My Final Garden Tour

2025 is coming to a close, and this is my final garden tour of the year. This has been both the best gardening year and worst gardening year of my life, and despite the deeply positive personal growth I've achieved, I've never been this worried. Join me on this vegetable garden tour and life update where we discuss this year's successes and failures, insane food inflation, the current health crisis, benefits of food storage, what we can learn from past generations of smart people and my plans for the 2026 gardening season.

How To Make Pickles At Home: https://youtu.be/1PHzDBPBqvI?si=VAms3aMQYyJY_R1p

I use the following products* most often for vegetable gardening and storing food:
Water Bath Canning Kit: https://amzn.to/4n8Bmek
Mason Jars (16 oz): https://amzn.to/47hO0To
Mason Jars (32 oz): https://amzn.to/47iXGwQ
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Canning Lids (Regular): https://amzn.to/48UYwRB
Canning Lids (Wide Mouth): https://amzn.to/4721IZc
Leak-Proof Screw Lids (Regular): https://amzn.to/4q2DaYR
Leak-Proof Screw Lids (Wide): https://amzn.to/47iJ00H
Canning Funnel: https://amzn.to/4h1twS2
Grow Bags (Black): https://amzn.to/4a0MHa5
Grow Bags (Tan): https://amzn.to/4dqSsAD
True Organic All Purpose Fertilizer [5-4-5] (4lb): https://amzn.to/4mroKji
Alaska Fish Fertilizer [5-1-1] (Gallon): https://amzn.to/4d9c1x7
Azomite Trace Minerals (44lb): https://amzn.to/4eHwf24
Espoma PlantTone Fertilizer [5-3-3] (36lb): https://amzn.to/4lgP9PW
Espoma PlantTone Fertilizer [5-3-3] (50lb): https://amzn.to/4lgPbr2
Espoma Bone Meal (10lb): https://amzn.to/4ieYapY
Jack's All Purpose [20-20-20] (1.5lb): https://amzn.to/4iRWtRc
Jack's All Purpose [20-20-20] (25lb): https://amzn.to/3ZSJeGW
Thicker Row Cover, 1.5oz/yd, 10x30FT: https://amzn.to/45XW7Tj
White Insect Netting: https://amzn.to/40wJ5dE
Black Insect Netting: https://amzn.to/46HeJax
Shade Cloth (Many Sizes): https://amzn.to/49bqveh
PVC Snap Clamps (1/2 in.): https://amzn.to/4nvcGNn
Pruning Snips: https://amzn.to/4eZxCrM
Watering Wand: https://amzn.to/4lvOUiU
Weed Barrier (Many Sizes): https://amzn.to/4mj7nkl
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 My Final Garden Update And Tour
1:02 Why My Garden Struggled This Year
3:31 My Family Trip To Italy
5:08 Food Inflation, Healthcare Costs
6:52 Harvesting Peppers u0026 Our Changing Culture
9:50 Harvesting Tomatoes u0026 Grocery Stores
11:11 We Changed The Grocery Store Model
13:50 Hot Peppers, Decentralized VS Centralized Food
15:29 Possums, Persimmons And Consolidation
18:39 Pruning Trees, Instant Gratification
20:07 More Tree Pruning, Higher Healthcare Costs
21:15 More Gardening, Less Body Weight
22:33 Saving Money By Gardening And Storing Food
24:20 How I Save Money On Groceries
25:53 Robotic Decision Making VS Deliberate Investing
30:13 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about how to save money by gardening and storing food, want to learn more about growing fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!

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ABOUT MY GARDEN
Location: Southeastern NC, Brunswick County (Wilmington area)
Zone 8B, 34.1°N Latitude

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