If you would like to see the fogger that we purchased for this video and other things we use around the homestead please see the Garden section of our Amazon shop here: amzn.to/45seM9f

@jeanmullins3284

7 күн бұрын

Do you have to use raw milk?

@5GreenAcres

6 күн бұрын

I'm shocked that you guys aren't inflicted with cancer or thyroid issues due to all the wifi and emf radiation devices connected to your head, breast, wrist etc. Please research you guys!!! Not good.

@MommaTNJ

6 күн бұрын

Do you feel milk will help powdery mildew?

@blinkitphotography

5 күн бұрын

How is cleaning and maintaining it, any leak issues? Worried about clogging, I'm having issues on my drip emitters lines and started to clog this season.

@ladybugsarah6671

3 күн бұрын

🐞I Love Ladybugs 🐞I'm also reading that tumeric added to the milk and sprayed on will help kill the pests and fungus, and supposedly not the ladybugs and lacewing. But I would check more into that or test it. But on another plus milk should keep your tomatoes from getting Blossom end rot. That is what I fight the most on my tomato plants. I usually use dry milk or left over milk and bone meal. If you have any more ideas you have used that would be wonderful. I just have to keep an eye on that all the time. I'm near St Louis. So howdy neighbor 😊

If it ain't bugs, it's deer, if it ain't deer it's rabbits ,if it ain't rabbits is moles, if it ain't .... or it's all of those. Gardening is always a challenge. When you harvest those juicy organic veggies and sit down to have a meal, there is your reward. Don't forget to ask God to bless your garden! Thanks for the video, lots of us have learned from your hard work.

“Self Sufficient Me” , a gardener in Australia, advocates spraying milk for fungal disease

@makerofstuff

2 күн бұрын

I learned to spray milk for fungal disease from an old rose collector!

@snovismom

5 сағат бұрын

I used the whey mixed with distilled water, it worked great.

That moment when Kevin held up those tomatoes and smiled with sheer delight it just gave me so much joy. You guys are awesome; you work so hard to live your best life!

@kittymarlow6487

9 сағат бұрын

Yes, I noticed that grin too. Was surprised that he didn’t pop it into his mouth… but he did remind us they fast in the morning. You know that took GREAT restraint! 😅

No matter how much gardening experience a gardener has, every year different challenges happen. When you learn and overcome these challenges, you are putting more knowledge in your brain. Always learning. I love it.

@mindycollier9087

7 күн бұрын

Absolutely!! No two seasons are alike!! You can grow the same things year after year with no problems but there will always be that one season where nature takes us by surprise!! When it comes to gardening we are always at the mercy of nature!!

@SimplyJanHomestead

7 күн бұрын

Absolutely! ❤

Thanks for the shout-out! Having a fogger is a game-changer in the garden. It's such a huge time-saver, and the coverage is so much better.

@debrajones7349

6 күн бұрын

I have learned so much from you through the years

@TheMillennialGardener

5 күн бұрын

@@debrajones7349 I’m glad I can help 😊

@lorib5323

5 күн бұрын

your channel is the very best gardening resource for us in zone 7b SW Virginia!!

@TheMillennialGardener

3 күн бұрын

@@lorib5323 thank you! Glad I can help you.

@amythinks

2 күн бұрын

Yep…yours is the channel I watch the most.

The Millennial Gardener is a reliable source of great information!

@lorib5323

5 күн бұрын

agreed. He has a very direct-to-the-point gardening channel.

@girlofthewest964

3 күн бұрын

Love him - he doesn’t blather on endlessly. Gets right to the point.

So happy to see the aphid problem is getting under control, just the thought of Kevin not having his tomato's was heartbreaking.

@LivingTraditionsHomestead

7 күн бұрын

I agree! - Kevin

I started my little homestead just two years ago and am doing mostly by myself. So it’s a lot slower growing and I often feel like a failure but I know it’s part of the process of learning. Seeing your guys’ experience of difficulties makes me feel so much better! I love learning from you guys!!! Thanks so much for teaching us as you keep learning!!!

@danabaker596

4 күн бұрын

It does take a lot of patience and trial and error to be successful. Kevin and Sarah are great, and another wonderful family to follow and learn from is True Grit: Appalachian Ways. You will love them. Good luck!!

Whew! Thought we were going to have to do a benefit concert so we could send Kevin his tomatoes haha. I got a devastating aphid invasion in my greenhouse one year. My grandson saved the day by catching me about 6 adult praying mantids. They cleaned out the aphids and became pretty tame. When I opened up in the morning they would “hide” behind a plant stem and peek at me as I worked. I would hand feed them grasshoppers as it was a plague year. I never wanted to accidentally “harvest” one amongst greens like lettuce or chard where they are hard to see. So I would move them (with gloved hands so I didn’t get spiked if one got upset) to plants where I could see them. In the fall they left me huge healthy oothecae to hatch the next spring. They are really fun friends to help out in the garden. I am amazed at the milk remedy. Good luck!

@sgrvtl7183

7 күн бұрын

great story with the praying mantis!

@Anikat

2 күн бұрын

Awwe what an awesome story. Mantids are so fun to watch, they are characters.

I like the fogger, Hudson has been one of the top sprayer manufacturers for many years. Congratulations on gaining the upper hand in the war on aphids.

The mail in the United States is getting worse and worse. Someone who is the decision maker needs to be replaced.

@repentnow8823

7 күн бұрын

It's part of the communization of the world. Everyone has to be 3rd world and that means unreliable mail. It's not a ding dang president tho, it's satan.

@cyhomer

7 күн бұрын

..deliveries from Amazon don’t come in the regular mail…..

@repentnow8823

7 күн бұрын

Lol there used to be other comments here

@Agenda21Truth1

7 күн бұрын

@@cyhomerAmazon has outsourced several of my deliveries using both USPS & UPS, so you are not correct on that❗️

@cyhomer

6 күн бұрын

@@Agenda21Truth1 ..hmmm. Interesting… never had that happen…

Back in the 1950's my mother used to clean every leaf on her many houseplants with milk. Once a week on "plant day". Totally forgot about this until now. I always thought it was to make them shine, but now I wonder if she used it as a fungicide! You two are so cute! love your channel. cas

@phs2937

4 сағат бұрын

You just triggered a memory of the same thing. Someone some time ago mentioned this. Adults talking and all that. I remember the milk thing.

Hopefully this is the LAST issue you guys have to deal with for a long while. This year has been so trying for you with Kevins and his Dads health problems and the aphids. Prayers moving forward that the remainder of the year will be problem free and your harvesting will be plentiful. Hopefully, with your sharing the aphids problem and solution will help those people out there dealing with this and losing sleep, desperate for help. We're all in this together, and by sharing this, you are blessing others. I will share this also. God bless.🙏

Every spring the aphids hit, a week later the lady beetles show up. The first year it was hard to not do something but knowing they show up makes it better.

Keith at "Growing Out the Box" demonstrates how to make this milk-based mixture. He uses it to prevent powdery mildew on all his plants. Happy side effect, it also repels white flies, aphids, and the likes. He just put a video up in the last week on this topic. Extremely easy and affective.

@eviemaddox3038

Күн бұрын

Yes! He teaches how to make whey for this purpose. Sprayed everything a few days ago. Too bad it doesn’t take care of grasshoppers!

Maybe you could put the fogger on a rolling chair or rolling cart of some kind.

Loved Sarah’s little giggle when Kevin was talking about how they love working together so much. 😂

Thank you Jesus you saved your plants watching the lady bugs was amazing. Great job guys. So happy for you❤

Who would have thunk! Glad you found your milk solution in time to save your tomato plants. Can you imagine a summer without tomatoes!

@hollyjobitner3285

7 күн бұрын

Yes, I can imagine an entire life without tomatoes. One of my most hated things! You can have mine! 💙

CONGRATULATIONS! Your persistence really made the difference. Thanks for keeping your TOP RANKED channel ever so informative and genuine. LOL from Chicago, Illinois USA

You're right about the lady bugs wanting some water right away. One other trick to help keep them around is to have a constant water source for them. Try putting a few bird baths or bowls with rocks in them, so they don't have to look far for water.

Never thought ladybugs would ever stay. I have a small garden on a balcony & saw a lady bug on one of my plants. Make me want to order

Hi Kevin and Sarah😊 I just love the cheeky grin Kevin had on his face when picking those tomatoes. It was like looking at a kid in a candy shop 😊 Y'all are such a lovely couple 💖

Really interesting video. Many years ago my parents lost a beautiful weeping willow tree to aphids. There were so many that they couldn’t even sit on their patio because of the mess. It was sad losing that tree. So glad you didn’t lose all your tomatoes.

I am beyond proud of my tomatos this year,!!!!. I credit Kevin and Sarah for all their teaching!

Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of using milk before. Glad y'all saved your tomatoes. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE !!! after all this time, y'all mean to tell us that y'all actually work together well !!??!! Maybe that explains how y'all get all your chores done when working together. I'm sure I'm not the only one glad to hear this. LOL Thank y'all for all that you show us. Hope the homestead continues to thrive. God bless y'all and stay safe on the homestead.

Wow! Who would have thought a hose spray and milk and a fogger would help! Amazing! I love the Millennial Gardener! I’ve learned so much from him!

An older man once told me to put a tsp of milk powder in the hole as you plant tomatoes, it helps with fruit set. Thanks for the tip on the milk spraying I'll try it when our summer comes, NZ 🌻☺️

Learn something new everyday. Never get to old to learn

So glad you you were able to save your tomato plants….I subscribe to the “Millennial Gardener”…he has been so helpful and knowledgeable for me….that’s great you found him too…..

Great video! I love way you showed everything you did to get rid of the aphids! Rather than just telling us what you did!

💚 I've battled aphids before, but usually on cool weather crops like Brassicas and some flowers, never tomatoes. Wonder what conditions caused them to be so detrimental to your tomatoes? Glad you were able to find some tactics to use..a fogger with milk..who'd have thought? Glad the issue seems to be under control! 💚

Wow! Who would have thought a hose spray and milk would help! Amazing! WAIT KEVIN PICKED TOMATOES WITHOUT HIS SALT SHAKER!?! 😂

Great job guys , the Macgivers of the green house .

I love The Millennial Gardener. He’s right down the road from me so his zone gardening works for me, too.

Try planting one clove of garlic in each tub. You would need to plant them in October-November. Mark where you plant the bulb. Garlic is a natural insect repellant.

Greetings from Ireland... glad the ladybirds (which is what we call them here) are doing their job. I thought you guys might get a little giggle out of the gaelic word for ladybirds - its boin dhe - pronunciation would be bow (like bow and arrow) n jay... and the translation for this is Gods little cow😊 so both God's little cow and God's larger cow have had a hand in saving your harvest... the notion made me smile. My best wishes to you all and continued good wishes for kevins dad.

@JmarieD

7 күн бұрын

😂I love that you shared that fun tidbit. God s little cow😂😂😂 ❤❤❤

It has been an aphid epidemic here in Missouri! Must be due to how wet it was in May and early June. I recovered enough from sinus surgery last week to get out in my garden here in Columbia and quickly realized that if I didn’t act quickly I was at risk of losing all of my tomato plants. They were oddly only on my tomatoes, not just aphids but whiteflies…I’ve never seen them so thick! I treated with a non-organic insecticide, followed by a neem/Dawn soap mix a couple of days later and I think I’ve got it under control for now. As I was getting my issue under control, my mom in Kansas City called and described a similar plague on her tomatoes so over the weekend I was there helping get their tomatoes under control. The foggers are a godsend! I’ve been using the superhandy handheld sprayer recommended by the Millennial Gardener for 3 years now and it cuts my spraying time by 90%! Not sure why they were discontinued, but just yesterday I purchased an open box superhandy 3gal backpack fogger from eBay for a great price. It is corded so if the battery on my current fogger ever goes kaput I will have a backup. Surprisingly, I had purchased my cordless fogger on Amazon with battery and charger for much less than the battery alone costs today. Love your videos and looking forward to adding milk to my arsenal of weapons! Gardening in Missouri is a challenge! Last season was the opposite of this season…cooler and dry for most of May and June meant few diseases and high pollination rates on my tomatoes which led to a truly bumper harvest. I thought I’d reached expert gardener level but turns out it was just the Missouri weather dealing me a rare perfect hand. This year it’s another challenge but I guess that’s part of the fun of it.

@scrapykat3028

7 күн бұрын

We’re being hit with cockroaches! It’s disgusting!

@bss104

6 күн бұрын

@@scrapykat3028 Oh my! Good luck!

I planted marigolds this year next to my tomatoes and green beans and it has made a huge difference in pest control. I almost lost my green beans to snails, but after i planted the marigolds my beans are exploding. I will be planting marigolds every year now.

@ambercraven605

7 күн бұрын

I do marigolds also around the edges of all my raised beds, the only bug problem I've ever had is squash bugs.

@Vicariously_gifted

7 күн бұрын

I do marigolds, sweet alyssum and green onions​@@ambercraven605

@vickilynn5717

7 күн бұрын

@@ambercraven605 after I planted my zucchini and squash, I put food grade diatametious earth around those plants, haven't seen any squash bugs this year.

@PattyHamilton-kv1pz

7 күн бұрын

I ❤ marigolds. Use them in my garden every year.

@patriciaandrews6803

7 күн бұрын

I did that this year. I put a marigold plant in between each plant and everything looks so green and healthy.

Who would have thought that milk would be so beneficial in getting rid of aphids? Happy to hear that Kevin's beloved tomatoes will be productive

That diluted milk will help with powdery mildew as well. When treating powdery mildew on squash plants, I mix a couple of drops of dish soap too. It helps to get the milk mixture to adhere a little.

WOW! This reminded me of my childhood in the '50s. My mom would set me up with a milky water solution and a small cloth and have me wet the cloth and wipe down the leaves on her houseplants. Like most kids I never asked why but, I enjoyed those moments with my mom and cherish the memory. Thank you for the reminder.

❤Amazing Discovery & The Fogger is Awesome as Well. 😊 HOPE THE TOMATOES COME ON THROUGH With NO MORE Problems.. Everything else in Greenhouse looks Great 👍 GOD BLESS & take Care..❤

That’s awesome . It’s so hard to control once their are so many , but you did it . 😊

@DJ4564

3 күн бұрын

I had bought some transplants at a local nursery last fall. Two days later I had aphids. Fortunately the weather was turning cool. I sprayed them with the hoe, using as much pressure as I could generate, holding my thumb over the water stream. It worked, and I haven't seen aphids since!

So thankful you guys found a solution! It stinks that you had to go through that, but the positive is you learned something new and passed it on to your viewers. Now we have important information that can help us. Have been reading that high nitrogen soil levels can attract the aphids. Maybe adding some dried milk powder (and watering it in) and using phosphorous will help. Just some ideas I have used in the past to help balance not just the soil but the juices flowing through the plant that can help attract bugs or not. LOVE how you guys work together, it has help us alot! My husband does not care for garden work, but watching you two has helped make a change. Having fresh veggies to munch on from the garden makes a difference too! Like Kevin, he loves his tomatoes, and also green beans straight from the plant! God bless everyone 🥰 P.S. The coconut cream popsicles were a hit!

When you started talking about things you tried, I thought, "I wonder if they'll try milk?" I've used that for years with my basil plants (indoors), and it works like a charm!

I have found by accident that aphids love nasturtiums. They seem to prefer them over anything in my garden. I’ve started planting them as sacrificial plants and I locate them where they’re a bit out of sight. I do cut off the stems that are heavily covered in aphids and drown them in soapy water. It seems to be all that’s needed to keep them under control, it takes very little effort on my part and it looks pretty.

I'm so glad you ran onto the Millenial Gardener's channel. He has a lot of solid tips and info he shares and has been gardening for a long time. I can only imagine what all that milk mess was like. That fogger is such a great idea.

I was crushed!!! And then not so much!! Congrats on your diligence and solving your issue!!!🎉🎉. Good luck and happy harvesting!!! 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞

Well so glad you were able to save the plant who would have know that

So far this is our all time favorite video you both have made. Very helpful information. Thank you.

You guys are amazing! Your ability with lemons (to make lemonade)is amazing!!

My grandfather taught us to plant and we've always done it all natural whereas nowadays they call it organic we've always juice milk for aphids and a few other bugs also we use milk for our fruit trees whenever they have a fungus or any other plants. In the winter to keep our ladybugs and a few other bugs that we want to keep in the greenhouse we keep two roses and a few flower plants that will grow through the winter the aphids seem to like to lay their eggs on these plants. When we do order ladybugs we make sure that they are native to our area they seem to do better we have a fogger but we've never used it to spray the milk thank you it's a great idea

NEXT time this happens... If you have a vegetable blender... Take 5 cloves of garlic and a 1 inch wedge of onion... throw it in the blender with a quarter filled with water. next a heaping teaspoon of cyan pepper powder, then 1 teaspoon of dawn dish soap, (it is the safest soap on the planet for plants). Then mix it until it has become minced. Then sieve it to put in a spray bottle. THATS IT! Your BEST organic aphids control for ANY greenhouse! Stuff a rag for the top soil before you spray and make sure you spray under the leaves and for 7 days straight for the bugs life cycle and yes I see you have a lot of plants so it will take a bit of time. Get the mites and nematodes if you can next time to avoid spraying and losing bugs that fly away. I commented the type of mites and toads to buy last video. Good Luck folks and I love your garden journey.

Love your hands on honest educational videos. You guys are great. Thanks🙏🏻😊

Wow your poor tomatoes 🍅 but glad you found a remedy. I wonder how the praying mantis is doing 🤔. God bless you 🙏 ❤️

Aphids killed my English peas in 3 different locations. I got one picking off each. Now the aphids are gone. So many lady bugs came out during the aphids outburst.

WOW. A witness to God's miracle with that natural solution ✨ 🙏

You guys are wonderful. The Lord has blessed you with great minds and the ability to search out answers to problems. In turn, you have been given a true heart for others and a platform to share your knowledge. It has been wonderful to see your family grow and the guidance God has provided. From the little house on the other farm to your new home and equipment All the while, you share what you've learned and set a wonderful example. May God's blessing continue for all of you!!

Thanks for sharing your battle plans to overcome the aphids. I will keep your tips tucked away for future battles. Kevin, so glad you will not be separated from your daily tomato snacking! God is good!

Truly snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. Well played. Go ladybugs.

Thank you for the tip on the aphids. They always are attracted to my roses every single year and like you...I had tried everything. So Milk it is!! Thank you again.

The lady bugs will totally takr care of the problem but u have to have flowers for them. Particularly tiny flat flowers

It’s my pepper starts that I buy bring in the aphids in my greenhouse. Then the ants will farm them. The aphids will only go on the tomatos once I pull the peppers. Battling them for thirty years. I have been putting chemicals to try to reduce them but I’m getting my milk jug out now. Thank you, I knew there was a reason I’ve kept watching your channel 😊😊

I laughed when y’all said it was windy. Fellow Ozarkian and dang yesterday was SO windy! It blew my tomato trellis apart. 😢 But I fixed it. So glad y’all solved the aphid problem. A no tomato summer would not be a good summer for me!

@JmarieD

7 күн бұрын

It was very windy in KS also. I had to hurry and put the cages on my peppers, and we lost a fairly large live tree limb.

A channel Out the Box just did a video about controlling aphids. He uses milk that has gone bad by straining the curd from the whey and then sprays the whey on the plants. Just another option on the milk idea.

Never heard of the milk method. Glad your tomatoes recovered! The harvest is wonderful!

Kevin, Thought you’d like to know that my husband picked a beefsteak tomato yesterday out of our raised bed garden. He was so proud. We live in the vicinity of Tightwad, Missouri. That’s up by Clinton. We have been using your rabbit manure method on them! Thank You! 🫶🏻👩🏼‍❤️‍👨🏼

@wendyw2u

6 күн бұрын

Hi neighbor! We picked our first tomato this past week too! We are on the north side of Truman lake. 😊

🌺thank you so much for sharing this very informative video. So happy you have been successful despite those nasty little aphids that are now a great treat for the lady bugs and lace wings. Happy growing, an May God continue His Blessings on you all. Hope all is well too with the families!

So enjoy watching you two work together!!! I have seen a lot of ladybugs on my plants…and lacewings!! Which I did not know lacewings were beneficial!! Will research this morning!! Thanks so much!! Colene

the only 2 people that take 25 minutes to say what everyone else accomplishes in 9 minutes

@girlofthewest964

3 күн бұрын

These days with these kind of videos I go straight to the comments! You find out what they said quicker!

@jenniexfuller

Күн бұрын

🙄 Hey! Maybe you could make some videos!

I used milk spray for early blight also.

@jeanmullins3284

7 күн бұрын

Does it have to be raw milk?

@marktoldgardengnome4110

7 күн бұрын

@@jeanmullins3284 No

Hello, I learn that the reason aphids are around is too much nitrogen in the soil, you might have them on one plant or tree, but non on the one next to it. Good luck.

@JmarieD

7 күн бұрын

I've had that happen with okra. They will attack one plant. I'm the past, I've just allowed it to be the sacrificial lamb for all the others.

@MFaith777

7 күн бұрын

We have horrible soil with hardly any nitrogen and tons of aphids. Weird?

@francestaylor9156

4 күн бұрын

@@MFaith777 - bugs often attack sickly plants. Might want to work on fixing your soil so that your plants can naturally fend off the pests.

@MFaith777

4 күн бұрын

@@francestaylor9156 yeah we just moved here. The soil is horrible- clay/rock. We’ve used compost this first year to start our new beds, but definitely needs more amending. But the plants do not look sickly.

I love your videos and I look forward to seeing your wonderful shirts with Scripture. God bless you for shining bright and sharing hope through Jesus.

Wow! I learned a lot today. I appreciate you both for the way you work together and for the way you TEACH so thoroughly what you learn. For sure more of us need more knowledge to succeed at gardening these days.

I reuse 15 gallon pots for Tomatoes when I grow them in pots. I make sure I plant an onion or two in there and some petite marigolds.

Thank you so much for taking us with you!

I bought hundreds of lady bugs/larva for my pear trees with aphids. I did everything like they instructed. The next day I found one lady bug!!

Another way to get rid of aphids is to soak a pack of cigarettes in a few gallons of water overnight, and then add that water to the base of your tomato plants. Safe and effective way of eliminating these pesky bugs. Aslo you could mist plants leaves with a 50/50 mixture of milk and water.

I never would have guessed that the common household ingredient was going to be milk 😂 Thanks so much for all the great gardening tips! ❤

the peppers look amazing

Wow, with farming you learn something new everyday!!

I have been through two Hudson sprayers. They do work great but blow a lot of wind that knocks small plants over. Now I use an airless paint sprayer. It works great! And you don’t have to carry the 2 gallons of liquid around with you. I enjoy your videos thank you so much!

@arockerdude

7 күн бұрын

Also, I have noticed that the aphids always go to the healthiest fastest growing plants where they can get the best drink. Soldier Beatles are also great. One time I had an infestation of aphids on one plant and I noticed that the soldier Beatles were all over the plant flying from leaf leaf. It was amazing. I laid on the ground and watched them work. They would fly from one leaf to the other and rip the aphids off and eat them quickly and then quickly fly to the next leaf. Now I know why they call them Soldier Beatles. Those things ain’t no joke! Aphids are always a problem for me here,in the SF Bay Area when summer hits. Like someone said the ladybugs come along about a week or two later and eventually the soldier Beatles will come. Definitely spraying them off with water to start with is a good idea. Luckily they don’t seem to be able to handle the heat and are not as much as a problem after the temperatures rise. The Hudson Sprayer and the airless sprayer atomize the liquid into tiny droplets that float into every small spot so there’s nowhere for them to hide. But I have found that a good quality hand spray bottle will work also for smaller jobs. I really enjoy the piglet videos. Thanks for your great teamwork!

Aphids have been the bane of my existence up here in Wisconsin.Thank you for sharing the "milk solution" AND for referring us to The Millennial Gardener! 👍

Wow,ya'll thank you for sharing this with us❤

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! This was amazing information!! Love you guys!! May God bless your farm this season! 🙏🏼✝️🩵🙌🏼

Love seeing your garden growth.

It’s so awesome that you guys found out all that information, and solved the aphid problem. Kudos to you! 👍👍 Many thanks…

I used to just blast the aphids off the plants with water. I have seen a number of articles about milk in the garden, but I believe it had to do with combating white powdery mildew. Nice to see you guys already harvesting, and also doing intermitant fasting. Many days I'm on the OMAD schedule .... especially during hot weather that kills my appetite. All the best Kevin & Sarah .... happy gardening!🍅🌶🥒🥬

Years ago, I had a house where the lady bugs congregated in one corner. They had run out of things to eat there, and every time I would walk by, they would start chewing on me. Up until then, I didn't think they would bite humans. I thought they would only eat bugs, but then if they're starving I guess they will try to eat anything that walks by.

Thanks for the Tip. Aphids completely killed off my cucumbers last year.

I really enjoyd this video. You explained the solution quite well. I haven't had a problem with aphids yet but I'll definitely remember what you showed us. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your fix for aphids!! ❤️👍💚👍💙👍

Thank you for taking about the aphids.

I had aphids and thrips on my bell pepper plants shortly after transplanting them this spring. I had put insect covers over my bell pepper plants shortly after transplanting them like you did with your brassicas. I was truly surprised to see aphids and thrips on the plants, don't know how they got through the fine mesh cover. I remembered y'all had used ladybugs last year. Fortunately, my husband was at an Ace Hardware store and called me to let me know they had live ladybugs. I got a packet of ladybugs and applied them to the plants. They can last for up to 3 weeks in the fridge. The ladybugs had a great feast. The next day I checked the plants, and most of the aphids and thrips were gone! In 2 days, I had no pests at all. My patty pan squash leaves developed powdery mildew. I used a hydrogen peroxide solution, but it didn't work that well. I ran across a video about using milk on powdery mildew, made a 50/50 milk/water solution and sprayed that on the leaves top and bottom. It killed the powdery mildew. Your fogger would work well on the squash plants too.

Kevin. . A couple years ago I stored a camper trailer outdoors. I rolled up the awning for winter. In spring when I unrolled that awning it literally rained lady bugs . Iimagine a 1 inch tube would work

Awesome video! Love how we got to see all the stages of conquest.

Hopefully everything will continue to grow and supply your family with the delicious food. Thank you for sharing.

Every year my pepper plants get inundated with aphids, so much so that I wasn’t going to plant them anymore but last year, by happy accident, I noticed the ladybugs showed up much earlier in the season thanks to some coriander that had gone to flower among the pepper plants and no aphid problems. Am going to try it again this year (southern hemisphere) to see if it works again. Will remember the milk trick as plan B. I know how you feel Kevin re the fasting and not being able to snack in the garden at those times.