Hello, my name is Audrey, and welcome to Real Food Comes Dirty.
On this channel, you can expect videos about gardening and cooking. Our focus is on vegetable gardening, but no vegetable garden is complete without many flowers for pollinators. We also discuss what to do with all the harvest through cooking, preserving, and food storage videos.
After more than 30 years of gardening and cooking, I want to share what I've learned while learning from you at the same time.
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Enjoyed the chat 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love from the UK x
Nice selection of different varieties , looking forward to the grafting video 👍
Only way I saved my beefsteak was to take a chewed up stalk and root it. Also have stuck sucker straight in soil and gotten fruit.
Awesome! My 3 somewhat rooted suckers go in the ground tomorrow.
I suppose green garlic can just be from supermarket garlic that is sprouting. I will try that Audrey.
Hi Lynn, I just put all my green garlic in last Thursday. Fingers crossed!
So looking forward to the wedding footage Audrey. When we moved here to Wales 20 years ago I dreamed of having a wedding here. It never came to pass though.
Hi Lynn, my son did a video where you see most of it but I'm putting on comments over the top because he knows what nothing is! I love them but he's not a gardener.
@@RealFoodComesDirty okay, thank you xx
Big thumbs up #44. Missed the chat though excellent share. Heat, rain, humidity... peppers are going great but the tomatoes.... not so much
Hi Susie, weather has been a challenge for almost everyone this year! I'm looking forward to a better fall garden than a spring garden. I wish the same for you!
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What I’ve learned about winter sowing- Our winters are way too warm the last two years. I call it spring sowing now. I don’t start any until March. I set them on the east side of a building until the spring temps are consistent and then move them to the south side of greenhouse to block drying winds. It is vital to check moisture. I water with a pump sprayer. If I start them in January in southern exposure they did not prosper because we have been getting rain and extremely warm days and inside jugs either dry out or rot from too much rain. They can germinate and then it can snow-it’s just not a normal winter pattern anymore. It’s getting tricky to garden. Fall garden-mostly brassicas, beans, peas, carrots, beets and salad fixings anything else takes too long. Found a great cauliflower that’s only 45 days and it was wonderful! I worked hard for the Napa cabbage, Bak Choy and others this spring. Started under low tunnel on 4/15 and it was a lot of covering and uncovering. Using netting on all brassicas is always a must do. We’ve had Way Too much rain this year and the tomatoes have been set back and in the beginning the peppers were looking lime green. I have never had an issue of tomatoes being so thin and short. I was able to get out earlier in June and get some granular fertilizer and blood meal on which helped it’s just not as fast as liquid, but the plants were already saturated. Late blight showed up 3 weeks early and trying to stave it off by trimming and spraying copper. Will need to switch to hollyhocks that are rust resistant or start a copper spray regimen early if we have another wet year like this. And I just started two new varieties this year that are not resistant. It’s been too humid, hot and mosquitoes to enjoy anything outside, but finally we are in a strange cool, dry week and I’m enjoying it. Just hope to get tomatoes. Harvested early brassicas, garlic is drying in shaded greenhouse, drying herbs, snipping peppers and cucumbers. Climbing Zucchini shriveled and a couple peppers- not sure what went wrong. We have been enjoying Mexican midget and orange hat tomatoes I grew inside late winter. I’m hopeful for better fall peas and will try adding phosphate this time as they just seemed to not produce. I still have a couple Napa cabbages and reg cabbage and realizing there is only so much we can do with it😅. Yes! Sweet corn is doing great this year! We put coop cleanings out last fall and it’s is huge. The funny thing is that I just learned to not mix any other corn as it will cross in this year’s harvest😂. I never thought about it and we have a field in the back and sometimes I grow popcorn. Mildew, rust it’s all an issue this year here. Now the drier air moved in, but cooler nights, just hope no fog. The wind from storms is rearranging everything I was just thinking of any flowers, ect that I didn’t have to stake and I couldn’t come up with any. Oh, had our first taste of honeyberries this year and adding a ton more because they are much better than blueberries and easy to grow. 🎉🎉 The whole issue is where do we find room? 😂😂 Z5a, WI.
The weather has been such a challenge this year! I am just thankful for every harvest I can get. I'm gonna pull everything that doesn't look like it's good to do anything and replant for fall and hope for the best. I sure hope our fall weather is little more stable! I hope that for you too ❤❤
Was just thinking the other day that had not seen Soph for a while, great to see her again.
So sorry I missed this live...I was up in Door County. I love talking flowers. Hoping the flowers look fab for the wedding. The bloom on your coleus you are going yo want to pinch off to extend the life of the plant. In September I let them bloom because they are finishing up for the season. Plus pinching back makes them fuller....like a basil plant. YAY for a tour video. FYI there was a crazy huge amount of commercial ads on the replay....way more then normal.
Its good to see Sophie, again. She is so sweet and pretty.
Glad to see you got your money back. Like you, I love great customer service ❤
Hi guys😊
Oh that’s one we don’t have to content with!!
Great and interesting live! I was out celebrating Pride when you aired. I've noticed some small green worms eating the foliage on my radishes, one spicy green that I'm letting go to seed and they're on one kale. I pick off those I see, but I just figure there is some for me and some for them. Not the best time of year for radishes anyway.
Fantastic video today! Really unfortunate to miss this one. I have followed Steve for a few years now. So much great information!
All the years I grew hollyhocks I never had realized rust. Well, I have it this year. I also failed to get cedar rust resistant apples and we are surrounded by cedars. I do have a couple that are resistant. Great topic about diseases brought on by too much moisture. I’m concerned as we’ve had a ton of rain and humidity. Robin just mentioned the PM and it’s early. I ripped up the over abundance of poppies to get more air in the garden because with the jungle like weather it’s been top on my mind that funguses will be an issue. Oh I hope we don’t get an onion problem as we’ve had all that rain 😬. When Robin mentioned the scent given off by cucumbers draws the beetle I was thinking that’s similar to carrot fly and some say to thin carrots in the rain to avoid it. I missed the ‘Live’ because it was nice enough to get outside. It’s been unbearable lately with heat, humidity and mosquitoes. I have a mystery problem with two potato plants that collapsed. All the others are very healthy. Probably should dig them up and see what happened. I just looked up the blight solution Steve mentioned and it’s not available here and does not say what it’s made from. Says all natural. It’s a preventative not a cure. He mentioned volunteers 😂😂I can’t get rid of them and I haven’t planted them there for two years. I thought I dug them all last year. I can’t even pull them they still come back 😂. Oh I so agree about how do they get to a point of being organic. I do the best I can with what I have. I know my veg/fruit won’t be recalled and I’m not against hybrids or manmade fertilizer except No bio solids for me. Lol, I got into a conversation with state person who was arguing what organic was when I was complaining about local farmer using too much chemicals. When we moved the neighbor told me the state checked her water and it had traces of alachlor, Lorsban. Jumping worms-it was several years back that a KZread creator in MN was advocating to buy them for turning compost. Then the problem was discovered! Then there are those with videos mentioning they were dragging plants back from FL to WIN and yet another flying plants from her MD garden to MN 😡. They Don’t Obviously Get IT of the damage they could be doing to the environment. Drives me crazy. The first was because she wanted something different no one else has and the second was to save her son a few bucks by sharing her plants. It’s really Nuts when you think about what they are could be causing. These plants are not inspected and the layman couldn’t spot anything. We have bans here about carrying firewood over county lines because of gypsy moth. I’m shaking my head.
It's hard to imagine the unknowing damage created just by transporting a plant. However, all the big boxes here import plants from several states away and could be transporting baddies with them.
Audrey thanks for having me on again. I look forward to the next time. Here's hoping the bunnies leave your plants alone and the wedding goes smoothly.
Giving the garlic a few more days. Hollyhock is notorious for rust. I never put 2 and 2 together that they may be why my garlic had rust when they were planted closely. I'm trying out the whey spray for mildew...next year😅 Still no cicadas, You?
It was crazy how the rust took down my hollyhock. I have cicadas but not in any quantity. But one town over the noise is deafening.
@@RobinGardenslol, I heard them in another channel that gardens in north IL-deafening!
I never remember rust on hollyhocks, then a gal out east had a horrible amount of it and then it appeared here. We had a lot of rain and I had not thinned the poppies and things were wet. I ripped up most of the poppies and trimmed the lower hock leaves and hope that helps.
@@dustyflats3832 I found I could stay ahead of it for a couple weeks on the hollyhocks...but once it started the end was eminent.
Nice to see layout of garden ,now I can picture your growing space ❤️😘from the uk
I've not got a rabbit problem, but had many neighbours cats visiting my garden. I bought from Amazon, a sonic deterrent device, and touch wood, it seems to be working so far. The device I have has a few settings, one of them is rabbits. I am in the UK, but it might be worth giving it a go.
Thank you! I will check that out.
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For your rabbit hoard problem, call either the fish and game department and ask if they can trap and relocate them as they are destroying important plants on your property. Or call animal control and see if they can help with the problem. Hope you can solve this problem.
Thank you, Loretta! Great ideas - I'll check into it. Thanks again.
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Missed your video as on holiday in Scotland
Hope you enjoyed it!
Need to make some rabbits stew
Need to make some rabbits stew
Whats microarrisals?!
Hi Terry, mycorrhizae are fungi that have a symbiotic relationship with the roots of many plants. The fungi which commonly form mycorrhizal relationships with plants are ubiquitous in the soil. It can be purchased in a powder form and I add it to everything I plant except members of the brassica family. Apparently they don't play well with others! Hope that helps.
@RealFoodComesDirty okay, yes, I am familiar, but the transcript has the word microarrisals.
@@RealFoodComesDirtythank you for the info. Where can we purchase the product you are using?
Steve was a precious person. What an incredible teacher he was. This really was a great tribute to him. I still miss his posts.
SO good! Glad you shared this! This is very similar to Vietnames Mo Hanh. We make this with Chives and 2 or 3 finely chopped green onions, plus 1 or 2 TEASPOONS of salt (per Quart jar) and a tablespoon of Garlic powder. Heat the oil 'til it's so hot it sizzles & bubbles when you pour it over the greens in the jar (sloooowly, it takes 4 or 5 small pours)... let cool, seal it up, and it lasts weeks in the fridge BUT you can freeze it, too! We do this with just green onions; and with Lovage and green onions. You can do it with Basil, Rosemary, etc. - but we've found that green onions, Chives, or Lovage sauces are our favourites and SO versatile! Put into soups/stews - over rice, over noodles, add to stir fries, french fries or boiled potatoes (even mashed!) - even toasted buttered bread. Once you start using them, you're ADDICTED. Again, incredibly versatile. Now IF you have an Asian market near you, get packets of Maggi "Magic Sarap" - it's basically wonderful garlicky seasoning granules - one packet (about 2 teaspoons) per quart and it's PERFECT, you literally don't need to add anything else.
I love the idea of doing it with lovage and green onions. We are out at the moment in my garlic chives are about ready to harvest so I can't wait to make a new batch! I will be making more this year for sure and thanks for the tip on the Maggi. I'm going to look into that, anything garlic is just the best! Thank you so much.
Audrey just ordered my first GreenStalk from Sweden...Thank you so much ♥
I hope you love it as much as I do! If you think of it let me know how it goes…
Well you said it would take a while and you weren’t kidding lol! 4 months later and it’s through 🎉🎉🎉. Gardening definitely promotes patience 😂. Xx
Love this video and the choices you made.
Thank you! We had a great time.
Hi Audrey, I love Laura's channel too. She works so hard. Thank you for a great video. I have cucumbers on my plants and also sweet peppers. I have flowers on my melons and tomatoes. My worst struggle at the mo is carrots- I think the slugs are eating them as soon as they pop their little leaves out of the soil 😞Happy gardening ladies :-) x
Thank you so much for having me, I absolutely loved being a guest on your live! I forgot to turn my microphone on so this was my webcam audio 🫣 - I am so sorry! I will do better next time 😆
My favourite rose! You will be stunned.
I can't wait! Not seeing much action yet and it's been over 3 weeks so fingers crossed.
I don't have any roses but I would love one to trail over the shed, it's going to be lovely to see this one bloom. David Austin roses are so gorgeous 🤩 x
No action on it yet, but fingers crossed! And I think a climbing rose over your shed would be stunning ❤
Oooh what about dwarf sunflowers under Harry?
OMG I found 2 scapes on my garlic today!!!! Never had any this early.🧄 Audrey I still can't comprehend 30 flats to go out. WOW.🥰 I'm so glad you wanted this topic, it makes me appreciate all the things I have in the yard.👍 Looking forward to Laura on the live next week❤ TY for having me on once again, maybe Steve will join us too next time...that was a fun one!
Hi Audrey I've just found this video I've never seen it before that's some growing space you have it's truly lovely all of it ❤
Thank you!
Sorry I missed the live. Very long marriages within the group. My husband and I will have been married 48 years on 3 June this year. Can't believe it's been that many years. For some reason none of my garlic grew this year. But there is always next year. 🙂 I have 3 blueberries, strawberries 1 raspberry plant and a plum tree, all in pots
Sorry for the late response, Mags. Congratulations on 48 years! I wonder what happened to your garlic? I'm not aware of anything that likes to eat those. A great attitude about next year
@@RealFoodComesDirty Thanks Audrey 😄
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Beautiful rose Audrey 😍. Having clay here I'm also super jealous of your soil, looks lovely!
Hi Joe, yeah, no clay. Our native soil on this property is pretty fabulous. Sorry?
🐝thanks for the great video🌻Got 3 tea roses atm just makes me happy AND the amazing smellll
I already feel like I have the rose bug back, meaning I need a lot more of them! Once this 1 blooms I know I'm a goner.😆😆😆
@@RealFoodComesDirty once you smell a real rose you gone any way