We Almost RUINED Our Backyard Garden! + Giving Bo CatNip for the FIRST TIME
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I recommend you change Bo's collar to a quick release or no collar to prevent choking if he gets caught on something while exploring as well as neuter and micro chip if not done.
It's also fun to give cats catnip tea (mix catnip and hot water leave to cool/stew overnight)
Hahaha 😂
I can only imagine. 😅Hehehe
Thanks for giving Bo the catnip we sent in! Usually when we give it to our moggies, we just sprinkle it around and they eat it and go crazy.
I'd definitely get him neutered as soon as you can, you dont want any unwanted pregnancies! It'll stop him spraying as much and also picking fights with other cats, both male and female as he could potentially get seriously hurt!
Time for BoBo to get the snip I think!
Bo is so gorgeous, please, please get him neutered asap. For his own good health reasons like others have said and the fact that he could father many many litters of stray kittens. Please make this one of your next videos😊😊❤❤❤ love you two, you’re great. 😅😅
Catnip is like crack for cats 🤣😂🤣
Catnip is basically from the mint family.
Grab a small pot of it and plant it, let it grow, then end of year dry it out and make your own cat toys :)
Can you get gutters installed ? you can then collect rainwater in a butt/tank
So much better for the plants than filtered and chemical treated tap/hose water too
'You look real country now woman, OOOH, A BUTTERFLY, A BUTTERFLY!'. Love it. Lol
A sweet and sunny soul 😊
what an incredible life Bo has since coming to you xx
Think bo needs the chop 😅
Take some catnip out the bag and sprinkle it on the soft grass. It's good for him to eat too😊 (only a little though)
Got to join the echo chamber and implore you to please get those poms off Bo. Love, a cat rescue volunteer x
If you have deer in the area be careful they will munch on your new trees, might be worth putting a plastic tree shroud around them
You could make a dog and cat calendar with that camera.
Anna/JT Please get Bo neutered. Cats that aren't neutered will fight, causing them the pick up infections, some of which can be life limiting. Plus Bo will start to roam far and wide looking for a mate so it may be you will not see him again if he ventures too far. And having him neutered will mean no unwanted kittens being born. Rescues are full to the brim with cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Please do the responsible thing, please ❤
I agree, love you guys but please get him neutered (there might be free places near you). There could be baby Bos suffering outside
Agreed.
Yes, PLEASE think about this clearly and responsibly and get him de-sexed as soon as possible! Avoid potential heartbreak for yourselves and the suffering of unwanted kittens that may result if you don't.
Agreed
Definitely agree, it's the most reasonable thing to do as new cat parents, also chuck the catnip leaves from that bag on the floor, he wil eat some and roll around in it, chuck about a tea spoon full on floor, my fur lad loves it! Love watching your videos, greetings from North West England 🏴
Bo, zonked out on catnip!
I want to give Boe some snuggly wuggley cuddley do da's. But pleaseeeee snip Boe's bulbas ballbags off & replace his collar to a cat friendly one annddddddd if you fancy it, a cute lil cat flap so he can snuggle on your lap while watching tv❤
Be responsible and get the cat neautered.
Use a green house to start them in then transplant to garden
use gutters to gather rain water from your roof then hook it up to a tank or water butt system also becareful with catnip my cat had a really bad addiction issue with it
loving your hair Anna really suits you
You two are like a breath of fresh air keep it up ❤
Don't forget to give your cat plenty of water to drink, this will stop him getting kidney disease, particularly during hot weather
Heoy Anna I bought a similar earlier this year and found this book online which has been really useful ! Digital photography complete course, really use full x
You could try buying an already potted catnip/catmint plant and plant it into the ground. It's fairly low growing and will spread out, cats love rolling in it.
Lovely video , love watching how bo has taken to you both he is beautiful ,and the 2 dogs are fun ,you can tell you take great care of your pets , Anna take some close up pictures of your land to start off ,😊😊xx❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🐾🐾🐾🌺🦋🌺🦋
Awwwww Bo is sooooo cute ❤❤❤ Tomato plants need lots of sun and water and will grow quite fast, cut off anything above 2ft and branches between the trunk and a main branch with flowers as these middle ones will only waste the nutrients for leaves. Chilli plants require a little less water. Also, never water in full sun (if you don't already know) water once the sun is settingg and the plants are shaded 👍🏽😊 another great video ❤
Hi guys. Anna remember to get a clear protective filter for each of your lenses. These just screw on the front of the lens and protects from scratches to the actual lens glass.
Wow! Nice to see the property with grass. It looks far less barren and it's good to see your garden and trees coming along.
Seeds should be planted indoors untill the staret to sprout egg boxes make good seed pods and even better if they a cardboard egg cartons
Hey Anna and JT you might want to pinch out the top of your chilli plant to create a bushier plant, this will create more chillies 🌶️
✨ Bo is absolutely gorgeous 😻 🐾 I'm a crazy cat lady & have two of my own Marmalade & Alfie they are my world my babies 💙🐾💙✨
I do a lot of photography, light painting and portrait photography, my best mate a professional use a Nikon D810 full frame, 11mm to wide for portrait lol.
You need to sprinkle the catnip on a hard floor, then you'll see him react! Like somebody below said, get him neutered for the sake of his health.
Strawberry 🍓 are like weeds they send out runners and take over any space they can they will strangle other crops you put in near them they need their own patch
Find someone that has an established strawberry patch and try to get them to let you have some of the plants. Transplanting established plants works better than trying to start individual packaged plants.
Get some filters to go on the end of your len's... Scratch a filter it cheap to replace. Scratch a lens is not cheap.
A camera flash big enough that when you take a pic it blinds you and sends your shadows to your ancestors in the afterlife.
I'd recommend getting yourself a clear UV filter for the front of your lens (if you haven't ready - check to see it's the right diameter as your lens and then screw it on) - it's cheaper than scratching your lens and they're really cheap. The flash with the angled head it good for bouncing light off the ceiling (it gives a softer 'diffuse' light)
Haha Bo is so cute..you should make him some catnip tea 👍
I've got three cats of my own and they all react differently to catnip but when the oldest didn't seem interested i assumed it was down to age so i got on google and it turns out the gene that makes cats sensitive to catnip is hereditary and they think only around 50% of cats have it.
For the other two it calms the hyper one down and hypes the calm one up, it's bizarre 😅
I'll second the suggestion to get a UV or Sky 1A filter for your lenses to protect from damaging the front element of the lenses (filters are cheap, lenses are not). It's also easier and safer to clean fingerprints, smudges and cat/dog nose prints from a filter than the curved surface of the front element of the lens. Warning for JT, if you get seawater splashed onto the front element of a lens wipe it off carefully and quickly. As it evaporates I've heard the crystalising salt can crack the coating on the lens, again, expensive.
Also the lens hood helps to avoid, or reduce lens flare (reflections from all the elements that make up the lens) from the sun or other light source. It won't prevent problems when the light source is in the field of view but helps when they are just off axis. Of course, sometimes for "artsy" shots you may want the lens flare, to say draw the viewers eye to some object, person, or view.
BTW, what camera (brand and model)? When I was mobile and able to get out I had a 500mm lens for taking pictures of birds in the middle of pons & lakes at a wetlands wildlife centre, stupid bird, it was often not quite enough but I couldn't afford the 750mm or 1000mm lenses, and I was already struggling to lug the 500mm around for hours
You prob know already but they say to water in the. Evening as wet leaves will burn in the sun, just keep watering them and hope for the best ❤
The tomato plants are doing great. When those yellow flowers die and drop off, they are replaced by the smallest little tomato in its place. They grow pretty quick once the flowers die and drop off. It’s very hard to go wrong growing tomatoes.
It could also help to take off any leaves that arnt thriving.
Anna, I'm a photographer. If you ever want any advice or tips, im happy to help. The flash that came with it should attach to the top of your camera and will go off when you press the shutter button. It'll be good for studio stuff and for any dim lighting situations like a party/dimly light indoor stuff. Good luck with it and just be creative. Photography is my passion. I've always loved taking photos and decided to go to college to learn more about my camera and editing, etc. I've almost finished my first year now, and it's the best thing I've ever done.
The cat nip you take out the bag & sprinkle it on the ground for Bo to roll around in it 😊
Cat’s can actually eat the catnip too. Just not too much or too often. It’s a great stimulant to calm them down,as after a catnip session they tend to chill for a while..
you’re home is looking really good now. Well done guys. X
How about demonstrating some of your traditional recipes
Anna, I don't know what lenses you have for the canon camera, but the ones I use are 15-85 USM variable zoom. 50 mm, and 24 mm for fixed focal length. 55-250 STM probably the best cheap lens that canon has ever made, not too bad for wildlife shots. Then I use two different Sigma lenses 100-400 contemporary lens which is heavy to carry for long periods of time, and a 24-105 Art lens. If you are not sure of what style of photography you want to do, then unless you have somewhere you can hire a lens to try it out, then Amazon is your best bet. As if you don't like it, you could send it back. Most of my shots are Pets, Landscape, normal holiday shots, and the occasional wildlife when I can get up into the highlands of Scotland.
My cat Goose has same reaction to catnip 😆 🤣
Thank you once again.Guys for a really entertaining video. I absolutely loved seeing blucy the catnip for the first time. And I remember what my cat felt about it. Absolutely, classic and they do go completely off their heads. Witch is kind of fun actually. Anna, all the best with your photography? I love the camera. It looks amazing and would really like to get into that myself. You have such lovely surroundings.I'm sure you'll be able to make some beautiful photographs from that. I do hope this makes sense.As I dictated it so apologies if things are a bit weird.❤
You two are always up to something! 🙂
I love photography!! I too have a Canon. The thing on your lens is a hood and it helps with sun glare and helps protect your lens. Very useful but none of my lenses came with one. I should probably get one 😂
Yep, I’d also recommend having a neutral filter screwed on the end all the time to protect from scratches.
i recommend the godox system for studio work. you can look up strobes with bowens mounts and a soft box to get started with flash, and i would recommend the Godox X2T-C to fire the flash off camera. watch some videos and have fun. happy shooting.
If it's legal in your state you should use a system to collect the water coming off your roof into a container, you can then use it for watering the grass,plants etc.
Is it illegal to collect rainwater in some states?
Well, you live and learn. 😮
@@MrBollocks10 I once heard that in a video, some states claim it's their water so it's theft, lol
@@MrBollocks10 Just checked, there's only a few stats that have banned it: Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Illinois, and Arkansas
@@Jamie_D
😱 I'm shocked!
@@MrBollocks10 that's the land of the free for you 🤣
the flash looks like one i had many years ago, i only did it for fun as well but my understanding was that it is called a diffuser, you don't aim it and throw the light at your subject, you angle it up and it spreads the light outward to try and bounce it off every surface in the room thus hitting your subject from all angles at the same time, hence the funny angles on the surface, its diffusing the light everywhere.
Great video nice see everyone so happy
Try putting on a cloche over your veggies . Keeps bugs off too . Love you guys, Sally UK 🇬🇧 xx
IF you sprinkle the nip on the grass so he gets some in his coat it will work better for him, the reaction is a biological trigger to encourage the cat to roll in it because it works as a mild flea and insect deterent
some plants thrive in slightly sandy soil for drainage. it might get a little too wet around the roots. but you can read up on that.
You know that you're going to have to plant some catnip now you've introduced Bo to the hard stuff
So cute, you know cats can eat catnip! if they do eat it you will see a big change in your kitty, he will go completely crazy.
Good to see Charley outside ❤
Those looked like strawberry shoots that you pulled up! Strawberries grow in spots around the main part of the plant!
85mm lens is generally for portraits with a heavily blurred background. Bokeh baby!
…as long as it’s got a nice wide aperture like f1.2 or wider :)
Looks a stonky boy so I’m guessing it will be. But 85mm is not a long lens - that’s what confused me about their description of how much “zoom” it seems to be giving, so I wonder if it’s one of the mirror lens thats 85mm physically but is actually something like a 200mm lens in practice? I didn’t see it well enough to see a make or model to advise better.
Why didn't you line your raised beds or cover the bottom with wet cardboard....to suppress the weeds.
Hi guys, love the update!
Sorry JT but this comment will mainly be for Anna?
I thought I'd give you a basic guide to the camera gear you bought?
So first up -
>>The 18-55mm lens you bought? This is a wide angle to small zoom lens. As a rule of thumb, the lower the first number the wider the field of view (FOV), the higher the second number the further distance you can focus in on. This lens is zoomable, meaning you can manipulate how big an image you want to frame?
>> As an example, I run a Nikon D7000 DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) with my standard "go everywhere" lens being an 18-105mm. This is a medium zoom lens.
The term "Single Lens Reflex" means there is a mirror that lifts up when you press the shutter button. The sensor inside the camera then records what's seen down the lens and captures it. Effectively it's a digital version of 35mm film.
>> The 85mm lens. This is a fixed focal length lens. It will offer you 85mm's of zoom. I'm unsure of the best working distance for it, however, I suspect that if you bought it with studio lights then it was used for portrait work? I'd Google it (unsure of manufacturer) to find out a spec sheet.
>> My other lens I have in my kit is a 70-300mm zoom lens. This allows me to capture stuff at very far distance. There are larger zoom lenses, but with larger zooms come larger price tags and heavier lenses because of the sheer amount of quality glass in them.? An 18-105mm and a 70-300mm are a good combination as there isn't a blank spot where you be missing out on capturing images, such as at the 55-70mm field.?
You CAN get an 18-300mm lens, I believe Tamron manufacture one for both Nikon and Canon fit.
Now to the gubbins of the camera. "F stop" values. All this really is is a value that tells you how much light they let in or can capture.? The lower the f stop, the more light will be let in. You're looking ideally for as low an f stop value as you can, close to f1? Bear in mind the lower the f stop, the higher the price tag also. I used to have a 50mm f1.2 prime lens (prime=non zoomable) that produced beautiful light quality. I used it for lower light conditions (around sunset etc) and reportage style street photography. My 70-300 has a f stop of 5.6.
Your camera will have presets in it. Some of them will be "sport" for fast moving objects such as small running children, vehicles, dogs running after cats, birds in flight. It may have a silhouette function, food function, portrait, candlelight scenes, landscape, beaches, sunset/sunrise. My Nikon has a "?" button which will tell you what the function does when you select it, your Canon may have similar but could be labelled as "i"?
>Flash gun. You will be able to change the "k" value of the flash light. It will most likely cover the warmth spectrum from harsh surgical white to a more warm yellow? I'd suggest a mid-ground setting for portrait work.?
> Lens filters. On the end of the lens you will find a screw thread in the lens barrel housing? This will allow you to screw in a filter? I have a UV polarising filter in both my lenses. This cuts glare out off of reflective surfaces such as glass, metal and water. I'd recommend you invest in a couple.? They're not expensive.
> Flash diffuser. Add one to your kit (or mess about with homemade ones). It will spread the light better from your flash gun and won't give you such a harsh point in your images? I use a washing tablet bag, you could use muslin or other fine weaved material (preferably white). I also carry a pack of king size cigarette papers (thin grade ones) in my kit bag. These are a great low cost hack as a diffuser. You can lick and stick them to the top of your flashgun and fold it over the flash face. You can also crumple them first to produce some unique light effects.
> Image framing. Make sure you have your artificial viewfinder horizon on. It will tell you if it's level, it's the same idea as a sprit level bubble. If you can, turn on the viewfinder grid - you may have a "Rule of thirds" setting.? The rule of thirds for a well balanced image is "⅓ foreground, ⅓ midground, ⅓ background". However you don't have to stick to this, this is the classic rule of thumb.
> Sunset photography. By all means use that flash gun you've got, it will highlight the foreground very nicely. However, even if you set the k value to as warm as possible, you'll get a weird "alien landscape" look to your images. You effectively are flooding a red/orange colour pallette with a white/blue light. My tip is to invest in some red/orange "gel film" (thin plastic) like they use in theatre spotlights. Cut it to size so that it fits over the face of the flash gun and wraps back over the flash body. Then secure it in place with an elastic band. Then take your sunset flash images. Now you're pushing red/orange light out and your foreground will blend better with the red/orange sunset light.
> Best time to take pictures. Midday is lousy, the sun is high and bright and gives you no shadows or light quality. There is something known as "The Golden Hour", this is when light quality (especially in autumn) is at its best. This is generally an hour before and after sunrise and an hour before and after sunset.
> File format. Shoot in RAW. This is a file type that captures EVERYTHING in the image. Especially useful for if you are going to post process and edit your images. It's lossless so you get much better blacks, whites and colours. The problem with JPEG/JPG is that it will work out the minimum amount of colours, light, shadows etc needed to still make the image a representation of what you've captured, it will then dump anything not needed to keep the file size down. RAW images take up more room, so buy as large a memory card as possible. I dont know if your Canon runs SD cards or CF cards. CF cards are more specific to Canon than Nikon.
Finally - there's a really good book called "How to photograph absolutely everything." by Tom Ang. I'd highly recommend you get a copy, it covers a helluva lot and is super easy to understand.
I hope these few tips etc help you out, anything more I can help with, just ask.
The main thing is... Don't worry if you think it's rubbish or not - if you like it, someone else will. Even if you don't like it, someone else will.
I know this is rather late. But, you should have taken some of your flowers out. That gives the best ones a great chance. But, why’ll there all trying too get the light. Then you’ll end up with a lot of shoots and not many flowering. Omer here it’s called Pricking out. I know JT will laugh at this saying. BUT you leave the best in and take the smartest out. And repeat for a while . You’ll end up with a great flower 🌸 bed. They are all just fighting and not doing what thy should be doing.
PS. On your trees 🌲 you Planted. A spray bottle with a small amount of washing upLiquid is worth a try. It sorts Green Fly out. So it’s with a shot. Good Luck ❤❤❤❤👍👍
When I knew nothing about plants then my mum who had an amazing garden told me to pull out things with purple stems and leave in green stems as most weeds have purple stems
Get yourself a bag of decent feathers.. when your veggies start to bud and flower. Use the feather to touch each flower on every plant. That way you are pollinating them yourself.. This works ammazing for vine fruit/vegetables like Tomatoes, Cucumbers, etc
Anna. Amazon has some really nice photography back drops. Really cheap. Great for photos or a live stream back drop. I use them on my game channel here..
tomatoes just need a bit of wind to pollinate, or give the plant a bit of a shake. What they shoulda done is pinch the flowers when they planted them, now theres lots more flowers and the plants are way too small.
My current cat eats it, while my last one snorted it. lol
Don’t know what a pepperchini is, but it sounds fun. 😃 I’ve started planting stuff in my shed, it’s got windows, so kinda like a green house/hot house.
There was an Italian immigrant who went to live in California (I believe around the 20’s), he managed to blend an orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit…think it was like 5 different citrus into one tree 😮 It sounds delicious and think of all that vitamin C 😂
you need to use some plant food it definitely makes a difference we grow flowers and a variety of veg love Gina from uk xx
Strawberries need straw to grow in that's why they are called strawberries.
Silvervine is stronger than catnip and less cats are immune to it apparently. My cats love both
Bo will smell beautiful once he's been neutered it's a 10 minute operation I've had all my feral and strays done and they are so much better xxx
Anna and JT I know Anna likes Highland cows please go to Lumnah Acres in the USA I think. On They channel 7 days ago they got black and a golden colour Highland cattle I think you would love them.
Ralph in the UK 👍
I have a 10-18mm lens, A 18-55m and a 55-300mm nice to mix it up
The mm will depend on your frame form. 50mm on my camera is 80mm on a full frame.
Put gutters on and then save it for when you have a dry spell 😊
Looks like Anna got herself a Canon APS-C DSLR. So any lens you put on it, you need to multiply the focal length by 1.6, so 85 is 119mm, and it's not f/1.8, its more like f/2.2, which is still decent. Need to be careful with backlight on the 85 as it's really bad at showing chromatic abberation (blue/purple outline around objects that are backlit) she should also ask the girl she bought it from if she still has the lens hood for it. The 18-55, when you focus the front will rotate, so the hood will turn with it. That lens needs a non-petal hood on the front. Hot light (the lights that are on all the time) are fine for products etc. And when you are doing filming using a wall/cieling to bounce the light. Or putting a defuser over the front. But she should look into the Godox line of flashes for portrait work, they're great bang for buck :) . Not sure which cam you're using to video with JT but I'm guessing it's probably a micro 4/3rds body so any lens you have on it you need to multiply by 2, so 14 = 28 and 22 = 44 :) -- Feel free to hit me up on Discord if you have any questions! :D
Never seen a cat tweaking out. You need to watch that one 😂
Haha, you know that telling a dog to stay clean is the same as saying to a kid "don't press the big red button that says -DANGER-" don't you?
Your Home Depot seeds sound as bad as the ones we used to be able to buy over here from Wilko. I bought loads and had no success at all.
I thought at first that Bo wasn't going to be affected by the catnip, because some cats don't even seem to notice it exists. The drooling is a good sign, along with the rolling. He would have probably bitten and drooled on the bag so much he would have made his own drooly catnip tea! 😂
Anna, your hair looks lovely and the blonde suits you really well.
I think I had kind of the same camera.. I sold it to my mom, not because it was bad, because I have small hands :)
You are supposed to sprinkle some on a plate for them.
Do you have fireflys can you podcast these for us. what nasty insects do you have. Do you have bats and what type of owls and predator birds do you have
Was that Anna doing Ti-Chi with Charlie??
It's not papples, it's appears. 😂
Like your videos 🥰xx
I have a cherry tree and my neighbour had one but he cut his down, now I do not get cherries any more 😪
Hey , cool video ... cats and cat nip ..equals humorous disasters
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Get some growing sticks for your tomatoes ... you need support them as they grow. ...!!
85mm is a portrait lens
It should be (anything 50mm up starts to be good for portraits) - but the way they describe it giving such a large magnification…that doesn’t sound like an 85mm lens to me. That should more like 200mm - so I wondered if it was a mirror lens.
Google Ginger Cats and Vikings!
Eeek, I only found your channel recently and did not realise you had legs!
Bo Bo getting high lol my mums cats do the same
7:15 😂😂😂😂
If you get the fur baby neutered it will avoid fights and catching awful diseases. Please please neuter asap.
Anna are you go to photograph JTfor his only fan lol 😄
5:19 "I am Groot"
Thinking the same thing ha
reckon Bos a beer guy not a druggy!