Start a Lazy Garden From Scratch | NEVER Weed/Water Again!

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0:00 Intro
0:25 Lay Cardboard
3:54 Let's talk about raised beds
4:53 a word from our sponsor
6:29 Building up the bed
12:00 Soak, and then soak some more
14:05 Let's talk about plowing
16:34 Screen your compost
19:41 Spread the compost
21:05 Optional products
24:25 Screen top dressing
27:26 Apply top dressing
28:54 Lay mulch pathways
30:14 Plant!
36:26 The result
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@austinwhitfield2108 Ай бұрын

I'm a white 60 yr old male living in the highest crime area of KC MO. trying to bring people together through creating and maintaining a Community Garden. I live alone +1 dog, well below poverty level. So I am now very encouraged because your videos are awesome. Thanks ❤️

@pbandjelly1311 Ай бұрын

You're an inspiration. I love that you're reaching out for community. Most adult men find that prohibitively difficult. In fact I read that the majority of men have no friends, because they don't know how to make them, in adulthood. That's so sad.... Community is everything! How do you do outreach ?

@ew5675 Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, if this is the lazy way to garden, I don't have a chance.

@Sarah-xz4li Ай бұрын

amazing! best of luck to you. It's hard but necessary and important work and I admire you

@bobturano1247 Ай бұрын

It is the only answer to this sick world we live in. I did it in la and fed my house and tons of others who just walks by

@user-qf5ph5hl8z Ай бұрын

Move out ,man. Grow op and move to Montana. Frank was right. Become a dental floss tycoon and stop lamenting your pathetic big city limitations.

@ohmyet2173 Ай бұрын

My son lives in a neighborhood in the city, it has small front yards and small fenced in back yards. What I love is his neighbor and several more on his block are putting gardens out in the front yards! I love it! And they share with my son! ❤

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

That's the kind of place we all want to live! Good neighbors make for a great life.

@SouthFloridaSunshine Ай бұрын

Some places in Central Florida have become like this I would love neighbors like that and a neighborhood like that, stuck in an HOA down South for now.

@jeas4980 Ай бұрын

I was just pointing this out to my husband today when we went into town! It started with just a few front yard gardens and now every other yard is putting one in. I have a bunch of extra tomatoes (Paul Robesons 🤤) so I'm going to hand them out and hope the trend becomes epidemic.

@pbandjelly1311 Ай бұрын

There's also "guerilla gardening"!

@SouthFloridaSunshine Ай бұрын

@@jeas4980 YES!

@jonquilS3153 27 күн бұрын

I think you are very brilliant & have put a lot of thought, time & effort into becoming a Lazy Gardener. With that said I am a 71 year old Women with two prosthetic hips & when I was your age I had wonderful productive vegetable gardens. Although I think about having that big garden every Spring I just don’t have the energy at this point to be a Lazy Gardener. I’m getting tired just watching you prepare to be Lazy Lol. More Power to You!!

@marciakessler1911 19 күн бұрын

Oh sweet one, just get some lawn chairs and put a bucket on it for your plants! Please don't give up gardening in some way shape or form!❤from KS.

@jewelrygrace9438 15 күн бұрын

You can buy a cart with large wheels and an adjustable seat. It works perfect for when your unable to stand n hoe a garden. 😊

@mothanwrdz Ай бұрын

Chip drop never worked for me. What did work was calling all the local arborists each year and asking them to not forget about me if they happen to be doing any work in the area. Now I get several dump truck loads of wood chips and all the free firewood I need in the middle of the city. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

@MansterBear Ай бұрын

Makes me regret the 12 bags of wood chips I just bought from Menards lol How often do you re-cover with wood chips? Should I start reaching out now, or just finish? I'm betting I only need 100 sq ft or so more of wood chips to cover. But if I'm going to need more every year, I might as well start piling it up

@oldman1111 Ай бұрын

I'm patient. I keep renewing my chip drop. :)

@joshuahoyer1279 Ай бұрын

Yeah, my first time on ChopDrop I got a load really quick. But now it's to the point where I've renewed my request three times without a drop, where I can get on a list with a local arborist and they'll have chips for me in a couple weeks. I'm sure some of them just don't want to deal with the hassle that chipdrop can create sometimes. Some folks are needlessly picky about what kind of wood it is, where they'll let a truck drop it, etc, and they have to bounce between multiple possible drop sites before they find someone that will take their load.

@ozarkview928 Ай бұрын

Right ! The one and only time we got chip drop from the electric company that clear trees and brush from under power lines we introduced sumac and other noxious weeds 😞

@REDonFIRE Ай бұрын

I just asked my local arborist for “clean mulch”… should I not have done that? Will any mulch do? By the way I freaking love you and your videos! I just recently found you and you are amazing and I wish you were my neighbor lol I’m in SE Ohio!

@RyanSmith-mv4bk Ай бұрын

Hugelkultur and permaculture could solve the world’s hunger problems in a very short time. Good job Ann please continue to spread the word in a fun and informative way about these amazing agricultural techniques. 👍

@MyFocusVaries Ай бұрын

Hunger isn't an issue with lack of supply. It's largely a problem of lack of distribution. And of course capitalism, where excess crops are destroyed (oceans dumping) instead of being distributed to the hungry --because distributing them would lower global prices. 😢

@in.der.welt.sein. Ай бұрын

People don't go hungry today because of a lack of food in the world. In fact, many farmers toss out so much food that is perfectly good. Why? Because it's not profitable to sell it at certain prices. People starve today in front of warehouses full of food. They are excluded because they lack money and the food is private property. The purpose of producing in this system isn't meeting needs, but making as much money as possible. People's needs are only taken into consideration insofar as they can be used to make profits.

@RyanSmith-mv4bk Ай бұрын

@@MyFocusVaries I think you misunderstood or maybe I didn’t convey my thought properly. I meant that if more people understood and adopted these techniques on a personal scale and large scale we would be able to combat global hunger much easier. As far as Capitalism being the reason for famine I’d say the problem would not be resolved by adopting Socialism or Communism if that’s what you’re implying, but rather being more self sufficient so that corrupt governments don’t have the ability to determine who gets food and who doesn’t. Distribution wouldn’t be a problem if you grocery store was your own back yard. I definitely agree with you that there shouldn’t be monetary incentives to destroy perfectly good food.

@jeil5676 Ай бұрын

No. Its not that simple.

@northerngirlhobbies Ай бұрын

💯

@MansterBear Ай бұрын

I asked the guys at Menards if they had cardboard they were throwing away. They looked at me like I had 2 heads lol. After they radio'd around, they finally found a manager who said I couldn't have the stuff they bundled up for recycling, but they collect it all in one of the lumber aisles, so I could check there and see if there was any. The bin was full so I filled up my cart with it, and the lady at the checkout also looked at me like she's never seen that before lol

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

😅😅

@eugottabekiddin3772 19 күн бұрын

Fuhgetta 'bout it.... won't matter what they think when you're enjoying your home grown veggies

@marygabel2868 18 күн бұрын

Hey, who cares what “they” say haha! I just noticed today, the LIQOUR STORE HAD A BUNCH HAHA!! But have to say lotsa ink

@seajelly2421 15 күн бұрын

Less for them to trash at the end of the day. I have moved a lot and each time, I go to a grocery store or two and just ask for their banana boxes. Most times I head out with a cart full. I ask someone back near the warehouse door. It helps to go about a week in advance because sometimes they ask you to come back on a different day, but in a pinch, you can just go to a different store. Grocery, hardware, liquor, and department stores all have lots of boxes.

@SeekingBeautifulDesign 13 күн бұрын

Depends on the Menards store, but I go to the plant section and there are bins of cardboard. I take as much as I can and nobody has ever said anything. If you know Menards, you may know Meijer grocery. They have many of the same sized boxes especially near closing time. Especially near frozen foods are big bins. Nobody has said anything although I haven't flaunted taking the cardboard. Furniture stores have the best stuff for large areas.

@kentkearney6623 8 күн бұрын

Collect your neighbors leaves in the fall that THEY BAG (free contractor bags a bonus) and take your push mower and mulch the crap out of your leaves into powdered flakes mix accordingly. ❤❤❤❤.

@clynthia0510 28 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing your mental health journey and struggles. We should never be ashamed of caring for ourselves, be it our minds, and/or our bodies! Great gardening bed preparation, too! I've never seen anyone else be so thorough and yet simple to understand! ❤❤❤❤

@MrsB197something 17 күн бұрын

Absolutely and the more we help each other the quicker the baddies lose and we win

@marygabel2868 20 күн бұрын

I just love your personality and the way I can seriously tell you care about other gardeners and you are HUMBLE! I love that! Thank u for your genius

@Anne-cq5qz Ай бұрын

I've used cardboard in gardening before to kill weeds and avoid tilling and somehow it NEVER came to my mind that I could just pile organic matter on top to start planting immediately. Thank you so much for sharing this information.

@MyFocusVaries Ай бұрын

And in most situations, if you use a thick enough layer of mulch, you can skip the cardboard. Light exclusion kills lots of weeds. Persistent perennials perhaps not.

@GardeningwithDave Ай бұрын

I tried this with grass and it came back even stronger lol.

@bennym1956 Ай бұрын

@@GardeningwithDave yup, Grass is waste of time.

@Citizen-ku8kv Ай бұрын

@@GardeningwithDavehappy to hear it works

@denisethorn9955 Ай бұрын

I am growing potatoes, lettuce string beans right in the cardboard box. I am 75 and cannot walk in my yard so I decided to use the box, with coia dirt, along a fence so I can hold on. They say it will work.

@bethatz252 12 күн бұрын

I made my 48' × 78' garden using this method 5 years ago and it has produced phenomenal fruit and vegetables.

@rhooper4022 Ай бұрын

Persnickety. This word is not used enough. Nicely done. Thanks for the suggestions!

@MarkTrades__ 16 күн бұрын

pro tip - a great source of tape & ink free (minimized) cardboard is framing shops, or craft stores that have framing departments. Picture frames come in large carboard folds with a couple small pieces of masking tape in my experience. This is how I get carboard big enough for me to work under my car that doesn't have all the flaps and stuff that boxes do. Also construction paper/contractors paper if you want/have to buy. Comes in rolls & has no tape/print.

@kimberlyscott864 Ай бұрын

Anne you are SO REAL!! I completely appreciate your honesty about your (and my) human-ness when it comes to gardening, i.e. having lazy days, making planting mistakes and yet desiring to make the most of what God has given us on this earth. I wish I could afford to turn my whole backyard from lawn into garden. I love your sense of humor! Along with getting my hands in the dirt, YOUR VIDEOS raise my Serotonin levels 😊. I truly appreciate all of the effort you put in to sharing and teaching us about farming and gardening. I just wanted you to know that God is using you to reach out to so many people, and I hope you know how wonderful you are. Have a blessed gardening season. 🙏

@AnneofAllTrades 29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much. I'm so glad you're here.

@nature.nurture.nirvana Ай бұрын

This was THE least lazy garden prep I’ve ever witnessed and I am here for all of it. 🤙🏼

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

The lazy part is you invest one afternoon doing this to avoid about 90 hours of cumulative work throughout the rest of the garden season weeding/watering/maintaining the garden ;)

@nature.nurture.nirvana Ай бұрын

@@AnneofAllTrades absolutely!! You’re such an inspiration!!🙌🏼

@OneMate4Life 8 күн бұрын

Relatively speaking, it is quite "lazy" in comparison to some other gardening methods.

@ForsakenCrimmy Ай бұрын

I am envious of your space. I am disabled and used gardening for my mental health and because of my problems using the sifter screen was killing me. I also do vermicomposting and had 300 gallons of worm castings I needed to sift. I got sick of shoveling and then sifting. Look up a trommel. I made one using 2x4's, caster wheels, 2 bicycle wheels, hardware cloth, and a buttload of zip ties. You just make a big tunnel around the bike wheels and make a frame it can rotate on. It makes sifting effortless and fast.

@aok2727 Ай бұрын

This is quite comprehensive. I made the mistake of using straight compost in my raised bed. You know, if a little is good, more is better….not! I appreciate your clarity as this would work almost anywhere one lives. I get super irritated when people use weed barrier cloth instead of cardboard. 9 years in my present house and I continue to dig out, multiple layers of encrusted, impermeable weed fabric from my yard.

@ajax068 Ай бұрын

I had a mini fight with my dad on useing landscaping fabric for a project we were doing together. I didnt want to use something that doesnt work and then have to rip it out later. He used it years ago to line a gravle path and weeds where constantly growing through the fabric. Also, card board is free with how many packages we get.

@tonisee2 Ай бұрын

It probably depends on what kind of compost are you using. I have planted for years directly into "green waste"+home-made compost and that has worked great. My record carrot (Nantes 2) has been 45cm long in deep raised bed filled with pure compost + perlite (which is inert) mix.

@ravengameslife9071 28 күн бұрын

I am a residential gardener and just love getting in the garden every day. Very good therapy and health beneficially.

@ThomasG-og4yb 12 күн бұрын

What a beautiful human being you are Anne! Not only are you helping me to learn about gardening, but you are helping to take away the stigmas about mental health I have had lifelong struggles in this domain, and I really think it is healthy to be able to talk about holistic health, we are all under a lot of stress in the modern world. Thank you for everything that you are doing for us! ❤️

@this-is-slammin-549 Ай бұрын

“Boy Howdy” love it! Haven’t heard that term in forever.

@katella 17 күн бұрын

And persnickety! 😊

@heidevanness2788 9 күн бұрын

Boy Howdy reminds me of Creem magazine!

@this-is-slammin-549 9 күн бұрын

@@heidevanness2788 yes. Exactly what I was thinking! Did t think the reference Wohl land?

@aminaa5824 28 күн бұрын

I don’t remember what it’s called but there’s also this thing that’s like a terracotta/clay vase that you bury in soil with the open top sticking out, and pour water in it, and it’ll keep soil wet because the terracotta is permeable so it’ll slowly leech water out into it without making it too wet but not letting it dry out

@groundedangelsgarden 8 күн бұрын

Olla.

@MissBodaciousBuster 21 күн бұрын

I am starting my FIRST garden in 15 YEARS, This year on a Serious budget (SSDI) in my full time R.V. life. I recently ordered a bunch of woven planter bags and compost bag so when I go, it's easy to pack n move. I live in Colorado on the highest mesa in the world! It's high desert buuuut this is where we grow most our FOOD not the Other Crop. Your video is EXTREMELY helpful! I Need to be frugal & have small space so you have a new dedicated listener! Luckily I'm SURROUNDED by farmers & ranchers who ❤️ to give their 2 cents & help out neighbors....i swear it's the last place like it in Colorado! I'm excited to watch more! I have questions lots of questions!😂 THANK YOU! Oddly of course i Don't pay for water or have lack of (we have snow almost yr round) but still wanna save it! Ty ty ty❤❤❤❤❤

@danetteclark4066 27 күн бұрын

When I started our first homestead everyone recommended Guinea fowl. They eat all the ticks they said, it will be fun they said... I despise Guineas and will never get them again. We always had a lot of ticks, I never noticed a difference. They are SO loud, day and night. Lucky for us we only had them for 6 months because we inadvertently got bird dogs. They killed them all. Happy ending.

@AnneofAllTrades 27 күн бұрын

Hahaha oh no (or oh yes)! My first batch of guineas legitimately drowned looking up at the rain. Dumbest animals I’ve ever encountered. They do serve a purpose, but I only got these ones to annoy my husband and the joke’s on me because they live right by my office 😂😂😂

@lengraziani7533 24 күн бұрын

Try DIY tick tubes. Make with empty toilet paper rolls and dryer lint sprayed with permethrin. Also if you wrap your ankles with duct tape sticky side out, the ticks won’t make it up your legs. Also works for chiggers and fire ants. Good luck.

@pennyharper419 11 күн бұрын

I hated my Guineas. They made constant horrible sounds, would have eaten my mostly good, nonpoisonous snakes so I kept them in a large pen most if the time. If I let them out to forage, they flew up onto the tops of the poultry pens and would not come down till dark. Useless. I gave them away free to a woman who collected Guineas. God bless her heart.

@JellyMan777 Ай бұрын

Absolutely love this video. It touches on everything. Basic soil science, balancing the microrhizome and nutrient distribution, polyculture and companion planting. Best video I've seen in a long while.

@mrmacgregorshomestead233 18 күн бұрын

Using the logs, sticks etc is a form of Hugelkulture. Along with rabbit poo, llama poo can also be added to your garden beds without composting it. Great vid! Tysm 😊 Lovely!

@katella 17 күн бұрын

I have two pet sheep. Can I use their poop and poop/straw mixtures directly in the garden?

@thewilsontribe8 Ай бұрын

The Guineas though! I totally feel your pain. Mine went to the auction last month. I can’t believe my neighbors put up with the noise for so long 😆

@mikki_s1100 Ай бұрын

If you sign up for chip drop please watch the video the company made about why you don’t want a chip drop. In reality you probably do, but there are a LOT of factors to consider. Be sure your leaves, clippings, straw, aren’t sprayed by anything. Great video Anne! Already set up for the year, but great reference for the future.

@ericawhitfield9289 Ай бұрын

That video is so funny!

@reneespring834 Ай бұрын

I am a big chip drop fan, but the amount can be overwhelming for folks. We have a landscaper with skidstere, bobcat etc help move some of it around. And we have a space where the pile can stay for the year as we use the rest of it.

@WillieRobertMcKassonConsulting Ай бұрын

How can one make sure there were no chemicals sprayed on the trees, before they were turned into wood chips.

@reneespring834 Ай бұрын

@@WillieRobertMcKassonConsulting no way to know this. But honestly, who sprays giant oak, pine or maple trees in their yard regularly? Not really a concern.

@marshabowlin1757 Ай бұрын

Only being sprayed with who knows what from the sky called chemtrails !!!!

@rufinokopolos Ай бұрын

I'm lazier than this, I let our chickens weed, feed and bug eat all my future garden area. After several months of them working a space all I have to do is rake the soil into mounds and seed.

@bernadettegrisham676 Ай бұрын

Ditto

@ecocentrichomestead6783 Ай бұрын

Everyone is struggling with mental health nowadays. Reason is we strayed way too far from our origin (aka nature) in way too short a time (70 years)

@sdspivey Ай бұрын

Best way to deal with weeds, ignore them. If they are not too tall, spreading, or thorny, then they really are not much of a problem. Once they get too big, then just chop or pull them then. When mowing, leave the grass spread out on the lawn for a day or two, then you can mix the dry grass into your compost easier, without stink. In Florida's summer, I would need to mow again in 2 days anyway, so adding the bagger then would pick up the dry and mix it with fresh grass, still making it easy to blend into the compost.

@GardeningwithDave Ай бұрын

Hey Anne. I wanted to share that you can do a quick yelp search for tree trimming services. Give a few local companies a call and ask if they can drop off wood chips to your property. You would be surprised to see how many people are willing to deliver free wood chips. Don’t be afraid to ask upfront that you want to stay away from palm trees.Great video!

@robertawestbrooks9531 Ай бұрын

I really love her way of gardening 😂😂

@kalnakamura4600 Ай бұрын

In Sacramento, the county gives free compost during the spring and summer. It comes from the green/organic waste that households provide through the refuse pick up. Some other cities may provide the same service. Love your video, I am a Lazy Gardener myself!

@dianeridings7669 Ай бұрын

I live there too. I'm trying to get my garden going and contemplating going Hastie's to get compost. Please share how to get the free compost. Thank you!

@kalnakamura4600 Ай бұрын

@@dianeridings7669 do an online search for Sacramento Free Compost. Its near Bradshaw and Kiefer Blvd. It is self serve and the county orders based off demand. From April - September, 24/7. No one avail to help load so bring your own containers and shovels and a helper! Have fun!!

@kalnakamura4600 Ай бұрын

@@dianeridings7669 Hi. Just search online for Sacramento Free Compost. It's located off of Bradshaw and Kiefer Blvd. Self Serve so there is no one there to help. You'll need your own container and shovel. It's open 24/7 from April to September and they refill on demand. It's just dumped in a parking lot. have fun!

@jazzyg530 22 күн бұрын

@@dianeridings7669google is your friend: wmr.saccounty.gov/Pages/Self-Serve-Compost.aspx

@krismodrow3993 Ай бұрын

The plants phone their friends😂 I love it

@JasonMorford Ай бұрын

Wow I found your channel about 2 weeks ago and hoped for this. I tilled my entire garden, about a 40x60 foot plot. Made the ditches with cardboard and wood Chips and then woodchipped everything. All new wood Chips. The first ditch was alone for about a week bc we had a ton of rain. The ditch filled with water. A week of no rain and the ground was bone dry except the chips and everything near it. Crossing my fingers.

@amyfloyd8211 12 күн бұрын

Thanks Anne, nice intro. After lots of years of sheet mulching I have a few tips; use refrigerator/ washer/ dryer boxes to cover big areas (although there are staples to remove, but no plastic tape). Don't leave the cardboard out to get wet and then dry out before it is covered. This makes it hydrophobic, i.e. it gets brittle, wrinkled and hard to walk on even after covered. I still get weeds for sure, but I am building soil slowly over very sandy ground. For hugelmounds, use large pieces of wood. If you use little sticks, it creates a mouse, mole, squirrel superhighway underneath. They use the wood like a scaffold to help them eat the roots!

@monarchmelis 10 күн бұрын

Anne, this video is the most thorough, step-by-step, make-it-look-doable video I have come across. Thank you. I love your down-to-earth presentation and the exchanges you have with your camera guy too.

@philbeerbower294 Ай бұрын

This woman is Amazing in every way.. what a wealth of knowledge.. Thanks for sharing Ann. Such a Blessing!

@markusc.7544 Ай бұрын

My wife and I live in western Indiana and deal with HORRIFIC weeds. We use the cardboard trick but didn't think about wetting it down. Thank you. We both love the feel of soil but I have to watch out for poison ivy (we have a TON of it) so I have to use gloves until we actually have good soil grounded. Thank you so much for your videos.

@s.m.5483 20 күн бұрын

If u know anyone with goats 🐐 they eat poison ivy and can clean it up pretty quickly! Some areas have businesses with goats for rent to clear areas of weeds, poisons ivy, wild rose, etc.

@AliPillette 12 күн бұрын

I love that you’ve talked about the benefits of working in the dirt and Mental Health. And that you’re talking about Mental Health and your personal story. Thank you. And I really love your videos. I have been gardening for years and because I am a financially poor gardener, I do this cardboard method a lot. Plus, I always try to do the no till garden.

@heidiann2435 16 күн бұрын

Hey guys. A suggestion from NC. The post office gives me HUGE sheets of cardboard they get everyday. No staples, no tape. And they are happy to give it to you. Another tip: mow the ground down as short as possible. Then put down the cardboard, newspaper will work, and I put hay on top, even if it's rotting. I had worms at ground level the first year!

@chili.Hawaii Ай бұрын

I’m so thankful about how open you are sometimes about your mental health, and your feelings. I’ve loved your channel for a while because of the way you are, then you started talking about your mental stuff and it made me love it even more. I got diagnosed with so many things and just recently (at 33yo) with combined type ADHD, which explains so much of my life, and I feel like I gravitate toward people I see who may be similar. Anyway still watching. Thanks for this video. 🤙🏽

@robertawestbrooks9531 Ай бұрын

I love tomatoes 😂

@terrysm467 21 күн бұрын

You are adorable and informative but certainly not lazy! Tks for a great video!

@msGoodventure 10 күн бұрын

You are the Bob Ross of gardening

@Mbessofficial 8 күн бұрын

“Putrefying” is another great word. You do have a lovely vocabulary.

@SavannaKaderi Ай бұрын

I'm new to this channel and I absolutely love it! I especially love that I have very similar climate and conditions, I'm just north of Springfield, TN. Today I am planning how to get my garden going this weekend and I thought "I wonder if Anne of All Trades has a video about starting a new garden." And here we are 😂 Thank you for documenting and publishing all this information!!

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

So glad you’re here!

@robertawestbrooks9531 Ай бұрын

We live in Clarksville, Tennessee, we are just starting our garden. We are enjoying the sunshine, especially after a long winter here. Happy gardening everyone ❤

@Lilacs4 24 күн бұрын

I live real close by y'all and I am brand new and never had a garden but desperately want to learn! I lost my beloved grandma a few months ago and she was a magician with plants, I wish she was still here to mentor me. ❤ I hope I can find someone to take me under their wing, but in the meantime, these videos are a lifesaver!

@astatine0085 Ай бұрын

I moved all my food-gardens to my deck; containers and raised beds. I've had it with weeding and bending, and I'm using my tomato cages to encourage vertical growth on any kind of vine plant. So far so good. and I don't have to keep dragging hoses around so my husband doesn't snag them with the lawn mower. I get the compressed soil packs for about 12 bucks (they about quadruple in size from ~ 5 x 11 x 11, or so.

@fawnrosenberg1997 8 күн бұрын

If you place some wire mesh under the cardboard it may prevent burrowing rodents from invading your garden, as a fence around it doesn't prevent them from getting in...

@marijeb278 Ай бұрын

LOVE your idea of adding mushrooms!!

@Mrgreenjeans578 Ай бұрын

Getting out and getting my hands in the dirt has always been my therapy so I understand but I didn’t know it helped with serotonin levels!! Thank you i love your content

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

So glad you're here.

@artistlovepeace Ай бұрын

Anne and fam, your channel is wonderful. You are a great host, producer and sharer. I take a lot of your recommendations seriously and am trying your advice in my garden. You are a wonderful person to share all this knowledge with the world.

@lenoreparker959 22 күн бұрын

Great ideas! Thank you! FYI If you have a Costco in your area, ask them for those large pieces of cardboard that you see under products in the aisles. They're awesome and already flat! Some you can take off of the aisles by yourself, but they usually have a lot of them in a storage area at the back of the store. And, there's no ink on them and no cost to you!! A Win-win! Sam's and BJs may offer similar hauls! 😂👍🏽 Happy gardening! I just got my first Chip drop recently! It was a large one, as big as your compost pile, so I was able to cover a large portion of my back yard! I was so excited! Thanks again!

@johenderson3742 19 күн бұрын

Any place that gets products delivered on pellets. I use the liquor shop. 😂

@NachoCheese00 Ай бұрын

You, Young Lady, are a Beast!! Love your channel, and have learned a lot in the short time I've been watching. Thank you for sharing your wisdom. For large areas to cover, I have found that Appliance, Furniture stores always have huge boxes. Also, during season, Watermelon boxes are large, and much thicker than normal.

@SpeakTruthBeKind Ай бұрын

Bicycle stores also have big boxes but you need to ask in advance so they will save them for you. 👍🏻💞

@ozarkview928 Ай бұрын

I just found you , so interesting, I’ve been a conventional gardener for 40 + years I just did what the generation before me did. All that composting , screening cutting and splitting wood doesn’t look lazy too me 😅.

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

One afternoon of work at the beginning saves 90 hours of work throughout the season… maybe “lazy” should be rephrased to “smart,” but I think more folks relate to the word lazy.

@happyhobbit8450 26 күн бұрын

That's cute ... phone a friend -- I'm going to use that :) Alpaca poop is like rabbit poop I use layers of cardboard AND burlap sacks and then soil I make biochar to add to my compost as well as retorted banana peels -- plus blended egg shells Thank you so much for your fantastic video!!!

@karrenbrazel8844 21 күн бұрын

Hiya Anne…. I’m in Australia and my property is full of only gum trees with soil like yours. This lazy gardening way of gardening, shown here I feel is going to be a game changer taking my gardens to next level. I’ve managed to source on my local highway a huge mulch pile that’s been dumped by council (it’s aged mulch) and in my local town is a little forest which is rich in leaves that I’m about to go and grab a bunch. I’ve been so disheartened in my garden, trying to grow food, however after binge watching your videos…. I have hope 😊. It gets really hot here in summer, so this way of gardening I believe will create lush, moisture on our little homestead. Thank you for your wealth of information that’s helping many people to also have success in providing for family🙏🏼

@christinaham2380 15 күн бұрын

I love your videos! Im newish to gardening. Ive been doing just a few and inc every yr. I absolutely love my guineas. They did wonders ridding the ticks off our 4.5 acres and our neighbors yard! I find them hilarious. I was pulling 2 ticks off every child daily til i had them in the summers. For our new farm will be getting more . Thanks for all yiur tips and guidance.

@prairielivingtwins Ай бұрын

I live in high desert northern Arizona and I use cardboard for a filler for weed stopper .yeah your right it dose break down

@outdoorsbeyondnature1980 Ай бұрын

15:26 The plants roots are like (sensory fingertips) searching for (microscopic bacteria) to feed on. When the farmer tractor 🚜 tills the soil, he breaks up the bacterial spores. Anne of All Trades is right. 18:40

@SomerainTsalagi 29 күн бұрын

I recently put sticks and levees under my potatoes this Year, im excited how big The foliage is, we shall see how big the potatoes prove to be at harvest, thank you for your video ❤

@janschlabach3768 29 күн бұрын

I think you are a smart gardener. Your garden is pretty, and thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge!!!

@Sarah-xz4li Ай бұрын

My local landfill has a deal where you can pick up a truck load of compost for $21! You need a truck but its just awesome. So affordable and no plastic bags to worry about blowing around

@laurausa1 Ай бұрын

Can I just say how perfectly timed this video is.... I am literally using a hoe to rip up all the grass in my brand new 36 ft By 21 ft garden. Knowing I can skip this step except for the areas that need leveling is going to save me so much time! I had been trying to go through your previous videos to cobble together a start from scratch framework. I got the mushroom spawn on the way but this is going to make it so much easier! Thank you ❤ thank you ❤ thank you!!

@reuniteireland 22 күн бұрын

just make sure the soil and compost/wood is deep enough other wise the grass will definitely push through.

@julialeszko5727 17 күн бұрын

Watched first time today…OMG the BEST and exactly what I need…me think the YT algo worked amazingly this time finding you for me. You are SUCH a lovely generous person with all the things I need now for starting a garden. 🎉🎊🥳

@AnneofAllTrades 17 күн бұрын

So glad you’re here!

@AmelianAyreMarie Ай бұрын

I totally love the gardening techniques as well. I love how you use the animals to help promote your soil. I just got done watching the video on the fruit trees and I have to dig up for my peach trees I planted last year because I seen all the stuff I done wrong. 😢

@belavet Ай бұрын

I can attest how awesome chip drop is. Used it once, took about six weeks to get my first drop, and I just got the contact info of the guy who did it for me so that he wouldn't have to pay chip drop every time for address info. Spent a lot of time last summer and fall working on composting chips alongside grass and vegetation flipping I threw at it. So excited for this year's growing season as a result.

@MansterBear Ай бұрын

I'm redoing my garden this year. I've never tilled this area, but it's covering a few old, smaller beds that I double dug last year. It's about a 30' x 40' area now, and I'm doing the cardboard no till version. Was planning on cardboard + wood chips for my paths this year (the border of the garden, and a main path + small paths between beds). I've already bought enough wood chips to probably cover a little over half of the paths. Is it worth it to chip drop (or call local arborists) for a large load of wood chips? What else can I do with them after my paths are done? Do you just throw a scoop in your compost pile every so often when it's getting too "green"? Trying to decide if I should just continue with store bought wood chips since I'm almost done or if I will continually need wood chips for re-covering paths and composting, should I just start piling it up now?

@user-kv2pt4lu9y 26 күн бұрын

Newsprint sections work well, if you cannot get enough cardboard.

@missesjoe516 3 күн бұрын

Best place to get cardboard is Sam’s club or Costco. I get a bunch of large sheets of cardboard that are used to separate products on pallets - tape free and most don’t have any print or tape.

@carriecooper4187 Ай бұрын

I just used cardboard under mulch last week! I have collected some from my neighbors recycling bins in the past. I will say though, raspberries (sprouting in my aisle ways) do grow right through it!

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

For persnickety weeds, sometimes we’ve gotta use multiple layers 😉

@reuniteireland 22 күн бұрын

bonus berries :)

@RunnerThin 8 күн бұрын

You speak well and spot on.

@Christensendesignstudio 18 күн бұрын

Your video is great! The “plant highway system” reminded me of the “dust bowl” during the Great Depression. Great example of why not to plow everything😮. Tragic example of defying mother natures (Gods way) of doing things

@gailsawyer Ай бұрын

I love this quickie hugleculture raised bed! I did this with two raised beds last year. But we bought rough sawn 2x8’s enough to make two 4’x8’ x 15” ht beds. Filled with a lot of what you did here and my greens in one bed and calendula in the other did awesome! But I’ve got a lot of left over cardboard and we had a lot of trees fall over the weird winter here in New England, so I’m going to try your method this year! ❤️

@christinaj2182 Ай бұрын

Let me tell you! Thank you for all that you do. You’re literally my favorite person to watch!❤ Everything you do for the horses is just amazing. Belle looks so happy where she is now. She is just so stunning it hurts my heart that she has her issues. When I’m watching I occasionally think about how you said your dream was for belle to push a sleigh in the snow with you and makes me so sad for her. But she could not have found a better person than you. She looks so happy where she’s at now. I look forward to following your adventures and wish you and Kyle all the love and happiness. By the way your chandelier is absolutely the chef’s kiss in the barn 🫶

@suebowles6644 28 күн бұрын

Hi from NZ 👋thanks for all your clips I love them😍I have been gardening for all my adult life but I always learn something new💟

@mothanwrdz Ай бұрын

Am happy to see that your hand is doing well. 😊

@eleonorabartoli2225 26 күн бұрын

In the city, you have tons of free wood pallets too.

@katella 17 күн бұрын

But are they treated with harmful chemicals?

@eleonorabartoli2225 17 күн бұрын

@@katella not that I know of or noticed anything when I cut them, also they weather pretty fast outside.

@katella 16 күн бұрын

@@eleonorabartoli2225 I don't know either, but people keep warning about that. In a pinch I've used pallet wood in my fireplace too. Hate to think that it might release harmful fumes. It is difficult to know what's safe these days.🤷🏽

@Qotus Ай бұрын

Thank you for giving me hope that spring will come, we just got dumped a foot of snow yesterday.

@libbysmithstudio Ай бұрын

Around 19:20, you say, "Here's some links" and waving your hands around... and no links pop up. 😂 you still look adorable, but just letting you know in case you just forgot to add them. Thanks for all the great info! I miss having a bunny. What a great reason to get one. ❤

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

Ah, good catch! I knew I forgot something. Bunnies are the best! :)

@TaylorParnell Ай бұрын

LOVE THIS ❤❤❤ you inspired me to start our garden again literally just posted a vlog about it ❤❤❤❤ love from israel

@moo422 Ай бұрын

The nightshade/plucking tip for root growth is so cool! Never seen that before. Great video Anne!

@123WorryFreeGardening Күн бұрын

Lazy garden tips. Thanks so much!

@lifeoutnumbered Ай бұрын

Most ink on packaging at least in the US is now soy ink to allow cardboard to be compostable!

@katella 17 күн бұрын

Sorry, but where did you get that info? Considering the amount of unhealthy things allowed into "food products" in the US, I seriously doubt that there is an effort to reduce toxicity in cardboard. I'd be happy to learn that you're right though. It has to start somewhere.

@lifeoutnumbered 14 күн бұрын

@@katella I read it in a news article somewhere a few years ago. I’m sure you could find the information for yourself tho.

@katella 13 күн бұрын

@@lifeoutnumbered not really, I'm not good at it internet research.

@northerngirlhobbies Ай бұрын

We love your channel Anne. We are on all clay at our new property and it legit sucks, especially without equipment besides a tiller. I’m thinking that most of our plants will be growing in hugel raised beds.

@AnneofAllTrades Ай бұрын

This video might help with your clay ;) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fc-TepWSqbbKiKs.htmlsi=rKE8vv7cKvtGm7Dk

@northerngirlhobbies Ай бұрын

@@AnneofAllTrades perfect, thank you.

@divine9520 Ай бұрын

looks like I'm right at home I'm in North MS zone 7B so I'm definitely subscribing! I love this method bc I have tons of everything you just used to make that garden its quick easy and for me its a great way to clean up my yard that's full of twigs branches falling from storms and not to mention all the leaves I just love this thank you so so much I gotta check out more of your content

@tacocat8884 Ай бұрын

I love this channel! Brightened my cloudy day here in N. Carolina

@baneverything5580 Ай бұрын

I`ve been adding forest soil with buckets and a garden wagon, leaf mold, rotted logs/stumps, chopped mowed over leaves, pine straw, cardboard, and all my grass clippings. I discovered after moving to a rural lot in late 2022 that the soil had been bulldozed down to hard red dirt and gravel was added so I had to begin building a garden. I found some old oak firewood pieces and used that as the sides of a makeshift raised bed under my trellises to grow pole beans, cucumbers & carrots. If I see grass coming up anywhere in my garden area I dump green grass clippings on it. I have a wild bunny friend who leaves deposits in my yard. I made friends with her during the extreme drought last year. She doesn`t cause much trouble usually like the raccoon here . He dumped out my carrots in a planter recently. So my garden area right now is getting better and better by the layers I keep adding. I also added bone meal and organic fertilizer with 20 added microbes and I burn leaves, twigs and straw in it sometimes. I mulch with grass clippings, forest soil, cardboard and leaves around my 12+ fruit trees too. I lost count. I plan to use rooted cuttings from the trees to make more. I`ve already made more fig trees and just planted mulberry and pineapple guava too. I have extreme anxiety, depression, schizoaffective disorder & PTSD plus a brain injury and damaged neck & back from a car accident. The WORST thing for me is having to go see DRs and being forced to get in cars.

@monicali2608 Ай бұрын

Besides illness you do your garden properly. For your health: have you been to a chiropractor after the accident? Blockades can cause anxiety. Read about Ashwaganda or Triphala. Wish you success in health and gardening.

@anamiguel5980 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience! I also have gravel over compacted red soil. Did you garden on top of the gravel, or did you clear the gravel? Thanks in advance.

@johenderson3742 19 күн бұрын

Going to town to see the Dr is a nightmare alright!!!😂

@Carmen-cv2oi Ай бұрын

So the cardboard layer right on top of grass will work? I don't need to dig out the area first?

@maddys3955 Ай бұрын

Yes 👍🏻 a thick layer of cardboard helps kill the weeds. We do it all the time in our garden, and then we put pine straw or leaves on top.

@RyanSmith-mv4bk Ай бұрын

The cardboard smothers all plant life below, doing all the weeding for you.

@alexhuxley3355 Ай бұрын

We call it 'no dig' in the UK. Edit: Use a double layer of cardboard.

@kimkim2591 27 күн бұрын

Omg I love your video soooo muchhh Anne, especially the part you said 'resistsss' to buy the plants with fruit on it haha I've learned a lot from you, thank youuuu Anne.

@urthesmile4me990 Ай бұрын

Best explanation I’ve ever heard! Thank you very much 💕

@TwoOnesTanks Ай бұрын

had two chip drops on my front lawn. I've started forming garden beds. my neighbors think i'm nuts

@judystaab7126 Күн бұрын

Feed chickens veg.scraps helps your plants which feeds you❤

@laura2bens782 16 күн бұрын

I also put the cardboard along the sides of the raised beds

@AnneofAllTrades 15 күн бұрын

Me too ;)

@marygabel2868 20 күн бұрын

Omg the wood on the bottom (larger pieces) killer!!! Idea!!!

@nadiakarmo-clark3342 24 күн бұрын

Thank you sooo much for this video. The best gardener i have ever watched. May God bless u , always.

@CharlieBasta Ай бұрын

I am SO HAPPY that I found your channel. I want to do exactly this. Thank you

@alber4842 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your garden video, very helpful ❤

@cdoil07 3 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for this WONDERFUL video! I learned so much!!!!

@liebekatz1 Ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I watch your videos many times for inspiration ❤

@H00ba100 Ай бұрын

I stumbled upon your channel the other day and I am soooo glad! You're informative and entertaining at the same time :)

@vatoloco314 Ай бұрын

Love the compost screen made of hardware cloth. Great video!

@MrDanrn999 8 күн бұрын

Thank you, for making this video.

@slavicadimcevski9585 Ай бұрын

great video. Thanks to you both.