I love your garden 😍 ❤️

Your garden is looking awesome despite the gopher. We had a gopher in May, but we had a very hot and dry spell in June and the gopher disappeared. The Saint John River is only a 5-7 minute walk to our house but I think the gopher relocated to be even closer to the river. I love all your different peppers. I've got yellow, red, and lilac bells. Then some jalapeños, purple cayennes, and Fireworks ornamentals. We're just starting to enjoy our tomatoes and raspberries as well!

Garden is looking great as we round out July. We always want more space or in the ground grows over here but the enhanced problems(like gophers) is a reality check. Hoping that bugger moves on to better pastures for you. Stay safe and motivated. Thanks for the share!

Nice looking maters. It's a good feeling when the plants produce amazing nourishment.

Is your garden organic?

beautiful garden. thanks for sharing the blister beetle shot, so helpful to have a visual. which is the video where you taste test your tomatoes? also, curious to learn if you have tried using shade cloth with these hot temperatures? thanks!

Hi mate, looking awesome. Loved the name “Purple Blush”-suits the pepper. Hope the weather is better now. Stay safe and well hydrated. Take care.

Nice video I like to see how your garden is doing.

I tried a bunch of cherry tomatoes this year. Candyland red. Raspberry drop, Berry's crazy cherry, Cherry Bomb. Nothing beats the sungold.

At 88f I would seriously consider 50% shade cloth if it can lower the 10f it’s said to lower. As you know in the basil 🌿 I have some part for morning sun for 2:30 hours and one part for 7 hours and those get from 87f to 93f in the time I measured and the ones in the morning with less than 3 hours of direct sunshine 🌞 produced 1oz when I harvest the same as those having 7 hours of sun. The harsh heat made it in vain for them to be over 4 hours more exposed and not just that about growth but the look of them all blasted with white spots from burns and lighter colored green leaves whereas the ones in the morning sun where healthier looking with darker green and thicker more succulent stems. Also ambient air temperatures are marked as 89f for example but those are marked in the shade and under sunlight from 10am to afternoon is a lot hotter than said in the air temps and plants suffer accordingly. I thought 73f were cold for basil 🌿 and tom toms. But when realized that with sunshine ☀️ 73f is actually around 85f (about the best for rapid growth in a basil experiment) then I understood that even past 79f these plants are not at their best and more sunlight under this heat is not more and better growth. God helped me understand all this

How does sungold or heirlooms you’ve tried, West, produce compared to their non graftees?

Jim, I've never dealt with gophers that has got to be extremely frustrating. I know what you mean about not being as enthusiastic about gardening in these hot temperatures. Thanks for showing your Sugar Tip Rose of Sharon it looks amazing. I'm trying once again this year to grow that shrub, so far mine looks good. Enjoy your weekend. ~Margie🤗🦋💐

A very nice collection of plants to choose from Jim. I'm envious of your garden. You've done good this season by the looks of it. Thank you for taking the time out to show us your garden. Take care .

Good Afternoon Jim - Your garden looks great in spite of the heat and crazy weather. You must not have many gophers or you would have a lot more plants suddenly missing. My main issues this year are squirrels digging in my planters to plant acorns from the tree near by but it is always something every year. Have a wonderful weekend and stay cool..

Your garden is still looking pretty good. Those chunky peppers are pretty prolific. I've forgotten, are they sweet or hot? My garden is done except for the cucumbers and some peppers. I'm getting tired of the heat too. I started some dynamite delight seeds for the fall. I'll keep you posted on their progress here in Florida. The monarchs lay their eggs on my milkweed and the hornets consume them before they can even hatch. Take care and have a great week.end. Try to keep cool.

Wow, lookin good Jim my tomatoes are still lagging behind

You and the Mrs. must be very busy these days between picking and preserving. I do hope your garden survives the extreme heat.

Hi Jim. Do you grow the milkweed to attract butterflies?

I love your garden! I wish my peppers grew like that!

Thanks so much.

what time if growing season (in Maine) would you transplant/divide

Celebrity is producing well as is Washington Cherry - ty for all you do ! Steve zone 6 b

Esmeralda Golosina is very good.

Jim, that's a lovely bunch of tomatoes. I'm envious of your early harvest (compared to my area). So far, the only tomatoes I'm getting from my raised garden beds are the Sun Sugar. The bad news is that I need to pick them before they are ripe, or the darn squirrels eat them. I have green tomatoes on the other plants but no ripe ones yet. I hope you and Mrs. Midwest Gardener are having a wonderful summer. ~Margie🐿🍅🐾

FYI, for me at least covering the cross pollenated blossom with a small ziplock bag has resulted in blossom drop 100 percent of the time. I usually try to pollenate the pistol until i see a good "blob" of pollen so i know no other pollen can get in. In my experience superhots are the hardest to ceoss pollenate as it seems they are the worst for not taking. The last 2 varieties i crossed had a 1/ 10 ratio. Your success rate is phenominal co.pared to mine lol. Anyway, nice video, very clear and informative for the novice. Keep it up and thanks for helping to keep the pepper community alive by spreading helpful information.

The best tasting tomatoes come from New Jersy.

why not just hose them off?

I have very rich soil with manure in it and my sweet corn grows tillers like you have, I found a plant with 5 tillers also. Just a sign of very good conditions.

Wonderful harvest

Great harvest I grow lots of tomatoes to

Great harvest! Emerald Gold looks very beautiful from the outside; I wonder how they taste. Looking forward to seeing the cherry tomato taste test video. Have a great one, mate. Cheers!

Kellogg's yellow breakfast

Did you grow any boronia this year? If so, how much later do they take to ripe compared to Rosella Purple?

Tomato sandwich!!!

M'y favorites are ananas and schimmer

What a great harvest! Thanks for the share. One of the problems I have is that with watching all of the taste tests and garden walk thru's I keep adding to my 'want that tomato' list. Kid in a candy store with an adults pocketbook. At best I can grow maybe 10 different varieties per year and I probably am 5 seasons behind. Oh. bother! As an aside, from the testing done in the matter most all tomatoes have the same acidity, it's just that the ones with a higher brix (sugar) content seem to taste less acidic to us. Government and Ag college studies. Happy Gardening Everyone.

Beautiful harvest, comparing sungold to volunteer sungold would be a great video. Given your experience can I ask you to recommend a tomato strain with low acid to me, thanks!

Wow that is a ton of really great types. Our tomato season is bad so far. Our dwarfs are doing alright-ish but the large ones won't produce flowers. I think it is part our fault falling behind on the trimming so much but also an abnormally hot June that put them in the heat struggle right away. Alot of good uses for that many tomatoes. Stay safe and motivated. Thanks for the share!

That's incredible!

I’m curious about the volunteer tomato taste. We just had tomato pie for dinner last night with some of our purple dragon tomatoes and green zebras. I threw some orange tomatoes on there as well but not sure what they were, I forget. I will probably can up some marzanos in the coming weeks but I’ve been canning beans, pickles, beets and beef stew for a couple of weeks now. Have yourself a good week Mr Jim 😀

Lovely harvest!

Nice haul

What an amazing harvest! That's awesome. Do a taste test video. I'm taking notes, its the year to order more seeds. Thanks for the share. Enjoy your harvest.🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

I just picked a Rose tomato; it was very mild. But I also picked an Amana Orange awhile back, and it was also very mild, even though it has always had a very good flavor but not mild, in the past.

Tasmanian Chocolate - my favorite! 🍅

I'm looking for a way to beautify the shelter at my new place in Oklahoma and this is perfect!!

I used your method and harvested so many potatoes today. I had to come back and thank you for sharing your advice. So thank you and happy gardening!!

I harvested my first Adirondack Blue potatoes today. 18 plants in a raised bed. 46 1/2 lbs. I didn't let them die back 100%. I needed the space for cooler weather plants. Some 8 oz. plus. Many are medium to small. And some are new potato size. Mine look darker than yours.

Thank you for keeping thing to the point❤ So many posters tend to just "fill" their video with content that is a waste of time. I love how to the point you are. Subscribed!!

Did you just plant them from seed directly into the ground