There is no quitting in gardening. Aside from the tons of home-grown organic food that you will lose, you will also lose personal health benefits...the vitanin D from the sunlight, the daily natural "exercise"/movement/workout of working in the garden and the joy that gardening brings--there are always butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers and birds in my small backyard garden. I love being surrounded by nature.👌❤🌱🌹🦋🦗🐞🕷🌳🌿 I don't want to pay $0.99 for an organic lemon or zucchini. .That is why I plant. So, keep it up guys! There is nothing like home-grown organic vegetables and fruits.
Wow what a generous contribution @michaelangelaFL! You’re welcome, and thank you for the kind words. Me and Tuck love making the videos so it means a lot to us that new gardeners like you are getting value from them. 🐕😁❤️
Been watching your videos on and off for several years, when you were actually just starting up your channel. I think that this is the best video you have ever done - the messaging is optimistic, realistic and encouraging. Excellent mindset! When I changed my mindset a couple of years ago to “every year is an experiment”, the stress that sometimes occur when gardening just melted away. I have a very large garden and sometimes it can be overwhelming when nothing comes to fruition - disease, bugs and hares. You learn from your mistakes and build your knowledge, just as you note. So, thank you for this excellent video.
Here's the thing. Not more than 10 minutes before I saw the notification for this video, I was sitting on the side of my bed feeling so discouraged. Thinking everybody's going into their garden harvesting something every day. It's near the end of July and everybody's garden is flourishing and I've got tomatoes still like sort of white green sitting on my determinate plants too small, my pepper plants are not doing as well as I wanted them to, I grew the wrong beans so I've got to pull them out because the growth pattern I wasn't prepared for it. Just nothing's really going well and I thought the same thing. Should I just quit? And then here's your video. I'm quite certain that the Lord used you to help encourage me. Thank you, James.
He is so good and faithful that way. He uses so many things and other people to give us hope and encouragement. We just have to recognize His work in our lives! It's amazing that He loves every single one of us that much.
Be grateful that it's not a survival garden. A lot of prepper folk get a bucket of seeds for an emergency, and they have no idea that gardening takes practice. When the time comes to depend on it, you'll be eating, and probably bartering your extra food to the others, in exchange for weeding for you. Hah!
I'm a Master Gardener and I have been gardening for decades and I'm still learning everyday something new and next year I'm doing my garden differently and you are part of it. thank you for your enthusiasm your honesty your knowledge. God has given you a great talent and a wonderful boss little Tuck. Love him. Thank you James
This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips and the only patreon that I have. You have no idea how encouraging you are. Thank you for all that you are doing. You are sowing seeds in all of us. ♥️♥️♥️
Even if there's nothing you did wrong or if things are out of your control, you still learn the lesson of letting go. For me, that's the hardest to deal with. When the things you try to do to prevent problems but it just didn't work anyway. Sometimes you need to shrug it off.
I garden for the fun of it. I like to see my plants grow, and I always hope to get a good harvest. Over the years, I've learned not to have any expectations. I don't depend on my garden. If I don't succeed, the grocery store will do it for me anyway. Everything I grow, I treat as an experiment. If I try something and it doesn't work, oh well, I've just learned what not to do. The most important thing for me in the garden is to spend some good time with my plants.
@@themonkeyz I feel the same way, but I do get unreasonably attached to them which makes it hard to rip them out when they're too far gone. I even feel sad at the end of the year when they're done.
Thank you James , sometimes it feels too hard , I’m 75 and I worry it may get too much, but what else will I do? I love walking round my veg garden and my flower garden seeing all that’s growing and the joy overrides the doubt , and all of the wins override the fails . Thanks to you and Tuck ❤️❤️
Thanks for posting. I'm 57 and have been noticing my age for some years, now. Bicycling, running, hiking, etc..., are distinctly more difficult and I'm more prone to injury. So several years ago I looked for something I could do into old age that is not just sitting but also is not dependent on athletic ability. Gardening has been my answer. And yup, it's all about the wins, and this year (knock on wood) has been a winner. Best luck to you.
@@merlynschutterle7242 wow thanks for sharing that, you are inspirational for me , although I have some pain issues I don’t let them get the better of me I shall be keeping going maybe until 90 who knows😂❤️
This video is a shot in the arm! My garden looks rough and seems like the production is stopping. It feels defeating. Thanks James for the encouragement! We love Tuck! ❤
feed it my friend. make sure u use a fertilizer that promotes flowers. flowers = more food !!! also i talk to my plants; i say, grow dammit or ur going in the compost pile hahaha.
Give it a lot of cow compost. If sandy give compost and peat moss. If to soggy sand and liquid fertilizer. If fungal infections add medicine, till it, let it dry .
Your enthusiasm is infectious. It transcends to all life’s perspectives. Thanks for taking a little time out of your day to make ours better. Hope your channel continues to grow! Lol! 🌿
Thank you @elena2010111, You are soooo kind and giving! Me and Tuck make these videos for free, but it's people like you who make it so that we can continue to do so. Your encouraging words and generosity mean more to me and the little boss than you know!!!
You are so right. I am a new gardener (4 seasons). I had my honeymoon phase and everything did great. This year.......not so much. Between the smoke from Canada and some other structural issues, it’s been a slower year. I’ve learned a lot and your channel is a big help.
This is my first year ever growing anything from a seed. My tomatoes and peppers were small to begin but recently have exploded and I will be getting food self grown for the first time .. Your positive attitude and love of gardening has been an inspiration .. Also Tuck is an awesome gardening ambassador
Way to go, Matthew! It'll be so fun soon after you learn from mistakes. Keep building your soil health, keep it mulched with grass clippings or wood chips, depending on annual veggies or fruit trees/ bushes. You'll never get fresher produce to help your health!
This message came at a perfect time-thanks! Everything is frying in the Texas heat, and I am overwhelmed with work it's too hot to start or complete. Attitude adjusted, and ready to get back out there next day off and get some fall crops started :)
I'm also in TX...Big Sandy, zone 8a. It's like trying to garden in a scorching sauna, isn't it?!! Plus, we fight the gophers, moles, voles, armadillos, possums, fireants, leaf-footed bugs, SVB, caterpillars, etc.! Tuck and James keep me going, despite all! ❤
You are soeaking 100% truth! You work with nature! I’ve been gardening 40+ years. And even in my HOT zone 9b, people are amazed I can grow veggies. Though fall and winter are best, in my area. Originally from the north. Was just a new learning curve down here. Gardening is totally an investment, esp. at first. But it pays off like anything. Plus, it is just “in your blood”. And every year your garden grows bigger in some way. I love creating my own eco system in a park like and veg garden setting. You never quit learning. And the soil and composting is my #1 FIRST objective. Your garden is beautiful, we would be great neighbors. 👍. Proud to be a green thumber! ❤Tuck is so CUTE. Love your channel! And you are very encouraging.
He's right, don't give up! Every year your garden will get better, it takes time to build soils and build skills. After 4 years, i can see my blueberries are going to live and thrive! Thanks james and tuck for all the encouragement! ❤❤❤
@@williammcgee4606…No worries Mr McGee 🤓 ….James knows I am joking with him. 😁 You have one comment on his channel and I am pleased it is a positive one. 😊
JP this is my first comment on your channel, and my first summer growing. I'm in central Florida, the east coast. I just came in from my garden completely discouraged. I went to your channel and saw the vid that you posted an hour ago. talk about perfect timing! You have been an inspiration to me since the first video of yours that I saw. My Greyhound mix "Gracie" loves to help me in the garden. She and I both Love Tuck. Thanks for all you do! Rob G.
Boy, did I need this. Some days I'm just so despondent. But, I can't just quit. Definitely need to reevaluate for next year. Thanks for the pep talk. ❤️
Barely got over a minute of this and my heart is SO HAPPY! I started busting booty on heavy clay soil churning/adding and using an old spool of 4ft tall chain link fence. Very little came out of the garden, But part of that was because I didn't want to invest hastily, nor did I want to invest all at once. Every single year, I realize that I'm learning more and more both through research and experience, and I feel accomplished. So many people look at me like I'm crazy for saying that a significant lack of production is still a success (except for my husband who sees the effort and knows my ultimate goals and what I'm getting from it in the meantime)! I could write paragraph after paragraph of how many things went wrong and even more paragraph after paragraphs on what I've realized I can do better on and what I have done better on since then. It's been completely worth it and if nothing else it's just been a sanctuary to be out planting and trimming and checking and tending to the garden that's just a space for me❤❤❤
I grew in clay soil for a few years. Use lots of compost in the top layers of soil when you plant, and mulch with anything you can get - fall leaves, grass clippings, old straw, wood chips. The biome that will form under the mulch will nourish plants whose roots can penetrate heavy soil (plant some intentionally, comfrey is good for that). Add natural fertilizers throughout the season. Don’t add sand, it won’t help loosen the soil. Make sure it is draining so that rain won’t stand in the garden for more than 30-60 minutes after a hard rain. Always mulch bare soil. If you get frustrated, grow a few things in large containers (5 gallon buckets with drain holes work well), just be sure they get daily water and a layer of mulch.
sanctuary is right. i've had a hard life and my garden restores my soul. i used to tell people it was the reason i hadnt killed anybody yet lol. [a totally yankee stress joke. things being what they are these days... it sadly doesnt quite hold the same amount of humor.] if it's not winter i very happily have dirt under my fingernails. no shame.
I needed this video today 😢 This is my 3rd year gardening, and my garden is struggling so bad. We've had so much rain, and I lost more than half of my crops. Just this morning, I was questioning if I have what it takes to continue do this. But here comes Tuck and James reminding me that I CAN do it. You two are the best motivators, thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤
Any harvest is appreciated and a positive experience for me! Even in my elderly years, my little garden makes me happy no matter how much grows. Having a grateful heart to God who rewards and blesses my efforts as He allows me to watch His work in action in my garden. ❤🙏🏻
I have been gardening in one form or another for 40 years. Since 2019 when my husband died unexpectedly I have done nothing and my gardens, both veg and flower, have been devasted. I looked at them in January 2023 and wondered if I could get them back, if I can get me back to what we were. I want to just quit, but part of me says I can't, that my gardens and playing in the dirt is what soothes my soul, I can't quit now. So I have started rebuilding, slow since it's just me now, but I'm working on it. One day my gardens will be as they were and better. Do not quit.
Thanks James, i needed to hear this. I'm in zone 8a and it's blazing hot this summer. Triple digits. I started a new seed tray yesterday with a negative outlook but now I'm motivated to keep going. Wear sunblock everyone!!
I agree with you about always learning. I’ve lost onions, lettuce and carrots, but I believe it was because they were in seed tapes because when I planted individual seeds, they came up and doing OK
You're speaking my journey. I'm in my 3rd year gardening, and I still have many things that I thought i had done well with last year, that are failing miserably. I have to keep reminding myself how many other successes I've had. Every year i get a little better at what I love. Just have to never give up! ❤for Tuck!
Sure do like you, James. You're a good guy with intelligence, wisdom, and heart. Love your channel and great instruction. Thank you for sharing your expertise and encouragement 🙂👍🌱🍅🥬
I listened and smiled at the wonderful enthusiasm you have, just like your seed analogy touches all of us and inspires not just to garden with joy but in all areas of life, and little Tuck, I describe him to friends who love dogs ..,.thank you James, you as a person in this life who makes a difference
Thank you, James. It's such an important message, especially for those just beginning. With the way organic food production is being attacked in our country, our backyard gardens are such a vital necessity and well worth the effort. Thank you for the encouragement for those just starting and for those who are experienced! I appreciate your channel very much. 💕 for Tuck!
❤❤❤❤and hugs for Tuck. Thanks James. Showing a picture of how your garden started is a real eye opener and will encourage beginners to grow, learn, expand. It would be encouraging to beginners if you showed how you first started.
Thanks James! I'll tell you, most of us up here in NH needed this encouragement right now. This season has been so rainy and with a late freeze there's a lot of struggles! But I'm seeing some tremendous change now that it's drying up a little. Thanks again!
Thank you for being so encouraging! I commented on another video that we started late in the season and are making a bunch of mistakes- but we're learning from them, for sure. When I commented, we had only harvested one zucchini- but it was the MOST delicious zucchini we've ever eaten and we created a meal around that one veg. Now, we've been able to get a couple more things from the garden. Not much...but it's a start and we're already figuring out what to plant for the fall, then doing a better job adding nutrients to the soil for next year (your videos are so helpful!). Even though there's not much to brag about with my garden, my husband and I are having fun. I am also seeing the absolute cutest, chonky butt bees pollinating my plants. That makes me so happy. Blessings to you, Tuck and everyone here learning and growing. 🙏
We have a pup that has dug up my garden 6 times, I've planted 7 times now. I have been questioning about quitting because of my health. I am still dealing with the after effects of pancreatic cancer. My next surgery is August 9th. I was hoping to have a full lush garden but I don't think it will be this year. Hearts to Tuck ❤❤❤
27 seasons and only one where I didn’t have a full garden. The weather glitches, trials failed, weeds overwhelmed, seeds failing… it’s a lifelong adventure. ❤
Yes, my garden is not doing as well this year due to the cold weather. Only a few hot days, yet more are finally coming. I love your tips and your garden is inspiring! Thank you!
Your video is making me CRY! I want to garden for the rest of my life. Thank you! You're so inspirational! I grew over 2000 tomatoes, But I had an expert h helping me. Steve Murray from Murray Family FarmsThank you so much. I've watched several of your videos in this short time, but this one is unbelievable. I wish I had more cash, but if you or Tuck ever make it to Bakersfield, Calif., I'll share some of what I have grown.
You have taught us so much thank you. I have all your food forest quotes in my gardening book. I grew a garden for my special needs kids to eat better and mission accomplished they eat anything and everything out of the garden. No mistakes just lessons and I appreciate all of them. Thank you to you as tuck for changing our lives. I’m happier the kids are happier everyone is happier.
My very first year and unfortunately I started late in mid-May. I'm learning to garden in 100+ degree days since mid-June. Incredibly, my sweet potatoes and gold potatoes are still alive -- have no idea if there are any potatoes underground though. I have 5 watermelon plants but I see no female flowers or I don't know how to identify them. But yes. I am learning a lot even though I may not have anything to harvest. All of my gardening is limited to containers since the soil is less than 1 foot before hitting bedrock. Hope to build some raised beds once temps get below 100 again.
🙌🏽 James And Tuck❤️ … and the camera person too😃 I needed to hear this right now! You’re so encouraging and your energy just makes me want to plant something everyday. Thank you so much for making all these videos. ☺️🍅
Love your channel ❤ my growing season really stinks this year. So busy. It’s definitely worth it. Never quit. Keep learning and keep growing my friends ❤❤❤
First year gardening. Spent last winter learning. Made a few errors with my cabbage patch, only got 2 heads but brocoli was a total success. Keep going everyone!
Yep, this was my 1st year growing brassica, i got 3 crowns of broccoli and 1 cabbage- next year bt will be on hand- about to plant some seeds for an early winter harvest (zone 6b)-
I gave up gardening years ago but have recently retired and got back to it. Today I picked 7 beautiful Market More Cukes and have been eating zucchini and zucchini flowers already; waiting for the tomatoes which I all sowed from seed and my success is do, largely, to your videos, especially the ones on pest control so thanks James and Tuck and I wont give up again, just expand next year...thanks for the positive motivation.
Thank you for the encouragement 😊 your videos are always a good reminder of what my goals are with my garden. This is year 4 and I'm slowly getting there! Some years have been better than others but I learn from my mistakes and keep on keepin on!
Hey I'm new here been watching for 4 to 5 days and I've just starting to have a love for growing and I really like the content and i love your dog tuck he is awesome and it makes me miss my dog buddy or bestest friends dog molly who is no longer with is now rest in peace mollz ❤at least she ain't suffering now 😢
This year was half failure. My tomatoes are the worse i ever had so i'll start from seeds next year (not buying plants anymore), my radishes were eaten one night, i just transplanted 3 cabbages, put a plastic ring around but still got 2 eaten last night. At least my potatoes look awesome, my beans and peas got to grow. My carrots are full of ants. I got 3 zucchini in pots so i hope that goes well before cold weather comes. My grapes are the only ones looking great. 😂
my heart literally sank to my toes when I saw the title. I had a heart attack, thank you for the encouragement my pumpkins haven't sprouted any female flowers yet but I'll keep waiting for the results. HEARTS FOR TUCK. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Thank you for the pep-talk. Always learn so much from you . I love wandering through your garden with you, I am always mesmerized by what you have accomplished in it. I have been growing my garden for the past three years, I have constructed 12 raised garden beds out of repurposed materials (namely doors). I look at each year as a new experiment in growing, this year's accomplishments are broccoli and cauliflower. I have never grown either successfully before this year, so I am very proud of myself. I have had to fight off the moths and the beetles, but it has been worth it. Thank you for all your inspiration, and much love to Tuck. 🐕😊🇨🇦 ❤❤❤
I loved your philosophical speech at the beginning! Keep it up! It’s all about sowing. Without sowing, there’s no growing. It’s all about taking action in the garden. Winners never quit and quitters never win!
I'm in ATL and saw our forecast of mid-90s a few days ago, so I ordered for the first time some shade fabric! It came in a day and I put it up yesterday over my tomato plants -- I have about 40 beautiful green, large, unmarked beauties ripening on the vines. And then last night, severe weather and HAIL! I think my whole row of tomatoes, okra, zuchinni and cucumbers were protected, all looked just beautiful today! I never knew about shade cloth until I started watching you and one other gardener online! Thanks James, you're a true inspiration for us all and wise as can be about the garden!
This was perfect for me today. It’s my first time to grow a garden and I’m getting frustrated with a few things. I just keep thinking what I did and what I could do differently next year. So thank you for uplifting me today. You’re very helpful.
Your words are applicable to gardening and LIFE. Never give up! Never quit. Learn, adjust, and try again. ❤ Thank you for the words of encouragement!!!
I loved that you showed how to pollinate the squash. I would never have guessed that you needed to open the flower like you did. I would have thought I could only do flowers if they were already open. I learn something every time I watch you. Thank you so much. Love Tuck too!
I am nursing a sick puppy back to health today- her sister died last night and I’m really praying that this one makes it 🙏 her name is Violet and she’s an Australian shepherd/schnoodle mix… I’m hoping she will be my gardening partner like Tuck❤
Thank you so much for this!!! I have been struggling starting my Homestead and I feel that I am making more mistakes than progress. You helped me to put things in perspective and perseve. You are awsome!!
I like the garden philosophy! The healing power of gardening. Its a challenge and you make mistakes and timing is essential! Thank you for the encouragement!
James, that sunflower behind you is amazing!! Dealing with pests, low yield, and weeds, has made me question why I am bothering. Thanks for the encouragement.
I've been gardening over 50 years, always learning! It's amazing, fun, therapeutic, sad some days...but always something new to discover. Love it. And you get food! ❤❤
Thank you for the encouraging words and video. I have been trying to patio garden for the past 3 or 4 yrs now. Ive learned so much and while I havent had huge harvests yet I do believe ive gotten better by just learning about the varieties that are best suited for my climate and for container gardening. This year is my first year planting dwarf varieties of tomatoes and growing everything from seed! Even my flowers! Im so proud of myself but i do get discouraged at times when my flowers are not as full at store bought planters or when I dont have large harvests. This inspired me to get outside and think about my fall garden!
No, no don’t quit please. I love this utube channel. I learned sooo much. I’m 81 yr old Grandmom of 8 gorgeous kids who help me garden & grow veggies. This show helps me physically & emotionally. I am teaching the next generation too. I have been gardening for 50 yrs and this year has been discouraging with deer and squirrels eating everything in sight but I won’t give up. You are so encouraging and full of info. This is the best show!! 💕💕💕💕
Great timing of this video as a brief summer just broke one my plants to the ground. So discouraging as you baby it in early spring and watch it grow. Back out tomorrow to plant something new! ❤ 🐶
How could anyone want to quit when we have James and Tuck encouraging us? Do it for Tuck!!❤❤
Let’s gooo!!!
Exactly! ❤
@@jamesprigioni I thought you was quitting lol
LFG!!!
There is no quitting in gardening. Aside from the tons of home-grown organic food that you will lose, you will also lose personal health benefits...the vitanin D from the sunlight, the daily natural "exercise"/movement/workout of working in the garden and the joy that gardening brings--there are always butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers and birds in my small backyard garden. I love being surrounded by nature.👌❤🌱🌹🦋🦗🐞🕷🌳🌿
I don't want to pay $0.99 for an organic lemon or zucchini. .That is why I plant. So, keep it up guys! There is nothing like home-grown organic vegetables and fruits.
Thanks James. This is our first year gardening and you have been a true inspiration for us. Your love for gardening is contagious!
Wow what a generous contribution @michaelangelaFL!
You’re welcome, and thank you for the kind words. Me and Tuck love making the videos so it means a lot to us that new gardeners like you are getting value from them. 🐕😁❤️
You are my motivation and Tuck ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Been watching your videos on and off for several years, when you were actually just starting up your channel. I think that this is the best video you have ever done - the messaging is optimistic, realistic and encouraging. Excellent mindset! When I changed my mindset a couple of years ago to “every year is an experiment”, the stress that sometimes occur when gardening just melted away. I have a very large garden and sometimes it can be overwhelming when nothing comes to fruition - disease, bugs and hares. You learn from your mistakes and build your knowledge, just as you note. So, thank you for this excellent video.
Here's the thing. Not more than 10 minutes before I saw the notification for this video, I was sitting on the side of my bed feeling so discouraged. Thinking everybody's going into their garden harvesting something every day. It's near the end of July and everybody's garden is flourishing and I've got tomatoes still like sort of white green sitting on my determinate plants too small, my pepper plants are not doing as well as I wanted them to, I grew the wrong beans so I've got to pull them out because the growth pattern I wasn't prepared for it. Just nothing's really going well and I thought the same thing. Should I just quit? And then here's your video. I'm quite certain that the Lord used you to help encourage me. Thank you, James.
Glad the timing was right! I’ve been there before, keep working toward what you want and you will get it!
He is so good and faithful that way. He uses so many things and other people to give us hope and encouragement. We just have to recognize His work in our lives! It's amazing that He loves every single one of us that much.
Amen ❤️
I also have been feeling very discouraged as my garden is not doing well this year. Worst year ever. Then this video came along. Thank you
Be grateful that it's not a survival garden. A lot of prepper folk get a bucket of seeds for an emergency, and they have no idea that gardening takes practice. When the time comes to depend on it, you'll be eating, and probably bartering your extra food to the others, in exchange for weeding for you. Hah!
I'm a Master
Gardener and I have been gardening for decades and I'm still learning everyday something new and next year I'm doing my garden differently and you are part of it.
thank you for your enthusiasm your honesty your knowledge. God has given you a great talent and a wonderful boss little Tuck. Love him. Thank you James
Even "bad" years are learning experiences for the future. Knowledge is power and firsthand experience can't be beat! Have a great day, James and Tuck!
This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips and the only patreon that I have. You have no idea how encouraging you are. Thank you for all that you are doing. You are sowing seeds in all of us. ♥️♥️♥️
Even if there's nothing you did wrong or if things are out of your control, you still learn the lesson of letting go. For me, that's the hardest to deal with. When the things you try to do to prevent problems but it just didn't work anyway. Sometimes you need to shrug it off.
Truth! I had to learn that garden failures are not me being a failure. They're opportunities to learn and do better with new info.
I garden for the fun of it. I like to see my plants grow, and I always hope to get a good harvest. Over the years, I've learned not to have any expectations. I don't depend on my garden. If I don't succeed, the grocery store will do it for me anyway. Everything I grow, I treat as an experiment. If I try something and it doesn't work, oh well, I've just learned what not to do. The most important thing for me in the garden is to spend some good time with my plants.
@@themonkeyz I feel the same way, but I do get unreasonably attached to them which makes it hard to rip them out when they're too far gone. I even feel sad at the end of the year when they're done.
@@blahblahblue55 I just pulled a tomato out today that I suspect had it. I'm just hoping it doesn't spread because it's in my best raised bed.
I am so much experiencing this right now, the letting go. It is so hard.
Thank you James , sometimes it feels too hard , I’m 75 and I worry it may get too much, but what else will I do? I love walking round my veg garden and my flower garden seeing all that’s growing and the joy overrides the doubt , and all of the wins override the fails . Thanks to you and Tuck ❤️❤️
Thanks for posting. I'm 57 and have been noticing my age for some years, now. Bicycling, running, hiking, etc..., are distinctly more difficult and I'm more prone to injury. So several years ago I looked for something I could do into old age that is not just sitting but also is not dependent on athletic ability. Gardening has been my answer. And yup, it's all about the wins, and this year (knock on wood) has been a winner. Best luck to you.
My grandpa did 2 gardens until he died, kept him healthy.
I'm 82 and still have 21/2 lot garden. I'm still good for a year or two. I will admit I am unusually limber.
@@merlynschutterle7242 wow thanks for sharing that, you are inspirational for me , although I have some pain issues I don’t let them get the better of me I shall be keeping going maybe until 90 who knows😂❤️
This video is a shot in the arm! My garden looks rough and seems like the production is stopping. It feels defeating. Thanks James for the encouragement! We love Tuck! ❤
feed it my friend. make sure u use a fertilizer that promotes flowers. flowers = more food !!! also i talk to my plants; i say, grow dammit or ur going in the compost pile hahaha.
Give it a lot of cow compost. If sandy give compost and peat moss. If to soggy sand and liquid fertilizer. If fungal infections add medicine, till it, let it dry .
@@rosemaryus-ct6151 I love that! Grow!!!
Your enthusiasm is infectious. It transcends to all life’s perspectives. Thanks for taking a little time out of your day to make ours better. Hope your channel continues to grow! Lol! 🌿
You make gardening so much more attainable then anyone else on youtube. I rewatch your videos when i go to plant a certain veggie or fruit. ❤
Your love and enthusiasm for gardening almost made me cry. Thank you for the encouragement. I’m going outside to work on my fall garden 🪴
Thank you @elena2010111, You are soooo kind and giving! Me and Tuck make these videos for free, but it's people like you who make it so that we can continue to do so. Your encouraging words and generosity mean more to me and the little boss than you know!!!
You are so right. I am a new gardener (4 seasons). I had my honeymoon phase and everything did great. This year.......not so much. Between the smoke from Canada and some other structural issues, it’s been a slower year. I’ve learned a lot and your channel is a big help.
Keep at it! You got this!
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The smoke has been an issue, for sure.
This is my first year ever growing anything from a seed. My tomatoes and peppers were small to begin but recently have exploded and I will be getting food self grown for the first time .. Your positive attitude and love of gardening has been an inspiration .. Also Tuck is an awesome gardening ambassador
Way to go, Matthew! It'll be so fun soon after you learn from mistakes. Keep building your soil health, keep it mulched with grass clippings or wood chips, depending on annual veggies or fruit trees/ bushes. You'll never get fresher produce to help your health!
This message came at a perfect time-thanks! Everything is frying in the Texas heat, and I am overwhelmed with work it's too hot to start or complete. Attitude adjusted, and ready to get back out there next day off and get some fall crops started :)
Our gardens will EXPLODE in October. .Break out the shade cloth and keep on growing.
I'm also in TX...Big Sandy, zone 8a.
It's like trying to garden in a scorching sauna, isn't it?!! Plus, we fight the gophers, moles, voles, armadillos, possums, fireants, leaf-footed bugs, SVB, caterpillars, etc.!
Tuck and James keep me going, despite all! ❤
@@myurbangarden7695 You're so right!! Shade cloth can really SAVE your garden here in TX!!
You are soeaking 100% truth! You work with nature! I’ve been gardening 40+ years. And even in my HOT zone 9b, people are amazed I can grow veggies. Though fall and winter are best, in my area. Originally from the north. Was just a new learning curve down here. Gardening is totally an investment, esp. at first. But it pays off like anything. Plus, it is just “in your blood”. And every year your garden grows bigger in some way. I love creating my own eco system in a park like and veg garden setting. You never quit learning. And the soil and composting is my #1 FIRST objective.
Your garden is beautiful, we would be great neighbors. 👍. Proud to be a green thumber! ❤Tuck is so CUTE. Love your channel! And you are very encouraging.
"Winners never quit and quitters never win" words to live by ❤❤
Thanks for the encouragement James. You're a true inspiration. Blessings on you, Tuck and your garden 😊
Thank you for the kind words ❤️ Tuck says hi 🐕
@@jamesprigioni Hi Tuck!! ❤❤
He's right, don't give up! Every year your garden will get better, it takes time to build soils and build skills. After 4 years, i can see my blueberries are going to live and thrive! Thanks james and tuck for all the encouragement! ❤❤❤
…NOOOO JAMES, NEVER QUIT !!! 😂 Have a Blessed week. 🐶🥰💙
he ain't quitting. he is reassuring others not to quit! keep up the awesome work!
Tiffany, you didn’t even watch it.
@@davidthedeaf…I noticed your comments are of a rather negative, hum drum 😞 type David. …Try putting some positivity out in the world. 🥳🎉
@@williammcgee4606…No worries Mr McGee 🤓 ….James knows I am joking with him. 😁 You have one comment on his channel and I am pleased it is a positive one. 😊
The pep talk I didn't know I needed but hit me right in the heart. Thank You James for all you do❤
JP this is my first comment on your channel, and my first summer growing. I'm in central Florida, the east coast. I just came in from my garden completely discouraged. I went to your channel and saw the vid that you posted an hour ago. talk about perfect timing! You have been an inspiration to me since the first video of yours that I saw. My Greyhound mix "Gracie" loves to help me in the garden. She and I both Love Tuck. Thanks for all you do! Rob G.
Love your saying, " an excuse is a well planned lie", so very true. 40 years of gardening and still learning. Thank you for your encouragement.
Boy, did I need this. Some days I'm just so despondent. But, I can't just quit. Definitely need to reevaluate for next year. Thanks for the pep talk. ❤️
Barely got over a minute of this and my heart is SO HAPPY! I started busting booty on heavy clay soil churning/adding and using an old spool of 4ft tall chain link fence. Very little came out of the garden, But part of that was because I didn't want to invest hastily, nor did I want to invest all at once.
Every single year, I realize that I'm learning more and more both through research and experience, and I feel accomplished. So many people look at me like I'm crazy for saying that a significant lack of production is still a success (except for my husband who sees the effort and knows my ultimate goals and what I'm getting from it in the meantime)! I could write paragraph after paragraph of how many things went wrong and even more paragraph after paragraphs on what I've realized I can do better on and what I have done better on since then. It's been completely worth it and if nothing else it's just been a sanctuary to be out planting and trimming and checking and tending to the garden that's just a space for me❤❤❤
I grew in clay soil for a few years. Use lots of compost in the top layers of soil when you plant, and mulch with anything you can get - fall leaves, grass clippings, old straw, wood chips. The biome that will form under the mulch will nourish plants whose roots can penetrate heavy soil (plant some intentionally, comfrey is good for that). Add natural fertilizers throughout the season. Don’t add sand, it won’t help loosen the soil. Make sure it is draining so that rain won’t stand in the garden for more than 30-60 minutes after a hard rain. Always mulch bare soil. If you get frustrated, grow a few things in large containers (5 gallon buckets with drain holes work well), just be sure they get daily water and a layer of mulch.
sanctuary is right. i've had a hard life and my garden restores my soul. i used to tell people it was the reason i hadnt killed anybody yet lol. [a totally yankee stress joke. things being what they are these days... it sadly doesnt quite hold the same amount of humor.] if it's not winter i very happily have dirt under my fingernails. no shame.
Thanks James ..you are a blessing ….and Tuck ❤️❤️❤️
Your advice applies spiritually too ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Oh Thank heavens! Hang in there and keep growing! You and Tuck make gardening exciting!
I needed this video today 😢 This is my 3rd year gardening, and my garden is struggling so bad. We've had so much rain, and I lost more than half of my crops. Just this morning, I was questioning if I have what it takes to continue do this. But here comes Tuck and James reminding me that I CAN do it. You two are the best motivators, thank you. ❤❤❤❤❤
Keep going!
Any harvest is appreciated and a positive experience for me! Even in my elderly years, my little garden makes me happy no matter how much grows. Having a grateful heart to God who rewards and blesses my efforts as He allows me to watch His work in action in my garden. ❤🙏🏻
I have been gardening in one form or another for 40 years. Since 2019 when my husband died unexpectedly I have done nothing and my gardens, both veg and flower, have been devasted. I looked at them in January 2023 and wondered if I could get them back, if I can get me back to what we were. I want to just quit, but part of me says I can't, that my gardens and playing in the dirt is what soothes my soul, I can't quit now. So I have started rebuilding, slow since it's just me now, but I'm working on it. One day my gardens will be as they were and better. Do not quit.
Thanks James, i needed to hear this. I'm in zone 8a and it's blazing hot this summer. Triple digits. I started a new seed tray yesterday with a negative outlook but now I'm motivated to keep going. Wear sunblock everyone!!
Never quit this will turn your whole aspect of life. Love you and Tuck. 🙏🏼☮️
I agree with you about always learning. I’ve lost onions, lettuce and carrots, but I believe it was because they were in seed tapes because when I planted individual seeds, they came up and doing OK
James and Tuck and all the people lifting their wings: THANK YOU! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
You're speaking my journey. I'm in my 3rd year gardening, and I still have many things that I thought i had done well with last year, that are failing miserably. I have to keep reminding myself how many other successes I've had. Every year i get a little better at what I love. Just have to never give up! ❤for Tuck!
Just what I needed to hear! You're an inspiration! I love your optimism and patience. And who doesn't love Tuck? ♥♥♥♥
Sure do like you, James. You're a good guy with intelligence, wisdom, and heart. Love your channel and great instruction. Thank you for sharing your expertise and encouragement 🙂👍🌱🍅🥬
Thank you for the kind words! Me and tuck really appreciate the support ❤️🐕
I listened and smiled at the wonderful enthusiasm you have, just like your seed analogy touches all of us and inspires not just to garden with joy but in all areas of life, and little Tuck, I describe him to friends who love dogs ..,.thank you James, you as a person in this life who makes a difference
Thank you, James. It's such an important message, especially for those just beginning. With the way organic food production is being attacked in our country, our backyard gardens are such a vital necessity and well worth the effort. Thank you for the encouragement for those just starting and for those who are experienced! I appreciate your channel very much. 💕 for Tuck!
❤❤❤❤and hugs for Tuck.
Thanks James. Showing a picture of how your garden started is a real eye opener and will encourage beginners to grow, learn, expand. It would be encouraging to beginners if you showed how you first started.
Thanks James! I'll tell you, most of us up here in NH needed this encouragement right now. This season has been so rainy and with a late freeze there's a lot of struggles! But I'm seeing some tremendous change now that it's drying up a little. Thanks again!
You're welcome Chuck, me and Tuck are here to encourage others to keep growing so this means a lot
You ain’t kidding! Weird year up here in The Granite State!
another dry hot year in TX
DRYYYY in MN!
Great encouragment. Gardening is such a gift, even when you "fail" you learn so much. Love your channel!
Thank you for being so encouraging! I commented on another video that we started late in the season and are making a bunch of mistakes- but we're learning from them, for sure. When I commented, we had only harvested one zucchini- but it was the MOST delicious zucchini we've ever eaten and we created a meal around that one veg. Now, we've been able to get a couple more things from the garden. Not much...but it's a start and we're already figuring out what to plant for the fall, then doing a better job adding nutrients to the soil for next year (your videos are so helpful!). Even though there's not much to brag about with my garden, my husband and I are having fun. I am also seeing the absolute cutest, chonky butt bees pollinating my plants. That makes me so happy. Blessings to you, Tuck and everyone here learning and growing. 🙏
We have a pup that has dug up my garden 6 times, I've planted 7 times now. I have been questioning about quitting because of my health. I am still dealing with the after effects of pancreatic cancer. My next surgery is August 9th. I was hoping to have a full lush garden but I don't think it will be this year. Hearts to Tuck ❤❤❤
27 seasons and only one where I didn’t have a full garden. The weather glitches, trials failed, weeds overwhelmed, seeds failing… it’s a lifelong adventure. ❤
I will never quit. Your encouragement is so contagious. Love your words of wisdom! You are a rock star. And I LOVE Tuck!
Yes, my garden is not doing as well this year due to the cold weather. Only a few hot days, yet more are finally coming. I love your tips and your garden is inspiring! Thank you!
What about low tunnels or hoop houses?
Your video is making me CRY! I want to garden for the rest of my life. Thank you! You're so inspirational! I grew over 2000 tomatoes, But I had an expert h helping me. Steve Murray from Murray Family FarmsThank you so much. I've watched several of your videos in this short time, but this one is unbelievable. I wish I had more cash, but if you or Tuck ever make it to Bakersfield, Calif., I'll share some of what I have grown.
❤❤❤ Tuck, I love seeing him enjoying the garden!
Thanks Katrina! Tuck says hi 🐕
You have no idea how much I needed to hear this encouragement right now. Thank you James & Tuck❤
You have taught us so much thank you. I have all your food forest quotes in my gardening book. I grew a garden for my special needs kids to eat better and mission accomplished they eat anything and everything out of the garden. No mistakes just lessons and I appreciate all of them. Thank you to you as tuck for changing our lives. I’m happier the kids are happier everyone is happier.
I sure hope he's right. I've spent hours and dollars in my first try at gardening. So far I have 2 zukes, 20 yellow beans, and 12 peas. 😄🤣
My very first year and unfortunately I started late in mid-May. I'm learning to garden in 100+ degree days since mid-June. Incredibly, my sweet potatoes and gold potatoes are still alive -- have no idea if there are any potatoes underground though. I have 5 watermelon plants but I see no female flowers or I don't know how to identify them. But yes. I am learning a lot even though I may not have anything to harvest. All of my gardening is limited to containers since the soil is less than 1 foot before hitting bedrock. Hope to build some raised beds once temps get below 100 again.
I love the wisdom! Its not just about gardening but life in general and nature is life!🙌🏽
Dropping gems in the first 40 seconds ! My boyfriend and I love your videos. Thanks James, Tuck, amd awesome camera person!
Thanks for watching and supporting! Tuck says hi 🐕❤️
🙌🏽 James And Tuck❤️ … and the camera person too😃 I needed to hear this right now! You’re so encouraging and your energy just makes me want to plant something everyday. Thank you so much for making all these videos. ☺️🍅
Don’t ever quit bro! You are great!
Fantastic tips! And of course, lots of love for Tuck!
Love your channel ❤ my growing season really stinks this year. So busy. It’s definitely worth it. Never quit. Keep learning and keep growing my friends ❤❤❤
James, thanks for taking a step back and encouraging all of us, we appreciate your heart and wisdom pertaining to gardening so much!
First year gardening. Spent last winter learning. Made a few errors with my cabbage patch, only got 2 heads but brocoli was a total success. Keep going everyone!
You got this! 💪
Yep, this was my 1st year growing brassica, i got 3 crowns of broccoli and 1 cabbage- next year bt will be on hand- about to plant some seeds for an early winter harvest (zone 6b)-
I gave up gardening years ago but have recently retired and got back to it. Today I picked 7 beautiful Market More Cukes and have been eating zucchini and zucchini flowers already; waiting for the tomatoes which I all sowed from seed and my success is do, largely, to your videos, especially the ones on pest control so thanks James and Tuck and I wont give up again, just expand next year...thanks for the positive motivation.
Thank you for the encouragement 😊 your videos are always a good reminder of what my goals are with my garden. This is year 4 and I'm slowly getting there! Some years have been better than others but I learn from my mistakes and keep on keepin on!
This message is so on time for me. I was saying this yesterday...should I just quit? But I won't! Thanks for the pep talk!
Thanks for the encouragement! This thought popped into my head the other day about quitting for the season. Fortunately I snapped out if it quickly!
Negative thoughts always trying to stop us from doing amazing things! Great job ignoring the noise 😎 you got this!!
Thank you James for the pep talk much love to Tucky❤❤❤❤❤
Hey I'm new here been watching for 4 to 5 days and I've just starting to have a love for growing and I really like the content and i love your dog tuck he is awesome and it makes me miss my dog buddy or bestest friends dog molly who is no longer with is now rest in peace mollz ❤at least she ain't suffering now 😢
I did a tote-great success-6 winter squash-will throw in radishes-quick to keep me checking…nothing like eating your own food…nothing..!😊
Get with willing growers and split the work. Everyone grows something different and share.
This year was half failure. My tomatoes are the worse i ever had so i'll start from seeds next year (not buying plants anymore), my radishes were eaten one night, i just transplanted 3 cabbages, put a plastic ring around but still got 2 eaten last night. At least my potatoes look awesome, my beans and peas got to grow. My carrots are full of ants. I got 3 zucchini in pots so i hope that goes well before cold weather comes. My grapes are the only ones looking great. 😂
my heart literally sank to my toes when I saw the title. I had a heart attack, thank you for the encouragement my pumpkins haven't sprouted any female flowers yet but I'll keep waiting for the results. HEARTS FOR TUCK. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
💚 Thanks, James and Tuck, for the encouragement and sharing the tips and your beautiful garden! 💚
I am pretty sure I lost everything this year to white flies. Every crop is infested 😢 but I'll learn from this and come back stronger!
Thank you for the encouragement. I will never give up. ❤🐾🐾
The video I REALLY needed today.
Glad to hear that Tony, me and Tuck are here for ya hoping you stick with it!
Thank you so much for the encouragement ❤❤❤
❤ Tuck!🐶 Also, can you do the basil trick on romaine lettuce?
Thank you for the pep-talk. Always learn so much from you . I love wandering through your garden with you, I am always mesmerized by what you have accomplished in it. I have been growing my garden for the past three years, I have constructed 12 raised garden beds out of repurposed materials (namely doors). I look at each year as a new experiment in growing, this year's accomplishments are broccoli and cauliflower. I have never grown either successfully before this year, so I am very proud of myself. I have had to fight off the moths and the beetles, but it has been worth it. Thank you for all your inspiration, and much love to Tuck. 🐕😊🇨🇦 ❤❤❤
Team grow don't know the meaning of quit
You got that right!
I loved your philosophical speech at the beginning! Keep it up! It’s all about sowing. Without sowing, there’s no growing. It’s all about taking action in the garden. Winners never quit and quitters never win!
Thank you for your inspiration and caring about our gardens.❤ ❤for Tuck!
I'm in ATL and saw our forecast of mid-90s a few days ago, so I ordered for the first time some shade fabric! It came in a day and I put it up yesterday over my tomato plants -- I have about 40 beautiful green, large, unmarked beauties ripening on the vines. And then last night, severe weather and HAIL! I think my whole row of tomatoes, okra, zuchinni and cucumbers were protected, all looked just beautiful today! I never knew about shade cloth until I started watching you and one other gardener online! Thanks James, you're a true inspiration for us all and wise as can be about the garden!
This was perfect for me today. It’s my first time to grow a garden and I’m getting frustrated with a few things. I just keep thinking what I did and what I could do differently next year. So thank you for uplifting me today. You’re very helpful.
Your words are applicable to gardening and LIFE. Never give up! Never quit. Learn, adjust, and try again. ❤ Thank you for the words of encouragement!!!
Excellent word of encouragement! Thank you!
Simply inspiration. Thank you James. Love to your cutie Tuck too!
No need to quit, we are all pushing to go through this gardening season
I loved that you showed how to pollinate the squash. I would never have guessed that you needed to open the flower like you did. I would have thought I could only do flowers if they were already open. I learn something every time I watch you. Thank you so much. Love Tuck too!
I am nursing a sick puppy back to health today- her sister died last night and I’m really praying that this one makes it 🙏 her name is Violet and she’s an Australian shepherd/schnoodle mix… I’m hoping she will be my gardening partner like Tuck❤
This is the encouragement I need! Thank you for your videos ❤️
Thanks James and Tuck. Good garden wisdom. I am in relationship with my garden, there are the ups and down, but always the love and the learning.
❤🐾❤️ thank you for info and encouragement! (And sharing Tuck!)
Thank you so much for this!!! I have been struggling starting my Homestead and I feel that I am making more mistakes than progress. You helped me to put things in perspective and perseve. You are awsome!!
I like the garden philosophy! The healing power of gardening. Its a challenge and you make mistakes and timing is essential! Thank you for the encouragement!
Thank you so much. I just found you this year; I've learned somuch from you already, and this really helps. Tuck really helps too.
Needed to hear this today, thank you James and the Boss Tuck 💖
James, that sunflower behind you is amazing!! Dealing with pests, low yield, and weeds, has made me question why I am bothering. Thanks for the encouragement.
Important lesson for the garden and an important lesson for life. Thank you for being out there, putting out wisdom and inspiration.
I've been gardening over 50 years, always learning! It's amazing, fun, therapeutic, sad some days...but always something new to discover. Love it. And you get food! ❤❤
Thank you for the encouraging words and video. I have been trying to patio garden for the past 3 or 4 yrs now. Ive learned so much and while I havent had huge harvests yet I do believe ive gotten better by just learning about the varieties that are best suited for my climate and for container gardening. This year is my first year planting dwarf varieties of tomatoes and growing everything from seed! Even my flowers! Im so proud of myself but i do get discouraged at times when my flowers are not as full at store bought planters or when I dont have large harvests. This inspired me to get outside and think about my fall garden!
No, no don’t quit please. I love this utube channel. I learned sooo much. I’m 81 yr old Grandmom of 8 gorgeous kids who help me garden & grow veggies. This show helps me physically & emotionally. I am teaching the next generation too. I have been gardening for 50 yrs and this year has been discouraging with deer and squirrels eating everything in sight but I won’t give up. You are so encouraging and full of info. This is the best show!! 💕💕💕💕
Great timing of this video as a brief summer just broke one my plants to the ground. So discouraging as you baby it in early spring and watch it grow. Back out tomorrow to plant something new! ❤ 🐶