4 Year Garden Evolution | How to Start a Garden from Scratch on a Budget

At the beginning of 2020, I started a vegetable and fruit garden practically for free using materials found in the forest - soil, compost, mulch, carbon, fertilizer and wood. I cleared 1/4 of an acre of deciduous forest and built hugelkultur mounds and raised...

49 min - Home, Garden & Craft - My Self Reliance

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