Marigolds and Mulching ~ Tending our Tomatoes

[@tomfisher3117]

You can easily pollinate your tomato flowers by flicking the flowers for 5 seconds or so with your fingers. Some people use an electric tooth brush on the flowers/stems. The marigolds are a great idea. Basil works too. Great video! Your daughter is precious.

[@vmorganbogart]

So good to see you & Little Miss Sunshine. I’ve missed y’all. I haven’t been getting notifications, for some reason. I got a notification today & saw that you have been posting, so I’m playing catch up on your videos. The gardens are looking great. Hope you have abundant harvests. Blessings, Love & Hugs from Vicki in Ft. Worth, Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸👍❤️🥰🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Doktracy]

I’ve found that my perennial onions and basil are the biggest pollinator and beneficial insect attractors. Thai basil is a huge magnet. Today I saw 8 different types of bees and a frog on my onions that are blooming!

[@cpnotill9264]

Totally agree Tracy.....holy basil is just an amazing plant for us all!

[@owen4248]

Your garden and homestead are beautiful new here love what you do:)

[@shadyman6346]

Nothing warms my soul more than a job well done...

[@josht4659]

You should look up a home made tromel for your mulch. It will separate out the briar roots.

[@southsidecarly7427]

Someone got ahold of the scissors huh. Your daughter is still beautiful! What a beautiful pond!

[@richardbarksdale3810]

Flowers are always a plus in the garden or farm which you have here now awesome job. Thank you for sharing!

[@colleenkrall630]

Tomato flowers have both male and female parts in the flower. The wind or you can shakes the plant. The pollen releases and pollinates the tomatoes. I believe peppers too.

[@jemmiestone5731]

The garden is looking great Amanda. You all stay safe and healthy. God Bless Y'all.

[@garyb4929]

Garden looking awesome, thanks for sharing & tips

[@nancyhaywood6486]

you do have a nice garden

[@askmamalouise7605]

Awesomeness As Usual!!!!

[@tonyedwardsedwards7671]

I saw on the MI gardener channel you can just flick the tomato buds for a few seconds and pollinate them. Have to do all that are close together.

[@504carl]

That's what you call self pollinating.

[@dalstars24]

I was thinking the same thing .... tomato’s can be self polluted easy.

[@preppedforeternityhomestea2848]

Looks great Amanda!!

[@believeliveloveandlaugh3844]

Your garden looks beautiful.

[@marilynmcclintock2974]

Nice video. Garden is looking good. Love little Sunshine. Grandma Sue in central Indiana and Izzi Too

[@aroundmichaelsbarn601]

Your garden looks great. I have a few calendula in mine now and will be adding a bunch of zinnias and sunflowers soon (mainly because it’s my daughters favorite!) thanks for sharing

[@happym4241]

Great video Amanda! Very informative.

[@FlomatonFamous]

The mulch looks good 👍

[@deborahwagner9033]

everything looks good here in wv just got my tomatoes in one week ago

[@PlanetMojo]

We have a massive annual wildflower garden next to our garden and zillions of bees -- but zero honey bees. I guess nobody raises honey bees in our area and they are not native -- but the native ones get the job done! 😊

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I so love your garden. I too plant marigolds, around my garden, along with green onions, chives, leeks, etc. Pests don't like them.

[@piahess9738]

Hi,good job you three.Your garden is looking awesome.Keep up the good planting.Have a great Memorial weekend.Love,Honey kitty and I.♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡......

[@stevelawrence8945]

Good luck on the tomatoes ! Steve..... commenting from outside a small town 70 miles North of you.

[@maryanddeebercegeay1449]

Use a vibrating toothbrush on the tomato blooms, works great

[@diane5819]

Your garden looks great! So much farther along than mine up here in New Hampshire. Just got them in the ground.

[@TOMMYBITESTVHOMESTEAD]

New to your channel, your land and homestead is beautiful

[@HearthandDome]

Thank you friend! And welcome!!

[@vanlifenomadfirekeeper]

Corn is looking good. And sunshine is working hard (-:

[@jamesyarbrough4777]

score on the aged mulch!

[@rosaking8488]

Wow! The garden looks beautiful!! ❤️

[@NYC_Urbanista]

Thank you for the marigold tip!!

[@themikedexperience5018]

Your garden looks great, thanks for sharing.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

🌽🌽🌽🌽🎃 You could grow winter squashes among your corn. These plants benefit each other, look up three sisters, they grow well together. First plant the corn, two weeks later climbing beans and soon after winter squashes. Native gardening traditions, that work well.

[@payghbrozny1111]

Shake the plant to pollinate or beat with a rolled up newspaper

[@megankrantz9658]

Tomatoes self pollinate just from the wind or anything that shakes them.

[@sew_So_beautiful]

How did you put all that fine mulch down without getting dirty? I would have been covered head to toe with it and my hair would have been all pulled down from catching on the tomatoes. You look just as great when you finished as you did when you started! I love the idea of pitting your marigolds between the tomatoes. I'm going to try that this year. Usually I give my marigolds their own rows.

[@marilyncoleman2499]

Did sugar girl cute her bangs?Everythings looking GREAT👍🙏

[@HearthandDome]

She sure did!! LOL

[@karenrussell7143]

Good info. Thank you!

[@christiebetts4970]

Hi ladies!

[@MimsysGarden]

looks great! 💚

[@suecleveland3226]

Would that duckweed in your pond be good mulch and fertilizer?

[@stevegermain1222]

I got marigolds off of Amazon 10000 seeds for six bucks it sure beats the 99 cent packages and I'm just flinging them everywhere it's a great idea

[@jiggahenry9471]

Your co-host is too cute.

[@chrisdahl864]

Lower that tractor bucket , it'll be easier to scoop then. Save your back and shoulders!

[@lilylangman5620]

I can’t keep my marigolds alive???

[@glendaruff125]

You have been busy.

[@debbie2663]

🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@jeffvalliere2185]

👌🏽

[@robertl.fallin7062]

Over the past fifty years I have noticed no difference in the pounds per tomatoe plant compared to years when we had lots of bees. I dont count tomatoes, i do see the same numbers of quarts of Tomatoes per row of plants. Tomatoes pollinate very well from wind unlike squash which does need frequent pollinators .Please remember , the honey bee is not native to north americia .

[@teakkabean]

That’s a hula hoe. It swivels back and forth. Push and pull. Been using one for 50 years And shake those tomatoes they will self pollinate.