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Harvest your peas when they are fully filled out and shellable. Don't leave them out there until the shells whiten or you will have dried peas, and they would probably be about the same as black eye peas. I prefer them green and I prefer Dixie Lee peas in our area of NC. Good job, enjoyed the tour and good luck!
Absolutely love your garden! Last year, we didn't have as much pest pressure, but this year, we have struggled with squash bugs. Really enjoy seeing all the different varieties you have growing!
When you said that Ricky loved being in the cool corn patch, it was sweet. That reminded me of our pups. They hung out under the fig trees during the hot weather. It was a micro climate under there. Nice and cool.
The harvesting videos are my favorite! You should be very proud of all your hard work in the garden as it is a lot to keep up with. Especially working full time like you do.
Very interesting to learn about second second cut straw. So good to hear about your melons! Squirrels got to ours and it was so sad to see our little watermelons scattered around our garden.😢 Have you tried electric fencing. It has kept the rats out of my garden and I am so grateful and it isn’t expensive. Yay to your 🌽!! So happy to find your channel!😊🌽🍅
About your pinkeyed purple hull peas, wait until they are about 10in or longer. You will be able to see the outline of the pea in the hull. Don't pick when green, they will be slightly yellow.
For your zinnias you could put a hog panel or part of a cow panel horizontally so the flowers grow up through the spaces. Keep it low and raise it as they get taller if you don’t want the panel to be so noticeable.
Lot of stuff is thriving it’s coming along. You look good with the melons. I have all those small melons I have them. I’ve already eaten about four of them and I got another one growing and I got loofah already growing and . I’m in Texas ..,so hot
Try hanging “Irish Spring” soap around your garden. The deer don’t like the smell. You can also melt some bars and put it in a sprayer and spray your plants. The only thing with that though is when it rains, you’ll have to spray again. I hope you can get the soap there and it’s not a Canadian 🇨🇦 thing. 💐
Hello; I surely enjoyed your garden tour! Your zinnias are beautiful! I have some too, but my issues was slugs this year. They kept getting eaten when babies. I have found that the more you pick them, the more the bush out and bloom. They last a long time inside too! I press flowers and arrange them in frames. I sell that at our local farmers market; it’s so fun! I’ve grown black eyed peas before. They look similar to your pink hulls. They will get much plumper and sorta dry when mature. It’s takes a while, but you will be able to tell. Good luck with your harvesting; looking good!!
I'm in Southeast Oklahoma, and I'm just now getting tomatoes. I was forced to use a shade cloth because of our heat index being 110⁰+ days in a row with little rain. I'm so excited. 🤣
Lol!! I have the same problem with my bush beans... Every year... Almost all of them are pole beans. This year I was sort of prepared for it and had it where I could run some strings. It is a jungle though. Sadly, most of my basil and the rest of the herbs fell victim to the crazy weather this year. Be well from Canada 🇨🇦
Pink eyed Purple Hull Peas are actually meant to be harvested when they have dried on the plant. Then shell them and save. As a note, you really need to grow a lot of these to make it worth it. I think I would concentrate on green beans instead if I were trying to grow for preservation. You should consider your time, your space and your needs before growing a dry bean/pea.
@@andrewhammill6148 we’re growing them because they were a gifted local seed. We’re going to save seed and plant them in bigger patches in consecutive years once we set up the spaces.
If the deer is eating your garden. I saw a RUclips about these sound system. You put them on pole and when you or any animal goes by it. It goes off like dogs barking. I saw it on true grit . My daughter bought some for her garden she has deer that eats her garden. 29:43
Deer have been crazy this year and I have a temporary deer fence and they keep busting in anyway. I was very depressed a couple of days ago. We got taller fencing and taller t-posts and reworked it. But the persimmon is just a stick now, half my raspberries are gone, blueberries, strawberries, hydrangea....the list goes on. I totally empathize. Hoping to afford to get the wood for a real fence next spring....
We have the best luck surpressing weeds with a layer of news/paper ( sometimes you can get roll " ends" for cheap at printers/ manufacturers) and or cardboard under the hay/wood chips. It seems to block the seeds from above, and smother the seeds below. A layer of hay/ chips ontop for extra long decomposition/ moisture retention. Some things I do leave a little space around when young, once mature, like beans, I will cover with more hay up to stems. ( So I don't accidentally smother my flowers/vegetables.) This year I planted Elephant Ear bulbs with our cukes, for some reason we had almost no beetles. I wonder if the huge leaves confused them? Makes me feel like I have a greener thumb! Looks like a jungle!😂 Next to our Tromboncino! You can let them turn orange and they store for MONTHS like, well into spring! I think our peppers actually had to much sun. The front turned yellow, but the ones in back produced better. I Will try an area with part shade next year.
@@shervin6711 this is exactly what we’ve done with our woodchips. We did 2 layers of cardboard where we could, but the Bermuda grass here is on a whole other level & doesn’t seem to care😆 our neighbors have been dealing with it in their orchard for 5 years now & still have to keep covering it with mulch & cardboard every year. I think I’m going to lay down our silage tarps on some of the paths soon and try to smother it a bit before the weather cools down. I’ve never grown tromboncino, but may try it next year. What I have on the trellis are dipper gourds! They’re for ornamental purposes :)
@@calicocowacres Tromboncino are tough, and beautiful! The vine borers rarely kill whole vine. Yes, I have seen Bermuda grass "nightmares." There are a lot of ideas out there for that too! You will find a method that works.
Are they purple hulled peas I think? Some varieties have pink in the name somewhere too, and/or cowpeas,I always get the name mixed up too!. I grew them last year, the southern way to eat them is to hull them when the peas/beans are big in the pods and cook them, I think most people put bacon or ham in with them. I'm not southern but I live here in E TN lol. I didn't get around to hulling them green, so I just let them dry to be used as dry beans. You're garden is beautiful!
Your garden looks great. I am not sure if this works but I heard amaranth and radish companion planting with squash might deter pests. Also I know some people plant blue Hubbard squash as a sacrificial plant.
To keep vine borers 100 percent out of your squash Take a handful of seven dust and form a circle of it around your plant on the ground ,,,this will not kill your bees because they only land on the blooms so don’t get it on the blooms.
Apply lime and gypsum to your soil way more than you think is enough,,,if you plan to have Melons , cucumbers, any squash , or tomatoes,,,until you do this you will be defeated.
Whenever you're out in your Garden, ALWAYS be totally barefoot because our soles love and deserve that freedom. They love to feel various textures of soil between their toes. Apart from n it's very healthy to be barefoot outside. Take for example two plants, one grown inside a pot and tge other grown in Nature. However much you water and use fertilizer, it never looks as healthy as the latter. This is simply because the roots have a limited space to stread and the Nurishment too is the same. The soles of our feet are like the roots of a tree.When you're not barefoot that natural process is obstructed. Our soles are designs to absorb things which are essential to lead a healthy lifestyle. However, use of footwear deprives this process. Apart from that there are a large number of Sensors / Nerve endings on the soles of our feet, which connects from head to toe. When we walk on Sand, Gravel and Tiny Stones /Pebbles,our entire body gets stimulated through these sensors. Once again Footwear deprives this natural process. So, go barefoot always for good health and happy feet and soles
@@superH3108 love this, and I do when im able to be very careful and keep an eye on where I’m standing, but we have very aggressive fire ants everywhere, as well as a lot of thorny weeds. Over time as we remedy our soil & build up a good ecosystem here I’m sure I’ll be able to do this more.
Ricki likes the corn 🌽 just like the lion 🦁 in the movie 🎥 “Secondhand Lions”😊
Fantastic!
love this! last year was my year growing those beans (peas) - I pick them when they're brown and dry on the vine.
Excellent 😊🎉
I subscribed to your channel 🙏
The calico cow journey makes me dreams, saddly i'm a single dad so time and money is an issue for now but i keep getting knowledge and helping friends when i can ❤❤
And i liked the top 5 comment for the algorithme
Great tour... it's amazing what you've accomplished in two short growing years. Well done!!
Harvest your peas when they are fully filled out and shellable. Don't leave them out there until the shells whiten or you will have dried peas, and they would probably be about the same as black eye peas. I prefer them green and I prefer Dixie Lee peas in our area of NC. Good job, enjoyed the tour and good luck!
Absolutely love your garden! Last year, we didn't have as much pest pressure, but this year, we have struggled with squash bugs. Really enjoy seeing all the different varieties you have growing!
Beautiful gardens; thanks for sharing! Blessings 🤗🇨🇦
Beautiful garden tour.
Loved the tour, definitely an inspiration as we expanded our garden for next years growing season!
The orange Hiwian Marigolds are my favorite, too. I plant them every year aside to some giant yellow Marigolds. Your garden is coming along nicely.
Love your garden! Maybe you could feed the Dipper gords to the birds!
I started zinnias this year, and the ones that survived are such a treat in my garden as well. ❤
When you said that Ricky loved being in the cool corn patch, it was sweet. That reminded me of our pups. They hung out under the fig trees during the hot weather. It was a micro climate under there. Nice and cool.
The harvesting videos are my favorite! You should be very proud of all your hard work in the garden as it is a lot to keep up with. Especially working full time like you do.
Very interesting to learn about second second cut straw. So good to hear about your melons! Squirrels got to ours and it was so sad to see our little watermelons scattered around our garden.😢 Have you tried electric fencing. It has kept the rats out of my garden and I am so grateful and it isn’t expensive. Yay to your 🌽!! So happy to find your channel!😊🌽🍅
Love the tour! All your hard work is paying off!! Gardening from the soul
Those gourds are pretty cool
I don’t garden but I love watching the garden tours as they change with the months.
Great video, everyone’s garden is different, some years are better than others. Keep pushing forward
About your pinkeyed purple hull peas, wait until they are about 10in or longer. You will be able to see the outline of the pea in the hull. Don't pick when green, they will be slightly yellow.
My tomatoes have done awful this year, but I think it’s the heat tbh. Thanks for the tour and honestly showing us your wins and opportunities ❤
Love the tunnel 🤍
I heard that planting catnip with squash helps to keep the squash bugs away. It's worth a try.
For your zinnias you could put a hog panel or part of a cow panel horizontally so the flowers grow up through the spaces. Keep it low and raise it as they get taller if you don’t want the panel to be so noticeable.
loved the tour, everything is looking great, those zinnias are so lush!
thanx for sharing
Lot of stuff is thriving it’s coming along. You look good with the melons. I have all those small melons I have them. I’ve already eaten about four of them and I got another one growing and I got loofah already growing and . I’m in Texas ..,so hot
Try hanging “Irish Spring” soap around your garden. The deer don’t like the smell. You can also melt some bars and put it in a sprayer and spray your plants. The only thing with that though is when it rains, you’ll have to spray again. I hope you can get the soap there and it’s not a Canadian 🇨🇦 thing. 💐
Hello; I surely enjoyed your garden tour!
Your zinnias are beautiful! I have some too, but my issues was slugs this year. They kept getting eaten when babies. I have found that the more you pick them, the more the bush out and bloom. They last a long time inside too! I press flowers and arrange them in frames. I sell that at our local farmers market; it’s so fun!
I’ve grown black eyed peas before. They look similar to your pink hulls. They will get much plumper and sorta dry when mature. It’s takes a while, but you will be able to tell.
Good luck with your harvesting; looking good!!
Job well done 👍🏽 🌱🌱 🌶️
I’m making a pot of beans right now and I’d like to throw spicy peppers in my beans to give it a kick. I love them.
I'm in Southeast Oklahoma, and I'm just now getting tomatoes. I was forced to use a shade cloth because of our heat index being 110⁰+ days in a row with little rain. I'm so excited. 🤣
Great video!!
It all looks great🌱🌱
Lol!! I have the same problem with my bush beans... Every year... Almost all of them are pole beans. This year I was sort of prepared for it and had it where I could run some strings. It is a jungle though.
Sadly, most of my basil and the rest of the herbs fell victim to the crazy weather this year. Be well from Canada 🇨🇦
Wow incredible garden!
Pink eyed Purple Hull Peas are actually meant to be harvested when they have dried on the plant. Then shell them and save. As a note, you really need to grow a lot of these to make it worth it. I think I would concentrate on green beans instead if I were trying to grow for preservation. You should consider your time, your space and your needs before growing a dry bean/pea.
@@andrewhammill6148 we’re growing them because they were a gifted local seed. We’re going to save seed and plant them in bigger patches in consecutive years once we set up the spaces.
I love ALL Calico Cow Acres videos!
If the deer is eating your garden. I saw a RUclips about these sound system. You put them on pole and when you or any animal goes by it. It goes off like dogs barking. I saw it on true grit . My daughter bought some for her garden she has deer that eats her garden. 29:43
The Hungarian wax makes EXCELLENT pepper jam fyi
Deer have been crazy this year and I have a temporary deer fence and they keep busting in anyway. I was very depressed a couple of days ago. We got taller fencing and taller t-posts and reworked it. But the persimmon is just a stick now, half my raspberries are gone, blueberries, strawberries, hydrangea....the list goes on. I totally empathize. Hoping to afford to get the wood for a real fence next spring....
Dang so much work! Hope you can fence in some solutions
I’ve recently found your channel. Love following you.
Our tomatoes are very late this year as well
We have the best luck surpressing weeds with a layer of news/paper ( sometimes you can get roll " ends" for cheap at printers/ manufacturers) and or cardboard under the hay/wood chips. It seems to block the seeds from above, and smother the seeds below. A layer of hay/ chips ontop for extra long decomposition/ moisture retention. Some things I do leave a little space around when young, once mature, like beans, I will cover with more hay up to stems. ( So I don't accidentally smother my flowers/vegetables.) This year I planted Elephant Ear bulbs with our cukes, for some reason we had almost no beetles. I wonder if the huge leaves confused them? Makes me feel like I have a greener thumb! Looks like a jungle!😂 Next to our Tromboncino! You can let them turn orange and they store for MONTHS like, well into spring! I think our peppers actually had to much sun. The front turned yellow, but the ones in back produced better. I Will try an area with part shade next year.
@@shervin6711 this is exactly what we’ve done with our woodchips. We did 2 layers of cardboard where we could, but the Bermuda grass here is on a whole other level & doesn’t seem to care😆 our neighbors have been dealing with it in their orchard for 5 years now & still have to keep covering it with mulch & cardboard every year. I think I’m going to lay down our silage tarps on some of the paths soon and try to smother it a bit before the weather cools down.
I’ve never grown tromboncino, but may try it next year. What I have on the trellis are dipper gourds! They’re for ornamental purposes :)
@@calicocowacres Tromboncino are tough, and beautiful! The vine borers rarely kill whole vine. Yes, I have seen Bermuda grass "nightmares." There are a lot of ideas out there for that too! You will find a method that works.
Fence Fund!😂😂
Are they purple hulled peas I think? Some varieties have pink in the name somewhere too, and/or cowpeas,I always get the name mixed up too!. I grew them last year, the southern way to eat them is to hull them when the peas/beans are big in the pods and cook them, I think most people put bacon or ham in with them. I'm not southern but I live here in E TN lol. I didn't get around to hulling them green, so I just let them dry to be used as dry beans. You're garden is beautiful!
Your garden looks great. I am not sure if this works but I heard amaranth and radish companion planting with squash might deter pests. Also I know some people plant blue Hubbard squash as a sacrificial plant.
To keep vine borers 100 percent out of your squash
Take a handful of seven dust and form a circle of it around your plant on the ground ,,,this will not kill your bees because they only land on the blooms so don’t get it on the blooms.
What do you do with your dried lemon balm? Tea? Love your videos! Thanks!
If the county you live sprays weed along the road, you should call and ask them not to spray. But the garden looks great
are your cats spraying urine ?,just wondering if that might be the cause, of the damage...your garden is lovely xx
Do you fertilize every three weeks or something? You should just to have them give him my boost.
Apply lime and gypsum to your soil way more than you think is enough,,,if you plan to have
Melons , cucumbers, any squash , or tomatoes,,,until you do this you will be defeated.
What is the meaning of RUclips channel name
Calico Cow?
It's in honor of there calico cats and one had white and black patches like a cow
Whenever you're out in your Garden, ALWAYS be totally barefoot because our soles love and deserve that freedom. They love to feel various textures of soil between their toes. Apart from n it's very healthy to be barefoot outside.
Take for example two plants, one grown inside a pot and tge other grown in Nature. However much you water and use fertilizer, it never looks as healthy as the latter. This is simply because the roots have a limited space to stread and the Nurishment too is the same.
The soles of our feet are like the roots of a tree.When you're not barefoot that natural process is obstructed. Our soles are designs to absorb things which are essential to lead a healthy lifestyle. However, use of footwear deprives this process. Apart from that there are a large number of Sensors / Nerve endings on the soles of our feet, which connects from head to toe. When we walk on Sand, Gravel and Tiny Stones /Pebbles,our entire body gets stimulated through these sensors. Once again Footwear deprives this natural process.
So, go barefoot always for good health and happy feet and soles
@@superH3108 love this, and I do when im able to be very careful and keep an eye on where I’m standing, but we have very aggressive fire ants everywhere, as well as a lot of thorny weeds. Over time as we remedy our soil & build up a good ecosystem here I’m sure I’ll be able to do this more.