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Yes, apologies - I did forget to mentioning watering in the garlic after planting. Depending on where you live, you may not have a problem if you forget to water, especially if you live in an area which typically has rain in the autumn. Just be careful not to over water.

that is a Virginia Rose or common rose (Rosa virginiana)

thanks - there will be definitely be other videos about these trees. And possibly some other tree-related videos (likely next year) as we put in fruit trees in the garden.

I'm super excited and will be waiting

Ha! I don't know. :) I started off with just a few, so it didn't seem like too much work. Even now, it doesn't take me too long to dig them. I am running out space to store them, though!

oh wow! you could try planting them, but they may not grow that well. You can use smaller cloves that don't get planted in the kitchen instead.

Thank you! Glad you liked it - thanks for watching :)

ponds are so addictive aren't they! and I agree. None of our ponds have ever had filters because we pack in the plants and skip the fish.

@@frogpondvegpatch I need to add fish to mine ponds with plants to help feed the plants or I need to add plant fertilizer and/or soil to keep the plants alive. I have well water with 0 calcium and other minerals that plants need.

thanks! I can be a bit obsessed with the dahlias, so I'll extend the season if I can :)

You're welcome!

Depending on what you use, if the garlic isn't pushing through in the spring, I'd carefully remove it.

We dug down about 2 or 3 feet and the lined the hole with plastic (old potting soil bags) with hole punched in them and then backfilled with lots of organic matter. The idea is that water drains much more slowly and we can grow more marginal plants (for example we planted iris, cranberry, swamp milkweed, meadow rue).

You're welcome! glad you found it helpful - best of luck with your garlic growing! let me know it goes for you.

you're welcome! glad you liked the video!

thank you so much!

very nice! I ordered Thomas Edison for next year, so I'm glad to hear it's one of your standouts. It would be nice to be able to leave them in the ground, if only because they're taking up a bit of space to store inside over winter.

1000%

I've stored them in the basement bins with sand or vermiculite. I've used newspaper, too, but they need to be checked on more during the winter to see that they aren't drying out. They can be stored in layers on top of each other in the containers to save some space.

Do you divide in the Fall or Spring?

@@ThecapeonthecornerI'll be dividing them in the spring this year. I'll be sure to make a video and bring everyone along for that.

Welcome to the dahlia craze! Have you grown mai tai or blizzard?! So many tubers and flowers from them! Are you in the FB groups? I love these favorite lists. Sylvia is one of my favorites

Glad you found the video helpful and inspirational! Having a small pond is fun and the creatures will thank you for it!

No it doesn't. I was testing out some thumbnail generation ideas. I'm actually switching it to a different (realistic) image.

Ah. I didn't notice that this video was a "short." I found the full video. You didn't really go over indeterminate and determinate tomatoes. Perhaps the ones that give you a worse harvest are determinate. You're not supposed to use the pruning method on determinate tomatoe plants.

You're right, determinates should not be pruned. I should have labeled determinate vs. indeterminate in the video. We usually only grow (and would prune) indeterminate tomatoes. This year, for example, only one of the varieties (Silver Fir Tree) is determinate. I think pest pressure (primarily chipmunks and tomato hornworm) typically have the biggest impact for us, coupled with our growing season, which doesn't get as much sun in the fall as I think tomatoes generally would be prefer.

Also your comment made me realize that I accidently cut out the part in the video talking about indeterminate vs. determinate when I did the edit.

I'd like to err on the side of caution when it comes to what can be / should be grown.

that sounds great! glad your tomato plant is doing well. Yeah, we've got to keep an eye out for those hornworm caterpillars. They do become the 5-spotted hawk moth, but those caterpillars can eat a lot. Some years, we plant sacrificial tomato seedlings away from where our main tomatoes are. There are also predatory wasps and even shield bugs that are natural predators.

I'm so glad. Is there anything else you could use some help with?

thank you! glad you found the video helpful!

certainly, choosing to amend the soil or leave it as-is can be up to personal preference. In my case here the soil is mostly sand and clay, so it doesn't have the organic matter needed to support the kinds of plants I want to put here. Also, given the level of compaction, I needed to do something otherwise the rain would just run straight off.

you're welcome! if you're going to be doing more, the sod cutter is worth looking into!

Ponds are great!

You're welcome!

Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it. :)

Aren't ladybugs amazing

thank you so much! We're glad you liked the video.

Generally around here the deer tend to more damage than the heat. I do have to keep an eye on our containers because they are in full sun most of the day.

@@frogpondvegpatch I use one or five gallon pots/grow bags so I can move some stuff around in the event I have storms or a heat wave. The rest gets shade cloth, or if I am desperate a tarp blocks the sun.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Yep, the aphids really went after the new growth on our beach plum tree (it's the only thing that's had an aphid problem so far this year). But once a few lady bugs arrived and laid eggs, we started seeing the larvae do their thing!

thanks for the tips! When we have extra seedlings like tomatoes we do plant those out in the beds as well. We also have oregano, parsley, fennel, chives - the bees and caterpillars enjoy those. We don't eat anything from this area because it's near our septic field, so everything is just for the creatures. In other areas we do mix in edible flowers like nasturtium.

I don't think the beach plum tree is struggling, but like you suggest it's something to look into and we'll definitely keep an eye on things. Our gardens here are new - just lawn when we first moved in. It seems like the pest insects are finding the plants first and then the beneficials arrive. We're steadily working on balancing the ecosystem.

I'm so glad you found that helpful. Is there anything else you'd like to see us create a video about? - K

Awesome! You can sign up on to be on the waitlist - and then we'll let you know as soon as the membership opens up! frog-pond-veg-patch.ck.page/b1a945c5b9

glad you liked it!

Thank you! Glad that you like our flowers! - D

Thanks for the tip! We'll definitely look into other varieties to try. We're a bit limited by the fact that we have wire worm in the soil - so we can't plant out the raised bed. We're hoping to get them into a sunnier spot for next year. - D

Thanks! We left them as long as we could (getting cold here now), but possibly could have gotten them in sooner. Probably didn't help that it was cool, wet summer for us. We will try again next year and let everyone know how it goes!