You guys should totally do a seed grab-bag of sorts. You'd have to do them by growing zones of sorts but I would LOVE to discover and play with some small batches of seeds like that.
I just love the excitement from you too. It really gets you excited to try new things and my backyard is very very challenging, but I still want to just give it a go.❤❤❤
Kev, I found your channel during lockdown while trying to bring nature indoors and cope with the state of the world. It's a delightful throwback to see your houseplants in the greenhouse 🥰
Just got into moss poles. Even the most basic golden pothos gets huge, chunky, and has really short nodes on the pole. They’re tricky to keep moist but I love the look of them 🤩 And grab bag seeds sounds fun, especially if it was a discounted, end-of-season sort of thing.
A great use for luffa is to cut them up the length so you can spread them out flat. Then you can cut into squares & stitch them together to make pads. These can then be sewn together into larger pads, like the granny crochet squares, that can be used as nest box pads for your chickens. Totally organic, compostable, closes your production circle AND keeps your chickens cosy & your eggs clean 👍
I grew the Clancy potatoes from seed from Botanical Interests this season. They were older seeds and even so I think I had 100% germination or near to it. I started them indoors under led shop lights because I am in zone 4. I planted them out late and treated them poorly. Not enough water, not transplanted soon enough, not enough growing space, and I still got a bunch of lovely little potatoes. I will do it again next year. For anyone who wants to try!
I needed this for motivation for my own transition to fall. After two years of trying I finally got a truckload of woodchips, and they're cascading out my driveway and into the street! 😅 I've been working on mulching my pathways and plan to have a pile age in the back corner, as well as mulching a few beds! My brassicas died in that crazy heatwave we had a couple of weeks ago, and now I need to try and start some news seeds!
On the onions, the ones you were calling bare root are often referred to as slips. The mini bulbs are referred to as sets typically and they rarely ever bulb for me, they grow in to something more resembling a leek.
Hey Kev. Tony/Joey from Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't call when a plant fruit dries and erupts with positive pressure and expels seeds - dehise (de hiss). Not sure if this is right for the luffa but the name always sticks with me.
I bought a luffa start at my garden center this spring. We harvested them a couple weeks ago. It turned out that they were a ribbed gourd, sooo hard to peel even after hours of soaking. I will make sure to get seed next time.
I need the motivation to clean out my garden. This video is great timing! I still have sweet potatoes to dig too. Not sure why I put it off so long. The clean up that is. It always feels so good when its done. Dealing with all of the foliage with everything is what seems so overwhelming.
I use chicken grit or horticultural grit (in England) on top of soil to cut down on fungus, algae. Makes a good top dressing for alpine plants and good for drainage. Monty Don, Carol Klein use this grit in all their pot plantings.
Aww I love that you talked a bit about houseplants! This is how I stated 2 years ago! I also love how you and Jacques finish each other's sentences! 😂 Question. I have a few pepper seedlings I started in summer that are now flowering in the 4 cell starting trays where i transferred them 2 months ago. Is it too late to plant them in bigger pots since winter is coming. Not that it's much of a winter where I live. I'm in Zone 10A. First time backyard gardener this year. Thanks for all the tips and tricks in the garden. I've been a follower since I was a lowly houseplant collector lol
I would love to see grab bags of end of season seeds for a nicely discounted price. What I think would be good for a grab bag: 1. A complete garden grab bag: (all in one garden theme) A legume, could be beans or peas A grain, could be corn, amaranth, sorghum or wheat A summer squash A winter squash A leafy green, could be lettuce, kale or spinach An allium, could be onion, leeks or chives A hot pepper A sweet pepper A tomato A root veggie, could be beets, carrots or radishes A sweet veggie, could be watermelon, strawberries or cantaloupe An herb A flower, for beauty & pollinators 2. A specifically themed grab bag: A salsa garden A soup garden A canner's garden A salad garden A colorful rainbow veggie garden A kid's garden with easy to grow veggies An herbal tea garden A traditional medicinal herb garden A traditional kitchen seasonings herb garden 3. The cheapest of all the grab bags: A surprise grab bag: any & all seeds left over from the end of season sales. Could be ANYTHING...
Yes to a seed grab bag. I think mi gardener does it and it was fun. Also would buy the plugs bc even with my small hands the 16 cell are tough to get out
Ah, you and rare houseplants I did not know that or maybe this was before I started watching Epic. As for onions, I’ve tried starts and also prefer seed grown because of the varieties. Here in Texas zone 8b temps are in the mid 80s but I’ve got my onions in ground (that is in outdoor pots). A bit early I know but they were ready so I plopped them in.😮. Good show as always.
Loving those houseplants in the greenhouse. That Thai Constellation is fancy!!! Shout-out to @SydneyPlantGuy for the poles. I heard him on your podcast - fun combo of all my favs! :)
I guess if you're already an amazing cook and are new to gardening, you don't care about varieties because you can make any garden produce delicious. If you've been cooking with store-bought produce and can make tasty dishes, then the stuff you grow in the garden will be even better. He's probably just interested in something that's easy to grow and maybe prolific.
@@GreenPinkyHI the only thing I could think of is those pods used for hydroponic kits…maybe perfectly formed seed starting units with seeds to pop in the cell tray? That’s all I’ve got 🙃
Love you guys, but that mural in the background does not look good. I'm a designer and recommend you boys just paint the wall a solid umber color, so it just fades away and doesn't detract from the natural beauty of the environment. Objects in the garden look better when black - they disappear and let the plants shine.
Okay, but they (Kevin & his gf) clearly like it, because they specifically chose it. Just because it doesn’t fit with a designer’s aesthetic doesn’t mean it’s wrong or bad looking. And if the property owner likes it, then anyone else’s opinion on it is moot.
I LOVE the mural! Especially after watching a video that talked about the backstory of the artist and the featured characters. To me, it matches their personality of not taking anything so seriously and being able to laugh at themselves 💕
