Assembly, Comparison, and Review of the Jardineer Raised Garden Bed – YouTube When Judy from Jardineer Gardening Supplies reached out to offer up products in exchange for content, I could not turn her down. Honestly y’all, gardening and homesteading ain’t cheap! My participation in this collaboration came with some parameters: my content must be mine– organic in expression and honest in review. She was on board, so this gorgeous pearly white garden bed was shipped across the world to my front door. In this video, my patient and loving husband assembles 90% of the bed while I occupy the children …
Road to Gardenberry Full Garden Tour!
Your Florida Homesteading Mama tried her hand at CapCut and put together the first long-form YouTube video showcasing the entire Gardenberry back yard! For years I’ve been binge-watching my favorite homesteading and gardening content creators showcase their properties, and now it’s my turn! In this video, I share the back of my half-acre suburban homestead and garden. This messy, magical, multi-project space is a labor of love. I invite you to follow me down the Road to Gardenberry as I document my family’s efforts to live a more self-sufficient and sustainable life. ● Subscribe to my YouTube channel for more …
10 Tips for Growing Great Zucchini
Today I harvested the first season’s Zucchini! I was unexpectedly called out of town this weekend, and when I returned, I was blessed with two days of growth, including THIS big, honking, green fellow: Lovely sight, right? When you’re out there every morning, braless and sipping your cup of coffee, or tucking each edible into bed in the evening, you don’t notice the gradual growth. It’s like anything else you interact with daily: you don’t see how quickly your children are growing, and you don’t always notice a person’s weight gain or weight loss until you’ve had the opportunity to …
My Greatest Tomato Yield Yet! Here’s Why:
The bugs are bad in my Zone A Florida garden. We are warm and wet early on, and it’s a breeding ground for critters. For years, I’ve pulled my tomatoes off the vine well before their prime and ripened them in paper bags inside the house because I couldn’t bare the thought of those little bastards burrowing into the soft, juicy skin before I got to. This year is different, and I think I know why: MARIGOLDS. Companion planting is so genius, and it’s been around for ages. I fully attribute this combination of flowers and veg to my overall …