Thanks, Jon!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!!

Great tip- thanks!

Very true. I don't know if it's the case with your thistles, but what I see is that if the organic matter is high and the break down of that matter is not efficient, thistles thrive in that environment.

@@GrowfullywithJenna ahh, that could be as we are very dry here and yes, the bark is very loose as we piled a bunch of tree clearings for a few years and just cleaned it up. Need tons of organic matter here, but it only helps if I can keep it hydrated.

Ooh, how fun!

Thank you!

Nice!

Thanks!

Thank you! You have a good day too!

Thank you so much!

I love them too!

Thank you, Frank! I will be doing another favorite varieties video- but I can tell you right now, Silvia is my favorite Brussels sprout, followed closely by Hestia. Both early maturing compact plants, and very productive. Roma-type tomatoes- I've had nice results with Marzinera, Optimax, Pozzano, Finger Lakes Long Paste, Ten Fingers of Naples, Striped Roman... to name a few 😄

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks Jenna I'll definitely add these varieties to my list

How I wish I had clones… boy, could I use them 😆. Thank you, James!

That pre-rotted wood should be a great addition to those beds- best of luck!

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Thank you, John!

Thank you! It's always wonderful to hear from fellow Ohio gardeners! I was lucky in that I was raised with gardening- both of my parents are avid gardeners, as our many of our extended family- so I got started very young. Right off hand, I'm blanking a bit on the best resources for getting started, but I'm sure they will come to me soon, and I'll let you know!

@@GrowfullywithJenna if you started a course I would certainly enroll.

They are! They’re just a single flowered mix.

Hi Tim- I plant tiller radish both spring and fall, though I prefer fall planting (or late summer planting). This is becuase in my area, the radishes have enough time to get established, but on nice big roots and them come lJan/Feb when it gets really cold, they winter kill and by spring those roots are all rotted away into the soil. I don't have to do anything to prep my beds- just brush aside the residue from their foliage & plant!

Thank you so much, Cristina! I don't have a worksheet yet- though I am working on a website and hope to have information like this up by the middle of winter.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you. I tend to only have problems with voles eating other crops as we go into the fall and winter months, when their other food supplies start to dwindle. I've tried traps, bait stations, encouraging their natural predators but still do struggle with them. Lots of folks have mentioned that having a cat with a strong hunting instinct around is one of the best ways to control vole populations!

Thanks for watching!

Hello! I don't have one specific video on protection about animals, but I do talk about my fencing in this video at 6:00 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nKmcY7iourTQgKs.html This fencing is my main protection against critters. I also find that hoops covered with netting work well to keep most creatures at bay. I show those in the same video at 00:50

@@GrowfullywithJenna Oh you already covered that perfectly. MUST HAVE. Thank you very much!

I'm so glad!

It’s a mix of 2 varieties- one that ripens to gold/yellow and one that ripens to red

Thank you so much, Richard!

@@GrowfullywithJenna Jenna - You're quite welcome. Have a great weekend.

@@MrRKWRIGHT You too!

Thank you so much, Jesse!

Thank you!

She does an amazing job for sure!

Thank you so much!

You're welcome, Shanelle- I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks so much!

I’m glad I could share a little slice of home with you! 💚

Thank you!

They suprisingly do quite well in the clay! The caveat being, that most of my beds are amended and improved at this point- I'm not planting into our straight clay soil. However, after doing a few 'no dig' potato beds, what I"ve noticed is that the potatoes will stay right in the top layer of nice soft compost I put down, rather than burrowing down into the soil underneath. However, when I do the trench method, digging down into the soil and hilling through the season, the potatoes produce quite well. Sweet potatoes seem to be a little more ambitious and are more prone to pushing their way through the soil.

Thank you, Paulina!

Thank you, Harold. Yes- you can definitely have the same issues with hügelkultur (perfect spelling btw), especially if starting with freshly cut, large logs. I bypass the issue by selecting partially rotting logs when possible, and adding a source of nitrogen to my mounds- typically manure, compost and/or blood meal.

@@GrowfullywithJenna yep, and the added bonus is it can supply nutrients for many years.

They do indeed- we're lucky to have it!

UGH... so sorry to hear this! They are awful aren't they? The general advice I've been given is to 1. Put hardware cloth under my beds... which I've yet to do and is not practical for the large inground beds at my folks' place. 2. Get a cat 3. Set out poison bait stations. I have issues with all of these solutions for one reason or another, so I'm hoping other will chip in here with advice!

@@GrowfullywithJenna I wouldn’t use poison because those that feed on them could be poisoned. I would bait traps as we did for gophers. We found a rat trap baited with celery was the trick they couldn’t resist. Peanut butter also, but if using that the trap should be under wire cover to keep birds out. And because of the gophers on property either side of us that isn’t managed we get one here or there when they start outreaching their territory. It’s for that reason and field mice that the Ruth Stout method wouldn’t work here.

I think they are worse this year! Hopefully next year won't be as bad.

Hope it was worth the wait, William!

@@GrowfullywithJenna It was, thanks!

Hoping to have it out early next week!

Just speaking from personal experience, I heavily rely on grass clippings to mulch around all of my plants- I use them both fresh green (straight from the catch bag on the mower) and dried and have never had any issues with them affecting my plants negatively. My understanding is that because they break down much more quickly than something like wood chips, the nitrogen tie up is very minimal.

@@GrowfullywithJenna Good to know.

😆 American thistles seems more fitting somehow 😂.

I am hoping to share an update! Regarding harvest: Sweet potatoes are typically ready to harvest when the leaves have started to turn yellow, or about 3-4 months after planting. In Northern areas, they can be left in the ground until the first fall frost- but you’ll want to get them out of the ground as soon as possible after that point. I generally let them get hit by the very first frost, which will kill back the tops and dig them within a day or two. Since they are insulated in the ground this does not harm them... though I wouldn't delay the harvest much longer than this. You can see how I harvest here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9h7lMlhvJyyc4E.html

Thank you!! The nasturtiums are just called 'Single Flower Mix' www.applewoodseed.com/product/nasturtium-single-mix/ and they put on a TON of growth! I've not used shredded bark, though I'm sure that would work. My absolute favorite is ramial wood chips (chips from all the smaller branches and sometimes leaves) as these break down faster. But I typically just use whatever wood chips I can get a hold of in my walkways. They are generally broken down after a year- 2 years at the most. The insect netting I use is this: www.gardenport.com/search?q=insect+netting&type=product , voile achieves the same thing, but I don't think it holds up as well. At 13:48, with the exception of the kale, I had those covered with netting until they just got too big- so they were only uncovered for a few weeks. The cabbageworms didn't seem to bother this type of kale as much as some of my other brassicas. Typically I would have to spot treat with Bt spray to control the worms after taking the netting off- I got lucky with this particular planting, as I did not need to spray at all.

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you very much, Jenna.

Hi Becky- I got them here: www.gurneys.com/product/sweet-pepper-triple-delight-mix

Thank you!

Absolutely! Anything that blocks off sunlight will work in a similar way to a silage tarp. I’ve used sheets of scrap wood, smaller tarps, cardboard, old metal doors… you name it!

Just the timing- they had a line of trees to the East, so they were in shade till about 10am- but received full sun the rest of the day.

I knew just what you meant 😉

Thank you so much!

@@GrowfullywithJenna you’re welcome thanks for sharing the video 🥰

Sounds like you've got a challenging set up for sure! But you are fortunate to have those maple trees- do you tap them in the winter? I am glad to hear you're not giving up! Yes, we are very fortunate... that farm has been in my father's family for 2 (going on 3 with me) generations now. And oh, how I wish we had some Mallorn trees 😄... I've always wanted to live in Lothlorien.

@@GrowfullywithJenna No, don't tap them. We watch a show on Britbox called, "The Farming Life," which fascinates me. All of those families have been on the same farm for "generations." I find that so incredible...the continuity and traditions. A truly exceptional life. And increasingly rare. Real living by real people. Remarkable.👍

I definitely want to try this! I'm assuming you've not been able to taste any yet? I'd love to hear your opinion of the eating quality.

@@GrowfullywithJenna I only tasted an unripe one after accidentally cutting its vine while pruning. It tasted like unripe butternut more or less. Some fruit have been growing on the vine for 4-5 weeks but I think I'll leave them there for now. They're supposed to turn into a duller lighter yellowish-green colour when ripe I think, currently they're still dark green, although the skin on some of them is getting fairly tough (like butternut as it ripens). I have a lot of stuff coming in from the garden, more than I can eat fresh, so if it'll stay fresher on the vine than on the counter or fridge, I'll leave it on the vine and pick it closer to our first frost. In Central America, where the seeds are from, it seems like their green squashes are more of the acorn variety rather than butternut, so this dark green butternut might be a bit unusual, even for Guatemalans. That's not a problem for me, moschatas have better SVB resistance which is a bit plus in my area. The Central Americans seem to call these "ayote negra" since it darkens even more after cooking, to a very dark shade of green. They seem to be most commonly used in a dessert called "Ayote en Dulce", which I think translates more or less to sweetened squash. Squash cooked in water (sometimes milk) with panella sugar, allspice, cinnamon, and sometimes ginger. Apparently the dark green squash is even a bit sweeter than orange butternut squash?

I sincerely hope you outdo my tomatoes next season! I prepped my tomato bed at home last year with a mix of oats, winter peas and vetch and that worked really well for me. At my parent's I prepped the bed with rye... though I should have added vetch in with the rye in hindsight.

Weeds are simply plants growing where they’re not wanted- but yes, I do eat plenty of my ‘weeds’, including dandelion, purslane, dock and more. However not all weeds are edible and some noxious or invasive weeds can smother out edible foods (weeds or otherwise) if they’re not managed.

That fencing was actually a holdover from a plan I had to fence chickens in that plot to work up the soil. I never did get the chickens in there, but just didn't feel like moving the fence when I planted. Sadly, t wouldn't have stopped deer or raccoons if they had wanted to get to the corn, and I did notice some of the lower ears had been stripped when I went to harvest.

@@GrowfullywithJenna we have to fence everything or there would not be anything. Z5a WI. Every time I see something I want to plant I have to think fencing. It’s awful as it takes away the freedom and beauty to design and the cost and work to do it. The deer and rabbits even attacked the day lilies this year. So bummed as the Lillie’s were a gift and I wanted to see what color they were and they ate blossoms and leaves.

I'm sorry to hear this! Heat definitely affects pollination- you might check out this article for more info: www.dekalbasgrowdeltapine.com/en-us/agronomy/effect-heat-on-corn-pollination.html

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! Will do. Already planning to try again next Spring as soon as the ground gets warm enough - beat the heat and maybe most of the bugs 👍🙂