August Container Garden Tour | Small Space Gardening

Sharing a full garden update for August! Follow along as I show you how all my plants have been growing so far this season, including wins, misses, and more.

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[Music] Hey everyone, my name’s Ally and welcome or welcome back to my channel, Mindful Living. In today’s video, I’m sharing a full garden update for August, showing how all my container plants have been growing so far this season. August is my favorite month in the garden. My summer crops are nearing the end of their life cycle. flowers have turned into fruit and it won’t be long until everything starts ripening and is ready for harvest. Okay, let’s get started with the tour. I’m going to start with my tomato plants, which are my favorite plants in my container garden. As I mentioned in my other garden tours for June and July, I am growing three tomato plants in my container garden this year. Two of the plants are a bushake variety, which is what I’m showing here. So, these are larger, more meteor tomatoes that grow on a really compact plant. These only grow about 2 to three feet tall and these are some of the best tomatoes I’ve ever tasted. I grew them last year and I really love them. So I’ll continue to grow them in my container garden year after year. My third tomato plant is a Regina variety. Another one that I’ve grown several times in my container garden. And these are smaller to mediumsiz tomatoes. Because of their smaller size, I find this variety produces an abundance of tomatoes at once. So, between my three plants this year, I have about 30 tomatoes that I’m waiting to ripen. I’ve noticed them turning from green to a yellow tinge, which is usually the first sign of ripening. So, I’m really excited for all of these to finally be ready for harvest. In my one planter, I’ve also companion planted two basil plants alongside my tomatoes. One of the basil plants is larger than the other as it’s getting more sunlight, but regardless, they’re both growing really well. Okay, the next plant I’m showing here is my potatoes. These are a fingerling variety of potatoes, and they’re supposed to be ready for harvest in up to 90 days. When the leaves turn yellow, it is normally a sign that the plants are nearing maturity, and the tubers are almost ready for harvest. I will be doing a whole video on growing potatoes in containers, so make sure to stay tuned for an update. Next to my potatoes, I have a few green bean plants. These seeds finally germinated, but it is a bit late in the season, so I’m not sure how many green beans I’m going to end up getting. In front of my green bean planter, I have my herbs. So, this is parsley, oregano, rosemary, and thyme. And then I also have another small pot of basil growing. I love using my herbs fresh or I will hang them to dry and then use them throughout the winter season. Moving on to peppers. I have eight different varieties of peppers that I’ve been growing throughout the summer. First up, I’m showing my hot banana pepper. This plant is packed with peppers, and there’s still more flowers and buds developing at the top of the plant. I usually like to wait to harvest mine until some of them turn a nice orange or red color. In front of the hot banana peppers, I have a jalapeno plant. This one is a little slower to grow, but it’s starting to produce peppers now. Okay, the next planter here was supposed to have two mini bell pepper plants growing. These were supposed to be small, compact plants that produced snack-iz peppers, but as it continued to grow, I noticed the pepper plant in the back was getting a lot larger than it was supposed to, and it started growing peppers that resembled a jalapeno. This is the second time this has happened to me with this McKenzie’s mini bell pepper mix. Last year, I planted these seeds, and it also grew a jalapeno plant. So, I think something got mixed up in production here and some of the jalapeno seeds got in with these mini bell pepper seeds. This year, I’m certain that I didn’t mix up the seeds. I planted them together and one grew into a sweet pepper and the other grew into a spicy one. Moving on to bell peppers. I have two golden California Wonder plants in my garden this year. So, these are going to produce yellow peppers. I was having issues with pests on these two plants and it was mostly slugs and earwigs that were causing damage. I did a whole video on pest problems in my container garden, so make sure to go and check that out if you missed it. But yeah, even with pests damaging some of the leaves, these are still growing really well regardless. And I do have quite a few peppers per plant that I’m waiting on to ripen. The last two peppers I’ve been growing is the orange juice sweet variety. This variety produces lots of little peppers that are crisp and sweet. They ripen to a bright orange color and they’re great for snacking. Moving on to cucumber plants. I have two different cucumbers that I’m growing in my container garden and both have done really well this summer. The first is a pickle bush variety, which are these small pickling or snacking cucumbers. I’ve gotten quite a few harvests off this plant. You’ll want to harvest these ones when they are small and typically about 2 to 4 in long, which ensures they still have a crisp texture and mild flavor for pickling. In the back, I have a bush champion variety of cucumber, and these ones grow really long. They’re about 10 to 12 in in length when they’re ready for harvest. This variety is ideal for slicing and putting into salads and sandwiches. The next plant I’m showing is my zucchini plant, and this is a yellow variety of zucchini called Gold Rush. This plant has been producing steadily throughout the summer months. I’ve gotten multiple harvests off of it. I did do a whole video on growing zucchini in containers, so you can feel free to check that out on my channel as well. Okay, now I’m moving over to the partial sun area of my garden. Starting off with Brussels sprouts. Again, I did have some pest damage to this plant. I had cabbage worms that were feeding on it. But I did get them under control with a BTK spray, which I talked about in my pest video. And now the plant is doing really well. It’s bounced back and the sprouts are getting larger. They’re probably ready for harvest sometime in September. Next up, I’m showing my leaks. I planted six leaks in this one container, but I did end up losing one of them due to a heavy storm that we had. Lots of rainfall and heavy winds caused one of them to actually fall over and snap. I ended up harvesting all of these last week, so stay tuned for a full video coming on how to grow leaks in containers from seed to harvest. Okay, now I’m showing my chives, green onions. I have some lettuce planted here, too. Previously, I had my kale and Swiss chard growing in this area, but I did move them over to the fence because I found that they were growing really slow and not getting enough sunlight. I moved them to a spot where they receive a couple more hours of sunlight each day, and both of the plants seem a lot happier. Also hanging on the fence here, I have two hanging baskets of strawberries. As I mentioned in my other garden tours, I have had some problems with my strawberries this year, which is totally new for me, but they are doing better now. And I do have a few berries here that are ready for harvest. Next up, I’m showing my radishes. And I planted these about a month ago. Radishes grow really quickly. They usually mature in about 30 days from seed to harvest. Quite a few of mine are sizing up nicely, and I’m just waiting on the other smaller bulbs to grow to full size. Beside the radishes, I have a butter head variety of lettuce growing. I actually regrrew this from a grocery store lettuce, so leave me a comment down below if you guys would like more information on how I did that. And besided there, I’ve planted another couple butterc crunch lettucees for the fall season. I’ve also gone ahead and pulled all my beets and resoed seeds for the fall season. My beets really didn’t do well this spring. So, I’m really hopeful that I’ll get a harvest for fall. Well, that’s it for this video. I hope if you guys enjoyed my garden tour for August that you’ll give the video a thumbs up, leave me a comment down below and let me know how your garden has been growing this year. And don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss any of my future uploads. As always, thank you guys so much for watching and I’ll see you in my next one.