still does the job

[@nomikay7188]

Lol😂 I’m here for the tiller as well

[@user-kz4ne6sf7n]

Just found your channel today and binge watched the whole From Scratch series. I've been gardening for about 25 years, and love growing my own from saved seeds. I just watched episode 11 and saw all the grass sneaking back in. Do you pull it out by hand every spring? How do you stay on top of it? Thank you for sharing these videos!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Well it’s been a hard battle keeping it out this season. I weeded whack everything down and covered everything with cardboard and put straw in the beds and wood bark in the walkways. It worked for 1 seasons helping to keep the weeds more manageable. I didn’t lay cardboard down this season. This year the garden has been a complete disaster in terms of weeds. I’ve been so busy at work and doing other thing I haven’t had time to pull them out and that grass is a nightmare to deal with. It finds its way out from underneath the mulch and cardboard and can spread and set root’s along the way. This is part of the reason I haven’t been posting videos on this channel. I’m rethink the types of videos I want to make for the gardening channel. I also have a how to channel that I focus more on these days. I show people how to fix things around the house. I’m The Ultimate Handyman on KZbin if you want to check that out. Being a KZbin viewer what types of videos would you want to watch about gardening? Thanks again for binge watching my videos I appreciate it.

[@trlagronomy]

Talk about major compaction!!! I would plant a cover crop to break up the soil. Using something like radishes

[@gunfunandstuff9226]

With sky rocketing grocery prices, everyone should have/start their own garden (in ground and/or above ground)...... much healthier yields, and FRESH right out of the ground.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

I agree 100 percent

[@Ant_14_btg]

1000lb of produce is nuts, especially in that space!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

That’s not including all the stuff that the bugs ate.

[@Lemon-wv9et]

Thinking about starting a garden but...Not gonna lie a lot of history. The whole chopping trees down and making a compose bed kinda scared me.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Start out small and work your way up. You got this.

[@joseluisavalos5160]

I love it your video about how to grow sunflowers Kyle🌻You have a new suscriber your Veggies garden is amazing😀😉

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@fromacruz]

Been constantly thinking about starting a garden the past few days. Too bad it’s October already! :/ your story is very inspiring though. Thanks for sharing! Any tips on what I can do to prepare at this point of the year?

[@spongey76]

hi like your channel landscaped m our garden myself , building raised beds for potatoes at moment ,maris piper stay safe you and your family ,alan from scotland here

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks for the comment. What other things are you growing in you garden besides potatoes?

[@spongey76]

just potatoes at moment any suggestion @@GrowingUpGarden

[@pde445]

When the play list has no skips

[@zOYAlove215]

thank you for showing how you started. i always see these videos of people with sprawling gardens and i’m like well how did you get there? i started my container garden this year and it didn’t do so well but i’m not giving up!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Keep trying, you'll figure it. Thanks for watching.

[@annwithaplan9766]

I've been subbed to John for years (even bought a juicer from him). My sister sent me to your channel, said you're from our home town. I was there visiting right after the fires.The woman who was in the storm drain was my friend's best friend. I'm going to sub and catch up with the rest of your videos. : )

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Who is this woman in the storm drain? Thanks for subbing and watching.

[@annwithaplan9766]

@@GrowingUpGarden - When the fires were going on there was a couple who took refuge in one of those big pipe drains. The husband got out and firefighters found him, then got his wife. She was badly burned and died later that week.

[@Sytonofmistonia]

I appreciated the tour and history of your earlier gardens and loved the video! I was just curious what zone you're in? I had to do the same thing with my backyard (there was nothing but weeds in our yard!) but ended up opting for a perennial garden since the growing season in zone 4/5 feels so short! I'd love to have more vegetables/grow more food. Any useful advice?

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it! We are in zone 9. You could get a green house or grow your veggie plants in hoop houses to extend the growing season. Check out how this guy grows food, even in the snow. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHXCZJKdqMympM0

[@skiperdog]

I believe I got the idea to trellis my melons on the mammoth sunflowers from you. I tried last year but some pests got to my melons. So far so good this year! Would love to hear your thoughts on companion planting, I’m always weary of planting too close together.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

I'm glad I was able to inspire you to try that. As long as the sunflower leaves don't shade your melons too much. As the sunflower grows, you can trim off the lower leaves if needed. Just leave the stem so the melons have something to grab on to. As for planting to close, I had my sunflowers and melons plants 1 foot apart. It's always good to experiment and see what works and what doesn't. I also planted my sunflowers sooner than the melons so they would be established before the Melons started to climb. You could try going them on corn as well. If you do let me know how it goes.

[@leocazares-tr7bd]

Very inspiring videos. Thanks for sharing. I’m a beginner, and this may be a silly question, but will the grass and weeds spread to your garden? Or what do you to do to keep them off your garden?

[@GrowingUpGarden]

no matter what you do you will get some weeds. Best thing is to mulch the walkways and the beds and do daily weed management. This will help out a lot. I just spent half the day pulling weeds from last years garden. I let it go last year and did not do any weed management and it became a huge mess.

[@autumfrench3624]

The picture when you say in 2016 at 4 minutes and 14 seconds in was that taking up the Sebastopol Farmers market

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Yes it was.

[@prodigalpilot]

did you have trouble with grass coming up? everything i read says the grass needs to be killed or removed prior to tilling

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Not the first year. I did have a lot of weeds the second year growing in that space. It’s partly due to my lack of maintenance work putting weeds when they first start growing.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

You could sheet mulch right over the grass with cardboard then start your garden on top of that

[@davros123ify]

This time lapse does not tell me anything

[@susanhousley6901]

Hi, enjoyed your video. I have an established garden, perennials and vegetables, we are moving to a different state this year so I am worried about my garden. I don’t want to start again as I am in my 60’s but you have inspired me 👍 Quick question: what do you typically eat in a day? I am trying to walk steadily towards a plant based diet. Thnx Sue

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks. Oat meal for breakfast. I normally don’t eat lunches but when I do it’s some type of plant based burrito with beans rice grilled vegetables and avocado or sushi with avocado or vegetables. Dinner we eat lots of potatoes mashed and baked, vegetables soups, beans, rice, pasta. we also eat tones of fruit. A few years ago I filmed a series I called the garden diet. I filmed everything that I ate in a day and I did this for 3 or 4 months. I only ate things that would grow out of a garden. No Processed food and no sugars. I even cut out all breads and ground up grains.I still haven’t posted this yet because I lost my main video that I was working on and got frustrated. To bad I didn’t have this posted on the channel it would be perfect to show you what I eat in a day. I felt so good during this time I went from 237lbs to 195lbs. Try staying away for fake vegan food. It’s just as bad as the real thing and if your trying to loose weight cut out all oils,nuts,seeds and avocados.

[@jaysonryland8942]

Hey thanks for this. The series is really helpful. I’m looking at doing something very similar. I was looking at pulling the grass up completely prior to rolling and adding compost as I was worried the grass or weeds would grow back. Did this happen to you or does tilling it thoroughly mitigate that.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Glad I could help. You could start an instant garden that requires no tilling. Check this video out from Geoff Lawton kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3TGp2eEhZ1phbs. My garden this year was over run with weeds. A family member decided to help pull weed. Instead of pulling them they ran them over with a lawn mower and spread weed seeds all over my garden. It's a complete mess this year. When I post my garden tour this year I will explain and show what happened to the garden. Even with all of the weeds and problems I had with my irrigation this year the garden still produced a ton of food.

[@TheGrowCave]

subbed, I am looking to start some gardens in my backyard. I have horticulture background for containter gardening/greenhouse but I am not very handy with building and don't have many tools. I do have a tiller and plenty of land. Should I get my soil tested before breaking ground? I have a compost pile with good soil and lots of organic amendments for the soil. Should I add any amendments first or get a soil sample first??

[@GrowingUpGarden]

I didn’t test my garden soil but you can test if you want to find out what’s in the soil. I like to keep things simple and just add lots of compost and add your favorite soils amendments. You should have a great growing season. You can do your own soil test to find out what your soil is composed of by doing a jar test. Here is a link. Thanks for subscribing. nhm.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/soil_test_in_a_jar.pdf

[@rajaiyer79]

New subscriber. Your channel was the one one I found which starts from the beginning. If you know of others like this can you pl share? Have a couple of questions. I cleared 25 trees from my 1/2 acre fenced in backward for the purpose of gardening. I was going to leave the stumps in place because I don't intend to garden in every inch. Is that a good idea? Secondly, by felling trees I have natural wood limbs all over. Can I just scrape them to the sides and create a walkway and till the middle for raised beds? I have aged horse manure ready to amend the soil. Thank you

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Thanks I appreciate that. I would just leave the stomps if you have space. They will eventually break down and add to the soil. You can use the The wood to make the borders of the beds with. I would add some compost and rock dust to the soil with your horse manure. Not sure if any channels that have done from start to Finnish

[@Gaspa79]

Video content starts at 7:30

[@GrowingUpGarden]

The story in the first part of the video is to inspire people and get them growing. It would be a boring video if I just showed myself tilling the soil.

[@chuckjoerendt3579]

I’m starting my garden, never done anything like this before, was wondering, once I til the section I’m working in, do I need to do anything with the grass and weeds before or after using the tiller

[@GrowingUpGarden]

I would kill all of the grass and weeds by putting a tarp or black plastic over it for a week or 2. Then till it up. You can also skip that and just till it in but you might get a lot of grass and weeds popping up in different places.

[@chuckjoerendt3579]

@@GrowingUpGarden thank you, the ground was so dry when I used the trimmer it literally pulled the grass and weeds out with roots, tilled it then put compost over top then tarp just leaving it like this til early spring 2023, thank you very much

[@reedrichards6723]

Hi. I moved into a house with some raised beds and some pretty great soil. But raised beds are falling apart and i want to redesign it. Ive been hilding navk because i do not want to waste the soul the previous neighbors developed (it looks very rich and definitely better than the local soil. Any recommendations? Should i dig up all the soil and put it in containers until i am ready to refill the new raised beds? I know its a dumb question, but i am a beginner.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Save the soil if you think its good. If you are just rebuilding the boxes around the soil and keeping them in the same location I would mound the soil to the center of each bed. Then remove the old wood and build a new raised bed around the soil pile. Also add some fresh compost, Rock dust (AZOMITE and GIGA green Glacial) and worm castings to each one. That should get you off to a good start. Spend most of you money on the soil. It's the most important part to a successful garden. Good luck.

[@lawrencemann3363]

What kind of machine is that red on

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Is an older Troy build rototiller

[@eutimiochavez415]

Do u have a garden in the front yard?

[@GrowingUpGarden]

The old house garden was in the front yard. The new garden is in the backyard.

[@goldenocean8129]

The govt would prob never allow it, for everyone to grow food

[@GrowingUpGarden]

Good luck policing that.

[@goldenocean8129]

@@GrowingUpGarden 😂 I know right! I guess that’s the good news. Gives new meaning to secret garden, lol.

[@michaelcasto5968]

Jesus christ over half the video wasn't about starting a garden. Didn't finish.

[@GrowingUpGarden]

This first episode gives you the back story on how I got into gardening. At 7 min 30 sec in I start breaking ground on the new garden. How long did you watch before you stoped? The video is only 10 min 43 sec long. You can't learn how to start a garden in 1 minute.

[@lyceum4177]

Sunglasses are weaponized, if ya didn't know, and promoting wearing a mask?!? No thank ya!

[@GrowingUpGarden]

What are you taking about? Your comment makes no sense.

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

i will 'like and subscribe' IF I like the video!! why does every youtuber ask us to sub when we havent even seen ten seconds of your videos? request at the END please!! give us a chance to like it!! ONE MORE SUGGESTION: ten minutes in, TEN MINUTES before you even went to topic of video!! rename to something like: " The History of MY Life, MY FAMILIES Life, MY gardens over the years, MY health issues, MY FAMILIES Life Choices, and oh yeah a couple minutes of how i started yet another garden. " good lord. no subscription or like from me. sorry

[@pg618]

Up to 7 minutes just talking about himself and his family. Then his methods are outdated.