I think this is actually my first tour for Bed F in the back garden. This was recorded July 1, 2024. My plants are really taking off. #carolinacross #okra #cantaloupe #zinnia #sunflower #marigold #dill #gardentour2024 #gardentour
Thank you very much Mike. Isn't it great when that part of the season hits where everything takes off? Okay maybe not everything because my peppers seem to be growing so slow. 😒😒 But this bed has really gotten growing. Thanks for stopping by. 🙋♀🙋♀
Thank you so much Bayou, great to see you here. I was going to do another tour today but my phone overheated. Whoops! So Bed E Tour coming soon! Thank you for visiting and chatting.🙋♀️💜
@@GtJrGrowsItAlaska I know! Lol, I'm crazy. That's why I was like okay I'm going to share the variety. We'll see what happens, should be interesting one way or another. Especially battling critters
@@Geekygirlsjournal Thank you for joining me on this tour. 🤗 You're right they did not stop me but my goodness they try. That's a tough question. I think tomatoes and herbs are my favorite. There are a lot of others that are equally exciting and even more so, like strawberries and peppers. But I have chosen not to buy tomatoes in the off season of I don't have to. They taste better but the garden. And they are pretty easy to grow (though some give me trouble). I'd probably specify even more and say cherry tomatoes. Herbs are so rewarding because there are so many, they add rich flavors to your food, and they save you money. Herbs from the store I find to be expensive and hard to keep fresh. But growing my own means I eat them at peak freshness as I need them. Plus there are so many more options when you grow your own. I highly recommend you try. 😉 Oh and beans are a close 3rd because they're easy to grow and very prolific, very rewarding. Thank you for visiting and commenting. 🙋♀️💜
@@theelpydimension I see what you did here LP... I don't know if you're going to sweet talk me into being a gardener but your response does have me wondering 😂 You said strawberries (which I love) and I experience the same when I purchase herbs. I do prefer fresh fruit and veggies. However, I don't know what God says about gardening in my future, I'll just say we'll see 😁
I always have dozens of volunteer sunflower seedlings popping up all over the garden in early spring. Something told me to save one and just let it grow in the 17gallon bucket it ended up in, and I never do that. Well . . . either I had zero germination on the dozen or so seeds I sowed (different varieties purchased from different vendors at various times) or a culprit was spying on me and came through and ate them all right after I sowed them. Now I'm content to just let the one grow and see what type it is, it's big so it's probably just a standard mammoth sunflower but it could be one of the darker ones I like to grow. I think I will sow more and keep them out of harms way, but even if I don't we have another really tall eye catching plant I grew to maturity for the 1st time. The Burgundy Amaranth is huge! Last year a late frost killed them all right at the beginning of the season, so this year a half gallon milk carton 'greenhouse' was just enough to keep them alive when another frost came through this year. They are so tall they are right up there with the now huge volunteer sunflower. I need to post some pics to instagram, I figured they'd look cool, but I didn't think they'd get so big and stay vibrant for so many weeks.
I wrote out a reply but it disappeared! Lol. Isn't it interesting how some of these volunteers wind up saving the day? I had more tomatoes last year because I let a few grow. For two years now, I've also had more flowers because I let some Red Stalk Amaranth grow. Obviously you know all about Amaranth. I think they're my most numerous volunteer, except maybe tomatoes have them beat. And you're right, they grow very tall. I would love it if you posted pics to IG, would love to see how yours look. I'm growing some Red Stalk volunteers again but they are getting tore up by something, a bug no doubt but dang they're popular. I think every year I have issues direct sowing sunflowers, doesn't matter the variety. The first year I built those beds (2021) I had success, but not as much since then. So this year when my direct sowing failed I knew I had to start indoors. I'm glad I didn't just give up. Happy for you that you have what you have! Thanks for sharing.
@@theelpydimension I really hate when social media aps wipe out a long reply of mine, It reminds me of decades ago when word processers would crash while I was working on a document. The rewrite never seems to measure up.
Hey Devildog, nice to see you here. 🙋♀🙋♀ I know that feeling, watching them like okay go ahead, you can grow. Lol. Did you recently start them? I'd say I'm surprised in Texas they aren't already growing but then again that heat will slow anybody down! My cantaloupe did grow some flowers pretty early on. My watermelon do seem to grow slowly. The others I have are taking their time. Do you know about the #watermelonWarz hosted by Brokefarmer? I just assumed when you say melon you mean watermelon! Lol. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting.
@theelpydimension yes we are growing watermelons two different types, antelope, pumpkins. No we started them a long time back from seeds. They are vining out and have some flowers, but no fruit yet
Excellent! I've never heard of Antelope. 🤔 I'll have to come see them. I'm going to check again today for female flowers. Cheers to growing and good luck with fruit development. Thank you! 🙋♀️
