13 Garden Tasks You MUST Do In May

[@chelseaduffy3373]

The audible gasp I made when I saw you brought a Wisconsin gardener to the team. I love it!

[@Vicfric]

I love Meg and Erin. Thanks for including them

[@epicgardening]

[@jlobryan6566]

I love that you speak on different growing zones!

[@Sandraparson1]

The guy in the comments saying Meg is “flirty” obviously doesn’t understand what charisma is. Meg has charisma. She’s entertaining to watch & listen to. We love her ❤️

[@Sandraparson1]

And Erin is great as well! She’s so well spoken and you have a great team going on, Kevin!

[@epicgardening]

It's quite revealing to see the comments on the women on our channel vs. the men. Shows a lot more about the commenters than our gardeners IMO - Kevin

[@britter_critter]

Didn't see any flirting from Meg, Jaques however, clearly being a flirty garden vixen./s

[@miseentrope]

@@britter_critter 🤣 It's the hat and gardeners' knees! LOL. Seriously tho, love all the Epic team members. 🥰

[@juliehorney995]

"Whatever works for you." Cracking me up Meg!

[@lyonhawaii]

While weeding ...I find it very helpful to listen to an audiobook.

[@justtus]

I appreciated the knee cracking noise at the start ;)

[@jo-annelavigne3610]

As a Master Gardener, I love how you have changed and evolved the Epic Gardening platform. Each one of your staff members brings new insight into gardening weather soil maintenance, irrigation, propagation, mulching you name it. Your tips and learning experiences teaches other gardeners how they can better maintain their garden. Thank you for your hard work.

[@samslens7793]

I relate to Meg so much 😂 i enjoy her content/input so much

[@monicakapp5778]

I would love more zone 4 & 5 videos! We have such a short growing season compared to the south and it's very challenging for beginners like me!

[@lisarenee260]

I really love this format - so much information packed into one video!

[@SubunitProductions]

Love hearing Erin's advice about more decorative perennial plants. It's an area I've gotten into more but it's so different in a lot of ways to traditional veggie gardening that I feel like it's a whole new set of things to learn.

[@epicgardening]

I totally agree!

[@tmontero8492]

Well done, Kevin! Your affiliates have so much knowledge and experience to offer! I learned something useful from each gardener today, including yourself. I rarely view videos longer than 10-15 mins -- short attention span 🥴 I guess -- but I watched this video with rapt interest. I love the way you have created such a well-rounded staff with appealing personalities and approaches from a variety of zones. Your site has always been one of the best on KZbin, now it is very close to coming in first! 🏆 Congratulations on the creativity, originality, and hard work you have invested. And thank you.

[@epicgardening]

So glad to hear th is!

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Excellent collab ladies and gents, wish it was longer.

[@wordwalkermomma4]

And they speak so fast...I’m thinking of watching at 75%, just to enjoy and think longer about gardening.😁

[@louisamichelleloll]

it's so weird gardening in Florida, everyone else is just now putting their seedlings in the ground.... I'm over here about to pull my tomatoes out lmao.

[@pingwin466]

we are laughing everyday as I pull more tomatoes out of the ground in Ft Pierce lol, slicers are almost done and determinates going well, okra is good and bush beans are going well, kale is bolting/yellowing, we learned we were 6 months of from our schedule after moving from N.C back to Florida

[@veryberry39]

I lived there for 3 years, and my housemate was the gardener. All I know is she had the worst time trying to keep the stinkbugs from decimating her tomatoes, but the okra grew like crazy. 🤣

[@juliehorney995]

Just a function of one's growing zone. Cheers!

[@epicgardening]

LOL seriously. Climates are so diff!

[@docgrowsfood]

I’m in a North Tampa suburb and attempting the Millennial Gardener’s strategy of growing tomatoes under 40% shade cloth through the summer. Attempting to outsmart mother nature. Wish me luck!

[@lesliee6721]

Meg - dead fish stew is hilarious. That’s about how it smells too, dead fish. 😂😂

[@nseaspatetico]

I've been getting a lot of these types of videos on social media where someone that knows what is doing on a particular topic goes out of its way to let you know what he/she is doing and you should too. You probably know (since you are making this video), but I really appreciate this format since it feels like a neighbor that REALLY knows what it's doing and giving you advice on how to improve I'm also from across the border (Tijuana) so all your advice can (in most cases) apply for my zone as well! Thank you and keep on growing!

[@epicgardening]

That's our goal with this!!

[@JustCallMeInsane]

"Or if you have a lot of repressed anger you can use your bare hands and rip them out" 🤣🤣🤣

[@monicamartey]

😅😅😅

[@meggrowsplants]

I’ve considered buying those claw gloves for this very reason 😂

[@jackiek4159]

I definitely resonate with this one! 😂

[@JustCallMeInsane]

@@meggrowsplants yesss do it!!

[@leviduve4001]

4:36 She isn't kidding about the zone 4 thing.. This area of the Midwest definitely gets pretty cold in the winter. Working at a local nursery, they treat everything here like its zone 4 so that everything is hardy even in the occasionally severe cold days. Works very well in my experience. I'd say this microclimate reaches down past Dubuque and stretches over to Galena at least.

[@Livingsamsara]

LOVED that format! It hit all the high notes for me. Thanks to everyone who added their somethin' somethin.' Spectacularly helpful for general maintenance, even for Zone 8 areas. Thanks!

[@epicgardening]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Thrash230723]

Multi zone video spread… bro 👏🏻 👏🏻 that’s why you’re Epic Eric!!

[@michelletetreault9428]

I love this mix of information and advice from the different garden zones! Thank you so much!!!!

[@Vookis1]

It’s come to my attention that there seems to be a lack of tacky garden decor in San Diego!!! Here in the south every garden has at least one garden gnome shout out to Meg!! If u didn’t know garden gnomes take care of the garden at night!

[@seandoe3768]

As always, thanks for including the input from other zones.

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Meg, we are almost neighbors in zone 8 Greenville, SC. No wonder your advice works for me.

[@meggrowsplants]

Well hi, neighbor!!

[@DannyHodge95]

Jacques bit about repotting the Guava was brilliant, some really helpful tips for figuring out why a plant might be languishing

[@bobobaggins95]

Google lens has been my best friend in the garden for the last couple years. Aside from fresh seedlings its helped me find so many plants I want and identified so many things, biggest win was a pecan tree that shot out cause my parents cut the tree without digging the trunk and roots out. It snapped off, so I took a pic and then dug further after it said it to find a tree trunk 😂 they were like oh yeh I totally forgot we had a pecan tree there haha

[@tinakarp3996]

Love the addition of all the other experts/gardeners you have added. 😍

[@crystalluna01]

I can definitely relate to the knees cracking 😅 going up and down stairs with me is not pleasant because it's so loud 😅😅😂

[@PlaneJaneCars]

More Meg, pls? Thx! 🫡

[@meggrowsplants]

❤❤❤

[@Notable2Nikki]

I must get my seedings in the ground! That is the only goal!

[@epicgardening]

You got it

[@amyosborn4604]

Hi Erin! I’m so excited to see you here, joining Epic Gardening, especially since we’re in the same zone. Your old pal from Stonehouse Nursery in Michigan!

[@FluffyTheGryphon]

I just planted a peach tree after watching your orchard video!

[@epicgardening]

That is awesome!

[@doccross]

The new format is great. Keep it up.

[@epicgardening]

Glad you like it!

[@PharMamaUSA]

The editing, content, and flow of this video is AWESOME!!!!!

[@VashTown]

I love seeing more of the team and their climates, even though I'm 10b myself lol

[@NicolesGardenNS]

2.99 million!! I’ll be checking daily and rooting for 3M 🎉🙌🙌

[@francestaylor9156]

Yep... E TN here. I harvested/pulled all my brassica this past weekend. It's getting too hot and they started getting a lot of pest damage too. Gives me room to grow more summer things - LOTS and LOTS of basil lol. Yep. I do the stem twist and pull method where I try to leave all the little roots in the ground from the prior plant but remove the big stem so that I can plant something new there.

[@xxpopacap45xx87]

Jacq and that pot smack!🤭😂😂😂 I about died ☠️ when it was put in slow motion! Great video yall! Always enjoy watching and learning!

[@northernerinnc3179]

I like that you have included the other gardeners from different planting zones, very helpful. Thank you

[@Jorduan100]

For all of us over here in the UK: 1) Prepare to battle a never ending horde of slugs eating our seedlings. 2) Refuse to surrender in the face of certain defeat, deploying beer traps, and hunting hiding places by day, torches and big tweezers by nights. 3) Rejoice in the demise of the slug army and watch everything flourish!

[@GrowsGoneWild]

We got them thick over here this year too!

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

I tried beer traps here in the US and they didn't work. What finally worked was going out with soap spray after a rain, when all the slugs would come out. I never saw a slug infestation again. Also, firefly nymphs are natural predators of slugs. The firefly nymphs look very different from the adults, so it helps to learn to recognize them.

[@Neenerella333]

I've already got caterpillars here in Northern New Mexico. I held back some of my broccoli seedlings indoors, in case my transplants get munched. Good luck with your slugs and snails.

[@Chet_Thornbushel]

Step 4, get some pet ducks to patrol your garden for the slimy buggers 😆

[@smas3256]

@@Neenerella333 Slugs and snails avoid crushed eggshells. Membrain of eggshells have to be washed off and air dried or baked in an oven. Nesting birds need the calcium and will help lower pest population.

[@allison_diehl]

I am always so excited to see these videos posted because I know I’m going to learn something interesting for my zone 6a garden. One request: I’d love some more videos with recipes!

[@TheTardis157]

One thing people might forget is that animals, mostly pet dogs, really love the smell of organic fertilizers and may decide to help you repot your plants by ripping them out to eat the fertilizer. So if you have dogs, fence in your plants with some wire fencing for a while until the smell fades enough, usually a week or 2.

[@lizlucey3812]

My dog loves bone meal and blood meal! She dug into the bags and the dirt 😅

[@jakevendrotti1496]

12:20 This young woman is adorable and hilarious! I burst out laughing twice 😂 But everything she said was true. Heed those weeds people!

[@reenalthakerar7297]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you.

[@johnszandrocha6429]

I use egg carton, cardboard and newspaper for free browns in times of over abundance of greens

[@RawwVeggies]

I really need to reset my compost too

[@winniejack2492]

Y’all be doing the most. I have one compost bin and I am def not taking the temp. I throw some worms and they do the job. 🙃. If I were to follow u guys I would be broke trying to garden. I’m moving on too complicated. 🧐

[@epicgardening]

No need to do it if it doesn't make sense for you! These things are like $10 and helpful to track heat, but not required - Kevin

[@gazellecarlson6543]

so glad you confirmed my using suckers to make new plants.....such a time saver

[@sanstheskeleton3239]

I LIVE IN SOUTHERN PA AND WE JUST HAD MORE RAIN IN TWO WEEKS THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN OVER A YEAR BASICALLY. AND ITS STILL NOT IN THE 70S

[@idoscreamforicecream]

Hey Kevin, have you tried "tree teepee"? The man who invented it has an incredible story and wanted his product to support farmers💕

[@ragheadand420roll]

I have a pot knife too. Helps trim the flower😂😂😂We avoid grass products because of the roundup widespread use. It lives in manure and lives in straw The hula ho is 1 of the most underrated garden tools. A true warhorse for weeds

[@glasgowbeck]

Sooooooo close to 3 million! You are all awesome

[@AndiNewtonian]

Thank you, Jacques, for the tips on tomato supports and replanting trees. Getting ready to tackle both of those this week!

[@eugenegreen9187]

Jacques I need to know what is the orange flowering plant behind you during the repotting perennials segment. I'm in love with it..

[@veryberry39]

That's what I was thinking, too!

[@presentpossible]

orange clock vine.

[@cryptelligence]

Scape next to Jacque's head: *please don't see me, please don't see me*

[@rachelhayden5837]

Jaques, what is that beautiful purple blue spike flower bush behind you when you're chatting with your tomatoes? I need one! Maybe three!

[@ozzy_fromhell]

Just started growing here in the inland Empire area after reading these comments I feel a lot better

[@kathleenmccarthy8418]

That was awesome and just the way I like to receive my information. Quick and concise. Thank you.

[@rad1calreal15t]

I am experimenting with a cherokee purple tomato seedling I started this year. I put it in directly to the ground which is heavy clay and about 3 inches of home made compost and raised bed organic soil from last year. And it's looking super healthy! I water it about once a week or so. I'm in zone 8b, Texas. I have it in an area where they get morning and late afternoon sun. I'll let you know how that goes.

[@andrewhayes2773]

Jinx, Jacques. I use wood chip mulch for my pathways, straw mulch for my garden, and a mulching compost for my pepper plants, too!

[@ruthmuller8611]

I would love to see guides for what to plant when to have veg and fruit production (almost) all year round in different hardiness zones. I’m a relatively inexperienced gardener in zone 7a and would love to know what needs to be planted when so there is production most of the year. Thank you for your fantastic videos!!

[@jm3517]

“13 kind of mediocre peaches” new math rock band name I call it.

[@CastroMKE]

Finally, I see another zone 5b SE Wisconsin gardener. :D

[@This_is_Ridiculous]

Those rice crispy knees at the beginning I’m 💀💀

[@suepowlesland8541]

Watching you thin peaches makes me sad over our crop loss this year. The same January cold snap that completely wiped out the grape harvest here in the Okanagan BC ( aka Napa North ) also decimated the tree fruit industry. So no peaches on my tree this year for the first time ever. But being that I only have one tree, I know so many people are much worse off, and at least I can still enjoy his shade😊

[@epicgardening]

:( so sorry to hear it

[@noodle646]

Y'all should grow Hakurei turnips, they are really crunchy, sweet, and all in all very delicious.

[@Plantandpeoplecarer]

Unless you’re in the southern hemisphere! We are currently freezing here in southern eastern Australia 😮

[@fansaaga4033]

Do you get frost cuz last time I was in nsw in winter. Never got below 5c

[@Plantandpeoplecarer]

@@fansaaga4033 we’ve had two frosts so far, but today it’s 4 degrees Celsius with a wind chill factor of minus 4 🥶🥶🥶

[@fansaaga4033]

@@Plantandpeoplecarer which county just curious I didn’t know there’s frost in Australia 😅

[@Plantandpeoplecarer]

@@fansaaga4033 we have snow too, but I’m in Canberra we don’t have counties, we have states

[@fansaaga4033]

@@Plantandpeoplecarer I assume you are in zone 9?

[@Heartofahomesteader]

@meggrowsplants...Sticky what? I just pulled some out of my flower bed! Would love to know more about it ...NC zone 7B/ might be part 8A...

[@meggrowsplants]

Sticky Willy! lol, such a funny name. But they’re also called cleavers. They’re edible, and can even be used as a tea ❤

[@Heartofahomesteader]

@@meggrowsplants Thanks, Meg! I'll definitely look into them!

[@strangepetscmty]

Can’t wait to be able to do some outside gardening!

[@ColeSpolaric]

Who says I MUST do these in May?! I do what i want! 😆

[@RealBradMiller]

That's it, I'm calling the gardening police! You can expect Captain Planet to come aknockin', yes you can!! 😂😂😂😂

[@valeriezendiver263]

Lots of great ideas in this one, thank you!

[@patriciasutton4618]

Reaching out for help!!! I live in a senior mobile home community the garden spaces aren't monitored and there in no recourse if there is a problem, the owners will shut down all gardeners usage of the property. My problem is 1 of the gardeners has sprayed my garden with weed killer, I hosed with water until the beds drained hoping to wash out the spray. I have replanted and now they have been sprayed again 2 times in 1 week. My question is, will I have to replace all the soil or just keeping flushing the soil with water, so when I am able to plant without getting sprayed again, my plants won't die from residual in the soil. I am desperate, there isn't time to start from seeds, I am in Orange County CA zone 10b. I watch you all the time, learn something all the time and can't get enough of gardening, Eric and Jacque and the guests are all amazing. TY

[@bencouragedalways]

Sounds like you have a brick wall with the weed spray purposely sprayed on your attempts. I don't have any soul so I use the hydroponic Tower Garden or Green Stalk. They are both vertical planters and can produce many veggies or flowersI I have them on my patio in the shade and no opportunity for the errant sprayer as you can put a sign that says "You are being watched"

[@patriciasutton4618]

@@bencouragedalways LOL!!! I was going to put a sign with Google Eyes on it and say "SMILE" & leave it at that, as anything else I might get reported to management or bad things spread about me & my husband. Sad thing is this was a row of very large Pots, to donate to the seniors in our mobile home park. I had 2 Green Stalks when we moved here and we donated to a sweet couple that were struggling & with children. Mostly we get shade here in our yard and car port. We are tracking the sun in our gravel little bit of a yard to see if we can put the pots there and when the Fall/Winter comes as the sun is moving, move the with a dolly to where the sun will go. Also tempted to purchase another Green Stalk, I loved them!! Thank you for answering my plea for help! We are asking the Lord to help with the problem and person/s. We are of good courage always! Blessings❤

[@Seraph318]

I'm using the exact same Florida Weave setup, I learned from your past video about it :D Works great for me, and I live in FL lol. Tomatoes lived through 2 tropical storms and for about 9 months total :D

[@theheardhomestead]

Can we have a video about growing, caring for, and propagating Tomatillo’s? 😊 I have 2 plants diff varieties but oddly enough only one is producing, the other has 20 flowers no fruit.

[@epicgardening]

We'll add to the list, good idea!

[@Muddysmind]

I bought the same straw you are using and get many grass/weeds growing in my grow bags when I'm using it. None in my grow bags with micro bark for mulch.

[@drewblack749]

Loved this!

[@PsychoPixie57]

What is the lovely trellised plant with orange flowers that is behind Jacque when he's pulling the dead roots off his potted plant? It's lovely!!

[@PsychoPixie57]

Oh no, I said lovely twice lol

[@WilsonsWanderings]

Jadam fertilisers are the way forward! 👍🏻🤙🏻

[@lawrenberghanson4401]

Great stuff! My garden task is mulching, planting some basils and marigolds, and preparing for the possibility of powdering mildew. I am going to try the baking soda and water solution to see if that works. Can you also get a NYC grower as part of the Epic Squad like YT channel Mari's Garden and Kitchen?

[@cherylanon5791]

May is when we keep checking the overnight lows forecasts to see if we can plant peppers!

[@Nikki-mx5my]

Yep!

[@T-Mo_]

4:45 holding the pruners like that making me anxious.

[@GoingGreenMom]

Fingers crossed that the garden isnt too bad off once I can get back out there in June. I got a lot of mulching and work done early this year, and the kids are doing the strawberry harvest and planted peppers and tomatoes this week.

[@epicgardening]

Hope it's good!

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

Good video! I think you need representation from Lynden, WA 👊🏻🌻👊🏻🤣😛😎

[@sandymurray3997]

I really enjoyed this....thak you all. Pretoria Soth Africa

[@deshgouri]

You guys! Stop bragging so much about your really warm climate 😣😅

[@Fnkdoxnmnnbs]

I haven’t even planted my watermelons yet bc I live in the Bay Area 🥲

[@nathansubbiah7564]

Bro Eric is still in 60°s but here in Tennessee it is already 85°

[@deshgouri]

@@Fnkdoxnmnnbs ya right, I'm watching this from the very cold, wet, yucky & grey Pacific Northwest 🙄

[@deshgouri]

@@nathansubbiah7564 yes ok. Enjoy! Fyi, I hate you 😂

[@anserinfernus5535]

Watching from Ontario, and even with a greenhouse, time is not on my side. 🥲

[@nildaotero2933]

Excellent video. Lots of info. Jaque, what's the name of the orange bush behind the guava plant? It's beautiful

[@debrabray8855]

Love this format ❤

[@Denise_B17]

You can also use cardboard for your garden. That helps suppress weeds.

[@lobybobybib]

Great, me in Vancouver just starting to plant😂

[@jenniferhenderson4674]

Southern BC, here. I get you🌱🌱🌱

[@GreenthumbFL]

Love all the tips, definitely gonna applied to my garden…. ❤

[@RoyHolder]

You have some leaf curl on your peach tree Kevin, too late now but just as the tree starts budding next year you should spray it with a copper solution to prevent it, also on leaf fall as well. Using copper is organic. 👍👍

[@epicgardening]

Yep - noticed! Will be hitting it next year

[@StardewHomestead]

That fish poop fertilizer is the stuff, but does it stink 🤢 great video as always! The growing season is in full swing! 😄

[@meggrowsplants]

Thank goodness it only stinks for a few hours! But the plants love it so we sacrifice lol

[@veryberry39]

And the raccoons go nuts for it!

[@epicgardening]

Smells SO bad!

[@dorriwaldera3081]

I just told my husband I need a machete (for the garden).. He looked at my like he was very worried. LOL

[@epicgardening]

Tell him we approve of your request! - Kevin

[@jelegget]

So far, we got 2 tips for anger management lol

[@DL-wc1fq]

What is that orange-flowering vine behind Jacques?

[@resaday7236]

We are about to cut down a couple of our pine trees…. Is pine good or bad for mulch or compost or should I have then hauled off

[@CrankierPanda72]

Whooo new video lets go!!

[@veryberry39]

Unlike Douche McGee at the bottom of the comments, I'd love to see more of Meg!

[@meggrowsplants]

❤

[@epicgardening]

We would too!

[@davidbillera9296]

Thanks for the tips. This really helped

[@epicgardening]

No problem!