Recovering from a June frost (Mid-Summer Garden Update 2020)
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2020
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In our previous video, I mentioned that earlier this spring we lost over half of them to an unexpected June frost. But after a few weeks, many of them looked as though they might actually make it. So we decided to leave them be, and see how they’d turn out.
Well, now a few more weeks later, we thought it might be fun to give you another really quick update, because things are finally starting to look like a garden again. So in this video, let’s take a quick look at the plants that were fighting for their lives a few weeks ago, and see where they’re at today.
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After a little research I discovered that onions and garlic do in fact help repel rodents. There seem to be many other plants that do it too, like peppermint, marigold and lavender. You can crush any of these things and steep them in water to get a natural spray repellent too. Interesting stuff! Im glad you mentioned it as I planned on starting a permaculture garden this year in the fall.
I also have this rat issue. I have beans and around them is peppermint plant who grows where he wants. But rat eate 3 bean plant roots. So peppermint don't work. But I think onions does as around onion there is no trails from rats.
3 weeks ago: everything is ruined
Now: everything is fine 🙂
You missed the chance to say “the cold never bothered them anyway”🤣. Great video by the way!
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A quick tip about putting up fencing that we got when we put up our fencing around our garden, was to hang it up on the posts. Attach hooks on the posts at the level where the top of the fencing will be, then hang it on the hooks as you unroll the fencing.... super easy and perfect every time. We also added supports on the corners, tying the tops of the posts together as well as angles from top to bottoms.
So happy to see that all your hard work wasn't in vain! What a great comeback story for your garden! ❤️
don't despair... In my experience, brassica flowers (especially immature ones) taste absolutely delicious. Kinda like broccoli, but stronger and sometimes spicy. They're a good addition to salads, soups and as garnish for almost everything
Have missed your videos! You are so down to earth and articulate without being condescending. You are very relatable.
You guys were very much a part of our lives (hubby and me)
We were inspired to begin our garden so we set off early this weekend to pick up a rented tractor (same model as the one you rented)
And set out to digging and building our first hugle bed !
Yes it was a long learning curve with the digger and the sod was so hard we had to ram it with the blade to scrape it up😐
But 3 days later we are finished and excited to begin the adventure planting- planning - and enjoying a new garden
Thanks for being so brave and leading the way😊😊
Western Ohio
Gail Taylor, congrats on getting your first garden started. We all have to start someplace and this year is probably the best time to start. Good luck and happy gardening!
Thanks ! Informative, concise and pleasant!
If there is one consistently common in RUclips gardeners are that they are so hurriedly non stop talking. And many of them like 30% to 80% talking stray away from main topic.
I become impatient for the non essential talk to drag the video. I click stop watching.
But this site has nothing to throw away with nonstop talking..... and very pleasant and honest about each undertook you have gone through.
And your smile is genuine too!!! I just found you and looking forward all other clips.
nice to hear that the hustle and Brussel of the countryside is working out!
Glad you guys are bouncing back! Anything outside of the hand should never dwell too long in the mind. “Next year, better!” I’m going to fence my garden next year with a wire fence roof, the squirrels, woodchucks, rabbits, and birds have had more than their fill this year.
Thank you for the update, I look forward to more.
For my garden I discovered, onions are not good companion plants for potatoes. Maybe I planted mine in too close of a proximity. My potatoes did really well and I harvested about 50lbs (raised bed). However, my onions were not making bulbs. After I pulled the potatoes up the onion did start to bulb, but at harvest they are a pretty small. I also planted a buttercup squash. Just one because buttercups are so prolific that one would usually make enough for our family. However, this year we got infested with a squash bore and it devastated my plant. A few small squash were taken off the vines but I don't think they are ready to eat and I'm not sure they'll get that way now that they've been harvested. Luckily in that same bed, after I cleaned it out, I planted a fall garden of broccoli, bush beans, carrots, beets, spinach, and bunching onions. They are all doing fairly well so fingers crossed and many prayer for you and all the gardeners and farmers of the world right now.
You are one of the RUclipsrs that inspired me to start my own channel on sustainability! We live on a single acre with plenty of zoning ordinances restricting the type of lifestyle we can live. However, we are doing everything we can to live a lifestyle of self-sufficiency and documenting our journey here on RUclips. We currently have gardens, orchards, a vineyard, chickens, honeybees and hope to one day install a solar system to go off grid. I love your channel, keep up the inspirational work!
Earlier this year we spotted a pumpkin sprout coming up in the middle of the backyard. It was from when we smashed some pumpkins last year after halloween. We decided to let it just grow. I couldn't contain myself and had to put a little straw around it and keep the grass around it clipped with some shears. I started watering occasionally too. It was growing nicely. Started acting like a proper vine. I was happy. I love volunteers. Texas summer rolled around though. Started getting hot. I worried about it. it was the first time I ever grew a pumpkin plant and I wasn't even trying to. soon the leaves started wilting real bad. I would water it some daily to stop this and it just got worse. Soon watering didn't even make it bounce back. I thought I watered TOO much and hurt it. However my sister's zucchinis and yellow squashes were dying too. That's when I learned about the squash vine borer. Apparently southerners like us have a really hard time with those. Unlike squash bugs they can decimate within days. That is what had happened. However I managed to save the vine. I cut a piece that wasn't yet dead off of it and buried it elsewhere, using the natural properties of vine propagation to see if it would fix it. It did. It bounced back and resumed growing. Got a little longer. But then it started to die off slowly. I accidentally whacked the tip off. I think it just had way too much stress. Poor thing. I tried my best though. I have a few more small pumpkin vines I planted super late. Maybe we'll have jack o lanterns.... by Christsmas LOL. I wish I had some land like y'all's.
Well done. I appreciate the voice over describing what was happening. Good job.
SE New Brunswick...weather wise this has been a hotter year with more bolting than I have experienced other years.
Some of the most educational and entertaining videos on RUclips. Keep it up 👍
Thank you once again for sharing yet another amazing video, keep it them coming and will be back for more.
I really enjoy your videos. Love the graphics and charts etc. You put a lot of thought into it and it shows. Thank you. I just started my vegetable garden this year using the no-dig method. I have been plagued by wireworms (I feel like I should whisper their name in case anybody else gets them from reading this) because we covered grass with cardboard and compost and apparently there are lots of them under grass. Lost a lot of lettuces to them before trying beneficial nematodes (didn't work) and finally using half potatoes on sticks buried an inch in the ground which is working. But I still have a lot of wireworms in my potato beds and seeing signs of them in my beautiful and tasty first early potatoes can be disheartening so I can imagine how you are feeling seeing your lovely potatoes munched to extinction. The fence will definitely help a bit but maybe it's time to get a cat! They really keep the rodents at bay. A dog would help too. I am so glad your plants have survived the frost and it's an interesting thing to see how they came back better than the shop bought ones. Congratulations!
We're up in Alaska and got hit by he frost too - initially, we thought we lost a lot. Given time, they bounced back and look just as good as the non-frosted! So glad for your good Fortune!
Looking great guys! I started onions and potatoes at the beginning of May and for the past few weeks now we’ve been enjoying the “new” spuds and younger onions, I’ve left the onions in the ground and to my surprise they are becoming bigger than I thought they would AND are really juicy strangely enough! Trust me I’m NOT complaining😆 since it was an experiment with the bulb onions. Everything else is taking its sweet time to ripen like our tomatoes but when they do come I will be run off my feet as they grew like I’ve never seen before!! I plant them approximately every 4-5 feet apart to allow for them to expand and to have walking space around them well let me just say that there’s absolutely no room whatsoever and they are intertwined even hung up!! Like I said I’m not complaining at all as there’s gonna be a bountiful crop this year but I cannot figure out how it happened as I didn’t do anything really different than any other year🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ oh well I’m a happy camper that’s for sure!! Looking forward to seeing your beautiful garden soon again!! Be well you two and take care! Cindy ♥️🇨🇦
I appreciate how you share your observations - failures and successes. It's so helpful! 🌸👍
So glad to see that everything is back to normal!
I'm glad things are looking up again.
Love your channel and I am so happy that things are turning out well after the setbacks earlier this year. It has been such a tough year for Ontario gardeners. But you are absolutely right. Each setback is a humbling learning experience from mother nature! Look forward to more videos.
This really delights me. I love seeing success come to you both after all your hard work.
I've always loved your garden videos, I even went back to the beginning and watched several of your camper van videos.
Like I said, I love your videos. I've learned so much from y'all. Even though I live in Texas there are a lot of methods I can totally apply in my own garden once the hubby and I finally get our own land.
PLEASE KEEP SHARING!!!! Y'all bring so much joy when we watch.
Great to see another video :) always brightens my day!! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
So happy to see a posting pop up. Garden looks great.
Just finding post not seen before. Time to catch up.
I haven't gardened since I was a child and may never again, but I really appreciate your videos. They remind me of my childhood, but also are so tranquil while also informative. Thank you for making the content you do!
loving the progress on the fence
Thanks for the update love your garden progress
Love your channel and get so excited every time you post! Wish you had an opportunity to post more often!
Well my dears, the bugs were absolutely deadly to my crops. What the bugs didn't get, the diseases did. Lost the Tomatoes and Potatoes. Carrots, Beets and most of the Herbs also succumbed. The bugs even ate the Marigolds that I planted to keep them away. I am glad your garden managed to come back. There's always next year.......and a lot of insecticide.
You might want to check out Living Web farms youtube channel. Between the entomologist talks from Dr. McBug, and the talks given by Dan Kittredge, I learned a lot how to control pests with native insect predators, healthy soils, and having flowers everywhere. I dont even pick off tomato horn worms. I just plop them over onto the trellis so parasitic wasps can find them and lay their eggs on them. They hatch quickly, suck that Caterpillar dry, and then go hunt for the next one.
Oh that is so encouraging!
Your videos are awesome!! I love how you guys use video, photos and animation/drawings to teach us through your experiences!
Thanks for the garden update! Your videos are alway full of creativity and knowledge! Thank you for your time and talent!
Nature always finds a way! Great update video.
Love you guys! Good vibes your way 💕
It's really encouraging to watch this video. I'm in the North UK. My growing season has been very poor this year. I think it's because our night time temps are regularly the same as our average Winter temps. All the good growing happens in the dark. But not when it's so cold on most nights. I heard there were a few incidents of frost here a couple of days ago. I went out for a walk with the dogs this morning around 2.30am. It was so cold. I shivered all the time I was out. Quick shocked me. So it's really nice to hear a success story and your garden looks wonderful. Soon be time to enjoy all that wonderful produce you have grown. Thanks for sharing. Much love to you.
Yay! I love comeback stories!
Great content - I will stay tuned for more!
Very interesting video. If we think about it, nature has adapted plants to survive the odd frost by keeping the roots safe underground. Your video gives us evidence that plants are very resilient. The longer you are on your property you may start to notice cycles of insects, weeds, animals, etc. From reading the comments it seems like mice and voles are on an upswing. Perhaps they cycle like cicadas do, but we have forgotten about it. We are all learning so much from your experiences and your videos. Blessings.
Good update guys.
As always, thanks for your video! Yours are the videos that I actually go looking for sometimes. Garlic is pretty good at keeping away critters and pests, so I wouldn't plant them in beds but use them as a control method.
It looks amazing! Thanks for the video.
It’s been a strange gardening season right across the country... we had a long wet spring here in NS and then got blasted with heat. But things are starting to do well... tomatoes are late but cucumbers are producing along with string beans and peas... carrots are well behind and potatoes aren’t doing great. 🤷♀️ that’s what Gardening is all about I suppose.
I'm sorry the voles found your potatoes. The garden looks beautiful!
Very good! My husband is also doing his own garden at the backyard.
I really love your videos, you are my favourite youtubers! :)
Some of my squash plants were almost completely eaten by slugs, but they came back and are bigger and stronger than many of the untouched :D
Never give up on your plants
Not sure how close to you in Ontario I am, but my spuds have suffered a similar fate of predation. While I've managed to get my hands on some summer potatoes it seems by the tunnels I find under at least half of the plants I'm outmatched by both timing and thoroughness. Still growing along, but by far the least bushy and saddest looking potatoes I've ever grown.
For both of our sakes I hope August and fall brings better times for them, Cheers!
Potato rodents use mole tunnels to reach the tubers. I had the same issue last spring with my early potatoes. Unfortunately it is very difficult to get rid of moles. Next year I will try to grow potatoes in raised beds, setting a wire net below the tubers.
This may be the first video I’ve ever seen without a thumbs down!
I have had the same problem with rodents in my Ruth stout garden. Between the birds and the rodents my garden was wiped out except for the garlic. So after some research, I found out that rodents get sick if when you plant, you spray the seeds with a diluted solution of castor oil. Castor oil is fairly cheap and you only use a little. So this Spring I am trying that out. I also understand that the rodents are really attracted to grubs in the soil. Apparently you can buy Nematode powder to get rid of the grubs and therefore get rid of what is attracting the rodents. But for now I will be trying Castor oil only as I have been working to build up the soil and lots of grubs are telling me that it is working...I think.
That's great! Not only frost didn't bother them (except the peppers) but you'll also have a TON of brassicas seeds for next year!!!! So, how about a tiny direct saw experiment for next year? And whenohwhen are you guys gonna start on those fruit trees??? :)
Boop!
It's great to watch these at 2x the Normal speed... lol
I think the onions are a good barrier plant for a lot of creatures. Mint too...
I've had good experience with black currants, garlic, and aromatic perennials keeping voles away from girdling apple and chestnut trees. Might work the same way with the deep mulch potatoes.
Merci pour cet update.
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Pocket sized . And he shows mice oh thats funny. I had a gopher tearing up my yard. And i let cats hang out in there so as i was leaving for work one afternoon one of my favorite cats proudly displayed his handy work for me. He got rid of the gopher. And since then my yard and garden has been doing well . Just now if i can keep him out of my plants
hi folks i used the straw mulch (added 6 inches loose every 1.5 years ) for 15 years with zero problems as long as i pulled it away from the plants in extremely wet times)...after the 15 plus years i started to see small (1 inch) slugs and the problem increased for the next 3...i think it would have been ok if i kept up with the straw but i am stitching ro wood mulch to give it a try...here in central canada it is very dry lately and i really miss the straw,i am spending an extra day and a half a week hauling water and weeding...thanks for the update...bless Yah...doug
We live in WV and are seeing tunnels and paths where something was tunneling under the snow. My husband says they are moles. I was curious as to whether or not they would eat our plants when it comes time to plant. But I’m told they like earthworms and their appearance signifies that you have healthy soil.
Comment: The onion/garlic proximity may be a factor in my experience, but so is rotation. Best to you with the delicious staple!
Question: Do you fertilize? We are in a very different climate, but I'm a bit embarrassed to ask my local gardening friends, as they seem to succeed every year and I have mild success with tons of failure... I love your clear and honest reviews of both successes and failures!
Inspirational
It's awesome how resilient plants can be! Good luck with discovering your rodent solution (if it's rodents - I'm no expert)
Everything looks green and healthy are still using the same manure pile left behind by the farmer? The hay mulch is working very well for you.
Early in video: Our zucchini is doing great!
Later in video: close-up of a squash bug crawling on a flower.
Me: triggered.
:-)
LOL! As long as he stays on the wildflowers and away from the garden, he's ok by me. ;)
That said, I really hope that clip doesn't end up as foreshadowing for the next video... lol
Nice update. The fence.....at last! Could this be an end to the single most frustrating thing on RUclips?
LOL! Single most frustrating thing!? Well, in that case, we'd better get this thing done ASAP! :)
I doubt you'll see this but I've been watching you for years, one of my recommendations is inoculating your mulch (straw,hay,woodchip) to break it down faster and also get a byproduct of tasty fungi
Thanks for the suggestion! Have you done this before? And if so, do you have any tips to share?
@@BackToReality no I don't because I only use sea weed as a mulch but I do get a lot of mushrooms popping up naturally around the garden
@@darcybrowne5421 We get a lot of natural mushrooms as well. I'd like to eventually become more purposeful about it though. Something to look into over the winter! :)
I LEANED SOMETHING ABOUT THE 3 SISTERS METHOD!! Do not grow large squash with the corn! I planted a pumpkin seed and its grown up and is pulling down my corn!! AH!!!
sunflowers work great for beans
Please do another potato harvest when they’re ready!!
Glad your plants are going back!! That's too bad about potatoes and mice/voles. We had a problem with those in the past-not fun!! I'm not sure from the video, but I wondered if the new fence was also around the potato patch...if so, I wonder if it could be keeping out natural predators for the rodents like foxes or something...although since there's also more in the woods that might not be it.
Oh, interesting point! Unfortunately, the potatoes are still outside the fence, but that would have been a really good possibility otherwise.
I just harvested my first crop of 'Marabel' potatoes out of my Ruth Stoud bed here in Germany, thank you so much for the inspiration! Btw the flowers and stalks of brassicas can be eaten and make a great stir-fry. Then you'll have a little harvest out of them at least. I enjoy crop fail stories as much as the successes, I'll watch out for signs if tunneling on my garden paths from now on!
My friends created a delicious load of brocolli scones with their brocolli that went to flower!
I didn't know you could do that, thank you for sharing I'll remember this and try it myself when my broccoli go to flower.
Planting mint can help with pests but if you don’t want them to become much like a weed plant them with in pots
It tried planting peas and sugarsnap but timing was not good either. I had to put support for the peas cause the corn was not growing fast enough. I planted the peas one week after the corn, I will try another timing next year but I also don't want to end up planting the peas too late and miss their ideal growth timing.
Interesting that you had an issue with mice or moles. I'm in Ontario also and having a big problem for the first time in 7 years. Even bugs are worse this year.
This is the worst year I have ever seen for voles and mice (Ontario as well).
Voles, mice, and rats are a big problems this year. I have six cats (Indoor/outdoor) and we still can not seem to get the population in our barn and ground down. I think they go in a 10 year cycle and that is why they're are many this year. However, foxes and other animals that eat them will now be on the upswing because now they have plenty of food, at least for awhile.
Love your videos man, I have a question, do ants destroy plants slowly?, cause I've grown two peas a long time ago, and for some reason the leafs are yellow form the bottom and slowly making other yellow, (and they fall) is it natural or ats are the problem?
If you see ants on the plants, look closer to see if you have aphids. What you describe sounds like aphid damage and ants farm aphids like micro cattle, so if there are ants, they may be moving aphids in and around your plants.
very cool 😁✌🖖👌👍😎
Hey guys, I plan on doing the three sisters on an undug two year old Ruth Stout bed next year. Would the corn be ok? I'm not sure if the roots will be able to break through clay soil
did you prune bottom leaves from Brussels sprouts? helps the bulbs grow
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I was wondering if you ever harvest the Wild Carrot (aka Queen Annes Lace, white umbrell flowers) that appears to be taking over your field?
How do you find hay or straw for mulch that is chemical free. Here in Texas most fields are sprayed w pesticides to kill the weeds. I would like to do Ruth stout method but worried about what I am planting in. Thanks
We are having the year of the grasshopper invasion. The chickens eat as many as they can every day but they haven't even eaten a small fraction of them and as soon as they eat a bunch more hop over the fence from the surrounding fields. They have stripped off every scrap of leaf from most plants but some they don't bother. Not surprisingly, they don't seem to like the aromatic herbs like sage and lavender, but they also don't seem to eat squash and raspberry leaves. Just wondering if you have ever had to deal with grasshoppers? Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Hi I was looking at planting some potatoes in the late fall so they can grow come spring, I live in zone 4, have any clue how deep they should be so they dont freeze? Coldest it gets is minus 30
Ok...curious, pruning tomatoes....?
Do you plan to start gathering your own seeds?
your garlic is ready to harvest by looks of it. pull a couple up to check. dont wait for whole foliage to brown.
some of your crops are showing nitrogen deficiency. but dont play the game of adding individual elements when already deficient. apply complete balanced fertilizer regularly. forget pseudo-fertilizers that contain mostly water.
in fact, if you actually care about success; rather than repeated failures and excuses for them; you will save yourself lots of money/time/effort and have more success by just following regular farming/growing practices.
if you want lots of expensive failures, follow the unproven but regularly repeated lies from organic proponents, who dont have your interests in mind.
other than that, doing well.
use a heat mat for undercover early seed planting.
Did you plant your bean and corn seeds in the same hole? Or just very close to each other?
The a few inches apart. :)
any idea why the spinach didn't grow?
Its been 2 months? Wgen r u going to share more videos new videos... love them.... and now harvedt...
I'm just putting the final touches on the next video. I hope to have it posted within the next couple days.
Thanks for checking in, and sorry for the wait!
@@BackToReality so eagerly waiting for it... i check everyday... plz make more videos regularly.
The new video is now live, by the way :)
對我這個外國人而言，這真是個「英文聽力」大考驗。
How much is big your garden in m2?
For what it's worth, New Hampshire has been overrun with chipmunks this year.
My potato and tomato plants got infected with mild.
It would help if you told people where this is so we know the planting zone. Thank you.
In this video, we cover our location, hardiness zone, annual rainfall, and all other location-specific information we could think of. I hope this helps! :)
ruclips.net/video/BrAJbE0ZTA8/видео.html
@@BackToReality Thank you. Good to know.
Hey, Could you please reply how to add those animations in videos ?
Certainly! :)
I use Adobe Illustrator to create the artwork, Adobe After Effects to animate it, and then Final Cut Pro X to edit it all together. Unfortunately, this software is fairly pricey and there is a bit of a learning curve. But there are MANY really good tutorials online. There are also likely cheaper (or free) options available as well. I hope that helps!
I noticed lots of ants. You can't possibly be eating all this. Do you can or sell the excess?
How is your leg doing after your New Years Eve slip and fall on ice?
It's mostly back to normal now, thank goodness. Still a bit stiff in the mornings, and more-easily twisted than the other one. But otherwise, I typically no longer notice the difference. Thank so much for asking! :)
This doesn't mean much to me unless I know the planting zone.