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This channel is designed to simplify gardening in the Texas Gulf Coast & Houston area!
Whether you are an experienced gardener or just dipping your toe in the water for the first time, this channel will give you the opportunity to experience everything I’ve learned and loved about gardening and the tricks I use to navigate the gulf coast region and USDA hardiness zones 8b and 9a.
Take advantage of other gardening resources! The resource links will give you an all access pass to my personal education and experience to save you time and reduce overwhelm.
Each UA-cam episode will have a link to my podcast and blog with in depth information on unique gardening topics!
To see what's 'Growing On' now in the Garden & participate in free Q&A Fridays, follow me on Instagram!
Whether you are an experienced gardener or just dipping your toe in the water for the first time, this channel will give you the opportunity to experience everything I’ve learned and loved about gardening and the tricks I use to navigate the gulf coast region and USDA hardiness zones 8b and 9a.
Take advantage of other gardening resources! The resource links will give you an all access pass to my personal education and experience to save you time and reduce overwhelm.
Each UA-cam episode will have a link to my podcast and blog with in depth information on unique gardening topics!
To see what's 'Growing On' now in the Garden & participate in free Q&A Fridays, follow me on Instagram!
Repairing a Hügelkultur Raised Mound
This is part 3 of the Hügelkultur series of videos from this channel.
You asked, and I listened! This video shows how I repaired the Hügelkultur mound with very little effort. If you haven’t tried planting on a Hügelkultur mound, it’s been a better experience for me than layering compostable materials in a raised bed. I highly recommend it if you have the time, space, materials, and energy.
Watch Part 1: How to Create a Hügelkultur Raised Garden
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Watch Part 2: Planting a Hügelkultur Raised Garden: 9 Month Review
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Listen to the Homestead Gardening Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/7BJ9EK7sOFSzX23sUEUoUd?si=fcd2f997208641a3
You asked, and I listened! This video shows how I repaired the Hügelkultur mound with very little effort. If you haven’t tried planting on a Hügelkultur mound, it’s been a better experience for me than layering compostable materials in a raised bed. I highly recommend it if you have the time, space, materials, and energy.
Watch Part 1: How to Create a Hügelkultur Raised Garden
ua-cam.com/video/hiLeUnoXS2E/v-deo.html
Watch Part 2: Planting a Hügelkultur Raised Garden: 9 Month Review
ua-cam.com/video/jSlnGNlaRNM/v-deo.html
Follow on Instagram:
turnyourheadandscoff
Listen to the Homestead Gardening Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/7BJ9EK7sOFSzX23sUEUoUd?si=fcd2f997208641a3
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lemon balm is a domestic plant for flavor 😭 there are plants that naturally have mosquito repelling properties without crushing
I want to make the hügelkultur as it is, as a mound and not a in garden beds. But I don’t want to wait for a cover crop to plant, any ideas?
All crops are cover crops. If you want to use it right away. Add more soil where you put seeds
I'm dying to know how this turned out
Very cool
I am in Houston as well, what did you feed the garlic and when did you feed. Last time I had small garlic
Have you tried growing hardneck garlic?
Wax melon contains a lot of water and is suitable for soup or stew.
Sembrano molto buone!
Anche io sono curioso provare questa varietà di meloni?
Thank you! May I ask if using bran with calcium carbonate already added to it would be ok to use? All I can find is bran for horses
Omg I thought I was having some crazy weird pest pressure but apparently it's just scaring/bruising.... whew!!!!
Yes awesome video. Very detailed appreciate it. Learned a lot. Glad i didnt hafta watch 4 videos 2 find this 1.
I've been doing this for a while with great results. In order to prevent erosion I would add a healthy dose of hay or grass clippings on top of your mold and plant in there. The grass clippings should be no more than an inch or two at the time to prevent it going moldy. If you speak french check out philipe forrer.
Could one be made to hide those green septic mounds?
Mine are growing now,,,my dad always planted them..One year we got 114 off of one vine... one gourd was hanging off the tv antenna on the roofof our home. 😂😂
awesome just ordered some i'm in pennsylvania
Can you the drained bokashi liquid as an inoculate for a new bokashi bran mix ?. Thank you.
You're so great ♥️ let's interact together to help the channel grow
It seems it grew great for you even though you did not mention any pruning of the side shoot vines. Thank you!
You’re better off just sprinkling the labs on your food directly and avoid all the lengthy and expensive bran. Plus make your own labs with rice water and milk. She's just pushing a manufacturers product.
Hi Kristen, why have you stop uploading? Are you doing well?
Can i drop it in room
I am new to your channel. I live in katy and have a 2 year old thornless black berry bush. It just started producing fruit this year. However the berries are not sweet. Is this normal? Will the berries be sweeter with the age of the bush?
So, I have a few options for you to consider. Either the berries are not sweet because they are water logged from rain or over watering during ripening, or they are too tart for your preference. 1. If they are watery and tasteless, then the recent rains may have overwhelmed the berries, and you can avoid watering while we have seasonal rainfall. 2. If they are too tart, then the variety may be a less sweet variety, they may be getting too much shade, they may not be getting enough water (less likely because of our rains), or simply you could be picking 12-24 hours too early before the berry is at the perfect ripe stage. I've seen berries go from not quite ready in the morning to perfect by the late afternoon to over-ripe by the next morning.
THANK YOU! Misturar 1xic.Agua, 1/2 colherzinha melassa e 1/2 colherzinha EM. Adicionar 500gr Crusca (melhor mais úmido que seco). Armazenar por 2 ou 3 semanas em saco plástico bem fechado para inoculação anaerobica completa da farinha de Bokashi.
I like your gourds. 😉😜
Literally just moved to Houston and have been gardening in Oklahoma my entire life. I am SO thankful for this page! So excited to grow with you!! ❤
That was quick and to the point, and explained well. I don't have a lot of time, so I appreciate the amount of information packed into a small video. Well done. And very helpful!!
So about what month do we harvest here? I planted some garlic in October and it's giving me signs it is ready, but I'm nervous it is too soon.
I don't think I've ever harvested before the first week in May. It's tricky because the timing may be slightly different based on your variety, when you planted, or our inconsistent weather. I had a horrible crop last year (1 year after this video was filmed) with low yields. This year I purchased garlic from grower so I could have plants better suited for the heat, and in about 7 days I will start testing their size by simply removing some soil around the bulb without disturbing the roots to look at the size. The bulb should be large, and you can often see lobes if the cloves have formed in the bulb as they are supposed to. the cloves are the last part to develop, so if you harvest too soon, then the cloves won't even be developed yet.
I hate the way repellants feel on my skin, and this might be a useful alternative. I was visiting the Pacific Northwest many years ago, and one of the local mosquitoes dropped down on my arm. It never bit. Just … hung out. I now joke that the PNW mosquitoes are so laid back, they don’t even know how to bite. May our Gulfcoast species NEVER clue them in.
I would put that bag in a sealed bucket to prevent mice eating through the plastic bag
Enjoyed your video. Early in the video said they only produce once ? Most probable that I wasn’t listening but is that correct? My blackberry is on its second season and first blooming/blackberry making season. Do I need to replace the bush after this season and can you clone/transplant blackberry bushes? I live west lake Travis Austin area. Loved your video
Great question! No, you don't have to replace your bush. I've had the same plants for going on almost 10 years! Additionally, a single plant has multiplied into a large patch because of my location and infrequent mowing habits in that area. New canes pop up each year from the roots, and this is why you should never have to buy any more plants. New canes harden over winter and then will only flower and fruit once in spring before dying at the end of the year as the new canes are growing. Most people have these types of blackberry varieties. Since filming this video, I've also grown a large patch of Primocane varieties which have been bred for more abundant yearly yields. I really like Prime Arkansas 'Freedom" for my area if you want to research that variety. Primocanes will produce 2-3 times in a year (spring and fall with sometimes a summer crop if watered well) before dying (but the new canes still replace the old every year).
Hello, how do you support them on the vine. My melons are snapping off the vine.
I can't. They usually don't fall off the vine, but they will tear the panel down with the weight in Houston's high wind storms. Often I try to keep the vines running less than 3' off the ground so the fruit can grow and eventually be supported on the ground toward the end of their growth when the skin is tougher. Alternatively, I will cut the melons off at about 10-15 pounds and immediately skin, cube, and freeze for later cooking.
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff that makes sense, my nylon trellis is hanging above my head and the Giant Black Gourd that I tied up with paracord sideways is embedding itself into the gourd. Next time, I will run the vine against my 5ft galvanized fence and let the fruit rest on the ground. Thanks for the idea.
In southeast asia it can be easily grown..but the outer feature is a little bit different..it has whitish powdery texture hard skin and quite hard to peel..most of the time people only scrapped out the white and leave the skin attached to the content..most asian people also like to mix it with chicken or meat and taste better when it is in rainy season
Oh that's very interesting about the rain! Yes, mine get more "waxy" when they are older, but often the fruit gets too heavy if the vine climbs a panel to get to the age it should for long term storage (the waxy/white coat and hard skin).
Thanks for the detailed information on the fruit. I’ll be trying to germinate my seeds this year (last year none came up). Hoping to get to your stage of maturity; 🙂
It took a very long time for these to sprout because the heat and moisture outside had to be perfectly timed. I could not force any to sprout indoors no matter which best practices I used, and I'd estimate the outdoor temperatures had to be above 90 degrees along with several days of seasonal rains followed by a period of no rain before these seeds sprouted. This is the pattern I saw after several years growing.
@@TurnYourHeadandScoff very helpful to know! Thanks.
I read its flavor is like watermelon rind. Horses love watermelon rind so I was wondering, can this be fed to horses?
These are in the same family of foods, but I don't know anything about horse diets, sorry!
nice vid
We're in Central Texas, and the ground here is mostly limestone with a little clay. Our backyard is roughly 70' wide by 32' from back fence to patio, sloping downward toward the house. It was planted in Bermuda by the house builder five years ago (ugh!). We would like the back half of that lawn to be replaced with shrubs and perennials, but I see no real way to deal with the "soil". I think these mounds would be far too high for what we would need, but it is an interesting concept. Something on a lower/smaller scale?
Yes, in my yard the mound resolves a completely different set of issues I face in this location. My landscape design clients in the Austin area use companies that jackhammer out the rock, add soil, and then plant shrubs for their yards if they are directly on rock. However, with slopes, retaining to create tiers may be a way for you to build up and manage growing on your property. I'm sure there are other variables to consider, but definitely don't rush into anything you're not excited to maintain!!!
If you will soak them for 45 minutes in water, you can use a wire wheel or wire brush to clean the skin off and make a beautiful skin on the gourd. No more sanding!
Your theme song sounds like Joy Division.
Thank you!!
Do you dry out the bran after it has been inoculated? Or sprinkle it wet on top of the bokhashi compost? Thank you, simple and straight forward method!
The rain and thunder sounds heavenly
Thank you
With the USDA map update i am now a zone 10A which is crazy to me, but Garlic is a reliable crop here provided you dont get a ton of rain or your going to get Rust, I have nearly perfect yearly conditions for Rust, 50-70 degree average daytime temps, can go higher but not that often and 70-100% humidity every day.
You have to be careful with garlic where I live cause the bottom leaves turn yellow and die on you and it can happen way before its ready and I have seen people pull up garlic way early because of it.
Thanks for sharing. Im in Central Texas and cant figure out the best time to plant garlic. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Thankyou for getting straight to the point! I missed the season, but I will be planting these, come Fall 2024!
It’s time
Thank you for all of the information about wax melons. I look forward to trying to grow them this year. This will be a first for me so I look forward to seeing how they taste.
Can I do the same thing with a rose bush?
Is the prime ark berry invasive?
It spreads vigorously through the underground root system like my other blackberry plants. Although that doesn't put it on the invasive list, new canes will pop up in my garden up to 10 feet away from the parent plant every spring.