Beekeeper, bread maker, and gardener Kyle Gati reflects on creating a massive backyard garden to suit his culinary needs, including: sacrificial plants for critters and pests, what he does with surplus, surprising water management methods, and tips + tricks he's learned over the last decade.
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Notes
• How and why Kyle got into gardening
• Pots vs. in-ground and keeping pots for certain plants
• Converting an RV pad into a backyard garden
• Benefits of using basalt stone vs. a wooden frame
• How he deals with rabbits
• Surprising weed blocker
• Kyle growing 20 different veggies, including 5 tomato varieties
• Amish paste tomato and Midnight Roma tomato from Row7 seeds
• What to do with surplus
• Vegetable pairing + planting
• Sacrificial plants
• Nasturtium + marigolds
• Ornamentals for pollinators
• Slugs
• What about bigger vegetables?
• Seeds and space
• Seed starter tips
• Daily maintenance
• Wine cap mushroom or garden giant mushroom
• Tilth Alliance (Pacific Northwest)
• YouTube for tutorials (search for your region i.e. "Midwest Gardening")
• Instagram accounts + websites
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