When you are touring your garden, carry a bucket with vinegar and soap. Pick out those bug, slugs, and worms, etc. and toss them in the bucket as you go!
"Keep looking around for what you already have to create the garden you love" Taqueshia, you are such a role model for love and creativity!! I look forward to every video from you!!
Thank you. I so want to garden. I do little but nothing big after my last year failure in container gardening. I’m learning and want to grow something😏
I love that you haven't given up!!!! That is just so encouraging to read! What have you done differently this time around? Planted less? Different varieties?
Sis, Love your positivity, you take your successes as well as failures as an opportunity to learn from the experience. Your creativity makes your garden unique and charming. Always enjoy your vids, always so fun and uplifting. Many thanks for sharing.
I have 8 raised beds 8x4x2.5. I filled the bottom with thick layer of cardboard picked up and recycled for free. Next lots of wood and limbs that break down. I would have prefered large dead wood to act as a sponge for my water to hold into place. I covered that with leaves I collected everywhere I found. I used peat moss and potting soil for the top. Hope this gives you ideas for your raised garden beds. Also I bought 2 rabbits so I could have natural fertiliizer for my garden. The pellets do not burn the plants. I collect rain water for my garden and have a bucket that I added the spent straw and poo with rain water and allowed that to ferment covered for a short time. Love how you have quickly learned so much and shared your experience. I got excited about using the metel filing cabinets so I am on the hunt for cheap to free ones. This is my 3rd season of growing in my raised beds. It's addictive and encouraging to do so much that is cheap great tasting food. Many Blessings continue to share your beautiful garden.
Put a couple of 4 ft bamboo stakes next to the tomato plant in the green stalk, tie the plant to them and see how it goes. I’ve seen people do that with Tom plants in the greenstalk
I so love your spirit and smile!! I am so happy that I found you!! You are so creative!! I can't wait to see how beautiful your place will be this summer!!
I am a new subscriber and I am loving your frugal ideas! The file cabinet planters are brilliant! I would never have thought of that on my own, but now I will do it the next time someone is giving away old cabinets!!!
Hi!! WELCOME! Im so glad you have joined us! I love your name! And thank you!!! I actually didn't think of it either! I saw it a couple of years ago online with no "how to" so I figured that part out (which wasn't difficult) ... Its a really great idea!
What a tease making us wait for part two! that white bug with the plates across it's back may actually be a friend. I didn't get a great look, but it might be a baby lightning bug, which eats pest bugs. As a long term assist with all the munching caterpillars and slugs, you might consider making and hanging up some different birdhouses around the property. Busy bird parents would really appreciate a convenient hunting ground (your garden) to bring food (pest buggies) to their babies. For labeling the garden, I've liked when folks use cardinal directions. The North Garden, the West Garden, etc. My personal setup though is "front beds, deck, and main garden"
Ooo such a great idea!!!! That really may be the easiest way to label the garden! Thank you so much for offering those suggestions!!!! AND for pest assistance!!! ❤️ You are the best!
Good morning 😊. Everything looks lovely can't wait for part 2. This year I tried planting sweet alyssum as a living mulch with my peppers and tomatoes along with basil and so far it's helping with the pest pressure. Alyssum draws beneficial predators. I feel you on the mosquito prevention lol. Happy gardening.
Your joy is infectious!! Those white bugs could be mealy bugs. I get them on my tomatoes. They’ll suck the moisture out of the plants and ants will often come and “farm” them. The mealybug secretes a sweet sticky liquid the ants love. They then protect and move around the mealybugs. Squish them if you see them and I’ve read a liquid dish soap mixture can be sprayed on as well.
Your garden is awesome! You guys have done an amazing job! Diatomaceous earth should take care of your pesky pest. Or even some water with a little dish soap. Test first of course. Happy growing!
Love your garden! ❤ Spray BT to get rid of those nasty caterpillars that are eating up your veggies. And Sluggo Plus works wonders on slug, snail, and pillbug issues.
Hi Taqueshia! New subscriber here. I love listening to you. In these horrible times, a soothing love filled voice calms us down. Be careful using diatomaceous earth on flowering plants, since that can kill the bees pollinating them. I would just use it on the soil surface for the slugs.
@@ourfreedomsong It is when the plants are in flower that diatomaceous earth can harm them. Sorry I forgot to add that. Also, I truly love watching your excellent videos. Keep up the great work. May God protect you and your loved ones.
To prevent the slugs from getting to your plants make sure u mulch around them or put rocks around or aluminum foil around the bottom of the plants they dont like crawling over mulch or anything like that
You are such a bright light let me start of by saying that❤. Secondly is your mint in a pot, in the dirt? If not it will completely consume that planter choking out the other plants. 100% invasive. You can pull it up, pot it, then replant in the same hole.
Really!!!! Im hoping to over winter it as well but rooting a sucker would assure I had more next season if it didn't end up making it ! I need to look up what a sucker looks like!
@Our Freedom Song its going well. It looks as if the nibbles on my plants are subsiding. I'm here in Southern California, and it's been pretty gloomy this past week with some rain. I've sprayed again just a little today. How do you prepare your soapy water? I saw your part 2 today. Can I use a spray bottle of soap water? Love how your garden is coming along. I can feel your excitement, and I, too, love watching the gardens grow. 💗
@Our Freedom Song I'm seeing what I think is White Flys in my garden. They look a little fuzzy flying around. I sprayed more neem oil this morning and sprayed underneath my plants. Now, these little things are more noticeable.
@@ourfreedomsong No problem! I'm seriously allergic and had no clue what it looked like for several years. The oils can live on fences or surfaces for months or longer and don't wash away with water. If you wind up with it on tools or surfaces, spritz with rubbing alcohol and wipe it down with a disposable cloth or paper towel. Taking vitamin C can help keep you from breaking out if you know you are likely to be exposed to poison ivy, oak, sumac and of course wash as soon as possible. Dead Weed Brew does knock it back on a sunny day so you just need to pull it out.
I'm in 5A or 6B and it took several years to get a rosemary going. Just lost it due to a dog peeing on it all winter, but what finally worked was planting it so that it had a concrete patio and sidewalk on 2 sides. It doesn't keep the cold away completely, but it slows down the temp changes so it doesn't shock as much.
Whereabouts in the US are you? How have the file cabinet voxes done overwinter? Or do you really not have much winter? Im in northern Indiana so we get down to -30F in winter at least once or twice most winters.
Hey!!! We are in SC and we don't typically have very harsh winters .... Definitely not in the negatives! With that being said the file cabinet has held up really great!
Hey!!! Ole farmers almanac is such a great resource to know what to plant and when! You put in your zip code and it tells you exactly what you need to know! Also, google what your planting zone is, we are in zone 8b ... I hope the best for your garden!
Corrys slug and snail killer is amazing we have had them so bad this year worse than ever before i live in western nc they almost decimated our flowers and veggies.
@Our Freedom Song it is and also I've used garden safe snail and slug its also natural but corrys is still the best, and my garden is now recovering lol
When you are touring your garden, carry a bucket with vinegar and soap. Pick out those bug, slugs, and worms, etc. and toss them in the bucket as you go!
Great idea!!! ❤️
"Keep looking around for what you already have to create the garden you love" Taqueshia, you are such a role model for love and creativity!! I look forward to every video from you!!
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 You are such a blessing to me Annie ❤️
Never heard of a garden porch. Love it❤
Me either ❤️.... Im so happy you enjoyed the view with me ❤️
Lemon balm also😊 it will grow huge and leafy and spread OUT
Everything is so beautiful thanks for sharing 💕👍💯🙏
Thank you ❤️
Thank you. I so want to garden. I do little but nothing big after my last year failure in container gardening. I’m learning and want to grow something😏
I love that you haven't given up!!!! That is just so encouraging to read! What have you done differently this time around? Planted less? Different varieties?
Hey gurrrrl, Call it the "WINDOW" garden.😊
Ohhh I like that!
Yesssss
Your kingdom is beautiful💚💚👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
Love all the vibes from your channel congratulations on everything you’ve accomplished ❤
Thank you so much! I appreciate you being here ❤️
I just adore your family. Work together and accomplish big goals!
Thank you so much ❤️
Your happiness about being a sham and wife is absolutely infectious 💜 Beautiful garden and new subb!! 💜 happy growing 💜
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sis, Love your positivity, you take your successes as well as failures as an opportunity to learn from the experience. Your creativity makes your garden unique and charming. Always enjoy your vids, always so fun and uplifting. Many thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Its so encouraging ❤️
I have 8 raised beds 8x4x2.5. I filled the bottom with thick layer of cardboard picked up and recycled for free. Next lots of wood and limbs that break down. I would have prefered large dead wood to act as a sponge for my water to hold into place. I covered that with leaves I collected everywhere I found. I used peat moss and potting soil for the top. Hope this gives you ideas for your raised garden beds. Also I bought 2 rabbits so I could have natural fertiliizer for my garden. The pellets do not burn the plants. I collect rain water for my garden and have a bucket that I added the spent straw and poo with rain water and allowed that to ferment covered for a short time. Love how you have quickly learned so much and shared your experience. I got excited about using the metel filing cabinets so I am on the hunt for cheap to free ones. This is my 3rd season of growing in my raised beds. It's addictive and encouraging to do so much that is cheap great tasting food. Many Blessings continue to share your beautiful garden.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! I agree with you that it's so addicting! The reward of seeing your food grow is something I never knew I needed ❤️
Front Garden & Greenhouse garden 😊
Oh those are nice!
Put a couple of 4 ft bamboo stakes next to the tomato plant in the green stalk, tie the plant to them and see how it goes. I’ve seen people do that with Tom plants in the greenstalk
That's a great idea!!! I will try that!
I so love your spirit and smile!! I am so happy that I found you!! You are so creative!! I can't wait to see how beautiful your place will be this summer!!
🥰🥰🥰🥰 You are so kind! Im so glad you have joined us ❤️
I am a new subscriber and I am loving your frugal ideas! The file cabinet planters are brilliant! I would never have thought of that on my own, but now I will do it the next time someone is giving away old cabinets!!!
Hi!! WELCOME! Im so glad you have joined us! I love your name! And thank you!!! I actually didn't think of it either! I saw it a couple of years ago online with no "how to" so I figured that part out (which wasn't difficult) ... Its a really great idea!
Radish pods are awesome. Like a peppery snow pea.
Yessss! It was slightly peppery!
Your garden looks beautiful ❤
Thank you so much ❤️
The garden looks great
Thank you ❤️
Beautiful garden
Thank you!!!!!! Its bringing us so much joy!
What a tease making us wait for part two!
that white bug with the plates across it's back may actually be a friend. I didn't get a great look, but it might be a baby lightning bug, which eats pest bugs.
As a long term assist with all the munching caterpillars and slugs, you might consider making and hanging up some different birdhouses around the property. Busy bird parents would really appreciate a convenient hunting ground (your garden) to bring food (pest buggies) to their babies.
For labeling the garden, I've liked when folks use cardinal directions. The North Garden, the West Garden, etc. My personal setup though is "front beds, deck, and main garden"
Ooo such a great idea!!!! That really may be the easiest way to label the garden! Thank you so much for offering those suggestions!!!! AND for pest assistance!!! ❤️ You are the best!
Hello everything looking so good.
Thank you!!! ❤️
Beautiful ❤
Thank you ❤️
Good morning 😊. Everything looks lovely can't wait for part 2. This year I tried planting sweet alyssum as a living mulch with my peppers and tomatoes along with basil and so far it's helping with the pest pressure. Alyssum draws beneficial predators. I feel you on the mosquito prevention lol. Happy gardening.
Hey beautiful! That's so good to know that it brings beneficial insects! I did actually plant it as well but it hasn't come up yet!
I love to see all of the lush and green veggies. You are a pro now.
🥰🥰🥰🥰 I've definitely grown over the last year and gardening is truly slightly addictive!
Everything is beautiful. Looking forward to Part 2. 💚
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Great tour! Your home is beautiful!Thanks for sharing!
🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much ❤️
So Beautiful!
I'm starting in July
YAY!! Im so happy for you!!!!!!
Your joy is infectious!!
Those white bugs could be mealy bugs. I get them on my tomatoes. They’ll suck the moisture out of the plants and ants will often come and “farm” them. The mealybug secretes a sweet sticky liquid the ants love. They then protect and move around the mealybugs. Squish them if you see them and I’ve read a liquid dish soap mixture can be sprayed on as well.
Oh wow! This is the first I've heard of mealy bugs! I believe you are right because ants are always close by!
And thank you 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Everything is looking beautiful ❤
Thank you ❤️
Everything looks beautiful!!!
Thank you so much 🥰
Your garden is awesome! You guys have done an amazing job! Diatomaceous earth should take care of your pesky pest. Or even some water with a little dish soap. Test first of course. Happy growing!
Thank you so much ❤️
Love your garden! ❤
Spray BT to get rid of those nasty caterpillars that are eating up your veggies. And Sluggo Plus works wonders on slug, snail, and pillbug issues.
Thank you so much ❤️
Your garden is so neat!!!!❤
Thank you!! 💕
Beautiful!!!! Enjoyed!
Thank you ❤️
Hi Taqueshia! New subscriber here. I love listening to you. In these horrible times, a soothing love filled voice calms us down. Be careful using diatomaceous earth on flowering plants, since that can kill the bees pollinating them. I would just use it on the soil surface for the slugs.
WELCOME!!!! I'm so glad you are here! Thank you for the bee warning! I definitely wanna keep them safe! ❤️
@@ourfreedomsong It is when the plants are in flower that diatomaceous earth can harm them. Sorry I forgot to add that. Also, I truly love watching your excellent videos. Keep up the great work. May God protect you and your loved ones.
Thank you ❤️
Beautiful 💜 Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for joining us! ❤️
I enjoyed your tour! You guys have done a LOT of work. I remember when you first got started. It's been a fun adventure. LOVE, LOVE your positivity!!
Awww you've been here for all this time. We appreciate you so much ❤️
Your garden is beautiful!
Thank you ❤️
You are beautiful and so inspiring! Love your channel name!
🥰🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much! You're so kind!
Your garden looks awesome. Pur a little dish with beer, it will attract the slugs.
Thank you! And thank you do rthe slug tip!!! ❤️
They get drunk and die. Lol
Enjoyed the video❤. Yeah, those onions were planted too deep.
Thank you!!! Lesson learned!
I am new to your channel and I love all of your ideas!🪴❤ I’m going to try the file cabinet planter👍🏻
Hi!!! WELCOME! Im so glad you have decided to join us ❤️!!! And so happy that the planter inspired you!!!!
The garden looks lovely. I’m obsessed with all the mint varieties I grow them all i recently found a banana mint plant also .
Banana mint!!! Oh my!!!! That sounds amazing! I wish you could send me a snippet! Did you grow from seed? I haven't even seen that!
@@ourfreedomsong I actually had never heard of banana mint. I found the transplant @ the orange store lol
@@ourfreedomsong I would totally send you a piece if I didn’t think the poor thing would die. I actually found it at HD
To prevent the slugs from getting to your plants make sure u mulch around them or put rocks around or aluminum foil around the bottom of the plants they dont like crawling over mulch or anything like that
Thank you so much for sharing! I didn't know about aluminum foil!
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You are such a bright light let me start of by saying that❤. Secondly is your mint in a pot, in the dirt? If not it will completely consume that planter choking out the other plants. 100% invasive. You can pull it up, pot it, then replant in the same hole.
Thank you ❤️
The mint is in a pot on the porch (brick)
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I almost over wintered my citronella last year. I was able to root a sucker. Just like a tomato sucker.
Really!!!! Im hoping to over winter it as well but rooting a sucker would assure I had more next season if it didn't end up making it !
I need to look up what a sucker looks like!
Did you keep the sucker inside for the entire winter in water?
Once the sucker made roots in water, I planted it in a small pot. I just wanted to see if it worked like a tomato sucker, and it did!
Your garden looks beautiful ❤. I'm getting bugs eating my veggies. I'm spraying neem oil.
Thank you!!! How is the Neem working?!
@Our Freedom Song its going well. It looks as if the nibbles on my plants are subsiding. I'm here in Southern California, and it's been pretty gloomy this past week with some rain. I've sprayed again just a little today. How do you prepare your soapy water? I saw your part 2 today. Can I use a spray bottle of soap water? Love how your garden is coming along. I can feel your excitement, and I, too, love watching the gardens grow. 💗
@@Inspiredbygrowth Last year when I tried soap I put way to much in.
This time I used just a drop or two in a large squirt bottle!
@Our Freedom Song I'm seeing what I think is White Flys in my garden. They look a little fuzzy flying around. I sprayed more neem oil this morning and sprayed underneath my plants. Now, these little things are more noticeable.
I've read horrible things about white flies 😫.... That's so good you are on top of it!
You have done Awesome great work 👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽With your onion and garlic did you fertilize them still u got something even better each year we grow.
You know what Sue, we didn't fertilize! Thank you for the encouragement!!! ❤️
At about 16:25 you have some vining 5 leafed type plant in among your carrots. You might want to google lens it, it looks like poison sumac.
I looked it up! And it does look like that! I'm going to take a closer look tomorrow! Thank you!!
@@ourfreedomsong No problem! I'm seriously allergic and had no clue what it looked like for several years. The oils can live on fences or surfaces for months or longer and don't wash away with water. If you wind up with it on tools or surfaces, spritz with rubbing alcohol and wipe it down with a disposable cloth or paper towel. Taking vitamin C can help keep you from breaking out if you know you are likely to be exposed to poison ivy, oak, sumac and of course wash as soon as possible. Dead Weed Brew does knock it back on a sunny day so you just need to pull it out.
I lost my rosemary in 7b it turned all brown from the winters low temperatures so i got a new one❤
I'm in 5A or 6B and it took several years to get a rosemary going. Just lost it due to a dog peeing on it all winter, but what finally worked was planting it so that it had a concrete patio and sidewalk on 2 sides. It doesn't keep the cold away completely, but it slows down the temp changes so it doesn't shock as much.
Looks like cerlantro.
It could be! Its so fragrant!
Use nematodes for your garden or diametous earth for your garden as a pesticide both methods are organic.
Thank you ❤️!!
At 16:11, what is the plant in the lower left corner? It looks like some type of ivy.
I need to go out there and see what that is!!! I actually meant to check! Thank you for that reminder!
Whereabouts in the US are you? How have the file cabinet voxes done overwinter? Or do you really not have much winter? Im in northern Indiana so we get down to -30F in winter at least once or twice most winters.
Hey!!! We are in SC and we don't typically have very harsh winters .... Definitely not in the negatives! With that being said the file cabinet has held up really great!
What grows in may , jun, July, I'm in Louisiana..and we have some plants my son grows but they are like flowers some peppers. Forget the names
Hey!!! Ole farmers almanac is such a great resource to know what to plant and when! You put in your zip code and it tells you exactly what you need to know! Also, google what your planting zone is, we are in zone 8b ... I hope the best for your garden!
@@ourfreedomsong 🙏 thanks..much appreciated 👍
What zone are you in?
Hey!! Zone 8b
@@ourfreedomsong Thank you. Love your beautiful garden, and your tall black planters - VERY NICE 😀
Corrys slug and snail killer is amazing we have had them so bad this year worse than ever before i live in western nc they almost decimated our flowers and veggies.
Im so glad you have found something that works!!! Where do you purchase that from? Is it considered "natural" ?
@Our Freedom Song it is and also I've used garden safe snail and slug its also natural but corrys is still the best, and my garden is now recovering lol
Sorry I forgot to say home depot, lowes and tractor supply carry it
Himalayan salt for slugs
Thank you!!!! Imma try this!
If the onion stems fell over they're ready to harvest.
Thank you ❤️