"I'd much prefer if you went out to the garden yourself as you're watching this video"... Kevin (cool name btw), you are overestimating many people's wifi connections 🤣
Always mix up what you’re doing when explaining. I.e. you transitioned from talking about seed starting indoors to a cut to outside watering and fertilizing. If you want to be fancy setup two cameras so you can transition the cut masking like there’s another person filming. Basically just a way to tie in space with flow. With movement always edit with movement. Watch a car commercial 😉
I love this! Showing that gardening isn’t all glamours and huge harvests all day everyday day. Daily tasks, tips, and stories. I could watch this any day. Hope to see more
been looking for videos just puttering in their gardens and such, chatting about gardening, random tips and tricks, and thoughts. I loved this video style
Kevin, I love the format, man. It’s not rushed. Sometimes it’s nice to experience the whole thing. It’s kinda like hangin’ out with ya on any given day and just gardening. I love that mic you’re using, too. You sound real chill and nice to listen to like an audio book.😁👏🏽👏🏽👌🏾
@@epicgardening At the beginning of the video I thought: "uh half an hour of Kevin gardening, nice!". At the end of the video, I was disappointed "already over?". We need more of your chilled way of showing us things around the garden! I can slow down, relax, and learn at the same time.
"you never win 100% in the garden" SO TRUE! I killed quite a few plants before i started gardening even somewhat successfully. So many new gardeners struggle to continue when they experience their first failures (myself included), but killing plants is just part of the learning process. You can't be a good gardener before you're a bad one!
I'm a first time gardner and I was so down about most of my seeds either not sprouting at all or dying after a little bit of growth. But you comment was right on time. It also applies to anything new we try to do in life 💚💚💚.
@@shaumia82 almost anything but some people are born with inherent talent. I know someone who picked up a guitar at age 4 and played without lessons by ear. Maybe he is reincarnated I don't know but some people are very good at what they do from the get go. Some say you have to fall down while riding a bike to be a good rider. I say you are a better rider when you learn to not fall down. Even good gardeners have bad years and several mass production farmers are learning the mono crops they grew and the ways their grandparents tilled is not really good for the soil which is the base of great gardening
You know, at the end of each episode of Gardener's World (BBC) they list several jobs that you could do in the garden... Maybe morph this into that sort of format which you really are kind of doing and call it Epic Garden Jobs or some such thing. Focus the jobs based around your garden but also for the time of the season as each week requires different jobs and such. No sense in reinventing the wheel on a format that seems to work! You also mentioned not glamorous and for many newer gardeners they need to see and hear what has to be done (or should be done) that isn't the fun side of gardening but will show the work in the middle of the season when the garden is popping!
@@lisakukla459 Its primarily on BBC (25 years and going strong) but you can catch episodes uploaded to UA-cam and possibly some other services as well. I love it!
The jobs for the weekend section is great on gardeners world. It's broadcast on a Friday evening, so is always up to date and gives us a good reminder of what we ought to be doing/catching up on. Monty Don (main presenter) is also very Bob Ross-like, we could listen to him for hours. Just one point though. I don't know what kind of numbers you have from the southern hemisphere, but they're going to be 6 months out of sync with the seasons 😉
We need t shirts that say, " in my humble Opinion " And another "Plant Daddy" lol This was a nice visit but, I'll take my Ohio weather. It changes every hour or day. Its like, if you'd like a certain kind of weather, we say "wait for it, wait for it and see just what you wanted. Lol I needed the seed start information. I've been collecting seeds.
I lived and gardened in Ohio for 30 years. Now I live in Central Texas and it is like learning to garden all over again. The nice part is that the garden season runs from February to the beginning of December!
@@ellenchancey770 you are soo lucky, I so badly want to move further south. I would love a longer growing season. So which do you prefer Ohio or Texas?
@@growwithnature7209 Not sure yet. I won't be starting my raised beds until February after last frost, but it looks like the biggest issue will be with rainfall. A good drip system will be in place at that time.
Seriously I grew up in LA. We don't have winters. I now moved to the south. For the first time in my life I've seen snow. Your frost is not bad at all. You can make it work for sure. Now up north, everything is winding down. In the south where I am, it's a few months will we get frost. Actual ice on the ground. Not just California cold. 🤣 Miss it.
Hi Kevin like the new format. You know what's funny. The Addams Family was on tv here in the Netherlands, had to think of you with your cousin It reverence. 😂~ Shanna
We just started getting some good wheather in Houston! it is in the 70s this week which is a relief because I can finally move my fall peas and cilantro outside.
Really I like this sort of vids Instead of each gardener showing his massive harvests every day and that effects some people with negative that they don't get this harvest I absolutely sometimes feel this way But today you showed that every gardener have that simple work doing daily
Just chillin' in the garden with you! Felt as if I was off in another section helping you with raking, pruning lol & while carrying an easy going conversation. Not just relaxing but informative & educational. I agree with other viewers...can watch these type vids over again. 🌻🌿
Totally forgot to mention that after looking at Cal Poly for dragonfruit, they don't ship outside of Cali so I found a seller on Ebay. Purchased some cuttings of Delight, Cosmic Charlie, and Physical Graffiti. Super excited.
You know I love hearing that even a knowledgeable gardener can still struggle with these annoying issues, like diseases, pests, and heat stress. But yeah literally dealing with all of that right now 😒
Its comforting to see you start some seeds and talk about taking care of them. I cant help but feel like I am doing something wrong every time I do it. I don't have any gardner friends and rely on the interwebs for encouragement and confirmation. Thank you!
a minute into the video and I already LOVE this style of video, thanks! oh also, kinda gross but Im struggling with white grub infestation, I live in southern California, if you have some tips on how to handle this, would be much appreciated! :)
Epic Gardening Yes, please. Just main pests in general. I’m new to gardening and this summer have had my fair share of experiences already... first squash borer and miners, then I think cabbage looper, and I didn’t even have any brassicas... then some melon worms, and now am battling aphids and I think grasshoppers lol (they’re taking out whole pumpkin and squash leaves). Oh, and I saw a squash bug today. 😆 I know you can’t do a video on all these of course, but it’d be nice to see that even an experienced gardener like yourself battles with these things to keep your plants alive. It’s been a struggle, sad and frustrating at times, but I’m not giving up! It’s encouraging to see fruits and veggies growing on my plants, so I’m going to keep at it and try harder next time to prevent. Hi from Central Texas! 👋🏼
ndrunningriver I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂 I’m a first time gardener too and I can’t believe how many kind of disease and pest there are. Something new to learn every day with gardening. I’m dealing with some grasshoppers too 😩 but I have a soft spot for them. I feel so bad kicking them out the garden lol
Jasmin Espino yes!! EVERY DAY something new. Things can change drastically from day to day. It’s insane. Grasshoppers just recently became a problem for me. Idk where they were all summer, or maybe they just prefer the big mature leaves I have all over the garden now. Who knows, but I’m trying really hard to keep my plants alive for a harvest! I’ve got some squash, pumpkins, and cantaloupes growing!! I want to eat them before everything else does haha! Good luck with your garden, and kick those hoppers out girl! 😆
Needed a break from homework. This was perfect. Went out and did some watering, collected flower seeds, and took a little walk. I have to go back and actually watch this video, as all I did was listen. But it was just the refreshment I needed before heading back to the grind. Thank you! 😄🌻
Love this. U can even do less talking and more aesthetic type of filming. ...if u dont wanna hear ur voice that is... lol. Learned a lot! And good tips on the mint, will definitely utilize root pruning and not be to hard on myself when its grown too much. Always thought I killed it when it may have just gotten too big under the soil!
Only the 3rd week of Spring here in SE Queensland, Australia & today it got to 31 degrees C (about 86 F) already! I also had my last frost just last month ... gardening here is certainly a challenge but your videos keep me motivated :)
I love this! too late at night for gardening but happy to listen/half-watch while working on projects. Today, spinning yarn. Another day, perhaps preparing a load for the dehydrator, or maybe even actively gardening! (though I tend to do that headphone-less with the cats for company)
loved learning the tid bits of this video! Watching it with my morning coffee before work and it's super relaxing and nice to listen to! would love to see more chore videos haha :)
This is the video i have been waiting for!!! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation. I was really having a major burn out taking care of my first veggie garden. I have the same “citronella” but my neighbor told me it’s not the real citronella. She said what I have is some kind of geranium that is always being mistaken as citronella because of the smell. Accdg to her, the real citronella kinda looks like lemongrass. Anyway, I still scatter around some mosquito bits for insurance. Great vid Kevin!
Wow that's quite the variety of grow bags . I've been tempted to use recyclable shopping bags and now I will. I got some big grow bags but they don't seem high enough on the sides so I might build up the sides with landscape fabric. On seeing your growbag garden you just inspirede to create a grow bag raised bed. Thanks 😊
Will you be doing a walk through next week too? I was at a hardware store when this was half hour in. In your gardeners 💓 lol. I had transplanted an ornamental shrub that was severely shocked and dropped all its leaves. As I was pulling it out to scrap it there were plenty of white roots and the stems were loaded with new growth bright green buds. I still have it from a decade ago. With your much larger space you might want a few compost bins 4 times the size of that little full one ;-)
Greetings from South Africa! Love your videos, thanks to you I have a dragon fruit growing in my yard along with blueberries, prickly pears and sugarcane!
Zone 6a here. Carrots live down to 10F just fine. I plant in late August, they grow up by last frost, and the ground becomes like a root cellar. I can pull all winter, and I pull the remainder March 10, right before spring crops like lettuce go in. Kale, turnips, and parsnips also overwinter fine in this zone. The issue for planting in autumn is, you lose light, so plant growth slows. We need more like 60 days for a 45 day crop in autumn. Here around 39N, there is no growth at all after October, and not again until late February, not even if we have a warm spell.
Lol I'm zone 9 and I just planted some red and black corn its really purple but still cool i got 1 out of 20 sunflower seeds to grow but I did get it from my bird seed i just threw them in i didn't even think it would work lol 😅 so I planted some kidney beans next to it and the corn lol
I live in West Des Moines so 5b zone. This was the first year I started growing from seeds indoor around February. Had everything going good until we experienced the Derecho storm. I’ve lived in Santa Barbara for years miss that climate. But don’t miss the Santa Anna winds. Point being no matter where you live mother nature dictates.
So many typos, walking the dog and iPhone talk to text can be interesting at times. I think you explain things well and very simple. As in you cover a specific topic, need, problem, or just what’s curious for others to learn. 👏🤙✌️
Really like this format! Very chilled and good to potter around to - also think my neighbours will prefer hearing this than the trashy reality TV I often have on in the background when I garden!
I can’t wait until the garden spreadsheets are available! I’ve been looking for a good growing calendar/planner, and I finally just decided to try making my own, but it’s still not great. So excited to get the ones you’re making!
I like this type of video as a change of pace. It was relaxing. Thanks for putting this up :) Sadly my growing season is coming to an end, i have no cold frames to be able to extend it into my winter here in zone 5. But i cant wait till next growing season. Im prepared more now than i was this last spring. So i hope itll work out. Just have to figure out good growing lights again in my price range. Ive watched so many videos that i thought i had gotten decent ones. But ehh... Trial and error when it comes to them.
Very much enjoyed that Kevin... So now tomorrow I will go out and tidy up as I have been needing to do that and have now been reminded... love the new idea and would love more Garden with me videos... I think I will do more grow bags this next garden too. Thanks for the great examples.. and the tips...
Taking a break from the garden to watch this video actually! Cutting down some dead black berry bushes, laid a new mulch pathway in the raised bed garden area which gives me a better idea of where the new beds will go when I build them, cleaning up the pathway to the firepit, digging in hard clay in front to create an area for bulbs (once I am done it will be a bed that borders the driveway and street, but the clay is beating my older out of shape body into the dirt!) Feel like I should be doing more, but gotta listen to the body at the same time and be patient with the garden and myself...
Something I ready about in one of my homestead books is to place you compost near you chickens. Because you can turn your chickens loose in your compost and they will turn it for you and. They will clean our the seeds and some bugs. Win win. Make thise chickrns work for you
Really appreciate the honest gardening fails and also forgets.. ie where's that thermometer? Oh well. I'll bury it some more in this too small compost bin in the wrong location, water it down and find it later. It's so real and relatable. Thank you for demonstrating that it's ok not to be organized all the time. 👍🏽
Why don't you sell your overripe veggies as rodent food for a few bucks? Guinea pig gets fed, you get a bit of extra cash and it clears up space in your garden and compost for more important things
Really liked this new idea. You've got my vote to keep making these type of videos. Really liked the chilled out, friendly chat vibe. It's a great contrast to the "how to" videos.
I was listening to NPR the other day, and they had on someone who studies bugs. She said that citronella is actually a myth! I was shocked but thought I should share
I’m going to start trying my hand at gardening for the next season(2021), so I’m researching. Can you reuse a bag after a plant that was in it had powdery mildew? If so, is there a process for that? Thanks in advance!!!
Also, if a plant HAD powdery mildew, does it go in the mulch ?! (I think NOT, as who wants that to thrive, but maybe a hot enough mulch will kill it?!) More info please !
Great video. Like watching you work, seeing the way you prune back and deal with the plants that are on the way out makes me feel a bit better about letting go of the ones that no matter how much I do they just don't want to work with me. Move on to the next and put your energy into the new plants. Looking forward to more videos in this format.
The amount of plants you grow in containers/grow bags is... Astonishing! Awesome 🍀 Do you top your pepper plants? And what's your opinion on topping peppers in general? Very nice video 👍 happy gardening!
Let me know what you think of this format, everyone! I only want to do it if you like it :)
"I'd much prefer if you went out to the garden yourself as you're watching this video"... Kevin (cool name btw), you are overestimating many people's wifi connections 🤣
I thought the format was great! Always happy to see what you have going on in the garden, and learn a thing or two about prepping for the next season
I like the idea...it’s good to see gardening tips and ideas from the beginning, not just the end result...
Always mix up what you’re doing when explaining. I.e. you transitioned from talking about seed starting indoors to a cut to outside watering and fertilizing. If you want to be fancy setup two cameras so you can transition the cut masking like there’s another person filming. Basically just a way to tie in space with flow. With movement always edit with movement. Watch a car commercial 😉
It kind of feels like you're hanging out in a veteran gardener's garden, just soaking things in and learning. I like it!
This is like the Bob Ross of gardening. Ever make mistakes in life? Let’s make them cabbages. Yea, they’re cabbages now. 👍❤️
New moniker. I will get a shirt with my face and his afro
Epic Gardening YES I was hoping you would say that
I would buy this merch!
@@epicgardening I WILL BUY THAT SHIRT! I WOULD BUY A STICKER. I WOULD BUY A TOTE BAG. A Bob Ross design would be soo funny and accurate lol
you mean "happy little cabbages"
I love this! Showing that gardening isn’t all glamours and huge harvests all day everyday day. Daily tasks, tips, and stories. I could watch this any day. Hope to see more
been looking for videos just puttering in their gardens and such, chatting about gardening, random tips and tricks, and thoughts. I loved this video style
I like it too.
Thanks plant daddy. 😁
LOL Pat
Henceforth Kevin is Plant Daddy. It’s been decided.
@@Lifeofwiley lol
You should make t-shirts that say “Plant Daddy” on them!!!
@@erinwyckoff4346 yessss! Now I want plant mom tshirts!
Kevin, I love the format, man. It’s not rushed. Sometimes it’s nice to experience the whole thing. It’s kinda like hangin’ out with ya on any given day and just gardening. I love that mic you’re using, too. You sound real chill and nice to listen to like an audio book.😁👏🏽👏🏽👌🏾
Glad to hear!
@@epicgardening At the beginning of the video I thought: "uh half an hour of Kevin gardening, nice!". At the end of the video, I was disappointed "already over?". We need more of your chilled way of showing us things around the garden! I can slow down, relax, and learn at the same time.
Love the format. It's very Bob Ross meets gardening and I'm here for it.
I wish there was a love button. This is my to do list.
"I'm a plant daddy" lol 😂
He's a daddy alright
"you never win 100% in the garden" SO TRUE! I killed quite a few plants before i started gardening even somewhat successfully. So many new gardeners struggle to continue when they experience their first failures (myself included), but killing plants is just part of the learning process. You can't be a good gardener before you're a bad one!
'You cant be a good gardener before you're a bad one'. I love that. So true. 😁
I'm a first time gardner and I was so down about most of my seeds either not sprouting at all or dying after a little bit of growth. But you comment was right on time. It also applies to anything new we try to do in life 💚💚💚.
Same. 😣😁 I don't think we're getting enough sun where we are...
Well yes you can. Or I was. My previous gardens thrived and this year's are mostly stunted but some 90% dead thanks to slugs :(
@@shaumia82 almost anything but some people are born with inherent talent. I know someone who picked up a guitar at age 4 and played without lessons by ear. Maybe he is reincarnated I don't know but some people are very good at what they do from the get go. Some say you have to fall down while riding a bike to be a good rider. I say you are a better rider when you learn to not fall down. Even good gardeners have bad years and several mass production farmers are learning the mono crops they grew and the ways their grandparents tilled is not really good for the soil which is the base of great gardening
FINE. If you're coming with me, I'll go cut back those chives.
lauremony lol this just motivated me to regain control of my mint 😆
@@laurafedora5385 You can control mint? Huh? You did say control, right? uh huh
@@conniewojahn6445 I thought controlling mint was my problem. But now a rat has decided she lives in there. City garden problems 😭
@@laurafedora5385 i want to lose control of my mint in my raised bed, any advice?
I’m pretty excited for the planting calendar spreadsheet you’re making!! 🥰🌿🤓
Me too!!
@@epicgardening Yessssssss! I've tried making my own spreadsheet just to track what I'm planting and it's so overwhelming from scratch.
Me too!!
@@epicgardening Hey, your sooo awesome!!
@@epicgardening Where can I find the spreadsheet?
I love to see failures, it reminds me I’m not the only one to have a crop flop.
Would love to garden with you but here in England it's 8.30pm and dark - so I'll watch and do my gardening tomorrow
Enjoy :)
I did my gardening in the morning, but I can re listen to it as I do some chores tomorrow. I love the sound of your voice
Really relaxing video and it felt exactly like gardening live with you Kevin. I hope you do more of this videos 👌🏻
Will do!
Look at this Hulk of a man, just picking up a whole wheelbarrow like that!
😁 Just teasing.
Gonna watch and listen while I tend to my 3 tiny potted lettuce plants on my patio 😂
1kaaa 🥰
Go for it!
What a timing! Literally assembling a new raised bed so this will be great for the background, my god what are the odds lol.
Got you covered!
These days I've been listening to blood boiling news podcasts to keep up with the world while I get chores done... This is a very welcome change!
I do agree..We need gardening to refresh our souls.
TheKingOfFailure exactly how I feel
You know, at the end of each episode of Gardener's World (BBC) they list several jobs that you could do in the garden... Maybe morph this into that sort of format which you really are kind of doing and call it Epic Garden Jobs or some such thing. Focus the jobs based around your garden but also for the time of the season as each week requires different jobs and such. No sense in reinventing the wheel on a format that seems to work! You also mentioned not glamorous and for many newer gardeners they need to see and hear what has to be done (or should be done) that isn't the fun side of gardening but will show the work in the middle of the season when the garden is popping!
Great call I'll ha e to check that one!
I like that idea very much. Sometimes I do need someone to just tell me where to start.
I'm going to check out that show, too.
@@lisakukla459 Its primarily on BBC (25 years and going strong) but you can catch episodes uploaded to UA-cam and possibly some other services as well. I love it!
The jobs for the weekend section is great on gardeners world. It's broadcast on a Friday evening, so is always up to date and gives us a good reminder of what we ought to be doing/catching up on. Monty Don (main presenter) is also very Bob Ross-like, we could listen to him for hours.
Just one point though. I don't know what kind of numbers you have from the southern hemisphere, but they're going to be 6 months out of sync with the seasons 😉
there is a big "gardener's world" energy indeed.
Can you just continuously garden in the background for the rest of my life please? Thanks ❤️
😂
We need t shirts that say, " in my humble Opinion "
And another "Plant Daddy" lol
This was a nice visit but, I'll take my Ohio weather. It changes every hour or day.
Its like, if you'd like a certain kind of weather, we say "wait for it, wait for it and see just what you wanted. Lol
I needed the seed start information. I've been collecting seeds.
In Ohio here too
I lived and gardened in Ohio for 30 years. Now I live in Central Texas and it is like learning to garden all over again. The nice part is that the garden season runs from February to the beginning of December!
@@ellenchancey770 you are soo lucky, I so badly want to move further south. I would love a longer growing season. So which do you prefer Ohio or Texas?
@@growwithnature7209 Not sure yet. I won't be starting my raised beds until February after last frost, but it looks like the biggest issue will be with rainfall. A good drip system will be in place at that time.
"Plant Daddy" 😂
+1 :p
We need plant daddy merch
Yes we do!!
Ayyyy!! 💯
I'm in California, los angeles to be exact, I didn't know there was still time to sow and plant sunflowers
Seriously I grew up in LA. We don't have winters. I now moved to the south. For the first time in my life I've seen snow. Your frost is not bad at all. You can make it work for sure. Now up north, everything is winding down. In the south where I am, it's a few months will we get frost. Actual ice on the ground. Not just California cold. 🤣 Miss it.
@Dog exactly.
LOVED THIS! It felt like we could all be in the community garden together doing all the things we need to get done. Would love more of these!
Kevin: I'm a plant daddy
Me: plant *zaddy
😆
I love this type of content, please do more of this "less glamourous" but slow gardening! It's really insightful and therapeutic :) Thanks Kevin!
Hope the citronella helps with the mosquitoes keep us up-to-date please. Love this gardening together style. thank you for the video 👍🤞
Would love to watch you propagate and plant your new mint when you do!
Hi Kevin like the new format. You know what's funny. The Addams Family was on tv here in the Netherlands, had to think of you with your cousin It reverence. 😂~ Shanna
We just started getting some good wheather in Houston! it is in the 70s this week which is a relief because I can finally move my fall peas and cilantro outside.
I hear ya about the cilantro. Mine bolts.
Really I like this sort of vids Instead of each gardener showing his massive harvests every day and that effects some people with negative that they don't get this harvest I absolutely sometimes feel this way
But today you showed that every gardener have that simple work doing daily
Jess at Roots and Refuge Farm says "sometimes we are harvesting knowledge". I love that since I use to want the garden to be perfect, not anymore.
I had no clue I could grow sunflowers during the fall in my climate. I think I'll do the same as you 👍🏾
I love the healthy seedlings...keep making great content.
I love this "garden with me" format, please make more! You addressed so many questions I didn't even think to ask.
plant daddy, that's what got me XD
Just chillin' in the garden with you! Felt as if I was off in another section helping you with raking, pruning lol & while carrying an easy going conversation. Not just relaxing but informative & educational. I agree with other viewers...can watch these type vids over again. 🌻🌿
intelligent conversation.
Love your content
Lemon grass is good to repel mosquitoes too.
I'm watching this while looking at my 2 months old seed planted lavenders... ohh. I think I was scammed.
lavender does not seem to have a great germ rate. best to just buy a plant.
Totally forgot to mention that after looking at Cal Poly for dragonfruit, they don't ship outside of Cali so I found a seller on Ebay. Purchased some cuttings of Delight, Cosmic Charlie, and Physical Graffiti. Super excited.
Glad you got some
You know I love hearing that even a knowledgeable gardener can still struggle with these annoying issues, like diseases, pests, and heat stress. But yeah literally dealing with all of that right now 😒
Its comforting to see you start some seeds and talk about taking care of them. I cant help but feel like I am doing something wrong every time I do it. I don't have any gardner friends and rely on the interwebs for encouragement and confirmation. Thank you!
Am I the only one who doesn’t label what they plant and never really worries about it? 😂
Or mislabel...surprise surprise surprise...I enjoy it.
a minute into the video and I already LOVE this style of video, thanks!
oh also, kinda gross but Im struggling with white grub infestation, I live in southern California, if you have some tips on how to handle this, would be much appreciated! :)
We are all struggling w/ it. I will do a vid!
Epic Gardening Yes, please. Just main pests in general. I’m new to gardening and this summer have had my fair share of experiences already... first squash borer and miners, then I think cabbage looper, and I didn’t even have any brassicas... then some melon worms, and now am battling aphids and I think grasshoppers lol (they’re taking out whole pumpkin and squash leaves). Oh, and I saw a squash bug today. 😆 I know you can’t do a video on all these of course, but it’d be nice to see that even an experienced gardener like yourself battles with these things to keep your plants alive. It’s been a struggle, sad and frustrating at times, but I’m not giving up! It’s encouraging to see fruits and veggies growing on my plants, so I’m going to keep at it and try harder next time to prevent. Hi from Central Texas! 👋🏼
ndrunningriver I’m glad I’m not the only one 😂 I’m a first time gardener too and I can’t believe how many kind of disease and pest there are.
Something new to learn every day with gardening.
I’m dealing with some grasshoppers too 😩 but I have a soft spot for them. I feel so bad kicking them out the garden lol
Jasmin Espino yes!! EVERY DAY something new. Things can change drastically from day to day. It’s insane. Grasshoppers just recently became a problem for me. Idk where they were all summer, or maybe they just prefer the big mature leaves I have all over the garden now. Who knows, but I’m trying really hard to keep my plants alive for a harvest! I’ve got some squash, pumpkins, and cantaloupes growing!! I want to eat them before everything else does haha! Good luck with your garden, and kick those hoppers out girl! 😆
I had squash bugs earlier in the season. Then I discovered a praying mantis in the garden. Suddenly, no more squash bugs!
Citronella: I place one pot at the four points of my patio and it works like a charm. Place it also under an open window or next to an open door.
Needed a break from homework. This was perfect. Went out and did some watering, collected flower seeds, and took a little walk. I have to go back and actually watch this video, as all I did was listen. But it was just the refreshment I needed before heading back to the grind. Thank you! 😄🌻
Love this. U can even do less talking and more aesthetic type of filming. ...if u dont wanna hear ur voice that is... lol. Learned a lot! And good tips on the mint, will definitely utilize root pruning and not be to hard on myself when its grown too much. Always thought I killed it when it may have just gotten too big under the soil!
"If you know it, in your gardener's heart..." 😍😍😍 This long form is so wonderful Plant Daddy!!!
Only the 3rd week of Spring here in SE Queensland, Australia & today it got to 31 degrees C (about 86 F) already! I also had my last frost just last month ... gardening here is certainly a challenge but your videos keep me motivated :)
I love this! too late at night for gardening but happy to listen/half-watch while working on projects. Today, spinning yarn. Another day, perhaps preparing a load for the dehydrator, or maybe even actively gardening! (though I tend to do that headphone-less with the cats for company)
loved learning the tid bits of this video! Watching it with my morning coffee before work and it's super relaxing and nice to listen to! would love to see more chore videos haha :)
I love having podcasts or videos on in the background while I'm busy doing stuff so this format was fab for me 🙌
This is the video i have been waiting for!!! Thanks for the inspiration and motivation. I was really having a major burn out taking care of my first veggie garden. I have the same “citronella” but my neighbor told me it’s not the real citronella. She said what I have is some kind of geranium that is always being mistaken as citronella because of the smell. Accdg to her, the real citronella kinda looks like lemongrass. Anyway, I still scatter around some mosquito bits for insurance. Great vid Kevin!
Two types but yes!
Apparently citronella can be looking me a grass or like lemon balm so even if your friend is right you are not wrong
Hey! Nice video 🙂 There is no link of the trays in the description! Could you share the brand of them?
Linked now!
Wow that's quite the variety of grow bags . I've been tempted to use recyclable shopping bags and now I will. I got some big grow bags but they don't seem high enough on the sides so I might build up the sides with landscape fabric. On seeing your growbag garden you just inspirede to create a grow bag raised bed. Thanks 😊
Would love to see you do a video on building a rain barrel irrigation system.
Will you be doing a walk through next week too? I was at a hardware store when this was half hour in. In your gardeners 💓 lol. I had transplanted an ornamental shrub that was severely shocked and dropped all its leaves. As I was pulling it out to scrap it there were plenty of white roots and the stems were loaded with new growth bright green buds. I still have it from a decade ago. With your much larger space you might want a few compost bins 4 times the size of that little full one ;-)
Greetings from South Africa! Love your videos, thanks to you I have a dragon fruit growing in my yard along with blueberries, prickly pears and sugarcane!
Love to hear this!
Love this, I often find myself starting a video and going out to the garden. But often I have to go back and rewatch? This is perfect!
The gardening equivalent of a let’s play xD
Glad to see that I'm not the only one who occasionally buries their tools 😜. Love this video, thanks!
I do my garden chores at 7 AM. lol I must now sit and watch you do yours. 😄
Zone 6a here. Carrots live down to 10F just fine. I plant in late August, they grow up by last frost, and the ground becomes like a root cellar. I can pull all winter, and I pull the remainder March 10, right before spring crops like lettuce go in. Kale, turnips, and parsnips also overwinter fine in this zone. The issue for planting in autumn is, you lose light, so plant growth slows. We need more like 60 days for a 45 day crop in autumn. Here around 39N, there is no growth at all after October, and not again until late February, not even if we have a warm spell.
Listening to this while doing a laptop repair, yea I like it!
But the bass is way too much for me.
I love it!! 😎
I’m HERE for chill chore video style. After a few hours of pulling weeds and pruning my willow tree, I’m ready to completely veg and watch you work 😋
Lol I'm zone 9 and I just planted some red and black corn its really purple but still cool i got 1 out of 20 sunflower seeds to grow but I did get it from my bird seed i just threw them in i didn't even think it would work lol 😅 so I planted some kidney beans next to it and the corn lol
You're winning!
@@epicgardening nice thank you 😊
Yes! Awesome video and great concept for a "series"! Keep doing great.
Dude, you rule. So excited for the spreadsheet! Definitely a peaceful respite.
I live in West Des Moines so 5b zone. This was the first year I started growing from seeds indoor around February. Had everything going good until we experienced the Derecho storm. I’ve lived in Santa Barbara for years miss that climate. But don’t miss the Santa Anna winds. Point being no matter where you live mother nature dictates.
Well said
So many typos, walking the dog and iPhone talk to text can be interesting at times. I think you explain things well and very simple. As in you cover a specific topic, need, problem, or just what’s curious for others to learn. 👏🤙✌️
Great video idea! I'm actually gonna watch it later to be out in the garden too
Hope you enjoy it!
Really like this format! Very chilled and good to potter around to - also think my neighbours will prefer hearing this than the trashy reality TV I often have on in the background when I garden!
I can’t wait until the garden spreadsheets are available! I’ve been looking for a good growing calendar/planner, and I finally just decided to try making my own, but it’s still not great. So excited to get the ones you’re making!
Kevin are you familiar with growing zone 9b? I live in Deep South Texas and want to begin growing my own raised beds.
I've been there a bunch, heat and rainstorms would be your major stressors
New sub " Gr8 video!! Hope you can take a compliment " Beautiful 😬 teeth & gr8 😁 smile " take care Havgr8day
Billy Zane's hot younger brother is my new favorite youtuber :P
Believe it or not there was frost on the car windows today here in Upstate New York. I learned so much today. I just love your channel.
I like this type of video as a change of pace. It was relaxing. Thanks for putting this up :)
Sadly my growing season is coming to an end, i have no cold frames to be able to extend it into my winter here in zone 5.
But i cant wait till next growing season. Im prepared more now than i was this last spring. So i hope itll work out. Just have to figure out good growing lights again in my price range. Ive watched so many videos that i thought i had gotten decent ones. But ehh... Trial and error when it comes to them.
Very much enjoyed that Kevin... So now tomorrow I will go out and tidy up as I have been needing to do that and have now been reminded... love the new idea and would love more Garden with me videos... I think I will do more grow bags this next garden too. Thanks for the great examples.. and the tips...
Taking a break from the garden to watch this video actually! Cutting down some dead black berry bushes, laid a new mulch pathway in the raised bed garden area which gives me a better idea of where the new beds will go when I build them, cleaning up the pathway to the firepit, digging in hard clay in front to create an area for bulbs (once I am done it will be a bed that borders the driveway and street, but the clay is beating my older out of shape body into the dirt!) Feel like I should be doing more, but gotta listen to the body at the same time and be patient with the garden and myself...
I think your approach si smart!
Something I ready about in one of my homestead books is to place you compost near you chickens. Because you can turn your chickens loose in your compost and they will turn it for you and. They will clean our the seeds and some bugs. Win win. Make thise chickrns work for you
I tried to seed sunflowers and then transplant them but out 10 only 2 survived. Sunflowers don't like to be transplanted.
Really appreciate the honest gardening fails and also forgets.. ie where's that thermometer? Oh well. I'll bury it some more in this too small compost bin in the wrong location, water it down and find it later. It's so real and relatable. Thank you for demonstrating that it's ok not to be organized all the time. 👍🏽
I'm a bit confused - why use a seed-starter mix (with no nutrients in-built) then give it fertiliser anyway?
Why don't you sell your overripe veggies as rodent food for a few bucks? Guinea pig gets fed, you get a bit of extra cash and it clears up space in your garden and compost for more important things
Really liked this new idea. You've got my vote to keep making these type of videos. Really liked the chilled out, friendly chat vibe. It's a great contrast to the "how to" videos.
That actually was really helpful. Being a new gardener I don’t always follow what you are talking about. Nice to see it in action.
I would really like to see more of these thanks for the tips
Kevin does putting things that had powdery mildew into compost introduce any issues back into the soil when you dispense the compost into the garden?
I was listening to NPR the other day, and they had on someone who studies bugs. She said that citronella is actually a myth! I was shocked but thought I should share
Love this “putter around the homestead” style video... so much fun.
I’m going to start trying my hand at gardening for the next season(2021), so I’m researching. Can you reuse a bag after a plant that was in it had powdery mildew? If so, is there a process for that? Thanks in advance!!!
Also, if a plant HAD powdery mildew, does it go in the mulch ?! (I think NOT, as who wants that to thrive, but maybe a hot enough mulch will kill it?!) More info please !
Chill viiiibessss!
Great video. Like watching you work, seeing the way you prune back and deal with the plants that are on the way out makes me feel a bit better about letting go of the ones that no matter how much I do they just don't want to work with me. Move on to the next and put your energy into the new plants. Looking forward to more videos in this format.
Thanks 👍
😂 plant daddy should definitely be your new channel name
I like this type of vid, thanks for taking the time to share your routine and knowledge.
Wow is that vacant lot behind you part of your property. I look forward to seeing your videos on the progress. Stay safe and stay gardening 🇨🇦🥕🥬☮️🙏🍆🌶🌻
It IS my property :)
The amount of plants you grow in containers/grow bags is... Astonishing! Awesome 🍀 Do you top your pepper plants? And what's your opinion on topping peppers in general? Very nice video 👍 happy gardening!
May you please do an episode on caladiums, I have one and I may need some help with her! Thank you
Teddy bear sunflower. I love them.