All I can say is a big WOW!! Had no idea you had such a big garden area. Inside and outside the garden fence. And also you never told us your thumb is so GREEN! Great drone shots too! This video is so good and the entire area is fantastic and beautiful! I'm going to watch again, and maybe even again and again! Great job! (Oh, and didn't see a weed growing either)
Thank you so much! I have a dear friend who did the drone shots for me- it was so much fun to see both my own and my parent's property from that point of view! And I promise you there are weeds-a-plenty 😆, but my habit of mulching everything heavily really helps prevent a lot of them from growing. Thanks for watching & have a great week!
You have so much green...green grass there....so you have lots of room to expand your garden....🤫 ....!!!!!! Really like your idea of the way you grow the tomatoes.....
Yes we do! I expand every year- but honestly I won't get rid of all that grass. That is my very favorite mulch for my vegetable beds- hubby bags it up when he mows and dumps it in a big pile behind the barn.
I love rewatching your videos 😊 they’re always so helpful and information packed! And you are not alone on loving okra and eating it fresh from the garden! I’m originally from NEO and now live in SWPa and even though I wasn’t raised eating okra, I love it now! It’s so good hard seared with blackening/Cajun seasoning also.
Our garden is 1/4 the size and still takes a lot of time. Don't know how you do it. We lost our best Kieffer Tree last year, and you have inspired me to put in a Hugelkultur Garden in our small orchard.
Thank you! I have an advantage in that this is my job (I trial new varieties of vegetables, herbs and annual flowers for a living) so I'm not trying to work another job AND maintain a garden as many folks are doing. Take care!
I enjoy watching your videos because there are few I’ve found from Ohio. I live in the Hocking Hills and right now the weather pattern is on and off warm……if it’s warm it’s raining and I cannot work the ground. I bought more grow bags this year and I have a small enclosed garden with raised beds which were not deep enough….I wanted to use untreated boards but hubby was against it…so I thought and thought…..we had plenty of barn roof slate and I placed it against the existing boards and now can put more soil etc in those beds…lol it sort of looks like grave stones lined up but hey they were free and repurposed…..this garden area is against our barn / gathering barn which I have an art studio upstairs and it’s now the room with starts. The second floor deck has winter garden jugs lined up and I’ll use that area for pots of cabbage and plants that Mr Groundpig wants to eat…every year we catch and release the ground hog that’s a pest and move far away but another one comes along….. I have an area which I wanted to develop into a large garden but it’s next to our drive and the road…I’m concerned about those who feel they can just take what they want because they’re too lazy to grow their own….( earlier we had someone steal half of our cut and split cherry wood while we went camping) drove their four wheeler up on the hill and took it.😡 I’m concerned and I know some say I’m silly but a lot of people are without scruples , it’s there they take. Further back behind the house I have a 12 x 20 cattle panel greenhouse….but I’d like to make another for more plants. Because our weather was awful in this area last year and I had a poor tomato yield…..normally there’s farmer stands but the few had tomatoes at $2 a piece….without flavor. Riding thru Amish country was the same. Right now I’m starting seeds in cardboard boxes and then will just cut away the bottom and plant the box without disrupting the plants roots. Being we are seniors a big garden is not in the picture because we both have shoulder problems so I’m taking my flower beds next to the house and planting a veggie kitchen garden…I’ll also will grow cucumbers in the greenhouse since they did well in there last year. My husband thinks I’m wasting my time because the critters and deer destroy whatever they want, living next to the woods increases the numbers. I’m ready to can more. We made one large room in the barn into a gathering room with wood walls, floor and hand built counters and shelves. To be enjoyed for family get togethers but more for me to have all my preserving equipment etc out there rather then in the house.We often just sit out there and enjoy the wood burner and relax…….gets my hubby out away from the TV…. Where did you get your elderberry starts? When my kiddos were young I made elderberry pancake syrup every year but they picked it along the railroad tracks near us. I advocate medicinal gardens all the time….mullein saved us when we just had Covid after Christmas. I give it to my husband now because he was just diagnosed with COPD. He builds log homes and the constant wood dust has ruined his lungs and smoking.( he quit this past Sat, cold Turkey) oh my….😮 I made dandelion, golden rod, echinacea and mullein tinctures and plan expanding more into medicinals…..Did you know Rose of Sharon is edible? Even hostas but I haven’t tried those….Rosemary Gladstars medicinal beginners guide is a good source for info…. I love your garden room with the bench…..I’m wanting to take the area where the above ground pool sat and still has the sand and stone wall and make it into a old brick patio with pots and handmade grow bags filled with medicinals and bee friendly flowers. I’m making ceramic tiled tables from the left over stone tiles that were going to be discarded from my husbands job sites…..more then half our barn redo was wood he salvaged from their burn pile……thank you again ….sigh I could go on and on…😊 Thank you for listening…it’s just nice to have a gardening vlog from the same zone…..🥰
Thank you for sharing all of this with me. I totally understand the frustration with critters- we are dealing with much of the same. I got my first 2 elderberry starts years ago from gurneys seed, and since then they’ve spread significantly. I’m also trying my own cuttings this year.
Jenna, just found your video’s and I Grew up in OH so I know the soil well - well, I guess I should say I grew old as not sure I ever grew up. Anyway, great work in all ur videos, I’m in 7b now and still have clay - the Ga Clay reminds me somewhat of home. Just got 21 acres so lots of fun work ahead. Thanks for your informative and inspiring videos! Rich
Mrs. Jenna you are just simply amazing! Thank you for all the information from plant to plant along with the tips and tricks. Folks that really want to grow should pay close attention is all I can say! Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!
Hi, Jenna. So happy to have found your channel today ! I am a first time gardener over in Indiana (also 6a) and needed to find someone who is gardening in the same zone as me. Your videos will be so helpful for me ! Your garden looks wonderful !
Hello! I love hearing from fellow Zone 6'ers and I'm happy you've found my channel as well! How wonderful that you've started gardening. I hope you find some helpful tidbits here. Best wishes for a delicious harvest!
I really like the drone footage, very nice layout. If I had a similar situation for myself I would never leave it. I think I would definitely need a pond for sure. Great video and thank you once again!
I decided to film my garden this year. Its just a traditional garden with lots of grass but most things did well. Im hoping to do much less weed filled garden next season. Yours is beautiful.
Wow! You have one of the most tidy, beautiful and healthy gardens!! Such an inspiration! I have to be honest that I find myself being a tad bit jealous sometimes when I see some of the healthy northern gardens. I'm in the south, but not quite southern enough for some crops. But I repent, and use your garden as the inspiration that it is😊. Btw, those zinnias that were a deep peach color were absolutely stunning! I must get my hands on those. Peach and orange flowers are my favorite 😍!!
Thank you! You feel like I do when I see some of these gardens out west, where they have no humidity and no fungal or bacterial diseases 😆. You must try the Queeny Lime-Orange Zinnias- I think you will LOVE them! Take care!
Hi, I live in Southern California zone 9a, but getting ready to move to Northern California zone7a-8a on the coast within the year. I saw your channel for the first time this morning and was in awe at how well you described everything. I’m just beginning my journey with gardening again after many years away from vegetable gardening. My spring garden was a severe fail, even my potatoes were scrawny. Everything was grown in grow bags. I will not give up, only learn more, try harder and watch more UA-cam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Brady! I'm very glad to hear you're getting back to gardening. Sorry that your spring garden was a bit of a bust, but you've got absolutely the right attitude about it-- learn & move forward! Best wishes for your new garden and for your upcoming move!
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Your garden is so beautiful! always look crazy! you are pretty too! all are beautiful !
Gosh, you have a bit of everything in there, very nice garden. I wish that I had a nice country property, I would get a really nice garden going. I would never need to buy vegetables or fruit at the grocery store again. I like any bright colored flower, your Marigolds look really nice and full.
Thank you so much! I hope that someday you are able to have a nice country property. We are very fortunate here, and I love being able to grow my own food!
I live in Northern Ohio and caught a Tomato worm on my Jalapeno plant this year. I have grown them for a few years and this is the first time I've seen one on them. I had no idea they attacked peppers too until now!
Weirdly enough, I've had less hornworm damage on my tomatoes this year than normal. But a hornworm took down an entire jalapeno plant I had in a hanging basket. It even ate some of the peppers. They will eat anything in the solanum family, including peppers- but I don't often see them on things other than tomatoes!
Can we see your 2022 garden please! Also, thank you so much for the videos I'm also in the zone 6a category your what should I plant this month videos have been extremely helpful.
A note about pests. I tried succession planting beans many years ago. My downfall was planting the second crop in the same bed as the first. I had an explosion of bean beetles in the first planting. When I pulled the that planting, I watched in horror as the beetles walked casually to the newly uncovered other half of the bed with the tender new bean plants! Never did that again!
This is the first video I've seen of your channel ❤️ You have a very interesting and eclectic array of tomatoes. I'm gonna go look up more videos and possibly subscribe 😁
I just discovered your channel and all the great information you share! I learned that I should buy everbearing strawberries so I can eat them in the first year! I didn't know you should take the flowers of until August then let them make fruit, awesome 👍 My jaw dropped at your grapes in hanging baskets! I've never seen that and it's so cool. 😄
Thanks so much, Teresa! I'm glad you picked up some helpful tidbits from the video. RazzMatazz really is a fun grape! Not sure what Zone you're growing in, but Razz is only winter hardy to Zone 7. So I move mine to an unheated greenhouse in the winter. Take care!
UA-cam recommended this video. I’m so glad I found your channel. I just subscribed and am looking forward to part 2. I’m in zone 10 but my garden is facing north and gets maximum 5-6 hours of sun. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. I learned so much. Keep up the great work. I loved the garden map when you moved through your plot and the “You Are Here” really helped me to see how to plan my garden beds better with cover crops and companion plants for next season. Thank you!
I'm very glad you've found my channel as well, Zari! Thank you so much for the great feedback and I hope you are having a great gardening season this year. Take care!
I really enjoyed your garden tour and seeing the unique varieties you are growing. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, your garden is impressive!
Hi there. Just stumbled across your channel----and must say WOW! Great garden. It reminds me so much of the garden I used to have. You've done a lot of marvelous work there and I look forward to seeing more in the coming year.
Amazing and beautiful garden! So excited to have found your channel especially that we share the same growing zone and state. I live about 40 mile north of Columbus and will deff be using your tips and tricks for my garden! Thank you!
Thank you so much, Brandie! I love hearing from fellow Ohio gardeners and I'm glad you took the time to visit my channel. I hope your garden is doing well this season. Have a great week!
Bravo 👏 Jenna!!! You’re garden is a wonderful sanctuary. I felt like I was there. The tour was inspiring to me. It seems you have fantastic soil health. Also congrats 🎉🎊 for more subs. It shows you have excellent content.
Thank you so much! I've really focused on my soil health, and while I've seen big improvements, it's always a work in progress. I find the soil portion of the gardening puzzle fascinating! Take care!
You inspired me to go back into my autumn garden, where I saw a snake last week, and harvest/weed. I pulled out 2 giant yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, pumpkins, acorn squash and a giant blue squash. Butternut squash are still green, but there’s lots going on in this garden. The snakes can enjoy it for another week to themselves now.
This just popped up on my feed and it's exactly what I'm looking to do once I've moved out of my current apartment and into my new place! Your channel has been helpful already and I've only just viewed this one video, so I'm subscribing to keep track of what you're doing, and to hopefully learn much more. :)
Wonderful! I'm so happy that you will have the opportunity to start a big garden- that's very exciting! Best wishes and I hope you find some helpful tidbits here!
Great garden stuff, just reviewing Great job for sounds like birds and enjoy the music coming in and back in ,enjoy the selection of music. Dancing with Sumffes yes funny named our favorite funny name and best from our garden "Brad's Atomic Grape" "Sounds like a Rockstar Band's named Thanks for the teaching Lady
Unfortunately,. I see I was not the only one who lost my zucchini crop to vine borers. I've tried many things. Daily inspection works best. Also lost most of my cukes to wilt. Last year was rough. I'm in Zone 6 in R.I. Hopefully better year this year. We are always learning. Thank you!.
Sorry to hear that, Joseph! I'm trying to go into this year with a better game plan... also hoping the pests decide to go easy on me 😆 (not counting on that second one).
i love fresh okra! I, too, just eat it off the plant while in the garden....in NC.....so, yes, in the south. I've never coated it and fried it.....just a very light stir fry w olive oil. YUM.
You definitely have a LOT of plants and varieties going. I'd never be able to keep track of all of those every year. Dancing with Smurfs! That is one of Tom Wagner's varieties. I have not grown that one but have grown some others that he bred. Do you know which variety of Jerusalem Artichoke you have? It is flowering very early, much earlier than most varieties which do not flower until after the fall equinox (
The only reason I can keep track of them is because I'm a trial manager by trade-- so I'm growing a lot of these varieties for seed companies and providing feedback on their performance! I have the 'Stampede' variety of Jerusalem artichoke. I've been very impressed with it!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I have a few unnamed varieties of Jerusalem artichokes, and one that I had purchased at Whole Foods thinking it was stampede ... but it wasn't. So that took 3 years to eradicate and dig them all out. Guess I should have just bought Stampede ;) I envy people who keep track of plants diligently like you do. I do that with my potato and tomato varieties, but mainly to track pedigrees. Much else that I grow is at risk of me losing track.
I give all my tomatoes a 2nd year with saved seeds before I judge them. They taste better when acclimated to my climate. Unless I get them saved from a local gardener. Have you tried black from tula? I LOVE them sooo much!
I'm glad you're able to do that! I trial seed for a living, so I typically have to plant new varieties every single year. It's been a while since I've grown Black from Tula, so I'll have to give it another try- thanks for the recommendation!
Just found your channel… Extremely informative and entertaining to watch. I grow in northern Canada zone 3B but we had such a hot summer that I am seeing all kinds of new bugs in my yard this year. Thank you for the information and looking forward to you’re next episode… I will take all of the okra LOL my plants are only 2 ft tall getting production but not a whole lot. There’s always next year. Do you have an extremely lovely yard!
Thank you for visiting! If I had an easy way to get that okra to you I would love to share! I hope yours takes off soon. Interesting that you mention the new bugs- I'm seeing a lot of that as well. Insects and diseases I've never seen in the garden before! Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna that’s sweet! I Suppose I didn’t give it deep enough soil. I’ve been growing in containers in a greenhouse. We all have our garden challenges lol. There’s always next year, right! Loving your channel! I can’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. You are very knowledgable!
What an incredible garden, thank you for sharing. I love borage, in the UK we put it in our Pimms. I'm fascinated though by how you water the garden, where is your source? Subscribed and liked.
Thank you, Kerry! Borage flowers in Pimms would be quite tasty- I will have to try that. I'm hoping to do a video on watering, but I primarily spot water by hand (using a spray end on the hose or watering can). I have 2 large rain barrels attached to the barn with a hose hookup. When it gets really dry I have a large overhead sprinkler that I use to water the entire garden- this is attached to a hose which runs from the house (I use well water for this). Ideally I'd have drip irrigation hooked up to everything, but it's a project I've just not gotten to yet. Often when I tell folks how infrequently I water they are surprised. My in-ground gardens typically only get watered once or twice a summer (the containers and raised beds are watered much more frequently- typically once a week). I attribute this to both my clay soil which retains water longer than other soil types and my use of heavy mulch everywhere in the garden.
How wonderful that you are new farm owners! We're kinda, sorta neighbors... looks like you're about 2 1/2 hours Northeast of me. I always enjoy hearing from fellow Ohioans!
I love your garden. What type of okra are you growing? They doing well in your zone and the okra is huge.I live in zone 8b, I grew okra but never get any fruit and the cold weather come.
Thank you! In this garden I'm growing Heavy Hitter and an as of yet unreleased variety (I trial seed for seed companies & breeders) and at my other garden I'm growing Gurney's Gumbo, Jing Orange, Langston Longhorn, Crow and Rains.
@@gardentokitchenwithvyus4097 I'm sure it performs differently in different growing areas, but I've probably been the least impressed with that one as compared to all my other okras. Definitely did not live up to the marketing hype for me. I hope you are able to find seeds, and I'd love to hear how it performs for you in Zone 8!! Best of luck!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Love the volunteers of course. We have feather celosia throughout the pepper patch. Lovely effect and very utilitarian. Have a super Saturday Jenna.
WOW! Beautiful plants and fruit. May you cwill do a taste test video? It would be fun to watch and learn from even though everybody's taste buds are a little different. Take care!
Thanks, Michael! I did consider doing a tomato taste test video but wasn't sure if anyone would be interested- I may have to do one now 😀. You take care as well!
I’m also in 6a Ohio! We can grow quite a lot here but (like everyone) we need more rain!! I’m watering daily. Drip lines are on my list! Do you have them? Your garden looks great. I find growing my own food VERY gratifying!
It's wonderful to hear from a fellow Ohio gardener, Dana! Yes, I'm with you- I definitely need more rain. I don't currently have drip line, though it's on my list of projects for next year. Currently I just hand water or use overheard sprinklers which is not ideal. Fingers crossed for rain soon, take care!
Hello. Sorry for the late post ehre but your garden is awesome so I just subbed. I did have a question however, You had mentioned that y7ou needed a replacement for Early Girl because they were being 'phased out.' I was curious as to what you meant by phased out? phased out of your garden or that growers are moving away from the Early Girl Hybrid in favor of something else. I love early girl as a variety and have grown it every year. I was wondering why it is being phased out (from either scenario) in your experience? Thanks and your garden is amazing!
Hello Tim, thank you for your support & welcome to the channel! Regarding Early Girl- the company that maintains and produces the stock seed of this variety will not longer be producing it- so at some point it will not longer be available to the packet companies who sell to the home garden market (ie garden centers and gardening catalogs). My assumption is that this is mainly due to the fact that other varieties have surpassed it in quality and earliness.
Oh, we had an all out war with vine bores and squash bugs. We lost all of our summer squash, and it looks very bad for our Boston Yarrow and Golden Delicious winter squash. Last year was the first that we saw a few. Not planting ant next year, but I will save what seeds we can. Take care!
Ugh... I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with them too. Sometimes skipping a planting year is the best way to cut back on these pests, but I always hate the idea of not planting any! I hope your winter squash make it.
I realize this is from last year but .... oh my goodness was that Castor oil plants .... I absolutely love them. I had some about 7 years ago, saved some of the beans ... but they got lost when I moved. I'm guessing someone threw them out o me. I've been trying to get more but its always something stopping me ... maybe next year. I'm here in Ohio between Dayton and Columbus.
I have about 7 purple coban tomatillo plants that are atleast 6 ft tall in a raised bed. Theyre a small fruit size but the quantity is large. We take the husk off, rinse & dry them and bag them to put in the freezer.
That's exactly what I've been doing with my tomatillos this year too, I pull them out later this fall and process them! I'll have to check out the purple cobans- I've not grown that one before. Thanks!
Thanks for the wonderful garden tour, looking forward to part 2! Made a mental note on the purple viking potatoes for when we have room for them at the new place. Also wrote down those dianthus flowers, lovely! Bravo!!
Great video. SO much info...love it. I have a tiny garden (first time growing in Texas). My Okra is rocking it, although I"m starting to get a major infestation of what I believe to be aphids. They are collecting at the flowers and the ants are LOVING them being here. I've had my bout with the Squash Vine Borers. They took out my plants. BUT, I've replanted and now use the 'aluminum foil' method of projection...fingers crossed. Thanks again for the informative and enjoyable video. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much, Randy! I'm so glad to hear you've got your own tiny garden. Sorry to hear about the aphids & borers, though. I don't typically have many problems with aphids in my vegetable garden, but I have found that an organic insecticidal soap works well to combat them. I'd love to hear how the foil method works for you- I've been thinking about trying that. Best wishes & take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you for the response. The foil method is working well so far; both on the squash and pumpkins. I've been spraying the organic insecticidal soap and Neem oil on the okra...we'll see how it goes.
@@GrowfullywithJenna And...Okra UPDATE: Sprayed the Neem Oil on the critters and applied a little sugar/Borax near the base and haven't seen ANY critters around...
Thank you, Jordan - I got them directly from the breeder (I trial seeds for a living): www.syngentaflowers-us.com/product/flower/70092004 but the only place I see them for sale for the home gardener right now is here (Stoke's Canada): www.stokeseeds.com/ca/antigua-yellow-marigold-african-d1064a-group-3?SID=b940b4d5e8f39b2d5abb1891306b74cc Since this is a relatively new variety, I would expect that within the next year or two it will become available for the home garden market. In the meantime, the Inca II Series is comparable: www.gurneys.com/product/inca_ii_mix_marigold_ . The Whoppers from Park's Seed also sound similar, but I've not personally grown these: parkseed.com/parks-whopper-orange-marigold-seeds/p/03517-PK-P1/
The blueberry tomatoes were my favorite garden snack in 2021.. small and easy to eat a bunch. Mine were too little to really do much with, but very productive and delicious! I forgot to grow them this year 😆 I know I’m a year late, but I love your garden, and I’m 5b too. The vine borers destroyed most all my squash this year. I think I saved an acorn squash plant (opened the vine and found the larvae 🤢.. it’s greening up now) but my summer squash are all gone delicata, patty pan, round zucchini and yellow straightneck, and my spaghetti squash.. I had 2-3 of each. I replanted some summer squash plants,.. we’ll see. I think I’ll have time for them to produce at least some. A few are in pots so I can put them in my greenhouse. Is there a preventative for borers?
Ugh.. the vine borers. Major issues with them here too 😩. I don't have a fool proof, organic solution yet, but here are a few things that can help: Once the larvae have entered the stem, it becomes very difficult to control the damage caused by borer, so focus on preventing the larvae from entering the plant. Choose resistant varieties- butternut squash is among the most resistant of the winter squashes, while hubbard-types are often the most susceptible. Remove and destroy any plants killed by borers as quickly as possible. You can use a physical barrier such as a floating row cover or super light insect barrier to prevent adult borers from laying their eggs near your planting. Folks also swear by placing aluminum foil (or panty hose) ‘collars' around the base of the plants. Physical barriers need to be in place when the first adults are detected or crops start to vine and need to be removed at blossom time to ensure pollination occurs. Avoid planting squash in the same location 2 years in a row Plant as early as possible in the season. As soon as the squash plants are finished for the season, dispose of them. Tilling the soil in the fall and spring can help get rid of overwintering pupae.
Very nice! Jealous of all those tomatoes! I've had some nice cherry tomatoes in the 4 hr part of the garden and a few early girl there as well. The sunnier part (8hrs) has that sweet 100 at about 8 ft and only now starting to ripen. Got first mini melon a week ago on August 12th. Seriously, try the Minnesota Midget Melon. 4 ft vines. 10 softball sized melons per plant and very quick times for short season growers like us. My only problem is that I lose a couple plants to rotting at the roots from rain in May and then I have a ton of very ripe fruit to give away in August. One year I harvested 30 melons in 3 days after only 75 days. Very sweet and delicious tho, so nobody refused them. Top comment was , "Adorable" . :)
Thank you, David! I will definitely give the Minnesota Midget a try. I've looked at the variety before, but have never grown it. My hope is that with a super short season melon it might ripen before the disease sets in enough to kill the plants. Take care!
@Growfully with Jenna,on your video tour-didn't see any variety of draginfruits, pomsimmons,Pomagranits or loquats,comquats,etc. Have you ever try growing them before hand or just not interest for the moment,ha?.
I'd LOVE to grow them! Unfortunately, I'd need a large heated greenhouse to overwinter these types of fruit, as it gets much to cold here to grow them outdoors year round. I do have 1 small pomegranate plant in a pot indoors, but that's about it!
as always, great video. Love the aerial shots and the variety of experimentation you do. And all those flowers! That's a dream of mine. :) I have noticed the same thing about jalepenos. I grow them for my husband and they just work. Not so much the sweet peppers I want. I know what you mean about tomatoes changing flavor over time or based on growing conditions. I have 4 napa chardonnays growing in four different spots in the yard, and I don't like 2 of them at all, one of them is ok, and one is so good I'd almost think it is a different tomato if they didn't look identical. I am sure it is the soil and moisture condition in the one I like that makes it so different. I just wish I knew exactly how to duplicate it! lol
Thanks so much, Chere'! What an interesting experiment with the Napa Chardonnays! What type of soil do you have the 'good' one planted in and does it get any more sun exposure than the others?
@@GrowfullywithJenna I think the soil is much more fertile. It is in a section I had originally setup as a lasagna bed and into which from time to time over the winter I tossed in coffee grounds and used water from my fish tank. I stopped adding to it in February. The "ok" one is nearby it. The ones I don't like were areas where I just did a quick lawn-to-garden single dig. So I cannot say which of the many nutrients it is that it likes better, but there's something there! The sun and water drainage is otherwise the same.
I love the the “you are here” references! So helpful! If you don’t mind my asking, how big is your garden space? I have a little 9’x6’ garden box that I have crammed so many things in to 😂 I have big dreams for a large future garden 👩🏻🌾
Thanks, Alicia! The fenced in area of the garden is approx. 75' x 45'- but as you can see, I keep creeping out larger and larger 😆. I hope you get your large garden soon!
Are your flowers scented or not? I'm looking to make our front yard a burst of colour (amongst the fruit etc)... but I also really want some nice aromas and have found it somewhat hard to get details about which flowers are scented and what the scents are like. Also I really love the black and sparkly nail polish you have in some of your videos.
Some are , some are not (at least not particularly pleasant to smell). Calendula, zinnias, nasturtium, not so much. Dianthus traditionally has quite strong fragrance (spicy/clove)- but the Jolt series that I'm growing has very little scent. Some of my best smellers include: signet marigolds which have fantastic citrus scented foliage, Jasmine scented nicotiana is fabulous- a richly intoxicating scent- though the open towards the end of the day, wild petunias have a lovely sweet/spicy fragrance (though IMO other petunias stink!), and sweet alyssum has a honey-like scent.
All I can say is a big WOW!! Had no idea you had such a big garden area. Inside and outside the garden fence. And also you never told us your thumb is so GREEN! Great drone shots too! This video is so good and the entire area is fantastic and beautiful! I'm going to watch again, and maybe even again and again! Great job! (Oh, and didn't see a weed growing either)
Thank you so much! I have a dear friend who did the drone shots for me- it was so much fun to see both my own and my parent's property from that point of view! And I promise you there are weeds-a-plenty 😆, but my habit of mulching everything heavily really helps prevent a lot of them from growing. Thanks for watching & have a great week!
You have so much green...green grass there....so you have lots of room to expand your garden....🤫 ....!!!!!! Really like your idea of the way you grow the tomatoes.....
Yes we do! I expand every year- but honestly I won't get rid of all that grass. That is my very favorite mulch for my vegetable beds- hubby bags it up when he mows and dumps it in a big pile behind the barn.
Oh you are so right. I snack on the okra so much that I never have enough to take inside. Lol.
Hooray! Okra lovers unite!
I love rewatching your videos 😊 they’re always so helpful and information packed! And you are not alone on loving okra and eating it fresh from the garden! I’m originally from NEO and now live in SWPa and even though I wasn’t raised eating okra, I love it now! It’s so good hard seared with blackening/Cajun seasoning also.
I'm glad to hear it! And okra seared with blackening seasoning sounds delicious!
The drone footage always gives me garden envy.😆
I have to admit, I LOVE the drone footage too. I am fortunate that I have a friend who was willing to do this for me!
Our garden is 1/4 the size and still takes a lot of time. Don't know how you do it. We lost our best Kieffer Tree last year, and you have inspired me to put in a Hugelkultur Garden in our small orchard.
I'm lucky that gardening is my job! Otherwise I could never do it!
That's a pretty big garden for one person to stay on top of. I admire your dedication.
Thank you! I have an advantage in that this is my job (I trial new varieties of vegetables, herbs and annual flowers for a living) so I'm not trying to work another job AND maintain a garden as many folks are doing. Take care!
You have your own personal piece of paradise! You have done an amazing job to your property! Thank you for sharing!
Yes, I feel very fortunate to be here. Thank you so much!
Beautiful Tour in your Garden 🤗 Thanks
I am glad I found you, as I am in zone 6a NW Ohio. I am learning a lot from you! Thank you!!
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
I enjoy watching your videos because there are few I’ve found from Ohio. I live in the Hocking Hills and right now the weather pattern is on and off warm……if it’s warm it’s raining and I cannot work the ground.
I bought more grow bags this year and I have a small enclosed garden with raised beds which were not deep enough….I wanted to use untreated boards but hubby was against it…so I thought and thought…..we had plenty of barn roof slate and I placed it against the existing boards and now can put more soil etc in those beds…lol it sort of looks like grave stones lined up but hey they were free and repurposed…..this garden area is against our barn / gathering barn which I have an art studio upstairs and it’s now the room with starts. The second floor deck has winter garden jugs lined up and I’ll use that area for pots of cabbage and plants that Mr Groundpig wants to eat…every year we catch and release the ground hog that’s a pest and move far away but another one comes along…..
I have an area which I wanted to develop into a large garden but it’s next to our drive and the road…I’m concerned about those who feel they can just take what they want because they’re too lazy to grow their own….( earlier we had someone steal half of our cut and split cherry wood while we went camping) drove their four wheeler up on the hill and took it.😡
I’m concerned and I know some say I’m silly but a lot of people are without scruples , it’s there they take.
Further back behind the house I have a 12 x 20 cattle panel greenhouse….but I’d like to make another for more plants. Because our weather was awful in this area last year and I had a poor tomato yield…..normally there’s farmer stands but the few had tomatoes at $2 a piece….without flavor. Riding thru Amish country was the same.
Right now I’m starting seeds in cardboard boxes and then will just cut away the bottom and plant the box without disrupting the plants roots.
Being we are seniors a big garden is not in the picture because we both have shoulder problems so I’m taking my flower beds next to the house and planting a veggie kitchen garden…I’ll also will grow cucumbers in the greenhouse since they did well in there last year.
My husband thinks I’m wasting my time because the critters and deer destroy whatever they want, living next to the woods increases the numbers.
I’m ready to can more. We made one large room in the barn into a gathering room with wood walls, floor and hand built counters and shelves. To be enjoyed for family get togethers but more for me to have all my preserving equipment etc out there rather then in the house.We often just sit out there and enjoy the wood burner and relax…….gets my hubby out away from the TV….
Where did you get your elderberry starts? When my kiddos were young I made elderberry pancake syrup every year but they picked it along the railroad tracks near us.
I advocate medicinal gardens all the time….mullein saved us when we just had Covid after Christmas. I give it to my husband now because he was just diagnosed with COPD. He builds log homes and the constant wood dust has ruined his lungs and smoking.( he quit this past Sat, cold Turkey) oh my….😮
I made dandelion, golden rod, echinacea and mullein tinctures and plan expanding more into medicinals…..Did you know Rose of Sharon is edible? Even hostas but I haven’t tried those….Rosemary Gladstars medicinal beginners guide is a good source for info….
I love your garden room with the bench…..I’m wanting to take the area where the above ground pool sat and still has the sand and stone wall and make it into a old brick patio with pots and handmade grow bags filled with medicinals and bee friendly flowers. I’m making ceramic tiled tables from the left over stone tiles that were going to be discarded from my husbands job sites…..more then half our barn redo was wood he salvaged from their burn pile……thank you again ….sigh I could go on and on…😊
Thank you for listening…it’s just nice to have a gardening vlog from the same zone…..🥰
Thank you for sharing all of this with me. I totally understand the frustration with critters- we are dealing with much of the same. I got my first 2 elderberry starts years ago from gurneys seed, and since then they’ve spread significantly. I’m also trying my own cuttings this year.
Jenna, just found your video’s and I Grew up in OH so I know the soil well - well, I guess I should say I grew old as not sure I ever grew up.
Anyway, great work in all ur videos, I’m in 7b now and still have clay - the Ga Clay reminds me somewhat of home. Just got 21 acres so lots of fun work ahead. Thanks for your informative and inspiring videos!
Rich
Love it- 'grew old as not sure I ever grew up' 😆. Best wishes for that 21 acres of Georgia clay!
Mrs. Jenna you are just simply amazing! Thank you for all the information from plant to plant along with the tips and tricks. Folks that really want to grow should pay close attention is all I can say! Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks CB! I appreciate your support very much and I hope all is well!
I love the “you are here” notes, so helpful 👍🏾
Glad it was helpful, Jae! Take care!
image of your vegetable garden is lush
Thank you!
Wow a creative way to have grapes growing in
It works really well with this particular variety!
Hi, Jenna. So happy to have found your channel today ! I am a first time gardener over in Indiana (also 6a) and needed to find someone who is gardening in the same zone as me. Your videos will be so helpful for me ! Your garden looks wonderful !
Hello! I love hearing from fellow Zone 6'ers and I'm happy you've found my channel as well! How wonderful that you've started gardening. I hope you find some helpful tidbits here. Best wishes for a delicious harvest!
Thanks for showing and great music at the closing down.
You are most welcome, John!
I really like the drone footage, very nice layout.
If I had a similar situation for myself I would never leave it.
I think I would definitely need a pond for sure.
Great video and thank you once again!
Thanks so much! And believe me- a pond has crossed my mind many times!
Beautiful garden, Are you and your kids taking care of all that!
Thank you for the showing of your beautiful plants and the garden, Lady
Yes, although often when my kids ‘help’ it results in more work for me 😆. They are great at picking strawberries though.
I decided to film my garden this year. Its just a traditional garden with lots of grass but most things did well. Im hoping to do much less weed filled garden next season. Yours is beautiful.
Great idea! It's a lot of fun to be able to go back and see how much the garden has changed over the years. Hope this season goes well for you!
I like how you show where you are.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it, Susan!
Wow! You have one of the most tidy, beautiful and healthy gardens!! Such an inspiration! I have to be honest that I find myself being a tad bit jealous sometimes when I see some of the healthy northern gardens. I'm in the south, but not quite southern enough for some crops. But I repent, and use your garden as the inspiration that it is😊. Btw, those zinnias that were a deep peach color were absolutely stunning! I must get my hands on those. Peach and orange flowers are my favorite 😍!!
Thank you! You feel like I do when I see some of these gardens out west, where they have no humidity and no fungal or bacterial diseases 😆. You must try the Queeny Lime-Orange Zinnias- I think you will LOVE them! Take care!
Brilliant idea to use okra as "clay-busting plant"!
Hi, I live in Southern California zone 9a, but getting ready to move to Northern California zone7a-8a on the coast within the year. I saw your channel for the first time this morning and was in awe at how well you described everything. I’m just beginning my journey with gardening again after many years away from vegetable gardening. My spring garden was a severe fail, even my potatoes were scrawny. Everything was grown in grow bags. I will not give up, only learn more, try harder and watch more UA-cam. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Hi Brady! I'm very glad to hear you're getting back to gardening. Sorry that your spring garden was a bit of a bust, but you've got absolutely the right attitude about it-- learn & move forward! Best wishes for your new garden and for your upcoming move!
Your garden is so beautiful! always look crazy! you are pretty too! all are beautiful !
Thank you so much!
Gosh, you have a bit of everything in there, very nice garden. I wish that I had a nice country property, I would get a really nice garden going. I would never need to buy vegetables or fruit at the grocery store again. I like any bright colored flower, your Marigolds look really nice and full.
Thank you so much! I hope that someday you are able to have a nice country property. We are very fortunate here, and I love being able to grow my own food!
I live in Northern Ohio and caught a Tomato worm on my Jalapeno plant this year. I have grown them for a few years and this is the first time I've seen one on them. I had no idea they attacked peppers too until now!
Weirdly enough, I've had less hornworm damage on my tomatoes this year than normal. But a hornworm took down an entire jalapeno plant I had in a hanging basket. It even ate some of the peppers. They will eat anything in the solanum family, including peppers- but I don't often see them on things other than tomatoes!
Can we see your 2022 garden please! Also, thank you so much for the videos I'm also in the zone 6a category your what should I plant this month videos have been extremely helpful.
Yes! I'm hoping to have another garden update/tour out soon! And I'm so glad to hear that those videos have been helpful!
I’m loving how you’ve staked your tomatos
Thanks! I love this method of tomato support- I've not found any other way that tops it!
A note about pests. I tried succession planting beans many years ago. My downfall was planting the second crop in the same bed as the first. I had an explosion of bean beetles in the first planting. When I pulled the that planting, I watched in horror as the beetles walked casually to the newly uncovered other half of the bed with the tender new bean plants! Never did that again!
Good point- definitely a good idea to rotate crops in this case!
This is the first video I've seen of your channel ❤️ You have a very interesting and eclectic array of tomatoes. I'm gonna go look up more videos and possibly subscribe 😁
Thanks for visiting, Joanna! I appreciate you stopping by and hope you find some additional videos of interest. Take care!
I just discovered your channel and all the great information you share! I learned that I should buy everbearing strawberries so I can eat them in the first year! I didn't know you should take the flowers of until August then let them make fruit, awesome 👍 My jaw dropped at your grapes in hanging baskets! I've never seen that and it's so cool. 😄
Thanks so much, Teresa! I'm glad you picked up some helpful tidbits from the video. RazzMatazz really is a fun grape! Not sure what Zone you're growing in, but Razz is only winter hardy to Zone 7. So I move mine to an unheated greenhouse in the winter. Take care!
UA-cam recommended this video. I’m so glad I found your channel. I just subscribed and am looking forward to part 2. I’m in zone 10 but my garden is facing north and gets maximum 5-6 hours of sun. Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. I learned so much. Keep up the great work. I loved the garden map when you moved through your plot and the “You Are Here” really helped me to see how to plan my garden beds better with cover crops and companion plants for next season. Thank you!
I'm very glad you've found my channel as well, Zari! Thank you so much for the great feedback and I hope you are having a great gardening season this year. Take care!
Please subscribe me and give feedback. Thanks . Stay happy allways
I really enjoyed your garden tour and seeing the unique varieties you are growing. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, your garden is impressive!
Thanks so much, Jodi!
Thank you for the drone shots
My friend did those for me- I was really happy to have the shots!
Finally! Someone in my zone! Lol.
Love from Michigan!
Hooray! Glad to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er, Byranna! Thanks for visiting and take care!
The vegetable garden is so beautiful
Thank you so much!
Your garden is spectacular. This is my second year growing in raised beds. You have such a variety
Thank you, Lula! Glad to hear you're growing too!
Hi there. Just stumbled across your channel----and must say WOW! Great garden. It reminds me so much of the garden I used to have. You've done a lot of marvelous work there and I look forward to seeing more in the coming year.
Hi Susan and welcome! Thank you so much for the kind words!
Amazing and beautiful garden! So excited to have found your channel especially that we share the same growing zone and state. I live about 40 mile north of Columbus and will deff be using your tips and tricks for my garden! Thank you!
Thank you so much, Brandie! I love hearing from fellow Ohio gardeners and I'm glad you took the time to visit my channel. I hope your garden is doing well this season. Have a great week!
Jenna, Nigella makes a fabulous and interesting dried flower for winter vase fillers! Just a tip in case nobody knew 😉
Ooh- Excellent! Thanks for the tip!
Bravo 👏 Jenna!!! You’re garden is a wonderful sanctuary. I felt like I was there. The tour was inspiring to me. It seems you have fantastic soil health. Also congrats 🎉🎊 for more subs. It shows you have excellent content.
Thank you so much! I've really focused on my soil health, and while I've seen big improvements, it's always a work in progress. I find the soil portion of the gardening puzzle fascinating! Take care!
Amazing and beautiful garden ..
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words- take care!
Just love your place! A little jealous I have to admit
I'm quite fond of it myself!
Your garden is beautiful and your tomatoes are so big 😎 like a big tree
Thank you so much!
Stay safe young lady.im new friend from the philippines.Godbless.
Thank you so much! Take care!
You inspired me to go back into my autumn garden, where I saw a snake last week, and harvest/weed. I pulled out 2 giant yellow squash, zucchini, cucumbers, beans, pumpkins, acorn squash and a giant blue squash. Butternut squash are still green, but there’s lots going on in this garden. The snakes can enjoy it for another week to themselves now.
Oh goodness! What type of snake was it? I'm glad you were able to get in there and get some things harvested- definitely a lot going in on there!
@@GrowfullywithJenna just gardener, but I try to steer clear of wildlife as they have their purpose
@@charliehoos9773 that's wonderful! Very considerate of you!
This just popped up on my feed and it's exactly what I'm looking to do once I've moved out of my current apartment and into my new place! Your channel has been helpful already and I've only just viewed this one video, so I'm subscribing to keep track of what you're doing, and to hopefully learn much more. :)
Wonderful! I'm so happy that you will have the opportunity to start a big garden- that's very exciting! Best wishes and I hope you find some helpful tidbits here!
Wow! Gorgeous garden ♡
Thank you!
Great garden stuff, just reviewing Great job for sounds like birds and enjoy the music coming in and back in ,enjoy the selection of music.
Dancing with Sumffes yes funny named our favorite funny name and best from our garden "Brad's Atomic Grape" "Sounds like a Rockstar Band's named
Thanks for the teaching Lady
Haha- yes some of the tomato names are just wild!
I love August veggies 💚
Me too!
@@GrowfullywithJenna feed me babe??
@@GrowfullywithJenna im hungry and heart broken
Unfortunately,. I see I was not the only one who lost my zucchini crop to vine borers. I've tried many things. Daily inspection works best. Also lost most of my cukes to wilt. Last year was rough. I'm in Zone 6 in R.I. Hopefully better year this year. We are always learning. Thank you!.
Sorry to hear that, Joseph! I'm trying to go into this year with a better game plan... also hoping the pests decide to go easy on me 😆 (not counting on that second one).
i love fresh okra! I, too, just eat it off the plant while in the garden....in NC.....so, yes, in the south. I've never coated it and fried it.....just a very light stir fry w olive oil. YUM.
Glad I'm not the only one! And that sounds good- I'm going to try preparing my next picking of okra this way- thank you!
You definitely have a LOT of plants and varieties going. I'd never be able to keep track of all of those every year.
Dancing with Smurfs! That is one of Tom Wagner's varieties. I have not grown that one but have grown some others that he bred.
Do you know which variety of Jerusalem Artichoke you have? It is flowering very early, much earlier than most varieties which do not flower until after the fall equinox (
The only reason I can keep track of them is because I'm a trial manager by trade-- so I'm growing a lot of these varieties for seed companies and providing feedback on their performance!
I have the 'Stampede' variety of Jerusalem artichoke. I've been very impressed with it!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I have a few unnamed varieties of Jerusalem artichokes, and one that I had purchased at Whole Foods thinking it was stampede ... but it wasn't. So that took 3 years to eradicate and dig them all out. Guess I should have just bought Stampede ;)
I envy people who keep track of plants diligently like you do. I do that with my potato and tomato varieties, but mainly to track pedigrees. Much else that I grow is at risk of me losing track.
Put your okra in a dehydrator. Add a little salt. Really great snack.
Love this idea- thanks so much!!
Have to say I look forward to you videos same growing zone. Thank you
Thank you, Michele!
Love the short sunflower. Vibrant color.
Definitely one of my favorites!
I give all my tomatoes a 2nd year with saved seeds before I judge them. They taste better when acclimated to my climate. Unless I get them saved from a local gardener.
Have you tried black from tula? I LOVE them sooo much!
I'm glad you're able to do that! I trial seed for a living, so I typically have to plant new varieties every single year.
It's been a while since I've grown Black from Tula, so I'll have to give it another try- thanks for the recommendation!
Just found your channel… Extremely informative and entertaining to watch.
I grow in northern Canada zone 3B but we had such a hot summer that I am seeing all kinds of new bugs in my yard this year. Thank you for the information and looking forward to you’re next episode… I will take all of the okra LOL my plants are only 2 ft tall getting production but not a whole lot. There’s always next year. Do you have an extremely lovely yard!
Thank you for visiting! If I had an easy way to get that okra to you I would love to share! I hope yours takes off soon. Interesting that you mention the new bugs- I'm seeing a lot of that as well. Insects and diseases I've never seen in the garden before! Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna that’s sweet!
I Suppose I didn’t give it deep enough soil. I’ve been growing in containers in a greenhouse. We all have our garden challenges lol. There’s always next year, right! Loving your channel! I can’t believe I didn’t find it sooner. You are very knowledgable!
@@metalmartha2571 It's always a learning experience for sure and yes- there is always next year! Take care!
What an incredible garden, thank you for sharing. I love borage, in the UK we put it in our Pimms. I'm fascinated though by how you water the garden, where is your source? Subscribed and liked.
Thank you, Kerry! Borage flowers in Pimms would be quite tasty- I will have to try that. I'm hoping to do a video on watering, but I primarily spot water by hand (using a spray end on the hose or watering can). I have 2 large rain barrels attached to the barn with a hose hookup. When it gets really dry I have a large overhead sprinkler that I use to water the entire garden- this is attached to a hose which runs from the house (I use well water for this). Ideally I'd have drip irrigation hooked up to everything, but it's a project I've just not gotten to yet. Often when I tell folks how infrequently I water they are surprised. My in-ground gardens typically only get watered once or twice a summer (the containers and raised beds are watered much more frequently- typically once a week). I attribute this to both my clay soil which retains water longer than other soil types and my use of heavy mulch everywhere in the garden.
wow,amazing love it...nice sharing
Thank you!
Glad to have found you with the same growing zone. We have so much to learn as new farm property owners. We might be neighbors 😂
How wonderful that you are new farm owners! We're kinda, sorta neighbors... looks like you're about 2 1/2 hours Northeast of me. I always enjoy hearing from fellow Ohioans!
I love your garden. What type of okra are you growing? They doing well in your zone and the okra is huge.I live in zone 8b, I grew okra but never get any fruit and the cold weather come.
Thank you! In this garden I'm growing Heavy Hitter and an as of yet unreleased variety (I trial seed for seed companies & breeders) and at my other garden I'm growing Gurney's Gumbo, Jing Orange, Langston Longhorn, Crow and Rains.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you. I’d love to grow heavy hitter next year, still hunting for the seeds.
@@gardentokitchenwithvyus4097 I'm sure it performs differently in different growing areas, but I've probably been the least impressed with that one as compared to all my other okras. Definitely did not live up to the marketing hype for me. I hope you are able to find seeds, and I'd love to hear how it performs for you in Zone 8!! Best of luck!
Wonderful garden tour! Loved seeing your flowers!
Thank you, Caitlin!
Oh the companion flowers are fantastic Jenna.
My favorite part is how many of those are volunteers.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Love the volunteers of course. We have feather celosia throughout the pepper patch. Lovely effect and very utilitarian. Have a super Saturday Jenna.
@@JulesGardening Nice! This is the first time I've had celosia in the garden in a while- I hope mine volunteers, it's such a cool plant!
WOW! Beautiful plants and fruit. May you cwill do a taste test video? It would be fun to watch and learn from even though everybody's taste buds are a little different. Take care!
Thanks, Michael! I did consider doing a tomato taste test video but wasn't sure if anyone would be interested- I may have to do one now 😀. You take care as well!
Thank you Jenna ❤️God bless you my dear pretty lady
You are most welcome, Sonia and thank you for your kind words! Take care!
I’m also in 6a Ohio! We can grow quite a lot here but (like everyone) we need more rain!! I’m watering daily. Drip lines are on my list! Do you have them? Your garden looks great. I find growing my own food VERY gratifying!
It's wonderful to hear from a fellow Ohio gardener, Dana! Yes, I'm with you- I definitely need more rain. I don't currently have drip line, though it's on my list of projects for next year. Currently I just hand water or use overheard sprinklers which is not ideal. Fingers crossed for rain soon, take care!
What a spectacular garden!
Thanks so much, Rachel! I appreciate you stopping to 'visit'. Take care!
O U T S T A N D I N G
I'm totally inspired☝️❤
Thanks!
Hello. Sorry for the late post ehre but your garden is awesome so I just subbed. I did have a question however, You had mentioned that y7ou needed a replacement for Early Girl because they were being 'phased out.' I was curious as to what you meant by phased out? phased out of your garden or that growers are moving away from the Early Girl Hybrid in favor of something else. I love early girl as a variety and have grown it every year. I was wondering why it is being phased out (from either scenario) in your experience? Thanks and your garden is amazing!
Hello Tim, thank you for your support & welcome to the channel!
Regarding Early Girl- the company that maintains and produces the stock seed of this variety will not longer be producing it- so at some point it will not longer be available to the packet companies who sell to the home garden market (ie garden centers and gardening catalogs). My assumption is that this is mainly due to the fact that other varieties have surpassed it in quality and earliness.
@@GrowfullywithJenna OK good to know! I guess i need to find a replacement :-0 Thanks for your answer!
Very beautiful , congratulations. I also have a kitchengarden but it is located in Brazil , Campinas town and I live here in a hot country. Good bye!
Thank you! I'm glad to hear you've got a kitchen garden also. Take care!
Loving the north side. All
Looking fantastic so far. 👍
Thanks!!
Just a fantastic load of information Jenna. Thank you. 👊👍☀️
You're most welcome!
Oh, we had an all out war with vine bores and squash bugs. We lost all of our summer squash, and it looks very bad for our Boston Yarrow and Golden Delicious winter squash. Last year was the first that we saw a few. Not planting ant next year, but I will save what seeds we can. Take care!
Ugh... I'm sorry to hear you're dealing with them too. Sometimes skipping a planting year is the best way to cut back on these pests, but I always hate the idea of not planting any! I hope your winter squash make it.
Lovely veg garden, tomatoes are looking great 🍅
Thank you!
Wow, your garden looks good from above!
Thank you! I love being able to see it from that vantage point!
Looks fantastic Jenna! I just harvested some potatoes and tomatoes recently, love those variety names lol!
Thank you! Glad to hear you're enjoying your homegrown potatoes & tomatoes. Any standout tomato varieties this year?
@@GrowfullywithJenna Carolina gold stood out and are wonderful!
@@geoffoutdoors ooh- it's been a long time since I've grown that one, but remember liking it. I'll have to add it back into the rotation. Thanks!
I realize this is from last year but .... oh my goodness was that Castor oil plants .... I absolutely love them. I had some about 7 years ago, saved some of the beans ... but they got lost when I moved. I'm guessing someone threw them out o me. I've been trying to get more but its always something stopping me ... maybe next year. I'm here in Ohio between Dayton and Columbus.
Yes! I love them too- grow them every year!
@@GrowfullywithJenna where do you gets your seeds, I'm thinking you do as I use to, and save from the plants.
Im in Colorado and there is a company called fast growing trees that sell a cold hardy fig!
Nice! Thanks for sharing! Have you purchased from this company before? The fig has pretty good reviews.
Absolutely AWESOME! Beautiful!
Thank you very much. Andrea!
I have about 7 purple coban tomatillo plants that are atleast 6 ft tall in a raised bed. Theyre a small fruit size but the quantity is large. We take the husk off, rinse & dry them and bag them to put in the freezer.
That's exactly what I've been doing with my tomatillos this year too, I pull them out later this fall and process them! I'll have to check out the purple cobans- I've not grown that one before. Thanks!
Thanks for the wonderful garden tour, looking forward to part 2! Made a mental note on the purple viking potatoes for when we have room for them at the new place. Also wrote down those dianthus flowers, lovely! Bravo!!
Thank you! I'd love to hear what you think if you give 'Purple Viking' a try!
Great video. SO much info...love it. I have a tiny garden (first time growing in Texas). My Okra is rocking it, although I"m starting to get a major infestation of what I believe to be aphids. They are collecting at the flowers and the ants are LOVING them being here. I've had my bout with the Squash Vine Borers. They took out my plants. BUT, I've replanted and now use the 'aluminum foil' method of projection...fingers crossed. Thanks again for the informative and enjoyable video. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much, Randy! I'm so glad to hear you've got your own tiny garden. Sorry to hear about the aphids & borers, though. I don't typically have many problems with aphids in my vegetable garden, but I have found that an organic insecticidal soap works well to combat them. I'd love to hear how the foil method works for you- I've been thinking about trying that. Best wishes & take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you for the response. The foil method is working well so far; both on the squash and pumpkins. I've been spraying the organic insecticidal soap and Neem oil on the okra...we'll see how it goes.
@@rantuneplanet I'm glad to hear it's working so far!
@@GrowfullywithJenna And...Okra UPDATE: Sprayed the Neem Oil on the critters and applied a little sugar/Borax near the base and haven't seen ANY critters around...
Enjoy your videos , quality information 👌👍
I'm glad to hear that- thank you!
Do you remember where you got your Big Top Marigold seeds?
Loving these videos Jenna!!
Thank you, Jordan - I got them directly from the breeder (I trial seeds for a living): www.syngentaflowers-us.com/product/flower/70092004 but the only place I see them for sale for the home gardener right now is here (Stoke's Canada): www.stokeseeds.com/ca/antigua-yellow-marigold-african-d1064a-group-3?SID=b940b4d5e8f39b2d5abb1891306b74cc Since this is a relatively new variety, I would expect that within the next year or two it will become available for the home garden market. In the meantime, the Inca II Series is comparable: www.gurneys.com/product/inca_ii_mix_marigold_ . The Whoppers from Park's Seed also sound similar, but I've not personally grown these: parkseed.com/parks-whopper-orange-marigold-seeds/p/03517-PK-P1/
@@GrowfullywithJenna girl you are Awesome!! Thank you!
@@jordantafta5782 you are welcome!
Ooh wee. Long one. Playing it while gardening. ✌️
I know it- but I did condense it down from a 45 minute video 😂. I just want to talk about EVERYTHING!
The blueberry tomatoes were my favorite garden snack in 2021.. small and easy to eat a bunch. Mine were too little to really do much with, but very productive and delicious! I forgot to grow them this year 😆
I know I’m a year late, but I love your garden, and I’m 5b too. The vine borers destroyed most all my squash this year. I think I saved an acorn squash plant (opened the vine and found the larvae 🤢.. it’s greening up now) but my summer squash are all gone delicata, patty pan, round zucchini and yellow straightneck, and my spaghetti squash.. I had 2-3 of each. I replanted some summer squash plants,.. we’ll see. I think I’ll have time for them to produce at least some. A few are in pots so I can put them in my greenhouse. Is there a preventative for borers?
Ugh.. the vine borers. Major issues with them here too 😩.
I don't have a fool proof, organic solution yet, but here are a few things that can help:
Once the larvae have entered the stem, it becomes very difficult to control the damage caused by borer, so focus on preventing the larvae from entering the plant.
Choose resistant varieties- butternut squash is among the most resistant of the winter squashes, while hubbard-types are often the most susceptible.
Remove and destroy any plants killed by borers as quickly as possible.
You can use a physical barrier such as a floating row cover or super light insect barrier to prevent adult borers from laying their eggs near your planting. Folks also swear by placing aluminum foil (or panty hose) ‘collars' around the base of the plants. Physical barriers need to be in place when the first adults are detected or crops start to vine and need to be removed at blossom time to ensure pollination occurs.
Avoid planting squash in the same location 2 years in a row
Plant as early as possible in the season.
As soon as the squash plants are finished for the season, dispose of them.
Tilling the soil in the fall and spring can help get rid of overwintering pupae.
Boy. That’s a nice stand of tomatillos. Wow. 👊
Thanks! I've got to get out there and pick them again today!
Gorgeous, Jenna.
Thank you!
Very nice! Jealous of all those tomatoes! I've had some nice cherry tomatoes in the 4 hr part of the garden and a few early girl there as well. The sunnier part (8hrs) has that sweet 100 at about 8 ft and only now starting to ripen. Got first mini melon a week ago on August 12th. Seriously, try the Minnesota Midget Melon. 4 ft vines. 10 softball sized melons per plant and very quick times for short season growers like us. My only problem is that I lose a couple plants to rotting at the roots from rain in May and then I have a ton of very ripe fruit to give away in August. One year I harvested 30 melons in 3 days after only 75 days. Very sweet and delicious tho, so nobody refused them. Top comment was , "Adorable" . :)
Thank you, David! I will definitely give the Minnesota Midget a try. I've looked at the variety before, but have never grown it. My hope is that with a super short season melon it might ripen before the disease sets in enough to kill the plants. Take care!
Awesome garden
Thank you!!
@Growfully with Jenna,on your video tour-didn't see any variety of draginfruits, pomsimmons,Pomagranits or loquats,comquats,etc. Have you ever try growing them before hand or just not interest for the moment,ha?.
I'd LOVE to grow them! Unfortunately, I'd need a large heated greenhouse to overwinter these types of fruit, as it gets much to cold here to grow them outdoors year round. I do have 1 small pomegranate plant in a pot indoors, but that's about it!
1st time in your garden and a big Wow! Pretty the mixes and varieties.what have you covered your path with?
Thank you! I cover the paths in the front of the garden with wood chips. In the back, I use hay mulch.
as always, great video. Love the aerial shots and the variety of experimentation you do. And all those flowers! That's a dream of mine. :)
I have noticed the same thing about jalepenos. I grow them for my husband and they just work. Not so much the sweet peppers I want.
I know what you mean about tomatoes changing flavor over time or based on growing conditions. I have 4 napa chardonnays growing in four different spots in the yard, and I don't like 2 of them at all, one of them is ok, and one is so good I'd almost think it is a different tomato if they didn't look identical. I am sure it is the soil and moisture condition in the one I like that makes it so different. I just wish I knew exactly how to duplicate it! lol
Thanks so much, Chere'! What an interesting experiment with the Napa Chardonnays! What type of soil do you have the 'good' one planted in and does it get any more sun exposure than the others?
@@GrowfullywithJenna I think the soil is much more fertile. It is in a section I had originally setup as a lasagna bed and into which from time to time over the winter I tossed in coffee grounds and used water from my fish tank. I stopped adding to it in February. The "ok" one is nearby it. The ones I don't like were areas where I just did a quick lawn-to-garden single dig. So I cannot say which of the many nutrients it is that it likes better, but there's something there! The sun and water drainage is otherwise the same.
@@CJ_536 Very, very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I love the the “you are here” references! So helpful! If you don’t mind my asking, how big is your garden space? I have a little 9’x6’ garden box that I have crammed so many things in to 😂 I have big dreams for a large future garden 👩🏻🌾
Thanks, Alicia! The fenced in area of the garden is approx. 75' x 45'- but as you can see, I keep creeping out larger and larger 😆. I hope you get your large garden soon!
Great tour, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Are your flowers scented or not? I'm looking to make our front yard a burst of colour (amongst the fruit etc)... but I also really want some nice aromas and have found it somewhat hard to get details about which flowers are scented and what the scents are like.
Also I really love the black and sparkly nail polish you have in some of your videos.
Some are , some are not (at least not particularly pleasant to smell). Calendula, zinnias, nasturtium, not so much. Dianthus traditionally has quite strong fragrance (spicy/clove)- but the Jolt series that I'm growing has very little scent. Some of my best smellers include: signet marigolds which have fantastic citrus scented foliage, Jasmine scented nicotiana is fabulous- a richly intoxicating scent- though the open towards the end of the day, wild petunias have a lovely sweet/spicy fragrance (though IMO other petunias stink!), and sweet alyssum has a honey-like scent.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Awesome, thanks for that, I'll keep that in mind when I go shopping for flowers :D
Wow That this good farm 👍
Thank you 👍