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Blessings and prayers for you Leah!

I lost my Mama 12 years ago and the garden was the perfect place to cry, to laugh, to learn to smile again as I worked through loss, growth, and eventually to allow healing to take place. May your good memories fill you as you talk to those seeds and weeds! And may your garden bring forth good things to fill you.

@Leah pitman I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost both of my parents ( my dad in September 2021,) I lost my 49 year old brother to Glioblastoma brain cancer in March 2021, 6 months to the day before my Dad. My Dad was a gardener my whole life. I believe I’m really dealing with this with gardening as well. I know exactly how you feel. I even put his garden gate on my garden. Try to have fun and find joy in our garden. It’s my therapy for now being the only one left of everyone I grew up with is a really odd feeling. Take care

I've survived till now thanks to nature and gardening, just love it so much, I also talk to all of them, every day 😊 hello beautiful, wow you grown up! Basically I talk like if they are people, but I understand they don't speak but they answer back, in beauty and taste 😍😋 my dream is go back home (one day 🙏) to my roots or better lay my own roots, as basically all my family is gone... Keep all the seeds, give them, sale them, and spread them all over... real seeds are rare those days. Carry gardening 💯👍❤️

My sincere condolences for the loss of your parents. You know what ..I always talk out loudly when I am in my garden, because I keep chatting to the plants and pollinators, lol

So sorry for your loss but I'm sure you learned a lot from him so your garden will flourish. He is with you in spirit.

@@dorothymatthews6690 Thank you for your kind words. Being in the garden this year is very bitter-sweet.

So sorry for your loss. I truly understand wanting to ask the husband questions.

@@Soccermom1018 Thank you.

He is there . Nothing is as hard as missing those we dearly love, especially at times we used to share with them. I miss my father in the garden. I talk to him. You will find moments where you know he is still with you just in a different way. Mine brought me a rose that was my favorite and has not been seen since he planted one forty years ago. One showed up as I left the garden center a few weeks ago. I talk to him all the time about how to garden etc. Your beloved husband is with you and I wish you many beautiful days in your garden. 🌷💕🌷

"Dirt farm" made me chuckle😂😂❤❤😊😊

Would you share what are some of the tips of raising worms and harvesting castings please?

It a whole lot to it google vermicomposting. You do need compost worms, not just any worm. Compost worms work in the top 3” of soil. Can start in a plastic bin with soil, peat, compost, shredded cardboard and shredded paper. Feed every few days to a week with kitchen scraps. Keep bedding fairly moist and ouila! Worm castings in a few months. I actually have my bins inside my house. Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm to buy worms

My girlfriend went to a Boston school program that allowed kids to work on a farm. She enjoyed it. When harvest time came, they sent her home with many bags of produce. She gave my family several bags & gave other neighbors bags. I had wished I was eligible for that program. I would have learned a lot.

@WeArePoleGem yes yould have learned much. At first I hated going to the farm, but now I ALWAYS have a garden. I use drip irrigation, hydroponics, raised garden beds, 3 apple trees, 3 blueberries, 2 grape vines, asparagus patches, and strawberry patches. All because I was sent to the farm as a potential juvenile delinquent. I did learn much.

Love the song !!

I love that song. It makes me think of my Dad

Love that song❣️

One of my favorites ❤❤❤

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Sending prayers

Please read up on the benefits of sunshine and supplemental vitamin D-3 and K-2 on MS. Dr John Campbell has a youtube channel that is very educational. The time outside should help her.

@@auntypat1492 most definitely as it will help heal your worries and hurts. Outdoors. Sunshine. Growing things. Best medicine in the world. Prayers for you and your precious wife. 🌷💕🌷

For the ms diagnosis look for an herbalist.

My parents were remembered by more people than I rrealized for their gardening and the abundant crops they shed abroad, made me happy, miss them so much. They lived well into their 80s, had both got incurable cancer, both miracules lived and were cancer free, healthy till God took them home. I know, because I led them to the Lord, they were always good people,, they just got saved.

Lay off the fruit loops!!!

I envy you. I’m now disabled and have no energy for gardening or anything else. I used to get “peace” from my garden and now I struggle to keep one plant alive. It’s a calandiva and it was a gift when my Frenchie dod passed. I’m terrible with flowers and now it’s sick with root rot and I’m doing everything to propagate the plant since it means so much to me. Keep your health. Don’t stress about anything. Be well and have peace.❤🌼🥰

You didn't mention human urine as a FREE fertilizer. If you're not on meds which would be contra-/indicated

@@MegaTattoo69 Welcome to the crunchy woo-woo part of RU-vid. When the revolution comes, they'll be the first to starve as they clutch crystals and plant by the light of the moon.

@@mildredwilkins5781 Correct, Mildred. One human's annual urine output contains enough NPK and micronutrients to grow them enough wheat to bake a loaf of bread for them every day for 14 months.

I'm so sorry for what you've been through. I'm glad you're here and wish you luck. You can do this!

@@NextLevelGardening ahhh thanks 🌱 🥲 🌈

​@@cocomarch8019 You have been through so much, I am sorry, it sounds unimaginably hard.May your dream come true and healing through gardening be with you. Blessings from Australia, going through hard times, too. I will think of you as I sow my sweet pea seeds on St Patrick's Day, tomorrow. 🙏🍀

I'm so sorry to hear what you went through. . . "Blessings" song by Kari Jobe your way! If you see empty plot with good soil near your area. Ask them to plant a garden in exchange of anything you grow on their plot. I heard this is practiced in certain European countries. Maybe there's community gardens or farm for market? Gardening is great therapy from almost anything.

Me too 😂

How do you use pond algae as fertilizer, and how do you collect it? That's a amazing large garden. Can grow most of your food on 4000sq feet. And have plenty left over.

What you are describing is a farm. You produce and distribute food, that is verbatim a farm

Move next to me! =)

I call life security not job security any more

4k square feet is a mini farm! 😉

This is my first vegetable garden. I'm hoping it goes well!

What a lovely image. Thank you for that. Apartment dweller, my 'garden' is pots and buckets, and I haven't experienced that 4" phenomenon, yet. ;)

This is my first garden using containers. Since I have mobility issues, I am starting small with tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, and a few herbs. I am listening to all your videos as I need lots of advice.Hoping for a great harvest. Thanks so much.

I agree! Nature's balm!

Just recently read that a breeze in the garden helps plants grow. So, gently glide your hands over the plants.

Seed starting is still the one thing I have problems with (I usually buy seedlings, I think called 'transplants' in the US, ie baby plants). But I think I will need to buy a heat mat and perhaps some grow lights to start them indoors. Brian has a great video on grow lights and seed starting (I forget what it was called). So hope your new venture has proved successful - it does take a few seasons to nail down the preferences of some plants, particularly in your own climate and micro-climate, your garden position, etc.

Welcome! It's great fun! Best wishes for a productive garden!

Thank you so much for being clear and simple!

That's great!

I started my.own worm bins and I highly suggest a guy here on youtube called AV. He responds to comments as well. Good luck!

​@@dana102083can you pls post his page. Is it just "AV" ?

Is the worm tea instructions in this video?

Beautiful!🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Jeri Brockington hopefully I can be a blessing to you. I am a heart patient with a blood disorder and low blood pressure issues for about 15 years. Slowly my mobility went from swimming 40 laps 3 times a week to barely being able to walk up steps. I started watching terrace gardening in 2019 after a hospitalization and started planning. I literally can only do a little here and there per day but my first all out attempt is this year. Tons of trial and error but I'm learning from my mistakes. Hubby took sick late last year and had to retire. He has a couple of procedures to go, but hopes soon to be able to do more than water the plants. I like the theme of your project, helping people help themselves which affects health in a positive manner. I can't bless you financially but maybe this idea will help. Get all pictures, video and testimonials from participants and make a few infomercials for your YT page. Include ways to donate. Then ask YT content creators to participate by including your infomercials as PSAs in their videos to help support your project. Best of luck you you and all the people you are helping. Stay blessed and don't give up!

I had severs depression 15yrs aog ; but doing home gardening helped me to recover a lot as l lives by myself after l bought a wooden house in a place without tap water ; so l developed stratergies to collect & store rain water & use my waste water & grow my own garden to have regular food supplies for myself , thank for sharing ; we arenever to old to learn something new

Good idea if you can contain the smell while it's cooking LOL

You might also like Living Traditions Homestead channel. They are fantastic teachers also.

@@pamelaremme38 I agree.

I am suggesting Momma Js Country Gardening She is retired and brings small space gardening with big growing results. Have fun in gardening

I haven't planted a garden in years. But l am this year along with many kinds of fruit trees. I look forward to your advice.

People say I'm crazy calling gardening my therapist but it's just that it sooths my soul and feeds my body.

Yes, gardening in Washington state last year was a bit hot. Keep on, and hopefully all the rain this spring translates into more moisture reservoirs in the soil. I am collecting as much as I can in sealed and open garbage cans (fish in the open ones like my 100 gal horse tank. No longer have the horse.) Good luck to you! Gardening is crucial this day and age. His videos are great!

Same here.

I went from "haven't grown a garden in 8 years" directly to "bought all the canning jars and supplies and hope to feed my family from my garden" all at once! Congrats on the expansion and welcome to the addiction that gardening can become!

It was the heat. It is getting worse every year. I am getting some shade cloths to put up at rhe end of July so my garden doesn't fry.

Fresh tomatoes my favorite! Also my figs have doubled this year. 💖

Yes it's going to be crucial to the planet's health

I’m still waiting for my tomato 🍅 but I already have some yellow squash. I also have flowers on my tomato, Armenian cucumber. I just planted the bell pepper 🫑. And most of all my flowers 💐 have grown and blooming. Everything is from seed except bell pepper 🫑.

From the sun,,,is for everyone. Thanks is a nod of respect. It is much better to give than receive.........as long it is yours to give

Love that. How wonderful to have had her for so long!

What a great way to honor her memory and may you reap a bountiful harvest! Hope you win the contest as well!

How about checking out Robbie and Gary Gardening Easy.....she's amazing and her ways are super cheap. Good luck.

I tried growing tomatoes in pots without any success. This year they are in the ground (with all the chicken manure from my girls), and it is going really well. Having sampled my heritage varieties this year, I can see I will have to repeat this every year now! Utterly delicious.

Yeah i prefer to give it to my worms as well!! I think it gets credit but can also mold or be inappropriate and change pH too much. I found so far the only thing to hurt my worms was too little water!!

I am just beginning gardening, and I've learned sooo much and still have so much to learn. Thanks for the help. I'm hoping for a beautiful, healthy harvest soon!

GFD does prep - I started gardening in 1976 just after my husband got sick. My parents taught me a lot. As a teen I Swore I'd never waste my time on a garden. My garden is much smaller and I can less. But the winter is for planning my garden and canning. God bless you both. I've found gardening is a bonding experience.

Nice!

I've been gardening for 2 decades. I still tend the school of hard knocks. Learn new things every year. Bless you on your efforts gardening! MANY will be losing much weight for doing nothing. (famine) Think BIG! Put in as many beds as you can NOW. You will see a year or two down the road you have made the right choice. Best of luck to you, from eastern Pennsylvania.

I’ve been at it 40 years and have a green thumb! But, you never stop learning. My advice. Work on the soil. Good soil=heathy plants. Learn to compost, and hot compost. Save and compost leaves in the fall . Grass clippings, (as long as no herbicides are used). Good luck! Happy planting!

You’ll learn from your mistakes. I did. My top recommendation is more sunlight exposure to seedlings. With practice and patience you’ll figure it out.

Congrats. 1000 worms will get you off to a great start. BTW- You're referring to the vermicompost(manure) as castings which isn't technically accurate... Castings are the eggs that will result in future generations of worms. Be sure to place your bin on a hard surface or pan so that the inevitable spills won't mess up your carpets. I recommend letting your worms re-ingest the compost as long as possible. Although vermicompost can be used immediately as soon as a couple weeks from when the good is given to the worms, I've found that 3 month old vermicompost that has been re-eaten by the worms several times is even better. Although I've also mixed vermicompost only into the top layer and that's good for certain types of plants and plantings, I've also redone entire beds by amending the entire bed of soil down to a couple feet. Both are good and what you do depends on what you are trying to accomplish...simply for the current planting or for future years as well.

It's so exciting to see the sprouts pop through. Just yesterday my peas started coming up!

Haha that’s how they make cabbage too!

Synergy2222 I do that to all the weeds that I remove from my garden. I gather them and keep them in a sealed bucket to kill off the seeds. When I have a substantial amount, which would have dried up/wilted after a few months, I fill the bucket with rainwater that I collect and seal for about 3 weeks or more. I then use the liquid sparingly like one cup weed solution to one gallon water. My garden loves this which I feed to the whole plant. The used up weeds now can go into the compost bin.

@@alinedeleandro123 Interesting I gonna have to try that instead of making your usual weed tea that smells like complete crap.

@@rickytorres9089 Oh it still smells like ass and death...that's why they call it "fetid".

Right there with you! I too worked as a nurse with Covid pts., and found such great "therapy" in my gardening!

Ditto this. Lost my job and when one door closes another one opens. Found a little homestead, terrible soil and was late planting last year. Decided to go with a no till method and work the dirt like I did years ago when I amended my backfill backyard annually till I had some awesome garden beds. The best therapy was talking to myself in the garden. My safe space to sing and no one ran screaming. Enjoy your garden.