Top 10 Free Vegetable Gardening Hacks

FYI the cap on that 2 liter bottle fits on a garden hose. So if you lose your soaker house end cap... just use a 2 ltr bottle cap. Lots of good plumbing hacks there as well.

If you plant the seedlings with the toilet paper tube a bit above the soil line, it can also act to protect tender stems from cutworms. A warning about covering your plants with plastic bottles. If you're doing it for frost protection, make sure no part of the plant touches the plastic as plastic conducts the cold directly to the plant (ask me how I know). A beer trap is also effective against slugs. I love how resourceful we gardeners can be!

My sister gave me a box of coffee pot paper liners when her office swiched to a pod system. Great liners for any pot or water bottle to prevent drainage holes from getting plugged. And can be used to remove transplants easily from pots. Biodegradable.

I had NO idea you could use bag beans to plant… what is a bean anyway? A seed! Duh! Lol good tip, Brian! I hope you will do more of these videos…you touch on tips and tricks here and there when you do you you normal videos, but these one concentrated videos are perfect. Thanks!

Been doing tp transplants for decades! Our big fam knows do not toss tp rolls.😂 Hoard rolls all winter in a leaf bag in basement. After frost dig a trench slightly over 3/4 deep as tube. Fill tube 3/4 with good soil n drop in a seed. Flowers will grow in line of trenched tubes. ..super neat! Best beside paths or along a fence! Seeds will not wash away... great seedling wind n bug protection too... Attracts worms so works great in tuff clay soil...planting in rolls and small boxes feeds worms so turns tuff clay area into descent garden soil in one season🎉 Thx for vid❤

Somebody’s getting close to that 1 million mark! How exciting!

If you have to use containers to garden (like I do), you can fill your pots at least halfway with just leaves and sticks and other natural materials you find around your yard. I have been able to recycle my potting soil for years now because I always layer it with lots of browns and greens to give it new life.

Want to put just 2 seeds in your seed cup? Pour out seeds onto a paper towel and take a sushi stick and dip it into water and put it on one of the seed. It seems like it jumps on the stick. Transfer to seeding soil and twist to release. Redip in water and repeat. I love the TP idea for seeding 🤩

When I couldn't find seeds for Greek Giant beans (also called Gigantes since they actually come from Mexico) I bought a bag from Rancho Gordo, the online gourmet bean company. Delicious & creamy texture! Now I just go to my jar of harvested dried beans from last year to grow this year's crop.

Measure your fingers, hand and hand to elbow. Figure out where there is 1/2", 1" 2" 3' 10" etc. Your body has its own meausrements, use them when spacing seeds, plant depth etc.

When planting zucchini, I put aluminum foil around the base of the plant to deter vine borers. I've found it to be 100% effective. Maybe I'm just lucky 😊

I use old mini blind slats for plant labels...one blind makes a gazillion! 🤣🤣🤣

"You can go ahead and dispose of them anyway you see fit" what a Savage LOL.

Thank you for another awesome video! The first week or so after I plant my tomato starts out, they often get cut off at ground level by some mysterious nighttime insect. Maybe cutworms? What works for me is a small vertical collar I cut from a paper towel or tp tube and wrap around the base of the plant when I put it in the ground,. I press it into the soil ever so slightly, just so bugs can't crawl under. The little paper tubes eventually fall apart, but the plants are strong enough by then and don't need to be protected.

I've used the large Rubbermaid tubs for planting my garden. My whole garden in the past. You can find them for a few dollars at thrift stores. Cut a bunch of holes in the bottom and support the bottom with 2x4s to allow drainage and air. You can grow anything in them for years😊

Loved this! I stopped the video to go trellis my peas with sticks when I saw that. Thank you!!

Every time I throw the center tube away from toilet paper I’m always hesitant thinking I could use this for something but then I throw it away anyway. Now I have a great reason to keep them. Great ideas. Thank you.

I just love your channel and always learn so much. Even your subscribers are helpful. Makes gardening fun. Thanks

The striped slugs are Leopard Slugs and only feed on decomposing material. They are good guys and should not be killed.

Just saw this hack on another channel. Use a plastic condiment bottle, or sometimes used to hold oil or for cake decorating, to gently water the soil when you start seeds in the cell trays or small pots.