3 Clever Methods for a Pest Free Garden

[@epichomesteading]

That 1 million coming soon James...LET'S GOOOO!

[@reneequalls5878]

I can’t hear anyone say “LETS……..” without immediately thinking “GO!” And James and Tuck lol

[@chrismoyer7778]

I just Subscribed idk why anyone wouldn’t. The Tomato tree video got me. Cherokee purple tomatoes. No one talks about those. Amazing 🤩👏👏👏👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@mistystorythyme2452]

💚💚💚

[@VaultDwellerGal]

For the love of terriers! They’re so good at pest control. Tuck is awesome!!! 🐕Great video dude! I love how it’s like a tactical manual. Super clever and interesting presentation. Thanks for sharing

[@jakeg7033]

Groundhogs really got us last year and being in the city and having a small yard, we're limited in our solutions. But, watching James n Tuck keep us positive and inspired! Let's gooooooo!

[@jamesprigioni]

Glad to hear you garner some inspirations from the videos Jake. Thanks for contributing brother that means a lot ❤

[@barbsnyder1352]

I had trouble with birds going after my new leafs on my starts. I placed plastic snakes in my raised beds. I moved them around so the birds didnt get used to them. It worked!

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Barb

[@tentwo8635]

Careful where you place them! One of the kids tossed a rubber snake on our lower roof and someone called the cops for it. Everyone did have a nice laugh about it though

[@debramurphy4295]

I have plastic lizard however dose not help my squash

[@christiethomas6905]

I did this for my strawberries worked so well!

[@waterisgold]

LETSSSSSS GROWWWWWWWW🇵🇷🌾🌻💛💕🌱🙏🏽💯🥰❤ much love from the beautiful West Coast

[@mercedsoriano3712]

Right THE BEUTIFUL PUERTO RICO AMEN THE BEST

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

James this video is superb!! I am so glad that you gave us waaaay more than 3 tips and tricks. The red rocks for the birds was the most humorous and are literally FREE! Thanks for your valuable advice!💯💪

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

I have watched a groundhog scale a chain link fence, 4' in just a couple seconds flat. I love the cold frames fitted to the raised bed area, and have used the wire cloth vs gophers (works so far!) I feed sunflower and safflower to attract a certain category of birds .. they fight off things like crows, blue jays, ect - the strawberry thieves! Finches, wrens, robins, thrushes, and chickadees do some serious insect hunting to feed their young - so naturally we put in water and habitat for those birds as well. Houses for finches and wrens have 1 1/8" entrances - allowing them security without blue jays stealing their nests .. they set up camp all over the place anyway 😉🕊

[@KayElayempea]

I have never seen a woodchuck climb a fence (although my husband is sure they can), usually they dig under. I actually had a woodchuck cut down a current bush very rapidly last year. I had planted it near the hole and apparently it thought the bush was in the way because it just chewed through the stem and didn't eat it at all.

[@paulalane8638]

This was a great video as always! Thank you, James and Tuck, for all the wonderful pest prevention ideas! I don't like using pesticides at all. We need to be good stewards and protect the bees and butterflies. Happy Gardening! It's the best therapy I know!🥰🌱🦋🐞

[@Mindy56743]

Just to let you know last year I was canning like crazy and I saved the seeds from apples plums and peaches. I started them in a bucket and now have 4 inch tall trees.

[@kristinbrowning-mezel2379]

Update- two successes with these techniques. Have our first ever Cherry 🍒 harvest thanks to the reflective tape. Don’t tell the birds!! And red rocks is also keeping the birds away. The ants 🐜 are harder to trick unify😏. Great tips James 🤩

[@creative_grassrootsgarden]

Great video as always, thanks for sharing! To help save money my family and I have started a small backyard garden. We're learning how to homecan, seed save, make compost, and preserve what we grow. Less than 2 years in our new home and we've completely transformed the backyard. We are beginner gardeners, growing and learning along the way. Recently I started a gardening channel to help encourage others to begin growing as well. No time better than now to learn self sufficiency. Thanks again for all you do, your channel definitely helps keep me motivated for my family. God bless!

[@dereidabrown1180]

Great informational video as always. I might add that using a blacklight at night helps to find hornworms on those tomatoes. Tuck is always a blessing to see in your videos, like icing on the cake!🐶💕

[@normastarr4390]

I would love to see a video demonstrating how you spray the kaolin clay. Great tips!

[@yochanontheseeker1942]

Me too, I just received some and there’s no application suggestions on the package.

[@LifebyMikeG]

Wow genius stuff in here!

[@jamesprigioni]

❤️

[@lindaobrien2659]

I love the red rocks in the strawberries!

[@SajeevaYoga1]

big fan brother, love the energy and the approach. I'm doing very similar on a smaller scale in PA, 2nd year garden now, butttt, I'm going back home to Thailand in a few months and hope Dad will grow some things or maintain it at some level. I built all my raised beds with old logs on slope and hugelkulture style.

[@sandiv6145]

I can't help but smile every time I hear "What's goin' on, Growers?" Plus I know I will always learn new tips even though I've been gardening for decades. Thank you, James!!

[@Marcel_Audubon]

You got a call out from Huw Richards today - he's discovered the felicities of raw asparagus for the first time

[@alaskansummertime]

I've really been getting into companion plants. Chives are pretty good at creating a protective barrier. Last year I grew shoo fly plant and almost nothing will touch that or anything that grows near it. One shoo fly will produce enough seed to plant pretty much your entire property next year. I don't even know how much shoo fly seed I have now but its a lot. Also chases off mosquitoes and you can make a bug spray out of it. Only downside is its toxic to livestock but my only livestock is an obnoxious little cat who will only eat selected gourmet food and snacks. I've also been allowing the neighborhood cats to roam as they mostly seem to hunt mice and leave my plants alone.

[@yellowbird5411]

There are many pest resistant varieties of both trees and garden plants, and if we can know which ones are resistant, it will help others if this is shared. In my own yard, I have a star fruit tree. Because it is so prolific, even though the squirrels and birds eat some of it, there is still a truckload of star fruit for me every year, sometimes twice a year. That is not resistance, but at least I have a bounty without worrying about it. Another tree that has visitors but seems insect resistant for the most part is my ever bearing mulberry. Nothing eats the leaves, and the only insect I have seen eating the berries is the stink bug. But it's not bad. The tree has so much fruit, that even though the birds visit every day, there is still plenty. Tomatoes seem relatively pest free, as does the Malabar spinach. I think that green peppers and chilis do well. Every area has it's own pests, and they vary from place to place. Sometimes sacrificing some of the plants/fruit to whatever is eating them is not a problem, so if you plant more than you need, maybe it won't make you lie awake at night devising ways to foil them. I like the scare tape, though. Thank you.

[@marythomson5479]

What zone do you live in? and where did you purchase your everbearing Mulberry? A tomato I have found excellent is the Everglades tomato, prolific and delicious! Thanks for all the info.

[@jperin001]

I don't mind sacrificing some of my bountiful harvest to nature, but when the birds and squirrels or mice take one little nip out of multiple fruits it puts me on war time footing.

[@iguesi]

@@jperin001 Give them another source of water.

[@smas3256]

@@iguesi A bit of olive oil will suffocate mosquito eggs in standing water.

[@iamorganicgardening]

Glad to see another great video. So WINDY here it is hard to make a video.

[@8thcelisabeth]

are you on the prairie too?

[@hillaryburdick9313]

My day just got 20x better seeing this video pop up in my feed. ❤️❤️❤️s for Tuck of course too!

[@yvonneellefson]

I love that you talk about sprays as a last resort and being an "extreme" measure. It feels like so many people eagerly head straight to BT and Neem oil at the first sight of pests. I don't try to eliminate every single pest but keep things in balance.

[@johndyer9232]

I hand pick before spraying even “organic” pesticides. If I see wheeled assassin, and other predators in other parts of the yard I move them to the garden. Assassin bugs eat Japanese Beetles.

[@rebeccamckenzie5037]

I agree! Wish More was advertised about these consequences, especially from the state extensions. 😒

[@johndyer9232]

@@joe8133 The previously mentioned assassin bugs eat hornworms as well. I would imagine cabbage worms, and any insect is on the menu (unfortunately I have also seen them eating ladybugs). I’m the only one in my family who truly likes cabbage. As a result I haven’t tried growing them.

[@johndyer9232]

@@joe8133 If you plant stuff, or allow wild plants to grow (in areas where you don’t crop) that attract pollinators they will attract the predators too.

[@GloriaHathor]

Yes!

[@Felinemusiclaser]

OMG! I HAVE MISSED YOUR ENERGY. So great to find you and Tuck again. Looking forward to a new planting and growing season.

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Malinda

[@maggiebrooks2550]

Really great video buddy 👍I'm in NE Florida and attempting my first year of gardening. You're always so informative and so sweet. I appreciate you so much.💖

[@Hoot1forever]

You make me smile with your energy! I appreciate you giving so many wonderful tips! We also use marigolds and basil interplanted in our garden to help with pest control! Your garden looks amazing!

[@Hoot1forever]

Hi! Working in the garden today. How are you? Where do you live? We live in Kentucky. Today’s plans are to place netting over the greens to keep the pests out and plant some flowers.

[@Hoot1forever]

It’s nice to meet you also. How do you like Miami? I have traveled there several times back in my partying days for Ultrafest. It’s early spring so the weather is cool and favorable here. Do you garden in Miami?

[@sallieboyd886]

I just love you and Tuck! You both have inspired me to start my own garden this year. I am starting with different varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, and squash. I’m trying not to start with too much , that way I don’t get overwhelmed, but I have learned everything from you two guys, from building beds, to growing, and protection, so don’t ever stop! Lol. I am in Lexington, Ky., zone 7b and our climates are very similar. Keep supervising And working Tuck bc my Basset Hound Daisy is learning from you too and so far has loved every minute of it 🐶

[@bubbanewshound7720]

Thank you James and Tuck, Enjoy your knowledge, experience and hard work. Looking forward to this season, especially with prices and availability possibly being sketchy. Have some good indoor starters going, plenty of nice looking tomatoes coming on. But, a little concerned about a late start. Zip code 17931, in PA, we had two nights down to 32 last week. Thankful I didn't put my tomatoes in yet. Havent tried the Clay on my 5 species dwarf apple yet, will definitely have it on hand this year. Seems every year, theres a new challenge to the apple tree. First came aphids and their ant wranglers. Keep up the good work! Then the little burrowing curliculi. Never heard of it until it hit. Would be nice to find a complete guide to fruit tree issues to plan for and avoid. Seems like there are a lot of threats. We'll be keeping an eye out for you. Thanks again....

[@lusoroofing5221]

ten years of youtube almost and all the knowledge you shared and learned and taught us, thanks for everything you done until today, you are an inspiration!

[@jamesprigioni]

What a kind comment, thank you my friend! ❤️

[@JasonEntine]

Hi @james. Can you talk about your soul and the walkways? How have you layered your growing soil and mulch coil over the years. Awesome content and inspiration!

[@mkc0005]

I put out 20 tomato plants on a Wednesday this spring. Wednesday night an armadillo came in and dug them all up (I lost about a 1/4 of them). Thursday I strung an electric wire around the whole garden. Its been about 6 weeks and I haven't had an issue since that first night.

[@glintinggold]

You're definitely onto something! Great idea!

[@jackiemkuenzi3467]

Love your positive energy James - always such great, easy tips for successful gardening- much appreciated

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Jackie

[@mattbuszko]

you seem like such a nice person, and I love watching your videos. I'm happy your channel is successful, and I appreciate you sharing your gardening methods with us :)

[@ChristinaQueenHeart]

My wildlife in Texas is GANGSTA! They don't give 2 sh*** about reflections or rocks. They're going to find the groceries 😆 🤣 😂. I even bought fake snakes and moved them, put CDs in the fruit trees. They had conversations with the snakes and had a lunch date.

[@8thcelisabeth]

You comment had me laughing. It's true. I tried the red rocks last year in my strawberry patch and the birds gave zero eff's. Must be those Texas birds flying up here to the Dakotas ha~

[@pineywoodsurbanhomestead4988]

Bro a rabbit just decimated my sfg. I thought me and the wildlife had an understanding but apparently not haha. Just bought fencing stuff five minutes ago. If you're reading this folks, don't skip the fence around the garden. It just leads to pain lol

[@8thcelisabeth]

true facts. I am so so sorry. First year having a garden, no fence, bunnies even nibbled small tomato tops! Plus beans and all brassica. Second year, put up that green plastic anti-bunny fence. And watched, with my own horrified eyes, a bunny chew a hole into it so they could get in. Before year three, redid the garden with hardware cloth fencing 3' high, buried 6" deep. NOW they stay out. I cayenne and plant garlic all over my property, which helps, but the only thing that works 100% in my garden is the fencing.

[@mbethosseedcompany3307]

Hi James! I love your channel and your suggestions! We're battling wildlife here on my little seed farm in Connecticut. Three times already my carrot beds were completely turned over by critters digging for grubs and other deliciousness... ugh. I'm not setting up the protective row covers to keep my fourth planting safe! I love your recommendation on using a balancing approach to pets: I have yarrow, chamomile, cilantro and other plants interplanted all throughout our farm to boost the beneficial insect population and deter pests. My goal is not to eliminate them completely as years of farming taught me this was a dead end - literally! I could spend time and money trying to kill every pest around and all it would do is to make my entire ecosystem more prone to their attacks. Keep going with the awesome recommendations!

[@suzannefronzaglio2427]

Faux strawberry rocks! How cool is that!! I just love that idea! Your videos are always amazing, each and every one of them.

[@jamesprigioni]

Thanks for the support Suzanne! ❤️

[@WILD911MAN]

Link for Clay..

[@prihodabear]

Thanks for the information. Love you and Tuck. I am trying companion planting and it appears to be working well. ❤️

[@MO-gs1dy]

James, please consider a video explaining how to construct your raised bed cover structures.

[@speakrighttogod]

He's already done that. You need to search the channel.

[@garykellogg2758]

I've only see like 1 bee so far this spring, but lots of carpenter bees are in the garden.

[@lindalee601]

Hi James & Tuck, row covers are the ticket. I used your suggestion last year and put hoops on all of my raised beds. No bugs or pest. Thanks guys. 😊 ❤🥰

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Linda

[@greenranger3000]

Wow Spring is taking over and the feeling is magical ,I wish everyone a great experience growing and making beautiful food like this guy.

[@eklectiktoni]

I missed this when it was first uploaded because my internet was down for about a week. 😣 Thankfully, that's been fixed. This was full of so many great ideas! I'm gonna try the red rocks with my strawberries because the birds didn't leave me any last year. I also want to get some heavy duty netting or even wire to cover my crops too like you suggested. Fortunately I don't have too many bugs in my garden (I think because we have such a healthy lizard population in my area). But the bigger animals - like possums, birds, and raccoons - can ravage my garden in one night. PS give Tuck a pet for me. 😊

[@monicacruz4407]

You’ve covered all the bases, great advice. I don’t use chemical sprays because I believe that residues end up in the food. For me, one of the purposes of growing my own veg is so that me and my family can eat “clean”. The kaolin is interesting, I’ll look into that. Slugs and snails are my main problem, beer traps are pretty effective. The point you make about protecting the beneficial insects is so important. Did you know, if you have healthy, happy plants, they are less vulnerable to attack, that means keep mulching and using compost teas to increase your soil microbiology, that is also a line of defense. If only the Ukrainians could use a kaolin spray! Love your energy, keep it up 👍👏🥦🥬🌱

[@libbyallen7535]

That is so helpful thank you tremendously you and tuck Are awesome and you help me make my garden grow thank you,God bless💚🔥

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Libby

[@michaelmosley254]

Great video James when I clicked on the thumbs up was on 666 I had to hurry up with a thumb up

[@bunyipz2040]

Marigolds also deter nematodes in the soil

[@kele1264]

I once had a lovely purple cauliflower going. Either a rabbit or groundhog ate it. I was so disappointed.

[@anotherdishwithana8510]

Let's goooo ooooo

[@jamesprigioni]

Let’s Goooo Ana! 😁

[@rebeccamckenzie5037]

SUPER VIDEO James, you've covered All my questions about insects. - I do have one more question though. My entire back yard is a slope. Can a veg. garden be planted on a slope or do I need to build up one side of the bed to make it level?. I've never planted a veg garden before & want to. TY & thank you for all the great tips!! BTW, I've seen your video on adding the piping & netting over your plants but wasn't ready at that time to make a garden bed. Now that I'm ready, I'd like to watch that video again. Can you tell me when you made it or how to find it. Again, thank you very much for all your tips, tricks an fabulous info!! 🙂

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Rebecca

[@dannyandrose]

Is good idea to plant marigolds around your compost pile . the smell is so loud it deters rats & rats love the buffet at the compost . Edit; Also , if you can find old V.C.R. tapes , the tape inside is what we use to deter wild birds & you can pick up an old V.C.R. Tape for $0.25 sometimes ...

[@Mygardeningchannel8181]

Hi, I enjoy watching your videos. I didn’t catch the name of the product you use on your fruit trees. Please give me the name again. Thank you

[@christinejavier4230]

Great advice

[@centarisky2185]

I look forward to your videos, so much energy!

[@SuperStruct]

I got the kneeler! Shipping said like a month but it arrived in 10 days. They look sick, like workers at Trader Joes, but it's Trader James Prigioni's FOOD FOREST! Got here in time for Mother's Day, shh don't tell my mom!

[@roccoconte2960]

Another great videobJim.Weather been bad all spring good luck with the garden.

[@danielhuimunloong8495]

James i love your videos. How to eliminate white flies? I tried neem oil but still not working. Hope you can give me some advice to get rid of them.

[@michellesummers1010]

I love how positive you are, and how well you explain all of your great ideas!! You will go so far ❤️ I share you with my gardening groups 😃

[@mariavelikonja3317]

Another great video. Be careful about recommending bringing praying mantis nests into your garden. Many of those sacs (the larger ones) are actually the invasive Asian praying mantis--which eat our native praying mantis.

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Maria

[@theshotdown3215]

Another vid, let’s go!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@jamesprigioni]

Let's Gooo!!!

[@chrisbrowne6027]

What do you do to prevent or control powdery mildew (hope I said that right)? We get it on our squash and cucumbers.

[@maryfuller3255]

I saw a video recently saying to put about a teaspoon of baking soda with a squirt of dish soap in a half gallon of water and spray affected area. I am not sure about these measurements so perhaps others will comment further.

[@QuestionTheAnswers]

Thanks for the defense tips !! I've hung those sliver metallic spheres like Xmas deco balls, on tomatoes and other plants to make the bugs not know up from down haha.. it worked! And the red stones..epic, man. Genius. 💯P.S. I just read that praying mantis eat lady bugs!! Maybe that's part of this situation, perhaps? 🤔

[@ambergrosbach6238]

I wish my biggest pests were rodents, bugs, and birds. Waking up to find the damage done by deer and elk overnight has made me cry on more than one occasion! Do you know how high those beasts can jump?? Love your food forest! I discovered your channel this winter and have been binge watching your videos! Putting a lot of your methods into practice! SW Nebraska is no New Jersey. The past three years have been droughts with 10-12 inches per year. Dreadful winds (a week+ of sustained 50 mph with gusts up to 76 mph!) this spring with dust bowl like conditions. Lots of fires on neighboring communities, one burning 30,000 acres and another 44,000 acres. Praying for a change of weather and a bountiful harvest for my husband on the farm and for myself in my backyard food forest. :)

[@juliehecker1092]

Try spreading human hair around your garden. It has worked for me to ward off the rabbits and it may work for the deer!

[@sootung2732]

Deers can jump pretty high. I have 4' fence around my veggie garden. In there I stick stakes randomly so that the deers don't have enough room to land if they decide to jump in. That seems to work so far.

[@KayElayempea]

Yep, it is impressive to see a deer jump. I am not sure how high they can jump, but my parents have a 7 or 8' fence. I can say if deer want to get in it is very hard to keep them out! They are also not deterred by human hair at all in my experience, and neither are my local rabbits.

[@8thcelisabeth]

Hi James! I recently asked an entomologist a question about attracting praying mantis and was told they are territorial and you'll only find one in your garden. They did not give a range. I assume the amount of praying mantis your garden can feed and otherwise support would tell you how many you can have. Can you tell us how many praying mantis you have seen in your garden in one timeframe? They couldn't tell me how to attract them. Any insight from your experience? Also, I wrote a lengthy guide on the squash vine borer. There is a link on my about page for you or anyone else interested. Thank you for the video!

[@cathyhanley8658]

I chased a squash vine borer for 15 minutes once. I did not succeed in catching him, but I'm pretty sure I scared him away. 😒

[@8thcelisabeth]

@@cathyhanley8658 I get so mad when I see one because I know what is coming. I hope you did scare it away!

[@elchaposaur6178]

thx! I will check it out!

[@donnabrooks1173]

Praying mantis" are great for protecting your plants against pests but they also eat beneficial insects.

[@ItsJustGardening]

Great tips. I was looking to way to prevent birds from my berries. Thank you.

[@tgardenchicken1780]

Great ideas. I think of my fence as a trellis. My entire yard is surrounded by a trellis. (Change your perspective and now that chain link fence is a thing of beauty!)

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

Hi James. Always pleasant and informative Thanks. How do you feel about the JADAM methods, and in particular, JS for pest control? PS: I love the clay powders, they really work well, but not the cheapest

[@stephaniez2]

Great video thanks ! Your strawberry rocks are hilarious 🤣 I live on a bayou. You can't imagine the garden pests.

[@catherinevincent7850]

Hi!!! I love watching you and Tuck! You guys are the best!! What brand surround clay do you use? I don't see it on your list. Thank you in advance for your help 🥰

[@irishpixierose]

Hi James & Tuck, I thought BT spray was non-toxic to beneficial bugs, bees, dragonflies and butterflies. That is why I bought BT this year after seeing tiny moths flying around the plants. Your food forest is looking awesome ☘️

[@Ghost-Mama]

Catnip. I use a 55 gallon black plastic trash can that fills with rain water and I chop up fresh catnip and add it to the barrel for the sun ☀️ to warm up into catnip tea. It’s a natural insecticide/pesticide and has nutrients beneficial for healthy plant growth so it also acts like a fertilizer too. Fire ants, roaches, sugar ants, fleas, gardening pests, etc DO NOT like catnip at all. I water everything with it, including the yard to keep away the ants and fire ants. Catnip grows quickly and easily and can be planted everywhere in the garden or yard.

[@KayElayempea]

Do you know if catnip is a deterrent to mosquitos?

[@virginiavictorygarden5342]

Not a fan of the praying mantis. They will kill hummingbirds, especially the young ones. Seen it at my Grandma's house, she had tons of hummingbirds at her feeders.

[@jimrisch8408]

Awesome video, Tuck. You are one of the best sources for home gardening on the web. It's amazing how trained you have James. He's a great asset, no? 😁

[@jamesprigioni]

😂🐕❤️

[@marcogarcia3064]

Hi James, my plum tree got canker really bad, it's gone and I will need to destroy the branches and trunk. The sap was oozing from many many spots. I will try pots. I will try to get some mantis, already have lady bugs.

[@marymcintosh9420]

Hi James and Tuck, do you ever have issues with slugs? It's been a wet year in Tassie this year so lots of slugs. I tried copper tape around bottles to protect new plants, but i have now resorted to using iron pellets. :-(

[@deannewilliams3321]

Frogs eat slugs 🙂

[@susi-emily]

I found that wood ash works well for slugs because they don't like to slither over it. It is only a temporary fix, and has to be replenished after rain, but I've put it around the bases of the worst hit plants and it's saved them.

[@eryniel3585]

Keeping the grass cut low and putting up some metal railing on the edges of raised beds has worked great. It doesn’t eliminate them, but it reduces it *significantly*

[@jperin001]

Slugs are attracted to beer. Cut the bottoms off of some plastic bottles and fill with a half inch of beer. They will crawl in and drown.

[@SamStone1964]

I have tried everything to deter slugs. I have abundant frogs and lizards. When I am direct sowing seeds I will use a small amount of multiguard pellets (bran and iron phosphate). It is the only thing that has worked for me. It is the only way I can get plants started other than sowing massive amounts of seeds in the hope the slugs will miss some. It is the ONLY chemical or treatment I use in the garden.

[@terrinegron]

I watched, by chance, a gopher pull down my fully grown broccoli underground...hence, we now have screens underneath our veggies gardens. #liveandlearn

[@8thcelisabeth]

holy cow I bet that was something to see.

[@waterisgold]

Tucks the best hes jus soo adorable 😍 🐕 💛💕🌱

[@janetcorrao5072]

Love the rocks for strawberries!! Breaking out the paint!!

[@jamesmorgan5416]

Hello Janet

[@davidpotter6577]

Thanks for all the great information James! You’re one of the reasons I started gardening!

[@duckycuddles]

Does the Kaolin Clay deter/prevent/or hurt the pollinators??

[@FloraM44]

I have to ask though. I've had the worst luck growing marigolds from seed and I know they're supposed to be easy! I'll plant the seeds, water them in, and water every few days, but nothing comes up! Same problem with alyssum, though I suspect maybe I let them dry out a bit too much, since they'd be more vulnerable being sown right at the surface. Do you (or any other commenters) have any tips or tricks??

[@Su-du7pm]

Hello James. Thank you for your tips. Greetings from the south of Chile

[@wrongwayconway]

I have to go out early every morning and pick off Japanese beetles from my roses and cranberry bush. I drop them into a cup of hot water (very satisfying). 😬

[@ratta_tat]

Another great video, James! My wife and I are already implementing some of your suggestions from earlier videos and this one has gems in it too! Have a great season, James and Tuck!

[@Experiment.626]

I absolutely love your knowledge and respect for the insects!!

[@numberstimes]

I allow wild flowers to create bee and ladybug havens. My Tom cat keeps rabbits away and spiders do the rest. No problems and I live in the south.

[@AcreGarden]

Thanks for information James. Fun and engaging. Keep it up brother!

[@laurarivero3328]

What about Diametetous Earth to spray on the cucumber plants ?

[@jaredardine]

Great video as always.

[@lisaskilton3746]

i need a tuck. here in Uk we have grey squirrels, mice, moles and rabbits that are trying to eat and dig up everything!

[@richardkeener8988]

James how and when do you spray the surround clay on your trees? Thanks

[@callikohl7603]

Do you know where to find this type of clay?

[@Mindy56743]

This year I have planted my first garden. I also planted some raspberries, blackberries and figs. I am praying that they come out.

[@jackantwon9639]

Greatest gardening channel on KZbin. Let's go!

[@rjvfastlife]

Yo love the rock idea. It had me laughing but great idea! Keep growing. Give tuck a thumb up👍 from me.

[@JanisOnTheFarmette]

I’m super impressed that Tuck cornered a groundhog! Thank you for mentioning putting a hardware cloth barrier under raised beds. Our old raised beds were devastated by tunneling groundhogs. Barriers are going in under our new Birdie’s tall 6-in-1 beds from Epic Gardening. 👍

[@2pugman]

My Yorkie mix "might" bark at a groundhog, but that's' it. I trapped two G hogs last season and gave them a nice new ZIP code at a park. How do I stop the birds from pecking my ripe potted tomatoes ?

[@lysmalls658]

I see Tuck on his Job where’s his Snack

[@Bubbles-n-Bitches]

G'day James and Tuck

[@jamesprigioni]

G'day!! 😁🐕❤️

[@johnreeves3380]

This is my favorite Prigioni vid James, so well done! I watch a variety of Vegie Garden subject matter experts and I subscribe to the ones I respect for their knowledge and common sense approach. So many of your vid competitors are sapping off of others or just trying to sell product. You sir have my respect, I’ve been a subscriber and will now join, because you are authentic and knowledgeable. Thank you!

[@timbarzyk4147]

Can you do a video on the clay application? How to spray it? Do you have to reapply after it rains? How many times per year? Tips for good application? I have a little backyard orchard it could help with. Thanks!

[@TheRachelabomb]

Thank you for taking the time to share all of your hard earned knowledge. Your presentations are always top notch I really enjoy going with you around your garden. I have used so many of your helpful tips and continue to look for more, best wishes happy Spring!

[@TheRachelabomb]

@𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧𝗦𝗔𝗣𝗣 𝗠𝗘 +①②①⓪②③⑨⑦④③② I fell asleep farmer's hours haha. I am searching for that clay you use on tour fruit trees. All about the natural methods you shared for pests. Thanks again!

[@angusnovember4700]

hey there james. Im all the way from capetown South Africa. i love watching you and tuck. your videos really inspired my wife and i to start our own food forest and we cant wait to start

[@busdrummer]

Unfortunately, none of these methods are deterrents for TWEEKERS😆 #norCal_Holla