The 'Golden Rule' of Pest Control Will Change How You Garden

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2020
  • The golden rule of gardening is one that is adopted from many years of farming. This rule is based off of the rule of 10% and how your garden can be completely organic while co-existing with pests. Check out our new clothing line! http:www.freshpickedapparel.com

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  • @NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW
    @NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW 4 года назад +145

    Main takeaway from this video is that I need a bigger garden

    • @afurcall
      @afurcall 4 года назад +11

      That's my main takeaway from every video XD

    • @ra0333
      @ra0333 4 года назад +3

      Ahhh my other RUclips obsession!!! (And yes that’s my thought after watching these videos)

    • @tearl42
      @tearl42 4 года назад +5

      Every time I watch his videos I want a new garden bed.

    • @CarolinaOats
      @CarolinaOats 4 года назад +6

      Ugh yep...first time gardening...i have limited space so this bites lol

    • @MIgardener
      @MIgardener  4 года назад +7

      Your garden is a great start! Keep it up, love the show man.

  • @jimmymaley422
    @jimmymaley422 4 года назад +45

    This is a perfect allegory against perfectionism. The lessons here extend beyond gardening

  • @Dot2TrotsLowCarbLiving
    @Dot2TrotsLowCarbLiving 4 года назад +21

    I pulled a bunch of celery and what did I discover: rabbit fur covering 2 baby bunnies under another celery plant. I left them alone and 10 days later they were gone.

  • @lexica510
    @lexica510 4 года назад +154

    If we only have 10% loss, we should probably consider ourselves fortunate. There was an old English planting rhyme: "one for the mouse, one for the crow, one to rot, and one to grow" which implies a 75% failure rate for planting from seeds.

    • @Nexus-ub4hs
      @Nexus-ub4hs 4 года назад +12

      Bugger, I need a bigger veggie patch. Hopefully potatoes are ok. My first year going beyond growing only tomatoes. Big learning curve 😂

    • @jeas4980
      @jeas4980 4 года назад +7

      Right! One to store, and two to share, three for God's creatures and sing a prayer.

    • @ClaireNicole33
      @ClaireNicole33 4 года назад +10

      This is my first year gardening and EVERY critter that exists in my area has come to my garden lol!! From aphids to a water moccasin!! I'm in the swamps of New Orleans, guess it was to be expected...

    • @ProfileNameAlien3000
      @ProfileNameAlien3000 4 года назад +2

      ..... and for relationships! (For the best ha!) I’ve been wondering about his pest control. I’ve been watching his playlists for a couple of weeks during my treadmill time. Haven’t noticed him talking about pest control. Perfect timing because I’m having a few issues in my garden.

    • @j.l.thurman2725
      @j.l.thurman2725 4 года назад

      that is about what I am facing here

  • @clschultes
    @clschultes 4 года назад +33

    For what it’s worth, thank you for all of your videos. I actually took up gardening this year thanks to coming across one of your videos. You struck gardening fever in me 😂. So much still to learn from you but I’m enjoying it. Also here’s an old saying my mom told me: “One for the mouse, one for the crow. One to wither and one to grow”

  • @silverhorse98
    @silverhorse98 4 года назад +50

    I grow enough to share, but still, when I see a squirrel hauling off a whole 12 inch broccoli plant!

    • @NashvilleMonkey1000
      @NashvilleMonkey1000 4 года назад +2

      Give the squirrel a giant tortilla. It's cute when they try to walk over the top of the tortilla while holding it in their mouth.

    • @cuomogrp
      @cuomogrp 4 года назад

      LOL

    • @ronnaalthoff9175
      @ronnaalthoff9175 4 года назад

      Lynn Linkletter Imbeau 🤣

    • @helenphillips3971
      @helenphillips3971 4 года назад

      @@NashvilleMonkey1000 00RevJohnslon

    • @NashvilleMonkey1000
      @NashvilleMonkey1000 4 года назад

      @@helenphillips3971 I see your bluff and raise you a Beau Scheaa

  • @DillonGSmith
    @DillonGSmith 4 года назад +75

    "I'll still eat it, doesn't matter, I'm friends with birds." LOL

    • @michelew2191
      @michelew2191 4 года назад +2

      This comment made me watch the whole video, lol. I like that he's tackling the problem of perfectionism, it's so bad for everyone and everything.

    • @kimboylecaricatures6358
      @kimboylecaricatures6358 4 года назад +1

      😂😂...😳👏👏

    • @telluriananima
      @telluriananima 4 года назад +4

      Lmao he's awesome. I love his upbeat energy. One of the best channels.

  • @marylou903
    @marylou903 4 года назад +45

    Hi there Luke.
    Birds that eat your strawberries and tomatoes may just be need a drink. A great decoy is a bird bath with clean water or a bird waterer. Just an idea. Love your show. I am an old/ new gardener...back after raising a family and working. Thank you for all of your great tips. It's very helpful.

    • @thartwig26
      @thartwig26 4 года назад +4

      Mary Lou thank you for this! I live in a desert climate and the birds always eat the strawberries.

    • @madamsloth
      @madamsloth 2 года назад +1

      Thanks so much for this idea!

    • @adriankap2978
      @adriankap2978 6 месяцев назад +1

      My friend started painting small rocks red that she bought at the dollar tree. She puts them down next to the plants about a month before the strawberries are ripe. By the time she has berries the birds have given up trying to eat them and she has more than she knows what to do with.

  • @chlnaturester
    @chlnaturester 4 года назад +8

    Oh. My. Lord. This really did change the way I see my garden. Thank you for making this

  • @joshuacleberg1603
    @joshuacleberg1603 4 года назад +29

    The birds in our area must have gotten the equation wrong; they ate 90% of our plums yesterday. If they only saw your video first... 😂

  • @stellaluuk2713
    @stellaluuk2713 4 года назад +16

    Do you have a birdbath? It has been found you get a huge reduction in damage to grapes in vineyards when birds have easy access to water, that might be why they are going after the strawberries. That berry didn't look like the bird made a serious attempt to eat it.

    • @daleval2182
      @daleval2182 4 года назад +1

      Good idea

    • @Nikki-mx5my
      @Nikki-mx5my 4 года назад +1

      I don’t know how it has been in Michigan but here in upstate NY it has been very dry. I think it has only rained once the whole month of June so far. The birds (and other creatures) are probably looking for a water source.

  • @vallen22842
    @vallen22842 4 года назад +18

    While I completely agree with 10% or even a bit more... Deer will mow everything down once they find your garden!

  • @dianapollex3266
    @dianapollex3266 4 года назад +58

    "I'm friends with birds" I really did LOL

  • @mlang3066
    @mlang3066 4 года назад +35

    So, sounds like the rule is--grow enough to share with the pests! I don’t like that rule, but hey whatever works...☺️

    • @MoPoppins
      @MoPoppins 4 года назад +1

      m lang - Maybe if you set up a system where caring for the extra crops isn’t really much extra work, then it wouldn’t be so painful? Perhaps using gray water and free compost produced by you, with an irrigation system that’s automated or passive?

    • @mlang3066
      @mlang3066 4 года назад

      Well Mo Poppins, I have free horse compost and do use it, plenty of water is provided, There’s no way of knowing which crops are going to be infested, so knowing how much more of what crop to grow is a chore. We have two gardens, one grown on a huge deck all in containers and the other in the ground. The deck garden experiences far less pests than the ground garden, but it’s still amazing how many pests we really have to deal with every season. We try to avoid chemicals as much as possible,but sometimes you just have to decide who gets to win the crops, you or the pests. Ugh🤪

    • @Themurphyshow7
      @Themurphyshow7 4 года назад +5

      @@mlang3066 many times,pest populations will surge and then predators will swoop in to the rescue!
      With my garden a few years ago, I had a pet frog that I would carry outside with me, and feed him all the bugs I caught! He got super fat in no time, haha

    • @MoPoppins
      @MoPoppins 4 года назад +1

      m lang - Good that you try to keep it natural & chemical-free, since it’s probably tempting to take the easy way out. Hope you pick up some useful tips from gardeners who’ve been plagued with the same or similar situation as you.

    • @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane
      @SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 4 года назад +4

      @@Themurphyshow7 That's so cool! We had a huge wild toad that lived by/on our back porch for three summers. He (she?) used to eat all the spiders and other bugs that would try to get in the back door. I sure do miss him, he had quite the personality!
      One year, we had a robin nest in my she-shed and when I would find a grub while digging to plant something I would take it to her and she would eat it right up! She loved them! Lol!

  • @pamelacorsi
    @pamelacorsi 4 года назад +4

    I have a small four square (2-4X4 and 2-4X6) garden so my loss is more like 25% but I enjoy the process so much that I'm happy for what I do get to harvest. One of my strategies is to plant a few plants in different areas. I may have cucumbers growing up a trellis on the fence and some on the side of a bed, some basil around the tomatoes and some in a container, zucchini in a bed and a couple in with the perennials. Chances are I will get some of each. I always have enough food for my small family and some to give away and I consider that a success! Thanks for the reminder!

  • @ryanmolina4948
    @ryanmolina4948 4 года назад +10

    Love the new intro B roll Luke! I built chicken wire boxes to keep rodents from eating my leafy greens and young sprouts. Wasn’t very costly and helps keep them out of a specific area rather than keeping them out of everything.

  • @CNMcClure0723
    @CNMcClure0723 4 года назад +2

    I never regret getting lost in these videos for an hour or so. I learn so much!

  • @suzannehager7036
    @suzannehager7036 4 года назад +3

    Thanks for this video. Last year I invested in The dear fence. This year I’m dealing with chipmunks, moles and groundhogs! I was feeling so disheartened but this video really helped. I did lose some crops, but you are right... I still have a lot more garden growing strong!

  • @jeanmartin6410
    @jeanmartin6410 4 года назад +6

    Marigolds planted EVERY WHERE!! They really cut down on the bad bugs and seem to help with other critters.

  • @Kris-bj9yv
    @Kris-bj9yv 4 года назад +11

    This is genius and takes so much stress out of gardening. I garden for me and garden for the environment. 10% is what a religious person is advised to tithe (donate) from their income to a church. I am not religious but love the parallel here.

    • @Kris-bj9yv
      @Kris-bj9yv 4 года назад

      Donate 10% to the environment that keeps nature rolling along! 👍

    • @karenramnath9993
      @karenramnath9993 4 года назад +1

      What’s cool is that the ancient Israelites had a rule about “first fruits”. It’s in the Bible. I don’t know all the details, but it was something about the first fruit that a tree bore (I think we are talking about big fruit trees here) was not to be gathered.

  • @Cerridwyn1st
    @Cerridwyn1st 4 года назад +20

    My Southern peas had aphids. I let them be. Now I have a huge population of ladybugs. I even have ladybug nymphs. It’s so cool.

    • @earthisflat
      @earthisflat Год назад

      I just found an aphid in my garden yesterday looks like it's time to get the ladybugs and start the aphid massacre 😂

  • @kristimckessick1462
    @kristimckessick1462 Год назад +3

    We lost 80 percent of our massive garden to to grasshoppers and another 15 percent to deer… it was my first garden in this area and never struggle with a garden like I did here!!! I’m feeling so defeated and scared to try again this year.. 😢 It was massive and I even planted a large amount of sunflowers too!!! They got it all!!!

  • @mickeemickee3713
    @mickeemickee3713 4 года назад +2

    This is so amazing that today you loaded this video. I was just complaining to my husband earlier this week about the deer, rabbits, insect pests, and diseases that I have to compete against every year. It appears to be something different every year. That said, this makes a lot of sense. Where I lived before, I had to deal with the deer and groundhogs. The soil was excellent. This new location has bad soil, so we had to go with raised beds. Thanks so much for making this video.

  • @natashak8281
    @natashak8281 4 года назад

    It's really my first year planting a HUGE garden and this is exactly what I did! They're going really hard at the cauliflower but leaving the broccoli alone! Thanks Luke!! Always great info!!!

  • @IntegratedPestManagement
    @IntegratedPestManagement 2 года назад +1

    You're speaking our language! Can't wait to check out more of your videos on specific pests! We've got a lot of specific videos but you are right..there are so many different pests it could be overwhelming if not having a good plan or vision for your garden. Cheers!

  • @jsorensens2
    @jsorensens2 4 года назад +8

    My tiny garden (60 sqft) has some success right now because I have sacrificial plants in it (quite by accident!). The plants I really want are beautiful and the plants I can do without are deeeelicious to the pests. I learned this year that I will purposefully plant sacrificial plants so my favorites escape pests! Good topic today, Luke!

    • @Themurphyshow7
      @Themurphyshow7 4 года назад +4

      That's an awesome idea! Like for example, aphids love stinging nettles and may leave your food crops alone if they're occupied by the nettles. And ladybugs move in and gobble them up 😊

    • @yeevita
      @yeevita 4 года назад +3

      aphids love the wild mustard weeds, which means they mostly stay off my brassicas. ladybugs follow with nymphs everywhere. by summer, the weeds are done (desert here), i clip my brassicas. when they get new growth in fall it is beautiful. meanwhile, lettuce, amaranths, other greens stay pest free.

  • @judifarrington9461
    @judifarrington9461 4 года назад +1

    I found a lot of times birds and pests bite something because they are thirsty. Putting out water throughout my garden has really helped cut down on some of the fruit damage.

    • @melodyclark4347
      @melodyclark4347 4 года назад

      Well I'll be. Never thought of that, and will try it. Blessings.

  • @jennifermiltenburg7769
    @jennifermiltenburg7769 4 года назад +6

    I am a gardener (30X150) AND a cash crop/Dairy farmer. While I like Luke ( and this video) I can tell you WITH ASSURANCE that farmers will NOT tell you they are hoping for a 90% yield. We hope for 100%. True story

    • @SageandStoneHomestead
      @SageandStoneHomestead 4 года назад +5

      I think he is referring to organic gardening.

    • @insaned4666
      @insaned4666 4 года назад +3

      You’re HOPING for 100%, but when you’re planning/accounting before you plant, you must build in a loss % into that equation. That’s what I took out of that comment.

  • @RainyJo715
    @RainyJo715 4 года назад +2

    I live in zone 5 b, which has been scorching 🥵 hot this year. Literally, in May and June, with a consistent almost 100 degree average days and I can’t even remember the last rain we had. Usually we have 80 degree temps in June, with rain every few days, at least, so this has been a crazy year already. First I had plants suffering from late frost. Managed to save all but one. Replanted that. Then a big wind storm with sideline winds took out my cucumbers, which were about 8 inches tall, so I had to re-plant ALL of those, from seed, because by this time, all local greenhouses were sold out of cucumber plants. Then the horrendous heat and gross humidity, wreaked havoc on my tender young pepper plants. I plant many varieties, and none did better than another. I think some were just more mature plants, so I was able to so far, save half of those, and I’ve re-planted the other half. Now late Summer here, my peppers🌶 always endure high heat and humidity, but they’re very mature plants by then, basically, small trees, so that’s definitely the difference I noticed. This is my 8th year gardening in this city, and zone, and I’ve NEVER had to re-plant anything, until this year. I’ve dealt with many different crazy weather situations, pest situations, but this is the first for 100 degree temps at the end of May, and throughout June! It’s been an adventure! I tend to my garden several times a day too. So I do my very best, and regardless, I love it!! 🤷🏻‍♀️👌🌷🍅🐛🌻🥵🍀🌶

    • @thelylatsystem4691
      @thelylatsystem4691 4 года назад

      I live in Zone 5B in Upstate New York and thankfully our weather has been 70s to 80s, but no rain :(.

  • @samartinez1988
    @samartinez1988 4 года назад +29

    I always plant a "diversion crop", that I weaken intentionally to be nomzed.

    • @normarice1248
      @normarice1248 4 года назад +2

      How well does that work? I’ve thought about trying the same thing.

    • @samartinez1988
      @samartinez1988 4 года назад +3

      @@normarice1248 it works better than I thought it would. Insects really can sense a weakened plant.

    • @ebybeehoney
      @ebybeehoney 4 года назад +2

      Oooo. Tricksy. Good idea.

    • @kladewilson598
      @kladewilson598 4 года назад +6

      That’s why I plant kale near my broccoli and cauliflower. I hope the moths go for that because I don’t really like it. I’ll eat it in soups and stew though.

    • @Themurphyshow7
      @Themurphyshow7 4 года назад +1

      @@kladewilson598 that's a good idea!

  • @prettypothos4me290
    @prettypothos4me290 4 года назад +2

    Enjoyed this video. Fenced last year because a few deer eating in the garden was one thing, but the herd grew. I thought maybe the garden was too big but I filled it and thought I had too many peppers, but one 4x8 bed of them are just not thriving....but we have another doing great. To your point!

  • @SageandStoneHomestead
    @SageandStoneHomestead 4 года назад +1

    We applied this to our garden this year!!

  • @OurNationalAdventure
    @OurNationalAdventure 4 года назад +2

    Love these tips! Next year - larger garden! ♡♡

  • @gotigers13
    @gotigers13 4 года назад +18

    Good way of looking at it .
    I still dont want the birds eating my peppers .lol .

    • @MIgardener
      @MIgardener  4 года назад +5

      Nobody likes it, we just get used to it and it doesn't feel that bad.

    • @mickeemickee3713
      @mickeemickee3713 4 года назад

      @@MIgardener That is what I will have to learn to do as well.

  • @freelivingtennessee
    @freelivingtennessee 4 года назад +3

    I always direct sow some lettuce around my container garden I have out front (I have a garden in the back one bed is 144sqft and second bed 80 sqft and I net about 120sqft of planting space) but in the front those low containers I have of lettuces garlics potato bags and kale dont get eaten by the bunnies bc they go eat the direct sown lettuce plants I scatter in our landscaped area. Idea started out when a few black seeded Simpson's volunteered on the landscaped flower and bush beds that I have my container plants near. It turned out to be a great idea!

    • @yeevita
      @yeevita 4 года назад

      i love distraction techniques, though i still do some barrier stuff, like netting my plum tree when the plums turn red.

  • @jcsworld4660
    @jcsworld4660 4 года назад +16

    "Mouse in your house" Dr.Seuss 😂

    • @MIgardener
      @MIgardener  4 года назад +12

      It's better than a louse on a mouse in the house.

    • @jcsworld4660
      @jcsworld4660 4 года назад +1

      @@MIgardener Agreed😂👍

  • @daniellepridgen1498
    @daniellepridgen1498 4 года назад +1

    I’m totally diggin your intro music, with the close up views of your plants!! LOVE IT!! 💗

  • @TheRobotViking
    @TheRobotViking 4 года назад +1

    Oo that new intro is hawt my man. Thanks for helping me have a beautiful garden this year. I'm growing 15 different plants I've never grown before! Thanks!

  • @jansdiy8634
    @jansdiy8634 4 года назад

    I'm so glad to have found your channel, for all your videos and information that you share. I have learned so much and I'm still learning. Thank you so much.

  • @sharonlynn3358
    @sharonlynn3358 4 года назад +1

    I'm so glad you ate that strawberry! I've been dealing with the same thing and I wasn't sure if it was safe to eat!! Thanks!

    • @fearlessarchangel
      @fearlessarchangel 4 года назад

      It's not safe to eat. It's a risk he is willing to take, but don't assume it's safe.

    • @sharonlynn3358
      @sharonlynn3358 4 года назад +1

      @@fearlessarchangel thank you for posting this!!!

  • @breedingaquariumfish9830
    @breedingaquariumfish9830 4 года назад

    I am really enjoying your videos! You know so much about gardening, and I am just starting out, so your knowledge and the way you share it is amazing - your aquarium analogy rings very true for me, thanks for putting in the time and effort to make these videos!!!

  • @1fanger888
    @1fanger888 4 года назад +2

    Also, as I usually do, have a backup system. Have a couple of flats of starts to replace those plants that get damaged. I even have had an entire beet patch nibbled down to the ground. About 50% of them are starting to come up again. I`m watering them well and expect to harvest the leaves in a week since I grow beets primarily for the leaves anyway.

  • @jonathanlathrop5787
    @jonathanlathrop5787 4 года назад +13

    "you need a bigger garden"
    *looks at migarderner seed store*
    still no seeds
    *continues crying to water small garden*

    • @danielleterry180
      @danielleterry180 4 года назад +1

      Check out Baker seed co.

    • @jonathanlathrop5787
      @jonathanlathrop5787 4 года назад

      @@danielleterry180 Thanks! will do :)

    • @candyackley1255
      @candyackley1255 4 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣 I checked for seeds too and found none, hilarious though! 🤣👍🏻

  • @goldenretriever15
    @goldenretriever15 4 года назад +4

    Thank you Luke, makes me feel better about loosing a few plants to squirrels.

  • @fleeperification
    @fleeperification 4 года назад

    I love your channel! Thanks for always explaining things so well. I have a fish tank too so that analogy made a lot of sense.

  • @shirleytomlian2424
    @shirleytomlian2424 4 года назад

    Thank you, it makes perfect sense.

  • @CurtisMassey
    @CurtisMassey 4 года назад

    I love how informational your videos are. Thanks for the good stuff!

  • @Liquidforce4441
    @Liquidforce4441 4 года назад +17

    My pepper seeds I got from you just sprouted :D

    • @CarolinaOats
      @CarolinaOats 4 года назад +1

      My green beans from him just sprouted yesterday too thats so cool! Im still waiting on the nasturiums...only one nasturium has sprouted.

    • @Themurphyshow7
      @Themurphyshow7 4 года назад +2

      I feel like I got almost 100% germination rate on all the seeds I got from migardener. Had to do much more thinning than usual, haha

    • @CarolinaOats
      @CarolinaOats 4 года назад

      @@Themurphyshow7 they popped up yesterday! Lol but we got alot of rain so my garden is looking pitiful.

  • @simpleman806
    @simpleman806 4 года назад +8

    I grow in containers. So far, I've had a couple rabbits get a hold of a couple pumpkins. I've put up some netting to fix the problem. Still have 1 rabbit, a cat got the other, but the rabbit doesn't come in my backyard anymore. As for bugs, I've been spraying Sevin on my yard, neem oil on the plant and using cedar shavings as mulch. The mix have been keeping insects out of the garden for the most part. I'm glad I haven't seen squash bugs. Last year I had them bad. Lost a lot of crops from them

    • @Nexus-ub4hs
      @Nexus-ub4hs 4 года назад

      Hmm I wonder if redwood mulch would work similar, probably not lol. Some thoughtful previous owner put a redwood 8 feet from my 400 year old cottage. We didn’t know until after it was cut down and the tree surgeons mentor visited. The cottage is listed, it comes first. It can only have been 20 years old, before the internet anyway haha

    • @Themurphyshow7
      @Themurphyshow7 4 года назад +1

      Pesticides kill beneficial insects and harm soil life! It's much better to use a nontoxic, mechanical pesticide like diatomaceous earth! It abrades the surface of the bugs and they dry out. Sprinkle on the ground around the stems of the plants you're trying to protect and you're good to go.

  • @GardensGuitars
    @GardensGuitars 4 года назад +1

    Good video, lots of useful tips about pest control. Plants lots of different crops, plant them in different way in different locations, and something will survive. The analogy about the salt-water tank is really great. It's the same reason that a few aphids can be devastating to an indoor orchid in a small pot. Those same aphids wouldn't survive ten minutes in a highly biodiverse large organic garden. Sometimes I get aphids or spider mites on my potted citrus trees when they are indoors in Dec-Feb. All I have to do is take them outside for a few minutes and pretty soon the ladybeetles and wasps swoop in and eat all the pests. I used to have pest problems when I had a few tiny raised beds. Now I have an unruly jungle food forest where most crops just reseed themnselves now, there's weeds everywhere, food everywhere, predators and natural enemies everywhere, and no more pest issues. I found a large turtle eating my purple kohlrabi yesterday. I helped him out and harvested a few plants and cut them up for him. :P. Also, some pests are just free protein. Squirrels and rabbits eating your carrots, now there's some meat for the carrot stew. Even aphids are fine to eat, just extra sugar and protein. Happy gardening and cheers.

  • @qweenray2000
    @qweenray2000 4 года назад +3

    Thanks so much for that advice🤦‍♀️

  • @Kaitlyn_B97
    @Kaitlyn_B97 4 года назад

    My dad and I do this. Good idea

  • @groundedapproach
    @groundedapproach 2 года назад

    I’m in Australia and have a bush turkey that comes into my garden every day to eat my passion fruit and dig up my seeds. My two year old loves it 😂

  • @lukef3699
    @lukef3699 4 года назад +16

    LOL. For me it’s 90% for the squirrels and 10% for us. They even kill plants they don’t like, so we plant another.

    • @wimbledonnodelbmiw1642
      @wimbledonnodelbmiw1642 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @HerHealthyHome
      @HerHealthyHome 4 года назад

      Do they not have enough to eat in the area? I find leftover acorn shells everywhere and they roam around in empty plenty beds but other than that they leave my stuff alone.

    • @NashvilleMonkey1000
      @NashvilleMonkey1000 4 года назад +2

      A squirrel with a giant tortilla in its mouth will move slowly, and you know what they say about only having to outrun the slowest squirrel!

    • @ravenvoid3463
      @ravenvoid3463 4 года назад

      Getting a cat is a good way to do it. The hard part is getting a good "mouser". If you are allergic try keeping it permanently out side. It worked for us, hope this helps.

    • @yeevita
      @yeevita 4 года назад

      we throw things like old bread, tortillas, over the wall into the canal, where most of the squirrels live. we also do barriers - hardware cloth and tulle, which small animals do not like.

  • @Kathleen67.
    @Kathleen67. 4 года назад

    Thank you, this is a great video.

  • @dawnmorning
    @dawnmorning 4 года назад +1

    Loosing all eggplants so far to small black insect. Dawn and water mix not helping. separating them to see if one of 12 plants make it. Birds eat the bugs. Organic gardening and having nature help out makes it more worth while. Thanks. Great video.

  • @teg31-949
    @teg31-949 4 года назад

    Oh, Luke, you are too cute! You eating the strawberry shared with the bird is so exactly what I would do. Hey, "I'm friends with birds", too. LOL Loved this episode; gave me a new twist on things.

  • @muguapanda9416
    @muguapanda9416 4 года назад

    Thanks for the tip! Great concept

  • @ihlichick
    @ihlichick 4 года назад

    Always helpful Luke, thanks!

  • @diosaurus7819
    @diosaurus7819 4 года назад +4

    I'm all for co-existing with nature. Tbh I'm looking forward to sharing some of my harvest with the birds. :) We're at a point where we need to help nature a little (or a lot).

  • @drive-byguitarlessons1858
    @drive-byguitarlessons1858 4 года назад +1

    I did this out of frustrated determination this year. Last year didn’t go well because I planted a few varieties of types of food in my small garden space. Disease and pests pretty much ate up all my production. So this year, I said f it. I planted tons of everything all in different areas of my garden space, around my house, in my yard. I figured certain plants of the same variety will get different sun exposure and also different pests. So - I gave a big thumb in the eye to last year. This year - EVERYTHING I have planted is growing massively. So far, so good.

  • @Angie-jg4nz
    @Angie-jg4nz 4 года назад +1

    Next year, I will plant rows of things verses 4 or 5 squash plants. My thoughts were, they produce a lot and we don't need to be over run with squash but between squash borers and Alabama heat/humidity causing disease, I lost them all! Luckily I saw this coming and have 5 more already about to start producing!

  • @christophergruenwald5054
    @christophergruenwald5054 4 года назад

    Perfect timing. The Colorado potato Beetle is just crazy in my garden right now. I bet I’ve hand picked 100 larva in the last week. Every day or 2 there are a bunch crawling around eating my plants. I found a few adults, and I’ve removed a bunch of eggs, but they keep showing up. And they grow fast.

  • @Mona-fd5kf
    @Mona-fd5kf 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you I appreciate your logic. It helps me to relax and take my time a plant a smarter backyard garden.

  • @richardthenryvideos
    @richardthenryvideos 4 года назад +1

    Hey Luke, love the channel!
    What should I use for bugs? I have no deer, moles or mice.
    I have beetles eating my green bean leaves, white flies and tomato horn worms.
    Thanks!

  • @ASMRGRATITUDE
    @ASMRGRATITUDE 4 года назад +49

    the thumbs-down are from people with patio Gardens like me LOL

    • @MIgardener
      @MIgardener  4 года назад +8

      Dream! :)

    • @kellyrad339
      @kellyrad339 4 года назад +8

      At least you have a patio garden. Good for you 🥰.

    • @boboscurse4130
      @boboscurse4130 4 года назад +2

      I have columnar apple trees on my patio. This is the first year they had fruit. Squirrels took them all. Grrr.

    • @shalonamaranth
      @shalonamaranth 4 года назад +1

      Meh. I have a small garden but some of his pest control things from other videos still work. You can't plant more than you have space for... So this one doesn't work. But you can repel

    • @ASMRGRATITUDE
      @ASMRGRATITUDE 4 года назад +1

      @@shalonamaranth yeah I make my own homemade habanero pepper spray. Works pretty well and seems to stay put through a couple rains :)
      Hope your garden is well this year!

  • @toothybj
    @toothybj 4 года назад

    We have a lot of birds around here & i’m battling small white cabbage butterflies/worms that recently ravaged cabbage, beets (greens), kale and a young Banana pepper plant. Good times!
    I actually compensated for pests by planting more of some species than I know i’ll need, particularly tomatoes and peppers.

    • @beckywatt5048
      @beckywatt5048 4 года назад

      Garlic powder with lime , works for me . Alot of people put screen /mesh over cabbage , brocc, cauliflower .

  • @susanwright3696
    @susanwright3696 4 года назад

    I'll still eat it!
    I have too use a bunch of shade cloth because I'm in Arizona which helps greatly with pests and sun burning.

  • @dasmade
    @dasmade 4 года назад +2

    Soooooo helpful. Thank you! Just as I lost my mind to mice eating my green beans. This helps a lot!

    • @aletamekvold8005
      @aletamekvold8005 4 года назад

      Red pepper flakes sprinkled around works wonders!! I had a rat/mouse issue a few years ago and it worked and the tomatoes they were eating started growing back!

    • @dasmade
      @dasmade 4 года назад

      Aleta Mekvold I didn’t know that people can reply to comments ☺️ red pepper flakes! I’ll try that! Thank you!!

  • @bettys7726
    @bettys7726 4 года назад

    Really enjoyed the garden pics at the beginning.

  • @smuka2626
    @smuka2626 4 года назад +1

    I use the "bird strawberries" for jam. Just pick them, freeze them, then toss them in the pot when you're ready to make the jam. I also pick close to ripe instead of ripe- the pill bugs and birds definitely prefer a perfect strawberry over underripe. So I let them ripen on the counter!

  • @rlmtx926
    @rlmtx926 4 года назад

    Helpful reminder. Thank you for the education. :)

  • @robbiexiong3508
    @robbiexiong3508 4 года назад

    Makes total sense. The hard part is the starting point for a beginner that has small garden Not yet established, and the coming years of perrinial plants will help greatly in that 10% battle.

  • @jean-lucchessher7065
    @jean-lucchessher7065 4 года назад

    Love the videos they helps alot

  • @SimplyGarden
    @SimplyGarden 4 года назад

    Your strawberries look great. How do you prepare that bed to keep on producing for next year. Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you

  • @ChefMarandaGardens
    @ChefMarandaGardens 4 года назад

    I love the new intro (visual/audio) and topic!!! Very classy intro.

  • @calicann9676
    @calicann9676 4 года назад +6

    You can always leave food out for birds to deter them from eating crops. And with the birds around, they’ll also see insects to eat.

    • @mickeemickee3713
      @mickeemickee3713 4 года назад

      I try not to feed the birds. I do not really want to encourage them to come. And we have a cat. I do not like to encourage the cat as well. ; - )

  • @roseblaszak3569
    @roseblaszak3569 4 года назад

    Great gardening advice. I just saw borage in your beautiful garden. Couldn't find any locally and ordered seeds from the other side of the world. Not sure when they will get here.

  • @gazellecarlson6543
    @gazellecarlson6543 4 года назад

    excellent idea thx

  • @justaddmusclecom
    @justaddmusclecom 4 года назад +4

    I accepted this rule since the beginning in my garden lol. Kinda went with a permaculture method so I would not have to get upset about having weeds or a messy garden either lol.

    • @melodyclark4347
      @melodyclark4347 4 года назад +1

      Hi. What is this permaculture method please. In a nutshell.

    • @justaddmusclecom
      @justaddmusclecom 4 года назад +2

      Melody Clark permaculture is a method where you grow trees and plants according to the way it happens in nature so it all works together in harmony.

    • @melodyclark4347
      @melodyclark4347 4 года назад +1

      @@justaddmusclecom
      Thank you. Don't know why that didn't register with me.

    • @justaddmusclecom
      @justaddmusclecom 4 года назад +3

      Melody Clark you are welcome, on my channel I just did a video on what our Urban Permaculture yard looks like. Its a regular yard that was covered with lawn and we are transforming into a permaculture garden.

  • @joshsimpson10
    @joshsimpson10 4 года назад +16

    Also bro paint rocks and throw them out every year and it trains the birds off strawberries

    • @zoeburruss677
      @zoeburruss677 4 года назад +3

      Slugs didn't get the memo.

    • @Daniel-eu6gt
      @Daniel-eu6gt 4 года назад +5

      @@zoeburruss677 if you have a slug problem, purchase a flamethrower

    • @zoeburruss677
      @zoeburruss677 4 года назад

      @@Daniel-eu6gt lol

    • @aletamekvold8005
      @aletamekvold8005 4 года назад +2

      Zoe Burruss There’s some slug bait that works really well and is pet safe. They’re little pellets that you scatter around.

    • @aletamekvold8005
      @aletamekvold8005 4 года назад +3

      I’ve used red rocks in the past and they work really well!

  • @danadillon2629
    @danadillon2629 4 года назад

    Luke you kill me. You are so funny sometimes! I eat it too!!!! My other strawberry pest is my dog Willie. He found out last year that there is a snack in the strawberry bed. LOL That pest I don't mind so much.

  • @melvin927
    @melvin927 4 года назад

    Would you recommend using fresh coconut water as a natural fertilizer for plants? I havent found any info out there. Thank you.

  • @jean-lucchessher7065
    @jean-lucchessher7065 4 года назад

    There is a farming technique for large growers that get hit with one time of pest where you feed it something that it wants more than your main crop like growing tomatos for the insects and eggplant for harvest

  • @alanomofo
    @alanomofo 4 года назад +1

    I pay maybe 20$ twice a year on benifitial insects . Green lacewings in the spring and lady beetles midsummer. Both seem to stay and reproduce

  • @karencampbell9358
    @karencampbell9358 3 года назад

    Great point! Its the 80/20 rule . Problem is when you don't have space for more and you only have a few plants and they are getting attacked! Love your videos!

  • @nickzivs
    @nickzivs 4 года назад

    Does anyone have any decent suggestions for treating leaf miners? Having trouble with them specifically on my Swiss shard ... and they also seem to love my Compadre Hybrid jalapeno plant leaves for some reason (literally the only pepper variety I've found little white-specked larvae on). Only solution has been to diligently check every leaf literally every morning, removing the baddies/damaged leaves, and then spraying with a neem/veg/soap/water solution but it's not exactly practical. Thanks!

  • @japaneseflea
    @japaneseflea 4 года назад +2

    I'm glad to see you eat the strawberry... I tell my kids the animals are just telling us when it's ripe

  • @grapefruitpineapple7667
    @grapefruitpineapple7667 4 года назад +1

    I find it's best to just put things to avoid whatever pest is worst in your garden. In other words, pick your battles.
    In our area, we have TONS of bunnies, so it makes sense for us to invest in chicken wire. However, I've never seen deer in my area so fencing for that would be useless.
    As you go about your gardening journey, only invest in avoiding the pests that are really bothersome. Don't bother with preventing pests you havent even seen or are barely doing any damage

  • @ramonasurprenant2122
    @ramonasurprenant2122 4 года назад

    Thanks!

  • @amoore0713
    @amoore0713 4 года назад +1

    Ding! That's the sound of me winning at gardening cause of you. 🙂

  • @ecocentrichomestead6783
    @ecocentrichomestead6783 4 года назад

    Reminding me now of the apps that will tell you exactly how many plants of each crop you need to plant to grow food for a year.
    How many you need depends on your gardening experiences, climate, and local pest pressure.

  • @teperikaetr
    @teperikaetr 4 года назад

    Me too. I share with the birds. I provide water, food and shelter to the birds. We love to see them in our garden. The only thing I dont like is the little slugs that ate 50% of our strawberries. Any sugestion on how to get them out of my strawberries. I only have one bedraise of strawberries made with Concrete blocks.

  • @EastWindCommunity1973
    @EastWindCommunity1973 4 года назад +1

    Love the intro!

  • @Sarah19604
    @Sarah19604 4 года назад

    Our HOA only allows 100 sq feet of vegetable gardening. In trying to plant variety, if any of our local critters decide to feast, it’s easy to lose all of what you plant. The deer got the peppers, the rabbits ate the cabbage and broccoli, and two of my tomato plants have curly top virus. The onions and garlic are doing well, and I have some lettuce in a planter on the deck that is doing fine. How do you recommend planting out a small space for max results?

  • @salliebeard1899
    @salliebeard1899 4 года назад

    Thank you for sharing ❤️💗❤️

  • @WackoMac
    @WackoMac 4 года назад +8

    When you ate that partially eaten strawberry I was like "I'm not the only one!" Informative video, thanks.

  • @nguyen7286
    @nguyen7286 4 года назад

    I love the new intro music!

  • @regularjj6538
    @regularjj6538 4 года назад

    The way this built up I was hoping for some more tangible advice Lol. Great advice for beginners though some people don't understand that a little breakage comes with the trade and micromanage unnecessarily.

  • @bintlooda
    @bintlooda 4 года назад +11

    I think h r missing a “you” in the title