Heather the purple and white eggplant looks like Rosa Bianca eggplant.I have been growing them for several years.Thank for sharing I always enjoy watching!!! You have a positive spirit and always inspiring teacher !!!
Hi heather I live in the hunter valley in Australia. We have had no bees because of the veroa mite. All hives have been destroyed and now we can’t even get peas to grow. I love watching you in your garden, you give me hope for next season
I oddly felt so proud when you harvested your pumpkin. I was saying to the screen : I was there when you planted the seeds ! Thus your seeds were a bit my seeds too 😀 I LOVE your garden tours, they are always so interesting.
I love your videos keep up the good work! I live vicariously through you I’m 71 and can’t get out in the garden so I’m getting a lot of grow bags to put my garden in
Maybe try forks with the handle in tbe soil and the tines up placed where they like to go potty . I did this with my planters one year because we had a cat that liked sleeping on my plants.
I gave up trying to remember clippers when going for okra. I bend it down and twist until it releases from the plant. I grew two varieties this year and am excited to grow from saved seeds just for fun!
Have you tried giving up 1 raised bed filling it with sand? That worked for me when I was having cat litter garden issues. They much preferred the sand box and a manure fork (plastic thin tined) made cleanup easy.
My eggplants always take longer than other nightshades to fruit. They seem to love the heat. Your light purple eggplant looks like a rosa di bianca (i think i spelled that right) I purchased that kind from Baker creek although sometimes the same looking fruit has different names from different seed companies.
@@SageandStoneHomestead Sadly, I have not seen more than one butterfly this summer. Perhaps it is pesticides killing them off? Our world is in trouble.
Such a beautiful garden. This zinnias 🥰 and the bees 🥰 I never knew you could eat birdhouse gourds so I learned something new. Oh how I love dill too. Mike makes me a pan seared salmon with a lemon dill dipping butter oooo it makes my tummy happy lol. I love your shirt. As always great video! Much love and blessings.
What a lovely pumpkin.❤ Beautiful harvest basket.❤ That is exactly what I was thinking about the cucumber in the green house when you talked about taking it out last week. If you take it out the aphids will just move onto something else. I am glad you decided to leave it.❤ awesome garden tour this week.❤
Hi Heather. That eggplant is shaped like a Black Beauty of course the color is not right. So I am thinking it may have gotten cross with something else. P. S. Would you please do a video on how you cook the Patty Pan Squash? Thank you, have a great day
Lots of beauty and harvest this week! So thrilled about the first pumpkin!! I remember you saying you would be happy to get ONE pumpkin haha, and look at that glorious pumpkin patch! Lots of pumpkins to be had. The volunteer plants keep on producing too, so wonderful. Love all the color from the zinnias to veggie flowers too. Lots of goodies in the greenhouse too, even with the issues. 💚💚💚
Your garden looks really good. Considering what it has been through. Great harvest. Thoughts and Prayers.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings. Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
With those large white zucchini, we split them in half, scoop the seeds from the center, and fill with any number of fillings (like lighlty cooked ground venison, sweet corn, and a little goat cheese), then baked or grilled until the squash is tender. So good! I'm excited to see what you do with your fresh pumpkin, too. We are planning a pumpkin patch AND a melon patch for next year (two sides of the yard). Thanks for sharing!
Heather I picked a wee basket of tomatoes off my balcony last night. 😊 I Am pleased. Thank you for the inspiration and … moderation. I tend to expect perfection and make things impossible for myself. I am wondering whether your new raised beds would be a bit better with some of your clay soil miked in to add minerals and things? I am gardening in plant pots on a balcony, so I have no idea. 🤷♀️ ( I cannot find a shrug with brown hair). I am wondering how you are going to save and store all the pumpkins! I know you can store them through to spring in a dry place, but it looks to me like more than a year’s supply. Will they last two years?
Right now the plan is to let the nieces and nephews (there are a lot of them) come and collect pumpkins in october for their families. We will have some in storage over winter and I will can some, but most of these will be given to friends and family!!
Years ago, we ate pattypan squash that were 8-9" across and larger. We just peeled them, seeded them, sliced, dredged and fried them. The skin can be tough to peel, but not too bad. The flavor was no more or less bland than younger pattypan. Maybe you could try that! 🙂
This is my first year growing the Belgium giant tomato and I will grow it every single year from here on out. I think I have less than 15 seeds so I need to save some or buy some more because I only grew 2 for my self this year and next year I want at least 6. They are prolific and delicious and I want to make a roasted marinara with them and san marzanos
Aren't they the BEST?! They don't produce a whole lot of seeds but that's one of the great things about them lots of meat and great flavor. I'm so glad you love them. Definitely save seed!
The arch is so lush and beautiful and the yellow just adds a beautiful touch. I’d just want to sit in the quiet and take it all in!!😂 My season went south this spring. I am secession planting many things to try again. I never had a season like this with many disease attacks on my plants and the birds eating every tomato that barely blushes and they eat every seed I plant, you name it that’s happening to me this year. It’s so stressful I have to laughing about it so I don’t have a fit about it.😂 Question- Are the Red Okra stalky/fibrous or are they tender? How do you prepare them for your family? I am curious because I grew up growing Longhorn Okra in Louisiana, they’re very tender. We brown them down in oil very low and slow and it removes all the slime and darkens them and we make Shrimp Okra Gumbo and I am wondering how tender the red ones are to add a pop of color to my garden to go with my other ones. Okra grows like a weed here in Louisiana/Mississippi now that I had no problems with this season. Thanks in advance. God Bless
After the pods turn color to yellow you can harvest. You’ll want to lay peas out to try for storage or you can cook them right away. Alternatively you can leave the pods on the plant to dry out and harvest them after they have all dried
Like too much of it? I've read too much nitrogen can make the aphids really active but then I'm getting a lot of flowers on things too and fruit so I wasn't sure what to think.
@@SageandStoneHomestead Have you checked the PH? I don't remember if you have already. The issue should resolve itself, and looks like it is on it's way. The mushrooms growing means they are working on your soil. It seems like your soil might have had too much compost that may not have fully broken down yet. I don't know that your tomatoes had blight early on in the season, as much as they might have been getting burned. I had a similar issue a couple of years ago. Some companies have been selling compost that isn't completely finished because of the high demand.
Heather the purple and white eggplant looks like Rosa Bianca eggplant.I have been growing them for several years.Thank for sharing I always enjoy watching!!! You have a positive spirit and always inspiring teacher !!!
Someone else said that too, I bet you guys are right! Yummy no matter what it is!
I’ve also heard that basil flowers make a great tea.
I need to try that one too!
LOL...Looks like Jack is doing to you what our Loki likes to do to me.
Jack is such a character, I love him!
Hi heather I live in the hunter valley in Australia. We have had no bees because of the veroa mite. All hives have been destroyed and now we can’t even get peas to grow.
I love watching you in your garden, you give me hope for next season
We have varroa here too but most beekeepers treat with things like Formic acid. That is what I use!
I oddly felt so proud when you harvested your pumpkin. I was saying to the screen : I was there when you planted the seeds ! Thus your seeds were a bit my seeds too 😀
I LOVE your garden tours, they are always so interesting.
It’s SO cool to me to take you all from seed to harvest!
Beautiful video Heather! 💜👍💜 Aunt Beth
Thank you so much!
I love your videos keep up the good work! I live vicariously through you I’m 71 and can’t get out in the garden so I’m getting a lot of grow bags to put my garden in
Your thumbnail is adorable!
Thank you!
I legit squealed when you harvested the Great Pumpkin! Woohoo. And those tomatoes have really rebounded beautifully.
I’m so excited to see what the pumpkin patch is like in a couple months!
There's nothing better than coffee time with Heather ❤❤❤ 🕊️
OMG that's so true lol I just made my coffee and logged in and straight here I am lol
I love it!!
Maybe try forks with the handle in tbe soil and the tines up placed where they like to go potty . I did this with my planters one year because we had a cat that liked sleeping on my plants.
Hi Heather! Had my left knee replaced on Monday. I’ve been recouping at my mom’s house and your tour makes me miss my garden! ❤
Oh feel better asap!!
I gave up trying to remember clippers when going for okra. I bend it down and twist until it releases from the plant. I grew two varieties this year and am excited to grow from saved seeds just for fun!
The seeds are so simple to save too
Have you tried giving up 1 raised bed filling it with sand? That worked for me when I was having cat litter garden issues. They much preferred the sand box and a manure fork (plastic thin tined) made cleanup easy.
Oh, that’s actually genius-!! I’ll have to ponder this!
Heather, with the prickly cucumber, just run your finger across it and it’ll fall off and will be smooth.
This one doesn’t!! It’s literally like sandpaper
My eggplants always take longer than other nightshades to fruit. They seem to love the heat. Your light purple eggplant looks like a rosa di bianca (i think i spelled that right) I purchased that kind from Baker creek although sometimes the same looking fruit has different names from different seed companies.
I love the okra hybrid! Those are 2 of my favorite varieties. I hope you stabilize that cross!
That would be fun!!
Zinnias are beautiful.
Thanks so much!!
I like the dill patch to reseed itself too. One of the pluses is that Swallowtail butterflies will come to visit!🦋
I didn't see ANY this spring!
@@SageandStoneHomestead Sadly, I have not seen more than one butterfly this summer. Perhaps it is pesticides killing them off? Our world is in trouble.
I use a plastic “fence” that I got at Lowe’s and it has helped me a lot with the little garden critters. I use T post to hold it up with ties.
Thank you!
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Those pumpkins are BEAUTIFUL !!! Do you know the variety? I love the shape and especially the gorgeous pale matte color.
Yes these are Dutch Fork Pie Pumpkin and I got the seeds from Sow True Seed!
@@SageandStoneHomestead awesome! I think I will get some next year. thank you!!!
@@k.j.krimson2590 you bet!!
Beautiful gardens and I so appreciate the value you add of the information as you show us your veggies. Thank you!
Such a beautiful garden. This zinnias 🥰 and the bees 🥰 I never knew you could eat birdhouse gourds so I learned something new. Oh how I love dill too. Mike makes me a pan seared salmon with a lemon dill dipping butter oooo it makes my tummy happy lol. I love your shirt. As always great video! Much love and blessings.
What a lovely pumpkin.❤ Beautiful harvest basket.❤ That is exactly what I was thinking about the cucumber in the green house when you talked about taking it out last week. If you take it out the aphids will just move onto something else. I am glad you decided to leave it.❤ awesome garden tour this week.❤
Thanks so much!!! ❤️
Heather I sure do love to get my morning coffee and go on a garden tour with you!
I love that so many people have coffee with me in the morning!
I get an instant smile when I see this notification!!❤ Tea time and a great way to start the day.
Good morning! I need to get some coffee/tea going !
Hi Heather. That eggplant is shaped like a Black Beauty of course the color is not right. So I am thinking it may have gotten cross with something else.
P. S. Would you please do a video on how you cook the Patty Pan Squash?
Thank you, have a great day
I could include it in a vlog at some point! Most recently I just diced it up and sautee’d with butter and mixed into pasta salad
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you Heather.
What a gorgeous tour! Love lil Jackie!❤
Thanks!! Me too ♥
Lots of beauty and harvest this week! So thrilled about the first pumpkin!! I remember you saying you would be happy to get ONE pumpkin haha, and look at that glorious pumpkin patch! Lots of pumpkins to be had. The volunteer plants keep on producing too, so wonderful. Love all the color from the zinnias to veggie flowers too. Lots of goodies in the greenhouse too, even with the issues. 💚💚💚
The pumpkin patch and volunteers are blowing me away and blessing me so much this season!!! I got my one pumpkin so the rest are happy bonuses :)
Very lovely garden tour, I just made all garden spaghetti sauce to freeze. It turned out amazing. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.
❤❤❤ I love all of your videos! Your garden looks so great! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much!
You should turn those cucumbers to tarator. Cut them in small chunks and mix it with yoghurt. My husband from Bulgaria loves that!
I have made that before, so good!!
Your garden looks really good. Considering what it has been through. Great harvest. Thoughts and Prayers.Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings. Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
Thanks Doris! I see this comment !
@@SageandStoneHomestead 👍
With those large white zucchini, we split them in half, scoop the seeds from the center, and fill with any number of fillings (like lighlty cooked ground venison, sweet corn, and a little goat cheese), then baked or grilled until the squash is tender. So good! I'm excited to see what you do with your fresh pumpkin, too. We are planning a pumpkin patch AND a melon patch for next year (two sides of the yard). Thanks for sharing!
OH that sounds lovely!! Thanks!!
Squeee! That's so exciting about the pumpkins and the white squash!!
YES That patch is doing so well!!
Heather I picked a wee basket of tomatoes off my balcony last night. 😊 I Am pleased. Thank you for the inspiration and … moderation. I tend to expect perfection and make things impossible for myself.
I am wondering whether your new raised beds would be a bit better with some of your clay soil miked in to add minerals and things? I am gardening in plant pots on a balcony, so I have no idea. 🤷♀️ ( I cannot find a shrug with brown hair).
I am wondering how you are going to save and store all the pumpkins! I know you can store them through to spring in a dry place, but it looks to me like more than a year’s supply. Will they last two years?
Right now the plan is to let the nieces and nephews (there are a lot of them) come and collect pumpkins in october for their families. We will have some in storage over winter and I will can some, but most of these will be given to friends and family!!
@@SageandStoneHomestead oh, Excellent! They will have fun with them. 😊
Great video!! 🙏❤
Thank you!
When you cut back squash plants, feed the chickens. They love the leaves.
Will do!! Thanks!
Once again a great video. ❤❤❤
Thank you so much 😀
oh the zinnias are amazing!
Thank you I LOVE them!! Queen lime are my fave
Back watching. Just remembered I had to pollinate a squash. Also we has an earthquake 😮
Did you?! How bad was it??
@@SageandStoneHomestead 4.7 magnitude was reported... no major damage but it was powerful
Scary, I'm glad that it appears you are alright!
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you.
Years ago, we ate pattypan squash that were 8-9" across and larger. We just peeled them, seeded them, sliced, dredged and fried them. The skin can be tough to peel, but not too bad. The flavor was no more or less bland than younger pattypan. Maybe you could try that! 🙂
Thanks!!
This is my first year growing the Belgium giant tomato and I will grow it every single year from here on out. I think I have less than 15 seeds so I need to save some or buy some more because I only grew 2 for my self this year and next year I want at least 6. They are prolific and delicious and I want to make a roasted marinara with them and san marzanos
Aren't they the BEST?! They don't produce a whole lot of seeds but that's one of the great things about them lots of meat and great flavor. I'm so glad you love them. Definitely save seed!
Are those the queen lime zinnias? They are so pretty!
Yes!!
One time I pulled a whole okra plant out of the ground cause I tried to hand pick it.
Somehow I can't even try to pull them out by the roots. I have to cut them off at the base when they are done even if I didn't want to!
My blue cream berries are a pain the butt this year. They are popping and rotting everywhere. I’m preparing myself for their invasion next season
They are best picked when they still have a tinge of green to them!
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The arch is so lush and beautiful and the yellow just adds a beautiful touch. I’d just want to sit in the quiet and take it all in!!😂 My season went south this spring. I am secession planting many things to try again. I never had a season like this with many disease attacks on my plants and the birds eating every tomato that barely blushes and they eat every seed I plant, you name it that’s happening to me this year. It’s so stressful I have to laughing about it so I don’t have a fit about it.😂 Question- Are the Red Okra stalky/fibrous or are they tender? How do you prepare them for your family? I am curious because I grew up growing Longhorn Okra in Louisiana, they’re very tender. We brown them down in oil very low and slow and it removes all the slime and darkens them and we make Shrimp Okra Gumbo and I am wondering how tender the red ones are to add a pop of color to my garden to go with my other ones. Okra grows like a weed here in Louisiana/Mississippi now that I had no problems with this season. Thanks in advance. God Bless
When picked smaller they are quite tender! The Okinawa pink stay tender longer than Alabama Red.
I'm growing cow peas for the first time. When do I harvest?
After the pods turn color to yellow you can harvest. You’ll want to lay peas out to try for storage or you can cook them right away. Alternatively you can leave the pods on the plant to dry out and harvest them after they have all dried
@@SageandStoneHomestead thank you!!
Do you ever self pollinate or do you just let the bees pollinate? 🍅🍓🌶🌰🐇🐝
I only self pollinate if I don’t notice bees or if it’s the first few open flowers on a plant and pollinators have not been attracted yet
Hello 👋 I'm getting a ton of zucchini lately, what is your preferred preserving method? 😄
Hi!!! We like to shred them and either freeze them, freeze dry, or dehydrate. Put away in portions to put into rice, casseroles, and breads! :)
I made zucchini fritters last night with Parmesan and mozzarella. It was delicious 😊
Little fuzzy yellow worms ate my yellow wax bean plants.
So sorry!! I've not seen those before.
What type of pumpkin is that?
Dutch Fork Pie Pumpkin :)
@@SageandStoneHomestead oki
I am starting to think there is a nitrogen issue in your greenhouse. That might be why there was so much pest issues in your greenhouse.
Like too much of it? I've read too much nitrogen can make the aphids really active but then I'm getting a lot of flowers on things too and fruit so I wasn't sure what to think.
@@SageandStoneHomestead Have you checked the PH? I don't remember if you have already. The issue should resolve itself, and looks like it is on it's way. The mushrooms growing means they are working on your soil. It seems like your soil might have had too much compost that may not have fully broken down yet. I don't know that your tomatoes had blight early on in the season, as much as they might have been getting burned. I had a similar issue a couple of years ago. Some companies have been selling compost that isn't completely finished because of the high demand.
LOL I plant radishes every year and I do not like them, the flee beatless love them and leave my other brassicas alone . Trap crops are valuable
Absolutely!!
Squash bugs tore my plants up! Smh
So sorry, They are definitely attacking my pumpkins!
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