I just love you two! I watch a lot of flower farming channels and yours is one of my very favorites. I love your humble and honest personalities; and youre really funny too! Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. May God bless you and your families abundantly ❤🙏🏻
@cherylstuckey4358 Жыл бұрын
We tilled- BUT that didn’t do away with the violets and nut grass and some other stubborn weeds. I too put down landscape fabric for paths- I too am dreading having to move them. 🤪. Looking forward to Heaven when gardening won’t be so hard And we will have endless energy 😁
@EvelynM-vlogs Жыл бұрын
My mom had a backyard food garden in the middle of the city (Vancouver, BC) and every spring my parents would go visit friends out in "Farmland" and it would be us kids job to go and collect cow patties for the garden. My mom would share them with the neighbourhood and the neighbourhood would smell like cow manure for at least one week - in the heart of the city! That's my childhood garden memory.
@MrsGloverk Жыл бұрын
I enjoy listening to you two so much and I learn each time I watch a video!
@apriloestman8304 Жыл бұрын
I SO appreciate your videos. We live in the middle of a pasture and trying to create new beds where grasses and perennial weeds have been growing for centuries is quite a challenge. Initial tilling sure helps even though we have very sandy soil.
@irynalange812411 ай бұрын
Thank you very much that said about till and no till garden. I absolutely agree with you! On hard clay soil "no till " garden can work only on raised beds! Even on good black soil much better to do "till soil " garden. We did a very good soil, but after lots of rains in our area we couldn't plant in that compact soil, it was so difficult. That's why we are doing tilling soil and it is working perfect!
@catherinelogan6299 Жыл бұрын
I was so happy to see that there was a new video from you. I made a cup of tea and sat down to enjoy a calm, uplifting talk. I wasnt disappointed. You made tilling an interesting topic. I can appreciate having an issue with sandy soil. I live on Cape Cod in Massachusetts where the earth is trying to turn everything into a beach. Even after years of adding compost , I dig down six inches and could build a sandcastle.
@rootdesigncompany Жыл бұрын
Whoa, that is pretty sandy! I guess it’s the top 6” that count though? 😅👍🏻 thanks for watching!
@DaPieSte Жыл бұрын
I do not know how I missed that you two are sisters!
@kristaharrington5339 ай бұрын
I am also on clay; and definitely need the initial till. Thank you for sharing this!
@mariawhite1328 Жыл бұрын
I agree every Gardner needs to garden the way they want to or needs to. I don’t like any gardening method when we are either told this is the only way or you can’t do things your way. As long as we love our gardens and care for them, it’s the right way❤ btw both your gardens are beautiful 🤩
@riverunner9978 Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s a a great dilemma! I have gravel and rocks, tilling is not possible on this land I used plastic to kill the grass first. I made 4 rows 50 feet long And 4 feet wide. I removed the sod with every garden tool I had.the Japanese hori garden knife worked best to work rocks out. Once rocks And sod was out I added in Peatmoss and compost. It took alot because of having to remove so much rock. It’s done completly now . I’ve replanted for this year and it was so easy . Bio char was added last fall. Happy flower growing this year! Love your videos.🐝☀️🌸
@rootdesigncompany Жыл бұрын
Great to hear your story! That sounds like a lot of work but we’ve never regretted the labor investments in our garden either.
@riverunner9978 Жыл бұрын
@@rootdesigncompany …my name is Hope, I flower farm with my granddaughter . I’m 72 and enjoy teaching her diverse skills. You ladies are such a joy ! Keep up the beautiful blooms!
@janetjackson6677 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos
@kathrynmettelka7216 Жыл бұрын
Ideology yields to reality. Here in my garden in SC, my gardener removed the sod (Bermuda grass), and then we put down cardboard and compost. We have clay soil which does have nutrients, but the soil is too heavy for new plants or seeds. We all have to make adjustments like it or not. I have to moderate how I garden because I’m 76 with severe arthritis in my hands.
@LifeofLaci Жыл бұрын
Oh wow. I can just see y’all as younguns in y’all’s parents garden. Such a wonderful memory shared. ❤ love from TN
@cathymccall9199 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I feel liberated listening to your stories as I have had to pivot and choose different preps. as well. I think the plants and flowers sat back and giggled at my frustration until I finally spoke up to my perfectionist self. Then, I believe, I almost heard a sigh of relief somewhere in the rows along with a whispered "finally" when I really got down to earth and listened.
@rootdesigncompany Жыл бұрын
You said it well! Do what makes the plants happy. 😁👍🏻
@happypappy Жыл бұрын
Thank you! That was so helpful! Thank you for sharing your lessons learned and the freedom to do what works for us-and for the laughter!
@AlexAlex-gj4jd Жыл бұрын
I think part of the magic of your vlogs is the sharing of your experiences, new and old. Split screen was fantastic and I didn't notice a lag. As a person who is not part of your religion, I'm curious about your new lives from I think you two called yourselves "spinsters" one time early on to being married and your new lives and relationships, food traditions and other things! Thanks for continuing to vlog! 🌻
@tjohnson1100 Жыл бұрын
I enjoy the both of you. ❤
@emptynestgardens9057 Жыл бұрын
So true about trial and error and just doing what works for your soil type. I have very high pH sandy soil. I was set on no till when I first started 4yrs ago. Now my method is a good deep till of the section I want to open up in the early Autumn. Layer with grass clippings, then cover with a heavy black tarp that I pin down with landscape staples. I leave it like that for about 10 months when I'll start to build up the beds with cardboard & compost and fill in the paths with cardboard and woodchips. It feels good to have a system and rhythm in place and not too much weeding. When we do that initial till there is next to no bug or worm life but by the end of the year so many worms feels like such an accomplishment.😊
@silencedflower8441 Жыл бұрын
I’ve never seen anyone, until now, that had laid down landscaping fabric and then laid cardboard and mulch to plant in, over top of that. But I have seen plenty that cut the grass, lay cardboard, a couple inch layer of compost, then use newspapers to layer over the compost, around the plants, soak it all down then mulch. If you see weeds pop up over time, pull them and replace the newspapers under your mulch.
@sheelaghomalley5459 Жыл бұрын
I totally agree. I was dogmatic my first year and realised I was making life impossible for myself. Started a,new 1 acre area this year and have tilled with a view to no or low till next year. Watching from Ireland 🇮🇪
@brendakuhns5277 Жыл бұрын
Very helpful and what I needed to hear. I've been wanting to do all no-till but am sharing the garden with my parents who are have always tilled. We do use leaf mulch though so it is just that first initial till of the year than we mulch.
@calmthefarmYT Жыл бұрын
I have cement like clay, tilling or raised beds are the only option. I did a soil test and the soil is fantastic, you just can’t get into it without tilling. I have found that when I went to flip the beds this autumn (Australian here) the soil was so much nicer to work with, and there were worms, I add mushroom compost and gypsum and then till.
@sooocheesy Жыл бұрын
Look up meadow creature broad forks. I've been using it for years and it will break up the soil down to 16-18" deep. Way less work than a shovel and gets deeper than a hand tiller
@annecanty1227 Жыл бұрын
Great video.Exactly right let everyone do what’s best for them.I’ve done no till for40 years.I didn’t know it was no till back then but ai just didn’t have time to till.
@michellemarie3214 Жыл бұрын
Always fun watching your videos. I am starting a new garden 🌱 Rhis was full of so much good advice & new things for me to think about going foward. Thank you ❤
@m.elizabethchupp9529 Жыл бұрын
So interesting! I think it’s so wise to be willing to change course if something isn’t working. My mom always says “a mind that can’t change isn’t worth much” 😆 When I started my garden I had never heard of no-dig gardening, so it was initially tilled for a few years until I discovered Charles Dowding’s method and switched to that.
@larkspurrose3136 Жыл бұрын
I am experimenting with no till this year on one bed. I'm also deep mulching in my big garden. But I used hay, because thats what I could get..so we shall see
@TheVintageGardenerNJ Жыл бұрын
To create a new garden, I solarized the lawn with plastic. I used black plastic. But I’ve been told that the clear plastic works even better. You may have to leave it on for a season but I believe it will sterilize any pathogens and weed seeds.
@klk12399 Жыл бұрын
Excellent advice!
@johannahise307625 күн бұрын
Do you put landscape fabric down and compost on top? Will the landscape fabric keeps the flower roots from growing strong? Do you just put landscape fabric on the paths? Thank you
@Ines-bf6mx Жыл бұрын
I would love to do no-till. But I have so many stones and perennial weeds… I actually have to loosen by hand to prepare a new bed 🙈 Works better than with the tiller with all the stones and stuff to geht out… 🤷♀️ than top with compost. Let‘s see how the little baby plants develope (got to be patient…).
@maybelline888 Жыл бұрын
I initially tried the no till method and it just didn’t work for me, I lost and entire year of hard work trying the cardboard etc. I felt guilty at first for tilling but then realized, no till just didn’t work with my heavy soil.
@Cherryparfait41 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!! So much dogma out there when it comes to gardening these days. likely by some who really don’t have experience with experimenting. I’ve worked and experimenting with sandy, rocky tilth and clay. There should be no guilt. I used to love lifting sod. 😅 I will do no-till when and wherever the ground allows. I love building good soil! Can barely have too many amendments around. You all are completely delightful! I’m ready for some landscape fabric in one of my veg patches…any product recommendations? Thanks. ❤
@rootdesigncompany Жыл бұрын
Agreed! Sounds like you’ve found what works for you. 👍🏻 We linked our favorite row cover (path cover) here: www.rootdesignfloral.com/tools-we-use/
@adaliblthe9653 Жыл бұрын
Okay my area in Ohio is different because if I till my soil it really dries it out but the no-till method keeps it nice. I have been doing mostly no-till from the beginning. I put down manure+leaves, then cardboard(double layer), and then covered the whole thing with bark mulch. I do this in early spring and let it go until the following spring before planting for best results. I believe this is called the lasagna method 🤔 Downside is of course you have to plan way ahead.
@karie3 Жыл бұрын
Im currently looking to buy a tiller. The one you showed in this video is about the size I want. Something i can handle myself and not have to ask the hubby to help. I was looking on amazon for one but there are just so many to choose from. Any suggestions?
@rootdesigncompany Жыл бұрын
If you're buying on Amazon, Mantis tillers have fairly good reviews. The mini tiller I used in the video is a modified Stihl tiller. If you can find a dealership near you, these come with an edging attachment and a few other options.
@lydiabeek114 Жыл бұрын
Its the same thing that Jesse from No-Till growers recommends: starting out with tilling (especially compacted) soil. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ6XlIBsj7SYY9k