WARM SEASON VEGETABLE GARDENING (and some thoughts on aging) Kaye and her helper Justin change over raised beds from cool season to warm season vegetables, with results on protecting cool season vegetables with voile. I’m starting life over on a Tennessee homestead making it sustainable! SUBSCRIBE, hit the bell, scroll down and hit “ALL” so you won’t miss out!
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Looks to me like you could cut the chard it just keeps coming back. If you don’t cut it will go to seed. You have really accomplished a lot in a short time.
I’m 69 and I find I just can’t keep up with a vegetable garden it is more work here in Mo than it’s worth weather and bugs plus critters have disappointed all my efforts in the past. Just enjoy my flower gardens at this point and the deer just know the perfect time to come over and visit. Having help is the answer but hard to find good help and it can be very expensive. Good Luck Late Bloomer you are a real inspiration to the younger crowd
Some compost has far too much unbroken down shredded wood and when that happens it robs the nitrogen from the soil… then you will see bottom leaves turn yellow and get stunted growth. To fix you can add more top soil. And amend with organic fertilizer… depending on what the specific plant in that raised bed will need.
This year my raised beds are finally doing better as the compost had too much unbroken down wood shreds. Added some top soil and amended with manure. And covered top of the bed after planting with grass clippings, broke down aged chicken bedding , no seed straw is ok… if any seeds it is a nightmare to keep weeded. I don’t even use straw any more, as I can’t find any without seed. This keeps the moisture in and helps to break down the compost and shredded wood in the compost. Early before planting I added alfalfa pellets as I noticed you use them too…a month to 2 months before planting.
Now my beds have all kinds of fungi and mushrooms in the soil. Far more water retention. I also look at each plant to see if it likes more nitrogen, potassium ect. The calcium seems to keep the squash bugs back…. Egg shell around them… I actually got squash this year. Actually got cabbage this year fixing soil and row cover to keep worms out!
Make sure soil is patted tighter… too fluffy and the roots don’t like it. Not turning the soil to deeply unless early amendments.
This year I got a new type of hoe… it’s a horse shoe hoe and it just fluffs the top of the soil. I have so many less weeds now.
Some of the info on this was on Migardener in June 2021… watch that video… great info to fix your beds… but watch the whole video to get all info. Hope this will help with your raised beds.
You never give up… love to see you tackle all that you face with your homestead and your health. The challenges you face always work out. Love Late Bloomer!!!
You are a strong lady! 💖
Well I see you are doing a Fantastic job in the Garden Kaye and Justin !!! Everything Looks Fabulous … Keep up the good work. You'll enjoy reaping the rewards! I Love Your Show !!!
collards…
I do love seeing wildlife out and about, but I sure hate them coming and just eating everything. Sure hope your leg continues to heal.
As you know kaye one of my majors Is biology and those eggs really looks like a tomato but they ARN'T they are the invasive wood boring beetle eggs you need to destroy them, because they are destroying all the forests in Tennessee,Georgia,Kentucky,North Carolina, etc they are really bad for your "homestead" they will suck the life out of your trees in no time !!!!!
Hi Kaye ups n downs,!,,,, hits n misses !
you have shown us both ,, no hiding away the downs of your garden,, you are a brave girl,,,, mighty pat on the back"
lookin at that cabbage patch my cabbage is the same
i have no back-ups so i looked around for substitutes,,,
peppers / chillies grow fine here no problem with those
maybe next year a greenhouse,, poly-tunnel some sort of covered growing area doors on each end ,,,
age well there's not a great deal we can do about that lol
you cope better that most Kaye
California was a different aspect "climate garden area
and time scale,,,, you gardened there for 8yrs
T.N few months,,,, sit back and look what you have achieved here in T.N in that time compared to CA,,,,, its a wondrous start and progress is astounding ,,,, Kaye come fall when your season is drawing to a close,,,,,
get 2 or 3 loads of cow or horse manure ,, for all you're growing areas manure (fall and again in spring )
you will see a significant difference in growth patterns
animal manure is all dad had on our farm in Utah
his produce was really good ,,,good enough to sell on
,, i think in fact i know it will get easier as time goes on
Kaye think-on,,,, that homestead has never been cultivated
you are the first to dig into the virgin soil and plant growin crops,,,,, good on ya babe,,,,
the kittys up front to see what's going on,,haha
tiger will be a big cat and a dominate cat
she will protect her siblings ,,, they will see her as protection
Kaye this video has been a eye opener as to how gardening can be,,,, like your style lead from the front ride the punches come back out of your corner fighting ,, and winning
Kaye best of luck and blessing to you and Justinxx
Edwin & Lucyxx
Next year will be better. Hi from Connecticut.
Good to see the kittens are ok.
Hi….I am 72 yrs of age….I have carrots.. tomatoes…basil….& hot peppers …this year all grown from seeds…will plant kale again ….I tried growing corn in a grow bag…no luck… I do have 2 blueberry bushes in grow bags….I would love to grow more…I have a few small flower gardens…sunflowers …zinnias & some Texas bluebonnets (my 11 yr old grandson planted)….climbing roses and such…just enough to keep me busy…lol…There are many things I would like to grow….even when seeds are cheaper…everything else is very costly…good soil …wood …and I cannot dig …
I cannot imagine having a garden like yours….the bugs and critters have driven me crazy this year…..I have fallen in my garden(straight on my back) luckily nothing broken…of course I did something stupid! You have a great worker in Justin….You are an inspiration! …God Bless!…
I will keep watching!
I wonder if this video was shot in early July. It’s awful late to put out peppers if you live in Tennessee.
They’ll barely get grown before the frost hits.
Get you a garden planner for your area;
Cabbage, Brussels, and Swiss chard don’t taste good after the heat hits them.
We list a LOT to those white butterflies laying their worms. We covered some but winds blew most aside. We definitely need to spray more and cover more securely. We did get 4 beautiful cabbages that had stayed covered. So delicious. I can't help at all this year, recovering from a knee replacement, 70 years old, shoulder arthritis also. My daughter took the garden over and expanded it and is trying to keep up with it. You're learning and doing well. Blessings
I love the kittens in the videos.
How much does one "need" to grow? I wouldn't bother to try calculating it. There's going to be loss.
I would start small and keep growing until I can't handle it or I know the garden will definitely meet my needs.
A subsistence garden is not completed in one season. It'll take several years at least.
25:11 leaf miner
Thank you for showing the sweet kittens. They are so precious just romping around and being with you. I miss my cats; the last one died a couple of years ago and at my age I am not going to get another to possibly leave behind when I am gone. I am growing a few things in a GreenStalk this year and a few pots of tomatoes. I love watching a fellow Tennessean as we share the climate and culture. Your gardens are beautiful and what a blessing to have found Justin to help you.
I lived in middle Tennessee for over 40 years and gardening is not easy. The weather can be so unpredictable. One year perfect rainfall next year drought or too much rain too late… ugh!! I wish you the best.
AND I have to add..
your garden in California was so lush and fruitful.
Grow your cool weather veggies much sooner here. By July it’s just far too hot.
Just north of you we’ve had very little rain.
peppers look like its a little sunscald, it can happen in morning sun with the dew drops working like a mini greenhouse
Please check out Billy at Perma Pastures Farms. He has some kind of burned bones concoction that you paint on tree stumps or just pieces of wood in and around your garden or property and the deer wont come near it.
I plant asparagus with my rhubarb and strawberries. They naturally compliment each other.
@19:00 Noticed a pile of straw in the background but did not see it as ground cover in your beds. Wishing you the best healing from that scalding.
Miss Kaye, this spring I learned the hard way that almost all of the broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage leaves are edible when they didn't produce heads but instead started to go to seed. I was not about to lose everything I'd worked for, so I removed the worst of the outer leaves and rough chopped the rest. Some I blanched for the freezer and some went in the crock pot with onions, a pork shoulder roast, and whatever seasonings I was in the mood for at the time. They cooked up so tender and tasty that I'll never toss them again…and I do NOT like the flavor of cooked greens (not that I let that stop me – I just sneak them into things). Good luck with your cabbages, and please don't despair if they don't produce this year!
Love your pink tulle!
I was thinking your beds are awfully big, how are going to reach the inside to harvest. Justin seems like lifesaver for you. Such a hard worker. I hope your using aloe on your burn.
Do you catch rain water?