You are absolutely right about the garden journal! I started one back in 2002 when I bought my first house in Clifton, NJ. Over the years I recorded my successes and my failures and included lots of photos. What a learning experience! Now I am moving to a new house in Easton, PA with 3 acres and TONS of space for gardening. I can't wait to get started and I'm grateful to have the experiences of my garden journal to guide me.
I just started my journal this year! My garden is only on its third year but I can already tell this journal is going to be so helpful. I live in PA as well with 6 acres and eventually hope to grow my garden to about 2 acres and more if my neighbor will sell me the 6 acre field next to me! Lol
Shara Vitone. Hello Shara from a Hunterdon County Jersey gal, very close to Easton, cute little town. Check out Daddy’s Place for homemade Middle Eastern food. I just started my first garden, plan to expand in the fall to a food forest. Thanks for the suggestion of pictures, I’m a visual learner so this will help in the future. Good luck on your move, and I’m a little jealous of all the acreage.
My friend does that. But she soaks them in water with vitamin B and man you should see her garden!! It’s only floral but holy cow it’s gorgeous! She swears by vit. B.
I love how you talk about your plants as if they were people. It’s cute and funny! And kind of a nice way to think about them since they are living things. Hahaa
I love this channel! I have started a garden at my place with my 3 small kids this quarantine and we all have enjoyed it. Strawberries started to bloom and my littlest one is so excited for them.
Imagine if more of us took on all these new skills and hobbies. I love gardening. I think every household should try to grow something at least. I suppose its one of the "benefits" of this whole crappy pandemic is hopefully a lot more people are learning new skills and honing old ones. Heck..I even picked the bass guitar back up after 8 years a couple weeks ago and am going to come back with a vengeance! :) :)
You’re attitude & love for what you do / are passionate about is attractive! I found this video, even 3 years later to be SO helpful. As i have been looking up videos for a while now on this exact topic and none were exactly about going from indoor to outdoor transplant but mostly about up-potting indoor seedlings. THANK YOU!!! and may God bless you and all of your crops🥰
Been watching your videos for a few months now. I’ve gone back and watched pretty much all of them. I’m 21 and you’ve inspired me to create my own food Forrest at my parents house. Wood chips are laid out and now I’m boutta cut some trees for some more sun. Thank you so much James for your sharing your knowledge
James you are so inspiring!! I planted my first garden ever last year at the age of 50!! I am hooked!! Thank you so much for all the guidance you provide on your channel. I use you so much on this new journey of mine.
I definitely believe in journalling. I'm a newbie, planting my flowers and veg seeds a week ago here in Brisbane Australia, they are doing well so far. I think it's important to journal what you have, what you used, how you did it, the weather outside and never stop learning and growing.🌻🐝🥬
Im sittin here lookin at my racks of seedlings for my medium sized container garden on my apartment patio while watching this. Perfect! 3 Cucumbers(Love em)… 2 Zuch's... 2 Tomatoes and 2 Cherry Tomatoes will be the final tally outside! I cant wait to get em all set! I'm super glad I found your Channel James!!
It started with planting a single cherry tree to to me. 2 gardens, 6 beds, 5 additional trees (peach, kumquats, lemon, navel orange. Got ornamentals and wild flowers planted. Have sheep out back keeping wild grasses and weeds down for fire break. Its addicting, healthy and fun to garden and farm your own food. Tough work but worth it
Thanks for the timely video James! I'm a big fan of your channel. I just bought my first house last fall and I've been putting in 16 hour days all spring trying to convert my lawn into an urban farm/food forest.
thank you for being so encouraging. I just started yesterday in my property that I have been in 2 years use all the excuses and when I got my hands dirty I loved it and felt so good
The “last expected frost date” of April 19 is the 50% date. This means that there is a 50% chance of a frost after that date. People use Mother’s Day as the time to plant because it Is somewhere around 5% chance of frost. This is all based on historical data.
Here in Carson City, Nevada, zone 6a, the "last frost date" is Memorial Day. My dad has been gardening here for 60+ years and he says "they" say not to plant until you can't see snow from here on the Sierras. He actually waits until July 1st to transplant his tomato starts into his garden. He always grows more tomatoes than they can eat.
I normally plant mother's day weekend. I'm so glad I didn't have time for mother's day weekend we had so many cold nights. A couple of my tomatoes didn't make it cuz the wind blew the covering off one corner of my pots.
I started a Garden just this year. I’ve learn that I have a lot to learn. I’m not going to give up, but instead attack it in the fall to make better in every way. I’ll learn as much as I can, Thank You for the content.
I have been watching your show for the last two weeks..addicted and real enjoyable..started my mini garden which iam real excited...love your dog Tuck too..learnt alot from you James..you have that energy that is hard to matched..thanks a million times James..great work..2 thumps up..
I love your videos. I use a garden wagon to take my plants outside. Also, when transplanting my plants, if they are rootbound, I gently tease loose the roots. That way the roots grow like they should. It is amazing how they react to being able to stretch out. Sometimes, I swear they look so thankful.
So glad I watched this . My seedlings are growing and I have 8 big beds plus pots. Going for it! It was A lot of WORK. I live on a hill. I pruned the trees, raked a TON. of pine chips from a huge tree we chipped shoveled dirt and shovelling the bed mixture for it all has taken me months. It's Hugelkulture that will feed itself overtime.
Simply Golf yeesh... and I though this comment was too much. Wtf is this? A plug to a boring video? I guess if your gonna market boring, do it in a empty comment section 😂
haha it's TRUE!! I found a volunteer potato back in April when I was digging for a fire pit so I thought oooooo. planted some more ruth stout style. then got a raised bed, then another, then an apple tree and then raspberry canes, and then I mulched the whole garden and have a juvenile food forest. love it.
Built a raised bed garden based on your inspiration and instructions. Now, finally, after 10 years, I will have a veggie garden. Thought I never would because of too much tree shade. Have it in the front yard in suuny area! :)
Your videos have been so inspirational to me! I started my own little food forest on my 1/4 acre. 4 years ago there were no trees, fully grassed lot. Now I have 10+ perennial herbs, 8 fruit trees, berry bushes, asparagus, and a vegetable garden. Not to mention 9 chickens!! We also started 300 tomato plants from seed. My son sold 100 of them as part of his homeschooling, and we set up a Little Free Nursery and Seed Swap for our neighbors to share what we aren't planting in our own food forest. Thanks for what you do! Keep making these videos!
This is so timely, i just started with my herbs, vege, and fruit seeds...my basils popped yesterday, and my tomatoes surprised me this morning :) excited to see them grow their true leaves. Thank you! 💜 watching the first 3/4 of the vid did feel like something's missing without Tuck running around haha
I see you transitioning to the square foot method ! I have been square foot gardening for 30 yrs. will the cukes climb your back fence? Looking awesome 👏🏻🌱
@@jamesprigioni I love you're cukes and when your little dog tusk eats them haha so cute. You've had some major cuke yields over the years, can't wait to start growing some this season
Always a pleasure hearing your tips and seeing Tuck thoroughly enjoying himself! I have a major challenge with deer and had given up having a garden in the past (they ate everything 🙄). I'm trying again with a raised bed by the house this year. Wish me luck! 😊
I just moved and have a groundhog living under my shed. Hes is bigger than Tuck. I've been hesitant to plant or to evict the groundhog (he/she was here 1st)
@@nancylucas4231 i decided to plant cabbage and carrots by the shed FOR the groundhog and keep my raised bed and containers near the house. The soil is just atrocious here. Im in philly burb and turns out there used to be a brick factory here, so its a very dense clay.
Following...I remember him mentioning a permaculture expert that he followed but I can’t remember his name...something like ‘Gauci’? I wonder if that guy wrote a book but I need one too!
Wow I just recently discovered your channel and I’d say that it’s by far my favorite gardening channel on UA-cam! Not only is your backyard really beautiful from the lush vegetation that gives you food, but I also like your ecstatic passion for what you’re doing. I’m trying to experiment this year with different plants to get the hang of growing plants and also am trying to build up my knowledge of gardening for when I build my own raised garden bed this fall!
I'm an arborist so alot of what I do naturally doesn't apply. I just planted tomatoes, going out to plant cucumbers, peppers, melons etc today. We bought starts from a local greenhouse. New to TN. Tomatoes were rootbound. I gently broke the roots out the way I've always done. We have two developed gardens on 5 acres, from the last owner. No raised beds. Looks like we have moles and squirels around. Light rain last night. So far tomatoes look great this AM. God bless!
That’s also why I plant companion plants 🌱 for the seedling indoors, such as pepper with okra They grow a lot better indoor and when they transplant outside they adjust the change of environment better.
Thanks for sharing! I built 2 raised beds this year because your channel has inspired me to just get going. I've learned so much this year and feel way more confident. Can't wait till the first harvest!
Your content is great James. I’m a Jersey guy to....I love to Garden too. I’m in my 8th year. Just starting to consider myself intermediate experience. Your content is very helpful. Keep up the good work.
Thankyou. I was just writing to you to ask you how to safely detox my plants and you explained how to just at that moment ! Thankyou. Very informative. Very useful.
Thanks for all the tips. Your videos inspired us to build a 50x100 food forest on our farm. Ever since finding your channel, I have built 9 raised beds, planted trees and bushes and built a nice fence around it all. Wish I could post a picture, I think you’d be proud of the inspiration you provided us!
I'm enjoying watching these videos for fun but tonight, I'm watching this video for educational reasons. To that end, i am watering my own seedlings right now. I started one batch last week and they're already little seedlings! Today, I put my peppers, tatsoi and kohlrahi seeds into their appropriate containers. Hoping by next weekend, that they will be germinated too! Thanks for the heads up on tatsoi btw. Really excited about it
I’ll be starting my food forest this week! I have four hundred feet of 6’ fence barbwire for the last two’ 8’ total! Deer problem! I’m gonna make my well house a greenhouse next to the forest! I’m so stoked. James you are the very inspiration for this to take place. I have found your channel last year and can’t stop learning. You are the man James, thank you for your time and energy awesomeness all over the place 🙌🏼🙏🏻👌🏽
That domino effect is 100% true!! I have some cheap beds to fill, now I have about 12 seedling trays loaded and planted, buckets ready to plant as well and plans to have a shelter for them and everything!! After having the beds for two years and not using them I decided my motto this year... "If it ain't sown, it ain't growin' " I have no clue what my succes rate will be but only one way to find out!
Thanks for your videos been watching for about a year now. I now have productive peach, guava, and mango trees. I have also planted persimmon, pear, fig and a few herbs. Love my yard (future food forest) so much more.
Interesting what you say on root-bound planting. When I buy seedlings from Lowes / Home Depot they're always root-bound and I've never had a problem. I currently have a cucumber patch going that is thriving and they were all root-bound. Additionally I ignored other gardener's advice on finger pulling out the roots before planting and they still do well. I do use Mykos though, but differently that you. I pour some into the bottom of the hole, the amount the instructions specify.
Great videos! Thank you. 'Drug addict plants' from big box store ... I had never thought about that - makes sense and explains so much about issues that I have had in the past! Thanks for the insight!
Your channel got me to start looking into food forests, to the point where I'm now looking for a place to live to or if the city to start my own. Thanks a lot!
I had great results by loosening the root bound seedlings...I just pull off almost half of the bound roots and plant them straight away water them and voilà!!!
I put in 5 raised beds last year, added 7 more this year and started plants from seeds... so excited for this new growing season. I am going to put in a watering system using dribble hose system. Planted 3 blue berry bushes last year and have 24 ever bearing strawberries this year. Just love gardening and seeing God’s creation produce... its a miracle sowing and reaping is more than just plants!
I hope that I am not late with these questions. 1). What kind of lumber did you use for your beds? 2). Treated or non-treated? 3). Where did you get yours? (Home Depot... Lowe’s) Thanks!! I appreciate Your videos and love of gardening 🧑🌾!!!
Love your videos!! I miss Jersey so much! Never thought I’d say that before I moved to Denver. 😂 I’m a novice gardener. Wish me luck! Love your positivity and encouragement for everyone to grow food! :)
I always try to transplant in thr evening. Last year I bought starts and theynever grew. They stayed 6 inches high and never grew. I planted some seeds in between and they did grow. I think the cucumbers mayhave been root bound. Or maybe they were drug addicts. I never thought of that. I ordered rained beds this year and am putting them together today and tomorrow my soil will arrive. I am 64 and gardening in the ground is getting harder so I am getting 30 inch raised beds. Iam also using tree pots for some of them. I love your channel and tuck.
😂 never thought of plants as being drug addicts but it makes so much sense! Edit: love this channel, learned so much and you’ve inspired me to start my own seedlings. This year I’m going to reach out to my local but nothing group to organize a seedling swap
I love your videos so much!! Your passion always inspires me. I'm starting my first garden this year, so THANK YOU for sharing all your knowledge and experience! Sending you and Tuck lots of love from California :)
When do the Tuck Ts come out for purchase?? Lol Always enjoy your videos James! Had a truck dump a whole bunch of wood chips in the yard last year, and this year I can already see some interesting changes. Keep spreading the joy!
Ohhhhhh now I see why allllll my seedling died 😞 I put them out in the garden too soon I planted them soon as they popped up I didnt know🤷♀️first you dont succeed they try again 😎 I will get this
You are absolutely right about the garden journal! I started one back in 2002 when I bought my first house in Clifton, NJ. Over the years I recorded my successes and my failures and included lots of photos. What a learning experience! Now I am moving to a new house in Easton, PA with 3 acres and TONS of space for gardening. I can't wait to get started and I'm grateful to have the experiences of my garden journal to guide me.
Go Clifton ....Paterson
I'm jealous of your three acres!!!!
Blessings to you and your new " digs."
I just started my journal this year! My garden is only on its third year but I can already tell this journal is going to be so helpful. I live in PA as well with 6 acres and eventually hope to grow my garden to about 2 acres and more if my neighbor will sell me the 6 acre field next to me! Lol
Great idea.
Shara Vitone. Hello Shara from a Hunterdon County Jersey gal, very close to Easton, cute little town. Check out Daddy’s Place for homemade Middle Eastern food. I just started my first garden, plan to expand in the fall to a food forest. Thanks for the suggestion of pictures, I’m a visual learner so this will help in the future. Good luck on your move, and I’m a little jealous of all the acreage.
When it is root bound put roots in water and loosen soil and trim roots a little if needed and then transplant for better performance.
Great tip - thank you Laura!!
You answered my one question from this vid. Thanks much.
My friend does that. But she soaks them in water with vitamin B and man you should see her garden!! It’s only floral but holy cow it’s gorgeous! She swears by vit. B.
I love how you talk about your plants as if they were people. It’s cute and funny! And kind of a nice way to think about them since they are living things. Hahaa
@@pbjsilverstudio4882 - another great tip!! Thanks for sharing :)
Tuck found the coolest spot for a nap in the garden. Looking forward to watching him eat some veggies in due time.🥒🥒🥕🥕🥕🐕💕
I love this channel! I have started a garden at my place with my 3 small kids this quarantine and we all have enjoyed it. Strawberries started to bloom and my littlest one is so excited for them.
Imagine if more of us took on all these new skills and hobbies. I love gardening. I think every household should try to grow something at least. I suppose its one of the "benefits" of this whole crappy pandemic is hopefully a lot more people are learning new skills and honing old ones. Heck..I even picked the bass guitar back up after 8 years a couple weeks ago and am going to come back with a vengeance! :) :)
my neighbors are using this time to remodel their houses. so they are off work but paying themselves by increasing the value of their houses.
@@Kreedogger lock down is almost over put the guitar back
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You’re attitude & love for what you do / are passionate about is attractive! I found this video, even 3 years later to be SO helpful. As i have been looking up videos for a while now on this exact topic and none were exactly about going from indoor to outdoor transplant but mostly about up-potting indoor seedlings. THANK YOU!!! and may God bless you and all of your crops🥰
James you are such a blessing to us new wannabe gardeners. THANK YOU for all your encouragement.
Your'e soo kind my friend. Don't sell yourself short though, I would call you a soontobe gardener :)
Been watching your videos for a few months now. I’ve gone back and watched pretty much all of them. I’m 21 and you’ve inspired me to create my own food Forrest at my parents house. Wood chips are laid out and now I’m boutta cut some trees for some more sun. Thank you so much James for your sharing your knowledge
James you are so inspiring!! I planted my first garden ever last year at the age of 50!! I am hooked!! Thank you so much for all the guidance you provide on your channel. I use you so much on this new journey of mine.
the planting journal is not just horticulture advice, but great life lesson as well!
keeping a journal and agenda is seriously amazing
Man I was doing all 4 mistakes! Thanks a lot for this James and Tuck!
Miracle Grow I believe is a Monsanto/Bayer product. Make sure you get ORGANIC.
I definitely believe in journalling. I'm a newbie, planting my flowers and veg seeds a week ago here in Brisbane Australia, they are doing well so far.
I think it's important to journal what you have, what you used, how you did it, the weather outside and never stop learning and growing.🌻🐝🥬
Im sittin here lookin at my racks of seedlings for my medium sized container garden on my apartment patio while watching this. Perfect! 3 Cucumbers(Love em)… 2 Zuch's... 2 Tomatoes and 2 Cherry Tomatoes will be the final tally outside! I cant wait to get em all set! I'm super glad I found your Channel James!!
Tuck has a sweet smile when he sleeps.
I started pulling weeds one weekend to deal with quarantine, next thing I’m building a raised bed. Your videos are very helpful for me.
Some weeds are edible and we should avoid poisoning them but instead view them as free salads
@@theobserver450 know them before you eat them and study all possible side affects.
Many folks are turning into gardening because of quarantine. Enjoy all!
JL Seagull 2.0 The system has failed u! Time for self responsibility!
Grow what you eat!
Eat what toy grow!
It started with planting a single cherry tree to to me. 2 gardens, 6 beds, 5 additional trees (peach, kumquats, lemon, navel orange. Got ornamentals and wild flowers planted. Have sheep out back keeping wild grasses and weeds down for fire break. Its addicting, healthy and fun to garden and farm your own food. Tough work but worth it
You have a beautiful property. With every video there are more blanks filled in. And thank you for your enthusiasm.
Thanks for the timely video James! I'm a big fan of your channel. I just bought my first house last fall and I've been putting in 16 hour days all spring trying to convert my lawn into an urban farm/food forest.
thank you for being so encouraging. I just started yesterday in my property that I have been in 2 years use all the excuses and when I got my hands dirty I loved it and felt so good
The “last expected frost date” of April 19 is the 50% date. This means that there is a 50% chance of a frost after that date. People use Mother’s Day as the time to plant because it Is somewhere around 5% chance of frost. This is all based on historical data.
Also depends on where you live.
@@emeraldorchard so true. I live in UK, it's we had frost this week. If I wait 4 weeks I will be playing in mid June FAR TOO LATE
Here in Carson City, Nevada, zone 6a, the "last frost date" is Memorial Day. My dad has been gardening here for 60+ years and he says "they" say not to plant until you can't see snow from here on the Sierras. He actually waits until July 1st to transplant his tomato starts into his garden. He always grows more tomatoes than they can eat.
I normally plant mother's day weekend. I'm so glad I didn't have time for mother's day weekend we had so many cold nights. A couple of my tomatoes didn't make it cuz the wind blew the covering off one corner of my pots.
Good advice.
I started a Garden just this year. I’ve learn that I have a lot to learn. I’m not going to give up, but instead attack it in the fall to make better in every way. I’ll learn as much as I can, Thank You for the content.
I have been watching your show for the last two weeks..addicted and real enjoyable..started my mini garden which iam real excited...love your dog Tuck too..learnt alot from you James..you have that energy that is hard to matched..thanks a million times James..great work..2 thumps up..
I love your videos. I use a garden wagon to take my plants outside. Also, when transplanting my plants, if they are rootbound, I gently tease loose the roots. That way the roots grow like they should. It is amazing how they react to being able to stretch out. Sometimes, I swear they look so thankful.
Sweet Tuck & James are our "grower 0", for the highly contagious "green thumb" healthy virus, that is spreading like hop-vines, we thank you again!
Jeanne Nilsson lol
So glad I watched this . My seedlings are growing and I have 8 big beds plus pots. Going for it! It was A lot of WORK. I live on a hill. I pruned the trees, raked a TON. of pine chips from a huge tree we chipped shoveled dirt and shovelling the bed mixture for it all has taken me months. It's Hugelkulture that will feed itself overtime.
Save your money on motivational speakers. Just watch James and Tuck.
Michelle Cliborn Heck ya
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Simply Golf yeesh... and I though this comment was too much. Wtf is this? A plug to a boring video? I guess if your gonna market boring, do it in a empty comment section 😂
Simple Gardening 🤦♂️
@@bruceree1574 gotta start somewhere.
haha it's TRUE!! I found a volunteer potato back in April when I was digging for a fire pit so I thought oooooo. planted some more ruth stout style. then got a raised bed, then another, then an apple tree and then raspberry canes, and then I mulched the whole garden and have a juvenile food forest. love it.
One year, when I'm in my 70's, I might quit planting things too soon. Probably not.
🤣 me too
I hear ya, I have to work on my patience!!
True!!
LOL
That's me all over ua-cam.com/video/JIyyPXA9tY0/v-deo.html
Each planting season, I come back to your videos, just to confirm I'm doing the right thing with my seedlings.
And bc I simply enjoy them :)
Let's Gooo! Glad to hear that V K, me and Tuck appreciate the encouraging words
Built a raised bed garden based on your inspiration and instructions. Now, finally, after 10 years, I will have a veggie garden. Thought I never would because of too much tree shade. Have it in the front yard in suuny area! :)
omg that dog in his little shade bed is so cute! very helpful video, thank you!
I swear, Tuck might be one of the smartest people I've met....Love that little guy, and this channel is super helpful. Thanks James!
Tucks a dog not people 😆
Tuck is so cute, I wonder what breed of pup he is? 🐶
Carlos Becerra Yorkie I believe.
@@gabbyrico4877 , you sure about that? He seems pretty human to me....:)
Your videos have been so inspirational to me! I started my own little food forest on my 1/4 acre. 4 years ago there were no trees, fully grassed lot. Now I have 10+ perennial herbs, 8 fruit trees, berry bushes, asparagus, and a vegetable garden. Not to mention 9 chickens!! We also started 300 tomato plants from seed. My son sold 100 of them as part of his homeschooling, and we set up a Little Free Nursery and Seed Swap for our neighbors to share what we aren't planting in our own food forest. Thanks for what you do! Keep making these videos!
This is so timely, i just started with my herbs, vege, and fruit seeds...my basils popped yesterday, and my tomatoes surprised me this morning :) excited to see them grow their true leaves. Thank you! 💜 watching the first 3/4 of the vid did feel like something's missing without Tuck running around haha
I see you transitioning to the square foot method ! I have been square foot gardening for 30 yrs. will the cukes climb your back fence? Looking awesome 👏🏻🌱
Yup!!! I'm having a lot of fun doing the square foot this year, the fact that you have been doing it for 30 years is reassuring to hear :)
@@jamesprigioni I love you're cukes and when your little dog tusk eats them haha so cute. You've had some major cuke yields over the years, can't wait to start growing some this season
What's the advantage of the square foot method?
@Cori MacNaughton great information! Thanks for sharing! 😊
I did 2 raised 4x10 and a 2x10 as well this year all sqft gardened. I love it
Tuck hiii🤗, good to have you back at it James. Enjoy the video, happy planting😉
Thanks for your positivity James! "Make the choice today to grow". You are an inspiration
Hey I'm from England and I love your videos and tips. Great work man Respect.
Always a pleasure hearing your tips and seeing Tuck thoroughly enjoying himself! I have a major challenge with deer and had given up having a garden in the past (they ate everything 🙄). I'm trying again with a raised bed by the house this year. Wish me luck! 😊
I just moved and have a groundhog living under my shed. Hes is bigger than Tuck. I've been hesitant to plant or to evict the groundhog (he/she was here 1st)
@@nancylucas4231 i decided to plant cabbage and carrots by the shed FOR the groundhog and keep my raised bed and containers near the house. The soil is just atrocious here. Im in philly burb and turns out there used to be a brick factory here, so its a very dense clay.
@@nancylucas4231 my relocation by the house worked! I also put up t-posts and attached deer netting to them. I haven't had any problems since . 😊
James, do you have a recommendation for a permaculture for beginners book?
Following...I remember him mentioning a permaculture expert that he followed but I can’t remember his name...something like ‘Gauci’? I wonder if that guy wrote a book but I need one too!
Paul Gautschi, youtube
Wow I just recently discovered your channel and I’d say that it’s by far my favorite gardening channel on UA-cam!
Not only is your backyard really beautiful from the lush vegetation that gives you food, but I also like your ecstatic passion for what you’re doing.
I’m trying to experiment this year with different plants to get the hang of growing plants and also am trying to build up my knowledge of gardening for when I build my own raised garden bed this fall!
I'm an arborist so alot of what I do naturally doesn't apply. I just planted tomatoes, going out to plant cucumbers, peppers, melons etc today. We bought starts from a local greenhouse. New to TN. Tomatoes were rootbound. I gently broke the roots out the way I've always done. We have two developed gardens on 5 acres, from the last owner. No raised beds. Looks like we have moles and squirels around. Light rain last night. So far tomatoes look great this AM. God bless!
Tuck is adorable 🥰. Thanks for all the tips!
That’s also why I plant companion plants 🌱 for the seedling indoors, such as pepper with okra
They grow a lot better indoor and when they transplant outside they adjust the change of environment better.
Thanks for sharing! I built 2 raised beds this year because your channel has inspired me to just get going. I've learned so much this year and feel way more confident. Can't wait till the first harvest!
Your content is great James. I’m a Jersey guy to....I love to Garden too. I’m in my 8th year. Just starting to consider myself intermediate experience. Your content is very helpful. Keep up the good work.
I love your enthusiasm. And Tuck is adorable! Thank you for the information.
Absolutely love your channel and passion. Keep up the GREAT work
Thankyou. I was just writing to you to ask you how to safely detox my plants and you explained how to just at that moment ! Thankyou. Very informative. Very useful.
Your garden has alot of improvements today . 😊
Thanks for all the tips. Your videos inspired us to build a 50x100 food forest on our farm. Ever since finding your channel, I have built 9 raised beds, planted trees and bushes and built a nice fence around it all. Wish I could post a picture, I think you’d be proud of the inspiration you provided us!
Love this channel and your energy. You inspire me
You're my favorite gardening channel right now. THANK YOU!!!
I'm enjoying watching these videos for fun but tonight, I'm watching this video for educational reasons. To that end, i am watering my own seedlings right now. I started one batch last week and they're already little seedlings!
Today, I put my peppers, tatsoi and kohlrahi seeds into their appropriate containers. Hoping by next weekend, that they will be germinated too! Thanks for the heads up on tatsoi btw. Really excited about it
Mother nature is the BEST medicine for mind, body and SOUL!✌❤🌱
Loving to garden is the best way to grow a great garden :) you have to want to do all the research it takes. I personally love it!
I’ll be starting my food forest this week! I have four hundred feet of 6’ fence barbwire for the last two’ 8’ total! Deer problem! I’m gonna make my well house a greenhouse next to the forest!
I’m so stoked. James you are the very inspiration for this to take place. I have found your channel last year and can’t stop learning. You are the man James, thank you for your time and energy awesomeness all over the place 🙌🏼🙏🏻👌🏽
I’ve had a garden journal for at least 15 years..and so glad that I did.
That domino effect is 100% true!! I have some cheap beds to fill, now I have about 12 seedling trays loaded and planted, buckets ready to plant as well and plans to have a shelter for them and everything!! After having the beds for two years and not using them I decided my motto this year... "If it ain't sown, it ain't growin' " I have no clue what my succes rate will be but only one way to find out!
Your Channel is very informative thank you so much..all your tips are so useful..your little dog is adorable..
Thanks for your videos been watching for about a year now. I now have productive peach, guava, and mango trees. I have also planted persimmon, pear, fig and a few herbs.
Love my yard (future food forest) so much more.
James you are my Gardening-Mentor ;) you & Tuck are a Awesome Team, I'am working on my own Food-Forest now, Linda in Oklahoma ;)
The dogs appearance was the highlight of this nice video. One of my dogs loves to dig his own holes in the garden as well.
That's so cute. The dog, Tuck, finds a place to take a nap under the..
Interesting what you say on root-bound planting. When I buy seedlings from Lowes / Home Depot they're always root-bound and I've never had a problem. I currently have a cucumber patch going that is thriving and they were all root-bound. Additionally I ignored other gardener's advice on finger pulling out the roots before planting and they still do well. I do use Mykos though, but differently that you. I pour some into the bottom of the hole, the amount the instructions specify.
Thanks for the tips! Awesome knowledge! Heeey Tuck! Happy gardening guys!💓🍅🍠🌹🌽💓
Great videos! Thank you. 'Drug addict plants' from big box store ... I had never thought about that - makes sense and explains so much about issues that I have had in the past! Thanks for the insight!
Just came upon your channel... finally a gardener from Jersey! So I can follow your timing and see what works for you. You’ve gained a new fan!
You are incredible. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much James, I'm a beginner and this information you are giving is invaluable to me! Concise, to the point and with examples. The best.
As far as planting early; most plant EVERYTHING early. A bit of patience will massively improve your results. Great advice!
Love this channel. You always inspire me
Your channel got me to start looking into food forests, to the point where I'm now looking for a place to live to or if the city to start my own. Thanks a lot!
I had great results by loosening the root bound seedlings...I just pull off almost half of the bound roots and plant them straight away water them and voilà!!!
My hardening off is very minimal. Wait for consistent 5 days of sunshine taking them outdoors in the afternoon . Then i plant then they do just fine
Hi James,tomorrow I will transfer about 40 plants of tomatoes in the field,I hope they do well.Thanks for every thing,love your channel.
I put in 5 raised beds last year, added 7 more this year and started plants from seeds... so excited for this new growing season. I am going to put in a watering system using dribble hose system. Planted 3 blue berry bushes last year and have 24 ever bearing strawberries this year. Just love gardening and seeing God’s creation produce... its a miracle sowing and reaping is more than just plants!
You have great energy. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you!
I think this is one of the best videos I've ever watched. Good advice, inspirational and funny!
You crack me up the way you just pop out every entrance
Excellent video. Very informative and practical!
Tuck is so cute, and smart!!
Thank you for journal advice I’ve been sleeping on that baddd this video was a breath of fresh air made by your seedling .
Thank you for the garden lessons!
I made some beds out of old pallets and wooden willow pegs :) I really like your videos they are inspiring and super energetic
I hope that I am not late with these questions.
1). What kind of lumber did you use for your beds?
2). Treated or non-treated?
3). Where did you get yours? (Home Depot... Lowe’s)
Thanks!! I appreciate Your videos and love of gardening 🧑🌾!!!
I absolutely agree about waiting 3 weeks after you frost date to plant. And I'm super guilty of planning too early 😓
I give my seedlings a soak in a seasol bath the night before I transplant them out. It seems to give them a real kickstart!
Love your videos!! I miss Jersey so much! Never thought I’d say that before I moved to Denver. 😂 I’m a novice gardener. Wish me luck! Love your positivity and encouragement for everyone to grow food! :)
Another great video my guy!
Much appreciation and best of luck this year, from Miami Florida
I always try to transplant in thr evening. Last year I bought starts and theynever grew. They stayed 6 inches high and never grew. I planted some seeds in between and they did grow. I think the cucumbers mayhave been root bound. Or maybe they were drug addicts. I never thought of that. I ordered rained beds this year and am putting them together today and tomorrow my soil will arrive. I am 64 and gardening in the ground is getting harder so I am getting 30 inch raised beds. Iam also using tree pots for some of them. I love your channel and tuck.
Love your channel and your tips,thanks
Love your passion, keep add in, Thx!
😂 never thought of plants as being drug addicts but it makes so much sense!
Edit: love this channel, learned so much and you’ve inspired me to start my own seedlings. This year I’m going to reach out to my local but nothing group to organize a seedling swap
You could put your trays on something with wheels to bring them inside and outside
I love your videos so much!! Your passion always inspires me. I'm starting my first garden this year, so THANK YOU for sharing all your knowledge and experience! Sending you and Tuck lots of love from California :)
Thanks for this video James, transferred my cucumber today, hopefully not too late 😎
Wow I made all these mistakes last month with my veggies. Good teaching James.
TUCK IS THE BEST GARDEN BUDDY!!
Love learning from you!!!
When do the Tuck Ts come out for purchase?? Lol Always enjoy your videos James! Had a truck dump a whole bunch of wood chips in the yard last year, and this year I can already see some interesting changes. Keep spreading the joy!
Ohhhhhh now I see why allllll my seedling died 😞 I put them out in the garden too soon I planted them soon as they popped up I didnt know🤷♀️first you dont succeed they try again 😎 I will get this