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OhioGardener
United States
Приєднався 31 гру 2011
Ohio Gardener is about organic gardening in SW Ohio, with over 50 years experience in organic vegetable and fruit growing. In 2016 we changed from in-ground gardening to raised bed gardening, and the increase in productivity has been amazing. We presently have about 240 sq ft of raised bed gardens, which replaced the original 30'x60' (1,800 sq ft) in-ground garden, and we are able to produce more vegetables than before. This is mostly due to both the higher soil quality maintained in the raised beds, and the succession planting that is much easier in raised beds.
You are invited to follow along on our journey in organic gardening, and feel free to ask questions in the comments sections of the videos. We enjoy reading your comments.
Comfrey Plant Division and Propagation
I grow Bocking 14 Comfrey plants which I use the leaves for mulching plants, creating compost, making Comfrey Tea fertilizer, and for making Comfrey Salve. Bocking 14 does not spread like the original Comfrey, but can easily be propagated by division. When a Comfrey plant is dug it provides a lot of crowns, and a large number of root cuttings which will develop new plants. In this video I show the process of digging the plant, separating the crowns, and making root cuttings. Each root cutting piece should be approximately 2” long, and when it is planted horizontally in the ground it will develop a new plant. Occasionally a root cutting will develop a new plant on each end of the piece of root, but most often there is one plant per root cutting.
I needed make some root cuttings that I could plant around the fruit trees and mailbox post, and provide some extra cuttings for a friend that wants more Comfrey plants. One mature Comfrey plant can easily produce 50 or more crowns and root cuttings.
I needed make some root cuttings that I could plant around the fruit trees and mailbox post, and provide some extra cuttings for a friend that wants more Comfrey plants. One mature Comfrey plant can easily produce 50 or more crowns and root cuttings.
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Butternut Squash Harvest - Back to Eden Garden
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This is a short video on the Fall 2024 harvest of the Waltham Butternut Squash from my Back to Eden (BTE) Garden. This BTE garden was started about 10 years ago by putting down about 12” of wood chips on an unused part of the lawn. The chips has composted down to just a few inches over the years, and each fall I spread 2” or 3” more new chips on top of it. In the spring I pull the chips aside t...
Sweet Potato Harvest from Mineral Lick Tubs
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This video is the third in a series of my experiment of growing sweet potatoes in free Mineral Lick Tubs. The first video showed process of growing sweet potato slips from a cut sweet potato, and the second video showed the planting of those slips in the mineral lick tubs (links to those two videos are below). This third video shows the process of harvesting the sweet potatoes from the tubs. Si...
Mid-Summer Garden Tour - 8/2/2024
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This is a short video of a walk-through of the mid-summer gardens. Most of the early vegetables are done, and the summer plants of peppers, squash, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes are in peak production. I grow organically with homemade compost which is very fertile with the Living Soil Web. I hope you enjoy the short tour, and be sure to post any comments below.
When is the Best Time to Pick an Eggplant
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This is a short video to show how to determine when it is time to pick eggplants. There are two important things to consider when picking eggplants: One is to pick them before they are too mature and beyond their prime condition, and the second is to time the picking so that they can be cooked as soon as possible after picking to get the best flavor. It is better to harvest an eggplant too soon...
Installing Drip Irrigation on Rhubarb Raised Beds
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In this video I am installing drip irrigation on the Rhubarb raised beds. Several years ago I dug all of the rhubarb plants out of the heavy clay where they had been dying due to crown rot when the ground stayed too wet in the spring, and I placed them in 36” fire rings which raised them one foot off of the ground. They have been growing exceptionally well ever since placing them in the fire ri...
Planting Sweet Potato Slips in Mineral Lick Tubs
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It is now mid-May, and the nighttime temps are staying above 50ºF, so it is time to get the sweet potato slips planted into the garden. This year instead of planting the sweet potatoes in the ground where they have to be dug up in the fall, I am going to be growing them in containers which can be turned over on a tarp to dump out all of the potatoes, and then put the soil back into the containe...
The Easiest Way to Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Slips
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Growing sweet potatoes is quite different from growing Irish potatoes. Sweet potatoes grow from vines, from “slips” that are transplanted into the garden, not from cut potatoes which are buried in the soil like white potatoes are. Buying sweet potato slips is very expensive, though, with a cost of $20.00 or more for 12 slips. You can easily grow your own sweet potato slips from one potato which...
Transplanting Bunching Onions into the Raised Bed
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How to Propagate a Thanksgiving (Christmas) Cactus
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Starting Early Spring Bunching Onions from Seed
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How to Make a 5 Gallon Bokashi Bucket
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Fall 2023 Harvest of the Red Kuri Winter Squash
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Activating Biochar Using a Compost Tumbler
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Turning Royal Oak Lump Charcoal into Biochar using Wood Chipper
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Using the AeroGarden Seed Starting System to Start Onion Seedlings
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Starting a New Bokashi Compost Bucket - Jan 15, 2023
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The Best Organic Fungus Gnat Killer -- Neem Cake Tea
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I installed an Exhaust Fan in Greenhouse
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Greenhouse -- Added an Oscillating Fan to Circulate Air
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New Greenhouse Updates to Inside -- Getting Ready for winter
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New Greenhouse Updates to Inside Getting Ready for winter
Lovely pepper plant!
Everything looks so green and beautiful!😊
Is the green house heated?
Yes, there is a gas heater that is set to come on at 50 degrees. You can briefly see it on the wall when the camera swings over to the thermometer.
The flower is beautiful!
I started mine the same way mine is pink and he’s huge now only I’ve had mine for three years now and a miracle growing every summer every time I watering him
An excellent fertilizer for these plants is used coffee grounds. Just sprinkle them over the soil every 2 or 3 months, and water in. Don't cover the soil with the grounds, just sprinkle them over the soil - if they are too heavy it will repel water. Coffee grounds are rich in Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Magnesium.
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing the follow up on your cutting! Blessings sir! 🌻🐛🌿💚👵
Tahnk you
Good tutorial with one exception. Comfrey is NOT toxic. The FDA's experiment was not extensive. They gave the mice extreme amounts of confrey. They don't want you taking natural ingredients. Comfrey has been taken internally for thousands of years.
Thank you. It will not last 5 years though. Most salves are only good for about a year at the most. You can extend the life by adding vitamin E oil. Squeeze out one or 2 capsules of vitamin E and mix it in to the warm oil before pouring into the jars.
Can you make it with dried leaves?
I don't think it would work since the dried leaves would not have much the essential oil that is needed. But, I have never tried it.
Thats amazing! I hope to have my greenhouse by next season. 😊
I love your videos, especially since I'm a fairly new transplant to SW Ohio. I also had a great butternut harvest this year with 19 squash! Do you have any advice for curing pumpkins and squash without a greenhouse? Everything I read says to cure at 85°.
Thanks for your comments. I am glad you get some useful information from the videos. Prior to having a greenhouse, I used sawhorses and boards to make a platform in the garage to cure the winter squash and pumpkins. If the weather isn't warm enough to be in the mid-80's, it just takes longer for them to cure.
Thanks so much for the info. That is basically what I have been doing, so it's nice to know I'm doing it correctly. Hopefully next year I'll have a greenhouse to use! 🤞
Thanks!
Thank you for this very easy to follow tutorial
Can you use first cutting or second cutting for salves
I like to use the new leaves, regardless of which cutting. I cut the Comfrey 3 or 4 times a year to use for mulching and composting, and the new leaves that grow are good for making the salve. It seems that the new leaves would have more essential oil in them.
@ohio_gardener Thank you I'm new to this also do you use the flowers too
@@tammyatkins18 No, I do not use the flowers.
I have liquid coconut oil, will it work? You use honey ??
It should work fine, the beeswax is what makes it solidify into a salve. Coconut Oil liquefies at 78ºF, below that temp it is solid. I do not add honey to the salve.
Do you need to keep in cooking in crockpot for 24 hrs or to just melt ?
Mr. OG, you say to use 10 oz. oil to produce 8 oz comfrey infused oil, but this jar looks like a quart. Am I misunderstanding?
No, that was not a quart jar. I was about a pint, but it wasn't a regular canning jar. I was from a jar of spaghetti sauce. If you look at my hand on the jar at about 1:30 you will see how small the jar is compared to a quart jar. Thanks for watching!
This is great! Would you mind sharing the link to that stainless steel ambidextrous pot you used in the video to melt the beeswax with? Thanks for sharing your technique of making this salve with us. :-)
Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I do not have a link for that pot. I am not sure when or where I bought it, but it has been very helpful.
@@ohio_gardener Okay. Thanks for your reply.
Great video, love the chipper idea , lots of dust though, maybe pre wet the lump before the chipping method, how did your results go when you spread the activated bio char into the garden beds ? Was there ever a follow up video with the results?
In subsequent batches I sprayed the lump charcoal the evening before and let it soak overnight. Much less dust the next day. I have been using activated biochar for years, and the improvement in quality and quantity of produce has amazed me.
Thank you young man you have just educated me ! Desperately trying to save my roses from these critters ! Kind regards from little old Norfolk U K
cool . i think i will use my wheelbarrow
Thanks for the update 🎉
I noticed in another video you have comfrey I always make comfrey tea and add to my biochar try it comfrey is great
Thanks! I love my Comfrey plants, and use them in many ways to improve my gardens.
Thank you!
I love growing and making comfrey salve❤
Thank you
Great video
Thanks for this video! I'm growing eggplant for the first time this year!
Thank you! Just cut some comfrey leaves and will began your process of making a comfrey salve.
I love nature. I bet there's some good honey coming out of this encounter. 😊
A neighbor has 4 hives of honey bees, and they share their honey with us. Love it!
God bless. Thanks from Australia, you're giving Ohio a good name keep up the rizz
What a beautiful plant!😊
Hello from Cuyahoga County!
Hello from ashland County Ohio
What is your preferred type of comfrey and why?
I grow the Bocking 14 Comfrey because it is a hybrid and does not spread by seed like the native Comfrey. I cut it about 4 times a year to use it for mulch or making compost.
I'm impressed with how tidy and organised your plot is - I could learn a lesson there!
You can add a biodegradable surfactant to make the water wetter.
You have a beautiful garden. How deep did you dig for laying the Pipes? Also, what are the flowers? They are beautiful!
Thanks! The pipes are about 8" deep, which is enough to allow for walking on them or pushing a wheelbarrow over them, but not deep enough to prevent freezing. Since I blow the water out of the lines with air in fall, freezing is not a concern. Those beautiful flowers are Peonies.
@@ohio_gardener Thank you for your reply. I enjoy watching your videos
Thanks for showing me how to set up netting
Thank you for sharing your experiences with the sweet potato planting. And tips on the mineral tubs too! Helps being able to watch another Ohio gardener and your garden journey. Very encouraging! 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Hey, thank you for making this video. It covered all the parts I couldn't find in other videos.
I thought it is that whole process of pyrolysis (removing all those gases from burnt coal) that makes char. You merely shredded charcoal and got charcoal powder.
Whereabouts in Southwest Ohio are you exactly? If you dont wanna get too personal, perhaps you could tell me what county? Sorry,this is the first video I've seen so far so perhaps you've mentioned it before.
I'm in Clark county about 30 miles NE of Dayton.
Not a good video Of them opening
I like the way you insulated with straw around the outside, I'll have to try that. Thanks.
Today, April 30th, I pulled 6 more slips off of the sweet potato and put them in the water to start rooting. Then I chopped up the potato and put it in the compost tumbler. I now have 15 sweet potato slips, and only need 8 so I'll be gifting some to a friend to grow his own sweet potatoes. 🤠
Fabulous! Thank you. I have one that came up on its own. I’m going to try this, not sure if I should wait a year or try it this year?
Whether or not to split it depends on how big the plant is. If it has multiple crowns growing, it is safe to split it. If there is just one crown, it would probably be good to wait another year.
Started making my own today in soil on my heating mat & have my mail order slips in a cup of water hoping they set roots nicely I got 4 & use 1 in it’s prepared grow bag Hoping to see how slips roots quicker straight of the mother , with straight to water to build or straight to bag to root 🤔 So many cool tator projects to do 😅❤❤❤
Is your raised bed exposed to rainfall?
No, that raised bed is inside the greenhouse.
Fascinating! I have seen this process before but it never gets old for me. I hope to do this myself next spring. Have to get a place to garden first. Blessings on your day Sir. 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Thank you! Your dibber is very much like the one my grandfather had. Brought back some nice memories. Blessings on your day Sir. 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿