What is Vegan Organic / Veganic Gardening & Does It Work?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Highlights 0:13 Introduction 0:32 What is vegan organic gardening? 2:09 Does vegan organic gardening work? 2:50 How does my approach differ from vegan organic gardening? 3:23 How my perspective differs on manure and animal remains 4:09 Three products marketed to vegans that I would avoid 4:24 Rock Phosphate 5:00 Kelp Products 5:24 Greensand Oscar Cameos! 😸😸 0:08 0:32 2:50 5:08 5:23 6:01 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

[@aurasoular6804]

Thank you this. It’s greatly appreciated :)

[@tribalwind]

I'm vegan and have been gardening veganically most my life before I was myself. I encourage birds and bats to deposit manure by providing food, habitat and homes for them, it's only livestock manures I avoid,and obviously body parts. I do also keep worms in an outdoor worm bin, but they can escape if they ever found it unpleasant, it's very large at 6x2x4h (36cft) and is a continuous flow through system so worms are never disturbed,screened or otherwise manhandled. I'm also experimenting now with bioslurry effluent from an anaerobic biodigester combined with biochar as habitat for beneficial microbes. Its a perfect organic liquid fertilizer that retains all the npk and trace minerals . I feed my biodigester with veggie scraps from my kitchen and waste from local juice bars. The flammable biogas is an added bonus.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Great approach!

[@FITTEK--PerformanceTrainer]

Hi there, I've built a raised garden bed. Looking at growing some veg in the raised bed, organically an vegan friendly. What do you recommend in regards to how and what to fill the raised bed with? I would have to wait 6months to start growing if i make my own compost an wait. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

I also have a vegan friendly worm bin, made of chicken wire attached to wood frames. While escaping could not be easier, they're quite happy to stay so long as I keep them happy. with nice leaf bedding and plenty of food.

[@veggiemikeellis]

I appreciate that someone who doesn't say he's vegan has done a great vid on veganic gardening. You would be surprised how when the V word gets involved people can be biased. This was well done! Thanks!

[@GrownToCook]

Thoughtful and well presented, Patrick - I admire how you're able to fit all he important stuff into a short video without oversimplifying!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Vera!

[@suburbanhomestead]

I have started to change my fertilization of my garden because of your influence.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Siloe! Great to hear from you. I'm glad my videos have helped.

[@jeanwelsh6128]

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[@jeanwelsh6128]

.gentleworld.org/beginners-guide-to-veganic-gardening

[@minnago]

Hi! I've been watching your videos for a while now, maybe a year+ and I am amazed and thankful that you looked into veganic organig farming. I don't see too many people doing that. I'm grateful for your honest opinion and glad that you believe in this practise. I have been a little sceptical on veganic organic, especially because one of our teachers at our horticulture school says that it is impossible to increase or maintain soil fertility without manure. But I have noticed times when even our highly renowned teachers make mistakes, as do we all. If I do go into growing produce, this is how I'd like to farm. But not blindly with only veganism in mind. If veganic organic is viable on a big scale, I believe it'll get the recognition it deserves. And yea, I'm a vegan :) Thanks man, I appreciate all your work :)

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're very welcome! Plant material can supply all essential and beneficial elements in most cases. Nitrogen is usually the biggest challenge, and nitrogen fixing cover crops will take care of that. Check out the "I Am Organic Gardening" channel for a great example of how these methods work on a farm. He's not a vegan, but I'm almost certain he doesn't use manure or other animal inputs: kzbin.info

[@jasonroos5781]

Patrick, do you have any idea how awesome your audience is? Blown away once again by how great of a job you do sticking to facts without casting judgement or aspersions on any side. Also read through this entire thread expecting to find angry trolls and was equally impressed. I've not found .. well... any ... other channel with such civility.

[@tribalwind]

Jason Roos noticed that too.. grown so use to trolls trolling anything mentioning veganism, this was a great discourse

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Jason! OYR subscribers are the nicest group of people on KZbin in my experience.

[@thekatinvestor]

i am a vegan and i love your channel, u helped me alot and never a dull moment watching you and so imformative, i do include cow manure because i live in the bahamas where i harvest mines from a friend who has a cows that walks around all day eating wild grass and is not slaughter for meat or dairy and i use worm casting in my garden and milipedes. i love gardening and thanks to ur channel i am now using leafs that naturally fall to the grow!!! my garden is thriving very beautiful and healthy thank you!!! much love from the bahamas !!! kat

[@OneYardRevolution]

That's very nice of you to say, Kat! I'm glad my videos have helped. I would use your friends cow manure too.

[@absolute757]

What does he do with the cows if he doesnt milk them or eat them?....surely they are raised for profit

[@trish3580]

You are so lucky to have happy cow nearby! As I vegan I would be happy to use such manure...but none in our area.

[@johnwakamatsu3391]

I like your recommendations about different products that are advertised to vegan gardeners. I also recommend testing your soil before adding anything to the soil.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, John!

[@TheKrsrocks]

Very very impressed! I am vegan and I'm very happy with your deep consideration for our ethics and how to avoid the use and exploitation of animals. This was a great video and will with share with all my friends. :)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for sharing it.

[@Scarlettfever1223]

Although I’m not technically vegan (I have backyard ducks and I eat their eggs), I try to stay away from animal products as much as possible for environmental reasons. But I had no idea vegan gardening was a thing! I never fail to learn something new on this channel!! Thanks, Patrick!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Taylor! It sounds like we have a similar diet.

[@jeanmuehlfelt7942]

I also use ashes from our woodstove, as the soil tests recommended lime. This was our first year on sand, and the veggies outdid themselves due to the leaves, grass, coffee grounds, and small amount of local horse manure. Always enjoy all the work you put into your vids. Thanks. :-)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Congratulations on your successful garden, Jean!

[@Teofane]

Very interesting video. I've started using Buckwheat as a cover crop. The bonus is that it is a very attractive plant to look at, and sometimes attracts pollinators. (Oscar is a serious scene-stealer!)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Oscar never fails to upstage me. 😸

[@rebeccadominguiano3626]

I really enjoy your videos and was thrilled to find this one! I have been vegan for 2 years and am an avid gardener. I have recently been searching for ways to garden with the same vegan principles. Thank you!

[@HelenRullesteg]

I do use horse manure I pick up in the forest but otherwise use no animal-based products. That it definitely works is proven by Iain Tolhurst, an English vegetable farmer, who has been farming organically for 40 years, the last 10 with no animal input whatsoever. I'm not opposed to using animal-based products, my main reservation is I don't want to buy products where I have no idea how the animals where treated. Great having the "producer" taking an active part again ;-

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Helle! It sounds like we have a similar perspective on this. I have no objection to adding manure and remains to the soil as long as I'm not contributing to the suffering of animals.

[@everettmcdonald2088]

Wow! I've been gardening for 45. Years...never heard about veganic gardening. Thanks for teaching me something new.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Everett!

[@bpzuckerman]

Thank you so much for the video! As a long time vegan I appreciate that you took the time to give us so much helpful information that I had not heard of before watching your video. Before watching your video I watched a couple more from veganic gardeners and saw that "Soft Rock Phosphate" and "Kelp Meal" was recommended. Well needless to say I removed those two from my list of things to buy. Thanks again for the great info!!!!

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

I practice Vegan Organic gardening, I have a similar approach to Mark from I AM ORGANIC GARDENING. The exception is that I use waste material from pets to save it from going to landfill, I also use organic methods to control insect pests, such as Bacillus thuringiensis.

[@OneYardRevolution]

That's great, Laura! My approach is very similar to Mark's as well, except he may not make any compost.

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

Hes got a big ol farm. It would be tricky to make hot compost for a farm his size (that would be a full time job in itself). Also he's proved within the context of his farm that its not necessary. In saying that, I make hot compost because its good a good solution for waste management.

[@sandytracey6812]

Thank you so much for the extremely helpful video! I've been a vegan for more than 10 years now and just started to get into vegetable gardening recently. Your thoughts on not using those garden products aimed for vegans but harmful for the environment helped me so much and I'll never use them again. I'm not only vegan for the animals but for the environment as well. Thanks again!!

[@cristiewanchap2645]

I'm just started getting into vegan gardening, thanks for the tips.

[@ingerhaugland6763]

Interesting! And great that you warn about those non eco- and vegan friendly products, but still present vegan organic gardening as a worthwhile gardening option. :) I eat a vegan diet, and my gardening practices are very similar to yours, inspired by you of course. I do use some horse manure that I get for free from my aunt's horses.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Inger! I would use the horse manure too. Yeah, I was surprised to see some of the products that are being marketed as "animal friendly".

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

shout outs to all the vegans out there legends!!!1

[@GraeMatterz]

Great video. As someone who is transitioning to veganism I've been concerned with some of the "wisedom" floating out there that is counterintuitive. The way I see it, there is no difference between exploiting animals and exploiting the environment they rely on.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Yeah, I was frankly surprised to see some of the products being marketed to vegans as animal friendly.

[@mikemichaels4500]

Vegan reasoning has a lot of holes in it.

[@grapehead1850]

such as?

[@mikemichaels4500]

Such as the examples that were given in the video. Vegan is not always the best choice for the environment or reducing cruelty to animals.

[@GraeMatterz]

With any philosophy there are zealots but the "reasoning" is sound.

[@jillhumphrys8073]

I think your "producer" wants to be more involved with your voice over production. Either that or he thinks you're just naturally talking to him! Never a dull minute in your vids Patrick! I'm not vegan by any means, but with the kids grown, I don't cook meals like I did. So I rarely cook meat. But I eat eggs and raw milk from my farm. I try to grow my produce as organically as i can using no chemicals if at all possible. I love those ladybugs, mantids and hover flies though! I suppose using Angus compost is a strike against me, but it's what I have and it's free. I have been compiling a list of garden changes and what I need to do to make them happen. So as soon as Christmas is over, it will be time to start. I honestly thought I had expanded as much as I could, but it's funny how opportunities present themselves. Excited!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Yeah, my producer gave me a lot of direction in this one. 😸Best wishes with your garden updates!

[@jasonroos5781]

"Producer" hah. That's fantastic!

[@Ecomarcus26]

Very good video, had all the information I was looking for as a starting point to making my gardening practices vegan too. Thank you for the work you put into this. Liked and subscribed. Mark, Scotland 19/04/2020

[@sandytracey6812]

One more thing, I loved your cat in the video as well! He's beautiful and sweet!

[@allotmental.]

Great video. I'm happy with the way I garden, wood chips and leaves, that's it for me!

[@OneYardRevolution]

They work great for me too!

[@MrRs4444]

I am a new gardener and a vegan. I don’t use any rock or ocean products for the reasons you mentioned but I was still deciding on free animal manure. You helped me make up my mind. Thank you!

[@Quarius]

I only use green as nature works and lava powder. Nettle manure, organic liquid plant fertilizer, green manure, compost that I make myself, peanut peel powder, banana peel powder, leaf compost. I do not use poison. In 2023 I had a lot of snails in the garden that I caught and released into nature. For the birds and hedgehogs and such. In spring we also had a lot of rain but no problems with snails strangely enough.

[@MikeM-uy6qp]

This is super helpful. Thanks for the warnings about environmental harm. I was going to make kelp a big part of the mix.

[@zoeslovely7096]

I could not love you more, after this video! Bravo!

[@pamjones6465]

Excellent content very informative information. Love Oscar insistence of air time.:)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Pam! Oscar loves hanging out in the hoop house when it's cold outside. You'll be seeing a lot more of him this winter. 😸

[@Mrsnufleupagus]

Excellent video and the points you made are very accurate. Thanks for bringing it up:))

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@Margar02]

A little dirt never hurt love your screen name!

[@Mrsnufleupagus]

Thank you kindly, I am blushing:))

[@markcaselius5993]

Well done. Vegan/Organic can seem a bit overwhelming to new gardeners but, given time they will learn to embrace it. That and watching your videos of course. Enjoy your Holidays and THINK SPRING!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Mark!

[@abcde12345edcba]

We are vegan natural growers. It's been a challenge but outside of the scraps and waste we produce, and local leaves, wood chips and some used coffee grounds we have no inputs. We use no pesticides, herbicides, animal products, grow trusted heirlooms, and use different forms of covers and plain water for protection. In the end I think it's easier once you get the hang of it. A lot less work!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Great way to grow, Jennifer!

[@helen2061]

Miss your garden videos!

[@jeanellegrima6178]

a beautiful video.thanks for sharing your wisdom and research with us:)

[@grantdm]

Where I live it is too costly to test the soil, so I simply add a reasonable amount of diverse, free, local, and sustainable organic matter.

[@OneYardRevolution]

That's a great approach! The biggest benefit of soil tests, in my opinion, is that most people over-fertilize and soil tests tell people what fertilizers they don't have to use. They're not as necessary in a situation like yours when you're using minimal inputs and are getting good results.

[@MiuMiuG]

Another excellent video with great information. I especially love the bit on vegan marketed fertilisers which is totally new information to think about. Aad Oscar's daring high jump stunt - whoa!. Food for thought today.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@ericsgreenthumbgardening4889]

Im glad to see you made a video on this. Thanks man. Btw your tip about comfrey has come in handy, it is wonderful as a nitrogen fixer. Can u tell me what other cover crops you use. And exactly how to get my hands om them lol.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Eric! This is the cover crop I use. It's a cool weather cover crop that I plant in August. It dies back in the winter. www.groworganic.com/soil-builder-mix-raw-lb.html They have other mixes too.

[@af2313]

Thanks Patrick, I’ve always been skeptical of the kelp fad, but haven’t researched it myself.

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Amanda! Yeah, it's amazing that kelp fertilizers are often portrayed as animal and earth friendly.

[@littlecougarkitty3063]

Great video, Patrick. At first, not being a vegan, I didn't think this video would have anything to offer me. But... I am very concerned and active with animal welfare. So the information you gave about kelp and greensand (both of which I use ) was an eye-opener. Because of the harm to aquatic life, I won't be using these products anymore. The timing on this is perfect as my compost and chop n drop is taking off gloriously. Thank you.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! I'm glad the video was helpful.

[@thatisyoga]

Well thought out and considerate instructional video.

[@teagoldleaf4137]

Thorough and thoughtful, thank you 🍃🌺🍃

[@trish3580]

This video was excellent - thank you so much! I wish I had seen this a few weeks ago before I bought my first bag of greensand...had I known where it came from I never would have purchased it! No search turned up the source - and the supplier did not tell me...and he KNEW I was a vegan and we talked at length. SO sadly I will need to use it up and never buy it again. I tend to garden much like you do...and although I don't have a worm composter (concerned I won't have enough to feed them) I have a compost pile and there are gizzillions in there.

[@EdwardVanWinkle]

Great video. Very helpful, like all your videos, but also directed towards a technique I'm very interested in. Thanks for the tips!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Edward! I'm glad this was a topic of interest for you.

[@stephentomes2634]

Good video, I'm virtually a vegan and only use green compost and home compost and have lots of harvest this year. Slightly broken down Woodchips are also good if you are in a drier climate (not mine) (less slugs and snails)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Stephen!

[@dustman96]

Another great video. I appreciate your down to earth approach. I think it is important to note that many products that come with "green" or "humane" labels are neither. It is more often than not a marketing gimmick to increase profits, preying on your good nature. Nature needs none of these products to make thriving ecosystems.The key is to do our best to reproduce these systems as is sensible in your climate and maybe speed it up a bit. I'm sure that Oscar would agree that all living things have their own innate value and deserve respect. And to say more... I believe we owe the natural world and all living things in it a great debt of gratitude for providing us all we need to survive, a fact of life often overlooked in our plundering of the nature. From a selfish perspective, if we destroy nature we destroy ourselves...

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks! Yeah, I was surprised to see some of the products that are marketed to vegan gardeners.

[@debbiedoud1723]

Do you grow brussel sprouts? If so are there any videos talking about them? I grew brussel sprouts in my Michigan zone 5b garden for the first time this past season. The harvest was very small.

[@OneYardRevolution]

I tried to grow Brussels Sprouts this years but it didn't work out. Bacterial soft rot is a recurring problem for our brassicas and it took out our Brussels Sprouts this fall. They need about 100 days to grow to maturity. Did you start them early enough?

[@Idontwantachannel67]

Agreed. You don’t need to buy anything or use animal waste product to have a great garden. But I do use seaweed that I pick up off of the beach whenever we go. We rinse it off but slugs still hate it, and makes great mulch.

[@OneYardRevolution]

I would gather seaweed from the beach too. Great free local resource.

[@coltons9522]

Totally awesome Video! 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱

[@OneYardRevolution]

I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for suggesting the topic.

[@michellemcguire6249]

You and Oscar are the best!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Michelle!

[@aarons1972]

Great video with lots of great information! Your garden looks amazing. Regarding animal waste as fertiliser, I've also read that veganic gardening avoids such because of the potential of disease contamination. Would love to know your thoughts on that! Thanks again for a great video.

[@organicseeds]

Oh thanks! very useful video!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@dustinmartinsen2932]

Thank you, this is really great information.

[@ceeemm1901]

Check out Iain Tolhurst's Farm in the UK. He works in conjunction with The Vegan Organic Network (VON). Great video Patrick, Cheers

[@mandiprocknowful]

Fantastic!!! That was such great info, and gives me lots to think about now :) Thanks so much!!!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Mandi!

[@wokest118]

Thanks, won’t buy rock phosphate anymore, thought I was safe with that one, and kelp. More savings for us all!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Great!

[@wokest118]

OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening what do you think of alfalfa pellets? That’s what I’m using, my plants are taking off!

[@gratituderanch9406]

I also consider whether the “pest” is something native or not, and how it interacts with the native populations for example gray squirrels versus red squirrels. I do my part to hinder the gray squirrels so that the native red squirrels can thrive on our property. And they do!

[@OneYardRevolution]

That makes sense.

[@jasonroos5781]

Im deeply curious how you pull that off. How does your solution distinguish grey from red?

[@gratituderanch9406]

Jason Roos do you mean that you can’t tell the difference between a gray squirrel in a red squirrel? I’m not sure I understand your reply. Gray squirrels are large and very aggressive, and they look decidedly gray. Red squirrels have brownish red hair and are much smaller, so they’re easily dominated by the gray. If your question or response was as to how we accomplish this, we use life traps. We don’t even need to use bait, we just place it underneath our birdfeeder. You can relocate the gray squirrels or a lot of counties have a place where you can take them. We just released the brown/red squirrels if they get trapped.

[@jasonroos5781]

Gratitude Ranch Good point. I didn't do very well explaining myself. I meant what measures do you implement to help the red squirrels thrive. And how does that method differentiate a grey squirrel from a red. Based on your response to my question, it sound's as if it's not a passive solution, and I assume based on the context that you're not shooting/killing the grey squirrels, so it left me honestly wondering how you do it? Humane traps and relocation?

[@jasonroos5781]

Ah sry ... 2nd half of your post was oddly not showing up and now it is ... so yes, trap and relocate. Thanks!

[@doylezechman2899]

Hi Patrick, I see Oscar is hamming it up towards the end. After your initial soil testing, have you ever felt the need to retest? Thanks in advance.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Oscar loves hanging out in the hoop house on cold days. Yes, I'll test the soil every few years to make sure I'm on track.

[@jeffsullivan3362]

I never knew the meaning of vegan. I thought it was just an extreme vegetarian. To each his own I guess. Another well presented video.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Jeff!

[@jaredmallard9986]

Liked, Added to Playlist, and Subscribed!

[@valeriehowden471]

Interesting topic for sure. And think of what would happen to our gardens without honey bees?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Valerie!

[@GIOVANNI-vf5ox]

Another job well done Patrick, I very much appreciate and have benefited from your educational video's. Still waiting for the day we see "I love Oscar t-shirts" lmao lol All the best Patrick, and thank you for everything. A Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Giovanni! Merry Christmas!

[@TheWholesomeGardener]

A great, informative video! Thank you!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@Jacq892]

Thank you for this enlightenment. I'm a new gardener and my approach is organic. I have some of those products like fish emulsion, I will not repurchase, but I'll use it up. Also I purchases one made from "scraps" says it's organic, but now I'm not sure what that means. Also how did you get your eggs so fine? Is there a video? I have yellowing on my eggplant leaves, I checked water, used 555, and fish emulsion. No visible pests. Any ideas?

[@OneYardRevolution]

You're welcome, Jacqueline! We grind our eggshells with a vitamix blender, but any blender will do. They don't have to be that fine. Given the fertilizers you're using, a lack of nutrients probably isn't the issue with your eggplant. For now, I'd take a wait and see approach to see if the plant improves.

[@Jacq892]

OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening thanks!

[@ConscientiousOmnivore]

Fantastic video, thanks for posting. I'm a vegan and am in the beginning stages of creating our own garden/food forest. I think you raised great points and summarized things really well. I would only add that humanure could also be used as fertilizer as it poses no harm to animals :-)

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@tribalwind]

Wait, your handle is conscientious omnivore and you're vegan?

[@ConscientiousOmnivore]

Hi tribalwind, yes, that is correct. I want to engage with as many people as possible on my channel and I don't want the word vegan to scare anyone off before they've had a chance to hear me out :-) I have videos on my garden progression, growing & foraging food, healthy meal preparation and preservation (like canning), health topics, as well as discussions on ethics. Check it out if you're interested, everyone is welcome.

[@madeofyucca]

+Conscientious Omnivore That sounds really sleazy :(

[@tribalwind]

Conscientious Omnivore aha ok thanks I'll check it out.

[@SkiesOfBlue4MeAndYou]

Wonderful vid thank you! Really glad you brought up this topic! Happy to not have the hassle of finding sea weed anymore either :) There are very good documentaries on youtube, Cowspiracy, What The Health, Forks Over Knives, Earthlings among others, regarding the health benefits of going vegan and about animal agriculture being the leading cause of global warming and species extinction. Also people may not be aware that male chicks, no good for exploitation, are ground up alive :( Best regards Julie

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Julie!

[@valeriehowden471]

Interesting topic. Think of where our gardens would be without honey bees? Hi Oscar.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Valerie!

[@valeriehowden471]

OYR Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening l liked the video so much I commented twice.

[@ajithpemira8936]

Very Good Points.. Thank you very much

[@veronicabe7902]

I didn't know about green sand or seaweed would harm the sea. could y help me raise some worms indoors using a tote and some holes on the lid, my understanding, correct me if I'm wrong. is it sufficient in keeping red wigglers w kitchen foods regularly in the garage, it may be too cold, bec it's above freezing, better than outside, but not 50's. I don't know but the ground is frozen and if wet is slippery, and down hill, or uphill, and dangerous if fall, I have done it. help.

[@OneYardRevolution]

The worms should survive in the garage as long as it doesn't get cold enough to freeze the contents of the bin. They won't be as productive as they would be at warmer temperatures, but they should survive. I'd put it in the warmest spot and insulate it in some way.

[@alwayslearning7672]

Brilliant video!

[@alicefull]

Super interesting! Thank you!

[@rebeccajosteelman563]

Both non-animal and animal source are beneficial, and contribute to soil health.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

I avoid store bought soil amendments because that consumer pathway usually has a for-profit-above-all-else producer at the other end. I use kelp that I gather from what washes up on the beach after a storm. The other thing I use is a variety of green manures (nitrogen fixers, mineral miners, etc). the clippings go in the compost and as an organic mulch. With those, nutrient deficiency shouldn't be a problem. Have a question though. What do you think about BT organic pesticide? I don't use any pesticide. The BT is a naturally occurring bacteria. But it does not occur at the concentration that would be used as a pesticide.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Great approach, Jotham! Though I've never used Bt, my understanding is that it's a safe and effective organic control. I would use it if I had a serious cabbage worm infestation. What we do is encourage wasps to build nests in our garden. They eat countless cabbage worms in our garden.

[@grapehead1850]

To the people poo pooing "vegan", there is a differance between symbiosis and subjugation. Perhaps guiding domestic animals to accelerate the soil health with rotational grazing and using manures is all well and good, but to betray them by sending them to slaughter for profit is a disgraceful action.

[@sylviabradley7355]

Very interesting.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Sylvia!

[@growingstuffs]

How do you use ground the egg shell in your garden?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Simon! This video shows how I use them. You don't necessarily have to grind them so finely. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bp2ahJZ_nZZjbdE

[@growingstuffs]

Thanks! We use them in the same way, except we don't add them to the hot compost any more as I once read that increasing the pH of a pile can promote the loss of nitrogen as gaseous ammonia. They get mixed in when everything's cooled down instead.

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Simon. They shouldn't have any impact on pH unless you have a very large supply of eggshells.

[@jackiehorsley9263]

Enjoyed your video

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Jackie!

[@jewelarentz8849]

So what to use

[@FOR8YESHUA]

Das Bueno Good. Gratsy!

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks!

[@richardsydenham4105]

And I wouldn't use strew in my garden because of the residue from roundup

[@douglasanderson7301]

As always Patrick THANKS for the video! You have a great logical presentation style beginning with getting everyone on a similar page as to how you are defining the term(s). I found it is oddly easy to make gardening harder and more expensive that it needs to be. Your videos and a few others help remind me to ask do I need to buy that or do this. I noticed your giving Oscar his own billing, did he get an agent!?

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Douglas! I'm glad my videos have helped. Oscar has definitely earned his billing. I think I can thank him for about half of my subscribers.

[@oddijohnston8394]

Before you say finally I would like to raise some concerns. You helped to not pollute by being given bio-degradable fish bones from the restaurant. Orr did I miss something

[@gawain8000]

Cheers for the vid

[@constancelovejoy7308]

What vegan gardeners are there on KZbin? I’ve seen vegans who garden on KZbin but none of them say they are veganic gardeners 😊

[@OneYardRevolution]

Hi Constance! I'm pretty sure that John Kohler has described himself as a veganic gardener.

[@sharadajoshi8920]

Great video, Patrick. Thanks for vegan like ITS POSSIBLE WE CAN SAY IT LOUD

[@OneYardRevolution]

Thanks, Sharada!

[@elysejoseph]

Vegan gardening??? Oh my!!! I had no idea it existed, I must be living under a rock lol

[@OneYardRevolution]

Yeah, it turns out that my approach is very close to it.

[@atripa645]

Without the industrial revolution and later Detroit Americans wouldn't enjoy the luxury of a home of their own much less a home garden or time to enjoy in it. Let's be real.

[@totodile493]

Uhh, you gotta show this stuff to like Whole Foods, Sprouts, Ralph's, Kellogg's, and the U.N.. Lol.

[@Bentonendflowerfarm]

There is a gap in vegan farming, we are pro-veg farmers and are vegan, however, many say that even using egg shells or rescue animals poop etc will not be vegan. Now, this is where it gets ridiculous to say we cannot call ourselves vegan farmers, we have two much loved and both rescued retired horses and are getting some rescue ducks soon, we use our own organic horse poop and will also use the poop from the ducks, BOTH of which (poops) have to be disposed of 100%, now normally they would leave the farm, however, we feel that it makes no sense to contribute to road miles, pollution etc when we can use the surplus poop to nourish our soil, add fertility and create the most amazing compost, it makes sense, none of the animals are used or required to poop for us lol but, as nature has it, they do! , this is just a necessary bi-product for their own welfare. We, therefore, feel there is a gap in the vegan farming movement, for rescue animals onsite, it's such a shame we can't join the veganic farming association, but hey, I guess nothing will ever be perfect. Oh and we use all plant-based nutrients too on our fields. Not ranting lol just expressing frustration, and wish there was some type of certified rescue in between for those farms that are vegan and protect the animals yet use the surplus waste.

[@OneYardRevolution]

I agree. It doesn't make any sense to me to not return animal manure and eggshells to the soil.

[@rubenhernandez8623]

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[@estriestrazi]

I feel that Oscar is exploiting his human for likes to his videos.

[@OneYardRevolution]

I'm just happy that Oscar let's me appear in his videos! 😸

[@VeganChiefWarrior]

aka germ freak gardening ;p im as vegan as they get so i compost my own waste and sometimes use my urine as fertiliser, i use neem spray as a deterant.. im just a human, its human gardening lol

[@gardenerofthegalaxy]

Patrick, thank you for pointing out that Kelp isn't good for animals and sea life just because it's a plant. Vegans say that kind of stuff all the time and are super hypocritical in a lot of the things they support. Like in supporting soy over meat. They'll give lots of cherry picked numbers and stats about water and fossil fuel usage, completely ignoring the fact that both are equally terrible for the environment. Way more farmland has been damaged almost beyond repair because of all the soy being grown. And many of the forests have been cut down to make room for soy growing. An soy isn't even something humans should be eating in the first place. Yes factory farming is indeed terrible. But fake meat isn't the way to go. Less meat+more healthy fats+supporting local sustainable farmers is really the best way to combat factory farming

[@joe4324]

You do realize almost all that soy is being fed to animals right? We could feed the entire world+ with just the farmland in the USA but instead we feed animals.

[@gardenerofthegalaxy]

SunRa the corn is being used for the animals, not the soy. And I everyone jut supported sustainable farmers who raise animals in a way that actually helps the environment and sequesters carbon, that actually helps contribute to the solution a lot more than switching from meat to soy

[@tribalwind]

Lucas Pompey this is incorrect. Around 70 percent of the world's soy is fed directly to livestock and only six percent of soy is turned into human food, which is mostly consumed in Asia. The rest of soy is turned into soybean oil

[@gardenerofthegalaxy]

tribalwind source?

[@tribalwind]

Lucas Pompey the webz. bfy.tw/FT1t

[@priyaagarwal2920]

It was amusing to see you squinting at the phone. Kind of like a behind-the-scenes shot of what really goes on. Most of the time, I think we kind of forget your age, and that you have human foibles too. :)

[@nickduggan3084]

Bleeding hearts of the world unite!

[@AlbuquerqueBandit]

I'm not interested in using animal products. I'm interested in veganic gardening. This wasn't helpful because it discussed freegan gardening (dumpster diving for animal products to use in gardening)

[@AlHaqimBarrett]

Im not much of a fan of the vegan mind set as I see all animals as one of two things, work animals or food. Even in my language pet is just another word for food. Tho I do agree with not using chems or none renewable resources to benefit my garden. We do very well here with the tips you have posted in your many videos. Thank you again for another good video, look forward to many many more. Be well and happy gardening.

[@grapehead1850]

Eating animals has always been a fallback food, plants are first choice. Are you aware that the definition of veganism includes this "promote the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of humans, animals and the environment."

[@jasonroos5781]

Anthonie Barrett I tease my teenage kids by referring to their cats as "emergency rations" when the power goes out. It's absurd and we all love our cats very much (so pls no-one get offended), but your comment about work/food made me think of that. I do have a certain respect for vegans but I'm not there yet. I also love to antagonize my children. ;)

[@AlHaqimBarrett]

and my statement is still valid.

[@AlHaqimBarrett]

Hack put the children to work to. LOL!. But yes, our cats are working cats. hunting mice and rats from the garden and the wife's toy yorkie is a bug killer. Tho I dont let it hunt in my garden, but it is free hunt in the home, as my wife and daughter are freaked out by bugs and spiders LOL!

[@grapehead1850]

I say that to family as well on a wind up. It's playing! :) Vegans dont want respect, other animals do.

[@saratatasval5726]

you look british

[@daveykonijnenberg951]

Your harming the Worms that iant vegan