1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 [MUSIC PLAYING] 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,500 So right now I'm going to show you 3 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:11,200 some of the tools you must have in your garden. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:12,940 And also we're going to show you how 5 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:15,430 to utilize and save some space in your garden 6 00:00:15,430 --> 00:00:16,330 by making containers. 7 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:23,170 [MUSIC PLAYING] 8 00:00:23,165 --> 00:00:25,295 Right now, I'm going to show you some of the things 9 00:00:25,290 --> 00:00:28,090 that you can use for containers in your garden. 10 00:00:28,090 --> 00:00:29,790 I have a way-- 11 00:00:29,790 --> 00:00:31,830 to me there's no trash. 12 00:00:31,830 --> 00:00:33,960 there's only art waiting to happen. 13 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,030 So I use a lot of old stuff. 14 00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:39,200 If it can hold soil, I'm putting a plant in it. 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,550 Because all I have to do is use this to put holes in it. 16 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:53,990 Like this, this old suitcase can be used for a planter. 17 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:55,370 Actually, this too. 18 00:00:55,370 --> 00:00:57,880 You can put-- you can put plants in here, 19 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,300 drill some holes in it. 20 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:02,490 What we might do if you want it in your garden, 21 00:01:02,493 --> 00:01:04,913 you can put some feet on it so it gets air from the bottom 22 00:01:04,910 --> 00:01:06,230 and it drains. 23 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:11,870 And there you have a garden. 24 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:14,750 Same thing with this trunk. 25 00:01:14,750 --> 00:01:16,610 This could be a great garden bed. 26 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:19,610 And it still has a lot of stylishness 27 00:01:19,610 --> 00:01:22,850 to it because of the metal and the buckles and the leather. 28 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:24,830 I like that rustic look. 29 00:01:24,830 --> 00:01:26,460 This teapot. 30 00:01:26,460 --> 00:01:27,470 I collect teapots. 31 00:01:27,470 --> 00:01:29,990 Something about teapots, I don't-- 32 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:31,680 I just love the design. 33 00:01:31,677 --> 00:01:33,257 Put a plant in them, drill some holes. 34 00:01:33,260 --> 00:01:38,150 These are nice centerpieces for you-- for your parties. 35 00:01:38,150 --> 00:01:42,260 This is a good one, dresser drawers, not 36 00:01:42,260 --> 00:01:48,800 the plastic new ones they have, but the real wood drawers. 37 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:58,260 So what we would do is I would take this 38 00:01:58,260 --> 00:02:00,300 and I would make drainage holes in it. 39 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:05,780 And I would-- what I would also do with this 40 00:02:05,780 --> 00:02:07,880 is I would reinforce it. 41 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:18,920 I'd probably get a couple of screws and just reinforce it. 42 00:02:26,450 --> 00:02:29,180 Put a couple of screws in each side, 43 00:02:29,180 --> 00:02:32,220 because once you get it-- once just gets moisture in it, 44 00:02:32,217 --> 00:02:33,797 the work-- the wood is going to swell. 45 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,250 And it's going to break apart. 46 00:02:35,250 --> 00:02:36,440 But I love-- 47 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:37,140 I love this. 48 00:02:37,140 --> 00:02:42,190 I love the design on this, the knob, the keyhole. 49 00:02:42,190 --> 00:02:42,980 It's great. 50 00:02:42,980 --> 00:02:45,420 So we can put some soil in here. 51 00:02:45,420 --> 00:02:47,570 And then you can make a succulent garden 52 00:02:47,570 --> 00:02:49,790 or you can put your kale in here, whatever you want. 53 00:02:53,100 --> 00:02:58,320 So all of these things can be gardens. 54 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:00,540 Don't look at what it is. 55 00:03:00,540 --> 00:03:03,540 Look at what it has the possibility to be. 56 00:03:03,540 --> 00:03:06,840 That's how we need to do all our so-called waste. 57 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,850 We need to reposition it, repurpose it, and give it 58 00:03:11,850 --> 00:03:16,770 another lifecycle, like we did with this, like for instance, 59 00:03:16,770 --> 00:03:19,890 this shoe with these succulents in it. 60 00:03:19,890 --> 00:03:22,020 You can put all kinds of different plants 61 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:24,570 in this, like you can take, you know, 62 00:03:24,570 --> 00:03:26,760 your boyfriend's old boot that he 63 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,380 left when you kicked him out the house and put some soil in it. 64 00:03:38,250 --> 00:03:41,560 Bam, this could happen. 65 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,360 You can almost plant in anything. 66 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,150 But if you're going to eat it, there's certain things 67 00:03:46,150 --> 00:03:47,220 that I wouldn't plant in. 68 00:03:47,220 --> 00:03:48,670 Like if I'm going to eat the food, 69 00:03:48,670 --> 00:03:50,950 I wouldn't plant in a suitcase. 70 00:03:50,950 --> 00:03:53,380 And there's definitely some things you should avoid, 71 00:03:53,380 --> 00:03:56,470 like treated wood, treated lumber. 72 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:58,570 It has toxins in it. 73 00:03:58,570 --> 00:04:02,050 And it's made to kill and resist termites 74 00:04:02,050 --> 00:04:03,460 in different conditions. 75 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:08,740 And also plastics, like plastics with BPA in it, 76 00:04:08,740 --> 00:04:12,400 I wouldn't I wouldn't use those, definitely 77 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,110 in a garden because they break down into particles. 78 00:04:15,107 --> 00:04:16,897 And they get it-- they leach into the soil. 79 00:04:16,899 --> 00:04:18,319 And they break down into the soil, 80 00:04:18,316 --> 00:04:20,776 just like they're breaking down into our oceans. 81 00:04:20,779 --> 00:04:22,459 So what do I do with these plants that 82 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:24,160 come in these plastic pots? 83 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:27,530 I get them out of this pot as soon as possible. 84 00:04:27,530 --> 00:04:30,850 And I recycle this. 85 00:04:30,850 --> 00:04:34,990 And this can go into any of the previous pots 86 00:04:34,990 --> 00:04:38,890 that we've talked about, from the crates to the dresser 87 00:04:38,890 --> 00:04:40,390 drawers to the terracotta pots. 88 00:04:40,388 --> 00:04:42,178 Or you can put this straight in the ground. 89 00:04:42,180 --> 00:04:49,410 [MUSIC PLAYING] 90 00:04:49,410 --> 00:04:50,940 So let's get started. 91 00:04:50,940 --> 00:04:54,840 I'm going to show you how to take this old dresser drawer 92 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:56,640 and turn it into a garden. 93 00:04:59,430 --> 00:05:01,210 First, we want to fill it with soil 94 00:05:01,210 --> 00:05:08,500 after we put the drainage holes in and the feet on the bottom. 95 00:05:08,500 --> 00:05:10,860 Your drainage in your soil is very important, 96 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:15,730 because if your soil is too wet, it can rot your plant. 97 00:05:15,730 --> 00:05:16,690 So you need drainage. 98 00:05:16,690 --> 00:05:18,520 And another way if you don't want 99 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,030 to drill through something, you can put rocks in here. 100 00:05:23,030 --> 00:05:25,620 And that will be-- help your drainage. 101 00:05:25,620 --> 00:05:28,450 And you can put a combination of rocks and sand in here. 102 00:05:28,450 --> 00:05:31,210 Especially if we're going to put a succulent in here, 103 00:05:31,210 --> 00:05:33,450 it would be great to do. 104 00:05:33,450 --> 00:05:38,280 This shows you how much soil one of these scoops can handle. 105 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:42,390 This is when it comes in handy, when you have to fill pots, 106 00:05:42,390 --> 00:05:44,030 rather than using your spade. 107 00:05:49,090 --> 00:05:50,660 See the difference in volume. 108 00:05:50,660 --> 00:05:52,920 This saves time and energy. 109 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:55,600 That's what you want in your garden. 110 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:59,240 But we're going to talk about tools in a minute. 111 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,110 Breaking up some of the big chunks in here. 112 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:07,780 These white rocks are puffed up stone. 113 00:06:11,610 --> 00:06:17,930 So we've got our soil, some great soil. 114 00:06:17,930 --> 00:06:19,220 And we have some compost. 115 00:06:23,380 --> 00:06:26,050 And a lot of times you want to put, I don't know, 116 00:06:26,050 --> 00:06:29,830 a couple of inches, sometimes a layer of-- of compost. 117 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:32,020 And you can mix it in. 118 00:06:32,020 --> 00:06:35,990 A lot of people leave it right on top. 119 00:06:35,990 --> 00:06:40,960 And then maybe a few weeks, I add some more compost 120 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:45,940 on top of the container, because it helps hold the moisture. 121 00:06:45,940 --> 00:06:49,300 There's dead bug bodies in here and all kinds of shit. 122 00:06:52,390 --> 00:06:54,490 Oops, what happened to-- 123 00:06:54,490 --> 00:06:58,940 once we get the plants in, we can use this for a mulch. 124 00:06:58,935 --> 00:07:02,465 We can use this saw dust us as a mulch, 125 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:04,710 because it actually absorbs water. 126 00:07:04,710 --> 00:07:07,170 And it holds the water also. 127 00:07:07,170 --> 00:07:10,770 So what makes your-- 128 00:07:10,770 --> 00:07:13,370 what makes the garden-- 129 00:07:13,370 --> 00:07:17,400 the soil dry is that thermonuclear thing in the sky 130 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:18,630 called the sun. 131 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:22,790 That's basically why your soil dries out. 132 00:07:22,790 --> 00:07:29,260 And so mulching protects your soil from that a little longer. 133 00:07:29,260 --> 00:07:32,260 And it will hold the moisture content a lot more. 134 00:07:32,260 --> 00:07:36,460 But things like this, wetting them, 135 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:40,900 they-- they act like a sponge for your garden. 136 00:07:40,900 --> 00:07:42,370 So here you have it. 137 00:07:42,370 --> 00:07:46,460 Basically to make a piece of art out of a piece of what 138 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:48,460 some people would call trash, that they probably 139 00:07:48,460 --> 00:07:49,710 would leave on the street. 140 00:07:49,710 --> 00:07:56,310 It's some soil, some compost, a couple of tools, 141 00:07:56,310 --> 00:07:58,840 and we're going to put some beautiful plants in here. 142 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:06,970 [MUSIC PLAYING] 143 00:08:06,972 --> 00:08:09,182 Right now we're going to talk about some of the tools 144 00:08:09,180 --> 00:08:11,930 you need in your garden, especially if you're going 145 00:08:11,930 --> 00:08:13,830 to be a gangster gardener. 146 00:08:13,830 --> 00:08:17,020 One of my favs, the hori-hori. 147 00:08:17,022 --> 00:08:21,232 It has a sharp edge and it has a serrated edge 148 00:08:21,230 --> 00:08:23,990 for when you're in the ground and you need to cut roots. 149 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:25,490 Or you can cut branches with this. 150 00:08:25,490 --> 00:08:27,020 It has a rope cutter on it. 151 00:08:27,020 --> 00:08:29,150 And it has a measurement gauge on it, 152 00:08:29,150 --> 00:08:31,500 so you can see how far you're planting, 153 00:08:31,502 --> 00:08:32,962 like if you're planting bulbs, they 154 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,780 need to be at a certain depth in the soil. 155 00:08:35,780 --> 00:08:37,440 So this is indispensable. 156 00:08:40,530 --> 00:08:42,940 And a nice knife. 157 00:08:42,940 --> 00:08:44,810 It could be, you know, a pocket knife. 158 00:08:44,810 --> 00:08:47,270 But I like to have these throughout the gardens. 159 00:08:47,270 --> 00:08:50,130 Because when you're in the garden and you-- 160 00:08:50,130 --> 00:08:53,720 you want to trim things up, you know, you don't need a big-- 161 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:54,650 big pair of clippers. 162 00:08:54,650 --> 00:08:58,760 And you can just cut things like that. 163 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,860 Garden spade. 164 00:09:00,862 --> 00:09:02,572 You need several of these, because you're 165 00:09:02,570 --> 00:09:03,690 going to lose them, because you're going 166 00:09:03,690 --> 00:09:05,390 to leave them in the garden. 167 00:09:05,390 --> 00:09:07,920 But you also need several different kinds. 168 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,950 You have one that's wide. 169 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:12,830 You have one might have a sharper tip on it, 170 00:09:12,830 --> 00:09:15,980 and one that's narrower that goes straight in. 171 00:09:15,980 --> 00:09:18,770 This way if you're planting in small beds, 172 00:09:18,770 --> 00:09:21,980 it won't disrupt the other plants that are around. 173 00:09:25,450 --> 00:09:27,790 Clippers. 174 00:09:27,790 --> 00:09:32,260 These are indispensable because if you're trimming your-- 175 00:09:32,260 --> 00:09:38,590 your trees and vines, you need a nice pair of strong clippers. 176 00:09:38,590 --> 00:09:43,150 And these-- this is, you know, you can find these 177 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:43,990 and they're cheap. 178 00:09:43,990 --> 00:09:47,170 You can probably get them from $5, $10. 179 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:47,920 They work. 180 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,260 But they're not this. 181 00:09:50,260 --> 00:09:52,810 So I'd rather just spend all my-- you know, spend more money 182 00:09:52,810 --> 00:09:55,510 and get a nice pair rather than getting these cheap pair. 183 00:09:55,513 --> 00:09:56,683 They just don't work for me. 184 00:09:56,680 --> 00:09:57,890 I guess the size of my hands. 185 00:10:02,370 --> 00:10:04,820 This is a garden scoop. 186 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:06,890 So if you're filling-- 187 00:10:06,890 --> 00:10:12,010 say if you're filling this pot with soil, 188 00:10:12,007 --> 00:10:13,587 see how much soil you can get in here. 189 00:10:13,590 --> 00:10:15,960 And that's what you need these for. 190 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:17,380 It saves a lot of time. 191 00:10:17,380 --> 00:10:19,230 And you can get more volume in the pot. 192 00:10:21,850 --> 00:10:25,290 A drill. 193 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:28,060 I like to have one with a battery. 194 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:30,870 Ones with cords a lot of times are stronger, 195 00:10:30,870 --> 00:10:34,350 but when you're in the garden and you need a drill, 196 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:37,260 if you're repairing something, this works. 197 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:39,900 And plus what I use this for is to-- 198 00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:45,090 especially this bit is to drill holes in the bottom of-- 199 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:49,440 of some of the boxes for drainage. 200 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:51,700 When you're using like something like this, 201 00:10:51,700 --> 00:10:56,670 if you want to use this for a garden container, this, 202 00:10:56,665 --> 00:10:57,295 you put-- you-- 203 00:10:57,290 --> 00:11:01,470 it;s going to need drainage holes. 204 00:11:01,470 --> 00:11:05,010 And you're going to need a couple of pair of good gloves. 205 00:11:05,010 --> 00:11:11,490 I like a combination of leather with different kinds of fabric, 206 00:11:11,490 --> 00:11:14,520 but also straight leather because a lot 207 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,430 of times you can-- you can feel better with them. 208 00:11:17,430 --> 00:11:19,200 If you're working in an urban area, 209 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:23,100 especially on the street, a parkway, or a front yard, 210 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:28,890 a lot of times it has glass and different things in the soil. 211 00:11:28,890 --> 00:11:30,440 And this will help you out. 212 00:11:33,206 --> 00:11:35,556 A saw. 213 00:11:35,555 --> 00:11:36,685 You're going to need a saw. 214 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:41,780 This is nice pruner, even separating succulents, 215 00:11:41,780 --> 00:11:45,820 separating banana trees. 216 00:11:45,815 --> 00:11:46,945 You're going to need a saw. 217 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:47,600 So get one. 218 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,590 Get a nice one too. 219 00:11:51,590 --> 00:11:54,620 This is a good idea, especially if you have a small garden 220 00:11:54,620 --> 00:11:59,510 or small people in your garden is to have a small shovel. 221 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:01,130 This is good. 222 00:12:01,130 --> 00:12:05,000 Sometimes you can even get one with a smaller head, 223 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,730 that way you're not disturbing the rest of the garden 224 00:12:07,730 --> 00:12:10,640 when you have to dig or plant a bigger plant. 225 00:12:13,380 --> 00:12:17,990 So shovel. 226 00:12:17,990 --> 00:12:21,720 Size does matter in the garden. 227 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:27,170 So you can use this for breaking compacted soil. 228 00:12:27,170 --> 00:12:28,880 It's a digging shovel. 229 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:34,010 I like a shovel that has a little more point on it. 230 00:12:34,010 --> 00:12:40,790 But this is a good shovel if you have good loamy soil. 231 00:12:40,790 --> 00:12:48,200 And a lot of times people are using the shovel wrong. 232 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,880 They-- they use it. 233 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:52,380 And they wind up hurting themselves. 234 00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:55,760 When you're gardening, you shouldn't get up and be sore. 235 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,780 And a lot of times, that has-- that it 236 00:12:57,780 --> 00:13:00,060 has to do with the ergonomics of the way you're 237 00:13:00,060 --> 00:13:03,040 using the shovel or the tools you're using. 238 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:09,240 So what I like to do with a shovel, I like to basically, 239 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,100 when I'm going into the-- the soil, 240 00:13:11,100 --> 00:13:14,430 is not to force myself because you see what you're doing when 241 00:13:14,430 --> 00:13:16,740 you're forcing, you're lifting your shoulders 242 00:13:16,740 --> 00:13:18,600 and you're-- you're trying to drive it in. 243 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,520 And you're putting all the shock in your body. 244 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,730 So what-- what you want to incorporate 245 00:13:23,730 --> 00:13:26,370 is some moves like Tai Chi moves, 246 00:13:26,370 --> 00:13:32,650 like you go in so the-- the-- the bold move in Tai Chi, 247 00:13:32,650 --> 00:13:35,230 you use this with your shovel. 248 00:13:35,230 --> 00:13:37,840 You don't try to use your strength, 249 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,090 because what you're going to wind up doing 250 00:13:40,090 --> 00:13:42,490 is fucking up your shoulders and you're back. 251 00:13:42,493 --> 00:13:43,663 And you're going to be sore. 252 00:13:43,660 --> 00:13:46,060 And you're like I don't want to garden no more. 253 00:13:46,060 --> 00:13:51,670 And another thing that people do is they don't switch sides, 254 00:13:51,670 --> 00:13:54,100 everything happens from the same side. 255 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:57,580 And what you want to do to get balanced in your body 256 00:13:57,580 --> 00:14:00,260 is to shovel and change it. 257 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:02,690 With any-- with almost any tool you-- 258 00:14:02,690 --> 00:14:06,390 you use, you want to try to switch sides. 259 00:14:06,390 --> 00:14:09,280 And just practice that, switching sides. 260 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,620 That way you're working both sides, 261 00:14:11,620 --> 00:14:16,500 because a lot of people they just go with the dominant hand.