Central California Gardener

Recipe 420 Potting Mix: https://www.recipe420.com/products/#recipe420rechargefertilizer#8211;comingsoon Construction of my redwood planters and arbor: https://youtu.be/rr4W8dyos8Y I am in zone 9b. Central California.

If you have not tried composting I want to encourage you to give it a shot. I'm a novice, but it is so much fun to learn along the way. Filmed on my iPhone12 and controlled by my Apple Watch. Compost bins are 3X4X4 and are made from cedar fence boards and treated 2x4's. Very simple to make. Quote from Thomas Jefferson: From a letter: Thomas Jefferson to Charles Willson Peale, 20 August 1811 [Red nose from pre-cancer cream treatment :)] Large Thermometer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011M2OTW4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 12" Thermometer: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0883HLYPY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have a couple of Greenstalk vertical planters. One has strawberries in it, the other needed to be reset due to my lack of attention to it! We had a nice gentle spring rain and it was the perfect time to do the work. Where to buy Greenstalk: https://greenstalkgarden.com/ Here is a list of what I planted in the Greenstalk: 1. Aztec White Dwarf beans. I got the seeds from a friend who lives in the mountains of New Mexico, and planted them last fall, but too close to winter. They grew, but never produced. Some died off, but some are still fighting the good fight! I took these from another Greenstalk. 2. Red Rock onions. 3. Determinate Roma and Oroma tomatoes. 4. Red basil. It's hard to see in the video. The plants just recently sprouted. Here is the soil and amendments I used: Espoma Worm Castings: https://www.espoma.com/product/earthworm-castings/ Recipe 420 Potting Mix (expensive, but awesome) and Recipe 420 Fertilizer: https://www.recipe420.com/products/ Filmed on iPhone 12 (with help of my Apple watch). Music (with license): They Are Coming | Hampus Naeselius Valley of the Kings | Hampus Naeselius

The cost of Redwood planters is sky high. The price range for the size I built (24"x24"x24") was anywhere from $126 each to over $600! I decided to make my own and add an arbor. The redwood planks I used were 1X8X6, not 1X6X6 as shown on the video. Total cost for the project (not including soil) was $216.00. For the arbor I used lodgepole stakes which increased the cost by $140. Using 2x2's would have been much cheaper, but I liked the look of the lodgepole stakes, and I had the budge for them. I am going to trellis some small melons from each side, which I will post at a later date. Here is the link to the Recipe 420 potting soil. It's expensive stuff, but plants love it! https://www.recipe420.com/products/#recipe420rechargefertilizer#8211;comingsoon

I love spring! By the end of May I hope to transplant all of the eggplant in this video to my front-yard garden! Fertilizer used in repotting, Recipe 420: https://www.recipe420.com/products/ Worm castings used in repotting, Espoma: https://www.espoma.com/product/earthworm-castings/