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@heatherk8931

2 жыл бұрын

Got the book, and a couple more, with they had your music in them. Lol peace

@Steakholder01

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have an organic remedy for "squash bugs"? About the time my cucumber and squash start going really well in come those little monsters and destroy my crop.

@Steakholder01

2 жыл бұрын

@@soniabrannan412 thanks!

@rebeccaramirez-

2 жыл бұрын

😄 "all you need have a kid with a butterfly net" lol

@shirleymorales3161

2 жыл бұрын

Wondering about the update 1 year later thankyou

The oil from a little bit of coffee grinds in the water will keep mosquito larve at bay. That's a trick we use in Louisiana.

@charmpierce2161

3 ай бұрын

So….just sprinkle regular coffee grounds into the water?

@annh3599

3 ай бұрын

@charmpierce2161 yes, I throw used grinds in standing water.

@khornsbyone

2 ай бұрын

@@annh3599 thank you for this information because I was saving my coffee grinds to put in the soil but didn’t know that it will help with mosquitoes. I collect rainwater so this is great!!!. Thanks so much for sharing.🪴🪴🪴happy gardening y’all.

@blessisrael6455

2 ай бұрын

Last year was my 1st yr growing hydroponics; and I was aghast when I saw larvae in the water; mosquitoes attached their eggs to the plants and swam in the water; I couldn’t find another person who had this problem, I thought I was the only one…….. mosquitoes were really bad last year, and it’s turned me off to hydroponics; I’m really afraid of seeing that larvae again; so coffee grinds mixes with masterblend and kills larvae but does not effect the ingredients ?!

@debbyc1026

16 күн бұрын

I wanna try pools this year. Have done hydroponics and containers kracky method etc. this mosquito hack gonna be big help!!

I put my tomato plants close together last year and they 'held hands' like a Family. 😄 And my seedlings that I let grow together grew bigger and stronger faster than the ones that were solo. I think they like company too. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@mariap.thisislife8735

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going to give that a try! Why not, thanks for the idea 💡 greetings from Augusta Georgia ❤️🇺🇸💫

@MamaMudskipper

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariap.thisislife8735 Happy Gardening! 🌱😊🌱

@JDB2308

2 жыл бұрын

Can I ask what size containers did you use and what type of tomato plant? I'm in Missouri, hot and humid in summer and I honestly don't know what tomato I can grow in the sand bags that I bought. Thanks

@MamaMudskipper

2 жыл бұрын

@@JDB2308👋🏼 I'm an apartment gardener, and only get three hours of evening sun on a quarter of my balcony at the height of summer, so I always try not to plant things the same way in case one way doesn't work. I think I used 4 pots, both plastic and Terra cotta, 8 & 10 inch. They were lined up in a row against the railing. The tallest one held on to the two closest, then they held on to the others. I used cherry tomato seeds from the kitchen. Now I'm wondering if they should be planted in bunches, like how the seeds are all together. I don't have the space to try though.

@MamaMudskipper

2 жыл бұрын

And I had two plants in each pot.

Put holes in the kiddie pool at the side half way up or to whatever the level of water u want. When u put soil in ur pots put old leaves and bits of twigs half way up then add the soil. Put the pots aside after u harvest and leave as it is over the winter and when planting time comes dump the soil in the wheel barrel and mix. The leaves and twigs will be mulch to help u reuse the soil .

@flash_flood_area

Жыл бұрын

Great ideas

@jackieo8693

Жыл бұрын

Great idea

@pamelahawn9300

2 ай бұрын

I was thinking holes on the side would be easier. That color in a neighborhood would look crash. I saw one container gardener use natural burlap, by the yard and covered up his various containers . That would fir into a neighborhood land scape. I thought th I s would be clever to stack the bricks. Taller in the middle and lower on the sides. Plants would get more sun that way. On a small scale it would be great for strawberries. Thanks for posting this. A springboard of creative ideas to container gardening!

@marthasimons7940

Ай бұрын

Years ago, I did something similar with plastic cement mixing bins minus the soil in pots. I use them as my pineapple nursery which I keep in half shade under the eaves of an out building where rain and condensation keep the bins wet most of the year. I drilled holes about 4 inches up only the sides of the bins. I always have pineapple starts to plant every year. I added mosquito fish, gameso, and they live and poop in the water. Cheap.

Thats hilarious. Watching your kid in the background carrying out "pest control" make me crack up 🤣🤣🤣😁

@catherinegrace2366

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha there is an entire segment of society that trips to the dollar store for the exciting butterfly net! To give to the kids for the darn cabbage moth

@denisechisholm

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@keydillard

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 so cute

@momfluent5367

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t beat free pest control ! 😆😆

Had to show your song to my mom, first time she’s laughed that hard in a while. ❤️❤️❤️THANK YOU❤️❤️❤️

I like how your kid looks like a sentry on patrol w that butterfly net.

This method is how I lazily start my plants from seed. Instead of watering several times per day, I check the tub level every few days or a week.

Your songs take me down strange roads...

@Flippin_Crazy

3 жыл бұрын

David The Good is strange. A good strange.

@latashawiller8559

22 күн бұрын

😂

This is the first time I've seen your show and now I am a subscriber. When you sing the song about the kitty pool I was completely sucked in to your void and now I must binge watch. Also the natural pest control idea is classic! Love this

Oh my goodness this is hands down the most entertaining, hilarious gardening video I have ever watched. I literally laughed out loud at least 8 times. I may have guffawed a few times and will admit to snorting at least once. But to all those people with the bright idea of adding little fishies to the kiddie pool- BAD IDEA! The first 100 degree day is going to turn your little aquaponic pets into mosquito sized pool rafts. ASK ME HOW I KNOW. Its been 7 years and my kids still haven't let me live it down. Its a pretty barbaric way of brewing home made fish emulsion...and IMO you are better off spending the $ on those mosquito cakes or whatever those things are that you recommended. IDK...I never tried it again and all my kiddie pools are full of potting soil now. Which the squirrels find delightful.

@nonyabeezwax8693

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@deliastanley3921

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@lorriepucciariello4435

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have any issues with mosquitoes, I use 8, 5gallon grow bags per kpool and filled in river rock pebbles in between, punch a drain hole 3" on pool..been a couple seasons now and love em. Hubby ran overhead drip irrigation, 1 per pool so now I don't even have to water and I have a veggie garden oasis, my plants are huge and beautiful. I would've rather had beds but this was cheap alternative..works 👍

@minpena4593

Жыл бұрын

David the Good is HILARIOUS! I burst out laughing at the kiddie pool song and then again in the end with the "Fruit salad spoon" lyrics! Hahahahahaha! I once looked for hours for a "David the Good" video where he ties his shoes in the beginning because I felt like laughing.

Did this years ago for even cheaper and you don't need "rescue pavers." Instead of using plastic pots, I used the blue Wal Mart reusable PET shopping bags. They work well as grow bags (and cheap!). Roots air prune themselves. Corn does especially well this way. Placed mosquito dunks for ponds in the pool to thwart mosquitos.

I have used a similar system for my strawberries as the water barrier stops slugs and bugs.

Larry hall kiddie pool style. Also as mentioned holes in the side 2 inches up. To keep mosquitos out use pea gravel. So first pour in 2-3 inches water then pour in pea gravel until water is covered with gravel then drill a few holes 1/8 of an inch below gravel

@BiggerAlan

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome solution you suggested. Thanks.

@jenningsrountree5361

2 жыл бұрын

I think a thimble of vegetable oil would be much easier. I doubt the pavers are really needed for most plants.

@latriciacagle4873

2 жыл бұрын

This is what I do.

@DanaPrice-os9hh

Жыл бұрын

That's who I learned from years ago.

For mosquitoes in your kiddie pool garden, I read where people put coffee in the water to prevent the mosquitoes from laying eggs. I don't know if this works, but I did read this!

Going to let my husband see this, he thinks I'm a crack pot! 😂 I also wash out really well the heavy made dog food bags when empty to use for planting or a mulch bag. Thank you for your tips! Greetings from Augusta Georgia ❤️🇺🇸💫

@noncompliant9258

2 жыл бұрын

Dog food bags! Great idea.

@TheRealHonestInquiry

2 жыл бұрын

@@noncompliant9258 Bags of soil are also great for this

@mariap.thisislife8735

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealHonestInquiry We are considering this as well ready made home for the plants! Happy gardening 🌸🥕 🍅 🍏 🥬🌽

@cadavher

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealHonestInquiry so I can just cut the top of the soil bag, lean it against a fence and plant stuff in it?!

@mariap.thisislife8735

2 жыл бұрын

@@cadavher Keep it flat,slice an opening for a plant, make sure you poke holes in the bottom and sides for drainage.. You can probably still have the bags flush against a fence if you want as your probably going to need to stake and tie your growing plants as they grow and fill out. Happy gardening 🥬🌽🥕 🍅🥬

lolz. I freakin love your songs. My children hear you playing and they run into the room excitedly yelling "moms watching David the Good!!" family friendly

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I love to hear it. Tell your kids David says they are awesome.

Quote of the day... "It feels similar enough to a machete that I feel good about it."

I used some kiddie pools last year. Carrots in fabric pots did really well. Also, a little bonus, I put pulled weeds, grass clipping and some unfinished compost in the bottom so it was essentially making compost tea every time I put water in the pool.

@flash_flood_area

Жыл бұрын

Definitely will try this

That was a better montage than any rocky movie. Much better music as well

This is the best gardening video I've ever seen! I love your sense of humor.

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@joycefrye5930

2 жыл бұрын

LOVE THE 🎵 SONG

@moonbaby8743

2 жыл бұрын

This is the only time it’s ok to pee in the pool.

The songs man. “Compost your enemies” still makes me laugh.

@Jo_mommah

3 жыл бұрын

I sing that one a lot. And YOYOYO you gotta prune your plants!!

@Flippin_Crazy

3 жыл бұрын

I want one of those t-shirts! 😂

@aslmad1

3 жыл бұрын

Is that song on this channel? I’d like to hear that one

@fivefamily5820

3 жыл бұрын

Which video has "Compost Your Enemies" ? I gotta check that out.

I feel the same way about my Hori Hori. "This is wicked sharp! I'm gonna cut myself here soon, I just know it"

“I’m not telling you to plant all the tomatoes together… I’m just casually doing it on KZread.” 😂

Hi my name is Esther and I live in California. This is the first video I have watched of yours and I want to tell you I love your music! I usually complain about people's music but yours is about the plant and I really really enjoyed it thank you thank you thank you

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you - welcome.

We just bought 3 kiddie pools to water our 1 gallon pots with sawtooth oak trees. Close to the bottom we put pvc connectors with screw on caps. When we want to give them a good drink of water we will just screw on the cap or unscrew the cap to drain after a heavy rain. Heat indexes over 100 makes everything super thirsty.

I want to hear compost your enemies. Love this.

I used neem oil or essential oils in my outdoor hydroponics last year. That eradicated the skeeters. Love your song btw! Thanks for the content!

Fountain pump for aeration + mosquito larvae blender ??? I use the little ones when I have standing water and don't want bacteria growth. Just lay it on its side and it will stir the water like a Jacuzzi jet.

Mosquitoes was definitely my question... I love this song too

I'd buy your music. I'd listen while working the homestead.

So informative AND entertaining. Best gardening song I’ve ever heard hands down.

You could try gold fish in the kiddy pool in keeping mosquitos at bay and fertilize the plants naturally.

@galacticbutterfly5590

3 жыл бұрын

Will turtles work ?

@ziggymoon

3 жыл бұрын

Minnows from a local pond would be far cheaper

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Gators.

@bonnieweeks8383

3 жыл бұрын

Or as my son said when he was little.”haldators”

@idiocracy10

3 жыл бұрын

Kiddie pool aquaponics, i sense a book.

*I TOTALLY did the kiddie pool thing and elevated my plants as well keep my plants alive when I went out of town last year. Great minds think alike. I have the same Hori Hori as well*

I have standing water in my back yard, after heavy rains. I had a drain there; but, over the years, it seems to have become filled. I buy a large bottle of cheap vegetable oil and keep it available; I sprinkle it and coat the top of the large puddles. It might not be a perfect process; but. It does reduce the hordes of mosquitoes in my hot Texas yard.

@user-di6cn2ne7u

2 жыл бұрын

I bet a few drops of neem oil into the veg oil would reduce them even further! That's so smart.

This method works great in our zone 9b. I drill a hole a few inches up the side for drainage. I also compost around the edges with leaves or chop n drop for extra fertility or moisture retention. The blue pools are ugly but ive draped the edges with burlap at times. Thanks for teaching us another way DTG! 🕊 P. S. LOVE the butterfly netting solution !

The rotten wood is a main staple in my mixes. I have a bunch in my yard from years of logs and unused firewood breaking down, along with a stump here and there. It adds a ton of nutrients, as well as lightening the soil mixture. I also add a little composted grass. It's hügelkultur fast-forwarded. The difference is that most people never turn their HK beds to get the good stuff at the bottom; they forget all about it. I see old kiddy pools on the side of the road all the time. I never thought to do this! Next one I see is coming home though, for the containers on the back patio. Thanks for the idea!

@jenningsrountree5361

2 жыл бұрын

I have thought of using kiddie pools, but never tried it - just always used individual bowls and such. I bet one could buy lots of kiddie pools dirt cheap at the end on the summer at Walmart or Family Dollar.

@D.A.Hanks14

2 жыл бұрын

@@jenningsrountree5361 I bought 8 of them this spring, and I'm using them for watermelons, squash, peanuts and some spuds my sister gave me last month. I drilled a 1/2" hole 2" up at every rib (16), so it leaves some pooling at the bottom. They are working great, not only as giant watering saucers, but also as containers themselves!

About 15 years ago, there were some people in south Georgia growing weed in the woods using the same kiddie pool method. It worked well for them until they got caught.

@MadameRosaFortuneTeller

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@plantseveryinch9024

3 жыл бұрын

I must try this got my seeds sprouting legal in Canada 🇨🇦 thanks for the idea 💡

@chines68

3 жыл бұрын

Did they not think to keep moving it? Geez.

@maureentaylor129

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadameRosaFortuneTeller o

Basil and marigolds would appreciate that tomato plant shade, and draw pollinators. You could also throw a goldfish in there to eat the mosquitos and add nutrients to the roots.

@MadameRosaFortuneTeller

3 жыл бұрын

LOVE IT!

@sharontahir9694

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure this would be a good environment for a goldfish. The water in the kiddie pool will get too hot and develop algae.

@tantrictami

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharontahir9694 okay an algae eater or plecostomus. The put them in horse troughs

@speedthetroutguy1468

3 жыл бұрын

I like the goldfish idea very smart

@girlnextdoorgrooming

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharontahir9694 goldfish food is algae.

You just know when the screen turns burnt sienna, its about to get good.

@Jo_mommah

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

'ohh that so wrong'....😄 Love the song.

I'd come back to watch this just for the song..... it was a brilliant, brilliant---and moving, song.

Larry Hall did "kiddie pool gardening" for years before he passed away. It works great if you live in an area that has long dry spells. Here in East Texas it's like a box of chocolates - "ya never know what yer gonna get". We can have weeks and weeks of rain followed by weeks and weeks of drought. I grow everything in containers or raised beds. My first garden I started (where we live now) was 5 gallon buckets in a kiddie pool that my kids outgrew. Keep up the awesome content. I love your sense of humor.

This is the first video of yours I saw Your so weird and snarky I love it!!

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Robin. Welcome.

That cat stevens u had playing in the background was classic

For mosquitos try putting a few feeder fish like goldfish in the little pool. If they survive,-they usually do, they eat the larvae and thrive themselves. Poorman's aquaculture...

@bluecube7247

2 ай бұрын

Great idea, thanks, got tanks full

I grow sweet million tomatoes in a kiddie pool. Use the blue Walmart bags. When transplanting the tomatoes (I grow from seeds), dig a small hole, add a handful of epsom salts, four Tums (for calcium) and a handful of Tomato Magic fertilizer. Plant the stems deep. Before setting the bags in the kiddie pool, drill a hole on either side about three inches from the bottom for drainage. You will need something for them to trellis on. I use a tall shephard hook on either side with two or more one by two inch, 10 ft. boards across the top of the pool. Then I wrap the soft, green wrap from Home Depot to the boards and wrap around the stems and keep wrapping as they grow. Add fertilizer regularly, fish emulsion, Tomato Magic, organic fertilizer, whatever you like. Keep water in the pool until it drains out the holes you drilled. This works like a charm. If you bought good seeds, you will get delicious tomatoes all summer long.

Here is a better way to control the moisture with your system. Double the amount of pots. Get some jute rope. Line the pool with pots like you have done in the video. Cut lengths of rope 2x the height of the pots you use. Embed 2 or 3 lengths of rope in each pot then fill pot with pea gravel as you even space the lengths of rope in each pot. Add another level of pots ontop of the bottom ones. Feed the rope through the holes in the bottom of the top pots then fill top pots with potting soil around the rope evenly. You now have a proper wicking bed

My tomatoes love jalapeño. Tomato plant jalapeño then tomato so on and so forth. Plant mosquito plants on the out side of the pool. I did that around my pond. Planted citronella an geraniums that was citronella scent. It worked

Nice balance of education and humor. Thank you DTG! Love the vibe and your channel!

I'm happy to see that you finally jumped on the hori hori train!

Your the only channel who finally spoke on something I couldn’t find anyone else talking about: mosquito larvae; I made a vertical bucket hydro Kranky system and was appalled when I saw larvae swimming around; ….but they never made it into my horizontal container bucket; net cups and clay pebbles should deter them because I used pool noodles and the plants became too heavy and dropped down and also, I drilled a small hole for drainage for rain; one of these ways was how they got in; it was a HUGE hassle in cleaning all the buckets……

I do similar idea but even more mix stretching using the $6 18gal totes at Walmart. Using a 1/4” drill I put two holes a couple inches up at one end and then two at the opposite end. Keeps a few inches of water at all times in the bottom and drains when it rains or gets over watered. Woodchips inside up to holes then greens then brown and green lasagna stack. Then a few inches of potting mix on top of lasagna and plant into that. Wicking and composting at same time.

I'm trying something similar, I have hard clay soil so I dug 2-3 foot pits and put logs in the bottom and did a lasagna bed on top so hopefully the logs underneath will soak up water and act as a reservoir

There are many types of kiddo pools. I got a rubber material that I can condition from time to time. It breaks down super easy and stores even easier. I’ve used it for watermelon plants as a reservoir. Cloth planter, 50 gallon in a 4x4 round kid pool. I had to cover the gap between the planter and the pool though. We get a lot of bugs where I am. June bugs... they just dive right into water like they were fish! Pools have many great uses! Find yours and save on water!

I use the kiddy pools as well. I also take a flower pot and put drainage holes 1 inch up the side, 4 all around it and plant in them. The pots hild an inch of water and won't flood the plants with the drainage holes. Barely have to water, maybe once a week or 10 days. Happy growing 💜

This is the first time I have run across one of your videos and the song itself was worth it.

The song, that is what did it for me, you're hilarious!

Impressive epic AND spontaneous kiddie pool tomato song! Thanks, Sir David, love your videos. :)

David the cheaper way is to punch a few holes in the pool near the top to allow an overflow.

I use a similar set up although I use those foldable pet pools you can buy on amazon for easier storage.

I picked up a little float ball valve and attached it to the side of a watering trough and then fed that with several rain barrels. You could do that with the pool, for those dry times you either feed it from barrels or a faucet (although leaving a faucet on when gone seems like a risk to me).

Thank you from the daughter of the Queen of Black Thumbs.

When the music started, I clicked the like button and subscribed. I had not noticed that I had not done so yet, but besides being informative about gardening, but you're also an entertainer, a comedian even.

@davidthegood

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Love this Good idea especially if you have to go somewhere God bless and have a great day

Dang, that is a lovely hori hori knife you were gifted. I believe my umm children want to buy that off my wish list for Mother’s Day. What a blessing those children are... All for the kiddie pool montage and trying this idea in the future. But what about.. oops you are answering my question right now. Gtg! putting mosquito dunks on my list too.

Video so refreshing and laid back... The concept works extremely well

I LOL'd at the library at the kiddie pool song.

when you started singing, so funny…i actually do stuff like that when i’m alone…crazy singing, then i realize it and crack myself up…my poor dog has to hear me sing the play by play

This is an excellent idea.. I like the paver idea.. I've stuck plants in a kiddie pool before.. but then had the same problem you mentioned.. an afternoon downpour in central Florida and the pool fills up, pots start floating and tipping over, and things drown.. a day or two later I wander by, and my plants are now a slimy mess. Also.. my husband is one of those mosquito patrol people who will dump out a bucket of water, even if I have mulberry cuttings stuck in there trying to see if they root while I figure out where to stick them.. (I have hoarder tendencies.. and I hate throwing away anything that might grow).. so if there are bricks in the pool, maybe that will deter him from dumping it.. lol.. Nice song too..

@diannenaworensky6698

2 жыл бұрын

I had to laugh about your husband being on mosquito patrol. Mine is the pot destroyer. I think the weed whacker is his favorite tool. Weeds, pots it doesn't matter. One of our friends say that he must be giving classes on how to whack other things that shouldn't be whacked. 😂😂😂

I have done this for years on top of tables. Works great. Celery esp loves it. I did expand into combining 2 theories. I have a bottom pot of weeds and leaves and a little soil. It wicks the water into the top pot. Creates it's own compost. I use that compost the following year for my winter sowing.

@theresasuttle711

2 жыл бұрын

Ok, I need more info. A pool, a pot with weeds and leaves and soil, in that a pot with soil and plant (food source) of choice and no pavers? Have I got that right? That sounds like a win win there!!

@melodyjogibson6791

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Teressa the kiddy pool has an inch or two of water. I drill a drainage hole. If I need to hold more water I just plug it. It also catches the rain. I keep a bucket under the hole and catch the xtra rain water. My bottom pot has weeds and leaves topped with a little dirt. I stack another pot on top of it. The roots of that plant can go through the holes and feed on the compost. The water wicks up into the pots.

@thevictorianedge5465

2 жыл бұрын

@@melodyjogibson6791 ingenious!!!

@free2singpsalms49

2 жыл бұрын

Love this idea!! Thank you

@mKierstenk

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks! I'm excited to try this. I might try small scale at first. If I have the idea correctly would this work: a plastic tub from the dollar store as the bottom water holder and then two 5 gallon buckets with holes in the bottoms stacked into each other sitting in the water tub. The bottom bucket that sits directly in the tub contains the leaves, sticks, dirt and such and then the top bucket would hold the dirt and plants right? And the water should wick up through the soil in the bottom bucket into the soil of the top bucket and the roots could access the water and soil/nutrients in both buckets?

I love the food forest shirt

This is by far the best gardening video I have watched. Your music was excellent, that made me smile!!

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Susan!

@wholeshebang1

Жыл бұрын

@@davidthegood - I got a good chuckle from your song, too. 😊 Great self-watering system.

Great SONG! Thank you so much for the laughs along with great gardening tips! You are very creative and talented!

Reminds me of the water box things that they use in Europe. Love the songs👍🏼

I just love your gardening songs! I hope folks are listening to the lyrics! You made me laugh out loud at 3 a.m. I have an adult daughter who adlibs songs while speaking to my infant grandson. How do people do that?? 😂👍

I did something similar but I used metal plant stands with two inch tall legs and put fish in water to keep mosquitoes out

If you made a floating platform, your plants should always get water unless the pool is too low. Also, Mosquitoes are going to be a problem with any standing water. Some people place the pots in the pool and fill the pool 1/2 way with coarse gravel. There is a fish called a mosquito fish. It devours that larvae. Some use a plain old goldfish but watch the water level and temperature.

I was watching this video and thinking to myself...."do I really need to subscribe to another Survival/Gardening channel?".....and then you started to sing your gardening in a kiddie pool song and i thought to myself...."Yes, you definitely need to subscribe to THIS channel!" Keep including your descriptive ditties. I love them!

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome!

I so needed this desperately! We go back and forth btwn homes and I've been worried about gardening this year! Perfect! Love the montage with song too! 😆🙏💗

This reminds me of Larry Hall's original gardening video's. He was big on using the kiddie pools as a watering reservoir but he used fabric grow bags till he switched to his gutter self-watering system. RIP Larry from Brainard, MN! What he did to regulate the amount of water in the pool was to drill a hole or two in the sides of the pool about 1 to 2 inches up from the bottom - can't remember the exact measurement - but as the pool fills it just spills out the holes in the side so the pots are never swimming in too much water. He also said to put a mosquito float in the water as well to control the larvae. They said it didn't harm the plants any??? Anyway, I think it will work great, can't wait to see the updates.

@KarenHernandez-wb9mm

2 жыл бұрын

The mosqeeto floats are a bacteria that when hydrated grow and affect the larvae. So it's not a chemical treatment.

@nichelle-marquese743

Жыл бұрын

Larry died? I Learned my first diy gardening with the Wal-Mart bags from him

@shuvanidev

Жыл бұрын

@@nichelle-marquese743 Yes, sadly he passed a few years ago. I first learned about using the grow bags on his channel too :)

lol that soundtrack is awesome at 6m

You should make follow up videos on some of these techniques. I'd love to see how long these maters kept in the pool and how well they did.

I started putting our pots in a kiddie pool in the shade when we left in the summer. It helps a lot.

A great idea if you need to get away for a few days, too, cool, thank you! My herbs are in smaller pots and ti is hard to keep them watered, I might do that for them, too...glad to see you, I have been missing : ) but catching later, God bless you

The montage and the music was “so right”.

Lol....I have never seen ur channel before....that song about stretching out ur video....good info and good entertainment 👍 I don't plant veggies in containers, but this is an awesome idea for long weekends away for my flower pots👍👍

That Meaningless Song was rockin'! 🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸

When will your album be released????

You might want to add some feeder fish or BT to the pool for mosquito control.

@klincecum

3 жыл бұрын

That's what a mosquito dunk is. BT.

@heatherk8931

3 жыл бұрын

Free mosquito fish our local mosquito abatement department

@MsPlastina1

3 жыл бұрын

@@heatherk8931 to take care of your fish , how often you have to change water?

On Robbie and Gary’s Gardening Easy channel Gary grows in kiddie pools he put the pots on bricks too and he puts mosquito eating fish in there also the dragonflies lay their larvae in there so he has lots of dragonflies. Thought you might want to check out their KZread channel

The songs were BRILLIANT!! You are SO gifted! Thanks for the laughs!!

@davidthegood

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Minty.

"Compost your enemies" should be on a t-shirt

@davidthegood

3 жыл бұрын

It is! www.aardvarktees.com/collections/vendors?q=The%20Survival%20Gardener

You could also scavenge five gallon buckets for planters. The ones I used were from a dumpster near a drywall contractor, but many restaurant get edible materials in them if you're wary of the chemicals in the drywall compound. It's definitely cheating to buy them from Home Depot or Walmart.

my new fave gardening channel takin' notes here appreciate your knowledge!!!

Absolute genius method of pest control! I love it

Maybe if u buried the pool, it might not get swampy or buggy? At some point during the winter, a kiddy pool blew into r yard behind the garage. I was thinking of using it to presoak before transplanting. So far, it's just been a place to throw rocks I've been digging up as I turn up the lawn to plant in to.

Signing closing papers on almost 4 acres in Georgia in a few weeks -- so excited! It's on a (quiet) highway with a visible neighbor on one side, and I want to plant something that grows reasonably tall for privacy, but that bears fruit or is otherwise edible. Anyone have any suggestions? Looks like I'm on the edge of 8a/8b. I'm just starting to research and I figured hey, if anyone has ideas, it would help a lot! PS: Thank you for all you do for us, Mr. The Good!!

@melissab8500

3 жыл бұрын

Peaches, blueberries... I think they do well up there

@kristihicks3170

3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than mulberries and they grow fast.

@angelbear_og

3 жыл бұрын

@@melissab8500 Thanks! I'd definitely like a peach tree (or two), but I'm thinking of natural "fencing" that also produces something edible as well. Blueberries sound promising, but I also want to "diversify my stock" as it were! ^_^ Hmmm, maybe some fruit trees with their higher canopies and other low growing fruits to cover the lower area behind them.

@kristihicks3170

3 жыл бұрын

If you want evergreen you could plant pineapple guava.

@angelbear_og

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristihicks3170 Not sure I could push pineapple to zone 8 (might be worth a try though, since they are delish!), but there do seem to be some varieties of guava that could make it. Adding to the list, thank you! (EDIT -- OH, I see "pineapple guava" is a thing. No comma. My eyes are still waking up haha!)

I recognize a hippy when I see one. Good idea. Thanks Dave 🌻🌿🌽🌱🥕🍅✝️💚 God bless you 🌱🥀

I absolutely love that song, is first time watching your videos, I love the idea of the kitty pool, I live in California and with it should be fine here.Miracle grow sounds good to add it to the water. Thank you, thank you.😃🌻