10 Tips to be a successful Lazy Gardener

Here are my top ten tips to becoming a more successful gardener with fewer hours spent weeding, watering, and maintaining your garden.

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I'm Anne of All Trades. In NASHVILLE, I have a woodworking, blacksmithing and fabrication shop, a selection of furry friends, and an organic farm. Whether you've got the knowledge, tools, time or space to do the things you've always wanted to do, everything is "figureoutable."

I became "Anne of All Trades" out of necessity. With no background in farming or making things, I wanted to learn to raise my own food, fix things when they break and build the things I need.

8 years ago I got my first pet, planted my first seed and picked up my first tool.

My goal is to learn and share traditional techniques and skills while showing my peers how to get from where they are to where they want to go, how to do the things they are passionate about, and what can be done TODAY to engage their own community and grow deep roots.

Whether it's carving spoons, making my own hand tools, restoring my antique truck or growing heirloom tomatoes, the farm and workshop definitely keep me busy and support - whether financially through Patreon, through shopping my affiliate links, through buying merchandise, plans or project videos, or even just liking, commenting, and sharing my content with others helps me GREATLY to keep producing quality content to share.

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[cynthiaskaggs]

I always had problems with insects eating my tomatoes but I’m too lazy to treat them with anything to get rid of the bugs. This year I got smart and decided to move the tomatoes to the area of the garden where all the toads hang out… not a single bug on them this year. It’s a simple matter of moving the plants and The toads and I both enjoy good food.

[whiplash_cat]

Wow! You could have just as easily called this 10 Tips to be a successful ADHD Gardener. Nearly EVERYTHING you mention (multiple tools at multiple points of use, putting things in your path to remind you to do them, etc) are ALL ADHD strategies. THank you, from this ADHD (not lazy, cuz that's what we get labelled incorrectly) gardener :) THanks for this video!!

[OremusFarm]

Anne, less than a minute into this video and you just helped my marriage! You explained something so well, so simply, that my husband hasn't been able to put into words. Leaving tools around has always been an issue for me, I'm a very tidy and frugal person, but he is also a "forgetful person" too and may actually need this! I hadn't thought of it that way before! Thank you! ❤️

[IjeomaThePlantMama]

ADHD gardeners *UNITE*!!!

I was already inadvertently following the first tip of leaving my tools in places where I need it. And it's definitely worked wonders. The stirring stick is right next to the compost bin, mini shovel and rake next to the worm bin (with a little bucket to collect castings), pruners next to both my strawberries and tomatoes so I can harvest right then and there, etc. Seriously, just leaving tools lying about has made gardening super enjoyable and less like a chore. I look forward to watching this 5 more times to pick up the tips I missed due to getting distracted and not paying attention 🤣🤣

[pollyjazz]

Vacuuming the pests off the plants is genius!!!! Definitely going to adopt

[TheGohbomba]

I am one of lazy gardener sometime i in sometime i am out of the garden, my tools are everywhere, it is seem i am never changing much of improving of organise my tools, yet i try to do, thank you for your video

[anniegaddis]

Great post. I have a mail box posted at the other end of my property. All sorts of hand tools and a pair of gloves in there have saved me the long walk back to the barn sooo many times. LOL, am thinking about adding a roll of toilet paper!

[PictishPrince]

10 years, and look how far you've

[grandperesdream]

Planting scheme: One for the crow, one for the mouse, one for the bug, one for the house.

[kristinneathery]

I'm definitely a lazy gardener. I do have suggestion to up your compost laziness. I pick a corner of the garden to be my compost corner. I start with a hole and than fill it with kitchen scraps and lawn debris threw out the season. It is a slow process since I don't bother turning it very often. In the fall I spread it out and pick another spot. I keep a bucket next to the front door to put any kitchen scraps that dont go to the chickens. My husband refers to it as the "bucket of evil" because I don't dump it as often as I should. It is great at jumpstarting a cold compost pile.

[robertjordan]

I'm 75 and trying to get back to gardening ... you're a treasure. RJ

[Gkrissy]

I’m glad someone did a video like this. I am a lazy gardener this summer because this heat wave is too much. I am trellising as I go but I keep up with watering.

[spider]

THANK YOU!!! I stand and look at my terrible "garden" and think it is just too much. Now I know I can actually do it with a little time

[shinybugg]

I know this is an old post, so you might not see this, but a little cooking spray in the tools you're leaving out might help keep the rust at bay!

[lambforjesus]

Put your tools in a plastic container so they don’t weather. Even a garbage can will do. It’s a great idea to have them close, but you don’t want them ruined. You might not always have access to readily buy them. 👍

[quintessenceSL]

As if my neighbors didn't think I was odd already.

"They're vacuuming the the plants."

[jlombard]

You don’t know this, but you and I are actually great friends right now lol. I’m watching every one of your videos and you are so amazing at keeping a great garden and teaching. You have an awesome personality and I love how you just casually talk to all your animals. I’ve watched so many of your videos that I feel like we’re friends. Thank you so much for posting and for teaching all the things you do to be a lazy and fruitful gardener. I really appreciate it.♥️

[mksdiva]

This is what I needed as a ADHD mom of 4. The out of sight out of mind thing seemed to be my biggest issue. If I don't see it I forget it exists. Thank you XD

[squange]

What an inspiration you are Anne to not only the beginner gardener, but to people like me who make mistakes and fail. Why stress when we can learn as we go along. I’m glad I found this video and will be watching the others.

[kremershomesteadmn]

I absolutely can relate to you and this video brought a smile to my face. I am 3 years removed from the corporate world. Been learning how to drive tractors, bale hay, garden, grow and process chickens, and now homeschool my children. I love to learn but sometimes am lazy towards the garden. I always felt bad about that but you just helped me with this video. God bless