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That little stinker! 🐈 I haven’t had that particular obstacle but your idea of how to protect the seeds/seedlings in the area sounds like it would be perfectly effective. I would try the very same thing if the same circumstances suddenly presented, so thank you for sharing that. I’ve seen animal deterrent sprays in the garden departments of several places. I apologize, I can’t give a recommendation because I haven’t had to use any of them. You could give those a look. What I have here; I have a small section of catnip planted at the entrance edge of the garden. I read somewhere that it would be good for the kitties and keep them busy & happy. It seems to have worked well. We have 2 cats and a couple of strays that come and go. Catnip is a perennial and can tend to take over a bit, so maybe grow it in a pot and put the pot at the edge of your garden. It’s easy to grow. That’s a way to work WITH the problem, if you wanted to try that. Also, largely unknown, catnip has some human benefits I read about and can be used in tea. I’m gonna give that a try this season. 🫖

@@thegardengallery4618 Thank you again for taking your time to respond to my questions. You're the best! God bless you!!!

Definitely the video part, mainly because it’s harder for me to learn haha! The farmin part, though physically tiring, really is more rewarding than difficult. The hardest part, for me, about the farming is being spatially aware of how much room everything will require once it’s fully grown. Things outgrow their spaces before they’re fully grown, I’m still practicing at leaving enough growing space! 🤷🏼‍♀️😁

No need for any high dollar frills, manure is a wonderful fertilizer and enriched soil is a sufficient boost in my experience. I’m so excited for you!!

@@thegardengallery4618 Once again thank you so much!!

Outside in the unheated garage will work perfectly, I wouldn’t recommend letting them go through the changing inside the house simply because part of the process involves surface molding, I think they might need to winter. They go through a natural metamorphosis through that cold season that turns them to beautiful wood. Our winters are regularly sub freezing, sometimes sub-zero here in SE Washington state (inland desert) and arid, only an average of 8” of annual rainfall and medium humidity. We are agricultural zone 7. The gourds will turn black with the surface changes, you can brush it off with a stiff bristle brush in the spring to clear away any large flaky pieces, it sands off easily enough with regular sandpaper and easily finishes to a shine with spray lacquer. Also, each gourd has about 5 packs worth of seeds inside of it, I was so surprised! After they’ve seasoned and fully dried outside for the winter you’ll be able to harvest the dry seeds from your own gourds if you decide to. Gourds are a super fun thing to grow, they grow so fast and produce so well, I can’t imagine a garden without them now haha!! We found a few new varieties to try this year; the 6 foot long calabash kind and the kind that loofah sponges come from, excited to see how they do here!

We typically planted one seed per hole when we started with the gourds. The seeds plant only about a half inch to an inch deep. When you’re ready to plant, soak the seeds in water overnight, this helps them to soften some and they germinate sooner. Also, the seeds that sink to the bottom of the water are the ones that are going to do wonders for you. I love growing gourds! The leaves on the vines are soft, a bit like velvet, you’ll see what I mean in a month or two. Last year, we harvested over 1000 gourds, it was amazing! We’re planting several varieties again this season. Enjoy your season, they really are so much fun!

Also, I know the directions say to go about 4-6 feet apart, and you can totally do that! We have such a long fence for them to grow on that we planted approximately ever 12 inches along the fence. The vines did spread and cover the fence and the ground was covered by vines about 2 feet of so out from the fence.

@@thegardengallery4618 Oh my goodness, thank you so much for getting back to me so quickly!!! This really helps! And thank you for letting me know about soaking them overnight before planting and about the ones that sink to the bottom. I just want to make sure I understand completely. So I only have to go about about an inch deep per seed and one seed per potting hole? Also you said I can plant them 12 inches apart along the trellis and that won't be too close together! I will be planting them this weekend and I can't wait! I can't believe you can get so many gourds per seed. Someone said you only yield one gourd per seed and this just didn't sound right to me. Thank you again for all the helpful hints and tips.

@@dianehutchins9206 yes, only about an inch deep. They’ll start popping up within about 7-14 days and they grow pretty quickly once they sprout. And yes, on the fence we plant them closer together, about every 12 inches. The fence gets all fluffy with vines, heavy with gourds, it’s gorgeous! On the open ground (area with no trellis) we keep the rows about 8 feet apart to leave room for the vines to grow. One regular seed pack, about 15 seeds, filled up a 15x15 foot area in our garden. When trellising, when the vines get to about 12-24” long I ‘teach them how to climb’. Just string them through and point them up the fence/trellis and they won’t go rogue all over your other plants. During their peak growth it seems like they grow new gourds overnight, it’s the funniest thing! I’m excited for you, I think you’re gonna have fun!

@@thegardengallery4618 Thank you so much for always getting back to me so quickly. You have been so helpful. You have no idea! By the time I went and got the cattle panels and the tee stakes and set everything up, I didn't have time to actually plant the seeds. I will do that this weekend thought. I have one more question. Should I only plant on the outside or inside of each panel, or can I do both, the inside and outside of each one? (seeds on both sides of each cattle panel). I heard this may be too many and may choke out the other ones. What are your thoughts?

Appreciate you saying so, happy Holy Week ☺️🤍🙏🏻

You couldn’t have known it but you’ve just provided exactly the kind of information I’d hoped to find and hadn’t yet had the opportunity to fully research, my many many thanks for taking the time to be so thorough! I love your descriptions and the puns, so much appreciation. I’m excited to do more with these this season and in future seasons also. I hadn’t yet heard them referred to as “fartichokes” but when it fits it just fits haha! Thanks again, God bless 😊

These in the video are Calabash gourds, also commonly referred to as ‘bird house gourds’. They grow to be 8-18 inches tall and are as big around as a human head, sometimes larger. They’re so much fun to grow and have so many uses! We’re eager and looking forward to planting the 2024 gourd seeds in the weeks to come. We are located in the inland northwest region of the United States.

They need to be watered regularly and a deep watering each week (according to Google). Here, they’re watered daily. The Teddy Bears are serving as great pollinators and food for the honey-bees. They bloom so many 4” flowers and they stay pretty thirsty while they’re blooming. They’re growing in between Honeycrisp apple trees and along side Tiger & Crenshaw melons. The section is irrigated each day from 5:30pm until about 7:00pm. On days/weeks that exceed 100 degrees (F) we’ll increase irrigation when possible and necessary. Though I’m fairly certain the Sunflowers all by themselves 🌻 could still thrive on a somewhat shorter watering cycle, they’ve served the honeybees and other flying species very well in this part of the garden.

Excellent!!

Of course I’m not growing them to eat, just getting into competitive watermelon growing. When growing them for competition I’ve learned from other guys that they allow them to grow on the vine 90-110 days to get them to these large sizes. They reach a point where melon growth slows and the ripening starts, once complete they continue to grow on the vine after ripening! I grow crimson sweet and black diamond to eat and sale…

Of course I’m not growing them to eat, just getting into competitive watermelon growing. When growing them for competition I’ve learned from other guys that they allow them to grow on the vine 90-110 days to get them to these large sizes. They reach a point where melon growth slows and the ripening starts, once complete they continue to grow on the vine after ripening! I grow crimson sweet and black diamond to eat and sale…

Can’t complain, right back atcha! 😊

Thank you for the feedback. 😁 Have fun with the melons, they were delightful! They were a novelty for us, we only grew them the one time. They grew well, tasted delicious and I’ve personally chosen to grow watermelons that are a bit smaller and easier to physically lift now, the Carolinas got huge haha! The video is a very basic illustration of the seeds growing within the typical and expected 90-110 day large Watermelon grow cycle. We are not professional growers, we are legit in our toddlerhood as gardeners - in 2021 we were still very much infants. 2023 is our 4th ever garden, we’re learning new things each week of each new season, starting perennials in earnest this year. We follow the elementary instructions on seed packs, read up while things germinate and make adjustments by watching what happens. We don’t use any complicated chemical processes, ratios or balances. Simple philosophy, the seed is born to grow, so we plant it, as many seeds as we can. Water, pull weeds, watch for pests; that’s it. They grow and make delicious fruit and it tastes like a miracle from Heaven every time! I don’t know what to tell you about your soil, sorry about that. I’m guessing a little sand won’t hurt because we have a lot of sand and get good quality and quantity harvests. I hope you find the answers you seek. I can tell you, our soil is primarily sand/volcanic ash (arid desert) and we add compost, steer/horse/bird manure, wood ash and Miracle Grow garden soil. The dark soil in the light colored sand helps us mark where we’ve planted and more easily notice the young sprouts. The Carolina Cross watermelons were in our 2nd ever garden (2021). They were very easy to grow and there were many of them produced from the 6 of 10 seeds that came up. We watered heavily and added enriched soil to the root at 30 day intervals. Our largest one grew to be about 125 pounds, we didn’t get any that reached the 220 pound size (not disappointed at all!). We didn’t prune the plants, we let them grow as wildly as they naturally could and would. It was so fun to watch them just go nuts and overtake the section! We got a few dozen melons out of it, though some were small and immature. Apparently, fish emollients are helpful in growing the big melons, though I haven’t tried this myself, yet. We have some fish emollients to try on our average size melons this season (red & yellow crimsons, Kajari, honeydew and cantaloupe). Harvest tip: stop watering a few days before harvest, the melons are sweeter. Watering right up to harvest washes out the flavor a bit. Best of luck to you! 👩‍🌾

We don’t have seeds to sell, they are available on Amazon and other markets.

Thank you 😊 I just watched a couple of your videos. Though I am not fluent in your language, your voice in narration is very pleasant and easy to hear. The tall trees that look like palms with the long thorns on them look both interesting and intimidating. Work carefully, friend!

I live in the Amazon region of Brazil. we have many beautiful and challenging trees here.

There is a social network, to communicate and learn more. friend!

Here in southeast Washington, Inland Desert, our season will end around mid to late October. Some of the varieties are already done. Pumpkins are going crazy right now! We probably could’ve tried to get a round of greens but I’m worn out haha! The ground is typically hard frozen for December through February, sometimes freezing hard as early as November and sometimes staying frozen into March. A friend recently showed me what a walipini is, underground greenhouse, and we’re thinking to give that a try for some possible growing and/or root cellar use. That’ll take us some time to plan and to dig out. Lots of ideas on lengthening our season. Still feeling pretty new at all this, finding what works best and is the most fun. Finally did canning and pickling for the first time on Saturday. What a process! Glad I didn’t have to be the one to riddle all that and figure it out!

Praise God, thank you, that’s super nice! The garden is actually just a space of 130 feet by 175 feet this year. The harvests are more than I ever could’ve dreamed, we’ve been amazed also!

Hoping to catch it in satellite imagery. Newest imagery update is 2020 at this point and that was our tiny, first garden. We’re hoping haha!

Thank you! I’ve heard the 1) tendrils, 2) yellow spot and 3) bee scratches as the visible things to watch for, also browning of the stem and ease of plucking. All of those things do seem to apply on the big, 120 day watermelons. The little ones seem to get overdone really fast without showing the same evidence as the big ones. And they get mushy and seedy. I’m still trying to figure them out haha! The yellow one was good and had a good texture, glad to see that. The little sugar baby was a test based on time, it’s time for them to be ripe after 75 days so they should be perfect just about any time now. This is my 3rd time trying to get those ones right and I keep going in circles on them! We’ll try another one next week an see. We’ve got some cantaloupe and honeydew looking pretty close, only a day or 3 away on those. Excited for all the melons!!

Thanks so much, I appreciate you saying so!

And also you! Tell everyone we love them!! 💖🙌🏻

This is the first season of trying to keep seeds from everything, everything we can anyway. Haven’t got a ton of experience doing it but figured it was worth a shot. We hung on to a few varieties last season and learned a little. So it’s time to apply that little and see if we can learn a lot haha! I looked up those Cucuzza, those look worth a shot for sure. We should get some okra just about any time now I’m guessing, they’re close.

Thank you! I really haven’t learned a lot about how to process the food, I’ve only learned about the growing part so far haha! I’ll give that pickling a go, seriously, thanks man! 😊

@@thegardengallery4618 About 9 years ago. I quit working and started staying home. I had grown a garden many times in the past. Usually enough to eat as we went along. I decided to do everything on my 15 acres I could. Raise a hog, get chickens but mostly learn to can my garden. I think pickles and tomatoes was the first stuff. Got a vacuum sealer and started saving peas, cooked squash, and greens. Pretty much everything you can cook you can vacuum seal with good results. I would advise learning to do some simple water bath canning and vacuum sealing. It wont be long before its so easy you're making salsa, spaghetti sauce, and everything you would buy using tomatoes. PS you can also vacuum seal okra, and bell peppers uncooked to use for soups and dishes. Have fun.

Seeds for Carolina Cross giant watermelons are available to order on Amazon and are relatively inexpensive. Hope you find the perfect seeds for your garden in Brazil!

That’s kinda good news for us on the zucchini cause we’re hoping to reach several states with the harvest this year, maybe zucchini will do it. We planted a bunch of yellow squash, might be able to make a tiny divet in world hunger, we’re trying haha! Hadn’t heard of cucuzza squash, I’ll have to look into that kind, thank you! Everything seems a little slow growing this year. Our temps have been a lot lower than typical while everyone else in the country is under heat watch. Things are just starting to come into full swing. Lots of things are just beginning to blossom. Here’s where the real work starts!

Di sini, di sana, di mana-mana 🙏🏻😊

I’m not sure if it was my bean seeds or perhaps placement or technique; the beans have kept popping back up out of the ground whole, like jumping beans, craziest thing haha! That’s a first, in my experience, so I’ve just shoved them back in the dirt to give them another go. I’ve got one sprouting so far so hopefully we’ll get to see this work out. Things are just coming into full swing here. Another week of weeding and we should get to start harvesting something every week. I’ve got a lot to learn about timing and how early in the season things can be planted. Our peas haven’t even flowered yet, they’re still climbing the sticks, taters are ready though! 😁

lol they’re going to sprout and shove the head out of the ground, the actual bean will then split into to leaves