My Self-Watering Desert Garden in Phoenix 

The problem with this guy having short, to-the-point intros and videos is that I can burn through his entire back catalogue quickly and still want more :(

So glad you have hobbies like this and absolutely love the addition of Aldo to our Shaquiverse.

Ah Shaq, you've just given me a terrible terrible idea for some balcony planters. I think I'll be filling my life with Chilli plants come spring

I feel like you're a modern, younger, more wholesome version of the Most Interesting Man Alive. Glad to see that I'm not the only one with gardening failures though haha

I’d like to see more of Aldo the rabbit in every farming related post please

I politely demand more Aldo content, what an absolute munchkin! Let him eat all your hard work, he deserves it!

I'm sure all Australians know this but check out Gardening Australia every weekend, they ALWAYS have local recommendations for what to do in your garden at that time of year. Great tip about mentioning local! It's best to plant with the plants that will adapt or fit well in your area to reduce unnecessary use of water, fertilizers, etc.

My favorite tree is a Mulberry. Low hanging fruit is perfect for the little ones to pick and the higher ones are perfect attraction for my birdwatching addiction. What ever ends up on the ground feeds all sorts of critters from bugs to possums. The bugs turn into possum and bird food. Sweet little possums gorge on ticks=no ticks ever on my pets or me!

Last summer you inspired me to start growing my own veggies and herbs. Now, I got my own little garden outback.

Speaking as a gardener, thank you so much for discussing the gardening failures as well as the successes.

Note to self: add wheels to the big garden raised bed.

I vaguely remember helping my parents build one as a kid and forgot literally everything about building it. _Looks like I just found my next project_

"the biggest rat the exterminator has ever seen. believe me, i have the photos" bro you absolutely cannot leave it there..

I’d be super down for more gardening content in this or a second channel.

Love the slav squat in the adidas tracksuit

such a cozy and chill video, it made me smile :)

Thought I'd share some things I've learned thus far trying to garden: + If you want to grow Thai Basil and mint, just re-root the cuttings you get along with your pho order. + The most laziest way I've gotten Dragon Fruit Cactus to thrive without the need of a storebought or handmade trellis/support was to allow it to grow up my parent's palm tree. Open enough to not get entangled by its thorns and tall and bare enough to get sun (versus a normal tree. it'd be like a tree with barb wire - I wouldn't want to go fruit picking in that scenario) + unlimited natural fertilizer: leave a 5 gallon bucket of water and aggressive weeds sealed for a month or so. after that, stir occassionally when you need liquid fertilizer. replenish with more water more often than with more weeds. and yes, it'll smell RANK, but after a while (mine's almost a year), it doesn't smell bad.

I live in Europe and I don't even have a garden, but I still enjoyed this video for your humble and wholesome attitude, so I still learned something. Keep it up.

I put industrial casters on galvanized stock tanks for my container garden-then it’s easy to move them when you need to! But my method requires drilling into the bottom of the stock tank to attach the casters, so if you wanted to do that SIP style, you would need to caulk around the bolts for the casters.

Been using the SIP system since I saw your first video. It really is the best. Even in a "bad" year I still get plenty of yield. Thanks for more info!

Therapist - Internet Shaqablyat isn't real he can't hurt you Internet Shaqablyat -

Throw some caster wheels on the large planters and you should be able to shift it around with a bit of difficulty

as a dude in phoenix who really needs a new, thought provoking hobby, thanks for the ideas and recommendations!

your videos are such a breath of fresh air

IIIIIIIIIII absolutely love these gardening videos, man. Nothing constructive to say, just praise and poking the algorithm.

A little tip from one fig grower to another, it might be in your best interests to keep your fig fairly small. There's a particular ideal ratio of plumage to fruit that's different from variety to variety, and in any rate, it's easier to handle a smaller tree, and a smaller tree is more receptive to fertilizers.

ah yes, my favorite plant, The Censored Plant™ (c) 2021

Angela is the BEST! It's so helpful to have a local gardener we can trust here in Phoenix. She has had a lot of slow growth with her garden too. So she knows all the pitfalls we usually hit. 🌱✨

I set up 3 of the 5 gallon sips this past summer. Grew some mint, and some parsley. It was the first time we where able to keep some plants alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The third one we filled with oregano, and some re-grown green onions. And those do quite as well. But we got a bit back out.

As an Arizona native, it's so cool to see videos from someone in az makin it happen!

I know this is a year old, but I encountered the same problem with moving my giant kratky hydroponic tubs once they were filled with water outside. I found it helpful to put them on furniture dollies before filling them up. You can build your own with wood and casters, or find some pretty big pre-made ones that have a high weight limit. The next time you empty those out, it might be helpful to put the containers on them so you can just roll them around wherever you want.

You're the reason I did SIPs this summer! I had two cucumber plants and two tomato plants and they did really well (even through my little failures). I love gardening but I live in apartment so the SIPs were perfect, thank you!

1:08 if you want to prevent grass creeping up to the trees, try covering up to the drip line with mulch. Check out Back to Eden gardening if you haven't! It does wonders for dry and compacted soil like what you have. It's the gateway to permaculture in my opinion, which is another rabbithole that's super interesting

That mulberry “fools!” comment is true. Mulberries are awesome!

The dragon fruit plant is one of my favorites! The flower is also beautiful when bloomed.

Rewatching this video and the armenian cucumber shoutout!!! Love to see it in the desert

Yo man, birds are thinking the same thing about that mulberry tree, and will spared that invasive shit all over the place. People had the same thoughts about honeysuckle and now its everywhere and taking over forests.

Such a mellow happy vid

I live in an apartment with very little sunlight, I'll never have these. And yet, I'm completely in transe by the passionate way you speak of your hobby. It's like a hot-girl-falling-in-love-with-a-dorky-guy-because-of-the-way-he-talks-about-his-table-RPGs kinda of vibe.

speaking of which transition was dope

Because we live in Phoenix pretty much the only plants I've tried to grow and date palms and citrus fruit trees. But seeing how much progress you've made with all these different types of fruits and vegetables gives me hope. I'll definitely give my farming escapades another shot! Thanks Shaq.

I appreciate you hsareing about gardening in the desert, I moved to southern New Mexico last year and I’ve been wanting to learn about how to garden here as well as foraging edible plants but it feels like most of the info I come across is targeted towards wetter climates with real winters

Also koodos to brightland picking such a cool dude to sponsor

I didn't know you were a gardener too! That's awesome! I really enjoyed this video--the fun anecdotes, the plant tour, and the humble admission of failure. Worth every second of my time. Keep vibing your vibe, man.

Yaaaay garden video good job. Try companion planting in the same container, peppers like dill tomatoes like basil 👍

If you wanted to move the totes more effectively you could probably rent or borrow a pallet Jack pretty easily

Can’t wait to build some of these at my first long-term home

I wasn't expecting a gardener in Phoenix. I kind of want to do it now

I love videos like this! Subscribed great work

Those totes... in australia we would call them something else just need some industrial castors for easy moving...

LEMONGRASH

Man you're posting videos about 2 out of 3 of my favorite hobbies (just missing woodworking). I would love more gardening videos in addition to the culinary ones!

Just got back from work reading This is Your Mind on Plants on the subway so the shoutout was a pleasant surprise! Shaq does a top ten books challenge

I grew up in a stretch of Midwest where every other yard had a mulberry tree. The fruit is delicious, but ground beneath it is stained black for like a week or two in the summer.

lol at lost crops -- we lose a lot to bugs. Must say the best broccoli I've ever eaten came from my garden. Frozen or store bought is meh, but oven roasting home-grown broccoli tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper, and chunky garlic is sublime

Here from the extranet video lol

Shaq opening a Whole Foods in his backyard 😍

My favorite gardening channel internet Shaquille

I don't live in phoenix but I do live in Vegas, and knowing the similarities between the two at least climate wise, i think i'll have to give this whole growing your own food thing a shot

I would honestly love to see more gardening content papa Shaq

You could absolutely put casters (wheels) on the metal frame those containers are in to make them easier to move!

Yes finally more SIP content. Gourmet mushrooms in the future ever?

Use a car jack and some moving dollies to move those IBC's. Plenty of guides to moving heavy stuff slowly here on the learning platform

yum yum brightland olive oil you say????

I was late and missed my chance to make my early snarky comment on this video so I'll be nice for once- love your videos boo.

This is dope!

i love you, Internet Shaquille!

God tier gardening tips

fav youtuber hands down 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

love seeing the gardening content please keep it up!

Love how calming this video js

This video is chill af

The next iteration could be on heavy duty casters, which would make sun tracking movement possible.

maybe mounting some dolly setup or some wheels could be a good solution to those large beds

A palette jack would probably work for moving the big boys.

10/10 tracksuit score

The best flowers I’ve ever grown were the result of leaving the pots in a wagon and just pulling the wagon to whichever part of my yard was sunny. Sounds simple but made a huge difference

Can you talk about what pesticides and other techniques you use? My concern would be how easily diseases could spread in those larger tubs.

For the big Bois you talked about towards the end, I wonder if it would be worth trying aga, but placing them maybe in the yard somewhere where they could get plenty of sun elevate them slightly, and place them on a patch of idk, stone/gravel to prevent mice from burrowing? But then again that doesn't nessecarily stop the other grazers

i just harvested my herb garden after it became legal in my state this year. it's definitely an awesome hobby, but *a lot* harder than most people probably assume. you're not just dumping seeds in dirt and watering them.

I just started reading that book, now I am curious which of the three you are growing......

Love your content man, keep up the good work!

Thanks Internet Shaquille. This video was a real... slam dunk

Wow, you live in a house?! Congrats, dude! I thought you lived in an apartment. Congrats on the house! That's crazy!!

Friendship ended with COOKING. Now GARDENING is my best friend.

Dude, get a pallet jack, they cost less then a couple hundo on marketplace and you can move them around full all day long

more gardening video YAY!

Hey Shaq! Let me just say first I love your vids and you gotta keep on posting about your farming grind. I was wondering if the problem you mentioned in your video could be fixed by putting some kind of wheels underneath your planters? Keep entertaining me, or else! Love, Tom

Please more gardening content!

Do you ever change out the soil in the sips? How often & what do you do with the old soil?

Subscribing to you was the best decision I ever made on RU-vid.

Sunday treat!!!

Wouldn't you be able to move the giant planters with a pallet jack? I'm pretty sure you can rent them from your local hardware store or honestly just post a listing on CL

Could you maybe rent a pallet jack and move them that way? Or is the ground too soft and the pallet jack's wheels would just sink into it instead of rolling?

Just now watching this and I can’t stop laughing my ass off at “lemongrass”

Loved the forbidden fruit XD

Pulling out the tracksuit for the squat commentary :)

some years ago it snowed at Halloween here in Ontario. Watching this just makes me sad.

i walk never do this.., but my wife, who likes to garden, might try this.. time will tell

There is so much dad energy coming from this video 😂