John shares with you his suburban homestead where he is growing the majority of his food. Remove your lawn and grow food. Start your victory garden today! See what he has done with only 1/10th of an acre of land.
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11:26 PM on January 25th, 2011
u r a star !!!
11:27 PM on January 25th, 2011
@growingyourgreens Thanks I think I will.
12:14 AM on January 26th, 2011
The beds were built over several months. Everything was done one step at a time. You can do it too! Start with one bed and then add on later!
12:33 AM on January 26th, 2011
How long did it take for you to do this?
1:03 AM on January 26th, 2011
Nice raised beds! Spacing fruit trees down that side raised bed is great. If you ever rebuild one of those beds, post the video, I haven’t seen raised beds that tall before.
1:49 AM on January 26th, 2011
@growingyourgreens are u saving your seeds too after harvest so you dont have to buy them anymore??? so impressed by your work! thanks for helping people out. if people dont have any room. they could do a “gorrilla garden” or practice johnny appleseed economics lol.
2:17 AM on January 26th, 2011
@lobosolo333 you seem very critical of the vid .. how bout you post a vid of what you are doing that is at least equal or better
3:15 AM on January 26th, 2011
Yes, its easy to make raised beds from scratch! There are many ways to do it!
4:06 AM on January 26th, 2011
humm, we dont realy have lawns where i live in england. we have back gardens tho. iv been wanting to grow me own food for a while now but because of the sheer ammount of trees and bushes squeezed into our thin but long back garden the whole ground is just imencly dence with roots. so this raised bed is a great idea. cant belive i didnt think of it. do you think it would be easy to make your own raised beds from scratch?
peace to you and yours x
4:08 AM on January 26th, 2011
This is all well and good if you’re in a place like Calif. Where I am you have seasons and can only grow part of the year.
4:49 AM on January 26th, 2011
This is precious.
Many, many thanks!
5:37 AM on January 26th, 2011
First 2 1/2 minutes could be cut out … too much talking. And the walking backwards is distracting. You could have said everything you needed to in those 2 1/2 minutes in 30 seconds.
You say “you know” way too much and you repeat yourself.
I’m surprised that you put the trees in the raised beds. At some point won’t they bust the beds? … And there will be too much shade to grow your other plants.
I assume that you’re companion planting but you didn’t mention it.
6:32 AM on January 26th, 2011
First 2 1/2 minutes could be cut out … too much talking. And the walking backwards is distracting. You could have said everything you needed to in those 2 1/2 minutes in 30 seconds.
You say “you know” way too much and you repeat yourself.
I’m surprised that you put the trees in the raised beds. At some point won’t they bust the beds? … And there will be too much shade to grow your other plants.
I assume that you’re companion planting but you didn’t mention it.
7:09 AM on January 26th, 2011
Although we don’t have a homeowner’s association, we do have a stubborn set of rules in the deeds of our property, such as no farm animals at all, etc., from when our neighborhood was developed, & have been told in no uncertain terms they are enforceable, should someone complain. That said, we each have about 7/8 of an acre, and many of us have gardens, but they are in our back yards. Were we to do this with front yards, I am quite certain we would hear (A) complaints, and (B) from the sheriff.
7:49 AM on January 26th, 2011
Yes, I did plant trees in the raised bed. feijoa, fig, sweet goumi, camela sinsisis, tree collards are the ones in the bed.. I do have a specific video showing and explaining them.. I dont know which video it is:)
7:57 AM on January 26th, 2011
John – Awesome job! We converted our front lawn but put the beds right in the ground. Were those fruit trees in the raised beds? What kind did you plant? No concerns about them being able to root sufficiently?
8:08 AM on January 26th, 2011
Wow!! Very nice looking suburban garden. Very very good video.
8:53 AM on January 26th, 2011
I love your garden. It inspires me. I have been doing my best at growing edibles. I live in the smaking middle of town. I am a beginner but am now growing herbs, cherry tomtatoes, peppers, lettuce and malibar spinach (grows vertical). I’m so proud of what I’ve accomplish.
However, a friend of mine came over and said she wouldn’t be able to stand any of all of this. She would rather have rocks in her front yard. I thought to myself how she is missing out on fresh food. OH, well. Grow Food!
9:11 AM on January 26th, 2011
what do you do with your left over food what you cant eat?
10:09 AM on January 26th, 2011
“resistance gardens”
10:48 AM on January 26th, 2011
Yes, I keep trying to convince my in-laws that lawns are a waste too! They live on a hill with a great view and no usable back yard because it slopes. I have a good sized flat yard with loads of edible landscaping, fruit/nut trees, even chickens for eggs. Now, in-laws might be losing their house since “dad” can’t find a job & refuses to sell his corvette (but, they sure will take my food that I grow!). The Jones’ days are over! Stop living to impress. It gets you nowhere. Help yourself!
11:41 AM on January 26th, 2011
and a vid of some girl picking her nose loads and streams at lightning speed, but something of consequence stalls 8 times. Welcome to CensorTube.
12:00 PM on January 26th, 2011
why have raised beds? why not plant them on the ground- I like your idea
I let yard grow with florida native flowers but I want to add some plants
the city and the neighbors do not like it – i find them too intrusive and i feel it should not concern them
12:39 PM on January 26th, 2011
you have really amazed me by what you are doing. I hope this encourages others to start doing this also, I now you have changed the way I was going to do my garden. Thanks
12:49 PM on January 26th, 2011
I can’t thank you enough John, for all that you do. My heart is full of thanks and appreciation for your generosity and desire to help others achieve what you are doing.
ps. I still want to buy the samson oil press. I need to email you bc I can’t order from your website. Still having trouble with it taking my debit card.
But thank you thank you, thank you a thousand times over for inspiring us and helping us get good at growing our own food.
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7:36 PM on April 1st, 2011
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