Could you consider a series about how to start gardening? Like how do you know so much about your area? Or when to start different plants? It would be cool to have a couple starter plants that help with learning

@ElderandOakFarm

6 ай бұрын

I just want to chime in here & say, KZread videos & stuff are great of course for learning gardening, but the number one thing to learn how to grow, is to just start! & get hands on experiencem

I don’t bother fighting pests for cucumbers or zucchini. I can get both grown locally for a reasonable price. I also made the switch to some hybrids for things I don’t intend to save seed from. If I get frustrated or overwhelmed because heirlooms are succumbing to the environment, I’m not going to put as much effort into growing our food and in the end, that’s what’s important to me. It took me a few years of trying to emulate what others were doing before I decided to pick my battles. I can always support local farmers, trade and barter for the things I don’t grow and all of those things have value as well.

Omg I love that you torch the squash bugs. lol so satisfying. I’m doing this!

My little Hungarian heart is filled with joy over your magyar paprika 🤌🏻❤️

Hey Bre! You may have greater luck with shade cloth in your garden on those really hotter days for your tomatoes and others that can’t take the heat. I thoroughly enjoy your channel and here is to a fantastic 2024 garden season to you.

Thank you for the recap, looking forward to the new season! You're a rock star!

Alot to be proud of .. awesome work .love it

Bre thank you for your hard work in the garden, videoing, and preserving for taking us along on your journey.🌺🌺🌺🌺

burning the squash eggs with a torch is a protip for sure, i was still scraping and squishing

Good morning Bre. I hope you are having a great weekend.🐝

Love your videos and have had so much fun learning and playing in the garden over there last few years. I 100% feel you on the waiting to plant perennials knowing we’re not in our forever home but also want to jump into it and not wait. Thanks for the great video and fun channel!

This is such a helpful reference. I can see myself coming back to this over and over when I plan out my garden. Thanks for being so thorough!

I totally understand the front yard thing, idk why we let neighbors get to us so much! The tea garden sounds lovely for the front, with many cut flowers too! I think you could totally squeeze some lettuce and spinach in the front with herbs and no one would bat an eye

@lindamartin8614

8 ай бұрын

Hi I saw at a house near me sunflowers planted in the very front yard rows of sunflowers. For the fall there are rows of turnips and other fall plants. It looked kind of weird planted in the front lawn, but the plants are beautiful.

wow so beautiful video .great job . thankyou for sharing

Soooooo why I almost cry from just the beauty of this video. I love it, Please keep more videos coming. Beautiful Soul!!!

Bre, I really enjoy your channel and your enthusiasm, I am amazed at everything you can grow in your little space. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together! So amazing.

@MoonHunterYT

8 ай бұрын

I noticed you also write your 2s two completely different ways even on the same paper LOL.

Cannot wait for your 2024 garden plan 👍👍👍

Total game changer for me was making the JADAM microbial solution, I only made it once but I was able to grow peppers, tomatoes, and beans in a plot that struggled terrible last year I wish I did more than one application. The book is worth it, plenty of other things in there that I can't wait to try. Glad you had a successful garden this year.

I use a shop vac for squash bugs. I also finally invested in perennials because I can dig them up. I feel like I could be harvesting if I planted them years ago when I started so I’ve been missing out. I also bought 20 gallon containers for dwarf or simi dwarf varieties so they aren’t in a permanent location.

❤ Thank you

Thank you so much for ur vids, I am consistently learning from you.. This is only my 2 nd year growing in a small space. This year I grew indeterminate cherry tomatoes called sweet 100’s, I’m amazed at how many they produced.. I attempted to grow cucumbers, however, those lantern flies destroyed both of my plants.. I grew a variety of peppers.. lettuce & herbs.. I really appreciate the vids for preserving, next season I will be working on that.

For a good hybrid tomato, my favorite is Ozark Pink. The key to them being tasty is letting them fully ripen, on the vine or inside. They’re such a hardy variety but delicious! Perfect size for canning or slicing for salads and sandwiches.

Hi Bre! I'm in the same zone as you and am a newbie gardener and would love a tutorial for a new gardener! These are the areas I would love to learn about: When to plant/sow, planting in the garden timelines, heirlooms versus hybrids, and watering systems, bugs, companion planting, harvesting... just all things!😊 Thanks for sharing your talent with gardening with us!

Zone 5b gardener going into year 3, im defintely taking notes here as a fellow backyard gardner. From yr1 to 2 better results on most things i tried the first year. Defintely gonna work around seeding peppers & tomatoes proper as well. I got some to make it to the garden and produced but will also try to over winter some lucky few for better production next year and as a winter project. Also for a gardening tip i suggest looking into crop rotation. Some crops do or don't do well when planted after another crop. Like your turn out of beans after you planted them after your onions. Onions & beans/peas don't grow well together. Plus amy plany matter/residue remaining in the bed. But other than that lovely turn out will be along for the next plans in the garden.

I have been growing hybrid zucchini and they do very well and taste amazing on the bbq.

Hello, I am in Texas, zone 9a (I am originally from South KCMO). I didn't do anything this year due to some really horrid health issues, but last year I had Sweet Million cherry tomatoes. They did sooo well. I had planted them in March and they lasted till into the fall. I got sooo many cherry tomatoes off of it. I was harvesting a handful or two every day from 1 plant. They tasted so good too. I just grabbed another one from a garden center last month (this crazy warm weather.....🙃). They are an indeterminate cherry tomatoe. My one last year reached about 10ft 😮. I don't know which green bean you tried, but last year Kentucky Wonder did really good down here. I tried 2 bush bean varieties and they didn't fare well, but the Kentucky Wonder pole beans were great. I had 2 plants and got probably close to a 2 gallon zip lock bag worth. I had tried doing the 3 sisters with the corn, beans, and squash. My zucchini and Kentucky Wonder did great. The corn....corn smut 😝. But, who would have thought that corn smut is prized in parts of Mexico (huitlacoche), and has medical benefits. 😮 If it happens again, maybe I will try to process it....maybe 😂🤢

Sun King broccoli is amazing in the heat - we get massive heads with very hot summers.

I wonder if you would want to add vertical gardening. I see that you have space on the side of your shed and people add flower beds to the side of their fences. Maybe that's where you can add your tea garden.

Hi! Have you considered a shade cloth for the hot hot days? For your tomatoes especially? Also I love the idea of a tea, herb, and perennial garden in your front yard! Use the space you have. With these interest rates it doesn’t seem like any of us are going anywhere anytime soon!

You should try Calima bush green beans. They do great in heat and produce tons of green beans.

You should try pole beans next year! They take up way less space than bush beans and mine produced like crazy. I think I planted more bush beans than pole and got WAY more produce from the pole beans! You could use where you grew your loofah since you aren't growing that again.

Can you do a video on how you use your preserved foods? Especially all the tomato sauce.

don’t worry too much about your perennials, you might have even started a seed bank over the years if you retain your soil in your beds from them. i just started learning about this from Michigan State’s research on them. idk but maybe hahaha

I started a couple of Domingo tomato plants this year and they produced several 1.5 lb fruits with zero pruning. They have a pretty good taste and the variety also holds the world record tomato at 10.795 lbs!

Thanks for the wrap up. Do you have a list of the varieties that did well and what didn't do well?

Wow such detail with your garden 🪴 love it! I have a question 🙋🏽‍♀️ do you work beside like KZread channel and gardening just curious because looks like you spend lots of time in the garden 😊

I had a zucchini plant come up by the hydrant. Not planted by me, in the grass actually. We got some nice zucchini before it succumbed to powdery mildew. Nice surprise. Lorraine

I would love for you to try Charleston grey water melon. We got 5-6, 10-12 lbs melons. But the vines weren’t too crazy. We did move them when necessary. We planted 3 plants all within a few inches but let it sprawl along our lavender and milkweed. We tracked the days to see when it should be ripe and it was spot on! Also have you tried dr.Wyches or Kellogg’s breakfast tomatoes? They are my favorite for fresh summer eating. They have superb flavor. Have you tried other berries?

@Meg_Coons

8 ай бұрын

You can even make watermelon rind pickles

You should look up the Zowie Wowie zinnia from Territory Seed.

Well done...Ellis.sending love angel girl.shamim🌟🧡🧑‍🍼

You’ve talked in previous videos about how cold it gets yet your cantaloupe looked amazing. Where do you live and what is your growing zone. I am in a zone 8b and I had things that are normally easy to grow not produce and things I haven’t had produce well flourish. I’m very happy with the overall garden regardless. I tried Amish Paste tomatoes for the first time and boy were they productive. I definitely need to do a better job of feeding the plants more consistently. I really enjoyed seeing a pic of the garden from each month, your garden looked beautiful!

@MoonHunterYT

8 ай бұрын

She's in kansas zone 6b

@cherylpresleigh6403

8 ай бұрын

@@MoonHunterYT Thank you, I guess that explains both cold and hot. Appreciate you responding, it’s very nice of you.

Where did you get your beds? Really enjoying your channel.

My lavender is always iffy. I loose it most years. Rosemary I’ve never gotten to overwinter. Hyssop though.. its like a weed. Im in 5b. Im going yo try a cutting from my rosemary to overwinter.

I'm honestly most impressed with your organization and planning skills! Fantastic garden and channel!

I'm surprised the Drumstick flower (aka Billy's Buttons) didn't survive your summer as it is a native of Australia and thrives in our hot summers.

Hi Bre - a suggestion for your pepper and tomato problems with the heat. Try 30% shade cloth over them. I know it's counter intuitive for "hot weather" crops to do well under shade cloth but I have found it works well. You might want to google shade cloth and those crops as I found a couple of articles from universities in the mid west on the subject.

Where did you source out your white sage seeds...I would love to grow them as well!

My watermelons were soggy inside… I have had good luck in past years but I didn’t get one good one this year. Plus all my jalapeño peppers ended up being banana peppers (I have heard that seed companies got them mixed up).

I’m with you on the watermelon. Some are amazing. Others are a huge disappointment. I’ve found that the ways of telling they’re ripe aren’t true. Nearest dried tendril, yellow spot, bloom, slapping it. All imprecise imo. I’ll just get them from the farmers market next year. I’m not sure on the size of your front yard but I recommend some fruit trees/bushes!

Awesome. I would like to know which place is this on the earth?

My tomatoes and peppers really struggle in the heat if they don’t get afternoon shade and heavy, heavy mulching.

When do I start seedlings ?

Maybe you can plant your fruit trees in the front.

What size freeze dryer do you use?

Pant basil in between your tomatoes. Bugs hate basil.

Bre what do you mean smudge with?

I've heard not to plant garlic with beans, could that have caused some of your problems since you planted beans where garlic had been?

You have to grow watermelon in a hill.