Your farm and high tunnel plants are growing beautifully! All the love and hard work you put into the prep will pay you back tenfold! Opalka paste tomatoes are delicious! But if you see the plant getting wimpy limpy curling leaves, don't worry as that is the nature of that variety. Looking forward to next weeks tour!
I use a lot of water bottles (previous half gallon milk jugs) to mitigate the up and down temperature swings in the greenhouse (no heater needed). The water acts as a thermal battery. Hope this helps
I watch the Busy Gardener and he has an orchard in California. He says if your fruit trees don't release their leaves, than pull them off yourself or the tree won't know to go to sleep. If that side of the tree had more leaves left then maybe it is just a little behind. I wouldn't cut any limbs or less the limb is truly dead.
Everything looks great! I have been growing Stupice for years, I love it. I’m also growing 4 different varieties from Wild Boar Farms that I haven’t grown before, including the Pink Berkeley Tie Dye. You do such a great job with your gardens, I admire you for that. Man, I feel you about the cooch grass! It took over my raspberry beds big time. It reduced me to using glyphosate, which I really hate to do. It feels like such a failure. I got new raspberry plants and moved them to a different area. I did use cardboard and wood chips in my orchard, which has helped a lot, but they’re not very deep, I need to add more. The weeds came up through the wood chips quite a bit. We will soldier on! This stuff is serious! The cherry trees probably were damaged by the early freeze. That happened to us(in SW Idaho) a couple of years ago. It was fall weather and then, one night, it dropped down to -9F. The trees did not have time to drop their leaves. A lot of trees were killed that year. I would say, don’t prune the branches off, just give it time. It may not leaf out all the way this year, but it may recover for next year. I am dealing with a peach tree that has not leafed out at all this year. We moved it too late in the fall and it must be in shock. I hope it recovers, I am praying for it. We are so invested in our plants, aren’t we?
We lost our hives this year to wasps and had to start again. We have 5 hives buzzing now of different styles. Paying close attention. Hope yours are buzzing around soon!
I was so excited to see a video from you! You've been gone way to long ❤️ I was just in the middle of watching the personal playlist I made of your channel. Gosh, everything is looking so amazing!! Thank you for sharing
Your tomatoes look amazing! I am also growing Pink Berkley Tie Dye, Sun Gold and Barry's Crazy cherry. I bought them from Serina at Red Roof Farms. I bought her tomatoes and peppers last year and they were great! Good luck getting rid of your quack grass! I hope you are successful. Such a terrible weed. Happy gardening!
I have drip tape everywhere, however I find hand watering once a week keeps you a little more in tune with the plants needs and better able to stay on top of pests and other stuff.
Awesome garden update!! Sorry about ur bees. Had to laugh a little about ur couch grass....sorry. I deal w/ a similar issue...crabgrass...All I have to do is designate an area for flowers/veggies....and here grows the crabgrass!!
Everything is looking amazing 👏 Good luck with the cherry tree. 3 years is very long to wait and then this happen so hopefully you will find a fix for it !!
I grew stupice tomato last year for the second time. I'm growing it again this year. I was told it was pronounced stu peach ka. I liked it. I grow alot of different ones. This year I'm growing more determinant tomatoes. I had really good luck last year with Manitoba. So I'm growing 20 of those. Your high tunnel looks great!
Hear ya about the quack grass!!!! I am building some raised bed strawberry beds and I am going to use the mini bulk bags from my layer diet in the bottom - it is made the same as landscape fabric. Will see how it works. Garden looks good - mine just got worked and so hoping to get everything in this week. Good job!
Looking good 😀 excited to see everything coming together for the season. Regarding the cherries, I'm in 3a in Manitoba and noticed the same thing on 1 out of 4 of my cherry trees this spring and some of our maples are late to leaf as well. So strange, I wish I knew what caused it. We had the same thing with the leaves freezing still on the branches too. My cherry is getting its leaves now though, hopefully yours does too.
Enjoy the videos. We had a hard frost here in Fargo and I covered everything. But my tomatoes touched the covers and still got frost bite. Lost about 6-9 inches off the top of my tomato plants. Lost a lot of my marigolds. That I isn’t get covered. Jealous of the high tower. I wish I had one. Your garden is looking great.
So wonderful everything!! Gorgeous and incredible amount of work. Have been looking forward to this update. Also I have a terrible time with that darn grass to. Recently I saw on a channel that they used 30% vinegar to kill it. And weeds. I have a few terrible areas I am going to try it. It has to be sprayed carefully to not kill good things. I just saw it and am getting an order ready. Just thought I would share. Not verified yet but I am going to try. And are the root balls on the tree flush with the ground. And not covered. The root balls need to breath. I lost new tree plantings the hard way until a good nursery told me that. So sometimes even bought from a nursery the base is covered in the pot with mulch and when you plant you need to brush down the top of the dirt/mulch until you find where the root ball starts. And plant it like that. It is a bit confusing but if you think of trees you see just from nature there are bumpy roots at the base still above the ground. Hugs and can't wait for next update.
I am having the same leafing out issues on my maples and raspberries, and I am blaming it on that late hard frosts we got a few weeks ago. You will have to prune out the affected branches, the healthy branches will take over eventually. It's so sad isn't It?
Re late and odd budding. I am having a problem with this as well this year with all my perennial bushes here in zone 3a Alberta I am crossing my fingers for late leaves...
Love unique tomato varieties! I saw Stupice and Opalka ... was there another one? And where do you get the seeds? As for the cherry tree - I don’t know what’s wrong or if it will recover but I have visions of our peach tree doing this then dying. Very sad. I think part of it is varieties aren’t as hearty as they were for our ancestors. I hope it pulls through! Year 7-8 for our apple trees and finally set fruit!
I live in the UK and am about to buy my first house. I'm looking for a decent sized garden but won't be able to get anything too large. Could you please direct me on where to start to get information on how to grow carrots, lettuce/cabbage, onions, broccoli, cucumber etc? Would be greatly appreciated!
@@LittleMountainRanch maybe try just trim about 4 inches off the side that is not opening ? See what happens 🤞 that way not affecting side that’s doing it’s thing 😊
Hey! A foot and half or there about a. Best rule of thumb for planting anything is picture the plant fully grown and plant according to that. Makes it easy.😊
No, but that’s a good thought. Apparently I’m not the only one out here who had that happen and now my crab apple isn’t flowering like it should be. I think it was a weird weather year and messed them up somehow.
Gardens look beautiful! if you have trees on your property check out @thehollarhomestead Ben takes trees from his property and uses his chainsaw to make wood for their raised be they are wonderful.there are videos on their channel showing him doing this.
You are the 6-7th UA-camrs that have lost their beehives. They all had plenty of food and no mites either. Makes ya kind of wonder if there was something in the air during this last winter or another insect that is killing them.
Gosh,I was searching for you everywhere.For the name of your channel again.Glad I found you again
Hey Chelsea,nice to see you again. I hate that grass too! Ughhhhhhh!
Your farm and high tunnel plants are growing beautifully! All the love and hard work you put into the prep will pay you back tenfold! Opalka paste tomatoes are delicious! But if you see the plant getting wimpy limpy curling leaves, don't worry as that is the nature of that variety. Looking forward to next weeks tour!
I use a lot of water bottles (previous half gallon milk jugs) to mitigate the up and down temperature swings in the greenhouse (no heater needed). The water acts as a thermal battery. Hope this helps
I’ve done that before when I had a passive solar greenhouse and painted them dark green. I’d forgotten about that trick! Thanks for the reminder!
So wonderful! Hi from Montana!!
Beautiful ❤️ video 👍 Blessings
I watch the Busy Gardener and he has an orchard in California. He says if your fruit trees don't release their leaves, than pull them off yourself or the tree won't know to go to sleep. If that side of the tree had more leaves left then maybe it is just a little behind. I wouldn't cut any limbs or less the limb is truly dead.
Everything looks great! I have been growing Stupice for years, I love it. I’m also growing 4 different varieties from Wild Boar Farms that I haven’t grown before, including the Pink Berkeley Tie Dye. You do such a great job with your gardens, I admire you for that.
Man, I feel you about the cooch grass! It took over my raspberry beds big time. It reduced me to using glyphosate, which I really hate to do. It feels like such a failure. I got new raspberry plants and moved them to a different area. I did use cardboard and wood chips in my orchard, which has helped a lot, but they’re not very deep, I need to add more. The weeds came up through the wood chips quite a bit. We will soldier on! This stuff is serious!
The cherry trees probably were damaged by the early freeze. That happened to us(in SW Idaho) a couple of years ago. It was fall weather and then, one night, it dropped down to -9F. The trees did not have time to drop their leaves. A lot of trees were killed that year. I would say, don’t prune the branches off, just give it time. It may not leaf out all the way this year, but it may recover for next year. I am dealing with a peach tree that has not leafed out at all this year. We moved it too late in the fall and it must be in shock. I hope it recovers, I am praying for it. We are so invested in our plants, aren’t we?
Thank you so much for that encouragement. You’re right, it’s a huge investment and here’s hoping it makes it.
The garden is looking fabulous. Loads of great information as always. Thank you. :)
How fabulous that all the Erk tomatoes are doing well! And Erk means bright in Estonian. I am so excited!
Sun golds are the best! You won’t regret it!
Hey Chelsea. Glad to see you again. Great addition, the high tunnel.
I can’t wait to see your garden grow!
Sun gold tomatoes are garden snack. Super delicious.
We lost our hives this year to wasps and had to start again. We have 5 hives buzzing now of different styles. Paying close attention. Hope yours are buzzing around soon!
I was so excited to see a video from you! You've been gone way to long ❤️ I was just in the middle of watching the personal playlist I made of your channel. Gosh, everything is looking so amazing!! Thank you for sharing
Absolutely made my day!
All that produce. Awesome!! 😊
I find your videos very informative and your property is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you
Thank you so much!
So happy to see your face ❤️. I've been working on a new garden, I'm completely exhausted and happy. Sending you love.
Lots of love to you, too, dear friend.❤️
Your tomatoes look amazing! I am also growing Pink Berkley Tie Dye, Sun Gold and Barry's Crazy cherry. I bought them from Serina at Red Roof Farms. I bought her tomatoes and peppers last year and they were great!
Good luck getting rid of your quack grass! I hope you are successful. Such a terrible weed. Happy gardening!
Serina is a gem of a human!
So nice to see you! Your gardens & high tunnel look amazing!
I have drip tape everywhere, however I find hand watering once a week keeps you a little more in tune with the plants needs and better able to stay on top of pests and other stuff.
Your high tunnel looks great!!!
Awesome garden update!! Sorry about ur bees. Had to laugh a little about ur couch grass....sorry. I deal w/ a similar issue...crabgrass...All I have to do is designate an area for flowers/veggies....and here grows the crabgrass!!
Those bloody grasses are enough to drive a gardener up the wall!!
Everything is looking amazing 👏
Good luck with the cherry tree. 3 years is very long to wait and then this happen so hopefully you will find a fix for it !!
There is a very good squash called a Hopi squash which is very tasty and rich!
You can find them at Seed Treasures.
You must try them out!!!
I will! Thanks.
I grew stupice tomato last year for the second time. I'm growing it again this year. I was told it was pronounced stu peach ka. I liked it. I grow alot of different ones. This year I'm growing more determinant tomatoes. I had really good luck last year with Manitoba. So I'm growing 20 of those. Your high tunnel looks great!
I think you’re right about the pronunciation. This is year two for me with them and I’m pretty sure they are a permanent fixture in my greenhouse.
Hear ya about the quack grass!!!! I am building some raised bed strawberry beds and I am going to use the mini bulk bags from my layer diet in the bottom - it is made the same as landscape fabric. Will see how it works. Garden looks good - mine just got worked and so hoping to get everything in this week. Good job!
Thanks so much!
Great garden tour💥
Looking good 😀 excited to see everything coming together for the season. Regarding the cherries, I'm in 3a in Manitoba and noticed the same thing on 1 out of 4 of my cherry trees this spring and some of our maples are late to leaf as well. So strange, I wish I knew what caused it. We had the same thing with the leaves freezing still on the branches too. My cherry is getting its leaves now though, hopefully yours does too.
Oh I hope so!!
great tour!
Enjoy the videos. We had a hard frost here in Fargo and I covered everything. But my tomatoes touched the covers and still got frost bite. Lost about 6-9 inches off the top of my tomato plants. Lost a lot of my marigolds. That I isn’t get covered. Jealous of the high tower. I wish I had one. Your garden is looking great.
Thanks so much! The high tunnel was a labor of love and took years to achieve, but so worth it!
I'm pulling for the sweet potatoes and peanuts :) More manure! !!
Do you save seeds from your tomato plants? Or other plants? If so, how do you maintain true varieties and prevent cross pollination
So wonderful everything!! Gorgeous and incredible amount of work. Have been looking forward to this update. Also I have a terrible time with that darn grass to. Recently I saw on a channel that they used 30% vinegar to kill it. And weeds. I have a few terrible areas I am going to try it. It has to be sprayed carefully to not kill good things. I just saw it and am getting an order ready. Just thought I would share. Not verified yet but I am going to try. And are the root balls on the tree flush with the ground. And not covered. The root balls need to breath. I lost new tree plantings the hard way until a good nursery told me that. So sometimes even bought from a nursery the base is covered in the pot with mulch and when you plant you need to brush down the top of the dirt/mulch until you find where the root ball starts. And plant it like that. It is a bit confusing but if you think of trees you see just from nature there are bumpy roots at the base still above the ground. Hugs and can't wait for next update.
I’ll go out and look tomorrow, but I’m pretty sure I was careful about that.❤️
I am having the same leafing out issues on my maples and raspberries, and I am blaming it on that late hard frosts we got a few weeks ago. You will have to prune out the affected branches, the healthy branches will take over eventually. It's so sad isn't It?
The saddest!
Hello chelsea hope ur all fine love to c u back xx
I watch you and Meg from Seed to Fork because you garden in a zone similar to mine. Was it Back to Reality that was fighting the quack grass?
Yes! Thanks.
Re late and odd budding. I am having a problem with this as well this year with all my perennial bushes here in zone 3a Alberta I am crossing my fingers for late leaves...
Love unique tomato varieties! I saw Stupice and Opalka ... was there another one? And where do you get the seeds?
As for the cherry tree - I don’t know what’s wrong or if it will recover but I have visions of our peach tree doing this then dying. Very sad. I think part of it is varieties aren’t as hearty as they were for our ancestors. I hope it pulls through! Year 7-8 for our apple trees and finally set fruit!
I have a bunch planted. I’ll put together a blog post with them all and post it later this week.
I live in the UK and am about to buy my first house. I'm looking for a decent sized garden but won't be able to get anything too large. Could you please direct me on where to start to get information on how to grow carrots, lettuce/cabbage, onions, broccoli, cucumber etc? Would be greatly appreciated!
I have lots of videos on those topics and there are many excellent books you’d be able to find at your library. Good luck!😊
If you think the cherry tree is going to die off I would try pruning back all over by a third to try and stimulate growth …good luck
I’m leaning towards that, although I’m still holding out hope it might lead out.
@@LittleMountainRanch maybe try just trim about 4 inches off the side that is not opening ? See what happens 🤞 that way not affecting side that’s doing it’s thing 😊
what is your distance between the tomatoes in the high tunnel? I am a fan in Edmonton 3b
Hey! A foot and half or there about a. Best rule of thumb for planting anything is picture the plant fully grown and plant according to that. Makes it easy.😊
Is the tree grafted? If so s it multiple varieties?
No, but that’s a good thought. Apparently I’m not the only one out here who had that happen and now my crab apple isn’t flowering like it should be. I think it was a weird weather year and messed them up somehow.
Gardens look beautiful! if you have trees on your property check out @thehollarhomestead Ben takes trees from his property and uses his chainsaw to make wood for their raised be they are wonderful.there are videos on their channel showing him doing this.
Thanks!
@@LittleMountainRanch your welcome, have a wonderful week.
You are the 6-7th UA-camrs that have lost their beehives. They all had plenty of food and no mites either. Makes ya kind of wonder if there was something in the air during this last winter or another insect that is killing them.
I have no idea. I’m just hopeful I can get the new ones through the next winter.