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Little Salty Homesteader
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Howdy y’all! I am Christi, or Little Salty Homesteader, and I am a backyard gardener in North Texas, Zone 8a, right outside of Wylie and Rockwall. You can expect videos detailing my successes and failures, and how-to content in gardening, cooking, and preserving. Eventually you can expect videos on our move and build of a small farm with goats and chickens. Thank you for watching and subscribing!
Hoss Tools Seed Unboxing!!!
Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am unboxing my most recent seed order from Hoss Tools. I’m adding a series of hybrid seeds to my seed collection in an effort to boost food production. Check out what I got!
Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for future videos.
For articles I have written for Vego Garden: vegogarden.com/blogs/articles/tagged/author__christina-fernandez
For the Garden Planner I use - seedtime.us/jkmel4ukl4tonac09iap-5fs?ref=christi-fernandez-18
For the super adorable fairy-like solar lights in my garden:
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For the “Quad” style grow bags my sunflower patch is in:
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For the most handy garden tool - Barebones Hori Hori Garden Knife:
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For the stakes I use to trellis my tomatoes: (The price is not the same as last year, my apologies)
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Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for future videos.
For articles I have written for Vego Garden: vegogarden.com/blogs/articles/tagged/author__christina-fernandez
For the Garden Planner I use - seedtime.us/jkmel4ukl4tonac09iap-5fs?ref=christi-fernandez-18
For the super adorable fairy-like solar lights in my garden:
amzn.to/3StOlJF
For the “Quad” style grow bags my sunflower patch is in:
amzn.to/3KknwVJ
For the most handy garden tool - Barebones Hori Hori Garden Knife:
amzn.to/3Thf8JA
For the stakes I use to trellis my tomatoes: (The price is not the same as last year, my apologies)
amzn.to/3FJ8V3A
***Note*** This is an affiliate link. Purchasing through this link does not cost you any extra, but I may make a small commission. Thank you!***
For all of my social media accounts:
linktr.ee/littlesaltyhomesteader
For my webstore and blog:
littlesaltyhomesteader.myshopify.com
For any other inquiries, please email:
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10 September Seeds to Sow in North Texas - Grow Your Own Food!
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am providing a list of 10 crops you can direct sow in September in North Texas to grow your own food. Leafy greens, root vegetables and legumes reign supreme this month, and many can be planted AND harvested before the first frost! Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, s...
Weekly Garden Update 9/6/24: You Harvest 0% of the Seeds You Don’t Plant
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am showing y’all what’s going on in my North Texas vegetable garden in early September. Some summer crops have been cut down, while some fall crops have been transplanted and direct sown in. The recent rain has also helped most of the garden thrive! Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-c...
September North Texas Garden ✅ List: Lettuce Turnip the Beet Edition
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am providing a September checklist for North Texas vegetable gardeners: PURCHASE: •Seed garlic and onion seeds DIRECT SOW: •Leafy Greens (Lettuce, Spinach, Chard, Kale) •Root Vegetables (Radishes, Beets, Carrots, Turnips) •Peas and Bush Beans •Violas, Pansies, Wildflowers and California Poppies START INDOORS: •Leafy Greens ...
Cover Crops 101: Understanding the Benefits, Uses and How to Plant Them
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am explaining the fundamentals of cover crops: what they are, why you use them, and how to plant them. I also provide examples you can plant in your own garden, and show you how I am planting them in my own North Texas in-ground flower bed. Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things...
Weekly Garden Update 8/30/24: We Finally Got Rain in Our North Tx Vegetable Garden
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am showing y’all what’s going on in my North Texas vegetable garden in late August. We finally got some much needed rain, the okra is still doing okra things, and I have peppers galore! Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop fo...
5 Ways to Plant Carrots in Your Garden!! + Planting out Carrot Tape
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am discussing 5 ways you can direct sow carrots into your garden to have good success! Carrots are a cool season crop, and it’s important to keep the soil moist and cool during germination. I’m also showing how I am planting out all of my varieties of carrots this year and using them as a companion plant in my garden. Thank...
Seed Starting Kale for my North Texas Vegetable Garden
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am starting seeds for three more varieties of kale in my North Texas vegetable garden. In the to-do list for today is Rainbow Lacinato, Russian Red/Ragged Jack and Frisé Rouge kales. Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for f...
Weekly Garden Update 8/23/24: the Wild and Wayward N Texas Veg Garden
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am showing y’all what’s going on in my North Texas vegetable garden in mid-late August. We had a brief respite from the triple digits, and the garden is growing wild and wayward. It’s still beautiful and lush, despite the heat and lack of rain! Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam th...
Planting my North Texas Garden: Kale, Parsley and Carrots
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am seed starting two varieties of kale, moss curled parsley, and direct sowing some dragon carrot seed tape into my North Texas vegetable garden for a fall and winter harvest. I’m also giving some detailed plant information for each of the varieties I am planting today. Thank you so much for watching - if you like this vide...
Planting my North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden: Brussels Sprouts
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am showing y’all my method for transplanting Brussels sprouts out into my North Texas fall vegetable garden. Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for future videos. For articles I have written for Vego Garden: vegogarden.com/...
Weekly Garden Update: IT’S JUST PEPPERS! In my N Texas Vegetable Garden
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am showing y’all what’s going on in my North Texas vegetable garden in mid-August. Even with temps in triple digits, the peppers are absolutely putting on a show! Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for future videos. For ar...
Seed Starting: Heirloom & Hybrid Brassicas for my N. Texas Garden
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Howdy! I am Christi from Little Salty Homesteader, and in this video, I am starting heirloom and hybrid seeds for my North Texas fall and winter vegetable garden. 4 broccoli, 1 cauliflower and 1 collard green variety are all on the list today. Thank you so much for watching - if you like this video, please do the UA-cam things (like, subscribe, hit the bell) to stay in the loop for future video...
Seed Starting Cabbage in my N. Texas Vegetable Garden // Seedling Update
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Seed Starting Cabbage in my N. Texas Vegetable Garden // Seedling Update
Weekly Garden Update 8/9/24 (Texas Left the Heat on Outside)
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Weekly Garden Update 8/9/24 (Texas Left the Heat on Outside)
Heirloom/Hybrid/Open-Pollinated/GMO - Breaking it Down
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Heirloom/Hybrid/Open-Pollinated/GMO - Breaking it Down
My Fall & Winter Plan for my North Texas Vegetable Garden
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My Fall & Winter Plan for my North Texas Vegetable Garden
Weekly Garden Update 8/2/24: It’s 102 Degrees in my North Texas Vegetable Garden!!!
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Weekly Garden Update 8/2/24: It’s 102 Degrees in my North Texas Vegetable Garden!!!
WELCOME to My North Texas Garden!!! (I Hope You Find Your Place of Peace)
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WELCOME to My North Texas Garden!!! (I Hope You Find Your Place of Peace)
Seed Starting for my Fall/Winter Vegetable Garden in N. Texas - Cauliflower and Collards
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Seed Starting for my Fall/Winter Vegetable Garden in N. Texas - Cauliflower and Collards
Weekly Garden Update 7/26/24: Mounds of Basil and Bees in my North Texas Vegetable Garden
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Weekly Garden Update 7/26/24: Mounds of Basil and Bees in my North Texas Vegetable Garden
Garden Maintenance: Eggplant Support, Cleanup and Weeding in my North Texas Vegetable Garden
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Garden Maintenance: Eggplant Support, Cleanup and Weeding in my North Texas Vegetable Garden
Seed Starting: Brussels Sprouts, Calendula and Echinacea for my North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden
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Seed Starting: Brussels Sprouts, Calendula and Echinacea for my North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden
Weekly Garden Update 7/19/24 (Growing My Own Luck in my N. Texas Vegetable Garden)
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Weekly Garden Update 7/19/24 (Growing My Own Luck in my N. Texas Vegetable Garden)
Installing a NEW Vego Garden Retractable Hose Reel
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Installing a NEW Vego Garden Retractable Hose Reel
Seed Starting my North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden - Broccoli and Squash
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Seed Starting my North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden - Broccoli and Squash
Weekly Garden Update 7/11/24 (The Okra is Taller Than I am in My North Texas Garden)
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Weekly Garden Update 7/11/24 (The Okra is Taller Than I am in My North Texas Garden)
Garden Maintenance - MASSIVE Tomato Patch Pruning in my North Texas Garden
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Garden Maintenance - MASSIVE Tomato Patch Pruning in my North Texas Garden
Seed Starting My North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden - Brussels Sprouts, Petunias, & Sunflowers
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Seed Starting My North Texas Fall Vegetable Garden - Brussels Sprouts, Petunias, & Sunflowers
Weekly Garden Update 7/4/2024 (Dreaming of Cooler Temps in My North Texas Vegetable Garden)
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Weekly Garden Update 7/4/2024 (Dreaming of Cooler Temps in My North Texas Vegetable Garden)
You could always grow some micro tomatoes and grow them partly inside, partly outside and have tomatoes in January.
@@growyourownfood7814 I promised Jake I wouldn’t have indoor plants 😂
You should really like the Sungold cherry tomato. It is one of the first to produce and is usually considered the best tasting of the sweet tomatoes, my wife's favorite. Red snapper is a good producer with very good disease resistance. Will be growing both of those next year.
@@growyourownfood7814 good to know!
Great haul! Can you tell me more about the seed swap? I need to look into something like that because I have seeds that I don’t really want anymore and would love to see what’s out there
@@opraha1113 sure! This one is for a group on FB related to another YT channel I watch. The group does a swap 2x per year and I usually end up with 15-20 new varieties to try.
So I know it has been a bit, I've been a silent lurker for a while. Just wanted to say how excited I am to see you grow some of these. Also curious to see how your onion growing adventure turns out.
@@thegardnersgarden aww, well I’m glad you commented! I know you’re in a season of overwhelm, so I appreciate you 💕. I’m excited about the onions, too! You inspired me!
Getting a big box of seeds is the best thing in the world lol. 😁😁🌽🥕🫑🌶 The white onions from Hoss have me interested, I had past bad luck with onions and potatoes here. Think I maybe want to try them again soon. The squash variety you picked is really nice, I have a Guatemalan vine kind I'm trying this coming year that young is like bush squash, but if you let it mature it's like a pumpkin. Trying the new ones is always fun. Your current pepper plants, do you plan to dig any of them up and/or winter them to grow them again next year? My chili plants did ok this year but now they're turning into shrubs, especially after being attacked and stripped into sticks. They came back as little shrubs with 20+ tops and 4-5 new branches. I'm going to dig them up, cut them back, and replant next season to skip the beginning part. I have a bell that's about 4 foot tall and I'm going to save that one too.
@@CopperLining that squash variety sounds awesome! I’m not going to over-winter peppers. I don’t really have the space to do so, and I haven’t had great luck with it in the past. Maybe one day when I have my farm I’ll give it a go again.
Woo patty pan 45 days! Jolene Tomatoes are sounding perfect! 50 day pickler? Winning!
@@TheWickerShireProject I know! Makes me hopeful for the next garden season 💕
Plan on planting my second round of transplants in trays in the next couple of days. Did not get a good germ on some of my plants. Micro tomatoes are doing well, hope for tomatoes in the winter.
@@growyourownfood7814 good luck! I have several things being transplanted out today - all of the brassicas from you and some cabbage.
We seeded Black Simpson , Ruby Red and butter Crunch. I did put some a spattering of Kale ( Russian ) but avoided curly leaf types ( not a huge kale fan yet...). Someone SUPER COOL send us Swiss Chard! I still have to edit a video on spinach but it'll give me time as we have to scrape up soil for spinach ( bloomsdale and I forget...) our beets are Detroit reds and a colored mixed bag. I just finished the 2nd wave of corn. Asparagus beans and cucumbers (marketmore / double yield ). Broccoli are sprinkled around in the flower bed as it dies back along with all those beets. I may also throw down a handful of Rutabaga. Things we do not plant are onions, shallots and garlic. I do not have room this year YET! Maybe next year. I have a few squashes in and will try pumpkins due to are stupid long grow season deep into the 2nd week of January. <- Tn is Cool like that. Later Gator! Good luck to us both!
I grow lettuce all year but now and early spring is the best times for sure. I grow Red Sail, a loose leaf and Red Bibb. My friend got me a baby sized planter (5 tier) like the one behind you and it works awesome for lettuce so far. I keep it growing year round for us and turtles, I ended up with an abandoned pair found in a house about 8 years ago and still have them. The thing with lettuce is if you only had store bought, then you never experienced it actually has taste lol. Good set of winter time seeds....
@@CopperLining home grown lettuce is the best! I grow it in the spring because I like to eat salads as it’s warming up instead of cooling down outside, but it’s definitely better home grown. And thanks!
Hi, what do you suggest when direct sowing to protect seedlings from pests? I still have alot of grasshoppers and am trying to steer away from harmful chemicals. Thank you
@@lynnesurdyk335 if you’re planting into empty garden space, insect netting is a great option! If not, I have seen people use mesh trash cans from the dollar store turned upside down over their seedlings.
We did notice a trend on how your sunflowers faced... Our are always east facing! I assume that would be east in your garden?
@@TheWickerShireProject yes
So a small horn worm = a bulk egg hatching. Keep your eyes peeled for the next two weeks. You and I did well on peppers this year. I am NOT a pepper grower! I've tried Okra again and I just cannot like it. 😝 We sowed in beets, chard ( Obv ) corn, squash varieties , lettuce and spinach. Fingers crossed we'll have a better fall garden. This summer was a doozie!
@@TheWickerShireProject good luck! I haven’t had too many horn worms this year. I had a ton of basil growing, and the numbers this year were much less than previous years when I had less basil. Companion planting works!
Love the tomato plants! Mine are like a jungle. It’s fun to see the other side of the coin….
Every eggplant I've grown was devoured by what I thought were squirrels. I put out a ring camera, and it turns out it was mice. Now we are at war.
@@treblemakingsisters3577 oh man!!! That’s an icky thought… I hope you get rid of them!
Your garden is looking good. Not sure if we are through the hot temperatures. Never know. My Dad once took the last week of September off work to build fence. It was over 100 degrees every day. My parents live near Waco.
@@growyourownfood7814 you just never know with Texas! I took the shade cloth down while I had the time and bandwidth to do it - but it’s definitely a gamble until the first frost, which could be November or February 😂.
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I think it was a good idea to take it down. Days are getting shorter, and plants want more sun. Just seems like we will get more hot weather, but we were also supposed to have a very active hurricane season. Maybe our luck will hold out.
I'd never grown basil before but in May I was given some Sweet Basil plants. When I got them they were pot bound and almost dead but started growing and looking great once planted. By the middle of June they were putting on flowers every few days. I got tired of cutting the flowers off so often and just let them flower and die. Watching your channel and others mine seemed to try to flower unusually often. Any ideas why, maybe I wasn't giving enough water, I'm bad about that.
@@AProAmature all of my basil is flowering except my cardinal basil. But I cut that one back in July or August after it did flower. It flowers pretty quickly in the heat, but in my experience, doesn’t affect the flavor of the leaves much. Some folks say it gets bitter, but I haven’t personally experienced that 🤷🏻♀️. I just let it go nuts because the bees like it.
With the plant being stressed, they tend to flower out sooner than non stressed plants. But basil flowers pretty fast, and some people even plant in stages to get fresh non flowering plants. But like Christi, we just let them flower and still take off the leaves. They will usually reseed the next year if you let them seed out. Bees love the flowers.
We would listen to Neil Sperry on the way to church every Sunday Morning in the late 70's/early 80's. It took us 30 to 45 minutes to get to church. My carrots have germinated, so far so good. Might try beets as well. I have endive and mustard coming up volunteer in one of my trough container. Plan to plant a second round of broccoli next week.
@@growyourownfood7814 that’s awesome on the carrots! I have had one single carrot germinate 🤣. I think my seeds were too old, but it’s ok! I’ll get more next year and try again. These seeds were all from 2020/2021 so I knew it was a gamble.
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I have plenty of the Kuroda carrots if you want any. 85 day harvest so have to carry through the winter.
@@growyourownfood7814 thanks for offering! I’ll be okay!
This is very helpful! Thank you for sharing. This is my second season gardening in Dallas so I’m definitely still learning a lot. I already did most of the things you said but there are a few that I missed. I will get my garlic ordered ASAP!
@@opraha1113 I’m so glad this was helpful for you. I also posted a checklist that is more screenshot friendly 😊
Amazing how fast Hornworms grow overnight. 2 days of no garden observation. Day 3 our peppers and tomatoes leaves got chewed down hard.
@@TheWickerShireProject luckily they slow down in the fall. But the cabbage moths show up 😂. It’s never ending.
@@littlesaltyhomesteader OH what Cabbage moths now? Pill bugs, Hornworms now cabbage moths? I'm getting my Propane flame thrower! If I cannot have a harvest NO-ONE CAN! 🔥🔥🔥 🚫
@@TheWickerShireProject LOL! I haven’t seen any yet. No flame throwers needed
Shower Mode always. Messy One is like.... drenching soil. Long power thin is mostly a cheap power washer mode. Misting mode used behind a super strong industrial shop fan in a desert garage to produce swamp cooling. ( I've seen this done in Colorado when I was an ex-millionair.)
Hahahahhahaha!! All the time!
Don't knock it! You Could grow those radishes as big! Our neighbor Eric and Brit grew a 16 inch cucumber. <- That was from my seeds bank. I need the seeds from that Cuke! Cover crops will provide a micro climate, retain soil moisture, send carbon and sugars down to feed the microbes. Nice green manure to chop and drop and some people with bigger land fold into the soil adding more nitrogen , organic matter... then rinse repeat the process. I'm no farmer. I'd hate the responsibility of caring for massive tracks of land. Hard enough for us to maintain grow bags. Our seeds are popping up for the fall. we have 4 of 5 Candy roasters doing great. They sizzled in the heat+ drought this summer. I think we can make it!
@@TheWickerShireProject lol! If I end up with giant Daikon, I’m pickling them for some Asian recipes 😂. Otherwise, I’m using them to break up my hard clay! Good luck with your fall planting.
@@littlesaltyhomesteader Daikon Hammer! 🤣
Good Morning Dr.Salty. I'll be working on the seeds shortly. Do another shout out vid. Thanks for providing us with content. I wish i had land set up to do cover cropping. For now its just chop and dropping weeds. I don't know what was worst. Your tatter bugs or my flea Beetles. I vote we send them to war against one another and the winners get a free dip in a bucket of water with a sealed lid!
I grew daikon radish last year in one of my garden plots. It did pretty well, was easy to terminate. May do it again this year, not sure. In the past I have grown the regular white flowered buckwheat. It grew well, was easy to terminate but did tend to reseed. Pollinators really liked it. I also tried a cover crop of annual ryegrass. Big mistake, since it is very hard to kill, even with a tiller. Good for winter pasture, just not for the garden. I plan on using red ripper pea next year, since you can eat it and it covers well. Those vines will grow everywhere.
@@growyourownfood7814 red ripper pea - is that a cow pea? Have you noticed that the cover crops help the condition of your garden? I know you’re a soil conservationist, so what’s your take on using them to help slow erosion?
@@littlesaltyhomesteader Red ripper pea is a vining cow pea that can get several feet long. Think of it like a pole bean on steroids. Cover crops do help soil health since you keep something on the soil instead of bare ground. They definitely reduce erosion since bare soil erodes pretty quickly. The rain hitting the bare soil puts the soil into suspension and leaves the area with the rain runoff. Some things like buckwheat make quickly(45 to 60 days) and fills the gap between garden crops. Grows well in summer when nothing much will grow. FYI you can also spread radish seed into your backyard bermuagrass lawn and they will come up and make you some radishes. Work of caution just make sure you know how you are going to terminate the cover crop or it can also become a weed. Some things like sun hemp are hard to get rid of without the right equipment.
I'm to late to be in the 1k, but I subscribed. This was very helpful and I am looking forward to watching your previous and furture videos.
@@NiobiumThyme oh thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 💕
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I watched your gf chicken & dumplings video. Since it is under a gmo video, I will share a little told story. In 1996 monsanto and the fda approved genitically modified (round-up ready) crops, corn, soybean and wheat. Your gluten intolerance (not celiac, I have no experience,) may be an alergy to glyphosate, the main ingredient in round-up. I have started buying "herritage flour," from Hayden flour mills, there are other brands but I've personally never tried them. My husbands reaction wasn't debilitating so I bought a bag and made cookies. No reaction. He still must order gf when out, but at home he eats gluten bread, pie, cake, pasta, pizza. I have yet to master a chocolate croissant. I don't know if this will help you, but a stranger shared it with me and it changed our way of life, so I try to share it too.
@@NiobiumThyme I have noticed that the quality of flour makes a difference in how I react to it! I told my husband I wanted to experiment with various flours to find “the one” but so far sourdough is helping me with my bread cravings 😂
I buy the big elephant garlic from HEB and plant the cloves from them. I have had pretty good success. They do well in the south, although they are not a true garlic. The odd pepper looked a little like a mini bell. If you bite into one and it is hot, I will admit I am wrong. I would go ahead and take down the okra . They may attract more nematodes the longer they grow. Okra really attracts nematodes.
@@growyourownfood7814 I did a lot of research for garlic before ordering, so I feel pretty good about it. The pepper does look a bit like a bell, but also not. It’s a weird one! I’m just gonna let it grow and see what happens. I haven’t had any nematode issues, but I do have some earwigs 🙄. Rude little insects!
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I know you can grow regular garlic in Texas. There was a man in San Antonio about 20 years ago that grew enough garlic to sell for "seed" stock. Not sure what happened to him. I even bought some cloves of several different kinds. Did not have much luck. One thing I have discovered is garlic does not like to be crowded. Does not compete well with other plants.
I hear comments help with the algorithm, so... The way those Sun Flowers are staring into the green house makes me wonder what's going on in there.😁 I don't like okra(for eating, like the flowers though) so I'd vote to remove and replace them. Are they to old to branch if cut back, say in half. An experiment maybe.
@@AProAmature I’m down for an experiment for sure! Haha! And the sunflowers are definitely staring in the greenhouse, aren’t they 😂😂😂
Your garden looks amazing! Glad you got rain. Still waiting here in Dallas 🙃
@@opraha1113 my husband said he hit a little on the way home from downtown yesterday. But we have 5 days of rain in the forecast - hope you get some of it!
By the way, I enjoy Swiss Chard in a grilled cheese sandwich for a bit of fun color and crunch.
@@eckmann88 oh that sounds like it could be good!
Really happy to find your channel as I plan a garden in my first home in Denton!
@@eckmann88 I grew up in Denton! 💕 Good luck with your garden
great video! funny, I took a video of my plants during totality too 😄
@@MikeDawson1 thanks for watching! It was such a cool experience
nice! I'm in Plano and my tomato plants haven't made any in months due to the heat... I'm really hoping they start producing again soon as it cools off. Did the shade cloth help your tomatoes produce?
@@MikeDawson1 by the time I got the shade cloth on, they had already finished their initial run. They are slowly starting to set more fruits now, especially since we are under 100 degrees for the moment. My friend down the street is still getting cherry tomatoes with no shade cloth, but all mine got sick so I pulled them early. And I’m sort of close to you - I’m near Wylie 💕
Well, just remember if they do not come up, I have plenty of Kuroda carrot seed to go around. I think this is going to work. If not I can always plant at the regular time in October. I got my green beans planted yesterday. Three fifty foot rows.
@@growyourownfood7814 I hope your carrots germinate fine! That’s why I love gardening - so many experiments you can do 😂
Thank you! I found this after watching a documentary on GMO, especially tomatoes. Modified for longer shelf life but now tasteless and confirmed lower nutritional value, so is the case with all tested GMO crops. It's a trade off between long shelf life, yield, resilience, nutrition... Oh and less nutritious = less taste. So that may be a health side effect of the GMO since some of the tested veggies had 25% - 50% deficiency in some vitamins and minerals.
@@marwanak10 very good point on the nutrient deficiency! Thank you for watching 💕
I only tried to grow carrots once, years ago. I have heavy clay soil. I double dug but didn't add compost or anything. Most germinated but they didn't do well. I planted late in the spring and I'm sure I didn't water enough.
@@AProAmature yeah clay soil is tough for carrots. Danvers 126 is supposed to be a good variety for heavy soils, so maybe you can try that one!
I was happy to see this until I found out that I'm, I guess, in the north north north texas.
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Package made it today! EPIC!
@@TheWickerShireProject YAY!
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I need to grow this under bug netting. I do not trust Anything outside. Shard should pull through most of the winter too!
@@TheWickerShireProject oh yeah it’s super tolerant!
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@@Truongthikimcuong92 thank you!
Very lovely garden ❤
@@roserainy7586 thank you!
I have learned the last couple of years that brassicas can take a lot more heat than you think. I have 2 from the spring that did not produce since it got too hot, but even though they were totally neglected, they are still alive and have starting putting on new leaves. Your sunflowers have really popped from last week. Your peppers have done amazing.
@@growyourownfood7814 thanks! Yeah the brassicas seem to be pretty resilient! Fingers crossed I can keep them alive until harvest 🤪
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I have the 4000 hours but not the 1000 subs. Have you tried DE to help control the pill bugs? It is non toxic, just do not breath it. I would use a different white powder but I assume you do not want to use synthetics pesticides. Which of the Vego plant cells to you like the best, start or large? I saw they had them on sale today. Do not need them but was curious.
@@growyourownfood7814 the problem with DE is you have to reapply as soon as you water or it rains and I’m too forgetful 😂. I like the small and the large, but the small is easier to control the moisture. I’ll just have to be timely with transplanting or up-potting.
Your video just popped up on my feed. I’m also in N Texas and have a little backyard garden. Thanks for sharing!
@@opraha1113 thank you for watching!
Thank you for this.. Garden is looking mighty fine 😊🎉
@@Godisincontrol325 thank you, and you’re welcome! Thank you for watching 💕
@@littlesaltyhomesteader Yes definitely 😁 Many blessings to you always...
Super grats on 1k+ You go Christi!
@@TheWickerShireProject thank you! Current goal is watch hours 😩
@@littlesaltyhomesteader Watch hours!? Now your talking Bikini Gardening. I believe neither you or I will stoop low but, It's the end of the year encroaching and they wipe out all watch credit next year. We get to restart again. So shorts + consistency and oddly Lives Always pull in more hours due to active chatter and being with the creator of the channel. I've seen people get crazy hours doing lives. ( I do not like being in front of the camera. ) That reminds me i need to film today! ( Just not in a bikini ) 🤣👙
@@TheWickerShireProject if it restarts each year, why does it say “Last 365 days” under the stats? Just curious. That’s obnoxious if it is the case!
@@littlesaltyhomesteader Next year once it resets to zero we can both make angry gardener video's! 😡😝 The Man keeping us down!
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I have never heard about restarting at the first of the year. Can not say TheWickerhomestead is wrong, but if that was the case no small channel would make any money until late in the year. Not a very good model. I did hear one channel say they do not pay until you make 100 dollars, but that the money will roll over from one month till the next until you get to 100 dollars.
I didn't mention this during the live stream because I wanted to make sure I was remembering everything correctly since I haven't grown them. With Logan and Lilly liking watermelon but you not and with space being limited, there are dwarf, compact and bush varieties. The vines grow between 14 inches and 4 feet with small melons. Don't need to wait for the farm. Yes to future live streams.
@@AProAmature thanks! I’m hoping when I get the trellis in that I can grow some personal sized melons for them 😃. It was nice chatting with you! Thanks for joining
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Amazing video great info thank u
I have never grown brussels sprouts, they can be a challenge. Seems like it is going to be hot for a while.
I have shade cloth too think it's 30%? Everything fried still! Black tarp was a bad idea mixed with black cloth bags... what an oven! So we are having 60F nights. Means fall crop planting is on us. Time to do brassicas and lettuce! I pray we have Swiss chard in our bank...
I'll do corn and give the shortest melons a 2nd go. Why NOT! 🤔
@@TheWickerShireProject I can send you chard if you need! I have 2 or 3 kinds 😃. Yeah all that black makes a whole lot of heat. It’s 106 here today, so I think we are a long way off from 60 degree mornings 😩
@@littlesaltyhomesteader I'll look for your email! Don't threaten me we free seeds lady! LOL 😆