Side Yard Garden Working Tour, Planting, Worm Bin and Bed Prep for the New Season 

This summer was so hard for my garden, while I don't love that you lost some plants I feel grateful to know I wasn't alone in the struggle.

I keep sending gardeners to your site because you have all the best tips, ideas and experience you share. Thanks for the hands on, I learned even more watching it than just reading!

Those in-bed worm bins are really interesting!

I enjoyed this style of video and would love to see more like it!

Excellent style video. I know it must be difficult to film this way but I love the extra effort you put in.

My hubby gifted me Angela's Growing in the Garden perpetual calendars, one for flowers, and one for vegetables. They are amazing assets for growing in zone 9B. Angela has done all the work adapting seed packet and transplant instructions for the harsh low desert environment, and put it into a beautiful, functional format. My calendars hang on the wall right next to my desk and computer where I do my planning, but their beautiful photography and formatting on heavy stock would be lovely and inspirational anywhere in your home. Each monthly page has a "plant outside " list, seed or transplant indicated, and a "start seeds indoors" list. I couldn't garden in Mesa without these calendars (and Angela's monthly e-mails and regular videos with all sorts of tips and education for desert gardeners). Angela's calendars are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Thanks Angela for provided a much-needed service. Suggestion: a local resources list would be a huge hit for locals. I'm sure that I don't know about all the local nurseries and other gardening resources in the low desert.

The monsoon rains gave my garden a little boost- from East Mesa

Considering the heat wave, good to see your garden pull thru. 💚 Vermacomposting is so interesting. Small wire mesh baskets, genious.

Thank you for such an informative video. Just seeing how you deal with all your plants gives me a direction to move in for my garden. I planed lemon verbena for the first time this year too and the smell is heavenly. I’ve used it a lot in some soups as well as tea.

It’s so good to see your garden and how it fared in the heat! I’m in Tucson - and my garden was destroyed by a hailstorm about a month ago. I did some initial cleanup. But have been waiting to see what survived - turns out not much 😅. Surprisingly, most of my herbs made it. Getting ready to replant in the next few weeks.

We're in 9B just up the road from you in Black Canyon City, and the summer has been very hard on our tomatoes. We grew Sungolds from seed this year and they were doing great but then the heat started to take it's toll. Our peppers and eggplants have been getting hit by ants and rock squirrels, and few miscellaneous plants here and there are just stunted and not growing well at all. But the yard long beans are going like gangbusters right to the top of the trellis and providing a massive harvest right now, and our watermelons and herbs are also doing great. Sunflowers did amazing this year in our garden also.

Love this type of video 😊

Very informative video, my tomatoes didn’t do well. I’m in Tucson

Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something. Thanks for taking us along.

Thanks. Your garden looks great after the July heat. Most of my plants died during July or are pretty stressed. However great production before the heat came. The stars of my summer garden have been my fig tree and Malabar spinach. Also sweet potatoes.

For sure trying worm bins this fall. My pepper is not happy but you have me hope of it coming back. My tomatoes are dead, you really think we can plant new ones already? I live in Chandler and it's suppose to go back to more than 110. Loved your video

@ Growing In The Garden... Perfect timing for your video, was wondering about strawberries growing in our winter. Love the worm bins. Sending unconditional love with boundaries. ✨💖✨

Thanks for another enjoyable and informative video. You gave me some good ideas for some plants to try this fall and winter. I have a very small yard, that's already full. I'll have to use containers. It has been a hard summer, but it will be winding down soon. Again, thanks for the video. Gary from SW Tucson

Angela 💚 While I love all of the fantastic gardening info you share I have to say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these videos where you take is along in your garden the most!

Thanks for the tour. Would you please recommend some of your favorite fall garden vegetable varieties that you grow from seed, in particular broccoli and lettuces? It would be much appreciated.

Love the authenticity of the video and I learned something new.

I finally got a cardboard shredder. I had a bunch of cardboard save up for this purpose. Shred,shred and more shredding. What a chore. But I’m ready for more worms

I really like these types of videos. I also grow in Mesa and enjoy seeing the timing of chores

I enjoyed the working tour video and looking forward to seeing more of them. Thx

your videos give me so much hope for my garden im starting up in yuma, arizona. the sun is BRUTAL

Thank you! It's really nice to see you actually showing us what to do in real time. In the last piece I think I saw a Duranta which I planted this spring. I'm really looking forward to seeing it grow in my garden. It did really well this summer. Especially since it's in full sun and just planted.

Looks Great💚🌱💚I luv ur worm bins w wire baskets👍👍👍🪱🪱🪱 I use plastic pitchers w holes like Robbie from UTube Garden Easy. Going 2 switch to wire baskets👍👍👍they will last longer & already have total drainage into the soil👍👍👍🪱🪱🪱

Love the idea of in ground worm bins.

Thank you. It’s great to see how things really look and why and how you clean up. I started the in bed composting after I saw yours and it’s going great!

I love the basket you set up for the worms

I use the food grade buckets in my bed. I live in the Palm Springs area. Hot as can be here! I’ve been putting an ice pack on top of the worm bed, then I cover it with a box and a towel so they don’t fry in the heat. It’s quite a chore twice daily. Rough summer. Had a few cantaloupes, zucchini is not great, romas didn’t produce and my loofah plant died. Not a great summer. Too darn hot at 115-120 too many days. Love your videos!! I’ve learned so much and really appreciate you!

Really enjoyed seeing how wet the soil is. I always thought I was overwatering my plants but perhaps I'm underwatering them! 😅 you seem so humble and intelligent and excited to experiment. Always enjoy your content. Thank you for sharing!

Just like you I didn't take out my raspberries, in hopes that they are going to come back. Wishful thinking. I know. Also 9b: N. Scottsdale.

Oh my, lemon verbena has the most wonderful fragrance! I grow it every year just to run my hands across it to release the oils and smell that heavenly scent, but now I will have to try it in my tea, thanks to you! Your garden is amazing. Did you do a video on the vermi-composting in place? I’ll have to look for that; it’s ingenious. Thanks for another great video! (I’m in zone 6b, central KY and grow primarily perennial and annual flowers with a few veggies thrown in with the hope of growing more veg next year. Even though we are in vastly different growing zones, I find your videos are a wealth of knowledge). 💚

It's spring where I am. I planted white echinacea but it was towards the end of summer and it died back fairly quickly. I was sad because it was so pretty. I knew it was perennial but I felt it hadn't had enough time to really establish itself to be able to come back again the following season, but I mulched around it and marked the spot where it had been and crossed my fingers. A few weeks ago I found the tiniest green leaf poking up and I was beside myself with excitement. Ditto for a terribly pot bound rudbeckia that I planted that rapidly died off. I'm so looking forward to seeing what else pops up in random places that I either forgot about, thought was dead, or self-seeded.

Love this video, so informative! I really like the in ground worm bins; I always thought it would take up too much space but that looks really neat.

I love watching your videos and learning from you!! ❤

That was fun following you around doing all the work while I just relaxed for a change. Gardening sure is rewarding and lots of work. Thanks for all the great tips 💗

I need to check my strawberries again! I was thinking they were goners, but there might be hope! I think my worm bins made it too! Great video!

Thanks! The worm baskets are working for me 😊

Love the working tour.

In here in surprise, and I definitely struggled with the heat, even though I thoroughly cover with shade cloths. I had cucumber growing, but then the heat hit and although the plants have made it through I only got a few small cucumbers to pickle. I'm hoping that they will pick back up and finish the year strong. I lost all garlic and potatoes but 1 potato plant and it doesn't have much to it.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. These videos are so good!

Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you!!

Love love your videos, I’m in zone 5a and some of the struggles are different in a colder climate, but the principles are awesome

Thank you for the tips❤

Hi Angela The heat has just been dragging on and on but I’m most excited about finally getting some flower plants planted for fall. I started some indoors from the July and August calendar and I just can’t wait until temps drop for planting.

I love this video!!! Thanks for sharing all the tips. I really want to do the vermicomposting. My current struggle is my irrigation. I need to re-vamp it. I am loving your square foot grid!

I live in QC and am starting my gardening journey. I dont know why, maybe fear of failure, but im so intimidated and overwhelmed. Your videos help a lot. Im glad to know you have things die. This heat makes me nervous. Did you shade anything? I havent put anything in yet and i wondered if i should think ahead and plan for shade structures... or am i over thinking it.... ah! 😂

There’s something so satisfying about clearing up the garden. The wire baskets are a great idea! Do you have any suggestions for growing and maintaining cilantro in a container? I haven’t had much luck with it. I lost the majority of my succulents and misc. flowers, including my roses. I was amazed that my gardenia, Thai basil and shamrocks were robust and thriving! Looking forward to fall here in Peoria, when I’ll be planting tomatoes, carrots, lettuce and a variety of herbs. 🍂 Thanks for taking us along!

Armenian cucumbers were a disappointment for us. Plants did good for most of the summer and produced blooms, but not one cucumber. Basil was amazing. That little bit of cooler (less hot) temps in August just made it take off. Can’t wait for lettuce, lettuce and more lettuce.

Thank you Angela for this working tour! I had volunteer plants of tomatoes in July. Transferred them to grow bag. It was doing fine and started flowering after 25 days. I removed the first flowers as the plant was small yet. It was raining then temperature was around 28-30C . In August,it became hotter. Around 32- 33c. The top of the plant has dried. There is no growth. What could hv happened? Should I wait or pull out this one?

As always a wonderful video.... One question , do you know where to buy lavender plants and what variety works best in the low desert

Thank you for another wonderfully helpful video! Where can I purchase the squash trellis you’re using?

Thank you, Angela. What wood chips are you using in your beds?

Hi Angela! How did you plant your garlic chives? I planted mine direct sowed it but didn’t germinate 😔🤦🏻‍♀️👩‍🌾 thanks for showing your beautiful garden ♥️😊👩‍🌾👍👍

Hello from Central Valley California. Your vids turned me onto Ollas, Garden Grids, and in bed bucket Vermicomposting. I’m curious why you swapped out the white buckets for mesh mini trash bins? Do the worms prefer more porous-walls / living environment?

Angela, where did you get your long garden nozzle that waters so gently? It is at 3:19 seconds in? Thanks.

Where did you get the basket worm bins? Are they metal? I planted Malabar Spinach (seeds) in the spring and Its been so much fun watching it take off. I'm excited for Fall!

I have a lot of crab grass taking over my raised garden. How do you kill it.

Why do you put the mesh worm bins in the side of your garden beds instead of in the center? I just bought some mesh bins for my raised beds and wanted to put them in the center of the beds. I’m a new subscriber in zone 10b, south Florida. Love your channel.

Are those baskets metal or plastic. Send you've moved to from the food safe buckets . Didn't see where you sourced then from. Looks like the Queen's will be truly free with this approach. Also constant airation.

Are you no longer using plastic buckets with lids for your worm composting as it looks like now you're using wire baskets? If so where are you getting them and why did you switch?

I watched your in-bed composting video and sent it on to my gardening friends here in AZ. I noticed that the ones in the video above were baskets and the ones in the in-bed video were plastic. Do you use different containers for different beds or is this more recent video and upgrade?

I got your email today mentioning the Garden in Minutes sale but when I went to the site I couldn't find any mention of a sale. Is there one - or just the coupon code?

How do you control ants in the compost Ben's?😮

Angela. Do you generally have to add new worms each year. Or do they just continue to multiply? I just put mine in the raised beds this year hoping they would dig deep for the summer. But I’m still not seeing them and wonder if I need to order more. Tks much

What did you do with the worms in the bin when you were spread the verma compost.

I am trying to understand, do you have worms to start a worm bin, or just worm casings?

Can you buy worm castings?

Its been a terrible summer plantwise. Have a few to replace. Boohoo....