Here's What an Intensively Planted Garden Can Look Like Just 30 Days After Installation

All right today I want to give you the fantastic update for Natalie's garden. This was planted less than 30 days ago guys and it is seriously taking off. This is the beauty of what happens when you have the right setup, the right timing and and someone who cares about their garden and intensive planting. So we're going to go step by step. I'm going to show you how everything's growing in. The flowers are looking fantastic. We've got this oregano settling into the corner. This veronica started to bloom. We've got some angelonia. The sage looks gorgeous. Some more angelonia and veronica and oregano and yellow flowers there. We've got this basil that looks so full and great. Now this squash, you're not going to believe it, but we planted this from seed less than 30 days ago and this thing is just gorgeous. Now we do have two growing here but I'm just going to let that be. I'm going to show you how to prune that. Then we've got these peppers already starting to flower. We've got some Thai basil here. You can tell she's been enjoying it. We've got this gorgeous kale that's already looking awesome. Then we've got our bush beans that we just tucked in along the sides here and here. These were planted from seed you guys and look at how they are just taking off. They look great. We've got some gorgeous swiss chard. This is like a last minute addition and it's looking great. Got another pepper plant in here. This pepper is already starting to put on flowers. We've got a tomatillo. Look at this tomatillo looking so awesome. So many flowers. This means we're going to get a lot of great tomatillos on this plant. Two more squash also came up from seed and then we've got our bush beans. Look at these bush beans. They are so healthy. We've got a pepper here. We've got some parsley here in the background. Some more bush beans back there. Some chives. Some thyme. Some more kale. Then here besides the tomatillo and the squash we've got two okra plants. This okra is already starting to give us the first bloom. It's obviously very happy. We've got this pepper plant here. Another swiss chard. Marigold is looking really nice. We've got some more bush beans. Some veronica. Some more peppers. Our eggplant is really the only thing we've had trouble with. You can see how it's being really attacked by these beetles. We've been spraying it with some castile soap but this is pretty beat up. There's no more pests on here though you can tell. So it's just a little bit of time to give this plant some time to recover. We've got some parsley. Some chives. Some veronica here. Now let's look at what's happening on the trellis. Oh look there is already a large tomato here at the base. Then we have this beautiful purple cherry tomato already putting on fruit. Got another bush bean here. Then look at our cucumbers. They are starting to get close to the trellis. Oh my gosh the smell you guys. So good. The cucumbers, these were planted from seed over less than 30 days ago. Super nice strong stems. They look wonderful. Then we have some more bush beans. Look at these little bush beans we tucked in at the very end. Then we have some sage here. This is just in one garden. What in the world? Is this gorgeous? Now the only problem I have with this garden is this eggplant getting attacked by bugs and then look at this open soil. We just have a little bit too much open soil right here around the eggplant. Every other part of this garden is literally picture perfect. It's such a great example of how you can pack in the plants. So let's take a look now at this garden and just compare. So once again we have a very healthy tomato plant. This is looking so nice and full. You can see the bush beans coming here on the edge just like we like them. So they don't take up a lot of it. See how little that space they take up? They just lean right over the edge and produce beans for you. We've got these cucumbers that are starting to come up the trellis. Then we've got one more tomato plant here. Look at this one. It's so cute. It's got these little dark tomatoes. We have the same pest pressure on our eggplant here. You can see. So she's done a great job of keeping the pest off with that cast steel soap, but the leaves are definitely struggling. But look at this basil. Oh my goodness. The basil looks gorgeous. We've got some gorgeous peppers that are really starting to flower out. Then again we've got some we got two okra. One, two. No flower or one. Just the start of a bloom on this one. And then again we've got our squash and zucchini from seed. Again looking really fabulous. So those look awesome. The kale looks great. The Thai basil is looking great. And the peppers. I mean this one is even better than the other one just because we have a little bit less open space. But if I were to fix anything I would come in here and add some more bush bean seeds right in the surrounding area around this eggplant and give this eggplant maybe some extra compost to just help give it a little bit of extra nutrients as it tries to survive this attack of the beetles. But my goodness is this amazing. This is less than 30 days from planting and it is just so full and lush. So this is a wonderful example of what can happen when you have the right setup, the right timing, and you do intensive planting. This garden is thriving. There are already so many things to harvest from the herbs and the flowers. And then we have lots of fruit that's on its way between the tomatillos, the okra, the tomatoes, the cucumbers, the beans, and the squash. There's just going to be so many harvests coming out of these two beds. So this is really 96 square feet of garden space. About 100 square feet of garden space. And we probably have planted over 200 plants in these two beds if not more. So I hope this encourages you to pack in the plants. There's so much that you can put into a smaller space when you use the gardenery method. So the next steps each and every week what you want to be doing is stepping in and doing some pruning. So you're going to cut the lower leaves. You're going to make sure you take care of anything that's yellowing, that has spots on it. You're going to prune first. Then you want to clean around the base of your plants making sure there's no leaf debris. There's just nothing that's going to provide a hiding spot for pests. Then you want to make sure you're supporting your plants. So if they need to be tied to the trellis you want to do that. If they need a stake you want to add that. And then you want to add a little bit of compost or a little bit of food if you think that your plants need a little bit of extra food and nutrients to get to the next stage. And then finally if you do see pests you want to prune away the leaves that are affected. And then you can decide if you want to deal with the pests with a little bit of soap spray or some garlic barrier. Or if you just need to prune away keep the garden clean and then wait and watch. So I hope this encourages you. If you followed all the methods we've taught you so far to set up your kitchen garden the gardenery way your kitchen garden can look like this in just less than a month after installation.