Your high tunnel garden is beautiful. That cold front coming in is looking detrimental for our gardens, ugh!!! I got a few seeds started and they are breaking through the soil👏👏. My plants in my covered raised beds are doing great; carrots getting close and the sugar snap peas are finally blooming (just about gave up on them blooming- the plants are really healthy looking- just no blooms🤷♀️). We may be having some sugar snap peas this week🤞🏼. Yay for gardening successes ❣️
North Texas Vegetable Gardening and Cooking, my seed starting trays are inside for now at a south facing window. I am going to move them after they get bigger and after the cold front to a small outside greenhouse I got for Christmas.
YAY....Hubs just finished the protection for my seed bed and he did a terrific job. I will do a video to share. Can't wait to hear how your garden does this year. Blessings, Jill
I started all my pepper seeds they all sprouted and growing well , also got some herbs going and eggplant 🍆. Everything in your high tunnel is growing well and looks amazing
Hi Kathy! Thank you gal. Appreciate you watching us! We love all the things growing in there and are looking forward to a great spring the Lord willing. Blessings, Jill
You can throw and weight down a couple old cloth bed comforters over your outside garden beds overnight on the night(s) you get teen temperatures. If you also have rain or it's wet, put a plastic or tarp over the cloth bed covers. If you have some old bricks or flat rocks, put them around the plants in the garden during the day so they can absorb heat. Then leave them in place when you cover the beds at night. I got my basil plants through 20° temps with much lower wind chills for 3 months past our frosts/freezes doing this until I forgot one night. Thankfully by then, I had harvested the majority of it. Layers of clothes keep you warm. Layers of old bedding and plastic also keep all but the most tender plants warm through the night.
Looks fabulous, as always! Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) did an interesting video using polycarbonate for some beds. Take a look, maybe good for your outside beds titled: How to Easily Make the Most Mobile & Versatile Garden Cold Frame for Under $25: Set-Up & Take-Down Cheers! Snowing like crazy here.
Hi Joyce. Are yall warming at all up there? Looks like your winter has been tough so far. I sure will let you know how we fair lady. Thank you and as always, blessings, Jill
Hi Joyce. Are yall warming at all up there? Looks like your winter has been tough so far. I sure will let you know how we fair lady. Thank you and as always, blessings, Jill
I sure am! I’m not great at it by any means but this is the first year I’ve not had a full time job so I am very excited about testing out different methods and plants this year. Going to try my hand at herbs too! Your neighbor from Oklahoma! 😉
Hidy Neighbor! YAY on the gardening. Such peace gal while working in it, I pray you have an abundant harvest this year. Please stay in touch and keep me posted!! Hugs, Jill
I just love your high tunnel and seed table. Your seedlings look great! We started marigolds as well. How old is your grandbaby? My boys love helping with gardening they are 3 & 5. They want to grow a pumpkin this year so we’re going for it later this spring.
Hi Kelly! Thank you so very much!!! He is 7...the light of my life! We will most likely have to replant so he can have some pumpkins. Appreciate you watching so much! Blessings, Jill
Hard work paying off ! Your food looks great ! We were planning on planting the rest of our onion sets tomorrow ,but maybe I should hold off until this arctic front receeds.? I dont think we are forecast to be as cold here in Upshur County as in your neck of the woods.
Hi Cindy, in a nutshell wicking tubs are plant containers with a refillable water reservoir and air space in the bottom. About 15 to 20% of the soil is in contact with the water, which creates a wicking effect throughout the soil in the container. Here’s Leon’s channel, he has a bunch of videos explaining the wicking tubs in detail: ruclips.net/channel/UCSDYs9sd2_BlLuWSiEr7TJQ
Hidy Lucky Kentucky. We have done one. Copying link in here. They turned our delish. We enjoy them all the time. Let me know your thoughts! ruclips.net/video/sZI_IZ-Q7ho/видео.html
Oh girl...we do not have any deer. We are in Johnson county but not ia a wooded area. Have you tried an electric wired fence with one wire around chest high?
@@ntxg I used to live in Cleburne. We moved to Azle a year ago and the way my half acre is situated, the city won’t let me put a tall fence around the area that I can grow a garden in. The rest of my lot is shaded with 100 year olds oak trees. My neighbors decided to put a feeder out and it’s ruining my life. The deer eat everything. I mean EVERYTHING! I’m going to pay $350 to apply for an variance to get the fence. I have no idea if it will be approved. I’m at my wits end.
Oh Ally...I am sooooo sorry. I bet you are at your wits end. I will pray you get your variance so you can put up a fence. In the mean time look into an electrical wire that goes around your garden. Do keep me posted and let me know if you get your garden going.
Hi CYAN. We are using epsom salt, nitrogen, gypsom and a 10-10-10 for onions right now. Thank you so much for watching. I will have hubs update more when he gets up.
Hi Cyan, I’m using Leon Sloan’s recipe. Fill wicking tub half with soil and add: 2 TBSP Gypsum 2 TBSP Epson salt ½ cup sustain ¼ cup sea mineral 2 TBSP Agricultural limestone Now add the rest of your soil. I’m starting everything with either a 10-10-10 or 20-20-20. After about 3 weeks I’ll adjust the fertilizer to fit the plant. For example, onions garlic and lettuce get a high nitrogen mix. Tomatoes and peppers will get a low N, high phosphorus and potassium blend. Here’s Leon’s channel, he has a bunch of videos on his fertilizer mix: ruclips.net/channel/UCSDYs9sd2_BlLuWSiEr7TJQ
Big mistake I am growing my own seedlings this year. It said start 8-10 weeks b4 first frost which I did but the big boy tomatoes are 7" tall already and I had to up pot them yesterday. Other tomatoes and peppers growing much slower
Awe...maybe not a big mistake Dora. Put them out on sunny warm days and bring them if the night temp goes below freezing. Keep transplanting to a larger pot if needed and they should be just fine. All of them will grow very well in a pot! What else you planting this year?
Hi Vela! We use coffee grounds around the edges of our garden. It doesnt kill them but they usually relocate. You can mix up some dawn dish soap and spray as well, especially the trail, it normally interrupts them. Neem oil deter's them too. Thank you for watching! Blessings, Jill
Absolutely amazing. That high tunnel is so incredibly awesome! Wow, everything looks so good, my friend. Blessings!
Hi Bertha. How are you gal? Your mom? Think and pray for you often. How is your weather?
It's awesome to watch this project grow. Everything is beautiful!
Hi my sweet cousin. Thank you for much for watching. We are moving along lady. Praying you are well. Jill
I’m doing good and staying busy. I’m proud of you, my sweet cousin!
Thank you so much lady! Lots of love, Jill
Your high tunnel garden is beautiful. That cold front coming in is looking detrimental for our gardens, ugh!!! I got a few seeds started and they are breaking through the soil👏👏. My plants in my covered raised beds are doing great; carrots getting close and the sugar snap peas are finally blooming (just about gave up on them blooming- the plants are really healthy looking- just no blooms🤷♀️). We may be having some sugar snap peas this week🤞🏼. Yay for gardening successes ❣️
Hi Linda, Thank you gal. Do you have some milk jugs or something to cover your seeds or did you start indoors?
North Texas Vegetable Gardening and Cooking, my seed starting trays are inside for now at a south facing window. I am going to move them after they get bigger and after the cold front to a small outside greenhouse I got for Christmas.
YAY....Hubs just finished the protection for my seed bed and he did a terrific job. I will do a video to share. Can't wait to hear how your garden does this year. Blessings, Jill
I started all my pepper seeds they all sprouted and growing well , also got some herbs going and eggplant 🍆. Everything in your high tunnel is growing well and looks amazing
I am excited about my eggplant gal.
@@ntxg I hope you gets lots of them I also started a few eggplant seeds
Wow, you have done so much! Amazing!!!
Hi Kathy! Thank you gal. Appreciate you watching us! We love all the things growing in there and are looking forward to a great spring the Lord willing. Blessings, Jill
Your dog wanted in 😂
You can throw and weight down a couple old cloth bed comforters over your outside garden beds overnight on the night(s) you get teen temperatures. If you also have rain or it's wet, put a plastic or tarp over the cloth bed covers. If you have some old bricks or flat rocks, put them around the plants in the garden during the day so they can absorb heat. Then leave them in place when you cover the beds at night. I got my basil plants through 20° temps with much lower wind chills for 3 months past our frosts/freezes doing this until I forgot one night. Thankfully by then, I had harvested the majority of it. Layers of clothes keep you warm. Layers of old bedding and plastic also keep all but the most tender plants warm through the night.
Thank you JDP! Awesome advice. Its fixing to get realllllly cold.
Hi gal, you are 4 hrs south of me. I am near Fort Sill. I value your videos and appreciate your knowledge.
Hey Lady! Welcome and thank you so much! I appreciate you! What you growing this year?
Love the kitchen backsplash
Thank you KL! Hubs remodeled for me about 2 years back and did it himself!!!
Looks fabulous, as always! Gary Pilarchik (The Rusted Garden) did an interesting video using polycarbonate for some beds.
Take a look, maybe good for your outside beds titled: How to Easily Make the Most Mobile & Versatile Garden Cold Frame for Under $25: Set-Up & Take-Down Cheers! Snowing like crazy here.
Hidy BI! I will check it out. We watch Gary as well. Thank you for watching and always so good to see you one here. Be blessed and safe. Jill
Jill, such exciting times for y’all in the high tunnel. Love seeing all of your successes and your upcoming plans. Take care. Love ya!
Hi LTK. Love you too beautiful lady! Its coming along gal. Getting more excited by the day. Praying you are well. Hugs and kisses, Jill
Hey Jill, what a wonderful idea your high tunnel is turning out to be. Let us know how everything faired the cold temps. God bless and stay healthy.
Hi Joyce. Are yall warming at all up there? Looks like your winter has been tough so far. I sure will let you know how we fair lady. Thank you and as always, blessings, Jill
Hi Joyce. Are yall warming at all up there? Looks like your winter has been tough so far. I sure will let you know how we fair lady. Thank you and as always, blessings, Jill
@@ntxg 🥶 No planting up here yet! I won't start thinking about it til April. Looking forward to your next video!
10 degrees for us coming Thursday..YIKES!
Beautiful job you’re doing there!
Hi Lakisha! Thank you lady! We love what we are able to grow! Appreciate you watching us. Are you growing a garden this year?
I sure am! I’m not great at it by any means but this is the first year I’ve not had a full time job so I am very excited about testing out different methods and plants this year. Going to try my hand at herbs too! Your neighbor from Oklahoma! 😉
Hidy Neighbor! YAY on the gardening. Such peace gal while working in it, I pray you have an abundant harvest this year. Please stay in touch and keep me posted!! Hugs, Jill
I just love your high tunnel and seed table. Your seedlings look great! We started marigolds as well. How old is your grandbaby? My boys love helping with gardening they are 3 & 5. They want to grow a pumpkin this year so we’re going for it later this spring.
Hi Kelly! Thank you so very much!!! He is 7...the light of my life! We will most likely have to replant so he can have some pumpkins. Appreciate you watching so much! Blessings, Jill
Hard work paying off ! Your food looks great ! We were planning on planting the rest of our onion sets tomorrow ,but maybe I should hold off until this arctic front receeds.? I dont think we are forecast to be as cold here in Upshur County as in your neck of the woods.
Hidy Michael. I'd wait until after this artic. Youngins may struggle. Thank you so much for watching us. Be blessed and safe! Jill
@@ntxg ,Thank you,I am going to heed your advice.
10 degree's Michael....YIKES...thats what is coming our way.
the plants nor my bones will enjoy that !@@ntxg
Not sure mine will either...sigh.
Where did you get design for wind tunnel?
Awesome 👏
Hi William, we got ours as a kit from www.rimolgreenhouses.com
We are very happy with it 😊 thanks!
Could you tell us more about the wicking beds?
Hidy Cindy. Yes! I will have hubs update you. Shortly and do a video.
Hi Cindy, in a nutshell wicking tubs are plant containers with a refillable water reservoir and air space in the bottom.
About 15 to 20% of the soil is in contact with the water, which creates a wicking effect throughout the soil in the container. Here’s Leon’s channel, he has a bunch of videos explaining the wicking tubs in detail: ruclips.net/channel/UCSDYs9sd2_BlLuWSiEr7TJQ
please do a video on canning your jalapeno's. mine come out too vinegary and no matter how I tweak it.. its' just not right.
Hidy Lucky Kentucky. We have done one. Copying link in here. They turned our delish. We enjoy them all the time. Let me know your thoughts!
ruclips.net/video/sZI_IZ-Q7ho/видео.html
October I planted a blackberry bush. I am considering buying a pomegranate bush this spring. Do you think they will be good neighbors (10 feet apart)?
Hidy Gary. I'm not sure. We have a pom too but its outside the tunnel and about 30 feet away. I'll see what I can find out!
I live in Azle. How do you keep the deer out of your outdoor garden?
Oh girl...we do not have any deer. We are in Johnson county but not ia a wooded area. Have you tried an electric wired fence with one wire around chest high?
@@ntxg I used to live in Cleburne. We moved to Azle a year ago and the way my half acre is situated, the city won’t let me put a tall fence around the area that I can grow a garden in. The rest of my lot is shaded with 100 year olds oak trees. My neighbors decided to put a feeder out and it’s ruining my life. The deer eat everything. I mean EVERYTHING! I’m going to pay $350 to apply for an variance to get the fence. I have no idea if it will be approved. I’m at my wits end.
Oh Ally...I am sooooo sorry. I bet you are at your wits end. I will pray you get your variance so you can put up a fence. In the mean time look into an electrical wire that goes around your garden. Do keep me posted and let me know if you get your garden going.
How did the Peron’s do?
So far they are doing good!
Hi, love your videos just wondering what kind of fertilizer are you using?
Hi CYAN. We are using epsom salt, nitrogen, gypsom and a 10-10-10 for onions right now. Thank you so much for watching. I will have hubs update more when he gets up.
Hi Cyan, I’m using Leon Sloan’s recipe.
Fill wicking tub half with soil and add:
2 TBSP Gypsum
2 TBSP Epson salt
½ cup sustain
¼ cup sea mineral
2 TBSP Agricultural limestone
Now add the rest of your soil.
I’m starting everything with either a 10-10-10 or 20-20-20.
After about 3 weeks I’ll adjust the fertilizer to fit the plant.
For example, onions garlic and lettuce get a high nitrogen mix. Tomatoes and peppers will get a low N, high phosphorus and potassium blend.
Here’s Leon’s channel, he has a bunch of videos on his fertilizer mix: ruclips.net/channel/UCSDYs9sd2_BlLuWSiEr7TJQ
Thank you so much for kind responded!
Hugs!
Big mistake I am growing my own seedlings this year. It said start 8-10 weeks b4 first frost which I did but the big boy tomatoes are 7" tall already and I had to up pot them yesterday. Other tomatoes and peppers growing much slower
Awe...maybe not a big mistake Dora. Put them out on sunny warm days and bring them if the night temp goes below freezing. Keep transplanting to a larger pot if needed and they should be just fine. All of them will grow very well in a pot! What else you planting this year?
@@ntxg I planted kohlrabi seeds today never tried them b4 and all the usual stuff
@@ntxg b4 planting time they will be in gallon pots at this rate and full of blooms
Great Minds! I planted kohlrabi today too...never tried it either we will have to compare out thoughts!
Hey thats okay...they will produce just fine and you have a jump on things. Looks like early maters for you DD!
What do you do to take care of fire ants
Hi Vela! We use coffee grounds around the edges of our garden. It doesnt kill them but they usually relocate. You can mix up some dawn dish soap and spray as well, especially the trail, it normally interrupts them. Neem oil deter's them too. Thank you for watching! Blessings, Jill
@@ntxg thank you we live in joshua and have a real problem with them. I will try your suggestion
I'm not far from ya! Let me know how you do. Look out for the cold this week! Blessings, Jill
Hey did you find your blue lake bush beans
Hi MMandI....I did!!!! Thank you for checkiing in with me. Howa are you?