Urban Gardening in Central Texas - April 2021 Garden Tour

[@tanyadilworth1268]

I love you fig and peach trees and I like how you are intermixing eatables with ornamentals and wild flowers, i bet the bees love you yard.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Haha I think the bees do love it! Appreciate your affirmation!

[@MrTaakStatus]

Beautiful video

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Thanks for watching!!

[@jlfoodforest]

Hello from San Benito, Texas 😃 you still have a lot of space to plant! Plant vertical along the fence with grapes, muscadines, Malabar spinach, green beans, etc.. ....happy gardening

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Great advice! Thanks for watching!

[@wrenndowney]

Good for you! It’s great that you’re utilizing your green space with edibles instead of plain old subdivision grass and bushes! I live an hour outside Austin and am embarking on my virgin land new garden too. Best of luck to you, fellow gardener!

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Thank you! I think plain old grass and bushes looks great but it’s too boring for my wife and I

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

🇨🇦🇨🇦BIG HELLO HELLO!

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Howdy!!

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

Howdy back to you friend. Here to offer support!

[@shanelogan1579]

Excellent job.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Appreciate you Mr. Logan!

[@CRWottrich]

I love listening to you talk

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Haha I love you!

[@myrasmarter2304]

I love it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Thanks Myra!

[@nancyfegan7299]

We live in DFW area and we had the same thing happen to our olive tree. God Bless

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Nice to know I’m not alone, I think I’ll stick to peach and fig trees

[@birdsin30seconds67]

Judging from the yellow leaves and poor growth , your soil needs nitrogen, I like Milorgante 6-4-0 . Try Kale you will get a longer harvest time. My slugs like cheap Ice house beer in quart bottles with a screw on top.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Great advice! Thank you!

[@garykellogg2758]

Keep it up. nice

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Appreciate you man!

[@judyandfriends123]

Love your urban garden. I'm new to gardening, too. I started because of the pandemic.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Very cool! Just gave you a sub, excited to see how your gardening adventure turns out

[@kimwilliams7051]

Good video 👍

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Thanks Kim!

[@uppanadam74]

I was going to suggest to dig up all that grass in the backyard and plant and create a food forest!! But then I just saw the quality of the soil!! Will take a lot of work and awhile to build up if you choose to do this idea!! Good luck!!

[@AustinTexasGardening]

My game plan is to move to a small town in 2-3 years and buy a couple acres with better soil there!

[@uppanadam74]

@@AustinTexasGardening Don't wait!! I've been watching a lot of off the grid stuff!! And I know a couple who have been trying to find an off the grid property for two years!! Because of the pandemic...ppl are buying up!!

[@AustinTexasGardening]

@@uppanadam74 I'm gonna wait just a few years because I bought at 262k in a rural suburb on the edge of Austin in feb 2020, and over the past year theyve been building urban stuff like this in the corn fields and cattle ranches that recently surrounded me - eastvillageatx.com/ my property value has already gone up about 100k, I figure if I just wait until elon builds the tesla gigafactory, I can sell at 500k or rent for well over my $1700 mortgage payment

[@birdsin30seconds67]

Horse and cow manure should be plentiful in Texas - get some and add to the top of soil. next winter be sure to prune your peach trees

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Will do! We got a steer ranch right across the street!

[@SeededandRooted]

Enjoyed the video I grow it in a small space myself happy growing

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Very cool, I'll check out your content too!

[@SeededandRooted]

@@AustinTexasGardening Thank you so much

[@nuclearscarab]

Have you thought of raising your garden beds and moving them further from your house? That should give you a pretty substantial increase in direct sunlight during the spring time.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

I have! I think im going to build it up with limestome for a half in ground, half raised bed. If you take a look at my first youtube video you can see how much trouble working with my native clay soil can be

[@nuclearscarab]

@@AustinTexasGardening Ya, seems like you might just want to do fully above ground with all new soil. It will cost more but would be easier, and the higher you get it the more sun it will have. Just a thought.

[@adamleyva2358]

howdy from dfw! looking great.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Appreciate you neighbor!

[@tbrac489]

Hi from DFW! Just wondering if you’ve thought some grow bags along your fence line? Maybe more sun loving things along the sides and then things that love more shade along the back?? You could probably make the most of it this way🤷🏾‍♀️ just an idea. Beautiful front yard. Also, consider a hanging basket or grow tower for your strawberries. Maybe sprinkle some DE around the plant...tfs

[@AustinTexasGardening]

That’s a great idea! I wanted to build a platform for terracotta pots along the fence and I think I’ll put some grow bags there too!!

[@thaocanhcut]

One thing I learn in gardening is that brassicas family veggies is difficult to grow.

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Next year I think ill try a full sun raised bed in the front yard, but if that doesnt work out, ill just take the L haha

[@emoryrubyg9631]

Great video! The house I'm moving into has about the same size yard. It's great knowing I'll still be able to have a decent garden out here. Also, how big does the peach tree get?

[@AustinTexasGardening]

One of them is already 10 feet tall, so I’ll be pruning it regularly. Thanks for watching man!

[@Crew4Life]

Where did you purchase your bluebonnets?. BTW, your garden beds are beautiful

[@AustinTexasGardening]

If memory serves I bought a few of these

[@goco4697]

habanero are fruit. Chiles are considered berries

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Interesting, didnt know that, thanks for the info!

[@Ash-xx5zd]

You should do some research on soil temperature and cool weather plants that thrive in cold soil with the ending of a hot sun. Slugs prove that it's not a poor quality soil. I believe cabbage needs its roots to be in consistent 60°F soil (why they're better autumn crop). It's why they're not yellowing or wilting. They're fresh and green cause they're happy for now. Just wait. Edit: just wanted to double check the soil temp for cabbage. Its 50-80...they grow better around 65-70, from what I understand. homeguides.sfgate.com/optimum-temperature-growing-cabbage-67094.html --hope it helps!

[@AustinTexasGardening]

Thats good info, appreciate it Ash! I'm worried because highs for early May are often in the 90s, but the cabbage is still tiny. At this point, im going to leave it until it produces or dies