Do the Dog Days of Summer Have You Feeling Down? Fight Through It!!! || DHBG

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If you're new to gardening, it's totally normal to feel down, or overwhelmed this time of year. Things might not have gone the way you expected or you've been dealing with things that have shocked you or stole your joy.
Here's a secret, we ALL go through this at some point. The trick is to keep pushing forward and fighting through it.
I hope this video encourages you to stay on this journey of gardening, it's so worth it.
Happy gardening, everyone.
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@smilie422 2 месяца назад

What keeps me going… sharing what I grow to neighbors, friends and coworkers.

@shellyhatch2547 2 месяца назад

Love your Don’t Quit message. Hang in there this heat will be gone before we know it. I can’t wait for Fall will be here.

@GreenGranny 2 месяца назад

Yes, yes, yes and yes and thank you.

@mommargie2679 2 месяца назад

"Chad after," my neighbor huge tree tore up my garden and crack my concrete furniture as well; At that point, I pretty much had lost all interests in the garden! After listening to you, chad, I think I might try to get back out there and start back the garden again next year! Chad, thank you for sharing and keep up the good work....

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@mommargie2679 I can't totally understand that reason for quitting, but I'm glad you're going to give it another shot next spring. 💯🤗

@sandramorton5510 2 месяца назад

Zone 10a here, heat is real here. In the summer I only grow Okra, Eggplant and Seminole Pumpkins. Those crops love heat and manage pests without interaction from me. I just started my Tomato seeds inside under grow lights. I would never quit, just step back in the summer.

@tambrasmith9707 2 месяца назад

At least we are getting sum rain this year

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@tambrasmith9707 That is sooooo true💯💯

@JstcountryGirl 2 месяца назад

Omgosh you just described me perfectly. My 1st yr & I was so so so proud of my very first spaghetti squash EVER, then I wanted to cry when those little demons got my plants. I did get a little revenge by digging every one of those little jerks out & watching them become chicken treats. Heat, humidity & MOSQUITOES are killing me here in S. Louisiana… But I’m regrouping & I’m gonna get a dang squash if I gotta hand pollinate the plants in my house, Lol Those jerks won’t win this time…. 🤞hopefully 🥴🥴. Planting my okra as soon as I get a day without a ton of rain. Thank you for the motivation!! Us beginners need you experienced guys!! ❤️

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@JstcountryGirl I wouldn't call me experienced yet, but I'm on my way🤣🤣 Squash has been a veggie I have had trouble growing... so, I am going to try something different over the fall and see if it works... more to come on that down the road. Just keep pushing forward, you'll get those squash you're wanting. 🤘💯🤗

@barbarageorge7971 2 месяца назад

I love your description of the perfect garden. I dream of that every spring and then I go out in the spring (northern Utah here with snow and cold winter and HOT summer but no humidity) to my beautiful garden and am hit with weeds a foot tall in the pathways. But I keep going and am rewarded with fresh yummy produce right out of the garden. Ready to make a batch of pesto to freeze for winter. It is worth it plus all the health benefits of the earth and our bodies. Keep on gardening and thanks.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@barbarageorge7971 I lived in Salt Lake City and Price when I was younger. My grandfather was a Baptist preacher, they lived there for a long time, before retiring back to Texas. I would love the heat without the humidity💯💯💯

@OakCity7797 2 месяца назад

Well said. Thank you for the encouragement. I'm in North Texas where we are routinely at or above 100 degrees plus high humidity. Not thinking about quitting but I needed a break. I have pulled all the spring/summer plants and taken a break. The fall seeds are started, and I am ready to go full speed ahead with fall gardening.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@OakCity7797 💯💯💯 Fall will be upon us before we know it🤘🤘

@Maria-ql3fc 2 месяца назад

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, right? I've been gardening for most of my 73 yrs and I think I've about seen it all. Yes it's hot and humid in the deep south, but early morning and late evening is tolerable . Now's the time to pull out spent plants and get the garden ready for fall planting. In a couple of weeks I'll be starting all the things I'll grow through winter, like cabbage , broccoli , cauliflower , onions , and collards. I have heart problems, copd and no I don't smoke lol so the heat and humidity get to me pretty quick but the good Lord has blessed me abundantly.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@Maria-ql3fc I agree with everything you wrote💯💯💯 God bless

@agnieszkaszczepanska6071 2 месяца назад

Even bugs are moving like molasses! Easier to catch them 😂 Grow luffa! I have it coming out of my biggest raised bed. Also, hot pepper, Black Pearl, is very pretty and nothing, I mean nothing touches it. Everything around it is half eaten but not this one! Love your attitude!

@tambrasmith9707 2 месяца назад

It seems that the loofa gourds grow so slow for me ..

@wendyburston3132 2 месяца назад

Agree. Today was a good day. Harvesting delicious tomatoes and beans... But yesterday I contemplated having a summer off and just traveling.... Of course it didn't last long but since we started really early with grow lights we're thinking of closing down early too and just going away for a break. Might still happen. I had a smaller garden for two years while still working.... Wow so difficult. Now I'm retired😊 and loving it but still get a little overwhelmed. But you're right, Don't Quit!

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@wendyburston3132 Take that break if you need to, the garden will be there in the fall. 🤗🤗

@stephaniegee227 2 месяца назад

We've been gardening for years. Each season has its growing challenges, but this year seems to have had a lot of challenges at once. Rain or lack thereof. Insects. Unrelenting heat & humidity. I heard somebody last week say that they were so sorry for people who were taking up gardening for the first time this year, it's been such a struggle in places. Anyway, we all feel overwhelmed at times. In our case, we're just trying to keep plants alive and planning ahead for the fall garden.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@stephaniegee227 That is so true, it's like I got hit with so much this spring... it was unbelievable. But, it's just part of it, and we keep going. 💯👍

@diannasgardenmenagerie967 2 месяца назад

It’s really hot in NorCal 😬

@mrwhitten7704 2 месяца назад

Going into our 9th year with a large backyard garden, and yes, it is a lot of work. Especially with a full-time job and family duties. My wife has a love-hate relationship with the harvest and preserving food. She loves being able to reach into the freezer and pull out the green beans she's prepared all fall and winter. I do all the grunt work in the garden and most of it over the weekends, days off and at night when I'm on the clock. Just keep planting and thanks for the encouraging words!!

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@mrwhitten7704 I totally hear you, and understand her love/hate. I find it amazing when I need a pepper or something, and I can just go out back and grab it. Gardening is a blessing in so many ways. 💯🤗

@sharibc3597 2 месяца назад

Great advice! I just pulled out all the pickling cukes, now to plant some eating cucumbers! 😊 Trimming down and pulling a few tomato plants too. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing! 😂

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@sharibc3597 💯💯💯

@natakays 2 месяца назад

Thanks. We've doubled our garden this year. Went from only cherry tomatoes to cherry, Roma and slicing. We also are doing beans for the first time and I'm finding pests that I didn't even know existed. You just saved my German striped tomatoes from getting pulled.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@natakays It's crazy when you plant something new, the new insects that show up🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@natakays 2 месяца назад

@DownHomeBackyardGardening it really is. Thank goodness for your leaf roller video. They showed up on my beans like a day later. Still tiny but at least I knew how to get rid of them. Your videos are really helpful. We're zone 8a so a few weeks behind you. Gives me a look into the future, lol

@Taman_zainurnisa 2 месяца назад

ya anda benar. dalam berkebun kita dihadapkan dengan berbagai tantangan baik hama, penyakit dan kendala cuaca bahkan terkadang kita merasa jenuh dan lelah. istirahat lalu memulainya kembali😊

@deborahtheodore5407 2 месяца назад

Hi, I didn't quit but I planted a smaller container garden instead of an in-ground large garden. I'm enjoying gardening once again. Just over planted tomatoes again. 🤦🏾‍♀️

@thinkwy13 2 месяца назад

My squash and zucchini took a beating from squash bugs. I’m gonna try again in August.

@OSKG2023 2 месяца назад

Btw, I have the day off and I’m outside cleaning out my beds in the pouring rain. Why??? Less heat and humidity. 😂

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@OSKG2023 🤘🤘🤘

@OSKG2023 2 месяца назад

Even these freezing cold 85-degrees days are too hot to go outside. lol

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@OSKG2023 brother, there hasn't been one 85 degree day or night here in months💯💯💯

@Cats_and_PlantsTX 2 месяца назад

Shade cloth saved me from quitting year 1. Summer heat got me down because my plants (all containers yr 1) were struggling and dying, so I got bummed out and wanted to quit. Enter Shade Cloth... I get 70% for the peak 95+ days.. and all my plants have done great.. now if I can find a way to grow squash/zucchini without SVB I will be estatic!

@ToniPix-z8l 2 месяца назад

I am frustrated this year no tomatoes and my cucumbers are kinds looking like very small squash now my Okra is crazy. I have patio gardener for years. My tomatoes are tall green and buetiful but no tomatoes. My cucumbers are just sad. I did have at the befinningnof the season deer ate all the tops to basically everything but jot now. I did start a second set of cucumbers and they look amazing just waiting for fruit. Please give a little advice. I am north of Houston about 90 mins

@alysonbaker939 2 месяца назад

I love your ‘keeping it real’. Thank you. When I do my gratefuls tonight, I’ll mention, “I am grateful I live in zone 4 with a winter break.” I can’t imagine gardening all year, I need that break. Thank you for sharing. Love your videos.

@terrivance8750 Месяц назад

Thank you, Chad. 😊

@amsohn1 2 месяца назад

I sure love you, your wisdom and encouragement ❤️. While I've been gardening for well over 50 years since I was a very small child... I absolutely love it and God has given me a gift and passion to grow just about anything... The last few years have been some of the roughest gardening...moving to a different part of Texas- with all the different pest pressures, a dying parent and being her full-time care partner, to crazy weather- frosts in May killing all my seedlings, extreme heat with over 95 days at 113° or more, and the latest heavy rains - 19" in a few days, then then Beryl's winds ripping most of garden out of the raised beds like the hand of God just reaching down and pulling them out... the damage was and is tramatic to say the least. Especially for someone who's done this successfully for years 🙄... However, I've never had irrigation in my garden, and so, I'm just looking at this as an opportunity to clear out a busted bed, and put in irrigation, and then get that bed ready for planting and a fall garden... and the blessings it will be not to stand in the heat [yes the am heat] for 3 hours plus watering... Your videos are truth! Yes, you so the successes, however you also show the failures or the in-between... Now, while we had roof and barn and garden damage, we didn't lose our home or lives, so I do count it all joy and pray for those who were much more greatly affected than us... Just know you're appreciated! Many Blessings ❤

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

You have been through so much, and yet you have an amazing attitude towards what's important in life, and that's that we're all still here after Beryl. Thank you so much for sharing this comment with us all, I truly appreciate comments, and especially comments that show the full impact that gardening has on us. I wish I had been gardening since I was small, but it wasn't in the cards for me. I am glad and very thankful to have found this passion later in life and then the passion for filming and sharing. This community of gardeners that we're all building here is amazing. Many blessings to you also. 🤗

@CrocGardener 2 месяца назад

The heat really gets me… sometimes I think about quitting… Dale has been great talking to! It makes a difference having a support group! But gardening and videoing is a lot of work combined! The comments keep me going with the videos.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@CrocGardener I fully agree with you... adding the channel to the garden is adding a lot of work, but I love it. Dale is a great guy, and being able to meet him was awesome. 💯👍

@bonnieowens5055 2 месяца назад

Thankyou!

@bonnieowens5055 2 месяца назад

You inspired me, even before the pep talk, so thankyou! (I am elderly, thinking of you as another grandson, never can have too many grandsons! I am proud of you!)

@murielmorrow4306 2 месяца назад

I'm so happy you didn't quit. I live in Memphis,Tennessee. It's hot and humid here. I hear you regarding the pests. I can't quit. This my Zen.

@vickydunn2721 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the encouragement, I made your pickles and they were delicious ❤

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@vickydunn2721 That makes me happy to here🤗🤗

@murielmorrow4306 2 месяца назад

I wish we're neighbors so we can help each other. You're such an inspiration!!!

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

Thank you, I truly appreciate that. Wish I had neighbors that liked gardening as much as I do, that would be so much fun.

@gorathsghost6475 2 месяца назад

Last year our cucumbers did really well, this year cucumber beatles did them in we got nothing! And the %$$@^&^ squirrels keep eating our tomatoes. What are we planting next year cucumbers and tomatoes lol. Zone 6 new england!

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@gorathsghost6475 I was slammed with cucumber beetles at the beginning... couldn't believe how many of them I had in the garden... luckily, I don't have squirrels to deal with. I've read to sprinkle Cayenne pepper around where you have tomatoes, they smell the pepper and run. I've never tested it, but I've read that in a couple different places. 🤔

@eringray6374 2 месяца назад

Just on time advice. I was just feeling bummed because a creature has half eaten all my zucchini. Time to pull the plant out. Wondering what to plant there. In Zone 6b.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@eringray6374 In your area, this time of year, you can plant carrots. Lettuce, brassicas, spinach & swiss chard... to name a few. Sorry about the critter, they always seem to pop up at the worst times🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@fredheineman9398 2 месяца назад

What you said about Houston heat is so true. My go to crops, in this insane heat,is okra and field peas. I currently have biack eyed peas, purple hull peas and one called white acre peas. Will be planting Texas cream peas this week. A's long as you keep the water and fertilizer going, they will grow. Okra loves Hot. Egg plant is another one. It's doing great. Just pick things that can stand the heat and your garden will produce. Am preparing for fall now, never a dull moment.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@fredheineman9398 yep, I fully agree. I'm an okra nut, love growing this plant. Same with beans and peas, especially this time of year. 💯👍

@laurab8547 2 месяца назад

Hi Chad, thank you for all your encouragement. I enjoy your channel very much. I am in north Texas and, yes, I’m burned out. My tomatoes suck this year and my green beans have been dismal and have died even before they got to harvest stage. When I get burned out I think about the huge wins I’ve had this year. Had a big crop of carrots, have had about five pounds of edamame and will harvest more by the end of the season. Had a pretty good crop of peas from one of the varieties I planted. Got blackberries out the ears in the freezer. This is our first time growing corn and it will fail due to heat and insects, but my peppers, cantaloupe and sweet potatoes and Kubota squash are all flourishing. Just have to keep in mind that you win some and you lose some. Next year may not be better, but it will be different. That’s the fun of it!

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@laurab8547 Sounds like you had a great year, honestly. And yes, every year is so different, and I love that about gardening. Especially when you're trying new things, experimenting, and learning. 🤗💯

@kerryb2465 2 месяца назад

I’m also in Cypress, TX and can attest to the unbearable heat and humidity. I basically do a deep water in the mornings, swat mosquitoes that ignore my insect repellent, do a quick check for pests, swat more mosquitoes, and get back in the house. I am soaking wet by that time and my yard is half the size of yours. It is absolutely miserable out there right now. We have several days of rain in the forecast, which is good for my blueberry bushes that are in containers under netting, but I still need to water plants in my tiny greenhouses. Everything is in containers from 5 gallons to 20. Went the greenhouse route so I’d have fewer pests to deal with and they have worked pretty well. I am pressing on, even though I have pulled up stuff in my first home garden that I wasn’t crazy about, and have replanted even more. Persistence. Brian Lowell uses a tent when he works specific areas and maybe you can get some kind of sun sail or large tent, too. By the way, I am so sorry for the loss of so much of your garden during the last storm. Not that last storm but the one before it, that had tornadoes taking down the power lines, I thought my greenhouses were goners but they somehow survived.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@kerryb2465 Glad your greenhouses made it through the storm. I will definitely have a greenhouse when I move to my next place, been wanting one for a very long time. Thank you for this comment, keep pushing forward - and swatting those little blood suckers. 🤣🤗💯

@susanh2610 2 месяца назад

I’m 70 and I’ve been gardening pretty much all of my life. First with my parents and grandparents, and then as an adult for 50 years. As I’ve gotten older, I just can’t handle the heat. I’ve never seriously wanted to quit because I love gardening too much, but there are a lot of days that I just don’t want to go outside. I just want to stay inside in the air conditioning. In the years when I’ve really been on top of things, I have a watering system set up on an automatic timer and I have everything well mulched to hold in the moisture and prevent weeds. All I have to do is keep an eye out for pests and diseases and harvest. This year isn’t one of those years. I moved last year and here we are in July and I’m still just setting up my garden. In the spring we went from winter to hot and I just didn’t get stuff done. I’ve found with all my years of gardening that some years are just like that. I don’t quit, I just try to keep plugging away and I go by the rule that it’s never too late to try to plant something. So don’t give up! If it’s too hot, don’t go out during the hot part of the day. Go out in early morning or in the evening. Just do what you can do and don’t beat yourself up over what you don’t get done. Don’t worry about what other people say like don’t water at night. Water when you can. Do what works best for you. I hope this helps someone. You’re awesome just for trying to garden and things always get better!❤❤❤

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@susanh2610 Thank you for this comment, and I hope you get your garden up and running for next spring. It's sooooo much work getting a garden setup and growing, but the work is so rewarding and worth it to me. 🤗💯

@ljanine81 2 месяца назад

This was right on time because I really was going to throw in the towel. I'm a first-time gardener and I'm really questioning if I have what it takes lol.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@ljanine81 You have what it takes, you just have to keep pushing. Focus on a few fall crops, and see how they do. Spring to fall season are completely, which makes it fun. 💯👍

@robinhill4497 2 месяца назад

Great pep talk! H-town heat & humidity has me sweating as soon as I step outside. You always have great advice & it’s reassuring that others feel the same struggles. This 1st year newbie ain’t ready to throw in the towel just yet… I need it to wipe my face for the sweat😅

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@@robinhill4497 🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯

@tarshahenton4384 2 месяца назад

Hello, I love all your videos and I love how real you are so please don't ever quit. I'm from Houston as well, and I have been gardening for 6 years, our backyards are made alike but I have a smaller garden. I'm so glad you put out this video because I felt like quitting a few weeks ago, this year has been my most challenging gardening season because of the heat🥵, not enough rain, insects, and pests, I haven't gotten a lot of harvests, and then the hurricane messed my garden up even more, but thank God it didn't completely destroy everything. I will say gardening does get overwhelming sometimes but once you start gardening there's no going back, I would lose my mind, it's so therapeutic and so amazing how fruit and vegetables grow and produce especially when started from seeds. I just have to accept that everything isn't going to be perfect and that's okay. Thank you for all your videos they keep me motivated and inspired.

@DownHomeBackyardGardening 2 месяца назад

@tarshahenton4384 Thank you for this this message... I get down sometimes and these comments keep me going. Gardening is the best therapy, I truly believe that. The hurricane definitely pushed me off my timeliness for certain things, and I'm still trying to get on pace. Then the heat, and now all this rain is slowing everything up again. Just keep pushing through, Houston weather is a pain, but we'll get through this. 🤘💯🤗

@susanrodman 2 месяца назад

Great words. Thank you. I have been gardening as long as you have, but this year has been tough. I believe I got bad compost. I started beautiful seedlings, put them in, and the majority have been a flop in the area I added compost. Not sure where to go from here. Probably soil tests to see what’s going on?? I have had some success in areas where I didn’t add the compost, so I am definitely not giving up, but this year has been a bummer. Thanks for the pep talk💕🌻

@JohnsSuburbGarden 2 месяца назад

Thanks for this Chad. Been dealing with a tomato hornworm mini invasion the last couple weeks and it has been a bit discouraging. Especially because I have several companion plants with them that are supposed to deter the moths that lay those eggs. I *think* I got the last one the other day when I found one that was literally 4 inches long and about 1 - 1/2 inch diameter - biggest one I have seen!

@kaptynssirensong2357 2 месяца назад

Actually, your channel helped so much with keeping my plants alive that I still have vigor this year. I’ve considered setting the whole thing on fire many times but this year is different. I even see a melon growing for the first time ever which is so cool.

@kristieeads9537 2 месяца назад

My garden is smaller them yours and at this time of the year I take a break I only water For about a month by the end of August the weather gets better I get back into it I still look for things I can pick and eat and if the bugs are taken over some plants I pull them out .

@brendao185 2 месяца назад

I am in central Florida and was so discouraging to garden in the heat of summer. So decided June - August to focus on planting only flowers. then sept -May I then focus on produce gardening and just keeps the frustration to a minimum.

@brendao185 2 месяца назад

Gardening has saved me for sure. I work from home and my job is quite stressful so the view of my yard would relax me so gardening was just coming sense to me. Going into my 4th yr ❤