I watched the live stream and shared a comment asking for a consultation in this video as I’ve followed the channel for a while, and I’ve made just about everything from this channel. Nate read my comment and gave me his email for a consultation which was awesome! I love this channel, and the world needs more channels like this or more of this channel!

@TuringisLearning

17 күн бұрын

I got a consult from Nate. Best money I spent in my garden, second best was the Viking nutrients. His plan for my garden was 100% different than what I was going to do at first as a new gardener, which was a good thing! I learned more in 90 mins than I would learn in at least 5 years of errors.

@jon1204

16 күн бұрын

I would recommend 90 minutes, that’s a good time frame. We did one hour but went over. Best investment in the garden for sure. It is becoming the grower, not the gardener, and that’s what Nate can do for you! I got a specifically detailed plan together custom tailored for what I wanted which is a food security garden. If you want to be as serious as possible for food security and have the patience and gumption for it and want to garden for food security on the level that Nate’s on, it starts now for next year. I have a lot going on having to install a retaining wall with tiers for it and cut a silver maple tree down, so this year is a learning experience with the goal of food security next year and on. Still going to plant Yukon gold potato’s and bush green beans also. We got it down to literally what variety and why and when based on me and my zone. It was awesome highly recommend. Can’t recommend enough!

It turns out, biochar is a game changer in my garden. I tried half of the summer squash plants and tahitian melon squash with and half without biochar in the planting hole, everything else being equal. It wasn't even much of it, but boy what a difference. For producing and activating the biochar, I followed the instructions in Nates video on this subject. I activated the biochar with what I had available.

Thanks again Nate, I keep missing the lives, but I always listen. You are such a natural teacher with amazing vibes that can be felt through the internet. I have a lot of anxiety driving and when it’s bad any of your videos are my go to! Very engaging but calming content

@gardenlikeaviking

17 күн бұрын

thank you for the lovely feedback my friend I'm happy you are here!!

Like you teach. Last fall we covered our garden with chopped brown leaves. We moved the leaves a little for our transplants and direct seed planting. Plants are thriving. No dig. Rain record inches during winter. Moved mulch for potatoes. Soil so wet hubby turned that area. Our tomatoes, peas (Green Arrow), pole string beans, Squash. Our peas and Brussel sprouts went in late. No pest pressure. Have lots of spring flowers for bees. Dragonflies, lady beetles other predators. No doubt basil, marigolds, calendula help. Thank you Nate.

@gardenlikeaviking

17 күн бұрын

so happy to hear its thriving!!... I'm just now starting my Brussel sprouts!!

Its truly amazing how long your onions store. Good job Nate.

So true on the cages. I used them bc I moved this year and didn't have much time to build infrastructure. But my Cherokee purple outgrew the cages in two weeks! They were already on the property or I would of just let them go every where. Would not spend my money on them. I live in a humid Demossville KY right by the river so gotta get air flow.

At around 10 minutes in- my retaining wall allows 18” of grow area. Last December, my neighbor above let his fig tree bend over the fence, down the wall by 10’. I don’t mind 🤣. The leaves fell into my soil in wall and on ground. I took every brown leaf and piled on wall, used old decking to cover. Uncovered in Spring- all broke down. Planted potatoes and covered in mulch.

I use those quick connects too. Sometimes you have to lube them up but overall they do make life easier.

Nate I answered your question, but I think it flew by. Schwartzenberries are easy to grow. Done by mid-June. Even beat my raspberries to the table. Very high producers and once sweetened and cooked you get the best tasting berry syrup. Very hard flavor to identify. Huckleberry-blueberry like. Drizzled on top of the fresh cheese from LABS and oh my. A delicacy beyond compare. Thanks for sharing so much. I have learned lots from you. My gardens look better than ever. Blessings to you.

For Deer the only solution that worked for me is a solar eclectic fence. They won't jump the fence without a clear landing zone also, so don't need more than 4 feet with a densely packed garden and raised beds. I even have success using the eclectic fence wire other places with no charge, the deer seem to have learned to stay away from it! So much cheaper than an actual fence that would need to be way taller and so much more expensive. The wire is like $50 for 3000 feet where fencing can cost that much for 10 feet!

Epic Gardening sells garden straw. I found the same one on Amazon for 1/2 the price. Wood chips good for walkways.

Thanks Nate, from using compost teas I've noticed the leaves getting a more luscious green, I put JMS in about once a month and when its added I've noticed a more explosive growth from the plants, it's still about 70 slightly more degrees everyday here with the nonsense but when you do get a bit of a raise in temperature the growth does improve.

Great chat, as always, thanks

Thank you @gardenlikeaviking . Could you make a video how to make a homemade castile soap ?

@TuringisLearning

17 күн бұрын

I believe JWA (JADAM wetting agent) is basically a Castile soap. He has a video about that and I can’t remember if it is a direct replacement. I use dr bronners in place of JWA in what I have tried

Red dust cloud got me chuckling. Gruesome but humorous.

Yes for sure he’s a gardening god

Another good one!

Thanks!

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

thank you my friend!!

I usually grow indertermant tomatoes in my greenhouse in 30 gallon grow bags .,my best one is seeds I got from the Ukraine called Favorite a really nice roses red beef steak type heirloom variety.. but this year we are doing major repairs in there so they are in grow bags out side

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

and are they doing better or worse outside for you?

@user-ls7tf4to8b

17 күн бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking the ones outside this year are all determinate but doing great. 28 varieties lol. Leaving them to do their thing no pruning

Epic Gardening sells garden straw. I found the same one on Amazon for 1/2 the price.

This came just in time. For the spring and summer garden I’ve felt pretty defeated with the limited success I’ve had this year. Used as many of the tips but I don’t think my native soil was as good as it could have been so everything kind of puttered out. Going to get some manure from a trusted source and amend the native soil over the fall and winter for better growing next year.

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

its not even close to over this year my friend get those nutrients happening and get the fall stuff started!!... fastest acting, cheapest and quite powerful dry amendment is alfalfa meal... get a bag of it and apply and within a few days the plants will start to take off

I've decided to stop pruning, and pulling limbs with disease on my tomatoes. With many years now of experience, and experimenting, and observation, I've found these practices unnecessary, and honestly worse for the plants in the long run. As long as you have healthy soil, and good watering and fertilizing practices, and you keep them from getting stressed by the sun, and heat and humidity, then none of it is even needed. I'm 100% convinced that pruning and pulling sickly limbs causes things like early blight to spread quicker then it would have originally. By doing this, your stressing the plant out, and leaving a massive wound for disease to easily access and spread throught the whole plant. I've found that, even though a plant might get a little blight in the very bottom limbs and leaves, the new growth easily out paces the spread of the disease, and having a little blight does not seam to hurt production very much, if at all. I've also discovered that placing shade cloth over my plants keeps then from getting stressed, and in return, prevents them from getting things like blight as quickly, if at all. Keep in mind that a stressed plant is also much more susceptible to pest infestation as well. The biggest thing that stresses out our garden plants is the summer sun, heat, and humidity when the hear index gets above like 8, then it's time for some shade cloth. I prefer 40% shade cloth, but if you live in a very hot climate like zone 9, then you could probably even go with 50 or 60%.

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

yes this is all pretty solid advice and I would have to agree with it.. thank you for sharing!

Catching the show late. Got a batch of aerated compost tea brewing to put on later tonight. I have used concrete grid wire for years. Mine are 18" x 18" square. Have 7 foot above ground and my tomatoes grow out the top of them every year.

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

I think I'm misunderstanding are you saying the squares are 18inches wide??!!!

I was born in 61. In the 70s we lived life with no net or guardrails, LOL. Woodchippers, blenders, nothing had any safety features.

For consultations, perhaps try Wisio where payment is sent and you answer by video in that site.

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

never heard of it but I'll check it out thank you!!

My garden just started to produce...no fall garden start for me yet

Yay Fall 🙌🏼 My favorite time of the year. I only like summer because I can grow tomatoes. Have you tried the Prairie Fire tomatoes? Oh my goodness. Freakin sweet tomatoes.

@gardenlikeaviking

17 күн бұрын

never tried that one what do you like about it most?

@wcoastgardener209

17 күн бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking oh it’s very sweet tasting. I did have some blossom end rot but yeah it’s the sweetest tomatoes I’ve grown. Better than the sungolds.

Boy my Bunny poo really was overkill .big leaves male blooms no produce timet pull all squashes n start over. Did last week several different squashes no mators, taters rotted in rains Dems of squashes split . years ago I had great results dif state took 6 years soil repairs really on a Learning curve with this Clay😕 in year one after last fall amends .Much mulch more to do

@litaknowes7294

19 күн бұрын

,*stems not Dems at c

Thanks for teaching me so much! Is there any advice I can get on ash. Can I use wet ash from my firepit for the bloom fertilizer? It’s been raining so much! I do have dry ash from untreated Kingsford charcoal which I’m thinking I cannot use? Thanks for any help!

Must figure out how to replay the chat

Darn so darn bizzy i missed your Live again .i miss not hearing what theTribe has for input nquestions .can u figure how to repay chat on replay? You are so helpful and Your community kicks it😁👍🤗

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

thank you my friend and yes the live chat replay will show itself once the video has finished "processing" ... it usually appears within about 4-8 hours after the stream is over...

What is done with Egyptian onion top bulbs that are plentiful? Replant them and dig up the mother stocks for next year harvest, Or leave the mother stocks and ferment the bulbs? thanks

@gardenlikeaviking

13 күн бұрын

its up to you... either way they will regrow so you can ferment the bulblets and let the mother bulb regrow and produce more... they need thinned though or else they'll just multiply too much and crowd each other out and all become really thin and leggy

Hello again Nate, 👋🏾 you read my comment on Mondays live and asked me to put it up here in the comments to discuss for next Mondays live. No worries if you've changed your mind or thought of a new topic. But I wrote how do you become ok with yourself and life when everyday you seem to be working working and working hard yet nothing turns out the way you "planned" or no one is happy in the way you thought. Because of this comes overwhelmed, overthinking, and just an over it feeling. Then you remember to do your gratitude list, but that makes you feel worse because you are feeling bad about your situation and it could be much worse, but the way you feel in those moments feels like it is that. Anyway how do you rid yourself of these constant heavy thoughts feelings and reactions that are so easily triggered by all the mishaps? And I know people are like dont sweat the small stuff, but mental health, relationships, and life are not small things....

@gardenlikeaviking

13 күн бұрын

thank you my friend I went back and tried to find it but it was not in the video live chat so I'm happy you reposted it here... I think this will be the discussion topic on this coming Monday

Question: Assuming that I’m able to filter out the particulates enough, do you think it’s effective to run the aerated compost tea through the drip system? I’ve been doing it so far as a foliar spray with the garden hose, but it takes about 4 hours to do the whole garden this way. It’s a bit too much to do on a weekly basis. Are there many benefits I would be missing out on through a drip system?

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

yes absolutely!.. thats how I did it for several years... after the plants set the flowers I would supply the tea through drip only and it works wonderfully so long as the plant roots are already trained to use the drip system

I’m struggling getting my cannabis seeds going, can you help please ??

If your grass has lots of weeds that grow in it , is it to okay to mulch with it

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

yes but you will have to continually add those grass clippings throughout the season to make sure the weeds don't sprout.... best to keep it mowed short enough the weeds don't go to seed

Replay time again 😁🇦🇺

Sod into compost…🤔 ? I’m going to ask neighbor for grass clippings but only if they don’t use chemicals on it. No round up.

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

be very choosy!!

Natural Life is an AI speaking channel. From China I believe I did see that potato video and thought the same.

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All my onion stems are still green and laying flat, not standing straight up. Is that from to much nitrogen like pee and JLF? thanks

@gardenlikeaviking

18 күн бұрын

can you post a picture to the discord chat under the section Garden Pictures... then I can tell a lot more

@jamestriplett790

18 күн бұрын

@@gardenlikeaviking i don't have a camera or cell phone camera. i'm low tech. Garlic bed was next to the onions and they did great this year. Got same nutrition inputs. Applied grass feed horse manure and leaves last fall on all beds.

@cantseetheforestforthetree9673

14 күн бұрын

@@jamestriplett790are the bulbs developed? It sounds like they’re ready to harvest. Once the tops fall over they’re done growing and beginning to senesce in preparation for their imminent dormancy. Once the neck kinks from the top falling over the nutrient and water transport between bulb and leaf is restricted and the tops will begin to die down over subsequent days and weeks, but it is best for the onion quality and shelf life to harvest it ASAP and begin the curing process. If they’re not producing bulbs then chances are that it’s not a great variety for your location as far as day-length goes. It is hard to give onions too much Nitrogen, but it is most useful to feed them lots of N early in the season before the day length threshold is reached to trigger the bulbing process. The size of an onion corresponds to how many leaves it has during bulb formation, and giving them ample nitrogen and moisture, plus getting them planted as early as possible will maximize leaf formation during their vegetative phase thus maximizing bulb growth during the bulbing phaze, but adding N during the bulbing phase will provide little to no benefit as they are focused on drawing down the sugars and nutrients they’ve invested into vegetative growth to build their bulb from and as such have no need to uptake N from the soil.