Rainy Garden Tour | Garden Ups & Downs | Garden Zone 7b - Raised Beds
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In 2016 my husband and I retired from active duty army family life and planted roots in Alabama. We started a homestead from scratch, and shared that journey here on UA-cam. In 2022 we answered the call to the mountains of Arkansas, where we are starting that journey once again.
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Oh, isn't the rain so good?! We have had two lots of rain in the past couple of days. Must be about 10mm, after months of Dry... Thankyou God!! 😊☔🤸 Now everything is cooled down, and winter has certainly begun....-1C tonight, and zero forecast for Sunday night. Ah well,... it's been a lovely Autumn. Good to see that your shadecloth is working. That beautiful rain will push those organic nutrients into your soil... praise the Lord! Such good timing. Love, hugs and prayers.❤️😊☔🤸🌱🌱🌱
Thanks for the memories: my best friend (who is no longer here) gave me cuttings from her spearmint and applemint plants; I planted them in my flower bed in front of our porch and as with you it spread out into the lawn and around our walkway and step, so every time we come up the walkway to the steps or mow the grass we get that wonderful smell, and I think of her!!! Another friend recently divided her peppermint plant and gave me a pot of it; I plan to do the same thing with it; the smell is so wonderful and refreshing!!!
The garden is looking absolutely beautiful! I am so excited to see your harvest. Most ppl would have given up on their garden after the poisoning but not you Thank God🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s
Thank you Laura! I am pretty determined. ;)
Last year hubby put a garden in but didn't tend it. So this year he tried again. I had a garden years ago & used the Ruth Stout method, it was so easy. So he tilled & tilled, made his rows & I planted some things. Our place here in Arkansas has been pretty rainy & weeds got away from us. So I talked him into sing some hay we have & mulched it good. Our garden is small but now it's more manageable for this 73 year old. We may not get much but whatever comes we'll love. Wish I had some of your energy & farm knowledge & I'm learning.
Take care & God prosper your hands!
The learning never ends ❤
I really enjoy walking and working with you outside. This video was wonderful. Your garden is beautiful. Thank you.
Whoa, thats some hard rain. Nice idea for shelter.
Constance, I hear you on the rain, we need it but not all at once. We've had some pretty bad storms here with wind, hail, rain, and tornadoes. My garden has been beaten up. Things are still growing with bends, broken branches, and less leaves. Your garden beds are looking beautiful. I love the use of rocks found on your property to outline beds. You've put hard work in restarting your garden, and you can see the hard work. We purchased the 40% shade clothes a while back, tomorrow we are going to pickup 6 pieces of top rail, and some concrete to use to hang the shade cloth because mid June, July, August, and September can be very hot here. Wow, look at the elderberry it loves the place where you planted them. Cool, soon you'll have berries.
You are so right about the time in the garden feeling close to our creator! I did the big mint "No No" a few years back. Put it in around the outskirts of my garden. There were several kinds. I do love the smell of them, but the ones growing amuck are a nuisance. Its lovely to mow the spearmint and lavendar mint that are creeping through the grass. Ive managed to keep the lemon balm contained by digging parts out an gifting them to friends.
Love, love, love your garden tours!❤
Constance I loved your garden tour...beautiful!
Your garden might take a little longer to get going. Like you said it had a few setbacks to start. I’m sure the rain will make them jump! Those elderberries are wonderful.! You will be making elderberry syrup for the winter to keep all of you healthy!❤🙏🏻😘✨🇺🇸
Love the tour of the garden I do not know how you keep track of all the things that you have planted LOL I hope you have a bounty of veggies. Glad you got some rain
“Well, we were getting some work dun.” Developing a cute Southern Drawl.
LOL! I grew up in Wisconsin but have lived in the South almost my entire adult life. According to my aunt, I have quite the southern accent. I don't hear it, but I am sure I've picked up some here and there.
Nice garden.
I love my Spearmint in my one hosta bed, I say let it go wild❤
First year Arkansas resident here. I am learning the ropes on our first garden too. Love watching you face the challenges!
In SE Ar, March, April and May is our wet season. Still some storms but gets better, June and July is pretty nice but can be real hot and humid. September through December is nice. August is real real hot and humid. January and February can bring anything even cold cold weather.
Normally work from early morning, 5 to 6 and knock off around 2 or 3. Sometimes back out in the evenings.
It can be a challenge. Climate’s not Arkansas’ best feature.
I am having an unusual year with certain plants. Peppers beans and cucumbers. Everything else is amazing
I found peppermint and spearmint to be great ground covers in my flower beds at my last place. They filled in the spaces without overpowering the larger perennials. Lemon balm on the other hand got way out of hand in a bed without competition and moved from that bed into others. My theory is that they need to be planted with other taller plants to keep them in check. But could have been the microclimate, soil or something else 🤷🏼♀️
In SE Ar, March, April and May is our wet season. Still some storms but gets better, June and July is pretty nice but can be real hot and humid. September through December is nice. August is real real hot and humid. January and February can bring anything even cold cold weather.
Normally work from early morning, 5 to 6 and knock off around 2 or 3. Sometimes back out in the evenings.
It can be a challenge. Climate’s not Arkansas’ best feature.
Love mint! Use it as a natural pest and insect repellent.
It's almost the same as we had in north central Alabama :)
Is Mr Smith a bit tired this time - the travelling"nope im done"
Yes i promised the melon seed but im having a hard time getting mine to germinate and grow so i wont be sending you any of those. Glad you found some.
That is okay Rhoda! I appreciate the offer :) Sometimes gardening is a challenge, as you well know. LOL
That elderberry plant looks great. I had gotten 10 cuttings, but no luck. 😢
I love Mint, and people kept telling me it will spread like woldfire. My Mint plant is 4 years old but I maintain it so it does not spread too much. I want it to spread some. My other Mints I grow in pots. I lovery your ideal of just letting it go then when you walk on It or cut the grass, you have such a lovely smell.
How did you try to start the cuttings? I took some cuttings in Alabama and rooted them in water. I haven't tried putting them directly in soil like I have seen some people do. But the cuttings in water rooted well. Those were from wild elderberry out of the woods.
@CosmopolitanCornbread I ordered 10 cuttings. I planted 5 and one started to get greenery on it. The other 5, I put in water and no luck.
If it matters (probably not) the title says zone 7B. They changed our zone not long ago to 8a due to changes in our weather.
There is very little difference between the two, but with the mountains, where I am is actually 7b. If you go to the USDA map, you can put in your zip-code and see what it basically is at the post office. But if you use the map and look where your house is, it may be a little bit different, like it is in my case. :)
I can never keep squash bugs out. What do you do?
They are generally inevitable. I inspect the plants daily, check the stems and bottom side of the leaves. If I see the squash bugs themselves, I pluck them off and toss them in a jar of soapy water. They are almost always in pairs. If you see one, look for it's buddy. If I find eggs, I smash them or pull them off with a small piece of duct tape. Planting nasturtium interspersed between the squash plants is supposed to help some. I did that one year as an experiment. I put squash plants in two different places. One with nasturtium, one without. They both eventually had squash bugs, but the ones with the nasturtium were squash bug free much longer.
Oooh im curious i also have zuchinni rampicante i just wanted to ask have you always planted them that close does it work out well for you because im about to go plant some more closer together . I also am trellising them up.
I am actually going to go back and look at the last time I grew it. (These garden videos are handy for that.) I planted groups of them because of older seeds and potential germination issues. I *may* need to thin some, but I'll compare it to the last time I grew some before I do that.
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Was that poison ivy that was so green in your row of beans?
No, it was a very green section of the beans. It is odd how some are doing great like that, and others aren't. Same beans, same soil.
Are you going to be able to eat the zuchinni and corn in your last remaining bed that had the bad soil?
Yes, as long as they produce, they can be eaten. I wanted to add...it is possible that the bed with the zucchini ended up not having any of the contamination. It's too much to explain in the comment section, but I'll discuss it in another video. :)
@@CosmopolitanCornbread Thank you so much!