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DIY Gardening

We started a small garden using some cinderblocks. As any gardener knows, there is never enough room so we expanded that a year later. With some changes to the layout in our backyard, we moved the garden to our "Farm", an area set aside with a fence for gardening, composting and some new family members.

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Our Garden related videos.

Planting our own seeds indoors while we wait for spring.

One of our first YouTube videos. 

If you want to try planting your own seeds to save money (Plants are expensive!), this is an overview of how we planted our first garden seeds indoors so that they are ready to plant into the ground when the warm weather arrives. We used recycled toilet paper rolls and dixie cups as an experiment. A photo of everything you need is shown at the end.  (We usually plant the week of St. Patricks Day)


Please let us know if this works for you too.

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You can get a Burpee starter pack (non-GMO Seeds) using the link below. We get something back if you use our Amazon Affiliate link to make a purchase and it helps our channel grow. "Grow"......see what I did there?

(Burpee answered us on Twitter and we were star struck!) 


 Burpee Heirloom Vegetable Seeds, Variety Pack with 35 Varieties of Plant Seeds

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Our Secret Ingredient to a Better Garden. Worm composting.

 We received our Red Wiggler worms earlier than expected and on a school night - so at 9 PM we put together our vermi-composter in a hurry. Here is how we did it. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates. 

 If you want to buy the composter or worms shown here, Please use our amazon link,  We will get paid a few pennies when you use our link!  

 

Worm Factory 360 Black

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Uncle Jim's Worm Farm 1,000 Count Red Wiggler Live Composting Worm Mix

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Rain Barrel Build.

 An early video of our rain barrel build. I'd like to think our video became better from here, but i will leave that for you to decide. 

This rain barrel was purchased locally for $35 and I made sure it was used for food or "food grade" prior to purchasing it. 

We later added a drip system to water our garden when we are away on vacation. Well, really when we forget.   


An Amazon Associates link to each part in our parts list is available below. Thanks for watching!!  SJD 


 

LitOrange Solid Brass Backyard 65 Degree Elbow Stop Valve Hose Bibb

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3/4 Inch PVC Bulkhead Fitting

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Horiznext NPT1-1/2 PVC bulkhead fitting
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Flex downspout drain (green) 

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HAKZEON 25 Packs 1 Gallon Nursery Trade Pots

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Drip Irrigation System 25m/82ft Drip Irrigation Kit 

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Coming Soon...

Bears Care Community Garden

Our original garden build 2013

Our original garden build 2013

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Our original garden build 2013

Our original garden build 2013

Our original garden build 2013

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Garden expansion 2016

Our original garden build 2013

Lock Down Project - Garden moves to raised beds - 2020

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Lock Down Project - Garden moves to raised beds - 2020

Lock Down Project - Garden moves to raised beds - 2020

Lock Down Project - Garden moves to raised beds - 2020

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Raised bed results - Vegetables!

Lock Down Project - Garden moves to raised beds - 2020

Raised bed results - Vegetables!

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