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Love the way you share your knowledge ,
generosity and passion with us❤
Paying for my college tuition was a challenge . Bartering and "Hog Trading" stuff for everything else was fun . Made me creative and my mechanical skills let me do so much that I never went hungry !!! Life is fine.
Trying to grow maranga, I got 2 so far going😊
I hope I can find some some dandelion to transplant.I have seeds to plant in my garden….It is so hot and dry here in Ms.everything is dying. I water peas to keep those alive.I have hot peppers and okra,that's it.
After 8 frustrating years of trying to establish fruit trees and watching them get destroyed by overnight attacks from pests, a derecho, late frost, and flash drought I had an epiphany the other day. I spent my whole life watching my father garden and planting fruit trees every single year. He always had an amazing, abundant garden. I'm now almost 62 years old. How many fruit trees does my father's garden have? ZERO. ZIP. NADA. Hello??? 😂 I'm done beating that dead horse. I'm going to go to the orchards to get fruit from now on 😂. Which by the way are mostly slightly north and east of where we live. There are NONE here. 🤔
Thanks, Heidi, as always, such good advice 😊
What do you do with marsh mallow? We have dwarf mallow. Do you think they're the same?
You have absolutely described my garden…organized chaos, the most healthy dandelion, broad leaf dock, plantain, borage in my corn…and more. I keep in check what I like, pull what I don't, and get an incredible harvest every year. Not always the same harvest as you described as well, but something always grows…thanks for reminding us to be garden rebels 😉
I listen to a lot of people, but each year it seems I just wing it. Lol I think mostly because I can't remember all that I've heard, but seem to do alright. 😁
Thanks Heidi 😊 ❤❤
I totally dislike straight garden rows. They look pretty, but my small area, I wouldn't have my edible weeds. So I just make walking paths – until we get a soaker and EVERYTHING just explodes: can't navigate my paths, need a machete😁 some plants get shaded out and others grow 5 feet over…. it is a constant learning process! That said, I want to seed some Swiss chard..
Oh one year I thought it would be a good idea to let a morning glory grow. Yes it looked really pretty! But the seeds live forever!!! 8 years later I still tear out little seedlings all around there, getting less though. Bindweed is another monster of that family😨
Thanks for the encouragement and gardening tips.
Good info. These are the lessons I've learned and share with others, as well. 20yrs of traditional gardening and now 5yrs no-till. The last 5 were the biggest learning curve. I now have volunteer food everywhere. Just like the "weeds" I let them grow if it works for me, and pull or transplant when needed. I've been binge watching your videoes and getting every question answered. Much love & appreciation, Heidi. What you provide for free is priceless❤🙏
The weather is just too unpredictable here Prince Edward Island and it rains too much here! I going to of to find a way to make hoop house on the raised bed, until I make a greenhouse!
Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏
I didn’t think rhubarb could grow from seed but I got one to grow and it’s pretty
Because I use weeds as a ground cover in some areas of my garden I have frogs and toads in my garden. Having mulch also helps I believe to keep the ground moist for the frogs.
From what I've noticed, if you can put it on pizza or in spaghetti sauce, you can grow it together. I pull up the nicer dandelions and plant them in my flowerpots and places they can grow without being bothered.
Rich video!
I have learned that each year is different! One year I get an abundance but next year I may not so never count on a good harvest of everything every year!
Yes dandelion is great for the soil! My neighbors don't care for their Yard but they have dandelion everywhere. I actually helped them out and got rid of some of the greens lol
When I decided to start gardening I spent the winter watching YT videos, many of which experimented. I remember telling myself I wasn't going to experiment, my purpose in gardening was to provide FOOD…yeah, that lasted one season. I was watering one day and, in jerking on the hose for more length, I whacked the top foot (about half) off a tomato plant in a pot – the only open spot I had was in my strawberry bed, so I planted the thing in there – learned later you're 'not supposed to' plant strawberries & tomatoes together, but both did fine.
Love your videos and that you share so much ❤
I planted two grape vines in 5-gallon pails 2021 & they produced a few clusters that year. Fall of 2021 I transplanted them into the ground. 2022 the south plant produced nothing, the north plant produced one cluster. This year the north plant produced nothing & the south plant produced one cluster. I wish I knew what I was doing wrong.
In my opinion, a true gardener is always trying something new. They are always growing (pun intended).
Heidi, you have such a lovely garden. Wow, we only starting out now, and we are in a very hot climate in South Africa. In the Small Karoo. I want to learn so much. Sometime its overwelmjng.
Thank you! We've been here 2 summers and I sometimes get discouraged but I look to my 'wins' and keep on going. Something is bound to like cement ground, full of rocks and no summer rain 🤣🤣🤣. I'm considering olives, coffee and bananas. 🤷 Probably in pots? We're 80-110 during the day and 40's-60's at night… Good grief.
The honeybees LOVE the false dandelion (cat's ear). I've managed to kill comfrey and borage…my mint is super slow to spread. 🤣 When I pulled all the bind weed out of my strawberry bed the strawberry plants didn't like it. 🤷
If we don't try, we won't make progress.
What type of grapes are you growing?
I have managed to get Marshmallow Root to grow on my hydroponic stand. Just this season it probably needs to live outside it got tall i trimmed it back and harvested some of the leaves it seems very happy.
Great advice and information Heidi. Thank you!😊
Good topic! I have learned many things over the years…especially that squirrels are relentless with fruit trees, and I was only able to bake one pie over the years. So painfully I gave in to the yearly assaults and they were removed but not before the Japanese beetles destroyed the apricots, plums and peaches year after year. Needless to say, they are also gone. I have learned over the years how to manage the beetles on my grapes and raspberries, and I am happy to say the rewards are many. Trial and error are how we learn. Thank you for posting this information.
Heidi, I am learning my area since we just moved here a year ago. When we got here in last May we put a garden in and it did very well! this year we had a drought and burned out all our cauliflowers, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, beets and we have had those squash but and it had taking out the zucchini, pumpkins, and other squash. We still did well with things, and I am thankful for what we got from the garden. I sure need to learn more about the garden in Missouri. Thank you, Heidi, for very good imformation.
Good video, thanks for sharing, God bless !
My garden is 90 % native missouri herbs and 10% experiments with veggies. I have to teach my thumb to turn green so I figured why not learn to use what already loves to grow in my yard… so I have at least something fresh and healthy while I'm trying to figure out peppers, squash, okra & beans… I've somewhat figured out tomatoes, I have 4 different kinds doing pretty well.. next i will try some of the same things again in a different way I will figure out how todo things, even if I have to figure outr what not to do first 🙂 meanwhile… I have 15 pounds of Lambs quarter 😛 haha !!!
Appreciate your thoughts, great list, thank you! This was a learning year, on new land, so limited, I am thrilled to have any produce! May God continue to bless you and Mr Rain.
It's just hot here from about April/May to October/November. Been 100* or almost 100* for the last month.
This is the first year we've been able to get squash and zucchini to grow after living here for 37 years, this soil just wasn't conducive to them. This year I've canned probably 3 dozen jars and still getting some zucchini.
Looks gorgeous! ♥️
08:40 😂😂😂
Great advice Heidi! Phil
OH – You've been keeping track of my garden too!! Yes to everything you said. This year, we had a very bad frost May 18. Now, our last frost date is Memorial Day normally, but this frost was hard – and took out every blossom in my orchard, my grapes, even some stuff in my hoop house that I didn't cover, like 8 early potato plants that were about a foot high. Our friend nearby has apples we can go get, thankfully. No grape juice this year, not even very many to eat. The oak trees and grape vines still show signs of that frost with brown leaves that lasted even until now, mid-August. My strawberries froze under tarps, but I'm retired and spent a lot of time watering them that morning, and saved them. 12 quarts in freezer and I ate them and made desserts. We had a four week drought in May….then when it started to rain, it rained just about every day. First cutting hay was the first week of AUGUST! Unheard of, but I was getting very, very worried about hay. All set now, but I researched how much nutrition is in hay that is over a year old, and will always have extra now to last well into the next year. I've never, ever even considered that before. Always had enough for winter and well into summer, then restock for the next year, not two years ahead. Thanks Heidi!
I love the way you say make our "failures" a learning experience because I have a tendency to kick myself around the block when something fails. And also that what might work for another person might not work for me. 😊
I so much like to hear you speaking, besides watching and learning from what you teach me, you are so gentle towards anybody when explaining and so wise in your approach on any topic. I find you very intelligent and kind, a rare bright woman! Bless you and your dear ones and a big thank you ! ❤ Sending you a big warm hug, thanks again!
It’s always hit an miss every yr! Only share your extras for sure when you have a ridiculous amount if you want!
Loved this! I've learned the same lesson about failure and success by experimenting with a new vegetable each year; experience is the best teacher. Two big lessons my garden has taught me are to slow down and be patient and to constantly evaluate what is/is not working.
I’m trying to recover what I lost in my garden when I had someone come spray a huge amount of pesticides on it .
I wasn't going to watch this one but it played while my hands were busy. Truer words were never spoken! Glad I saw this.
Hi Heidi, God is good all the time. Hallelujah.💖💖💖💖