Though I love gardening, how about the squat rack in his garage? I'm jealous 😫 that I don't have the space for one. That's definitely something I'd be using daily if I had space for it. Until then I will continue to lift at the gym.
When I last tuned in, you just purchased the homestead and were looking at what you can do with it. I'm so happy to see how things are turning out! Glad to be back :)
The hand sickle is a traditional Japanese farming tool called a “Kama”, I grew up using them, very handy for all sorts of garden tasks. They’re also a weapon used in Okinawa karate, probably why you had so much fun with it. Cheers.
Advantage: lightweight and super sharp. Disadvantage: You have to bend down low to harvest rice. I've seen Japanese videos of old hunchbacked rice farmers.
If you like the Kama, get yourself a Neijiri Kama (twisted sickle). It's angled perfectly to glide just below the surface of the soil and sharp enough to slice through any weed. www.amazon.com/KNK-MT211-ARS-Weeding-Sickle-Nejiri/dp/B002CSZ3NM/
What a coincidence. I planted my water melon seeds like 4 hours before this video. And my dad told me how his dad planted them, and I saw your 5 gallon potato video, and made that, and my dad recommended to plant the watermelon seed on top of the potato containere, caouse potato growns underground, and watermelon can be grown vertically, and they don't take up too much space. I was skeptical at first, but he has more experince in growing this way, but it also helped him in the aspects of business side.
It's crazy to see how much the place has changed since the first video. Next...the chicken coop! Can't wait. Also, you missed some good opportunities for some epic sound effects.
WOW Kevin! I can't believe how far this space has come since this video was posted! Been following you since 2020. Planting cantaloupes this week so checking out this video. It's wild to see such amazing progress. So much has happened in your yard AND business. Keep up the great work! Super inspiring to witness the rewards of perseverance.
Raised in Ala,my Dad taught me about Canteloupes. We would use 5 gal buckets and 2 parts soil and 1 part potting soil. Pour into bucket; firm and turn upside down. Pat into a volcano shape. Use a piece of rebar,poke 4” hole,drop down 4 seeds and pat down and pour cup water. When seedlings get about 4 inches high and keep keep healthiest and remove the other 3. (Water as in drought conditions every 5 days) with a coffee can with multiple small holes. When fruit almost touch the ground place straw, continue as the fruits grow. We would pick as needed.
I was super excited to see the greenstalk refresh! I got one for Mother's Day, and it just arrived yesterday. I haven't even had time to take it out of the box yet.
Kevin, you act like my husband when he gets a new tool, so excited and tells me every detail about it. We have an 8'x10' garden shed with a low roof on the sides so I can't stand my tools up. I was super happy my husband made a horizontal tool rack for me! I look forward to seeing your tools organized.
I'm in a 9a zone, but I swarm my front yard is more like a 10b. I is east facing and receives no afternoon shade. I call it the 'hell scape'. Thanks for posting on your zone 10. It gives me ideas for my own garden.
Same here. Salvias are my go to. I’ve recently started doing the cardboard thing and it is helping improve the soil. Basically, though, I keep the ground covered in wood chips and it really helps to keep the soil from turning rock solid in the summer.
I’m in zone 8 and I planted watermelons and cantaloupe about a month and a half ago from seedling. I have baby melons already. They are so stinkin’ cute
My favorite tools are an aluminum garden rake because it’s finally light weight, a short handle spade, small sharp hoe and FIL’s old 5 tine pitch fork and a short handled flat fork. That welder you have 😅I would wipe out half my plants.
Give boys a sharp object and they have to play with it!!! Just be careful kids!!! LOL Those tools looked great, gonna have to check some of them out!! And your garden is getting sooooo awesome!! Love it!!!!
"New me! THIS is how I harvest now!" LOLz. Glad you and Jacques are enjoying the new tools. That wood handle will stay cool in this heat. I have 19 melons going right now, good luck to you both in your gardens!
Looking good, I also have an ali baba watermelon going, I've heard that they are one of the best tasting! Very excited to try one. Good luck out there, summer is here!
I have the same cantaloupe variety and I have it listed as Charentois (Sharon - twa). Mine are growing really fast and they have a shorter harvest date.
Hi Kevin, you mention Greywater. Not sure what that means, but I try to collect dirty water from laundry machine. Do you know how or if one can somehow at least clean it a bit to water vegetable garden. I just collect the water in 200 liter metal drums in a way to reduce water bill.
I'm barely a third of the way in, but the weather has been SO ODD this year pretty much across the country! Up here in western Wisconsin, we had frost warnings until May 28th, then the temp skyrocketed and didn't drop below 90 until yesterday. And it's been incredibly dry - I don't think we've gotten any rain at all in two weeks? In my town, anyway. It's definitely made for an interesting (if not stressful) start to the growing season
Watching the channel for about one year since the beginning. You REALLY REALLY need to have a pointed hoe with a normal (long) handle. Despite it's an ancient concept, it's the most handy tool in my in-ground garden for mixing soil and other materials, getting rid of weeds without herbicide , digging small trenches, etc. Need to try it!
Yes threshing is separating the parts of the wheat (chaff vs kernel I think). Cutting the heads (or the stalks, etc) even with the sickel is harvesting.
I just bought about thirty dahlias for my garden I grow them every year. I believe your box is way to small for three or even one dahlia. The ones your friend gave you are dinner plate dahlia and needs extra room to grow. The box you have are good for the boarder dahlia not the dinner plate variety. Dinner plate need to be placed around four to six inches down and need a good three feet in between each bulb to grow. These get very large about four feet high and the flowers themselves are sometimes 8 to 10 inches across. I’d dig them up and replant if you want big gorgeous plants and flowers. If you want the flowers to reach their full potential cut the side buds from the bigger bud to give it more energy to get bigger. If you want smaller don’t cut anything. Also dahlias need bone meal in their hole also if you have underground varmint place the bulbs in a wire basket for protection before planting so they don’t become lunch. Dahlias like full sun and not to much water well drained soil . Water at the bottom. Also if they look a bit wilted water them. Preparing the hole with good planter soil and bone meal just like you would a daffodil or fall bulb . They need to be planted in a large five gallon pot or in the ground on the dinner plate variety. Smaller varieties can be planted in your container you have. Hope this helps. Also if you have colder winters zone 6 through 8 you must dig up in fall or they turn to mush. You can at that time separate the extra tubers they grow during the season to sell or give away. Dig up and dry out a few days taking as much dirt off with water . Then dry completely I mean completely then store in peat or similar in marked plastic bags or grocery paper sacks work better . Come spring plant them again.
Comrades Kevin and Jacques hacking away with the sickle at the fruits of their labour. (gasps) And it was a red fruit! True comrades! Lol, I’ll stop. Can’t wait to see the true special delivery!
Do you have video on how one should determine what to grow IN GROUND, in pots in grow bags, and raised beds???? You have so many different setups,, and I am sure there is a reason for each...please consider sharing would be helpful
Next Level Gardening Let Kevin know you want to see that! 😉 My suggestion was to have Kevin and Brian at Brian's new home to develop plans for a water catchment system. I'm sure Brian would benefit from Kevins' experience and it would be an opportunity for another educational video. Especially for those gardeners in water deficient areas as each terrain presents it's own possibilities.
Jaques should lookup a blicky, it's used for foraging. It's a bucket that you drill a couple holes in and attach it to your waist. Kinda like the little bucket with a clip he ordered but it may be more functional then the clip on his. Love the video as usual!
Depending on the dahlia, they can get up to 5 feet high and 3 feet wide. Check with your friend to see how she suggests planting the ones that she gave you.
Seeing you by the tomato trellis, I started thinking "why would you make it so short?" Then I remembered you are like 2 feet taller than me(half a meter).
Have loved watching all the changes happening to the homestead, just had an idea if you wanted to make a subchannel staring jack when he is just doing the daily maintenance of the garden, more low tech just using his phone and with more spoofs.
If you're planting "marigolds" for interplanting, use Calendulas (also called Pot Marigolds), not the African "marigolds". A distinction that makes a difference.
I accidentally planted pre growns about a foot apart yesterday. Based on what your saying thats a mistake. I can probably re position it to have 1 in ground in my slightly raised garden bed. Im out of space in that. Is there a way to save the two that wont fit. Maybe in a cardboard box?
I just had to pull all of my Cantaloupe plants, they all went yellow and had some pest infestation. holes and oozing. Thankfully it didn't affect my watermelon plants.
Yes, we lost our first cantaloupe to leaf cutters making holes in the fruit. I hoped to learn about cantaloupe growing tips in this video but I only saw a fast-forwarded 30 second segment of them planting seedlings. Then I watched a few minutes of them showing garden tools. When it came to doing actual planting, it was back to fast forwarding. I thought this was a video about how to garden...
will you make a video on how you PLAN a garden when you move to a new house, like you, or starting. garden...would love to know how you came up with your design of where to put beds, and plant....would help us that are just starting. thanks bless
last year was my first time balcony gardening, I failed, only thing I got to eat was my spinach, I have possums making it in no matter what I do to try (Australia)
Kevin, you can eat Dahlias. The flower is edible and so are the roots. The roots are like potatoes. But not every Dahlia tastes good. Look out for varieties that are specifically bred for taste.
This is my first year trying melons. Zone 4 so mini varieties only. Frost SHOULD be done so I was going to transplant them right NOW but it started to pour rain/thunder so I came inside for a bit until it passes.......one final lesson on melons! It's been a bit drier than usual so the rain is welcome.
@@amyfoster1595 wow, it got that high? I live in RB too. Just got home around that time and avoided taking the dogs out for a walk until 7 pm because when they stepped out in the backyard, they *needed* to get to the water bowl after about 5 min. And this was just the first day of this? I’m not looking forward to summer.
Hello again Kevin 👋🏼 again I am newer to your channel an I am wondering if you let folks know ahead of time what you are going to be planting 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 ? Ahead of time ? Thank You for your patients . Have a good night .
I envy you having nice topsoil to reuse, unlike here in South Orange County where it “rock city” in our clay-like soil. But I feel your pain with the Bermuda grass - I battle kikuyu grass!
I have grown cantaloupe seed from a store bought cantaloupe and had put the seed in a raised planter and my cantaloupe have produced like 3 to 4 cantaloupe but they have grow to about a softball size. They have almost roped and just wondering why they are not the same size as the cantaloupe from the store?
