Our secret to a successful Desert Garden {with little work}
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We've definitely had our failures here on our urban farm, but with this one tip we've had amazing success in the desert!
Hi there! 👋🏻 We live on a 1-acre farm right in the middle of the busy city of Phoenix, Arizona! Our names are Kevin & DaNelle, and we moved here in 2009, when our kids Ethan & Lydia were just 6 & 4 years old 🥰 Over the years we've raised goats for milk, chickens for eggs, built a fish/swim pond, planted fruit & nut trees, and grew a large garden full of veggies. We've also raised a bunch of other animals like pigs, sheep, turkeys, geese, peacocks, and more!
Now that our kids are away at college, we have settled into doing what we love most -- which is raising & breeding goats ethically to improve genetics. But don't worry, we'll forever love our goofy pet goats like Luna the herd queen & Willow the stump lover. We also still love raising chickens for eggs, gardening, tending to the fruit & nut trees, and growing fish in the pond. We use the fresh goat's milk to make cheese, butter, yogurt -- and we use that + everything else we harvest on our little farm to make delicious meals. Having a getaway from the busy world right in our backyard brings so much joy to us each day, and we hope it brings some to you, too. 🥰
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i live in the burbs, have no animals, in an older established neighborhood and our yard is very clean & tidy. We have roof rats, everyone does. they use the top rail of our fences as a super highway, and the run around the neighborhood helping themselves to everyones fruit and nut trees. i've never had a problem with them coming out during the day or getting into my veggie garden when i have one. we just got our first load of wood chips delivered and i was so freaking excited. lol.
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
YAY for wood chips! Crazy about those rats, we normally don't see many around here:)
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
Hope you make new videos educating us about the spring garden. Showing us how to prep soil, what to plant ect
Been trying to figure out how to use my native seeds! It was nice to see we have the same ones. No more excuses to not plant mine.
Conifer needles (like pine) are full of vitamin C; I'll bet that's part of why the goats like them. :)
Nine minutes to find out that the 'secret' is mulch.
@SuperBrokenWindows
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for saving me 9 minutes, friend
@karsonjoshua828
2 жыл бұрын
I know it is kind of randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to watch newly released movies online ?
I love watching your videos!! You have influenced me to create a garden of my own!! Do you think you can make more videos of what you cook for dinner and what you use from your garden I would love that, tysm
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gabby! We are trying to do that as well.
Are you going to start canning any produce ? I guess with good growing weather almost year round you don't have to but it sure tastes better than anything I know. If you have alot of watermelon you could make watermelon relish. Now for me, it's just me so I can grow just what I need
Woodchips are life out here in Las Vegas too
Lol at the worse case scenario for rats! “They will bite you and give you rabies!” 😂😂😂
To prevent watermelons from pulling on the vine breaking it you should use a small patch of netting to suspent them not affecting the vine
I bet Kevin would make you a greenhouse and you could have your garden in there whenever you needed to
Great videos. My kids just started a channel. Yours is amazing.
“You’re like Gus-Gus” OMG!!!! Yes! I use that reference all the time and my family and friends just looks at me like I’m crazy or laugh at me. Haha
@justynjonn
5 жыл бұрын
What does that mean? There's a fabulous electronic group from Iceland named Gus Gus!
How does the Pine needles affect the taste of the milk?
What did you plant? All you showed are your goats.
Good morning everyone
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Good morning!
This is so beautiful T^T
I'm moving to PHX next month. Can you tell what's good to plant in August/September?
What do you use for a trellis?
Where do you purchase your seeds from?
Wish I could get just one load of chips like that here in the southern most tip of Nevada. No one will deliver out here.
I've lost watermelons to them being split too. That's a nice rule of thumb for the dry curly vine to tell its ready.
need one of the those bucket mouse traps where you put a ramp with a trap door on the top that when the rat's weight is on the door it falls in the bucket of water and they drown. you could have your husband build it since he likes projects like that.
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
I'll have him look one up, thanks!
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Cool!
How did these seeds do?
You are the mmost beautiful flower and most nutritious veg in this garden
Meanwhile in Alaska the watermelon plant is 2" tall. It's safe to say I won't be getting a melon! Awesome harvest you guys. Seeds look so fun. Makes me want to place an order too. :)
@lorihepner3868
7 жыл бұрын
LifeGoesNorth sseeeerttgf I
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Haha! Maaayyybeee it'll still work??? ;)
@LifeGoesNorth
7 жыл бұрын
Weed 'em & Reap lots of potatoes. The watermelon of the North. 😂
We use grass trimmings, same concept as wood chips just easier for us to use
Where did you order from?
“You’re like Gus Gus...” 😂😂😂😂
Have you tried the Phoenix library seed program.?
@FreedomForestFarm
4 жыл бұрын
Can you tell me more about how this works? I'm interested!!
Actually pine needles make a great chilled tea. Tastes lemony. Fir is not bad either. I have sometimes just chewed on them while walking. The fresh ones in spring taste best.
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Hey, that's awesome! We'll do that!
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Good idea!
Time to get a "barn" cat.
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Lydia would LOVE that.
@1-gz7xy
4 жыл бұрын
@@Weedemandreap my cat brings me dead mice and roaches as gifts to my doorstep. Also in Phoenix Arizona they work great! But spade em
Ever heard of pine needle tea?
Hey, why do you have such a large expanse of lawn? (waste of water for something you can't even eat)
@AJ-ox8xy
5 жыл бұрын
It is their pasture. They want a large area to still run around in and allow their animals space. Also there are zoning laws that require land to be open for animals to roam in.
Under pallets is the perfect home for rats! Be careful! We've been having rat problems under our house, which we thought was totally sealed off!! Get them quick!!
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
We'll get on it!
Where do you get your seeds?
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Either Johnny's seeds or Baker's Heirloom. But in this video I got Arizona native seeds from nativeseeds.com
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Here on amazon mostly: amzn.to/2vOKfTL
Typical woman giving orders 🤣🤣🤣🤣. J/K love the video ❤️❤️❤️
@Weedemandreap
4 жыл бұрын
Hey!!!! 😋
You are doing chores in the night and I am afraid of the scorpions if they bite you. Please be careful. Rats are another nuisance which spoil the pellets, grains etc. Take care.
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
They run away from people instead of attacking, so we're pretty safe as long as we don't grab one by accident:)
@shawncrowson1048
4 жыл бұрын
scorpions sting and pinch, they don't bite.
Can't wait to see your big garden area.... get something done about those rats. :(
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Will do! :)
Pine needles taste like lemonade
please wave to us next time when you make birds view....
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Do you live close by?? We'll wave!!
Ok so a lot of wood chips
@AJ-ox8xy
5 жыл бұрын
Yes. Anything that can diffuse the sunlight on your soil.
@internetshaquille
5 жыл бұрын
thanks for condensing 12 minutes into a couple words. KZread is a nightmare
“Barn” cat time ?
@Weedemandreap
7 жыл бұрын
Lydia would die of happiness if we did that. Maybe we should surprise her with a cat? I just have to convince Kevin...
NO CARROTS!!!!?????
tripod
really like your home and family, but geez- almost 9 minutes in to get the 30 second statement of the "SECRET"... it's a good one though! .................................................................................................................. o yeah, i forgot, are you in high desert? because those trees are nice and BIG. those do not grow down by gila bend that i know of... also HOW DO YOU GET THAT MUCH GRASS? grass dies about 95*... what gives?? GOD BLESS. JESUS CHRIST IS LORD HALLELUJAH
The secret to arizona garden lots of fertilizer.
You know I found the best way to grow cilantro from seed is to Open the packet of seeds up And then dump them nasty suckers down the sink And then turn on the garbage disposal 😁
Poor simp!
Is it gay that I want to start a garden? Asking for a friend lol
@AJ-ox8xy
5 жыл бұрын
Starting a garden to feed yourself and your family is one of the most masculine things a man can do.
@cynthiacarrillo3782
4 жыл бұрын
Gays eat...food?
@285runt
3 жыл бұрын
Only if your in it for the cucumbers.