🌱 Grow a Garden for DIRT CHEAP!! ZERO WASTE Survival Gardening!! 👩‍🌾

How to grow vegetables (and fruit) cheaply, using what you already have around the house, or things you can find cheap or for ...

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🌿 Amber encourages gardening using unwanted found objects as planters to reduce waste.

🌼 She finds materials like Tupperware, Rubbermaid bins, broken kiddie pools, milk jugs, and even tires to grow a variety of plants.

🌱 Amber highlights the importance of understanding that plants absorb nutrients from their environment, including any materials they are planted in.

💡 She emphasizes creativity in gardening, pointing out that limitations are often self-imposed and many household items can double as plant containers.

🍅 Amber shares tips for growing your own vegetables from grocery store produce like tomatoes, celery, and potatoes by using their seeds or parts of the plant.

📚 She suggests connecting with local gardening groups on Facebook to share resources and gain knowledge specific to your growing zone.

🌻 Amber discusses composting as a crucial way of enriching the soil without the need for fancy fertilizers, even in a small apartment with a simple worm bin setup.

💧 She uses grey water (recycled water from washing dishes and hands) to water her plants, saving resources and benefiting the plants with nutrient-rich water.

🍵 Compost tea is another resourceful watering method Amber uses, which involves soaking kitchen scraps in water for a few days to create a nutrient solution for plants.

🌳 Ultimately, Amber showcases that growing a garden doesn't have to be expensive and encourages people to utilize what they have to cultivate their own food sustainably.

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00:35 Growing vegetables in found objects like unwanted Tupperware bins, broken kiddie pools, and other repurposed containers.

01:08 Tips on finding useful items for planting on garbage day or recycling day by walking around neighborhoods.

03:11 Using a variety of containers like milk jugs and even tires for car planting.

04:08 How to find seeds during a pandemic when nurseries might be closed and seeds sold out.

05:00 The concept of seed libraries and how you can get free seeds from them or from local gardening groups on Facebook.

05:36 Saving seeds from everyday fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, celery, potatoes, onions, and garlic to grow new plants.

07:00 Experimenting with growing the same vegetables in the same soil over multiple years and the importance of replenishing soil nutrients.

10:01 Importance of enriching soil with compost to provide essential nutrients for plant growth.

13:23 Using grey water from the kitchen sink for watering plants and making compost tea by fermenting kitchen scraps in water.

16:09 Summary of how to garden cheaply by finding containers, using kitchen scraps for seeds, and watering with grey water. The content of the video covers various techniques and ideas for sustainable, low-cost gardening at home, repurposing everyday items as containers, and using household waste as a resource for growing plants.

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Q&A

What are some tips for growing a low-cost vegetable garden?

Some tips include using unwanted found objects as plant containers, growing vegetables from scraps and seeds of grocery items like tomatoes and celery, using compost to enrich soil, and watering plants with grey water or homemade compost tea.

Can you grow vegetables in recycled containers?

Yes, you can grow vegetables and other plants in various recycled containers such as Tupperware bins, Rubbermaid bins, kiddie pools, milk jugs, and other found items that people no longer want.

How can you obtain seeds if you can't purchase them?

You can get seeds for free by participating in local gardening groups via Facebook, exchanging with neighbors, using a local seed library, or saving seeds from the fruits and vegetables you consume.

What is an effective way to enrich garden soil without commercial fertilizers?

Enriching soil can be done effectively by composting kitchen scraps and yard waste and using the resulting compost to supply nutrients to the plants.

How can you water your plants for free?

You can use grey water, which is the gently used water from household tasks, as long as it's from using biodegradable soaps. Additionally, compost tea made from water steeped with kitchen scraps can be used to nourish and hydrate your plants.

Is it possible to grow food in an apartment setting?

Yes, you can grow food in an apartment by composting in small-scale worm bins and growing plants in containers on windowsills or balconies.

🌱 Grow a Garden for DIRT CHEAP!! ZERO WASTE Survival Gardening!! 👩‍🌾

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