When my mama wanted to get another fig tree, she take a low hanging branch, bury the middle of it and water it. She would weigh it down with a brick and leave it for two weeks. She would then dig it up and it had roots. All she had to do was cut it off and plant it. She usually did it in the early spring.
When we moved to Florida from Washington state we called pecans P cans like you do and we were told by Floridians that they are pecans-pa cons- because pecans was something that Grannies kept under their beds!
It's comforting to watch a skilled, thoughtful, and adventurous gardener plying his craft. You don't cut a lot of corners where it matters. I suppose your pee'-can trumps my puh-cahn' since you can grow them, and I can't. I've still got you on Toronjina tomato though. Toron-hee'-na. Thanks for the words of hope for those enduring the drought.
You definitely got me on the tomato pronunciation. Even though I had quite a few Spanish classes in my day, I just can't make myself say it that way. lol
Watching from Australia Trav, and although our seasons are diametrically opposed, I take so much information from your videos that I can apply to my planning for our next season’s planting , so thank you for solid advice and being a good bloke! All the best Jules
Cilantro. Crush the seeds using a rolling pin or other hard surface. Then plant in garden or seed trays. As soon as you plant your cilantro seedlings into the garden, start more seeds. If it’s not real hot season, I wrap the crushed seeds in wet paper towel and place in a plastic bag. Don’t seal the bag. Check for sprouting after about five days and then every other day until you see little tails. Then pop straight into the garden. These seem less likely to bolt.
With the worm bin, yeah it would have been good to put some holes on the bottom since you have it out in the open kind of even though it's under the tree, or you can just use a tarp and put over it because it can get flooded and that water is not going anywhere so it's gets a little too anaerobic down there
I feed my worms shredded paper bags, coffee grounds and bananas 🍌 peels. I heat eggs shells in the oven for 25 minutes and then powder in an old blender. The worms use it for grit. They ❤️ it. They are on their 3 year. I live in a cold climate. I have them in a tote, using coco choir for their bedding. I ordered red wigglers from Uncle Jim's worm farm. Great family company 🪱. It doesn't smell at all.
Travis, something I found out about Basil this year is Hummingbirds love the flowers! I let a wicking tub that was planted with "Newton" Basil go a little too long into flower. Then I noticed the hummers arguing over who could be king of the basil on our deck. I've never noticed this before as I generally do not let basil go into full flower. I remember as a kid in the 60's digging in the compost pile (ie, cow manure and stall shavings) for red wiggler worms. He had a 5 acre lake on his hobby farm and all the grandkids loved to fish for "bream". He also sold worms to the local fish bait store for a while. I still have a couple of his old waxed worm cups I keep as a momento of those summers on his farm.
Just checkin in from Central Texas, we had a tropical depression that gave us an inch of rain on our pacahn trees today too.😁 and a 77 for a high temp....
we used to call our ducks "building inspectors" we couldn't do squat outside without them coming over and discussing amongst themselves, then waddling off. i miss those days
Hopefully the cooler weather will sink to lower Alabama because it's hot here. My niece told me it was 101 on her car thermostat at 3 pm. I know my hens were hot and complaining at roost time because I had forgotten to turn the fan on them lol. I hope you have a great worm farm and can capture the worm tea. I understand it's the best thing going for soil and plant health. Give them your potato peelings, my brother in law had the best worm farm, but his was strictly fish bait.
Down here in South Texas I have a worm bin and if you do get water in it from rain or whatever and it stands in the bottom of it it might be one two inches that dirt will sour and some of the worms will die and it will stink bad I have a big one like that and I have two little holes in it to keep the moisture from building up in the very bottom I put 5 gallon buckets underneath it to catch any moisture that comes out and then I poured on my garden and they just love it the plants are growing like weeds
As a Georgia born lady, it's PEE-can! Also, I feel that we need to clarify that even if the temps are mild for us the humidity is 200% and after a few min of working we will be dripping sweat! Gotta get a worm farm going!
You can harvest celery like you would any bunching green. Just pulling the outside stems off the plant. It continues to regrow and gives a bigger harvest than just harvesting the whole plant. That's how we harvest celery at the farm.
I did my worm bin a little different. I build it in layers. I add to it as they break it down. I use peat and shredded paper along with garden scraps. They love mellon leftovers. Last spring a filled a 20 gallon tote with casting. I just added another 4-5 inches of peat bedding, ground egg shells and watermelon leftovers. It works great!
I hear ya on that weather! Out here in west Texas desert we are in the low 90s!!! And we are supposed to get rain! RAIN!! And for like 5 days! I don't think I have ever seen that! That's about a years worth of rain here! Lol
I’m in south eastern NC, and am also enjoying this “cold” front that is moving in. Mid to high 80s all week. Tomorrow is suppose to be 79 for the high! 😱😱 AND the possibility of rain every day the next week and a half! Supposedly, everywhere around us has been getting rain, but we’ve not seen any. Friday there was a light rain most of the day. And then again this evening it rained again. My plants are enjoying the drop in temps as well.
Glad you had or are having some cooler weather. Our intense heat here in SW Missouri broke yesterday. After 21 days (not consecutive) of triple digit highs, we are only 72° today. What's even better, we had a little over an inch of rain last night. Just the second measurable rainfall since June 8th.
Yes sir the celery n herbs take months! Also for me eggplant n peppers take months...im in Florida n it's hot..i have a jalapeno plant that is now 3 yrs old I just let it be even if it gets 25-30 it just keeps going😊 pecan peecan yup that's I say it too lol
Hi, Travis. Yes, I, too, have a worm farm. It was started in 2019 and has since been upsized to a large storage tote. You will be glad you started one! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 8/17/2022.
Just FYI those ducks will start plucking transplants from the garden! Ask me how I know! They love the short new growth. I had to put electric netting around my garden when I had ducks.
The worms love crushed eggshells...helps with digestion. Add a few food scraps once a week. Easy does it until the population increases. You may end up drilling a hole into the bottom for drainage....but that’s where you can collect the yummy tea to dilute and fertilize with. Worms are fun, I’m sure the boys will love it. “Pecan” had me giggling.
My compost bins are slow due to lack of big amounts of input. Only 1 flip during a year. All the different worms and other critters move to the nearby new bin with fresh kitchen and garden waste. I have no need for a dedicated worm bin, they do their work in the slow compost bins. The downside is that I get volonteers from my compost, and that I have to put nasty weeds and weeds with seeds into a barrel with water to rot down to a smelly substance during a month and apply them diluted as a fertilizer. According to my wife, the smell of those rotted down weeds, have no negative impact on the taste of the veggies. I only can report no negative impact (due to lack of smell and taste, thnx covid) on growth, only positive: fava beans grew 50 percent higher and had 50 percent more harvest than the previous 5 yrs. Of course there may be other factors causing that jump. I only add 1 inch of compost to the raised no-dig beds each year, after starting them with 6 inches.
When I grow my cilantro and it bolts I just let it go to seed and then I have volunteers that come up everywhere and I have a whole new crop of cilantro so really starting in about October until March I have cilantro no matter what because of that very reason
Hi Travis, have you tried growing Pink Celry? Its' not as big as the Utah Tall, but it grows easily (reseeds itself) and its' more forgiving til the weather gets really warm, and pretty disease resistant. The Utah Tall is prone to celry rust and carrot root fly damage here in the mid Atlantic area..the pink celry is great for small garden spaces and the smaller pollenators love the flowers. Blessings.
Got two like that with the plastic containers. Put holes in both of mine and catch the tea that runs out for fertilizer after a rain. You will probably need a hole in yours also my friend
I had good germination of non pelleted celery seed when it was planted on surface of starter mix uncovered. Pelleted seed in my experience has to be covered, I had trouble getting pellet lettuce seed to germinate,
I love Utah Tall. I also grew Chinese Pink Celery. They both took a REALLY long time to germinate and grow big enough to transplant. Last yr I started them in September, put them in my greenhouse, and transplanted them in March/April.
Not sure I have any videos solely dedicated to celery, but we do grow it. We usually start ours in the greenhouse in late August, then transplant in October and it grows throughout the winter down here. Harvest is usually throughout the winter and into spring.
Enjoy your weather while you can, I don’t think we’ve ever had a August with those kind of temperatures usually not till October or so, and the rain while we have plenty of that here..good luck with your worm farm keep us updated.
Oh my goodness, 🤣🤣 you are so right. Out here in Texas it's still quite dry and hot. But I'm surely glad y'all have good weather. We're looking forward to the milder weather in fall here. Enjoy!!
Travis, there are specific worms for making castings. Red wrigglers are the best at that. Check out the two best worm breeders: Captain Matt and New England Gardener. I started a bin about two months ago so I’ve done a lot of reading, internet, and RU-vid research. There’s a lot to know if you want to get lots of castings, and make worm tea. Let me say, there are a lot of methods out there, many contradicting. I opted to use a single bin, a large tote with no hole. I am using my own homemade sifted compost for bedding. No paper or cardboard. I put a layer of about 4 inches of dampened compost in the bottom. I added my worms, about 500, added some powdered egg shells for grit and I am using powdered organic chick feed which has everything they need in it. I spritzed it with water and added a couple more inches of compost. I’m using a piece of black trash bag cut to fit over the top of that. My bin is in my basement so I need no cover. I am however, covering it with a piece of screening to make sure no flies or other bugs nest in there. (So far they have not). I feed them every couple of days, repeating the addition of compost . And spritzing the dry feed just a enough to dampen, adding grit, sometimes I use sand. The three big issues to be aware of are: too much or not enough water Over feeding, and temperature. Worms like 60-80 degrees. I learned that earth worm like I find in my garden are very different than the red wrigglers. Red wrigglers are top dwelling and eat way more than regular garden earthworms who live deeper in the soil. Before I got to how I’m doing things now I learned the hard way. Had some black soldier flies because I used some almost finished compost that still had some ant, fly large, and it got a little anaerobic in the bottom. It’s easy as pie now that I’ve got the formula down! I made some compost tea from my first small batch of castings. That’s another art, but again not difficult if you know the best way to make it. My plants seem to like it!
August here is turning out to be mild with temps in the 70s but do need some rain. That worm tub has a lot of surface area which is good. I don't I would not have filled quite so full but as the worms break it down the level will drop. Just a note: When I feed the worms, I grind everything up in a blender and let it drain out in a fine mesh strainer. Cover up the food when adding it to the worm bin so it's less likely to attract flies.
My worm bin is covered and there is no way rain can get in. With it covered the worms still produce a lot of juice. I have to drain it probably every two weeks and it always mostly fills a milk jug. You’ll know when you have to much liquid at the bottom because the worms will try to get out.
I used to use 100+ gallon horse troughs to grow my capsicum pubescens peppers in, as I needed to be able to keep them alive for 3+ years just get a good production. A good production could could be 1000 pounds per plant over a season. These put out 15' long vines, purple flowers, black seeds, thick walled, juicy and varying degrees of spiciness. The really good part is the flavor profiles are amazing (if you don't cut into the walls to get the heat also). Keeping them alive for 3+ years can be tough depending on your environment. Many grow at 6000' elevation in Peru, but are found all over central and south America.
I have always preached keeping pepper plants over winter as then2nd year is my bumper year but this year the yield nwas.so.bad im half tempted to rio them all out..but its been a record drought and heat year.
@@sislertx When I grew pubescens peppers, they didn't start full production until the 3rd year. One plant could easily produce 500 to 1000 pounds of peppers on their 15 foot vines.
I have only grown cilantro once, it did ok I guess. I grow parsley every winter and it just goes bonkers. It is an often overlooked herb, people think it's just that little green thing next to the orange slice on your plate at the diner :) Actually it adds a whole new subtle dimension to just about anything you cook. It's also very good for you, I use it in almost everything, great herb.
I was doing the huge tote with a lid . I used peat moss and organic soil mixed. Red wriglers and night crawlers I harvested. The prevailing info was the night crawlers would die. They didn't in fact they were thriving even tho in the confined space. Everything went well for 3months or so then water got in and flooded it. Drowning all of them . Having a few mesh covered drains is a good thing . Eventually you will have a lot of worm tea.. pee to let off I would think
Been collecting free starbuck coffee grounds put these in totes have 3 in the greenhouse creates nice BSF black solider fly Larvae that i give to my chickens works very well. Btw you don't have to buy anything.
I have some baby figs already on my tree I got from y’all this spring 😍 I am so excited about that. We are trying so hard to get a worm farm going too. It’s okay I saw where someone suggested chick feed. I might have to try that! Cilantro bolts no matter slow bolt or not. The best trick I heard is to plant lots of seed together! Love your videos
Ok brother quick question. Why the worm bin ?? Why not just add the( red wiggler ) worms to the compost pile and be done with it. Ive got 3 kids and a worm bin about twice the size. My bin does have a drain a the bottom for 2 very important reasons. 1 is so i can add water and catch what drains to be used in garden. 2nd is most important, the water sitting at the bottom will create an anaerobic environment.
Our compost bins are in direct sun and get pretty hot. We tried adding worms to them and they just leave. Hopefully this shaded environment is better for them.
@@LazyDogFarm yes i had that happen as well. I moved my bin to a shady location. I. Also water 1 time a week at feeding time. It keeps everything moist. Simple solution though might be to drive a couple posts and have a shade tarp over it. Worms will go through the compost faster than the suns decomp.
I started my Tango celery about 2-3 wks ago. I put mine in the frig a few days. still takes a couple more weeks to emerge. Great taste. I did not blanch. Flavor was awesome.
The young boys dream career: worm farmer. Got a question, it may sound like criticism but it's not meant that way. In the past you've always kept the edges of your plots so tidy. Now they appear to be more encroached upon by weeds. Have you intentionally let this go because it's too much work, or for some other reason? Also, when you do your next full garden tour would you be willing to draw a map of your place, how the plots relate to the buildings and the fig farm? I love seeing how others utilize their land.
My control of the garden edges tends to come and go with the seasons. I don't fight it too much in these hot months, but we'll regain control of it better when it cools a little.
My dad had a worm farm. I mean a real worm farm lol 30-4x8 12 inches deep raised beds of them. He kept them covered with toe sacks. They did not have a bottom. There were thousand upon thousands in those raised beds.
@@LazyDogFarm Thursday afternoons we spent counting out worms, putting them in cups to sell as fishing worms. He sold 3 dozen for $1. And usually made $700 to 800 each weekend. I don't miss counting worms. Lol
Did you add any grit for the worms? I was told they have gizzards like a chicken. They need grit to digest their food. I assume smaller particle size than chickens need.
I'm interested in your upcoming celery trial. This past spring I grew Tango from nursery transplants because my Utah seedlings got super leggy and weird. I'm going to try Utah from seed again this year. Tango had great flavor and was pretty. And the neighbot cat that hangs out in our garden is named Tango. Here in 10b SoCal, cilantro bolts when the sun shines. In my area, Slow Bolt is good and would be better named as "a few days slower to bolt cilantro".
I see you have Migardner seeds while you was just starting to talk about cilantro! Have you heard about Culantro. Migardner sells that also is it better in hotter temperature we grew it here in Michigan but doesn't do any good like it should. Taste just like cilantro just way bigger leafs!
They'll take a good bit longer when overwintering. If we grow in spring, plants are usually true to the listed maturity date. When overwintering, it can be up to a month longer.
Odd i just did a bucket rain test unintentionally under my pecan trees...i got slightly more water in the 6 buckets under the trees as opposed to those in the yard. Yes i.was not even trying to catch it...but the difference was Noticeable..i didnt measure but noticed it because it was surprising to me the difference.....but what rain we.got was slow...and maybe that caused it..i just thought thats weird and.went on with my work. But now im gonna start me.an experiment..lol
I noticed that too..one would think it would be less..we finally got rain on sept 15...we had bot had ANY since first part of may!!! June beingnour wettest month..every single storm split and qent around us!!!
Have you ever grown Greasy Beans, and if so, what are your thoughts? I saw them on another channel and was intrigued. If I can get my hands on some, I'm going to give them a whirl this Spring. Thanks for the info on the worm farm. We're hoping to get ours started soon. Reckon they'd do alright in an unheated greenhouse? I don't want the boogers to freeze. I'm in 7b NW Ga.
I think greasy beans are a 50-day crop, aren’t they? You could likely get at least one good harvest before first frost. I’m also in NW Georgia, first frost this year is forecast for October 31. I don’t know what their cold tolerance is but I’m planning to have my beans harvested and in jars around the end of October. Good luck!
@@LazyDogFarm The name is unappetizing, but they're called that because the pods evidently look shiny instead of matte like most other beans. LOL I found a bunch of varieties on wrightsheirlooms site. Give them a gander when you get a chance. :)
From what I understand, Red Wigglers are composting worms. Many folks also use them as fish bait. "Big Reds" or "Pond Worms" are not composting worms, but are popular for fish bait because they're so big.
You have a pretty short window for the basil, don't you? When do you start seeing lows below 50 degrees? I started my seeds the other day and figured you did it two weeks (or more) ago.
Excuse me Sir....You pronounced Pecan wrong. Here in Arkansas it's PahCon. But you did convince me to start some celery for the first time.✌ Loving the worm set-up...I might try that also.
Somebody's mocking the promised land's weather and how we say pehkahns. Lol... Just kidding. So how are your sweet potatoes and okra enjoying the cool weather? 🙂
It is cooling down here in Augusta ga too we have a highs on Tue 84 Degrees wed 80 Degrees and 77 Degrees Thu and fri.also do you grow swiss chard ever in fall.
I am in Southeast Texas and usually plant my swiss chard in late October and through the winter. This year, through these last 3 months of 100 plus degree days, my swiss chard is still going that I planted the first of November.
Looks like you are running a bit of water down your face. We are having 105F+ temps this week, but the humidity is close to 10%. Tomorrow is likely the peak at over 110F.
@@LazyDogFarm I can handle the dry heat like he's talking about, I've lived here all my life. But oh boy, I don't know how you all do it with that humidity! I can't breathe when I'm down there! Here's just hoping for cooler temps everywhere - for people and for plants!
Know this is off the subject on the video. Question on Neem oil are they all about the same? Do we pay for the name or is there a different on the ingredients for the cost on same amount. I’m looking at pure cold pressed concentrate is there a different between that and what they sell as 3in1 Neem. Thank You and look like you doing good with your recovery. Take care
