LOL I live in Florida. I planted my tomato seeds in November. I harvested in February. My tomato tree is now three and a half years old and just yesterday I harvested twenty tomatoes for some pasta sauce.
Thanks! To be fair ~ some people need the info he shared. This is the first gardening season for many newbies 🍆🍠🌽 Hope all your gardens are thriving.. Peace & Blessings 🕯️✨ 🕯️
Started a victory garden this year. Unbelievable 2 Zucchini plants feeding entire neighborhood. Also lettuce very convenient. Basil delish in everything.
@@SumOneSomewhere it probably did not get pollinated. Try hand pollinating and see if that makes a difference. Look for you tube videos on how. It is super easy
@@SumOneSomewhere if you have male flowers open but no female flowers, cut the male flower and wrap it in Saran Wrap, put it in the fridge, when the female flower opens take the male flower from the fridge, rip the flower leaves off and rub the pollen in the female flower and presto! Zuchinni! I take all the male flowers and bring them inside, throw away the older ones and I always have them in the fridge to pollinate the females when they open
@@parrotsandmore7446 thank you! That’s great advice. This is my first year growing a garden and there’s so much to learn. So far all of my crops have produced but it’s been keeping me on my toes that’s for sure!
This Independence Day, take a step back and cherish your life and the country you live in a while appreciating the sacrifices people made to give us independence today.
Agreed. Let's remember the founding fathers bravery in declaring independence, and the people who lost their lives for that righteous cause. And take lessons from their insight, such as George Washington's decision to vaccinate our side, which very likely won the war by keeping our troops healthy while the British lost many thousands to smallpox, and encouraged us to go on to do such great things as eradicate smallpox in our new country, and other diseases throughout the coming centuries (polio, etc. -- and hopefully Covid19 now).
I'm in full agreement. I proudly served my country in the Air Force and would do it again if I could. I thank God every day for the opportunity to have been born in this great country and it makes me so angry when I see these people attacking our country...maybe they should pack up and move to Venezuela, taking a worthless politician under each arm when they go! America isn't perfect, but it's the best thing going by far!
I just finished revamping my surface garden with a series of new raised beds yesterday, July 4th. As I stood there admiring my handywork it hit me, "What can I plant in July?" Thanks to this video, it's good to know I have a wealth of choices.
It's now June 2022, I'm glad I found this video! Added a piece of fencing to the side of a shed-conversion for a coop, put down tomato, cucumber, and bean seeds. Having someone behind you (but so far away!) helps when you're unsure if it's the right thing to do. Thanks from 6b to everyone for advice in the comments!😍
@@mandywescott707 I hear you! We have had rain and cold weather for a month now. Nothing is growing but the peas and lettuce.. today we finally have a hot day... in the 80s. I hope this makes a difference. As I was on my knees planting my first garden in 40+, I realized I am too old for this at 74... or just too out of shape. We will see if this is worth it in September... PS.. My yard is full of edible weeds which need no help from me at all. Next year I might just plant more edible weeds 😁
@@lindastrang6755 lol, it isn't easy although many make it seem like it is 🤣 Make sure you watch some videos on preventing fungus and bugs from the start. It's frustrating watching your plants you work so hard on die over night 😭 My green beans, peppers and flowers are doing ok at least. I'm building up my edible 'weeds' and herbs and medicinals, think we are gonna need it, lol! Good luck 🙏
Off topic but I had to celebrate. No tomatoes for the last two years because of heat, this year I initially encouraged a lot of foliar growth (goat tea) and then partial shade screens and very fine misters (no mold, hot and dry here). After a couple of weeks from mid 90s to 107 and still lots of blossoming and pollinated fruit developing! Heirloom, Marzano and Roma. I'm amazed and so happy.
My tomatoes are finally blooming and developing fruit. I've been using misters and also a Ryobi misting bucket fan. It's been helping to cool them down under the shade cloth and shade.
Kathy Nguyen Hi Kathy. That’s exactly right. After so many fruit the plant can’t sustain high quality output. A lot of small, mis-shapen squash and it’s time for a new player.
We are in the north part of California Central Coast..9b..very hot (finally) and some frost in winter, FLOODS last year. We came from the beach -Belmont Shores, Long Beach-I feel like the head-swiveling girl in “Exorcist.” Your videos give me hope. We have built two 4 x 8 raised beds and used shade clock over by 20 plant rose garden just to try and grow things in this crazy climate.Thank you!!
So excited! I had no idea I can add more. I am up in Northern California and our window is 3 weeks of possible frost, sorry to everyone else that has months! I can go until December 28! Now what to plant more of.
I am new at gardening this year and just bought some starter plants from the garden center at Lowes to get a head start with my garden. I bought a small greenhouse to use in getting my seeds started for this growing season. Thank you for this very informative video and look forward to more informative videos.
You created a jungle, sweetheart! It's 108° here. No shade. My zucchini is not producing dying, maybe, basil is fading. Yellow squash is basically not producing. Keeping the plants alive until fall is the goal here. My zinnias are doing well, should have panted far more! Sunflowers will be ready to harvest soon!
I planted wild flowers by the garden for the first time, this year & the bees are doing their job like never before. I feel flowers are a must with a deteriorating bee population. I have to wait until noon to check my squash with all the buzzing, lol.
We plant a LOT of flowers interspersed all through our vegetables; Borage (bees LOVE this), Zinnias, Marigolds, Alyssum, Petunias, Dahlias, Nasturtiums, Gladiolas, Geraniums, etc. I also have a big patch of Tansy (use caution--highly invasive!!) to use as a "bad-bug discouager". The more flowers we plant, the better our garden does!
Thanks very much! I got a late start, ran out of room and $. I still have vermiculite, had peat moss and squeezed out a bag of quality potting soil. My helper and I cleaned up, watered, rested, planted seeds, watered, then quit. Now, I'm very happily reported what we can plant still plant!
So glad I came across this video. Thought it was too late to plant runner beans and courgette seeds but will now be planting them tomorrow. Thank you very much for the clear information. You’ve got new UK subscriber.
So looking forward to Sunday's video. I got a bush zucchini this year and it seems to need quite a bit of convincing to grow UP. Thanks again for all your guidance!
Just want to say thank you. Your videos, and awesome. What you do here is so much larger than you realize. The gift your giving about gardening is priceless. Thank you from the rest us.
Great advice! I just planted bush beans and corn. Squash was transplanted a week ago. Basil will be planted soon. It is super hot lately so I am hoping to wait until it cools off a bit since frost isn't a problem until late December.
Awesome video ! I love that you know your goods vs bad insects , though hey usually resolve garden issues themselves. Most people don't know that you can keep on rowing through the seasons...thank you for enlightening them.
Since you mentioned flowers to attract pollinators: Last winter was so mild my sage overwintered and I was able to harvest it for cooking right through winter. Then in the Spring it put out a lot of flowers and I decided to just enjoy the flowers while they lasted. They stayed for a long time and I haven't seen so many honeybees in one place in my more than 40 years gardening! When the very first flowers opened on other things the bees were already there and ready to visit every bloom. When the sage flowers were spent I cut everything back pretty hard and a beautiful new crop of leaves came, but the honeybees disappeared. Lots of wasps and other things pollinate the garden, but now I know that honeybees really, really love sage.
I'm in South Texas. The almanac says Dec. 23, which made me chuckle. In the last ten years it's been cold in december maybe three of those years. The last several years it's been in the 70's on Christmas day. We can grown ALMOST year round here. Except, of course, for plants that don't do well in high heat. Apples, for example, are a problem for us down here.
Thank you for another great show. Your organization and direct approach is soooo appreciated. I plant zinnias on the border of the garden for the ambiance, butterflies and hummingbirds, but, never thought of planting them ‘in’ the garden. I start zinnia seeds indoors with my tomato and pepper starts. Next year, when I transplant into the garden, I’ll make sure I add some zinnia and other pollinators with the veggies. Thank you!!!
Shasta County, CA. 100+ degrees for the last 3 weeks ( hi of 112), and looks to be over 100 for at least the next two weeks. If a seedling dares to pop up it is instantly incinerated. Most of my tomato flowers fry the day they bloom. Beans flower but don't set. Best pollinator season in many years thanks to Mexican Sunflowers and Yarrow. Deflower basil twice a day. Only thing that thrives are Jurassic zuccinni and sweet potatos.The eggplant and some peppers are ok. I ordered 30% white shade cloth in a desperate attempt to salvage most of what I planted in April/May!
Universities around the US also have a planting calendar that's Google-able. The UC extension in California has a growing calendar for us too. There's definitely give and take for microclimates.
Happy 4th! Awesome as always.....you’re videos are so relaxing to watch now with the flowers in bloom even tho gardening is a “labour” of love! It’s hot here in 🇨🇦 too this summer. Everything is growing like crazy! Catching rain water as much as possible now....last week was 60 gallons over night.....need more barrels lol..thank you so much again B!
Great reminder to me that I need to plant some more chard. I have two more kinds of beans on the way from Johnny’s seeds. Keeping busy in the garden every day. Thanks for another great video, Brian. Have a happy 4th!
I'll be putting out spinach and garlic in mid to late August. I leave both over the winter. I'm in central MA, zone 5a. In the Spring the spinach will have survived and will absolutely explode in growth. The last time I did it I had to use full sized trash bags to hold all the spinach leaves out of a 4x8 bed.
People put box springs on the curb for trash day. I got one once, cut off the cloth, removed any stuffing, and used it as a trellis for my climbers. They went crazy on that thing!
This is the first year that I have pruned my basil weekly (using what I pick in meals). It has made all the difference in the world--the are all getting bigger, round and bushy. I'm also watering at ground level for the first time.
I had a hard time with my basil this year as well for some reason and I agree the weekly pruning definitely helps as well as I moved it into dappled shade (it got pretty hot and dry here in June). It has doubled in size and doesn't seem to mind the shade right now at all. it's in a planter so I can move it again if I need to.
I planted something called perpetual spinach which looks like spinach and is said to taste like spinach but is a chard and will grow all summer… it sprouted quick, I can’t wait to try it when it is full grown.
Ideas for another video is proper watering and irrigation for a backyard micro garden (less than 12ft x 12ft)? Recommendations, equipment etc Thank you for all the great info and tips
Our Snow Peas were done already so I planted Okra last week and it is really taking off. We had a cool spring and the cucumbers haven't started producing yet so in effect we are doing cucumbers now too.
I love my Zinnias, every year I start indoors to be planted right after Mothers Day, such a huge variety of them. Have 6 Tomatoe plants started and planting a Green Bell Pepper today. Love gardening, wish I had more room. Pulling out the 5 gal. pail :):) Thank you, just found your post, have been enjoying your videos.
I built two real nice beds this spring when I wasn't busy. Maybe I'll get the dirt in when I get back from the 4th vacay. I'll think about plants next year ;) You almost had gmas wilted lettuce recipe. You need bacon grease, white vinegar and sugar. Bring up to temp stirring in the sugar to melt or use fake sugar and warm it up to temp and then pour that over your salad. Yummm
OMG I can still plant some of my faves! I broke my elbow (pure clumsiness) right when I was getting going. That put a wet blanket on my plans. I'm still in a brace but can maneuver well enough with my husband's help (shhh...he has no idea! 😂). Yaaay! 🙌
I have snap dragons in my garden. They seem to survive the winters in AZ. Most of my store bought plants didn't survive, luckily I had seeds as a backup. Now everything is bursting even the weeds. Monsoon season happens in July, so I can slow down on my water timer. Thanks for the tips.
Knowing which zone ( region ) you live in helps when looking at the seed packs. Most of the ones I have seen have the zone listed on the packet , usually at the bottom of the packet. Local sources have seeds for there area. Purchasing over the web I always check the suggested time of year and the region ( Zone )
Thanks! My first time trying using grow bags and two raised beds you gave me hope thirty packetsof seeds. I'm afraid that the squirrels will get on my nerves I got poles and netting. WISH ME LUCK AND GOD'S BLESSING. SC!
Excellent- Sept 15... it’s July 7. I have time, as you suggest, for some varieties of beans (in shade), basil, cucumbers, summer squash, Swiss chard, sweet corn (with mulch) and zinnias. I’m going to also try cosmos, lavender sunflowers, black eyed Susan, wild butterfly mix, herbs and maybe watermelon because I couldn’t do an early crop. Thanks!
Happy 4th to you and everyone!!!! :). Quick question. I'm feeling silly asking you this, but here it goes. Can I still plant potatoes and sweet potatoes before the first frost date for southern California? :) Thanks a bunch in advance:). Everyone have fun and be safe out there!!! :) Please remember to bring your pets in tonight!! They get scared with those fireworks. :)
I'm sure you can. Look up growing potatoes in a 5 gallon food grade bucket. If frost is forecasted, bring the bucket in. I purchased 4 and am hopeful I can do potatoes year round. Florida, USA 🇺🇸 😎 🌴🌊🌴
We live by boom city! Was horrible this year for a couple weeks prior! We all passed out on the 4th! 😂🤣😂 Calming vitamins help & my old dog had a Thunder coat that worked well for him! I need 1 in Shepard size now so our big guy doesn't use up all the grandkids blankets! Lol If they are wrapped up with him he does well! 1 leaves his side, he freaks about their safety away from him! Lol❤ Trying to add a new bed this year. I think my son just put a big hole in the front yard!😂🤣😂 He doesn't work that dirt for me, we are up a creek! Lol Just watering, weeding & trying to stay in top of harvesting strawberries, self heal, etc is wearing me out! Lol My son got some really good spinach seeds though! We nibble right off the plant! First spring growth tasted more like candy! Lol
That's cute. Where I live, cannot sow anything above the ground until July ;if I am lucky. Last year, was still sowing in late August and will likely be the case again this year. Nights are still below 10C and will be for another 2 weeks.... all I can sow are cool hardy plants until then. This week is cool, nights barely above 10C, week after is hardly better. We get Alaskan summers here... by the type you reach the beach, it's already snowing.
Yay, good instincts - just planted second crop of basil, tomato, dwarf marigolds and tall zinnias myself. Even have a couple of sunflowers about 10" tall already. Good to hear your confirmation I'm not crazy! Zone 8A east coast.
I always plant radishes to harvest three times a season. Love my radishes and I do love Swiss Chard as well. I mix it up with my Lettuce, Vivian for a salad.
i was just going to ask if anyne had tried radish or carrots this late if so hows it going and any quick points on howi should plant them? never been succesful with either idk why
@@morganb1979 Carrots; never had any luck. They always to short. So no pro on carrots. Radish never had a problem with them, always come out great. I usually go for the Mirabeau, Stela or Scarlet Globe family. Good soil and water them late of the day if no rain and ground becomes dry. I really don't bother to space them out, but I try not to crowd them to much. As soon the red bulge out above ground. I start to thin them out when harvest them. As soon I harvest the last one. I replant them and start a new harvest day. I usually do this three times and call it the end of harvest. I plant them as soon I start planting my garden first time.
Thanks for this video. I thought the only thing I could plant in July are tomatoes and peppers. Thanks to your video I found that I've got until the end of November before frost. Can't wait to start planting again!
We have a cat whose owner lets it out at night so it can tear up my plant beds and poop in them. I tried dozens of deterrents. None worked. Our park manager suggested setting sticky traps (for mice) on the beds. Worked pretty good. The cat couldn't get it off his feet and hobbled home. His furious owner went to the park manager to complain and instead of getting me in trouble SHE was threatened with a fine if the cat damaged other peoples gardens in the future. I would urge caution with a wild animal though. They have no owner to rescue them and no one wants to be known as the village bunny-killer!
Absolutely love the self-sufficient garden and the flowers being integrated with the vegetables could you send me some sunshine now because here in England it’s very damp and windy at the moment thank you 😊 PS happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
Thank you! I would love to send some sunshine your way. Can't wait until I can get to England. Got lots of gardens to see and lots of family history to explore!
Thank you! Exactly what I wanted to know!! Thank you. I’m in so cal so I thought you might do one of these! Frost dates were not super clear to me so this is perfect.
We have to remember that the package gives you days to your first fruits. The harvest for veggies such as squash and cukes comes over a two month or so timeframe, so you have to figure that in. For those then, you'd want to plant the seeds about 4 months before your first frost. Even before the frost, it gets cold and the sun gets lower. The plants are going to lose a lot of their vitality in that last month leading up to the first frost date. Cucurbits especially don't like the cold...
My cucumbers aren't growing. Only 1 patch broke soil. My zucchini is taking off! Just totally revamped that bed with new soil, coconut hulls, compost & steer manure, & only the zucchini is happy. Even my Aramanth that came up in 3 days of planting, isn't thriving there. 😕
Thanks for the info! I’ll be adding to my garden this week for some fresh vegetables to enjoy later in the year. (Looking forward to your video tomorrow about “vertical growing”). Happy Independence Day!!
I love ALL your videos! I laugh so hard when u say add a little "bacon grease" u are most definitely a southern boy, u grew up on some good ole country cooking!! 😂😂😂😂
Zinnias and Marigolds are great flowers to harvest seeds from. Let the flower completely dry out on the stem, pick and separate out the individual seeds, then store as any other seed.
Thanks! I've been thinking I need to look this up. We have pretty mild winters - where it drops to 30 degrees for about 14 days over the winter on different days or weeks. I'm thinking I could grow some cold weather crops in hoop houses - maybe some broccoli? Would you grow those from seed a few weeks before the frost date in the ground? Or would you start them inside? Is there enough sun in the winter for crops like broccoli, kale, lettuce? And you're so right about basil being great pollinator attracting plants! Mine is covered with bees during the day!!!
Great video! Yup I’m going to plant more seeds today butternut squash , basil and I will try cauliflower ! Happy Fourth of July from N Ireland 🇺🇸☘️☘️☘️☘️
LOL I live in Florida. I planted my tomato seeds in November. I harvested in February. My tomato tree is now three and a half years old and just yesterday I harvested twenty tomatoes for some pasta sauce.
I miss that!! I went from zone 10 to zone 6b/7a 😭😭😭
3:30 is when he starts talking about what you can plant.
you’re awesome bro thanks
Thank you! He took his time!
Thanks!
To be fair ~ some people need the info he shared. This is the first gardening season for many newbies 🍆🍠🌽
Hope all your gardens are thriving..
Peace & Blessings 🕯️✨ 🕯️
Started a victory garden this year. Unbelievable 2 Zucchini plants feeding entire neighborhood. Also lettuce very convenient. Basil delish in everything.
I started a garden this year for the first time and my two zucchini plants with sprout the fruit but once it gets a certain size it rots and falls off
@@SumOneSomewhere it probably did not get pollinated. Try hand pollinating and see if that makes a difference. Look for you tube videos on how. It is super easy
@@delilahroyce6816 thank you. Bees finally started coming around my garden and now they started growing. Amazing little creatures
@@SumOneSomewhere if you have male flowers open but no female flowers, cut the male flower and wrap it in Saran Wrap, put it in the fridge, when the female flower opens take the male flower from the fridge, rip the flower leaves off and rub the pollen in the female flower and presto! Zuchinni! I take all the male flowers and bring them inside, throw away the older ones and I always have them in the fridge to pollinate the females when they open
@@parrotsandmore7446 thank you! That’s great advice. This is my first year growing a garden and there’s so much to learn. So far all of my crops have produced but it’s been keeping me on my toes that’s for sure!
This Independence Day, take a step back and cherish your life and the country you live in a while appreciating the sacrifices people made to give us independence today.
Yes!
Agreed. Let's remember the founding fathers bravery in declaring independence, and the people who lost their lives for that righteous cause. And take lessons from their insight, such as George Washington's decision to vaccinate our side, which very likely won the war by keeping our troops healthy while the British lost many thousands to smallpox, and encouraged us to go on to do such great things as eradicate smallpox in our new country, and other diseases throughout the coming centuries (polio, etc. -- and hopefully Covid19 now).
I'm in full agreement. I proudly served my country in the Air Force and would do it again if I could. I thank God every day for the opportunity to have been born in this great country and it makes me so angry when I see these people attacking our country...maybe they should pack up and move to Venezuela, taking a worthless politician under each arm when they go! America isn't perfect, but it's the best thing going by far!
@@yvonnedekay1736 Thank You, I will always appreciate people like you. Always.
Yvonne DeKay I agree, they won’t appreciate America until they’ve seen how others REALLY live. THANK YOU for your service! 🤗🇺🇸
I just finished revamping my surface garden with a series of new raised beds yesterday, July 4th. As I stood there admiring my handywork it hit me, "What can I plant in July?" Thanks to this video, it's good to know I have a wealth of choices.
It's now June 2022, I'm glad I found this video! Added a piece of fencing to the side of a shed-conversion for a coop, put down tomato, cucumber, and bean seeds. Having someone behind you (but so far away!) helps when you're unsure if it's the right thing to do. Thanks from 6b to everyone for advice in the comments!😍
Same. Going to plant corn and pole beans a month later.
Same! I had planted some already but the heat has been brutal! Going to try again for a later harvest. So glad I found this video!!!
@@michellem5040 between the heat, lack of rain, fungus and bugs.... I'm about over it 😭
@@mandywescott707 I hear you! We have had rain and cold weather for a month now. Nothing is growing but the peas and lettuce.. today we finally have a hot day... in the 80s. I hope this makes a difference. As I was on my knees planting my first garden in 40+, I realized I am too old for this at 74... or just too out of shape. We will see if this is worth it in September... PS.. My yard is full of edible weeds which need no help from me at all. Next year I might just plant more edible weeds 😁
@@lindastrang6755 lol, it isn't easy although many make it seem like it is 🤣 Make sure you watch some videos on preventing fungus and bugs from the start. It's frustrating watching your plants you work so hard on die over night 😭 My green beans, peppers and flowers are doing ok at least. I'm building up my edible 'weeds' and herbs and medicinals, think we are gonna need it, lol!
Good luck 🙏
From seeds in July
Beans, any kind
Basil
Cucumbers
Summer squash
Swiss chard
Sweet corn
Xenia flowers
Thanks! Small correction - “zinnias” are the flower he mentioned
I Love sweet corn would love to try some my only problem is that can I grow them in pots?
@@melaniebtaylor2246 4 in one pot . Get a big pot.
Thanks. I kept trying to fast forward to the part that actually tells the viewer about the 7 vegetables LOL
@@slaterdomain Thanks! so much will run out to Home Depot and get a very big pot.
Thank you so much! I'm a very new gardener and I'm learning a lot from you! I never thought I would enjoy container gardening as much as I am!
Hey Bon Bon me too another Bonnie scared.
@@purpledancerbmw5279 Haha, people do call me Bon Bon. Lol
@@bonniespruin6369 my Mom did.😢🌻
@@purpledancerbmw5279 Awww, hugs.
@@bonniespruin6369 🤗
glad i found this channel. you've saved my tomatoes and now given that extra push to make our garden even bigger this year on July 1. Thanks a ton
Love that you planted pollinator plants for the bees and butterflies! Your Chanel is the best for zone 9!
Off topic but I had to celebrate. No tomatoes for the last two years because of heat, this year I initially encouraged a lot of foliar growth (goat tea) and then partial shade screens and very fine misters (no mold, hot and dry here). After a couple of weeks from mid 90s to 107 and still lots of blossoming and pollinated fruit developing! Heirloom, Marzano and Roma. I'm amazed and so happy.
My tomatoes are finally blooming and developing fruit. I've been using misters and also a Ryobi misting bucket fan. It's been helping to cool them down under the shade cloth and shade.
I’m on my third succession planting of summer squash. You’re right it does love the hot weather!
It does!
did your first planting plants just stop producing as much? therefore you removed them?
Kathy Nguyen Hi Kathy. That’s exactly right. After so many fruit the plant can’t sustain high quality output. A lot of small, mis-shapen squash and it’s time for a new player.
YAY.... That's exciting Farmer Bob!!! I'm a Newbie all around with gardening & doing my UA-cam channel. EXCITING!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗
I planted my squash 6/1 it has leaves and bushy but no flowers or fruit.. My zucchini is going crazy but not my squash. 😏
We are in the north part of California Central Coast..9b..very hot (finally) and some frost in winter, FLOODS last year. We came from the beach -Belmont Shores, Long Beach-I feel like the head-swiveling girl in “Exorcist.” Your videos give me hope. We have built two 4 x 8 raised beds and used shade clock over by 20 plant rose garden just to try and grow things in this crazy climate.Thank you!!
So excited! I had no idea I can add more. I am up in Northern California and our window is 3 weeks of possible frost, sorry to everyone else that has months! I can go until December 28! Now what to plant more of.
Thanks for explaining how the frost dates work. This is my 1st year having a real garden and your videos have been very informative!
I am new at gardening this year and just bought some starter plants from the garden center at Lowes to get a head start with my garden. I bought a small greenhouse to use in getting my seeds started for this growing season. Thank you for this very informative video and look forward to more informative videos.
You created a jungle, sweetheart! It's 108° here. No shade. My zucchini is not producing dying, maybe, basil is fading. Yellow squash is basically not producing. Keeping the plants alive until fall is the goal here. My zinnias are doing well, should have panted far more! Sunflowers will be ready to harvest soon!
I planted wild flowers by the garden for the first time, this year & the bees are doing their job like never before. I feel flowers are a must with a deteriorating bee population. I have to wait until noon to check my squash with all the buzzing, lol.
They are a must!!
We plant a LOT of flowers interspersed all through our vegetables; Borage (bees LOVE this), Zinnias, Marigolds, Alyssum, Petunias, Dahlias, Nasturtiums, Gladiolas, Geraniums, etc. I also have a big patch of Tansy (use caution--highly invasive!!) to use as a "bad-bug discouager". The more flowers we plant, the better our garden does!
Thanks very much! I got a late start, ran out of room and $. I still have vermiculite, had peat moss and squeezed out a bag of quality potting soil. My helper and I cleaned up, watered, rested, planted seeds, watered, then quit. Now, I'm very happily reported what we can plant still plant!
So glad I came across this video. Thought it was too late to plant runner beans and courgette seeds but will now be planting them tomorrow. Thank you very much for the clear information. You’ve got new UK subscriber.
After planting I say “ok, I’m done”. Saw this video and decided that I could at least sow some beans 😊, (and a few other things😉).
I just planted Amaranth for the greens and for the grain harvest. It's all up and growing!
I live in Texas I planted tomatoes starters and artichokes.keeping my fingers crossed.
All sounds fantastic. I’m really looking forward to see Sunday and Tuesday’s video! Happy 4th, Brian!
So looking forward to Sunday's video. I got a bush zucchini this year and it seems to need quite a bit of convincing to grow UP. Thanks again for all your guidance!
Just want to say thank you. Your videos, and awesome. What you do here is so much larger than you realize. The gift your giving about gardening is priceless. Thank you from the rest us.
That really means alot! Thank you!
Love you and your channel. I’ve watched many and am now a new subscriber from California. Thank you! You’re helping my garden look great . 👍🌱🌹❤️
Great advice! I just planted bush beans and corn. Squash was transplanted a week ago. Basil will be planted soon. It is super hot lately so I am hoping to wait until it cools off a bit since frost isn't a problem until late December.
Awesome video ! I love that you know your goods vs bad insects , though hey usually resolve garden issues themselves. Most people don't know that you can keep on rowing through the seasons...thank you for enlightening them.
From my experience and what I’ve heard from other ppl squash never dies from heat it’s always from a pest situation
Since you mentioned flowers to attract pollinators: Last winter was so mild my sage overwintered and I was able to harvest it for cooking right through winter. Then in the Spring it put out a lot of flowers and I decided to just enjoy the flowers while they lasted. They stayed for a long time and I haven't seen so many honeybees in one place in my more than 40 years gardening! When the very first flowers opened on other things the bees were already there and ready to visit every bloom. When the sage flowers were spent I cut everything back pretty hard and a beautiful new crop of leaves came, but the honeybees disappeared. Lots of wasps and other things pollinate the garden, but now I know that honeybees really, really love sage.
I have a sage plant that I grow specifically for bees. It is by far the best bee attraction in my garden
I'm in South Texas. The almanac says Dec. 23, which made me chuckle. In the last ten years it's been cold in december maybe three of those years. The last several years it's been in the 70's on Christmas day. We can grown ALMOST year round here. Except, of course, for plants that don't do well in high heat. Apples, for example, are a problem for us down here.
Thank you for another great show. Your organization and direct approach is soooo appreciated. I plant zinnias on the border of the garden for the ambiance, butterflies and hummingbirds, but, never thought of planting them ‘in’ the garden. I start zinnia seeds indoors with my tomato and pepper starts. Next year, when I transplant into the garden, I’ll make sure I add some zinnia and other pollinators with the veggies. Thank you!!!
Love it. Going to grab some seeds and plant
Yea!
Found a new group. Pleased to be here. 2nd year gardener-lots to learn!
Shasta County, CA. 100+ degrees for the last 3 weeks ( hi of 112), and looks to be over 100 for at least the next two weeks. If a seedling dares to pop up it is instantly incinerated. Most of my tomato flowers fry the day they bloom. Beans flower but don't set. Best pollinator season in many years thanks to Mexican Sunflowers and Yarrow. Deflower basil twice a day. Only thing that thrives are Jurassic zuccinni and sweet potatos.The eggplant and some peppers are ok. I ordered 30% white shade cloth in a desperate attempt to salvage most of what I planted in April/May!
Universities around the US also have a planting calendar that's Google-able. The UC extension in California has a growing calendar for us too. There's definitely give and take for microclimates.
Thanks for sharing that!
Do you have a link to the UC extension? Inland Empire here.
@@baileymoto ucanr.edu/About/Locations/
Stella Hong Thank you!
Happy 4th! Awesome as always.....you’re videos are so relaxing to watch now with the flowers in bloom even tho gardening is a “labour” of love! It’s hot here in 🇨🇦 too this summer. Everything is growing like crazy! Catching rain water as much as possible now....last week was 60 gallons over night.....need more barrels lol..thank you so much again B!
Great reminder to me that I need to plant some more chard. I have two more kinds of beans on the way from Johnny’s seeds. Keeping busy in the garden every day. Thanks for another great video, Brian. Have a happy 4th!
Thank you!
I'll be putting out spinach and garlic in mid to late August. I leave both over the winter. I'm in central MA, zone 5a. In the Spring the spinach will have survived and will absolutely explode in growth. The last time I did it I had to use full sized trash bags to hold all the spinach leaves out of a 4x8 bed.
People put box springs on the curb for trash day. I got one once, cut off the cloth, removed any stuffing, and used it as a trellis for my climbers. They went crazy on that thing!
That's great to know. My basil has been a bust this year. I'll have another go. Also trying fall peas before my Nov 4 frost date.
This is the first year that I have pruned my basil weekly (using what I pick in meals). It has made all the difference in the world--the are all getting bigger, round and bushy. I'm also watering at ground level for the first time.
I had a hard time with my basil this year as well for some reason and I agree the weekly pruning definitely helps as well as I moved it into dappled shade (it got pretty hot and dry here in June). It has doubled in size and doesn't seem to mind the shade right now at all. it's in a planter so I can move it again if I need to.
Please do more plant suggestions! I enjoyed this video. I always felt like once the first push was over, it was over until the next year.
I have a video like this per month through November!
I planted something called perpetual spinach which looks like spinach and is said to taste like spinach but is a chard and will grow all summer… it sprouted quick, I can’t wait to try it when it is full grown.
Ideas for another video is proper watering and irrigation for a backyard micro garden (less than 12ft x 12ft)? Recommendations, equipment etc
Thank you for all the great info and tips
On the list👌😉
that swiss chard is amazing. my parents never had it that big. looks great.
it makes me sick with envy, the way everything else in his garden does.
The land of the Giant Chard!
Plant everything. Pay attention what works where your at!
Thanks. Got a late start this year but I knew it wasn't over.
Our Snow Peas were done already so I planted Okra last week and it is really taking off. We had a cool spring and the cucumbers haven't started producing yet so in effect we are doing cucumbers now too.
I love my Zinnias, every year I start indoors to be planted right after Mothers Day, such a huge variety of them. Have 6 Tomatoe plants started and planting a Green Bell Pepper today. Love gardening, wish I had more room. Pulling out the 5 gal. pail :):) Thank you, just found your post, have been enjoying your videos.
Your garden is so inspiring! Thank you!!! ☀️
I built two real nice beds this spring when I wasn't busy. Maybe I'll get the dirt in when I get back from the 4th vacay. I'll think about plants next year ;) You almost had gmas wilted lettuce recipe. You need bacon grease, white vinegar and sugar. Bring up to temp stirring in the sugar to melt or use fake sugar and warm it up to temp and then pour that over your salad. Yummm
OMG I can still plant some of my faves! I broke my elbow (pure clumsiness) right when I was getting going. That put a wet blanket on my plans. I'm still in a brace but can maneuver well enough with my husband's help (shhh...he has no idea! 😂). Yaaay! 🙌
Lol. Good luck!
I have snap dragons in my garden. They seem to survive the winters in AZ. Most of my store bought plants didn't survive, luckily I had seeds as a backup. Now everything is bursting even the weeds. Monsoon season happens in July, so I can slow down on my water timer. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you for sharing this video with me. I am glad that I found your channel. I hope that I will put more seeds and transplants into the ground.
This is just what I wanted to know right now!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Thanks so much for the Almanac page. So helpful. I enjoyed this VLOG. Keep 'em coming.
First, your yard is gorgeous .... great to know I can fill in some blank spaces with some of these suggestions...I’m a fan!
Thank you❤
No....Thank-YOU!
Knowing which zone ( region ) you live in helps when looking at the seed packs. Most of the ones I have seen have the zone listed on the packet , usually at the bottom of the packet. Local sources have seeds for there area. Purchasing over the web I always check the suggested time of year and the region ( Zone )
Thanks! My first time trying using grow bags and two raised beds you gave me hope thirty packetsof seeds. I'm afraid that the squirrels will get on my nerves I got poles and netting. WISH ME LUCK AND GOD'S BLESSING. SC!
Excellent- Sept 15... it’s July 7. I have time, as you suggest, for some varieties of beans (in shade), basil, cucumbers, summer squash, Swiss chard, sweet corn (with mulch) and zinnias. I’m going to also try cosmos, lavender sunflowers, black eyed Susan, wild butterfly mix, herbs and maybe watermelon because I couldn’t do an early crop. Thanks!
As someone who lives in Florida. We only got frost about 3 times. I wish there were more growers in Florida climates.
Zucchini is a real vegetable machine. Incredible how much food it cranks out over just a few weeks.
Happy 4th to you and everyone!!!! :). Quick question. I'm feeling silly asking you this, but here it goes. Can I still plant potatoes and sweet potatoes before the first frost date for southern California? :) Thanks a bunch in advance:). Everyone have fun and be safe out there!!! :) Please remember to bring your pets in tonight!! They get scared with those fireworks. :)
I'm sure you can. Look up growing potatoes in a 5 gallon food grade bucket. If frost is forecasted, bring the bucket in. I purchased 4 and am hopeful I can do potatoes year round. Florida, USA 🇺🇸 😎 🌴🌊🌴
We live by boom city! Was horrible this year for a couple weeks prior! We all passed out on the 4th! 😂🤣😂 Calming vitamins help & my old dog had a Thunder coat that worked well for him! I need 1 in Shepard size now so our big guy doesn't use up all the grandkids blankets! Lol If they are wrapped up with him he does well! 1 leaves his side, he freaks about their safety away from him! Lol❤ Trying to add a new bed this year. I think my son just put a big hole in the front yard!😂🤣😂 He doesn't work that dirt for me, we are up a creek! Lol Just watering, weeding & trying to stay in top of harvesting strawberries, self heal, etc is wearing me out! Lol My son got some really good spinach seeds though! We nibble right off the plant! First spring growth tasted more like candy! Lol
I love your videos. Perfect length and details! Great info for midsummer planting!
I have a Basil plant that is 3 year's old. It grows in my kitchen window. If it starts to bloom, I cut it back and it has a very robust flavor.
Great 👍 video and information, thanks so much. Happy 4th!
Yep, time to plant some more beans. Ours have done so well this year.
That's cute. Where I live, cannot sow anything above the ground until July ;if I am lucky. Last year, was still sowing in late August and will likely be the case again this year. Nights are still below 10C and will be for another 2 weeks.... all I can sow are cool hardy plants until then. This week is cool, nights barely above 10C, week after is hardly better.
We get Alaskan summers here... by the type you reach the beach, it's already snowing.
Yay, good instincts - just planted second crop of basil, tomato, dwarf marigolds and tall zinnias myself. Even have a couple of sunflowers about 10" tall already. Good to hear your confirmation I'm not crazy! Zone 8A east coast.
I always plant radishes to harvest three times a season. Love my radishes and I do love Swiss Chard as well. I mix it up with my Lettuce, Vivian for a salad.
i was just going to ask if anyne had tried radish or carrots this late if so hows it going and any quick points on howi should plant them? never been succesful with either idk why
@@morganb1979 Carrots; never had any luck. They always to short. So no pro on carrots. Radish never had a problem with them, always come out great. I usually go for the Mirabeau, Stela or Scarlet Globe family. Good soil and water them late of the day if no rain and ground becomes dry. I really don't bother to space them out, but I try not to crowd them to much. As soon the red bulge out above ground. I start to thin them out when harvest them. As soon I harvest the last one. I replant them and start a new harvest day. I usually do this three times and call it the end of harvest. I plant them as soon I start planting my garden first time.
Really enjoy your program!! I learn a lot of tips!!
I always plant fall green bean so much better than sitting. Plus you can pick them in the cool weather
Swiss chard recipe!! That sounds scrumptious…am planting it today!
Ooo I want to see the vertical squash that will help me right now!
Thanks for this video. I thought the only thing I could plant in July are tomatoes and peppers. Thanks to your video I found that I've got until the end of November before frost. Can't wait to start planting again!
THANK YOU for this video! It was just the inspiration I needed to re-plant what a very naughty rabbit has been pilfering for the past month!
Uggghh.. good luck with the next batch!
Awww a wabbit, so cute 🙂. Sorry about your crops though.
We have a cat whose owner lets it out at night so it can tear up my plant beds and poop in them. I tried dozens of deterrents. None worked. Our park manager suggested setting sticky traps (for mice) on the beds. Worked pretty good. The cat couldn't get it off his feet and hobbled home. His furious owner went to the park manager to complain and instead of getting me in trouble SHE was threatened with a fine if the cat damaged other peoples gardens in the future. I would urge caution with a wild animal though. They have no owner to rescue them and no one wants to be known as the village bunny-killer!
@@anthroariel It's called Rabbit Stew.
Absolutely love the self-sufficient garden and the flowers being integrated with the vegetables could you send me some sunshine now because here in England it’s very damp and windy at the moment thank you 😊 PS happy Fourth of July 🇺🇸
Thank you! I would love to send some sunshine your way. Can't wait until I can get to England. Got lots of gardens to see and lots of family history to explore!
We’re in N Calif I’m starting all over in relearning how to grow
Beautiful God's Creation in your garden.
Excited to know it isn't too late for flowers! Thank you.
Thank you! Exactly what I wanted to know!! Thank you. I’m in so cal so I thought you might do one of these! Frost dates were not super clear to me so this is perfect.
Happy 4th of July Brian! I am so excited about Sunday. Vertical zucchini and squash! So so excited.
You too! Just finished filming. I think its going to be a good one!
Beans, basil, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, Swiss chard, sweet corn, zinnias.
🤯🤯🤯 YOUR CHARD IS INSANELY HUGE
If I had a dollar for every time I heard that...I would have like $7
We have to remember that the package gives you days to your first fruits. The harvest for veggies such as squash and cukes comes over a two month or so timeframe, so you have to figure that in. For those then, you'd want to plant the seeds about 4 months before your first frost. Even before the frost, it gets cold and the sun gets lower. The plants are going to lose a lot of their vitality in that last month leading up to the first frost date. Cucurbits especially don't like the cold...
Squash and cucumbers are fruits
My cucumbers aren't growing. Only 1 patch broke soil. My zucchini is taking off! Just totally revamped that bed with new soil, coconut hulls, compost & steer manure, & only the zucchini is happy. Even my Aramanth that came up in 3 days of planting, isn't thriving there. 😕
Thank you, Brian. You are always a fount of good information.
Got a lot of info from this video tonight thankyou!! Can't wait to hear about vertical squash
Thanks for the info! I’ll be adding to my garden this week for some fresh vegetables to enjoy later in the year. (Looking forward to your video tomorrow about “vertical growing”). Happy Independence Day!!
Happy 4th of July Brian😁 thanks for the great tips🤗🤙
Thanks Julie! You too!
Keep up the good work brother 🙏
Thanks for the video and yayyyy didn't know about Swiss chard being heat tolerant
Chard leaves are great for making pigs in a blanket, I never use the cabbage leaves after trying it with chard leaves they are the best.
My Aunt Louise use to make that when I was a little girl! So delicious! May I please have your recipe?
creative shooting angles, I liked it.
I love ALL your videos! I laugh so hard when u say add a little "bacon grease" u are most definitely a southern boy, u grew up on some good ole country cooking!! 😂😂😂😂
Yes I did
Dude, your Swiss Chard is insane! WOW!
Zinnias and Marigolds are great flowers to harvest seeds from. Let the flower completely dry out on the stem, pick and separate out the individual seeds, then store as any other seed.
Thank you. So helpful 🙂
Thanks! I've been thinking I need to look this up. We have pretty mild winters - where it drops to 30 degrees for about 14 days over the winter on different days or weeks. I'm thinking I could grow some cold weather crops in hoop houses - maybe some broccoli? Would you grow those from seed a few weeks before the frost date in the ground? Or would you start them inside? Is there enough sun in the winter for crops like broccoli, kale, lettuce? And you're so right about basil being great pollinator attracting plants! Mine is covered with bees during the day!!!
Great video! Yup I’m going to plant more seeds today butternut squash , basil and I will try cauliflower ! Happy Fourth of July from N Ireland 🇺🇸☘️☘️☘️☘️