Well, there isn’t much we can do when Mother Nature steps in. We just returned from a week long honeymoon to find 14 zucchini, that will become a variety of dishes. We are on the front end of a 100 degree week, with 114 degrees as the kicker. So, as you can imagine, tomorrow is shade cloth day! That, and adjustment of the drip irrigation. My beans are slowly climbing up the cattle panels, so we shall see.. stay cool everyone!!🥵🥬🌽🥦🫐🍓🥰

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Oh my, that is hot! It's so hard on our gardens and the gardeners. Stay cool as best you can.

Thank you for sharing an update on your beautiful garden . I am in Southern Ontario Canada and my garden is slowly growing due to cooler weather. Seeing your garden gives me some hope and encouragement as I was beginning to give up on my garden. For the first time in 7 years growing garlic I experienced garlic leaf miner. I was able to catch it easy and hoping for the best. Happy Gardening to you all.

@SusansInTheGarden

11 күн бұрын

It's nice to meet you! Wow, I'm not familiar with garlic leafminers but that sounds dreadful. I'm glad you were on the ball with it.

@Naddrose

11 күн бұрын

@SusansInTheGarden I always thought growing garlic and onions were pest deterrent, until having to deal with garlic moth this year. Apparently Ontario Canada has been dealing with garlic moth for the past few years. Keep an eye out on your onions and garlic the next few years as you are Canada's neighbor.

@SusansInTheGarden

11 күн бұрын

@@Naddrose Will do.

Thanks Susan for the update. I appreciate your telling it like it is reporting. Hope your weather stabilizes and your garden gives you the joy we all want.

@SusansInTheGarden

13 күн бұрын

Hi, Betty. Thank you for the good wishes. This growing season's weather has been a bit alarming, that's for sure.

Hi Susan, I think we are all struggling with our gardens this year in the PNW. We have just turned on our irrigation in July! The rest of our garden is beautiful. Enjoy the little wins. Happy gardening, Janis

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Hi, Janis. Yes, the PNW as a whole is dealing with these challenging conditions. We are definitely enjoying the little wins and are hoping things get better soon. Take care.

My neighbor has a large vegetable garden but she also tucks 🍅 tomatoes here and there all over her property. She said she does this to fool the insects 🐛 that attack the tomatoes in the garden.🍅 It must work because her hidden tomatoes are huge and beautiful!😊

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Hi there. Yes, that is a great strategy!

@dustyflats3832

12 күн бұрын

Yes, I had a few in with squash that I couldn’t get to and they didn’t get the blight until way later also. Probably because no one touched them.

Your garden looks great 👍 It’s so fun to see other people’s gardens ❤ Happy 4th of July.everyone 🎉

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Thank you. I love looking at other people's gardens, too! Happy 4th!

Thanks for sharing, I always learn something from you! Happy 4th! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@SusansInTheGarden

13 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, Barb! Happy 4th of July to you, too!

Hi Susan. I love all the green color of your garden. Love your explanations too. Thanks 😊

@SusansInTheGarden

13 күн бұрын

Thank you, Claire!

Thanks for sharing

We have had a very hot & dry June here in N. KY but last night and today we have finally gotten rain. I’ve already frozen my main broccoli crop although my heads did not get as large as yours. I did grow Belstar on your recommendation. Thanks for the tip on the chard, mine is under cover as well with my kale & collards and wondered what was eating on them. Peas are long gone, been eating cabbage, beets, beans, zucchini & a few carrots as well as potatoes. I have Fortex starting to come on and patiently (not really) waiting on my Diva cucumbers and a big beefsteak tomato for my first BLT. Have had small tomatoes for salads. Love this time of year, the only time I think I could be a vegetarian. 😝. Sorry about your weather, we are certainly at the mercy of Mother Nature.

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you've gotten some rain. That would be very welcome here, too! It sounds like your garden is doing well.

Hi Susan & Bill. thnx for the tour. western NC mnts here - with a very happy organic community garden plot. we've had super growing conditions & it's the lushest year for everyone. 🎉

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Hello over there! I'm so glad to hear that your gardens are doing great.

Silver green Bryum moss- i believe that is what moss is in your one raised bed….love your videos

@SusansInTheGarden

13 күн бұрын

Hmm, you might be right! I've already weeded that bed and covered with mulch, so it's looking much nicer.

The Belstar performed well in my Z5a, WI garden last year. I had some Sun King seeds to use up and they are ok also just not as big. Lol, hurry and put that netting back on😅 That’s exactly what all my tomatoes look in my south garden!! They are spindly and with fruit and blossoms. The north garden they are stalky, but bushier without the normal height. I’m also trying the Supremo and need to be mindful which are determinates so I don’t prune them. I wonder if I should take the fruit off the hybrid slicers or beef up fertilizer. I’ve just never had this dilemma before as tomatoes always do well here. We’ve decided we like Buttercup, Waltham and acorn squash and will stick with those. Trying Silver Queen corn and it’s about 4’ and we planted 3 to a hole in two rows. The storm pushed them once and we straightened. And this is also stalky and deep green with coop manure and additional granular. We have too much rain and sandy soil to do liquid. We’ve had way too much rain. Since March we’ve had 31.3” of rain not including winter rain and just had a shower, more tonight and Sunday. Our annual avg is 37”. It’s only 7/4. I asked you before about tomatoes and you were experiencing the same. There is one difference and the better tomatoes are where we tilled and used chicken manure from coop last fall. The other I just forked to loosen soil and added fertilizer and I have hugelkulture under rows. About insects and fungus-since using netting on brassicas the cabbage moths all left. I’ve seen only a couple of Japanese beetles, a handful of potato beetles, few slugs under some cabbages that are close together and we normally don’t have. I just read that rain is a good thing for staving off mildew, but the hollyhocks got the rust so will need rust resistant going forward. We had gypsy moths earlier and they say rain creates a bacteria-? That kills them off. Yes, it’s been a trying year in many ways-that is a true statement indeed. Thank you Susan for showing your progress (or not) so the rest of us can understand what’s happening in our own gardens with similar growing conditions/zones. Same with flowers. Some new to me I’m not sure about but suspect some need longer growing season like black eyed Susan’s vine-it’s still only 4” 🙄 and ice plant says too much rain. Oh, the red carrot leaves I think they got spot hit with frost maybe? Only other thing I recently read about red in leaves I think was about phosphorus.

Beautiful garden! I have been dealing with a pest issue called a symphlan. It stunts vegetable crops by eating their root hairs. I have identified 4 raised beds with the bad bugs. Yesterday I treated the beds with beneficial nematodes. I hope it works. Gardening can be so challenging

@palmsandsand

12 күн бұрын

You can also compact the soil where they are if it happens again. They cannot create tunnels b/c they’re too small. They use tunnels created by worms and other insects.

@SusansInTheGarden

11 күн бұрын

Hi, Carly. I apologize for the delay. We don't have symphlans in our garden so I needed to do a bit of reading up. I did find this article and wanted to share it with you: ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/cole-crops/garden-symphylans. I hope it will help but boy, do they sound like a challenging insect. I think the beneficial nematodes was a very good idea. Good luck!

@carlydillon6926

11 күн бұрын

@@palmsandsand ty for that information

Susan, have you thought of putting hoops and plastic over your melon bed to see if that helps those crops grow successfully?

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

I did have hoops and floating row cover over the bed for a few weeks, which helped the cantaloupe plants but the watermelon plants were "unhappy" the whole time.

Hi Susan. Loved your video. In spite of your weather you still have some healthy looking vegetables. The weather definitely has been a challenge this year. My potatoes are absolutely huge. They have fallen over because they can't hold themselves up, but still really healthy. I've put straw all over the middle to cover any potatoes that might make it to the surface. The lettuce has been fantastic and we've feasted on lots of salads. On the other hand the pole beans are way smaller than usual this time of year and although we've been enjoying the snow peas, they aren't as prolific as usual either.. You said that Bill had cleared out the radishes. How do you store them until you want to use them?

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Hi, Chris. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and am so happy to hear that your potatoes and lettuce are doing great. Re: the radishes, we ate them! There weren't enough to do much of anything special with them, other than to add them to salads.

@chrisbinns7561

12 күн бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden LOL That's making good use of them. Thanks for your answer. I picked about 8 or nine this morning. I researched online and the common thread seems to be to store them in the fridge in a plastic bag with a damp paper towel and they should last a couple of weeks. I'm going to try that.

@dustyflats3832

12 күн бұрын

All the same here in my garden. I hilled the potatoes earlier, but all this rain in WI is washing it away-but yes, they are huge. The purple pole beans are slow and peas were not the greatest. Birds I think ate first planting of bush beans. And my tomatoes are same as Susan’s. Z5a.

Hi Susan, also had problems with our green arrow peas, they're great peas but we got some very high temperatures early with little rain. I should have put a shade cloth over but kept listening to the weather forecasters who said weather would cool and we'd get rain and neither happened. Lesson learned for next year if I see the heat starting early on. Grew a couple of test Supremos for the first time last year, wish I had done more. The first round of fruit all got BER, I was about to discard the plants, threw away the damaged fruit and left the plants. Then around late September got a bounty of nice tomatoes from those two plants. This year they didn't make it through out heat and no rain weather but I will do them again and this time give them some shade protection early on. Do you plant peas for the fall too and if so, when do you plant yours? Thanks Susan, your garden as usual looks great despite the challenges!

@SusansInTheGarden

11 күн бұрын

Hi, Joyce. Gosh, what a challenging year this has been for our gardens. I haven't planted peas in the fall, but it's a great idea. I would need to do a bit of calculating to figure out the timing for that!

My garden has been a flop this season. Is it bad of me that I don’t feel so bad now since your garden has struggled somewhat? Lol! BTW I’m from Spokane too! I really enjoy your channel ❤

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

I'm OK with that! I occasionally have this feeling of dread about the weather's impact on our plants. The fluctuations in temperatures and conditions is pretty alarming.

Thank you for the lovely garden tour. My carrots are turning colors as well, so I would be quite interested to find out what is causing this to occur. A first for me, I had to plant my zucchini three times before I found success in two sprouts...somewhat odd considering it it one of the easiest plants to grow. My watermelon are also pathetic, but yet other veggies are thriving. Definitely an odd year. Just spent the day putting up shade cloth, so I am hoping the veg patch fairs well with weather this next week. Enjoying your videos!

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the garden tour. It's been such a challenging season so far and I'm a little nervous about the heat wave. Hang in there!

Did Bill ever figure out the average daily amount of water going to tomatoes or potatoes in pots thru your drip set up? I don't always want to get my finger dirty feeling the soil. I have been watering my tomatoes in 5 gal pots twice a day so they at least don't dry out and get about 1/2 gal each time and seem happy😊

@SusansInTheGarden

11 күн бұрын

Hi, Marilyn. He's never officially measured the amount of water. I'm sure one could do a calculation of the drip hole size times the duration that it runs. However, it sounds like you're doing a great job of keeping your container plants happy!

@andrewharald

10 күн бұрын

Hi 👋🏻

I am sorry your garden is struggling. I am having the same problem. My biggest problem is small red bugs eating my leaves. They are fast and I have never seen them before. Please help! I love the GS. I got my first one last month. So far it’s doing pretty good.

@SusansInTheGarden

8 күн бұрын

Hi, Carole. Which crops are the red bugs on and can you email me a photo of them? Be happy to help ID and offer suggestions. My email address is Susan@SusansintheGarden.com.

@caroleferreira2846

4 күн бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden per your request I sent you a picture and email of the red bugs. I hope you got it. I am not tech savvy so maybe it didn’t work. Hopefully it did.

@SusansInTheGarden

4 күн бұрын

@@caroleferreira2846 Hi, Carole. I didn't receive it. I'm wondering if you sent it to the wrong email address, which folks sometimes do. You'll notice that it's Susans (with the "s" on the end) + inthegarden.com. Would you be willing to send it again?

@caroleferreira2846

3 күн бұрын

@@SusansInTheGarden yes I will

@SusansInTheGarden

3 күн бұрын

@@caroleferreira2846 I'll watch for it.

Are the broccoli leaves edible? Could they be chopped and parboiled, bagged and frozen for Winter use in soups and stews? I lived all Winter last year on my Summer collard harvest that way. I know my chickens would love all those greens.😊

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Yes, broccoli leaves are edible and great to use for many dishes.

Any thoughts about Jerusalem Artichokes? Someone said it could be a good survival food since they grow so quickly.

@SusansInTheGarden

8 күн бұрын

Hi there. To be honest, I've never grown them. I did find some information for you, though: content.ces.ncsu.edu/growing-jerusalem-artichokes.

I've tried for first time some broccoli it only produced 1 small head, then we got very hot, then it got too late to harvest. I took off the head, now it has produced some small shoots but it's also got flowers on it. Can I let it go to harvest seeds from it when it dries? Nancy from Nebraska

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

As long as the broccoli isn't a hybrid variety, you can save the seeds and get the same plants you are growing this year.

But what if broccoli likes to bolt or doesn’t head due to wildly fluctuating spring temperatures?

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

That can be such a challenge. It's so hard for us gardeners to meet our plants' needs and keep them unstressed when the weather is like this.

How do you prepare the kale?Nancy from Nebraska

@SusansInTheGarden

12 күн бұрын

Hi, Nancy. We have been eating it in salads. This variety has a thick middle rid so I quickly cut that out, then roughly chop the leaves and add in some of the 'Bauer' lettuce. I also add radishes, a few green olives and a mustard vinaigrette.