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My name is Benjamin Meeks (AKA Gardenguy) and I help folks grow thriving fruitful and beautiful gardens. Most people want to grow their own food but the learning curve is tough to tackle. Trust me, I know because I was there myself. I want to help people quickly learn what it has taken me years and many thousands of dollars to learn. Join in on the adventure and you’ll discover more about natural, sustainable and practical ways of growing your own food in the space you have available to you!
Homegrown Fence Posts! Ep 1
Folks! We are excited to be installing our own cattle and sheep fence. This is the beginning of many future farm animals. So exciting! Stay tuned for future episodes of this farm project.
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WE’RE BACK! Farm Update and Tour
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Finally! We have taken a long break from the tubes and I primarily am feeling SUPER refreshed. I think I needed that. It’s easy for RUclips or any other social media platform to become a source of false identity and to feel an obligation to post post post at the risk of lacking in the areas of faith and family. We are so grateful to be able to have that break and yet now jump back in! Most of m...
Wife Talks HOUSE PLANS for Homestead
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Gabriella is doing great! We are excited to see how it all unfolds. NRCS and the electric company will definitely help.
Power Lines and House Pad | Farm Update
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We found a shortcut! It was going to have to go alllll the way up the driveway and here we are. So thankful. Homesteading is no joke and getting all the infrastructure in place is tough. But that's all part of the adventure! Plus gotta get that pad level and brush offloaded!
A BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE on the Farm!
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The fields are looking so wonderful! The homestead is coming along folks!
Farm Fresh Dinner + Farm Fun
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Gabriella made an amazing dinner! Wow. Always fun on the farm, folks.
Cow got STUCK in the POND!
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Our cow got stuck in the pond! Can we get her out? Watch and see...always an adventure on the farm.
We DISCOVERED SOMETHING on the Farm!
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Who would have thought?! Check out what we discovered on the homestead.
More of the FARM is CLEARED!
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An update on the new areas of the property that are cleared. So so exciting! This is truly a homestead in the making, folks.
We were completely WRONG! BIG house site change
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We got it all WRONG! Our original house site is just not gonna work out. Check out the video to find out.
Homestead ENTRANCE has ARRIVED (Long Enough?)
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We finally got our culvert!! Can you believe it? It is amazing how just a simple driveway entrance is so satisfying and exciting. Thank you for joining in on the adventures with us!
New Mountain DRIVEWAY! Is it too STEEP?
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Wow can those bulldozers get stuff done really quick. We are excited for the progress! Our gravel driveway will serve us for many years to come.
Soil Test coming! Choosing Homestead House Site
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The soil test guy is coming quick! My lovely wife Gabriella and I enjoyed getting to spot out the house site. Let the adventures begin!!
WE NEEEED YOUR ADVICE!! Each comment is so helpful! A PIVOTAL moment for us.
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WE NEEEED YOUR ADVICE!! Each comment is so helpful! A PIVOTAL moment for us.
Total Garden MAKEOVER | Episode 3 (It's DONE!)
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Total Garden MAKEOVER | Episode 3 (It's DONE!)
Cracked and Dry Soil Gardening HACK!
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Cracked and Dry Soil Gardening HACK!
How to Naturally Fertilize a Yard | My #1 TIP
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How to Naturally Fertilize a Yard | My #1 TIP
Got WEEDS? DO THIS 100% Natural Method!
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Got WEEDS? DO THIS 100% Natural Method!
No-dig Mountain Garden Transformation Episode 2
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No-dig Mountain Garden Transformation Episode 2
Garden + Playground Makeover in Backyard
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Garden Playground Makeover in Backyard
Epic Mountain Garden Makeover | Episode #1
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Epic Mountain Garden Makeover | Episode #1
African Gift for my WIFE?! Mother's Day Fun
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African Gift for my WIFE?! Mother's Day Fun
5 Soil TIPS || FRUIT Tree ABUNDANCE (all natural)
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5 Soil TIPS || FRUIT Tree ABUNDANCE (all natural)
Please be careful of the thorns You can get a bad infection like I did. Some how the little thorns get under skin and you don't realize it until later. Protect your face..just be careful...these beautiful rose bushes can and will "bite"
Great video! Just a question: If I use cardboard, then install the weed fabric, and top it with pebbles, will that be a good idea? Right now I only have the pebbles and I'm getting weeds all over. Thanks for the advice!
You talk to much
Go Vols. Thanks for the tip. I just added some, had some bad end root rot on my tomatoes this year down here in Chattanooga.
Well my friend, you have a long way to go. Some of the time you talk BS. You see, while I agree, that printed paper (any, including cardboard) should not be used in a garden or compost, your remarks about oil are incorrect. Oil is of organic origin, so products made from oil degrade. Plastics for instance get devoured by bacteria. Do your research before you make your videos, so you don't embarrass yourself.
I put down card board, them covered with wood chips. Worked for a few years. Then it starts to grow over to the sides.
Wheat straw is full of chemicals! Finding organic straw is difficult!
i use card board to kill grass and weeds around my garden plants. still wobbly on my feet since a bad stroke . if i try to get down to weed i fall or can't get back up.
Are those the shoes of a dude, of a frugal person, or of a gardener? Or is it all three. No shade, not an insult. You can tell what you like but be careful or you might end up needing orthotics when you get older. Just a tip since you’re helping teach me something (I learned that the hard way).
Haha yes all the above! Yes I’ve thrown those away. Thank you!
Thanks guys! Gave me an idea on what I need to do in my backyard as I have erosion and the soil is washing away downhill. Best to you, your bro and Josh!
So glad it helped!
Hey garden guy thanks for the tips! Whats your thoughts on spraying a water sealant ontop on your mulch? Heard some folks do that to preserve the color and lifespan of the multch.
Sure thing! Well, it will preserve it some for sure. I usually err more on the side of all-natural myself. But may be worth a try!
Thank you
You're welcome!
Leave your eggshell in the carton and step on them the add to your compost I also add bone meal blood meal azomite and calcium to my compost and it make a great compost ! I always added some fish heads to my compost when it was at a good point for it
Bro. Just came across your videos. Watched a few of them because I’m trying to learn the whole no till gardening deal then saw this video. BEST ONE yet! Gardening is pretty cool but a man standing with Jesus gets me fired up! Thank you LORD Jesus for leading this young man and woman. May you inspire more and more people to follow Christ. Gardening is but a vapor, following Christ and being Born Again is ETERNAL and what a gift it is! Pretty cool, made my day. God bless you both! 🙏🏼
Thank you very much for this encouraging message, sir! May the Lord bless your day and your family!
amazing job. we were part way through making a fire pit with the stones before realizing we needed some pointers. This video was the answer. Thanks! - Karen C.
So glad it helped yall!
Im doing the same thing too. Trying to turn the clay soil to something more lively for the plants by buring kitchen scraps
There is oat straw and its the one safe for all livestock
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Just wasted all that time for a quick 30 second clip at the very end for a job thats not even finished. Sod on top the grass to pick up later? Just get it out from the rip instead of working twice. Looks good, just unfinished. Next time just get right to your tutorial and finish your project
What is your compost pile mostly composed of?
Hi! I love your content. Will store bought compost/top soil work for smaller applications?
Thank you! It’ll work but it’s usually not best. I would look for something with a manure type base if possible.
I want to make something like this in the front of my house but it makes me sad to kill the grass. Are there any alternatives to get this kind of look without having to kill the grass?🥺
Sadly something has to go to add something new. A good life lesson too! But thankfully if you can cut out the grass and preserve some of the soil then you can use it for sod somewhere you want to grow better grass!
Can i plant extablished plants ontop of cardboard and begin garden, if I use enough topsoil and the mulch? How about if I use a weed barrier on top of the cardboard, then soil and mulch? Can I bury coffee, orange and potatoe skins under the cardboard, or will that feed the weeds and prolong the process? Thank you.
You can plant into the compost if you cut through it. Or you can wait for it to decompose. If you add compost under the cardboard it’ll just decompose. Main thing is you don’t want to let the weeds underneath see daylight for atleast 3-4 months so that they die off. Hope this helps!
If you soak the cardboard first, all the tape comes right off.
Adorable family and gorgeous location!
I just add fertilizer every year. No problems.
Just scrolled through all comments. There is one way to tell someone's approximate age without ever seeing them and it works 90% of the time. The older they are the more they try their best to respond to as many people as possible or at least like comments to show they saw. Why? Because they were taught it's rude not to. Newer generations have been taught the opposite, that it doesnt really matter. Look at channels like Project Farm with over 2 million subscribers. Or Ken Tamplin with over a million. They still take time out of their day for those people that took time out of theirs to say kind things to them or ask questions. This trend saddens me. Kindness and simple common decency is slowly going out the window. I live south of Knoxville so I subscribed when I found this channel. Didn't take long to realize I should probably just move along. Best wishes to your growing family. 😊
Thank you for your honest comment, sir! Yes I know I haven’t been great at responding to folks. After having our kiddo I realized I only have so much time and it will either be with family and God or being preoccupied with business endeavors. So for the time being I try to answer questions but family comes first. With the amount of questions coming in from all the videos it’s truly tough to keep up! But I’ll keep trying :) Blessings!
I'm just south of Knoxville. Where did you get all of the rock for the fire pit area?
I believe I got them from Green Acres Rock Yard off Alcoa. Also Tennessee Stone is a great place.
Please advise me how to cut a frost damaged olive tree and help it revive❤️
Thank you for your question. The best thing you can do is wait and see which branches actually die. And also give the plant the best soil and water conditions it can have. Boost it immune system and it will do the best it can considering the damage
Also speak life over the plant. Believe it or not, there is life and death in the power of the tongue. Science is discovering that what we say, affects everything around us, including plants. Hope this helps!
Very helpful ! Thank you for sharing this vital and valuable information ! 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️😊😊😊
My pleasure 😊
That is actually corrugated paperboard. Cardboard is what a shoebox is made from, or the small box you had. And do stay away from slick cardboard, and glossy paper. Some of those chemicals never break down.
Cardboard is not meant to have any print, writing, tape or stickers on it. I've just started my first ever no dig garden, I also watch Charles Dowding. Good luck to you with your no dig garden.
Nearly all straw contains Glyphosate (aka Roundup). It can poison your soil FOR YEARS. Only easy way to remove most of it is to plant more wheat. That will draw out the poison - at least some of it anyway. Note: Not sure about paraquat. Presumably that too will be problematic.
we get OAT straw, organic, and do not work it into the soil until the following year
When I tried the Ruth Stout methos I found it will also harbor mice, rats and snakes. Never found a poisonous snake but it can still scare you.
I have a full lawn of this grass I only have half moon shaped and lawn it is hell to strim would I be better of using a blade strimmer for this how to get rid of it please
What about pine needles? Same as stRAW?
Pine needles actually have a Tannin in them that may prevent seeds from growing well. So I wouldn’t use them in the veg garden. Only under berry bushes and brambles and trees
You are both so cute, young and in love just starting out building your home together. As long as you put God first in your lives you will never be without his blessings. Congratulations to you both 👩❤️👨
Straw is not just derived from wheat... straw also comes from the stalks of OATS... it is my favorite since it is "softer" than wheat and I find it superior for strawberries...!
I wonder how long the herbicide stays in the straw? I didn't realize it was treated last few years until our watermelons and other legumes did very poorly! Does the herbicide dissipate after a year? I'm guessing I will have to physically remove the straw and not burn it.😢
Best way is to get a product called ram board from Lowes is a really compressed thin hard card board use it instead of fabric and mulch but mulch with leaf litter or spring grass clippings before everything goes to seed few inches deep first then mulch with wood chips four inches deep or you have to flip the top four inches right before a hard freeze to kill the rizome roots
Straw also comes from baled oat stalk.
Good advice we used to use it years and years ago when making adobe bricks out in the desert other than that, I have no use for it
With time the temporary Nitrogen used to break the carbon down gets returned to the soil plus then some. If you've been layering straw, paper, cardboard, compost, dead leaves for a couple years, there will be plenty of nutrients available for everything. Continuing this practice will result in deep soft rich soil. Personally, I stay away from manures because they're not needed. Dead leaves and hay return every nutrient needed and worms and michorizal fungus convert things into the right form for plants to use and in perfect balance. It's best, imo, to build your soil up several months before planting by layering cardboard and paper over the top of the grass and covering it with leaves and hay and forgetting about it. Repeat this process after every growing period and just individual holes for your plants, leaving the surrounding material to trap moisture and keep the worms happy. They will till every square inch of your dirt so no plowing. You can also make compost tea and foliar feed everything to correct the temporary Nitrogen deficiency. The runoff will collect and soak into the carbon.
idiocracy everybody's a member of the club,, too many variables use it like you use it, just add your fertilizer like you do if it wasn't there,, quit thinking,, you'll be smarter and not so stupid idiotic,, everybody's a puppet of the puppeteer and the puppeteer knows it all
So after doing 4 out of 5 yards of mulch, I did 6 out of 8 things wrong... Haha haha - next time I pay the landscaper...
I'm a new subscriber I had to subscribe you are just as excited about doing your garden as I am I dug up my whole backyard and planted vegetables
The attention to detail is fabulous!
So satisfying to work along with someone and listen to interesting subject) Great experience) Just starting my compost bin now, and learning. Thanks for sharing❤
Yawn, just get to the point.