Jacques, I love your channel for many reasons but this one most of all: humility! You seem like the quintessential "humble farmer" and that is YOUR marketing strategy. No amount of business acumen can outshine your love for research, putting it to use in the garden, and your humility about doing it as you share with us. Keep being you...in the garden! 💚
Hi Jacques. I really appreciate you including recipes. I'm a new gardener and not much of a cook. Could you film a series like 10 great (and simple) things to do with basil? I'm growing basil, tomatoes, and peppers without any good ideas about what to do with them!
After your recent AMA with Kevin, I understand why you are SUCH A GOOD TEACHER on your videos! Thank you for sharing not only your knowledge but your way of teaching this vital gardening information to so many people!
Boy I feel that, I have one or two opportunities to go to my garden once or twice a week on the weekends. Currently I garden at my grandparents place; so its a 20-30 minute drive both ways; out to the country. I pull on average 8 hours at the garden because of this, wish I could be so much closer to my garden and maintain it as much as you have Jacque!
I do the same! Live in an apartment, but garden at my parent’s property. Went out today and found that deer ate all my cucurbits 🥲 definitely wish I could monitor it daily.
@@peep3616 I'd invest in some horticultural mesh and maybe some bamboo stakes with simple fishing line strung around them with jingle bells attached to the stakes. Any audible sounds and something invisible - like the fishing line; that creates a barrier that deer can't quite see - but feel will make them freak out; hope this helps dude!
That's a good idea though wish I had somewhere else to garden cause I don't have much space and my parents would get mad if I had pots of plants everywhere 😂
I am also going to be away for a few days this month and this video gives me hope that I will be able to clean up the garden when I get back and not run away screaming! Slow and steady! Love how calm and relaxed you are as you tour and clean up your garden. And you are so right about mislabeled nursery tomatoes! My black krim purple is more mottled dark red. Definitely a different variety, but pretty!
I'm seeing a lot about cleaning pruners and have started doing same. I like the rubbing alcohol solution bottle idea. especially with a travel size bottle. Easy to carry! Bon appetit!!
Shishito peppers inspired me to start a garden this year. I received some of these peppers in a meal kit and was instantly hooked. Having never seen any in ANY markets in my extended area, it seemed the only thing to do was grow my own. 🌱🌱🌱 Thank you for this video, Jacques!
I always enjoy your videos. Your laidback personality, and knowledgeable teaching style is great. My first year garden did way better than I expected. I’m looking forward to a long garden journey 🤗
When you said jacaranda tree, for that afternoon shade, I just melted. I wish I could have one where I live, on our property. My maternal family lives in Southern CA and when I’d visit in summer, it was always my grandma and I, who would try and spot them in bloom. I live in rural PA and it’s just not the right climate. Anyway, great video!
Nice harvest, everything looks very healthy. I can see a tomato cucumber salad, yum 😋 I is so satisfying to watch a harvest video, looking forward to more like this and some garden to table recipe videos 🙌🏻😊♥️
Thanks for your great advice! It is tough to come back to your garden after 4-5 days. That's going to happen to me this next weekend. I hope things don't get out of control! My main worry is to come home and find tomato horn worms feasting on my tomatoes. From Missouri
Having been sick (Covid) and in bed for a week, and the fack it rained during that time for three days, I had much gardening to do, but still not much energy to do it all as you did. I did prune the tomatoes amd sanitized between plants. Thanks!
Harvesting videos are always so gratifying to see and your mini harvest is amazing! I generally neglect my pruners so thanks for the tip on sanitizing them. A couple of my corn plants are flopping over but I never figured to stake them … yet another great tip. Great video Jacques, thanks for sharing!! 👍🇨🇦
I would love to see you cook up you Shishito peppers and see your cucumber tomato salad prep. Love to see what to do when you get behind. This time of year it happens quickly… 🥰💕👍
Leaning corn.. 2 fence post stakes on both ends of the row, tightly run twine or fish line, or whatever you have, across between the posts, in the middle, and high on the stalks. They'll stay up, and wind cant blow them around the line like it can the sticks.
I learned so much from you and your garden. It's so satisfying to watch how you work with your garden. I have a balcony garden and still, I'm so struggling with it because of many reasons. I was out of town for a week and the birds thought it was free for them :)).
You can do the same weave to keep your corn upright. That's what I do because of the high winds here. I sanitize my snips between plants, too. My tomato seedlings looked like they had some issues before transplanting, so I looked up the symptoms. I sprayed the plants and roots with copper fungicidal before planting them in the holes. It went away. For the past 2 years I have also applied aspirin drench to my tomatoes. It really helps strengthen them and ward off diseases. So far they are still looking fabulous. Another advantage of harvesting tomatoes before fully ripening, is the energy then goes to the remaining tomatoes. That's important in short seasons when you have a lot of fruit on the vine, and fall is near.
Hi from Florida!! You've inspired a lot of what I do in my garden. I now harvest my tomatoes earlier than "ripe" and it has worked out wonderfully - especially now with the pests. Just recently harvested jalapeños, poblanos, habaneros, chilis, and bells, as well as patty pan squash! Thanks for the harvest tip on squash; I've made a note to harvest when they're smaller. You rock, thanks for all you do and share.
Hey, have you and Kevin been to Columbus, Ohio yet? If not, please consider a fan meetup at the Groovy Plants Ranch! Ever hear of a Potting Bar? Cactus and unique or rare plants adorning restored cars? Food trucks at themed weekend events? All this with a rare and full service nursery. Ginormous! Hope I can drive over from Indiana and seeyas there! :J
Discovered your channel via Epic Gardening and I’m absolutely loving it. I really appreciate the fact that you include problems, pests etc. The overall vibe is also perfect as a fellow introvert 😊 Keep up the great work!
NICE HARVEST! I wish I could have the same amount of harvest! Good Job! I have 8 4 by 16 beds but the temperature has been so high here that my plants have really suffered. Today it as 104 and it has not rained in 3 months. Waiting for a next year to be better
I was away for nearly 3 weeks from my garden and welp... lets just say I've learned a lot. I would love to see a video that goes in depth on pruning a type of plant or maybe section of the garden up close.
You should check out making your own organic powdery mildew spray with Equisetum. The plant is very high in silica and helps deter powdery mildew. Take some of the plant material and put it in a bucket with water. Let it ferment for a bit then spray it where powdery mildew develops
Bush Early Girl is one of my staple tomato varieties up here in NorCal. Pretty much every garden center sells the transplants every spring and summer up here but I bought a seed pack from Johnny’s a few years back and now I grow 2-5 of them every year because they’re just so productive and reliable, even in the heat.
I've considered growing them but always get side tracked by other varrients. I have mainly Hungarian hearts and black tula, but starting to realize they're way too sensitive for my growing zone. I'll have to pick up some early girls next time
@@nomadhomad3685 I totally get that. Lol I have dozens of different seed packs of tomato varieties and probably grow half a dozen different varieties just for fun every year. I just like early girl because it’s so reliable and prolific. Even if my other more exciting varieties fail, I know I’ll still get a harvest from early girl. I’ve never heard of Hungarian heart or black Tula… now I need to go buy more tomato seeds lol
I recently harvested a couple of large pumpkins during ripening, easily around 10lbs each. Bear in mind that i'm in Australia so it's winter so soup season.
My tomatoes and peppers are not doing good at all. So jealous of your garden and garden style. I use espoma tomato tone and the one for veggies and herbs with no success. Doing a self soil test later today. 🤞figure it out. I started some special tomatoes 🍅 and really want to taste them. Keep on growing Mr. Garden Hermit. PS I really enjoyed the tour of your g’friends Dad’s garden. More on disabled (not my preferred term) gardener garden would be greatly appreciated.
Theres a world-wide issue with dirt right now, by chance is it new dirt? Or already established dirt that you have had for awhile? If its new dirt, there might be a herbicide issue with it which would affect your tomatoes, peppers, (and beans). But theres really nothing that can be done about that to my knowledge right now. However if its already established dirt, then im not sure what other methods you are utilizing.
That tomato picking timing tip will really help me (enthusiastic squirrels)! Idea for future video: details on succession planting, esp. how to time it.
Last year I buried a fish carcass, what was left after filleting, about every foot or so about 8 inches deep, and planted my Indian corn right on top. It got 16 feet tall, no joke! But when a storm rolled through when they just started tasseling, it broke lots and blew over most. Got a small harvest. It was beautiful until it wasn’t. I did tie most back up after too, but I didn’t plant any corn this year.
BTW, Isopropyl Alcohol shouldn't cause rust on your sheers. In fact, the best way to preserve a razor blade is to keep it submerged in alcohol. It actually prevents oxidation, thus keeping the blade free of micro abrasive imperfections.
Jacques, I felt your pain when you clipped off the branch with tomatoes. I turned into my parents and save everything. lol I soak that branch in water a couple of days and then plant it in an open spot. Talk nice to it lol and it will take. OMGosh! I do that with my suckers too and I have soooo many plants. But the majority take and do well. I only lose maybe 1%. Give it a shot. Great job with everything and thank you and Kevin for sharing so much info.
You can bury the corn roots deeper and it will begin to stand again with the Storms in middle America we inevitably have falling corn I've always just buried the root/stalk back up and they're happy to stand straight again 😉
Great video Jaques, love how your garden looks realistic and you have so much going on Reminds me of when my grandmother was teaching me to garden in her backyard where there was no grass just garden in every square inch
I grew 10 shishito, 8 tampiqueno serranos, 5 poblanos plants and I started with 4 but ended with 3 lemon citrus jalapeños plants and those are still growing. You're correct about the shishito you need a lot of them to get a decent amount. In squashes I haven't tried the patty squash, but I've grown winter melon squash for my MIL. Happy gardening Jacques.
The "FPS" style camera angle during your overgrown flordia weave portion is fantastic! Slow down a bit, maybe a stabilizer,,,? and a full garden tour! Thanks Jacques!
I used to get powdery mildew until I started spraying not only leaves with baking soda after a rain or during humid weather, but I especially spray the soil around the plant because that’s where the spores are. They will splash up during rain or watering. I water tomatoes carefully. It’s worth it.
Lazy dog farm hills dirt at base of his corn plants. Gardennerd suggests using clothes pins at top of corn stalks to stop worms in corn. Totally get not having enough dirt.
THANK YOU for showing and explaining about pruning tomato plants... I will get after it tomorrow :) Also, I really think you should buy the 5 acre estate next to my house that is up for sale... it would be PERFECT for you! Willamette Valley ... in Oregon is not as warm but we NEVER run out of water!
This was a lot of fun! And a lot of tomatoes haahah. In all of its glory I am always reminded of my grandparents having so many veggies all the time that they'd give us too cause they couldn't eat it by themselves ( mind you the practically fed 3 families with all those vegetables)!
our big disappointment this season was the three spaghetti squash we bought at a reputable local center that turned out to be yellow squash. We had 6 yellow squash plants already.
Great video, I love to see garden harvests. Your stretchy string looks like the t shirt yarn I make to use in the garden. It’s so easy to make! Just do a RU-vid search for T shirt yarn. There’s a way to cut it so you end up with a big continuous ball of string from one t shirt.
Same thing happened to me this season... one of my "Roma" indeterminate tomatoes turned out to be a Determinate slicer. But I don't really blame the nursery. Customers always pull out tags and mix them up. I still appreciate the convenience of them starting the tomatoes... especially since I live in a cold climate
I'm so happy to see your garden.I too bought a couple of Cherokee purple plants that not only aren't Cherokee purple but the fruit keeps rotting between the fruits in the cluster.Its not what blossom end rot it's like where they touch each other at.Im going to try the carbon next year.
So. much. good. info shared in this video! Loved it. I started growing shishitos last year after learning about them from Roots and Refuge. I've expanded to 3 plants this year and they are booming. Going to eat them for the first time tonight! I love them in olive oil with some sea salt, but I'm going to have to try the lemon juice and soy sauce now. I've heard there's a restaurant, Girl & the Goat, in Chicago that's famous for theirs and I think I'm going to have to go try them too. They're addicting!
Hi Jacques. I also watch Gardening in Canada on youtube. She's very knowledgeable and showed how to fight powdery mildew in one of her recent videos. Where she used whey liquid from home made cheese to combat it.
you can soak your tools in some vinegar or something like clr and they will clean up easy :). I have a box cutter I leave on my garden table lol. It gets super rusty and I have to clean it in order to put a new blade in when it gets dull.
I used sandpaper to remove the rust from my friend's secateurs, and then a sharpening file to sharpen, followed by a good oil to prevent rust reforming. She'd been about ready to give them up as unsalvagable, but was super thrilled to have them back again.
Your garden is fabulous! As a winemaker, we deal with powdery mildew very often. There are some less harsh fungicides like sodium and potassium bicarbonate and 2% hydrogen peroxide that can get rid of the fungus.
@@jacquesinthegarden I tend to use them seperately. The peroxide I use as a last resort due to the fact that it tends to sterilize everything and I know that you guys work hard to keep your soil microfauna diverse and healthy ! It can also be damaging to some insects so I tend to spot treat as needed at 2% hydrogen peroxide. Bicarbonate can be used at 1% solution. Some use sodium bicarbonate but sodium tends not to be great for soil heath. Potassium bicarbonate is super safe for the soil, the plants and ourselves, but above 4 kg per hectare we see phytotoxicities. I use potassium bicarbonate year-round.
I like your pruning sigh as if its kind of hard but you do it.. Or maybe its a sigh of like where hmm should it be.. :) it gives me a sort of currage to do it my selv..
