2 years ago, I gave up on my garden. The heat, humidity and rain would devastate my summer vegetable garden by August. Rather than quit, I rebuilt my garden from the ground up with deeper raised beds, more weed suppression, automated drip irrigation and my newest creation: a roof with a built-in trellis. Join me as I say goodbye to my old garden and share a garden tour of my brand new garden!

• How I Built My Garden (Full History): https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gY7BoYBGIHMf0bVzDMprnX-CazSKZL6&si=MSlEEGwFG7zV2BB1
• DIY Cattle Panel Roof Trellis: https://youtu.be/wCiZd6Qv75w?si=FY2fhiK-_ZHnipa8
• How to Install Drip Line: https://youtu.be/soQa3-z6V5I?si=77COgx6T0A0RDTOy

• I use these products* for my new vegetable garden:
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Shade Cloth: https://amzlink.to/az01boLJy9JNI
Steel Fence Staples: https://amzlink.to/az099CQf4BQFv
Zip Ties, Assorted: https://amzlink.to/az0DPw8lbNgsk
3in Deck Screws: https://amzlink.to/az02ibvNvaXG0
Weed Barrier: https://amzlink.to/az0dWuh23X8yX
Grow Bags: https://amzlink.to/az0KMZlDtD9uY
Pruning Snips: https://amzlink.to/az0tPwwuBt0YX
Drip Line, 6″ Emitter Spacing: https://amzlink.to/az0q4Et7Hbag1
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Crab & Lobster Shell Meal (4lb): https://amzlink.to/az0LtijP1fn7p
Organic Bone Meal (8lb): https://amzlink.to/az05b9eediHpy
True Organic All Purpose Fertilizer: https://amzlink.to/az0lVAel6Wss7
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 My 2 Year Garden Overhaul
1:22 I’m Done Gardening Outdoors!
2:12 I Built a DIY Garden Roof
4:05 Greenhouse Tarps – A Breakthrough!
6:12 Greenhouse Tarp Installation
11:00 The Garden Design Mistakes I Made
12:18 A Tour of My New Garden
15:59 Shade Cloth VS Greenhouse Plastic
18:53 Sudden Downpour! Garden Roof VS Rain
20:20 Tips for Northern & Western Gardeners
23:49 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to protect a garden year round, growing a vegetable garden at home, how to grow fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share DIY and “how to” garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please leave a comment!

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https://www.themillennialgardener.com/

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ABOUT MY GARDEN
Location: Southeastern NC, Brunswick County (Wilmington area)
Zone 8B, 34.1°N Latitude

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If you’ve been gardening in containers as long as I have, you learn that what goes into a pot before the plant matters just as much as the plant itself.

Most gardeners fill a container with potting mix and stop there. I don’t. Depending on where that pot is going to live in my garden, I add one thing first – and it changes everything about how that plant performs.

In this video, I’m sharing three things I put in my containers before I add a single plant. Each one solves a specific problem – heat, access, and weight – and each one costs almost nothing to do.

Here’s what I cover:
– What I put in any pot that sits in a hot spot with reflected heat; this. one simple addition keeps roots cool when everything around them is baking
– What I add to any container in a hard-to-reach spot – so the plant stays moist even when I can’t get to it easily
– The trick I use for shallow-rooted plants that cuts down on potting mix, reduces the weight of the pot, and works just as well.

None of these requires special equipment, special skills, or a big budget. They are the kind of things you wish someone had told you years ago.
Continue the Container Series: https://youtu.be/dt-uuQoFbvY

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Chapters:
00:00 – 00:17 Introducing the 3 surprising ingredients
00:17 – 01:52 Bubblewrap hack to keep container roots cool
01:52 – 03:28 Water-storing crystals and the Right way to use them
03:28 – 04:57 The inverted pot trick to reduce weight and use less soil
04:57 – 05:29 Summary of the three tips and their benefits to container gardening

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