100% love honeynut squash! My never list this year goes to: Kohlrabi - sure, it's fairly easy to grow, but aside from dipping it in something with flavor, we just don't use it for anything. Considering not growing big beefy tomatoes too... It just takes so long for those to put any out! Okinawan sweet potato... Almost. I love the color, flavor and texture, but man it is so inconsistent for production. I'm gonna plant a few next year, but that's it. If they don't produce, then I'm done with em. I planted something like 25 slips, and I'd be lucky if we got a pound per plant average. Some had decent roots, some had zero. There are so many other varieties that produce well, and have good flavor. That's what we want! On our love list - Sungold cherry tomatoes. Man, these things gave us loads of sweet goodness, and have produced even after a touch of frost this fall. Potatoes -fresh potatoes are so delicious, and pretty easy to grow here with our cool wet spring and warm dry summer. Kabocha squash - fairly short vine to produce a good family sized squash that tastes delicious. Garlic - I love how "set it and forget it" it is, and we get great yields up here.
Cabbage. It takes up a lot of space and all of the pests love it. You only get one cabbage per plant. I would rather plant something that gives me more food with less work and frustration.
@@adriaward4483 I was told that when you harvest the cabbage plant if you leave the four leaves on the bottom it will regrow another head. Has another done it before?
Agreed I like things that don’t need to be babied! Collards, turnip greens , mustard greens and you can cut big leaves leave small ones to keep growing!!! Plus cold and heat tolerant
🤣You mad, mad about those butterfly peas. And you ain't lying about those ground cherries. Once you plant ground cherries you will always have ground cherries. Great advice. Grow what you eat and alot of it. 👍🏾
😂 This channel was the first time I have heard of ground cherries. As a newbie, I want ALL of the invasives lol I already have 5 or 6 mint plants. I don't have as much land around my house though. I have already planted 6 trees in my backyard; but I am looking for more land. I have lived in Georgia for 6 months, and so excited about my gardening journey 😁
I ain’t growing Corn again, Broke. I was thinking the same about zucchini squash. I don’t have time for them squash bugs or vine borers. I just donnnn’t have the mental capacity. Now... I might try the squash you mentioned. Whew! You’re right about them herbs though. Great video. 👩🏽🌾
@ Seeeee! We’re the same. Lol. I actually got ears this time but that pollination was whack! I figure corn 🌽 is cheaper to buy at the store. I don’t care. Lol.
I got a decent harvest of butternut squash this year from just one plant. I don`t go to stores so I try to grow calories but it`s hard in Louisiana with all the pests. Baby bunnies got into my watermelon patch and nibbled the vines up and I had all kinds of problems. Next year I`m growing my peas and beans in a better place. I bought crowder pea seeds and they gave me the kind that makes vines so that messed everything up. Next year the melons will be out in the middle of the yard by themselves.
I was wondering when you were going to stop growing onions. lol I stopped growing what wasn’t working for me a few years ago. I don’t have a lot of space so I grow what a know we will eat. If I get more space and can keep the pest away, I’ll try to grow more. Everyone has grow what works for them. Herbs are very favorite to grow. Great video.
Hey Broke! I am not growing onions or patty pans either and for the same reasons. I will not be growing basil. They reseeded all over my garden so I don’t need to. No more hot peppers! Husband makes special requests and then won’t even try one! He keeps having flashbacks from a jalapeño slither 2023. 😂Finally, I’m not making spaghetti sauce next year so, I’m only going to grow 1-2 Cherokee purple because they don’t get super tall and a cherry tomorrow…may try a sun gold this time.
I started my never again list in late summer and large tomatoes are at the top. I wasted so much time with those plants it was ridiculous. And no more fancy plants that entice you in those pretty seed magazines. Next year, keep it simple.
Yes! Small tomatoes!! They taste better anyways! More productive!! Here in Fl the heat kills them before big ones can produce. And I don’t start seeds in doors I just sew seeds where I want the plants.. so I know people say start them before the temps get warm inside but that ain’t me! I like easy not extra work! Plus more work for less taste!?! Naw I’m ok! Lol
Hello! I’m doubling down on MELONS. I grew Minnesota Midgets this year & my favorite days were the ones when I got to eat a warm, ripe melon!! Filled me up. 1 melon per serving, I think I got 6 melons per plant. I also plant 12 basils in a 8 gallon grow bag to make pesto for noodles (swoon!). I will NOT grow chard or spinach again - oxalates!! Chinese cabbage was filthy with earwigs, but will try again in pots. YES, green beans are a must-have, and so is romaine lettuce and peppers. Always, always grow those.
I was so happy when I saw cushaw squash making a comeback. We absolutely loved it growing up and it had gotten so hard to find. People just wasn’t growing it. And you’re right it is delicious. Thanks for the video!
SW Colorado can be a challenging place to garden. At the edge of mountains and desert. I love to garden, but over the years I have given up on many things, because they are not worth the space, effort, and water used. If friends, neighbors have more success with certain things, I'll buy from them (or often they just give me stuff!). I liked your honesty about what does and does not work for you.
Lmbo @Thyme playing sleep. You ain’t never lied. I have 3 varieties planted together and it’s a beast. I use it in my smoker for my honeybees. I’m not planting tomatoes this year simply because I went away for 2 weeks, told friends to pick whatever was ripe in my garden in my absence. I came home to decomposing tomatoes all in my garden; seeds every place. No one picked a single thing. They are already coming up so I know I’m going to have them coming out of my ears in the summer. I absolutely will not plant Motherland Okra again. I tried every technique imaginable to get it germinated. After purchasing the 5th pack in one year with no results I was completely over it.
My thyme has been sleeping since early spring with very few green leaves. I am wondering when it will become covered with new growth. I have thought about purchasing a fresh new plant.
I planted Red Ripper Purple Hull Peas around my young fig trees this year to add nitrogen to the soil, keep the wild bunnies away from my main garden, provide ground cover and I got a great harvest. I let them dry in the pods inside out of the rain. They get stung by beetles in summer which ruins the developing peas so in summer I cook the green pods whole but by September the beetles go away and I pick the pods when they turn purple and dry them inside. It`s too humid outside and they will rot. It`s November and there are baby ground cherry plants coming up 30 feet from where the plant was. I put one in a pot to grow under a 24 watt Sansi grow bulb on a timer indoors this winter.
Butterflypea plant is medicinal you can make medicine Tincher’s naturally good for everything that’s going on in your body--and the color of the butterfly pea it’s so beautiful✌🏽👍🏾🙏🏿
Very timely topic Broke. Last fall I started a gardening journal and have been tracking my what went well and what didn’t. I appreciate this tips and have switched to most all my own herbs, squash, beans, and tomatoes. Appreciate you sharing!
I thank God for my trees making my backyard into a micro-climate because this Summer heat hits different 😂. I’m with you on the tomatoes 🍅. Herbs for sho! Thanks for sharing and stay blessed fam! -Calvin
#1--Not growing sugar baby watermelons again! Season 1: I overcrowded got hardly any plus super seedy. Season 2: gave more space, still too seedy to enjoy. #2: Not growing corn--got good results but requires too much: plus corn is super cheap in my neck of the woods. Will definitely grow moon and stars watermelon--so delicious and huge. Will grow more flowers like zinnias--had great success.
My list is 1. Corn. Nuff said. 2. Squash. I keep only getting male flowers. Very strange. 3. Soybean. I did it as an experiment. Never flowered. 4. White potatoes. I have tried every technique and my harvests are so small. 5. Broccoli in spring. Just too many bugs but they are doing great now in late fall. I had given up on cabbage due to bugs in the spring but I will try your technique of doing them now. I'll see.😂
We just planted potatoes in the north! Found out that our missed potatoes from last year came up great this year, so we planted late fall :) We don't dig, we use Ruth Stout method, under hay and it's wonderful!
Butterfly peas are in the pea family.. and although edible not meant to be eaten as peas.. for me its a useful decorative plant... it grows enthusiastically, the flowers are beautiful and nutritious.. since it is a perennial legume in the tropics i am now trying it as a nitogen fixer in my food forest... time will tell if its a success for that use... if not it still brightens my garden..🤷♀️
I’m a houseplants fiend and I don’t normally grow veggies as I’ve just got a NYC balcony. I had a old potato which I planted. They were so good when I dug them up out of that pot and cooked them. I do grow purslane. It’s normally a weed but it’s edible. It volunteers in my houseplants and it’s got a slight lemony sourness and satisfying crunch and once you get it you can’t get rid of it so might as well use it.
🤣🤣🤣 Try the cherry tomatoes! I agree with you about the large ones. I tried it last year for the first time I said NEVER AGAIN too! I put in all that work and I didn't get to eat NOT ONE! The horn worms took over! Smh. I started me a list of what I will never try again myself. Lol. I mostly grow herbs now and the fruits and vegetables that I love and can freeze a long time. I love growing okra and crookneck squash in my garden as well. Very easy!
I plant a cherry tomato, then a cutting from it, and another and another until I have enough for a bowl of them every day until November. If we get an early frost I cover them with a sheet or a garbage bag. A very lightweight 8x10 tarp works too. The small thin tarps are great to have in spring to cover fruit trees and blackberries too if a late freeze happens.
You are very funny, I appreciate that. I like your opinions except for the Butterfly Peas. They have the deepest blue flowers that can be gathered and dried for a blue tea. Delicious. Thanks for your tips. 🌵🥑🐓🌱🌷🦠🍊🍀
If you pick the peas instantly when they are young can be eaten...the flowers bloom then come the peas...please pick as soon as flower starts to fade. Nuff nuff love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤ 💕
Fun content Mr Broke . I eat every thing from the food forest that i can . The plums are great but can over take the food forest so chop and dropping some .Mostly in the cold months here on Southern Vancouver Island the edible weeds and direct sow is whats available on the forest floor that nature only cares for . I dont like Morning Glory and ivy and please never plant it ! . A job for the rest of some ones life will be to remove these Plants ! Cheers Earthlings
Im from georgia and moved to michigan. im trying to start a garden for next spring. Thank you for the squash tip. I grew butternut in georgia. Now ill try cushaw and honey nut here. Ill let you know how they turn out.
Great, great, great video. Give us more! What about growing some of the less desired things in smallish containers? Why can you not eat butterfly peas? Are they poisonous or bad tasting?
Good morning Broke, thank you for this video. So, the patty pan squash, I bought seeds. So next year they will be apart of my fall decorations for the Thanksgiving table. Have an awesome day
I planted a lot of green onions to deter insects from attacking my vegetables. It definitely did not stop them. I also planted green onions in 2 raised beds that voles were eating my plants during summer and winter. I think the smell of onions actually kept them away this year.
I almost gave up on parsnips, not finally seen they prefer fall. I will only grow cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower in the fall from now on. Nothing yet that I won’t grow again. We’ll see!
Here in north Florida im near the Georgia border so i can get certain veggies, fruits so i dont need to grow everything.Yet i do try to see if i can grow them for training encase of hard times.I save my space for my veggies i eat everyday and preserve. I do have a few fruit trees and vine fruits but they are young at the moment. I just cant get much squash, zuchinni no matter what type of seeds i buy.I wouldn't mind using the qtip to pollinate but i only get dang MALE flowers.I have done what most say to do this get these veggies. I just buy a few organic ones from the store smh.
I'm with you about the ground cherries. We love them, but the little critters, rats, squirrels and chipmunks love them even more. We had no ground cherry harvest, only ground cherry husks. Never again!
Good video! Yes, those Honey Nut squash are the good. We like Patti Pan’s. my mom is the greatest squash cooker I know and they are delicious! She grew up eating and cooking them. Those darn ground cherries are a pain and I grew them in a container in 2021.😡
Hey Broke 👋🏾💪🏽This was a great info , thyme playing slp 😂 I’ve been turned off from squash since my moma used to boil yellow squash and make us eat it 🤢🤢but I’m gonna try the honey nut squash, you advertise it well!! Have a great day
Ground cherries don’t easily reseed here, at least that’s been my experience. I’ll always grow them. “What’s worse than yellow patty pan squash? WHITE yellow patty pan squash!” 😂😂
I will never grow Patty pan, or whatever they call them, EVER again. That was the worst squash that I have ever prepared for my family. I enjoyed your video, it made me laugh soooo much 😅. Happy gardening brother 😊.
In northern California if you plant one large heirloom tomato species, you'll have more than you'll know what to do with 😂 everyone I know who grew tomatoes this last summer in my area had a tomato explosion
Lemon cucumbers I won't ever grow again. Got a lot of em and grew like a redwood but it looks like a cross between a lemon and cucumber and don't taste sweet no matter what stage you harvest them.
@Brokefarmer I was really wanting to know what was the name of that pear tree you mentioned in a Livestream with another gardener. You said you were opposed to the way it grows, or it invades and takes over too much space, or something. I have had 2 pear trees in containers for a couple of months, wondering if they are one of those that you spoke of🤔🤷🏽
As far as the onions for pest control. It isn't really meant to kill the pests, I think it's more to try and mask the smell of the plants the pest is looking for.
I tried them in Austin, Texas. They look great but the spider mites were horrible. When I grew dwarf tomatoes next to full size, the difference was amazing.
Hey Broke thanks for the great information. I will never grow green peppers again. The plant is now about 6-8 inches tall and its 45 degrees outside. I started it in June. Can I continue to grow it inside. Also should i cover my turnip greens with plastic bags when the temp goes under 32 degrees?
Patty pan squash and onions extended my. Mother’s life after the doctors told us to take her home. So she could be comfortable and at peace in her final days. I was like 13 alls she ate was P.S and she lived. Almost 2 years and she was very active out going. She died in a car accident I’ve never tried it. But I keep trying to grow it so thanks for telling me. What it taste like
Yeh with the onions it's more about mild confusion with smell than actual pest repellent. Now if I wanted to truly repel something with smell, like say, voles, just plant daffodils around whatever needs repellent. Vermin hate daffodils. One time I accidentally walled off a vole INSIDE my flower garden by planting daffodils in a ring around it. Flowers got rekt, but it didn't dig through the daffodil border.
100% love honeynut squash!
My never list this year goes to:
Kohlrabi - sure, it's fairly easy to grow, but aside from dipping it in something with flavor, we just don't use it for anything.
Considering not growing big beefy tomatoes too... It just takes so long for those to put any out!
Okinawan sweet potato... Almost. I love the color, flavor and texture, but man it is so inconsistent for production. I'm gonna plant a few next year, but that's it. If they don't produce, then I'm done with em. I planted something like 25 slips, and I'd be lucky if we got a pound per plant average. Some had decent roots, some had zero. There are so many other varieties that produce well, and have good flavor. That's what we want!
On our love list - Sungold cherry tomatoes. Man, these things gave us loads of sweet goodness, and have produced even after a touch of frost this fall.
Potatoes -fresh potatoes are so delicious, and pretty easy to grow here with our cool wet spring and warm dry summer.
Kabocha squash - fairly short vine to produce a good family sized squash that tastes delicious.
Garlic - I love how "set it and forget it" it is, and we get great yields up here.
Okinawan Sweet Potatoes did the same for me too, great list!
Cabbage. It takes up a lot of space and all of the pests love it. You only get one cabbage per plant. I would rather plant something that gives me more food with less work and frustration.
Makes me think about it 🤔
@@adriaward4483 I was told that when you harvest the cabbage plant if you leave the four leaves on the bottom it will regrow another head. Has another done it before?
@ I will certainly try it. Thanks for the suggestion.
Agreed I like things that don’t need to be babied! Collards, turnip greens , mustard greens and you can cut big leaves leave small ones to keep growing!!! Plus cold and heat tolerant
The first part of your video had me cracking up Lol.😄🍃
...but I love how you break it all down with honesty.
Thank you for Sharing💛
You are so welcome
🤣You mad, mad about those butterfly peas. And you ain't lying about those ground cherries. Once you plant ground cherries you will always have ground cherries. Great advice. Grow what you eat and alot of it. 👍🏾
I'm over growing them already
😂 This channel was the first time I have heard of ground cherries. As a newbie, I want ALL of the invasives lol
I already have 5 or 6 mint plants. I don't have as much land around my house though. I have already planted 6 trees in my backyard; but I am looking for more land. I have lived in Georgia for 6 months, and so excited about my gardening journey 😁
I ain’t growing Corn again, Broke. I was thinking the same about zucchini squash. I don’t have time for them squash bugs or vine borers. I just donnnn’t have the mental capacity. Now... I might try the squash you mentioned. Whew! You’re right about them herbs though. Great video. 👩🏽🌾
I think I'm finally done with corn also
I'm done with corn! 2 years and one one successful ear. I said goodbye to zucchini last year. Just not worth it. The pests win every tine.
@ Seeeee! We’re the same. Lol. I actually got ears this time but that pollination was whack! I figure corn 🌽 is cheaper to buy at the store. I don’t care. Lol.
I got a decent harvest of butternut squash this year from just one plant. I don`t go to stores so I try to grow calories but it`s hard in Louisiana with all the pests. Baby bunnies got into my watermelon patch and nibbled the vines up and I had all kinds of problems. Next year I`m growing my peas and beans in a better place. I bought crowder pea seeds and they gave me the kind that makes vines so that messed everything up. Next year the melons will be out in the middle of the yard by themselves.
I was wondering when you were going to stop growing onions. lol I stopped growing what wasn’t working for me a few years ago. I don’t have a lot of space so I grow what a know we will eat. If I get more space and can keep the pest away, I’ll try to grow more. Everyone has grow what works for them. Herbs are very favorite to grow. Great video.
It took me awhile to figure out, I thought I wasn't doing it right 🤣
Hey Broke! I am not growing onions or patty pans either and for the same reasons. I will not be growing basil. They reseeded all over my garden so I don’t need to. No more hot peppers! Husband makes special requests and then won’t even try one! He keeps having flashbacks from a jalapeño slither 2023. 😂Finally, I’m not making spaghetti sauce next year so, I’m only going to grow 1-2 Cherokee purple because they don’t get super tall and a cherry tomorrow…may try a sun gold this time.
I'm only grow 2 cherry tomatoes next year
I agree with you on the larger tomatoes. Here up north we don't have time enough for them to ripen before it gets cold again.
I'm waaay over them
You can ripen tomatoes indoors. They will ripen on the counter top, or even in a paper bag.
Try some fried green tomatoes, yum.
I laughed through this whole video! I'm subscribing 😂
Welcome to the community
I started my never again list in late summer and large tomatoes are at the top. I wasted so much time with those plants it was ridiculous. And no more fancy plants that entice you in those pretty seed magazines. Next year, keep it simple.
I hate growing exotic varieties and it all taste the same
Yes! Small tomatoes!! They taste better anyways! More productive!!
Here in Fl the heat kills them before big ones can produce. And I don’t start seeds in doors I just sew seeds where I want the plants.. so I know people say start them before the temps get warm inside but that ain’t me! I like easy not extra work! Plus more work for less taste!?! Naw I’m ok! Lol
Hello! I’m doubling down on MELONS. I grew Minnesota Midgets this year & my favorite days were the ones when I got to eat a warm, ripe melon!! Filled me up. 1 melon per serving, I think I got 6 melons per plant. I also plant 12 basils in a 8 gallon grow bag to make pesto for noodles (swoon!). I will NOT grow chard or spinach again - oxalates!! Chinese cabbage was filthy with earwigs, but will try again in pots. YES, green beans are a must-have, and so is romaine lettuce and peppers. Always, always grow those.
Been reading about the spinach
I was so happy when I saw cushaw squash making a comeback. We absolutely loved it growing up and it had gotten so hard to find. People just wasn’t growing it. And you’re right it is delicious. Thanks for the video!
In our gardening community everyone growing it now
Omg!!! Cut them patty pans up saute them with bacon!! So delicious!!!!
Really, turkey bacon though 😋
I enjoyed your video so much - I agreed as I laughed - so funny. Jerusalem artichokes are another to not grow again! The will take over everything!
Noted
I laughed so hard your explanation and reasonings were so blatantly honest I take my hat off to you and your wife for being a good cook.
Thank you
SW Colorado can be a challenging place to garden. At the edge of mountains and desert. I love to garden, but over the years I have given up on many things, because they are not worth the space, effort, and water used. If friends, neighbors have more success with certain things, I'll buy from them (or often they just give me stuff!). I liked your honesty about what does and does not work for you.
I also use the barter system
@@pamelajoy67 im im maryland. Im going to use vertical garden. Its easier to manage.
Can’t wait to grow the Honey nut squash! Thank you for the tip
You're welcome
Lmbo @Thyme playing sleep. You ain’t never lied. I have 3 varieties planted together and it’s a beast. I use it in my smoker for my honeybees. I’m not planting tomatoes this year simply because I went away for 2 weeks, told friends to pick whatever was ripe in my garden in my absence. I came home to decomposing tomatoes all in my garden; seeds every place. No one picked a single thing. They are already coming up so I know I’m going to have them coming out of my ears in the summer. I absolutely will not plant Motherland Okra again. I tried every technique imaginable to get it germinated. After purchasing the 5th pack in one year with no results I was completely over it.
My thyme has been sleeping since early spring with very few green leaves. I am wondering when it will become covered with new growth. I have thought about purchasing a fresh new plant.
Try the Clemson spineless okra
@@BrokeFarmerthanks I’ll look into that one.
@@missietgardendelight6029I started mine from seeds and they are growing like wildflowers. I’m sure yours aren’t dead. Give them a little more time.
@ Thanks.
I planted Red Ripper Purple Hull Peas around my young fig trees this year to add nitrogen to the soil, keep the wild bunnies away from my main garden, provide ground cover and I got a great harvest. I let them dry in the pods inside out of the rain. They get stung by beetles in summer which ruins the developing peas so in summer I cook the green pods whole but by September the beetles go away and I pick the pods when they turn purple and dry them inside. It`s too humid outside and they will rot. It`s November and there are baby ground cherry plants coming up 30 feet from where the plant was. I put one in a pot to grow under a 24 watt Sansi grow bulb on a timer indoors this winter.
Them ground cherries will take over
Butterflypea plant is medicinal you can make medicine Tincher’s naturally good for everything that’s going on in your body--and the color of the butterfly pea it’s so beautiful✌🏽👍🏾🙏🏿
Thanks for the info!
Wow this video is refreshing! Thank you for being honest ! I’ve wanted to grow the patty pan squash forever , now I know.
That's just my taste buds you might like it
Very timely topic Broke. Last fall I started a gardening journal and have been tracking my what went well and what didn’t. I appreciate this tips and have switched to most all my own herbs, squash, beans, and tomatoes. Appreciate you sharing!
Love that!
I thank God for my trees making my backyard into a micro-climate because this Summer heat hits different 😂. I’m with you on the tomatoes 🍅. Herbs for sho! Thanks for sharing and stay blessed fam!
-Calvin
Exactly!!
You're right about large sized tomatoes. I need production!
Definitely productive over pretty
Yep, tried and said never again...
List narrows every year.
When its xheap tp buy why take up your space...👍🏻👍🏼
Facts!!
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
Keep up the Great work Sir Broke! Have a wonderful fall week! 🍁
Thanks, you too!
#1--Not growing sugar baby watermelons again! Season 1: I overcrowded got hardly any plus super seedy. Season 2: gave more space, still too seedy to enjoy. #2: Not growing corn--got good results but requires too much: plus corn is super cheap in my neck of the woods. Will definitely grow moon and stars watermelon--so delicious and huge. Will grow more flowers like zinnias--had great success.
Over corn also
My list is
1. Corn. Nuff said.
2. Squash. I keep only getting male flowers. Very strange.
3. Soybean. I did it as an experiment. Never flowered.
4. White potatoes. I have tried every technique and my harvests are so small.
5. Broccoli in spring. Just too many bugs but they are doing great now in late fall.
I had given up on cabbage due to bugs in the spring but I will try your technique of doing them now. I'll see.😂
I'm trying purple potatoes more next year
We just planted potatoes in the north! Found out that our missed potatoes from last year came up great this year, so we planted late fall :) We don't dig, we use Ruth Stout method, under hay and it's wonderful!
Great video! Eat what you love.
Exactly!!
I agree with the big tomatoes too. You're the second person to talk about that honey squash I have to try it out
It's good good
Great video. I'm taking inventory too. Some stuff can't come back here.
Facts!
Butterfly peas are in the pea family.. and although edible not meant to be eaten as peas..
for me its a useful decorative plant... it grows enthusiastically, the flowers are beautiful and nutritious.. since it is a perennial legume in the tropics i am now trying it as a nitogen fixer in my food forest... time will tell if its a success for that use... if not it still brightens my garden..🤷♀️
Yes, you are right
brother, you should harvest the thyme more often. The longer it gets the woodier it gets. You can dry it. That helps it get bushy and stay green.
I harvested and dehydrated a bunch, going to repot it this week
I’m a houseplants fiend and I don’t normally grow veggies as I’ve just got a NYC balcony. I had a old potato which I planted. They were so good when I dug them up out of that pot and cooked them. I do grow purslane. It’s normally a weed but it’s edible. It volunteers in my houseplants and it’s got a slight lemony sourness and satisfying crunch and once you get it you can’t get rid of it so might as well use it.
A lot of space saver veggies you can grow on a balcony
🤣🤣🤣 Try the cherry tomatoes! I agree with you about the large ones. I tried it last year for the first time I said NEVER AGAIN too! I put in all that work and I didn't get to eat NOT ONE! The horn worms took over! Smh. I started me a list of what I will never try again myself. Lol. I mostly grow herbs now and the fruits and vegetables that I love and can freeze a long time. I love growing okra and crookneck squash in my garden as well. Very easy!
Definitely narrowing down is a good idea
I plant a cherry tomato, then a cutting from it, and another and another until I have enough for a bowl of them every day until November. If we get an early frost I cover them with a sheet or a garbage bag. A very lightweight 8x10 tarp works too. The small thin tarps are great to have in spring to cover fruit trees and blackberries too if a late freeze happens.
You are very funny, I appreciate that. I like your opinions except for the Butterfly Peas. They have the deepest blue flowers that can be gathered and dried for a blue tea. Delicious. Thanks for your tips.
🌵🥑🐓🌱🌷🦠🍊🍀
Thanks for watching!
Great information honey nut it evens sounds delicious
It was
If you pick the peas instantly when they are young can be eaten...the flowers bloom then come the peas...please pick as soon as flower starts to fade. Nuff nuff love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 ❤ 💕
They are so small
@@BrokeFarmer yes bro one one cocoa...fill 🗑
Fun content Mr Broke . I eat every thing from the food forest that i can . The plums are great but can over take the food forest so chop and dropping some .Mostly in the cold months here on Southern Vancouver Island the edible weeds and direct sow is whats available on the forest floor that nature only cares for . I dont like Morning Glory and ivy and please never plant it ! . A job for the rest of some ones life will be to remove these Plants ! Cheers Earthlings
Thanks Howie
This was so good❤👏🏾
Thanks
I love the winter squash but I can't cut the darn things up! Its so hard!
I agreed
Great information on getting the results
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, I love the honesty.
I appreciate that!
Im from georgia and moved to michigan. im trying to start a garden for next spring. Thank you for the squash tip. I grew butternut in georgia. Now ill try cushaw and honey nut here. Ill let you know how they turn out.
Please do
Great video , thanks so much for sharing
Thanks for watching!
You are crackin me up! Right there with ya on certain crops that for us are just not worth it!
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Great, great, great video.
Give us more!
What about growing some of the less desired things in smallish containers?
Why can you not eat butterfly peas? Are they poisonous or bad tasting?
The peas are super small, when I think of peas I think of sweet large peas
Great advice on End of Season decisions about the Produce!!
Thanks bro
Good morning Broke, thank you for this video. So, the patty pan squash, I bought seeds. So next year they will be apart of my fall decorations for the Thanksgiving table. Have an awesome day
Sounds great!
The one thing I won't grow no more is the "Pick 'n Pick" hybrid squash because it had only given all male flowers.
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I planted a lot of green onions to deter insects from attacking my vegetables. It definitely did not stop them. I also planted green onions in 2 raised beds that voles were eating my plants during summer and winter. I think the smell of onions actually kept them away this year.
Nice!!
Love it. I don’t really like any white veggies as the flavor is lacking for me
Me neither
I almost gave up on parsnips, not finally seen they prefer fall. I will only grow cabbages, broccoli and cauliflower in the fall from now on. Nothing yet that I won’t grow again. We’ll see!
Hope everything continues to be good to you
Awesome video 😊
Thanks
My squash are not the main meal I add my squash in as a sauce enhancer. Instead of flour. Great video. I enjoyed and agree with your observations.
Thanks
Here in north Florida im near the Georgia border so i can get certain veggies, fruits so i dont need to grow everything.Yet i do try to see if i can grow them for training encase of hard times.I save my space for my veggies i eat everyday and preserve. I do have a few fruit trees and vine fruits but they are young at the moment. I just cant get much squash, zuchinni no matter what type of seeds i buy.I wouldn't mind using the qtip to pollinate but i only get dang MALE flowers.I have done what most say to do this get these veggies. I just buy a few organic ones from the store smh.
Grow a little at a time and you will figure it out
I'm with you about the ground cherries. We love them, but the little critters, rats, squirrels and chipmunks love them even more. We had no ground cherry harvest, only ground cherry husks.
Never again!
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This is hilarious 😂 I love it. Just subscribed. I have never heard of ground 🍒 cherries
Don't grow them 🤣🤣
Good video! Yes, those Honey Nut squash are the good. We like Patti Pan’s. my mom is the greatest squash cooker I know and they are delicious! She grew up eating and cooking them. Those darn ground cherries are a pain and I grew them in a container in 2021.😡
Wow
Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching!
Great video hope some learn from this
Thanks Microfarmer
LOL I told you honeynut squash was good, cuz!
You were definitely correct, thanks
❤❤❤Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Hey Broke 👋🏾💪🏽This was a great info , thyme playing slp 😂 I’ve been turned off from squash since my moma used to boil yellow squash and make us eat it 🤢🤢but I’m gonna try the honey nut squash, you advertise it well!! Have a great day
😂 so did my Mahmuh - squash 1 beware!!!
Same to you
Ground cherries don’t easily reseed here, at least that’s been my experience. I’ll always grow them. “What’s worse than yellow patty pan squash? WHITE yellow patty pan squash!” 😂😂
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I will be tomatoes, squash because of borers. Thanks for the lists
Good luck!
I’ve had no luck with thyme, cucumbers, zucchini, pumpkin (for soup) and squash. Leaf footed bugs keep getting to them.
Try some peppermint castille soap
I keep having cucumber failure. I will try that tip.
I will never grow Patty pan, or whatever they call them, EVER again.
That was the worst squash that I have ever prepared for my family.
I enjoyed your video, it made me laugh soooo much 😅.
Happy gardening brother 😊.
🤣thanks
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I think the heat and maybe some spacing issues led to a wack tomato harvest this past season for me
I think I picked the wrong varieties
Thank you love your videos
Glad you like them!
In northern California if you plant one large heirloom tomato species, you'll have more than you'll know what to do with 😂 everyone I know who grew tomatoes this last summer in my area had a tomato explosion
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Hey Broke! Thanks for an insightful video. As you stated the slicer tomatoes are not good at all, and I am not growing those again either.
I'm looking for a good producing small tomato
@@BrokeFarmer The Bonny Best Tomato works for me!
W upload
Thanks
1st time growing cabbage, wont be doing it again, the pests the eat it overnight in morning I dont see them.
The bugs are bad
New sub here so hello from South Carolina, neighbor!
Thanks for subbing!, welcome to the community
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Loved your video and definitely agree on your opinions!
thank you!
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Thanks
😂😂😂 oh you just gained a new subscriber
Welcome aboard!
Lemon cucumbers I won't ever grow again. Got a lot of em and grew like a redwood but it looks like a cross between a lemon and cucumber and don't taste sweet no matter what stage you harvest them.
True, I used to grow them too
Thanks 😊
You're welcome!
Good God's glorious morning cousin!
- Psalm 146 🙋🏽♀️ in my husband's account
Good morning Psalm
@Brokefarmer I was really wanting to know what was the name of that pear tree you mentioned in a Livestream with another gardener. You said you were opposed to the way it grows, or it invades and takes over too much space, or something. I have had 2 pear trees in containers for a couple of months, wondering if they are one of those that you spoke of🤔🤷🏽
I was saying my European Asian keeps a disease
As far as the onions for pest control. It isn't really meant to kill the pests, I think it's more to try and mask the smell of the plants the pest is looking for.
I don't think based off that hungry bugs won't eat
Everglades tomatoes self seed like that. And they are tiny. Like blueberries. Good for guniea pigs though
Thanks I will never grow them🤣
Plant black eyed peas every few yards of melon and squash. The wasps and ants will come for the bean sap and stay to hunt borers and bugs
Good idea
Zucchini! Great video
Yeah I'm only growing golden zucchini
Ha ha ha love your channel😂
Thanks
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try slicing tomatoes from the dwarf tomato project. they have them at southern exposure seed and victory seeds.
I will, thanks
I tried them in Austin, Texas. They look great but the spider mites were horrible. When I grew dwarf tomatoes next to full size, the difference was amazing.
Hey Broke thanks for the great information. I will never grow green peppers again. The plant is now about 6-8 inches tall and its 45 degrees outside. I started it in June. Can I continue to grow it inside. Also should i cover my turnip greens with plastic bags when the temp goes under 32 degrees?
You can bring the peppers inside they are biannual, turnip greens taste better after frost
Patty pan squash and onions extended my. Mother’s life after the doctors told us to take her home. So she could be comfortable and at peace in her final days. I was like 13 alls she ate was P.S and she lived. Almost 2 years and she was very active out going. She died in a car accident I’ve never tried it. But I keep trying to grow it so thanks for telling me. What it taste like
It's just my taste buds, sorry for your loss
Larger tomatoes have been crazy for the past few years.
Which variety?
Dirt taste good? 👀 we want to see a video on that and you eating that. Lol i am with you on those patty pan and acorn squash. I like the basic squash.
It's so many better tasting squashes
I don’t even eat slicing tomatoes. I use tomatoes strictly for sauce making so I only grow paste and cherry tomatoes
Good idea
Never ate pattypan squash. Don't think I will grow it.
You're not missing anything
Yeh with the onions it's more about mild confusion with smell than actual pest repellent. Now if I wanted to truly repel something with smell, like say, voles, just plant daffodils around whatever needs repellent. Vermin hate daffodils. One time I accidentally walled off a vole INSIDE my flower garden by planting daffodils in a ring around it. Flowers got rekt, but it didn't dig through the daffodil border.
Thanks for the tips
Bruh, you made me laugh so I had to subbed🎉😂
🤣🤣 preciate it, welcome to the community