Garden Hacks, Hints, Tips and Tricks

Propagating small trees and shrubs.

https://youtube.com/shorts/eEUitP3Yg5E?si=DPuYrK-UqjSTs50k

 

Clever container gardening hacks using recycled plastic water jugs.

https://youtube.com/shorts/a7slPwRUD1Y?si=lq5oEgSs_ZyFtk6D

 

Some clever propogation hacks...

https://youtube.com/shorts/r1uyi4ny91M?si=Ftpt48WXsBhiq2mQ

Just make sure that the fungi being propagated is safe to consume.

 

Pruning herbs, making leaf mould, etc. 5 garden hacks.

https://youtube.com/shorts/QNtL5L7XrsY?si=XOC30V2k-racw10h

 

Clever way planting out potted shrubs into a garden bed. Using a soil auger and a garden soil recovery tray. Less mess, garden soil conserved for refilling the augered hole or for re-using the surplus for other gardening projects.

https://youtube.com/shorts/u68D8TcjkyE?si=zduJsxdVU5P7v9_P

 

Garden hack reaction video

 

From little acorns...mighty oaks grow....

https://youtube.com/shorts/ls04sFQlsLw?si=kEuAU4Z_g6KoglZd

 

Cattle panel fence for trellising. Great for vertical gardening.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IszswectDFg?si=ItAzKBHOk_JbNOKN

 

Although the attached YouTube features a bonsai shaping technique it may be suitable for fruit / berry tree topiary.

https://youtube.com/shorts/m_rxoW673g8?si=jlfE8gdJKexNxBLR

 

Removing a tree stump by burning it like Swedish torch.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ncu7eJPtM8w?si=VWiEB_lzZb9_NQtI

As a young boy, my father cut down a large Jacaranda tree in a place that he wanted to build a shed. The stump left behind was also inconvenient, so he drilled a number of holes in the top of the stump, and my mother would progressively fill them with the cooking oil and molten rendered fat from her cooking, and we would set it alight...it took a while, but the stump was progressively burnt to ground level.

 

Garden bed irrigation:

https://youtube.com/shorts/4zO1HS5tcI0?si=tVIXO_yd5EaX8jWd

 

Brown sugar garden hack...

https://youtube.com/shorts/XUdQb97kEGM?si=Uht8Hta1888o50a9

 

Curing harvested garlic for storage.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3pV1WmpizQA?si=eKZWeHeODR7290V0

 

Growing Chayote (in Australia they are called chokos) from a bucket...

https://youtube.com/shorts/3DBtZlcIqOQ?si=rKQN-eDbE6iMDnuO

Chayotes will readily grow in garden beds...and will sprawl over fences and shrubs...good for summer sun protection of chook yards.

 

Reviving ailing pot plants.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Tb5X8qUVs8o?si=Gp981fq-HPlHMsIu