This is my first garden. I started the project thinking we’d just have 1 or 2 raised beds but it turned into something much bigger. Everything is done organically (no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers etc.) and “veganically” (without the use of manure, blood meal, bone meal or any kind of animal product).
99% of the vegetables are “heirloom” or “open-pollinated” meaning the seed has been bred true and saved for at least 50 years and will continue to breed true when you save the seed…as opposed to a “hybrid” which has generally been bred for appearance, shelf life, yield, disease resistance but rarely taste. A saved hybrid seed will not breed true to the vegetable you saved it from.
My family and I built the structure. I started everything by seed, mostly indoors under a grow-light system.
What I’m growing now:
Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplant
Basil
Squash
Cucumbers
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Mint
Green Beans
Calendula (for tea)
Tepary Beans
Onions
Garlic
Indian Corn
Strawberries
Okra
Tomatillo
Sunflowers
Parsley
Amaranth
What I grew over the winter:
Lettuce
Kale
Rapini
Broccoli
Arugula
Beets
Carrots
Peas
Bok Choy
Spigariello
On an unrelated note, check out the band I’m in with my 3 brothers. http://www.kongos.com
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very cool garden i need help with mine in yucca im always fighting wind and water evap and of course chipmunks grrrr u got any advice????
Awesome garden! Thanks for the video!
wow just wow ! what part of phoenix do you live at ?
I have the same idea about garden in Desert…I am going to move in the future in Casa Grande Az.I already got 14 acres in Casa Grande….You have a very nice garden
impressive! I have raised beds too in Peoria AZ. not lucky with cucumbers, zucchini , ok with chards , bok choy, leeks. I don't have enough compost , how do you get your vegetables to make a lot of compost? Cannot find organic at home depot .How do you feed your garden ? please share, thanks
Great garden for a hot dry summer. Fantastic work mate.
Peter
Nice garden!! Did you plant them all from seeds or are some of them from actual plants?
So amazing!!:)
What are you using to trelis the tomatoes? I see what looks like a road sign post with string/rope but is there more? Nice garden.
I'm moving to Phoenix and I'm wondering what books or sources you read with respect to growing vegetables in the desert and what you read regarding seed starting?
what he said! absolutely beautiful
That is really impressive, I live in Phoenix and I know how hot and how hard it can be to grow stuff out here. The sun is also a problem and that black netting stuff is a great idea.
Well done! You put my garden to shame. How do you control pests, especially ants?
Thanks Bowen, compliments are much appreciated! I read A LOT and had lots of trial and error but mostly gaining as much knowledge as possible before starting.
Thanks! I use 50% shade-cloth.
Very impressive, for a first garden, did u take a collage course on raising your first garden, then do a lab on it? This is advanced stuff for a beginner! Outstanding! Imagine what u will be doing 10, 20 years from now! Were the friends and family. That helped u on building the garden, beginners? Now I am going back.to.my garden and re-think what I'm needing to do to get it up to par with the beginner! Rock on!:) your doing great! Bowen
YOU HAVE AN OUTSTANDING GARDEN THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRATION. I LIVE IN LAS VEGAS AND I GARDEN. But what you have is inspirational. God Bless and enjoy the fruits of your labor. wHAT DO YOU COVER THE TOMATO WITH to filter the sun?
Great vid watcher here from yorkshire england, id sort your ant problem out also in future id prune your toms check the vids on here bout it will be miles more beneficial with yeild, i did a 50% pruned 50% natural last year and my prunedhit around 200% more fruit, awsome layout bud keep going strong! starting my grows up and hope to have a set up lik this in next 24months
@jibhorse Exploiting the insects? is that a joke?