I am transitioning to warm weather crops. I discuss pepper planting techniques and transplants vs. direct seeding when it comes to cucumbers and zucchini. I also show a simple deer barrier that is pretty effective and name a few of the tomato plants I am growing.
0:00 Into & Before Garden Mess
2:30 After Garden Cleanup & Tour
2:40 Blueberry Growth Update
3:55 Pepper Plant Roots & Early Plants
6:50 Hardwood Mulch I Prefer
7:20 15 Pepper Plants in a 4 x 4 Space
8:09 Cherry Tomato Tunnel
8:51 Sunflower Growth Update
11:17 Seeding vs Transplants Cucumbers & Zucchini
14:25 My 9 Favorite Tomato Varieties
15:05 Endive Growth Update
19:50 2 Pepper Plants Per Planting Hole
21:35 Peas Growth Update
21:55 15 Pepper Plants in a Vertical Planter
25:00 15 Pepper Plants in a Row (1 foot apart)
25:40 Deer Fence
27:00 Conclusion
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I put in a purple asparagus bed in late March and in the beginning of April something dug up the crowns. I replanted them. The first week in May nothing had sprouted,dug up a couple of spots where I had crowns,nothing. Got more crowns and replanted. Any thoughts on what dug up the crowns and will the last planting have enough growing season by frost kill to comeback next spring? Upstate New York.
Love your garden! I hope all of your work pays off 😊
You're the Teach!!!!!!!!!!
It is my dream to have a yard like yours . I have an empty yard I need to fill up in Delaware. Where did you begin the layout of gardens in your yard ? Thank you so much.
You're always so inspiring and informative. Thank you.
You're definitely warmer than us up here. We had some 80's but not that many consecutive days and we've been going down close to 40 some nights lately. I've held back on a lot of my eggplants and peppers because of the cool nights but it looks like lows should stay above 60 starting tomorrow so everything is going in. I don't have any ripe strawberries yet but my broccoli is hanging in there and hoping for some nice heads in a couple weeks. Did you ever try purple sprouting broccoli for a fall crop? Looks like it takes longer to produce than regular broccoli but I never grew it.
Omg hot weather —-80 degrees… hahaha! That’s mild for Texas
My strawberry (dry root) from Tractor Supply are a dud. Not one came up.😢
The information you share with us if far more important than worrying about your shadow showing up in the video. We are not going to stop watching your videos because your shadow showed up in the video. We all appreciate what you share with us. We are not concerned about your shadow. I'm sorry if this seems harsh. I don't think any of us will unsubscribe because we saw your shadow. LOL
What kind of strawberries are in your garden? They look amazing!
What fertilizer did you use for the blueberries?
I just love looking at your garden It’s so relaxing. Wish my garden looked as good. 😊 Another great video.
I do have a question. I’ve searched and searched but cannot find an answer. With the exception of my tomatoes I plant everything in containers. Do the same rules apply regarding companion planting? I read do not plant potato’s (sweet or regular) near tomatoes because of blight. Other vegetable, all I can find is certain vegetables should not be planted together because they can rob the soil of nutrients or just cause a problem in general. Like don’t plant basil near fennel… is this applicable to container gardening? I hope I made sense. Thank you!
Mr Pilarczyk, I love your garden. It’s so inspiring!
Pill bugs are eating my marigold seedlings. So much for starting from seed…. I’ll have to grow some larger plants and then put in the garden.
I used your 50/50 peat moss topsoil mix from the "L" store in my above ground planters. Very good looking growing media. I used more topsoil though but my plants are growing great. Just hoping the fruit grows. Thanks for help.
Love your garden and backyard. Beautiful.
Your garden is a dream for me! 😂❤
Hello Gary, question what can I use for snails and slugs I am in MD zone 7 b and my yard is infested
I love your garden!! ❤❤
Enjoyed the video! Thank you!
Although we are in the same zone, your weather is so different than ours. We ste in the 50 and 60s during the day and low 40s at night here in New England… I'll be putting out my tomatoes and peppers tomorrow ..tonight is our last night in the 40s ❤
My radishes bolted with the spring heat. I only got a handfull of Malaga radish, and one German Giant. Next year, I'll plant earlier. My cucumbers are doing great, flowering, and starting to climb. The summer squash, especially the crookneck squash, is going crazy. The cantaloupe and watermelon are flowering and climbing their arched trellis too. The peppers I planted in the Twin Towers of Peppers are doing amaizingly well. I've had to stake up about half the peppers so far. I have extra tomato seedlings for my detrminant tomato replacement crop. I'm going to plant them in my radish beds. I've been harvesting lettuce, bunching onions, strawberries, and now I have a few peppers ready to harvest too. I just transplaned two Goji Berry bushes into my herb garden this morning, just in timw for a rainy week. I had a lot of flower seeds that didn't germinate, mostly marigolds, and strawflower. I reseeded with alyussum, and something else—can't remember, and didn't write it down, or make tags. Whatever I sowed, it and the Alyssum have germinated. Attempt number three growing kohlrabi looks promising. I have at least a couple plants that are bulbing up. My potatoes are flowering and beginning to turn yellow and fall over. I'll harvest them in about two weeks. The garlic will be ready to harvest soon afterward. Update on the sonic stakes: I haven't had any new vole holes or damage since deploying them. Is it them, cats eating them, the repellent, or a combination of ll three that worked? The voles were ignoring, or using the repellent to get high, so I can eliminate that. I've seen one of the yard cats eating fresh vole meat, and they havent been eating their food most days. They are hunting, and eating prey. But is it them? In part yes, but not entirely. I think the stakes are working. How far? I have one in each unprotected 4×8 foot raised bed, big time overkill. They are supposed to work in a 96 foot (diameter) area. I'm not trying for a mass eviction, just keeping them out of my raised beds. I have cats keep the vole population in check.
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A mess!?! No! It's one I dream of!❤
Love hearing the birds in the background. Everything looks beautiful! Thanks for all your tips!
Question, do you use anything with the borax or is it just Borax. I have a huge ant problem. At least 5 different ant hills on my 4 1/4 acres. 1 of those is just beyond our property on the neighbors but its right by our backyard. They hit my Raised Beds heavily.
Every single one of my raised beds has ants in them but none of my in ground beds have any. It’s very strange.
Thanks for all the videos. So helpful. How come you never eat the food? That gorgeous strawberry was begging to be bitten! I'm in zone 4b.
I haven't started my tomatoes… 😔🙈
My peppers and eggplants, though, were started on April 5th and look AMAZING!!! Super big and strong.
It'll be fine.
Thank you for showing what your "working garden" looks like on a regular day. Makes me feel a lot better about how mine looks a lot of the time! Lol
I’m in MD as well and spring is so hard for cold weather crops, all of mine bolted 10-14 days ago, have left them for insects. It bums me out every year because I never get great crops of spinach or long season radishes. Snap peas are doing great! And lettuce!
Hi Gary!
My tomatoes are stressed, I will finally be able to get them out starting tomorrow. Will they recover ok with nutrients? Any advice?
I prefer to err on the side of caution therefore I will not use galvanized steel metal raised beds. It has a protective zinc coating which contains an impurity of lead. I guess if you trust that Chinas quality control is top notch, then thats your perogative. I do not. Galvanized steel can also contain cadmium, mercury and aresenic.
What do you dust with for the leaf miners? Thanks! Love your channel!