@@Mrdubby360 I have kept it in the greenhouse. I have been too chicken to plant outside 😂 it has been fine in the greenhouse but we do heat it in a deep freeze.

@@ErossaanBooming yes absolutely! Ducks are messy!!! They need a pool but the chickens need clean water. This waterer worked so well for that!

@@redfoxfarmsms4149 shade cloth is amazing! I have often thought it would be great to have over the garden but don’t have the system set up for it. Maybe a one day thing. I think I need a bigger greenhouse first. I added to my citrus tree hoard more than I can fit 🤣 And wasn’t it so nice having late tomatoes? I had cucumber’s all summer. I can’t stand buying greasy grocery cucumbers. Sounds like it was a good garden year for you!

@@redfoxfarmsms4149 is that the blue mist flower? I do have that. It used to be very prominent in our landscape and this year goldenrod took it over. But I do have some and I adding it to some landed areas too

@@JohnNeighbors-sp6gq super interesting!! My Satsuma’s spent the winter in the greenhouse with no issues but did not flower this year. I am scratching my head at that. Limes and lemons all flowered. Had huge amounts of fruit last year. So I dunno. Good to know your Owari survived! It sounds like you are definitely doing something right with yours. I think you need a video!

Did you find out what type of caterpillar you had in your garden?

In my nature friendly garden on the “weed”? Followers identified it as a Banded Sphinx Moth. That was a cool find. Them and the ones that eat the Citrus trees are so cool! My nature nerd is showing 😂

@@Kylie_Nobody yea I knew many would already be pulling stuff in. In Canada I would have pulled this stuff in a month ago. I will likely change the video image to say at 50F so it is more relevant. Thanks for commenting.

@@JboBakey thank you! Excited to see it. It’s a first for the caterpillar spotting, the moth I have seen before.

@@neenahjohnson7960 well thank you! I have seen the moth but not the caterpillar before so I am excited!

@@russelljames992 thank you. I speak Jowanese often on this channel 😂

@@Raiderhays37 yep that’s all it is but it actually does just great. Without heat it is about 5 degrees warmer than the outside. We get by most of the season with Christmas lights and heat lamps. Deep freeze we break out a heater for the few low nights. But it holds heat well and has kept our tropicals alive for a few seasons now.

@@jgreen8712 thank you 🥰

@@Cecibug1 he really is! Always happy to see him.

@@HobbyVolt thanks for making the journey to KZbin. I am excited for you. If you video it make sure to tag me in it. I am excited to see a chain of frog hotels 😂

Yay! Hope it helps. Have fun with it.

@@mattcaluda glad you are ok! 14 hours is long enough too.

@@redfoxfarmsms4149 it was the exact same here and I got mine for the same reason! You remain my fav twin 😂

@@bgatlin5918 that was not today, I wish! We have the same as you today. I have posted some storm shorts so skies should reflect what you have

@@ABCD-si7px no we are inland up from the coast in Brookhaven, MS. We won’t see the actual hurricane it will downgrade before then. I should word more carefully sorry.

@@vnxettitw4879 haha! Yes you get me! I am on that very slope! Blood orange is next! 😂

@@JolleanSmith I ended up getting 2 bc I love to eat them so much.

@@vnxettitw4879 oh I am super excited then. Did you get a variety that you recommend?

@@JolleanSmith I prefer the Moro blood orange bc it's the darkest so therefore the most healthy anthocyan & tastiest with hints of berry.I attended a citrus tasting & tried taroco too but it looked& tasted literally just like a reg orange. It only had flecks of red. When I tell you I bought pounds & pounds of the Moro blood oranges I said to my self... hmmm I need another Moro tree😆

Well you watch for my video! I am going to hunt for one! 😂

@@tomatoespoppieseverything thank you for commenting. I have heard Cypress mulch is great but it is much harder to replant and make it sustainable so I have avoided it. It is also more expensive and I am cheap 😂 but it would be nice to prevent floating! Cypress are one of my favorite trees!

@@withpeacelove366 good question. I think that advice (which comes from the turtle rescue) has to do with many factors. It can also vary by species. But as babies they don’t have a known area yet. Turtles can build a life map. This is the place they eat sleep mate etc. and they follow those paths their entire life. When those paths are changed they will then spend their life trying to get back. This is most common in box turtles and less common in aquatic turtles. But for these snapping turtles they didn’t have any known region yet. When people take animals from the wild they become accustomed to people and feeding etc. I have an injured box turtle that we adopted who is does not like even the smallest changes in his habitat. If I recall these turtles were not released right away for two reasons. 1. To allow them to get big enough to be able to handle the release increasing the odds of survival. 2. One of them had to be treated for an illness. Your moving of your turtles will be fine as they likely don’t have a map and more so as they are aquatic. You are very thoughtful to care about their well being. Box turtles are the ones I would worry about the most. They are the most sensitive to a change in their location.

@@JolleanSmith I didn't really change their location a lot. i moved them like 100-200 feet to cross the parking lot of my apartment building to put them by the lake and the river that comes off of it. the mom come out of that lake and river and lays the eggs in the woodchips in front of our apartment. Usually, i don't see any baby turtles at all but this year i spotted 2 in the gras, one seemed weak and then i spent a couple of hours looking for the others. I found one under a car, one kinda stuck in a spiderweb at the base of a tree and one almost near a sewer grate where it could have fallen down facing the total wrong way from the water that the mom comes from. they have to cross the parking lot and the private road in front of the building to get to the pond. I found 3 smushed in the road and 1 just dead in the parking lot from like drying out or something, there were ants on it and its eyes were cloudy. I tossed it over the fence into the pond area. The other ones that were alive that i picked up (5 of them) all with the exception of one who was very vigorous, played dead for a bit and they had sudden bursts of energy. Which made me worry the one that i threw into the pond wasn't dead. Im pretty sure it was but im worried about it. Of the ones that were alive, the super vigorous one i hopped the pond fence and put him in the water (which i read later was a bad idea) he seemed to be swimming around perfectly fine but i still can't help but be worried. The other one i found at the time wouldn't swim and this pond's water level had dropped alot recently, so the sides have steep incline of rocks (there is an upstream river i couldn't access and one other muddy banks spot i couldn't get to so hopefully the turtle i put in the water made it there fine. I didn't have a good place to put the weaker one so i walked down the street a little and found a spot by the river that had a good slope that wasn't two steep and ended up putting 3 there. then one i put on a water run off spot that leads into the pond, but there was a lot of leaves built up there so im nervous that the turtle might have had a hard time getting down to the water. I had to moved them so they wouldn't get squished in the road but i cant help but worry if i released them in a safe way.

@@withpeacelove366 it is lovely you even care. If you have a Facebook I would recommend following Central Mississippi Turtle Rescue. You can learn a lot about helping turtles and or find a turtle rescue group in your area. Turtles when injured can suffer a long time. They often need to get to a rehab. You may know this but be sure the turtle is an aquatic turtle. Not all turtles can swim. By placing them by the shore they will decide to go in or not go in. Sometimes when I release a turtle that I know is aquatic, it still takes an hour before they go in the water. Keep saving turtles you are a good human!

@@JolleanSmith They were definitely aquatic turtles. They were alligator snapping turtles

@@withpeacelove366 perfect! You did great then!

@@anniepesaniello thanks so much, it has had many transformations and not all of them so lovely. It an always on work in progress. Early summer is the best when all the wildflowers are blooming. Thanks so much for the nice comment. 🥰

Ha! Thank you! Someone gets it like me. Someone commented that the non dwarf variety is better. I cannot attest to it. The one thing I will say is, the birds like it so there is that I guess. Thanks for commenting.

You can but there are a few considerations. 1. I am not sure leaving your ground covered that long is good for the microbes and organic matter in your soil which are good to have. Black Plastic is shown not to kill the good stuff and just kills Pathogens so it might be fine but I have not seen any studies on what happens to the soil when covered that long. But technically you could do it and in a cooler region you may need longer anyway. Any seeds in there that get moisture in the spring will still germinate but overtime you will reduce the volume. 2. I have not found tarps as good as plastic. The weave in tarps lets the sun through and they are not as hot. Plastic kills with heat, no moisture and no light. Hope that helps!

@@memph7610 oh good to know! I would love to know what you think of it.

@@JolleanSmith I got the seeds from a vacation, I grabbed some fresh fruit at a market and saved the seeds. The fruit is pretty good - we'll see how the plant ends up doing. They only germinated in late May/early June, so they're about 12" tall and wide now.

@@memph7610 ha! Great way to get seeds. Brilliant.

@@angiehorn3280 that is perfect! That is about what I paid. Well done. Let me know how your garden goes. Hope it’s awesome.

@@redfoxfarmsms4149 it is! It’s in my little pollinator patch with the Mountain Mint. I never seem to have an abundance of it despite the many seeds planted. But I will take what wins I can get! Hope your garden brought you much joy this season!

@@shakeiljones5184 we are in Brookhaven, Lincoln County

@@dianabrown833 Hi Diana, we are a nature friendly gardening channel. Our goal is to garden in a way that protects pollinators. This content relates to that and our channel.

@@soularddave2 it seems to be buzz worthy 😂

@@EbikeReviews so I grew some in a small pot and in a bed. The bed produced way better and I only got a small amount of Okra in a pot. A friend who I gave a plant to did not get any in a small pot. So I think you are onto something. My guess is it needs a larger container and more nutrients. I think I got mine to produce in the small pot because I feed my plants a lot of organic fertilizer but that being said it will only produce so much. Size seems to matter. Try with a bigger pot next time. Or in ground if you can.

@@dijon3840 they totally look like bird droppings! 😂

@@ajwatson9974 I actually have a video on chemical free weed strategies coming soon. Maybe that will help. I have been there I promise you! This will be one of the strategies revisited in the video but there are a few that when used together seem to work well for me. Stay tuned.

@@JolleanSmith Thank you for the response much appreciated..☺

​@JolleanSmith I'm in the same boat. Thistle took over my entire yard 😫 I started pulling but gave up after spending hours and barely making a dent

@marissaduhn get some plastic and fry it! Way easier. Just takes a little patience.

I garden in 18 gallon totes. They got neglected this past summer. So now I'm Triple layering a tarp over 2 at a time. Will see what happens here in NE Florida after Milton goes by.

They need more time. You likely have baby melons which means you have had some flowers. But give them a good drink and they will grow. They grow a lot like a cucumber only I water a tad more. It won’t be long and you should have an abundance. Also, if you feel you are not getting enough flowers make sure you are feeding them a lower nitrogen fertilizer to promote flower growth not greenery. Good luck and remember they have zero cold tolerance. One of the first things to die in cool temps.

@@JolleanSmith uh oh. How cold is cold? It's been pretty cold in the mountains where I live at night now but gets up to 80's during the day. Should I bring it inside at night? There are actually a few flowers, now, but only on one part of the plant. I have a grow light that I've successfully used in the past on my succulents and Frizzle Sizzle. I could just bring it in for the remainder of the growing season and use the light instead, but don't they need bees to get flowers to grow? I'm sure you can tell I'm not an experienced gardener, so sorry if that's a dumb question. 🤔 🙄 I'm more experienced with succulents than anything else. Also, even though the pot it's in has several holes in the bottom, it seems as though the soil stays fairly damp. I'm afraid of root rot, so I don't water them until it seems dry enough. Finally, I've been using worm castings this year for fertilizing. I'm not sure what they contain as far as levels of nitrogen, potassium etc.

@@scootermom1791 I love your questions! That is how we all learn. Gardening is just one never ending learning experience. I am always learning something new and just when I am thinking I know it someone educates me on something new. Your questions are awesome. I can’t say for sure as I haven’t truly tested the lowest temps. Mine are usually done long before a freeze. Cucumbers typically won’t produce below 65f. So that is probably a good place to start. The plant won’t die but won’t do much so might as well bring it in. If your soil is moist no need to water. Moisture may not be your issue. Hard to know if your compost is an issue as a soil sample is the only thing that will truly tell us. My guess is you have good soil. How long has the plant been going? (Approximately from first sprout?)

@@JolleanSmith I started the sprouts indoors around the middle of April. There weren't many of those sprouts that made it, though. I'm not sure if I placed the mouse melon seeds in that group or the second ones that I started as a result of the problems with the first ones. Anyway, I'm going to say this one has been going probably since around the middle of May. I kept all the successful ones indoors until it was warm enough to put them outside. We had a cold front at the beginning of June, so I didn't put them out until the middle of the month! I was still using my heat indoors the first week of June because it was THAT cold (just above 40°F at night)! Anyway, my mouse melon isn't growing large enough to need any kind of trellis, so I am going to bring it indoors at night from now on and put it back outside during the day. After reading your reply, I think it's growth was stunted from the colder temps, which we've been getting at night the last couple of weeks. The information you provided helped a lot. I was thinking there wasn't anything I could do to save it, but maybe bringing it indoors will encourage it to start growing more and producing fruit. If not, I can always try again next year. 🙂

@@scootermom1791 glad it helped! I think you have nailed it. Let me know if you have success, even if it is next season!

I love that stuff too. I haven’t used it as creatively as you though. Good tip on the PH. I only use mine while the plants are in the pots. Once they move into the garden I leave it to the soil. You sound like you have a very good routine!!

@@blkschizo i definitely don’t think it is a bad method and for sure great for keeping plants watered. I just wasn’t convinced it delivered a stronger root system. Which it hasn’t shown that. But I use the method strategically for the very reason you mention. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

I am thrilled that it will work for you!! I have a video on the blue pools in case it helps. I just talk a bit more about some considerations with them and how I cut them. Happy gardening! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmeyfaeNjr1_qMU

Yup, I saw the blue pool video after I saw the first one. Blessings from Oregon.

Love Oregon. All the best!

@@bha-5 so cute! And even with their grumpy faces.

@@redfoxfarmsms4149 oh no I am sorry!! I had to go to McComb where Brookhaven is closer but I don’t find Brookhaven has the same sales as McComb or maybe they sell out faster but I usually find better deals in a different town. I hope you have better luck in Slidell!

I would love to rub elbows with you I would love to rub your elbows

@@nikitlfuller8254 thanks! It’s what brings all the bees to the yard 😆

Nice to meet you Nikki, thanks for the hello!

@@cindyyeager8627 that’s a great idea Cindy. Thank you!

@@davidtodd3435 that is great! Honestly I have the same two frogs almost everyday. I had 3 days in the month with no frogs. Keep in mind I have only had it about a month. Not sure how it will do overtime. Different locations may be better too. Hope you get many frogs! Do share how it turns out!

@@terriross9271 that THRILLS me!!! Right on. Let me know how it turns out. I hope it brings you joy.

@@mississippirougarou you are probably right on the cusp of development! I would feed it a lower nitrogen fertilizer, like a tomato fertilizer to try and encourage it. They do take 3 years to come to fruition. Hang in there!

@@JolleanSmith , In the meantime, it's a big pretty plant and tree frogs like to hide in the leaves sometimes.

@@mississippirougarou well that in itself is pure awesomeness in my books 🥰