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I am in East Alabama. Purchased a Myers lemon tree. I am growing it in a pot. I cover it in winter when weather is below 20 degrees. Today I noticed it has blooms. What can I do to keep it living and producing fruit?
What kind of fig trees that have the strawberry flavor? Are there any that taste like oranges? I don't like the taste of the figs that are brown that they make fig newtons out of yuck.
As a licensed therapist, I just had to send big kudos to you for this video! You are so right that re-connecting with dirt, music, creativity, and beauty can correct much of the imbalance we are experiencing as a nation. Thank you for sharing your story. Your knowledge and delivery style about gardening and life are so unique and very much appreciated.
I thought that everyone was weird for saying that gardening helped their moods. Then I started doing it and I have never felt more personally fulfilled and connected to the earth. It sounds so corny but it was so profound. Everyone was right! It really improved my well being and I feel happier than I ever have.
Our modern lifestyles are so disconnected from human nature that once you “get it,” you understand why so many people are so depressed. Technology, money and “more stuff” is not fulfilling in the longterm, in my opinion. Turning it all off, digging your hands and feet into the dirt and embracing nature connects us back to human nature. It was the missing piece in my puzzle. Now, it is all I want to do.
Your videos about fruit trees changed my life. I was fishing one day and found some pawpaw trees. I had to google what they were and after i found out i went on youtube and watched your video on them. Then youtube recommended me one of your citrus videos. Since i live in eastern nc that made me buy a satsuma which was my first ever fruit tree. Then i went down the permaculture rabbit hole and now i have about an acre food forest of all different fruit trees and chickens. I appreciate all your videos and the information you've shared
So inspiring! So wish I could have chickens!! I have 2 mango trees, 2 different varieties. I freeze and then eat of them and bake with them the whole year. Even make mango-rum ice cream. It is satisfying to grow one's own food, that's for sure!
That is incredible!! And it makes me so happy to hear. Gardening is an incredible path to peace and joy. It is so basic, but so rewarding. I’m glad you have found it!
I started with two peach trees, two persimmon trees and two apple trees three. I now have four peach trees, four persimmon, three apple trees, four pear trees, two nectarine trees and six fig trees. All of different varieties. It has been a great stress reliever and I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you! Edit - I'm in the works to purchase 3 or 4 pawpaw trees too.
Anthony, it’s amazing how our lives intersect. I was born, raised and went to school in the Philly suburbs. My wife and I left Pennsylvania in 2018 to seek a better quality of life and better health in Georgia. We are now moving to the North Carolina Piedmont to start our homestead. Thank you so much for this channel.! We have learned so much from you and your adventures. We feel like we have a giant head start to our learning curve.
We are all passionate. The key is finding our individual passions. I was fortunate to find mine, but it wasn’t an accident. I looked. Hard. For years. Everyone needs to find their passion. Once you find it, the whole “meaning of life” thing really becomes clear.
Pretty much all of the damage is in western NC. I'm in the Piedmont region in NC and we didn't get any damage here. The coast didn't get any damage either because the hurricane didn't go that way.
You should try growing moringa trees. Grow them like bushes, maybe something to grow in your next property. They grow really fast, you harvest the leaves for teas or dried, ground up for added vitamins in your drinks. They can’t handle frost so harvesting all the leaves before first frost is important. This tree is important for me because we are trying to grow foods that cover all our nutritional needs.
That's a good suggestion. I grew some from seed and kept them in pots for 3 years in Zone 8-A. The polar vortex got them, but I will start more seed next spring.
Your videos changed my life for the better! They kickstarted my passion for persimmon trees and fruit trees in general! Thank you so much! Your videos are appreciated more than you know ! 😊
Thank you for sharing regarding your seasonal effective disorder. I also suffer. It means a lot that you share this, not enough people do. I love watching your channel. From one gardener to another, keep growing. I will have to buy some more fruit trees now.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! The last few years of my life were dealing with an extreme domestic violence, PTSD and depression, but getting into gardening has been my therapy! I love watching yours and so many others’ videos trying to learn and focus my attention on more positive aspects of life! It has been a life changing journey! So, thank you for sharing your story and knowledge! It is very appreciated!
I’m glad you have found some peace. You’re not alone. We all struggle. Some more than others, but we all have pain. But without darkness, there is no light. Without bitter, there is no sweet. This is why I love gardening. It requires patience, struggle, adversity and delayed gratification. And once you reap the rewards, it is just the sweetest thing.
I discovered in spring last year after moving to this rural central Louisiana lot that there was no topsoil. Gravel and hard red clay are under the grass. So with physical problems from spinal injuries & a brain injury with chronic pain I`ve had to haul in forest debris and sandy dirt from a wash nearby with my garden wagon and add all my grass clippings and cardboard to create soil. I almost gave up because to have a garden or even dig a hole here seemed impossible. To plant a fig tree requires hundreds of pounds of material from the forest. I now have 6 fig trees in the ground & 4 Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry plus 2 of a plant I saw on your channel...Pineapple Guava. Each day/night I set a goal to haul a little bit more dirt, rotting wood or leaves and if I can`t because of weather I study and make plans and look for more ideas.
Your words resonate with me so much. I started my garden at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020, so now I have an apple tree, blueberry bushes, a Meyer lemon tree, a pitaya tree, fig tree, apricot tree & raspberries, but I also grow tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, onions, garlic, and many more. I am so into this, I have been building soil over the years and it just gets better and better with each season. This stuff is addictive!! Next season I will be incorporating quail and strawberries. Great content!!
A heartfelt thank you for sharing your personal journey to finding "your" sweet spot in the puzzle that constitutes LIFE! Many of us do not find out until late in our lives what really matters.....health AND peace of mind hugely impact the joys that can remain hidden. Unless we explore opportunities to expand our free time moments with a curiosity to learn "new" hobbies.......we may never experience the joys of a simple, healthier way of living our lives! All credit to you for analyzing your own requirements in life.....then making a pro-active decision to change the negatives into such a positive, rewarding and HAPPY outcome! 😊🙏😊🍀💪
Suggestion: add loquat trees to your garden. They bloom in the winter; beautiful clusters of little white flowers. I grow them for the fruits and for hummingbirds. They don’t need to migrate (our winter is mild; warmer than your location). The food is there ready for them and they can rest in the tree in the same time. Loquat leaves are a kind of herbs in Chinese Traditional Medicine.
Well done legend. I am in Australia and have reconnected with gardening. I have a half acre house block with i have done a fruit / flower gardens in which i have over 30 fruit trees, grape vines veggies and berries. I have the other problem where its usually to hot for some trees but with care, water, organic fertiliser and using shade from other plants its slowly growing well. Thanks for your comments and content.
What a good description of SAD, and so true. I was in NJ with the same misery. I decided to move to Florida, even tho I had never been there. It had to be better than where I was. And it was. Your citrus is so inspiring, I decided to try too, and I have some beautiful satsuma trees now, thanks to you.
I have inherited my own fig tree from my Sicilian Grandpa. God bless him, he’s not around anymore, but he’s still feeding my family. He’s where I got my interest in gardening. It’s gotten massive and really enjoyed our weather here (I live near Camp Lejeune). I’ve even been able to share cuttings with my in laws and now they have their own fig tree in their backyard. It’s a very fast grower. 🥰 I’m looking to expand our fruit tree collection, but have a much smaller backyard. Just trying to figure out which varieties I want to do.
Thank you for sharing your journey. I didn't think it was possible to like your video any more. I was wrong!! I just purchased my first Persimmon tree after watching your video. I have a fig tree coming in the spring!! I agree was a society we need to get back to the simple pleasures of life.
To be honest, I always thought that you had grown up in agriculture and maybe even studied it. The way you talk about things, using the technical terms, getting the horticultural aspects correctly gave me that impression. So total kudos to your tutelage and knowledge in this area. I can see that you have put an effort into learning. I love your set up too, it's beautiful. I also suffer from MDD, GAD, and C-PTSD. Getting back into gardening/horticulture after all of these years (about 25 years) has really helped me mentally. I am disabled and it's difficult to build any garden, but I have tried to over the last two years. All from a never gardened backyard. It's been very difficult for me. I also don't have the funds to build how I want to, so I have to take short cuts. Because bending is painful, I built tables out of pallets and put my containers on them. I use weed block anywhere I want to put a table so I do not have to worry about mowing. I am still working on placing wires all over the area so I can use shade cloth, make my own little greenhouse with plastic, and make a 'desert' area for my plants that prefer less water. (Florida tries to drown everything a couple times a year.) But the hardest part has been going from my zone 5 (in Nebraska's forgiving fertile soil) that I knew how to garden everything, to zone 9 in sand. I do plant some things in the ground, but it's a bit of a pain in the butt. But I am working on it. I'm going to conquer this! Every year is like a college football team. You have to work hard and you have to adjust your methods and how you plan on working it with what you got. My plan this year worked fantastically until recently when we got some winds. Some of the tree limbs I was using for trellises snapped under the weight of my fruiting tomatoes! So for the last two days I've been repairing it and I'll have to invest in some decent poles of some sort for the next year. (Or fatter limbs LOL) Thank you for your information and positive attitude. I know it can be hard to put on a happy face sometimes. I fill my winters with plans for the next year and building! I'm sure you do too. When you get down, think of all the help you are doing for someone like me. You are appreciated!
Your enthusiasm and passion is so inspiring and really made me smile throughout this whole video. So enjoyable to watch as well as being very informative. I'm in a warm temperate climate so winters can get chilly but frosts are usually relatively mild, whilst our summers can be quite warm/hot (30-40C)... so I feel lucky as a gardener. I'm still at the start of (very slowly) transforming my yard into a food garden and have limited space but I want to fill it all. So far, the fruit trees I've planted are the meyer lemon, cara cara orange and, my fave citrus which rarely seems to get a mention, the ruby grapefruit. I totally get your obsession with figs too. Imo, you haven't lived until you've experienced fresh ripe gooey caramelised figs straight from the tree. My fave is the St Dominique Violette, a French heirloom fig. And the avocados...it's one of my fave foods, and the smooth skin varieties are the best imo. Shephard is the variety that's most common here and I love it. Maybe I should try to grow one too? Also, so glad to read in the comments that Helene mostly missed you. 😊
Everything you said is so true, starting your own garden is truly healing! We've been adding more and more to our food forest the last few years, and we love figs too! Thanks for being an inspiration! Give a cookie to Dale!
Thank you for sharing, many gardeners find that just simply grounding while working in the soil a boost to mental help. It is scientifically proven that the earths magnetic field realigns ours. On a lighter note I love to defy the grow zone limitations (I am in 8 also). I have coffee, black pepper, jabuticaba, cinnamon, allspice, ginseng, pineapple, on and on, OH! get yourself a yazu citrus.
This video is definitely in the top three you have ever made. Only lately have I started noticing the literary element to your talks. Like most people I've never thought I could grow these fruit trees. At one time we were zone 6A and through the decades we've moved to 7B. Going to try a fig or persimmon. I can grow it in containers beside the pool and bring it in if it gets too cool to a room with a wall of glass. It would be nice if people had your passion about anything!
You had the intellect & courage to make the changes in your life to live a full & healthy lifestyle - this life is not a reversal & you get one shot at it - so make the most of it - well done & love your work 👍
It just takes one plant to change everything! My gateway plant was the Morning Glory's I planted at my 1st rental with dirt. 15 years later, I finally own my own dirt and I've happily begun my food forest journey. 🌳🍓🌲🍇🌳🍅🌲
I bought 7 fig root cutting last year and was pleasantly surprised when one of the trees recently started producing (2 little figs). It was the Olympian fig and OMG, it tasted so amazing. I now know what all the fig hoopla is about. 😋
I live just outside Philadelphia like you did, the winters here can be very cold, cloudy, and dark. I have 3 citrus trees I keep in my garage keeps me going. I wish I could get my brown’s select in the ground
You're an awesome gardener and played a part in inspiring me to grow a very prosperous first year garden, and providing much knowledge and growth. I am going to start a gardening youtube channel as well pretty soon! I find purpose in Jesus, because He gave me purpose and delivered me from all kinds of anxiety, depression, addiction, etc, though I tried on my own accord without Him dozens upon dozens of times. Trust in Him and I promise you will be more fulfilled than you have ever been and ever will be.
I never even knew much of anything about fig trees before watching and listening to you. Now somehow I have 8 fig trees(your top 10 video has helped me immensely)! Can’t wait to get some figs next year and thank you for helping me find a new hobby :)
Been watching your channel for a while and I just wanted to comment and say that this is one of my favorite videos from you. Thanks for sharing your story.
Great video! I loved hearing how you got into growing these fruit trees! Our winters here in the UK, although not as cold as in Pennsylvania where you used to live, are incredibly long and dark due to our latitude. So I can definitely relate to your experience. I want to thank you for all of your zone-pushing videos, especially with citrus and avocados as it has inspired me to do the same here. Now there’s always something to look at in the garden no matter what the season 🙌
I have an obsession with adding new fruit and nut trees as well as berry bushes. I love your channel. I’m actually growing 4 varieties of Mexican advocados in South Carolina. So far so good.
Two other nurseries that have food forest permaculture type selections are burnt ridge nursery Onalaska, Washington state ( nitrogen fixing shrubs: sweet autumn olive…..)one green world Portland Oregon (this has a few hardy citrus from China and Russia hardy down to 0 and 10 degrees!
I believe my purpose in life is to use this platform to encourage as many people as possible to find their passion. I hope it’s working. I don’t see it as being vulnerable. We all are obligated to find our individual passions. Once you find your “thing,” your passion, you become so full of purpose. It is an amazing thing that I wish everyone finds.
@themillennialgardener, thank you for making many people find their purpose through your videos. They are becoming encyclopedias of knowledge for people who have passion for gardening but no dependable resources to follow up on the passion. Your highly researched, detail oriented videos make us powerful knowing the in and out of things and even being able to articulate them to others. I cannot believe myself that i learned so much about citrus from your videos that I confidenly talk about grafted vs rootstock and if its trifoliate etc. never thought i could get so technical about it. Thanks so much! I planted owari, browns select, pineapple guava on ground in zone 8a (cumming, ga) in august this year and looking forward to re-watch your videos on cold protection and apply them. Thanks so much for inspiring us and being there. I rewatch your videos multiple times to sink up all the knowledge you are imparting here. Majorly regarding fruit trees!
The pain you went through brought to the world the millennial gardener. I have no idea what i would have been doing in my garden if it were not for you keeping our spirits high all through the year in the garden!!!❤
I totally feel this video in my core. I turned to my garden, trees and houseplants in covid. I work in healthcare and it gave me grounding and i got grow lights that were the same spectrum and sad lights. I have 5 citrus trees that vacation out doors in the spring, summer and fall and come in winter in 6a
I have a wild persimmon tree on the edge of my yard. They`re really good this year because we got a good rain recently and they`re ripening. I also have a large wild blackberry patch. Try growing indoors to help with your seasonal disorder. I have it too. I get so sad in fall because summer gardening with fruits, berries, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons etc is ending and I have to sit in my camper and freeze all winter and hope the severe thunderstorms don`t happen again in Louisiana. But the storms and tornadoes always happen with cold fronts and warm Gulf air colliding over and over. I have hydro buckets ready to attempt to grow Beit Alpha cucumbers & cherry tomatoes inside this winter. LED lights provide the same heating amount as their wattage plus the light. So why not use them for part of the heating AND grow some food?
thank you for sharing your knowledge about connecting ourselves to Papatuanuku, using her and our environment to grow delicious vegetables and fruit, and how all that mahi has healed your soul and spirit! I am feeling this passion and am inspired to do this mahi too!!
You and I have a lot in common. My garden brings me peace and I love learning as I grow out my property and I agree that we need to reconnect with nature as it is an almost primal need that’s been lost in modern society. I also run a construction company out in Santa Barbara, CA….Now I’m all fire up on my next venture into fig trees, starting with 4 mission figs. Your videos are really well done and very informative. Thank you! 👍
Thank you for this fantastic video. You channel has indeed been an inspiration to me and this past winter I planted my first ever fig, persimmon, and citrus tree (Bearss Lime). It has brought such a smile to my face seeing over 30 figs take shape and start to riper on the tree, at a time of year when I would otherwise bemoan the shortening daylight hours. I hope that more people see your passion for gardening and decide to undertake the challenge and see all of it's benefits. I'm so glad that I found the gardening community on UA-cam.
I really love how vulnerable you are here, it makes me think a lot. Part of what I learned doing therapy is that "nothing" and "nobody" actually "makes" us happy. I of course open that up to argument. I surely experience happiness much more easily when there's a nice sunny day shining on my kids than when I stub my toe hard... so the first 2 parts of your video made me want to say "I wish he could find something else to help him with this..." but then as you got to the pear, and your discovery of something that helps YOU adapt to the environment... like, the frost is coming, make ready for the frost! ... it's good stuff. I also of course jive with the primal thoughts towards the end. I loved planting the little herbs I mentioned in another comment (you get plenty, I don't expect you to remember the comment) and this is my planting weekend. I'm looking to get some garlic in the ground and a few other things, maybe I'll try to find some fruit trees...
Figs and persimmons are my favorite also. Citrus would be a lot of trouble to grow here. I’m still waiting for my pawpaw and feijoa to produce. My pawpaws had blooms for the first time this year and a tornado broke all my 6’ to 8’ tall trees. They have to start over from ground up. I’ll never plant pawpaw again here. It’s too hot and dry in my Texas sand and rock. I water them more than anything I have and they still struggle with scorched leaves. We’re still in the 90s and I’m a just 30 minute drive from Oklahoma so it’s not south Texas.
Hi Anthony. I understand how growing your own food grows on you, but at this time of my life it has not only been a deep love it is also a life saver for me now. I am a 76 year old female. over the years I've had physical problems, I've had Multiple Sclerosis since a teen ager. Now I have 6 pinched nerves in my spine, and on top of those disabling problems I now have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Raising a nice large garden every year has been the main key to keeping me mobile and able to take care of myself. I am now faced with the fact that I am now getting totally disable. If I have to give up gardening I know I am going to waste away and die sooner than I should. I did have a good garden this year, but I am scared of the winter ahead of me. I always loose a lot strength and balance during the winter. If you keep up growing things you too will remain healthier and more physical as you age. Also eating a lot of fruits and vegetables will help keep senior diseases away, so keep on doing what you are doing and good luck. Jessie from Arkansas
Been following you for a few years. You are a beast bro. This is my first winter with 21 citrus in the ground. Thank you for all of your advice and energy.
This is so relatable and thank you for sharing your story! I started with trying to figure out how to grow a lime tree in the winters of Oregon. Now I’m dahlia obsessed and this year starting my first winter garden. Thank you for all your videos!
You talked about pushing zones. I live near Winchester, VA (not far from WV) at about 700' elevation. I always wanted to grow a live oak as I hate how dead all the trees look in the winter. I found a cultivar of live Oaks that are native to Oklahoma. I now have two beautiful live Oaks growing hundreds of miles from the closest naturally growing Live Oaks along coastal Virginia.
Oh my gosh, absolutely great video and yes because of you I have fig trees and I have an orchard now because I had watched your videos for so many years.. Of course I have Ruby red grapefruits, apple trees, lemons, limes, avocados, oranges, pears, raspberries, blueberries… yeah total joy
Your videos have helped me get motivated. I'm 56 and pretty lazy. Lol thank you for your great info and pointing out great deals. You have saved me time and money. Thank you and Dale for your videos😊
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I just found your channel and I am so inspired by your story. I purchased my first home in July. It is just over a half acre. There is a large variety of established pear and apple trees. There is an amazing yellow plum. 2 separate green seedless champagne grape arbors, 2 blueberry bushes... and green figs. I am just starting my Journey into gardening and preserving. I would love some citrus persimmons and bananas. My Hardiness Zones are 8b (15°F to 20°F), 9a (20°F to 25°F) and 8a (10°F to 15°F) in Oregon. I really do not yet understand the zones. Thank you again.
I just found your channel and I’ve got to tell you…I love your content. You found a way to be thorough and truly educational while keeping my attention. I’m in the piedmonts of NC and I’m so excited to try some of these fruit trees. I learned so much about growing onions for my zone in another video of yours and while I was putting my garden to rest this weekend for the winter after watching 35 things I could plant video I’ve opened it back up. So excited as my garden has been my help mentally and creatively and winter is hard on me! I Look forward to learning more following you! And you have inspired!
Dude, seeing your face when you take the 1st bite of the Giombo is priceless. It's like your brain can't handle what it was just exposed to. Good stuff.
❤️ I’m trying to create a small corner of my homeland in PA and I source all northern varieties of fruits and berries I grew up with while living in Ukraine and partly in Caucasus Mountains in Georgia - sweet tart cherries, persimmons, haskaps, serviceberries, sea buckthorns, lingonberries, bilberries, alpine strawberries, etc. it’s an urge that’s impossible to ignore:) Btw to heal your winter sickness with its freezes and snow you should try ice skating and skiing/snowboarding and in no time you’ll be chasing winter all over the world 😁 And thank you for unlocking my hidden love for figs - many years ago in Georgia I saw a few huge green fig fruits in a random garden, an owner was outside and suggested me to take them all because it wasn’t the main crop and they didn’t care for it - omg, what did I try then… that was out of this world - fresh juicy tender flavorful magic, nothing like overly sweet heavy and dry fruits we had in the stores. I didn’t even know it was breba crop, I knew no cultivars, I kept this secret to myself because I was sure no one would understand my enthusiasm 😅 I’m gathering my fig collection now - I study all cold hardy short season rain and humidity resistant varieties of figs, I have no space left and I grow them all in containers 😅 And this is you who triggered my exploration of fig trees here in the US 🤗
Very nice video. I've done similar in my (4 Acres) yard in Sydney Australia, but around the other way. Started with about 20 citrus trees back in 2012. I love citrus. I moved into figs in 2019. I now have about 100 varieties. Because it's warm here, I also grow lots of mulberries, bananas, & other things. I love your videos ... thank you. Keep up the good work.
Loved this video!! It was truly inspiring! I lived in NJ, also had seasonal affective disorder, so depressed from November to April every year. I was never a gardener till I moved here to Florida and bought a mango tree, a Pickering.then a Nam Doc Mai. Then a Myer Lemon and a Persian Lime.... It did start a new outlook on what is achievable and how satisfying growing food can be. When I see your citrus, though, especially the Myer Lemon, I get a visceral feeling of envy:; I live in Florida, for heaven's sake and my Myer Lemon has never given me one single yellow lemon! Finally this year I put organza bags over the few developing lemons to protect them from the blackbirds, who I finally figured out were scratching the lemons and limes with their beaks to groom their feathers with the oil (slow learner) so they actually did grow to a reasonable size, then I took those few lemons off the tree before Hurricane Milton. I'm buying a new Meyer Lemon and maybe orange tree! Time to take heart!!
I knew you grew all these trees, but I really enjoyed the presentation in this video. We have one Fuyu Persimmon ripening on tree (2nd year) right now!
I LOVED this video! 😃 thank you so much for sharing your story and being vulnerable! It’s truly inspiring! And I agree so much with you on getting closer to our true nature! 😋 thank you for the video! Loved it!
I always enjoy seeing your posts, but this one really moved me. I can so relate to what you have experienced and want to say thanks and commend you for the courage it must have taken to share your story with us. May God bless you as you are such an inspiration to me and others.
I'm so glad you found your niche. Awesome. I'm so happy you are safe from the bad weather. Looks like there are a few more on the way. I'll be praying 4 U. I've learned so much from you. Fantastic teacher as well as gardener. Dale is the best baby. I have a 5.5lb YorkiePoo who loves going to Lowe's, Walmart garden center & taking Sunday rides. God bless you & yours. ❤
It sounds like the 3P's healed you, your Passion for growing fruit, your Persistence for what you can grow has given you a new Poupous in life. Thank you for sharing. I too, love lemon, fig, & all the others we grow :-) I often use gloves, as there can be things in the earth that can harm you, & some of the chemicals... good for the plants, but not for us.... stay safe ;-)
Dang. I seen your channel, but didn't expect such a positive message. Thanks. You got me pumped for gardening next year. I'm (hopefully) going to close on a property this year that has enough land where I should be able to grow most, if not all of, my calories. It really warmed my cockles, as GrowVeg says on his channel, the moment I heard your "little experiment" ran for 3 1/2 years, and then another 3 1/2 years after that. Super cool, dude. Thanks for the content.
@@TheMillennialGardener the thorns are for real! My container Meyer lemon has much smaller thorns than the in ground one. But the plant is also much smaller. This is my 4th year with it. All I do is put 4.5 poly greenhouse panels around it for winter. I tape them into a rectangular box with a lid that opens to vent. Works like a charm. I also put a portable greenhouse like that over my pomegranate tree, bc technically it shouldn’t be uncovered past zone 8
Not sure if you're going to see this or not, but you might get a kick out of growing culinary mushrooms. Look into it. Might fill in some of the cracks in your growing season where there's not much else going on.
Great video. I’ve been messing around with figs for years up in New Bern but your videos on citrus sparked an interest in that as well. I now have 6 in-ground citrus trees going on my 3rd winter with a few of them. They’ve been a real joy and, as you say, something to look forward to in the winter. I’ve also planted 5 persimmons this year. Looking forward to seeing them grow and produce fruit. Thanks for your videos, they have been an inspiration to me.
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I am in East Alabama. Purchased a Myers lemon tree. I am growing it in a pot. I cover it in winter when weather is below 20 degrees. Today I noticed it has blooms. What can I do to keep it living and producing fruit?
What kind of fig trees that have the strawberry flavor? Are there any that taste like oranges? I don't like the taste of the figs that are brown that they make fig newtons out of yuck.
You are the best and learning a lot from you. Keep up the good work.
I need to cancel my membership thanks to Hurricane Helene. Thanks of Upstanding
What fertilizer do you use for persimmons? I had about 300 fruits in the beginning then later when it matured I got about 6 or 7 .
As a licensed therapist, I just had to send big kudos to you for this video! You are so right that re-connecting with dirt, music, creativity, and beauty can correct much of the imbalance we are experiencing as a nation. Thank you for sharing your story. Your knowledge and delivery style about gardening and life are so unique and very much appreciated.
I appreciate it. Nothing creates anxiety like complications. There is something freeing about living a simple life and tending to our basic needs.
As someone who stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night, I concur.
I thought that everyone was weird for saying that gardening helped their moods. Then I started doing it and I have never felt more personally fulfilled and connected to the earth. It sounds so corny but it was so profound. Everyone was right! It really improved my well being and I feel happier than I ever have.
Our modern lifestyles are so disconnected from human nature that once you “get it,” you understand why so many people are so depressed. Technology, money and “more stuff” is not fulfilling in the longterm, in my opinion. Turning it all off, digging your hands and feet into the dirt and embracing nature connects us back to human nature. It was the missing piece in my puzzle. Now, it is all I want to do.
Your videos about fruit trees changed my life. I was fishing one day and found some pawpaw trees. I had to google what they were and after i found out i went on youtube and watched your video on them. Then youtube recommended me one of your citrus videos. Since i live in eastern nc that made me buy a satsuma which was my first ever fruit tree. Then i went down the permaculture rabbit hole and now i have about an acre food forest of all different fruit trees and chickens. I appreciate all your videos and the information you've shared
That sounds awesome! Love me some pawpaw too. 😃
So inspiring! So wish I could have chickens!! I have 2 mango trees, 2 different varieties. I freeze and then eat of them and bake with them the whole year. Even make mango-rum ice cream. It is satisfying to grow one's own food, that's for sure!
That is incredible!! And it makes me so happy to hear. Gardening is an incredible path to peace and joy. It is so basic, but so rewarding. I’m glad you have found it!
I started with two peach trees, two persimmon trees and two apple trees three. I now have four peach trees, four persimmon, three apple trees, four pear trees, two nectarine trees and six fig trees. All of different varieties. It has been a great stress reliever and I have learned so much from your channel.
Thank you!
Edit - I'm in the works to purchase 3 or 4 pawpaw trees too.
Excellent! Great job, I’m so glad to hear it! You’re working to make your slice of Earth a little better.
Anthony, it’s amazing how our lives intersect. I was born, raised and went to school in the Philly suburbs. My wife and I left Pennsylvania in 2018 to seek a better quality of life and better health in Georgia. We are now moving to the North Carolina Piedmont to start our homestead. Thank you so much for this channel.! We have learned so much from you and your adventures. We feel like we have a giant head start to our learning curve.
Passionate is the best word I have to describe you. Teaching me about my new hobby is priceless. Thank you so very much
We are all passionate. The key is finding our individual passions. I was fortunate to find mine, but it wasn’t an accident. I looked. Hard. For years. Everyone needs to find their passion. Once you find it, the whole “meaning of life” thing really becomes clear.
My grandparents grew figs decades ago - you never forget the taste of a perfectly ripe fig fresh off the tree
It is truly life changing, and something you can’t get in a store.
When I saw all the recent hurricane damage videos, all I could think of was you. I hope all is well with your family and garden.
Pretty much all of the damage is in western NC. I'm in the Piedmont region in NC and we didn't get any damage here. The coast didn't get any damage either because the hurricane didn't go that way.
Glad to hear things are OK there! I enjoy your channel.
Great video. Thank you very much.
@@deathroll69great. I was also thinking of u. I learn a lot from u. I got Japanese sweet potatoes successfully because of ur videos.
What’s ur name?
You should try growing moringa trees. Grow them like bushes, maybe something to grow in your next property. They grow really fast, you harvest the leaves for teas or dried, ground up for added vitamins in your drinks. They can’t handle frost so harvesting all the leaves before first frost is important. This tree is important for me because we are trying to grow foods that cover all our nutritional needs.
That's a good suggestion. I grew some from seed and kept them in pots for 3 years in Zone 8-A. The polar vortex got them, but I will start more seed next spring.
Couldn't agree more. My veggie garden especially the fruit trees help me alot with my adhd. Love from Spain. 😊💚
It is real therapy!
Your videos changed my life for the better! They kickstarted my passion for persimmon trees and fruit trees in general! Thank you so much! Your videos are appreciated more than you know ! 😊
Thank you for sharing regarding your seasonal effective disorder. I also suffer. It means a lot that you share this, not enough people do.
I love watching your channel.
From one gardener to another, keep growing.
I will have to buy some more fruit trees now.
Thank you so much for sharing your story! The last few years of my life were dealing with an extreme domestic violence, PTSD and depression, but getting into gardening has been my therapy! I love watching yours and so many others’ videos trying to learn and focus my attention on more positive aspects of life! It has been a life changing journey! So, thank you for sharing your story and knowledge! It is very appreciated!
I’m glad you have found some peace. You’re not alone. We all struggle. Some more than others, but we all have pain. But without darkness, there is no light. Without bitter, there is no sweet. This is why I love gardening. It requires patience, struggle, adversity and delayed gratification. And once you reap the rewards, it is just the sweetest thing.
I discovered in spring last year after moving to this rural central Louisiana lot that there was no topsoil. Gravel and hard red clay are under the grass. So with physical problems from spinal injuries & a brain injury with chronic pain I`ve had to haul in forest debris and sandy dirt from a wash nearby with my garden wagon and add all my grass clippings and cardboard to create soil. I almost gave up because to have a garden or even dig a hole here seemed impossible.
To plant a fig tree requires hundreds of pounds of material from the forest. I now have 6 fig trees in the ground & 4 Dwarf Everbearing Mulberry plus 2 of a plant I saw on your channel...Pineapple Guava. Each day/night I set a goal to haul a little bit more dirt, rotting wood or leaves and if I can`t because of weather I study and make plans and look for more ideas.
Anthony this post is incredibly enlightening and motivating. What a great journey.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. It's been so much fun doing this, and very rewarding.
Your words resonate with me so much. I started my garden at the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020, so now I have an apple tree, blueberry bushes, a Meyer lemon tree, a pitaya tree, fig tree, apricot tree & raspberries, but I also grow tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, onions, garlic, and many more. I am so into this, I have been building soil over the years and it just gets better and better with each season. This stuff is addictive!!
Next season I will be incorporating quail and strawberries.
Great content!!
A heartfelt thank you for sharing your personal journey to finding "your" sweet spot in the puzzle that constitutes LIFE! Many of us do not find out until late in our lives what really matters.....health AND peace of mind hugely impact the joys that can remain hidden. Unless we explore opportunities to expand our free time moments with a curiosity to learn "new" hobbies.......we may never experience the joys of a simple, healthier way of living our lives! All credit to you for analyzing your own requirements in life.....then making a pro-active decision to change the negatives into such a positive, rewarding and HAPPY outcome!
😊🙏😊🍀💪
Suggestion: add loquat trees to your garden. They bloom in the winter; beautiful clusters of little white flowers. I grow them for the fruits and for hummingbirds. They don’t need to migrate (our winter is mild; warmer than your location). The food is there ready for them and they can rest in the tree in the same time.
Loquat leaves are a kind of herbs in Chinese Traditional Medicine.
I planted 20 fruit trees this year. Two or them are fig. And they've already produced a ton of fruit. Next year is gonna be insane!
Well done legend. I am in Australia and have reconnected with gardening. I have a half acre house block with i have done a fruit / flower gardens in which i have over 30 fruit trees, grape vines veggies and berries. I have the other problem where its usually to hot for some trees but with care, water, organic fertiliser and using shade from other plants its slowly growing well. Thanks for your comments and content.
Oh man I miss fig trees my grandmother had several in her backyard , good memories
Loved this story ❤
Thank you. Glad I could connect.
What a good description of SAD, and so true. I was in NJ with the same misery. I decided to move to Florida, even tho I had never been there. It had to be better than where I was. And it was. Your citrus is so inspiring, I decided to try too, and I have some beautiful satsuma trees now, thanks to you.
I have inherited my own fig tree from my Sicilian Grandpa. God bless him, he’s not around anymore, but he’s still feeding my family. He’s where I got my interest in gardening. It’s gotten massive and really enjoyed our weather here (I live near Camp Lejeune).
I’ve even been able to share cuttings with my in laws and now they have their own fig tree in their backyard. It’s a very fast grower. 🥰 I’m looking to expand our fruit tree collection, but have a much smaller backyard. Just trying to figure out which varieties I want to do.
Thank you for sharing your journey. I didn't think it was possible to like your video any more. I was wrong!! I just purchased my first Persimmon tree after watching your video. I have a fig tree coming in the spring!! I agree was a society we need to get back to the simple pleasures of life.
To be honest, I always thought that you had grown up in agriculture and maybe even studied it. The way you talk about things, using the technical terms, getting the horticultural aspects correctly gave me that impression. So total kudos to your tutelage and knowledge in this area. I can see that you have put an effort into learning. I love your set up too, it's beautiful.
I also suffer from MDD, GAD, and C-PTSD. Getting back into gardening/horticulture after all of these years (about 25 years) has really helped me mentally. I am disabled and it's difficult to build any garden, but I have tried to over the last two years. All from a never gardened backyard. It's been very difficult for me. I also don't have the funds to build how I want to, so I have to take short cuts. Because bending is painful, I built tables out of pallets and put my containers on them. I use weed block anywhere I want to put a table so I do not have to worry about mowing. I am still working on placing wires all over the area so I can use shade cloth, make my own little greenhouse with plastic, and make a 'desert' area for my plants that prefer less water. (Florida tries to drown everything a couple times a year.) But the hardest part has been going from my zone 5 (in Nebraska's forgiving fertile soil) that I knew how to garden everything, to zone 9 in sand. I do plant some things in the ground, but it's a bit of a pain in the butt. But I am working on it. I'm going to conquer this! Every year is like a college football team. You have to work hard and you have to adjust your methods and how you plan on working it with what you got.
My plan this year worked fantastically until recently when we got some winds. Some of the tree limbs I was using for trellises snapped under the weight of my fruiting tomatoes! So for the last two days I've been repairing it and I'll have to invest in some decent poles of some sort for the next year. (Or fatter limbs LOL) Thank you for your information and positive attitude. I know it can be hard to put on a happy face sometimes. I fill my winters with plans for the next year and building! I'm sure you do too. When you get down, think of all the help you are doing for someone like me. You are appreciated!
Your enthusiasm and passion is so inspiring and really made me smile throughout this whole video. So enjoyable to watch as well as being very informative. I'm in a warm temperate climate so winters can get chilly but frosts are usually relatively mild, whilst our summers can be quite warm/hot (30-40C)... so I feel lucky as a gardener. I'm still at the start of (very slowly) transforming my yard into a food garden and have limited space but I want to fill it all. So far, the fruit trees I've planted are the meyer lemon, cara cara orange and, my fave citrus which rarely seems to get a mention, the ruby grapefruit. I totally get your obsession with figs too. Imo, you haven't lived until you've experienced fresh ripe gooey caramelised figs straight from the tree. My fave is the St Dominique Violette, a French heirloom fig. And the avocados...it's one of my fave foods, and the smooth skin varieties are the best imo. Shephard is the variety that's most common here and I love it. Maybe I should try to grow one too?
Also, so glad to read in the comments that Helene mostly missed you. 😊
Everything you said is so true, starting your own garden is truly healing! We've been adding more and more to our food forest the last few years, and we love figs too! Thanks for being an inspiration! Give a cookie to Dale!
Have you tried Ground Cherries?
@@baneverything5580 What do they taste like?
I hope everyone in your area is all right! Your love of that giambo persimmon radiates from you! Going to have to try growing it!
For citrus, look gor Navelina variety. My favourite orange for sure.
Thank you for sharing, many gardeners find that just simply grounding while working in the soil a boost to mental help. It is scientifically proven that the earths magnetic field realigns ours. On a lighter note I love to defy the grow zone limitations (I am in 8 also). I have coffee, black pepper, jabuticaba, cinnamon, allspice, ginseng, pineapple, on and on, OH! get yourself a yazu citrus.
This video is definitely in the top three you have ever made. Only lately have I started noticing the literary element to your talks. Like most people I've never thought I could grow these fruit trees. At one time we were zone 6A and through the decades we've moved to 7B. Going to try a fig or persimmon. I can grow it in containers beside the pool and bring it in if it gets too cool to a room with a wall of glass. It would be nice if people had your passion about anything!
You had the intellect & courage to make the changes in your life to live a full & healthy lifestyle - this life is not a reversal & you get one shot at it - so make the most of it - well done & love your work 👍
Dear MG, totally dug you sharing your passion for growing. I can relate. Beautiful. 🖖
Thank you so much! I do appreciate it.
It just takes one plant to change everything! My gateway plant was the Morning Glory's I planted at my 1st rental with dirt. 15 years later, I finally own my own dirt and I've happily begun my food forest journey. 🌳🍓🌲🍇🌳🍅🌲
I bought 7 fig root cutting last year and was pleasantly surprised when one of the trees recently started producing (2 little figs). It was the Olympian fig and OMG, it tasted so amazing. I now know what all the fig hoopla is about. 😋
Figs for the win here as well. We are blessed to have LSU just a few miles from the house, So much research on figs there.
I live just outside Philadelphia like you did, the winters here can be very cold, cloudy, and dark. I have 3 citrus trees I keep in my garage keeps me going. I wish I could get my brown’s select in the ground
You're an awesome gardener and played a part in inspiring me to grow a very prosperous first year garden, and providing much knowledge and growth. I am going to start a gardening youtube channel as well pretty soon! I find purpose in Jesus, because He gave me purpose and delivered me from all kinds of anxiety, depression, addiction, etc, though I tried on my own accord without Him dozens upon dozens of times. Trust in Him and I promise you will be more fulfilled than you have ever been and ever will be.
I never even knew much of anything about fig trees before watching and listening to you. Now somehow I have 8 fig trees(your top 10 video has helped me immensely)! Can’t wait to get some figs next year and thank you for helping me find a new hobby :)
Figs are awesome.
Been watching your channel for a while and I just wanted to comment and say that this is one of my favorite videos from you. Thanks for sharing your story.
Great video! I loved hearing how you got into growing these fruit trees! Our winters here in the UK, although not as cold as in Pennsylvania where you used to live, are incredibly long and dark due to our latitude. So I can definitely relate to your experience. I want to thank you for all of your zone-pushing videos, especially with citrus and avocados as it has inspired me to do the same here. Now there’s always something to look at in the garden no matter what the season 🙌
I have an obsession with adding new fruit and nut trees as well as berry bushes. I love your channel. I’m actually growing 4 varieties of Mexican advocados in South Carolina. So far so good.
Two other nurseries that have food forest permaculture type selections are burnt ridge nursery Onalaska, Washington state ( nitrogen fixing shrubs: sweet autumn olive…..)one green world Portland Oregon (this has a few hardy citrus from China and Russia hardy down to 0 and 10 degrees!
Thank you for being vulnerable and sharing your experiences.
Also, thanks for making these educational gardening videos. They are so helpful.
I believe my purpose in life is to use this platform to encourage as many people as possible to find their passion. I hope it’s working. I don’t see it as being vulnerable. We all are obligated to find our individual passions. Once you find your “thing,” your passion, you become so full of purpose. It is an amazing thing that I wish everyone finds.
@themillennialgardener, thank you for making many people find their purpose through your videos. They are becoming encyclopedias of knowledge for people who have passion for gardening but no dependable resources to follow up on the passion. Your highly researched, detail oriented videos make us powerful knowing the in and out of things and even being able to articulate them to others. I cannot believe myself that i learned so much about citrus from your videos that I confidenly talk about grafted vs rootstock and if its trifoliate etc. never thought i could get so technical about it. Thanks so much! I planted owari, browns select, pineapple guava on ground in zone 8a (cumming, ga) in august this year and looking forward to re-watch your videos on cold protection and apply them. Thanks so much for inspiring us and being there. I rewatch your videos multiple times to sink up all the knowledge you are imparting here. Majorly regarding fruit trees!
The pain you went through brought to the world the millennial gardener. I have no idea what i would have been doing in my garden if it were not for you keeping our spirits high all through the year in the garden!!!❤
I absolutely love this ♥️ so inspiring. Thank you for sharing! 🙌🏼🌱
I totally feel this video in my core. I turned to my garden, trees and houseplants in covid. I work in healthcare and it gave me grounding and i got grow lights that were the same spectrum and sad lights. I have 5 citrus trees that vacation out doors in the spring, summer and fall and come in winter in 6a
I have a wild persimmon tree on the edge of my yard. They`re really good this year because we got a good rain recently and they`re ripening. I also have a large wild blackberry patch. Try growing indoors to help with your seasonal disorder. I have it too. I get so sad in fall because summer gardening with fruits, berries, cucumbers, tomatoes, melons etc is ending and I have to sit in my camper and freeze all winter and hope the severe thunderstorms don`t happen again in Louisiana.
But the storms and tornadoes always happen with cold fronts and warm Gulf air colliding over and over. I have hydro buckets ready to attempt to grow Beit Alpha cucumbers & cherry tomatoes inside this winter. LED lights provide the same heating amount as their wattage plus the light. So why not use them for part of the heating AND grow some food?
❤Great message, not just about the gardening tips! Thank you! ❤
You're welcome! I'm glad you got something positive from the video.
thank you for sharing your knowledge about connecting ourselves to Papatuanuku, using her and our environment to grow delicious vegetables and fruit, and how all that mahi has healed your soul and spirit! I am feeling this passion and am inspired to do this mahi too!!
You and I have a lot in common. My garden brings me peace and I love learning as I grow out my property and I agree that we need to reconnect with nature as it is an almost primal need that’s been lost in modern society. I also run a construction company out in Santa Barbara, CA….Now I’m all fire up on my next venture into fig trees, starting with 4 mission figs. Your videos are really well done and very informative. Thank you! 👍
Thank you for this fantastic video. You channel has indeed been an inspiration to me and this past winter I planted my first ever fig, persimmon, and citrus tree (Bearss Lime). It has brought such a smile to my face seeing over 30 figs take shape and start to riper on the tree, at a time of year when I would otherwise bemoan the shortening daylight hours. I hope that more people see your passion for gardening and decide to undertake the challenge and see all of it's benefits. I'm so glad that I found the gardening community on UA-cam.
thanks for all your hard work with these videos brother. definitely got me into gardening and gave me a purpose as well
I really love how vulnerable you are here, it makes me think a lot. Part of what I learned doing therapy is that "nothing" and "nobody" actually "makes" us happy. I of course open that up to argument. I surely experience happiness much more easily when there's a nice sunny day shining on my kids than when I stub my toe hard... so the first 2 parts of your video made me want to say "I wish he could find something else to help him with this..." but then as you got to the pear, and your discovery of something that helps YOU adapt to the environment... like, the frost is coming, make ready for the frost! ... it's good stuff. I also of course jive with the primal thoughts towards the end. I loved planting the little herbs I mentioned in another comment (you get plenty, I don't expect you to remember the comment) and this is my planting weekend. I'm looking to get some garlic in the ground and a few other things, maybe I'll try to find some fruit trees...
Probably one of the most interesting videos I’ve watched on gardening. Thank you for sharing this.
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!
Figs and persimmons are my favorite also. Citrus would be a lot of trouble to grow here. I’m still waiting for my pawpaw and feijoa to produce. My pawpaws had blooms for the first time this year and a tornado broke all my 6’ to 8’ tall trees. They have to start over from ground up. I’ll never plant pawpaw again here. It’s too hot and dry in my Texas sand and rock. I water them more than anything I have and they still struggle with scorched leaves. We’re still in the 90s and I’m a just 30 minute drive from Oklahoma so it’s not south Texas.
Thank you Anthony. You have encouraged me to try the myer lemon tree in zone 8 GA. Thinking about the cara cara.
Hi Anthony. I understand how growing your own food grows on you, but at this time of my life it has not only been a deep love it is also a life saver for me now. I am a 76 year old female. over the years I've had physical problems, I've had Multiple Sclerosis since a teen ager. Now I have 6 pinched nerves in my spine, and on top of those disabling problems I now have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Raising a nice large garden every year has been the main key to keeping me mobile and able to take care of myself. I am now faced with the fact that I am now getting totally disable. If I have to give up gardening I know I am going to waste away and die sooner than I should. I did have a good garden this year, but I am scared of the winter ahead of me. I always loose a lot strength and balance during the winter. If you keep up growing things you too will remain healthier and more physical as you age. Also eating a lot of fruits and vegetables will help keep senior diseases away, so keep on doing what you are doing and good luck. Jessie from Arkansas
Been following you for a few years. You are a beast bro. This is my first winter with 21 citrus in the ground. Thank you for all of your advice and energy.
This is so relatable and thank you for sharing your story!
I started with trying to figure out how to grow a lime tree in the winters of Oregon. Now I’m dahlia obsessed and this year starting my first winter garden. Thank you for all your videos!
You talked about pushing zones. I live near Winchester, VA (not far from WV) at about 700' elevation. I always wanted to grow a live oak as I hate how dead all the trees look in the winter. I found a cultivar of live Oaks that are native to Oklahoma. I now have two beautiful live Oaks growing hundreds of miles from the closest naturally growing Live Oaks along coastal Virginia.
TY for this video coming from someone w depression & is new to gardening. So getting some of these. And lol to “mommy will never know” 😂
Gonna go out and find that Owari right away! Thank you for the video!
What a great video. I have found my garden story changed after a recent stroke & changing my diet
Good on you!
Oh my gosh, absolutely great video and yes because of you I have fig trees and I have an orchard now because I had watched your videos for so many years.. Of course I have Ruby red grapefruits, apple trees, lemons, limes, avocados, oranges, pears, raspberries, blueberries… yeah total joy
That looks amazing!😊
Yes. That’s it and I love your perception of it all. Just Beautiful. 😮😢🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Thank you 😊
Your videos have helped me get motivated. I'm 56 and pretty lazy. Lol thank you for your great info and pointing out great deals. You have saved me time and money. Thank you and Dale for your videos😊
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. I just found your channel and I am so inspired by your story.
I purchased my first home in July. It is just over a half acre. There is a large variety of established pear and apple trees. There is an amazing yellow plum. 2 separate green seedless champagne grape arbors, 2 blueberry bushes... and green figs. I am just starting my Journey into gardening and preserving.
I would love some citrus persimmons and bananas. My Hardiness Zones are 8b (15°F to 20°F), 9a (20°F to 25°F) and 8a (10°F to 15°F) in Oregon. I really do not yet understand the zones. Thank you again.
I just found your channel and I’ve got to tell you…I love your content. You found a way to be thorough and truly educational while keeping my attention. I’m in the piedmonts of NC and I’m so excited to try some of these fruit trees. I learned so much about growing onions for my zone in another video of yours and while I was putting my garden to rest this weekend for the winter after watching 35 things I could plant video I’ve opened it back up. So excited as my garden has been my help mentally and creatively and winter is hard on me! I Look forward to learning more following you! And you have inspired!
Fantastic advice! Thank you for sharing.❤
Dude, seeing your face when you take the 1st bite of the Giombo is priceless. It's like your brain can't handle what it was just exposed to. Good stuff.
I absolutely understand everything you said.
That makes me very happy 😃
That’s quite the story…thank you so much for sharing!!
Thanks for the education on persimmons. I also collect fig trees and have Meyer lemon, and key lime trees.
Love this video. I'm so happy that you found your joy.
I appreciate it. I hope it can inspire others.
You inspired me to grow and garden more. And I love it! Thank you
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I’m trying to create a small corner of my homeland in PA and I source all northern varieties of fruits and berries I grew up with while living in Ukraine and partly in Caucasus Mountains in Georgia - sweet tart cherries, persimmons, haskaps, serviceberries, sea buckthorns, lingonberries, bilberries, alpine strawberries, etc. it’s an urge that’s impossible to ignore:)
Btw to heal your winter sickness with its freezes and snow you should try ice skating and skiing/snowboarding and in no time you’ll be chasing winter all over the world 😁
And thank you for unlocking my hidden love for figs - many years ago in Georgia I saw a few huge green fig fruits in a random garden, an owner was outside and suggested me to take them all because it wasn’t the main crop and they didn’t care for it - omg, what did I try then… that was out of this world - fresh juicy tender flavorful magic, nothing like overly sweet heavy and dry fruits we had in the stores. I didn’t even know it was breba crop, I knew no cultivars, I kept this secret to myself because I was sure no one would understand my enthusiasm 😅 I’m gathering my fig collection now - I study all cold hardy short season rain and humidity resistant varieties of figs, I have no space left and I grow them all in containers 😅
And this is you who triggered my exploration of fig trees here in the US 🤗
That backyard is simply paradise, Great job, very inspirational video. Thank you!
It is. It is the best thing I have ever done. I hope everyone gives it a try. It is life changing.
I love figs!
Very nice video.
I've done similar in my (4 Acres) yard in Sydney Australia, but around the other way.
Started with about 20 citrus trees back in 2012. I love citrus.
I moved into figs in 2019. I now have about 100 varieties.
Because it's warm here, I also grow lots of mulberries, bananas, & other things.
I love your videos ... thank you. Keep up the good work.
Loved this video!! It was truly inspiring! I lived in NJ, also had seasonal affective disorder, so depressed from November to April every year. I was never a gardener till I moved here to Florida and bought a mango tree, a Pickering.then a Nam Doc Mai. Then a Myer Lemon and a Persian Lime.... It did start a new outlook on what is achievable and how satisfying growing food can be.
When I see your citrus, though, especially the Myer Lemon, I get a visceral feeling of envy:; I live in Florida, for heaven's sake and my Myer Lemon has never given me one single yellow lemon! Finally this year I put organza bags over the few developing lemons to protect them from the blackbirds, who I finally figured out were scratching the lemons and limes with their beaks to groom their feathers with the oil (slow learner) so they actually did grow to a reasonable size, then I took those few lemons off the tree before Hurricane Milton. I'm buying a new Meyer Lemon and maybe orange tree! Time to take heart!!
I knew you grew all these trees, but I really enjoyed the presentation in this video. We have one Fuyu Persimmon ripening on tree (2nd year) right now!
Thank you for sharing your gardening journey, very inspiring !
You're welcome!
Anthony you are so right about the fig tree i just started messing with em this spring they like a drug im hooked i want more
Great to see you, hope you and your family are well and safe
I LOVED this video! 😃 thank you so much for sharing your story and being vulnerable! It’s truly inspiring! And I agree so much with you on getting closer to our true nature! 😋 thank you for the video! Loved it!
I always enjoy seeing your posts, but this one really moved me. I can so relate to what you have experienced and want to say thanks and commend you for the courage it must have taken to share your story with us.
May God bless you as you are such an inspiration to me and others.
I'm so glad you found your niche. Awesome. I'm so happy you are safe from the bad weather. Looks like there are a few more on the way. I'll be praying 4 U. I've learned so much from you. Fantastic teacher as well as gardener. Dale is the best baby. I have a 5.5lb YorkiePoo who loves going to Lowe's, Walmart garden center & taking Sunday rides. God bless you & yours. ❤
Thank you for sharing your motivation to grow fruit trees! I've learned so much from your videos over the years.
It sounds like the 3P's healed you, your Passion for growing fruit, your Persistence for what you can grow has given you a new Poupous in life. Thank you for sharing. I too, love lemon, fig, & all the others we grow :-) I often use gloves, as there can be things in the earth that can harm you, & some of the chemicals... good for the plants, but not for us.... stay safe ;-)
Thx for letting us in ...very heartwarming story
Very well said!
Dang. I seen your channel, but didn't expect such a positive message. Thanks. You got me pumped for gardening next year. I'm (hopefully) going to close on a property this year that has enough land where I should be able to grow most, if not all of, my calories.
It really warmed my cockles, as GrowVeg says on his channel, the moment I heard your "little experiment" ran for 3 1/2 years, and then another 3 1/2 years after that. Super cool, dude. Thanks for the content.
I’m growing wonderful pomegranate and meyer lemons in my backyard in 7a. I love to push my zone :)
A Meyer in 7a is pretty impressive. I'll be curious to hear how it does for you long-term. They are beautiful plants. Just watch the thorns!
@@TheMillennialGardener the thorns are for real! My container Meyer lemon has much smaller thorns than the in ground one. But the plant is also much smaller. This is my 4th year with it. All I do is put 4.5 poly greenhouse panels around it for winter. I tape them into a rectangular box with a lid that opens to vent. Works like a charm. I also put a portable greenhouse like that over my pomegranate tree, bc technically it shouldn’t be uncovered past zone 8
Thank you for sharing your story. You are an inspiration to me. Loved the video
Not sure if you're going to see this or not, but you might get a kick out of growing culinary mushrooms. Look into it. Might fill in some of the cracks in your growing season where there's not much else going on.
Great video. I’ve been messing around with figs for years up in New Bern but your videos on citrus sparked an interest in that as well. I now have 6 in-ground citrus trees going on my 3rd winter with a few of them. They’ve been a real joy and, as you say, something to look forward to in the winter. I’ve also planted 5 persimmons this year. Looking forward to seeing them grow and produce fruit. Thanks for your videos, they have been an inspiration to me.