Starting a WEED FREE In Ground Garden from Scratch!

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@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

Check out Rich and Shelley @air2groundfarms here: youtube.com/@air2groundfarms?si=Lov5hYPxBnJM6U1y

@annamschnetzer4036 5 месяцев назад

I searched and found air2groundfarms before seeing this comment. I've subscribed and rang the bell, too. Thank you, from a Kansas City, MO, born-but-transplanted to Florida city retiree.

@jgg7377 5 месяцев назад

Nichole from flower hill farm RU-vid channel has them and sells them along with other cool things

@thewildingslanding 5 месяцев назад

I love seeing homesteads helping homesteads, building community. Awesome example of how we should share skills and knowledge.

@stanniemi7929 5 месяцев назад

The next time you are at Home Depot or Lowe’s, go to the plumbing department and pickup a PVC pipe cutter. It will make cutting garden hose and tubing much easier.

@debbiep7419 5 месяцев назад

Hey, Kevin, I have that same shirt! My wonderful husband bought it for me cuz he knows how much I love gardening. When I saw the title of this video, I thought, "in ground? I thought they were switching to raised beds?!?" It was so nice to watch you helping your friends and sharing your experiential knowledge with them. I love how generous the gardening and homesteading community is.

@air2groundfarms 5 месяцев назад

Thank you Kevin & Sarah for sharing your gardening expertise with us!! Now to get those plants GROWING!! ❤❤❤😊😊

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

Can’t wait to see it all growing!

@julieschossow9315 5 месяцев назад

Wish you were still going to the farmers market. Might see you there.

@cherylirvin3919 5 месяцев назад

I like these videos where friends help friends! We use weed fabric on our 30x50 garden. Looking forward to your progress.

@fleurettewoods6080 5 месяцев назад

I love how you guys are helping each other. Working with friends makes hard work easier. ❤

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

So true!

@beckiepatrick6900 5 месяцев назад

I loved this video. Loved that it was friend helping friend. Learning new things and just an overall show of support. The two couples came together to show their love for gardening and each other and I really enjoyed it. I wish you a very happy and healthy garden a2g. I hope it’s your best garden yet! ❤😊

@tamarajenkins8821 5 месяцев назад

From one ex-Phoenician to another I just want to say thanks y’all for such a great video. Love how you always explain the how’s and why’s of the methods you use. 😊

@livingintoday06 5 месяцев назад

Great video. Tips were great today. We are laying ground cover this weekend for our high tunnel area and our in ground garden. The tip about laying the fabric with wind direction is something that I never would have thought about. And putting staples in sparsely on the bottom cover that will have the overlap makes great sense. I'm so excited for this yr . Not contending with the weeds, grasses, and having the drip tape will definitely be a game changer. It's almost cheating😂 Peace and Love Neighbors ❤️

@gpipkins85 5 месяцев назад

I JUST WET MY PLANTS!! Omg I need that shirt!!

@forrestgump9576 5 месяцев назад

T-shirt of the year!😭🤣😭🤣

@frenchysandi 5 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same thing😂

@Looseey1973 5 месяцев назад

I have one similar from Amazon. Love it.

@JudyE13 5 месяцев назад

I got mine from Tractors Supply.

@forrestgump9576 5 месяцев назад

@@JudyE13 Oooooh thanks! may have to run and see if ours has it!

@anneo3754 5 месяцев назад

That's an awesome looking garden! Great work helping out your friends and neighbors 😊

@huachi5 5 месяцев назад

Broke my heart seeing the chickens huddled together under the coops trying to escape the sun ... would a few trees or even a pergola or two in that area be beneficial???That could be another video project!! Rich & Shelley, yall will learn sooo much from Kevin & Sarah, they are amazing teachers!!! Thank yall for sharing the video with us & looking forward for more to come.

@renatal1972 5 месяцев назад

I put frozen water jugs out for my hens in the summer, they also have an awesome coop and the chicken run is 10x13feet with a covered roof. They are let out daily to free range under the trees and eat my flowers, they are also spoiled with fresh veggies and fruit.

@retiredusmc9090 5 месяцев назад

12 foot folded means it's folded in half, making it 6 feet wide and then rolled up to ship, just like the six foot one you ordered. When you get it, roll it out and unfold it. The row is now 12 ft. I had the same question until I ordered it and rolled it out.

@growerssolution 5 месяцев назад

Couldn't have said it better ourselves.

@jennifernebraska9728 5 месяцев назад

This is an efficient way to garden. I’ve used my same cover for the past 5 years. To offset the ground cover heating the soil during our summers I add a layer of cardboard under the cover. I add 2 to 3 layers of cardboard under the walkways. This holds in the moisture, keeps the soil temperature more stable and stops weeds from popping through unused holes. When it is time to plant, wet the cardboard and poke through. At the end of the season I pull up the cover leaving the cardboard. Then I hit it repeatedly with our mower to shred for compost. Be sure to use clean, undyed, tape and staple free cardboard.

@k.p.1139 5 месяцев назад

Everyone needs a Kevin and Sarah near them. It's always SO much better to have extra helping hands.

@marylinnnorton4126 5 месяцев назад

Kevin and Sarah, the one thing I admire about you both is that you teach,demonstrate and encourage. Blessings

@sitsngigglesful 5 месяцев назад

Air 2 garden, thank you for your service! All of you, thanks for this video! It made me realize i can do drip irrigation on my own and i must have missed Kevin and Sarah's video doing it to their raised beds!

@miephoex 5 месяцев назад

We say “thank you for your service” Kevin!

@gayeknight 5 месяцев назад

I use a foil pan lid to make a template for burning my holes. Then I have my spacing and hole size even. This also protects the surrounding ground fabric. Good Luck!

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

Great tip!

@JeanneKinland 5 месяцев назад

My two favorite couples together. I know Rich and Shelly (thanks to you guys)! Love to follow them. I always wondered if Air2grounds had a garden. I'm looking forward to following your garden.

@marking-time-gardens 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing this garden technique with us again... thinking of doing the same here. Great to see Rich and Shelley as well... team work makes the dream work! Blessings on both homesteads! 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿

@lanettelawrence6308 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for how to properly lay this system down. The little tips such as knowing the wind blowing direction and burning the weed barrier ends to stop the ends from further unraveling are very useful to know.

@charlescourtney4412 5 месяцев назад

Great video. One statement I disagree with is no need to plant next to an emitter. That may be just fine with a clay soil or a good loam. However, I live in Florida and garden in a coarse sand. I find it necessary to use no more than 8 inch emitter spacing and preferably 6 inch for crops planted close together, such as beans. For larger plants, such as broccoli or tomatoes, I find it helps to plant close to an emitter, as there is very little lateral spread of moisture from the emitter -- it just goes straight down into my sand.

@boo-fk1ku 5 месяцев назад

I love the weed cover!!!! I’ve used it for three years now from watching these guys. It is so easy.

@michellebeen8741 4 месяца назад

How do you water with the weed cover? Will soaker hoses work?

@C3Voyage 5 месяцев назад

I got 15' 6" x 300' (folded) from Greenhouse Megastore. It is in a roll and the fold isn't an issue. Much better than 6' IMO.

@enisasefer1074 5 месяцев назад

Hello Sarah and Kevin 😊just letting you know the other day I was watching Hills Mill Homestead-he was about to plant some tomatoes and he was using wide rings from mason jars to make a hole with a torch so maybe you could use that idea to-just don’t touch them with your hands ❤❤❤❤

@jamesbrashear1664 5 месяцев назад

Great video as always, do you have a parts list for everything needed. Living in western KY. The weeds are a living nightmare. This is the best thing since sliced bread. Thank you for any help you can offer. And yes, God Bless you.

@olddawgdreaming5715 5 месяцев назад

That was really a great video sharing and teaching another Homestead your way of doing a weedless and irrigated garden. I hope they enjoy their garden and have a great harvest like you folks do. Stay safe and both families have fun with what you are doing. Fred.

@z144000 5 месяцев назад

That's great ! Thank you Kevin & Sarah. Prayers. God Bless you all in Love. Maranatha ! ( shared to f/b )

@mlm7598 5 месяцев назад

This was very enjoyable and I have fabric I have wanted to use for 3 years. I am glad I saw this so it will make mine easier. Thanks so very much for sharing! Blessings

@gregorykissell6753 5 месяцев назад

Great that you help so many others sharing the processes and tips that you have learned over the years, in person or via these videos. We at our place have never used the fabric or the drip irrigation but we think it is about time we do for this season. There are so many logical benefits. Thanks!

@CreepingThyme 5 месяцев назад

My garden goal this year was irrigation for my Crystalyx tubs. After watching your last video i followed your Amazon link for the system you used & they were sold out of a lot of the components. I can’t find any other system that has the pressure compensating emitters. Do you know of any?

@dianelanglois6816 5 месяцев назад

What a great video, sharing your gardening knowledge with friends! So much important information!!!! Can you tell me the name of the garden torch you used?

@bethalvarez6956 5 месяцев назад

I wouldn’t call myself homesteader I’m a rancher. I have cattle horses chickens goats my garden so I guess I turned into a homestead.

@RustyBobbins 5 месяцев назад

I got the 12ft wide folded. It’s just folded to be 6’ and on a roll. You just unroll it and unfold it. Not hard. The hardest part was trying to put it in place with wind. It’s constantly windy here in SE Oklahoma. Think I’m going to get 8” staples for the future too. The staples (6”) where the fabric overlaps keep coming up.

@RustyBobbins 5 месяцев назад

The staples where the fabric overlaps keep coming up on me (windy Oklahoma here) but on the edges it's staying. Do you have any suggestions? I ysed 6" staples, I'm considering 8" staples or using rocks... i'd prefer not to use rocks. Lol.

@dougbas3980 5 месяцев назад

I have just laid 6: 6' x 50' and will do 9 rows with drip tape. Using timer to water before I get up (LOL). So this video was perfect! QUESTION: Once the different size/spacing holes are burned, aren't you planting the same stuff in the same place year after year (no crop rotation)? And how do you replace nutrients the plants use every year? No more compost addition? Or do you remove the weed barrier every year and store over the winter (Michigan winter here) so you can amend the soil? So I am asking about crop rotation and soil amendment under ground cover and irrigation system. Any advice is greatly appreciated, Doug

@dallon507 5 месяцев назад

The drip tape on your Amazon is 5/8” but the hoses and fittings are 1/2”. Does 5/8” drip fit into 1/2” fittings? Dumb question maybe

@allenferry9632 5 месяцев назад

At that stage where you have no holes in the fabric, if you water well will the weeds sprout and die from lack of light?

@winterhomestead 5 месяцев назад

Rich+Shelley ( my name) thank you for your service ..Great teaching lessons..we are doing the same here.. So thank you

@oliviarice6898 5 месяцев назад

Hello, great video, very informative. I was wondering about what to do for fertilizing? Do you pull back the fabric every year to add compost?

@cherylmurdoch5556 5 месяцев назад

I have a steep bank that I want to plant into wild flowers. Any suggestions? Could I use this black material, if so would I try to mulch it? I think mulch would slide off. Or do u use material only or just Scatter seed on ground. I thought about covering ground with big tarp for a few weeks & then removing & scattering seeds?

@bennym1956 3 месяца назад

I use the fallen oak leaves to put a 2-3" layer in between my plants and have no weed issues. They decompose to enrich my soil. Going from red dirt to dark rich soil. I had used the weed fabric and just really wasn't happy with it. Partly cause weeds grew on top of it......

@dianeelse5051 4 месяца назад

An easier method of laying the landscape fabric Out a piece of rope through the center tube’ Make it long enough for you to pull the fabric with out pending Simply stake your starting point and pull the fabric. Only requires one person Works great for us Work smarter not harder!! Enjoy your gardening!

@richparks1966 4 месяца назад

In your icon thumbnail how come your workers are striking the famous 'Keep on Trucking ' pose?

@jeanettesilhouette5678 4 месяца назад

How do I put fertilizer down? Underneath the fabric or down in the holes? Thanks

@ClickinChicken 5 месяцев назад

Hey, I won't check out his channel. But he can fly a plane. And he was a Pentagon worker. Pretty cool. both! I can't fly a plane, and I'm only an old Rush L. Fan.

@meagana3422 5 месяцев назад

The only thing I've found that is HARD with that fabric is that it gets so hot. We're at 8500' and the sun is so intense. The plants seem to have a harder time because of it. Especially transplants. Any tips for dealing with that?

@lauriehug7370 4 месяца назад

Do you cover the landscaping fabric during the winter? We have lots of snow in MI.

@pmartin6759 5 месяцев назад

Just went over to Air2Ground Farms and they are great👍👍👍👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@air2groundfarms 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for checking us out!! We’d love to have you in our community!!😊❤️-Shelley

@kprairiesun 5 месяцев назад

Having extra help seems necessary when the wind kicks up. Awesome to help friends. I have shared this with my 1500 FB friends as a great tutorial.

@kassandrawaltenburg8254 5 месяцев назад

This is perfect timing! I bought my roll a few weeks ago and need to put it down in my in ground garden. I had the exact problem these guys did last year, I had a jungle and it was crazy! I’m so excited to see how my garden does this year with the weed fabric! My only question is hope wide does the water from the drip tape go? So if I want to plant a 3 or 4 foot wide area could 1 drop tape line down the middle be sufficient? Thank you for all your videos! ❤

@kaybusby7507 5 месяцев назад

You're amazing. Sharing your experience and thoughts with friends is awesome. Thank you for sharing. God's blessings to all of you.

@pamelatrout1858 5 месяцев назад

I bought the recommended stuff and is the 5/8 drip tape suppose to fit properly on the 1/2 inch shut off value? It is suppose to be 1/2inch drip tape linked instead?

@standingbear998 5 месяцев назад

wonder how all plastic gets everywhere?

@OneWildTurkey 5 месяцев назад

Instead of the weed fabric, has anyone tried UV treated sileage tarps? I haven't installed mine yet, but it's folded 20ft x50ft in one roll, and use cutouts where the plants will go. That way, I only do a few sections to start with until I get my patterns down.

@eileenjacobson291 4 месяца назад

This is our first year using landscape fabric. I would like to plant beans and okra in the fabric. How do I make the holes small enough for those crops? All the holes I see burned into fabric online are all much bigger than I need. I would appreciate advice!

@klosettreat 4 месяца назад

I was assigned a lot from my community garden center about three weeks ago. I checked it out the lot looked great, added some compost and additional soil. Planted about a week later, within the next week to two omg weeds galore. I was out weeding today and let me tell you it was so frustrating. My plants are just starting to take hold so pulling the weeds could harm the plants I’ve been growing all winter indoors. I was out there with a pair of scissors I’m sure looking ridiculous. The plan was to give my plants some time to get a little stronger. lol so that landed me here. After my summer crops are done if they win the weed battle this is what I’ll be doing. The weed is called nutsedge. They look like blades of grass so if you pull it and don’t get the nut at the roots they spread more, some of them don’t have nuts and they just spread like vines underground. How fun!! 😂 But I got a plan for them now. Video was great. 👍🏽

@morganarhin3819 4 месяца назад

Hi. I wish to put up a drip irrigation. You only provided the link for the drip. Please provide me with a link to the connectors and the pipeline. I am sure the sizes should match.

@karlaasplund9500 5 месяцев назад

Love your shirt! My hubby said how clever to use a torch. We never have for our ground cover and it always shreds. What size is your torch? He thinks ours is too big/strong a flame for this

@humblehalfacre8464 4 месяца назад

Took out the landscape fabric ( it inhibits worms and the healthy development of the soil underneath) and put in wood chips. When the chips degrade, I mix them into my raised beds during winter and get new chips to line my paths.

@sharongiesbrecht8417 5 месяцев назад

So wonderful you can sure your knowledge with others. They will do great. Enjoy watching this always.

@johnm2482 4 месяца назад

So off topic question… If you could raise only one kind of bird for meet and eggs on your homestead, what would be your first choice?

@rcg3496 3 месяца назад

Please provide a link to the drip irrigation parts/items you used in the video. I would much appreciate it 🙏🏾

@mountainman2434 4 месяца назад

Only down side that I have found with the fabric is slugs love it and the will decimate seedlings, you really have to keep up on your pesticides

@elainelucier6243 5 месяцев назад

I was watching another video where they used a canning jar ring when cutting the hole with a torch.

@tambrasmith9707 5 месяцев назад

Be careful when burning that stuff to cut it, I breathed it and got pneumonia from it… I was putting it down for my high tunnel

@tambrasmith9707 5 месяцев назад

I bought sum coated or stainless steel ones for the second layer of my high tunnel

@tambrasmith9707 5 месяцев назад

That’s the ground cover that the water doesn’t go through , is that the one that they wanted

@tambrasmith9707 5 месяцев назад

That stuff works great … I bought a lazy garden from Hoss , and it comes with all the drip irrigation … my onions that I planted in it are the biggest that I’ve ever grown

@waveoglesby2920 5 месяцев назад

If you plan ahead a good rule is to put a silage tarp down 3 to 6 months before you put the weed fabric down. Put the tarp down and let it stay there for 1 month. Roll or fold it up and let the weeds and grass sprout then put it out again over the garden plot. Do this 3 to 6 times. Every time you do this you reduce the weed seed bank by 1/2. This will keep weeds from coming up through the holes in the weed fabric from where you plant and where you put the stables down.

@lisapop5219 5 месяцев назад

Very nice. We just made the switch a few weeks ago, and so far, so good. We also loaded it down with mulch after the plants went in. We did 3 ft between rows because we have a smaller garden area.

@michelinebercier-lariviere3095 5 месяцев назад

This weed fabric looks thinner than the one your used at your place. Is it?

@mrs.bissonnette7498 5 месяцев назад

Rather than a torch, I’m wondering if a heat gun would work?

@resaday7236 5 месяцев назад

Gleaning - ashamed that they just let food rot after they got tired of picking it. Reach out to a church to glean like Ruth and her mother in law did on Boaz land.

@deniseracine6788 4 месяца назад

I love this idea. Do you think it could stay out all winter, under the snow? (Canada weather)

@donnastafford9799 5 месяцев назад

The Feds don’t like you selling meat milk, ask the Amish.

@gaylesmith1738 5 месяцев назад

This is great! What a great tutorial on how to have a great garden! It's nice to meet your friends!! 💕

@ohdear14 5 месяцев назад

Bottle the milk and sell as bath milk. What people do with it after you sell it is out of your control.

@kristinakleinschmidt4853 2 месяца назад

What do you use for burning? We tried two different techniques this year and neither were great.

@sshumkaer 5 месяцев назад

I never have understood why people put plastic in the ground just to stop weeds.

@mindydillow504 5 месяцев назад

We put down this fabric last year in our garden and it was a game changer! Thank you kevin and Sarah for introducing this way of gardening. Cleaning up in the fall was so easy. I grew okra for the 1st time but not sure how to pull it out of the whole. I let it die off all winter but still have a big stalk in the whole. Any suggestions?

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

You may need to widen the hole and then either cover over it with a swatch of fabric or just know you’ll need to pick weed there until the next plant shades them out.

@michellebeen8741 4 месяца назад

Will soaker hoses work with this weed control fabric?

@marilynweber7957 3 месяца назад

We are struggling now with the edges of the fabric where it overlaps the other weed fabric with weeds - esp either crab grass or some other name - oh my what a mess

@farmyourbackyard2023 5 месяцев назад

Did you cover what kind of a torch that is and I just missed it?

@MaryAnn598 4 месяца назад

Do you have the link for the water system off Amazon i cant find that one

@conilucas4966 2 месяца назад

Do u have any problems with rats n ur garden?

@marshak1926 5 месяцев назад

My 2 favorite homesteads in one video. Mskes for a great Saturday morning.

@burtonwillis6454 4 месяца назад

I just need the name (brand) of the boots kevin wears

@GeorgiasGarden 5 месяцев назад

I love this. I guess my only question is how do you rotate crops if you have burnt your holes for that one particular plant?

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

You move the fabric pieces to a different location in the garden.

@birddog1220 5 месяцев назад

Can you use that fabric be used to create a weed- less driveway?

@manuelsmith3984 5 месяцев назад

I need one w if those shirts Kevin the wife and I have laughed about ever since we saw Kevin wearing it

@jamessteffens8337 5 месяцев назад

Do you water direct from the well or go through the bladder tank.? Thanks jim80

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

A pressure tank

@jamesfields4149 5 месяцев назад

Let me ask a question What do you do about the fabric after you burn holes in it plant and harvest the crop and the holes don't line up for the next crop Do you replace the fabric

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

Move the fabric piece the next year to where you want to plant those things again.

@loobylou582 5 месяцев назад

I look forward to watching your videos and admire you greatly for your faith and commitment to healthy living. However, I was really disappointed today when you made the comment about not holding it against them that they had worked at the Pentagon. Those who have given their working life to protecting the rest of us deserve to be thanked and not treated with such disrespect. I’m disappointed with you.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead 5 месяцев назад

It was just a joke. We absolutely honor and respect our service members. Both of our fathers were combat medics in Vietnam.