Starting a WEED FREE In Ground Garden from Scratch!

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@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

Check out Rich and Shelley @air2groundfarms here: youtube.com/@air2groundfarms?si=Lov5hYPxBnJM6U1y

@annamschnetzer4036 Ай бұрын

I searched and found air2groundfarms before seeing this comment. I've subscribed and rang the bell, too. Thank you, from a Kansas City, MO, born-but-transplanted to Florida city retiree.

@jgg7377 Ай бұрын

Nichole from flower hill farm KZfaq channel has them and sells them along with other cool things

@thewildingslanding Ай бұрын

I love seeing homesteads helping homesteads, building community. Awesome example of how we should share skills and knowledge.

@gpipkins85 Ай бұрын

I JUST WET MY PLANTS!! Omg I need that shirt!!

@forrestgump9576 Ай бұрын

T-shirt of the year!😭🤣😭🤣

@frenchysandi Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing😂

@Looseey1973 Ай бұрын

I have one similar from Amazon. Love it.

@JudyE13 Ай бұрын

I got mine from Tractors Supply.

@forrestgump9576 Ай бұрын

@@JudyE13 Oooooh thanks! may have to run and see if ours has it!

@air2groundfarms Ай бұрын

Thank you Kevin & Sarah for sharing your gardening expertise with us!! Now to get those plants GROWING!! ❤❤❤😊😊

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see it all growing!

@julieschossow9315 Ай бұрын

Wish you were still going to the farmers market. Might see you there.

@cherylirvin3919 Ай бұрын

I like these videos where friends help friends! We use weed fabric on our 30x50 garden. Looking forward to your progress.

@fleurettewoods6080 Ай бұрын

I love how you guys are helping each other. Working with friends makes hard work easier. ❤

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

So true!

@debbiep7419 Ай бұрын

Hey, Kevin, I have that same shirt! My wonderful husband bought it for me cuz he knows how much I love gardening. When I saw the title of this video, I thought, "in ground? I thought they were switching to raised beds?!?" It was so nice to watch you helping your friends and sharing your experiential knowledge with them. I love how generous the gardening and homesteading community is.

@marylinnnorton4126 Ай бұрын

Kevin and Sarah, the one thing I admire about you both is that you teach,demonstrate and encourage. Blessings

@k.p.1139 Ай бұрын

Everyone needs a Kevin and Sarah near them. It's always SO much better to have extra helping hands.

@miephoex Ай бұрын

We say “thank you for your service” Kevin!

@stanniemi7929 Ай бұрын

The next time you are at Home Depot or Lowe’s, go to the plumbing department and pickup a PVC pipe cutter. It will make cutting garden hose and tubing much easier.

@huachi5 Ай бұрын

Broke my heart seeing the chickens huddled together under the coops trying to escape the sun ... would a few trees or even a pergola or two in that area be beneficial???That could be another video project!! Rich & Shelley, yall will learn sooo much from Kevin & Sarah, they are amazing teachers!!! Thank yall for sharing the video with us & looking forward for more to come.

@renatal1972 Ай бұрын

I put frozen water jugs out for my hens in the summer, they also have an awesome coop and the chicken run is 10x13feet with a covered roof. They are let out daily to free range under the trees and eat my flowers, they are also spoiled with fresh veggies and fruit.

@dianeelse5051 8 күн бұрын

An easier method of laying the landscape fabric Out a piece of rope through the center tube’ Make it long enough for you to pull the fabric with out pending Simply stake your starting point and pull the fabric. Only requires one person Works great for us Work smarter not harder!! Enjoy your gardening!

@beckiepatrick6900 Ай бұрын

I loved this video. Loved that it was friend helping friend. Learning new things and just an overall show of support. The two couples came together to show their love for gardening and each other and I really enjoyed it. I wish you a very happy and healthy garden a2g. I hope it’s your best garden yet! ❤😊

@jennifernebraska9728 Ай бұрын

This is an efficient way to garden. I’ve used my same cover for the past 5 years. To offset the ground cover heating the soil during our summers I add a layer of cardboard under the cover. I add 2 to 3 layers of cardboard under the walkways. This holds in the moisture, keeps the soil temperature more stable and stops weeds from popping through unused holes. When it is time to plant, wet the cardboard and poke through. At the end of the season I pull up the cover leaving the cardboard. Then I hit it repeatedly with our mower to shred for compost. Be sure to use clean, undyed, tape and staple free cardboard.

@tamarajenkins8821 Ай бұрын

From one ex-Phoenician to another I just want to say thanks y’all for such a great video. Love how you always explain the how’s and why’s of the methods you use. 😊

@sitsngigglesful Ай бұрын

Air 2 garden, thank you for your service! All of you, thanks for this video! It made me realize i can do drip irrigation on my own and i must have missed Kevin and Sarah's video doing it to their raised beds!

@anneo3754 Ай бұрын

That's an awesome looking garden! Great work helping out your friends and neighbors 😊

@boo-fk1ku Ай бұрын

I love the weed cover!!!! I’ve used it for three years now from watching these guys. It is so easy.

@michellebeen8741 17 күн бұрын

How do you water with the weed cover? Will soaker hoses work?

@livingintoday1073 Ай бұрын

Great video. Tips were great today. We are laying ground cover this weekend for our high tunnel area and our in ground garden. The tip about laying the fabric with wind direction is something that I never would have thought about. And putting staples in sparsely on the bottom cover that will have the overlap makes great sense. I'm so excited for this yr . Not contending with the weeds, grasses, and having the drip tape will definitely be a game changer. It's almost cheating😂 Peace and Love Neighbors ❤️

@retiredusmc9090 Ай бұрын

12 foot folded means it's folded in half, making it 6 feet wide and then rolled up to ship, just like the six foot one you ordered. When you get it, roll it out and unfold it. The row is now 12 ft. I had the same question until I ordered it and rolled it out.

@growerssolution Ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it better ourselves.

@marking-time-gardens Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this garden technique with us again... thinking of doing the same here. Great to see Rich and Shelley as well... team work makes the dream work! Blessings on both homesteads! 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿

@gayeknight Ай бұрын

I use a foil pan lid to make a template for burning my holes. Then I have my spacing and hole size even. This also protects the surrounding ground fabric. Good Luck!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

Great tip!

@AZJH8374 Ай бұрын

Shelly & Sarh look like sisters!❤❤❤

@lanettelawrence6308 Ай бұрын

Thank you for how to properly lay this system down. The little tips such as knowing the wind blowing direction and burning the weed barrier ends to stop the ends from further unraveling are very useful to know.

@JeanneKinland Ай бұрын

My two favorite couples together. I know Rich and Shelly (thanks to you guys)! Love to follow them. I always wondered if Air2grounds had a garden. I'm looking forward to following your garden.

@klosettreat 9 күн бұрын

I was assigned a lot from my community garden center about three weeks ago. I checked it out the lot looked great, added some compost and additional soil. Planted about a week later, within the next week to two omg weeds galore. I was out weeding today and let me tell you it was so frustrating. My plants are just starting to take hold so pulling the weeds could harm the plants I’ve been growing all winter indoors. I was out there with a pair of scissors I’m sure looking ridiculous. The plan was to give my plants some time to get a little stronger. lol so that landed me here. After my summer crops are done if they win the weed battle this is what I’ll be doing. The weed is called nutsedge. They look like blades of grass so if you pull it and don’t get the nut at the roots they spread more, some of them don’t have nuts and they just spread like vines underground. How fun!! 😂 But I got a plan for them now. Video was great. 👍🏽

@olddawgdreaming5715 Ай бұрын

That was really a great video sharing and teaching another Homestead your way of doing a weedless and irrigated garden. I hope they enjoy their garden and have a great harvest like you folks do. Stay safe and both families have fun with what you are doing. Fred.

@humblehalfacre8464 25 күн бұрын

Took out the landscape fabric ( it inhibits worms and the healthy development of the soil underneath) and put in wood chips. When the chips degrade, I mix them into my raised beds during winter and get new chips to line my paths.

@richardroyles1423 2 күн бұрын

Good luck. God bless.

@kcs.farm09 25 күн бұрын

Good afternoon. Love the drip tape.

@charlescourtney4412 Ай бұрын

Great video. One statement I disagree with is no need to plant next to an emitter. That may be just fine with a clay soil or a good loam. However, I live in Florida and garden in a coarse sand. I find it necessary to use no more than 8 inch emitter spacing and preferably 6 inch for crops planted close together, such as beans. For larger plants, such as broccoli or tomatoes, I find it helps to plant close to an emitter, as there is very little lateral spread of moisture from the emitter -- it just goes straight down into my sand.

@marjoriesmithson5924 11 күн бұрын

THANK YOU FOR SHARING 😊❤

@gregorykissell6753 Ай бұрын

Great that you help so many others sharing the processes and tips that you have learned over the years, in person or via these videos. We at our place have never used the fabric or the drip irrigation but we think it is about time we do for this season. There are so many logical benefits. Thanks!

@enisasefer1074 Ай бұрын

Hello Sarah and Kevin 😊just letting you know the other day I was watching Hills Mill Homestead-he was about to plant some tomatoes and he was using wide rings from mason jars to make a hole with a torch so maybe you could use that idea to-just don’t touch them with your hands ❤❤❤❤

@camicri4263 29 күн бұрын

That's really nice! Blessings!

@dickburns9200 Ай бұрын

I couldn't fully read Kevin's shirt until near the end of the video, so I thought it said,"I just wet my pants" I was relieved when I finally saw it was plants. Whew!

@1Ggirl1959 25 күн бұрын

Love you guys!

@mountainman2434 5 күн бұрын

Only down side that I have found with the fabric is slugs love it and the will decimate seedlings, you really have to keep up on your pesticides

@manuelsmith3984 29 күн бұрын

I need one w if those shirts Kevin the wife and I have laughed about ever since we saw Kevin wearing it

@jamesbrashear1664 Ай бұрын

Great video as always, do you have a parts list for everything needed. Living in western KY. The weeds are a living nightmare. This is the best thing since sliced bread. Thank you for any help you can offer. And yes, God Bless you.

@elainelucier6243 Ай бұрын

I was watching another video where they used a canning jar ring when cutting the hole with a torch.

@pattieldred9678 Ай бұрын

This video was so informative, Please please show what to get for the electric fence and how to install

@kprairiesun Ай бұрын

Having extra help seems necessary when the wind kicks up. Awesome to help friends. I have shared this with my 1500 FB friends as a great tutorial.

@sharongiesbrecht8417 Ай бұрын

So wonderful you can sure your knowledge with others. They will do great. Enjoy watching this always.

@gaylesmith1738 Ай бұрын

This is great! What a great tutorial on how to have a great garden! It's nice to meet your friends!! 💕

@barbbrownlee9188 25 күн бұрын

Hello Kevin and Sarah! Awesome video installing landscape fabric with friends and helping other homesteaders! 💖 I have to check into that landscape fabric to place in between my existing raised beds to keep weeds at bay!👍 Blessings to you and family!🌹 🦋 5/5/2024🦋

@marshak1926 Ай бұрын

My 2 favorite homesteads in one video. Mskes for a great Saturday morning.

@kaybusby7507 Ай бұрын

You're amazing. Sharing your experience and thoughts with friends is awesome. Thank you for sharing. God's blessings to all of you.

@waveoglesby2920 Ай бұрын

If you plan ahead a good rule is to put a silage tarp down 3 to 6 months before you put the weed fabric down. Put the tarp down and let it stay there for 1 month. Roll or fold it up and let the weeds and grass sprout then put it out again over the garden plot. Do this 3 to 6 times. Every time you do this you reduce the weed seed bank by 1/2. This will keep weeds from coming up through the holes in the weed fabric from where you plant and where you put the stables down.

@z144000 Ай бұрын

That's great ! Thank you Kevin & Sarah. Prayers. God Bless you all in Love. Maranatha ! ( shared to f/b )

@philwood9760 21 күн бұрын

Plant fertilizer in pen next to garden.

@kwarne8974 29 күн бұрын

Easier to ship a 6' roll of weed cover rather than a 12' wide roll. The "fold over" is a 12" wide fabric folded in 1/2 length wise = 6' wide for shipping... at lease that is how mine came. WONDERFUL STUFF!

@OneWildTurkey Ай бұрын

Instead of the weed fabric, has anyone tried UV treated sileage tarps? I haven't installed mine yet, but it's folded 20ft x50ft in one roll, and use cutouts where the plants will go. That way, I only do a few sections to start with until I get my patterns down.

@rob5836 Ай бұрын

Thanks for introducing me to Rich and Shelley. I love their sight. They helped me with my keto. It is the second time I got introuble because I wasn't eating enough fat.

@Chiggerhollow Ай бұрын

Hi neighbors, we live between Ava and Gainesville. Glad to see more local people on here.

@winterHomestead Ай бұрын

Rich+Shelley ( my name) thank you for your service ..Great teaching lessons..we are doing the same here.. So thank you

@debbiedouglass1478 29 күн бұрын

I’m buying a home with room for a garden. Thank you for putting out the exact video I needed! 😊🌷

@belieftransformation Ай бұрын

Such a wonderful thing to do with friends; thanks for sharing! I love how you make things easy to understand & doable! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦

@Blonders777 Ай бұрын

I'll watch them even more because of being military, lol. I'm prior Air Force too. Thx for all you all do.

@Rocco25.6 Ай бұрын

Working in the Pentagon is not a bad thing being in the Air Force for 25 years is a good thing I have family that’s been in the Air Force for 25 and 30 years and in the army so hats off to you my friend and welcome home brother hope your farm is great

@67gdjbi Ай бұрын

Just went over to Air2Ground Farms and they are great👍👍👍👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@air2groundfarms Ай бұрын

Thank you for checking us out!! We’d love to have you in our community!!😊❤️-Shelley

@user-bo1rj2xu2s Ай бұрын

Many hands make light work. Great tutorial yet again! Thank you.

@ClickinChicken Ай бұрын

Hey, I won't check out his channel. But he can fly a plane. And he was a Pentagon worker. Pretty cool. both! I can't fly a plane, and I'm only an old Rush L. Fan.

@paulawhite2882 Ай бұрын

Your videos are so valuable for learning how to do something, if it's what you want information for. I first found you, when I was learning about soil blocking. You all do a great job putting out a great, enjoyable to watch, teaching video. The new garden area looks great+

@ScarletFoundryTarot 28 күн бұрын

hahaha....Kevin's shirt!

@WaysideHome Ай бұрын

☕️ with Kevin and Sarah. Nice to meet our new friends. I will give you a follow, but Saturday mornings are already taken by my favorite homesteading duo. 😊 Nice to meet you!

@air2groundfarms Ай бұрын

Thank you for checking us out! We’d love to have you in our growing community! -Shelley 😊

@swianecki Ай бұрын

That was a good days work but working with friends makes it much more enjoyable. I watch air2ground and enjoy their channel very much. God bless you all.

@mlm7598 Ай бұрын

This was very enjoyable and I have fabric I have wanted to use for 3 years. I am glad I saw this so it will make mine easier. Thanks so very much for sharing! Blessings

@cindilockhart9492 Ай бұрын

Neighbors helping neighbors. ❤

@bethalvarez6956 Ай бұрын

I wouldn’t call myself homesteader I’m a rancher. I have cattle horses chickens goats my garden so I guess I turned into a homestead.

@Dutch779 Ай бұрын

Always something to learn and a new subscriber from Melbourne Australia.

@lisapop5219 Ай бұрын

Very nice. We just made the switch a few weeks ago, and so far, so good. We also loaded it down with mulch after the plants went in. We did 3 ft between rows because we have a smaller garden area.

@richparks1966 6 күн бұрын

In your icon thumbnail how come your workers are striking the famous 'Keep on Trucking ' pose?

@bryanlloyd1099 Ай бұрын

Awesome video and was so nice to see everyone working together!

@C3Voyage Ай бұрын

I got 15' 6" x 300' (folded) from Greenhouse Megastore. It is in a roll and the fold isn't an issue. Much better than 6' IMO.

@GrandmaKarenHasAFarm Ай бұрын

I can relate. I finally gave up on my garden last year. The weeds were taller than me. I'm using landscape fabric this year, too. Thanks for the great instructions! God bless! And I laughed out loud at your t shirt, Kevin!

@RustyBobbins Ай бұрын

I got the 12ft wide folded. It’s just folded to be 6’ and on a roll. You just unroll it and unfold it. Not hard. The hardest part was trying to put it in place with wind. It’s constantly windy here in SE Oklahoma. Think I’m going to get 8” staples for the future too. The staples (6”) where the fabric overlaps keep coming up.

@kassandrawaltenburg8254 Ай бұрын

This is perfect timing! I bought my roll a few weeks ago and need to put it down in my in ground garden. I had the exact problem these guys did last year, I had a jungle and it was crazy! I’m so excited to see how my garden does this year with the weed fabric! My only question is hope wide does the water from the drip tape go? So if I want to plant a 3 or 4 foot wide area could 1 drop tape line down the middle be sufficient? Thank you for all your videos! ❤

@melissa7233 Ай бұрын

I had the wind experience yesterday when I was trying to work with the 3ft wide DeWitt fabric. I'm just glad that I had the foresight to pin it down before I started really unrolling it. It had been calm until right after I cut my first piece. A timely gust came up and the last 6ft or so went flying. I have no doubts that I would have been chasing across the gravel road and onto the freshly planted farm next door.

@Cherie5353 Ай бұрын

That is a beautiful property. ❤❤❤❤

@jimoray3 Ай бұрын

Christlike love of sharing and lifting one another. Super content

@tambrasmith9707 Ай бұрын

Be careful when burning that stuff to cut it, I breathed it and got pneumonia from it… I was putting it down for my high tunnel

@tambrasmith9707 Ай бұрын

I bought sum coated or stainless steel ones for the second layer of my high tunnel

@tambrasmith9707 Ай бұрын

That’s the ground cover that the water doesn’t go through , is that the one that they wanted

@tambrasmith9707 Ай бұрын

That stuff works great … I bought a lazy garden from Hoss , and it comes with all the drip irrigation … my onions that I planted in it are the biggest that I’ve ever grown

@FOMAHsince2014 Ай бұрын

So fun seeing "neighbors" as KZfaqrs! Polk county here!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

It sure is!

@deniseracine6788 25 күн бұрын

I love this idea. Do you think it could stay out all winter, under the snow? (Canada weather)

@mindydillow504 Ай бұрын

We put down this fabric last year in our garden and it was a game changer! Thank you kevin and Sarah for introducing this way of gardening. Cleaning up in the fall was so easy. I grew okra for the 1st time but not sure how to pull it out of the whole. I let it die off all winter but still have a big stalk in the whole. Any suggestions?

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

You may need to widen the hole and then either cover over it with a swatch of fabric or just know you’ll need to pick weed there until the next plant shades them out.

@RichSobocinski Ай бұрын

Kevin, a PVC/PEX pipe cutter would make cutting that tubing much quicker and easier.

@johnm2482 21 күн бұрын

So off topic question… If you could raise only one kind of bird for meet and eggs on your homestead, what would be your first choice?

@chrismurdock6049 Ай бұрын

Love my weed fabric. 1st yr here in the Ozarks with it and I'm living it already. Was wondering where you get your worm soil from? I wanna start making better quality dirt and I'm hearing worm castings dirt is really good dirt to use while adding other ingredients as well. I live in LongLane,Mo.

@kennethpatierno6223 Ай бұрын

Hey Kevin did you ever think of running for President you and Sarah would make this country rock all the best love what y'all are doing. Ken

@LivingTraditionsHomestead Ай бұрын

Not sure my type of common sense would be appreciated. lol. Kevin

@rebeccaplumlee9601 Ай бұрын

I've not had big garden in eons. Last huge garden I had decided to use newspaper between rows so I'd have area to walk on...rain goes thru. Each fall, I'd till paper into our CLAY (Indiana then) after that & all my straw, grass clippings, wood chips (I'd made them from chipper) & organic material it took about 5 years b4 I had decent soil the entire garden bed. My vegetable bed was only 8 ft wide but 100 ft long. I'd pick a wheelbarrow of tomatoes every other day during harvest. I was busy busy busy.

@jereynolds51 Ай бұрын

Great video. ❤❤❤❤

@billsalmon9562 Ай бұрын

Awesome

@billsalmon9562 Ай бұрын

Good job yall

@kathyhoot7277 Ай бұрын

I use landscape fabric after watching you guys. I even did my sisters garden in weed fabric. She had thistle 2'' around before and was thrilled with the results.

@azmike1 Ай бұрын

Good job! Well done!

@debbydrach Ай бұрын

Great video 👍

@dhansonranch Ай бұрын

Good video! Very thorough. I am glad you addressed the pooling water. The fabric certainly made a difference for me where I used it last summer. No quack grass and Canada thistle to contend with. Like your shirt Kevin..lol. God Bless!

@dougbas3980 Ай бұрын

I have just laid 6: 6' x 50' and will do 9 rows with drip tape. Using timer to water before I get up (LOL). So this video was perfect! QUESTION: Once the different size/spacing holes are burned, aren't you planting the same stuff in the same place year after year (no crop rotation)? And how do you replace nutrients the plants use every year? No more compost addition? Or do you remove the weed barrier every year and store over the winter (Michigan winter here) so you can amend the soil? So I am asking about crop rotation and soil amendment under ground cover and irrigation system. Any advice is greatly appreciated, Doug