Apply to become an Epic Collaborator: form.typeform.com/to/TXQZsKU4 - I'm so grateful to have Jacques on our team and count him as a dear friend as well as a fantastic gardener. Thank you all for embracing him into the Epic Gardening community - Kevin
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So cool how Jacques got started! I currently am living at my parents house and convinced my dad to let me start a garden. Last summer, all I had was pots to grow in and this year I convinced him to let me put in two garden beds! I bought a tall and a short Birdies beds and filled them with flowers, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and watermelon. This channel has inspired and helped me learn to garden. In my own future house, I want to turn the entire property into a garden.
I started my garden around the same time as Jacques and now have experienced gardeners coming to me for advice. I also literally spend most of my free time absorbing as much knowledge as I can. You can make up a lot of ground if you have time and energy to dedicate to learning a craft or skill. That being said, I still have so much to learn. I only have about 70 sqft of garden space in my front yard and hope to have nearly double that next year as I am taking back a part of my parking lot to expand the garden as I am working with very limited space. People on my block thought I was insane the first year, now I get compliments weekly as there are about 15-20 variety of flowers where grass used to be. I mean, they probably still think I am crazy but at least I'm the crazy man with the nice garden and flower patch
My 2 favorite gardening guys! I have learned so much from you both. Your style is down to earth REAL living. Keep up the great work! I am 72 so you can teach an old dog new tricks! ((((hugs)))
A MD/PhD student runs our school garden. Made a club so 2 of us water it daily on a rotation and ~5-10 of us maintain it on the weekends. We all bring the harvest home whenever we want :)
I've been waiting on this story!! I love hearing how two of my favorite gardeners met and developed a working relationship. Gardening with you two helped me get through my PhD in 2020!
My mind is blown. Two years, Jacque?!?! It's inspiring to see what's possible when you commit to a vision and go full out for it. Thanks for sharing your story and keep producing great content, guys!
After I got two stem degrees I was in an accident and became partially disabled. I will never work in my chosen field, and life had some dark moments in store for me. I somehow made it through the other side and have found a renewed purpose again working with plants. I feel like I have a reason to get up in the morning, and a reason to learn things once again. By far the best free therapy I could ever envision. If I could, I would try to work with you in a hot second. Thanks for the 6-cells btw, easily the best trays I've ever tried. Will never purchase any others.
I'm in grad school right now for something different from what I did in undergrad and I really feel you on walking away from academia, Jacques. At the end of undergrad I realized what I got my BA in was really more of an interest than a complete passion, and if I continued mostly the only jobs were in academia and I didn't feel like that was for me. Switched to teaching and I am loving it even though it's hard. Good on you for realizing it was time to step away. It can be very hard to do when you've invested so much.
It's tough as I definitely loved geology but the path I took in academia was leading me down a one way road of staying in academia. After being in it for that long I knew I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life. Glad to hear you found your path as well! - Jacques
@@epicgardening I did the same thing...... I quite a PhD Prog w 3 courses to go. Actually was well on my way with the Dissertation, cause I love writing. LOL
It's wild seeing those beginning clips with you two together. I remember watching every single one of those. To see how much the gardens have changed is pretty cool. To see how far the Epic Homestead also is just pretty darn cool
I've been in grad school for six years, got my master's in Sustainability Management, started a PhD, and it's been a downhill grind for four years. I feel the need for passion again in something and definitely relate with growing things, being practical, being outside, and being engaged with the "work" or day to day activities. It sucks your soul out of your nostrils and leaves you burnt out if you can't constantly perform. I'm leaving my PhD, and I'm really happy to have finally decided to do so.
It's truly a grind and a soul crush, I could have finished but saw no path on the other side. Glad to hear you found your path out since it didn't work for you as well! - Jacques
If you’re not ready for a full-time gardening gig like Jacques 😉, you should look into jobs in energy efficiency. If you get a job implementing new projects, it’s a good balance of desk and field work.
Six years is enough time in grad school. If the school can't turn out a PhD in six years, then they are probably short of teaching assistants so they are keeping students around to teach. I left after getting my Masters and it was the best decision I ever made.
I can relate to what Jacques about consuming knowledge. When I discover something that clicks with me I cant learn enough. No phd here but I tell everyone I have a RU-vid degree in gardening. Thank you Kevin and Jacques.
Kevin and Jacques, both of you are so informative and provide gardening know-how. My dad was a master gardener of vegetables. Since I retired from teaching high school choral music, I have been expanding my garden knowledge for the last 10 years, continuing my dad's methods and learning so much from you guys. Definitely my favorite and most entertaining gardening channel!😅 from Southeast Missouri (totally different climate than Southern Cal).
As someone who made the dumb decision to actually get a biochemistry PhD, I’m now in the process of trying to figure out how to get out of the lab and into a garden for a living. I’ve been thinking of a second PhD-in horticulture. Jacques, I think you are my spirit animal. 😂😭😭
Started gardening during my PhD too. Made the other choice, and now my garden's pretty much dead and I'm completely stressed about my dissertation getting finished on time. Current verdict- Jacque chose wisely.👏🌱❤
My labmates and I genuinely talk about all quitting our PhDs and starting a bakery + farm + stationary store together. Our PI panics every time we start talking about it because the three of us are his ONLY PhD students and also the only grad students who get stuff done in lab. 😅
Yeah, I wish I had your life. The life of a scientist and engineer is very rewarding, but it can really take the joys of life away. I wish I could garden for life!!!!!
RU-vid and channels like yours, have gotten me addicted to gardening, i started when i was around 14, from a random recommendation to your channel and ive kept at it since, never stop!
You guys are GREAT!! I'm on my first year of gardening. I have stuff growing like MAD!! I just jumped in and haven't stopped. I hope to have what the phd guy has one day. 🌻🌿🥀
This is very motivational! 2 years! Impressive. I started my channel last year and it is starting to show some promise. Continued success for the entire Epic Gardening family.
Love you, Jacques!! Your backyard space is amazing and what you’ve done with it is gorgeous. It’s inspiring to know you’re only a few years in on your gardening experience.
I finished my PhD in 2019, didn't land a tenure-track position, and now all I want to do is figure out how to make my church community garden my job. You made the right decision Jaques! 👏
Love this story! Makes me feel better knowing I gave up on what my degree should have done for me, but has yet to even do a fraction of, because clearly you can still live a very fulfilled life. I can't find employment (I've been underemployed since graduating), so I've been gardening a lot.
You guys are so laid back and chill but ironically very much on-point with so many horticultural topics. The vibe between you two is a pleasure to witness for sure. A respectable #bromance is what I call it.🤠🤓
I loved your plea for people to share their gardening skills with others. We started our first real garden in 1978 in CT. Each year, we learn something new. Living on cement just south of LA is a challenge, but we manage to grow enough to can/freeze, dehydrate and freeze dry our extras. We try and teach our neighbors and kids how to grow your own.
Long shot Jacques, but would you be happy sharing some of the research you were doing whilst you were a PhD student? Even on a 1:1 basis if not publicly. I paused to read your academic poster on icthyoliths but my eyesight was really not on my side today! I too chose to move away from academia, but I find so much joy in engaging with science and research in my free time. Sending love from my balcony in the UK!
Was waiting for this video for over a month, you have changed so many lives including mine Jaque, you guys have been helping me through Depression 😢, I started watching the channel a yr a go not knowing anything about Gardening, Fast-forward 1yr I have 69 dragon-fruit Types, and 3 Birdies beds, and. A Beautiful flower garden for my wife.
Jacques, if you were in the lab all day in your Geology program, you were in the wrong program. I became a geologist because I found out I could get paid to hike. Twenty five years later I'm *still* getting paid to hike (although I'm in the classroom more now). You clearly made a good decision, though! I've learned a lot from you and Kevin and my veggie garden is the better for it. And you weren't the only one who read the textbood cover to cover.
Kevin...u are awesome. I love the way u promote Jacque. You aren't promoting just yourself. Obviously, you were fine on your own. But you were smart enough to know u cannot do it all on your own. You two together are such a kick. So entertaining. I laugh so much watching u two. Thank you. I wish i lived in your neighborhood. Bye & hugs from Sequim WA... formerly from Temecula
I love hearing your story of how you two became garden buddies! I've been following along for years and it's always fun to hear the story as a "refresh". Love the content, love the team. I too am an epic gardener.
You two are the perfect complement to each other and I love how both of your styles and gardening perspectives have gradually influenced each other’s design. Awesome to learn from you both and even better when you collaborate!
You guys inspire me so much! Jacques I love your aquarius spirit and approach to garden. I totally vibe with it. Thanks for all you do and the honesty in your approach. It helps me feel more confident as a non-traditional gardener!
The best tree to put in a 'chicken orchard' is white mulberry. The berries fall down on the ground for 150 days a year, and chickens can eat the leaves.
Man, I am doing my PhD in Biochemistry right now and was able to join Unis gardening club...some days right now i feel like quitting science and becoming a full time gardener would be a much more peaceful life😅
I'm a lawyer. I quit (well, severely cut back) being a lawyer to go into game development. I put that on hold to do develop a property the family recently acquired into a farm. Money's being drained right now but the mental stress from lawyering just wasn't worth it.
hi kevin & jacques 🤗 ive enjoyed watching jacques over the years on both of your channels. im also a phd student. gardening in my genes 😁. while both are hard work, most days gardening is much more enjoyable and rewarding. im still hanging in there with school, and trying to balance both, but i can see myself turning "jacques" in an instant. tfs
Your never too old or too injured to start a garden. I just turned 70 and due to a pretty bad car accident couldn't do the usual garden but around 2020 took it up again. I am focusing on a food and medicinal garden now and it brings me joy to give food and well as natural medicine to people. Not easy when it turns 100 like today. I did up my own dirt and supplement it, keeps me strong. 😅
Love watching and learning from you both. I do mainly container gardening and started trying a couple things 3 yrs ago. I've branched out and this year am trying several new things due to jacque and his enthusiasm. But also a big part is learning what can be made with the vegetables as we were raised on canned corn and cream corn and occasionally canned peas. Not a fan of the latter but now love my sweet peas. I'm in my 50s and am just discovering new things due to gardeners like you. Thanks for all the great content!
Wow thank you - I changed from a Pharmacist that was burnt out after 2020 and turned to gardening - I love how we ADHD hyper focus on everything - I did the same thing haha
@@epicgardening hahahaha I just had to force myself to clean up my mess from pruning before some storms. I quote you all day everyday in the garden “ sweet sweet air flow “ hahaha I’m such a dork and get super exited about air flow and spacing.
I had an earwig infestation in my vegetable garden and I asked Jacques for some tips and how to get rid of it,I did it and it worked ❤❤,thank you Jack 😊!!!
Would love more of an update of the chicken orchard! Bought 6 of the tree surrounds since seeing that original video. Figs are growing out nicely here in the Central Valley!
That’s it. I quit. Nah I’m not that great at gardening yet 😅 but teaming up after learning more about my zone 5b area would be a dream…. I maybe COULD quit and do this. See? Y’all have me feeling so motivated as if I could have a lovely garden just like you two! Jacques I adore your coop set up and it looks like something I would have built. Thanks so much for another motivating video. Y’all are the BEST! I’m going back outside and expanding.
I'd love to work with you guys . Zone 10a has a whole different set of gardening rules here and I think I could be helpful ❤ much love to you guys always
I would LOVE A detailed layout plan that Jaques has for reforming my backyard! I live on a riverbank, however we cannot seem to get our fruit trees and (other trees, and bushes) to adjust to the ground here 😮😮 I want to have a section for medicinal herbs, however I think the layout I had was a bust! an old farmhouse 1914 (IF you men want to do a show here, my yard is available for you!) Free fishing, camping by the Little Scioto River, and a steak from a Portsmouth Ohio, called SCIOTO RIBBER . I don't have much to offer, except a wonderful experience here in OH😊
me: considering quitting what I do to become a gardener ...Kevin and Jacques uploading this video... me: HUMMMMMM. considering intensifies. but for real I'm sick of spending most of my time in front of my computer. Just gonna go out and see if my little town is up for a community garden.
My daughter and I love these videos. She was very excited to see the tomatos. She only lasted 8 mins before falling asleep.😴 works everytime. Thanks guys.
Jacque - As a geologist, you would be great at utilizing non-organic parts of the homestead. For instance, making your own bricks from your own soil. Its an area of homesteading which needs leaders, Thanks for the video.
Love this story! And the chicken orchard is an amazing idea! I'll have to copy that in the future! I love these little tricks! Way to think out of the box
Gardening runs in my family. One of the things my older brother taught me was to grow flowers in the vegetable patch, he said "Just when tired, and hot, and you need to stretch your back you stand up and look across the garden and the flowers bring enough cheer to keep you going and he's right. I've planted flowers in the garden for years now but as I learned I now plant flowers that attract pollinators and beneficial insects, it's still beautiful.
I got a PhD in biological sciences, and I just love to apply my knowledge to the garden. I can geek out about soil microbiology, symbiotic relationships, and nutrients all day long :D. I agree though that research and reading a lot is really important in everything you do.
A master's in sustainability managment??? Thats a real dregree that you spent money on???? You did all of that just to make shure companies follow certain regs as well are write said regs?? Youve been had hardcore.
Personally, I would LOVE to see you involve someone who specializes in native plant gardening! Ps.I have gotten so much inspiration from your channel. Thanks guys!
Fantastic! Raccoons are very smart. We lost 10 of our 17 chickens to raccoons before we were able to remediate the access points. The lumber in front of the doors is NOT overkill!
Hey guys! As always I love your content and I’ve put many, many of my friends onto the channel! I’m a Cali native (Monterey, what’s good?!) I’m currently living near ATL and have been gardening a ton on my property. I would LOVE to see you guys expand to the south and have signed up for your career openings. Let’s make it happen yall 😜
With no little irony, he sounds like me. I was a doctoral student and just burned out. I had gardened several years before and started reading any and everything I could get my hands on. My go to is the Southern Living, but it is only one of many.
It's NEVER to late to pivot to your passion! At 65 yrs, I am gardening, singing more, reading (gardening books, romantic thrillers) more, and spending every minute possible wit kids and grandkids. Life is joyful and fulfilling!
Seems like all the seeds I save do SO much better the next year! I saved kale from a plant that went to seed after coming back the second year and those are the easiest seeds to germinate.
I WANT TO TELL HIM THAT HE DID THE RIGHT CHOICE I LEFT ALL MEDICAL FIELD. REALIZED THAT I CAN DO OTHER THINGS WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE.MORE TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS WITH FRIENDS ETC.😂
Jacques is the best! Love his channel. He is such a great teacher and just a nice guy with a great sense of humor. Glad you both do videos together as well---those are my favorite videos. Fun times.
Kevin, I remember being so delighted when I discovered you, pre Homestead days! Once Jacques came on board I became a true devotee. Something about his low key encouragement & reuse & recycling of materials that inspires creativity.
