I feel so blessed to have my garden. Especially after seeing the flooding in both Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China. It is my one solace to walk through the garden and speak with the Lord.
I love your channel😊 Just straight forward information, and such a calming voice. I canned the shredded zucchini in pineapple yesterday, and swiss chard today. I’m fighting a Lyme infection from a tick in my garden, but bouncing back and ready to get back in the garden!!!!!!! Everyone out there, protect yourself.........ticks and spiders can be so dangerous.
I am a believer!!! I topped mine this year and holy moly...those little plants are LOADED. I am so excited for the yield. I am so looking forward to them turning red so i can start harvesting them. I have to plant ours in a greenhouse as we are in zone 3. Thank you for reminding me about topping peppers
I have heard you can take your pepper plants in for the winter and plant them out again in spring. They then are basically like a pepper tree. I'm going to do more research into that. I think they require a dormant period but not sure.
Because of your squash bug and vine borer video I’ve been checking my squash plants each time I go out to the garden. Something I’ve not done before but now I know I probably had borers last year. Your garden videos are fun and I always learn something, such as, shaking the corn plants to help pollination and planting in blocks rather than rows.
My sweet potatoes are not doing well, they are barely growing. Every thing else is doing good. This is my second year having a decent sized garden. Last year I was blessed with no pest pressure at all, well the bugs know we are here now. So I appreciate all the advice you have given about the bugs. Thank you for sharing!
Love to see your garden, all the flowers snuck in there were nice in the video scenes. There's so much going on around here this year it's hard for me to spend much time out there, with the mosquitoes it's been hard too.
Since you asked about topping peppers.. I'd not recommend it if you're in the UK. I topped 2 plants out of each variety and they're really far behind the rest. We just don't have the heat here for them to really explode in growth (even in a greenhouse!). I started mine Feb and planted out in May and the untopped ones are just setting fruit. The topped ones have started flowering, no fruit set, but they're really small compared to the ones I left alone. Worth a try though! The fun in gardening is experimenting :)
Snap (UK too). Did exactly the same. Except my topped ones, although bushier with fruiting stems, have yet to even start flowering. 😩Untopped ones are abundant with fruit. Outside and in greenhouse. The topped ones might eventually fruit later in the season and will definitely survive a windy summer storm better than the more leggy untopped ones laden with peppers that I’ve now had to stake. UK is definitely different for growing peppers. But the season ain’t over yet. Perhaps we’ll get an extended harvest 😃. I’m bringing one of my Jalapeños and sweet peppers into the house at the end of the season to overwinter as an experiment.....
I just rapped up my squash liked you showed. I hope it works. I had to cut out 2 little borers out of my only pumpkin. I seen somewhere that if you catch it before they disconnect the vine and clean out the damage, then bury the vine past the damage it will ree root and come back. Mine is only a foot or so long so I'm hoping that because the leaves were still pretty green, it will survive.
I don't know why.... but my garden is doing SUPER DUPER... and i see other people's are too this year. Are we tending to them a bit more? IDK? But i just feel fearless about trying all... to see what works... where... and when. Using my knowledge from last year's trials and watching your channel and others... It's been a good yield so far. Thank You Rachele and Todd for sharing so much with us. I appreciate it and eating it too! lol
Great video!!!!!!!! Hot here in Central Texas, 95 today. Still producing lot's of peppers, jalapeno, banana, pablano and shishito. Tomatoes were cut back a few week ago in half and are now coming back for round two. Our arugula bed is holding on with the heat. Going to harvest the rest of our carrots this weekend. Cucumber at the end of the cycle. Asian long beans are amazing and still producing. We built 5 gallon grow table and 3 gal 6x8 grow table for the fall. We have 8 10-20 lb watermelons going to harvest. We grew beach ball gourds and they are 18 in around. Going to dry and cut in half then make leather handles and use as harvest baskets (Fun). Aug -Sept is rest time with the heat going into the 100's. Aug we start seeds to plant in Oct. Love the channel!!!!!! God Bless.....
That cabbage looks great! Your green thumb is showing. It’s better to have a lot of rain than none at all, like here. I have to water daily to keep everything alive. Sun is frying tomato leaves to a crisp. 👩🌾
Try planting a few radishes with your squash/cucumber plants. The radishes don't get picked, but stay to repel squash vine borers. I haven't lost any squash, melons, or cucumbers since doing that.
I planted radishes all around my zucchini. No vine borders yet. I hope it stays that way. I hope you get enough subscribers....I really want to buy a hoodie.
Glad for your garden update, it's my first year gardening and my sweet potatoes are not doing well at all, I was worried it was something I had done but maybe this just isnt a good year for them. I will also be supporting local farmers. 😊
I'm having the best jalapeño season thus far, I'm up to my ears in cucumbers (made lots of pickles), harvested my very first cabbage last week. My Zucchini is struggling this year though. Always how it goes, some good and some not so good. Always learning!
Lots of squash bugs, not only eating squash and zucchini, but going after the cucumbers, having trouble keeping a cucumber plant maturing and producing much. Tomatoes have done well, but showing issues at this time of year in Oklahoma City, (Zone 7), hoping for a 2nd wind out of them so they grow into September. Green Beans did wonderful this year, lots of production.
Great garden. I learned by accident to cut the top off peppers for double+ harvest. Planted too early, they froze to the ground. I cried, cut the dead tops off, watered with warm water & left them to mother nature. Great harvest & big profit that year. Cover in fall to extend the season.
Rachel, I made the zucchini with pineapple nectar. It is in the water bath now. I only had enough to do 4 half pints, but I do with what I have. I also got 5 half pints of salsa up today. It's better than nothing. I always say every little bit helps. Last night I Had enough peaches for 1 quart and 3 half pints. Last week I got 3, half pints of peach jam, so I have a little bit of home canned. I love to can just when I can get things I do. Lol!! Thanks for all your help and hints!! 💕💕
Rachel this is my first year growing peppers. The only one I purchased was the cayenne as a seedling, so when I planted them (8) I topped 7 and left 1 as it was, well if there was a way that I could show you, and your viewers, the difference I’m sure they would be equally amazed by the benefit of topping/trimming does for the fruits production! Now, the one that I left without trimming did flower/fruit quicker than the others, BUT the others grew bushier and are now loaded with little peppers!! So I can attest to your tip that it is soooo worth doing!!! Thank you so much!♥️🌻
Hi Rachel. You look so good in the garden. Love seeing the peppers. Thank you for sharing the garden again. God Bless you. Stay safe. Maria.💁🖐️💁🖐️❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙💗💗💗💗
defiantly thanking the gods that i am lucky enough to have my garden and am able to plant so much my first year canning this year , than you for all the inspiration your garden and caning videos are awesome :]
Alternatives to garden sleeves, maybe look at telescoping or just simply long handled narrow spaces pruners. Not sure the accurate name, but also used in Japanese gardens? Garden sleeves unless there are different versions, get sweat sticky inside, and sappy sticky outside, which was a deal breaker for me.
Zucchini has been a struggle again this year. Vine borers got them again. I planted them where zucchini have never been planted but oh well I’ll try again next year. On the positive my Louisiana Purple Podded pile beans are producing wonderfully, 54 quarts so far and they’re still going. Tomatoes are producing good, but some of my plants are very short. Isobutane now they are at the top of the trellis but this year they’re a couple of feet short of that. I have found my new favorite cherry tomato, Chocolate Cherrys are soooo good. I will be growing them from now on. My first year to grow the Sungold cherry tomatoes and I like them too. Black Krim is another first year favorite tomato variety. Another slow grower are my peppers, they are loaded but the plants are shorter than usually. We’ve had rain almost ever day in June and July, not sure how much this is changing their growing pattern. I’m in NE Mississippi zone 7B. Blessings and happy gardening. Oh and I love your channel. Hope you make it to the 100,000 mark soon.
How exciting to be so close to 100K subs! So enjoy following along with both of you and your gorgeous homestead, the work you put in and the kind love you share among each other! Cherish your relationship and time together! Thanks for sharing your days with us! God's Blessings!❤️ 🙏 🙌
Your peppers look fantastic. I went a little overboard with peppers this year. Over 50 plants in containers and grow bags. Over 13 varieties - but unfortunately the permanent marker on my stakes wore off within 2 days of planting and I can’t identify all the types. Great year though! My jalapeños are producing unusually large fruits (tasted to make sure they were jalapeños) up to 8” long. Thanks for sharing your garden with us and being so honest about everything. It really makes me feel so much better to see others with the same problems and feelings.
Last year I started a bell pepper inside around March, was looking beautiful until my dog knocked it down and broke the top off, I trimmed it up replanted it and it was the most high yielding pepper plant I ever grew, so now I always top them off. Thanks for the wonderful videos❤️❤️
I totally agree with your about pruning the beans! Makes such a difference. I harvested the rest of my onions yesterday. I've almost got enough green beans to can, which I may do this weekend. I've been filling up the empty spaces with more green beans, carrots, beats, spinach and cucumbers. Your garden looks great! I'm definitely going to want a t-shirt! You will reach 100K subscribers in no time. I know I sure tell everyone about you!
Girl, if I didn't know better I would think you were by Southern Sister - "piddeling" in the garden, "fiddeling" in the garden, ...oh.... there was one more thing you said but I can't remember......anyway. I love it. Your garden is awesome!
last night I was finally able to go out in my garden and find the paths again, so much weeding, but the chickens loved all the treats! I pruned squash & tomatoes and put up a cattle panel arch for a late crop of cucumbers. the winter squash are taking over! I think next year I'll give them a separate space so that I can utilize the main garden better. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your journey!
My unsolicited advice to you would be use the "Florida weave" on those maters. I have 12ft tall indeterminate tomatoes that just laughed in the face of 60mph straight line winds.trees all over jacked up but my maters took it like a man. Just some advice
I wear light colored cotton shirts.. Men's thirfty yard sale finds for practicality nothing $, they are So cool and comfy in the garden and moving irrigation pipes in tall grass, from getting itchy and bit up from elements!! Don't have to worry about ruining clothes either! Love your small garden and your attention to details taking such good care of it together!! Amazing the amount of food we can grow when cared for! Blessings ❤️ 🙏 🙌
Rachel looks wonderful! Haven't been able to plant this year been to hot here in California!! With temps being in the high 90s or 100!! So I'm going to try winter gardening!! So Love being able to see your Garden!! Thank you so much!!
Enjoyed your fiddling in the Garden. Everything is looking amazing. My California Wonder Peppers are doing great. My tomatoes not too much. I did them in containers this year, and the rain is drowning them. I even have plenty of holes in the bottom of the containers. I had my first turn today and brought it in and have tons of green ones, but slow growth I think. Plus they have fallen over about 5 times the other night due to strong winds and lost about 9 tomatoes. I set them out hoping they will turn, guess I will see.
It all looks great! I remember my mom using an old white long sleeve shirt of my dad's to garden. She cut the collar off and tied up the tails or cut them off. She literally wore that shirt out! My question is, how are the bees?
Today I dug up some pepper plants that were consistently getting sunburned and moved them to grow bags to put in a spot that gets primarily morning sun! Hopefully I see an improvement! Also made some pesto with my basil I snipped yum!
Hello love watching you in your garden. I wanted to see your sweet potato plants because mine go eaten down at least 4 times by ground hogs before my husband installed an electric fence. I like to compare the vine growth to others in my area to see if I had a chance to get sweet potatoes. I absolutely love digging sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Pulling carrots' beets and turnips.
Rachel, yellow is an attractant for many pests because it's the color of the squash flowers. I wouldn't use yellow athletic tape if you're trying to prevent them. Just a thought :)
My first square foot garden is thriving here in East Texas even though it’s been hot. The strangest thing happened though, something ate my blue lake bush bean leaves early in the season and I was afraid they were goners. But when the weather warmed they bounced back! And I have two pole beans now haha 😆. My cucumber yield has been prolific and I’ve already canned so many quarts and pints of pickles. Tried your spicy honey ones and they are amazing! Also did your pruning back on half my peppers and I’m a believer ! They are doing so well and I have so many peppers ! Thank you for all the honest tips and transparency in your garden.
I just found your channel by accident. I love, love, love your channel and both of you are so delightful to watch. I think I found your channel as I was searching for canning videos. I’m so glad I found your channel.
And Rachel my peppers are huge, thank you for showing that. So many fruiting branches. I had to put 42" Tomato cages on them. Pepper's out the ying yang🌶 going to do my 1st hot water bath Canning. Gonna do Pepper Jelly with apple juice 😋 I think it'll be yummy we'll see.
our season is really short so I didn't think it would be worth it but wow is it worth it. My pruned plants were so bushy and stable and my non pruned were more likely to fall over
I planted onions from Dixon Dale Farms after watching your videos last year and they are doing great. Next year I just need to give them more personal space as I planted the kale a little too close.
Your garden is lovely! I love gardening but have to work hard at it to get a small harvest each year. Sometimes it is discouraging but it is good therapy! I am using tires in some areas and am trying tulle for my cabbages. I don't think we have squash borers here but not sure. My peppers are not happy, I struggle with that.
Rachel you are spot on with recommending pruning squash and etc...James Prigioni has tips today on the same thing other than rerooting the plants which I hadn't thought of. Living in Florida I go for a later planting.
You were mentioning garden sleeves to protect your arms… I wear my old welder sleeves… Those might be easy to find at a hardware store. They certainly work for me!
My sweet potatoes are behind too. My beans are producing lots, as are my tomatoes, peppers and squash. I have no bugs on my squash because there is a Gartner snake in my raised bed. He does a great job keeping pests under control, but we do tend to stay out of each other's way. 😟
I'm also harvesting and curing onions this week and I'm already harvesting potatoes. My peppers are not as far along as yours though. As far as I know we do not have vine borers here (north central WA), at least I have not had trouble with them. My favorite gardening shirt is a Land's End long sleeved swim tee. It protects from the sun and scratches. It is cool and dries quickly if I get it wet.
Hey it seems like its raining every other day here in middle alabama ,my tomatoes don't seem to be doing too well bummer, but we have green beans pepper s doing great feeling,so thankful and blessed ,happy gardening
My butternut squash is amazing this year! Some of them look full grown and it’s still so early. The funny thing is I planted my last three seeds one of which almost died because a vole chewed off almost all the roots. I dug it up put the one root in water for about two weeks and replanted it and it’s healthy as can be. I love butternut squash and it stores very well into the early spring. I planted fish peppers this year and they are so beautiful with variegated foliage and peppers all green and white. My garlic is nice but I had to dig it up out of wet soil which was quite a chore and I’m not sure why but the skins on several split open which is discouraging I thought maybe the 5 inches of water we had one day that might have made them explode but as I was prepping them to hang I noticed some of what I think are leaf miners very similar to what I had in my leeks (I had them 2 yrs in a row on my leeks so I didn’t plant any this year) but now this tiny little worm like thing looks like it has invaded some of my garlic. 😩 i might need something like you have your brassicas in to protect my garlic and here I thought nothing would ever bother it….I wanted to know how you preserve your garlic because I feel like I have to hurry and eat all the ones that are open….the garlic is still nicely shaped and hard but it won’t store well. Your garden is so beautiful…great job👍I am a fairly new subscriber and I love watching you and. what you are doing.
Could you crush and freeze some of the garlic in oil. To use drop in pan melt and heat then add other ingredients. Or dry and turn into powdered garlic.
Your garden is such a dream!! My large garden is on it's second year and still an absolute jungle. Life has kept us from keeping up with the grass as much as we should. BUT the good news is that it's producing great this year, as opposed to last year which was not so great. Our tomato harvest has been amazing! I'm loving it even in this jungle state, but I do look forward to when I can get it all pretty and tidy like yours!
My beans are not doing well. The leaves are all pale green and not growing bigger (bush and pole), no matter what side of the grow bag they are on, how much or little water they get, or how much they get fertilized. I have to grow in grow bags because of a fierce gopher, so figuring out fertilizer is new to me, or it is too hot here right now for them. Gopher grabbed one of the sweet potatos that was in the ground. But everything else is growing well. Still trying to find a way to defeat the aphids and leaf miners.
Wow, I can’t believe you’re almost to 100,000 subscribers! I never even look at that. I’ve been here since day one and I can tell you, you guys totally deserve it. Your content is great and you are both fun to watch and teach things that are valuable. Congratulations early!
Second year trying to grow green beans something is eating any new sprouts but every thing else is doing good . I'm in zone 3-4a so I'm alittle behind in my season to harvest yet.
My green beans are doing really well, along with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers; my summer squash is another story, we're struggling! I've sent some friends your link, I have no doubt you'll hit the 100k! Love your your vlogs!
Awesome pepper harvest! I’m up north in zone 4b so mine aren’t as far along and I hope I get any at all! Some plants have a few flowers though so that’s good. Thanks for taking us along on your garden chores!
i’m picking lots,of tomatoes. but i planted my peppers too close to the tomatoes and they are getting crowded out. i have a small garden in los angeles. i’ve shaded my tomatoes with beach umbrellas for the last month or more. it has been high 90s and low 100s. i live in the san fernando valley…HOT area.
First year attempt growing veggies, in 9b. Pepper plants the only thing that survived so far but haven't gotten a single pepper 😕 JUST GIVE ME ONE PEPPER which will in turn give me hope lol
I understand what you mean about the Vine boards they can really be devastating when you find them eating your plants I usually have the same problem with my plants as well and I haven't seen anything yet I hope they will hold off as long as they can
Mostly everything I’ve grown has died. I have a few pumpkins and watermelons, I think maybe three or four tomato plants and a whole lot of sunflowers. I live in zone 10a. Spring/summer is not our great growing time, late fall is.
My wife's garden has struggled this year. She has been very sad that nothing has made it. The hundred's hit us in early june crippling hot winds didn't help either here in southern utah zone 8b.
I used pumpkin seeds from last year’s pumpkins and the fruit forming does not really look like pumpkin! I think I’ve created a hybrid that will be half zucchini!! 😬🤭🤣
Oh I've had that happen before! Once my sweet meat(light green) squash crossed with a salmon river(light orange) squash which made for interesting flavor and color variations. I also had sugar pie pumpkin that apparently crossed with a spaghetti squash which was not good. It was purchased seed too.
I have a zucchini that was grown from a pumpkin or butternut squash seed that I saved. It had to be one of those because to save a zucchini seed you have to grow a marrow and I've never done that.
The vine borers here are horrible!! I found the only way to protect them is netting. The ants usually pollinate my squash, so I don't need to uncover for bees. But this year the squash bugs came. First time. 🤦
I just discovered you today! Your garden is beautiful! 🙂 And this is perfect to practice my English! Please go one! I am curious 🙂 my pepper grow as perfect as yours ! Which kind is this pepper in your Garden ?
Too much rain here in Maine...hoping for some sun to help everything recover. Think my onions may not survive...just too wet. But as you said...support a farmer at the market!
I like your attitude about your sweet potatoes! I pray you get more than you expect but when we don’t it is good to support our local growers!
I feel so blessed to have my garden. Especially after seeing the flooding in both Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and China. It is my one solace to walk through the garden and speak with the Lord.
I love your channel😊 Just straight forward information, and such a calming voice. I canned the shredded zucchini in pineapple yesterday, and swiss chard today. I’m fighting a Lyme infection from a tick in my garden, but bouncing back and ready to get back in the garden!!!!!!! Everyone out there, protect yourself.........ticks and spiders can be so dangerous.
Crazy how many things can really benefit from a little pruning
I am a believer!!! I topped mine this year and holy moly...those little plants are LOADED. I am so excited for the yield. I am so looking forward to them turning red so i can start harvesting them. I have to plant ours in a greenhouse as we are in zone 3. Thank you for reminding me about topping peppers
T-shirt idea: "Are you a believer yet? I want you to be a believer." Picture of a 6 branched pepper plant!
That would be hilarious!
I have heard you can take your pepper plants in for the winter and plant them out again in spring. They then are basically like a pepper tree. I'm going to do more research into that. I think they require a dormant period but not sure.
Because of your squash bug and vine borer video I’ve been checking my squash plants each time I go out to the garden. Something I’ve not done before but now I know I probably had borers last year. Your garden videos are fun and I always learn something, such as, shaking the corn plants to help pollination and planting in blocks rather than rows.
My sweet potatoes are not doing well, they are barely growing. Every thing else is doing good. This is my second year having a decent sized garden. Last year I was blessed with no pest pressure at all, well the bugs know we are here now. So I appreciate all the advice you have given about the bugs. Thank you for sharing!
Love to see your garden, all the flowers snuck in there were nice in the video scenes. There's so much going on around here this year it's hard for me to spend much time out there, with the mosquitoes it's been hard too.
Since you asked about topping peppers.. I'd not recommend it if you're in the UK. I topped 2 plants out of each variety and they're really far behind the rest. We just don't have the heat here for them to really explode in growth (even in a greenhouse!). I started mine Feb and planted out in May and the untopped ones are just setting fruit. The topped ones have started flowering, no fruit set, but they're really small compared to the ones I left alone. Worth a try though! The fun in gardening is experimenting :)
Snap (UK too). Did exactly the same. Except my topped ones, although bushier with fruiting stems, have yet to even start flowering. 😩Untopped ones are abundant with fruit. Outside and in greenhouse. The topped ones might eventually fruit later in the season and will definitely survive a windy summer storm better than the more leggy untopped ones laden with peppers that I’ve now had to stake. UK is definitely different for growing peppers. But the season ain’t over yet. Perhaps we’ll get an extended harvest 😃. I’m bringing one of my Jalapeños and sweet peppers into the house at the end of the season to overwinter as an experiment.....
I just rapped up my squash liked you showed. I hope it works. I had to cut out 2 little borers out of my only pumpkin. I seen somewhere that if you catch it before they disconnect the vine and clean out the damage, then bury the vine past the damage it will ree root and come back. Mine is only a foot or so long so I'm hoping that because the leaves were still pretty green, it will survive.
Yes I just learned this I'm going to try that with my gete vine
Never poor planning. You are just learning (and teaching) ways to do, or NOT to do things.
I don't know why.... but my garden is doing SUPER DUPER... and i see other people's are too this year. Are we tending to them a bit more? IDK? But i just feel fearless about trying all... to see what works... where... and when. Using my knowledge from last year's trials and watching your channel and others... It's been a good yield so far. Thank You Rachele and Todd for sharing so much with us. I appreciate it and eating it too! lol
Great video!!!!!!!! Hot here in Central Texas, 95 today. Still producing lot's of peppers, jalapeno, banana, pablano and shishito. Tomatoes were cut back a few week ago in half and are now coming back for round two. Our arugula bed is holding on with the heat. Going to harvest the rest of our carrots this weekend. Cucumber at the end of the cycle. Asian long beans are amazing and still producing. We built 5 gallon grow table and 3 gal 6x8 grow table for the fall. We have 8 10-20 lb watermelons going to harvest. We grew beach ball gourds and they are 18 in around. Going to dry and cut in half then make leather handles and use as harvest baskets (Fun). Aug -Sept is rest time with the heat going into the 100's. Aug we start seeds to plant in Oct. Love the channel!!!!!! God Bless.....
That cabbage looks great! Your green thumb is showing. It’s better to have a lot of rain than none at all, like here. I have to water daily to keep everything alive. Sun is frying tomato leaves to a crisp. 👩🌾
Try planting a few radishes with your squash/cucumber plants. The radishes don't get picked, but stay to repel squash vine borers. I haven't lost any squash, melons, or cucumbers since doing that.
I planted radishes all around my zucchini. No vine borders yet. I hope it stays that way. I hope you get enough subscribers....I really want to buy a hoodie.
I did that too and it saved my squash from earwigs!
Glad for your garden update, it's my first year gardening and my sweet potatoes are not doing well at all, I was worried it was something I had done but maybe this just isnt a good year for them. I will also be supporting local farmers. 😊
I'm having the best jalapeño season thus far, I'm up to my ears in cucumbers (made lots of pickles), harvested my very first cabbage last week. My Zucchini is struggling this year though. Always how it goes, some good and some not so good. Always learning!
Yep, can't take any year for granted because you are never guaranteed the same results the next year
Lots of squash bugs, not only eating squash and zucchini, but going after the cucumbers, having trouble keeping a cucumber plant maturing and producing much. Tomatoes have done well, but showing issues at this time of year in Oklahoma City, (Zone 7), hoping for a 2nd wind out of them so they grow into September. Green Beans did wonderful this year, lots of production.
Great garden. I learned by accident to cut the top off peppers for double+ harvest. Planted too early, they froze to the ground. I cried, cut the dead tops off, watered with warm water & left them to mother nature. Great harvest & big profit that year. Cover in fall to extend the season.
Rachel, I made the zucchini with pineapple nectar. It is in the water bath now. I only had enough to do 4 half pints, but I do with what I have. I also got 5 half pints of salsa up today. It's better than nothing. I always say every little bit helps. Last night I Had enough peaches for 1 quart and 3 half pints. Last week I got 3, half pints of peach jam, so I have a little bit of home canned. I love to can just when I can get things I do. Lol!! Thanks for all your help and hints!! 💕💕
Rachel this is my first year growing peppers. The only one I purchased was the cayenne as a seedling, so when I planted them (8) I topped 7 and left 1 as it was, well if there was a way that I could show you, and your viewers, the difference I’m sure they would be equally amazed by the benefit of topping/trimming does for the fruits production! Now, the one that I left without trimming did flower/fruit quicker than the others, BUT the others grew bushier and are now loaded with little peppers!! So I can attest to your tip that it is soooo worth doing!!! Thank you so much!♥️🌻
"You're a believer!" That's awesome, I happy for you.
I showed the example/test experiment last year that's why I went all out this season
My garden is a bit overcrowded and resembles a small jungle but I am learning to embrace imperfection. Love all that you have growing in your space.
Hi Rachel. You look so good in the garden. Love seeing the peppers. Thank you for sharing the garden again. God Bless you. Stay safe. Maria.💁🖐️💁🖐️❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙💗💗💗💗
defiantly thanking the gods that i am lucky enough to have my garden and am able to plant so much my first year canning this year , than you for all the inspiration your garden and caning videos are awesome :]
Alternatives to garden sleeves, maybe look at telescoping or just simply long handled narrow spaces pruners. Not sure the accurate name, but also used in Japanese gardens? Garden sleeves unless there are different versions, get sweat sticky inside, and sappy sticky outside, which was a deal breaker for me.
Zucchini has been a struggle again this year. Vine borers got them again. I planted them where zucchini have never been planted but oh well I’ll try again next year.
On the positive my Louisiana Purple Podded pile beans are producing wonderfully, 54 quarts so far and they’re still going. Tomatoes are producing good, but some of my plants are very short. Isobutane now they are at the top of the trellis but this year they’re a couple of feet short of that. I have found my new favorite cherry tomato, Chocolate Cherrys are soooo good. I will be growing them from now on. My first year to grow the Sungold cherry tomatoes and I like them too. Black Krim is another first year favorite tomato variety.
Another slow grower are my peppers, they are loaded but the plants are shorter than usually. We’ve had rain almost ever day in June and July, not sure how much this is changing their growing pattern.
I’m in NE Mississippi zone 7B.
Blessings and happy gardening. Oh and I love your channel. Hope you make it to the 100,000 mark soon.
Some milk with baking soda will help the mildew (because it grows in an acidic environement)
How exciting to be so close to 100K subs! So enjoy following along with both of you and your gorgeous homestead, the work you put in and the kind love you share among each other! Cherish your relationship and time together! Thanks for sharing your days with us! God's Blessings!❤️ 🙏 🙌
I was going to say something but now I can't remember what it was! Lol 😆
Wow, your diligence in this garden has been worth the effort. What a beautiful productive space.
Your peppers look fantastic. I went a little overboard with peppers this year. Over 50 plants in containers and grow bags. Over 13 varieties - but unfortunately the permanent marker on my stakes wore off within 2 days of planting and I can’t identify all the types. Great year though! My jalapeños are producing unusually large fruits (tasted to make sure they were jalapeños) up to 8” long. Thanks for sharing your garden with us and being so honest about everything. It really makes me feel so much better to see others with the same problems and feelings.
Last year I started a bell pepper inside around March, was looking beautiful until my dog knocked it down and broke the top off, I trimmed it up replanted it and it was the most high yielding pepper plant I ever grew, so now I always top them off. Thanks for the wonderful videos❤️❤️
You are so close to 100k subscribers! Go you! Love all your videos. Such a joy to watch
Thank you for the pepper up date. Mine are doing so well using this trimming method. Thanks for teaching me something new. 😁💚
I totally agree with your about pruning the beans! Makes such a difference. I harvested the rest of my onions yesterday. I've almost got enough green beans to can, which I may do this weekend. I've been filling up the empty spaces with more green beans, carrots, beats, spinach and cucumbers. Your garden looks great! I'm definitely going to want a t-shirt! You will reach 100K subscribers in no time. I know I sure tell everyone about you!
Girl, if I didn't know better I would think you were by Southern Sister - "piddeling" in the garden, "fiddeling" in the garden, ...oh.... there was one more thing you said but I can't remember......anyway. I love it. Your garden is awesome!
last night I was finally able to go out in my garden and find the paths again, so much weeding, but the chickens loved all the treats! I pruned squash & tomatoes and put up a cattle panel arch for a late crop of cucumbers. the winter squash are taking over! I think next year I'll give them a separate space so that I can utilize the main garden better. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your journey!
My unsolicited advice to you would be use the "Florida weave" on those maters. I have 12ft tall indeterminate tomatoes that just laughed in the face of 60mph straight line winds.trees all over jacked up but my maters took it like a man. Just some advice
I wear light colored cotton shirts.. Men's thirfty yard sale finds for practicality nothing $, they are So cool and comfy in the garden and moving irrigation pipes in tall grass, from getting itchy and bit up from elements!! Don't have to worry about ruining clothes either!
Love your small garden and your attention to details taking such good care of it together!! Amazing the amount of food we can grow when cared for! Blessings ❤️ 🙏 🙌
Cowboy shirts from the thrift store work too! Light weight for those hot days.
Rachel looks wonderful! Haven't been able to plant this year been to hot here in California!! With temps being in the high 90s or 100!! So I'm going to try winter gardening!! So Love being able to see your Garden!! Thank you so much!!
Enjoyed your fiddling in the Garden. Everything is looking amazing. My California Wonder Peppers are doing great. My tomatoes not too much. I did them in containers this year, and the rain is drowning them. I even have plenty of holes in the bottom of the containers. I had my first turn today and brought it in and have tons of green ones, but slow growth I think. Plus they have fallen over about 5 times the other night due to strong winds and lost about 9 tomatoes. I set them out hoping they will turn, guess I will see.
It all looks great!
I remember my mom using an old white long sleeve shirt of my dad's to garden. She cut the collar off and tied up the tails or cut them off. She literally wore that shirt out!
My question is, how are the bees?
Today I dug up some pepper plants that were consistently getting sunburned and moved them to grow bags to put in a spot that gets primarily morning sun! Hopefully I see an improvement! Also made some pesto with my basil I snipped yum!
Hello love watching you in your garden. I wanted to see your sweet potato plants because mine go eaten down at least 4 times by ground hogs before my husband installed an electric fence. I like to compare the vine growth to others in my area to see if I had a chance to get sweet potatoes. I absolutely love digging sweet potatoes, and potatoes. Pulling carrots' beets and turnips.
Rachel, yellow is an attractant for many pests because it's the color of the squash flowers. I wouldn't use yellow athletic tape if you're trying to prevent them. Just a thought :)
My first square foot garden is thriving here in East Texas even though it’s been hot. The strangest thing happened though, something ate my blue lake bush bean leaves early in the season and I was afraid they were goners. But when the weather warmed they bounced back! And I have two pole beans now haha 😆. My cucumber yield has been prolific and I’ve already canned so many quarts and pints of pickles. Tried your spicy honey ones and they are amazing! Also did your pruning back on half my peppers and I’m a believer ! They are doing so well and I have so many peppers ! Thank you for all the honest tips and transparency in your garden.
I just found your channel by accident. I love, love, love your channel and both of you are so delightful to watch. I think I found your channel as I was searching for canning videos. I’m so glad I found your channel.
And Rachel my peppers are huge, thank you for showing that. So many fruiting branches. I had to put 42" Tomato cages on them. Pepper's out the ying yang🌶 going to do my 1st hot water bath Canning. Gonna do Pepper Jelly with apple juice 😋 I think it'll be yummy we'll see.
Best of luck with your canning project! Sounds delicious!
What a wonderful looking garden!💗
our season is really short so I didn't think it would be worth it but wow is it worth it. My pruned plants were so bushy and stable and my non pruned were more likely to fall over
loved watching you tend your beautiful gardens!!
Everything looks great in your garden! 🌞🌻🌞 All of your TLC is showing in your bounty.
I planted onions from Dixon Dale Farms after watching your videos last year and they are doing great. Next year I just need to give them more personal space as I planted the kale a little too close.
Your garden is lovely! I love gardening but have to work hard at it to get a small harvest each year. Sometimes it is discouraging but it is good therapy! I am using tires in some areas and am trying tulle for my cabbages. I don't think we have squash borers here but not sure. My peppers are not happy, I struggle with that.
Ma’am you looking great 👍🏻
Rachel you are spot on with recommending pruning squash and etc...James Prigioni has tips today on the same thing other than rerooting the plants which I hadn't thought of. Living in Florida I go for a later planting.
Oh wow your channel has grown so much recently. Congratulations
You were mentioning garden sleeves to protect your arms… I wear my old welder sleeves… Those might be easy to find at a hardware store. They certainly work for me!
My sweet potatoes are behind too. My beans are producing lots, as are my tomatoes, peppers and squash. I have no bugs on my squash because there is a Gartner snake in my raised bed. He does a great job keeping pests under control, but we do tend to stay out of each other's way. 😟
I'm also harvesting and curing onions this week and I'm already harvesting potatoes. My peppers are not as far along as yours though. As far as I know we do not have vine borers here (north central WA), at least I have not had trouble with them. My favorite gardening shirt is a Land's End long sleeved swim tee. It protects from the sun and scratches. It is cool and dries quickly if I get it wet.
Hey it seems like its raining every other day here in middle alabama ,my tomatoes don't seem to be doing too well bummer, but we have green beans pepper s doing great feeling,so thankful and blessed ,happy gardening
My butternut squash is amazing this year! Some of them look full grown and it’s still so early. The funny thing is I planted my last three seeds one of which almost died because a vole chewed off almost all the roots. I dug it up put the one root in water for about two weeks and replanted it and it’s healthy as can be. I love butternut squash and it stores very well into the early spring. I planted fish peppers this year and they are so beautiful with variegated foliage and peppers all green and white. My garlic is nice but I had to dig it up out of wet soil which was quite a chore and I’m not sure why but the skins on several split open which is discouraging I thought maybe the 5 inches of water we had one day that might have made them explode but as I was prepping them to hang I noticed some of what I think are leaf miners very similar to what I had in my leeks (I had them 2 yrs in a row on my leeks so I didn’t plant any this year) but now this tiny little worm like thing looks like it has invaded some of my garlic. 😩 i might need something like you have your brassicas in to protect my garlic and here I thought nothing would ever bother it….I wanted to know how you preserve your garlic because I feel like I have to hurry and eat all the ones that are open….the garlic is still nicely shaped and hard but it won’t store well. Your garden is so beautiful…great job👍I am a fairly new subscriber and I love watching you and. what you are doing.
Could you crush and freeze some of the garlic in oil. To use drop in pan melt and heat then add other ingredients. Or dry and turn into powdered garlic.
Your garden is such a dream!! My large garden is on it's second year and still an absolute jungle. Life has kept us from keeping up with the grass as much as we should. BUT the good news is that it's producing great this year, as opposed to last year which was not so great. Our tomato harvest has been amazing! I'm loving it even in this jungle state, but I do look forward to when I can get it all pretty and tidy like yours!
What a great garden!
My beans are not doing well. The leaves are all pale green and not growing bigger (bush and pole), no matter what side of the grow bag they are on, how much or little water they get, or how much they get fertilized. I have to grow in grow bags because of a fierce gopher, so figuring out fertilizer is new to me, or it is too hot here right now for them. Gopher grabbed one of the sweet potatos that was in the ground. But everything else is growing well. Still trying to find a way to defeat the aphids and leaf miners.
Garden looks wonderful!! Not much in my new garden but I just got 19 chicks today.
Jayne D. is my baby sister. She (we) are super excited. She wouldn't trust anyone but Todd.
Wow, I can’t believe you’re almost to 100,000 subscribers! I never even look at that. I’ve been here since day one and I can tell you, you guys totally deserve it. Your content is great and you are both fun to watch and teach things that are valuable. Congratulations early!
Thanks for being here for the long haul!
Wow! Fantastic pepper palooza!!🌶
Second year trying to grow green beans something is eating any new sprouts but every thing else is doing good
. I'm in zone 3-4a so I'm alittle behind in my season to harvest yet.
Looks wonderful!❤ Love that corn too!
Piddlin'....lolol. whatchu know bout piddlin'? I learned that word from my wife. She's from Corinth, Miss. Love your show. Love your husband's beard.
My green beans are doing really well, along with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers; my summer squash is another story, we're struggling! I've sent some friends your link, I have no doubt you'll hit the 100k! Love your your vlogs!
You could slice or dice the onions and freeze them.
Hi Rachael! I feel like you beds are so well prepped! I am really curious if things would grow well even without the Jobes tomato fertilizer spikes.
You should hang a disco ball in your tent. There's a party going on in there!
My cucumbers are terrible. So behind. My tomatoes are wonderful! Your garden is so beautiful 😍
I’m definitely going to trim my pepper plants next year.
Awesome pepper harvest! I’m up north in zone 4b so mine aren’t as far along and I hope I get any at all! Some plants have a few flowers though so that’s good. Thanks for taking us along on your garden chores!
i’m picking lots,of tomatoes. but i planted my peppers too close to the tomatoes and they are getting crowded out. i have a small garden in los angeles. i’ve shaded my tomatoes with beach umbrellas for the last month or more. it has been high 90s and low 100s. i live in the san fernando valley…HOT area.
First year attempt growing veggies, in 9b. Pepper plants the only thing that survived so far but haven't gotten a single pepper 😕 JUST GIVE ME ONE PEPPER which will in turn give me hope lol
I gave up and pulled out our brussels sprouts for the very same reason.
I understand what you mean about the Vine boards they can really be devastating when you find them eating your plants I usually have the same problem with my plants as well and I haven't seen anything yet I hope they will hold off as long as they can
Mostly everything I’ve grown has died. I have a few pumpkins and watermelons, I think maybe three or four tomato plants and a whole lot of sunflowers. I live in zone 10a. Spring/summer is not our great growing time, late fall is.
My wife's garden has struggled this year. She has been very sad that nothing has made it. The hundred's hit us in early june crippling hot winds didn't help either here in southern utah zone 8b.
Can I say, that I just love your ora! You are goals!
No offense to whomever said you spend so much time on your plants, I really think it's important to get a decent harvest.
I used pumpkin seeds from last year’s pumpkins and the fruit forming does not really look like pumpkin! I think I’ve created a hybrid that will be half zucchini!!
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Oh I've had that happen before! Once my sweet meat(light green) squash crossed with a salmon river(light orange) squash which made for interesting flavor and color variations. I also had sugar pie pumpkin that apparently crossed with a spaghetti squash which was not good. It was purchased seed too.
I saved acorn squash seeds from last Fall. I wonder what I’ll end up with? I opened the baggie & they’re damp.
I have a zucchini that was grown from a pumpkin or butternut squash seed that I saved. It had to be one of those because to save a zucchini seed you have to grow a marrow and I've never done that.
The vine borers here are horrible!! I found the only way to protect them is netting. The ants usually pollinate my squash, so I don't need to uncover for bees. But this year the squash bugs came. First time. 🤦
I Love Onions ! Anyway you Cook or Fry 'em or whatever , there Great even when there Burnt I'll Eat'm...
I just discovered you today! Your garden is beautiful! 🙂 And this is perfect to practice my English! Please go one! I am curious 🙂 my pepper grow as perfect as yours ! Which kind is this pepper in your Garden ?
Click on her videos from the early spring...she started them from seed indoors this year. She says there what type they are. 👍
So enjoyable! Beautiful harvest! Congratulations on almost reaching 100K!! Well deserved. ♥️❣️🙏🏼❣️♥️
Too much rain here in Maine...hoping for some sun to help everything recover. Think my onions may not survive...just too wet. But as you said...support a farmer at the market!
I wear XXL men's long sleeve dress shirts to protect my arms. I look for thin cotton.
Oh exciting, I wonder what it was? I'm sure I already know. I did order a sweatshirt, I hope it's coming cause I did pay for it.
Do you have a video on how to tell a fruiting branch from non fruiting?
Your plants amaze me how big they are!! We need to call you a Master Gardner! It is hot sticky here in the NE corner of Oklahoma now! Eww!! Ha!
great video im a southwest michigan gardner myself great looking garden