My Daily Gardening Routine (Common Tasks)

What does a typical gardening day look like? All gardeners have different daily routines, but some tasks are similar. Gardener Scott shows a typical gardening day in his garden. (Video #471)
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[@lindapangerl9484]

Thanks for letting us share a day with you! It was a pleasure to enjoy a day with my favorite gardener!😊

[@BoothbyGardens]

That early morning light can't be beat

[@Gardeningchristine]

It’s 85 degrees at 7am. Makes it hard to get motivated to water and harvest. All my projects are on hold till it cools off a bit 😅

[@gardeningwithcaitlin]

This was fun to watch. I'd like to see more like this from you (follow along type of videos). Informational and how to videos are your usual style, and this was a nice change of pace. As always, I love your videos and watch them all. I actually binged watched you yesterday and today. I drive a lot for work, so the live videos are great for listening and not needing to watch while I drive. It's like a gardening podcast. I get so many ideas and tips from you that I can apply into my own garden and into my own KZbin videos. Thanks for the inspiration! Thanks for being you😊

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks so much, Caitlin.

[@lilycardoso4679]

I really enjoyed watching your routine. That is too much hand watering. I have to water everyday also, so I love my automatic sprinklers and drip lines.

[@dustyflats3832]

Hooray for drip lines! I’ve Finally graduated to that level AND LOVE IT! The extreme drought had me watering twice a day sometimes depending on how dry the air was and wind. Shade fabric has helped. I still don’t like to pick up the hose it’s been that bad this year. I actually have time to do gardening and preserving.🎉

[@TheColorblindGardener]

Very nice daily routine. I wish I could get out that much every morning, I tend to have to get things done in the evening only. I would recommend against those tomato clips, specifically the clear ones, they are not UV stabilized and tend to break apart after one season outside. I have tried black ones and they hold up significantly better to the sunlight.

[@ruthannecoro6198]

I love to see the day to day life of gardners ❤my day is similar.. although I haven’t had to water (have rescued a few plants from drowning and put a potato plant out of it’s obvious misery .. gave me a lovely harvest of about 2 lbs 😊) I’m doing daily squash, cuke and melon inspections for SBV.. did luck upon finding a critter that had just gotten into my plant.. along with a few eggs.. removed the bugger.. treated with BT and packed it in with compost.. plant hasn’t skipped a beat, and it’s 4-5 days along! Inspection seems my best defense.. they got all my lots last year! I considered aluminum foil, but some of the stalk bases seem a wee bit fragile. I’ve also dusted the bases with captain jacks.. heavy enough that the rain made it a pasty coating that holds up with the rain.. I have about 3 dozen or so plants .. that have so are SBV free

[@dustyflats3832]

I have such a time with SVB. I’ve tried everything including aluminum foil. It falls off as vine expands and the borer just enters in another spot. I didn’t have the proper duster to apply Captain Jack’s so I couldn’t get underneath the vines. We’ve done surgery already and the vines are rooting on their own this year as that is our second line of defense. I have the duster now, but I think I missed the opportunity. I’m having difficulty telling if the borer has entered as the frass isn’t always present , but they look calloused. The devastating moment is seeing wilted leaves in the morning. This year the vines are loaded with squash and hope we are staying ahead of the game. Next year I may try Kaolin Clay (Surround). We’ve had extreme drought and just since the 12th we are getting some rain so the dust treatments would stay put this year. You think someone would have come up with an expandable coating to use, however, they can enter further down the vine also.

[@janetclark8754]

I work full time from home as an office manager, and your schedule works really will for me too!

[@derniedels9500]

Thank you so much. You have the most considered and thoughtful videos. Don't know how you do it. Thank you again

[@eliandkate]

Awwww it’s lovely to imagine that we’re part of your morning routine. Loved joining you in the garden for a peek at your day ❤

[@davidbrevans5533]

Wow that’s a lot of work but I feel it keeps you active. I’m never going to complain about the mild weather and rain.

[@waynesell3681]

Really great to spend some time with you in the daily lifestyle of Gardener Scott! Wonderful tour.... very encouraging thank you.

[@tawnbb]

Here in Central WA I have to be up and outside no later than 6:30 working. I have my backyard garden zoned/timed. I know when the sun is going to peak through and where. If I need to work on my compost I have to be done there by 7:45 or the sun eats me alive. I feel better knowing I’m not the only one

[@timtimini7641]

I use the basil flowers to cook with, they are just as zesty as the leaves.

[@lilycardoso4679]

I need to try that. I keep throwing them away.

[@mariaoshoko8289]

Thank you for sharing a portion of your daily routine. So orderly and productive.

[@WarmFuzzyVibes]

Your colder temperatures allow you to enjoy your tomatoes and other plants when it is too hot here in Central Texas. We are pulling out crispy fried tomato vines during 95 to over 100 degree fahrenheit days.

[@jwalaprasadyoga]

Thanks for guiding and educating us about how to take care of your garden as well as well as ourselves. It helped me to structure my day in the garden. Always enjoyed your videos.

[@serrielu8025]

Haha! I liked how you ended your video. “..as you know” Cheers. 🍹

[@nickthegardener.1120]

I spend an hr every morning on KZbin with a coffee.🤠👍

[@RosalineWijangco]

Enjoyed watching your daily routine in your garden. I can see how you take care of your plants and provide them with the care and attention that they need to promote their growth, beauty and productivity. All your painstaking efforts are paying off well as you become a model gardener to striving gardeners like me. Thank you so much for all the valuable practical information which you constantly share. God bless 😘😊😘🙏🙏🙏

[@toddmain]

Great video! Glad to see you're getting the afternoon clouds as well. Up in Boulder County, last week was painfully hot and dry, but this week the afternoon clouds have rolled in daily to give us some relief, and we even got a couple of nice showers. The grasshoppers don't seem as bad this year, but the flea beetles have stepped into the void. I let a couple of pretty caterpillars on my dill go their own way. I think they're from black swallowtails, and I have enough dill to share with them.

[@NanasWorms]

Thanks for the take along video! One ergonomic suggestion would be to put your laptop higher so your neck is not bent downwards.

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks. I usually recline in my chair to get better ergonomics, but that doesn't film as well. 🙂

[@juliaryan1410]

Well, that was fun! I've been wanting to ask for a tour of your garden and this accomplished more than that. I do enjoy watching your gardens grow!

[@matthewmahon1756]

Excellent choice for a refreshing gardening beverage!

[@jenniferhoffman1973]

Here in Missouri the deer, rabbit 's moles and especially those 20 pound groundhogs are starvin for food and water! I'm trying to not get discouraged and allow just so much leeway and loss,they got to survive too!! Great video 👍

[@sixfigurebookkeeper7588]

This is so helpful! Thank you!

[@Nmo6835]

A beautiful start to every day!

[@derekcox6531]

Thanks for bringing us along Mr Scott . Here in Alberta we’ve been having some pretty hot and thunderstormy days as well. It’s funny,I have almost the exact same garden routine. Not bad at all.👍🤩

[@ernestoginebra9651]

that was very nice !! mojito nice !!

[@wesmcgull6438]

Exquisite final words to wich I can relate! Enjoy your well deserved beverage! 😉

[@anonymoususer5259]

I'm going to check out the columnar apple trees.

[@LoveandPeace1971]

What a nice video gardener Scott. I really enjoyed it. Nice, relaxing and lovely. Great garden. Hi Mala!!

[@stevefromthegarden1135]

A garden fresh mojito! 😀 Nice going Scott. I don't like working in the garden either when it's the middle of the day and roasting outside (and humid here in northern IL) Good time to start seeds if needed, watch / edit videos or work on the house.

[@GardenerScott]

I didn't mention that I spent the afternoon doing preliminary editing for the video. Like you, that's the approach I take.

[@timtimini7641]

I made my garden a bit too spread apart, so I have to move sprinklers to cover all the sections, even though I dont have to hold a hose the whole time just running back n forth 6-7 times to move em, takes a good 2hrs. If I had some money Id put every bed on a timer and soaker hose, but its hard to find income for rent so...

[@dustyflats3832]

I couldn’t do the hose thing anymore! Ugh! So sick of that thing. Extreme drought had me watering sometimes twice a day as we had extremely dry air and wind most days as well which is totally unusual. July 11th I got the parts locally and figured out drip irrigation and I never looked back!🎉💃👏🏼. It has saved me loads of work, time, water, money and my plants. It rained on the 12th😂😂 and we are getting a bit here and there every since🤣. Not kidding, we hadn’t had any rain since May to July 11th. Now we have the heat dome and reached 103*F today, WI Z5a. We called cousin in DFW area and he said it was a cooler day today there 102*F 😮. Lol, is this really happening? So my day starts with watching the weather to figure if I need to irrigate. Because of the severe heat I chose to do so, but briefly because we are expecting storms by early morning and tomorrow evening and don’t want to over do it. I’m still working on where I want shut off valves and didn’t set up drip to onions this year because they are maturing and a couple weeks earlier then they should, which I wasn’t happy about, but we’ll take it. Then I picked beans and was able to have time to check other plants and found the broccoli was ready and grabbed a Krim, thinned some carrots, pulled some onions to cure and still had energy and time to preserve the harvest. It was OPPRESSIVE air today and was so counting my lucky stars that I installed drip irrigation. You have No idea how HAPPY I am.😁👏🏼👏🏼💃💃👏🏼👏🏼 We’ve had heat, no humidity or rain and now a complete turnaround and everything is turning into the ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’😂😂😂. The broccoli was just a button 3 days ago and it was 8” across today, beans were thoroughly picked and in 1 day they ballooned and tomatoes, cukes, peppers and new to me artichokes are Really showing off. I’m impressed I’ve made it to this point with all the troubles we’ve had this year from seedling probs, climate and pests, wildlife. We just used a fish net to capture bunnies and still need to cover bottom of welded wire with chicken wire. No wonder we had no lettuce and we couldn’t figure out what it was until I scared one out. I didn’t think installing irrigation would change my garden and life as much as it has. Just love it as I have time to actually Enjoy Gardening. Edit: Correction-We had 105*F on 2 different temp sensors and both are different models. Our microclimate is something to deal with. Farmhand at cousin’s farm said it was 118*F in the cab of tractor 🥵

[@karenschwartz5209]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ryancollins9435]

Where did you get your greenhouse, how much was it and how difficult was it to assemble? Thanks Gardener Scott! You are my favorite gardening channel and I’m subscribed to several!

[@GardenerScott]

It's a Planta greenhouse and I built it myself. Thanks! Planta Greenhouses: plantagreenhouses.com/gardenerscott

[@IndigoCobalt]

It was fun to see your morning in the garden - thank you for sharing it!🌱 What variety is your gooseberry 🪿 bush? We have a Pixwell and this is the first year it produced a lot of berries, but the birds did most of the harvesting… 😂

[@GardenerScott]

I have a few different varieties, but mostly Pixwell.

[@debbybrady1246]

Good morning. I like sharing the routine. I also get out early and do my "first tour", as I call it. Being in hot southern Texas, I get busy early. Any watering and/or fertilizing gets done before the sun gets too hot. Any other chores, too.

[@Mastadex]

Scott, I hope you're wearing sun screen!

[@GardenerScott]

Absolutely! I put it on before I put my hat on.

[@jwstanley2645]

Thanks for the video. Curious. How large is your garden? I see you made a tour video two years ago. (Thanks for that one also). Are you planning or thinking about a tour update? Whatever you put up next, I'll be watching.

[@carolleimbach6407]

I like this DITL video❤

[@tawnbb]

Don’t forget your sunblock!!

[@GardenerScott]

I didn't show that, but it's one of the first things I do.

[@gapey]

Similar to my daily tasks. Starting seeds in this heat is not an easy task. I put a shade cloth over mine so I don't have to water as often. What do you do with your gooseberries? I need to pick some too. I have one variety that is thornless but the other one I have is not and very dangerous!

[@GardenerScott]

I'm freezing the gooseberries until I have enough to make jam.

[@philt77]

Great video Handwatering is the best. If you got the time. Superior watering.

[@timtimini7641]

A good gentle soaker overnight is the best, but you probably talkin artificial watering. Im getting pretty tired of how long a full session of watering will cost me in time when i should be having dinner/going inside.

[@philt77]

@@timtimini7641 yes. Its too much sometimes. Most often. But i really like to get in a handwatering a couple of times in the summer months. I have a drop water system in the green house id like that all over the garden. This year i have parent leave and whenever the baby sleeping in the trolley i water and work.

[@jasonmann5019]

Good morning to you Scott. I enjoyed watching your routine. I thought l should pile on the questions for you while sitting in your brown chair. Do you think that the young apple trees are planted to close to your greenhouse? They do get bigger!😁 l hope your day is enjoying and best wishes to you. Jason from Melbourne Australia.

[@GardenerScott]

They are columnar apple trees that will only get up to two feet wide.

[@jasonmann5019]

@@GardenerScott They look good when matured. Thank you for sharing Scott.

[@stephenhope7319]

Thanks for that video, I was once asked by an apprentice why I grow mint. I told him so that when I get home I can make a fresh mojito and contemplate what I am going to make for dinner. He loved that. I do have a question. I am growing cukes in a planter and as they grow to my height I am wondering which is best here; they are trellised and I could now grow them horizontally at 6 feet elevation and keep them growing that way or should I “top” them? Which would produce the best yields? Thank you and enjoy your mojito.

[@GardenerScott]

Consider doing both. Top the central leader at the height you want and train some of the suckers into new horizontal vines. You get more yields with more vines.

[@gailpoirier1857]

I'm pretty sure I have a skunk who visits my garden . I saw him very early around 4 am 3 yrs ago when I added rich soil to plant my sweetpeas a few yrs. ago compost with lots of worms in it. Big mistake! Now he visits every year. He will dig up the side of my tomatoes. Now that they have started to ripen he has taken the very first red one, only took one bight from it , next day he took down one that was barley blushing. I put panty hose on all the low hanging fruit , seems to help . He's also eaten some borage and young parsley transplants, so I covered those before he's eaten all 4 plants. I've used cayanne where the sweet peas were put he managed to kill them all. Next year I'll change their spot. It could possible be a rat which I've seen this year . Help. Gail

[@dustyflats3832]

I have to agree I think you have more than a skunk problem. Sounds like rabbits or deer for leafy plants eaten, if torn it’s deer if clean cut rabbits. The skunk, if you see grubs in soil that’s what he wants and rats or squirrels could be after tomatoes. Then there are Voles which I have had the unlucky acquisition of this year and first I’ve seen in my whole life. Hopefully you don’t have them or groundhogs. You name it we’ve had it and trapped/caught it.

[@janetmacdonald2823]

Ratinator, Squirrelinator. Might put motion actuated camera or two out to see what pest attacking what crop.

[@GardenerScott]

Barriers like pantyhose do help. If you can cover the plants with bird netting it might make a difference.

[@susankilstrom6852]

I'm starting my gardening day by watching your video at 5:30 am! Are you going to be at Petals from the Past (Jemisen Alabama) in September?

[@GardenerScott]

That's an early start. I won't be there in September.

[@lynnlovessoil]

Loved this video! What kind of tea do you drink in the morning? I have been enjoying green or black tea with some mint and anise hyssop steeped with it.

[@GardenerScott]

I usually drink green tea, but always have Earl Grey on Sunday to read the paper.

[@AT_68]

Great video, as usual. One quick question - where did you buy the hail netting? Is it durable?

[@GardenerScott]

Thanks! I got my hail cloth from greenhousemegastore. This is the third year and it still looks good.

[@elizabethbingham6480]

I was looking for a link to the recipe for your drink as it looks wonderful! I'm growing peppermint this year. Would that work in the recipe too?

[@GardenerScott]

It will work fine. Just look for a classic Mojito recipe and use the mint you have.

[@michelleneel7265]

What spray nozzle attachment do you use for watering your plants? I need to get a new one and the one you’re using looks really nice.

[@GardenerScott]

It's a water wand like this one: amzn.to/451Rzcq

[@kevinandlisa4807]

Can you grow pumpkins on top of landscape paper/weed blocker?

[@GardenerScott]

You can, but their roots can grow deep and that can limit them.

[@zakkrueck2362]

Hi GS, i noticed on the door of your sungrow (i have one too, not finished) that you have water inside some of the cells of your polycarbonate panels. are you worried about this turning to mold because i have the same problem.

[@GardenerScott]

I'm not too worried. I had similar issues in the school greenhouse I grew in with no mold. My dry air helps.

[@amethystsunangel1955]

I notice a lot of gardening videos on YT are located in California and other drier states. The problem I am having with my garden each year is that we get too much rain. I am in West/Central Indiana. Clay soil. Except for when I transplant into the garden, I don't have to water the remainder of the summer. Too many back to back thunderstorms and rainy days. Before the garden can dry, it rains again. My tomatoes are always cracking and everything gets too much water. If someone doesn't have a greenhouse, any advice on how to keep my garden from always being water-logged in it's giant clay reservoir? Should I purchase a dump truck full of sand? Are raised beds with purchased soils my only option? I didn't go that route because I don't want growing vegetables to be a costly endeavor, otherwise I would just buy them from the store.

[@GardenerScott]

Raised beds can help because with good amended soil they should dry better than clay soil in the ground. Even a short bed can make a difference. Using hoops or other support for a tarp over the plants can help divert rain.

[@brad4527]

Hi Scott, so I let my Radishes goto flower and I swaw these GREEN looking fruit , they look like yellow pear tomatoes lol... Any idea what it is ? Brad. NJ

[@dustyflats3832]

The seed pods.

[@brad4527]

@@dustyflats3832 so free for next year 😀

[@GardenerScott]

Those are radish seed pods. I have a video on it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIS7iJJpfrNnZpY

[@dianefester9663]

Hi Gardener Scott, you seem to produce much more than you neex. Do you sell at the farmers market! Exchange your goods? Preserve? But there is too much. More than you need. What do you do with the surplus?

[@GardenerScott]

I have sold at a market in the past, but I usually preserve what I can and give the rest away.

[@dianefester9663]

@@GardenerScott thank you for answering. I understand that you simply love gardening! And giving fresh veg as gifts is wonderful. Enjoy.

[@prekeujkaj1625]

Hi gardener Scott! I m the regular subscriber in all your video in the past 3 years ,what do you do ?the rest time the year just working in garden and make u tube video,or you other thinks in your privacy,your garden doesn’t make u reach 100k a year $$$$ Thanks Peter Westchester ny

[@barrystevens7926]

Great video! I was wondering what is growing in your pathways! Are they weeds or a ground cover?

[@nadinehansen9241]

Those apple trees are awfully close to the greenhouse. Have you considered how the shade and roots will do to the greenhouse?

[@GardenerScott]

As I mention in the video, they are columnar apple trees. They won't get more than two feet wide and won't pose a problem.

[@nadinehansen9241]

@@GardenerScott Good. It is easy for me to underestimate how big things are going to get.

[@Octoschizare]

How much home gardening did you do before you retired? Seems like you're doing what would be impossible level of time committment to maintain alongside a full-time career. Between work, home/life maintenance and my gardening I'm having trouble finding time for anything else...

[@GardenerScott]

I did very little compared to now. A few beds and a few plants, enough for tomatoes, peppers, and squash during the summer..

[@SamuelKapoyipoyi-rd4fw]

Are carrots leaves edible?

[@GardenerScott]

They are. I think they taste like parsley.

[@MultiTerryWhite]

I keep asking about what can be done to get rid of crabgrass and creeping Charlie????

[@GardenerScott]

Pulling it before it flowers and seeds is important. Just pulling it can take years to get rid of it. If you want faster action you might consider an herbicide.

[@dustyflats3832]

@@GardenerScottI don’t even think a ton of flat steel would kill off either😂

[@MultiTerryWhite]

@@GardenerScott I live in Canada and are herbicides are not as potent as yours in the US. I’m getting a friend to bring me some up the next time they go down so hopefully I can get rid of them. Thank you.

[@heidiclark6612]

Thank You for the peek into your gardening day. I am glad that I put my garden on drip irrigation. My husband came home from the hospital 6 days ago and I have not been able to spend hardly any time out there. It is still alive.Sometimes life gets in the way.

[@MultiTerryWhite]

@@heidiclark6612 Don't fret about the future Or be consumed by cares; Instead take all your worries And turn them into prayers. 🙏

[@timtimini7641]

Ive been struggling this tear with what is natural and what is artificial, and if and when it matters. We tend to garden because we think it's such a get back to nature, but if we left our gardens to actually become one with nature, it turns to horse weeds, slugs, deer, etc. So Im left with the observation, that unless you are in a tropical rainforest, most of our gardens couldnt even survive a couple months in nature. While nature has bounty in random places, if you try to settle and create agriculture nature fights it as much as fuels it. It would seem as if nature is at war with agriculture, and Im left realizing how artificial gardening actually is. It becomes war that you may have to kill plants, animals, or people to defend your little patch of subsistence...crazy

[@Paula_T]

That IS nature. All we can do is try to manage it so we can get a little food for ourselves.

[@TheLowLandGardener]

This is a good episode. Scott, I wonder if composting is not one of your daily task?

[@GardenerScott]

I don't work with the compost daily, though I do have to water it a few times a week.