9 Beginner Gardening Mistakes to Avoid
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Date: 2022-07-18
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Rivkah
I just moved to New England from Texas, and when I saw everybody on my street putting their leaves out by the curb instead of using them as mulch in their gardens I immediately went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! especially when my neighbor decided to be nice and scooped up all the leaves I was saving for mine! Leaf litter makes AMAZING mulch, and people just. sweep it up and throw it away. The same with grass trimmings. We don't throw away our grass trimmings. Some we leave on the yard as nutrients for the grass, the rest we use as mulch. And our lawn is beautiful and green and lush and thick because of it whereas all the neighbors who sweep all that grass litter up and throw it out have tons of bald, bare, hard earth spots where nothing will grow. And we use zero fertilizers on our lawn! Using your yard and lawn trimmings to feed back into your garden is my favorite way to grow things and the #1 mistake of throwing it out is the thing I see most often.
Love your vids! Been a gardener for years, but just moved to this new climate where new fruits and veggies and lettuces are suddenly available and learning new gardening tips here! :)
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I just moved to New England from Texas, and when I saw everybody on my street putting their leaves out by the curb instead of using them as mulch in their gardens I immediately went NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! especially when my neighbor decided to be nice and scooped up all the leaves I was saving for mine! Leaf litter makes AMAZING mulch, and people just. sweep it up and throw it away. The same with grass trimmings. We don't throw away our grass trimmings. Some we leave on the yard as nutrients for the grass, the rest we use as mulch. And our lawn is beautiful and green and lush and thick because of it whereas all the neighbors who sweep all that grass litter up and throw it out have tons of bald, bare, hard earth spots where nothing will grow. And we use zero fertilizers on our lawn! Using your yard and lawn trimmings to feed back into your garden is my favorite way to grow things and the #1 mistake of throwing it out is the thing I see most often.
Love your vids! Been a gardener for years, but just moved to this new climate where new fruits and veggies and lettuces are suddenly available and learning new gardening tips here! :)
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handmade
Great points: However this advice is dated. In the roaring 20's gardening was just a pastime, now it is a necessity, a can of bush beans has doubled in price since 2021. Here is my point: even a robust potato hoe is unavailable here in Eastern Ontario. What Epic shud go into pronto is a survival garden without treks to ur over-priced nursery. I mulch and compost everything in an acceptable dimension and PH level, and most leaves, clippings, coffee grounds, bread crusts, etc. are decomposed along with dead birch tree tops which provide earth giving super compost quikly. Another tidbit is to save seed from say beans or peas and even potatoes (that will seed. The price of seed (in Canada) has gone from 2 to 3 buks per packet - comprendes/rozumyes: save seed, compost incessantly, to make ur garden have a + ROI. I cud go on n on, but hopefully U get my drift, the previous garden methods of watering daily from a municipal water duct, buying kelp, peat, phosphorous, potash, etc. are fast evaporating (big bux) so get prepared for SURVIVAL crops n techniques in 2023.
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Great points: However this advice is dated. In the roaring 20's gardening was just a pastime, now it is a necessity, a can of bush beans has doubled in price since 2021. Here is my point: even a robust potato hoe is unavailable here in Eastern Ontario. What Epic shud go into pronto is a survival garden without treks to ur over-priced nursery. I mulch and compost everything in an acceptable dimension and PH level, and most leaves, clippings, coffee grounds, bread crusts, etc. are decomposed along with dead birch tree tops which provide earth giving super compost quikly. Another tidbit is to save seed from say beans or peas and even potatoes (that will seed. The price of seed (in Canada) has gone from 2 to 3 buks per packet - comprendes/rozumyes: save seed, compost incessantly, to make ur garden have a + ROI. I cud go on n on, but hopefully U get my drift, the previous garden methods of watering daily from a municipal water duct, buying kelp, peat, phosphorous, potash, etc. are fast evaporating (big bux) so get prepared for SURVIVAL crops n techniques in 2023.
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Samantha
I really have a problem II get too excited too excited when I achieved my God my goal in gardening then you're stunning then I feel like a doubt I don't enjoy it or I've gotta make it even better and better bye by putting more love and effort in you small love and effort into it how do I pick pick the Write balance and and stop trying stop trying to be too be too hard on yourself you start on yourself that you have to get exactly right why you exactly right why you gotta have everything perfect and fancy. Please it's doing my head any if you've got any advice please as I love it gardening but it's just making me feel likeJust giving up because it's never good good enough or I've got to do better and better.
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I really have a problem II get too excited too excited when I achieved my God my goal in gardening then you're stunning then I feel like a doubt I don't enjoy it or I've gotta make it even better and better bye by putting more love and effort in you small love and effort into it how do I pick pick the Write balance and and stop trying stop trying to be too be too hard on yourself you start on yourself that you have to get exactly right why you exactly right why you gotta have everything perfect and fancy. Please it's doing my head any if you've got any advice please as I love it gardening but it's just making me feel likeJust giving up because it's never good good enough or I've got to do better and better.
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Susan
If you have chickens and a garden, decide which one you want to fence. I personally love watching my chickens roam free around the yard, but it has severely limited my gardening space. I used to have so much parsley that I would dehydrate bunches of it. My chickens love parsley. They also dug up my rock melon vines, tomatoes, mint, capsicum, eggplant, and lettuce. They were very creative digging around the chicken wire. That said being able to use chook poo on the plants and trees I still have is great too. The chickens love digging around the base of the fruit trees. :)
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If you have chickens and a garden, decide which one you want to fence. I personally love watching my chickens roam free around the yard, but it has severely limited my gardening space. I used to have so much parsley that I would dehydrate bunches of it. My chickens love parsley. They also dug up my rock melon vines, tomatoes, mint, capsicum, eggplant, and lettuce. They were very creative digging around the chicken wire. That said being able to use chook poo on the plants and trees I still have is great too. The chickens love digging around the base of the fruit trees. :)
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handmade
So glad I've watched a couple of your beginner videos. Yesterday I just started my first container vegetable garden of my own (I've volunteered with a community garden for years but that meant I always had a ton of guidance for everything I did. I read some stuff that made mulching seem pretty optional according to personal preference so opted not to but now I've reconsidered. I have a lot of vermiculite laying around; does anyone know if that would make adequate mulch?
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So glad I've watched a couple of your beginner videos. Yesterday I just started my first container vegetable garden of my own (I've volunteered with a community garden for years but that meant I always had a ton of guidance for everything I did. I read some stuff that made mulching seem pretty optional according to personal preference so opted not to but now I've reconsidered. I have a lot of vermiculite laying around; does anyone know if that would make adequate mulch?
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Kerstin
Love the Sender. My problems are i am in a wheelchair so a few Tipps on easy planting inexpensiv please. The 2. Problem my tiny Terrasse is between 2 Hauses so good Tipps will be great. I prefer you cannal because i like your vice and your are not so over the top. And i get the feeling you know what you are talking about. Thanks for the help.
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Love the Sender. My problems are i am in a wheelchair so a few Tipps on easy planting inexpensiv please. The 2. Problem my tiny Terrasse is between 2 Hauses so good Tipps will be great. I prefer you cannal because i like your vice and your are not so over the top. And i get the feeling you know what you are talking about. Thanks for the help.
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Julianne
Great tip about checking with others! In Florida, the Univ of FL extension office has month by month info on what to plant when by region. A great way to check your growing season in warmer climates is your local extension office. Some will offer classes while others will offer online advice from horticulturists and master gardeners.
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Great tip about checking with others! In Florida, the Univ of FL extension office has month by month info on what to plant when by region. A great way to check your growing season in warmer climates is your local extension office. Some will offer classes while others will offer online advice from horticulturists and master gardeners.
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Sharon
I am having a horrible time with clay soil. I have been trying all summer to improve it. The other day I went out to check on the patch and what I had put down had already gone to Clay. There is absolutely no drainage there. What in the world can I do?
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I am having a horrible time with clay soil. I have been trying all summer to improve it. The other day I went out to check on the patch and what I had put down had already gone to Clay. There is absolutely no drainage there. What in the world can I do?
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Ser
With the world going in its current direction, growing fruits and veg should be considered prime knowledge.
I'm starting small with a single tomato plant. want to gain some confidence and go slow, but I'm enjoying everything so far!
Great content
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With the world going in its current direction, growing fruits and veg should be considered prime knowledge.
I'm starting small with a single tomato plant. want to gain some confidence and go slow, but I'm enjoying everything so far!
Great content
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SubieNinja
the sun here in chandler AZ seems to just kill everything i try to grow. i started some black beans and green beans indoors and moved them out into the garden in july and they dried out and died in about 36 hours
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the sun here in chandler AZ seems to just kill everything i try to grow. i started some black beans and green beans indoors and moved them out into the garden in july and they dried out and died in about 36 hours
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Demi
I'm going to be honest, my biggest deepest secret is that i when i was 14 i didnt know how much of a pest mint was so i just planted a single one in the middle of my garden. I think you can guess what happened
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I'm going to be honest, my biggest deepest secret is that i when i was 14 i didnt know how much of a pest mint was so i just planted a single one in the middle of my garden. I think you can guess what happened
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Kristi
My best producing garden was a 4ft x 4ft square foot salad garden. 2 types of lettuce, 3 types of tomatoes, cucumber, small carrots. I'm doing another one this year because the last two bigger beds sucked
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My best producing garden was a 4ft x 4ft square foot salad garden. 2 types of lettuce, 3 types of tomatoes, cucumber, small carrots. I'm doing another one this year because the last two bigger beds sucked
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Hell
I just recently started gardening with a lot of peppers I don't plan to eat but I'm definitely having fun!
I have a biology degree and want to try doing some cross breeding at some point
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I just recently started gardening with a lot of peppers I don't plan to eat but I'm definitely having fun!
I have a biology degree and want to try doing some cross breeding at some point
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TheMFStudios
This is entirely not a beginner video. The advice might be solid but ypu are using WAYYYY too much gardening jargon for a beginner to effrctively take away value from the video.
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This is entirely not a beginner video. The advice might be solid but ypu are using WAYYYY too much gardening jargon for a beginner to effrctively take away value from the video.
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Azuka
John 3: 16
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16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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John 3: 16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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