My Garden is Far From Perfect | Dealing With Garden Pests And Disease
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- As much as I love my garden, July was not kind to my plants. So if you're wondering how I deal with everything from square vine borers to blight, I'm covering all the ways my garden has struggled so far this summer!
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I really needed to hear that positive bit at the end. This is my first time gardening and I find myself stressing about whether the plants will make it to fruit or not. It's nice to just take a breath and rethink and find a new perspective.
You got this!
That dang squash vine borer! It is my nemesis!!
the worsttt
@@thecottagepeachwhat pumpkin varieties work for you when you do late season plantings? I mostly grow c. moschata varieties to avoid the svb drama but I'd love some fast growing pumpkins
I value your philosophy on gardening, your decision to share it hear, and the words you speak to articulate the process.
After watching the video I found myself in several thoughtful moments while doing an assessment of my garden on a small plot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Gardening is not without challenges hear but we still get to do it. Your channel is a great help. Thank You.
I appreciate that! Thank you for being here.
Had a rough summer as well. I needed this video to get me back in stride. Thank you
You got this!
Thanks for sharing! I love those crows too❤
This video is amazing - thank you for your honesty. As a first year gardener, I feel so defeated when I see all of the "perfect" gardens on UA-cam!!!
Glad it was helpful!
I needed to hear this. As an amateur gardener, I have been so discouraged with how little I’m getting from my garden.
Every year will be better than the last!
“I feed the Japanese beetles to my crows” what a badass statement
lol I meant the hornworms but either way 😅
Yes with the weather extremes! After years of drought and record heat, we have a record year for rain with mild temps mostly. I've only really gardened in drought conditions (only had a garden for like 4 years now) so I feel lost!
the plants are extra stressed, all we can do is adapt :/
I waited late to plant my squash. It was the last thing to go in. They still got over half of my zucchini and yellow squash. What I have left have been ravaged but are still trucking on. My desire to trellis them vertical was squashed though (heh). I'm so afraid to touch them now because the base of the stalks is barely recognizable. SO tore up! I only succeeded in o e surgery. The one zucchini that did the best without it I had injected with BT. I put off doing it, but it got to the point"it's this or nothing" point.
This was my first garden this year, in part with inspiration from UA-camrs like you. I have MS and put this off for years due to how hard it is. Glad I did it though! I did one large, tall bed and a bunch of 20g grow bags. The height of the bed made such a difference in back pain I remember from helping my mother.
So please, keep sharing what you're up to, even if you think things aren't going as well as you think they should! It helps 😊
I need to try the BT. it’s just hilarious to me when everyone is joking about having more squash than they know what to do with but then also I hear just as many people struggling to grow them as me!
Thank you for sharing the things that are not going so well along with the successes, it really is encouraging. We had one of the hottest summers in a while this year, though thankfully plenty of rain. I had so much disease pressure, more than ever before. Like you, I am a humble gardener not a homesteader or farmer trying to grow all my own food. I like what you said about reframing. For instance, my tomatoes really suffered from disease this year, but I was still able to harvest a couple handful of cherry tomatoes before pulling the plants. I made a really nice sauté of cherry tomatoes and green beans I harvested from the garden. True, I am merely supplementing my own food with what I buy locally. But grateful nonetheless. Last weekend, I harvested a handful of delicious Silver Slicer cucumbers. I am grateful for that. I moved to my new garden space a couple years ago so I am still getting used to a relatively new space. I have come to recognize we may have too much sun actually during peak summer and may need to adapt to those conditions. Happy gardening! ❤
Of course! Have to normalize the "failures" too. We're all just learning as we go :) Happy gardening!
Your garden is beautiful. Every year you'll learn more. Gardening is a lifestyle and the most important thing is that you can do it. Improve your soils with cover crops and compost. Save seeds from healthy plants to build up resilient genetics. Keep experimenting. In a heat wave SHADE CLOTH is invaluable. I see a lot of lawn, if i were you i would lay a big tarp for about a month or so to kill the grass and then cover crop it and next year you'll be able to put in beds. You're just getting started! And please don't think of in terms of messing up or failing, I know how that feels but it isnt true. Youre starting down a path that takes generations of knowledge to navigate and thankfully in this age you can learn much faster from so many sources. We will always be at the mercy of nature and learning how to work with the natural elements will bring us closer to nature and enable us to create a sustainable lifestyle. ❤
Thanks! I’ve been at this a long time now so very comfortable with stuff going sideways. Solarization is a great way to form in ground beds as you mentioned- since teaching gardening is my full time job my garden is quite extensive already so the clover is a nice way for us to break up the garden spaces, and with my chronic pain and our focus on accessibility we don’t do much in ground gardening, but I always encourage it just as you have for others as well! My favorite thing about gardening is that everyone does it differently, and it sounds like you’ve found a way that works great for you which is amazing 💚
I’ve been dealing with squash vine borer also! I have one musquee de provence pumpkin that’s my baby. My tomatoes have some whiteflies I’m dealing with. I’ve harvested some cherries, but I’m waiting to harvest my heirlooms. Hoping for the best.
fingers crossed for you!
Sometimes it seems like we are just providing a habitat for pests.
Last summer here was the same as yours, hot weather and pests galore.Hand picking caterpillars is fun, but I always seem to miss some…. Either that or they knew I was coming 😋
Very true!
Ma'am! Those jokers got my pumpkins and squash, too! I was so disappointed!
They are ruthless!
@thecottagepeach I felt like I was going to crazy in a video on my channel. I had a friend reach out to me after I showed it. Asked if I was alright. Lol, especially my pumpkins!
Thanks.. 😅
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Thanks
it's freeing to just roll with the damage sometimes! where'd you get your overalls and do you like them? thanks for your videos ❤
For sure. They’re madewell - I think they’re perfect, but I did thrift them so idk how the newer versions hold up
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Your garden seems to endure pretty well. Squash bore has been at it a long time. My last few yrs is plant squash an zucchini every three weeks. Have enjoyed lemon cukes from time to time last 30 yrs. God's creatures will wear out their welcome, use human hair from barber around their trails.
What amazes me is I have friends in other parts of the world that have never had to deal with the SVB. It must be nice!
@@thecottagepeach one yr I had Colorado potato bug, they take it all. Svb bout the same.
do you feed...your crows?
yep