We added a 2 feet thick layer of wood chips to half of our 3 acres in amish country. Literally had farmers pull over their tractors when they saw me out in the yard to ask what we were doing. Must have thought we were crazy. Now they ask how i grow bell peppers so easily. We didnt have to mow half our land either. Just kept adding fresh chips and composted chicken manure. We have chickens too. I am the chaos gardener and hubby just eats the yummy food and does projects. Life is good and our fruit trees are thriving. Love your channel!

@andreagarofolo9431

Ай бұрын

I am totally knew it gardening in North Carolina. I recently talked to a lady who owned a farm and had mentioned to me something about having some kind of shade for my plants for hot days what do you suggest I do for shade kind of confused me why I would need shade. You had mentioned something about planting certain plants that provide shade but if I am just starting out and don't have any tall plants or anything to provide shape what would I do

@andreagarofolo9431

Ай бұрын

What do you suggest is the best to spray on the leaves and on the ground for pest control

@LaurieWelborn

Ай бұрын

I also raise rabbits and use the poop and straw directly in my garden. Both as a top dressing on my beds but also when I put in new plants. Thank you for telling people about using the poop directly. Many online sources say you have to compost it or turn it into tea. It wastes so much time and energy. Love your channel.❤

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

@@andreagarofolo9431 don’t spray! Healthy soil grows healthy plants that recover from pest damage fantastically well

@andreagarofolo9431

Ай бұрын

@@AnneofAllTrades thank you. I'm going around collecting everything you said to collect like a mad woman. I put a article on a free site online and everybody's helping me up I appreciate the advice

I don't think you click bait. You have good energy. Happy spirit. Great educator. I appreciate you and your teaching. Don't even read the keyboard atrocities. Keep the good ignore the rest

Hey Anne I'm a huge fan and have started my own garden, I'm a recovering alcoholic and your videos and actually gardening has helped alot! Thank you and please continue delivering us with great content

@kaleyjanenigh

Ай бұрын

Congrats on your sobriety and your garden! I'm a recovering heroin addict, and gardening has brought such joy to my life. I'm coming up on 8 years clean! There's nothing like nature to get you back to right.

@vinlago

Ай бұрын

​@@kaleyjanenigh imho that is part of why we have gotten so lost. We uprooted ourselves (pun intended) from the natural cycles of life, family & community. I'm so happy that is turning around. Glad you broke free. Peace to both of you.

@lifelovelettuce

21 күн бұрын

Sister in recovery here--almost 23 years--and gardening saved my life! Congratulations to you both. There is so much healing to be found when you put your hands in the soil and become aware of the seasons around you. Sending love from New Zealand 💌

I watched your "from scratch" video last night for the first time. I dreamed about it and turning my one acre lawn into a food forest. I'm so hyped to go that I woke up at 4:30 a.m. eager to watch this video and the ones on composting (my nemesis). Thanks for all you do so well!

You should splice some of the other wild papaws branches onto your pawpaw at home to have one tree with multiple flower types

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

That’s a really interesting idea, I wonder if that will successfully overcome the rhiosomal /similar genetic tissue propagation issue. I know it does for some fruit trees, but the pollination process works differently than on pawpaws. Into the lab I go!

@patconner2638

Ай бұрын

That... Should work. I only have basic experience splicing citrus and walnut, but the genetics that come with the donor stalk definitely persist after being spliced into the base plant. Very excited to see if pawpaw will take to it too!

@joanhunt7560

Ай бұрын

Thats brilliant!

@ambersykora352

29 күн бұрын

​@@joanhunt7560 Yes grafting will supply the different genetics from the fruit. It's no different than buying fruit trees or plants that are grafted onto a native or different rootstock. It doesn't alter the genetics of the graft. You can actually graft different kinds of fruit onto one tree. They don't even have to be the same species or anything. And you don't have to wait until a specific time of year to graft either, it's not true you can do it any time during the year. Check out the Back to Eden documentary on yt which I'm sure you're well aware of. Paul G demonstrates on how to graft effectively as he is a trained arborist

You radiate positive energy and you own both your mistakes and your successes. You're a genuine awesome person

Rhubarb and strawberry cooked together makes the best pie ever

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

Hear hear

@elmartell5724

Ай бұрын

Making Rhubarb-strawberry hand pies at work while listening to this 😁

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

@@elmartell5724 I’ll be right over ;)

@noreenhallett7366

Ай бұрын

Very versatile fruit rhubarb, goes well with orange too and a banana sliced in just before adding a crumble topping

@jeffbrown2646

Ай бұрын

Anne, thank a ton for the tip bout scattering bunny berries around Rhubarb. Our's grows crazy good next to an old compost area. We love our Rhubarb sauce..😋

You are a wealth of knowledge. Thanks to the camera person for doing an excellent job capturing all that you do!

"It's not technically weeding if I planted it" - Bwahahaha truest words ever.

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣

@annabland1110

Ай бұрын

Me as I pull mint out of all my other plants to dry for tea. 🤣

@mytreasuredcreations

20 күн бұрын

I planted wild blackberries in my garden. Biggest mistake ever. They spread like wild fire and are full of thorns. 😢

Passion fruit roots are nature's Xanex. You're lucky to have so many of them.

Hey Anne, im not one to comment a lot. But Ive re-ignited a fire for gardening and self reliance from when I was a young boy lately. I just wanted to say from anothrr guy earning his living on youtube youre doing a fantastic job. Your personality fits perfectly and it has been a pleasure getting to know you these past 4 hrs of devouring your content 😂❤

Just a suggestion. You could possibly sell passion fruit starters or seedlings. Some of us may be interested. Enjoyed the knowledge and skills in your gardening technique. Love your energy!

@jennasjams

Ай бұрын

I'd take plenty 💚👍🌱

@suemitchell1354

19 күн бұрын

It amazes me people buy elderberry plants from nurseries.

@courtneylee2187

11 күн бұрын

Shoot, id buy some. I have none 😔

Another video!? You are truly spoiling us, Anne!!

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

More to come shortly! So glad you’ve stuck around ❤️❤️

@marijeb278

Ай бұрын

​@AnneofAllTrades looking forward to it! I love the knowledge you have. Really knowing how your soil and your plants work, means you don't have to stick absolutely a rulebook, but rather observe and use principles to your advantage. Which is what I learn from you. It is not about what the gardeners rulebook tells you to do without understanding why, but having enough skill to adjust to Your garden. I love that.

@NitaP1569

Ай бұрын

Do you have deer ? I’m wondering how they are not eating your fruit trees

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

@@NitaP1569 yes, we do, but they don’t come in the garden because I have several lines of defense against them. The garden is located in a fence inside a fence. The exterior fence has a Hotwire on the top and bottom that is meant to deter pests. It is patrolled by my donkeys, livestock guardian dogs, and alpacas, as well as motion sensor lights. A deer could in theory still get in, but I’ve not seen one inside the fenceline since I installed the electric lines.

@Crystal-il3jl

Ай бұрын

Yessss! for another video, especially a garden video! 🎉

❤ oh, I love learning from you. Have you made a video about cheap fencing, easy installing by yourself around the garden to keep goats out??

11:23 The 12 seasons of Tennessee LOL

@andreamortimer2610

Ай бұрын

I was wondering if Tennessee had a twin in Kansas; those seasons sound awfully familiar!

Love how you kill your cilantro to get some more! 😁😁 My boys (2, 4 and 6) actually love veggies of all kind. But it can happen that they refuse it and tell an astounded grandparent they "don't like store bought cucumbers, only those from mama's garden" 🤣🤣 Just learning the way of lazy gardening, I get so much out of your videos! Thank you! Best wishes from Austria

@kellyaspinall7284

Ай бұрын

My kids are the same! I grow massive amounts of snap peas every year and I have NEVER had enough at one time to use them at dinner or anything. The kids just go outside and eat them all day lol

With figs i like to shove the branches into the ground in hopes it grows roots. Most of them do!

@AnneofAllTrades

20 күн бұрын

same here! They're so easy.

I hand pollinated my pears recently. Best crop ever! I realised the first tree as flowering before any other trees I could see in my 'hood so I had to go find flowers elsewhere. I walked off with a few paint brushes and some of my own flowers and found a neighbor who agreed I could collect some from there's. Sure enough they were also interested so i brounght out my flowers. They were sceptical so I only did half their tree. When i bumped into them in the market they told me my half of the tree fruited. The other side didn't.

You've reminded me of a childhood song. It goes "Picking up paw paws, putting them in your pockets."

Sooo much great advice. I had almost given up on my garden. You have reignited my passion.

When I planted paw paws 8 years ago, it took 3 yrs before they flowered, noticeably. It took 5 to find fruit (you have to hunt for them. Last year @ yr 7 we got a good amount of fruit, more than we could eat so we shared them. The tree, on it's own it big and beautiful, with large leaves which looks somewhat tropical for Michigan, where they grow naturally. I'm loving how beautiful they are. Btw, I planted them all wrong, in direct sun, and not protected from the wind. Still, they are doing great! Good luck on your paw paw journey.

@TheWayWalker

Ай бұрын

I wondered how long it took. This is my 3rd year the paw paw trees are growing but not big enough yet to fruit I think.

I live in TX and gardening is a challenge. Looks like TN is gardening heaven.

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

Gardening becomes less of a challenge regardless of your location the more you work to improve your soil. Gardening here is great, but there was a BIG learning curve growing here after growing in a different climate.

@scarlet10sewing

29 күн бұрын

I started in Ohio (on Lake Erie shore region), then moved to Seattle and now TX. Water is more precious here and I’m older now (retired )so I now do containers. It’s just easier all around.

So glad to witness your companion/intercropping. Other youtube gardeners and some books say DO NOT plant onions near strawberries, asparagus, beans and peas. Stating that the onion will stunt the growth of the other plants. You've obviously proven them wrong. Which helps me to relax a little more. I plant a lot of veg in a very small yard with tall trees surrounding the property. Oh yeah, and dense clay soil. It squishes like a sponge all Winter long only to turn to cement by the beginning of Summer. So hitting the easy button on any level is a blessing. Thank you for taking the time and energy to share your gardening tips with us. Tomorrow I will be companion planting some carrots in my asparagus bed.

I just got wanted to pop in and let you know that your 1/3 lettuce harvest and cilantro harvest tricks got my plans through a few early hot days here in Georgia. It cooled off this week and it looks like I’m going to get two more harvests from my lettuce and the cilantro is making a comeback. Thanks so much for sharing that advice!

My gardn is considerably smaLLER, 14 raised beds, 8 fruit trees, a 10x20 in ground herb garden, 3 GreenStalk towers, 6 ten-gallon grow bags, and a few pots. 10 of my raised beds are protected from voles. This year, my unprotecxted beds are under attack from voles. So far, they have destroyed extra potato plants, and devestated my shelling peas. Thankfully my main crop of potatoes are in a vole proof raised bed. I harrvested mustard greens Thursday morning, and will harvest again in three weeks. My tomatoes are starting to flower, and the peppers are starting to fruit. The green onions are large enough to start harvesting the tops, I have lettuce that is ready to harvest, and I'm picking Seascape Strawberries daily. (Sylacauga Alabama)

I am 69 and learning a lot from you. Born and raised and still live in Tennessee.

Omg I think you’re so lovely I wish I could pick you up & carry you home to help me 🤣 You are so informative I just laugh at all the knowledge spewing out your mouth in such a lovely way. How?????? How do you possibly have this stick in your brain? Omg I love it. You are so fun & soooooooooo knowledgeable. And I LOVE your excitement & you getting distracted. Girl you are so fun. I gotta watch again and again. Thank you thank you thank you!!!

I've been working on my lazy garden today. Wood chips, compost, and the good things chickens do... NC has the same 12 seasons... But I did set out some peppers. I introduced my 3rd grade students to your videos. They loved it Thanks for your hard work!

Oh you are so right about the 12 seasons of Tennessee. I am so glad that there is a knowledgeable garden from Tennessee on KZread thank you for all your hard work. 😊

Something I'm going to try this fall is to throw a layer of wood chips right on top of our strawberries. I was watching some of Paul Gautchi's Back to Eden videos, and he was showing folks his strawberry beds, where he does just this. He said that the older, less productive plants die off, while the young vigorous ones spring up with no trouble, providing the perfect lazy bounty! I did throw some mulch on them this last winter, but it really wasn't a think layer. Like he said, the strawberries had no problem pushing up through it, and there are some beautiful flowers getting ready to fruit now.

I love your enthusiasm! You’re awesome possum!

34:54 I've also used my dog's fur for insulation, as well as adding it to my compost! Same with my own hair that I pull out of my brushes 😬🫣

I'm dying from at least 3 hilarious moments - Borat reference, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation reference, and the birthday song not-humble brag. Amazing info and content too :)

I absolutely love your videos! So full of real practical information. I'm 72 and finally able to get back to gardening. Your style suits me! Thank you and please keep sharing!

May I suggest planting new pawpaw from a different location near your garden pawpaws to save yourself the trouble of hand pollinating in years to come. Love your content!

I am learning so much from you. Grateful! Thank you.

The best pond aerators are the ones that use weighted bubble hose and release tiny bubbles into the water. It keeps the pond aerated, there is no electricity in or near the water and the energy cost is much less than a conventional aerator. You can power the air pumps on the bank using solar panels or an electrical box. There will always be an area on the pond surface that is free of ice. The added oxygen to the pond water encourages the breakdown of animal waste and decreases the mosquito population. Hardy mosquito fish in the pond will help too. You can plant elderberry plants which can be rooted from dormant cuttings, dwarf mulberry trees and a hazelnut hedge. I am going to plant Winkler hazelnuts which only get to 8 - 10 ft. tall.

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

I can’t wait for you to see the pond video, We think very much alike ;)

Love how often you’ve been posting. You energize me!

"To twist the knife a little"😂 Your videos are amazing, thank you so much

Awesome tour! Always excellent info and inspiration to be doing much more. Fishing from that pond will be excellent! We also use the pumpkins for our pugs and chickens, a perfect natural remedy.

You’re nipping things in the bud. Literally. Absolutely wonderful content. Thanks Ann

You give me faith in my garden. I LOVED this story of experience and I thank You!

I needed to hear the part about your neighbors. Thanks for being.

Lovely stuff. Thank you.

I loved this video about native plants! So inspiring. We need more native, drought tolerant plants in our gardens!

Plant more then 1 Paw Paw from a different tree. Buy good root stock for grafting on to and growing more root stock starts.

Thankful to have found your channel! Love your style! 💚

Great tips. Thank you. ❤

I’m learning so much for your channel, thank you! 🙌

Such great advice, love your videos

You are The Cutest Anne! Such adorable videos! Thank you!

What a beautiful lot of land.

Ann thank you so much! I am caring for someone and can't be at my farm but your videos help me audaciously plan for the future. God bless you and your Farm.

I am really enjoying your videos. Thanks for sharing.

I can't wait to see your new areas of garden! Your feeding my dream of having a smallholding of my own 😍

good sharing

Very informative video, inspiring and awesomely wonderful garden full of many blessings. Thanks for sharing.

I’m so glad that I’m not alone at getting distracted when filming… and the random things I start talking about 😂😂!! Love it !!!

I enjoy your videos. Thank you. It’s been a minutes since I’ve uploaded anything and I need to get back at it!

Yes please. I just found your channel two weeks ago. You’re so amazing! I’m new to gardening, it’s quite overwhelming.

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

Welcome!! You can do it, and be sure to ask your questions as they come!

You need to write a book on lazy gardening! So much great information.

This is *actual* gold.

You’re a joy! Love your info packed videos!

Oh my god. My first time here and you are extremely impressive

I so enjoy all your videos! You make life real. You’ve inspired me to get back to growing vegetables in a more enjoyable way of doing so. On the subject of Paw paw’s in Indiana we call them native bananas. I have a beautiful grove and enjoy the fruits every year! I shared them, and people are shocked that they are a native growing plant here. My family has been growing them for as long as I can remember. Hopefully yours will flourish for you too.!

I just found you a couple days ago and learned so much in just a couple videos. I plan to watch more. Liked and subscribed.

i love how well thought out your plant placements are which in principle can really be utilized on a smaller scale too. The deep layered beds are exactly right, specially in sandy souls that leach nutrients really fast. Great show, keep up the good vids! 💚 native plants may be a consideration in the future that already have survival skills built in.

Woo you are a wealth off knowledge. So inspiring too🌻 Thanks for all the info, really helpful 😊

Wow I’m excited to see how the expansion goes in the upcoming years! Love your channel, love your gardening videos, thanks Anne!

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

OMG!!! I love you and your videos!! Im in East Tennessee and hope so much to meet you one day!! Awesome video!!!

The dedication o the gardening and the making of the video its super I love this youtube video, they dont do them like this no more ♥ I hope you can keep this as it is congratulations!

Totally worth it for paw paws!! We have some in middle TN too. They are so good!

I have an apricot tree that flowers before it gets its leaves. I've never seen another tree do that. PawPaw trees are very interesting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Great video fun to watch

Yessss! Raintree is the best!!

Life finds a way 😁

You are living my dream. I love propagating. I have a tiny yard on a city street. I gather my seeds and use milk jugs for winter sowing and give away most of the seedlings/starts.

Very nice new addition to your farm. I miss my produce box.

I’m in NC and found a pawpaw fruit in a creek last year (didn’t know what it was just knew I’d never seen anything like it before so of course took the seeds home lol) and I overwintered them and tried to grow them with no success. But so neat to learn about!

@Anne of All Trades I am going to step out of my comfort zone experiment with something in my garden. My grandparents always direct sowed seeds. I am going to try and germinate tomato seeds and plant then directly in the ground as soon as they germinate. Wish me luck❤

@brandynash1409

Ай бұрын

I direct sowed all my seeds one year. It worked great! I just had a super late harvest of everything. But, if the goal was to put up a lot of food for winter, I can totally see how that would work. People talk about red tomatoes and ripe watermelons in the winter. And after that experiment year, I understand it now.

Fantastic job 😊😊😊

I just discovered your channel and I shared it on my Facebook, I am hooked and hope to watch all your videos.

Florida plants giant onions in one row and strawberries in a row right next to it . The onions are huge and the strawberries are so sweet. Maybe you can try it.

❤ your kind of gardening 👋🙂🇦🇺❤️

I have a Japanese spindle tree that is a plant that attracts many different flies in my yard The tree buzzing when it flowers

30:50 - we took really old fire pit Ash soil that had been there for over a decade building up and the pH was really low there, so I almost wonder if it matters what is being burnt... We put it on blueberries the acidity test was so low

Gosh just found your channel - you are SO INTELLIGENT - entertaining - interesting - inspiring!! - I'm in South Australia and making a Moroccan style garden in my 10 metres x 10 mtrs space ...Now thinking of adding in some big pots of produce as well ...

I’ve done the same thing with the blueberries!!! We have so much wood ash after winter is over and while my potatoes LOVE it, my husband very quickly reminded me to not put them on the blueberries when I said I was heading out to ash them. I DO think there are minerals in the ash that the blueberries benefit from.

That asparagus had me drooling

Thank you from Kansas! My jaw dropped when you pulled the hop bine straight out of the ground. Looking forward to implementing your tips!

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

Plants aren’t as precious as we seem to think ;)

Regarding Blueberry and ash benefits, I am from B.C, western Canada and we have Huckleberries that are similar to Blueberries. They are the first bush that emerges from the earth after a forest fire and they are so delicious and so abundant.

Great video. In Wisconsin we have the very same seasons. Except instead of the pollening season, we have the mud season.

I love fresh from garden asparagus better than cooked...😊

Hi, love your videos! I'm encouraged because I'm doing some of the same things you are, only I just started 3 yrs ago. Seems like lazy gardening can be accidental gardening sometimes too lol

Nice ! Getting us all amped up for spring! Hops like the paw paw are rather invasive. If I was to plant them again , I'd put them in one of those round culvert (aka park campground) fire rings 1 1/2 foot deep because those rhizomes go everywhere!!

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

I actually use their invasive nature to my advantage- I pull all the spreading rhizomes, put them in pots, and sell them ;)

@ArtFlowersBeeze8815

Ай бұрын

@@AnneofAllTrades ah, smart. Which hops did you choose to grow? So many!

Thank you for showing the diversity possible in a small space. I will copy you like Edible Acres, you're on that level

@AnneofAllTrades

Ай бұрын

I haven’t heard of them, I’ll have to check them out!

Saved to my THE SOLUTIONS playlist, much respect 🤝💪🍁

Contain the roots would have helped with the Passion flowers I use a washing machines tub to grow wisteria and contains those roots. Just a idea you may benefit from.

Watching from New Zealand and loving your energy and enthusiasm. Thanking you 💖🙏💖

💁🏽‍♂️New subscriber. Adding you to my list of motivation gardening 👩🏻‍🌾 peeps. 😎 God bless you, your family and your work young lady. 🐎🐎🦅🪶🕊