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This channel is dedicated to documenting my gardening journey. Blending concepts from permaculture, organic agriculture, and primitive skills, I experiment with different ideas and techniques in the garden. Topics can range from winter gardening in northern climates, backyard food forestry, companion planting, homemade tools and products, experimental gardening, food preservation techniques, and a host of other items applicable to the home gardener, and nature enthusiast alike. I feel it is important to share my discoveries and what I learn in order to contribute to a greater community that is passionate for the very planet in which we inhabit. Thank you, and it is my hope that you find inspiration from this content.
This NATIVE Wildflower ATTRACTS Beneficial Insects! AND INCREASES Ecology Function Golden Alexanders
Oftentimes, native wildflowers are a tremendous attractant to beneficial insects. This is very good to know, especially when it comes to natural pest control!! Who would want to use toxic pesticides anyway? Instead of DESTROYING life, we can bring MORE life into the garden or landscape, thereby boosting ecological function and allowing it to control pest populations as it was originally designed. This Golden Alexanders (Zizea aurea) is a beautiful example of this. Literally.
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Insect Pest Forms an Interesting Relationship With Its Host Millions of Years Ago! Sumac Gall Aphid!
Просмотров 68День назад
The Sumac Gall Aphid is a very interesting insect. It frequently takes up residence in local Staghorn Sumac Populations. But, is this insect pest a problem for this native tree species? LINK to more info re Sumac Gall Aphid: bygl.osu.edu/node/1112 Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. RECOMMENDED BOOKS: The Ecological Farm by Helen Atthowe - amzn.to/3VcuYYR A ...
This Weird Spiky Insect Can Be A Pest! What You Need To Know AND How to Control NATURALLY! Spiny Bug
Просмотров 45День назад
The Spiny Bug, (aka Leaf-footed Squash Bug, Coried Bug, Euthochtha galeator) can be a pest insect for a variety of different crops. But this insect also just looks super cool! Don't miss out on learning what plants are at risk, and what beneficial insects you may need to attract to control this pest naturally! Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. RECOMMENDED ...
This Insect Predator ATTACKS Japanese Beetles!! How to Attract! Blue Winged Wasp
Просмотров 882 дня назад
Japanese Beetles are an invasive species here in many parts of North America, with a detrimental impact on various crops and other plants. Increasing the numbers and diversity of natural predators on the landscape may help to be an environmentally-safe means of control. Here, I discuss a specific natural predator native to North America that attacks Japanese Beetles (as well as some other scara...
This Predator is Common But Rarely Seen. Super Beneficial For Garden Pest Control!! Red Belly Snake
Просмотров 34614 дней назад
Slugs can be a real nuisance especially when it comes to growing certain crops in the garden or on the farm. Good thing there are natural predators who can take care of them! The Red-Bellied Snake primarily feeds on slugs and snails in the garden. Don't miss out in learning how to attract and retain this awesome predator on your local landscape! Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn fro...
Should I Protect My Melon Plants From Rodents? Answer: Yes! Here is Why AND How! And How I'd Improve
Просмотров 3214 дней назад
Melon plants are an absolutely delicious fruit, and they are a keystone staple of Summer. However, growing this crop can certainly produce its own challenges! Here I discuss some potential problems one may run into when growing them, and some tips to avoid these issues. Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. RECOMMENDED BOOKS: The Ecological Farm by Helen Attho...
Why Does My Cucumber Taste Bitter?! How to Prevent and Fix! Grow BETTER (not bitter) Cucumbers!
Просмотров 5821 день назад
Cucumbers (also called cukes) are a classic garden staple, and it is a food that is reminiscent of the Summer season. However, sometimes our cucumbers can start to taste bitter, and in some cases they even become unpalatable. What is going on? Why is this happening? Don't miss out on some key tips and tricks to prevent, fix, and or troubleshoot as necessary! Link to scholarly article on potenti...
This Insect Is Gigantic!! Large Pincers.... Beneficial Insects: The Dobsonfly
Просмотров 8821 день назад
It almost appears as if it flew right out of a science fiction movie! And for an insect, it is absolutely enormous! The Dobsonfly is most often active at night and is not often encountered by humans; however, every once in a while, these insects will cross our paths....literally, I found this specimen on a sidewalk in the early morning. In this video, I go over some of the beneficial attributes...
Exciting New Plants!! Companion Planting Sweet Pepper with West Indian Gherkin and Devil's Claw
Просмотров 5428 дней назад
Companion planting can be a really awesome gardening strategy, potentiating the ability to attain a greater total food yield per square foot, and helping with a natural pest control program, among other possible benefits. One of the primary secrets to companion planting is finding plants that are compatible with each other. In this video, I share three plants (two of them not commonly known) th...
Don't Miss Out on THIS Predator! Eats Slugs AND Other Garden Pests! The Beneficial Ring Necked Snake
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Месяц назад
When we talk about natural pest control, we commonly discuss various species of beneficial insects and microbes. However, we often overlook this very beneficial predator. Enter the Ring-Necked Snake. Hopefully, this video helps to dispel any fear factor, and we can encourage a place for this beneficial reptile in the garden or on the farm! Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn from qual...
Ditch the Hybrids! THIS is My Favorite Cucumber Variety! Delicious Heirloom. Hmong Cucumber
Просмотров 200Месяц назад
The cucumber is such a common garden staple that is grown by many the world over. There are so many varieties of cucumbers to choose from, but what variety is best for me? Ultimately, the answer will vary depending on your needs or desires. In this video I share my favorite top cucumber variety, the Hmong Cucumber. This variety has stood the test of time and was bred out of a tradition that rea...
This Insect Predator Eats Pests in Your Garden!! What Does it Eat?? How to Attract the Tachinid Fly!
Просмотров 108Месяц назад
Beneficial insects are a very important part of natural pest control, especially when it comes to regenerative organic gardening and farming. Because, let's face it...virtually no one wants to use chemicals! The Tachinid Fly (aka the parasitic fly or the bristle fly) is an excellent insect predator and pollinator for the local ecosystem. There are a variety of different species of the Tachinid ...
Early Warning Signs of this Beetle BEFORE its a Problem. Natural Pest Control Colorado Potato Beetle
Просмотров 154Месяц назад
The Colorado Potato Beetle (CPB) and a very similar look-alike. both of these insect pests go after solanaceous crops and can become and agricultural problem, especially when crops are grown at scale. Which beetle pest do you have? what are some natural predators who can help to control these pests (as well as some other natural methods of control), and what are the early warning signs that the...
Ditch the Plastic!! Grow Your OWN Pots!? Save Your Money.
Просмотров 3,3 тыс.Месяц назад
In this video I share a new idea when it comes to producing your own planting post on site. I strongly feel this idea holds a lot of promise, and that there is a lot of room for continued experimentation. Affiliate Links As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. RECOMMENDED BOOKS: The Ecological Farm by Helen Atthowe - amzn.to/3VcuYYR A Soil Owner's Manual by Jon Stika - amzn.to/...
This Insect Eats Pests Like Slugs! Ecological Importance of Fireflies and How to Attract MORE!
Просмотров 359Месяц назад
Fireflies put on a stunning night time display year in and year out. Many people find great appreciation in their mystical beauty. They are also really important for natural pest control when it comes to agriculture and gardening. Unfortunately, many of these firefly species' populations are becoming threatened due to various human activities. In this video I discuss the benefits of fireflies, ...
These 4 Plants get DESTROYED by this Bug! How I Fight This Invasive Pest Naturally! Japanese Beetle
Просмотров 275Месяц назад
These 4 Plants get DESTROYED by this Bug! How I Fight This Invasive Pest Naturally! Japanese Beetle
These Beneficial Insects DESTROY Garden Pests. But They Need Your Help. Attracting Soldier Beetles
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Месяц назад
These Beneficial Insects DESTROY Garden Pests. But They Need Your Help. Attracting Soldier Beetles
My New Strategy to Grow Productive Melon Plants!! Melon Pest Protection and Prevent Fruit Rot!
Просмотров 237Месяц назад
My New Strategy to Grow Productive Melon Plants!! Melon Pest Protection and Prevent Fruit Rot!
Use These 7 Native Plants to Boost Your Garden's Ecology!! How I Attract Beneficial Insects!
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 месяца назад
Use These 7 Native Plants to Boost Your Garden's Ecology!! How I Attract Beneficial Insects!
Growing Purple Peacock Broccoli for the First Time! Growing and Tasting Broccoli Kale
Просмотров 432 месяца назад
Growing Purple Peacock Broccoli for the First Time! Growing and Tasting Broccoli Kale
Use These 7 Plants to Fight Insect Pests! 7 Common Early Flowering Plants for Beneficial Insects!
Просмотров 2532 месяца назад
Use These 7 Plants to Fight Insect Pests! 7 Common Early Flowering Plants for Beneficial Insects!
One Simple Trick How I Keep Rabbits Away From Cauliflower; Growing and Harvesting Bermeo Cauliflower
Просмотров 562 месяца назад
One Simple Trick How I Keep Rabbits Away From Cauliflower; Growing and Harvesting Bermeo Cauliflower
Is Plastic Mulch Good or Bad? Why I Don't Use Plastic Mulch AND Some Ideas on Alternative Solutions
Просмотров 2172 месяца назад
Is Plastic Mulch Good or Bad? Why I Don't Use Plastic Mulch AND Some Ideas on Alternative Solutions
How I Start My Pepper Plants...Very Successfully! Easy! Lunchbox Peppers
Просмотров 3022 месяца назад
How I Start My Pepper Plants...Very Successfully! Easy! Lunchbox Peppers
This Insect Eats Mosquitoes!!...AND Other Pest Insects too! The Long Legged Fly Great for Gardens!!
Просмотров 1222 месяца назад
This Insect Eats Mosquitoes!!...AND Other Pest Insects too! The Long Legged Fly Great for Gardens!!
This Hardy Winter Annual Legume Builds Soil!...AND Looks Pretty too!! Hardy Winter Pea
Просмотров 7522 месяца назад
This Hardy Winter Annual Legume Builds Soil!...AND Looks Pretty too!! Hardy Winter Pea
How I Keep Animals Away from my Seedling Transplants NATURALLY!! Garden Hack Seedling Cage!
Просмотров 1042 месяца назад
How I Keep Animals Away from my Seedling Transplants NATURALLY!! Garden Hack Seedling Cage!
Problems Germinating This Plant? Here is How I SUCCESFULLY Grew Them from Seed! Easy Hack!! Skirret
Просмотров 333 месяца назад
Problems Germinating This Plant? Here is How I SUCCESFULLY Grew Them from Seed! Easy Hack!! Skirret
Are Rabbits Destroying Your Garden Plants? Here are My Current Methods and Ideas to Minimize Damage!
Просмотров 653 месяца назад
Are Rabbits Destroying Your Garden Plants? Here are My Current Methods and Ideas to Minimize Damage!
This is the MOST Important Thing to do if You Have a Garden...A Place for You!
Просмотров 783 месяца назад
This is the MOST Important Thing to do if You Have a Garden...A Place for You!
Do they come in pink ?? 😂
Lol, that would be something! ...just yellow as far as I'm aware ;)
This video makes me smile, that’s all. :)
Happy to hear! Thank you!!
sounds like a good sacrificial crop to have growing, I often grow something just to draw pests away from things I don't want them on
Yes, very good! And we know that a habitat for pests is also a habitat for beneficials!! Thanks!
I like the timing as an early blossom thanks.
I do too, it adds a welcome spark of color earlier on in the season! Thanks!
Interesting. No snakes where I grew up but the hedgehogs, foxes and owls were cool...
Very nice, those guys are important too!
We had alot of non-vemous snakes 🐍 when my boys were growing up 😊
Very nice!!
Don't forget crows especially love slugs ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
An excellent point! Thank you for bringing that up!!
another great vid
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
Greetings from the BIG SKY of Montana. Everything that eats bugs get a free pass in my garden.
Thank you! Yes, I share that perspective for sure!
Snakes and lizards love to eat potato bugs 😊
Let's not forget spiders are not poisonous
Pollinator garden in the backyard. No outside lights on at night. My yard was lit up like the 4th of July this year with fireflies. All of my neighbors with lights on all night and no habitat at all on their own property, hardly even one or two flashes per hour. I didn't realize that it was so easy. Green grass doesn't bring any life to the area. But, just one yard produced thousands of these nighttime beauties! Education is key!
That is excellent to hear!! I have noticed a very similar thing with my garden vs. other neighboring properties. And, as you said, just one pollinator garden/yard can accomplish that; it doesn't have to take much for Nature to jump in and start bringing more life. Thanks!
are they a solitary wasp and do they prefer certain things for breeding (eg around base of clumping grasses or random holes in things)?
I really got into native Ozzie bees a decade or so back, since then, as a result of other insects looking similar, have also got to have an appreciation of wasps and even some flies, not all though lol
Excellent points, thank you for bringing them up! Yes, I believe that Scolia dubia is solitary. And this is the interesting part...basically, the Japanese beetles and other related larvae create the nesting sites for them in many ways, as the wasp will tunnel down to find these beetle larvae on which to lay their eggs. Each wasp larva, once hatched, will then consume the beetle larva. So, probably where there are lawns or wild grasses where these beetle larvae will be feeding, as these types of beetle larvae tend to feed exclusively on roots of grasses.
@@terra-blegardeningvideos oh cool, glad I was curious enough to ask, not ever crossed my mind that predators may seek out burrowing larvae, gotta love the intricate complexities of nature
For sure! Indeed
looks quite similar to a tree snake we have here in Oz, more the size and colour of the top. Even though red belly black is venomous, they are beautiful and placid, making them one that is misunderstood, while you don't really want them in your yard, you know they are looking for a feed and will move on most of the time, I always stop and talk to any I see when barefooted in the bush, if they don't slide away, you can get a few feet from them often and they won't even look like biting, I've rarely seen 1 rare up if you don't give them reason too.
Good to know. Thank you for the insight on the red belly black, its not a snake I am familiar with, so I appreciate the insight into its personality!
Can this snake thrive in zone 6b?
Yes, they can! They are especially prevalent along the East Coast, North to South.
Don't get it in your eyes or ears or nose.
duly noted
not heard of doing this way before
Yeah, something new I tried, works pretty well for rodents if done properly. Also dividing those melon plots into smaller spaces and spreading them out over the landscape may also seem to cut down on cucumber beetle issues, but more to play with/experiment.
...I had 5 of those caged plots total, and not all of them were affected by cuke beetles. As opposed to last year where I planted them all in one spot and had a 100% causality rate before the fruit developed. Bacterial wilt.
7 inch wingspan!
yeah, these insects are crazy huge!!
guessing they want healthy water so bacteria etc doesn't mess with them when in mud
Quite possibly. Also, a lot of this insect's prey i.e., blackflies etc. need fairly clean water in order to successfully complete their life cycle in larger population densities; so essentially the Dobsonfly will also follow its food source.
@@terra-blegardeningvideos ah true, makes sense, there's a few things here that need clean water, that isn't moving, both pest and predators, some, like frogs, do it for the eggs, but I reckon some of predators would be because of their prey doing it
Awesome!
Thanks!
Very interesting. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
❤ Ok.. now to convince the Wife 👍😎✊
Lol, yes! I'd take garden snakes over slugs ANY day!!
gotta love a plant that can defend itself lol, quite an interesting trait, not being carnivorous
Lol, yeah for sure! A very unique plant indeed
that's quite a cute looking snake. I've never thought about snakes eating slugs until now, I have a heap of different lizards here, which cleaned them all up, so shouldn't be so oblivious, but here I am lol
Yes, snakes have truly fascinated me. These smaller snakes can be very beneficial for natural insect pest control, but are largely underrecognized. Plus, I just think they look really cool! Thanks for the comment!
@@terra-blegardeningvideos I always try and leave a comment on smaller channels, it helps with algorithm BS lol
...And I appreciate it! Content interaction is a huge help! Best,
Wow! You are an incredible food scientist! This was amazing content! I appreciated that it wasn’t rushed like most other RUclips videos. Thanks again!
Thank you! I My videos are not super rushed, probably because of my personality...which is usually pretty laid-back. I have wondered if I should pick up the pace in some of my videos or if my natural tempo might actually be more appealing to my viewers. I guess it really depends on the preferences of the specific audience. Personally, as a RUclips consumer myself, watching hyped up vids are just a bit stressful for my liking. Thank you for the positive feedback on the tempo!
Try fish heads.
Interesting idea! I will look into that, thanks!
Aromatic component! I love the way you speak so eloquently. So much knowledge packed into one video! I just really enjoy hearing you speak so intelligently. The recipe sounds not only very delicious but very nutritious as well! Thank you! How did you obtain so much knowledge and vocabulary? Are you a scientist or are you just very self educated? Anyway I was fascinated I will definitely be making this. Thank you😊😊🎉❤
Thank you for watching! So far, a lot of this has been self-taught, with no official scientific credentials. I just have a passion for this stuff, and have done a lot of research over the years, along with a pretty good dose of personal experience in a lot of cases. Thanks!
Great info. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I'm 54 ... Dad & Gramp raised H/R... In VT... I have learned your Zones will determine the "Heat"
Awesome! Sounds good. That's pretty cool that the horseradish has continued down the family line!
I have also learned you can buy the Root @ a good grocery store and start your own crop with it. Just like Rhubarb... it'll take some nurture + Time to be bountiful!.. My Rhubarb plant is 5 y/o and we have harvested it 5 times this year! DONT CUT..... Grab -N- Pull quickly ..
Awesome, thank you for the tips!
Excellent 😊🎉 I subscribed to your channel 🙏🌱
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@@terra-blegardeningvideos You're welcome 😁 Happy to be here 🙏🎉
Congrats on hitting 1,000 subscribers
Thank you!...now, I'm just waiting on the watch time...lol
I have 3 perches in the garden. One is at the south end for my morning coffee, 2nd is at the north end of the garden under my tomato trellis shade cloth until around noon, the 3rd is in the center below a willow tree. I plant plants like milkweed, signet marigolds, borage and cardinal climber vines very close to my perches so I have the nature the garden brings inches away. Stay Well!!!
Thank you for the comment! That is truly fantastic! It is so crucial to always take that step back and observe both the external and internal landscapes. What you shared is inspiring! I like the idea of planting those flowers near your perches!
@@terra-blegardeningvideos I have enough money to buy organic veggies if I wanted, the produce out of my garden still beats anything I can buy in the store. It is the physical work, the nature that surrounds me, I never know what I may encounter on any given day. I have a personal relationship with a pair of cardinals for the last 3 years (do not know if "Papa" will make it through this winter), chickadee's take seed from my hand and hummingbirds light inches away and stare into my eyes. Growing a garden to me is way more than the awesome food I can grow and give away, it has turned into a purpose and sanctuary. Stay Well!!!
@@brianseybert192 Absolutely. Surrendering to the ebb and flow of the natural rhythms of the Earth and following that trajectory is my gardening ideal. Where there is no more struggle. Initially and ultimately I suppose it is a state of mind. I value this time to sit because it allows me to slow down and reconnect to that. Your story is inspiring. I remember one time I was sitting on a large rock and a chipmunk ran across my leg, that was one experience when I really felt I was part of it. Nature loves to put on a show...and in a way we can also be a part of that show. Thank you for your comment.
Thank you for the great teaching.
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the comment!
I make a couple batches of comfrey tea in the fall and use in the soil after terminating the cover crop and before planting in the spring. I have been told the longer it ferments the more plant available the nutrients are, is that correct? Stay Well!!!
Thank you! You bring up an excellent question, and I do not know the complete answer. However, here are my current thoughts. The longer it ferments, many of the minerals will likely become more bioavailable yes. It is also possible, depending on how it is set up, some nitrogen may be lost, or at least reduced in quantity (the rest is probably tied up in microbial proteins), over time due to volatization. Also, if a batch sits for too long, certain types of alcohols may, at least in theory, accumulate in the tea as the material breaks down. In large enough quantities, these may disrupt soil life and or become toxic to the plant. Thus, I try to maintain the balance of the soil biology as it is emphasizing only marginal changes, by letting my teas sit for only a few days or so, that way the biology in the tea does not have such an extended amount of time to adapt to an environment that is much unlike that of the soil. One way around this, at least to an extent, would probably be to dilute a batch that has sat for a while before application if it is deemed to be a concern. Too concentrated a dose (i.e., if it has sat for too long) may create a more extreme change, resulting in more stress on the whole system to which it is being applied, potentially resulting in negative consequences. Hope this helps. Also it can vary depending on the needs of the crop. Plants that grow better in anaerobic environments will be naturally adapted to thrive on higher concentrations of the anaerobic metabolites found in the tea, much more so than other plants.
@@terra-blegardeningvideos Thank you for your thoughtful reply. In years past I would aerate the comfrey ferment after a few months of brewing, but the garage would smell like a sewage treatment plant. The ferment that sits for in my case, about 7 months had a slight odor, but nothing drastic. I do dilute the tea around 50% to cover all my beds. Another question if I may? This year I have been mulching some of my beds with comfrey I pull from other areas in the garden. How much of the nutrients are being returned to the soils? I also raise worms, and do hot composts. Zero input for outside nutrients last 2 years, so far so good. I was unlucky enough to have Asian jumping worms invade my Ruth Stout potato/onion bed 3 years ago, mulched with shredded leaves and compost, completely ruined the texture of my soils. Stay Well!! New subscriber
Mulching with fresh comfrey could probably boost soil nitrogen, especially if mulched right before a rain. This effect may be intensified if the leaves are crushed before application. Most all other nutrients would likely be slow released, being released from the plant material as it breaks down. Comfrey can also be a really good plant as a dynamic accumulator as it has an extensive root system that can reach deep into lower soil layers, making those nutrients accessible to other plant life as the comfrey is "chopped and dropped" or otherwise mulched. Thank you for the question! Asian Jumping worms are tricky!
@@terra-blegardeningvideos The comfrey applied to my beds seem to be doing just fine. Very hard to find real data on how effective it really is. Just harvested some potatoes mulched with straw, pulled out several dozen mature jumping worms. Straw is not an option for a mulch to deter JW's. The worst part of the JW's is they remove all the soil aggregates, leaving behind a granular soil that will not hold moisture. I looked at soil samples under the microscope from my beds 2 years ago, very little aggregates when the JW's were done. So far, the best mulch is a living mulch, kinda hard to do with onions and potatoes. I know I have to do something different again next year. Thanks for your reply, Stay Well!!!
You mentioned how JW can destroy/alter soil aggregate structure...and you got me thinking!! This probably not only creates a physical change in the soil profile, but I bet it drastically alters the soil microbiome! Those aggregate structures house various species of anaerobic/facultative anaerobic life that can play important roles in plant health. If those aggregates are destroyed or reduced, then different types of microbes (i.e., aerobic) would predominate the soil profile. I could see this creating an imbalance having negative implications for plant health and nutrient access/utility in plants.
Thanks, I appreciate that plant list. I've been trying to attract this insect to my garden and there's a lot on that list that I could stand to plant.
Glad it was helpful! Tachinid Flies are really great insects
that's interesting that they are attracted to mint, considering it's a great one to use to keep many insects away (flies and mosquitoes etc)
Yes it is very interesting, the tachinid flies are buzzing around my mint plants all the time! In fact, it seems like its there favorite plant around here!
So glad i found your channel. Your knowledge is much appreciated.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
...and thank you for watching!
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Great idea!
Thank you!
This was just what I was looking for. Planted patty pan squash for the first time this year.
Awesome! That is great to hear! I hope it works out well
interesting point on the bad tasting/toxicity, the orange colour might be an indicator of them being bad to eat for most things, but that's only educated guess, I could be way off lol
kinda off topic, but a weird correlation, when doing bush regen, I learned a principle of only taking 10-20%,maybe leaving that many works in the same way lol. seriously though, I dig that you do leave some, goes in hand with the stuff I was taught with qualifications, like you said, it keeps some predators around, so if there is an influx, it won't take as long for pest numbers to build, you're the 1st person I've seen talk about it, quite refreshing to see and props on the ref material, while not an issue to me personally, not enough creators put it in
Yes, re your first comment: I was always taught that generally brightly colored insects were 'advertising' themselves as poisonous, so yes it totally could be in this case, but I don't know for certain. Good thought! 2nd comment: Yeah, it seems at least some pests need to be on the landscape to support the lives of the beneficial insects and maintain the balance. Wiping out a pest can wipe out its predator(s) (more so if they are a specialist, less so if generalist), and can create space for a new pest to become a problem. Joe Lewis speaks to something like this in his book A New Farm Language (highly recommend!) with some of the Bt crops. Helen Atthowe in The Ecological Farm (another book I recommend...see vid description if interested) has also talked about leaving some pests on the landscape or on the plants to support the predators, and my interpretation of it is that a perfect crop yield over the long term is not only unrealistic, but also not ecologically sustainable. She encourages us to accept something like a 10-20% yield loss as normal and right. I suppose that so often we get so caught up in the prospect of maximizing yield, we lose sight of the grander picture. Thank you for the feedback!
@@terra-blegardeningvideos I'll def check those out. A lot of people tend to also overlook the adults are sometimes pollinators, so some loss isn't always a bad thing, even ants have a role in the cycle of plants, not always good, but still helps, from seed dispersal through to pollination.
Yeah it is really eye opening when we realize that some of these 'pest' insects can also have beneficial attributes like as pollinators...cucumber beetles for example. To me it seems like too much of the 'bad vs good' mentality, and not enough emphasis on balance. You are spot on.
@@terra-blegardeningvideos that's why I've become a strong believer in looking to indigenous culture for insight, they had to observe their environment to survive and worked with it, not how western peoples have been doing, trying to control it, even fires were done in mosaic patterns and never burning a spot twice in several years, they learned it benefited certain plants and that some plants couldn't handle frequent fires, something science only cottoned on to in the 90s
Good ideas
Thank you!
Why wouldn’t smaller gourds like they use for fall decorations work better
It is possible those gourds may work well as well! I wanted to try this gourd (in video) specifically because of its relatively simple shape, and it's inability to cross pollinate with other squash or pumpkins (because its in a different genus, Lagenaria). My intent is to harvest this gourd before it reaches its full size or maturity.
This may not interest you , but you know how watermelons and pumpkins are shaped in japan?....at least another experiment for you.
Yes, those square watermelons are intriguing, indeed! In fact, that was what triggered the idea for the square pots. Regarding the square watermelons specifically, it probably makes shipping and handling, as well as cutting a lot easier! It's also adding value to a product which might make it more profitable for the grower depending on how the numbers shake out. Now that I'm thinking about it I may try this with watermelons myself sometime too!
SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
Thank you! I hope that will turn out to be the case!!
Mosquitos' role in the environment is to ruin my life and you know it
yes, and there are other critters out there whose job it is to ruin mosquitos' lives as well ;)
Love the idea and that view at the end. I hope to grow up to be like you some day 😅
Thank you! Trust me, I've got a long way way to go myself. But the journey is what its all about. You got this!!
Its beautiful ❤
Thank you!
Sounds great 👍
Thanks for listening!
Interesting idea. I have some gourd seeds somewhere. Have you tried using seed balls/bombs?
I have not really done much with seed balls/bombs. Do you have experience with this? I seem to recall Fukuoka did something like that, I am intrigued.
@@terra-blegardeningvideos I watched someone who was using 3 to 4 in diameter seed balls like soil blocks for individual plantings of squash and beans. He had them lined up side by each in a tray. The seedlings air prune. I am going to give this a try when I start seeds for the fall garden.
Very nice! Feel free to let me know how it goes!
Dope stuff. Grow out your full beard, become one with nature :D
Ha! Thanks!....working on it