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Hi RaneyRidge! Welcome to the Shire! Yeah so our garden last month in the heat just got roasted. We're moving things around and recouping. Was just a never ending battle of 100F+ for many days on end and no rain. We hand watered daily. Just not enough. We're planting the fall Garden soon. That should do us proud.
@@TheWickerShireProject my rooster kicked on the metal wire fence everyday for a month and finally broke into the pepper garden with his hoes and ate them.
Boy the heat sure took its toll on you. This year I have had the best garden in four years. It started off slow and then the end of July we started getting the rain and boy what a growth spurt. The eggplant seeds you sent are beautiful plants which are in raised beds. Just started getting blossoms so hoping to get some fruit. The garden leader tomato seeds grew into huge plants (just as big as my San Marzano) which needed staking and tying but are loaded with fruit. I also planted the two rare pumpkin seeds, plant started slow but has taken off in the last 10 days so hopeful there. I am so thankful for the seeds you so graciously sent me Billy. I will return the favor one day. Happy gardening.
Yeah seed save. Wash them dry them on wax paper somewhere and throw them in a paper bag in a cool dark dry area. No reason not to seed save. I'll cover a bit about the topic maybe soon as the year whines down. I do plan on a fall planting very soon as we are having very cool nights in the mid 60's now. No more 103F days of swampy hot desert temps.
Well for starters good to see you back again. I do feel your pain on the loss of garden life, heat plus lack of water is a major struggle for sure, however just keep planting and eventually youll get where your going. All in all good video you still gomt some really good picks off the vines and plants so nothing is a total wash. Keep up the good work, happy growing and harvesting.
Thnks Cliff! Yeah so long grow season here. I'm setting up for a fall garden. I'll bend all the pot soil back and hit it with some blood meal and bone dust. We'll see what fall does for us very soon. Thanks for the encouragement. I just expected and wanted more from the amount of seeds we dropped. I have many beans saved so our limited supply is fully restocked to a healthy number. We can even package and share with Russ/Nicki John, Eric and Britney and even Gayle our neighbors.
So its been high 90's and even breaking 103F <- nothing will live in those temps. Fall planting is in order whereas our night are now down in the mid 60! It's something to look forward too. We'll give it another go!
Yeah 100% def round two for a fall lanting. I' have a long growing season and the brutal hot days are fading slowly with cooler nights. We'll give it another go! Corn did great for the 24 plant that didn't get cropped by the rabbits.
All facts fam!! People think I’m tripping when I say that. As much as we’re dependent on plastic as a society, I can say the plastic pots do much better than the grow bags. Not sure if you’re close a Walmart but they clearancing (if that’s a word) all there gardening stuff. Pots, soil, plant, etc. But, that’s the key, keep growing. Have you succession planted, started some more potatoes or started your fall seedlings? Stay blessed, until next time!! Great job!!
2 nd planting is being organised now. Just bummed out so much. I planted so many seeds! Got 1/4 in return. Heat last month did a number on us at 100F to 103F for a few days with high 90's just killed off everything dead. Fall planting is something to look forward to as our season is a long one. get in the 30's mid January so Dec temps can be 50 to 80F here. <- I can grow up into that!
*takes off baseball hat and puts it on Wickershire* “ you did great buddy. you grew food? You won. “ *fist bumps with air explosions* “and we sure did have a damn good time didn’t we” 😆💚
Ok fine. You put it in good light! Yes we did grow food but, it didn't meet our expectation for the amount of seed we dropped. My melon test failed so badly! I know how to fix it. Peppers, corn beans, herbs did epic. Tomatoes so so. I still have the fall planting so we'll see how it goes! I'm down... not out just yet!
Hey! Thanks for popping in. Yeah we got a dry spell and 90-13 F heat zero rain for a month. Everything tipped. Hand watering did do any justice. I do have a solar drip irrigation system. I think that a small constant supply of water is better than drenching and drying .
What I've learned from using grow bags DON'T unless you install a drip system the roots get too hot and they dry out way too fast and don't put them on the ground because the bugs love them once I switched to buckets I've done much better but you still need to water more that inground. Next year I wont be using grow bags just my opinion.
You should of told me this 6 months ago! haha! Your 100% on point. I do have my drip. Need a constant tiny supply going between watering. Oh man did they dry and fry!
Hahaha! This garden was a fumble! Some stuff did good like peppers, corn and beans... everything else went up in flames. I did learn. I will do better next year. I still have a fall planting. I need squash for the winter.
Live and learn failure with success obviously focus on success 👍😁💯 you did good better than me I didn't get as much out as I wanted 🤷🤷🤷 had heavy rain last night so all my pots are sitting in standing water 🤦hopefully the ground will drink quickly and ill be fine 🤞....I can hear that pepper lingering in your voice 🔥🤣🤣🤣😝 keep going keep growing 👍💯 Be well Billy and family 💯♥️💯 see ya on the next one ✌️VANDAL OUT
Hey bud! So yeah in my situation its too dry to hand water man. Pots = anti- flooding. They drain the best! So for my set up this is bad. I will install my drip irrigation. I knew I should of. I had 3 weeks of 90-103F heat and the pots just went on fire. Everything baked to death. I watered 3 times a day. Constant small flow would of been better!
Christine we are getting rain now but its way too late in the season. 1 month dry spell. Rain deep waters the ground and provides so much. just not this year. All squash did poorly. Corn did good! Grows fast!
Howie I tried! It wasn't in the cards for melons this year. My god the flea beetles are relentless on the eggplants! Did get a few turkish and green knights. No black beauties. 4 watermelon one vine. Growing in the tire it did great with ground contact. Peppers awesome. Tomatoes hit and miss. Superb on the beans!
Yeah we need to add shade. I had shade cloth but I need a higher % to keep everything cooler. 30% no good. I'll get 60-70% shade cloth next year. Very hot dry year.
Hi I just discovered your channel and came to look and immediately connected since I'm a novice gardener for 3 years now and love to learn how to do it all. I'm going to try fall planting for the first time and hold thumbs I get it right.☺
We are organizing seeds now for fall. Anything under 110 days in the south should be ok. It can be 80 in Dec here sometimes. Welcome to the Shire! New video today in a few hours.
Keep it going im having a down season i have some rhings but no where near what i would like .01% of what I'd like 🤷🤣🤣🤣 my Cherokee purples are producing and i did apple seeds as well their doing good just remember enjoy everything talk to yas later be well BILLY and FAMILY nice to see your boy trailing you he's learning and appreciating everything as well 👍😁 GOOD STUFF❤ ✌️VANDAL OUT i know you got this 👍 a small tip remove those damaged leaves pest are atracted to weak or sick flora , just a tip not trying to tell you how to live your life 😁 later bro
Insects are not affected by the capsaicin in hot peppers. Only mammals… (maybe birds are affected? Can’t remember.) I have a Mammoth jalapeño plant that’s making plenty of heat but still getting most of the peppers eaten up by something! It is totally discouraging for that corner of my pepper patch. Lol. 😂 😅😊 Everything’s looking fantastic! A little jealous of those apple trees. Lol.
How's it going! Yeah i'm shocked the tree's grew from seeds. A previous video showed the seeds had little roots poking out of the seeds so why not plant them! We have maybe 3 mini tree's happening. Now I have to wait them out a few years to decide what to do.
Omg those elephant ears!!!!!! Yes coleus beautiful color. I planted some eddos as a poor mans version of elephant ears and theyre starting to grow. Its crazy to me how different all the bsils behave. Cinnamon basil is a monster.
@@BramptonGardener oddly our neighbor we got them from just leaves the bulbs in the ground yearly. I agree with you. If I pull them i can split them up easier.
@@BramptonGardener I think we get over 2 months maybe 4 or 5 freezing days. Not enough to chill the ground or freeze it solid. Maybe 3 days of ultra light snow if there is a weird storm.
Yay my rival! Oooo peppers! Purple basil starts slow then explodes! Coleus plant? More peppers!..im jealous! Yum snap peas! Cut off suckers and propagate that tomato! Glad to see you!
So this heat is litterall building and killing everything. All the plants show heat stress in a big way and bug pressure. I'll have a new plan next year under the tree canopy on the southern side of the yard next year. As for bugs... i just have to deal with it.
We’ve planted crab apple but I will have to plant some regular apple too. Looks like some great compost soup you’ve got going there! I didn’t know that coffee creamer was actually a thing 😂 How lovely it will be to pick your own apples to eat 🍎 Also, how exciting to have asparagus! Looking great guys!
I'm calling it root stock for now. Apple seeds from parent plant will always be a true mystery. Regardless, it can be cut and a true hybrid aged apple branch can be layer and graphed on at a later date for species production. Yeah so about that soup. You do NOT want to get any of that on you. It truly does smell of a septic tank while fermenting out. So the asparagus is a 15 to 20 year plant and pick. Plant your asparagus, 3 years later harvest the first crop and harvest forever for the next 15 + years.
Interesting to hear about how to care for tomatoes Billy, they seem very healthy plants as did the rest of your garden, Miss Sharon's flower and herb garden is looking great, thank you for sharing,👍,👋and wishing ya a great week.
So its been 90F here and hot and sunny. Tomatoes oddly in this heat need shade. I'll show you soon what I mean. Cloth pots dry too fast too. Impossible to keep them watered right.
