I Left My Garden For 5 Days...BIG Cleanup and Harvest

[@leighannf.4730]

Jacques, I love your channel for many reasons but this one most of all: humility! You seem like the quintessential "humble farmer" and that is YOUR marketing strategy. No amount of business acumen can outshine your love for research, putting it to use in the garden, and your humility about doing it as you share with us. Keep being you...in the garden! 💚

[@Annastasia666]

My thoughts exactly. Humble to the 10th power!!

[@lisag9752]

Hi Jacques. I really appreciate you including recipes. I'm a new gardener and not much of a cook. Could you film a series like 10 great (and simple) things to do with basil? I'm growing basil, tomatoes, and peppers without any good ideas about what to do with them!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Good Idea!

[@StormWarningMom]

You can make pesto with the basil and freeze it to preserve, or dry your basil and use as a dried herb in your cooking. :)

[@a.l.a.7847]

After your recent AMA with Kevin, I understand why you are SUCH A GOOD TEACHER on your videos! Thank you for sharing not only your knowledge but your way of teaching this vital gardening information to so many people!

[@cbdcdiva6872]

I am also going to be away for a few days this month and this video gives me hope that I will be able to clean up the garden when I get back and not run away screaming! Slow and steady! Love how calm and relaxed you are as you tour and clean up your garden. And you are so right about mislabeled nursery tomatoes! My black krim purple is more mottled dark red. Definitely a different variety, but pretty!

[@shamancarmichael5305]

Wow, Jacques you have done such a great job of maximizing every part of your space! Nice!

[@TaylorinShirewood]

Boy I feel that, I have one or two opportunities to go to my garden once or twice a week on the weekends. Currently I garden at my grandparents place; so its a 20-30 minute drive both ways; out to the country. I pull on average 8 hours at the garden because of this, wish I could be so much closer to my garden and maintain it as much as you have Jacque!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That's some dedication but surely worth it for the delicious harvest

[@peep3616]

I do the same! Live in an apartment, but garden at my parent’s property. Went out today and found that deer ate all my cucurbits 🥲 definitely wish I could monitor it daily.

[@gtrgenie]

Beautiful!

[@TaylorinShirewood]

@@peep3616 I'd invest in some horticultural mesh and maybe some bamboo stakes with simple fishing line strung around them with jingle bells attached to the stakes. Any audible sounds and something invisible - like the fishing line; that creates a barrier that deer can't quite see - but feel will make them freak out; hope this helps dude!

[@moisesm9602]

That's a good idea though wish I had somewhere else to garden cause I don't have much space and my parents would get mad if I had pots of plants everywhere 😂

[@melissam6320]

I'm seeing a lot about cleaning pruners and have started doing same. I like the rubbing alcohol solution bottle idea. especially with a travel size bottle. Easy to carry! Bon appetit!!

[@juliehorney995]

Hey, have you and Kevin been to Columbus, Ohio yet? If not, please consider a fan meetup at the Groovy Plants Ranch! Ever hear of a Potting Bar? Cactus and unique or rare plants adorning restored cars? Food trucks at themed weekend events? All this with a rare and full service nursery. Ginormous! Hope I can drive over from Indiana and seeyas there! :J

[@jacquesinthegarden]

WE tried to schedule it in but just couldn't swing it unfortunately :(

[@yoliebean]

I always enjoy your videos. Your laidback personality, and knowledgeable teaching style is great. My first year garden did way better than I expected. I’m looking forward to a long garden journey 🤗

[@andralandi1108]

Discovered your channel via Epic Gardening and I’m absolutely loving it. I really appreciate the fact that you include problems, pests etc. The overall vibe is also perfect as a fellow introvert 😊 Keep up the great work!

[@JanisOnTheFarmette]

Shishito peppers inspired me to start a garden this year. I received some of these peppers in a meal kit and was instantly hooked. Having never seen any in ANY markets in my extended area, it seemed the only thing to do was grow my own. 🌱🌱🌱 Thank you for this video, Jacques!

[@TheLazyTexan]

Beautiful harvest! I would love to see more of your garden to table recipes!

[@RiannaNicole]

When you said jacaranda tree, for that afternoon shade, I just melted. I wish I could have one where I live, on our property. My maternal family lives in Southern CA and when I’d visit in summer, it was always my grandma and I, who would try and spot them in bloom. I live in rural PA and it’s just not the right climate. Anyway, great video!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

They are a blessing and a curse, crazy messy but beautiful

[@peaceloveandeva]

Jacques, you seem so wholesome. I have been enjoying your videos of you walking through and troubleshooting.

[@Carmen-ok]

Nice harvest, everything looks very healthy. I can see a tomato cucumber salad, yum 😋 I is so satisfying to watch a harvest video, looking forward to more like this and some garden to table recipe videos 🙌🏻😊♥️

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

I love-love-love ❤💙💜 the random beauty of your garden! I aspire to reach your level of gardening success!

[@Krissixxyz]

You’ve definitely sold me on the centre cut squash, I can’t wait to try growing it next year!

[@missbiggs9437]

Harvesting videos are always so gratifying to see and your mini harvest is amazing! I generally neglect my pruners so thanks for the tip on sanitizing them. A couple of my corn plants are flopping over but I never figured to stake them … yet another great tip. Great video Jacques, thanks for sharing!! 👍🇨🇦

[@dinacasey7034]

Thanks for your great advice! It is tough to come back to your garden after 4-5 days. That's going to happen to me this next weekend. I hope things don't get out of control! My main worry is to come home and find tomato horn worms feasting on my tomatoes. From Missouri

[@lisagoldberg5178]

Thank you for sharing! What a great bounty of produce. I love the recipes you share! Please add more video's of what you make with your harvests.

[@WabiCottage]

I learned so much from you and your garden. It's so satisfying to watch how you work with your garden. I have a balcony garden and still, I'm so struggling with it because of many reasons. I was out of town for a week and the birds thought it was free for them :)).

[@terry902]

I would love to see you cook up you Shishito peppers and see your cucumber tomato salad prep. Love to see what to do when you get behind. This time of year it happens quickly… 🥰💕👍

[@freedomgrows]

Hi from Florida!! You've inspired a lot of what I do in my garden. I now harvest my tomatoes earlier than "ripe" and it has worked out wonderfully - especially now with the pests. Just recently harvested jalapeños, poblanos, habaneros, chilis, and bells, as well as patty pan squash! Thanks for the harvest tip on squash; I've made a note to harvest when they're smaller. You rock, thanks for all you do and share.

[@charlenequinilty7252]

Had same mislabeling problem this year. I usually start my plants from seed.

[@purrmaculture]

why am i only subscribing to this now?? i really like your videos, Jacques! you explain everything so well and concise!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Welcome! 🙌

[@DeclanLemtur]

My fav KZbin gardener.

[@helenmcclellan452]

Having been sick (Covid) and in bed for a week, and the fack it rained during that time for three days, I had much gardening to do, but still not much energy to do it all as you did. I did prune the tomatoes amd sanitized between plants. Thanks!

[@omarvaldivia8297]

NICE HARVEST! I wish I could have the same amount of harvest! Good Job! I have 8 4 by 16 beds but the temperature has been so high here that my plants have really suffered. Today it as 104 and it has not rained in 3 months. Waiting for a next year to be better

[@commonlaw5400]

Need Rain? Build a Wilhelm Reich cloud buster

[@yarnstead]

That tomato picking timing tip will really help me (enthusiastic squirrels)! Idea for future video: details on succession planting, esp. how to time it.

[@majoyap3403]

Congratulations on your bountiful harvest. Love your videos!

[@lindis2660]

Can’t wait to see the Shishito pepper recipe. You inspired me to get up and prune my tomatoes!

[@kennethmccoy2492]

😂 seven dwarves. Yeah, I didn’t read through all the comments and…I’m about a year late to the party but I’m digging his subtle humor.

[@solanamystik]

I was away for nearly 3 weeks from my garden and welp... lets just say I've learned a lot. I would love to see a video that goes in depth on pruning a type of plant or maybe section of the garden up close.

[@patrickackerman1744]

Nice harvest! Kevin’s got some competition! Lol great video

[@LisaMagoulas]

Jacques, I felt your pain when you clipped off the branch with tomatoes. I turned into my parents and save everything. lol I soak that branch in water a couple of days and then plant it in an open spot. Talk nice to it lol and it will take. OMGosh! I do that with my suckers too and I have soooo many plants. But the majority take and do well. I only lose maybe 1%. Give it a shot. Great job with everything and thank you and Kevin for sharing so much info.

[@hivolco151]

THANK YOU for showing and explaining about pruning tomato plants... I will get after it tomorrow :) Also, I really think you should buy the 5 acre estate next to my house that is up for sale... it would be PERFECT for you! Willamette Valley ... in Oregon is not as warm but we NEVER run out of water!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Eventually I may end up seeking more water!

[@eriklane4808]

Looks like a great haul! I’m growing shishitos this year for the first time - can’t wait to try them!

[@crankychef]

I need an intro to your dog! I may have missed it but I got a glimpse in a previous video and he or she looks just like our dog scout!

[@joanies6778]

You can do the same weave to keep your corn upright. That's what I do because of the high winds here. I sanitize my snips between plants, too. My tomato seedlings looked like they had some issues before transplanting, so I looked up the symptoms. I sprayed the plants and roots with copper fungicidal before planting them in the holes. It went away. For the past 2 years I have also applied aspirin drench to my tomatoes. It really helps strengthen them and ward off diseases. So far they are still looking fabulous. Another advantage of harvesting tomatoes before fully ripening, is the energy then goes to the remaining tomatoes. That's important in short seasons when you have a lot of fruit on the vine, and fall is near.

[@jackiek4159]

Such an amazing harvest! What a blessing! 🙌🏻🥒🍅

[@BrendaBodwin]

Leaning corn.. 2 fence post stakes on both ends of the row, tightly run twine or fish line, or whatever you have, across between the posts, in the middle, and high on the stalks. They'll stay up, and wind cant blow them around the line like it can the sticks.

[@Roosaurus]

You have such a mellow voice. Sort of like a younger version of Gardener Scott

[@garden_geek]

Bush Early Girl is one of my staple tomato varieties up here in NorCal. Pretty much every garden center sells the transplants every spring and summer up here but I bought a seed pack from Johnny’s a few years back and now I grow 2-5 of them every year because they’re just so productive and reliable, even in the heat.

[@nomadhomad3685]

I've considered growing them but always get side tracked by other varrients. I have mainly Hungarian hearts and black tula, but starting to realize they're way too sensitive for my growing zone. I'll have to pick up some early girls next time

[@garden_geek]

@@nomadhomad3685 I totally get that. Lol I have dozens of different seed packs of tomato varieties and probably grow half a dozen different varieties just for fun every year. I just like early girl because it’s so reliable and prolific. Even if my other more exciting varieties fail, I know I’ll still get a harvest from early girl. I’ve never heard of Hungarian heart or black Tula… now I need to go buy more tomato seeds lol

[@gracepermaculture9512]

You should check out making your own organic powdery mildew spray with Equisetum. The plant is very high in silica and helps deter powdery mildew. Take some of the plant material and put it in a bucket with water. Let it ferment for a bit then spray it where powdery mildew develops

[@randyjalbert4780]

Great video Jaques, love how your garden looks realistic and you have so much going on Reminds me of when my grandmother was teaching me to garden in her backyard where there was no grass just garden in every square inch

[@dannellivery2021]

Goodness, I have got to try you tomatoe technique. Congratulations on the grand harvest.

[@rutabagastuff6953]

Great video, I love to see garden harvests. Your stretchy string looks like the t shirt yarn I make to use in the garden. It’s so easy to make! Just do a KZbin search for T shirt yarn. There’s a way to cut it so you end up with a big continuous ball of string from one t shirt.

[@jenn6838]

The "FPS" style camera angle during your overgrown flordia weave portion is fantastic! Slow down a bit, maybe a stabilizer,,,? and a full garden tour! Thanks Jacques!

[@la1163]

I grew 10 shishito, 8 tampiqueno serranos, 5 poblanos plants and I started with 4 but ended with 3 lemon citrus jalapeños plants and those are still growing. You're correct about the shishito you need a lot of them to get a decent amount. In squashes I haven't tried the patty squash, but I've grown winter melon squash for my MIL. Happy gardening Jacques.

[@HomeCentsWithNell]

What a great harvest! I'm inspired to find some centercut squash seeds now 👀.

[@corrinacollins9840]

Great video. I loved following you through the garden. Now I need to get back to mine and get to work!!! 🤯😇🌻

[@tudorpottudorpot8423]

Lazy dog farm hills dirt at base of his corn plants. Gardennerd suggests using clothes pins at top of corn stalks to stop worms in corn. Totally get not having enough dirt.

[@Dafniforfree]

This was a lot of fun! And a lot of tomatoes haahah. In all of its glory I am always reminded of my grandparents having so many veggies all the time that they'd give us too cause they couldn't eat it by themselves ( mind you the practically fed 3 families with all those vegetables)!

[@dalynnholling4572]

So. much. good. info shared in this video! Loved it. I started growing shishitos last year after learning about them from Roots and Refuge. I've expanded to 3 plants this year and they are booming. Going to eat them for the first time tonight! I love them in olive oil with some sea salt, but I'm going to have to try the lemon juice and soy sauce now. I've heard there's a restaurant, Girl & the Goat, in Chicago that's famous for theirs and I think I'm going to have to go try them too. They're addicting!

[@jgrady9553]

Nice harvest!

[@chrisinmarin415]

My tomatoes and peppers are not doing good at all. So jealous of your garden and garden style. I use espoma tomato tone and the one for veggies and herbs with no success. Doing a self soil test later today. 🤞figure it out. I started some special tomatoes 🍅 and really want to taste them. Keep on growing Mr. Garden Hermit. PS I really enjoyed the tour of your g’friends Dad’s garden. More on disabled (not my preferred term) gardener garden would be greatly appreciated.

[@Wolf-E-Romeo]

Theres a world-wide issue with dirt right now, by chance is it new dirt? Or already established dirt that you have had for awhile? If its new dirt, there might be a herbicide issue with it which would affect your tomatoes, peppers, (and beans). But theres really nothing that can be done about that to my knowledge right now. However if its already established dirt, then im not sure what other methods you are utilizing.

[@eileenbartnick7202]

Hello, I think the better term you are looking for instead of "disabled" is "physically challenged" which includes so many issues. Happy gardening!!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It's hard to say for sure but usually things balance out over some time. Keeping watering steady and applying plenty of mulch is key

[@Gardeningchristine]

Last year I buried a fish carcass, what was left after filleting, about every foot or so about 8 inches deep, and planted my Indian corn right on top. It got 16 feet tall, no joke! But when a storm rolled through when they just started tasseling, it broke lots and blew over most. Got a small harvest. It was beautiful until it wasn’t. I did tie most back up after too, but I didn’t plant any corn this year.

[@martinlaukkanen1652]

I recently harvested a couple of large pumpkins during ripening, easily around 10lbs each. Bear in mind that i'm in Australia so it's winter so soup season.

[@DonnaLorenzen2009]

Thanks for the tip about using a sanitizing spray on the pruners between plants. Mine are like yours that they live in the garden.

[@Arcticdi]

What a bounty! Wonderful!

[@lindasoaft9303]

Excellent review of gardening mishaps however your garden is amazing 💚

[@julipolito7761]

Omg! Great harvest! I’ll be right over! 🍽. 🍻

[@munderscoreo]

I use the Florida weave as well and my tomato row looks just like your before picture lol

[@abbi_page]

I love a mix of red and green shishitos, The red ones are much sweeter even if the walls are thinner!

[@leatonyaking1]

I'm so happy to see your garden.I too bought a couple of Cherokee purple plants that not only aren't Cherokee purple but the fruit keeps rotting between the fruits in the cluster.Its not what blossom end rot it's like where they touch each other at.Im going to try the carbon next year.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

😢

[@thirstymercfan]

Great harvest, would love to see some of the meals you make

[@zachwak]

my corn fell down too!! you need to add compost at the base and keep them well watered for a few day

[@cynthiak2955]

As always, great tips! My corn is starting to lean a little, too. Hoping adding soil will help the situation!

[@StorytimewithMeemaw57]

Great video! Thank you:).

[@MsArtistwannabe]

Cherokee purple is the only tomato I have this year. Volunteer from last years plants.my favorite.

[@alessandracamarillo-gusima4240]

I grow patty pans for them to get that large. I hollow them out and and fill them like stuffed peppers.

[@jennakissell3905]

I did this for the first time as a new gardener recently! I thought it was a me issue!

[@heatherpekarovich5799]

What are the flowers next to the corn? 18:00 mark. They are gorgeous

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Either strawflowers on the right, or sulfur cosmos on the left!

[@jeanneamato8278]

I used to get powdery mildew until I started spraying not only leaves with baking soda after a rain or during humid weather, but I especially spray the soil around the plant because that’s where the spores are. They will splash up during rain or watering. I water tomatoes carefully. It’s worth it.

[@gracehSF]

That’s interesting. What’s the ratio of baking soda to water?

[@deborahrusignuolo7612]

Your garden is amazing 👏 😍

[@oldbear6813]

You can bury the corn roots deeper and it will begin to stand again with the Storms in middle America we inevitably have falling corn I've always just buried the root/stalk back up and they're happy to stand straight again 😉

[@caitlinhenshaw6228]

Same thing happened to me this season... one of my "Roma" indeterminate tomatoes turned out to be a Determinate slicer. But I don't really blame the nursery. Customers always pull out tags and mix them up. I still appreciate the convenience of them starting the tomatoes... especially since I live in a cold climate

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That's totally fair enough about customers mixing things up

[@terrimarks3694]

Great video! Thank you!

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

Nice awesome garden even if toke five day's off . God bless!

[@wdsjrmd1]

excellent advice , excellent video thanks

[@potagermalo]

Top😉

[@dmk_games]

When you couldn't get in the garden for 5 days? Those are what I call weekdays!

[@colbr06]

Super interesting, like always.

[@nadinejonah4339]

Love your videos. Couldn't find center cur squash in the Botanical Interests seed catalog. Where did you find your seeds? Thanks.

[@AlisonV362]

This was super helpful!

[@JTBivens]

you can soak your tools in some vinegar or something like clr and they will clean up easy :). I have a box cutter I leave on my garden table lol. It gets super rusty and I have to clean it in order to put a new blade in when it gets dull.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Good call!

[@ErraticPerfectionist]

I used sandpaper to remove the rust from my friend's secateurs, and then a sharpening file to sharpen, followed by a good oil to prevent rust reforming. She'd been about ready to give them up as unsalvagable, but was super thrilled to have them back again.

[@JennTN411]

You sounded so defeated in the beginning! 🥺 No more of that, it's not allowed 😉

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

You are so zen here, compared to the wild energy at Epic. ❤

[@MilestoneGarden306]

Hi Jacques. I also watch Gardening in Canada on youtube. She's very knowledgeable and showed how to fight powdery mildew in one of her recent videos. Where she used whey liquid from home made cheese to combat it.

[@uncledick9445]

WoW!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Seems like the classic milk diluted with water trick works really well

[@MattyDundas]

what are those pink flowers on the right side of the frame @16:23?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Those are straw flowers!

[@agnesthewinemaker]

Your garden is fabulous! As a winemaker, we deal with powdery mildew very often. There are some less harsh fungicides like sodium and potassium bicarbonate and 2% hydrogen peroxide that can get rid of the fungus.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I keep hearing about potassium bicarbonate and I have yet to try it, to do you do a mix with the peroxide? What ratio?

[@agnesthewinemaker]

@@jacquesinthegarden I tend to use them seperately. The peroxide I use as a last resort due to the fact that it tends to sterilize everything and I know that you guys work hard to keep your soil microfauna diverse and healthy ! It can also be damaging to some insects so I tend to spot treat as needed at 2% hydrogen peroxide. Bicarbonate can be used at 1% solution. Some use sodium bicarbonate but sodium tends not to be great for soil heath. Potassium bicarbonate is super safe for the soil, the plants and ourselves, but above 4 kg per hectare we see phytotoxicities. I use potassium bicarbonate year-round.

[@tjgii1207]

Have you tried any passive / rainwater harvesting in your gardens a la Lancaster? I tried spade length trenches filled with wood mulch btwn my garden beds to act as paths and keep my plants watered longer. Im still watering 2-3 times a week, but its also been over 100F everyday for nearly 2 wks...

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Sadly I only got 5 inches of rain this whole year, so I haven't bothered investing into rain capture yet.

[@ronniebrace2917]

Do you know if you can use the mist/spray hand sanitizers to clean your pruners? They have a high concentration of rubbing alcohol.

[@BarefootHugelkultur]

You need some mink oil on the felco holster buddy!

[@rufia75]

13:45 Jacques, can you have harvest bell peppers before they are fully-sized? and even then they will ripen to full colour? My peppers plants are each only growing one pepper is why I ask, so thinking if I harvest the pepper, they will finally flower more.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You can harvest it and eat it green but peppers take so long to ripen that they won’t really ripen properly off the vine in my opinion but I haven’t experimented much

[@rufia75]

@@jacquesinthegarden ah thank you, useful

[@heathermiddleton4958]

Jacques, we prefer to eat our slicers a little under file and still firm.

[@phildizzle88]

Hey Jacques. Question for you What exact variety is your “center cut squash?” I have always just grown zucchini, but your description of center it squash has me intrigued!

[@chuffedleupagus]

Hi Jacques, where did you get your centercut squash seeds? It seems like one company sells them from my Google search?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Yeah I believe it's just row 7

[@ClassicallyMish]

Sharing shishito peppers? You must really love that person. Lol

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Haha I think of it as a humble showing off :)

[@kfaulknerstudio]

Can I harvest Sun Gold tomatoes when they are yellowish-light green if they aren’t in an ideal situation (such as starting to weigh down to soil level)?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

You can, with cherries in general I try to pick as they are ready but they will totally ripen up inside