The Summer Garden is Dying...

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It's that time of year again, summer is coming to a close and the garden is looking a bit worse for wear. In this video, @jacquesinthegarden and I decided to get a head start on the garden chores and let's just say we went a little overboard!
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:33 - Harvesting & Processing Corn
03:58 - Hanging Ear Of Corn For Hens
04:45 - Removing Corn Debris
05:13 - The Giant Pumpkin
06:59 - Side Garden - Birdhouse Gourd - Corsican Gourd
10:03 - Harvesting Basil - San Marzano Tomatoes - Melons
12:02 - Pruning In The Orchard
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@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Pre-order the Epic Homesteading Book: growepic.co/3OIIU8p

@Zizzyyzz 10 ай бұрын

The "Crack Up Intro" is always great. 😄 Glad you guys are ok!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Us too!

@jairomendoza2553 10 ай бұрын

I hope these 2 never stop making videos it would be tragic

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

I agree

@katearnold7127 10 ай бұрын

I would be devastated 😅

@sunandstone 10 ай бұрын

I like the relaxed feel of the garden - some wins, losses, experiments and projects. It keeps things fun.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@zachrupert9193 10 ай бұрын

You're intro of you two laughing is the greatest thing ever. Already know it's gonna be a good video!!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@olivejuicemomma 10 ай бұрын

They’re growing veggies but they are growing in our hearts ❤️ 😂 Love this bromance so much!

@NerdyMaiden 10 ай бұрын

They're quite the duo!

@ralfnuggs165 10 ай бұрын

It might be a tad more than a bromance, but I feel you

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

LOL love this - Kevin

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

It's not

@cynthiak2955 10 ай бұрын

Love you guys because you are so real with messy gardens, lopping off tree limbs willy nilly, and being you! And that’s not a knock it’s a compliment! ❤

@cokesonyou1201 10 ай бұрын

Epic Homesteading videos always feel cozier! Gluck with the pumpkin boi growing big! Can't wait for the other pumpkins to dry fully and we see the results!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear! Excited about the pumpkins

@pihleg 10 ай бұрын

Can't wait for both the books 😍 we're just coming into spring here in Auckland, New Zealand and your channel has got me pumped to up my garden game. Did lots of seed starting with you yesterday and now going to think about how to make corn happen. This is my favourite channel on KZfaq, thanks!!!

@peetagrunkle518 10 ай бұрын

I’m all the way down the south of the south island and seeing this makes me want to try growing corn lol

@katehowe2479 10 ай бұрын

Same here, I'm on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand, and Spring is here today!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate hearing this! Loved my time in New Zealand, have to come back sometime

@NicolesGardenNS 10 ай бұрын

Nice pumpkin!! I happen to live 5 minutes from Dill farm, who bred the original Atlantic Giants. (Windsor, Nova Scotia. Fun fact: Long Pond which is the birthplace of hockey is also on their land!) It’s an amazing farm to visit in the fall when they put dozens of these in display and have a big weigh-off competition every year. Can’t wait to see how big yours gets!

@brandon8900 10 ай бұрын

This entire summer has been crazy. Here in southern Ontario it's been a super rainy summer, and they're already calling for frost in some places... Very unusual.

@FluffyTheGryphon 10 ай бұрын

So glad you guys work together. Both your channels and insights and little fun competitions have taught me so much that would have taken me years to figure out on my own. Thank you!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Glad you're enjoying!

@Nikki-mx5my 10 ай бұрын

It has indeed been a strange growing season. I also feel you about the tomato plant-the healthiest in my garden has been a volunteer that I did nothing to. 😂

@Midnight_Rein 10 ай бұрын

If you're making enough corn for it, canning corn also brings out a ton of the flavor profiles of the veggie! We had a variety called Double-Sweet Cotton Candy and it came out with a very strong vanilla vibe- and there was enough sugar in the kernels for it to actually almost fully caramelize in the pressure canner.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Well, that sounds amazing! Next year I will probably grow enough to do that

@MsFresh619 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see you both doing well after the storm.

@beatricerose4764 10 ай бұрын

You guys are the best!!great chemistry between the two of you 🌻

@anainjamul2056 10 ай бұрын

I love both you guys and you've helped me grow as a gardener so much! I had great success with the grafted tomatoes and also have crazy amounts of birdhouse gourds, but had some failures as well but that's par for the course. I started my fall garden seeds in my Epic six cells and ordered more Epic 4 cells. I did cringe when you whacked that peach tree but totally trust you and cut my loquat way down just before the storm after watching your videos on it several times I already ordered my book and can't wait to get it! I'll be ordering Jacques too!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Amazing, so happy to hear this and appreciate your support!

@thewaywardirishican 10 ай бұрын

Worked in a grocery store for five years and the ol produce manager was my buddy. Bob. He taught me watermelons are almost always perfect when you pat them like you guys did and it sounds like a basketball bouncing on the court. Hasn’t been wrong for me so far! 🙌🏻 #producebob

@ebytwinbabel 10 ай бұрын

Lol, my best tomato this year is a volunteer too. So frustrating but I gotta give it props for resilience!

@yeevita 10 ай бұрын

Save seeds!

@loredanavery3597 10 ай бұрын

It’s really great to see you both and to know that you’re all okay! Hi to the chickens!

@kerrivincent85 10 ай бұрын

My grandmother and aunt used to grow birdhouse gourds every year in their garden. We’ve always been a pretty artsy family, so everyone would paint their birdhouse at the end of the season. We would also paint extras, and give them a gifts. They have both since passed, but I came across some seeds my grandmother had saved & will be planting them next spring. Many fond memories were made around the birdhouse gourd.🥲💗

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

I can't wait to start some of those memories myself

@lizdietrich6801 10 ай бұрын

Love you guys. Book ordered, can't wait for Jaque's!!!!

@terryarnot5582 10 ай бұрын

I am so happy to have found your channel! I live in Zone 8b and have definitely gotten my gardening game on after following you guys. You crack me up and take the fear out of gardening (at least for me) I always look forward to your videos! 🙂

@joaniemerrill8354 10 ай бұрын

Good looking garden for August. It’s sizzling here in Carpinteria. The pepper harvest is going to be UNREAL

@ruthinater4322 13 күн бұрын

Lately, Ive been trying to implement ur walking around the corner laughing 😂 it amuses me 😂😂❤

@lindasoaft9303 10 ай бұрын

Good year for corn compared to other years! Later ones were a little more chewy however. Grew it with my butternut squash which had a lot of powdery mildew! Look forward to your new book!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Yeah it's been an interesting year for sure! Appreciate the kind words

@AstroNope1 10 ай бұрын

13:47 the hermit stomp was personal ahahahaha

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Hermit stomp HAHA

@plantsoverpills1643 10 ай бұрын

We’ve had so much rain here in eastern Canada,(9 straight days in June,)that most of our crop has rotted out. No squash, no corn, strawberries were literally sitting under water so past harvests of 20 something large freezer bags worth have resulted in none this year and dying plants. Even celery that “supposedly” is a marshland plant has struggled, turning yellow and prematurely going to seed. Tomato plants have literally rotted in the ground, have blossom end rot or tough skinned. Zucchini is the size of pickles. Red onions size of marbles…Greens and herbs have done ok. Carrots in raised bed ok, cruciferous ok but even more prone to white winged butterfly larvae and slugs. Potatoes have done well, but only because we’ve picked off hundreds if not thousands of potato bugs. It’s so wet, I’ve got borers eating the stalks of my beautiful zinnias. It’s so wet that even the insects are desperate for food!! In July a flash flood of 9.8” in 24 hours tore through our capital. We continue to get rain at least 3 days a week. There’s more but you get the picture🙃 Soooo….my friends read this and feel blessed🙏 Silver lining to these clouds…... Herbs, cayenne, garlic…exceptional.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

So frustrating, I'm sorry to hear it!

@plantsoverpills1643 10 ай бұрын

Yes it is….however I’m a manic gardener, so I will apply my insanity and behold…..try again next year and hope for a different outcome!!!🤪

@yolandasotolopez 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos. I'm in the San Diego suburbs as well.

@Alison2436 10 ай бұрын

glad your garden survived the storm, it hit us too pretty bad in inland empire but the garden seems happy from the rain!

@westleyanson 10 ай бұрын

Awww…What a cute patch of corn…😂

@NyssaMysteria 10 ай бұрын

Jacques is coming out with a book too? 👀 I'm so in! I'm always thrifting for gardening books, never enough books!! I'm excited for the Epic Homesteading one too, can't wait to forget about it in a few months and then have a surprise in my mailbox :D

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

No guarantees yet, but he might be!

@lawrenberghanson4401 10 ай бұрын

Love the relaxed look of your garden, Kevin. It looks homier. I definitely cringed and felt a little sting in my heart for the peach tree. Looking forward to both books!!! 📖

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

I’m enjoying the feel!

@DianeML419 10 ай бұрын

Love the videos that the two of you make. Fun! Can’t wait to see what you do with the gourds. I have several from a crop a couple years ago waiting for the right idea. Something other than a birdhouse, maybe. Don’t get rid of the small ones, they will dry nicely.

@bublhed 10 ай бұрын

Looking much slimmer, Kevin…great job! I’m really happy to hear that Jacques will be working on a book, also. Please keep us posted!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, and will do!

@rinarose9544 10 ай бұрын

Oooooh excited for Jacques' book! :D

@docgrowsfood 10 ай бұрын

USDA hardiness zones definitely don't tell anywhere close to the whole story with what will grow well in your area. I'm in central Florida zone 9b and one of my papayas (which was started from a seed in January 2023 and planted outside in March) is already 8.5ft tall and loaded with fruit. It's the temperate climate plants (ex. figs) that are a challenge for me, but it's worth a shot.

@pgazda1 10 ай бұрын

Your weather description is basically Michigan summer weather. Just add in a tornado or 2 and a couple days of like 50 and it’s spot on. 🤣

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

We actually had tornado warnings, believe it or not

@travistaylor6110 9 ай бұрын

I've seen the "Curly Q" test also. That little tendril that grows close to the actual melon will turn completely brown all the way through when the watermelon is ripe. Not sure if it's an "every time" thing, but it seems helpful for those who have never grown watermelons before.

@sweetcandubandu 10 ай бұрын

LOVE THE INTRO. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! CANT WAIT FOR BOTH BOOKS!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

@MrGatter 10 ай бұрын

The pumpkin is gonna be huge! I'm envious of that watermelon too😆 Also, nice Shirt! I just started mushroom foraging this year, if you haven't tried you definitely should! especially with how much rain you guys have had in Cali this year. There's a lot to learn when it comes to properly identifying them, but you could always go out with an experienced mushroom forager and make a nice video out of it! You two are the real deal as always, another great vid!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

It’s on my list to do!!!

@shadeslayermasta9352 10 ай бұрын

Great video, loved the update. Sad the pre order is already sold out.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

More releasing for pre-order tomorrow

@amandapitzenberger5285 10 ай бұрын

You guys are the best thing in all my subscriptions!!!!!

@justinhair9207 10 ай бұрын

Glad to see y'all made it through that storm. Guys.....harvest to table cooking?b food for thought. Lol.

@groceriesforsale8169 10 ай бұрын

I love that goal man😂. I’m gonna do it with you!!! We’re bout to get ripped!

@Michellegrows 10 ай бұрын

For leaf footed bugs I use a cordless vacuum stuck up a little DE and then vacuum them up. I wait a day, then throw them in the trash. They will be dead

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Good call!

@LoveyBicki 10 ай бұрын

The laughing intro is the best! I love it haha 😂

@chazjonez9763 10 ай бұрын

1:32 we also do the same with corn - we also add zucchini to it, makes it a harvest time fave!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Sounds delicious! - Kevin

@rhianabrooke 10 ай бұрын

Great way to cook corn... Add sweet basil and pineapple sage! Amazing flavor!

@murfy6189 10 ай бұрын

I love epic gardening !!!!!

@stephenchao1385 10 ай бұрын

this year's weather was so wild where I'm like having a garden existential crisis what to plant anymore LOL

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

SERIOUSLY

@rebeccaannephillips-ls5of 10 ай бұрын

That's my kind of bowl right there too! 😂

@joepa6106 10 ай бұрын

I want all the books .. 💚

@emkay5611 10 ай бұрын

Just harvested a 53 lbs watermelon 🍉 Can’t wait to see yours and what fun things you make out of it!!

@rogerreid4278 10 ай бұрын

Great vid....Glad you weathered Hilary, we even had a hurri-quake in Oxnard, from which I post....God Bless.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Heard about that!

@veronicadoggone5660 10 ай бұрын

So Kevin didn't get a corn stalk slap to the face and if Jacque's book is called "Get it Saucey! Recipes from a Garden Hermit" I'll by that ❤😂

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

LOL I was spared this time

@shaunamaness854 10 ай бұрын

CPJ 🗽🗽🗽 y’all are so great. You made my day!

@haiyadoin2622 10 ай бұрын

Hey, look who's back. Glad to see you guys got through Hilary okay.

@TheOnyxFlame 10 ай бұрын

"The Pumpkin of Kevin Espiritu" is the spiritual successor of "The Portrait of Dorian Gray"

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

😂

@abyssal_phoenix 10 ай бұрын

Sunday shall be my day to prep for fall I'll be coming back from a vacation of 2 weeks. Grandma watered my plants during the heat, and that was the first heat we had here since mid and early June... I suspect all my plants may have grown extra extra leavy thanks to that and the wet summer beforehand. At least I'm returning with a new strawberry breed!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

Have fun this Sunday!

@preshussunshine 10 ай бұрын

I'm growing Luffa and Bird hours gourd, didn't realize that that gourd outgrows the luffa. lessoned learned for me.

@zaria5785 10 ай бұрын

Your Bougainville is beautiful! Here in Northern California somebody grew a ivy vine above his garage door to cover the street facing side of his yard. It was in the hopes to make it blend in with all the shrubs and trees. However 3 years after it had taken off he realized it was the perfect “ladder” for the rats/mice to get into the eaves of his roof and do some damage in the attic. Specially with the rare storms coming through now, rodents are looking for higher ground to nest in.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

That would be my nightmare, thanks for the heads up I'll keep it in mind

@yeevita 10 ай бұрын

@@epichomesteading Hmm maybe a trellis structure for it that is in front of that chimney but not actually attached to it? It would probably have to be a foot or two away from that wall so the bougainvillea has a harder time connecting to the chimney wall. Alternatively, keep it below the roofline. Bougainvillea on walls is lovely. I planted a bunch along a block wall at my last house. I did alternating colors, so it was beautiful. The idea was, since bougainvillea have spikes that it kept people from climbing the wall to get to the persimmons growing in the garden. I think today, if I had a wall like that and the right climate, I might mix bougainvillea with passionfruit. Just have to keep the bougainvillea trained and behaving a bit so I can get to the fallen passionfruit. Or probably once the neighbors learn about the passionfruit, maybe neighbors would keep the outside cleaned of fallen passionfruit lol.

@superkoopatrooper4879 10 ай бұрын

Rainy sunny humid hot rainy back to sunny... Welcome to Massachusetts.

@atomicedith 10 ай бұрын

You guys are friend goals 😭

@DaGreenInferno 10 ай бұрын

Looking good ☺️ keep it up. Small tip for better health eat any green plant (fibrous is best) before you eat your main meal.

@Lars-im6fb 10 ай бұрын

I second that....the 'crack up intro' always makes me laugh 🙂

@yx6889 10 ай бұрын

Can't get over that giant pumpkin name lol.

@nguyeyemarumba4241 10 ай бұрын

You can use those gourds even to make drinking bottles!

@OceanGraves 10 ай бұрын

5:39 this shot looks so cinematic

@austinhill5550 10 ай бұрын

you need to try out corn ribs(half the cobbs, then quarter, then fry ), we wil toss in all the elote fixings. Its the best.

@kfetter9046 10 ай бұрын

Lookin' good Kevin! I noticed immediately that you had lost some weight. Being sugar free for over a month is truly an accomplishment, and no easy feat. Keep up the good work!

@juliepuhr9806 10 ай бұрын

I am glad you are on a health kick. You look better and your hair cut looks good on you too.

@jelatinosa 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like Puerto Rico weather. Rainy, sunny, humid, hot, rainy, sunny, humid, hot.

@scottiegrav 10 ай бұрын

After this year I will always say "I love shucking corn" 😅

@kellymartin2820 10 ай бұрын

Totally making those fruit pops tomorrow!

@judithgerke1244 10 ай бұрын

thats the weather every day over here :D

@Gkrissy 10 ай бұрын

That weather you guys have sounds like GA. I grew dent corn this year for the first time and it was successful, I am so happy. But I am scared because the last time I tried to harvest, I found a copperhead snake so I'm kind of scared to harvest the rest despite garden/weed cleanup.

@MrEzekiel1982 10 ай бұрын

Nothing makes me more envious of a garden then seeing those citrus outside in the ground and enjoying it in situ

@freeman4755 10 ай бұрын

10:30 I wonder if the garage floor tomatoes are doing so well because of the compost/garbage bins giving them extra nutrients in the water after it rains. Also, I'd love to see the watermelon popsicle recipe in a video!

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

I don't think so, nothing would be leaking from those bins

@freeman4755 10 ай бұрын

@@epichomesteadingah true, mine have small drainage holes so there's a bit of leakage after heavy rain so I thought it could've been what's helping

@gnargnar1992 10 ай бұрын

Tropical storm systems!

@melindaduncan3073 10 ай бұрын

My corn came out so good this year.

@BirdsongCrochet 10 ай бұрын

shoot, maybe I need to grow a pumpkin to help me lose a few pounds, lol! I'm bummed tho that none my melons are surviving the night-time critters who have stolen every single one off of my vines so far.. Deffo watch out for those leaf footed bugs on the poms, they LOVE mine and by harvest time, at least half of the fruit will have burst open from these little jerks! Looking forward to your books!!

@gingerydelights3554 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I finally know what's been shanking my Tomatoes!

@anetteridleyrodriguez 10 ай бұрын

I like Jacque's hateful stomp on the leaf footed bug. I relate to that! I've definitely killed a bug and gave it an extra stomp or two 😅

@earthisflat 10 ай бұрын

I love the name for the giant pumpkin 😂

@thesecretlifeofber5424 6 ай бұрын

13:48 we were all witness to the death of that bug lol

@pampledger6099 10 ай бұрын

Ahhhh. Peach shortage due to weather in GA. Sniff. I love peaches.

@noramaegomez197 9 ай бұрын

ME ! I CRINGED ! All I could think was get the root tone😆😆 I just love peaches♥️

@Theoddert 10 ай бұрын

Raining, sunny, humid, hot, raining, back to sunny? Sounds like you had a Scottish Summer Day®™ welcome to my world!

@phoenixr6811 10 ай бұрын

You would never make it in the mid west weather it is the story of our lives 🤣😂

@samanthahohl191 10 ай бұрын

You guys are fantastic 😂. Craig pooche Johnson 😂😂😂

@JesseMcG1981 10 ай бұрын

Aww you guys are great! I'm glad you're all ok. I love the cherry tomato and corn pasta sauce... I've been doing that comboo recently and it's addictive. In fact I'm going to go make some now lol! Also very funny re weight loss with Craig Pucci Johnson. Maybe you'll get the weight back after eating him. Love following Craig's growing journey. Also the bougainvillea will be like Greece. They grow them up houses like that more than the British. It'll look beautiful. I've got a couple of magenta boug's and a Hawaiian gold one.

@epichomesteading 10 ай бұрын

I can't wait to see it grow!