July Vegetable Garden Tour- Ohio 2024

[@annienovak]

By far you are my favorite gardener to follow. I like your direct clear instructions and kind personality. Our garden is going well (outside of Philly)! Lost a summer squash to vine borer, and have had worms eating my kale and carrot tops (strange to have pests on carrots?). Tomatoes and butternut doing great this year!

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

I just lost a squash today. Those pesky borers are awful 😅

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Wow, thank you! Your carrot pest has me curious-- the only thing I ever see on mine are swallowtail caterpillars, but they never do much damage.

[@shannonkeil5989]

Thanks for the honest and transparent look at your garden. Seeing all of your challenges and how you deal with them is way more helpful that seeing perfection for those of us that actually rely on KZbinrs for guidance. Very appreciated and the garden is also still amazing. Those eggplants flew the finger at that insect damage, lol. Never give up.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Haha- that eggplant did indeed!

[@bhalliwell2191]

So far behind (am I and is my garden) that we might as well have time-traveled to *last year.* One other of your viewers commented that they still have flats/trays of flowers not yet planted; I have trays of flowers not yet *sown* but which have to get sown either directly or in trays and then those in trays transplanted. (On the plus side, three years ago I had cosmos [seashell, as I recall] sitting out in their six-cell little trays in 1020 trays, on the pathways in the garden, sometimes getting their roots overwhelmed with rainwater sitting in the 1020 tray, but still living and still blooming even though the leaves, stems and blossoms were super-miniature, until after our second frost. At that point, they gave up and I gave up on them, too. I didn't do right by them, but I was so impressed at their determination.) I know it's late, but I'm still sowing all sorts of crops and counting, as I always do, on Lake Erie delaying that first frost for us. Between the determinedly hanging-on seashell cosmos of three years ago, and now, the Lake hasn't helped enough and "earlier" frosts have put an end to any number of things. We'll see how it goes this year. *Aaanndd* I just discovered a big chunk of last year's seed garlic order, still patiently waiting to be planted! (I thought those beds looked sort of...skimpy.) Unless anyone here has a more practical and more positive recommendation, my plan is to plant them now, anyway, and let them do their thing until autumn and then I'll act as if they had just gone into the ground as our seed garlic does when the humans don't mess up. How did that garlic get overlooked? I don't know. The first thing that went through my mind as the camera showed us your parents' lovely gardens was something akin to what Babe Ruth was supposed to have said the first time he stepped into the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium: "That's some outfield. A man would have to play that from the back of a horse!" and it was huge, that old stadium, built during the Depression in the hopes of getting a summer Olympics games. Your parents' vegetable garden looks a lot like that: so spacious you'd have to get around in it on horseback, but vastly more beautiful than any sports stadium. This video is particularly enheartening to me. Many, many thanks for all you do, share and teach! Much gardening love from NE Ohio! 😊💚💚💚💚💚😊

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

That IS some impressive determination! Wow! I had to chuckle at your garlic comment- I did something very similar with potatoes this year. And my parents' place would make a great outfield- also great for practicing your golf drives (but super easy to lose the ball), and a rousing game of kickball!

[@chalicat2]

Jenna, I love how frank you are with what you are and are not able to do. I watched your video today while I sat in the shade on my deck, digging around and resetting my Greenstalk with more bush beans. Between the stupid pop up storms (south of Cleveland), the excessive heat, my daughter starting marching band, and my long covid, it has taken me weeks to do anything. My tomatoes have become a jungle. My potatoes have died back but I can’t get to them yet. But I’m just rolling with it. Doing what I can. Today, it’s planting beans in the Greenstalk. Tomorrow…..maybe fertilizing. Have to see. But if you have a good pepperoncini canning recipe, please share. I got a canner for Christmas, and I have a bunch of pepperoncinis growing. My family is dreaming of many future Mississippi pot roasts.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I don’t have a good pickled pepperoncini recipe yet! Hoping I come across one l love soon!

[@jessicaklesmit3309]

Tropical Sunset is one of my favorites too! This variety is doing great for me in Wisconsin this year Your garden is beautiful.

[@fuubar21]

My ground cherries always reseed and I let them go as they are always a welcome snack 🙂 My garden got away from me this year because of other life items. Honestly, it just invigorates me to do better the next year. Finding ways to make things easier or knowing I really need to be better on those pests is what is such an amazing thing about a garden. Inspiration for next year!

[@roserizzo3094]

Love your honesty! Yes, gardening can be challenging for sure! It’s always a learning experience no matter how long you have been doing it! Love your videos!

[@lindag4484]

Oh, how I wish you could share some rain with us. We are in the lower half of New Hampshire and have had very little rain since the end of May. Every storm coming through the state seems to go North or South of us. Our grass is brown and crunchy, and I have had to water my gardens every day through the hot days. We have had at least 16 days 90 or above (rare for NH). The vegetables and berries are doing pretty well considering the conditions this summer. Fall and winter will seem much more enjoyable after this hot, stagnant, summer. ❄❄⛷⛄❄❄ Thank you for the enjoyable, informative garden tour. I sometimes wonder how our ancestors, 150 years ago, grew enough to feed their large families, without all the garden aids we have now. (love the orange Hobbit Sunflowers!)

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Now I'm desperate for rain again! The amounts we got just did not make up for the already huge deficit, and now the rain keeps missing us. I have had that thought SO many times about our ancestors!

[@bjones8354]

You guys have a really nice property! Great video! Gardening makes me appreciate real farmers even more.

[@kewiishow3923]

The last segment aboit stepping back to observe the garden. Is trully part of why i continue to watch your videos as they come up. At times i need that realization that even people with larger or more succesful grows/harvest, have their issues too. Be it pest weather or other obligations. Im in my 3rd year and still get discouraged. But i always think about that i have time to grow so much more. There's always time to keep sewing veg, flowers, adding or removing things from the garden. The garden is perfect at all stages cause there's always something to learm from it.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

💚I love your last line here- SO true!

[@RussHall77]

Amazingly claustrophobic chaos! And absolutely beautiful. I’m overwhelmed by my little backyard garden and you have to be a very busy gardener. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@AquarianSnflower]

Thank you for your honesty in showing your parents garden. I thought it was just me. I live in Central Ohio so I completely understand what you're talking about. Seems the weeds are the best growing plants in my garden and I gave up. But because of you I'm going out today and smothering them as you suggested. Love your garden and am jealous of your onions! I would dice them and make a homemade Mirepoix mix of diced carrots, onions and celery. Freeze . Add to soups and casseroles!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Definitely not just you-- the weeds are always bad, but this year they just feel out of control! And I love the mirepoix idea-- definitely doing this!

[@sheilaperin2421]

I really enjoy your videos. I live in central Ohio and wondered what area you live in. It’s nice that we can relate weather-wise. Thanks!

[@ellisshelby8579]

Thanks for keeping it real. I’m a teacher and my garden runs wild once we hit the Middle of July and I have school stuff starting up. Very relatable for sure!

[@richardroadcap7957]

I use cardboard strips on walkways. 4 to 6 weeks in mid summer suppresses weeds during their growth season.

[@michaelgoff1279]

My garden here in Cleveland is about a month ahead of the usual schedule. I was harvesting way sooner than expected this year!

[@viralprimenetwork]

Wow, it makes me want to get outside. Seeing your efforts makes me even more grateful for real farmers. 😍🥰

[@bobwilliams4528]

I love having a Ohio content creator! I have been a lifelong gardener and I am still learning from the failures and celebrating the wins. You have a good channel that even a old gardener like me finds insightful 👍

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad to hear it!

[@Sunnylane02174]

Here in Cincinnati my garden was slow starting, but now it's getting into high gear. I've had great luck with cucumbers, green beans, leafy greens, & herbs. I just planted my second planting of green beans. My slicer and beefsteak tomatoes have green fruit & I just started getting ripe cherry tomatoes, which are so tasty! My potatoes weren't too impressive this year at all. Your onions look awesome! I always look forward to your videos!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad to hear it! Sounds like you have a lovely bounty!

[@mijejo11]

Thank you for this tour. I am in Ohio about 90 minutes northeast of Cincinnati. I have a big, and ever expanding, garden with a huge high tunnel green house, orchard, and a soon-to-be small heated greenhouse for seed-starting. Our weather conditions sound close to the same as yours. The squash vine borer still took out several squashes even though I had them under netting several weeks after transplanting.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Oh your place sounds lovely!

[@AZJH8374]

I've heard that you should save seeds from volunteer veggies. They are not on ly the best, but the best disease resistant

[@christiensgarden3325]

Thank you so much for showing your parents garden.. my garden is a disaster due to life in the way.. vegetable starts are still in solo or McDonald’s cups.. .. flats of flowers that have not been planted… potato starts that have not made it to the ground, but after watching your video, it’s too hot to put them in the ground… so thank you truly enjoy you and your channel and all the education that you share with us

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

For those potatoes-- if you're in a similar growing climate to mine, you might try planting them out now or soon (just make sure they get plenty of water and mulch). It's too hot for them to set tubers now, but if you get the plants established you may get a fall harvest!

[@dorimartz2223]

I can't stop making comments. I love your channel and your honesty. I have harvested beans, so many beans, but they have rotted in my refrigerator because of numerous time constraints. I am just telling myself that we don't need them for survival and there will be more to harvest and I will can those. Thanks for being here

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

The same thing has happened to me. I console myself by either feeding produce I can't get to to my chickens OR telling myself it will nourish next year's crops as compost!

[@wingrider1004]

The cattle panels are good for so may things. Yes, marigolds and basil are a good mix. One thing I took from one of your older videos is the inter mixing of plants rather than just mono planting - it has not only worked out well, but it seems like my pest problems are greatly reduced. Another gardener turned me on to comfrey, which I use to feed to my chickens, improve my soil and make salve. August came in June down here in Georgia this year, and we were not ale to do as much this year in the garden. But, we had a lot come back on its own. My Jerusalem artichokes - which I thought I had pulled last year - came back more abundantly than last year without me planting a single bulb - amazing. All in all, even with reduced planting, it has been a good year. Carry on woodland elf...great video.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm adding more comfrey! How do you feed it to the chickens? Do you just throw them the whole leaves?

[@wingrider1004]

@GrowfullywithJenna chickens, sadly, often eat in ways that are not real good for them, so, I take any plant food or leaves I give to them and chop or tear the soft leaf part off, tear it into small pieces and spread it around. That way, they don't get the fibrous and tough parts in their crop and get sour crop. Comfrey is good for just about everything. I take the leaves and throw them in my beds, compost them, make salve...just growing it enriches the soil because it pulls nutrients up. I started out with two bulbs I bought, and now I just separate them every year and put them in places nothing else grows in! They are invincible! Keep up the good work. You are a gold mine of good info and encouragement.

[@CharMac76]

Thank you for showing the good and the bad. i feel like my front yard is doing well while the backyard isin chaos, but ... there's always next year. Thanks for sharing!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's switched at my home-- my front yard (which I didn't show) is weedy chaos!!

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

Yay! A Jenna video!

[@SammyTDIYgardenAdventure]

Such breathtaking plants, I wonder when my garden will look like this

[@flatlander2743]

I'm experimenting with putting 10" of shredded straw down on mown lawn- did this the second week of May. So far the soil under the straw is moist, the few weeds that have worked through the straw are easily pulled and the seedlings planted in the straw haven't required nearly as much water during our usual drought as the rest of the garden has needed. As the season winds down I'm hoping to cover larger sections of the garden with shredded leaves and straw. If I continue getting good results we'll retire the 50 years old rototiller. 🙂

[@PhilipDonna1982]

I have so much to say. I’m in NE Ohio, a suburb abutting Cleveland and recently stopped to talk with a man watering his garden. I’ve driven by his home many times and said I’d always stop to chat if he was out. We talked and both were excited to learn we watch YOU! We have both learned so much from you, so thank you. Also I’ve often wondered how you manage it all. My garden currently consists of eight stock tanks, 4x2x2. My husband will be adding some raised beds for me specifically for asparagus and strawberries. Most of the winter I can’t wait for the garden to take off. Today I thought if I see another green bean I’m going to cry. 😂. I quick steam and shock my green beans and freeze them instead of canning. I’ve got over three pounds of blue lake and burgundy beans in my chest freezer and they just keep on keeping on in the garden. I’ll be giving them away to the neighbors soon. It’s been very dry here, and hot so constant watering sometimes twice a day is the story of my life currently. I feel like I needed to hear you say how it’s ok that it’s not all perfect. Your realism is why I so enjoy your channel and again, thank you for helping the rest of us with your knowledge.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Oh goodness, this made me laugh! I had nearly the exact same reaction while picking my green beans in the 90 degree heat today 😆. I'm sure your neighbors will appreciate the beans! And how lovely to hear that both you and your neighbor have learned something from the channel. Here's hoping we get a bit of break from the heat!

[@TJtheHAWK]

Amazing update Jenna. Always inspiring. Wow @ those onions!

[@voss_homestead.oh.chapter]

You have helped me become a great gardener, after 30 years of gardening. lol I have learned so much from you the last 2 years, and my garden if proof! The cattle panels for the tomatoes have been a win! We now use them for almost everything that climbs or needs support. Your basil looks amazing btw! wowza

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's lovely to hear this!

[@carissalizotte8977]

Wonderful video and gorgeous garden! Thanks for the tour. Your videos are so informative and relaxing to watch. 🙂💚

[@amyk6028]

Your garden is so beautiful and your advice is invaluable. Thank you!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you!

[@junefariss4433]

Your garden is beautiful, including the weeds! Thanks for sharing, Jenna!

[@Raul28153]

those onions look incredible

[@brittany5629]

I bought surround this year for my zucchini and cucumbers! Zone 6b… so far it’s working. Last 2 years I lost cucumbers to beetles and zucchini to squash borers. My carrots and beets and spinach bolted in the late spring due to high temps. I watered them extra and used shade cloths but it didn’t help.. so far we had 90s and drought for weeks without rain for summer crops. I’ve been watering nonstop. Everything seems okay so far. Getting a lot of peppers and green beans right now. Had a lot of snow peas and lettuce in the spring. So wins and fails this year… the weather has been crazy

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad to hear it's working for you! And yes- this weather has been crazy... I honestly don't think I've ever been so ready for fall to come.

[@Havrix_ggs]

I found wood chips work great to keep the weeds down but you need to put a good amount like 4 inch. once it rains they pack down

[@babuffy]

Look forward to all your knowledge and keeping it real in your videos so THANK YOU! It’s a beautiful space

[@barbellgardener]

Love the honesty in this video. The battle of gardening is a big part of the journey.

[@rossgeredien9813]

Just finished watching the full video. Thank you so much for your candor. You do so much, I cannot believe how vast of an area you manage, even on your own property. It is certainly more than one person can do, without help or mechanization. I have learned so much by following you, thank you. The quality in your harvests shows

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's lovely to hear that you've learned from the channel- thank you!

[@crazybeccarf4222]

AWESOME video. Thanks for reminding us that perfection is not real and to enjoy the gardening process. Your gardens still look amazing and I greatly appreciate all your info! Tysm!

[@mneil8880]

Thankyou! Beautiful gardens as always. Don't be so hard on yourself! The gardening space you try to maintain looks quite daunting 😱 get those kids out there to help! Mine is much more manageable but the heat and drought this year in PA has been a challenge.

[@bjbrown6488]

Thank you for your lovely videos and for being honest about successes and failures. We could use some of that rain here in western Colorado😊

[@deecooper1567]

We could also use rain in nw Nevada high dry windy desert 🥴👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@corinne7126]

I put a strip of aluminum foil around and over the base of my squash plants. It seems to work to protect them from vine borer beetles

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I tried this a couple of seasons ago, but don't think I did it right, as the borers still got in.

[@mijejo11]

I tried this, too. Like Jenna, I may not have the right technique. May I ask for you to explain how you did it, please? descriptions of how far down to the soil, or even under the soil, how far up, how tight but allow for the stem to bulk in growth, how many layers, etc. would be helpful.

[@sundrop3911]

Finally, an Ohio gardener. I watch many gardening channels and this video just popped up. I immediately subscribed. I'm borderline with 6a and 6b. I look forward to going through your playlist when things slow down. As you know it's harvest and preserving time now, lots of work ahead. Can't wait to learn more tips and methods from a fellow Ohio gardener.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hello and welcome! Wonderful to have you here!

[@meer_kaat_]

Also in Ohio (NE). Couldn't grow zucchini yet because of split stem (just transplanted a couple of seedlings grown indoors for a second try). Other than that it's always a struggle against deer (everything covered in deer netting) - they love bean leaves and tomato tender shoots. Japanese beetles decimate my roses and raspberry plants. I don't spray anything. Your sunflowers and other flowers (zinnias, etc) look amazing and give a cottage feel to your garden. Everything looks so productive -you did great this year!

[@carolinedenaro866]

Thank you so much for your honesty! I'm having a bad year too! two groups of deer snuck in and ate everything, and broke my heart, weird rain schedule, is messing up my tomatoes. lost three plants now, and well your honesty gave me a boost, and a reminder of what really matters! You are awesome! love & blessings Caroline

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm sorry to hear that! It can be so devastating to lose crops to animals like that. I hope next season goes much better for you-- take care!

[@jimthommes9740]

Gardening is by far the most rewarding and frustrating hobby at the same time. Every year brings different struggles. Last year every cucumber I planted died before I got a single one. This year rabbits ate around 30 of my pepper plants. I'm growing cukes again and I couldn't be happier about that. I have a plan to thwart the rabbits next year and keep them off my beloved peppers!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

So, so true! And 30 pepper plants!! Ugh... I'm so sorry

[@davidaleshire4292]

Columbus doesn’t seem to be getting many of those pop-up showers. A few rains, but not much. So much heat that my tomatoes have dropped a lot of flowers, but still getting some fruit setting. Speaking of tomatoes, my San Marzanos are behaving a little odd. Three plants seem to be reaching for the clouds while the other five look like thick bushes. All have fruit, but the growth pattern is a smidge perplexing. Still waiting for squash and cucumbers to develop. My two Amish Paste planted a month later that the rest, and in a pot are slowly catching up. I sooooo want to try those onions next year. Hope you’re figs all grow for ya. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. 😊

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Unfortunately with open pollinated varieties like San Marzano there tend to be a lot of off-types in the seed production plots unless a grower is really diligent about culling out them out. In my old job I used to travel around to seed production fields and it was really an eye opening experience!

[@davidaleshire4292]

I would love to hear about what you saw on this farms. Could be quite the video series.

[@micheler.5]

You have such a lovely garden. You have different pests than I get here in Oregon. I'd love to have beets and chard without leaf miner! But I'm glad I don't have the squash pests. Everyone has different challenges but growing your own food is worth it.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

100% it's worth it!

[@brianseybert192]

Gardening on any scale is a lot of work, how you manage both is beyond me, so your parents garden slipped a bit, you are only one person, glad you showed that you are human like the rest of us. I absolutely love how you incorporate flowers into the garden. My 1st year gardening I had very little color in my garden, did not like it one bit, now every year I am adding more and more color. Can't grow a cucumber or cantaloupe this year, lol. round 3 just started, still time for the cucumbers. Great garlic, carrots, onions, OK broccoli, tomatoes and potatoes looking good up here in south central WI. Stay Well!!!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm with you! I used to plant very few flowers (if I can't eat it, I won't grow it used to be my motto). But when my daughter was a toddler I saw how delighted she was with the beautiful flowers and started adding more. Now I see the benefit to having them intermixed everywhere and I LOVE being in the space.

[@brianseybert192]

@@GrowfullywithJenna Incorporated some yarrow in my main tomato bed, to attract lacewings to eat aphids. I enjoy when I can ask a parent if their child would like a flower, I have them point one out I can pick for them. A couple years ago I said to a neighbor, the garden to me is more than the harvest, it is like a symphony of texture, color, aroma and sound, unfortunately this year the mosquito section has taken over. Stay Well!!!

[@fabianweber619]

Nice garden. Always fun to see you& your garden

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks!

[@cathybrown7369]

Rain is a beautiful thing

[@h.sinclair]

your videos are really well made, and your mastery of delivering important content keeps us coming back, but looking at your garden now WOW that is some garden, impressive and inspirational.. 🔥You make it look easy but we all know it's not and see all the work and dedication that has gone into it - and it's infectious!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I appreciate that!

[@ruthannecoro6198]

Your garden are lush and lovely ♥️ I love the scent of lemon basil. I have Mrs Myers’s lemon basil and it’s amazing! I have a lemon verbena I purchased this spring that’s got a n amazing scent too! I have never replanted borage since my original planting from seed 4 years ago.. I actually pull it from areas I don’t want it.. as it would take over my garden. Oh wild petunias ♥️adding to my hummingbird and pollinator gardens for next year! ♥️ the cucumber beetles are brutal this year… munching on my tomatillo and ground cherries. I keep on picking and squishing them 🤢 I just planted my squash, cukes, melons, zukes ..out and so far so good. My peppers a a bit slow, but my pepperonis are doing fabulous! I’m planning to pickle them too 🧑‍🌾

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Ooh yes! I planted lemon verbena for the first time last year and it was heavenly! Sorry to hear you are dealing with those little buggers too.

[@samanthahoos9827]

❤ I picked my first okra today just because it’s 6” long. I wanted to grow it cause I’ve never tasted one, but now will have to do research on how to eat it. There are 6 more that are 2” long so time is ticking. 😂 I’ve been good harvesting herbs for medicinal teas that I make, but ate my first Tropical Sunset today - OMG YUM! Potatoes weren’t a huge harvest, some didn’t flower before dying, but they’re delicious!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I like eating okra raw (though I'm in the minority) BUT fried okra is still my all-time favorite preparation. Pickled okra is pretty good too.

[@ritafrye1968]

Thank you for showiing and telling about solarizing to get rid of thistle. I have it bad in my perrenial flower garden.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

It's still not 100% effective, but if you keep at it I find it works better than any other method I've tried. Canadian thistle is SO difficult to get rid of organically... it's even becoming resistant to the harsher synthetic herbicides!

[@matthewkurt2246]

Earlier in your video you said you were going to talk more about your melons, and then your melons were barely mentioned. Please share more about your melons with us. I love melons.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I guess I misspoke-- more about pest control on melons... not melons themselves 😄

[@krissy1740]

I only have four squash plants. I covered all of them with tulle and hand pollinate.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm almost to the point of considering hand pollination!

[@kathishamus7226]

Thanks for keeping it real. I’m struggling with my garden this year too. Sometimes it’s overwhelmingly disappointing. But by January I’ll be ready to try again. 😊Thanks for the great videos!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Sorry to hear you're struggling too. But I'm with you... by January I will be ready to try again!

[@bobclark9540]

Thanks for the words on your parent's garden. A completely unexpected diagnosis of hip replacement in late April has left my garden in less than optimal condition. Just like baseball, wait till next year

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Life happens! Hope your recovery is going well!

[@gendeb9666]

I absolutey love your tats!!!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks!

[@XHollisWood]

Wonderful garden 🪴 Thank you

[@DFS4417]

Been one of those years for sure. Wet early and dry mid season. South central Ohio here. We went through a dry period and almost 3 weeks with little to no rain. Thankfully most of our stuff was out early and done ok. One row of corn suffered and didn't fill out ears well. In the last two weeks we've got rain. All our garden first harvest are done except tomatoes. Tomatoes are coming on and look good. Potatoes are great and we're digging them a few at a time. Green beans, corn, cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, spinach and carrots are all in and processed. Now to replant some for second crops. Pumpkins and gourds are going nuts and will be ready this fall with a few cantaloupe. Have a second bloom of green beans coming on. Peppers are doing ok. Flowers seemed to take the biggest hit. Many didn't germinate and we replanted multiple times for some. Dahlias (200) came up well but haven't grown well and now are blooming but are really short. They look healthy but short. The dry spell hit right in their foliage growing period. However, sunflowers( estimate 800-1,000 stems) are amazing and some of the most extraordinary we have ever raised. Outside of the cutting flowers it's been a really good year. We have three gardens. One traditionally tilled garden with large veggies and sunflowers. One no till flower garden with Dahlias and zinnias. Then 16 raised beds with a mix from onions, strawberries, brassicas, peppers, tomatoes, flowers and various other garden plants. We built our raised beds over a wet area and filled them with modifies fill of rotten wood fiber, soil and compost....they do well retaining moisture. I enjoy your post and consider them some of the best because of your honesty, frankness and valuable content.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Wow! You have so much going on. Even if some things suffered because of the weather I'm sure it's still beautiful!! I'd love to see those sunflowers.

[@DFS4417]

@@GrowfullywithJenna I emailed some pictures of sunflowers, enjoy

[@akrjp6857]

thanks for your video... your are the finest flower of your garden.....surely......!! have a good day....

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

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[@akrjp6857]

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[@akrjp6857]

fine and beautifull garden , are ypu alone to make all this vegetables growing ? I would like to understand best about your giants oignons but as a french man I really don't understand your speaking description if you could give me a few writing about them I could translate as well as possible thanks ....... but surely the finest flower of this garden is You........thanks...... Alain...

[@akrjp6857]

@@GrowfullywithJenna

[@akrjp6857]

@@GrowfullywithJenna .. I must accept my fate and make myself acceptable.........!!

[@shawnsg]

Sometimes the most exciting thing is seeing how volunteers turn out.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Yes!!

[@dustyflats3832]

😂all the volunteers in the paths. Gotta love the borage! I have the same petunias that reseed every year. Today I’m to the point that some volunteers had to go. I can’t believe you are not getting ate up by mosquitoes!! It’s been really bad here in WI and we normally have none. I have to wear a head net and totally covered up and sprayed down. I literally threw the seeds at the soil for fall planting as I couldn’t stand it one more second. It hasn’t been pleasant, more stressful as I can’t enjoy the flowers. The blight started 3 weeks early on tomatoes this year from all the rain which finally let up. I’m hoping to get enough to can which has never been a problem for me to do, but the plants look stunted. Bugs-we had only a couple cabbage moths because I’m netting brassicas. We had gypsy moths earlier. The largest VBs ever and only a few J beetles surprisingly. It could be due to trapping every year and Milky Spore in the garden and yard. Seriously I’ve never seen SO Few! Just spotted two sugar baby volunteer watermelons in the onion bed. We have millet also that is slow and trying sorghum and amaranth. The corn is the Best it’s ever been thanks to coop clean out last fall. Oh No! I have cucumbers all kinds planted next to each other!! Does that mean they are all going to not be true? Next year I vow to plant our favorites en mass so to insure we get what we need. I grew more determinate tomatoes and not use to growth pattern but see cages are in order for them. Interested in how late squash will do. If it works it’s something I would do to avoid VBs. I just learned triple phosphate increases production on legumes as they don’t need nitrogen. We will see. Right now I need to figure out and tweak irrigation. It’s a zoning issue I’m sure as there is weak delivery on ends of some lines. Then I switched to granular fertilizers because of so much rain and that stopped so the drip doesn’t really wash the fertilizers in🙄. I need to hand water to get it working as the rain has already stunted the tomatoes. Your garden looks fantastic!! Thanks for the tour! And Yes!to Ailsa Craigs. They are a sweet onion with short storage, but fun and tasty. I think it is not too expensive to order from Dixondale if you can order several bunches to save because it is a time and mess saver vs starting them and they have great product.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I was thinking the same thing about mosquitos recently... but they've showed up, with a vengeance. Apparently every other pesky biting insect also had the same idea-- flies, chiggers, fleas.... it's got me not even wanting to go outside! And on the cucumbers- it depends what varieties you have, but probably not an issue. I typically plant all manner of cukes together and don't have issues. The problem with these are they are gynoecious and parthenocarpic, so when they DO get cross pollinated it causes issues. Most common garden cuke varieties are not.

[@kathymcintire6182]

I just subscribed,i watched a few videos and I like your instructions are clear and easy to follow, love is the key always 💞

[@kathymcintire6182]

Can I start a new crop of potatoes now? I'm also in Ohio, reynoldsburg 💞

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

You can-- but it will take a little extra care to get them established. Lots of mulch and (if you're having the same dry season I am here) extra water. Starting them now should give you new potatoes about the time of the fall frost.

[@mantzbrinkman4780]

Jenna! Thanks for keeping it real!

[@nancynesytofreske]

I'm having the same issue with my chard.

[@SlowSimpleSeasonal]

Me too, in PA. Never saw it before!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

So odd!

[@kycatrescue7305]

Me too. Did anyone identify the insect?

[@dorimartz2223]

Thanks for the information about my Chinese cucumbers. I will try tasty green

[@brianczuhai8909]

A++ on your tour. You identified what plants you were showing. We use it to compare and contrast with ours. Those are some great HUGE onions. Onions are so Fun to grow! Fairly maintenance free, just a little weeding, but rewarding. I have some leeks in too. The problem with your rain splashes is you get blight and mildew. I have the same goofy owl on a steel post as well. I have brussel sprouts for the first time this year. Keep us posted on those. I was going to try that kaolin clay on them. They are getting bug holes in them. Gave up on eggplants. Had a lot of flea beetles like you, but no fruit. I use fabric and triple shredded wood chips in my walkways. It’s basically last year’s old wood chips they’ve re-shredded. I let the cucumbers vine out on that. I swear by it for weed free or easy to weed mulch. Speaking of which… your kid is growing like a weed. We used to eat our grandpa’s strawberries, raspberries, and grapes. Shouldn’t be hard to get him to pick the crops. But getting any back into the house might be difficult. They are yummy. I miss my grapes! REAL grapes.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Onions are fun to grow! And yes, he is growing like a weed and I typically have no problem getting him to pick the strawberries 😆. But the only way they make it to the house is if I promise strawberry shortcake!

[@brianczuhai8909]

@@GrowfullywithJenna Throw in a dollop of CoolWhip and you got a deal mom! 😜

[@brianczuhai8909]

IF you take the time and share some of that gardening yumminess with me mom. 😋😘

[@debbieflango2180]

Beautiful garden, thanks for sharing :)

[@Mommyslittlegarden]

Columbus here, and I’m experiencing the same thing with the vine borer and cucumber beetle. Usually , winter squash don’t give me a problem. I haven’t been able to grow any winter squash plants this year.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm sorry to hear this!

[@taylorv69]

My brain read JUICY Vegetable Garden Tour as in your are about to "spill the tea" about your garden drama, lol. Either way, I'm here for it!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Hahaha!! Why do I feel like that would have gotten more views on YT!

[@Crashbangable]

In places with ground water and weed pressure planting through plastic seem like the way to go for your parents. No watering or weeding just plant wait then harvest. Your garden looks amazing. Im going to add more flowers next year.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Yep- I'm seriously considering going that route next year!

[@TheGardenFamily]

Oooh, we filmed one this morning too, should be out later today :). Grabbing my popcorn 🍿 to watch yours!

[@erikahuxley]

I always get a huge healthy bushes of cucumber and then sudden death from bacterial wilt. I will be growing H-19 Little Leaf which is bacterial wilt resistant, but that doesn't mean immune, so I'm back to spraying with neem+soap+essential oil. I simply can't risk spraying pyrethrin or spinosad. Your parents garden looks like it could use a roll of weed barrier landscape fabric. It cut out weeding almost completely for me. I'll never go back from this.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Definitely considering the rolls of weed barrier for over there. I used to use alfalfa hay but have struggled to find a source in recent years.

[@ChaosOrZen]

Was rough in my part of Ohio too. At 65 the weather was too brutally hot for me and for my plants. We didn't even try with a few crops and 1/3 of my garden that was due for a revamp and just sat. Still sitting.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Here's hoping we catch a break next year... or at least maybe have a more forgiving fall!

[@julie-annepineau4022]

Such a gorgeous garden. Love the overhead shots for perspective on size and placement in the garden. This year has been a bit of a struggle. A late frost, a dry hot spring followed by record breaking heat for weeks on end. Rain seems to evaporate almost as fast as it falls. Yet somehow slug were still very prolific and destructive in the garden. Tomatoes and peppers should be a bumper crop but carrots and melons may be a fail for this year.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm glad to hear that your tomatoes & peppers should be a bumper crop! Enjoy those harvests!

[@mikefrench3800]

Your garden is looking really good, as usual! 👍

[@that_auntceleste5848]

I have the same black bumps on my Swiss Chard stem. Check out tarnished plant bug -- I think that's our culprit. I have fewer swash bugs this year than last. I'm not sure whether to credit my homemade "stink spray," the robin who patrols the trellis I built for squash this year, or just a better SB year in my area. Celeste, newly zone 6a Northwest Indiana

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm thinking tarnished plant bug is the likely culprit- though I've yet to find the actual bugs! I'm glad to hear you are dealing with fewer squash bugs! Do you mind sharing what your homemade stink spray is?

[@highvoltagemess]

Thanks for all of your awesome gardening advice and ideas!! Just to share something I recently tried to see if it would help with the squash Vine Bore Mouth and it’s larvae was some 6% hydrogen peroxide after cutting the vine longways up from the entrance about two inches and had to carve away quite a bit, and it formed like crazy, and three days later the vine barked up and healed, didn’t close up just kinda scabbed over and blooming and has gotten about a foot or so longer as well, maybe Just lucky??

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks for sharing!

[@christinelitzinger7264]

I appreciate the transparency of your garden successes and failures. Really needed to hear that today after a deer got into my fenced in yard and decimated the garden. Guess I'm getting started on a fall garden that is going to be much bigger than originally planned for.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

oh NO!! I'm so sorry to hear that. But I love your optimistic take on it... I'm starting to like the fall garden better than the summer garden anyways!

[@PatientFarmer]

Chemicals....yah. that's why I just do without. I don't take the risk and I have noticed A LOT of assassins in the garden last year and this year! I'm thrilled because I haven't seen many squash bugs this year. Nor and I having issues with the aphids now flea beetles. Good luck! I hope you don't lose all those plant babies! And thanks for being honest and fair warning!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Love those assassin bugs- such cool creatures!

[@thobekamhlongo3025]

Those onions look amazing

[@brianczuhai8909]

Onions are GOD-like! I'm taking notes.

[@mauric.7591]

SO excited to see that you uploaded! happy to see a more experienced Ohio gardener! i have a fig recommendation for you Jenna, its the Longue d'Août fig! i planted one in a container and its its first year, yet its fruiting!! its also winter hardy. and those pop up showers always wash off the surround i put on my squash too! What kind of melons are you growing? I'm growing leelanau sweetglow watermelon, and Sakata's sweet melons, these are doing great in my central Ohio garden, and have been disease and pest free! I have also had so many volunteer mulberries, have you?

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Ooh- I'll have to add that fig to the list! The melons I'm growing this year are: Trifecta, Griselet, Visa and one unnamed trial variety, and the watermelons are: Sugar Punch, Blacktail Mountain, and Early Moonbeam. Not so many volunteer mulberries here, but they are rampant at my parent's place. Hope the rest of the gardening season is a great one for you!

[@Gardenfnp]

I’ve lost four squash and zuchini plants so far. Pest pressure has been rough this year for me and the heat is hard on everything

[@Gardenfnp]

Thank you so much for your words about your parents. It’s been a difficult summer for my family so my mind is just not fully in my garden. It will be better next year.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I'm so sorry to hear that it's been a rough year for your garden and your family. Take care of yourself 💚

[@Vegfarm207]

Do you amend your soil mid-season with any fertilizer? Looks like some of your crops need nitrogen. Maybe try blood meal or feather meal. All those pop up showers probably flushed your soil. Vigorous plants can usually ward off most pests.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Nope but I probably should have this year!

[@Maria-ql3fc]

I live in lower Alabama and the squash vine borer are horrible here. Like you I don't want to spray anything that could harm the pollinators and beneficial insects, so I only grow mochata like butternut , Seminole and Futsu winter squash. I canned and froze a lot of winter squash several yrs ago and took several yrs off growing any kind of squash, that seem to cut down the SVB moth significantly and last year I had only one vine infected with the larvae which I took out and fed to the chickens, the vine lived and produced abundantly. This year hasn't been horrible but I have had some issues but I didn't see a single moth. In past yrs when I had problems with the SVB I usually saw the moth flying around the squash laying her eggs. Lost my cucumber crop to pickle worms this year and I've never had them before. I'm going to try for a fall crop as we do like our pickles.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Smart ideas on the winter squash! But I'm sorry to hear about the pickle worms... I keep hearing about those pests and just know they're going to end up in Ohio eventually.

[@emkn1479]

Did you figure out the issues with the chard? I’m having the same thing going on, along with mottling that looks like four line plant bug damage but I’m not seeing that pest. Always something new… Also I just read that disrupting the soil in fall and spring can help to reduce the overwintering SVBs. Might invest in a broad fork and try that this year. Also wondering if any beneficial nematodes could help… One more thing…I grew jalapeños from seed…or so I thought, turns out they’re a long banana…not sure if they’re hot or sweet … looks like the pepper seed mixups are still happening.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I’m suspecting tarnished plant bug, but I’ve yet to actually find any bugs at all!

[@emkn1479]

Wow, what I’d give for those pop-up showers…it’s been so painfully dry for us 😭 the forecast/radar gets me hopeful but it always dissipates. It’s another rough one. Maybe I’ll try those onions one day. I’ve had maggots in every allium we try to grow. Not sure if they’re the root maggots or leaf miners, someone else said leek moth, probably lots of names for them. Anyway, what can I do? Stop growing for a few years? And will wild onion plants and my ornamental onions harbor the pests anyway…? I adore hibiscus too, but the sawflies were too much. Gave them to my mom and she absolutely loves them, no pests to be seen 🤷‍♀️

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

And now I desperately need those showers to come back. We did not get enough to make up for the deficit and it's very dry here too. It seems the same thing is happening where they break up before the get to us. I'm not super familiar with those allium pests, but if you grow in a new area and net them securely with insect netting, do you think that would help?

[@emkn1479]

@@GrowfullywithJenna ah, how the world turns. Waiting on our forecasted rain here as I type. We’ll see if it actually shows up. And yes it probably would help to grow the alliums that way. I just don’t know if that works for me this coming year. I think I’m just going to take a year off from alliums and use beneficial nematodes, since I also struggle with a plethora of cucumber beetles every year.

[@Thaonguyen-vx]

Good morning!

[@agraves561]

I love this channel!!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you!

[@jonlamb1712]

You're are fabulous! 😍 Could you please share again the onion variety and where you ordered the start? I listened twice but couldn't make it out. I live in NW Ohio.

[@flatlander2743]

'Ailsa Craig' Dixondale Farms

[@jonlamb1712]

@@flatlander2743 thank you!

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thanks! And thank you @flatlander2743 for clarifying the onion issue!

[@flatlander2743]

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you for reminding me about Dixondale! It's been years since I last bought onions from them. I'll have to give them a try next year. Or this fall if they have shallots available.

[@lionness_simsima5941]

Absolutely 💯 amazing thanks for sharing

[@rebeccabsomanybooks3558]

Jenna, Where did you get your sun hat? Beautiful garden. Just coming out of a drought here in Ga.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I got it from AM Leonard-- I've been shocked at how well it's held up over years of abuse! amleo.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=184&url=43 I'm glad to hear you're coming out of drought!

[@rebeccabsomanybooks3558]

@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you.

[@esthersdaughterlong8149]

Jenna, your garden is beautiful. I cant grow much of anything here in Florida right now. It just too hot.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

Thank you! Will you be planting again in the fall?

[@jessicacook8186]

I'm close to you, in Franklin. I lose so many things to cucumber beetles. They just go from one plant family to the next. They even decimate my sunflowers, zinnias and dahlias. I'm thinking of trying nemotodes next year. I'm interested in any thoughts you have on these critters.

[@GrowfullywithJenna]

I applied nematodes one spring and did feel like it helped a bit. I actually meant to add more to the garden this spring, and unfortunately now it's too hot & dry to think about applying them.

[@TheRealAsen]

Thank you for sharing :]