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The UpBeet Gardener
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Приєднався 8 сер 2021
Welcome to the UpBeet Gardener. I'm Marion Owen, from Kodiak, Alaska. You might be wondering, what does an Alaskan know about gardening? While I don't know all the answers, I know a few things from my 40 years of playing in the dirt in one of the world's harshest climates. Besides, when it comes to gardening, here is something we can all relate to: Let gardening add years to your life and life to your years.
It's not JUST about how to grow things. Sure, I've got videos about composting, planting garlic, planning your garden, and heaps of resources, but I also share tips for YOUR self-care, too.
After all, what good is having a garden if you can't enjoy it with more ease and less work?
Sound good? Great! Hit that SUBSCRIBE button and I'll see you in the comments and the community.
📕 21 FREE GUIDES to support you on the garden path: gardenerscoach.com/guides/library/
It's not JUST about how to grow things. Sure, I've got videos about composting, planting garlic, planning your garden, and heaps of resources, but I also share tips for YOUR self-care, too.
After all, what good is having a garden if you can't enjoy it with more ease and less work?
Sound good? Great! Hit that SUBSCRIBE button and I'll see you in the comments and the community.
📕 21 FREE GUIDES to support you on the garden path: gardenerscoach.com/guides/library/
What Do The Stickers On Fruits And Vegetables Mean?
While we might not like the stickers on fruits and vegetables, they serve more purposes than just speeding up checkout. In this 2-minute podcast, you'll learn how to decode these fruit labels to find out if your produce was grown with chemical fertilizers, is genetically modified, or organically grown.
One more thing, before you head to the store, protect your family from unsafe foods by checking out these 2 shopping lists from the Environmental Working Group:
► The 2024 Dirty Dozen (Avoid these pesticide-laden foods): www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php
► The 2024 Clean Fifteen (Choose low-pesticide produce): www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php
These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s (Envrironmental Working Group) analysis of the most recent USDA data.
- RESOURCES -
🍎 Become a member of The UpBeet Gardener community and get exclusive access to Marion's tips, updates, seminars, live workshops, guides and courses: gardenerscoach.com/tug/
💚 Marion's short list of trusted tools and resources: gardenerscoach.com/resources/
📕 21 FREE GUIDES to support you on the garden path: gardenerscoach.com/guides/library/
► Need gardening help? Find real-life solutions to your garden challenges on my UA-cam channel: www.youtube.com/@TheUpBeetGardener
MY DISCLOSURE: Where possible, I register as affiliates for the products and services I use & recommend. Many of the links I share on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click these links and make a purchase I may earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, and in some cases these links may even unlock savings or give you additional bonuses I've negotiated.
One more thing, before you head to the store, protect your family from unsafe foods by checking out these 2 shopping lists from the Environmental Working Group:
► The 2024 Dirty Dozen (Avoid these pesticide-laden foods): www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php
► The 2024 Clean Fifteen (Choose low-pesticide produce): www.ewg.org/foodnews/clean-fifteen.php
These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s (Envrironmental Working Group) analysis of the most recent USDA data.
- RESOURCES -
🍎 Become a member of The UpBeet Gardener community and get exclusive access to Marion's tips, updates, seminars, live workshops, guides and courses: gardenerscoach.com/tug/
💚 Marion's short list of trusted tools and resources: gardenerscoach.com/resources/
📕 21 FREE GUIDES to support you on the garden path: gardenerscoach.com/guides/library/
► Need gardening help? Find real-life solutions to your garden challenges on my UA-cam channel: www.youtube.com/@TheUpBeetGardener
MY DISCLOSURE: Where possible, I register as affiliates for the products and services I use & recommend. Many of the links I share on this page are affiliate links, which means if you click these links and make a purchase I may earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you, and in some cases these links may even unlock savings or give you additional bonuses I've negotiated.
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How To Keep Deer Out of Your Garden - My Best Tip For You
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Beautiful plants - great how you reach out to your viewers for their input.
Thanks, it’s an honest reaching out, too. If there’s any way I can help folks, I’m all ears (what a funny expression don’t you think?) 🤔 have a great rest of your week.
Awesome
Thanks 🙏🏼… do you compost?
Very intetesting video. It will be quite an experience to try it.
It really does work! I can email you the tip sheet if you like.
This compost video was/is excellent. Thank you for not rushing through the process. I had tried making a tunnel in a raised bed and covering it; have used a good size flower pot - dug a hole, added chopped up vegetables , added dried crushed leaves - watered and added soil - another method used has been the good old barrel. Are these methods still benefiting the garden?
Absolutely. When you say making a tunnel, do you mean you dug a trench?
I find digging a hole and dropping in chopped up vegetables and things, is extremely efficient and easy to do. Besides, it puts worms and microbes to work while I’m sleeping!
Great reminders on slowing down. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! Do you practice meditation in one way or another?
I appreciate you bringing God daily into your life.
Thank you for noticing. My thought is that finding God is the reason why we are here in the first place.
Thank you 😂
Hands in the dirt and eyes in the stars is so sweet ❤
Do you grow onions? If you do, what’s your favorite variety? I like to experiment now and again with trying different kinds of onions. 🧅
@@TheUpBeetGardener I want to get into it soon. I love cooking with onions so being able to grow them myself and cook them would be very satisfying. I recently moved to the country out in central Texas so I think I’m going to start soon
Hi, I loved your quick and easy tutorial. I was wondering if I am doing in home composting on a smaller scale, what are some smaller thermometers and tips for apartment composting?
So I can give you the best answer possible, what capacity are you composting? Is it in a tub, a 5 gallon bucket, is it done outdoors at all? As for thermometers, they do come in various stem lengths.
@@TheUpBeetGardener a 5gallon bucket and it will be inside, it is fall season and not sure if I am able to put it out in the winter/fall season
Beautiful! What color is this called?
Some say, peach, some say, light, yellow, other people say it’s yellow. So that’s a very good question. Do you have a favorite color for Christmas cactus?
Ahh yes must subscribe, must learn more secrets.😮😮😮😮
Haha i will go to dentist more and more to take some plant ❤❤
She is a beauty!
I wish I could mail clippings to share 😆
I wish I could mail clippings to share 😆
Thank you! I love your idea of approaching everyday events with that fresh perspective. Makes me almost look forward to turning the compost! Well, I’ll sure try this time <3
Good point, Susan. How is your compost doing by the way? 😄
What brand is 20 cell soil blocker you use?
Hi there... my favorite brand is Ladbrooke -- sturdy and easy to use. I've had mine for over 30 years and it keeps on making mini-blocks. Love it and thank you for asking the question. Have a great rest of your week. Cheers!
We know the ending for the bummble bee :(
Yeah, I know. Sigh.
I’m going to share this video on a gardening Facebook group. Thanks for sharing it ❤
Great, @realetnancy, that’s what I’m here for. Here is my email address if anyone has questions: marion@gardenerscoach.com
Excellent ! 🌿💚🙏🏻
Hi @DaisyDebs, I am so happy you found it helpful. That's my job. You might find this video helpful, too: ua-cam.com/video/RcOXqphEN6M/v-deo.html
I keep moles out of my garden by growing fritillaria on the edges of the garden. I keep ground hogs out of my garden by sprinkling urine on all edges.
Oh cool. I’d not heard of the power of fritillaria. I need to look into it. Any specific variety you recommend?
@@TheUpBeetGardener I grabbed a bulb at a nursery years ago. They multiply a lot!
@@reubenflatt8784 I'll give it a try... even in Kodiak, Alaska. Thanks!
What about gopher snakes
While we have no snakes in Kodiak, Alaska, I had to look them up. And yes, will add them to the list! Thanks 🙏🏼 for mentioning gopher snakes!
I just saw a bumblebee that looked like it was dying. Searched how to feed them, found this and did it. And he/she flew away within a minute. 👍
You’re a good (bumblebee) Samaritan. When you see a bumblebee, not moving, most of the time she’s just resting. Often it’s because she’s too cold to fly. Her flight muscles must be 86°F before she can fly. And the spurt of energy from the sugar is often just what she needs.
Are root maggots the same as grubs?
Well, good question! From my limited knowledge, maggots are the larval stage of a flies' life cycle. Grubs are young beetles in a beetles' life cycle. The main takeaway is that maggots, grubs, etc., are simply one part of a lifecycle. The circle of life. Does that help?
I follow Marion, and get emails that are very helpful. I am a 60+ years a gardener, and learn plenty from her.
@kenriley7087 - you’re a gem. What garden topic(s) are you most curious about? I take requests! Cheers and blessings from Kodiak!
Awesome! What is it bluebird day?
Ah, a bluebird day is a bright sunny day... and in coastal Alaska, a sunny day is cause for celebration!
Thank you madam. It really helped.
I'm SO glad! Have a great rest of your week. Thank you for stopping by with your comment.
Thanks so much for such a wonderful video! I hope you have a wonderful day. ❤😊
Wow. As you say, not something you see every day! So nice to see your lovely blue Himalayan poppies, Marion. 💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵💙🩵
Always wonderful to hear from you. And you caught a glimpse of the blue poppies because they bloomed later than ever before. Cool spring and early summer. Are you doing well??? 😊
Yo Ma'am! That was pretty darn cool!! I have gotten tired of seeing them, possibly needing help but not know what i could do. Thank You For The Info!! Cute Video!
Oh, I'm glad to provide a touch of inspiration towards the humble bumbles. You might enjoy Dave Goulson's UA-cam channel -- www.youtube.com/@davegoulson6831 His book, A Sting In the Tale is a really good read. Do you have a topic you'd like me to cover? I'd love to know. Have a terrific week!
Love your videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you, truly. Have a one-derful rest of your week.
@@TheUpBeetGardener your very welcome! You have a great week too! 😄❤️
Thousand thanks for being so compassionate towards your plant(s). I got really emotional with a tear or two. Plants do recognize their caretaker, they think, communicate and feel but a different way than us. Some plants can even see with their leaves! I get so uplifted when somebody is good to another being. Thank you for this emotional moment! And thank you for your precious tips for the Christmas cacti! I cherish my unreal fuchsia coloured one bc my grandmother had the same. I gave it away to a library when it grew too big but when the staff changed they threw it away(!!!) and it took many years for me to find similar, bright coloured one. Learned my lesson and I will always have a plant of my own.
I talk to my plants all the time, starting with, "Good morning!" These days, I'm working up the courage to sprinkle plant communication and appreciation into my videos and other content. What do you think? Sorry about the loss of your plant, but happy to know you'll always have a plant of your own. There's so much to love and learn from... for sure. Thanks for hitting the pause button to drop me a note. Cheers and blessings, Marion
Following the same concept. I put all my compostable materials inside a 32 gallon trash can with lid and it seemed to speed up the process. Drill holes along the side for aeration and holes at the bottom for drainage. It keeps pest and cats out of my pile and the pile remaina hot/hotter conaistently.
Do you need to aerate it more?
😍🥀
Just spent an hour transplanting, guess I have to go back to the garden and slightly lift them up 😅
Just a touch higher might be all you need. Watch the linked video for more helpful tips and let me know if you have questions 😊
Beautiful 😍 ❤
The compost I made over the past 8 months have a lot of last year's tomato and zucchini sprouting up new plants all over my garden ha. I had hoped seeds would have cooked, but they survived. I don't have a thermometer but I don't think my compost ever got real hot.
Until I started using a compost thermometer 🌡️ I was pretty much guessing and had potatoes 🥔 and nasturtium plants sprouting Not any more! 😉
Bear spray doesn't work on a bear that wants to kill you ..not smart.
In Kodiak, Alaska, we’ve learned to live with bears. 2/3 of Kodiak Island is a bear refuge. Around town they’re pretty much nocturnal, because they really don’t want anything to do with humans.
Mt. Manure 😂
Why does she only have 5 likes it deserves more.
Share the love and appreciation for plants 🌱 ❤️
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I could watch bumblebees 🐝 for hours. 🥰
She's great ❤
Oh, kids love her. They rub her nose and make a wish. ❤️
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I put mine in several days ago, buried them, should i lift them or just try to dig around them?
If it was just a few days ago, if it were me, I'd lift them up (gently!) and settle them back in at a higher level. Water them in, too.
@@TheUpBeetGardener thank you
just beautiful…. My aunt has one that’s like twenty something feet tall and I always forget about it until it blooms.
Pretty special... that's a tall one! Does it bloom fully every year?
@@TheUpBeetGardener I’m not sure, we live an hour away from each other. The tree is right in her patio area close to the house. I wish I knew how to attach a photo to this comment because it is stunningly beautiful. I do have a short video of it on my channel .
Oh, hey, @@Jimwashere -- reply with the link to your short video!
@@TheUpBeetGardener ua-cam.com/users/shortsyVQ2daDnDvE?si=Elx6vn8BfzHKLaby
@@TheUpBeetGardener My videos aren’t nearly as good as yours. I don’t like to talk on camera and I have no social media besides this UA-cam account so….
THANK YOU ❤
Oh, hey. You are most welcome. Do you have bumblebees around? Have a great rest of your week.
That does look like good compost!
Thanks -- I just mixed it today with some ocean-shredded kelp and leaf mulch and placed around the garden for a summer fee. Happy gardening and thank you for your comment.
@@TheUpBeetGardener The plants will thank you for it!
@@PlasBachGarden -- Think they're smiling? I hope so!
@@TheUpBeetGardener 😊❤
I haven't been able to find blueberries in the wild. Maybe they don't grow in New York? I got a lot of wine berries and blueberries this week. Also last month I got a lot of mulberries and service berries. I still don't know what a wild blueberry plant looks like in person.
It's in the note of Bee.
OMG! How fun is that! I'm so tuned to their tone while in the garden, I know exactly who's making that buzz.
That is really cool
Thanks! The wind is blowing its yellow blossoms all over the garden right now… life in Alaska 🤪
Beautiful 😍
Thank you! 😊🌞🍃
@@TheUpBeetGardener You are very welcome 🤗 ❤️. Please keep making videos because you are so amazing 🤩