How we built our dream garden (2 year recap)
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- In the fall of 2022 we moved to our forever property on 10 acres. It had a pond, woods and a beautiful meadow but was missing something important to us: space for a vegetable garden to feed our family of 6. Over the last 2 years we transformed a bare patch of land into a thriving vegetable garden. This video explains how we did it.
Building a garden for your own personal needs it’s key. Thank you for the inspiration.
We’re so glad we could inspire you! Thank you for watching! 😊
Brought me to tears. This should be every persons dream. Great work
Wow, thank you! It sure is ours and I agree, I think the world would be healthier if more people were able to grow their own food!
Your channel came across my feed today for the first time and I really enjoyed the recap. Beautiful property and you have done a great job of preparing your beds and the soil looks very healthy. As most gardeners we are already looking forward to spring to get back outside to watch everything come back to life. Thanks for sharing! (Kentucky)
Thank you very much! Appreciate you taking the time to comment =). I agree, already dreaming of spring but thankful for a brief pause to recharge and plan for next year!
This is my goal to have a garden like this. My family and I live in South Central Ohio too!
Hey fellow Buckeye! We love our garden, it's totally worth the investment! Best of luck growing yours =)
Wonderful work and dedication to care for the land enjoy the harvest of your garden, your family is lovely may the lord grant you many years of happiness and peace.
Thank you so much, we feel very blessed to have this space!
What a great space, really shows how well though out the space is!
@@easygrowinggarden thank you! 😊
@@easygrowinggarden your garden is lovely by the way, best of luck with next season!
@@TheGardenFamily Thank you!
Wow! Your garden looks like it was made and planted with a lot of love and care. I subscribed your channel a week ago. Watching from Philippines. God bless
@@FunnyPassengerShip-fc6mu thank you very much and welcome along! Blessings to you and your family as well
Your house and garden are so lovely thank you for sharing and I look forward to watching your other videos ❤
Thanks so much, we really enjoy sharing our journey!
I loved watching this transformation. I can't wait to see what you guys do next year. 💞
@@InTheGardenWithClaudia well thank you Claudia! Love your beautiful flowers!!
Wow that’s amazing ❤. Congrats to you and your family. We are a family of 7 and we just started our garden 2 weeks ago here in Florida.
@@AllThingsRickita how exciting! We love gardening with the kids (even if they are still picky about what they eat 😆). Lots of interesting fruit you can grow down your way we can’t grow up here!
@ Mines are picky too, but I vow to only plant what we will eat. Former vegan here so I have a very long list of things to grow. I’m originally from Wisconsin and dreamed of moving to Florida to have a garden. 🪴 Keep up the great work 🙌🏾
Thank you for sharing your process! Amazing garden!
@@KokoraLife thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the recap :)
What a wonderful video!! God bless you and your family and your garden ❤❤❤
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Hi Peter, everything looked great and looks like you had an incredible harvest. I have learned a lot from your channel. Thank you for sharing. Would love to see videos on how you process all of your veges!!!
Thank you very much! Appreciate your support! We actually just got a new freezer to help us with food storage but we will definitely make some processing videos in the future!
@@TheGardenFamily That would be great!!!
Absolutely breathtaking! Beautiful work!
Thanks for the compliments! It has been a lot of work but we are really happy with how it has turned out.
Just found you! Merry Christmas. Beautiful garden, represents my dream garden. God has blessed you and you are definitely using those blessings
@@melissarecob1944 Merry Christmas and welcome! 🙏
Great Recap! Loads of hard work pays off.
@@RobinGardens thank you! 🙏
Just found your channel and can’t wait to watch more. Loved the glimpse of your curing space. It would be awesome to see a little more on that :)
Thank you and welcome aboard! That's a good idea, I can cover that in a future video =)
Amazing video I look forward to more growing with you!
@@heatherjolly8389 thank you Heather! 😊
As a gardener of many, many years I am so impressed! Great job! One of the best garden videos I have seen. Happy New year to to and your beautiful family. I will enjoy following you.❤
Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the video! We are excited for this year too. 😊
Amazing work!!! 👏👏👏
Thanks for watching and the compliments!
New subscriber🎉 Such a prolific garden in a short period of time. I will be watching more to see how you accomplished such a bounty.
Thanks Susan and welcome! We should have more videos this year, hope they are helpful!
Well done! We are moving to Valparaiso, Indiana next May in 12.5 acres and plan on doing a very similar setup. This was helpful and very well done, thanks! You have a beautiful property and family 😊
@@RollingWithRuss how exciting! You will be in a similar growing area as us except a little more lake effect. Hopefully some of our journey will help when you’re planning!
Wonderful ideas, I am alone but what great ideas.
Thanks so much! You can do it! 😊
I enjoy your videos, such a beautiful space! I want to try straw bale gardening this coming summer, the extra heat would be good for my zone 6a. Thanks for sharing your garden, have a very blessed Christmas & New Year!🎉
@@BloomingFlowerGarden121 thank you very much! Yes, one of the things we love about the straw bales is they start off warm which jumpstarts a lot of plants in the spring. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year as well!
You got skills my brotha! 🫡
Thanks! 😊
Beautiful layout thanks for the video
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
So beautiful
@@donnabagnati29 thank you Donna!
Great garden review! I'd love to learn more about your watering practice. Thanks!
@@andreadarsow3994 thank you! We don’t have to water too much here in Ohio usually but we did add drip irrigation to the beds (I guess I forgot to add that part to the recap!). Quite useful once we get into August and September
Amazing work guys! Wow! I can't wait to get started with ours... eventually. Merry Christmas!
Thank you very much! Hope you are able to start your garden soon! =)
Beautiful & inspiring!
@@tinkertailorgardenermagpie thank you! 😊
Just discovered and subscribed to your channel. Wow, what a well thought out beautiful garden! Thank you for sharing the wonderful video, will continue to follow you from the Bay Area in California.
Welcome aboard and thank you! We actually are originally from California, lived in San Francisco for school 15 years ago. We miss some things about California but sure do love that we can live relatively affordably in the country here in Ohio!
Great job 👏 from Germany
Thank you! Cheers!
Very nice garden! I'd say an eye candy :-)
Thank you! =)
Congratulations
Thank you!
I've been gardening for 35 years and could not be more impressed. I tried straw bale gardening this year and the bales must have contained slug eggs because they emerged and ate everything. You might want to consider getting chickens. You can't beat fresh eggs and the manure is fantastic.
Well thank you! Slugs definitely like straw, it’s one of the downsides. We actually have chickens! In some of the later aerial shots you can see their coop and run just north of the garden (opposite the pond). We agree, eggs, fertilizer and fun hens, what’s not to love?!
@@TheGardenFamily God has truly blessed your family. A local tree surgeon provides all the wood chips we need and then some. We dress all the perennial beds and the chicken run w/ chips. Since the chickens eat most of the kitchen scraps, I make most compost by mixing the half-decomposed wood chips with greens, kitchen scraps, manure and sometimes biochar.
Great job!
Thank you! =)
Hope you guys make more often video in 2025!!! Because every video you gave always super informative and aesthetic! Thankyou for always make a super good quality contenct!
Thank you very much! We’re working on getting more videos out in 2025! Thanks for watching 😊
Отлично! С удовольствием посмотрел. Конечно удивила фраза "томаты созревают в конце июня". У нас только в теплицах такое возможно и то, на месяц позже. у нас зона 2а
Thank you! Sounds very cold where you live! We are very warm from May through September so we have more than enough time for our warm weather plants. Best of luck next season!
Wow, what a fantastic property you guys have! Beautiful garden and a lovely family! Well done! Could you do a video about growing in hay bales? And what is that vegetable at 12:00? Never seen it before. Thanks!
Thank you!! Yes, we plan on a video dedicated to straw bale gardening as we have had a lot of people ask questions about it. Surprisingly the vegetable at 12:00 is a HUGE beet! We planted them in Spring and some we never harvested so they got massive =)
Here's a thought for you: When the tomatoes are doing their most and you know which ones are the very best, take cuttings and plant in your sprouting shed. Save them for next spring and you'll have tomatoes much sooner. I've had years where they grew so fast in my sprouting tent that I've actually had to take two or three, sometimes even four, generations between late summer and the next spring, but I had literally the very same plant the following years, for years.
A nice way to clone tomatoes! Be smart for expensive hybrid tomatoes too since you wouldn't need to buy more seeds. That being said we have more than 6 months of frosty weather here in Ohio, that's a long time to keep a plant indoors! We kind of enjoy having about 2 months off (mid Nov - Mid Jan) to slow down and reflect on next season. Thanks for watching and for sharing your great ideas!
Love the Ridgeback.
@@hstwodrainage.1410 we love him too! He’s only about 6 months now :)
@@TheGardenFamily Sometimes Ridgebacks and Gardens are not compatable. So raised beds are a good idea with a Ridgeback, until they jump from bed to bed.
Lovely!
Thank you! =)
beautiful garden and lots of hard work! I was wondering about irrigation though, unless I missed it, how to you take care of that? I bet there is some very nutritious water in that pond too
@@KarenCollins-m6o thank you! You know, I forgot to add that part in! In just the raised beds we have drip irrigation that comes from a well that’s dedicated to the garden. We want to expand into the orchard next year however!
I always look forward to watching your videos. This one is great.
I’m in SW OH zone 6B as well. Will you be making videos of your seed starting? I haven’t done cold weather early spring starts, but might try next year.
@@bmiller1958 thank you! As far as seed starting, we have an idea next year of actually doing a weekly video of the whole year that would include seed starting. The videos would be a little more raw and less polished but would be a great way to see the whole season start to finish. I haven’t decided whether to commit to so many videos however
@ - Understandable! 😀 Keep up the awesome work.
Awsome garden! Love the layout, How big is your garden with out the fruit trees and just the raised beds?
Thanks for the tutorial. I really want to make a video like yours.
Thanks so much! Hope you love your garden as much as we do ours!
@@TheGardenFamily Thanks a lot! I will try
Do you test the soil in your beds ever? If you do, what’s your go to method? Love the garden. Very inspiring
@@Farmerdoctormaybe thank you! we actually haven’t tested them yet, probably due for a soil test here soon. Your local extension office is a good resource there!
Your garden is beautiful!! Just found your channel, subscribed, and have been binge watching your videos. How many square feet is your garden? Excited to follow your journey! ❤
Thank you!! 🙏 the fenced area of the garden is about 5,000 sq ft or so? Welcome aboard!
New subscriber here, nice video❤😊
Welcome aboard, thanks for subscribing!
Straw bale gardening is so fun! How did you go about finding a source for your straw that was not contaminated?
@@christinesimmons3313 it sure is! We have some wheat farms close to us that we get straw from and haven’t had any issues…I know that can be harder for people who live in more urban areas
One of THE best gardening vids I've seen, and that is saying alot as I am always trying to learn from others. I jotted down some notes from things you'd mentioned about planting times, as in PA, I am very close to your zone. I am currently building a 10' x 14' greenhouse after selling my old kit 6' x 10' one. Have you thought about a greenhouse? You have the room. I have a grow tent in my basement for seed starting (and shelves with lights) but I admire your SS table set up. I love how orderly your raised beds are. I have 8, one of which is metal, and it's my least favorite. Question: how did you get such big onions, any idea? I've struggle with that with mine. Thanks again.
Thank you! As far as a greenhouse we do have some tentative plans for a greenhouse attached to the west side of our garage. This way we can heat it more easily and also access it easily from the house in the winter months. Hopefully we will have something for seed starting season this time next year =). For onions I think a lot is timing: we start our seeds in January (prefer starting from seed rather than starts or sets), plant out usually mid to late March. The goal is to get as much vegetative growth as possible before the summer solstice when the bulbs form. Also: onions don't like competition so we keep them in their own bed and make sure they are weed free. Hope that helps!
@@TheGardenFamily It's very helpful: thanks for taking the time to answer. Have a great growing season. I may steal your steel hoops idea as well, right now mine are much more lightweight and removeable. Not sure about bending them, hope to figure something out.
Yes definately dont do stones for paths. After a while its just a constant source of weeding.
It's a tough lesson to learn! So hard to change once you put a bunch of stone in your garden. Thanks for watching!
There it is... trying to figure out how you could afford this. Moving from California to somewhere not as expensive like Ohio. If you have a video on your cost setup of this, I'd watch.
Yes, we moved to Ohio in 2017 =), we love it here! We will work on something breaking down total costs over the few years, hopefully soon!
What a fantastic video, thank you for sharing your journey. Quick question. Why the cover crop? (Sorry, I am still learning.) Is it just to have something in the space so weeds don’t take over?
I’d be interested in knowing more about the straw bales gardening and how’s done.
We'll definitely do a deeper dive on the straw bale gardening in a future video!
I'm hoping to order some fruit trees to plant this spring! Where did you order yours?
@@kelseyfulk9106 how exciting! We ordered the bulk of ours from Cummins Nursery and a few from One Green World. They were all bare root trees. They looked a bit beat up on arrival but ultimately all survived the first year so no complaints there!
If only 😊
One day? =)
Do you use any cover/transition crops, or leave the garden bare over the winter? I was reading a book today and was a little surprised how strongly they recommended using cover crops, including using them for about 1/3 of the garden during summer
We use cover crops during the growing season (mostly buckwheat) season but they are a bit hard to use over winter in a raised bed garden. Terminating the cover crops and incorporating them can be difficult in raised beds. So how we "put our beds to sleep" is to cut the last crop at the soil level, leaving the roots. Then we put a layer of composted straw followed by a thick layer of chopped and shredded leaves. This works great for us!
Loved your video! Question: do you have 2 entrances into your garden or is the stone entryway the only one? I just bought a house with 0.5 acres, and plan to up my gardening game! I wondered if I should have a second entrance to make it more accessible. Would love your thoughts!
Thank you! We actually have 4 entrances to the garden: Two are double doors on the East side (the one with the cobblestone steps) and one on the north side towards the barn / chicken coop. Then there are two single doors, one is North East towards the meadow and one is south towards the pond. We picked the locations based on natural foot traffic from the year prior when we didn't have a fence. Hope that helps!
Just found your channel, wow what a garden. Whats the vegetable just before you pulled the carrot? Its a beautiful pink design inside. I'm in Ireland and have never seen anything like that before! I'm planning a really big garden this year but plagued with couch (scutch) grass, dont know ehat you call it there and creeping buttercup 😢
Well thank you! The vegetable was actually a chioggia beet but it had grown incredibly large since we planted in spring and harvested in November. Hopefully you can work around those invasive plants and get your garden going this year!
Did you guys consider using cinderblock for the raised beds? It wont rot like the wood
We didn’t mostly due to not preferring the look of them. But I know many gardeners who have used them with good success, especially for a shallow raised beds (one cinder block high). They tend to shift unless reinforced when built higher. Also, we like the ability to drill into the wood to add hoops and supports. Best of luck!
Do you have any other videos on that low area you did a huegel bed in? I have something similar and the water washes some of my wood chips away.Did you do an type of retaining wall to keep it in one place?
@@alishaberrey4479 hi Alisha, a few things help keep everything in place: the first is I set up straw bales along the fence line to create a little retaining wall of straw. The next is I moved quite a lot of old logs into the area before moving the wood chips. I don’t have a long video but there are a few clips in one of our garden journals I will tag you in. Hope that helps!
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@@mohamedlarbihadri6074 😊🙏
@TheGardenFamily How did you plant your melons and squash into the hugelculture / woodchip area? Did you just put a mound of soil/compost on the top and plant into that? I'm doing something similar this year so any details on how it was done would be helpful. Thanks.
Hi Jeff, this year we initially planted the melons, sweet potatoes and pumpkin in conditioned straw bales. I felt like it would work better the first year as the debris composted. They did root into the Hugelkultur area as the vines spread, however. This year it has broken down more so I feel more comfortable planting directly in. Hope that helps!
What kind of fertilizer do you use and how often do you apply
I wish there was a quick answer to that but it depends on so many factors. But a lot of people have asked so we will work on a video specifically talking about fertilizer this year!
Hello, do you use an irrigation controller in your daily garden management? I would like to sponsor you one of our latest smart irrigation controllers.
We already use a RainBird controller but thank you
@@TheGardenFamily Thank you for your response. Our controller offers more intelligent features than Rainbird's, making it easier and more convenient to maintain lawns and gardens. We can send you a controller, and you could create a video comparing our features with Rainbird’s. It might make for great content. Would you be interested?😁
New microphone in November? 😅
Haha, sort of 😆. I started the whole video with the voice over before Thanksgiving and then wanted to add our last harvest of 2024 into the recap. I think it was just different recording conditions. Thanks for watching!
How big is that pond?
@@edchen32 the pond is 1 acre :) we love it!
@@TheGardenFamily It is definetly gorgeous! Fantastic setup.
Hej. Så fin trädgård ni har skapat på bara 2 år. Hur bevattnade ni trädgården. Tog ni vatten från sjön? Undrar eftersom jag inte kan se några vattenslangar i odlingen.
Hello! Thank you! We have a well with drip irrigation to the raised beds. We can also draw water from the pond which is about 1 acre in size (about 1200 square meters). In our climate we also get rain during the summer months. Thank you for watching!
Hey where did you get that pipe bender !?
We bought that at Johnny's Seeds...not sure if they still sell it?
What zone are you and can you give a time frame for starting your plants in the spring? Also a fall planting quide?
@@marycochran-mm6hy hi Mary 👋. We made a video last winter going over our timing, you can find it here: ruclips.net/video/zvzJrbgU_mA/видео.htmlsi=sa5--9lbcqRZyJQb
@@marycochran-mm6hy we are in SW Ohio zone 6b
It's beautiful but $$$$$$$$$$$$$. Not realistic for the average American.
Thank you. We thought of our garden as a long term investment to our property. Perhaps we will make a separate video covering total costs...
Very realistic and doable to us!..we're duplicating it next month! Hubby saw it and we loved it. Not wealthy just wise..❤❤ we have 21 acres in Alabama.
@ best of luck on your garden journey Elizabeth!
It's totally doable for anyone with the will to do it. Initial cost will be high at first, but in the long run the fruits and veggies you collect will offset the initial cost. Think about, on their second year with just the garden boxes did they have to build the boxes again? No, so that means the fruits and veggies collect the second year offset that initial cost and so on and so on and so forth. If you are worried about the cost of seeds those are cheap to buy and the packet can last you a couple of seasons if you don't plant all the seeds at once.
Great video. Well done
🫡 To Sarah, every time I read this story I marvel at the grace of God to honor Abraham's faith and not his fear as it pertained to the promise! We also get to see God keep His promise but also doesn't keep Abraham from bearing the fruit of his disobedience.
Awsome garden! Love the layout, How big is your garden with out the fruit trees and just the raised beds?
With just the raised beds it is probably 40x80 feet or so? Each bed is 4x12 feet and we have twelve of them in a 3x4 grid.