Jacques can we get a video about how you plant such dense flower patches? And what varieties you have growing? They always look amazing in your videos!

@teniaosayande6355

Ай бұрын

I vote for this too!!

@lelurve

Ай бұрын

Yas especially what variety of Shasta daisy. I bought one from Dollar Tree this spring but I guess it will bloom next year? Not sure. My first year planting. I hope my DT shasta daisies will be like Jacques’!!!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a great idea!

@Kuttun_kitty_roblox

Ай бұрын

​@@jacquesinthegarden Ooooo

@jelegget

Ай бұрын

Wait was there not a video on that?! An I misremembering or did he just mention a couple tips it in a video? Seriously asking for my own memory sake

this channel should focus 100% on growing beans. Beans, beans, all day.

@BritInvLvr

Ай бұрын

Did a raccoon write this?

@51rwyatt

Ай бұрын

@@BritInvLvr I'm NOT a raccoon. That's ridiculous. I was just looking at various gardeners, and this guy seemed really, really good at growing beans and should never give up his "bean dream." Not a raccoon.

@katyalupochev9589

Ай бұрын

@@51rwyattgotta be honest, that sounds like something a raccoon would say …..

@gwendolynwebster7722

Ай бұрын

@@BritInvLvr hahaha!

@saltycat662

Ай бұрын

🦝🦝🦝

Watching on my lunch break at work, mid panic attack, to calm me down. You are super soothing ❤

@megtgriffin

Ай бұрын

OMG! absolutely agree!❤

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Happy I can help!

@jesswelsh9838

Ай бұрын

He truly is the Bob Ross of gardening. Extremely soothing!

I spent years with poorly staked tomatoes and finally 3 years ago I got tomato cages just like yours and I love them.

The hermit garden is looking good this year!!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Very pleased with the progression so far!

@Kuttun_kitty_roblox

Ай бұрын

Ka

I just LOLd at cutting bamboo with pruners. Yes!! Brilliant tip on sawing at the joint.

I tell you man, I have severe climate envy, over the pond its been a pretty awful spring and slow summer too. Your "chaos" style has been a good inspiration to me this year, and your garden is looking fantastic. cheers

@fishndchick2228

Ай бұрын

Same here. Its started raining late september 2023 and we havent had a single dry week since. I planted 100+ onion sets and I have 2 onions left. All rotted. Almost all my trees, crops etc have rain damage. My peaches have leaf curl. Im so done...

@Jorduan100

Ай бұрын

@@fishndchick2228 sorry to hear that dude, try to not lose hope!

@fishndchick2228

Ай бұрын

@@Jorduan100 not a dude, but thanks anyway 😂 I never lose hope, only cash as I invested in a 3x5 meter safety glass greenhouse (as the storms tend to make pieces of trees fly around). It was a bit late to have a great harvest this year, but at least for next year I have a warmer and dryer area for some crops. But hey, the chives are going ham right now!

@Neenerella333

Ай бұрын

@fishndchick2228 Heehee. I call everyone dude. Even my mom. 🤭 Jealous of your greenhouse. I'd need safety glass too, as I live with long windy seasons and good sized hail.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Sounds rough out there for sure, hopefully your season levels out!

Jacques I love the way you explain things. Though you're an expert, you make it easy to understand for newbies like me! Keep it up garden hermit; you inspire so many of us to get out there & give it a try!! 💜🌱🤗

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that and thanks for watching!

When I lived in So Cal, Long Beach to be specific, we used to call the clouds and fog June gloom.

I would love to see the chickens more and a compost lesson for back yard garners.

Thanks for the great video, Jacques! You’re quickly becoming my favorite gardening channel.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I appreciate it!

Loving your videos from Ojai especially the cooking ones ❣️

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Kuttun_kitty_roblox

Ай бұрын

Yesss

I know it'll be a project - but would love to see a vid on the root barrier. And if no specific vid - would love to hear updates in other garden reports.

Was having trouble getting my chiltipin pepper plant at my microfarm up and running, I was dumfounded on why it was yellowing and not really growing a lot, I applied a 40 precent shade cloth and now have it on a feeding schedule of granular fertilizer and water soluble fertilizer every two weeks and my plant has absolutely exploded with growth, I have a passion vine, Carolina reaper plant, watermelon and the chiltipin pepper growing in the same bed so that's my chaos raised bed 😅

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Haha sounds like you got it on program! Shade cloth is really great for peppers in particular glad to hear it worked out!

@earthisflat

Ай бұрын

Indeed, I'm concerned with it getting too much nitrogen and not producing flowers at what point should I stop focusing on nitrogen and focus on potassium and phosphorous?​@@jacquesinthegarden

I’ve been gardening a long time, but I always learn something new from your videos. Thanks for the tip on how to cut bamboo stakes!

Your peppers look amazing! I put mine out later than you and now I’m regretting it. I’ve always despised the May Gray and June Gloom as we get a bit of that up here in Sonoma as well. Not nearly as bad as you guys though. These days though I’d much rather have that over wildfires. A whole different kind of gloom, one that doesn’t even allow you to enjoy being outside. Good ol’ mother nature. We’re forever at her mercy!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Was very fortunate to have a mild May gray this year for sure!

@sharons4611

Ай бұрын

Now I loved the May gray & June gloom in San Diego. Kept the heat down

Ooh the beautiful dark magenta sweet peas...I planted all the dark and unusual colors of sweet peas from Botanical interests this year. Can't wait to see those magenta ones flower. Oh and the way other plants around the garden can steal all the water is so true. I'm in a community garden and just outside the garden fence is a local park that has way too many blackberry plants and some kind of fennel. I water my garden and in 2 days it's bone dry where it butts up against the fence. And we aren't having any kind of heat wave either. It's like 62º the past 3 days.

Good update. I also use the saw to cut the bamboo stakes.

So, about that irrigation video 🧑‍🌾🧑‍🌾🧑‍🌾 😂😉

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Oof, I did this to myself!

@rachzor

Ай бұрын

​@@jacquesinthegardenCan you make one for composting too, please please!

And the camera loves Cosmos camera 📸 such a handsome doggie!!

I am so jealous of your paeppers. I tried to maximize space so I planted 2 shishito and 1 jalapeno in one 10 gallon planter last year so I didn't get a lot of yield, and this year it's the same. I am going to try to plant them in separate bags from now on. This is the first time having a real garden (last year I only had peppers) but I've been following you and Epic Gardening for a year now so I'm applying all that I've learned from you guys this year. So far so good. Thank you so much for all the tips and inspiration. I have tomatoes, peas, herbs, flowers and sunflowers (my fave) and even corn growing in our yard this year! ❤

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Containers can be challenging to crowd because when you plant them dense you have to adjust watering and fertilizer much more than in ground planting!

I have a backyard covered in concrete and a hill on a slope. Would LOVE a video on building garden beds for concrete yards and inclined gardens!

Always love your videos Jacques. I planted cumin - two different sowings - for the first time this year and I can tell you that it takes FOREVER to germinate. Like 3 -4 weeks. I had given up on one of the sowings and transplanted an extra roselle seedling in the pot that had the cumin seeds. Well of course then the cumin came up too so I had to remove the roselle to its own pot. Cumin looks like little ferns, sort of like fennel.

Your first garden, in the first episode with you that I saw when you were introduced (trying to be specific) was my favorite. Ya'll are too perfect now--with your bromances and jokes and all that non-gardening joking about plants. I will show you! 😂😂😂Sike! You guys are still amazing all of these years. 🎉🎉🎉 Happy gardening.

Can you do a video on how you made your climbing vine structures please.

Love chard! Listening while I process mullein!

@Neenerella333

Ай бұрын

What do you do with the mullein? I have the wild wooly variety in my flower garden. I like how they look and the seeds feed my wintering birds in November. But it would be cool to make use of them another way.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Someday I will add some mullein to my garden!

@northerngirlhobbies

Ай бұрын

@@Neenerella333 I harvest and dehydrate the flowers and leaves and use it in teas.

@northerngirlhobbies

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden excellent! My friend is selling her 20 acres (ugggg) so I am grabbing whatever perennials and fruit trees I can. Lots of elderberry out there.

Jacques!👋 My #1 favorite gardner!! Great video, and thanks for posting. Happy growing 💚 🌻

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

When you talk about root barrier I have thought about that several times. One for the septic area, but also we have an oak that is gaining size and a nearby flowerbed is always dry as a bone. Then I think of permaculture gardening and laugh. I have a tuff time with cumin. I’m trying again this year but noticed it’s not very tall and flowering already. I think I will try direct sowing it. Not sure what climate it likes. Planting zinnias by themselves you will get a large plant, when sown thick they get tall and don’t branch.

Growing up with Ranger Rick I was hoping for a raccoon-in-a-hat edit 😂 And yeah, we’re fighting them too on the other end of the country 😩

Eeeek! I LOVE Cosmo! He looks a lot like the stray who found our farm a few months ago! Except Shadow is much bigger and slightly less sleek. He doesn't have that shorthair look.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Cosmo is sleek alright and invisible in the dark haha.

I've had raccoons dig up my beans too...what about putting in a seedling aromatic in between the beans like basil or dill? Beans are worth fighting for! 💚

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Chili flakes seems to actually work well!

I've found by just draping a row cover over my bean plants that the raccoons will leave them alone. I think they don't like their claws getting stuck in the material. Just a theory. All I can say is that it works for me.

Always love your videos! The raccoons are relentless in my So Cal neighborhood and dig up everything. I've had to surround each of my raised beds with welded wire fencing. It's 3 ft tall so I can reach over it and into my beds (they're 17 inches high), but the raccoons are too heavy to climb over.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

That is awesome to hear you found a solution even if it is inconvenient. I tried chili flakes and that actually worked quite well.

You could char your bamboo stakes with fire or gas torch to help preserve the part that's in the ground to stop it rotting 👍🏻

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I should try that out and see how much impact it has.

@JTNZ333

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden It's an ancient Japanese technique called Shou Sagi ban. It's very effective as they use it on their outdoor timber.

Love your channel I watch every single episode. Lovely peppers. I'm growing 22 this year myself.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

22 different varieties is quite the haul, love to hear it!

@unknownname8328

Ай бұрын

@jacquesinthegarden Growing a mix of: Trinidad Sweet Aji Mango KS Lemon Starrburst Sugar Drop Orange Anaheim California Jalapeno Sweet Apple Peppers Hungarian Yellow My Favorite Fresno peppers 🌶 I'm in Canadian growing zone 6A. Ps. HOW do I obtain seeds for the Satsuma oranges? Do you have a list of seeds available to purchase from you or best friend as I watch his Channel also.

Jacques get yourself a good drill and an auger

This made my day, Jacques. I enjoy following you regularly, anyway, but here in Massachusetts, in the middle of a brutal - over 100 here today - heatwave (yes, you all in Southern California have a much milder/no extremes climate) and needing a physical (and mental) break from my bursts of heroic watering, I couldn't have asked for better than this video. My offbeat PhD brain finds your style (and humor) the best, with no need to internally translate what you're saying/doing and happily coasting on your stream of consciousness conversation with, nonetheless, directed purpose...; anyway, great to see the progress in your garden (and those peppers! I've taken up your previous tips and mine are looking the best they ever have but I'm still not sure how far they'll get here in zone 5... we'll see) and great ideas for what to put in the spots left free as other things are harvested... or raccooned (they're here too). Point is, your video was just the breath of fresh (cool) air and inspiration I needed today. Keep 'em coming! Thanks and all the best!

@veryberry39

Ай бұрын

Oh man, over 100 up north? D: That really IS brutal! I moved south about 5 years ago, after living my entire life in the north, and I often think about how much I miss the cooler weather. I guess not this year! We're all suffering! 😭

@ctviera

Ай бұрын

@@veryberry39 We are all suffering with the heat, it seems! A couple more days of this here and then it breaks (to mid 80s) for awhile but it's been intense. Hope you get some cooler days in the midst of it all!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

You guys have to deal with such brutal extremes from freezing to burning up, big respect to the work you need to put in up there!

@dustyflats3832

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegardenit’s a lot of different covers for the garden. Extreme flips in temps. We broke out of extreme drought in WI and now we have heat, humidity and mosquitoes.

Ugh. I need to go do some weeding.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Always a new weed to pull

Your garden looks beautiful 😊

Thanks for the video but man I couldn't figure the best way to cut bamboo & make it last longer. Much appreciated

Good advice--thank you, Jacques. 😊

I'm organizing my seed packets here in Northern NM. All my plants are in full throes of growth and flower. Nothing much to do while they all ripen. Planted beets EVERYWHERE, because my hubs and I love the greens. Will wait to pull the roots till next month. Held 10 broccoli seedlings back, to plant in August when everyone else is finished and the cooler weather will keep the inchworms and flea beetles off, while going dormant.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Love me some beets, I should start some more!

Yay I was just thinking this morning how I'd love a vid from Jacques!

Looking fwd 2 barrier vid. Neighbors lemon tree is rt against block wall n roots r on my side 2 so i cant plant anything w/o growing their tree roots.

Have had to put bird nertting on all flowers and veggies to protect from critters

Jaques, what is that giant sunflower I see in the background when you were tying up your peppers? It's massive!!!!❤

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

It is a Mongolian giant sunflower!

FYI ... I have a neighbor that installed root barrier to prevent 20 y/o live oak trees from reaching house foundation. Last month (15 yrs after barrier install) I helped her plant new foundation shrubs and discovered huge oak roots had grown OVER the barrier! I suspect root barriers work best on younger or smallish trees that don't have strong enough roots to force way over/under/around barrier. When installed near mature trees where mature roots must be cut, the established roots vigorously throw new roots almost like "suckers". Good luck.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

That's pretty wild!

Your garden is so beautiful. It’s amazing how much more mature your veggies are than up in NorCal. You said you just harvested garlic and I think Kevin harvested onions already. Welp my garlic is at least another month out and so are my onions, maybe a month and a half from being ready. Also im just starting to get peppers and tomatoes forming on the plants. Super baby ones, and I see you have some larger sized ones already. Amazing 👏 🎉

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

We seem to be about a month ahead of you guys, I am getting color on my peppers now!

Hi Jaques! First and foremost, I love your content and overall vibe and have been a fan of the channel for a while now. I look almost everyday for a new drop haha. I was hoping you could tell me if you trim your pride of Madeira, and if so, when and how drastically?

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

That is something I haven't actually done much of, this year I plan on cutting back all the flower spikes once they go full brown to keep the overall size contained. I will record what I end up doing! Probably ready to trim in a month or so (when they go full brown).

@bertarnoldo5199

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking time to answer all of my questions. I have a gigantic one next to my house as well as a good amount of volunteers

Beautiful work ❤

This was so very helpful. Thank you!

I'm using bamboo in the garden too, but instead of plunging it into the ground, I'm cutting short peices of rebar and putting them in the ground with just enough sticking out to put the bamboo over without having to try to jam the bamboo into the ground.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Interesting, I do that with conduit but with bamboo I usually don't bother as it isn't holding much weight.

1) omg I just used my shears to try and cut bamboo and it definitely split when I tried to push it into the soil. Good to know for the next time 2) I love that you have a calamansi tree. I’m Filipino and we use it a lot in our dishes, sauces, marinades. What do you like to use it for?

We have “man-ufactured” June Gloom all the time in the northeast. Fight fungus all season!

I have read that the roots of sunflowers may inhibit the growth of some other plants because they exude some kind of chemical into the soil. I'm wondering if that's what's going on with some vegetable seedlings I planted near the roots of some sunflowers that I left in the ground after cutting down the dead sunflowers.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

It is a thing but my understanding from when I last looked into it was that it stops germination not necessarily plant growth once it is sprouted.

Interested in how you set up your irrigation and drip systems. 👀

Totally excited for root barrier video! since your soil is so compacted, what is your opinion on broad-forking? 🤔

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I do fork the soil when I do full bed flips and I think it does help get the compost in and loosen up the soil in general

Those cages are really nice from the epicgardening store. Thanks for everything 🙌

Cosmo is a cutie!

You’re going to love the silvery rose strawflowers! I have some blooming now and adore them. I got my seeds from Johnny’s.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

For sure excited to see it bloom!

"Mineralie" That was a very kind way to describe swiss chard. I've never been so kind. 😅

Yay! It's Jacques 🎉 Just what I needed on a -1 degree morning in Australia. Beans: have you tried a metal mesh tunnel over them until they germinate & out a couple of leaves on?I have the same problem here, but with cockatoo & ibis instead of racoons - everyone loves beans!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I really should just protect them!

Those beans just won’t give you a break! 😂

I miss San Diego!

I wonder if you could grow your own bamboo….that’s what I do for my own staking from my own garden

We'll be harvesting our Garlic in about 3 weeks, maybe 4. Have cut the scape's on 157 plants, 5 to go, last fertilization was 2 weeks ago, and now will gust be monitoring leaves yellowing at the bottom. Weather permitting will stop watering on about the 30th, and test pull a couple. When pulled it's onto bush beans. TYFS Jacques

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Awesome to hear how much detail you know about your plants like how many and what process they are all at. That level of accounting for is something I want to work on.

@marktoldgardengnome4110

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden Generally, I write notes on a calendar, and I have a much smaller garden than you. We also grow only the things, we used to buy, and eat the most, and dedicate the space for planting on a grid pattern. (+ 10% extra) Also by planting on a grid patter I know exactly what my germination rate is. Planted 36 beet seeds, 35 germinated. Planted 90 carrots, 43 germinated. That's just carrots being carrots and we always plant a 2nd batch to grow well into Fall for Winter storage. Pretty much with my memory, grids and the KISS method and the whole Epic Garden Crew, keeps me in the game.

Beautiful dog!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

He really is, and a good boy!

How much food do you eat comes from your garden? I'd love to see a video on produce to kitchen, does it feed you all year? how often do you buy veg?

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

We do buy produce through the shoulder seasons when the winter garden hasn't quite started up and the spring garden is just starting. From February though November we buy very little produce

I just built a bunny proof bed for my beans. Fingers crossed! Lost them all to bunnies last year when I was on vacation 😢at least they had a good meal 😂

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Very sad but I guess you got some happy bunnies

Just lost all my tender greens to critters today. At least I have quarter sized beets to comfort me!

Great teaching, Jacques!

Do you feel that your soil health started bad and has gotten better over your time gardening and amending? Hoping for good future soil health 🌱

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

The qualities across the board have improved over the years and has improved a lot

Could you do a video section on tomatillo. Do you prop the branches up or let them sit on the ground?

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I for some reason didn't grow any this year, maybe I will get some plants at the nursery. If you don't deal with disease and pests on them then you can allow them to sprawl. Tying them up will keep it a bit tidier and healthier but tomatillos are generally pretty hardy plants!

Goodness 😂had quite a great gang of raccoons came at night, but they never mass with my garden 😂😂 they ate cat food tho😂😂. Your garden looks good 👍

Jacque- if you were my neighbor, I’d give ya a whole lotta beans! We built cucumber trellis a few weeks ago… and my blue lake found a string from 2 beds over, and it’s now over 15ft long! Also- have you tried pinching off beans? I did that to my Romano beans and now have 2 main stems!! GL on producing beans (it’s not too late to try- Esp. Yard long that prefers warmer weather)

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Haha my bean redemption ark will continue until I get bowls of beans. Maybe I will try pinching some!

@angelaphan3346

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden woot woot :) those critter cages might help prevent damage until they’re larger too! We pinched off at around 5/6 week period. It was mostly an accident initially, and then realized I had made an accidental discovery with pole beans :)

Tomato cages, definitely better than Soul Cages where you get nauseous from watching Sting spin around in circles.

Thank you, J! Love all your videos especially with Kevin. Don’t take offense, please but I always feel like you talk “Valley Girl” lol!

May Grey, AKA cloud seeding.

im from Costa Rica (mountain area very fertile) and im trying to grow a flower and veggie patch but nothing grows when i Direct Sow....got any tips?

I believe your reason for plants not toppling over is water. Less water and deeper roots are paramount

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

It is a good point, they haven't had an extreme warm day yet to encourage deep root growth.

Wow my Sugar Rush Peach only has 4 peppers on it. Was yours over wintered?

@anthonym8339

Ай бұрын

Same here. I’m guessing we started them much later than Jacques.

@klmaloney13

Ай бұрын

Mine has a ton of peppers. Have you fertilized with a bloom boost? Alaskan Fish Fertilizer has a more bloom formula.

@beckymartinez9926

Ай бұрын

@@klmaloney13 I use Alaska and Tiger Bloom. I also added compost at the start of the season.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

One of them was overwintered but I have some new starts that are also loaded up. They seem to rally like San Diego, easily the top 3 most prolific pepper I have grown.

Thankyou👍

Have you tried using chili flakes to keep the raccoons from digging?

Just curious, IF you really wanted green beans how would you tackle planting them with protection from being dug up?

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I am probably going to just lay some hardware cloth over them until they get 4 true leaves

His kryptonite is Beanssss! lol

Jacques it’s been brutally hot in Western PA this week. I had to deploy shade cloth. Do I need to ween the garden bed (very mixed) after a week of 40% shade cloth and 90 to 97 degree heat? It “should” or historically would be 70-80 with some peaks and valleys in June.

@bronowiczj

Ай бұрын

And thank you for another great video!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Wow that is wild, 40% cloth is from what I recall totally fine to keep up especially if you expect more intense heat on the horizon. I saw a study that showed peppers produce better under shade cloth! You can try weening it off by waiting for a cloudy day or removing it after 3 pm or so.

The tomato cages are expensive!!

@veryberry39

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I was looking at them a couple months ago and cried (not literally, lol) because they're way out of my price range. But I WILL say not to even waste your time with the cheap-ass ones at big box stores. I'm currently cursing the two I got, which are useless and just bending over under the weight of my determinate tomatoes!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Yeah it cost more to get them folding and stackable so that they can store away better. They should last for quite a few years.

After seeing the kudzu like mass of nasturtiums that carpet our canyons here in SD, I'm pretty put off by them now.

@veryberry39

Ай бұрын

Uh oh. I planted a couple seeds just the other week that I honestly don't think will grow (at least not before next year), and now I'm questioning it!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

They do take over the canyons but usually die off by summer, unfortunately that does interfere with native spring plants :(

Watch those bear patches, I've heard they can kill.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Haha

Hi where do you purchase your bamboo sticks?

How come you havent used any of the mesh over your beds to protect from the racoons? Like kevin did for his garlic beds.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Most of the time it is a short lived thing or it doesn't happen at all. Since our season is so long I just accept the losses. When they got bad last time I sprinkled chili flakes and that worked. If I cover one bed they will just skip it and move on to an easier bed that isn't covered anyway.

I net my veggie plants because of raccoons and deer...if not they would ravage my garden beds!!

I have not idea what to do with raccoons!

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

Chili flakes sprinkled all over the beds they dig in seems to work!

@sonholee5769

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden but the flakes degrade and they come back. Raccoons really loved my onion patch and now that they are all harvested, I haven't seen evidence of raccoons. And they never touched the onions, just jostled them and uprooted a couple. But onions were overall pretty hardy and grew well.

Hi Jacques. When should I start bell peppers indoors? I was thinking a couple months before spring, what would you suggest? I'm in Australia so our seasons are back-to-front.

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

I usually start them in January to put out around March or early April. Two to three months of growth should be plenty to help them size up.

@michellecolledge2355

Ай бұрын

@@jacquesinthegarden Thank you. Sowing seeds now, as I watch your seed starting video.

What part of San Diego is this garden in? I’m just starting to build a small garden in my backyard in Oside

How do you ants out of the garden bed?

@jacquesinthegarden

Ай бұрын

One of the most common methods I've heard of is using borax but I don't have any details as I haven't had any major issues

Raccoons don't have many predators. Allegedly, wolves are one so, if you go to the zoo, and they have any wolves.. see if they'll part with some wolf fur. It's shedding season. I wouldn't make an extra trip but if you go there anyway.. it can't hurt to ask and put some fluff around the garden

You can plant your lettuces -- or some other shady plant by your tree 🤷‍♀️

Is that your yard? It looks different.

Cumin? lol 😂 totally zinnias 😂😂

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100% haha, very bad mislabel