Here in North Texas it is time to get the Vegetable Garden going! Check out what all we already have planted & growing.

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After completing the construction of our Hugelkultur mound in the previous video, we finally got around to planting some vegetables and covering the entire thing with straw mulch.
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  • Bordi the one

    I have same type of soil. but I did nothing to it. for 8 years I only grow lawn on it and I wonder if it's worth the effort to make a veggie garden. it's about 300 sq meters.

  • gary faucett

    I heard you say in the video that you were in north texas. Do you do classes on the basics of gardening? organic or chemical? I live in parker tx. not sure where you are at. I am old but still trying to learn as much as I can. Where I am at the garden starts to burn up by mid june , so a early start is a must. thanks,gary

  • jksatte

    In the multitude of video's I have watched, I don't think I have ever seen soil as black as yours.  Did you add compost or is that just your soil? It is awesome regardless. I just love the gardening video's. Thanks for sharing.  Janice

  • sheryl Cornell

    Oh my gosh. Not to be harsh but  you are so cute except  the eye brows.  Why not have them  thinned out to look more normal. Just way to much and I keep looking at them and not paying attention to what your saying.  Sorry-  a friend..

  • kwo dell

    Here in southern Wisconsin most of the snow is gone.  It snowed all afternoon but it didn't stick too well.  Can't wait to get started but looks like nearly a month before the ground is thawed. On the bright side, the ice fishing is really picking up. Looks like we'll have ice into May this year.  Sigh. 

  • Judith M

    Brandon, thanks for the video – loved seeing all that greenery!  I live in PA where I am just now going through my seed packets to determine what veggies to start.  I'm glad that there are you "warmer" people out there who can whet our appetites for the gardening season!  Can't wait!  (I cheated – I did plant 1 tomato early just so I don't go crazy waiting – it's 2 inches tall now.)  Hope you have a great harvest!

  • MORNING GARDENER'S SHOW.

    Great video, I see this a lot I'm also guilty of it as well. We all are very good or great gardeners. But when we set up a garden we assume everyone else knows how to garden. Many gardeners never mentioned anything about the soil how prepare the soil, what kind of soil amendments if any that they used. Majority of my new videos videos I'm going to focus on  that subject so that anyone can get a good idea what to do with this soil which is the key to garden.

    Keep up the great work.

  • Urban Garden Survival

    Your garden is looking great… Some really niche looking greens there… Thanks for the video. We are just at the end of summer here in the southern half of the world!

  • LadyRavenEyes

    this went about the same as my first garden. i just put plants into the ground and hoped it worked but i still got some good vegetables in spite of this. You learn as you go, i suggest looking into companion planting some plants help others grow. oh also from personal experience don't expect the mulch to prevent all weeds some will still get past

  • justuslightworkers

    this and your first one were very good, thank you. We had our first homesteading year last year, as well. I'll just say it did not go well. I had not yet heard of Hugelkultur, and it was also our first year growing food. To top it all off, our homestead soil is…sand. Very nutrient poor, and I knew nothing about growing in that kind of dirt, needless to say it wasn't good. The potatoes were the only thing that did decently, after thousands of different veggie seeds were scattered Fukuoka-style. Oh well, lesson learned. I want to try Hugelkultur at this point, since we have lots of woods and I learned about it in some books. Good luck this year!

  • norweavernh

    Love your beds. One tip, you might want to tease the root bound plants before planting, and peatpot bottoms should be cut out before planting so roots have more chance to thrive. Hope you learnwd lots from the experience.

  • 40intrek

    You would be amazed at what a small flock of chickens can do for your garden with the right containment. No organic garden should be without, but this is just my opinion. Check into it. And Thanks for sharing..

  • Sir Fendoburn

    Bees are not a problem. they are a solution. I agree they were not what you expected. But even if they are not in a hive or where you want them, As long as they are not causing a nuisance, leave them or call a local apiarist who may happily take them off of your hands.

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