OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thank you, Patrick, it's a puzzle, that's for sure. (The puzzle becomes a jungle, LOL) You are the master planner! Sometimes I wish I could have the whole garden laid out orderly like you do, but you are much more clever than I. Yes, the kitty is my companion.
stampified Yes, it's a issue I have after living in Manhattan for seven years, to see every tiny space as potential to put something. I constantly have to rein myself in, and the plateau is looking spacious at the moment, but when the Creams take off, it will be another story. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for a new episode soon!
We did a garden renovation as well--and did a massive seedling plant before heading overseas for vacation. A new start really is working well--we got to design it around the lessons learned and have something so much better than before! I can't wait to see this renovation catch up to real time!
Mary Dotson Thanks, Mary! Yeah, I think the makeover got done before harvests starting coming in, and issues arrived! LOL Hope you are enjoying yours! Thanks for watching. Please give me a thumbs up!
Great episode Kaye, I love the changes you've made in your garden. It always looks so lovely. I'm in the middle of some makeovers myself (updated garden shed, new plants in, and out with some old), and it's taking a lot of my time, but will be so well worth it when it's done. Take care, Kim
***** How's it going now, Kim? Thanks so much for your support! Glad you enjoyed it. Just when I felt like I could settle in and watch the abundance, I'm getting an abundance of PM. UGH. Running defense here.
***** I ran through the PM in spring when the weather was strange, hot and humid. Now it's settled down and some plants that survived are making a comeback, so all is well. Have a great time in the garden. Gardening is a therapy I can't do without.
***** I agree, though I just spent 2 hours pulling and selectively cutting PM covered vines and leaves and there is nothing left of my Collective Farm Woman baby watermelons except a half dozen small, leafless melons, I just hope they finish out, and I'm tired of spraying! Thanks!
I love your garden makeover ~ fabulous! I love the how you looked at all your seedlings that still need planting. (LOL) I still have about one more tray of peppers to plant, so I'm feeling you. Your lemon tree is beautiful. I have a dwarf lemon tree and maybe someday I'll get lemons too! Happy Gardening...
lovers4healthylife Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing! I try to have a little fun to show it's now ALL hard work, LOL. It's so exciting to get lemons, it took a couple of years, and my orange tree is pretty sad, there's ONE orange on it and I doubt it's fit to eat. Thanks for following!
That's a job well done Kaye. This year looks more delicate and slimmer than last year. I think your growing more quality plants and your place looks beautiful with too many lovely plants to mention but I love that magnificent Rose. Best wishes Patrick
Patrick Meehan Thanks so much Patrick! Well, the Back 40 is officially a jungle and it will be a bit of maintenance to keep the viruses at bay to get a crop. We had June gloom every morning or all day for two weeks, and sun finally broke through early on Summer Solstice and has delivered every day since of bright sun all day, wonderful! (Needless to say, I did not make it to Britain in June...)
Heh, loved your look when you remembered all the seedlings in back of you... I think we all start way more than we can actually plant! Nice to see what you will be planting for this summer! I have a fig in my back yard, started small like yours... now 10+ years later that thing is HUGE!! Gives me way too many figs! Good luck on yours!
***** I wonder what I will get. The tree had 5 or 6 figs on it when we planted, so I predict that's all I will get this year. IF the squirrels don't beat me to them. Say, do figs drop their leaves in winter? I forgot to ask. Thanks for watching!
***** Yep, figs drop there leaves in winter here in North Alabama. But, you are in sunny LA, so the question is: Does it get cold enough to frost? I never lived in LA but I don't think it will get cold enough for the figs to drop leaves. Another thought would be, does other kinds of trees drop their leaves? Whatever the other trees do, the fig will probably do the same.
I think ours drop in the winter... now that you ask I am not sure anymore! LOL It is a weird tree and there always seem to be figs on it so maybe it keeps the leaves? I will have to be more attentive!!
LARK'S GARDENS Hey, good to hear from you! How's your garden going? I'm behind on watching. Yeah, I try to have a little fun with the show, keep it entertaining. Thanks so much for watching!
Rohinton Irani Thanks so much! I'm so happy you are still following. YES, tons of work but enjoyable. I am looking forward to help with producing the show, though. Maybe being at the Miami Web Fest will open things up for me. Thanks for your support!
YVRSURF People are so clever about growing vertically these days, and I may have to try it myself, since I'm out of space. Thanks for watching and the tip!
I'm in Alabama, so the heat starts mid April until October . I didn't do well with my cool weather crops and found out through FB I should plant my cabbages family stuff a lot earlier. I will plant a lot for the Fall to get me through the Winter with fresh greens. But Summer...tomatoes, 19 different kinds, Cukes, 4 kinds, Market More 76, Straight Eights, Lemon, and a wonderful Suyo Long. Cantaloupe, watermelon, Spice Pumpkins, Sweet potaoes, Carrots, Squash and Zucchini, Sugar Snaps peas. 7 kinds of peppers. My beans have struggled in a straw bale garden trial. Lots of herbs. And flowers for me and the bees. I really enjoy your videos. Itz nice to see other people's gardens.
Carrie B. Wow, Carrie, you've got an impressive lineup! How much total garden space do you have? My mother came from Alabama, so I've spent a lot of time down there, but northern Alabama. Please post a photo of your garden on facebook.com/LateBloomerShow! Thanks for watching! Please share.
I am in NE Alabama. It's a little town called Centre. I haven't figured how to transfer pictures from my phone onto FB. I will share photos from my garden when I figure it out, lol. I made an arch with a cattle panel over 1 bed to grow my cukes and cantaloupe. I love the access it gives me to the fruit. I have 144 sq. ft. of raised beds. I am also trying straw bale gardening with 10 bales.
Carrie B. If you have a smart phone, you should be able to select a photo, and there will be a little icon that indicates how you want to share it, click on that you will get options to email, text or share to FB (if you have an FB account). You should be able to check more than one photo to share in one post, but if you want to just try one first to see if it works, you can do that. Once it's in your FB photos, you should be able to select it and share it in a post on Late Bloomer Show. Let me know if you try. I'd love to see a photo of that arch! You are doing a lot, and I'd love to hear of your progress! Thanks for watching!
I enjoyed the episode. I just took my tomatoes plant out. The corn was not a great crop this year, be caused of the tornado that passed close by and the days of rain. I still have some squash , field peas and second crop of corn. The eggplant is still baring. Looking forward to your soil episode. Gene
Eugene Arceneaux Thanks Gene! Sounds like you've still got plenty to manage. I'm glad the tornado did not do more damage to your place! I haven't started the soil episode, but I need to. I've got a couple of others I'm trying to finish. Thanks for watching!
This week I have been rewatching your old videos and they bring me so much joy. And inspiration! Please keep making videos and sharing your garden with us. Happy New Year!
Oh, thank you so much! What a great comment for this dreary cold wet day (though I'm not complaining about the rain!). I will try but I am committed to raising the money for a season 6, and not spending my retirement check anymore :) We shall see if I am successful. I have been working 40-60 hours a week for five years now with no income the last three, and I haven't yet been able to grow my audience to a sustainable level, which is why I started the vlog and am teaching myself to edit. But, I have only so much energy and hours in the day. We shall see. Please keep recommending! Many thanks!
I just love your show!! I'm growing a lot of tomatoes from seed in my garden this year and have run into so many problems! Odd growth, disease, aphids, leaf footed nymphs/stink bugs, over watering/under watering... It's very frustrating because my last couple of years have resulted in tremendous results, and this year I expanded my garden and am getting more frustration in the tomato department (everything else is doing well so far...). Erg! So it doesn't matter how large or small your garden is. It's how you use it. And whether nature goes against your wishes! Hahaha!
ArmindaHeart Have you watched my tomato series from last year? You will see I had every problem. Expanding your garden stretched your observation time and that's when problems take over. I know the feeling! Next year, you will get back on an even keel. About nature, yes, it will become more and more unpredictable and we will have to be creative problem solvers to grow our own food in future, but our health and the biodiversity depends on us.
Charming as always Kaye! I don't really have much of a yard (yes, even less than you.) I also had surgery recently so had to peel back planting but still managed to seed tomatoes, cucumbers (for pickling which I discovered last year--such a great way to preserve the fruit) 3 hot pepper plants, one sweet pepper plant, wax beans, and couple of brassicas. I plan to keep seeding stuff through-out the summer, last year a late crop of spinach lasted all winter on my balcony.
omfug Thanks so much! I'm sorry to hear about the surgery and hope you completely recover and can get after your garden the way you want to. I will only harvest a few cucumbers this year with 3 plants in pots, can you pickle 3 cucumbers or is that a waste of time? Let me know today since I picked them this AM! Thanks!
I highly suggest doing a quick pickle Kaye, there are tons of recipes on youtube for refrigerator pickles, these are the best pickles you will ever eat especially if you are growing your own dill! 3 pickles are not too few.
omfug Unfortunately, my dill did not come up this year. And it is not that fresh when you get it in the store. I'll check recipes, though. Thanks so much! I put 3 in frig last night and have at least 2 more to harvest this morning. Thanks again!
Kaye, I have had trouble with dill germination in the past, last year I sewed seeds in 1 gallon containers and the germination rate was great--go figure. What I do now is to freeze my dill fronds, they freeze well with no loss of taste IMO. Of course I am a total dill head, I love the stuff (must be my European peasant genes exerting themselves, hehe.) Of course, if you don't have dill fennel works well also, as do just dill seeds. I also like to stick a hot pepper in with my pickles for extra pizzazz.
omfug That's a great idea, I have more seeds and think I'll plant some in a container. However the seeds are on a dried branch and I did not seal them in a bag. Does that make a difference with germination?
I stumbled across your videos and I am really impressed with what you do on such a small lot! Stay cool this summer. From a fellow veggie gardener in the Valley.
Letty Alkhaddam Thanks, Letty, I hope you will watch them all! It's a challenge growing a summer garden with no rain in a drought. Thanks for watching!
Just my opinion here, but every time I see your fence against the side walk I think you could stick a single grape vine there and get a nice yield from that space.
The Autonomous Gardener Just when you wrote this, I had finally planted my potted grapevine in the back of the house. There's a huge trellis out back. It just needs to grow about 8 feet and get in the sun, and it will be great. As far as this fence goes, I've learned it's a GREAT place for brown widow spiders to lay their eggs. UGH, so I really need to keep that clear of vines so I can get at them.
Amazing as always, Kay, my little patch of heaven is just getting started and I am so excited. Keep keeping us uplifted n you gardens, Tank you as always for posting. -H.
Kay, This was a great episode. I'm curious for the reasons for your garden shuffle. Was it to make it flow better or were you rotating the garden beds? I'm growing cauliflower for the first time this year. I have learned that the bed I put the cucumbers into is most likely too shaded for it to do well..But we shall see. I have masses of tomatoes..because that's the reason for the garden. My green onions are planted on the edges of all my raised beds. I have a few eggplants..but they are quite unhappy and I don't know if they will make it. I have a bed of bush beans. I have potatoes red and yellow planted into containers. I have a sweet potato growing in a container in my cold green house and oh I hope it works even though I'm in Washington State, far from traditional sweet tater country! I have lettuce, peppers, spinach and chard also in containers...Not all of which are happy. But I spotted my very first zucchini growing and it made me want to shout for joy! I'm so glad that you'll understand that feeling! Have a wonderful day!
Dolly Perry No, the flow is pretty established now, unless I start creating more work for myself. There are structural things I'd like to do, but, keeping up with my appetite to plant seeds and see them through their life span, and making Late Bloomer, is all the energy and time I have. I did decide to reduce my corn imprint because what does 48 square feet of corn give you? Just a few cobs, so I decided I could get much more out of the back 40. All I know about sweet potatoes is the roots like to stay warm, whereas regular potatoes want to stay cool. I know the feeling, when I see something for the first time, there is an explosion of joy, enough to make your day! Thanks so much for watching, and stay tuned to the next episode coming soon.
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens Thanks so much (why can't I remember your real name? brain fog...), on the other hand, my little orange tree I planted at the same time has one orange on it. :( I wish you luck and I bet you will succeed, you are so meticulous! Thanks for watching!
You have really been busy! I put in new drip irrigation and on the day I nearly finished, it started raining. Now we have had too much rain but still can recover if it stops. Wow what a lot of lemons! Like your back forty and plateau.:) Love the fig.
Sheri Fischer Yes, really busy, just when I am working on a water conservation episode we got a rare rain! So, that episode will be coming as well! Yes, that little lemon tree really delivered, and I took them all off, pruned it heavily and it exploded in blooms. We shall see!
how could you have possibly killed a fig lol Great stuff as always, wonderful production quality and great food forestry. thx for sharing Kaye my only wish is that you post more :)
Permaculture Prepper Thanks SO much! The kind of show I do costs money, which is why I've started online marketing and asking for donations. I have to pay editors and my composer, so 2 eps a month is all I can manage till HGTV calls! But, I do have another one that will be out next week. We got behind in May because my editor got married and took a few weeks off. Thanks for your support! Yeah, all the leaves fell off. I either watered too much or not enough, and right now, I'm wondering if I'm going to kill the Mexican pink guava, not looking so good! YIKES.
I had bought a Meyer lemon tree but now it's not flowering or growing lemons? Am I doing something wrong...it's still potted? Any advice for a fellow gardener
Beru -Chan Sometimes it takes a year or two to get going. If it is an ever-bearing lemon tree and it looks healthy, nice and green, just be patient. If it looks sickly, leaves falling off or yellow, then you must do something to make it healthier. It has to have at least 6 hours of direct sun every day to produce. Remember to feed it on a regular basis in a pot, follow directions on a good organic liquid plant food, and also Maxi-cal, follow directions, plus they need iron, follow directions. Water, feed, water, in that order to drive the nutrient down to the roots, then let it completely dry out before rewatering. Be careful about letting the pot sit in a lid with water standing. Citrus don't like their roots to stand in water. Make sure your potting mix is well-draining. You can also spray with compost tea and epsom salt (1 tablespoon per gallon of liquid). Look at leaves for bugs, if leaves are misshapen, you could have aphids or leaf miner. Good luck!
Claudette Faglie That's just what I did last November. Please watch! ruclips.net/video/OEECw1dm9dI/видео.html However, I would not do that again, as more appeared three weeks later. Thanks so much!
***** Just watched that... great...once you have them in your yard, you'll probably have them again... keep trapping and moving them. At some point, you may have a couple of years without them. Been there. Your videos are wonderful.
Kaye, I'm always so impressed with your garden, especially with the heat and water restrictions in your area. Love the kitty too. ;-)
OneYardRevolution | Frugal & Sustainable Organic Gardening Thank you, Patrick, it's a puzzle, that's for sure. (The puzzle becomes a jungle, LOL) You are the master planner! Sometimes I wish I could have the whole garden laid out orderly like you do, but you are much more clever than I. Yes, the kitty is my companion.
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It looks great! I love how you've packed so much in but it looks good too.
stampified Yes, it's a issue I have after living in Manhattan for seven years, to see every tiny space as potential to put something. I constantly have to rein myself in, and the plateau is looking spacious at the moment, but when the Creams take off, it will be another story. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for a new episode soon!
We did a garden renovation as well--and did a massive seedling plant before heading overseas for vacation. A new start really is working well--we got to design it around the lessons learned and have something so much better than before! I can't wait to see this renovation catch up to real time!
Mary Dotson Thanks, Mary! Yeah, I think the makeover got done before harvests starting coming in, and issues arrived! LOL Hope you are enjoying yours! Thanks for watching. Please give me a thumbs up!
Great episode Kaye, I love the changes you've made in your garden. It always looks so lovely. I'm in the middle of some makeovers myself (updated garden shed, new plants in, and out with some old), and it's taking a lot of my time, but will be so well worth it when it's done. Take care, Kim
***** How's it going now, Kim? Thanks so much for your support! Glad you enjoyed it. Just when I felt like I could settle in and watch the abundance, I'm getting an abundance of PM. UGH. Running defense here.
***** I ran through the PM in spring when the weather was strange, hot and humid. Now it's settled down and some plants that survived are making a comeback, so all is well. Have a great time in the garden. Gardening is a therapy I can't do without.
***** I agree, though I just spent 2 hours pulling and selectively cutting PM covered vines and leaves and there is nothing left of my Collective Farm Woman baby watermelons except a half dozen small, leafless melons, I just hope they finish out, and I'm tired of spraying! Thanks!
I love your garden makeover ~ fabulous! I love the how you looked at all your seedlings that still need planting. (LOL) I still have about one more tray of peppers to plant, so I'm feeling you. Your lemon tree is beautiful. I have a dwarf lemon tree and maybe someday I'll get lemons too! Happy Gardening...
lovers4healthylife Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing! I try to have a little fun to show it's now ALL hard work, LOL. It's so exciting to get lemons, it took a couple of years, and my orange tree is pretty sad, there's ONE orange on it and I doubt it's fit to eat. Thanks for following!
If I could like this twice! Oh wait! I can!
The Autonomous Gardener Thanks so much!! Really love your support!
That's a job well done Kaye. This year looks more delicate and slimmer than last year. I think your growing more quality plants and your place looks beautiful with too many lovely plants to mention but I love that magnificent Rose. Best wishes Patrick
Patrick Meehan Thanks so much Patrick! Well, the Back 40 is officially a jungle and it will be a bit of maintenance to keep the viruses at bay to get a crop. We had June gloom every morning or all day for two weeks, and sun finally broke through early on Summer Solstice and has delivered every day since of bright sun all day, wonderful! (Needless to say, I did not make it to Britain in June...)
Heh, loved your look when you remembered all the seedlings in back of you... I think we all start way more than we can actually plant! Nice to see what you will be planting for this summer! I have a fig in my back yard, started small like yours... now 10+ years later that thing is HUGE!! Gives me way too many figs! Good luck on yours!
***** I wonder what I will get. The tree had 5 or 6 figs on it when we planted, so I predict that's all I will get this year. IF the squirrels don't beat me to them. Say, do figs drop their leaves in winter? I forgot to ask. Thanks for watching!
***** Yep, figs drop there leaves in winter here in North Alabama. But, you are in sunny LA, so the question is: Does it get cold enough to frost? I never lived in LA but I don't think it will get cold enough for the figs to drop leaves. Another thought would be, does other kinds of trees drop their leaves? Whatever the other trees do, the fig will probably do the same.
I think ours drop in the winter... now that you ask I am not sure anymore! LOL It is a weird tree and there always seem to be figs on it so maybe it keeps the leaves? I will have to be more attentive!!
Everything is looking really nice, Kaye. I love the smirk on your face when you turned to see all the seedlings that you need to plant yet.
LARK'S GARDENS Hey, good to hear from you! How's your garden going? I'm behind on watching. Yeah, I try to have a little fun with the show, keep it entertaining. Thanks so much for watching!
what an amazing garden. Must be alot of hard work to get it to what it looks, with all the planning to add to it.
Rohinton Irani Thanks so much! I'm so happy you are still following. YES, tons of work but enjoyable. I am looking forward to help with producing the show, though. Maybe being at the Miami Web Fest will open things up for me. Thanks for your support!
Have you check out what people are doing with grow towers made from milk boxes the one with holes , stack them and plant them out the sides
YVRSURF People are so clever about growing vertically these days, and I may have to try it myself, since I'm out of space. Thanks for watching and the tip!
I'm in Alabama, so the heat starts mid April until October . I didn't do well with my cool weather crops and found out through FB I should plant my cabbages family stuff a lot earlier. I will plant a lot for the Fall to get me through the Winter with fresh greens. But Summer...tomatoes, 19 different kinds, Cukes, 4 kinds, Market More 76, Straight Eights, Lemon, and a wonderful Suyo Long. Cantaloupe, watermelon, Spice Pumpkins, Sweet potaoes, Carrots, Squash and Zucchini, Sugar Snaps peas. 7 kinds of peppers. My beans have struggled in a straw bale garden trial. Lots of herbs. And flowers for me and the bees. I really enjoy your videos. Itz nice to see other people's gardens.
Carrie B. Wow, Carrie, you've got an impressive lineup! How much total garden space do you have? My mother came from Alabama, so I've spent a lot of time down there, but northern Alabama. Please post a photo of your garden on facebook.com/LateBloomerShow! Thanks for watching! Please share.
I am in NE Alabama. It's a little town called Centre. I haven't figured how to transfer pictures from my phone onto FB. I will share photos from my garden when I figure it out, lol. I made an arch with a cattle panel over 1 bed to grow my cukes and cantaloupe. I love the access it gives me to the fruit. I have 144 sq. ft. of raised beds. I am also trying straw bale gardening with 10 bales.
Carrie B. If you have a smart phone, you should be able to select a photo, and there will be a little icon that indicates how you want to share it, click on that you will get options to email, text or share to FB (if you have an FB account). You should be able to check more than one photo to share in one post, but if you want to just try one first to see if it works, you can do that. Once it's in your FB photos, you should be able to select it and share it in a post on Late Bloomer Show. Let me know if you try. I'd love to see a photo of that arch! You are doing a lot, and I'd love to hear of your progress! Thanks for watching!
It was so funny when you spit out the rose petal! Lol love your garden! :)
+Hya Agustin Thank you! I'm sorry I missed this! Thanks SO much for watching and commenting. I appreciate your support.
I enjoyed the episode. I just took my tomatoes plant out. The corn was not a great crop this year, be caused of the tornado that passed close by and the days of rain. I still have some squash , field peas and second crop of corn. The eggplant is still baring. Looking forward to your soil episode. Gene
Eugene Arceneaux Thanks Gene! Sounds like you've still got plenty to manage. I'm glad the tornado did not do more damage to your place! I haven't started the soil episode, but I need to. I've got a couple of others I'm trying to finish. Thanks for watching!
Very good video ,thank you for sharing ..i have same ideas for my garden.
+Sandra Citelly Thanks, Sandra!!
This week I have been rewatching your old videos and they bring me so much joy. And inspiration! Please keep making videos and sharing your garden with us. Happy New Year!
Oh, thank you so much! What a great comment for this dreary cold wet day (though I'm not complaining about the rain!). I will try but I am committed to raising the money for a season 6, and not spending my retirement check anymore :) We shall see if I am successful. I have been working 40-60 hours a week for five years now with no income the last three, and I haven't yet been able to grow my audience to a sustainable level, which is why I started the vlog and am teaching myself to edit. But, I have only so much energy and hours in the day. We shall see. Please keep recommending! Many thanks!
I just love your show!! I'm growing a lot of tomatoes from seed in my garden this year and have run into so many problems! Odd growth, disease, aphids, leaf footed nymphs/stink bugs, over watering/under watering... It's very frustrating because my last couple of years have resulted in tremendous results, and this year I expanded my garden and am getting more frustration in the tomato department (everything else is doing well so far...). Erg! So it doesn't matter how large or small your garden is. It's how you use it. And whether nature goes against your wishes! Hahaha!
ArmindaHeart Have you watched my tomato series from last year? You will see I had every problem. Expanding your garden stretched your observation time and that's when problems take over. I know the feeling! Next year, you will get back on an even keel. About nature, yes, it will become more and more unpredictable and we will have to be creative problem solvers to grow our own food in future, but our health and the biodiversity depends on us.
Awesome Meyer lemons, Kaye!!!
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Andalbanon Thanks, Josh! Did you see my question about my little tangerine trees yesterday on FB?
I did not see that question....
Charming as always Kaye! I don't really have much of a yard (yes, even less than you.) I also had surgery recently so had to peel back planting but still managed to seed tomatoes, cucumbers (for pickling which I discovered last year--such a great way to preserve the fruit) 3 hot pepper plants, one sweet pepper plant, wax beans, and couple of brassicas. I plan to keep seeding stuff through-out the summer, last year a late crop of spinach lasted all winter on my balcony.
omfug Thanks so much! I'm sorry to hear about the surgery and hope you completely recover and can get after your garden the way you want to. I will only harvest a few cucumbers this year with 3 plants in pots, can you pickle 3 cucumbers or is that a waste of time? Let me know today since I picked them this AM! Thanks!
I highly suggest doing a quick pickle Kaye, there are tons of recipes on youtube for refrigerator pickles, these are the best pickles you will ever eat especially if you are growing your own dill! 3 pickles are not too few.
omfug Unfortunately, my dill did not come up this year. And it is not that fresh when you get it in the store. I'll check recipes, though. Thanks so much! I put 3 in frig last night and have at least 2 more to harvest this morning. Thanks again!
Kaye, I have had trouble with dill germination in the past, last year I sewed seeds in 1 gallon containers and the germination rate was great--go figure. What I do now is to freeze my dill fronds, they freeze well with no loss of taste IMO. Of course I am a total dill head, I love the stuff (must be my European peasant genes exerting themselves, hehe.) Of course, if you don't have dill fennel works well also, as do just dill seeds. I also like to stick a hot pepper in with my pickles for extra pizzazz.
omfug That's a great idea, I have more seeds and think I'll plant some in a container. However the seeds are on a dried branch and I did not seal them in a bag. Does that make a difference with germination?
I stumbled across your videos and I am really impressed with what you do on such a small lot! Stay cool this summer. From a fellow veggie gardener in the Valley.
Letty Alkhaddam Thanks, Letty, I hope you will watch them all! It's a challenge growing a summer garden with no rain in a drought. Thanks for watching!
Just my opinion here, but every time I see your fence against the side walk I think you could stick a single grape vine there and get a nice yield from that space.
The Autonomous Gardener Just when you wrote this, I had finally planted my potted grapevine in the back of the house. There's a huge trellis out back. It just needs to grow about 8 feet and get in the sun, and it will be great. As far as this fence goes, I've learned it's a GREAT place for brown widow spiders to lay their eggs. UGH, so I really need to keep that clear of vines so I can get at them.
Everything looking nice:-)
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Amazing as always, Kay, my little patch of heaven is just getting started and I am so excited. Keep keeping us uplifted n you gardens, Tank you as always for posting. -H.
Hey, Hope, just saying hi. Hope your summer garden turned out well. I missed this comment till now. Got some episodes coming up, stay tuned!
Kay, This was a great episode. I'm curious for the reasons for your garden shuffle. Was it to make it flow better or were you rotating the garden beds?
I'm growing cauliflower for the first time this year. I have learned that the bed I put the cucumbers into is most likely too shaded for it to do well..But we shall see. I have masses of tomatoes..because that's the reason for the garden. My green onions are planted on the edges of all my raised beds. I have a few eggplants..but they are quite unhappy and I don't know if they will make it. I have a bed of bush beans. I have potatoes red and yellow planted into containers. I have a sweet potato growing in a container in my cold green house and oh I hope it works even though I'm in Washington State, far from traditional sweet tater country! I have lettuce, peppers, spinach and chard also in containers...Not all of which are happy. But I spotted my very first zucchini growing and it made me want to shout for joy! I'm so glad that you'll understand that feeling! Have a wonderful day!
Dolly Perry No, the flow is pretty established now, unless I start creating more work for myself. There are structural things I'd like to do, but, keeping up with my appetite to plant seeds and see them through their life span, and making Late Bloomer, is all the energy and time I have. I did decide to reduce my corn imprint because what does 48 square feet of corn give you? Just a few cobs, so I decided I could get much more out of the back 40. All I know about sweet potatoes is the roots like to stay warm, whereas regular potatoes want to stay cool. I know the feeling, when I see something for the first time, there is an explosion of joy, enough to make your day! Thanks so much for watching, and stay tuned to the next episode coming soon.
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MrMac5150 Hey, there's my fave viewer. I really appreciate your support!
How did you like the Scarlet runner beans Kaye?
"Not just green weeds I can look at" That is perfect!
The Autonomous Gardener So true!!
Everything looks great, Kaye! Man, I wish I could grow those beautiful lemons! I think I am going to try a lemon, and a lime tree in the greenhouse!
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens Thanks so much (why can't I remember your real name? brain fog...), on the other hand, my little orange tree I planted at the same time has one orange on it. :( I wish you luck and I bet you will succeed, you are so meticulous! Thanks for watching!
Keith ; )
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens I really ought to be able to remember that.... :)
You have really been busy! I put in new drip irrigation and on the day I nearly finished, it started raining. Now we have had too much rain but still can recover if it stops. Wow what a lot of lemons! Like your back forty and plateau.:) Love the fig.
Sheri Fischer Yes, really busy, just when I am working on a water conservation episode we got a rare rain! So, that episode will be coming as well! Yes, that little lemon tree really delivered, and I took them all off, pruned it heavily and it exploded in blooms. We shall see!
how could you have possibly killed a fig lol Great stuff as always, wonderful production quality and great food forestry. thx for sharing Kaye my only wish is that you post more :)
Permaculture Prepper Thanks SO much! The kind of show I do costs money, which is why I've started online marketing and asking for donations. I have to pay editors and my composer, so 2 eps a month is all I can manage till HGTV calls! But, I do have another one that will be out next week. We got behind in May because my editor got married and took a few weeks off. Thanks for your support! Yeah, all the leaves fell off. I either watered too much or not enough, and right now, I'm wondering if I'm going to kill the Mexican pink guava, not looking so good! YIKES.
Great makeover Kaye. I always enjoy watching what you'll do next. Your use of space is genius. Can't wait to see how it all grows!!
Rob Backyard Gardenerr Thanks, Rob! I really appreciate those comments!!! It's growing, that's for sure! I hope to have another episode for you soon.
I had bought a Meyer lemon tree but now it's not flowering or growing lemons? Am I doing something wrong...it's still potted? Any advice for a fellow gardener
Beru -Chan Sometimes it takes a year or two to get going. If it is an ever-bearing lemon tree and it looks healthy, nice and green, just be patient. If it looks sickly, leaves falling off or yellow, then you must do something to make it healthier. It has to have at least 6 hours of direct sun every day to produce. Remember to feed it on a regular basis in a pot, follow directions on a good organic liquid plant food, and also Maxi-cal, follow directions, plus they need iron, follow directions. Water, feed, water, in that order to drive the nutrient down to the roots, then let it completely dry out before rewatering. Be careful about letting the pot sit in a lid with water standing. Citrus don't like their roots to stand in water. Make sure your potting mix is well-draining. You can also spray with compost tea and epsom salt (1 tablespoon per gallon of liquid). Look at leaves for bugs, if leaves are misshapen, you could have aphids or leaf miner. Good luck!
Any chance you could trap the raccoon and relocate it? Great video, as always.
Claudette Faglie That's just what I did last November. Please watch! ruclips.net/video/OEECw1dm9dI/видео.html However, I would not do that again, as more appeared three weeks later. Thanks so much!
***** Just watched that... great...once you have them in your yard, you'll probably have them again... keep trapping and moving them. At some point, you may have a couple of years without them. Been there. Your videos are wonderful.
Claudette Faglie Only a licensed professional can trap a wild animal in LA, and those two cost me $450! So, I won't be doing that again.... :)