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Nice haul! Now as hot as it is add a head net, glasses, headband, handkerchiefs around neck, T-shirt and long sleeves, pants and mosquitoes and that’s me 🥵. Heat index today 97*! Do share a recipe from time to time. Many of us need enlightenment. Yep, shishito can have a few sparky ones and weather plays a role. I left the Megatron s in the garden and they were ruined by the time I got to them. Ugh, tonight we had a bobcat!😱. Good thing we’ve been locking up the roosties. Poor things wouldn’t stand a chance. Picked up a bird bath today p-heavy-as my old homemade ones were wore out. Birdies are cute! Keep up the good work guys!
@gail79985 күн бұрын
❤ thx for the tips on growing peppers!
@ourbackyardgarden5 күн бұрын
Since I shot this video, I have so many giant bell peppers it's mind boggling
@gail79985 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden I will definitely follow your tips!
@monicamacauley35538 күн бұрын
Leigh! There’s no doubt about it. You are the Goddess of Peppers. I wish my shishitos look like yours. They’re tiny and shriveled. I’ll try some bone meal and blood meal.
@ourbackyardgarden8 күн бұрын
Lol, these are the biggest shishito I have ever seen. I'm cooking pan fulls daily. I'm petrified of these Megatron though. Just touching the skin is hot!
@dustyflats38322 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden😂
@Neelamojha758 күн бұрын
❤️❤️🦜🥰
@ourbackyardgarden8 күн бұрын
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@Neelamojha758 күн бұрын
Beautiful video sharing dear sister ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌿💚🐦🤗
@ourbackyardgarden8 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊
@Crankinstien8 күн бұрын
Dull ass knife
@joansutton9 күн бұрын
I adore the fragrance of sweet peas. Thank you! I've ordered these varieties at your suggestion.
@ourbackyardgarden9 күн бұрын
Hi Joan, the high scent from botanicalinterests.com is my fav and I think it's back in stock now!
@liebekatz110 күн бұрын
My Nasturtiums do not like the Alabama heat😢 I started them inside and then planted in the garden. Maybe I need to plant them in April instead of May next year.
@ourbackyardgarden10 күн бұрын
I'm having an odd year also. Mixed success. So much extreme weather, it's so hard to know what seeds need. I keep trying though. I don't think it would hurt to sow in april!
@shanec881211 күн бұрын
Beautiful. Your hard word has paid off. I was wondering if you get dragonflies at your pond? I heard that they like flat rocks so yours looks ideal for them.
@ourbackyardgarden10 күн бұрын
Hi Shane thank you so much for enjoying our video. Yes, we have tons of wonderful dragonfly in all shapes, sizes and colors it's wonderful!
@dustyflats383211 күн бұрын
Blossom end rot is more to do with watering. They can’t uptake the calcium and I know you use bonemeal. It’s funny how some plants here produce sooner than warmer zones and most are much later. Trying to gauge where we are at as this has been an awfully WET year so far with 31.69” of rain since March and avg annual is 37”. We will get a break tomorrow-I Hope! Then Sunday through Wednesday more rain. Don’t know what we will end up with if it doesn’t stop. At least with drought I could control the water and NO flipping mosquitoes! 😵💫 I do know we harvest tomatoes early August. It’s just a set timing here no matter when you plant. However we had Orange Hats in winter and the Mexican Midgets were also producing. I have already had a Megatron Jalepeno 👏🏼👏🏼. Nice size and vigorous grower. Your garden is really turning out well. We will wait a month and see what we end up with in this swamp. At least I have the sandy soil working for us. Oh, I think the shishitos can be a hit and miss on the heat scale. I see it’s been hot and dry there as the leaves are curled and lawn looks crispy and that weather will make peppers, onions and radishes hotter. What! Random tomatoes-it’s TomatoGate this year? Last year was PepperGate.
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Are your Megatron super hot? I touched one, stoll on the bush, its huge. Then touched my face, and it burned, thought it was a fluke. Touched it again, had and tasted my finger, omg it was hot, just touching it. What am I in for? Yes our lawns ho dormant here. It comes back. We never water the grass or it would be $700 a month literally
@mbg444511 күн бұрын
Wow your tomatoes look great. My Dr Wyches are not that big at all. I'm in Ocean County closer to the ocean. Actually the tomatoes looking the best and healthiest for me are the Dwarf Tomatoes. Brandy Fred, Uluru Ochre and Baronia. They have so many fruits on three foot tall plants. Its amazing. The Dwarf Tomato Project. Great if you don't have much space. But your garden is just beautiful and so healthy. Good for you guys. Here's to a great veggie year.
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! It's funny, dr wychie this year is odd. I have mine separated this year. One area they are much smaller this year. Another area, they are Gigantic. I think I have 1 big guy ready for harvest, I'm soooo excited. Had a kellogs breakfast yesterday it was incredible 😋
@gail799811 күн бұрын
So much I could happily comment on. I'll cut it short and say that's a garden to be very proud of!!! I find you & FJ very inspiring. I'm starting out with only grass, well, what is left of it due to the voles. Happy Gardening!
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Hi gail!!! Thank you for your continued support it keeps us motivated ❤ your garden will be your sanctuary soon. There must be a vole remedy!!
@gail799811 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden yes, there are remedies. We ate working on them. We have trapped (killed) over 100. We are surrounded by grain field on 2 sides. There is also a lot of debri and 2 years of grass clippings along our back fence. They love it there. A guy is scheduled to remove the debris ASAP. He says it's an all-day job. Costing $2,500! We aren't happy. The previous owners should have kept that clean and cleared. Per my research, voles over populate every 3 to 5 years. This house is going on 3 years. The orwvious owners didn't have this problem. When we moved in, thete wete no signs of vole damage until spring. It's horrifying to a gardener. We trap (on average) 7 to 9 voles a day! They breed quicker than rabbits.
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
@@gail7998 omgbthats a nightmare! Ugh!!!! I hope you like this place better overall though. How frustrating. If you were my neighbor I'd hook you up, but I think you know that! ❤ I think my side neighbor is standing at his door waiting for tomatoes lol
@gail799811 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden we are determined to win. I do love the area. The voles will not win! They're destroying our neighbors lawns too
@monicamacauley375011 күн бұрын
Hi Leigh! 109 here is SoCal. My garden is shrouded in shade cloth. Yesterday I harvested many blushed Parks Whoppers to let them ripen indoors. Lots of harvested zucchini and zucchini bread for family but now the vine borers are settling in even after using beneficial nematodes. They are relentless. I’d say I harvested maybe 10- 12 nice zucchinis this year. My Diva cucumbers are coming along and the first dahlia to bud and bloom this year is Arabian Night. Waiting on 20 other varieties to bloom in my raised bed. I am watering in early morning and at dusk as well as drip system for deep watering twice a week. Our dry SoCal heat just sucks up the plant moisture. Bye for now. You and Farmer John are my garden heroes.
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Hi my friend, sending hugs and thinking of you. 109....oh em gee. Our thermostat says our garden is often 103. 100 today and yesterday 101. We had our first whopper today and the counters are covered in peppers and zucchini. The heat is taking a toll on the dahlia though. My potted plants are toast. We are so tired after working out there I often have a nap in the evening from exhaustion. It feels like an oven.
@TheLittleRedHenNJ11 күн бұрын
Wow your garden looks beautiful!
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊 I'm so ready for tomatoes 🍅 😋
@tomatoespoppieseverything12 күн бұрын
Great tomato review video!
@ourbackyardgarden11 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 we are on our way to New varieties this year. Just posted a garden tour with huge tomatoes 🍅 can't wait to harvest!
@PinkamingoHaven13 күн бұрын
I love seeing what seeds you get. Gives me good varieties for my wishlist! The long white radishes might be White Icicle. I grew those with the French Breakfast from MIgardner.
@ourbackyardgarden12 күн бұрын
Hey, how are ya!? Thanks for the radish info, that's exciting 😀 yay! We are harvesting so many new seeds this year. I got black petunia seeds yesterday from a friend's plants!
@norbelsemaj387013 күн бұрын
This shed for me is a Nightmare. I have 1 and it only Last for 4 months
@ourbackyardgarden13 күн бұрын
I agree it's a major regret. I'm sorry you had a bad experience too.
@IAMGiftbearer15 күн бұрын
Both tomatoes are gorgeous! Now I wish I'd bought Kellogg's Breakfast seeds! It looks like Mango!
@ourbackyardgarden15 күн бұрын
I just now harvested my first kellogs this year. It's a great tomato. Dr wychies as well!
@gail799816 күн бұрын
🎉 I enjoy your hauls. Your joy is so cute. I can't wait to griw all these and more! Thx for sharing! 🎉 🎉
@ourbackyardgarden15 күн бұрын
Hugs
@dianepliska425616 күн бұрын
I'm enjoying your channel and garden tours.
@ourbackyardgarden16 күн бұрын
Hi Diane! Thank you so much for being here ❤
@claricekelly639517 күн бұрын
Just assembled mine all by myself, furniture clamps came in handy when you don’t have six hands . Just needed help with the panels . Door was warped but easy to train with a shim jammed into the bottom. Poured a slab for foundation and used tap cons to attach. Main thing was to level foundation and square four walls . And make sure the roof peak has an overhang of 1.5 inches . Thanks for the video, it’s super helpful because I can probably prevent some of those things from happening. We are here in Florida so we don’t expect it to last more than five years or one hurricane but I’ll do my best to make it last . I already love it
@ourbackyardgarden17 күн бұрын
Wow!!! That's amazing! Good for you that you could do that! Ours is holding up in wind that I will say. But our yard feels like Miami in August from early May to September. So the silicone isn't holding up, lots of leaking. It gets me through potting plants in spring and hardening off which is great. Wish it had windows! Happy growing I hope you get lots of use with it. Thanks for commenting 🙂
@dustyflats383219 күн бұрын
I ordered on the 16th, they shipped on the 19th and arrived on the 27th and I’m in WI. I don’t get it just like I didn’t get 2 packs of free pollinator seeds. Lol, I got Shishitos which I have and didn’t plant this year because it’s not our favorite. Mine came in an envelope. So you got free veg seeds and not the agastache or zinnias? Don’t get me started about Swallowtail. Ordered coral geraniums last year and they were scarlet. Told them and they resent for this year-and they are just starting to bloom and look scarlet 🙄. Guess I will have to get orange and I will try coral from another vender and see what happens.
@ourbackyardgarden18 күн бұрын
This was a different haul! Stay tuned!
@missmrice9119 күн бұрын
Fun seeing the garden and the seed haul ! 🌺
@ourbackyardgarden19 күн бұрын
Thank you 😊
@hannahfitch897719 күн бұрын
Baker creek tried to sell a gmo tomato while demonizing gmo seeds. I don’t think they are ethical for other reasons you can look up easily. MI gardener, Seed Savers exchange, Fedco, High Mowing, Botanical Interests, Territorial Seeds, Renee’s Garden, Roughwood Seed Collection, Hudson Valley Seeds, Experimental Farm Network and so many others are more ethical choices.
@ourbackyardgarden19 күн бұрын
Thank you for the info. I'm always looking for seed companies! I think Hudson Valley is on my list to try.
@TheLittleRedHenNJ19 күн бұрын
Everyone should have a stockpile of seeds. This is a crazy time in the world and seeds equal food security. When watching someone's video with sounds of planes, birds, goats, roosters, lawnmowers, parrots, kids or whatever it just makes it feel more authentic, like visiting with a friend. I love watching all your videos.
@ourbackyardgarden19 күн бұрын
Thank you for being willing to accept our noise and being a friend ❤
@lisaawild19 күн бұрын
I'm in Texas so we definitely need higher. Thanks for the video.
@ourbackyardgarden19 күн бұрын
Yeah, you guys definitely go through it! I think we will need higher soon. It's like a blow torch.
@techs120project19 күн бұрын
Enjoying your channel the past few months... thank you for sharing your passions!
@ourbackyardgarden19 күн бұрын
Thank you so much that just made my day!!! It's so nice to know you are here! Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 ❤
@tammytamz304620 күн бұрын
Love all your stone designs!
@ourbackyardgarden20 күн бұрын
@@tammytamz3046 thank you so much 💖
@tammytamz304620 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden 💐 🌸 💐
@tammytamz304620 күн бұрын
Awesome green house! Beautiful!
@erins247322 күн бұрын
To keep poles from poking thru add solo cups or small seedling pots over them under the shade cloth.
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
Thanks for reminding me Erin ❤ that worked great for my fruit cage netting!
@katiehainsworth290322 күн бұрын
Wow you’re going to have a million tomatoes!!!!
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
I hope so Katie the heat dome and storms came through. Through all of that the potato leaf varieties are the shining stars, holding on great with giant leaves!
@mariaromanyszyn373822 күн бұрын
You're gardens are beautiful! Just curious what zone you're in?
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
Hi Maria we are zone 7a northwestern burlington co nj! Thank you so much!! My heart lives in this garden ❤
@elliottschwartz346022 күн бұрын
Bought mine at Costco last October and it sat in my garage all winter. Just installed it now. No warping and skylight is functioning as designed. Ran electric into foundation before assembly of the structure. Time to grow!!!
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
YES!!!! That's awesome!!! It definitely made my seed starting easier!
@doreenhenry880522 күн бұрын
I have been searching for reasons my German Pink is having trouble. It's looking like it's getting a bit of blight. I wasn't sure because the yellowing leaves are not just isolated to the bottom. The blossoms also have been falling off. My plants are huge for southern MI but haven't set fruit. It's last of all the varieties to set fruit. My volunteer borage isn't harming my tomatoes yet but I will keep an eye on them. I think it's only Orange Icicle that it is competing with. I'm going to look now.
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
They might need pruning, and bone meal helps to set fruit
@maxine-2322 күн бұрын
Thanks for the review of the shade cloths and clips. I actually got the garden clips for less at Dollar Tree. $3.75 for 3 packs of 20 at Dollar Tree vs $9.98 for 1 pac of 60 on Amazon.
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
Wow thats awesome. I'll have to see how many clips are in my dollar tree pack. Somehow I believed amazon was the better deal. I always like a good deal!
@Angie-ci1lp22 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing! It is HOT!
@ourbackyardgarden22 күн бұрын
It was like a convection oven here yesterday. This shade cloth really helped, no pepper scorch!
@moochythecat343523 күн бұрын
I am growing German Pink and German Queen tomato plants..., the German Queen has potato leaves... the German Pink does not... I think your German Pinks are actually German Queens...
@ourbackyardgarden23 күн бұрын
Oh! Thank you I'd have never known! There's so many varieties out there! I have huge tomatoes on this vine I can't wait!
@tammytamz304624 күн бұрын
You were in my suggested… lovely channel. I love your hat!
@ourbackyardgarden23 күн бұрын
Hi Tammy thank you so much, it's nice to know you are here!
@gail799824 күн бұрын
Hi Leigh, Your tomatoes are looking so healthy! Are you suggesting keeping other plants away from your potato-varieties?
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
Hi Gail, yes, keep them away from all other tomatoes on a trellis of their own. It made a huge difference. They look incredible with huge fruits. Can't say how this day will end for the garden though. It's like an oven. Feels like over 100 here. We started work at 630am today and worked straight to noon with no breakfast just to get it pruned with this humidity. I'm ready for a nap.
@gail799824 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden thx! I hope your shade cloth does a great job!
@millennialxexperience24 күн бұрын
Love the garden content! Us KZread gardeners have to stick together. Rock and roll!!
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
Thank you so much!
@321novrain25 күн бұрын
I'm having a great tomato season so far to. In section 5 Adirondacks upstate NY. Raised beds trellis like yours with air flow being my priority. Trying new varieties this year . Kellogg's are in my batch for a first time this year but by far the best new plant is called a silver fur tree tomatoes. Very odd leaves / plant. Highly productive, disease "resisting" . Thanks for sharing your plants .
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting. I love hearing about new tomato varieties. It seems there are so many!
@vickilorah874925 күн бұрын
Your property is so GORGEOUS and I appreciate everything you share!!!🌺🌻🌼💗
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
Aww thank you Vicki it's so nice to know you're with us! We appreciate it!
@kristiryan74025 күн бұрын
Kelloggs is my all time favorite tomato.
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
It's so good! And dr wychies. This year I can't wait to try pineapple and it's so close now!
@kristiryan74024 күн бұрын
@ourbackyardgarden I'm trying pineapple this year too. Hurry up tomato season.
@dustyflats383225 күн бұрын
Yep, Don’t touch me. I once left a tomato do it’s thing because the squash grew around it and it there was no blight on it like the rest had. I expect blight to come August 1st. And yes, the borage can get monstrous and think some of all the volunteers will get booted to the backfield by the bee hives. Did I tell you my neighbors bees took off, then returned, then took off again only to return again. Hope they stay now. Love the giant marigolds and they get big. Your dressed like it’s cold there 😂-that’s me to keep the mosquitoes off. Tomatoes look like they are doing well. It will be a couple weeks for mine to get there yet. I’m at a dilemma right now with all this rain. We just got doused again tonight and total so far is over 1.5” on top of previous rain. They say 3-5” through to late Saturday. If it’s not lightening out I will throw tarps and plastic over onions and garlic. In the morning. We have flood warnings and not worried about that so much as I am about the mosquitoes. There must have been a brief break in the clouds to the south as I was so excited to see the Strawberry Moon come up just now. I snapped a pic in the rain and brought two mosquitoes in-Ugh! I have copper and sulphur ready for whatever mildew or fungus comes next. The forecast looks dry after this and hope lower humidity. Have to tie everything up tomorrow also. I don’t want to monkey with plants when they are wet, but I don’t have much choice. No fun with a head net on and dressed like an Eskimo. I’m glad I didn’t heavily mulch this year. Yep, I believe you are correct on just letting the tomatoes be.
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
The mornings are chilly at 5am but it's beautiful out. No sound besides the wild birds. But today we were sweating by 630am. It's horrible heat again. It kicked my butt today.
@dustyflats383224 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden don’t know what we all will do soon. We just had 2” of rain yesterday into the night and just went through another all day event that dumped another 3” and close call with tornadoes. A few things were tipped. The oak was doing the hula and we got our helmets on. Some other areas south had touch down and some flooding all over several states around here. Lights went out for several hours, my phone had no reception and it’s like a jungle outside-swampy mess with a gazillion mosquitoes. It’s disgusting. Suppose to be better tomorrow but we have more rain for Tuesday and Friday.
@MrGapack196525 күн бұрын
Are you in Maryland?
@ourbackyardgarden25 күн бұрын
Hi Gregory thanks for watching! We are in nj!
@annamarie985825 күн бұрын
Yes - it’s HOT! Good call with the shade cloth! I ordered some too. My tomatoes were planted on an North/South axis, so east blocks west and west blocks east. And luckily the sun only hits them around 10am. My peppers - in full sun - are doing okay. I planted them with a few dill plants, and the dill towers over the peppers. 😊. Everything else is scorching though, and I have to hit plants with a good watering every morning…my peas are toasted. 😭 Oh, and I had one more female black swallowtail hatch out this morning. I had nearly given up on that chrysalis! I was so excited because I thought she was my last hatchling, but a quick inspection of the cage turned up one more straggler. Hopefully the heat today will bring it out. Good luck today with the heat! Rest up during the day, and practice twilight gardening, a.k.a. mosquito food. 😂
@ourbackyardgarden24 күн бұрын
I served myself up last night. But the decided they wanted my face. Ugh, I lasted 5 minutes. My elephant dill has giant yellow lacey flowers oh em gee I love it!
@dustyflats383226 күн бұрын
Your plants are thanking you!🎉🎉 I’ve been using shade cloth for probably 5 yrs like Gail. We go with 40% and I think 30% would work but I think it might be not as tuff maybe? We use it on the patio doubled up over 2” PVC pipe that holds it taut. I tried actual shade fabric for patios and had to return it as it was white and tightly woven and was so blinding and Hot compared to the netted garden black shade fabric-it was unbelievable difference. And that’s why I say the black color is cooler than white-others have differing opinions. The difference could be partially that the white was closely woven, but still way too bright and could feel sun burning my skin. I love having a big expanse to work under-it makes gardening enjoyable again in these extreme hot spells we get now. Last year we were over 100 degrees and that’s Hot for Z5a, WI. Our main dilemma is supporting it. I have pondered over this for quite awhile and the only thing I can think to do is fairly costly. I would like to create like clothesline poles at the ends with cable running and use either the plastic clips, but better metal shower clips to be able to easily open and close them. As we get older it’s not an easy job to get that stuff situated on the patio or garden. If I could do one or two rows in that fashion I think I would be good to go. What happens in a storm is the whole thing flops up and down forcefully and can wreck weaker poles. We have some 4x4” poles and T-posts that we attach to, but the T-posts are a bit shorter and then the fabric hits the tomato tops. That isn’t all bad as our tomatoes don’t produce that long in the season except the cherry tomatoes. I think I may have to try a prototype and install what I’ve been thinking because it sure is more enjoyable to work under. Plus I could just wrap the shade cloth rolled back under some Tyvek then and not have to store it. With all the different cloths and netting it takes up considerable room. I read even bug netting supplies a sun factor of 3. What not to use is any frost cloth especially draped down as it will fry the plants as it doesn’t breathe. I believe what is happening in that spot of your garden is the reflection off the white fence. We have a hot spot in a NE corner over by greenhouse that is a cooker. Good job but would like to say in a bad storm those tomato cages will be ripped up so don’t tie it to anything your tomatoes are using as they will be destroyed.
@ourbackyardgarden26 күн бұрын
I plan to take it off on storm days. It took 5 minutes to put up! I'd like to have it taller also. It really cooled it down now I hide under it.
@gail799826 күн бұрын
Isn't it strange? Back when I was much younger, I had bumper crops and didn't use shade cloth. Now, for the past 5 years, I've been using it. We are nearly 5,000 ft in elevation; the sun is often intense. I cover everything with 40% and things grow 🎉 Leigh, you look very cute in your hats. Me, not so much 😅 I wear the ones from Costco - not so cute. But the hats are very functional and 100% cotton. I wouldn't go in public with them on 😅😅 I hope your shade cloth works for you!
@ourbackyardgarden26 күн бұрын
Hi Gail 👋 wow it's like opening the oven door here! This cloth is helping a bunch over tge peppers! Thank you for the compliment ☺ the hat has become part of my garden uniform. Now I can't function without it and long sleeve uv sun tee's spoiler alert....video coming. I lost bought a hat at costco this week, Maui brand sooo cute. But it looked terrible on me so I passed. John wears the men's hats. I wait until they go on sale and buy several. Almost tomato time! They are changing color!!
@gardentours27 күн бұрын
I didn't know that snapdragons get rust as well. We have it on roses 🌹 because it has been raining more than usually.
@ourbackyardgarden27 күн бұрын
We didn't know either until it happened. This is why we always say, we are students of the earth. I'm very sad over this though.
@gail799828 күн бұрын
Great information, Leigh! I'm sorry about the challenges you're experiencing. I hand water, too! I've always have for the same reasons you mentioned. We've always had the ability to use the timer, but I never did unless we went on vacation, which wasn't that many days. I enjoy hand watering and checking every thing out!
@ourbackyardgarden28 күн бұрын
How is your weather. It's a blow torch here. This morning every plant was beautiful. Tonight jy San marzano have blossom end rot and a bunch. Everything is suffering and its going to be hotter. 96 by Friday
@gail799828 күн бұрын
@@ourbackyardgarden Yesterday, wind was up to 40 mph. I watched that wind whip my plants in every direction. Then, found out that it could dip down to 36 degree F! So we frantically got out every sheet we owned to protect what we could. Fortunately, it got down to only 43 degrees. I was so thankful that all made it through the night. Gardening here in Utah is so, so different. It's far more challenging!!!!
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Nice haul! Now as hot as it is add a head net, glasses, headband, handkerchiefs around neck, T-shirt and long sleeves, pants and mosquitoes and that’s me 🥵. Heat index today 97*! Do share a recipe from time to time. Many of us need enlightenment. Yep, shishito can have a few sparky ones and weather plays a role. I left the Megatron s in the garden and they were ruined by the time I got to them. Ugh, tonight we had a bobcat!😱. Good thing we’ve been locking up the roosties. Poor things wouldn’t stand a chance. Picked up a bird bath today p-heavy-as my old homemade ones were wore out. Birdies are cute! Keep up the good work guys!
❤ thx for the tips on growing peppers!
Since I shot this video, I have so many giant bell peppers it's mind boggling
@@ourbackyardgarden I will definitely follow your tips!
Leigh! There’s no doubt about it. You are the Goddess of Peppers. I wish my shishitos look like yours. They’re tiny and shriveled. I’ll try some bone meal and blood meal.
Lol, these are the biggest shishito I have ever seen. I'm cooking pan fulls daily. I'm petrified of these Megatron though. Just touching the skin is hot!
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I adore the fragrance of sweet peas. Thank you! I've ordered these varieties at your suggestion.
Hi Joan, the high scent from botanicalinterests.com is my fav and I think it's back in stock now!
My Nasturtiums do not like the Alabama heat😢 I started them inside and then planted in the garden. Maybe I need to plant them in April instead of May next year.
I'm having an odd year also. Mixed success. So much extreme weather, it's so hard to know what seeds need. I keep trying though. I don't think it would hurt to sow in april!
Beautiful. Your hard word has paid off. I was wondering if you get dragonflies at your pond? I heard that they like flat rocks so yours looks ideal for them.
Hi Shane thank you so much for enjoying our video. Yes, we have tons of wonderful dragonfly in all shapes, sizes and colors it's wonderful!
Blossom end rot is more to do with watering. They can’t uptake the calcium and I know you use bonemeal. It’s funny how some plants here produce sooner than warmer zones and most are much later. Trying to gauge where we are at as this has been an awfully WET year so far with 31.69” of rain since March and avg annual is 37”. We will get a break tomorrow-I Hope! Then Sunday through Wednesday more rain. Don’t know what we will end up with if it doesn’t stop. At least with drought I could control the water and NO flipping mosquitoes! 😵💫 I do know we harvest tomatoes early August. It’s just a set timing here no matter when you plant. However we had Orange Hats in winter and the Mexican Midgets were also producing. I have already had a Megatron Jalepeno 👏🏼👏🏼. Nice size and vigorous grower. Your garden is really turning out well. We will wait a month and see what we end up with in this swamp. At least I have the sandy soil working for us. Oh, I think the shishitos can be a hit and miss on the heat scale. I see it’s been hot and dry there as the leaves are curled and lawn looks crispy and that weather will make peppers, onions and radishes hotter. What! Random tomatoes-it’s TomatoGate this year? Last year was PepperGate.
Are your Megatron super hot? I touched one, stoll on the bush, its huge. Then touched my face, and it burned, thought it was a fluke. Touched it again, had and tasted my finger, omg it was hot, just touching it. What am I in for? Yes our lawns ho dormant here. It comes back. We never water the grass or it would be $700 a month literally
Wow your tomatoes look great. My Dr Wyches are not that big at all. I'm in Ocean County closer to the ocean. Actually the tomatoes looking the best and healthiest for me are the Dwarf Tomatoes. Brandy Fred, Uluru Ochre and Baronia. They have so many fruits on three foot tall plants. Its amazing. The Dwarf Tomato Project. Great if you don't have much space. But your garden is just beautiful and so healthy. Good for you guys. Here's to a great veggie year.
Thank you so much! It's funny, dr wychie this year is odd. I have mine separated this year. One area they are much smaller this year. Another area, they are Gigantic. I think I have 1 big guy ready for harvest, I'm soooo excited. Had a kellogs breakfast yesterday it was incredible 😋
So much I could happily comment on. I'll cut it short and say that's a garden to be very proud of!!! I find you & FJ very inspiring. I'm starting out with only grass, well, what is left of it due to the voles. Happy Gardening!
Hi gail!!! Thank you for your continued support it keeps us motivated ❤ your garden will be your sanctuary soon. There must be a vole remedy!!
@@ourbackyardgarden yes, there are remedies. We ate working on them. We have trapped (killed) over 100. We are surrounded by grain field on 2 sides. There is also a lot of debri and 2 years of grass clippings along our back fence. They love it there. A guy is scheduled to remove the debris ASAP. He says it's an all-day job. Costing $2,500! We aren't happy. The previous owners should have kept that clean and cleared. Per my research, voles over populate every 3 to 5 years. This house is going on 3 years. The orwvious owners didn't have this problem. When we moved in, thete wete no signs of vole damage until spring. It's horrifying to a gardener. We trap (on average) 7 to 9 voles a day! They breed quicker than rabbits.
@@gail7998 omgbthats a nightmare! Ugh!!!! I hope you like this place better overall though. How frustrating. If you were my neighbor I'd hook you up, but I think you know that! ❤ I think my side neighbor is standing at his door waiting for tomatoes lol
@@ourbackyardgarden we are determined to win. I do love the area. The voles will not win! They're destroying our neighbors lawns too
Hi Leigh! 109 here is SoCal. My garden is shrouded in shade cloth. Yesterday I harvested many blushed Parks Whoppers to let them ripen indoors. Lots of harvested zucchini and zucchini bread for family but now the vine borers are settling in even after using beneficial nematodes. They are relentless. I’d say I harvested maybe 10- 12 nice zucchinis this year. My Diva cucumbers are coming along and the first dahlia to bud and bloom this year is Arabian Night. Waiting on 20 other varieties to bloom in my raised bed. I am watering in early morning and at dusk as well as drip system for deep watering twice a week. Our dry SoCal heat just sucks up the plant moisture. Bye for now. You and Farmer John are my garden heroes.
Hi my friend, sending hugs and thinking of you. 109....oh em gee. Our thermostat says our garden is often 103. 100 today and yesterday 101. We had our first whopper today and the counters are covered in peppers and zucchini. The heat is taking a toll on the dahlia though. My potted plants are toast. We are so tired after working out there I often have a nap in the evening from exhaustion. It feels like an oven.
Wow your garden looks beautiful!
Thank you 😊 I'm so ready for tomatoes 🍅 😋
Great tomato review video!
Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 we are on our way to New varieties this year. Just posted a garden tour with huge tomatoes 🍅 can't wait to harvest!
I love seeing what seeds you get. Gives me good varieties for my wishlist! The long white radishes might be White Icicle. I grew those with the French Breakfast from MIgardner.
Hey, how are ya!? Thanks for the radish info, that's exciting 😀 yay! We are harvesting so many new seeds this year. I got black petunia seeds yesterday from a friend's plants!
This shed for me is a Nightmare. I have 1 and it only Last for 4 months
I agree it's a major regret. I'm sorry you had a bad experience too.
Both tomatoes are gorgeous! Now I wish I'd bought Kellogg's Breakfast seeds! It looks like Mango!
I just now harvested my first kellogs this year. It's a great tomato. Dr wychies as well!
🎉 I enjoy your hauls. Your joy is so cute. I can't wait to griw all these and more! Thx for sharing! 🎉 🎉
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I'm enjoying your channel and garden tours.
Hi Diane! Thank you so much for being here ❤
Just assembled mine all by myself, furniture clamps came in handy when you don’t have six hands . Just needed help with the panels . Door was warped but easy to train with a shim jammed into the bottom. Poured a slab for foundation and used tap cons to attach. Main thing was to level foundation and square four walls . And make sure the roof peak has an overhang of 1.5 inches . Thanks for the video, it’s super helpful because I can probably prevent some of those things from happening. We are here in Florida so we don’t expect it to last more than five years or one hurricane but I’ll do my best to make it last . I already love it
Wow!!! That's amazing! Good for you that you could do that! Ours is holding up in wind that I will say. But our yard feels like Miami in August from early May to September. So the silicone isn't holding up, lots of leaking. It gets me through potting plants in spring and hardening off which is great. Wish it had windows! Happy growing I hope you get lots of use with it. Thanks for commenting 🙂
I ordered on the 16th, they shipped on the 19th and arrived on the 27th and I’m in WI. I don’t get it just like I didn’t get 2 packs of free pollinator seeds. Lol, I got Shishitos which I have and didn’t plant this year because it’s not our favorite. Mine came in an envelope. So you got free veg seeds and not the agastache or zinnias? Don’t get me started about Swallowtail. Ordered coral geraniums last year and they were scarlet. Told them and they resent for this year-and they are just starting to bloom and look scarlet 🙄. Guess I will have to get orange and I will try coral from another vender and see what happens.
This was a different haul! Stay tuned!
Fun seeing the garden and the seed haul ! 🌺
Thank you 😊
Baker creek tried to sell a gmo tomato while demonizing gmo seeds. I don’t think they are ethical for other reasons you can look up easily. MI gardener, Seed Savers exchange, Fedco, High Mowing, Botanical Interests, Territorial Seeds, Renee’s Garden, Roughwood Seed Collection, Hudson Valley Seeds, Experimental Farm Network and so many others are more ethical choices.
Thank you for the info. I'm always looking for seed companies! I think Hudson Valley is on my list to try.
Everyone should have a stockpile of seeds. This is a crazy time in the world and seeds equal food security. When watching someone's video with sounds of planes, birds, goats, roosters, lawnmowers, parrots, kids or whatever it just makes it feel more authentic, like visiting with a friend. I love watching all your videos.
Thank you for being willing to accept our noise and being a friend ❤
I'm in Texas so we definitely need higher. Thanks for the video.
Yeah, you guys definitely go through it! I think we will need higher soon. It's like a blow torch.
Enjoying your channel the past few months... thank you for sharing your passions!
Thank you so much that just made my day!!! It's so nice to know you are here! Thank you for watching and commenting 😊 ❤
Love all your stone designs!
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Awesome green house! Beautiful!
To keep poles from poking thru add solo cups or small seedling pots over them under the shade cloth.
Thanks for reminding me Erin ❤ that worked great for my fruit cage netting!
Wow you’re going to have a million tomatoes!!!!
I hope so Katie the heat dome and storms came through. Through all of that the potato leaf varieties are the shining stars, holding on great with giant leaves!
You're gardens are beautiful! Just curious what zone you're in?
Hi Maria we are zone 7a northwestern burlington co nj! Thank you so much!! My heart lives in this garden ❤
Bought mine at Costco last October and it sat in my garage all winter. Just installed it now. No warping and skylight is functioning as designed. Ran electric into foundation before assembly of the structure. Time to grow!!!
YES!!!! That's awesome!!! It definitely made my seed starting easier!
I have been searching for reasons my German Pink is having trouble. It's looking like it's getting a bit of blight. I wasn't sure because the yellowing leaves are not just isolated to the bottom. The blossoms also have been falling off. My plants are huge for southern MI but haven't set fruit. It's last of all the varieties to set fruit. My volunteer borage isn't harming my tomatoes yet but I will keep an eye on them. I think it's only Orange Icicle that it is competing with. I'm going to look now.
They might need pruning, and bone meal helps to set fruit
Thanks for the review of the shade cloths and clips. I actually got the garden clips for less at Dollar Tree. $3.75 for 3 packs of 20 at Dollar Tree vs $9.98 for 1 pac of 60 on Amazon.
Wow thats awesome. I'll have to see how many clips are in my dollar tree pack. Somehow I believed amazon was the better deal. I always like a good deal!
Thanks for sharing! It is HOT!
It was like a convection oven here yesterday. This shade cloth really helped, no pepper scorch!
I am growing German Pink and German Queen tomato plants..., the German Queen has potato leaves... the German Pink does not... I think your German Pinks are actually German Queens...
Oh! Thank you I'd have never known! There's so many varieties out there! I have huge tomatoes on this vine I can't wait!
You were in my suggested… lovely channel. I love your hat!
Hi Tammy thank you so much, it's nice to know you are here!
Hi Leigh, Your tomatoes are looking so healthy! Are you suggesting keeping other plants away from your potato-varieties?
Hi Gail, yes, keep them away from all other tomatoes on a trellis of their own. It made a huge difference. They look incredible with huge fruits. Can't say how this day will end for the garden though. It's like an oven. Feels like over 100 here. We started work at 630am today and worked straight to noon with no breakfast just to get it pruned with this humidity. I'm ready for a nap.
@@ourbackyardgarden thx! I hope your shade cloth does a great job!
Love the garden content! Us KZread gardeners have to stick together. Rock and roll!!
Thank you so much!
I'm having a great tomato season so far to. In section 5 Adirondacks upstate NY. Raised beds trellis like yours with air flow being my priority. Trying new varieties this year . Kellogg's are in my batch for a first time this year but by far the best new plant is called a silver fur tree tomatoes. Very odd leaves / plant. Highly productive, disease "resisting" . Thanks for sharing your plants .
Thank you for watching and commenting. I love hearing about new tomato varieties. It seems there are so many!
Your property is so GORGEOUS and I appreciate everything you share!!!🌺🌻🌼💗
Aww thank you Vicki it's so nice to know you're with us! We appreciate it!
Kelloggs is my all time favorite tomato.
It's so good! And dr wychies. This year I can't wait to try pineapple and it's so close now!
@ourbackyardgarden I'm trying pineapple this year too. Hurry up tomato season.
Yep, Don’t touch me. I once left a tomato do it’s thing because the squash grew around it and it there was no blight on it like the rest had. I expect blight to come August 1st. And yes, the borage can get monstrous and think some of all the volunteers will get booted to the backfield by the bee hives. Did I tell you my neighbors bees took off, then returned, then took off again only to return again. Hope they stay now. Love the giant marigolds and they get big. Your dressed like it’s cold there 😂-that’s me to keep the mosquitoes off. Tomatoes look like they are doing well. It will be a couple weeks for mine to get there yet. I’m at a dilemma right now with all this rain. We just got doused again tonight and total so far is over 1.5” on top of previous rain. They say 3-5” through to late Saturday. If it’s not lightening out I will throw tarps and plastic over onions and garlic. In the morning. We have flood warnings and not worried about that so much as I am about the mosquitoes. There must have been a brief break in the clouds to the south as I was so excited to see the Strawberry Moon come up just now. I snapped a pic in the rain and brought two mosquitoes in-Ugh! I have copper and sulphur ready for whatever mildew or fungus comes next. The forecast looks dry after this and hope lower humidity. Have to tie everything up tomorrow also. I don’t want to monkey with plants when they are wet, but I don’t have much choice. No fun with a head net on and dressed like an Eskimo. I’m glad I didn’t heavily mulch this year. Yep, I believe you are correct on just letting the tomatoes be.
The mornings are chilly at 5am but it's beautiful out. No sound besides the wild birds. But today we were sweating by 630am. It's horrible heat again. It kicked my butt today.
@@ourbackyardgarden don’t know what we all will do soon. We just had 2” of rain yesterday into the night and just went through another all day event that dumped another 3” and close call with tornadoes. A few things were tipped. The oak was doing the hula and we got our helmets on. Some other areas south had touch down and some flooding all over several states around here. Lights went out for several hours, my phone had no reception and it’s like a jungle outside-swampy mess with a gazillion mosquitoes. It’s disgusting. Suppose to be better tomorrow but we have more rain for Tuesday and Friday.
Are you in Maryland?
Hi Gregory thanks for watching! We are in nj!
Yes - it’s HOT! Good call with the shade cloth! I ordered some too. My tomatoes were planted on an North/South axis, so east blocks west and west blocks east. And luckily the sun only hits them around 10am. My peppers - in full sun - are doing okay. I planted them with a few dill plants, and the dill towers over the peppers. 😊. Everything else is scorching though, and I have to hit plants with a good watering every morning…my peas are toasted. 😭 Oh, and I had one more female black swallowtail hatch out this morning. I had nearly given up on that chrysalis! I was so excited because I thought she was my last hatchling, but a quick inspection of the cage turned up one more straggler. Hopefully the heat today will bring it out. Good luck today with the heat! Rest up during the day, and practice twilight gardening, a.k.a. mosquito food. 😂
I served myself up last night. But the decided they wanted my face. Ugh, I lasted 5 minutes. My elephant dill has giant yellow lacey flowers oh em gee I love it!
Your plants are thanking you!🎉🎉 I’ve been using shade cloth for probably 5 yrs like Gail. We go with 40% and I think 30% would work but I think it might be not as tuff maybe? We use it on the patio doubled up over 2” PVC pipe that holds it taut. I tried actual shade fabric for patios and had to return it as it was white and tightly woven and was so blinding and Hot compared to the netted garden black shade fabric-it was unbelievable difference. And that’s why I say the black color is cooler than white-others have differing opinions. The difference could be partially that the white was closely woven, but still way too bright and could feel sun burning my skin. I love having a big expanse to work under-it makes gardening enjoyable again in these extreme hot spells we get now. Last year we were over 100 degrees and that’s Hot for Z5a, WI. Our main dilemma is supporting it. I have pondered over this for quite awhile and the only thing I can think to do is fairly costly. I would like to create like clothesline poles at the ends with cable running and use either the plastic clips, but better metal shower clips to be able to easily open and close them. As we get older it’s not an easy job to get that stuff situated on the patio or garden. If I could do one or two rows in that fashion I think I would be good to go. What happens in a storm is the whole thing flops up and down forcefully and can wreck weaker poles. We have some 4x4” poles and T-posts that we attach to, but the T-posts are a bit shorter and then the fabric hits the tomato tops. That isn’t all bad as our tomatoes don’t produce that long in the season except the cherry tomatoes. I think I may have to try a prototype and install what I’ve been thinking because it sure is more enjoyable to work under. Plus I could just wrap the shade cloth rolled back under some Tyvek then and not have to store it. With all the different cloths and netting it takes up considerable room. I read even bug netting supplies a sun factor of 3. What not to use is any frost cloth especially draped down as it will fry the plants as it doesn’t breathe. I believe what is happening in that spot of your garden is the reflection off the white fence. We have a hot spot in a NE corner over by greenhouse that is a cooker. Good job but would like to say in a bad storm those tomato cages will be ripped up so don’t tie it to anything your tomatoes are using as they will be destroyed.
I plan to take it off on storm days. It took 5 minutes to put up! I'd like to have it taller also. It really cooled it down now I hide under it.
Isn't it strange? Back when I was much younger, I had bumper crops and didn't use shade cloth. Now, for the past 5 years, I've been using it. We are nearly 5,000 ft in elevation; the sun is often intense. I cover everything with 40% and things grow 🎉 Leigh, you look very cute in your hats. Me, not so much 😅 I wear the ones from Costco - not so cute. But the hats are very functional and 100% cotton. I wouldn't go in public with them on 😅😅 I hope your shade cloth works for you!
Hi Gail 👋 wow it's like opening the oven door here! This cloth is helping a bunch over tge peppers! Thank you for the compliment ☺ the hat has become part of my garden uniform. Now I can't function without it and long sleeve uv sun tee's spoiler alert....video coming. I lost bought a hat at costco this week, Maui brand sooo cute. But it looked terrible on me so I passed. John wears the men's hats. I wait until they go on sale and buy several. Almost tomato time! They are changing color!!
I didn't know that snapdragons get rust as well. We have it on roses 🌹 because it has been raining more than usually.
We didn't know either until it happened. This is why we always say, we are students of the earth. I'm very sad over this though.
Great information, Leigh! I'm sorry about the challenges you're experiencing. I hand water, too! I've always have for the same reasons you mentioned. We've always had the ability to use the timer, but I never did unless we went on vacation, which wasn't that many days. I enjoy hand watering and checking every thing out!
How is your weather. It's a blow torch here. This morning every plant was beautiful. Tonight jy San marzano have blossom end rot and a bunch. Everything is suffering and its going to be hotter. 96 by Friday
@@ourbackyardgarden Yesterday, wind was up to 40 mph. I watched that wind whip my plants in every direction. Then, found out that it could dip down to 36 degree F! So we frantically got out every sheet we owned to protect what we could. Fortunately, it got down to only 43 degrees. I was so thankful that all made it through the night. Gardening here in Utah is so, so different. It's far more challenging!!!!