From Weedy Lot to Thriving Homestead in 5 Years

I’d love to see like a “what I eat in a week” type video to see how much you use the products of the homestead vs the grocery store

Had bad depression. My plants help keep me going! Thank you for your tips and tricks it saved my garden. ❤

People probably associate “Epic” Gardening and think it’s “Eric” Gardening - don’t worry they aren’t true fans 👍 Love the content Eric!

You're bang on with that comment about HOAs liking well-kept containers and raised beds. Last year, I put a 6'x4'x29" Birdie's bed adjacent to my deck in the back of my townhome and hung some rectangular planters from the railings, all without asking or informing my HOA (~400 townhomes). It is in view of about a half dozen neighbors. Better to ask for forgiveness, right? Throughout the season (6A), I grew tomatoes, arugula, lettuce, kale, and onions in the bed and a cucumber plant in a small grow bag beside it. Some of the planters had flowers to attract pollinators, and the rest had a rotation of leafy greens. At the end of the season, I chopped and dropped, started some garlic and seeded a mix of tall and short lavender for cover. A bit before the end of the season, right when the insanely productive tomatoes and cukes were at their peak, the HOA did an unannounced outdoor inspection. In the report, they said that the garden was very nice and made no further comment on it. A few months later, after the annual meeting, an email was sent out to all of the townhomes. It turns out that there was a ban on "gardens," but also that I was far from the only one doing it. The board really liked seeing what everyone was doing and said it was a great thing to see because it shows happy neighbors who are engaged in caring for their community. They were lifting the garden ban and just have some rules banning certain known invasives. Raised beds and containers did not count as "permanent modifications to the grounds," so lifting the ban on them is still consistent with the rules of the property documents (deeds & easements). In addition to the obvious, this also made my back very happy because my contingency plan was to relocate all 600lbs of that to the basement and keep it going under lights, and now I did not have to do that. Anyway, love the content as always. Sorry for sounding like this is a paid comment (it isn't!), but I also I should mention that everything but the soil was sourced from Epic & Botanical. A+ would do again!

epic gardening is the first garden channel i discovered, absolutely love your channel!

My grandfather had an outdoor shower for decades. He LOVED it and would only shower indoors in winter. Now, I'm not saying outdoor showering is the secret to a long life but he lived to 92...

Can’t believe it’s been 5 years! It looks incredible!! What a transformation. Love your videos. Thank you!

That outdoor shower setup is truly.... Epic

You did an amazing job transforming the backyard. You created your own garden of Eden! Absolutely beautiful!

RIP, little froggies 😢