Harvest With Me! The First Time Ive Been Successful Growing Corn! Having Resilience In The Garden!

[@di4085]

My compost pile has turned into my flower/ vegetable garden. It is so nice and so easy to start. Just pick a spot and start throwing it all In a pile.

[@PolyonthePrairie1]

Also gardening in Kansas, and having my first " homestead" garden...this year has been hard and discouraging, but I just kept going. Added new soil, fertilized and things are growing. Crossing my finger for a decent harvest. Also, growing corn the " right" way for the first time.

[@Nicholesky]

Feeling your smiles! This is my first successful year with corn! Harvested my first four ears a couple days ago.

[@1jw298]

Awesome possum!! In 11 years I’ve only grew one good batch of corn. That was my first time. You did great this year!

[@itsbreellis]

Thank you!

[@lifewithrebeccaa]

I really liked this video. I’m glad your corn and garden are going well. Love garden walk and talk. Please do more like this.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

I highly recommend an automatic coop door! My girls go in at night before it closes and are able to come out in the morning on their own. I just pop in there during the day to collect eggs, make sure they have clean water and bedding, and give them a treat occasionally. I needed one when I went on vacation one year and it was the best thing I got. I finally got a second one so that the coop door and the run door are automated. Now the girls are on automatic pilot.

[@itsbreellis]

I have one! I just dont keep their run door open if Im not outside just to be safe! We have raccoons/possiums/and skunks that visit the backyard all the time and I dont want to deal with them getting in and eating their food and such.

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@itsbreellis oh ok. Those critters usually only visit me at night long after the doors close. We have one BIG skunk that likes to dig in my yard some mornings it looks like the surface of the moon with all craters it’s dug. But as I said, our door closes at sunset and those animals usually aren’t out then. Of course, I also have a dog and he does keep a lot of the animals at bay. I no longer have a groundhog problem because of him. Well, good luck with your girls and continued great success with your garden.

[@sumillyard9181]

Hi Bre what is the name of your sunflowers I've never seen them before im in the UK so I hope we have them Thank you.

[@uselessSam]

Hi! Out of sheer curiosity, (i don't have a backyard farm) but how did you train the chickens to go in before the door closes?

[@gardengrowngroceries]

@@uselessSam They know when to go in all by themselves! As the light starts to fade, they make their way to the coop and go inside. The coop door is programmed to close 20 minutes after sunset and by then the chickens have long gone inside. When you first get your chickens and you have a coop for them, you keep them inside it for several days. That way they know that's where they live. After that, they automatically return on their own. When the door opens in the morning they come out and then as evening comes on, they had back in doors. Chickens are one of the easiest animals to keep. They really are pretty much on automatic pilot.

[@richardhineman]

I didn’t get to add a garden this year. So I’m watching your gardening to get my fix. Looks great.

[@greysnakeboy4900]

You are very pretty and I think it’s cool that you like plants and crops as much as me

[@ThesouthernHomestead]

We are much more wet and colder this year too. I agree I see the first frost coming early this year.

[@Roby_home_garden]

Love this video! 🤩 corn looks great!

[@DracoTriste]

This was a fantastic year for my corn too! I had also thought about doing multiple successions, as there’s plenty of time in the season. However I found the issue isn’t time before frost, but pest activity windows. My first round was perfectly timed (by accident) to avoid pests that wanted to eat young sprouts *and* most worm damage on the cobs. But my second succession *and* the next round of seedlings after that were all eaten as they sprouted. So I’ve learned that for my own garden, whole time is a-plenty, we’ll stick to one early crop of corn followed by okra instead of a second round of corn. I hope your buggy-neighbors coordinate their feasts in your favor! Good luck!

[@linzertorte4003]

I read that luffa pairs well with corn for planting so I planted my corn next to my luffas. So far so good, but the luffas want to grab on to the corn!

[@sksavage4]

Nice job! 🌽 I dry out what's left of my corn stalks for fall front porch decor! 🍂

[@cynthiag3065]

I’m in Chicago and it’s been a cooler summer. I’m concerned that many of my tomatoes won’t ripen before the first frost. I agree with you, I think we’ll have an early frost this year. Congratulations on your corn harvest!😊

[@EirlysMcLachlan]

Our June was very hot and dry, more like an August for us, and I know the food gardeners around me had a hard time of it. I only did bell peppers in containers, so that was easy to keep up with, but my flowers definitely suffered even though I watered frequently. Def looking forward to cooler temperatures in a month or two!

[@scoobydoo5447]

I live in northern Illinois. There is literally nothing here but corn so your title made me laugh. 😂

[@daviddeininger2938]

The silk will be a little more brown when ready also. And feel the girth of the ear. Once you know when ripe & feel the ear youll know if ripe. Lorraine

[@GaBRIelle-1995]

Really loved this, adding corn to my future garden!!

[@itsbreellis]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Crystal-f8j]

I have the same chicken waterier and I put it on some bricks because the chickens were scratching debris into it. Kept it cleaner for longer.

[@itsbreellis]

I have some bricks but I defiantly need to make it taller!

[@gabybop]

Bre, I have an old Geobin composter that’s just collecting dust. You can totally have it if you want

[@mrslsix]

This was my 2nd yr planting corn. This year my corn tasseled way before the cobs formed, so when the cobs formed they didn't get fertilized because the tassels blew away or got eaten by birds. I will try again next year and maybe have a harvest like yours. Resilience 🌽🌽

[@itsbreellis]

Sorry to hear that! Hoping you have a better corn year next year!

[@lisagrafton2529]

I heard that many root crops, like carrots and beets, do best after a light frost, because it somehow adds sweetness to them.

[@Eh-zf7hq]

You gotta give the sunflour a stick to support it, it deserves to bloom!

[@PuthyvanGarden]

Thank for sharing

[@jennifersatchell3388]

I actually found your channel through your hair tutorial video and now I'm hooked on your gardening videos. I am in the process of building a large garden and it has taken me 3 years so far. I would say I have another 3 years to go before it's what I want it to be. One of my bigger mental hangups is finding the right way to physically plan and document my garden on paper from bed rotation to succession planning to spacing to documenting how much I've been able to harvest for future planning. I would love to see a video on how you keep your notes for your garden.

[@itsbreellis]

Most the time my videos are my log. They help so much going back on past years when I forget. Ive started to write down a bit more but Im terrible at keeping up with it! It wasn't until year 4 more me I started to feel more confident in gardening!

[@darastrout1574]

Every year I start my corn in 2” soil blocks on heat mats and have enjoyed great success - recommend you give it a try. It allows one to get an earlier start to the season and not have to wait for the warmer soil temperatures required for germination. I also put feather meal along with bone meal in the planting hole and a bit of organic garden fertilizer, usually Espoma Garden Tone or bio-tone. I live in New Hampshire (Zone 6) and we started eating our home grown super sweet variety of corn the second week of July. I also succession plant every year and my family enjoys eating it into September. I just began watching your channel in the last couple of weeks and this seasoned gardener learned a couple of things from you - thanks!

[@itsbreellis]

Thanks for sharing your tips!! I appreciate it!

[@jenpalazzo5728]

Hi from my South Florida garden Bree. Just getting into the real growing season here as we look forward to Sept and Oct!❣️

[@itsbreellis]

Im sure your so excited to get into fall!! I grew up in SC and October-Nov was always my favorite time of year!

[@CountryKirby.]

Good Morning Good Morning 💜💛

[@itsbreellis]

Good morning!

[@marycochran-mm6hy]

If you put a drop of mineral oil on the top of the ears of corn it will stop the worm.

[@Nirian_vigora]

Ill have to try this, carpenter ants are demolishing the tops of my popcorn and the only thing I’ve found that works is to lightly char the ends with a torch 😭

[@PatMcGuriman]

Good for the Corn, you hand signals which aren't normal tell a different story. Good Luck, God Wins.

[@mnk8891]

Yay! Congrats on your corn! Do you plant out your garlic based on what farmers almanac recommends for your zip code? Or earlier? And if earlier, by how much? 🙏🏻 Planning on planting garlic for the first time this year!

[@itsbreellis]

I wait until we get a frost/ see how the weather is doing. Ive been planting the last week of October the last few years

[@edasulejmani1830]

Hii bbg im new at your chanel but...can you plase do a video like planting thinks for fall ❤ love u❤

[@Toni_Bednarz]

This season was my first gardening, if you do a compost can you film the whole process so I can follow?

[@Topazzzzzz]

the success with the corn is especially nice to see after what happened with the onions. redemption!

[@songweaver6076]

mmmhmmmm!! Yummy!

[@blessedwifeandmama]

Hey can you please do a video on starting a backyard garden please love your content

[@teresatorres7782]

You can feed the worms to the chickens also

[@Daoud.0]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ from syria

[@RockymountainRach]

I thought you were in Canada! The Fahrenheit talk is telling me otherwise

[@concettaverzi28]

😊❤

[@Omegawerewolfx]

I'm in Jersey and I still have flowers forming on my tomatoes and peppers. It's incredibly late in the year for this to happen. Have you added a healthy amount of sand to your onion bed to help with drainage?

[@gotogal5723]

I wonder if KZbin has a good tutorial on how to crochet your own melon cradle.

[@TheLoreHuntress]

Congrats on the awesome harvest! 🎉 Which variety did you grow?

[@briannam668]

I’m very surprised how little damage you had to silk worms. I’m an organic farmer and most of the farms I’ve worked for has not tried to grow corn because it’s so difficult to control the silk worms organically. We tried once and every single ear got destroyed in one night. Do you live near agricultural areas where they’re growing corn? If you’re really deep in a city/suburb that’s the only way I can imagine you got away without spraying! Either way great harvest the corn looks amazing!! 🤩

[@justbynature]

I also had a hard time with corn last year and decided it wasn’t worth attempting again. But my issue wasn’t pollination or worms, I could NOT get a handle on the aphids! They weren’t just on the outside leaves where I could wipe or spray them off with the hose, they were getting inside the immature cobs and I didn’t like peeling back the cob husks to get them and messing with the developing corn. I think a part of the issue was we had a lot of ants last year since our garden was new and the surrounding pathways were really dry and ideal for ants.. which carried the aphids up the stocks. Have you ever had aphids issues on your corn?

[@itsbreellis]

I had tons on the corn and eventually the ladybugs found them and took hold! I have so many ladybug larva on them atm. I dont spray anything anymore, I was worried it might have a affect but it seems to have been just fine!

[@justbynature]

@@itsbreellis Ah thank you for that!! I guess things just need to find their balance in their own time. Thanks for inspiring me to try again! 💗 I had tonsss of ladybugs and their larvae on my parsley this spring I think I will plant them together next year :)

[@marycochran-mm6hy]

Are you going to freeze dry your corn and let us know if you do how it turns out.

[@Teresa-mu4kw]

Yay Bre your corn looks so amazing! Good growing. 🎉

[@itsbreellis]

Thank you!! 😊

[@anniewildmush1284]

you are not crazy... canada geese are already starting to leave montreal quebec..... normally this is not before beginning of september. 2 weeks earlier... that was enough of a sign for me loll early fall. im ok i love radishes etc.

[@itsbreellis]

Good to know!! I feel like that's a good indicator!

[@denmark23]

you can take the silk from corn and make tea out off it, it natural medicine.

[@mariacristinacunha5789]

👏👏👍

[@agc0918]

❤️🧡💛

[@SamanthaMierop]

I recently went to get a cantaloupe at the store and some how ended up getting a green flesh melon and oh my goodness!! I think I like them more than cantaloupe! I am hoping I can grow some. It was the perfect mix of cantaloupe and honey dew! Love your channel so inspiring for such a small space! ❤️😊 thank you!

[@DebRoo11]

Not gonna lie, taking out some of the huge dying off plants and replacing them with things for fall for a 'new start' feels good 😅

[@itsbreellis]

Feels so good!!

[@TheCritterCorner620]

How do you grow luffa? And can it grow in Pa?

[@annmarieharris4471]

Hi Bre. Can you tell me where you get your melon cradles at?

[@julieagain]

🎉❤🎉

[@rachelgalus]

Successfully growing corn is a huge accomplishment. Not an easy thing to do. I know the onions were a bummer, but wow you’ve had a great summer garden.

[@ConsiderTheAlternative]

🥳🥳

[@Nirian_vigora]

None of my onions did well, it went from flooded to drought back and forth and most of them snapped and died back giving me quarter sized bulbs. Yet the onions that sprouted in my fridge are going insane out in the garden 😂

[@DawnPalmer55]

Blossom end rot has to do with inconsistent watering

[@Eh-zf7hq]

Do you let any of the eggs hatch for new chickens? Id be so curious about that process

[@itsbreellis]

I don't have a rooster so they rant fertilized.

[@tonifafa]

do you plant ginger or turmeric?

[@itsbreellis]

I haven't, I thought about doing it under my lights inside. My growng season is a tad short for it unless I get it started early. Maybe Ill give it a try next year and see how it goes!

[@pansyvaughan5624]

The hair need to be dry on top of cob, that's when you know it's ready

[@norab.bonares5500]

Hi Bree which state are you from

[@smallbore7025]

The racoons always get my corn before i do.

[@FarmGatherings-k3l]

Your garden is very beautiful, I also have a big garden but more beautiful than yours.

[@DebRoo11]

I need a new variety of sauce/paste tomato. I grew regatta san marzano but i found the taste quite bland or just lacking. Not impressed with the sauce

[@itsbreellis]

Ive grown san marzano the last handful of years and Ive never been impressed with them either. Im no longer going to grow them. Also have had terrible luck with Amish paste. I love a traditional roma! Ive also had great luck with different hybrid romas too!

[@DebRoo11]

@@itsbreellis phew! I'm glad it wasn't just me then. I'll pick a good ole roma next year

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