I Had To Learn How To Garden With 1 Thumb | Garden Updates!
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- I cut my thumb open and It turns out that even your left thumb is extremely useful especially when you are trying to keep it clean. After a short healing period I got back into the groove and figured out how to still get things done...with 1 thumb. I will show you around the garden and even plant some fall veggies in ground and in containers.
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One thumb is enough as long as it's green
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As someone who has injured my hands many times, I suggest putting a latex or vinyl glove on that particular hand, and then putting on your regular garden gloves. You still need to use your left hand for many tasks, and waterproof bandages may not be enough to keep dirt and excess moisture out. Just avoid putting any stress on the wound while you're using your other fingers.
That is the goal! I try to be super careful with hand injuries to make sure they stay clean and heal up nicely!
Obsessed with the spoons! Love to see your artistic side blooming inside and outside of the garden! Love love love it 😇
I am so into it! The creative freedom of working on the wood has unloaded a lot of stress!
@@jacquesinthegarden I went to art school and the therapeutic part of art is technically called “active relaxation”, which helps to improve focus/speed in other areas of life. Most of the teachers at art school had thumbs/fingers missing or scars everywhere on their hands (but had smiles on their faces). The repetition of an art practice is supposed to be very meditative. I’m excited to see what else you produce! So fun.
To reduce transplant stress, I was taught to water the plants about an hour before transplanting them and then water them in once planted.
That is a great method, I usually make sure they are well watered and then run the drip irrigation or if its a small seedling I will hand water each one after the fact.
I do the same thing on my farm, but I shoot everything with fish fert before turning the sprinklers on
Your container garden looks so good! But then again your whole garden is goals.
Thank you!
Those utensils look pretty good, and for only doing it for 2 weeks thats quite impressive 👍 would love to see some more of your wood carvings in the future
I've got the carving bug so for sure expect to see more random hand crafts from me in the future!
I agree with you on the celery. I left mine to flower in summer and it reseeded. And I got celery again last winter. Worked out perfect.
Your garden is better than a market! It's so interesting to watch how you are able to garden year round - zone 3 is snow covered already lol. Take care of that thumb :)
Wow zone 3 is such a quick season, I can't imagine! You have to be way more organized, here I can get away with missing a lot of timelines, I respect all of you gardening there!
As an Italian descendant American, I use SO much celery! I’ve been trying to grow it for years from seed, and this year I finally got two to last. I started them in February and they’re about the size of those starts now.
Thanks for the reminder on celery. I loved having it in my garden last year for stuffing and for tuna salads. I need to get some started!
I pray that your thumb heals quickly! I know what it’s like to have an injured finger and not be able to do the things that you used to do. And it seems like it takes forever to heal doesn’t it.
Hope your thumb heals well and quickly.
Those "bow-zhuh-lay" sweet peas look gorgeous! 😉I will definitely try those next year.
Haha, I was like I know I am going to say this wrong.
Wow you’ve only been doing it for two weeks? Your a natural ! Beautiful work
Thank you!
I discovered early on in my garden journey that beans like a LOT of water. So maybe try increasing your watering regimen
I love runner beans. I grow them in the summer for the hummingbirds and bees. I regularly gift the pods to friends so they can grow some.
So delicious and satisfying to cook and eat.
Toughen up! After the war I was missing 12 fingers 3 lungs and I am down to 7 elbows! Kidding, I hope it heals and remains green, love your channel
If you end up doing well with the wood carving, I would love to see some videos on that. Awesome garden too, of course 😀
So sorry about your stitches. I have sewn up more woodworking injuries. Sutures heal fairly quickly. Thanks for all of your teaching. Your plants look amazing!!
Thank you!
Jacques maybe the scarlet runner beans don't have deep enough, light enough soil for the tubors to form... My scarlet runners are perennial and form giant tubers underground like 1 ft down, like massive potatoes. I had to dig a 2.5 ft hole and fill it with good soil to set up my bean patch. They go dormant around this time and come back in March-April with the spring rain and warmth.
That is fascinating, I will try amending some soil more deeply and see if I can get them to settle in.
Good luck! I am also in California zone 10a so not sure why they are not doing better in San Diego. Cheers from up north.@@jacquesinthegarden
The tithonia I had at my front porch just fell victim to frost. The pollinators enjoyed them, and I used some for botanical dyeing along with marigolds. Nice carvings!
Oh very cool, didn't think about the dyeing option with it!
For the bed that u first found root knot nematodes in- i researched n planted a cover crop of 3 types mustard seed. Then i cut n turned it under just as it flowered n planted annual flowers in the beds. So far, no root knot nematodes in any flower roots so i will b planting my fav vegs in these beds next spring.
That is great to hear! I have been seeding brassicas, no mustards yet but I should, and also marigolds that I plan to till in. I have heard great things about neem meal and crab shell meal as well.
😂I was laughing after I read the title, cause I saw the picture first and I thought your were holding a Sunchoke in your hand🤨. Your garden looks amazing, I would love to visit sometime.
I hear ya about the thumb, I completely lost one of my thumbs in a freak goat castrating accident. It was so frustrating not having a thumb, you don't realize how much you use it. My Dr. though ended up sending me to a great prosthetician, and he ended up giving me this great screw on thumb. I even got some different ones for different jobs. A friend of mine, an engineer, decided to make me a garden set one year for xmas. I had a little spade, a little rake, a blade for hoeing - it took a while to get used to them, but now I love being able to screw on different garden tools.
I love the utensils! Would you consider a video on how to overwinter peppers in warm SoCal zones? I’m a little confused if I can get away with leaving them outside and how often to water once they are dormant.
One of my older videos is on the topic! Once it starts raining you basically never want to water them and until then just keep the soil from being bone dry.
sorry about your thumb I can see how challenging it can be to garden with only one good thumb anyway I hope your new plants do well in the garden
Last spring a slight mishap while working on my truck led to 5 stitches, then a ruptured flexor tendon in my thumb, then surgery, then months of occupational therapy. My neighbor had to carry a few flats to the garden for me, then I had to transplant everything one handed. Not much fun, but it builds character, right? I'd rather lose the use of a few fingers than one thumb.
Seriously, the thumb has new found respect from me, I should have known! But during the process of healing there you find a lot of weird workarounds.
Yeah, I took a chisel to my index a few years ago when carving a piece of maple. Gotta be careful with those things😂
I feel you. I skewered the base of my finger when setting U-posts to set-up deer fencing around the garden last April. Thankfully, I was lucky enough that it only got the soft tissue and it was my non-dominant as well.
Oof, that had to hurt, glad you didn't do too much damage.
Yes, the Cabbage moth lays eggs on the brassicas and I keep finding the green caterpillars under my beautiful leaves. The worst pest for me is the Cutworm who lives in the soil and keeps de-capitating seedlings !!!
You’re so talented!
😂😂😂😂 “I like big beans, I cannot lie.” Made me laugh out loud.
Thank you Jacque. Anything to make our garden experience more enjoyable.
Question 1. I've been looking for wire to make low row hoops. Been searching online and can't find any. Your using a white wire I've been looking for.
Question 2. What is the name of your pea trellis? Pea plants took down chicken wire staked last summer.
Aw bummer! Always cut AWAY from yourself. The little utensils are very cute.
Great video, love your garden. May your finger get better soon.
Excellent video
Excelente jardín
I have my brassicas covered with mesh and it has helped me have more cabbage than the worms for 2 years now. This past late summer/early fall, we got a bunch of army worms that destroyed my fall planted cabbage. I've grown celery for 4 years. I love growing celery.
I really haven't invested in a building good cover for my garden, I tend to plant so randomly that it becomes hard for me to protect them! Hoping for some nice cabbage heads this year as well!
@@jacquesinthegarden what I have is just a mesh netting that I clamp on the edge of my raised bed. Works great.
And here I thought is was Calendula(kal-en-doo-la)😂. Always teaching keep up the good work.
I have heard it a few ways and now I just blend it all up when I say it haha
You can treat those cabbage worms with BT. My worms were pretty destructive.
Looking forward to Daniel Day Lewis playing you in his upcoming movie, My Left Thumb. Congrats, you got him out of retirement for this surefire Academy Award winning opus!
It’s not jack and the bean stalk it’s Jacques and the non existent bean stalk. 😂 lol I love your videos
I bought cut proof gloves when I started wood carving and it definitely saved me a few slices.
The worst part is that I have one but decided not to wear it :(
Amazing utensils Jacques! I find hand made utensils these days to be more and more beautiful these days. There’s something so special about using tools you made yourself in the sea of mass produced junk
It really is wonderful to have your own hand made utensils, nothing is more satisfying and each one is unique!
I use bug netting on all brassicas because the cabbage worms can eat a lot, they survive cool temps and are a pain to clean out of brassicas.
Had success with celery in grow bags in pool to hold water. They do need shade and are very cold tolerant.
My hands are in pain almost all the time from eczema, your lucky as a cut will heal.
Sorry to hear about your thumb. I was hurting just watching you do all that with your injured thumb! 😧
Jacques, 3 stitches, you'll be good as new in a few weeks😉 I always enjoy seeing your garden, even a bit envious now that my season's pretty much over, Thanks🙃
Some how these are my first stitches so I had no idea what to expect!
@@jacquesinthegarden Wow, lucky you making it this long without a stitch, Hope it feels better soon🙂
I am surprised you didn’t share plants you can grow to help your scrapes, bruises and slices heal faster!
Oddly enough I have a lot of the useful plants like Yarrow but I haven't ever researched into it enough.
I have some cherry wood. I carve the wood when it is still wet. It’s been seasoned but still has moisture in it. I could send you some to give some a try. Im in central California. No charge of course just something different to try. That dry curly maple looks cool but is very hard on your hands and dulls your tools
Cherry wood sounds like such a fun wood to mess around with! Kevin has also become super into carving as well. I can share you the PO box here, feel free to include a venmo thing or something I would happy to reimburse!
1240 E PLAZA BLVD
Suite 604286
NATIONAL CITY, CA 91950
Box 286
@@jacquesinthegarden sounds good it some wood for you and Kevin will be in the mail this week sometime
@jacquesinthegarden Your in business. Package just shipped this Tuesday a.m. Should expect arrival on Thursday. I put as much as I could in the box for you and Kevin to split
@@jacquesinthegarden I don’t know if I mentioned in my note I put in the box of cherry wood, is to put whatever you plan on not using in the freezer in a bag so that way you won’t loose moisture. If you were to pull a piece from the freezer you can run it under cold water for a minute or two and it will be ready to carve. Enjoy as this wood is a pleasure to carve while somewhat moist. You can carve it dry but is harder on tools and hands.
Wow this is all amazing! Thanks for the tip about the freezer, I am VERY excited!
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There is nothing like saving your own celery seed for cooking!
Celery is one of my favorite things to grow in the winter here in zone 9b. I also plant tithonia in my garden every year and it's a favorite of my wife's. There is a lot of variability with some of the tithonia plants I've grown only reaching about 2 ft. and others over 12 ft. Haven't figured that one out yet. Bummer about the stitches, having spent 50 years as a sheet metal worker I can sympathize as I've had my share of stitch ups. Your youth will probably have you healed up in no time.
Ha, ha, I had bone surgery this week on my dominant hand ring finger. I am so frustrated and annoyed by all the things like putting on socks as well as gardening that I’m struggling with. Bandaged it seems super large and just gets in the way of everything that you wouldn’t think it would affect. It’s been a long week so far. 🤦🏼♀️
It is really wild how annoying the little things are! I hope you have a speedy and healthy recovery!
@@jacquesinthegarden Tis, same to you XO
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Hope your thumb heals quickly!
I freeze leftover celery so I have it on n hand whenever I need it.
Que Buen Jardinero🤝👍
Hi Jacques - Thanks for the great content as always... Question for you if you have the time. What type of soil do you use in your grow bags? Is it as simple as topping with compost and mulching like raised beds or is more needed to keep the soil in the grow bags healthy? Thanks!
"I like big beans and I can not lie" 😂😂😅
I myself am recovering from cutting 40% of my nail and the teeny tiny tip of my finger off with a kitchen knife. This was September 20th, and my finger is just now being used pretty much normally. It is amazing when you're only 10 % down how much you actually use your individual fingers. Mine was my index finger on my right hand. I am left-handed. Feel better, I felt dumb and creeped out too.
My initial reaction was anger for making such a dumb mistake. It is truly amazing how useful each digit turns out to be, I hope you heal up nicely!
Buen video 😃
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Toda chamba tiene sus accidentes xd, que hermoso lugar el que tienes 🤩
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Looking forward to your peanut harvest
Hoping it is a good one!
@@jacquesinthegarden I direct sowed 13 peanuts of which 3 came up which I got 7 peanuts out of when I harvested in September. Okanagan Valley, BC, Canada - zone 6B
The real question is when Jacques cut his thumb did it bleed green?! 🤔 I bet it did! Hope you have a smooth recovery and get back to wood carving!
Haha, that would have been quite the sight! I am happy to report that I am already back at it, with an adapted no left thumb technique.
Any advice on where to start with wood carving? What kinda tools are you using?
I’ve got my celery in the coolest/shadiest part of the garden. Growing great but damn is it bitter and salty! Hopefully it tastes better as the weather cools. 🤞🏼
Yeah it should turn once it cools down, maybe it needs a bit more water too. But once you get into deep fall and winter it will be crisp and refreshing.
Maybe don’t mulch your beans until they get taller. I used mulch this year and any leaf that touched the ground got eaten by sow bugs.
This year was the first year I actually got pole beans. Usually something eats them and this year squash bugs were also eating them. When they were young I used diatomaceous earth on them, very judiciously, and it worked.
Hi Jacques -Sorry to read you sliced your finger. Glad you're doing better. Random question - what type of shoes do you use for gardening? Looking for slip-ons that breathe. Thanks for the tip on growing celery. I'm going to look for some at the nursery.
This comes with the hobby
I cut myself open about 10 times before my mind decided to be extra careful.
Get well soon :)
Hopefully I can get there faster than 10 haha, it is such a rewarding hobby that I can't imagine ever stopping.
No entiendo Ingles pero se ve excelente ese ambiente
Hey Jacques! Sorry to hear about your thumb, glad its healing up. I have also gouged my hand while carving wood, so you're not alone haha.
When you grow green beans, how do you go about preserving them for the hot months? I finally have the space to grow a large amount, but I'm not sure how best to store them. Should I just leave them on the plant and let them all dry ? Or is picking them fresh and canning a better method?
Thank you!
Some beans are bred to be eaten as fresh green beans or dry beans, usually it says on the packet somewhere. For those you can do a mix of fresh or dry storing. Some good fresh methods are canning, pickling, or even freezing. For dry beans you can just leave them on the plant to full dry up and then harvest them at the end of the season to use in soups. Usually when we have them fresh we eat them all the time including for breakfasts!
Looking good (except for your finger). My calendula got hit with black aphids this summer, but it didn't seem to really affect the plants, so I didn't do anything about it and now they are dead - the calendula and the aphids - as we had some really cold weather here a week ago, although now it is nice out again (Colorado). Presently refreshing beds and planting the rest of my garlic cloves - I save the biggest heads each year and plant the biggest cloves from those, haven't had to buy any new for a few years now. Have lost track of the varieties, but it doesn't really matter to me as long as they grow well, which they have so far.
If it grows well and tastes good that is all that matters! Garlic is an amazing plant that adapts to climates quickly so you probably got the best garlic for your area!
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Share your stuffing recipe please. 😁
OMG😮 I hope I will heal soon
It is healing quickly!
Sorry about your finger! It's always great to learn something new. You might also want to look into wood burning to add intricate designs to your wooden utensils. It will level up your carving.
Sounds like a fun addition!
I got some purple broccoli transplants im gonna be planting tomorrow im limited on space so hopefully i can grow my garlic and my purple broccoli in the same bed 🤔, its been amended with basalt rock dust, humic acid, worm castings, perlite and vermiculite with about 2 inches of fine pine shavings
It is possible, the broccoli may grow for nearly as long as the garlic so It may shade it out. Try to plant your garlic so its in front of the broccoli in terms of sun exposure for your best chance!
That's a great idea, I'll give that a try thank you 👍
I like the woodcarvings. Nice work. I've never tried to grow celery. Our summers get too hot, I think. Can celery tolerate cold temperatures in the 30s or 40s? Can celery be grown indoors?
Not sure about indoors, but my celery seem to have survived a couple nights at 26f a week or so ago.
We get a few nights in the low 30s and the celery is totally fine. It has a decent amount of natural salts in it which probably protects it from light freezes.
Our biggest nemesis are Slugs, Cabbage moths, and Japanese Beetles. I don't know if you've tried companion planting
but Onions, planted in amongst our Brassicas, seems to have eliminated all Cabbage moths, now going on 3 years.
We are in Maine, have very harsh winters, and grow in a more traditional rows, for preservation and long term storage.
The 1st year we tried it we planted 1 Onion on each side of a Cauliflower and no moths. No damage to any of the plants.
The Onions take up very little space and both benefit from a soil that is high in nitrogen. Just a thought, we did it on a
whim, not expecting any magic, and seems to work. We grow a lot of Onions, and start them indoors late Winter, and
always have left overs once our Onion beds are all planted, and all of them get stuffed here and there thru out the
garden. Might give it a try.
As always, TYFS
Wow that is a really cool insight, I haven't tried companion planting with them since they always end up so massive that the companions get crowded. I may have to try out the onion though, that is promising!
@@jacquesinthegarden The nice things are it costs next to nothing to try, with Brassica's it doesn't hurt to take bottom leaves off, once maturing to minimize shading, and you'll get some bonus onions. I hope it works as well for you, as it has for us.
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“I like big beans and I cannot lie” - MC Jacques
See if you can find finger cots for your thumb.
You're a gardening genius so you probably have already heard this, but beans tend to need a type of symbiotic bacteria in the soil that they've evolved to work with to break down nitrogen and make it bioavailable for them. My beans have always struggled also. I bought some inoculant for the soil and now they do way better. If you haven't tried it, it might be worth a shot. Supposedly the seeds are naturally inoculated with the bacteria but since we UV sterilize everything these days maybe not anymore? That part is just a guess from me though Im far from being an expert.
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I like big beans and I cannot lie :D
No wooden pickles ala Bad Santa?
Do Monarchs visit the Mexican sunflowers in San Diego? Also all things being equal I assume beans may struggle because your soil is too rich in N. Maybe try a bit “poorer” soil
We do have the monarchs here, I actually saw a ton of them recently but now they seemed to have moved on. The green beans so far in the raised beds are doing wonderfully and that soil was listed as being N poor so honestly that could be part of it.
@@jacquesinthegarden it’s amazing how all the butterflies find the Mexican sunflower. I never knew about it until an English gentleman gave me some seed. Anyways thanks for the reply and good luck with the beans
So I don't know if you get rabbits in your garden at all, but if so, they may be the culprit to blame for your beans failing. It took me many replanting's to discover that apparently the first two leaves on the green bean plant are a rabbit delicacy, lol. Once I get past that point, they never get touched, but until it puts on a few sets of leaves, I know they're not safe. Again, not sure if that is an issue in your area as I am in Eastern Mass, but I figured it was worth pointing out just in case. Good luck!
Fortunately we don't have rabbits here and if we did I am pretty sure my dogs would scare them off! I am happy to report the beans are looking fantastic in the raised bed so far!
I did think about the fact that you have dogs, and wonder if that would keep them away. I have a beast of a cat that keeps my area clear, but even he has to rest, lol. I thought maybe if you keep your dogs in at night, the bunnies might take that opportunity. Glad to hear that's not an issue and that they're doing well! @@jacquesinthegarden
Question: When it comes to pre-soaking seeds, does it matter if you use just water or should a Gibberellic Acid mixture be used, or does it really matter?
Water is totally fine for most anything. The harder or bigger seeds can benefit from a longer soak, overnight or even up to 24 hours, and they will do just fine!
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Jaques do you use hay or straw for mulching?
Straw! Hay can be good but usually has a lot of seed depending on how its processed.
I was waiting for you to start pulling a never ending bandana out of your thumb.
Haha, I don't think magic is the books for me.
What is the white cylinder screwed into the post behind the fence @6:41?
That is a shroud cover for one of my outdoor thermometers. It just keeps the thermometer from being blasted with sun which would affect its accuracy.
Thank you! ❤
Hey Jacques, take care of your thumb. Did those grafted tomatoes take much longer than a non-grated, same variety plant to produce fruit?
They did take much longer! It was like 2 months behind my other tomatoes that went in at a similar time.
@@jacquesinthegarden Interesting. Given the two month delay, if I've a healthy root stock, is there any benefit to grafting? It sounded from your grafting video that the main benefit to grafting was a healthier root stock.
Imagine not having a whole Left hand.
It really makes me respect people who do amazing work with less digits.
Trabajo de campo
Wear a thin chainmail glove and make instructional video how to stay safe :)