John shows an overhead view of his front yard garden. He discusses his design criteria and gives you some things to think about when designing your front yard edible landscaping project.
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Also, how much money did you spend total for it all!
Its beautiful… but being its in your front yard, was their food being stolen, we own the lot next to us, its frnced in and we found out our neighbors were hellping themselves to our garden while we were out of town. Also, did you have any problems with the city because it is in your front lawn?
Please see
watch?v=rxLV3vM-t_w
where I address this question.
what’s cheaper…..buying vegetables form the super market or growing your own…after the cost of seeds, supplies, fertilizer, wood for raised beds, etc?…
I am really curious to what your water bill is every month.
Yes, you can grow food in michigan. The walls of the beds are cedar fence boards.1×3′ the 4×4′s are redwood. I have other videos showing the exact construction and how to build them.
I live in Michigan. Is something like you have possible in Michigan? It looks like the walls of your beds might be made from something other than cedar fence post. Was the fence post you bought all 4×4 and is that the same for the walls?
Your videos are awesome. How did you get into gardening? Did you go to college and major in horticulture or similar?
They are used as a trellis. I grow things vertically up them. I have grown cucumbers, peas. I could grow other vining/climbers such as beans.
What are you growing the row that has the squared off partitions with what looks like chicken wire on the partition walls? What was the advantage of this for you?
Sorry to mention this. But I would hesitate to build my raised garden beds infront of my house. Since it is close to the busy roads where cars are going by. I do not like emission on my food. My garden bed is behind the house.
You’re lucky you don’t live in a neighborhood where all yards are required to look the same.
This garden is so in your face, it is awesome
They look “white” in the videos. They are galvanized steel. They are welded-wire fence from lowes or home depot. just make them into small tubes.
I love this crazy, white tomato cages. Where did you get those?
to bad your neighboors dont do this! i would if i lived there, team up haha, ur land looks like a utopia if that makes any sense! the only thing that gets me, is if the people around you dont have there own food supply during a collapse, they will immediatly come to you, that shit always bothers me. like the twilight zone “the shelter”,the greatest proof of basic human animals, when one man in the entire neighboorhood prepares for the future! great work! its incredible, i hope others do this too
Absolutely wonderful.
what an epic front yard, very smart and i bet you save hundreds of dollars a month!
man if everyone wasn’t such a sheep the neighborhoods would look great. If everyone did this there would be lower disease rates, healthier people, and a community culture. The corporations and Monsanto based farms have destroyed the soil and thus made the store bought produce nutrient deficient.
KUDOS.
I’m here in China Grove Texas home of the Doobie Bro’s I want to get something like this going and make it a popular sight, do you have any info to help me get started as to what and how you planted and built this awesome farm.
random bystanders walks by…….”oh those are nice and ripe” *swipe*, thats the problem with the front yard T-T
The spring things….what are those? And what is their purpose??
@organotill yes, recycling materials is the best idea. alot of fallen wood is laying around though.
oh, I just now realized this is on your roof! great, great idea. I should do that too.
just curious, but what are you going to do when you have to move something BIG into your house??
Great Job!!