I'm paraplegic and this year I went all grow bags and raised beds. I got so discouraged watching my garden go to the weeds and my tomatoes rotting on the vine because my wheelchair gets hung up trying to tend to it. So far, I like the grow bags. I water them everyday, and I'm able to move them if necessary.
In our area of Colorado, we get a lot of hail, especially this year! My in ground garden has been pummelled, but the plants I have growing in pots on our patio, including potatoes in 5 gallon buckets, can be brought under shelter during a storm. They're doing great!
Central Texas here. It's been 105°+ for 8 wks. I double potted. And filled between the pots with felt, dirt, sand... They do this in Africa. It helps a lot.
Another good "pot" is the plastic cooler. Often the lid gets broken or lost. They are also somewhat insulated. I like the ones with the little spigot to drain the cooler. I close it to do a deep, watering soak and then open it tp let out the excess water. My peppermint loved it.
Love your channel! I'm 63 and this is the very first successful garden I've ever had. I'm having such a blast watching all the little miracles reproduce. Thanks for your inspiration and how easy you make everything seem. God bless you too. :)
I’m 61 and I’ve always had a pretty good garden but Heidi has showed me better ways to use what I have. She is the best with let’s get to work with low anxiety.
I learned from Big Family Homestead UA-cam video the other day that if a person doesn’t press the like button or comment on a video that UA-cam will stop recommending the channel so I gotta get better about commenting since I learn a lot from your channel and would hate to see it disappear.
Thank you.😊 I add bio-tone every week or two durring the growing season to ensure constant food. It only take a tablespoon. I find it works better than large feedings that give them so much and once. Also pots do not have to be expensive. Unused totes make great garden beds, you know the ones with the broken lid..... don't toss it - garden it. Just remember to add drainage. Two 1/4" - 1/2 holes on the side 1/2 - 1" up is great then you have a small wickable reservoir but the water wont pool too much to get stagnant and rot roots.
I love seeing your gardens! So much love in all the details. We add to our gardens every year. I took out our inedible azaleas from around the front porch and replaced them with pineapple sage, citronella and lemon grass. I’m going to add echinacea in the fall. It’s pretty and it’s functional. Not to mention that my hummingbirds love them. I got these ideas from watching you. Thank you! Many Blessings!
I have a rhody and azalea out front I keep thinking of taking out and replacing with berry shrubs but the reason I cannot bring myself to do it is that they are a couple of plants that stay green through the winter so everything does not look so dead out there! I do need to at least prune my azalea back considerably to give more light and space to my peppermint growing under and around it.
@@RainCountryHomestead I moved the azeleas to the front and side of my little hoop greenhouse, but I have plans to put a raised bed on the outside sides of the greenhouse. Until then, the azeleas will stay there. I do have a rhododendron and a gardenia closer to the front part of our yard that will stay there, and I have a star jasmine that I keep because it smells so good when it blooms!
One year I filled up an entire greenstalk planter with blue lake bush green beans and they did beautifully. So easy to harvest. Some people say they are expensive but i give myself one every year for mothers day since that’s when they are typically on sale. Right now I have strawberries in one and herbs in one
Since people are raving about greenstalk I got one. I'm not thrilled 2 years in. First year was trial and error but this year, a few things do well once they grow, like basil. I will stick some beans in the empty pockets and see😁
I rent and only grow in pots (vashon, WA)! Large ornamental grasses, vegetables, asparagus, bamboo, flowers, everything. Made my own 55gal drum strawberry "pot" this spring to add to the collection. I plant in 100% aged horse manure and only use rainwater. Looks like a jungle! Huge tomatoes this year. I top off my pots with more aged poop as the season progresses. 💚🌱
RainCountry, you really inspired me a lot! I recently buy land in pei Canada half acres with my husband! It’s tree lot! I pray we will find a way to work it, both physically and financially!
We only have Containers, as we have a Balcony. You have to get creative, with your planting. We have a wall of 24 upside down 2 litre Pop bottles, screwed to 4x2s they're full of Salad, Spinach & Beets. I only water the top 6. The Water trickles down through them, & out the bottom onto the Tomatoes, works great. When your short on floor space, grow upwards. Your container Gardens are really Beautiful. Being edible is even better. 😋🌱 TFS RC, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
What a great idea with the pop bottles! I unfortunately don't have any way to attach them to anything since I am in an upper apartment. I'm going to file this idea away and see how I could make it work. Thanks for sharing!
Your gardens are so lush and beautiful! You’re recommendations for planting in pots was VERY informative. I have a tiny side yard here in No. Texas and I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Again Heidi in all you do. It is greatly appreciated. Also congratulations on becoming a moderator on another site that I trust. May Yahweh continue to bless, provide and protect you. I love seeing/hearing the grand babies in the background. They are the gift of Gid. Just hearing their food and cries brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart.
Heidi, your deck with all your container looks beautiful! love how it looks like a little forest on that deck. Thank you, Heidi for another Great video! I so enjoy your videos. Thank you, Heidi, for great advice for all of us.
Hi Heidi, what a wonderful garden you have. I really appreciate you share your experiences and we learn a lot. Garden, dehydrating and preserving go together to the path of self-sufficiency! God bless you. Have a good evening 😊🎉😊😊😊
Thank you, Heidi, for the encouragement. I love your no-nonsense approach in both your videos and your instructions/suggestions. God IS good…all the time. 💝
Your deck and gardens are so beautiful!! I love how creative you are with placing your planters. 😍 Can you possibly do a video on how often you fertilize your plants and how you replenish the soil in your planters in the spring? (I hope I didn’t miss this in this video…busy with doing things while listening.) Thanks, Heidi!
I wonder that too with maintaining pots since I see other gardeners on UA-cam who will teach you how to start a container garden but aren’t showing any progress videos and how the gardener is maintaining them throughout the growing season.
We have a place called seven Mi fair right down the road and it’s open all year round but in the summertime everyone brings their stuff there and it’s like a gigantic rummage sale so that’s where I get my containers from! Like I said, next year is going to be the year! we have trumpet flowers growing everywhere here! They are in the lawn and the gardens all over the place! I would like to put some up for some cover from the neighbors because they’re on a huge composting business and the dirt always flies over here! The good part is, we drop our wood over there and then we get free compost in return! Win-win !! That’s great that your knee is feeling better!!🥰🌱😊
This year when I repotted starts for the deck, I added unwashed sheep wool to the bottom of the pot. It adds nutrients, natural, biodegradable and for me, easily accessible and free. It helps to slow the drainage of the water and holds some of the nutrients in when I water so they don't run out of the pot (as fast). A friend of mine has made raised beds out of unwashed sheep wool and chicken wire...he grows the best squash in them.
I use mainly containers. My favorite is grow bags in a kiddie pool. Keep water in bottom at all times for bottom watering. Especially great for tomatoes. I hear people worried about mosquito larva but I have never had a problem.5 years no mosquito problem.
WOW!!! A lot of great info for the beginner & experienced. I am using totes because I rent the land & am not sure what the future holds. This year, due to unforeseen circumstances I will be doing a fall garden. I'm looking forward to fermenting & getting a dehydrator & beginning a more self-sufficient lifestyle. I appreciate your wisdom & willingness to share! Shalom!
Great tips on taking care of the.soil!! I am growing butternut squash, summer squash, cucumbers, strawberry, potatoes, acorn squash, tomatoes, basil, rosemary, marjoram, mint, oregano in pots. All on my deck as I have barely any yard. Last year was 1st year, and I didnt understand the soil thing and fertilizing, so learned alot. This year made soil best I could and have been watering and fertilizing more regular and it's made such a huge difference!!
I use a lot of large pots for my annuals. There is too much competition for the nutrients where I want a splash of color, so pots have been a good solution. I dump the soil in the garden each year, so that helps improve the garden soil. What I use for “potting soil” is a mixture of Canadian peat moss and garden soil. I know garden soil is not recommended for pots, but this has worked well for me. Peat moss holds the moisture, but has little or no nutrients, so I mix in water soluble fertilizer with almost every watering. It is a very weak solution. I should also add that I do not use fillers to save on the dirt needed. The pots get heavy, but each pot does not need daily or twice daily watering. I do use purchased potting soil for my house plants. But for those who only need to be in the pots for the summer season, this has worked great for me.
Yes, I do use purchased organic soil for house plants and for starting seed indoors. I want to make sure it is free of other seed so I can be certain what is coming up in my pots
I've had mint growing in a big container for 2 1/2 years and it had gotten so root bound, that I finally planted it in the ground and wow it's loving it. Spreading it's roots 😊. Being creative is a big part of who I am and living this new homestead lifestyle allows me to bring it to life and that works. We live in Salem Missouri and there are lots of rocks. As we find them we throw them in a pile. We've turned those rocks into a garden bed, I call it my rock garden. Just a little morter mix and rocks of all sizes. Looks beautiful and natural with the rock look. We also just made a trellis for our grapevines from cattle panel we had. Every little bit you do over the months and years really makes up something so beautiful. We really do have to pay attention to our plants and what works and doesn't. 2nd year growing food and every year you learn something new and interesting, everyday is a growing experience in our lives and in all the living things around us. God shows me a lot just buy watching the trees, leaves and all that grow around them. Blessings to you and thank you for sharing Heidi. Missouri Wrightchk
I let my mint grow as much as it wants the more the better! If I ever got too much somehow Id just give it away. I welcome plants that grow and do well on their own lol!
I mix container gardening with hugleculture and wicking beds. I get rubbish bins (uv stable), drill a drainage hole 40cm from the base, put sticks and pieces of stumps down the bottom, then fill it up with compost with a top layer of potting mix. With some of them, I put in a piece of down pipe with holes drilled in. I water in the downpipe so the water is carried beneath the surface and won't evaporate. I also put compost matter down the pipe and add garden worms so there is a little built in worm farm. I put the bin up on bricks to catch any excess water to reuse. It works extremely well. Works with a normal size bucket too.
Ty. I use the holes in cinderblocks to plant things. I also bought alot of wash buckets at Dollar Tree for only $1.25 each & I just poke some holes in the bottom.
I grow potatoes, thyme, oregano, lemon balm, basil, green onions, spearmint, peppermint, chives, sweet woodruff, runner beans, sage, marshmallow(! First time seeds grew this year. Yay!) and geraniums on my porch. I don’t get a lot of sun because the porch faces north east and only has one open side. Over the four years I’ve been growing I’ve learned that I can’t get flowers or vegetables in abundance because I don’t have enough sun. But herbs and greens do grow well. I “fertilised” alot this year with kitchen scraps and peels. That seems to have helped the soil. I threw everything and anything on the soil that was organic matter. I hadn’t planted the tomato plant - it grew from a kitchen scrap.
Hi Heidi! Great information! It is fun seeing your gardens :) I just wanted to let you know that I did try those bags for pots, and mine desinigrated after a season, so for longevity, I thik the Pots are great! Every year I am expanding my garden's so thanks for the infor. I do want to try that mojito mint, and add more lemon balm, I never see to have enough! Have a great day, and blessed week!
I've had mints grow out of the drainage holes in my long containers and come up beside them. I'm constantly cutting them for drying and freezing for hot teas in the winter, as well as fresh sun tea in the summer. I also have a few containers of compost tea that I make and water my tomatoes, zucchini, etc with it about once a month.
I do container garden on my patio and i live in apartment, senior housing. In Northern Nevada, high desert. Whats doing good for me this year is tomatoes, kale. With the heat wave most veggies struggled or died. Even the zucchini didnt like it. What i do at the end of the growing season, i take a tarp empty the pots of the plants that wont grow back. Mix in new soil and do a cut and drop of old plants. I mix it and put it back in the pots and cover with card board. I tried bare roots strawberries and they didn't grow. I need a better source to buy them. Do what you can with what you have. Overall its fun and delicious to eat.
I have several large herb gardens, but like you, I keep some a few steps outside the kitchen door. I have a few Dollar Tree knockoffs of the Greenstalk (they work great and are SO much cheaper) filled with herbs for kitchen "right now" use and the herb gardens are for dehydrating and freezing.
Back in the day when I was younger and had a yard instead of living in a condo, I used peppermint as an additive to the blackberries I grew and made into blackberry-peppermint preserves. Leaning how much peppermint per batch was a trial and error, but people would buy the preserves off of me as an "already sold" as much as I wanted to. I found that low sugar Blackberry-peppermint has been a great additive for digestive health. I found that fruit food spikes every 3-5 years always boosted the crop I got and that was also trial and error. I think I will see what I can do with a grow tower and strawberries. Going from northern illinois to Minnesota required a change in what I can grow. Global warming has also changed what grows well. My daughter found that Bell Peppers prefer pots because the plants like warmer roots and will produce a lot more fruit.
I used grow bags this year fir first time. The problem is the water and nutrients leach out if the bags so you have to water a lot and amend soil quite a but but everything grew really well in them.
You have such a beautiful garden. I have started mine slowly the last 3 years. I have some mostly herbs in pots. But my garden and herbs this year have been killed this year by thousands of grasshoppers and it's disheartening after all the work put in. Those blk cloth pots for me did not work I think the blk gets to hot. Everything I have planted in them has died. I have clay sandy soil okla. And it has been expensive to redo some of the dirt. I planted 30 heirloom tomato plants this year and the grasshoppers and sun has pretty much destroyed them all. I am about to give up on gardening. That said my holy basil is taking over everywhere. I would love to get some comfrey seeds and can not find anywhere. Kudos to your wonderful gardens. I love your videos ❤
Try putting netting over your veggies to keep the grasshoppers off them...I'm in east Tampa, FL & we have almost every bug known to man!...Netting helps!
Heidi, thank you for the tips! Can you direct us to where we can get plants to grow?!? I did find Heirloom seeds through Patriot Seeds. But I would like to find seeds and plants to add that are edible. I have saved empty mineral tubs that we provide for are cows. That are the perfect size The time you take to produce/provide these videos is very much appreciated. Although our weather here in N central California is dryer and a lot hotter we can still grow the majority of these plants. God bless you and your family! In Jesus Name 🙏🏼
I do sell seeds from many of my herbs and a few veggies. For me, I look for new seeds on Etsy from reputable sellers, especially those in places with similar climate. If you are interested in seeing a list of seeds and more that we sell, please email me at raincountryhomestead@gmail.com
I did buy some seeds from you a couple years ago. Haven’t planted them yet But it has been a difficult couple years For me. As you say “God is good all the time”🙏🏼 oh yes thank you I will look into !
Heidi I loved this video. ..I accidently hit the thumbs down but quickly hit the thumbs up . Just wanted you to know ...sorry. I also plant some herb's in pot's too.
good evening Heidi! Another great video. I pass this one on to my mom we're in Florida and we're going to be getting ready for our fall garden which we probably won't be able to plant until October but I'm hoping will be able to plant things in September but we've got some blueberry bushes that just aren't doing so great and we've had a whore a lot of spraying overhead if you know what I mean. So a lot of things just French fried we couldn't grow anything after probably May normally we can grow but it was hot here in February. You know they keep creating this heat dome over us so we can't grow because we haven't had any problems before this shit this year and it started in February I had shade cloth over everything. It was ridiculous and things look like they were pretty much being radiated if you know what I mean. So I was looking at this and I just mowed probably seven of the 10 acres. I got a Lotta grass out there because we've been sick for three weeks with some virus. Whatever they wanna call it we don't do the shots we will never do the shots but anyway went to acupuncture and they fixed me up. Should've gone sooner western medicine. Well no comment from a nurse of 27 years good Lord God help us but anyway, I didn't really mean to get into that but I'm gonna go rake up because I've got I mean the grass was probably 3 feet high and I was mowing with a Gravely lawnmower because we don't have a tractor and it took me three times as long and three times much gas but the good thing is I just watched a video I'm gonna get those clippings there's not they're not clippings they're 3 feet of grass that got chopped up a little bit and tomorrow I'm gonna go out and put it around all our blueberry bushes. Ours are all in the ground. Our problem is the birds love to get the blueberries before we get them even if we put the wire thing around it and everything they seem to be able to fly in. We do have a lot of birds out here. But thanks for the advice I learned a lot I've got raised beds. We grow a lot in raised beds large raised beds actually but with everything that's been going on with our environment and I know you understand what I'm saying. It's been so hard to grow this year we're going to try some heirloom seeds and see how they do some of the seeds that we collected over the past couple years we were told to put them in the freezer in a vacuum seal them well that wasn't a good idea so when we went to use them again, we really weren't getting a Harvest. Just been a really weird year for growing here and obviously we know what it's due to so we're gonna try to work around that. Can't build a hard tunnel. Have to do it by myself. I'm 63. I'm strong and I can do a lot, but I can't build one of those by myself and with a greenhouse or something with the winds that we get during hurricane season you know straight line winds or whatever it just wouldn't stand so I've got raised beds and I've got hopes on them and you know you just do the best you can do this year's been like I said very very frustrating I've planted things four and five times till finally mom said just stop. I'm person that doesn't like to give up. Lol. Anyway, I'm gonna continue watching. The videos are fantastic. In the comments are great. Learned so much from your channel. I've been very blessed by it. You Patrick and your family y'all stay safe because you know what's going around again yo yeah they released it again so not they the begins with a C they that begins with USA. And I won't get into that here either. Blessings from Florida.🤠🌴🦋⚔️🇲🇾✝️
Any of the mints are from/enjoy the Mediterranian climate. They may be somewhat controlled in your area by shade, cool and wet weather. Here in the Oak/Sf bay area. the mints go bananas. underground runners that break if you pull them. that is peppermint spearmint. Lemon balm gets a lot of seeds. Containers are best for mints.
I have to plant everything in pots here. I used a lot of fabric pots this year. I do not like them. They dry out so fast. I have to water twice s day and my nutrients get depleated fast. I won't use these again.
This is so helpful to me. I live in an apartment and only have a small deck to grow anything. I do use grow bags and there are + and - to them. I only get late afternoon full sun so many things don't do very well. I have had success with tomatoes, peppers and radishes. Do you recommend a good fertilizer? I can't compost obviously living in an apartment, but the fertilizer I use just doesn't seem to work, and I even got it from a garden store in the area. My cucumbers did great then all of a sudden the leaves turned yellow and died before the plant was able to produce much fruit. Anyway my thumb is NOT green! lol
Coffee grounds are good for many plants are ground egg shells. Neither of these require breaking down as compost first, in fact I have never had a compost pile or bin, everything just gets tossed on top of the soil in the gardens, including the potted plants. I recently put some banana peels from a vinegar I had finished, one in each of my berry pots. If concerned about the appearance or any odors, just cover with some soil
Hi Heidi I've notice a lot of the herbs I planted don't like were I planted them. I started to put some in pots, and moved them closer to my house which this may sound weird but next to my house its like there is a different micro climate. There are far fewer weeds. I have clover and purple dead nettle growing there. I think it may be cooler, how strange. Anyway I''m going to move all of my herbs, grapes and rhubarb there. I was thinking of digging up now or would it be best to wait until it is a little cooler, here in Tennessee that would be mid to late September or can I do it now. There was something else I've learned. When my annual have died. I plant nitrogen fixing plant like bush beans or peas in pots for a fall harvest. This adds nitrogen to the soil in the pot for next year. Another good plant for pots is dwarf tomatoes. They were reintroduced in 2009. They grow about 2-3 feet tall and they are great for pots of raised beds. Thanks again your tips this morning were for me very timely. God Bless from Tennessee
Moving closer to the house is not weird at all. I have certain herbs that are planted in the ground right up next to the house because that is where they do best. The reason for this is that being close to a structure provides some shelter from the cold, wind and too much rain through the winter months but can also protect some from too much heat in summer
Best gardening advice I've heard is what was said between the lines in this video. You're not really feeding the plant, you're feeding the little guys in the soil, they break the food down so that it is available for the plant, and everyone happy. Unless you are a prick-a-dick of William G8s and want to kill everyone and the soil they live on. I used to like making compost tea every once in a while, it smells lovely with the molasses, and seemed to work rather well for my pot growing 😉
I did note in the video that blood meal is the only one I buy. All other things I use are kitchen scraps, grass clippings, chop and drop from other plants, fall leaves, wood shavings, coffee grounds
Heidi, how do you keep squirrels and birds out of your fruit. Here in Virginia, we have so many squirrels and hundreds of birds. Any good ideas, please share.
Om south Florida and no shade almost everything in pots. Using the sides of the house for morning and evening sun. Watering more veacuse its hot! I use blood worms and Mulch, need ro do grass been a year. I add soil too and poke my old soil with a small stick. Since watering happens more then feeding is more important
Looking for advice. Had a storm with 80 miles an hour winds. Knock off half the apples from our tree. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do with the apples ? Thank you. Great videos 👍
My first thought is making vinegar if they are just too tart to eat. You would need to add more sugar though than you would with ripe, sweet apples: ua-cam.com/video/depySASTPrw/v-deo.html
I was wondering what you do in the winter? I don't remember if you get a lot of cold there. Do you think putting straw on top of the potted plant is enough? I'm in MO and I lost all my strawberries last year that I had planted in my green stalk - we had a pretty good cold spell.
We do not get a lot of extreme cold here, we get mostly rain, rain, and more rain. I do not cover mine but I am sure that layers of straw and/or leaves do a lot to help insulate. I do put fall leaves on my garden because we can get plenty from neighbors. I do this more to add to the soil than to protect the plants from cold
Do you plant your nasturtium and calendula every year, or does it just come back? I am new at gardening. This is my 2nd year. Most of my stuff is in pots.
I plant them every year. I find that for here I cannot guarantee to get plants coming up from seed that fell in the fall. Nasturtiums I am more likely but it has been very rare to get calendula. I DO collect the seeds in late summer and fall and these are what I plant so I am not buying them every year
I love currents, but EVERY YEAR (even if I put Kaolin clay powder on them before the berries develop), I get current fruit fly larva. You can tell it's in the berry by the dark spot (looks like a nice ripe berry). I had to find out it was larva the yucky way...😂. I got tired of fighting it and pulled them. The Gooseberries leaves get completely decimated by some other bug, leaving only the veins of the leaves, thus... no fruit. 😢 Please advise how you control critters on those two berries. ALSO... almost Every grow bag I have, nothing is doing well, most are dying especially squash. They tend to get moss or algea (sp?) And it doesn't matter how much sun or how often I water. I used the same soil in them as I used in my raised beds, yet the beds are thriving. Very confused. I bought honeysuckle, but apparently I bought the wrong kind for human consumption. Darn it. They're beautiful, but space used up that's less diverse. What type honeysuckle did you buy?
For a natural pesticide try organic neem oil in water as shown here: ua-cam.com/users/shorts2PS4ZB6kUkA but make sure to only spray in evening or early morning when pollinators are not busy. When I purchased the honeysuckle, there was no name on it, I can only assume by images I have seen that it is called Mardi Gras
@@cabinfevernanna5897 I have eaten some and used for making a tasty cold infusion though I mostly grow them for their skin and hair benefits. Here is the video I did on the benefits and uses of honeysuckle: ua-cam.com/video/EtUQQ0l6gVo/v-deo.html
I'm paraplegic and this year I went all grow bags and raised beds.
I got so discouraged watching my garden go to the weeds and my tomatoes rotting on the vine because my wheelchair gets hung up trying to tend to it.
So far, I like the grow bags. I water them everyday, and I'm able to move them if necessary.
I use grow bags too. Pro tip, if you grow potatoes in them, don't move them .
In our area of Colorado, we get a lot of hail, especially this year! My in ground garden has been pummelled, but the plants I have growing in pots on our patio, including potatoes in 5 gallon buckets, can be brought under shelter during a storm. They're doing great!
Central Texas here. It's been 105°+ for 8 wks.
I double potted. And filled between the pots with felt, dirt, sand...
They do this in Africa. It helps a lot.
Good to know! I’ll have to try this!
Another good "pot" is the plastic cooler. Often the lid gets broken or lost. They are also somewhat insulated. I like the ones with the little spigot to drain the cooler. I close it to do a deep, watering soak and then open it tp let out the excess water. My peppermint loved it.
@@maryschrier651 That's a really cool idea! Except I worry about the plastic not being BPA-free.
Good idea!
Love your channel! I'm 63 and this is the very first successful garden I've ever had. I'm having such a blast watching all the little miracles reproduce. Thanks for your inspiration and how easy you make everything seem. God bless you too. :)
I’m 61 and I’ve always had a pretty good garden but Heidi has showed me better ways to use what I have. She is the best with let’s get to work with low anxiety.
I learned from Big Family Homestead UA-cam video the other day that if a person doesn’t press the like button or comment on a video that UA-cam will stop recommending the channel so I gotta get better about commenting since I learn a lot from your channel and would hate to see it disappear.
I love your videos. I learn so much from you each time I watch. Thank you. I’m growing.
It’s so amazing and admirable what you’ve accomplished with your gardening space Heidi. Thank you for sharing this information.😊
Thank you Heidi for the encouragement & God bless 🥰💞🙏💞
Thank you.😊
I add bio-tone every week or two durring the growing season to ensure constant food. It only take a tablespoon. I find it works better than large feedings that give them so much and once. Also pots do not have to be expensive. Unused totes make great garden beds, you know the ones with the broken lid..... don't toss it - garden it. Just remember to add drainage. Two 1/4" - 1/2 holes on the side 1/2 - 1" up is great then you have a small wickable reservoir but the water wont pool too much to get stagnant and rot roots.
Great! Encouraging! Thank you, Heidi. I appreciate all.
I love seeing your gardens! So much love in all the details. We add to our gardens every year. I took out our inedible azaleas from around the front porch and replaced them with pineapple sage, citronella and lemon grass. I’m going to add echinacea in the fall. It’s pretty and it’s functional. Not to mention that my hummingbirds love them. I got these ideas from watching you. Thank you! Many Blessings!
I have a rhody and azalea out front I keep thinking of taking out and replacing with berry shrubs but the reason I cannot bring myself to do it is that they are a couple of plants that stay green through the winter so everything does not look so dead out there! I do need to at least prune my azalea back considerably to give more light and space to my peppermint growing under and around it.
@@RainCountryHomestead I moved the azeleas to the front and side of my little hoop greenhouse, but I have plans to put a raised bed on the outside sides of the greenhouse. Until then, the azeleas will stay there. I do have a rhododendron and a gardenia closer to the front part of our yard that will stay there, and I have a star jasmine that I keep because it smells so good when it blooms!
Now I get why I was not doing so good with my herbs in pots. Thank you so much, Heidi. I am just so thankful.
One year I filled up an entire greenstalk planter with blue lake bush green beans and they did beautifully. So easy to harvest. Some people say they are expensive but i give myself one every year for mothers day since that’s when they are typically on sale. Right now I have strawberries in one and herbs in one
I like the idea of one item in them bc the plants grow So big. I do that next yr.
How did the strawberries do? Easy to pick? What about the runners?
Since people are raving about greenstalk I got one. I'm not thrilled 2 years in. First year was trial and error but this year, a few things do well once they grow, like basil. I will stick some beans in the empty pockets and see😁
@@mpat23 yes! So easy
I rent and only grow in pots (vashon, WA)! Large ornamental grasses, vegetables, asparagus, bamboo, flowers, everything. Made my own 55gal drum strawberry "pot" this spring to add to the collection. I plant in 100% aged horse manure and only use rainwater. Looks like a jungle! Huge tomatoes this year. I top off my pots with more aged poop as the season progresses. 💚🌱
Y'all sure are a beam of light during arduous times. Blessings from Arkansas, a rogers family.
RainCountry, you really inspired me a lot! I recently buy land in pei Canada half acres with my husband! It’s tree lot! I pray we will find a way to work it, both physically and financially!
Hi Heidi, God is good all the time🙏🏻💖💖💖 hallelujah
We only have Containers, as we have a Balcony. You have to get creative, with your planting.
We have a wall of 24 upside down 2 litre Pop bottles, screwed to 4x2s they're full of Salad, Spinach & Beets. I only water the top 6. The Water trickles down through them, & out the bottom onto the Tomatoes, works great. When your short on floor space, grow upwards.
Your container Gardens are really Beautiful. Being edible is even better. 😋🌱
TFS RC, take care & keep really busy everyone. ❤🙂🐶
What a great idea with the pop bottles! I unfortunately don't have any way to attach them to anything since I am in an upper apartment. I'm going to file this idea away and see how I could make it work. Thanks for sharing!
@@danielledunavant3146 Your very Welcome Danielle. There's lots of UA-cam Videos about how to make them. It's where I saw them made. Good Luck.👍🌱
Your gardens are so lush and beautiful! You’re recommendations for planting in pots was VERY informative. I have a tiny side yard here in No. Texas and I learned a lot from this video. Thank you!
Again Heidi in all you do. It is greatly appreciated. Also congratulations on becoming a moderator on another site that I trust. May Yahweh continue to bless, provide and protect you. I love seeing/hearing the grand babies in the background. They are the gift of Gid. Just hearing their food and cries brings a smile to my face and joy to my heart.
Love all of your advice , thanks. I live alone and getting up in age 59 this year. So all this will come in handy. 👍👍
Heidi, your deck with all your container looks beautiful! love how it looks like a little forest on that deck. Thank you, Heidi for another Great video! I so enjoy your videos. Thank you, Heidi, for great advice for all of us.
Thank you Heidi, for this wonderful informative video.😊
Hi Heidi, what a wonderful garden you have. I really appreciate you share your experiences and we learn a lot. Garden, dehydrating and preserving go together to the path of self-sufficiency! God bless you. Have a good evening 😊🎉😊😊😊
Thank you, Heidi, for the encouragement. I love your no-nonsense approach in both your videos and your instructions/suggestions. God IS good…all the time. 💝
Your deck and gardens are so beautiful!! I love how creative you are with placing your planters. 😍 Can you possibly do a video on how often you fertilize your plants and how you replenish the soil in your planters in the spring? (I hope I didn’t miss this in this video…busy with doing things while listening.) Thanks, Heidi!
I wonder that too with maintaining pots since I see other gardeners on UA-cam who will teach you how to start a container garden but aren’t showing any progress videos and how the gardener is maintaining them throughout the growing season.
We have a place called seven Mi fair right down the road and it’s open all year round but in the summertime everyone brings their stuff there and it’s like a gigantic rummage sale so that’s where I get my containers from! Like I said, next year is going to be the year! we have trumpet flowers growing everywhere here! They are in the lawn and the gardens all over the place! I would like to put some up for some cover from the neighbors because they’re on a huge composting business and the dirt always flies over here! The good part is, we drop our wood over there and then we get free compost in return! Win-win !! That’s great that your knee is feeling better!!🥰🌱😊
That is so beautiful Heidi 🥰🥰
This year when I repotted starts for the deck, I added unwashed sheep wool to the bottom of the pot. It adds nutrients, natural, biodegradable and for me, easily accessible and free. It helps to slow the drainage of the water and holds some of the nutrients in when I water so they don't run out of the pot (as fast). A friend of mine has made raised beds out of unwashed sheep wool and chicken wire...he grows the best squash in them.
I'm learning how to read the plants & help it grow 🥰
Thank you Heidi you’re the best!
I use mainly containers. My favorite is grow bags in a kiddie pool. Keep water in bottom at all times for bottom watering. Especially great for tomatoes. I hear people worried about mosquito larva but I have never had a problem.5 years no mosquito problem.
Great information for growing in pots. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Thank you for your tips. I’m new at container gardening. I always learn from you. 🙂
WOW!!! A lot of great info for the beginner & experienced. I am using totes because I rent the land & am not sure what the future holds. This year, due to unforeseen circumstances I will be doing a fall garden. I'm looking forward to fermenting & getting a dehydrator & beginning a more self-sufficient lifestyle. I appreciate your wisdom & willingness to share! Shalom!
Great tips on taking care of the.soil!!
I am growing butternut squash, summer squash, cucumbers, strawberry, potatoes, acorn squash, tomatoes, basil, rosemary, marjoram, mint, oregano in pots.
All on my deck as I have barely any yard.
Last year was 1st year, and I didnt understand the soil thing and fertilizing, so learned alot. This year made soil best I could and have been watering and fertilizing more regular and it's made such a huge difference!!
Thanks for sharing the great tips and ideas.
Thank you for another great discussion and advice.
AND 100% agreement on your mint advice and perspective!☺😃
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤
I use a lot of large pots for my annuals. There is too much competition for the nutrients where I want a splash of color, so pots have been a good solution. I dump the soil in the garden each year, so that helps improve the garden soil. What I use for “potting soil” is a mixture of Canadian peat moss and garden soil. I know garden soil is not recommended for pots, but this has worked well for me. Peat moss holds the moisture, but has little or no nutrients, so I mix in water soluble fertilizer with almost every watering. It is a very weak solution. I should also add that I do not use fillers to save on the dirt needed. The pots get heavy, but each pot does not need daily or twice daily watering.
I do use purchased potting soil for my house plants. But for those who only need to be in the pots for the summer season, this has worked great for me.
Yes, I do use purchased organic soil for house plants and for starting seed indoors. I want to make sure it is free of other seed so I can be certain what is coming up in my pots
Thank you Heidi!
"... happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." 💗 Indeed!
Blessings always! 💜
Thank you for sharing the beauty, goodness and serenity of your garden! Love and Prayers!💜✝️🕊🐎🎗🦄
That is so cool Heidi, thank you for sharing your wonderful idea for trellising strawberries & runner beans🥰🥰
So informative. Thank you for sharing. God Bless!
I've had mint growing in a big container for 2 1/2 years and it had gotten so root bound, that I finally planted it in the ground and wow it's loving it. Spreading it's roots 😊. Being creative is a big part of who I am and living this new homestead lifestyle allows me to bring it to life and that works. We live in Salem Missouri and there are lots of rocks. As we find them we throw them in a pile. We've turned those rocks into a garden bed, I call it my rock garden. Just a little morter mix and rocks of all sizes. Looks beautiful and natural with the rock look. We also just made a trellis for our grapevines from cattle panel we had. Every little bit you do over the months and years really makes up something so beautiful. We really do have to pay attention to our plants and what works and doesn't. 2nd year growing food and every year you learn something new and interesting, everyday is a growing experience in our lives and in all the living things around us. God shows me a lot just buy watching the trees, leaves and all that grow around them. Blessings to you and thank you for sharing Heidi. Missouri Wrightchk
I let my mint grow as much as it wants the more the better! If I ever got too much somehow Id just give it away. I welcome plants that grow and do well on their own lol!
Thanks Heidi.
Blessings ❤
Great tips , I am always open to suggestions.
I’ve only used fabric pots for my condo garden. I mulch to help retain water. Love all your content❤
I mix container gardening with hugleculture and wicking beds. I get rubbish bins (uv stable), drill a drainage hole 40cm from the base, put sticks and pieces of stumps down the bottom, then fill it up with compost with a top layer of potting mix. With some of them, I put in a piece of down pipe with holes drilled in. I water in the downpipe so the water is carried beneath the surface and won't evaporate. I also put compost matter down the pipe and add garden worms so there is a little built in worm farm. I put the bin up on bricks to catch any excess water to reuse. It works extremely well. Works with a normal size bucket too.
I think this is my favorite video that you have ever made ! Love your garden. ❤
Ty. I use the holes in cinderblocks to plant things. I also bought alot of wash buckets at Dollar Tree for only $1.25 each & I just poke some holes in the bottom.
Thank you that was good advice, I am growing in pots and very little in the ground.
So beautiful and educative
I grow potatoes, thyme, oregano, lemon balm, basil, green onions, spearmint, peppermint, chives, sweet woodruff, runner beans, sage, marshmallow(! First time seeds grew this year. Yay!) and geraniums on my porch. I don’t get a lot of sun because the porch faces north east and only has one open side. Over the four years I’ve been growing I’ve learned that I can’t get flowers or vegetables in abundance because I don’t have enough sun. But herbs and greens do grow well. I “fertilised” alot this year with kitchen scraps and peels. That seems to have helped the soil. I threw everything and anything on the soil that was organic matter. I hadn’t planted the tomato plant - it grew from a kitchen scrap.
I planted all my mints around my dog pen to help with ticks.
Good show !!!!
Youre helping me understand how to get back to the garden idea that I left behind due to a lack of physical ability.
Beautiful garden! Thanks for the tips!
Really love the idea of a mint garden! You are so creative.
Hey Heidi 🥰 I love having some of my chocolate mint in a pot right out my front door off our front porch, it's covered🥰
Thank you now I know why my mint is not doing well in the pot
Your Amazing thanks for sharing✌🙏
Hi Heidi! Great information! It is fun seeing your gardens :) I just wanted to let you know that I did try those bags for pots, and mine desinigrated after a season, so for longevity, I thik the Pots are great! Every year I am expanding my garden's so thanks for the infor. I do want to try that mojito mint, and add more lemon balm, I never see to have enough! Have a great day, and blessed week!
Thank you for sharing
I've had mints grow out of the drainage holes in my long containers and come up beside them. I'm constantly cutting them for drying and freezing for hot teas in the winter, as well as fresh sun tea in the summer. I also have a few containers of compost tea that I make and water my tomatoes, zucchini, etc with it about once a month.
I do container garden on my patio and i live in apartment, senior housing. In Northern Nevada, high desert. Whats doing good for me this year is tomatoes, kale. With the heat wave most veggies struggled or died. Even the zucchini didnt like it. What i do at the end of the growing season, i take a tarp empty the pots of the plants that wont grow back. Mix in new soil and do a cut and drop of old plants. I mix it and put it back in the pots and cover with card board. I tried bare roots strawberries and they didn't grow. I need a better source to buy them. Do what you can with what you have. Overall its fun and delicious to eat.
I have several large herb gardens, but like you, I keep some a few steps outside the kitchen door. I have a few Dollar Tree knockoffs of the Greenstalk (they work great and are SO much cheaper) filled with herbs for kitchen "right now" use and the herb gardens are for dehydrating and freezing.
Beautiful 😍
Yesaaaas!
Back in the day when I was younger and had a yard instead of living in a condo, I used peppermint as an additive to the blackberries I grew and made into blackberry-peppermint preserves. Leaning how much peppermint per batch was a trial and error, but people would buy the preserves off of me as an "already sold" as much as I wanted to. I found that low sugar Blackberry-peppermint has been a great additive for digestive health. I found that fruit food spikes every 3-5 years always boosted the crop I got and that was also trial and error. I think I will see what I can do with a grow tower and strawberries. Going from northern illinois to Minnesota required a change in what I can grow. Global warming has also changed what grows well. My daughter found that Bell Peppers prefer pots because the plants like warmer roots and will produce a lot more fruit.
I have grow bags. I love them but they need ground soaked every day. I grow squash and determinant tomatoes.
I used grow bags this year fir first time. The problem is the water and nutrients leach out if the bags so you have to water a lot and amend soil quite a but but everything grew really well in them.
You have such a beautiful garden. I have started mine slowly the last 3 years. I have some mostly herbs in pots. But my garden and herbs this year have been killed this year by thousands of grasshoppers and it's disheartening after all the work put in. Those blk cloth pots for me did not work I think the blk gets to hot. Everything I have planted in them has died. I have clay sandy soil okla. And it has been expensive to redo some of the dirt. I planted 30 heirloom tomato plants this year and the grasshoppers and sun has pretty much destroyed them all. I am about to give up on gardening. That said my holy basil is taking over everywhere. I would love to get some comfrey seeds and can not find anywhere. Kudos to your wonderful gardens. I love your videos ❤
I bought my comfrey from Etsy
Look at Permanent Pastures Farm. They sell comfrey starts.
Try the light gray cloth pots. They don't retain the heat as much as the black ones do.
Try putting netting over your veggies to keep the grasshoppers off them...I'm in east Tampa, FL & we have almost every bug known to man!...Netting helps!
@@carolynmcbride3136 netting is used as is neem oil. Nothing has helped. There are litterly thousands here.
Heidi, thank you for the tips!
Can you direct us to where we can get plants to grow?!? I did find Heirloom seeds through Patriot Seeds. But I would like to find seeds and plants to add that are edible. I have saved empty mineral tubs that we provide for are cows. That are the perfect size The time you take to produce/provide these videos is very much appreciated.
Although our weather here in N central California is dryer and a lot hotter we can still grow the majority of these plants. God bless you and your family!
In Jesus Name 🙏🏼
I do sell seeds from many of my herbs and a few veggies. For me, I look for new seeds on Etsy from reputable sellers, especially those in places with similar climate.
If you are interested in seeing a list of seeds and more that we sell, please email me at raincountryhomestead@gmail.com
I did buy some seeds from you a couple years ago. Haven’t planted them yet
But it has been a difficult couple years
For me. As you say “God is good all the time”🙏🏼 oh yes thank you I will look into !
Heidi try growing the Egyptian Walking onions. They are kinda fun.
I am growing them already, they are growing in my carrots boxes. I started them last year
Heidi I loved this video. ..I accidently hit the thumbs down but quickly hit the thumbs up . Just wanted you to know ...sorry. I also plant some herb's in pot's too.
I would have never known as I never see the thumb's down anyway, haha! But, I have made that same mistake several times myself, it happens :)
Your greenbeans grow in pots! Mine did terrible in the square foot greenhouse garden. Maybe I'll try fall greenbeans.
The do best in the ground, I do not get as many beans off the ones in pots but I still get some and they add more life and beauty around the area
good evening Heidi! Another great video. I pass this one on to my mom we're in Florida and we're going to be getting ready for our fall garden which we probably won't be able to plant until October but I'm hoping will be able to plant things in September but we've got some blueberry bushes that just aren't doing so great and we've had a whore a lot of spraying overhead if you know what I mean. So a lot of things just French fried we couldn't grow anything after probably May normally we can grow but it was hot here in February. You know they keep creating this heat dome over us so we can't grow because we haven't had any problems before this shit this year and it started in February I had shade cloth over everything. It was ridiculous and things look like they were pretty much being radiated if you know what I mean. So I was looking at this and I just mowed probably seven of the 10 acres. I got a Lotta grass out there because we've been sick for three weeks with some virus. Whatever they wanna call it we don't do the shots we will never do the shots but anyway went to acupuncture and they fixed me up. Should've gone sooner western medicine. Well no comment from a nurse of 27 years good Lord God help us but anyway, I didn't really mean to get into that but I'm gonna go rake up because I've got I mean the grass was probably 3 feet high and I was mowing with a Gravely lawnmower because we don't have a tractor and it took me three times as long and three times much gas but the good thing is I just watched a video I'm gonna get those clippings there's not they're not clippings they're 3 feet of grass that got chopped up a little bit and tomorrow I'm gonna go out and put it around all our blueberry bushes. Ours are all in the ground. Our problem is the birds love to get the blueberries before we get them even if we put the wire thing around it and everything they seem to be able to fly in. We do have a lot of birds out here. But thanks for the advice I learned a lot I've got raised beds. We grow a lot in raised beds large raised beds actually but with everything that's been going on with our environment and I know you understand what I'm saying. It's been so hard to grow this year we're going to try some heirloom seeds and see how they do some of the seeds that we collected over the past couple years we were told to put them in the freezer in a vacuum seal them well that wasn't a good idea so when we went to use them again, we really weren't getting a Harvest. Just been a really weird year for growing here and obviously we know what it's due to so we're gonna try to work around that. Can't build a hard tunnel. Have to do it by myself. I'm 63. I'm strong and I can do a lot, but I can't build one of those by myself and with a greenhouse or something with the winds that we get during hurricane season you know straight line winds or whatever it just wouldn't stand so I've got raised beds and I've got hopes on them and you know you just do the best you can do this year's been like I said very very frustrating I've planted things four and five times till finally mom said just stop. I'm person that doesn't like to give up. Lol. Anyway, I'm gonna continue watching. The videos are fantastic. In the comments are great. Learned so much from your channel. I've been very blessed by it. You Patrick and your family y'all stay safe because you know what's going around again yo yeah they released it again so not they the begins with a C they that begins with USA. And I won't get into that here either. Blessings from Florida.🤠🌴🦋⚔️🇲🇾✝️
Any of the mints are from/enjoy the Mediterranian climate. They may be somewhat controlled in your area by shade, cool and wet weather. Here in the Oak/Sf bay area. the mints go bananas. underground runners that break if you pull them. that is peppermint spearmint. Lemon balm gets a lot of seeds. Containers are best for mints.
Each person has to do best for t heir area but most of mine spread underground as well, just like for anyone
👁👁 Always a pleasure …🫶🏼
If mint is invading into my lawn I just mow it ,smells great .
There is a section in my back yard that is turning more mint than grass and I am fine with that :)
Green stalk had their terracotta color $70 off.
I have to plant everything in pots here. I used a lot of fabric pots this year. I do not like them. They dry out so fast. I have to water twice s day and my nutrients get depleated fast. I won't use these again.
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This is so helpful to me. I live in an apartment and only have a small deck to grow anything. I do use grow bags and there are + and - to them. I only get late afternoon full sun so many things don't do very well. I have had success with tomatoes, peppers and radishes. Do you recommend a good fertilizer? I can't compost obviously living in an apartment, but the fertilizer I use just doesn't seem to work, and I even got it from a garden store in the area. My cucumbers did great then all of a sudden the leaves turned yellow and died before the plant was able to produce much fruit. Anyway my thumb is NOT green! lol
Coffee grounds are good for many plants are ground egg shells. Neither of these require breaking down as compost first, in fact I have never had a compost pile or bin, everything just gets tossed on top of the soil in the gardens, including the potted plants. I recently put some banana peels from a vinegar I had finished, one in each of my berry pots. If concerned about the appearance or any odors, just cover with some soil
Hi Heidi
I've notice a lot of the herbs I planted don't like were I planted them. I started to put some in pots, and moved them closer to my house which this may sound weird but next to my house its like there is a different micro climate. There are far fewer weeds. I have clover and purple dead nettle growing there. I think it may be cooler, how strange.
Anyway I''m going to move all of my herbs, grapes and rhubarb there. I was thinking of digging up now or would it be best to wait until it is a little cooler, here in Tennessee that would be mid to late September or can I do it now.
There was something else I've learned. When my annual have died. I plant nitrogen fixing plant like bush beans or peas in pots for a fall harvest. This adds nitrogen to the soil in the pot for next year.
Another good plant for pots is dwarf tomatoes. They were reintroduced in 2009. They grow about 2-3 feet tall and they are great for pots of raised beds.
Thanks again your tips this morning were for me very timely. God Bless from Tennessee
Moving closer to the house is not weird at all. I have certain herbs that are planted in the ground right up next to the house because that is where they do best. The reason for this is that being close to a structure provides some shelter from the cold, wind and too much rain through the winter months but can also protect some from too much heat in summer
@@RainCountryHomestead What about transplanting the other plants do you think it is too early should I wait>
Best gardening advice I've heard is what was said between the lines in this video. You're not really feeding the plant, you're feeding the little guys in the soil, they break the food down so that it is available for the plant, and everyone happy.
Unless you are a prick-a-dick of William G8s and want to kill everyone and the soil they live on.
I used to like making compost tea every once in a while, it smells lovely with the molasses, and seemed to work rather well for my pot growing 😉
Thanks for all the container advice. Do you use any fertilisers besides blood meal?
I did note in the video that blood meal is the only one I buy. All other things I use are kitchen scraps, grass clippings, chop and drop from other plants, fall leaves, wood shavings, coffee grounds
@@RainCountryHomestead Thanks for the clarification.
Thank you for the info it was very helpful. Do you have a link for the rainbow peppers they are gorgeous. I would love to grow them in my garden.
I sell the seeds from my peppers. For a list of seeds and other products we make and sell, email me at raincountryhomestead@gmail.com
Heidi, how do you keep squirrels and birds out of your fruit. Here in Virginia, we have so many squirrels and hundreds of birds. Any good ideas, please share.
I use tulle as netting as described here: ua-cam.com/users/shortsRHxpEc0QE3E
Om south Florida and no shade almost everything in pots. Using the sides of the house for morning and evening sun. Watering more veacuse its hot! I use blood worms and Mulch, need ro do grass been a year. I add soil too and poke my old soil with a small stick. Since watering happens more then feeding is more important
I'm in east Tampa, FL...Shade cloth on bamboo sticks & cheap beach umbrellas from Walmart help shade & move airflow.
Looking for advice. Had a storm with 80 miles an hour winds. Knock off half the apples from our tree. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do with the apples ? Thank you. Great videos 👍
My first thought is making vinegar if they are just too tart to eat. You would need to add more sugar though than you would with ripe, sweet apples: ua-cam.com/video/depySASTPrw/v-deo.html
I was wondering what you do in the winter? I don't remember if you get a lot of cold there. Do you think putting straw on top of the potted plant is enough? I'm in MO and I lost all my strawberries last year that I had planted in my green stalk - we had a pretty good cold spell.
We do not get a lot of extreme cold here, we get mostly rain, rain, and more rain. I do not cover mine but I am sure that layers of straw and/or leaves do a lot to help insulate. I do put fall leaves on my garden because we can get plenty from neighbors. I do this more to add to the soil than to protect the plants from cold
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you
Heidi, what do you do with purple cone flowers??💞
Here is the video I did some years ago on echinacea: ua-cam.com/video/6tsQvz3geZk/v-deo.html
Do you plant your nasturtium and calendula every year, or does it just come back? I am new at gardening. This is my 2nd year. Most of my stuff is in pots.
I plant them every year. I find that for here I cannot guarantee to get plants coming up from seed that fell in the fall. Nasturtiums I am more likely but it has been very rare to get calendula. I DO collect the seeds in late summer and fall and these are what I plant so I am not buying them every year
Does nasturtium (spelling?) do well in the shade of the grape vines? Mine keep dying so I'd like to find a better place.
Yes, I find my nasturtium do best when allowed to grow among other plants that provide some protection from extreme temperatures be they cold or hot
@@RainCountryHomesteadthanks
I do not like the "cloth" pots with handles. I can't keep the moisture level correct with them.
Yes, many have said that and I have decided I will just stick to what I am doing
I love currents, but EVERY YEAR (even if I put Kaolin clay powder on them before the berries develop), I get current fruit fly larva. You can tell it's in the berry by the dark spot (looks like a nice ripe berry). I had to find out it was larva the yucky way...😂. I got tired of fighting it and pulled them. The Gooseberries leaves get completely decimated by some other bug, leaving only the veins of the leaves, thus... no fruit. 😢 Please advise how you control critters on those two berries. ALSO... almost Every grow bag I have, nothing is doing well, most are dying especially squash. They tend to get moss or algea (sp?) And it doesn't matter how much sun or how often I water. I used the same soil in them as I used in my raised beds, yet the beds are thriving. Very confused. I bought honeysuckle, but apparently I bought the wrong kind for human consumption. Darn it. They're beautiful, but space used up that's less diverse. What type honeysuckle did you buy?
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For a natural pesticide try organic neem oil in water as shown here: ua-cam.com/users/shorts2PS4ZB6kUkA
but make sure to only spray in evening or early morning when pollinators are not busy.
When I purchased the honeysuckle, there was no name on it, I can only assume by images I have seen that it is called Mardi Gras
@@RainCountryHomestead I researched that there's only a couple that are edible. Do you eat yours or just use it in hair rinses etc?
@@cabinfevernanna5897 I have eaten some and used for making a tasty cold infusion though I mostly grow them for their skin and hair benefits. Here is the video I did on the benefits and uses of honeysuckle: ua-cam.com/video/EtUQQ0l6gVo/v-deo.html
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you!