June Vegetable Garden Tour Zone 6
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2024
- Welcome to the June Vegetable Garden tour of my Zone 6, Ohio garden and check out Lomi here: lomi.sjv.io/e43XYz
I am growing in Zone 6a, mid-western Ohio, and focus on growing things I love to eat (vegetables, fruits & herbs), with flowers thrown in primarily for the pollinators & beneficial insects.
Today I'm sharing what is going on in June at one of my garden locations. Look for an update on the 2nd garden location soon!
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00:00 Intro
01:11 Front Garden Beds/Raised Beds
08:14 Using the Garden Bounty- canning, composting & Lomi
10:43 Front Raised Beds Continued
12:08 New Sweet Corn Plot
13:29 Front In-ground Beds
19:07 Back In-ground Beds
23:43 Outside the Fence
25:48 New Garden Space
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I wanted to mention how I keep away cucumber and vine pests. My Dad taught me growing up to plant like 3 radishes around the base of the cucumber. We would leave them in during the entire growing season and not harvest the radishes. Well, I grew up and thought I knew better. Failed at squash pumpkins and such for years until about three years ago when I remembered his alive and started doing it again. I haven’t had any problems since. Side note: After I started doing this, I planted some cucumbers and cantaloupe at my parents house with radishes. Dad told me they wouldn’t do anything cause the pests would get to them. They had the best cucumber and cantaloupe harvest that year.
You are the 2nd person within the week to recommend radishes around cucumbers! Like Leslie, I worry mine won't survive (or even germinate) in this heat, but I'm going to give it a try! Thank you!!
Lol. Try putting a little straw or something over where you plant them like they do grass and that will help keep them moist.
Oh and if the second person was a Jedidragoon. That's me.
I’ve always sown a couple radish seeds around my watermelons & winter squash. The radishes germinate quickly to mark the spot & keep the birds from pulling out the long-season seedlings. In my experience the heat does not kill the radishes - I’ve pulled French breakfast radishes out at the end of the season the size of my forearm. (Not for eating of course 😝)
Interesting they may keep pests away as well. I’ll try that with my other vine crops next year, thanks for the tip!
Last year I planted radishes between my cucumbers and zucchinis with the intent to harvest them once those cucurbits overgrew them. Hundreds of radishes were growing in between my 3 zucchini and 9 cucumber plants. The radishes ended up bolting so I left them in the ground since they were no good to eat. My cucumbers only produced for 2-3 weeks because the cucumber beetles hit them hard, and the zucchinis were all infested with squash vine borers. This year, I skipped the radishes, and no pests so far, although I attribute that more to the cold January we had (on the other hand, the winter of 2020-2021 was very mild).
You are amazing, thank you fellow Ohioan!
Thank you!
I love the way you speak
Thank you
That is one massive garden
You are the closest youtube gardener to me. I started my first garden this year, and with all the changes in weather I have to say i am impressed by how much these plants can take and still keep growing. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
I'm so glad to hear you started a garden this year! That's awesome! The weather has definitely been a challenge this year (it's never perfect, but seems somehow more so this year)- but you're right, some of our garden plants are impressively resilient and forgiving. I hope this season goes well for you- best wishes!
You're basically living the life of your dreams.
I am 😊
I just came to remember what sun looks like 😭💖
Oh no! 😥
🌼🌻🐝☀️🌺👨🌾 I love your garden!! Such a great inspiration to me as I am just also a gardener and UA-cam creator. I can see you put a lot of work and love into growing! All the hard work is worth it to me to get to see the new growth everyday it brings me so much joy! I still have so much to learn and I appreciate your tips, tricks! Keep sharing! I hope we can learn more about gardening from each other.
Thank you so much!
Already know im going to enjoy and take inspo from this
I hope so!
Hi Jenna, I love your videos! Beautiful garden!
Thank you!
Looking great Jenna…..thanks for the updates
My pleasure!!
Best remedy for stopping the birds from pecking tomatoes?😡
Awesome. Lovely garden area.
Thank you!
I said last year, that I wouldn’t grow eggplant again unless I used bug netting. Lol, never got around to planting it. Maybe next year I’ll try it out.
Haha- I should have known better!
Great panoramic shot in the beginning of the video! Entire garden is really looking nice!
Thank you!
Great tour! It has been a great year in our Loveland garden, in spite of the crazy OH weather. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
wow, that Lomi is really expensive.. It just seems like a nutrabullet so not sure I’m truly ready for it. But you have a great garden. I am an original Ohioan (NE Ohio) so I love your stuff, but I’m now in the UK, and it’s a little different., I not only love your successes, but I love your not such successes. I also listen to Angelo Pettiti from Cleveland, (on iHeart Radio - No reason other than I like it!) he’s a great person for the Cleveland area. But when I compare what you do with what my mom does, you are spot on. I love your videos. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I can imagine it was quite a learning curve going from gardening in Ohio to the UK!
I grew your purple viking first time in Memphis. Grew well but not my favorite taste. They did get big though. Red grocery store potatoes did well too size wise. Really love your channel! 😊
Thanks for sharing!
Jenna, we live in west Ohio as well. This is our second year gardening and canning. We actually doubled our garden size this year. We have greatly enjoyed your videos. One thing we have been struggling with is the proper netting to use. What netting are you using? The netting we used last year repelled rain water and did not allow the rain to feed the plant. My father is having similar issues this year as well. Appreciate your help!
I put moon flowers on my fence as well 🤞
I hope yours do great!
You are such an inspiration! I love your positive attitude even when you're facing the challenges of growing in our weird weather. ❤
Thank you so much, Cara!
Your garden looks amazing! 💚🌱😊
Thank you!
Hi Jenna, Your garden is looking great. I'm so jealous. I would love to have a garden that size. Cheers
Thanks so much!
Looks beautiful....:)
Thank you!
We are experiencing extremely variable weather here in southeast WI zone 5b. Last two days highs were about 90, today high was 65. Rain has been infrequent so I'm doing lots of watering. Also the rabbits and gophers are making daily raids on my vegetables, especially beans. I use heavy duty plastic deer fencing as a barrier and they are chewing holes in it. I'll be running two strands of electric fence wire at 4 and 8 inches off the ground to try and keep them out. Lettuce and kale harvest has been great and my raspberries are full of fruit. Warm season crops have been delayed due to the weather .Never a dull moment with gardening!
Never a dull moment is right! Between the critters and the weather this has been an incredibly challenging season so far. Best of luck keeping those critters out!
We net our eggplant in a row with pepper and keep them covered until they get big and then they seem to be able stave off the flee beetle.
I knew I should have covered them! By the time I thought to, it was too late! Next year I’ll be more on top of it.
I'm a crooked row planter too. If someone mentions my crooked rows I tell them I'm growing a "beer garden". The more beers you drink the straighter the rows look!
Hahaha-- love this!
First time growing garlic. We had a pretty dry spring so hopefully that's good then? We've only had 5.2" of precipitation since the start of April. Your tomatillos look great, I overwintered my transplants and they took a long time to recover, the plants are only now just starting to grow more normally.
I feel like winter sowing is more for mild winter climates like the PNW or England where it's almost warm enough to direct sow in mid-winter, and you just need a couple extra degrees of warms from the container greenhouses. But in Eastern North America it goes from much too cold for anything to germinate, to plenty warm enough (if not too warm) very quickly, so you don't have that prolonged period of mildly cool 40s-50s temperatures that those oceanic climates get.
I get my best garlic harvests when we get moderate amounts of rain through the spring and summer and then it dries up in late June /early July (about 2 weeks before the harvest). They dont' like being waterlogged, but they also need a decent amount of water while developing. I hope yours do well!
I feel the same about winter sowing. I know lots of folks love it, but the timing for some of those items just doesn't work out here. I still prefer starting indoors.
Very nice I enjoyed it
Thanks for watching
You are a rock star! I'm starting to clear my beds to try and prepare them for more extensive use in the future. Thanks for sharing and the much needed motivation!
Thank you so much!
I think the cold January has knocked back a lot of the insects here. Or at least something did... Still hardly any cucumber beetles, whereas this time last year we had a lot, no cabbageworms (the moths are present though, so maybe not for much longer), no SVB moths, and unfortunately, also not much bees either. We had a good amount of honeybees in March on our crocuses, but I'm not seeing much bumblebees or other native bees. Our zucchinis and cucumbers are just starting to put out flowers but I'm having to hand pollinate them.
Only thing we have a lot of is slugs (and toads) which might be tied to the large amounts we had last fall. But we're in a mild-drought now so I think their numbers might be declining. We've had no significant rain since June 9, with only 0.05" of rain on June 12, and it was already a drier than average spring prior to that, usually we get around 3" per month.
Peas still look ok but they're not flowering much. We're supposed to get a bit of cooler weather now though, after the heat wave last week, so they could bounce back a bit I think. The flowers that started to set fruit before the heat wave are just about ready to harvest too, so we're still getting some pods off them. And we'll be able to switch to beans soon, as the pods on the transplanted ones are starting to grow, and the direct sown ones are starting to flower.
Yeah, I don't want to jinx it, but I feel like the same thing happened here. I did just see my first SVB moth yesterday, but no cuke beetles yet. And the cabbageworm moths were later than normal (though I've got the caterpillars everywhere now). Same experience with slugs- many more than normal in the spring, but it's so dry now they seem to be disappearing.
I appreciate the work you put into this video! Great job :)
Thank you so much!
Perfect.
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Love your June garden Jenna! What are those beautiful lavender flowers? What different varieties of strawberries do you like to grow? Thanks and have an awesome summer!
At the very beginning of the video? To the left is borage, to the right is 'Blue Diadem' bachelor's buttons.
Some of my favorite strawberries are 'Charlotte', 'AC Wendy', 'Sparkle', and 'Yambu'
Bunching green onions, chives, mint, marigolds help create that "crop confusion" you favor, Jenna, and coffee grounds (on the soil's surface, I am presuming) are supposed actually to deter flea beetles. I'd go for the chives, but only because the tiny clump I planted a number of years ago has expanded and got elsewhere-seeded (probably by birds, but I don't know that for a fact) and now the chives are making a bid for world domination and nobody I know wants any of them for their own gardens; it just tears me up to think of composting them or, much worse, *throwing them away.*
Anyway, I'd go for the chives. We don't use in the kitchen nearly as many as we have but they seem to have done the garden a great deal of good in terms of keeping certain pests at bay.
Thank you for all your work in making these videos; they've been so helpful to me!
Good to know! I've got the same issue- one clump of chives from my mom has created SO many baby chives I can't believe it... so I may as well dig some up and transplant them around the eggplants. Thanks!
@@GrowfullywithJenna In the interest of full disclosure (or maybe just TMI), I'd like to confess a) we don't grow all that much eggplant (this year an exception) and b) we haven't grown eggplant every year; and c) I don't know for a fact that chives are a defense against flea beetles. But if I may share my experience with chives...? And roses and grapevines...
Roses, not very well cared for, came with the property; black spot, Japanese beetles, maybe something else I haven't identified (not sure about this last complaint, though.) The roses are along one side of the house.
We planted grapevines (Blue Concord and White Niagara, just one of each) in the back, mostly because I wanted to have fresh grapevine leaves for stuffing; we selected these two grapes because they're sturdy, easy keepers.
Some time between planting the grapes and today, I'd read that Japanese beetles prefer grapevine leaves to rose leaves. No beetles on the roses, but...none on the grapevines, either, and by *none*, I mean *NONE*.
H'mm.
Chives. I hadn't intentionally planted chives near the grapevines, but they found their way there *en masse* as if grapevines were their lodestone. Near, but not under.
Chives planted under certain fruiting trees in orchards are said to protect them and to improve harvests in flavor and in quality. The presence of the chives (which are still there, but definitely in need of haircuts and thinning) in proximity to the grapevines in my kitchen garden are the only explanation for the absence of pests which occurs to me. Haven't even seen many grapevine beetles: two one year, one each of two other years, or none at all in the remaining years (I think grapevine beetles are rather cool.)
My guess is, the grapevine beetles don't much care for the presence of chives, either.
So, maybe, was my thought, even though it's only a maybe kind of thought, chives will keep the flea beetles away.
Another thought which just came to me is: what about a drench of chives or garlic or even leeks or onions? Sprayed on your eggplant leaves? A bit more work to prepare, maybe (depends on how one views such things) but it might give the flea beetles a distaste for solanine leaves, particularly those of eggplant...?
@@bhalliwell2191 I have heard that a spray made from pulverized garlic can help... I've yet to try it, but as strong as crushed garlic is, it's hard to imagine it would have no effect. And very interesting observation on the grapes!
@@GrowfullywithJenna That Concords and Niagaras are sturdy, and easy keepers? They're very close to natural natives; disease resistant, too.
Or did you mean the absence of beetles? The grapevine beetle, even when present in large numbers, supposedly just doesn't do that much damage to the leaves and so the vines and fruits don't suffer.
I can't imagine that a drench or spray of garlic would have no effect, either!
@@bhalliwell2191 the absence of beetles
Your garden is so beautiful! I just got a house in Columbus and look forward to starting my own. thank you for sharing all your tips
Thank you! And congratulations on your new home!
I am a fan of black currant jam I have about 15 plants going.
Yum!! So how much jam can you make from the yield of 15 plants?
@@GrowfullywithJenna They are young plants and only got a quart last year. There is so much new growth I can't estimate my crop this year but I will have to cover them from the birds to get a good crop.
Your garden looks so good! I kinda did a hodgepodge garden this year but everything seems to not hold a grudge towards me 😂 I’m so glad to see others not plant straight lines cause I CANNOT plant anything in a straight line 🤷🏻♀️ My husband rolls his eyes at it but, hey, it stills grows 😊 Winter sowing/planting potatoes would be a great experiment for me and I’m going to try it! Thanks for the nudge Jenna
Thank you! And I feel the same about my not straight rows-- it all grows the same! Glad I'm not the only one 😆
Even Jess on Roots and Refuge Farm talked about how she doesn’t plant straight also 😂 Nope: We are not alone!
My onions still haven't dropped over...they're starting to pop above the soil though!
Exciting! Soon they will be ready- happy harvesting!
Thank you for this awesome garden tour and tips with our June gardens.
Happy to share!
Jenna you have a wonderful garden. Knowledgeable. Many crop a true pro. I had my first yellow green beans and snow Peas. Yummie.
You have to toil pretty hard for that size a garden.
Thank you! It is a lot of work, but I love it. Glad to hear you're harvesting beans & peas- yummy indeed!
Just so beautiful, Jenna ❤️ I watch A LOT of gardening channels and this year, the weather seems to be reeking havoc on everyone ☹️
Thank you, Joanna. Yes- it seems to be a difficult year for many, many folks sadly. I hope that this year doesn't discourage the many new gardeners out there!
I enjoyed this, thank you! I keep thinking about keeping chickens, the idea of having them help with creating garden beds has me almost convinced.
You should!
It looks like you have a moth/butterfly in that squash net... hopefully it's gone now. As always, love the garden tour... some great inspiration!
It is- thank you!
New Ohio/Indiana gardener. Love watching your videos! I would love to see videos on preserving your garden goods!
Wonderful! I'm so glad you've decided to start gardening, Chloe! I've been asked many times about videos on preserving and my pantry... I have a hard time finding the time, but am hoping to do more of that this fall/winter. I do have a few videos on the topic here: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX3INSYuONHc7hJiOypvUwXf.html
We are in SW Ohio and have seen a total of 3 cucumber beetles this year so far (all smashed on site) - knock on wood - compared to 25+ and bacterial wilt last season. While we have had a fungal disease I think it is under control and have harvested at least 20 cukes from 6 plants and looking at least tripling that number before we put our next sowing which is already on its second set of true leaves. Wish you the best of luck with your garden and pests!
Same- knock on wood! I think our late cold snap knocked back the beetles. Last year at this time they were already decimating my plants. I'm sure they'll show up eventually, but so far, very few. Best of luck to you as well!
THX!
You're welcome!
Beautiful garden. It looks so peaceful.
Thank you!
Jusus! Jenna! Your garden! l 😍
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Great insightful tour! Thanks for sharing your tips. Take care!
Thanks, Michael!
I am in Ohio right off Lake Erie. My garden is SO SLOW GETTING STARTED THIS YEAR! Everything is green but, I have no fruit, only had some peas and beans. Very worried 😟
It's been a rough start to the year- but give it some time, the garden may surprise you yet!
Just incredible. Love it!
Thank you!
Lovely garden! You’re always a great inspiration
Thank you so much!
Jenna we are devastated by cucumber beetle already, could you tell me more about what spray you are using. Your garden looks fabulous, we've had such strange weather this spring, I am so curious what the summer will be like. My garlic seems to have some sort of neck rot and I wonder if the weather had something to do with it. I am excited to hear about those septoria leaf resistant tomatoes. I'm curious if you top your onions, I haven't done any experiments to see if it is necessary, but I wouldn't mind getting a few onion tops for a harvest. Love seeing your garden, thank you for all the time you put into your videos!
Surround is just a very fine kaolin clay powder that you mix with water, and the idea is that insect pests don't like the feel of it so it deters them from climbing on and nibbling on the plants. It also helps protect against sunscald amongst other things. I trim my onion seedlings several times when they are young, but never after I plant them out in the garden.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you Jenna!!
You know I don't think you have enough packed into that garden🤔.....I saw maybe a few bare spots...😀....oh my it lots like so...so...much....great job to keep it all up....so much work....! The heat here in 🇨🇦 has been crazy so far....it seems like it was just yesterday that you brought those started peas out and planted in basically the snow....and now they are done....my sugar snaps are just starting now.....everything is growing so fast now that it's going to be tough to eat all this veg....take care...!
😆 I know... I have to force myself not to fill everything up so I have room for fall crops! I know what you mean- this seaon is going so fast it's incredible. Enjoy those sugar snaps!
My cauliflower and romanesco have buttoned just like my broccoli and I haven’t seen much heading in my cabbage. I think the weather was just too much of a roller coaster. I’ve been holding out in hopes of something, unfortunately at the expense of getting summer crops planted. I’m about ready to yank it all out.
I'm sorry to hear this Kelly! It's definitely been a rough season for so many folks!
Hello, lovely video and I just enjoy your feed so much since you are somewhat closer in zones with me, question... When is your last frost date?
Thank you! My last frost date is around May 10.
I have a liberty apple tree and my favorite winesap - with the winesap - all leaves died after I planted it from shock, but the tree is alive. Your garden is wonderful! Partly bc of your clay amendment video, my husband and I tilled up a large in ground garden and we have corn, squash, tomatoes, cucs, beans, watermelons, winter squash - all doing very well. All in hard pan red clay. Who would have thought?
Glad your Winesap made it! And I'm so glad to hear your garden is thriving even with hard clay- that's awesome!
Lovely garden
Thanks!
Hello Jenna. A lot of information to digest. The amount of physical and mental effort expressed in your video is incredible. My 2 cents. I have had good results with Liberty apples. This is my first year using Surround clay after using dormant oil/copper in spring for my apple trees. I'm thinking of adding Captan WP next year to the Surround as control of apple scab while Surround only appears to be limited for scab. I know Captan is not Omri but I can't take all of the effort and still have apple scab. (let alone codling moth , apple maggot, plum curculio) Kind regards and thanks. Craig in Vermont
Thank you! I'm glad to know you've had good luck with Liberty and appreciat you sharing your spray regimen. I know I need to be better about using preventative treatments on my trees, but so far have not done a good job with it!
such a beautiful garden! Very excited to see how your 'morning call' morning glories do, I plant heavenly blue every year but the blooming period always feels so late haha
Thank you! I'm excited about them too- I LOVE heavenly blue, but like you, they bloom SO late for me here, that I don't have much time to enjoy them before the frost comes.
Lomi uses a lot of energy so it's questionable if it's really a solution for waste if people are looking for eco-friendly compost methods.
Glad you got sponsored, but it's an expensive product when many can simply compost traditionally at no cost.
(Love your garden by the way.)
If folks have the room and the time for traditional composting it's a great practice for sure! I do like that the Lomi speeds up the process so much and think it would be really nice for folks who don't have access to outdoor composting space. I need to figure out a way to hook up my Lomi to solar power!
Wow! So much stuff. You sure have a green thumb!
And I just keep wanting to add more stuff 😆
@@GrowfullywithJenna I would be the same way!!! Cauliflower you grew made me drool!!!
Great garden!
Thank you!
I feel the same way about the bronze nicotiana. They’re lovely but I’d rather have a larger plant with fragrance. Trying something else next year.
Yep- sticking with my old standby next year!
Make elderberry simple syrup!!
Yum!
Thanks for the great tour Jenna. Eggplant are one of the few plants that I use pesticide as well...they just get attacked so early by those flea beetles. Septoria is also my top tomato problem, makes growing some of the heirloom plants organically difficult. Do you ever start your cucumbers a bit earlier? I'm a bit south of you but I got mine into the garden in early May this year and they are starting to produce a lot...nice to get a good healthy harvest in before the cucumber beetles are out in force. Thanks again for the wonderful tour!
I almost always start my cucumbers earlier (indoors early May and transplant out as soon as the frost has passed). Some years I can get in a good crop before the beetles get here, other years (like last year) they destroyed everything before I got a good harvest. I don't want to jinx it, but they don't seem to be out yet here... I think that late cold snap may have done in the first generation. But I know they'll show up eventually!
Our weather is very different here in CA, and my garden is 1/4 the size of your beautiful space, but I'm eager to grow Tiara cabbage this year on your recommendation. It looks like you grow yours about 18" apart...is that right?
Tiara is interesting beacuse you can control head size depending on spacing. So if you space them very close together you can get little tiny 'baby' heads- but yes, I generally eyeball them at staggered 18" and I get a nice size head.
Thanks for the tour! Everything is looking great! I am in zone 6b in southern Ohio. I am horrible at timing lol. Could you tell me when you start your cool weather transplants for fall garden. And also i think it would be an interesting video on what medicinal herbs you grow and what you use them for.
Thanks! I start most of my brassicas in early July for an early to mid-August transplant. You may find these videos helpful, as they detail my fall garden timing: ua-cam.com/video/BneAmSlEFAs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/jCSdphFbfYs/v-deo.html
Also, I do plan on a medicinal herb video, but I dont' think I will get to it this year! Hopefully next year when my new space is in full herb production mode!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Sounds like my timing is about on track then. I started my brassicas a few days ago, but our summers and falls are also a bit cooler (I think by about 5F, depending exactly what part of Ohio you're in).
Love it. Castor beans are placed inside the mole tunnel to repel/poison. The plant is nothing.
Thanks, James! I've tried the castor bean oil as well, to no avail!
Thanks for the garden tour! I love the plant information you share. I’m in Northeastern PA and my plants are at about the same growth stage. My basil is looking sad too. 🙁. Are either of those runner bean varieties available for sale in the US? I’d love to find one that sets seeds in our summer heat.
My pleasure! I hope our basil comes out of it-- I do love my pesto!
Those runner beans should be avilable in the US next season- I don't believe they're offered here quite yet.
You have an awesome garden! We have been avoiding most of the intense heat here on the east coast that you guys are getting so far. I always have had problems with flea beetles on my eggplants also and usually dust with DE when they get bad but I started practicing do dig a couple years ago and noticed the beetles haven't been as bad. Maybe just a coincidence.
On another note, have you ever had any luck using Neem to control cuc beetles? I've been having a big problem with them lately after decades of no problems lol. Go figure.
And WOW on your cauliflower! I wish I could grow them like that. My purple ones got leggy I think maybe because they're under the insect screen. Still waiting to see if they produce anything or just flop over and break. I might just try using Neem or BT on them next year.
Thank you! And I'm so gald to hear the intense heat is missing you!
I've not had good luck with Neem-- in my experience not a whole lot kills them (at least not 'organic' treatments). Folks around here traditionally use Sevin to kill them (and everything else), but I won't touch the stuff.
I hope your get some heads from your cauliflower!
I missed the type of zucchini you covered that is self pollinating. What's it called, please? Your videos rock!!
That variety is 'Sure Thing'. Thanks!
Cucumber beetles normally take over my plants as well. This year, I'm growing mainly a burpless (and parthenocarpic) beit alpha variety called Ishtar from West Coast Seeds here in Canada. More expensive seeds than I typically buy but I've yet to see one beetle! Do you find they still attack your burpless cucumbers (assuming you've grown some before)?
I don't want to jinx it, but the beetles aren't out here in force yet either... which is very unsual. In the past I have found that they also attack the burpless types- I've yet to find any that they leave alone entirely... but I keep looking!
Awesome garden. This channel has been my inspiration for starting (and expanding) my own garden, currently my second year. Also, my wife loves your hat. Where did you get it?
Thank you! I'm so happy to hear this!
I can't recall where I got the hat unfortunately- it was one of those overstock type sites online where you can get stuff super cheap- but it is a men's Tommy Bahama fedora.
Aw, man, I have been so looking forward to this next garden tour, so thank you! I remember feeling really lucky last when I found you, because I didn't suffer tunnelling rodents in my garden here in Yorkshire the way you do, despite the fact that all around here is evidence of moles. Well, this year the little blighters have found my garden!
On another note, do you have any ideas for growing strawberries vertically? I'd love a Greenstalk but they don't ship to the UK and we don't have anything similar here!
Oh NO!! I'm so sorry to hear the moles have found you. They are worse than ever this year here. I hope they cause minimal damage at your place. I don't have any great strawberry planting ideas right off hand, but keep thinking there must be a good DIY for the Greenstalk planter. Maybe even just plastic buckets or something like what is suggested in this article? seasonalpreferences.com/how-to-grow-strawberries-vertically/
@@GrowfullywithJenna thanks! Will have to see if I can cobble something together!
I love seeing all you have in your garden and it gives me hope, lol! I would also love any advice you can share regarding growing beets. Last year I tried beets for the first time and loved them, but on such a small scale I had only modest success (maybe a 9 square patch with a 2 lb harvest at most.) This year i sowed more, but the few successful sprouts haven't gotten their true leaves yet, even 4 wks after germination. The spot they're in is rather sandy and gets at least 8hrs if direct sun. Do you have any tips?
Thank you! Some of these tips you probably already know but here are the big ones... they prefer cool weather- so sow early or late in the season, they need more phosphorous and less nitrogen-- too much nitrogen fertilizer can cause lots of lush top growth at the expense of root growth and they don't like overcrowing and most beets sprout 2 plants per seed (unless you're growing a monogerm type) so they have to be thinned. It doesn't sound like you're dealing with the last 2 issues at this point, but I'd definiltey recommend sowing earlier or later and do all you can to keep the soil cool & moist- frequent watering and natural mulch.
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you so much! I'll plant more now, so I can at least eat the greens and more mid to late August to see how they do.(maybe plant starts, instead of direct sow) thank you, again.
If you had perfect spring and summer growing conditions, would you actually be able to take care of everything you grow by yourself? My garden is a quarter the size of yours. This spring near Chicago fluctuated all over the place and I found it to be extremely difficult to keep up with the work needed.
I have unexpected volunteer potatoes growing this year also. They came up a few days after I planted a few rows of bush beans in that same area of the garden. The potatoes shaded out the bush beans and few grew, but, I left the potatoes to grow as an experiment. Last year when I dug up my potatoes I found none. Not one. Not sure how that happened.
It would be a challenge for sure! I'm curious what will happen with my potatoes. I know high temperatures and/or excess nitrogen can put a damper on tuber production...but not sure that's the case with your volunteers?
Your garden is so amazing. I'm curious how many hours a day do you spend tending to that large garden ?
Yes! Very curious too.
Thanks! I spend a LOT of time- I'd guess an average of 3 hours, 6-7 days a week over the course of the growing season. BUT, that's between this garden and the gardens at my parent's (which are larger), and this is also part of my job, so I have the luxury of spending a lot of time out there.
@@GrowfullywithJenna outstanding. You do such a good job.
Where did you get the cage that you have around your eggplant? I'm growing in 5b, NW Pennsylvania!
I got that here: www.gurneys.com/product/pep-up-pepper-support-set. But I do find that I need to add an additional stake as the plants grow, as the stake on these Supports does not go deep enough into the ground to hold a mature plant upright without toppling. It would work well for very dwarf varieties
The audio is amazing what microphone you use outside
I've been using this mic: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H4I5574/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 But it's not super high quality, so I do clean up the audio while I'm editing.
Columbus OH and I've picked 8 Gold Nuggets salad tomatoes and the Purple Viking are bigger than most potatoes I've grown and seems to be a good choice know they are said to be great for mashing and baking. We test them fried and not my favorite fried but are fair and we will retest many times.
My first ever egg plant has started fruit and no bugs for now.
You are right that Midnight Snack is the biggest tomato plant and about eye level with me and I'm 5'10" .I'm raising it on a cattle panel and with 25 other types.
I need to get a grass catcher or build one as I'd planned
You have so many huge cabbage and cauliflower,carrots such a great garden.
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I do cut suckers and some string and many tomatoes my leaves twisting and looks dry and 3th season of no tilt believe I've a drainage problem my walk way are lower by 10 inches as my plants. You care to take a blind guess
Thanks for the teaching Lady and showing
I'm jealous! Tomatoes already- lucky you!
I would agree with that- due to their texture, Purple Vikings are also not my favorite fried. But I made loaded baked potatoes with the baby ones I dug the other day-- AH-mazing!
Regarding the twisting, dry tomatoes- I don't know what's it's been like near Columbus, but here it is SO dry there are giant chasms in the soil. Even with hand watering, my plants are starved for water and tomatoes will start to curl when it's like this. Could that be the case?
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Hi Jenna, I have not planted Current before. Is it easy to plant? Best, Albert from SF
I am beyond impressed! I’m trying to grow literally in the same zone (South Central Ohio) but I’m growing on a hill top which is rock hard clay so all soil needs to be imported…no way to amend it. I also have a problem with deer as I’m surrounded by woodlands. How high is your fencing and would you recommend higher for a heavy deer population?
I am also in Southern Ohio, maybe a bit West of you. We live in an HOA that protects the deer, so we have many of them. Also due to HOA rules, we can't have a high fence. So we are using a 5' high fence (with chicken wire at the bottom to keep out rabbits). I am using a raised row approach due to our hard clay soil and using cattle panels as trellises down the center of many of the rows. So far, the deer have not tried to come in - my guess is the cattle panels make it look too much like a maze. They do stand outside and look in. The raccoons and squirrels are not deterred in the slightest.
That sounds challenging for sure! I love the hills in Southern Ohio, but it would be hard to garden on them. My deer fence is 5' tall, and in no way could stop a determined deer. But I've never had one in the garden (knock on wood). Like S.Hall, we see them wander through the back yard, just behind the garden and look in, but never jump the fence. My guess is they have plenty of other food sources in the woods and fields behind us? But S. Hall's theory about the catte panels is likely very true also. I've always heard 8' recommended as the minumum height for effective deer fencing.
@@GrowfullywithJenna, I think it helps that the cattle panels are raised about 18" above the raised rows, so they are much higher than the fence itself. I do believe that if the deer were hungry enough, they'd come in.
You mentioned starting your fall crops do you start seeds in June or July for things like cabbage or broccoli lettuce?
I start my brassicas indoors in early July.
Where in the USA do you buy Aintree or Snowstorm beans? I can only find places in UK
Sadly- they won't be available in the US till next year at the earliest 😩. I trial seed, so I get a bit of a sneak peak at some varieties.
I meant to ask: What varieties of onions would you recommend, and where would you order them?
In my area (southern Ohio, zone 6b), no nurseries/stores sell sets in the fall.
If I'm planning a fall or overwintered onion crop I start mine from seed. I've never come across anyone seeling sets in the fall either. As far as recommended varieties, it depends on what specific qualities you are looking for. Sweet flavor, long storage, size? Candy is an old reliable for great flavor, Patterson or Copra are excellent storage onions and Ailsa Craig can get enormous. I also really like Red Zepplin and Monastrell for red onions.
Flour fennel: I’ve read that they need to be away from everything, as they are not companion to anyone. Do you see any effect on those carrots nearby?
What camomile do you grow that actually smells like chamomile? I got some chamomile that smells like…I don’t even know.
I've always heard that about Bronze Fennel, but the bulb fennel does not seem to affect it neighbors negatively in my experience. I'm growing ZLoty Lan and standard German Chamomile- both have the pleasant what I refer to as 'apple-y herbal' chamomile scent.
Where did you buy your black currant plant?
I got it here: www.gurneys.com/product/consort_black_currant
Do you grow cannabis? I thought u had a medicinal garden? Might be another youtuber. 😬 or maybe wrong herb!😂🤣 Garden looks great! I have no cauliflower heads on mine as well. Too hot or maybe i need to plant sooner. Im in southern mi zone 6 i planted all my brassicas the same day you put out your video of planting brassicas i think in march. Thanks for sharing!
Must be another UA-camr 😄. I've got a little herb garden up by the house, but nothing specifically devoted to medicinal herbs. It's been a rough year for cauliflower- maybe they'll surprise you yet!
For your netting for squash, what type of wire was it?
I use these: www.agriculturesolutions.com/wire-hoops-for-low-tunnels-and-frost-blankets-76-100-count
what type of organic Fertlizer do you use for your plants.
I cover my fertilizer regimen in detail in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Z2exgyjzr5c/v-deo.html
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do you have a solution to keep chipmonks from eating your strawberries? i get loaded plants but every berry gets a bitemark as soon as it gets pink
Ugh... no... I wish I did, because I have the same issue!!
Where can I buy Surround for the beetles? Thanks
A few options-- www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/pest-and-disease-controls/crop-protection/surround-wp-25-lb.-9661.html OR www.arbico-organics.com/product/surround-wp-crop-protectant-omri-listed-kaolin-clay/pest-solver-guide-beetles OR www.7springsfarm.com/products/surround-wp-crop-protectant-25-lb-bag
Do you have any deer problems with eating your berries?
Not deer- but wild birds. I use a net to keep them away.
We've been considering Lomi for a while now. Do you think it's worth the investment?
I've really been impressed with mine, but I've not had it long enough to really get a feel for it's worth. For anyone with a little wiggle room in the budget and/or living in a place where they may not have access to other composting methods this is an excellent solution.
Can you list where you get your seeds from?
That's a long list 😄. I'm happy to share sources if you have a specific variety in mind. Or I have pa playlist where I talk about all my favorites and give the specific sources: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX0Bi-8H5UrbvSwLVgK8h7CN.html
I have heard that Lomi uses a ton of energy. Is this true?
Lomi uses between 0.6 to 1.0 kWh per cycle, which is less energy than a dishwasher or oven uses. Still not as green as say, a no-energy usage compost pile in the backyard, but still a fairly efficient way to convert waste into useable material.
My bush beans have been blooming over 2 weeks now but, no beans! What's up with that?
If it's as hot in your neck of the woods as it is here, that would be my first guess. Extended temps in the 90s can cause blooms to drop without setting pods.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks! It has been in upper 90's for 3 weeks now
@@GrowfullywithJenna It is 4:40 and the temp is 100 index is 114!
@@mikefrench3800 Yikess!! That will do it.
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