These guys are definitely a cute family. Somehow the tech, accessibility and farming works so well.. and then you get to see the family having a great time. Love this channel.
I was thinking that before... There's really no other youtuber who can go from building an electric vehicle, to seeing what's inside smartphones, to building a library in Africa, to renovating a family cabin, to home farming. I'd even say, there's probably no other person who can do all that. This is truly one of a kind.
If you read the fine print, a lot of the "compostable" stuff is COMMERCIALLY compostable, which is a very different process than what you can do at home. It's subjected to much higher heat and pressure, plus it's ground up so it has a lot more surface area and degrades much more quickly. In short, everything will biodegrade much more quickly if you have a way to grind it up before you put it in the bin.
I don't really know how to explain this, but it so fascinating to see the amount of topics this channel brings up to its community. We went from tech reviews, teardowns, to renewable energy, to electric cars, to the introduction of a wonderful family, to then explain all of the difficulties of disabilities and how to find workaround, to awesome projects for people with disabilities. I have really no words on how to describe this, you are awesome, keep up the wonderful work and keep up with this wonderful family and community. Much love from Italy ❤
Jerryrig: “I’m not going to eat the jalapeños straight from the plant today” Also Jerryrig: “Guys am probably gonna regret this, but I am doing a taste test between red and green jalapeños”😂😂
This channel is varied professionally. The off-road trucking videos, wheelchair off-road testing and cars in general has become my favourite but I have to admit that the garden videos are also a “steal of attention” I like them so much, respect to the work put in, weekly Timelapse is crazy, that’s why I watch and enjoy them🙌🏾🤍❤️ MUCH LOVE ZACK‼️ And also seeing the baby boy grown is so lovely 🤣 can’t forget Cambry as well, I love seeing her in the videos.
Cover your grow beds with 4" of wood mulch over the winter & then rake it off in the spring. Make an open air compost pile. Use 4'H x 13'L kennel wire in the shape of a 4' diameter ring. Add whatever organic matter that you can to it (no meat, bones, fats, etc though). In the spring, rake out the compost, sift it with 1/4" wire cloth, & then use it to top dress your grow beds! Also, don't be afraid to use fine mulch (straw, grass, or wood) around your garden plants after they are a few weeks old. It helps the soil to retain moisture & to stay cooler.
Great garden! For an easier potato experience, put 6 or 8 seed potatoes in a 3 ft x 3 ft box (18" deep). As the plant grows, add a 4 sided box 6 in or 12 in tall and infill with dirt. Keep doing this for the entire growing season ending up with a 4 - 6 foot tower. When you harvest, knock the tower over and you should have potatoes all the way up the tower! You can also build a chicken wire column and fill it with straw as the potato plants grow.
*novice gardener here. Two things that really improved/helped my garden was straw and diatomaceous earth. The straw helps the soil retain moister and gives the fruits and vegetables something to lay on to help prevent rot. The diatomaceous earth is great for pest bugs, it's like little razor blades to the larva and freshly hatched bugs. I sprinkle a layer of diatomaceous earth first then put straw over top.
I wish everyone had the inspiration and passion while being so humble. Seeing the channel and family grow is such a whole hearted experience. Keep it up Jerry!
Adding bamboo stakes around your plants once they get a few inches tall will let you use twine to tie the plants to the stakes for support. Bamboo stakes last forever and are super light and smooth to handle. If you put a notch into the top of the stakes then you can also hang twine from them to support horizontal branches as well.
on the topic of composters.... when you restart your compost add egg shells shredded newsprint and everything from your kitchen trash that isn't foam, plastic or metal. paper and all other kitchen waste is compostable. The last thing you need to add to start your compost is chicken poop. I made 25 lbs. ready compost in a composter the size of a corner mailbox with just 10 pounds of starter blended from that type of stuff and adding some ash and all yard clippings for one summer while adding the kitchen waste from cooking for three adults. and leave it access to the ground so the worms can get into it and you'll also add worm castings to your decomposition.
You need to put more in the compost, add in some grass clippings and leaves and some soil, you need to make a good environment for decomposers to live in, them add the food into that
Hi there I am Arjan from the Netherlands and i do also some Garding myself. A few tips: strawberries, put some straw under it that reflects the sunlight. and strawberries need water but don't like wet roots. What also makes the soil very fertile is horse manure. I would definitely use that. That were my few tips for next season. I hope for you that the harvest be better next year. Thank you for making the videos. I dig the hummer do!! 🤙 peace
Hey so for things to biodegrade, you need to add a lot of "greens" so grass clippings and anything with a decently high moisture content. You can then add "browns" like spoiled hay and old leaf litter to bulk it out and feed the fungi in the compost. But always keep it watered!
No, the point to the composting rotisserie is to allow you to spin it, and introduce new oxygen into the mix on a continual basis. It works well, with sufficient biomass, and when you turn it routinely. Much better then composting piles, in my experience.
As other comments have mentioned, have a shade net for the carrots for next time. This is also necessary if you want to grow tomatoes too. For the potatoes its also necessary for them to grow in 'soft' soil. You can also raise up the soil in ridges to aid the potatoes growing to their full potential. On composting, one idea to fasten decomposition is to add about a quarter of the volume of the container with soil. Soil has great bacteria and microorganisms that break down the organic materials. When you finish harvesting the leave snd other remnants of the plants can be chopped up and added to the compost pit to add filler for next years soil. If you're short for time there are biodigesters that help fasten the biodegradation process. Pro tip for small scale corn growing, you can plant beans in between the corn since they're mutually beneficial to each other.
Fantastic work! I 100% agree with 'not cleaning' the garden. Usually with our fruit trees themselves, we keep their surroundings clean where they are watered. This year with temperature ~110°+ all summer long, we kept the small grass and whatnot cover the dirt that one could not even tell how much was even watered. They are just grass needing little water that they were not stealing much proportionally. It helped a lot in not drying up the dirt/soil. Leaving that 'shade' helps a lot.
For the compost I'd recommend getting at least one more composer thing. My family has 3 insulated standing "barrel" style composts and the idea is you keep filling one until it's like 90% full then let it do its thing while you fill up the next one and so forth. Giving them plenty of time to fully biodegrade, it's also important to stir them
I'm watching your videos from a longtime, and i want to admit that I love your behaviour and respect towards your wife more than your durability test videos. You are very kind and humble person sir. And one more thing I love how you explain things , and your way of talking, love from India . ❤️
No-tilling, what you’re talking about keeping the foliage covering during the winter, does help keep nitrogen from evaporating. The dying foliage will also put a little more nitrogen back into the soil if you “leaf” it there.
@@ShayanGivehchian hahaha, tbh, it's so interesting how the US is so varied in our vocabulary. I've never used the word "y'all," and it actually feels gross to me to even think it. Like, I have no reason to dislike the word, it's just, instinctively, I hate it. So, I don't judge others for using it, but I'll never use it myself.
Hey Jerryrigeverything, I’m a Landscape designer from Washington state. I’ve worked with my dad on installing irrigation systems, lawn care, and gardening with my parents since I can remember; and my collegiate schooling just somewhat helped solidify what I’ve always enjoyed doing. That being said, I’d be more than happy to help you design your irrigation system for your garden as well as explain everything on why I select what parts go with what. It’s a great way to expose people to my profession (Landscape Architecture) and the impact it has. As well as how it co mingles with architecture and interior design!
6:50, Homemade Pesto is the best, this past Fall I helped my mom make 30 plus jars of pesto all of which are in the freezer. If you let the Basil flower after the final harvest then, you will get a ton of wild basil. My family did that with purple basil, and now every year we get about 10 purple basil plants that can get up to 3 feet tall.
Wow, this little guy grew since a year ago. I remember watching the "We grew more than just pumpkins this year" last October, and seeing him as a baby.
I'm a relatively new subscriber to your channel, and my heart is overwhelmed watching you guys! ✨✨ There are a whole lot of positive vibes! Keep up the good work. ❤️
put a plastic sheet below the strawberry plants, make a small hole and plant the sapling in these holes. It keeps them away from pests, insects, and when they grow-up, the strawberries don't touch the ground. you can reuse the plastic sheet for next season too. From Strawberry growing region of India. (Maharashtra state)
Compost works best when out in the open. I would build a small 5 x 5 ft box in the corner and add the compostable to it. You need a whole lot more than that small amount to get it going. You can always add the leaves from the corn plant, etc to it. And dry tree leaves also helps with things. Before I moved form my last property my compost pile was 20 x 20 and 7 ft tall. We also have horse's, sheep, and chickens adding to it with their manure. It takes about 7 months and then you have black gold compost, which makes the garden grow super well.
There is a huge difference between biodegradable and compostable. They don't mean the same thing and they both REQUIRE close monitoring throughout the process to get the best result.
Cutting down adds more surface area to nibble on. And you want a lot surface area to nibble on as possible. Not sure if those biodegradable things are healthy for plants and as for humans to consume from.
succini and ground beef is my favourite meal in the summer. Its called a Musaka its from Greece, i just replace potato with this plant. I have a very fertile part of my country where when they build houses they sell the soil in a truck, i happen to have a friend who drives theme and i paid him to bring it to my yard (original soil is just good for cemetery, its all clay). Now my garden grows much better. I dont recommend planting mellons, they take out all the soil nutriants and all the water essentialy making the soul uselss after 2 years. But tomatos and cucambers are the once to for
You guys should try planting some winter wheat for these next couple months so the garden doesn't go unused. Super easy to take care of and out-competes weeds as well! It **can** also help with maintaining soil quality.
There are also a lot of salad like things to plant in autumn which do a great job in protecting the soil. And whatever you didn't use until you start planting again you just put it on the compost to get organig material😉
From a farmer: Zack if you want to get rid of those squash bugs you need to get rid of the plant debris and burn it so they don’t winter there. That last ear of corn with small kernels isn’t ripe on top yet, but it’s still good. That used to be my favorite; the early stuff. To test corn don’t pull the husks down like a coon, test near the top of the cob by taking your fingernail and seeing if a kernel pops essentially through the husk. Have you folks also considered planting the corn somewhere directly into the ground, like rows against the fence to help the wind from knocking it down from the additional height? Pumpkins just need a mound of dirt/manure to do well. If planted elsewhere that has room to take off like crazy Cambry could also get through that last aisle easier. And you could consider planting a cover crop to put nutrients back into the garden. The main thing is spreading manure throughout to breakdown over the winter and fertilize. You have critters put some of that to good use. And yes, compost pile on the ground and turn it over from time to time is best so the worms can get to it. And plant either decoy plants close but not next to or companion plants amidst the plants in the garden to help deter pests. Nasturtiums are great for this. Cosmos attract beneficial insects like real ladybugs. Grandma always used to plant marigolds around the edges of her tomato and pepper plants.
Love your gardening videos and one of the reasons why i subscribed! You can spray the squash/ shield/ stink bugs with a mix of water with some vinegar, veg oil and dish soap. Watch out for the larvae too! They are normally black ladybird looking bugs with white/yellowish dots and will decimate your tomatoes!/fruits. You can interplant sweetcorn, pole beans and squash plants together in a grid. As the sweetcorn grows up it forms a frame for the beans to climb, which allows for the squash to flow over the side on that back area. I really love your key hole design bedding but without the trellis, it can become inaccessible in certain areas, esp when growing climbers like squash and pole bean varieties. Depending on the direction of the sun over your property, you can build them as an archway or frame and on the other side, plant something else like grapes or passion fruit. Heavy squash like melons and pumpkins can be supported on the trellis with mesh bags or even stockings! (is that the correct US version of tights?) If you don't want to succession plant or continue planting over autumn and winter, you can just bend (or chop if your really want to but not necessary) the sweetcorn canes at the bottom, without removing and it forms a mulch layer. The roots will then release the nitrates into the soil before decomposing. Not sure what zone you are but there are still loads of things that you can plant that are winter hardy. Yes remove the emerging flower buds from herbs and brassicas as they will bolt as they think their work is done. If you want to save some seeds, i would let one stem flower. Things like basil are easy to propagate in water ready for transfer. If it gets frost there, you can plant it in a pot indoors. Since i learnt how to do it i never buy basil any more and end up giving starters to visitors. Also, you don't need to rotate your crops, only if you want to move it's location. You just need to make sure you amend before planting something else. Again just cut the plant you are done with at the base, without worrying about the roots. I remembered that you got that massive water tank as it doesn't rain much where you are. If you mulch, it really keeps in the moisture and helps keep blight and pests away. I saw that you had pony's and i think i remember chickens too? Where you put their old poop and hay? You can compost it or put on freshly rested beds and cover with tarpaulin. Don't put it near growing things as it can burn the greens. I would give the manure at least 6 months before using on an active bed as a fertiliser, about 3 weeks before planting. Don't use as mulch as it attracts things. Think of it as a lasagna layer as a compost layer would be added after and then mulch with clean garden hay. Was that composter meant to be a worm free one? Whole fruits in a general composter would take at least six months. Wood and bio plastic a year. What was the selling pitch on it? Did it have time scales? Was it meant to be a hot composter? It did look like a lot of green and not much brown. If it has a mesh drain point, it would make for a great wormery. I spent about £8.25 on a 3 tiered crate wormery system. It's about 45 x 35 cm. I also have a "Darlek" composter for general garden waste. As you have animals and a garden, i would recommend the 3 pile composter system made from wooden pallets. Look up Charles Dowding on YT. Great for composting and no dig. No back strain of pulling things up and out. I also love the plumbing frame work idea, reinforced with rebar. You attach your climbers such as indeterminate tomatoes, beans, etc, to string via a ring clip on the string. The string is attached to a pulley system attached to the over head frame about 2mtrs from the bed. You can lower plants in storms to prevent wind damage, when your plant grows to high. Lasts longer than bamboo stakes and is cheaper. It is more flexible to moving the climber around and i am sure you can put like a hydrolytic arm so it is easier to harvest for people that have difficulties reaching out for stuff. I am going to be building this on our main bed this year. It was made from our old patio "crazy paving" slabs, which was one of our last refurbs after running out of funds, after totally refurbishing an out of date brick and concrete house from the 50's. Our last planned job was the front drive to replace the other outdated "Crazy paving" slabs that was damaged and creating puddles and weeds. We were due to re use these slabs to finish of the bedding as they are council thicc but i got made redundant as an IT specialist. After the complicated birth, and other unknown health issues surrounding a health risk to my cervix, treatments for myself and my baby was full on year and then some when i returned to work. It was bad enough being heavily pregnant on a deadline to build several servers in a badly designed data centre, before mat leave, to be asked to unplug a phone charger and plug back in the printer cable because someone melted. Melted was me throwing up constantly on the train and tube to get to work, with thicc legs and kankles. Thank you to the mostly guys/ non English speaking or visual sign reading people in the priority seats pretending to be asleep. (one guy took offence that my baby bump was too in his face on the packed tube.) When i returned to work things were not different. At least i didn't have to be sick in a bin (that people complained about) as i was waiting for a bloke to finish his poo before using. (they have urinals and a closed toliet). Still the same asks. 14 years in the Industry, yet my scars are still not healed. A bodged emergency c section after being low risk due to AWOL staff, a high risk, cervix cancer treatment, perforated uterus from my first UID. I already had PTSD, dyslexia and social anxiety as a kid, always declared. I worked and educated myself throughout uni. I saved to pay my bills and ge my drivers licence. I taught myself DIY, fixing cars, gardening and gaming. My personal data centre was secure when i was aged 21. Coming back to work and me saying that i disagree with something mysognist and a younger single cis male colleague telling me to "grow a pair of balls?" When you just find out that you might not ever have kids is just like telling someone to grow a pair of legs. Like there is a magical fairy can do this sort of thing. Holding back my anger, pain (and tears for once), i told him that i love my vagina and uterus as it birthed my miracle child. I said it was a shame that he couldn't experience it first hand. He tried to hard look me in a come back but something clicked. After the returning not so nice comments from men, refusing to under desks, because of the c section stitches, cervical pains and other stitches. We also paid over the odds going private as the NHS wait list was far too long. They were under weight due to inaction by the hospital in my non app visit a week prior. A refurb labour ward in a posh area. Hell no! Was no where near where we lived or moved to. Just assigned to us by the GP's. Two weeks later i googled it for my cervix treatment stuff and bamb 4-8 babies died that week due to staffing issues, i like my midwife that went AWOL. I nearly lost my kid to them. our recovery didn't need to be that way.... When my Mum died my PTSD came flooding back. Whilst disclosed. No one gave me time. My older sister (hopefully real and not just a hoe and another story), told me from the Netherlands that i should ask and get involved into my nans death? It was me that built the relationship with that side of the family, not her. And she felt it appropriate to talk about money in my already discombobulated state??!! The more i cut off the better i feel. FB was great. No more vax impressions or how to tell me how to raise my child from non med home birth mums, who had their bio mums with them. Yeah... Ok... No i don't need a daily update of your chosen music on speaker. Ahh. You went shopping, You are still in the car aren't you?! "I am eating crips" - I wouldn't have guessed. This is my older sister. Sorry, sometimes i get triggered. It's ok. We are ok. I really love seeing how your property is developing and all of the tech improvements. Great to see Cambry and that she has been busy with her horses and embracing her passions and dreams. My question is, will you develop a proper outdoor walker for your kid? The cheap hard plastic doesn't last long.
Try to cut the bigger pieces into smaller chunks before adding it to the bin, it helps in the decomposition. Also I would suggest to use saw dust to manage the ratio of greens to browns, it's easy to handle and also decomposes quite faster than dry leaves or newspaper.
Composting is potentially one of the hardest things to do in the garden. You need a somewhat particular “blend” of greens and other bio-degradables like egg shell and paper. Also that “rotisserie chicken” is supposed to be turned every few days to allow oxygen into the mix to aid decomposition. My grandmother did it very successfully for many years on a larger scale so it can be done but it’s difficult nonetheless. Best of luck next year 👍🏼
Yeah there was not enough material in the composter. They should add all the bio material after the harvest into the box (leaves. . . ). Then add egg shells, used coffeepowder. . . and you also can add special compost accelerator. And like it was said, turn it regularly. This will speed up the process and will give you good food for your plants.
I've been watching you for years now and it's so good to see all the great stuff your doing like the library and not a wheelchair, plus seeing you being a great family man with your wholesome home. Keep it up dude.
for the very big zucchini: cut them in half along the long side, with a spoon gently scrap the seeds out from the zucchini itself, then you can stuff them with bread, mozzarella, ham, and everything else you like, spread some bread crumbs and parmigiano on top. Put the 2 halves on an oven-proof pan and roast them in the oven until golden brown and cooked. They you should became really really good. Congrants for your garden from Italy!
Grand video updates on your garden! I hope you continue to have a go at composting, it can be tricky but grinding your “stuff” into smaller pieces is as important as rotating the material in the pile or turning the drum to keep mixing up your contents. Fertilizer is key to healthy soil and planting similar crops. Bugs are just a fact of having a garden, BUT you might look into getting predator bugs for your area of the country. Many people who want a chemical free garden get bugs that hunt other bugs! When they clean up your garden they either die or move on to another garden, this is why it is important for you to use native bugs that are area specific to avoid introducing a predator that might be damaging to other good bugs! So glad that you are prospering and sharing your joy in life with us! Thank you, Be well!
I stumbled on to your videos and now I cant stop watching. I truly believe you are genuinely good people and its nice to follow your story. I appreciate you sharing. Oh by the way, I subscribed! ;)
The rotary composter do work well, but you need to put stuff in regularly, and give it a spin. Kind of looks like you did not put in much. Also add some leaves or sawdust, as you need "brown" in your compost for it to rot/break-down well.
Definately a shortage of mass. Also, some items which say they are biodegradable or compostable, are really only industrially compostable, so you're going to struggle to have them breakdown by just throwing them in your garden setup.
I breed/cross tomato varieties as well as collect rare and unique vegetable seeds (because I don't have enough side hobbies). If you ever want to try some, let me know, I'll send them down.
Hello! I wanted to share a few things that might help y'all. 1. Adding some worms to this raised bed would probably help a lot. I get mine from Uncle Jims Worm Farm. 2. I haven't really seen it but you guys should add a mulch of some kind. It will help retain some of the water going into the garden. I use barley straw (also good for the worms) but I don't have as big a bed as this so there might be something more cost effective. 3. All of those weeds you took up in a previous video can be used in a compost pile. You can add grass cutting and stuff similar which would be "greens". However you also have to add "browns" aka dry leaves or grass, newspaper, cardboard etc. They combine to make the compost. 4. Adding a layer of compost to the top adds a lot of the nutrients that these plants use. The plants roots don't get a lot of nutrients from deep down in the soil, but mainly the first 6ish inches of the soil (If I remember correctly). 5. To also reamend the bed, you can do a soil test and find out what your soil needs. After 3 cycles, it is probably in need of some lovin at this point. There is a wonderful book called The Intelligent Gardener. It is a great read and may help understand reamending the soil. Alternatively, there is a company Build A Soil (which is where I also get the nutrients to reamend with) that has something called the craft blend and you can reamend with that. Everything they have is very organic and are a great company. Either way, there probably isn't a ton of nutrients left in that bed at this point. 6. When you reamend, you can just top dress rather than remove the soil and mix it up with the new nutrients. However one of the things the worms will do is come up to the surface, eat the nutrients and bring it down into the soil as a water soluble nutrients that can be easily eaten by the plants. 7. I haven't done potatoes before honestly, but when I have watched videos on it, I have seen people mound around them to give them extra space to grow more potatoes. There are several methods, but I would suggest looking around. 8. Epic Gardening is another UA-cam Channel that is fantastic and Kevin is very knowledgeable and may be able to help you. Build A Soil also has a UA-cam channel and Jeremy is also incredibly knowledgeable but you may not be as interested in his videos, even though they are very informative and I highly recommend their products. 9. They aren't the end all be all, but if you wanted to have a little more monitoring of the garden, you can add Ecowitt moisture sensors around to see how everything is going. I have just started using these so I can speak a ton to their efficacy but they at least give me an idea. If you know the soil is moist but some of the plants seem dried out, you may be able to catch some of the pest problems a little earlier. I know this was a ton of information but I hope you get to see it and it helps for future years. P.S. - I know it is already decently through the season but you can top dress at any time, same with adding worms.
Jerry Jr: "D-e-l-i-ci-o-u-s" Most beautiful sound 😻 It seems like yesterday. From the marriage of Zack to having a baby Jerry Jr. birth to growing big of Jerry Jr. Love you 3000 💕💕💕
Couple things: 1. Rotating peas through your garden will help the soil, they’re natural nitrogen positive plants 2. With your potatoes, building up the soil around the stem of the plant will help it grow bigger and stronger 3. Mixing some peat moss and cow manure into the soil at the beginning of the season will also help grow your plants. 4. Crushing up egg shells and using them as like a powered pesticide around the stems of plants will help with bug control 5. Putting some cow manure into your compost bin will also help speed up the composting time Hope this helps
These guys are definitely a cute family. Somehow the tech, accessibility and farming works so well.. and then you get to see the family having a great time. Love this channel.
I love how varied this channel is.
I was thinking that before... There's really no other youtuber who can go from building an electric vehicle, to seeing what's inside smartphones, to building a library in Africa, to renovating a family cabin, to home farming.
I'd even say, there's probably no other person who can do all that. This is truly one of a kind.
@@shipwreck9146 yeah
JerryrigEVERYTHING
@@shipwreck9146 Or they have ten different channels...
Man watching jerry with his son and realizing i started watching this man way before he even got married makes me feel old.
When germinating your carrots put a shade net or something to retain moisture. The seeds are so tiny that they dry out very quickly.
Yes like a cloth bed or something like that. and try soaking them time to time.
You should set up a couple of outdoor cameras and get a full time-lapse over the whole season, that would be pretty awesome to see.
that would be awesome indeed
Agreed, that's a pretty nice idea there 💡
yeah 👍
yes an excelent idea
not only woudl that be cool for watching the stuff grow, speed timelaps, but maybe catch some wild animals visiting? o.o
If you read the fine print, a lot of the "compostable" stuff is COMMERCIALLY compostable, which is a very different process than what you can do at home. It's subjected to much higher heat and pressure, plus it's ground up so it has a lot more surface area and degrades much more quickly. In short, everything will biodegrade much more quickly if you have a way to grind it up before you put it in the bin.
never-mind the difference between biodegradable vs compostable which are not the same at all.. .
Seeing a tech youtuber doing farming is fun😃
And using a tech that support the farm
He became the tech guy of Nature!
I don't know if this is satire or not
It’s surprisingly extremely enjoyable. Great work!
LTT farming when?
I don't really know how to explain this, but it so fascinating to see the amount of topics this channel brings up to its community.
We went from tech reviews, teardowns, to renewable energy, to electric cars, to the introduction of a wonderful family, to then explain all of the difficulties of disabilities and how to find workaround, to awesome projects for people with disabilities.
I have really no words on how to describe this, you are awesome, keep up the wonderful work and keep up with this wonderful family and community. Much love from Italy ❤
Omg your baby is growing up so fast! It seems like it was yesterday when we were getting garden/baby progress updates 😇
is he adopted? im just curios
@@waldemir5621 no🤣
@@waldemir5621 bro have you even watched his videos? No he isn’t adopted you doofus
@@waldemir5621 bro💀🗿
It feels like it was yesterday when he made that bike wheelchair for that girl and look at them now. Good stuff.
No fancy editing no effects just pure happiness and cuteness with Jerry Jr. More videos like this please. More power!
I don’t know where the carrots went. 2 minutes later you got a pony in the garden. I think I know where the carrots went. 🤣
*pony have exited the garden*
Nah, carrots were doomed due to the heat.
Carrot seeds cant dry out not even once or they wont make it.
@@buckykattnj that's what the pony wants you to think
Not to discredit all of your hard work on the garden, but Jerry Jr. kind of stole the show in this one with his excellent commentary.
Jerryrig: “I’m not going to eat the
jalapeños straight from
the plant today”
Also Jerryrig: “Guys am probably
gonna regret this, but I
am doing a taste test
between red and green
jalapeños”😂😂
His name is zack
@@premprabhakar805 Yeah! I know the story behind Jerry.. Jerry was his grandfather! But thank you
😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Most people don’t know his real name, so that’s why I just went for “jerryrig” because now everyone knows who and what am talking about.
@Ellis The DJ Yeah that’s true!
Thanks for taking us along. I always love seeing these videos each year!
This channel is varied professionally. The off-road trucking videos, wheelchair off-road testing and cars in general has become my favourite but I have to admit that the garden videos are also a “steal of attention” I like them so much, respect to the work put in, weekly Timelapse is crazy, that’s why I watch and enjoy them🙌🏾🤍❤️
MUCH LOVE ZACK‼️
And also seeing the baby boy grown is so lovely 🤣 can’t forget Cambry as well, I love seeing her in the videos.
Cover your grow beds with 4" of wood mulch over the winter & then rake it off in the spring.
Make an open air compost pile. Use 4'H x 13'L kennel wire in the shape of a 4' diameter ring. Add whatever organic matter that you can to it (no meat, bones, fats, etc though).
In the spring, rake out the compost, sift it with 1/4" wire cloth, & then use it to top dress your grow beds!
Also, don't be afraid to use fine mulch (straw, grass, or wood) around your garden plants after they are a few weeks old. It helps the soil to retain moisture & to stay cooler.
Garden updates are low key my favorite videos of the year.
So true
Same Here!! 👍🌱👍
Great garden! For an easier potato experience, put 6 or 8 seed potatoes in a 3 ft x 3 ft box (18" deep). As the plant grows, add a 4 sided box 6 in or 12 in tall and infill with dirt. Keep doing this for the entire growing season ending up with a 4 - 6 foot tower. When you harvest, knock the tower over and you should have potatoes all the way up the tower! You can also build a chicken wire column and fill it with straw as the potato plants grow.
These videos bring me so much joy. Will be watching again later with my daughter who loves ponies horses gardening plants etc I love it THANK YOU
So glad you two found each other. I’m enjoying watching your lives grow together. Very happy for you three.
Don't feel bad. I had a terrible year in the garden as well. Damn skunks and grubs got me bad. It's just part of growing👍
I hope they didn't spray their stink over your garden at least.
*novice gardener here. Two things that really improved/helped my garden was straw and diatomaceous earth. The straw helps the soil retain moister and gives the fruits and vegetables something to lay on to help prevent rot. The diatomaceous earth is great for pest bugs, it's like little razor blades to the larva and freshly hatched bugs. I sprinkle a layer of diatomaceous earth first then put straw over top.
I wish everyone had the inspiration and passion while being so humble. Seeing the channel and family grow is such a whole hearted experience. Keep it up Jerry!
Adding bamboo stakes around your plants once they get a few inches tall will let you use twine to tie the plants to the stakes for support. Bamboo stakes last forever and are super light and smooth to handle. If you put a notch into the top of the stakes then you can also hang twine from them to support horizontal branches as well.
I think this is my favorite video you've uploaded in a while. Very wholesome. I look forward to seeing next year's results.
on the topic of composters.... when you restart your compost add egg shells shredded newsprint and everything from your kitchen trash that isn't foam, plastic or metal. paper and all other kitchen waste is compostable. The last thing you need to add to start your compost is chicken poop. I made 25 lbs. ready compost in a composter the size of a corner mailbox with just 10 pounds of starter blended from that type of stuff and adding some ash and all yard clippings for one summer while adding the kitchen waste from cooking for three adults. and leave it access to the ground so the worms can get into it and you'll also add worm castings to your decomposition.
Beautiful family! Your kid will grow up to be an amazing person because of you two, I can already tell!
You need to put more in the compost, add in some grass clippings and leaves and some soil, you need to make a good environment for decomposers to live in, them add the food into that
The fact that Zach is good at everything makes me wonder what he eats for breakfast lunch and dinner 😂😂😂
Apparently jalapeno breakfast sandwiches, which is pretty metal I guess
A lot of zucchini 😀
@@sortodawy hahaha looks like he really eats lot of em based on the produce 😅😅
Hi there I am Arjan from the Netherlands and i do also some Garding myself. A few tips:
strawberries, put some straw under it that reflects the sunlight. and strawberries need water but don't like wet roots.
What also makes the soil very fertile is horse manure. I would definitely use that.
That were my few tips for next season. I hope for you that the harvest be better next year.
Thank you for making the videos. I dig the hummer do!! 🤙 peace
I remember i started watching this channel for him then for his wife then for his gardening now this cool kido steal the show 👌
Hey so for things to biodegrade, you need to add a lot of "greens" so grass clippings and anything with a decently high moisture content. You can then add "browns" like spoiled hay and old leaf litter to bulk it out and feed the fungi in the compost. But always keep it watered!
What a Beautiful cute baby you have ❤ I wish him all the best childhood with his 2 beautiful parents. Much love ❤❤❤
thank u cheering me up with this video, had a really bad night. it was nice to see good people, making good content. bless your hearts.
Its really cool to see the progress of your garden, but man, you have a lovely family! What a great blessing! Cheers to all of you.
No, the point to the composting rotisserie is to allow you to spin it, and introduce new oxygen into the mix on a continual basis. It works well, with sufficient biomass, and when you turn it routinely. Much better then composting piles, in my experience.
As other comments have mentioned, have a shade net for the carrots for next time. This is also necessary if you want to grow tomatoes too. For the potatoes its also necessary for them to grow in 'soft' soil. You can also raise up the soil in ridges to aid the potatoes growing to their full potential.
On composting, one idea to fasten decomposition is to add about a quarter of the volume of the container with soil. Soil has great bacteria and microorganisms that break down the organic materials. When you finish harvesting the leave snd other remnants of the plants can be chopped up and added to the compost pit to add filler for next years soil. If you're short for time there are biodigesters that help fasten the biodegradation process.
Pro tip for small scale corn growing, you can plant beans in between the corn since they're mutually beneficial to each other.
Fantastic work! I 100% agree with 'not cleaning' the garden. Usually with our fruit trees themselves, we keep their surroundings clean where they are watered. This year with temperature ~110°+ all summer long, we kept the small grass and whatnot cover the dirt that one could not even tell how much was even watered. They are just grass needing little water that they were not stealing much proportionally. It helped a lot in not drying up the dirt/soil. Leaving that 'shade' helps a lot.
Your garden may not have been the best, but watching your family grow is a beautiful sight!
For the compost I'd recommend getting at least one more composer thing. My family has 3 insulated standing "barrel" style composts and the idea is you keep filling one until it's like 90% full then let it do its thing while you fill up the next one and so forth. Giving them plenty of time to fully biodegrade, it's also important to stir them
I'm watching your videos from a longtime, and i want to admit that I love your behaviour and respect towards your wife more than your durability test videos. You are very kind and humble person sir. And one more thing I love how you explain things , and your way of talking, love from India . ❤️
No-tilling, what you’re talking about keeping the foliage covering during the winter, does help keep nitrogen from evaporating. The dying foliage will also put a little more nitrogen back into the soil if you “leaf” it there.
Your baby is adorable. God bless your family.❤
Your son is absolutely adorable!❤
Y’all’s son is so cute! You both will be great parents!
What have you got against "your" that you take the extra effort of 2 punctuation marks?
@@ShayanGivehchian Leave my boy AJ alone, focus on something that actually will make a difference to your own life
@@ShayanGivehchian focus on lifting bro
@@danielmoore2622 calm down it's a joke
@@ShayanGivehchian hahaha, tbh, it's so interesting how the US is so varied in our vocabulary.
I've never used the word "y'all," and it actually feels gross to me to even think it. Like, I have no reason to dislike the word, it's just, instinctively, I hate it.
So, I don't judge others for using it, but I'll never use it myself.
Your garden layout is very well done, that's the sort of layout I could do with, so I could get around in my wheelchair here in the UK 👍
This is so wholesome to watch, I love it! thanks for sharing your family with us! ❤
Hey Jerryrigeverything, I’m a Landscape designer from Washington state. I’ve worked with my dad on installing irrigation systems, lawn care, and gardening with my parents since I can remember; and my collegiate schooling just somewhat helped solidify what I’ve always enjoyed doing. That being said, I’d be more than happy to help you design your irrigation system for your garden as well as explain everything on why I select what parts go with what. It’s a great way to expose people to my profession (Landscape Architecture) and the impact it has. As well as how it co mingles with architecture and interior design!
best part of the entire episode was seeing the progress of junior. loved to see him .
plz let him be a part of every vid
6:50, Homemade Pesto is the best, this past Fall I helped my mom make 30 plus jars of pesto all of which are in the freezer. If you let the Basil flower after the final harvest then, you will get a ton of wild basil. My family did that with purple basil, and now every year we get about 10 purple basil plants that can get up to 3 feet tall.
Wow, this little guy grew since a year ago. I remember watching the "We grew more than just pumpkins this year" last October, and seeing him as a baby.
This two couple is an inspiration for every couples. I love how they care for each other and same thing thing with their farm. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I'm a relatively new subscriber to your channel, and my heart is overwhelmed watching you guys! ✨✨
There are a whole lot of positive vibes! Keep up the good work. ❤️
For the compost you should buy a small tub of live worms and put in there because worms help a lot to compost
put a plastic sheet below the strawberry plants, make a small hole and plant the sapling in these holes. It keeps them away from pests, insects, and when they grow-up, the strawberries don't touch the ground. you can reuse the plastic sheet for next season too.
From Strawberry growing region of India. (Maharashtra state)
Add a layer of straw mulch (the reason they are called STRAWberries) on top of the plastic or instead of the plastic.
As a fellow gardener, this made me just so happy. It's a tough skill but it gets better every year. Thanks for sharing ❤
There are millions who view you as the perfect couple.
Don't ever go apart please..
Compost works best when out in the open. I would build a small 5 x 5 ft box in the corner and add the compostable to it. You need a whole lot more than that small amount to get it going. You can always add the leaves from the corn plant, etc to it. And dry tree leaves also helps with things. Before I moved form my last property my compost pile was 20 x 20 and 7 ft tall. We also have horse's, sheep, and chickens adding to it with their manure. It takes about 7 months and then you have black gold compost, which makes the garden grow super well.
You have a beautiful family Buddy! Congrats! My twin boys just turned 4 months old yesterday. Love your channel. Greetings from Poland.
There is a huge difference between biodegradable and compostable. They don't mean the same thing and they both REQUIRE close monitoring throughout the process to get the best result.
Something we've found that helps is to cut things down that go into the compost. As small as reasonable, essentially
Cutting down adds more surface area to nibble on.
And you want a lot surface area to nibble on as possible.
Not sure if those biodegradable things are healthy for plants and as for humans to consume from.
succini and ground beef is my favourite meal in the summer. Its called a Musaka its from Greece, i just replace potato with this plant. I have a very fertile part of my country where when they build houses they sell the soil in a truck, i happen to have a friend who drives theme and i paid him to bring it to my yard (original soil is just good for cemetery, its all clay). Now my garden grows much better. I dont recommend planting mellons, they take out all the soil nutriants and all the water essentialy making the soul uselss after 2 years. But tomatos and cucambers are the once to for
This inspires me to start my own garden
Thank you for sharing your garden and harvest with us and thank you so much for sharing your little man with us he is gorgeous ❤️🇦🇺
You guys should try planting some winter wheat for these next couple months so the garden doesn't go unused. Super easy to take care of and out-competes weeds as well! It **can** also help with maintaining soil quality.
There are also a lot of salad like things to plant in autumn which do a great job in protecting the soil. And whatever you didn't use until you start planting again you just put it on the compost to get organig material😉
Awesome video! My wife and I did our first garden last season and it was fun. we're doing it again next year!
'i'm not crying, you are'
protect this family at all costs
Jerry Juniors captions had me in stitches 😂
You should give growing Garlic a try! They grow fall to spring so you can keep the garden growing all year round. Love seeing garden updates.
From a farmer: Zack if you want to get rid of those squash bugs you need to get rid of the plant debris and burn it so they don’t winter there.
That last ear of corn with small kernels isn’t ripe on top yet, but it’s still good. That used to be my favorite; the early stuff. To test corn don’t pull the husks down like a coon, test near the top of the cob by taking your fingernail and seeing if a kernel pops essentially through the husk.
Have you folks also considered planting the corn somewhere directly into the ground, like rows against the fence to help the wind from knocking it down from the additional height?
Pumpkins just need a mound of dirt/manure to do well. If planted elsewhere that has room to take off like crazy Cambry could also get through that last aisle easier.
And you could consider planting a cover crop to put nutrients back into the garden. The main thing is spreading manure throughout to breakdown over the winter and fertilize. You have critters put some of that to good use. And yes, compost pile on the ground and turn it over from time to time is best so the worms can get to it.
And plant either decoy plants close but not next to or companion plants amidst the plants in the garden to help deter pests. Nasturtiums are great for this. Cosmos attract beneficial insects like real ladybugs. Grandma always used to plant marigolds around the edges of her tomato and pepper plants.
this is so freaking sick guys, i'm in love more and more with this series...
Love your gardening videos and one of the reasons why i subscribed!
You can spray the squash/ shield/ stink bugs with a mix of water with some vinegar, veg oil and dish soap. Watch out for the larvae too! They are normally black ladybird looking bugs with white/yellowish dots and will decimate your tomatoes!/fruits.
You can interplant sweetcorn, pole beans and squash plants together in a grid. As the sweetcorn grows up it forms a frame for the beans to climb, which allows for the squash to flow over the side on that back area.
I really love your key hole design bedding but without the trellis, it can become inaccessible in certain areas, esp when growing climbers like squash and pole bean varieties. Depending on the direction of the sun over your property, you can build them as an archway or frame and on the other side, plant something else like grapes or passion fruit. Heavy squash like melons and pumpkins can be supported on the trellis with mesh bags or even stockings! (is that the correct US version of tights?)
If you don't want to succession plant or continue planting over autumn and winter, you can just bend (or chop if your really want to but not necessary) the sweetcorn canes at the bottom, without removing and it forms a mulch layer. The roots will then release the nitrates into the soil before decomposing.
Not sure what zone you are but there are still loads of things that you can plant that are winter hardy.
Yes remove the emerging flower buds from herbs and brassicas as they will bolt as they think their work is done. If you want to save some seeds, i would let one stem flower. Things like basil are easy to propagate in water ready for transfer. If it gets frost there, you can plant it in a pot indoors. Since i learnt how to do it i never buy basil any more and end up giving starters to visitors.
Also, you don't need to rotate your crops, only if you want to move it's location. You just need to make sure you amend before planting something else. Again just cut the plant you are done with at the base, without worrying about the roots.
I remembered that you got that massive water tank as it doesn't rain much where you are. If you mulch, it really keeps in the moisture and helps keep blight and pests away.
I saw that you had pony's and i think i remember chickens too? Where you put their old poop and hay? You can compost it or put on freshly rested beds and cover with tarpaulin. Don't put it near growing things as it can burn the greens. I would give the manure at least 6 months before using on an active bed as a fertiliser, about 3 weeks before planting. Don't use as mulch as it attracts things. Think of it as a lasagna layer as a compost layer would be added after and then mulch with clean garden hay.
Was that composter meant to be a worm free one? Whole fruits in a general composter would take at least six months. Wood and bio plastic a year. What was the selling pitch on it? Did it have time scales? Was it meant to be a hot composter? It did look like a lot of green and not much brown. If it has a mesh drain point, it would make for a great wormery. I spent about £8.25 on a 3 tiered crate wormery system. It's about 45 x 35 cm. I also have a "Darlek" composter for general garden waste. As you have animals and a garden, i would recommend the 3 pile composter system made from wooden pallets. Look up Charles Dowding on YT. Great for composting and no dig. No back strain of pulling things up and out.
I also love the plumbing frame work idea, reinforced with rebar. You attach your climbers such as indeterminate tomatoes, beans, etc, to string via a ring clip on the string. The string is attached to a pulley system attached to the over head frame about 2mtrs from the bed. You can lower plants in storms to prevent wind damage, when your plant grows to high. Lasts longer than bamboo stakes and is cheaper. It is more flexible to moving the climber around and i am sure you can put like a hydrolytic arm so it is easier to harvest for people that have difficulties reaching out for stuff.
I am going to be building this on our main bed this year. It was made from our old patio "crazy paving" slabs, which was one of our last refurbs after running out of funds, after totally refurbishing an out of date brick and concrete house from the 50's.
Our last planned job was the front drive to replace the other outdated "Crazy paving" slabs that was damaged and creating puddles and weeds. We were due to re use these slabs to finish of the bedding as they are council thicc but i got made redundant as an IT specialist.
After the complicated birth, and other unknown health issues surrounding a health risk to my cervix, treatments for myself and my baby was full on year and then some when i returned to work. It was bad enough being heavily pregnant on a deadline to build several servers in a badly designed data centre, before mat leave, to be asked to unplug a phone charger and plug back in the printer cable because someone melted. Melted was me throwing up constantly on the train and tube to get to work, with thicc legs and kankles. Thank you to the mostly guys/ non English speaking or visual sign reading people in the priority seats pretending to be asleep. (one guy took offence that my baby bump was too in his face on the packed tube.) When i returned to work things were not different. At least i didn't have to be sick in a bin (that people complained about) as i was waiting for a bloke to finish his poo before using. (they have urinals and a closed toliet). Still the same asks. 14 years in the Industry, yet my scars are still not healed. A bodged emergency c section after being low risk due to AWOL staff, a high risk, cervix cancer treatment, perforated uterus from my first UID.
I already had PTSD, dyslexia and social anxiety as a kid, always declared. I worked and educated myself throughout uni. I saved to pay my bills and ge my drivers licence. I taught myself DIY, fixing cars, gardening and gaming. My personal data centre was secure when i was aged 21. Coming back to work and me saying that i disagree with something mysognist and a younger single cis male colleague telling me to "grow a pair of balls?" When you just find out that you might not ever have kids is just like telling someone to grow a pair of legs. Like there is a magical fairy can do this sort of thing. Holding back my anger, pain (and tears for once), i told him that i love my vagina and uterus as it birthed my miracle child. I said it was a shame that he couldn't experience it first hand. He tried to hard look me in a come back but something clicked. After the returning not so nice comments from men, refusing to under desks, because of the c section stitches, cervical pains and other stitches. We also paid over the odds going private as the NHS wait list was far too long. They were under weight due to inaction by the hospital in my non app visit a week prior. A refurb labour ward in a posh area. Hell no! Was no where near where we lived or moved to. Just assigned to us by the GP's. Two weeks later i googled it for my cervix treatment stuff and bamb 4-8 babies died that week due to staffing issues, i like my midwife that went AWOL. I nearly lost my kid to them. our recovery didn't need to be that way....
When my Mum died my PTSD came flooding back. Whilst disclosed. No one gave me time. My older sister (hopefully real and not just a hoe and another story), told me from the Netherlands that i should ask and get involved into my nans death? It was me that built the relationship with that side of the family, not her. And she felt it appropriate to talk about money in my already discombobulated state??!!
The more i cut off the better i feel. FB was great. No more vax impressions or how to tell me how to raise my child from non med home birth mums, who had their bio mums with them. Yeah... Ok...
No i don't need a daily update of your chosen music on speaker. Ahh. You went shopping, You are still in the car aren't you?!
"I am eating crips" - I wouldn't have guessed. This is my older sister.
Sorry, sometimes i get triggered. It's ok. We are ok.
I really love seeing how your property is developing and all of the tech improvements. Great to see Cambry and that she has been busy with her horses and embracing her passions and dreams.
My question is, will you develop a proper outdoor walker for your kid? The cheap hard plastic doesn't last long.
Try to cut the bigger pieces into smaller chunks before adding it to the bin, it helps in the decomposition.
Also I would suggest to use saw dust to manage the ratio of greens to browns, it's easy to handle and also decomposes quite faster than dry leaves or newspaper.
Wholesome family 🥰
Composting is potentially one of the hardest things to do in the garden. You need a somewhat particular “blend” of greens and other bio-degradables like egg shell and paper. Also that “rotisserie chicken” is supposed to be turned every few days to allow oxygen into the mix to aid decomposition. My grandmother did it very successfully for many years on a larger scale so it can be done but it’s difficult nonetheless. Best of luck next year 👍🏼
Yeah there was not enough material in the composter. They should add all the bio material after the harvest into the box (leaves. . . ). Then add egg shells, used coffeepowder. . . and you also can add special compost accelerator. And like it was said, turn it regularly. This will speed up the process and will give you good food for your plants.
There is nothing more lovely tahn watching you guys having this nice life!
Keep on the great work!
I've been watching you for years now and it's so good to see all the great stuff your doing like the library and not a wheelchair, plus seeing you being a great family man with your wholesome home. Keep it up dude.
Cambry : everything's not going great
Jerry: the potatoes are doing great
He is obviously Irish. Idk.
Jerry? I thought Zac's grandfather has passed on?
for the very big zucchini: cut them in half along the long side, with a spoon gently scrap the seeds out from the zucchini itself, then you can stuff them with bread, mozzarella, ham, and everything else you like, spread some bread crumbs and parmigiano on top. Put the 2 halves on an oven-proof pan and roast them in the oven until golden brown and cooked.
They you should became really really good.
Congrants for your garden from Italy!
That little guy have a Zack inspired little smile. Adorable ❤️
Another thing to consider for composting the addition of some dry material. We have used small amounts of straw/hay.
Cambry Kay's and Jerry's son looks so healthy bubbly.... God bless your family 🌼
Wait. His name is Zack not Jerry. Jerry is his grandfather's name. Not 100% sure on my comment tho. 😬
@@peterfernandes21 you are right
@@peterfernandes21 yes, but he said he also reacts to Jerry
Grand video updates on your garden! I hope you continue to have a go at composting, it can be tricky but grinding your “stuff” into smaller pieces is as important as rotating the material in the pile or turning the drum to keep mixing up your contents. Fertilizer is key to healthy soil and planting similar crops. Bugs are just a fact of having a garden, BUT you might look into getting predator bugs for your area of the country. Many people who want a chemical free garden get bugs that hunt other bugs! When they clean up your garden they either die or move on to another garden, this is why it is important for you to use native bugs that are area specific to avoid introducing a predator that might be damaging to other good bugs! So glad that you are prospering and sharing your joy in life with us! Thank you, Be well!
This was so freaking wholesome, thanks for making my day.
i was seriously expecting junior to snap at "lets get started"
This is probably the most wholesome content I've seen on UA-cam in a long time. May God bless you guys continually.
I stumbled on to your videos and now I cant stop watching. I truly believe you are genuinely good people and its nice to follow your story. I appreciate you sharing. Oh by the way, I subscribed! ;)
The rotary composter do work well, but you need to put stuff in regularly, and give it a spin. Kind of looks like you did not put in much. Also add some leaves or sawdust, as you need "brown" in your compost for it to rot/break-down well.
Definately a shortage of mass. Also, some items which say they are biodegradable or compostable, are really only industrially compostable, so you're going to struggle to have them breakdown by just throwing them in your garden setup.
Jerry, We loveYour family videos have special warmth to them.
good to see those vegetables! 😀 👍
your son is so cute 😘
You guys are an inspiring couple. I can tell you love her lots
I breed/cross tomato varieties as well as collect rare and unique vegetable seeds (because I don't have enough side hobbies). If you ever want to try some, let me know, I'll send them down.
Hello! I wanted to share a few things that might help y'all.
1. Adding some worms to this raised bed would probably help a lot. I get mine from Uncle Jims Worm Farm.
2. I haven't really seen it but you guys should add a mulch of some kind. It will help retain some of the water going into the garden. I use barley straw (also good for the worms) but I don't have as big a bed as this so there might be something more cost effective.
3. All of those weeds you took up in a previous video can be used in a compost pile. You can add grass cutting and stuff similar which would be "greens". However you also have to add "browns" aka dry leaves or grass, newspaper, cardboard etc. They combine to make the compost.
4. Adding a layer of compost to the top adds a lot of the nutrients that these plants use. The plants roots don't get a lot of nutrients from deep down in the soil, but mainly the first 6ish inches of the soil (If I remember correctly).
5. To also reamend the bed, you can do a soil test and find out what your soil needs. After 3 cycles, it is probably in need of some lovin at this point. There is a wonderful book called The Intelligent Gardener. It is a great read and may help understand reamending the soil. Alternatively, there is a company Build A Soil (which is where I also get the nutrients to reamend with) that has something called the craft blend and you can reamend with that. Everything they have is very organic and are a great company. Either way, there probably isn't a ton of nutrients left in that bed at this point.
6. When you reamend, you can just top dress rather than remove the soil and mix it up with the new nutrients. However one of the things the worms will do is come up to the surface, eat the nutrients and bring it down into the soil as a water soluble nutrients that can be easily eaten by the plants.
7. I haven't done potatoes before honestly, but when I have watched videos on it, I have seen people mound around them to give them extra space to grow more potatoes. There are several methods, but I would suggest looking around.
8. Epic Gardening is another UA-cam Channel that is fantastic and Kevin is very knowledgeable and may be able to help you. Build A Soil also has a UA-cam channel and Jeremy is also incredibly knowledgeable but you may not be as interested in his videos, even though they are very informative and I highly recommend their products.
9. They aren't the end all be all, but if you wanted to have a little more monitoring of the garden, you can add Ecowitt moisture sensors around to see how everything is going. I have just started using these so I can speak a ton to their efficacy but they at least give me an idea. If you know the soil is moist but some of the plants seem dried out, you may be able to catch some of the pest problems a little earlier.
I know this was a ton of information but I hope you get to see it and it helps for future years.
P.S. - I know it is already decently through the season but you can top dress at any time, same with adding worms.
I had to go back in time and see if Camry was always dark haired, made me double take lol. Great video as always
That's so positive dude. Glad that little one is growing up.
It’s so fun to watch Zack become a dad
little jerry growing fast 😁
Jerry Jr: "D-e-l-i-ci-o-u-s"
Most beautiful sound 😻
It seems like yesterday. From the marriage of Zack to having a baby Jerry Jr. birth to growing big of Jerry Jr.
Love you 3000 💕💕💕
Couple things:
1. Rotating peas through your garden will help the soil, they’re natural nitrogen positive plants
2. With your potatoes, building up the soil around the stem of the plant will help it grow bigger and stronger
3. Mixing some peat moss and cow manure into the soil at the beginning of the season will also help grow your plants.
4. Crushing up egg shells and using them as like a powered pesticide around the stems of plants will help with bug control
5. Putting some cow manure into your compost bin will also help speed up the composting time
Hope this helps
Love how she's embarrassed her garden didn't do great when she was busy raising a new born 🤣👌🏾 love this channel!