@@Katina229 Just a lot of rain. I can monitor the cameras. Didn't loose power. The property is flooded and a friend in Lakeland Florida said his property is under water as well and it was still raining earlier.
Those thick roots? When we harvest and find those, they get scrubbed and cut into 2 inch pieces and into the deep fryer they go. Kids love them. I would bury the whole thing and cover the vines with soil too. No such thing as too many sweet potatoes.
Growing white sweet potato. Talk about agressive! They vine like mad. Tons of potatoes. We have the reds growing too. They're such heavy feeders. I mixed in a good amount of black kow with peat moss and potting soil. They've gone ballistic. We love them both skin on, cut up like fries, toss them with olive oil, cracked pepper and a bit of salt, place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, roast at 400 for 30 minutes and serve with a drizzle of hot pepper honey. We pair it with fish. Simple meal but so delicious! The white are less sweet.
Ate you blancing your beans and saving them in the freezer? A few at a time add up fast :) unless your children double as rabbits and see it as a snack the moment its washed.
Dust with diatomaceous earth. Save a squeeze bottle and fill it with the powder and you can pump squeeze a cloud of it. Then tent it to keep pollinators off of it. Anything lurking will get the diato on it and will die. Then you can hose it off the next day. Its only effective dry. We make soap traps in yellow bowls. Just full the bowl with water and three drops of dish detergent and swish it around. It will help you with pests. Moths are such a pain too.
Seeing that single okra brings back memories. My children would snatch one up and eat it raw given the chance. They love breaded fried okra too. So my singles would get battered and frozen and added to the bag in the freezer. By the time the okra was really producing, we would have plenty ready to fry and I was able to do the unthinkable..cut okra pods near an inch and a half in size to go into a pot of black eyed peas whole. Sometimes a pod would get missed, become woody and they would peel it open to eat the seeds like a snack.
Never give up! Food prices are so insane. My daughter is finally gardening for her family. She said I was the one with the green thumb. I told her plants are like children, you give them what they need, protect them as you can, support them when they need it and always hope and pray for the best. There will be bad days and good days, but you never give up and you do your best each day and the rewards will come. Now that she fully understands deep watering and how to get the most out of container gardening, I am seeing pictures of everything bursting forth. Who knew anyone could get so excited over one cucumber plant? Nothing like being able to step outside and gather a fresh bowl of vegetables. Even if it's a few things at a time.
That's so true. Just harvest little as cherry tomato is so satisfying. I am learning so much and so thankful for your advice. I love the reference to the kids also 😂.
Oh that's sad. We've pulled many a snake out of netting over our blackberries. As long as it's not venomous, I like having snakes around. They keep the rats away from the watermelons. I never knew we had rats around until I planted watermelon and pineapples.
Deep watering can help with hydration from the start. Best to measure the water you give them daily. Pick up some cheap shower curtain liners and tent your tomatoes when you know a hard rain is coming. I know it sounds silly, but visqueen can be expensive and tenting can help keep them from splitting due to excess water.
I don't use chemicals to fight off critters. Diatomaceous earth is a good thing to have. You can dust them after they have begun to swell. I've heard of some using cornstarch mixed with cayenne pepper. You can also use silk bags to protect them from cutworms. Once the pollination time has passed you can start to protect them.
Not sure where you live, but many counties that have regular tree trimmings along roads, will allow you to get on a list to take a full load of mulch. It usually goes to one close to where the truck gets filled. This allows them to dump it close and get back to work. It's always a mix of trees and we let it sit and age. Worms find it and help with that. Black snakes will lay their eggs in it. We had to relocate some eggs into a shoebox with some of the mulch. A good layer of mulch will help keep the roots cool. Just keep some space at the stalk You can cut paper towel rolls length wise and then cut them in round every two inches to make a quick wrap for the base of the stalk. This heat has been brutal.
No better music for a garden than the songbirds. I do my best to encourage hummingbirds to stay around. They're wonderful pollinators and insect control. After a while they get to know you and will come hover as if to say hi. It's worth the effort to encourage them to come back. Also no better place to count your blessings.
You ever see an opossum around your yard? They're often attracted to open compost. :) I had chipmunks helping themselves to some seedlings. I sprinkled cayenne pepper all over and they stopped doing that.
It's so easy to underwater when you use a hose. Your soil can easily become moisture resistant too. If you fill a watering can or a gallon jug, you'll know how much your container gardens are getting. We used cedar shavings to mulch with, but you can use your grass clippings too. Ground cherries are delicious!
When I fill it up do I use that to water? I think I will mulch. I get scared to mulch cause I killed my strawberries with to much water after mulching it. I am learning. I thought with the mulch you still have to water. 😂. I learned that is not the case.
Every little bit counts! Even if it's just becomes a snack while you tend to the garden. My granddaughter would check for the ripe blackberries. She helped pick when most were ripe, it was one for her and two for the bowl. No matter how many times I told her we needed to wash them first! Lord knows she built her immunity up fast. We never used chemicals so I didn't have that to worry about. Telling her...baby you don't know how many bugs have walked upon that...didn't phase her one bit. Popped it like a victory right into her mouth.
@@Katina229 I don't have a written recipie for it. We love fried eggplant, but it's just us 2 at times so we can never finish one. I peel and slice the eggplant to just under a half inch thick rounds. I make a flour batter the consistency of a pancake batter and season it with a scant amount of cayenne, about a tablespoon of Italian seasonings, cracked pepper and sea salt to taste. Then dip the rounds in it and lightly shake off the excess and then coat them both sides in italian bread crumbs, laying them on a cooling rack until all are ready for frying. Then on medium high heat using canola oil, fry until golden on both sides. I will then freeze the leftovers with parchment paper between each layer. Depending on the diameter of the slices, 9 to 12 make enough layers for a loaf pan. About the equivalent of one large black eggplant. I make a sauce akin to spaghetti sauce, but its apt to have diced up zucchini, onions, mushrooms, peppers, black olives, fresh basil and seeded cherry tomatoes in it. This varies as to what is on hand. I've never made it the same way twice and he has loved it every time. Depending on what leftover meat I have in the freezer, the sauce could have diced up steak, sausage, kielbasa or diced pork loin or ground beef added in. I'll either use cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, depending on what's on hand. I set out two large bowls to separate 2 room temperature eggs from the yolks. Beat the egg whites until fluffy peaks form. In the bowl with the yolks, I'll add a cup of either the cottage cheese or ricotta. To that I will add a bit of cayenne, black pepper and a bit of salt and beat that all smooth and then fold it into the egg whites until just blended. In a loaf pan I layer rounds of thawed fried eggplant, top with the sauce, smoothing it out to the edges,, then spoon over the egg mix, gently smoothing it to cover and then add a layer of shredded mozzarella. Repeat that until you see your last layer before it overfills is the cheese. Cover loosely with tin foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. If you want the cheese to brown, remove the tinfoil the last 10 minutes of baking time. If you make it with freshly fried eggplant, that is okay too. So basically you can follow your favorite lasagna recipe and you'll just be substituting the noodles with eggplant slices. You can top it with a bit of parmesan cheese if you like. I've even added chopped spinach to the sauce. It's one sure way to get my husband to eat vegetables. Let it sit for 5 minutes before serving. One loaf pan makes 4 servings. Which means one for me and the rest for my husband. If it were up to him the one pan is man sized...lol He has asked that I start writing down what I use, but this dish has always been that kind that just makes use of things from the garden too, like when you have one pepper ready and just a few tomatoes ripe. One year we had such gorgeous tops on our red onions that I couldn't let them go to waste. I chopped them up and put then in freezer bags, so a few times when I didn't have a slicing onion on hand for the dish, I would add in some of the chopped onion greens. They were great in chilli too. I hope you'll give the eggplant version a try. Sorry that I couldn't offer a traditional recipie. Happy Gardening!
You can cut the dying leaves away from the tomatoes and they will love you for the trim. We had so many cicadas this year, the ravens were stuffing themselves.
Love okra! When it grows too tall to easily cut, cut the plant back by half and stick the cut stalk into the ground. The main stalk with branch and the top will continue to produce. Nothing like fresh okra! Peppers are heavy feeders too. I top dress with compost and water with a weak fertilizer and banana peel water. Container gardening can be problematic. If a pot dries out, soak it in water till it stops bubbling. Save rainwater when you can. The contained plants will love you for it.
Don't forget to look under your leaves for eggs. Also, those vine borers will start at the base & destroy your beautiful plants. I hope you have a great harvest! ❤🎉
Nice bowl full! Are those black eye peas growing or Crowder peas?
Our FL property is flooded. The banana trees always love that. Glad you dont have severe damage.
Yes. How bad did ypu get it?
@@Katina229 Just a lot of rain. I can monitor the cameras. Didn't loose power. The property is flooded and a friend in Lakeland Florida said his property is under water as well and it was still raining earlier.
Wow did I see Okra? Beautiful garden ❤
Thank you. ♥
Those thick roots? When we harvest and find those, they get scrubbed and cut into 2 inch pieces and into the deep fryer they go. Kids love them. I would bury the whole thing and cover the vines with soil too. No such thing as too many sweet potatoes.
I am gonna try it.
Growing white sweet potato. Talk about agressive! They vine like mad. Tons of potatoes. We have the reds growing too. They're such heavy feeders. I mixed in a good amount of black kow with peat moss and potting soil. They've gone ballistic. We love them both skin on, cut up like fries, toss them with olive oil, cracked pepper and a bit of salt, place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet, roast at 400 for 30 minutes and serve with a drizzle of hot pepper honey. We pair it with fish. Simple meal but so delicious! The white are less sweet.
I never seen the white sweet potatoes. Do you try the leaves?
Ate you blancing your beans and saving them in the freezer? A few at a time add up fast :) unless your children double as rabbits and see it as a snack the moment its washed.
Yes I am. I have about a little less than n half a bag.
Dust with diatomaceous earth. Save a squeeze bottle and fill it with the powder and you can pump squeeze a cloud of it. Then tent it to keep pollinators off of it. Anything lurking will get the diato on it and will die. Then you can hose it off the next day. Its only effective dry. We make soap traps in yellow bowls. Just full the bowl with water and three drops of dish detergent and swish it around. It will help you with pests. Moths are such a pain too.
Do I just leave the bowl around the plants? How long will it last?
One of the prettiest blooms ever.
I think so too
Seeing that single okra brings back memories. My children would snatch one up and eat it raw given the chance. They love breaded fried okra too. So my singles would get battered and frozen and added to the bag in the freezer. By the time the okra was really producing, we would have plenty ready to fry and I was able to do the unthinkable..cut okra pods near an inch and a half in size to go into a pot of black eyed peas whole. Sometimes a pod would get missed, become woody and they would peel it open to eat the seeds like a snack.
I never tried raw Okra. I do love fried Okra. I love to put them in my green lima beans. It become a little slimey but it's so good.
Never give up! Food prices are so insane. My daughter is finally gardening for her family. She said I was the one with the green thumb. I told her plants are like children, you give them what they need, protect them as you can, support them when they need it and always hope and pray for the best. There will be bad days and good days, but you never give up and you do your best each day and the rewards will come. Now that she fully understands deep watering and how to get the most out of container gardening, I am seeing pictures of everything bursting forth. Who knew anyone could get so excited over one cucumber plant? Nothing like being able to step outside and gather a fresh bowl of vegetables. Even if it's a few things at a time.
That's so true. Just harvest little as cherry tomato is so satisfying. I am learning so much and so thankful for your advice. I love the reference to the kids also 😂.
Have a thin crochet hook on hand? Sometimes you can snag them out in time.
O.k.
Oh that's sad. We've pulled many a snake out of netting over our blackberries. As long as it's not venomous, I like having snakes around. They keep the rats away from the watermelons. I never knew we had rats around until I planted watermelon and pineapples.
Oh wow. I am terrified of them plus I don't know the difference in them.
Deep watering can help with hydration from the start. Best to measure the water you give them daily. Pick up some cheap shower curtain liners and tent your tomatoes when you know a hard rain is coming. I know it sounds silly, but visqueen can be expensive and tenting can help keep them from splitting due to excess water.
I don't use chemicals to fight off critters. Diatomaceous earth is a good thing to have. You can dust them after they have begun to swell. I've heard of some using cornstarch mixed with cayenne pepper. You can also use silk bags to protect them from cutworms. Once the pollination time has passed you can start to protect them.
They feed on organic matter. A sign that you can grow the edible ones if you wanted to :)
Not sure where you live, but many counties that have regular tree trimmings along roads, will allow you to get on a list to take a full load of mulch. It usually goes to one close to where the truck gets filled. This allows them to dump it close and get back to work. It's always a mix of trees and we let it sit and age. Worms find it and help with that. Black snakes will lay their eggs in it. We had to relocate some eggs into a shoebox with some of the mulch. A good layer of mulch will help keep the roots cool. Just keep some space at the stalk You can cut paper towel rolls length wise and then cut them in round every two inches to make a quick wrap for the base of the stalk. This heat has been brutal.
No better music for a garden than the songbirds. I do my best to encourage hummingbirds to stay around. They're wonderful pollinators and insect control. After a while they get to know you and will come hover as if to say hi. It's worth the effort to encourage them to come back. Also no better place to count your blessings.
You ever see an opossum around your yard? They're often attracted to open compost. :) I had chipmunks helping themselves to some seedlings. I sprinkled cayenne pepper all over and they stopped doing that.
In the late evening, bumbles will go to sleep wherever they landed when their internal clock says lights out.
It's so easy to underwater when you use a hose. Your soil can easily become moisture resistant too. If you fill a watering can or a gallon jug, you'll know how much your container gardens are getting. We used cedar shavings to mulch with, but you can use your grass clippings too. Ground cherries are delicious!
When I fill it up do I use that to water? I think I will mulch. I get scared to mulch cause I killed my strawberries with to much water after mulching it. I am learning. I thought with the mulch you still have to water. 😂. I learned that is not the case.
What a feeling 😊❤
Yes it was.
Lovely! My favorite zinnias are the cut and come again variety. Wish you the best with your fall garden!
Every little bit counts! Even if it's just becomes a snack while you tend to the garden. My granddaughter would check for the ripe blackberries. She helped pick when most were ripe, it was one for her and two for the bowl. No matter how many times I told her we needed to wash them first! Lord knows she built her immunity up fast. We never used chemicals so I didn't have that to worry about. Telling her...baby you don't know how many bugs have walked upon that...didn't phase her one bit. Popped it like a victory right into her mouth.
😆🤣 I bet she enjoyed it.
@@Katina229Always!
❤ reminds me I need to cut eggplant this weekend. One of our favorite dishes is eggplant lasagna. Enjoy your bounty!
I need your recipe. That sounds delicious 😋
@@Katina229 I don't have a written recipie for it. We love fried eggplant, but it's just us 2 at times so we can never finish one. I peel and slice the eggplant to just under a half inch thick rounds. I make a flour batter the consistency of a pancake batter and season it with a scant amount of cayenne, about a tablespoon of Italian seasonings, cracked pepper and sea salt to taste. Then dip the rounds in it and lightly shake off the excess and then coat them both sides in italian bread crumbs, laying them on a cooling rack until all are ready for frying. Then on medium high heat using canola oil, fry until golden on both sides. I will then freeze the leftovers with parchment paper between each layer. Depending on the diameter of the slices, 9 to 12 make enough layers for a loaf pan. About the equivalent of one large black eggplant. I make a sauce akin to spaghetti sauce, but its apt to have diced up zucchini, onions, mushrooms, peppers, black olives, fresh basil and seeded cherry tomatoes in it. This varies as to what is on hand. I've never made it the same way twice and he has loved it every time. Depending on what leftover meat I have in the freezer, the sauce could have diced up steak, sausage, kielbasa or diced pork loin or ground beef added in. I'll either use cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, depending on what's on hand. I set out two large bowls to separate 2 room temperature eggs from the yolks. Beat the egg whites until fluffy peaks form. In the bowl with the yolks, I'll add a cup of either the cottage cheese or ricotta. To that I will add a bit of cayenne, black pepper and a bit of salt and beat that all smooth and then fold it into the egg whites until just blended. In a loaf pan I layer rounds of thawed fried eggplant, top with the sauce, smoothing it out to the edges,, then spoon over the egg mix, gently smoothing it to cover and then add a layer of shredded mozzarella. Repeat that until you see your last layer before it overfills is the cheese. Cover loosely with tin foil and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. If you want the cheese to brown, remove the tinfoil the last 10 minutes of baking time. If you make it with freshly fried eggplant, that is okay too. So basically you can follow your favorite lasagna recipe and you'll just be substituting the noodles with eggplant slices. You can top it with a bit of parmesan cheese if you like. I've even added chopped spinach to the sauce. It's one sure way to get my husband to eat vegetables. Let it sit for 5 minutes before serving. One loaf pan makes 4 servings. Which means one for me and the rest for my husband. If it were up to him the one pan is man sized...lol He has asked that I start writing down what I use, but this dish has always been that kind that just makes use of things from the garden too, like when you have one pepper ready and just a few tomatoes ripe. One year we had such gorgeous tops on our red onions that I couldn't let them go to waste. I chopped them up and put then in freezer bags, so a few times when I didn't have a slicing onion on hand for the dish, I would add in some of the chopped onion greens. They were great in chilli too. I hope you'll give the eggplant version a try. Sorry that I couldn't offer a traditional recipie. Happy Gardening!
New subscriber here. The banana pepper bush looks good 😊
Thank you. It's the second year in the garden.
Good morning! Water deep first and let the roots get hydrated and make only half strength to then apply an hour later. Root burn is a very real thing.
I am gonna try that ♥
Nice garden. 🙏
Thank you. I am learning as I go.
First butternut I ever grew was from the seed of one I purchased to cook. Your zone also plays a part in growing time.
Keep doing a good job
You can cut the dying leaves away from the tomatoes and they will love you for the trim. We had so many cicadas this year, the ravens were stuffing themselves.
Because they give back so much! Like the moment you nommed that yellow pear tomato! The more you do for your garden, the more you get in return.
You are so right ♥
Looks great! Bowl fills up fast when you grow your own!
And it taste so much better ♥
Love okra! When it grows too tall to easily cut, cut the plant back by half and stick the cut stalk into the ground. The main stalk with branch and the top will continue to produce. Nothing like fresh okra! Peppers are heavy feeders too. I top dress with compost and water with a weak fertilizer and banana peel water. Container gardening can be problematic. If a pot dries out, soak it in water till it stops bubbling. Save rainwater when you can. The contained plants will love you for it.
This is some of the best advice I have received. Thank you so much. ♥
Seed for more! I'd stratify the seed. Cucumbers are heavy feeders. They thrive with the right nutrients. Top dressing the soil with compost helps.
Great advice. Thank you. ♥
What kind of cucumber is that? A chinese yellow or other?
I really think just a regular pickling cucumber 🥒
Try natural fertilizer like bananas peels in water, or coffee grounds
Thanks for the tip!
Sure it was the fertilizer? Check the vine for borers.
I am gonna check the plant. It's some leaves kinda loom healthy.
Keep doing what you doing you a Great job
Don't forget to look under your leaves for eggs. Also, those vine borers will start at the base & destroy your beautiful plants. I hope you have a great harvest! ❤🎉
O.k. thank you. I can use all the help I get!!
O.k. thank you. I can use all the help I get!!
It’s a sign of fertile soil. They won’t harm the plants.
It's to hot for them to produce any so it need more water
Looks good😊
Thank you 😋
Waiting on my goodies to.cook
I know Auntie love you ♥
Looks good 👍🏾😊
Thank you
Caterpillars eat all my kale too 🥹
So I wasn't Alone.
New subscriber here. The okra looks good and those banana peppers are huge. Thanks for sharing😊
Thank you for the new sub. I really hope you enjoy my videos. ♥.
You doing really good with your garden
That's a nice set up
Thank you ♥
Waiting on my vegetables
Your welcome to it
Don't ever give up. A little is better than a sharp stick in the eye. lol❤
You are right. ♥