In this video, I’ll share with you several topics and lessons I’ve learned from wiser gardeners over the years that have worked well for me. It’s basically a vegetable gardening tips collection and pleasant look at a typical day of work. Nothing is happening fast in the garden in the middle of November, but there are things to do and some lessons to be learned. We’ll pull up the okra, discuss the results of topping the okra, re-use the pots, plant more cabbage, talk about the fertilizer trials from this past year (and give results). I’ll speak about trap crops and just generally enjoy my garden. You are invited to come along with me.
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It's oddly comforting to know your carrots are growing slow also, honestly I was tickled to get them sprouted! Thanks for your time and sharing.
I had one marigold plant out of about 200 last year that everything attacked., bugs, and groundhog. Why this one plant over and over?!
Im going to have to try the feted brew next season. I do container gardening in wicking buckets and since its liquid, its just pouring it down the fill tube for the bottom bucket. I am noticing that composting has slowed down with the drop in temp. I hope it still works because I would like to continue to add to it during the winter now that I have a healthy supply of leaves.
I love your videos! I planted carrot and they didn’t sprout 🙃 So happy for you!
Sooo….my wife comes to me about 3 weeks back and tells me there is a horrific stank coming from the area around my garden bed. It’ seems mr Scott that I accidentally recreated your nasty compost bucket,but in my wheelbarrow. I pulled up all my dead tomato plants and pepper plants with the intention of putting them in the city green bin. Forgot em. It rained. And then froze then rained… next thing I know,my wife is on the verge of unforgettable nose trauma. So I dug a trench in my raised garden bed and dumped the cart load. Hopefully come spring I’ll have a top drawer garden bed!
Love cabbage!
I had cabbage cauliflower Broccoli among other vegetables growing In my garden but a freak storm came through Oklahoma and wiped out all my vegetables but that's ok I can just live vicariously through your garden
Cabbage =sauerkraut! Great video,thanks for the share. 👍🏻🇺🇸
Hello Scott, thank you for this upload, never topped my plants. Struggled with my peppers and bell peppers this year. I give it a go next year. Cheers Joyce 👩🏻🌾💚🍀
Hey Scott. Miss seeing Sam out with you. I get to have my 2 grandsons come stay weekends. They enjoy the garden time and composting with me. Today we will have some real fun. Raking leaves.
Thanks for the tips can't wait to grow okra
I wouldn't want to be in a room with you once you start eating all those cabbage recipes. Whew! lol
It's all in good fun. I really enjoyed the video. Very laid back and relaxing.
Will try topping okra next year.
Great topping the okra. I hpe to try that next season. if my okra grows that is. Oka germinated and died this year. My first attempt.
This time of year I am in full leaf mode. I bring them home from the city in those large paper bags set out at the curb. I work in the city and live 30 miles out in the 'sticks'. I bring the leaf bags home almost daily! Anyway, I dump the bags in the yard and mow them several times to almost a powder. Our compost piles are full, the garden is covered in about 6 inches of leaves, so all these will be added to the chicken run to offset all the manure the eight birds generate over the winter. I try to take advantage of the down time this time of year to build the soil with whatever is available and free. The chicken run will be full of crumbly black gold by late Spring if all goes as planned.
Going to try the okra tip. They grew too tall to reach.
Hello again from RI. It's much colder here now. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
My issue is that when it's hot, the okra pods grow so fast they get big and too tough to eat before I can pick 'em. So I will try topping those plants next year too.
I love okra! And cabbage lol! I wish I would have bought cabbage seeds.
I saw one vid of people "caining okra" that's what they called it anyway.. Hitting it with a stick to force it to grow thicker stalks.. Also a woman on Facebook posted a pic of a HUGE okra bush.. I asked if she topped it and she insisted she didn't.. She said she didn't even fertilize it.. I'm still trying to figure that one out.. Mine were over 10' with no side growth until I topped them. Sadly it was to late in the season. They sure love heat! Next year I'm going to try topping early…
I love growing cabbage……… Nice video,thanks