This Year Nearly Broke Me, but My Garden Is UNSTOPPABLE!

This Year Nearly Broke Me, but My Garden Is UNSTOPPABLE!

F
Fruits and Vegetables World
3 Video Views·Jul 14, 2026

2026 has been the hardest year of my life. A lot has happened to me personally, and on top of many new life changes, I bit off more than I could chew in my garden. Overworked and over-obligated, this year nearly broke me, but there is a silver lining stopping me from totally burning out: my garden is unstoppable. I've worked myself half to death, but the fruits of my labor are incredible, and record setting harvests have been an amazing reward. Join me on this garden tour as I share my garden's abundance with you, but also heed my warnings of overworking yourself and getting in too deep.

• How I Built My Garden: • How I Built My Garden From Start To Finish
• DIY Projects and Construction: • DIY Projects, Building and Construction

• I use the following products* for growing a garden and growing fruit trees:
Alaska Fish Fertilizer [5-1-1]: https://amzlink.to/az0FwrU8QjSg9
Organic All Purpose Fertilizer (4lb): https://amzlink.to/az0YgMUZTzdp1
Espoma PlantTone [5-3-3] (50lb): https://amzlink.to/az0dh0dYaye1l
Organic Bone Meal (8lb): https://amzlink.to/az05b9eediHpy
Organic Blood Meal (3lbs): https://amzlink.to/az0jNeCruTl6a
Farmer's Secret Tomato Booster: https://amzlink.to/az09LM1UqRC89
Jack's All Purpose [20-20-20] (1.5lb): https://amzlink.to/az0JG0Dv6Da0h
Jack's All Purpose [20-20-20] (25lb): https://amzlink.to/az0F6FgxdhKjO
Crab & Lobster Shell Meal (4lb): https://amzlink.to/az0LtijP1fn7p
Azomite Trace Minerals (44lb): https://amzlink.to/az0iu3dLSptN7
Shade Cloth: https://amzlink.to/az01boLJy9JNI
Greenhouse Tarps: https://amzlink.to/az0nV3lZjghn4
Grow Bags: https://amzlink.to/az0KMZlDtD9uY
Weed Barrier: https://amzlink.to/az0dWuh23X8yX
Drip Line, 6" Emitter Spacing: https://amzlink.to/az0X5pUELvjQE
Fertilizer Injector: https://amzlink.to/az0utUfNF8bhD
Spinosad Concentrate: https://amzlink.to/az0IHOcyjVACh
Surround WP Kaolin Clay: https://amzlink.to/az0QftMdlGkDR
Pyrethrin Concentrate: https://amzlink.to/az0hrxWNFMSK9
4 Gal Battery Backpack Sprayer: https://amzlink.to/az0yoJL5NNxkB
•• Full Amazon Store: https://amzlink.to/az0yli4Cz0iXX

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 2026 Nearly Broke Me
1:55 Unbelievable Tomatoes
3:50 Insane Pepper Plants
5:50 Container Tomato Struggles
7:16 Zucchini & Late Plantings
8:27 Chard & Eggplant
10:22 Citrus Disaster
14:20 Ridiculous Persimmons
16:48 A Pawpaw Miracle
18:01 Asian Pears, Peaches & Apples
19:45 Squash & Jujube Surprise
20:45 I'm So Stressed Out, but...
21:36 I Need to Scale Back
23:01 What's Next
26:59 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about growing a vegetable garden at home, have questions 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 DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please leave a comment!

*******
MY WEBSITE
https://www.themillennialgardener.com/

*******
VISIT MY AMAZON STORE FOR PRODUCTS I USE MOST OFTEN IN MY GARDEN*
https://amzlink.to/az0yli4Cz0iXX

*******
CUSTOM MERCH!
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/themille...

*******
SUBSCRIBE TO MY 2ND CHANNEL!
/ 2minutegardentips

*******
SOCIAL MEDIA
→ INSTAGRAM / millennialgardener
→ X (@NCGardening) https://x.com/NCGardening

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

*******
*As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
© The Millennial Gardener