My Favorite Time Of Year | Tour My Garden

[@colleenreyes9770]

I love hearing your chickens in the background. Awesome garden, what a huge difference from last year! I’ve learned to jump in and get my hands dirty and make adjustments each year. I appreciate your genuine enthusiasm!

[@tomleww7975]

Hello 👋

[@jeremiewampler]

For this technically being your second season your garden wise beyond your years along with the whole epic gardening crew

[@deborahgardner6786]

Thanks for never shying away from showing up the things that didn't go so well in the garden. If the Garden Hermit has room for improvement, I don't need to be embarassed with my own semi-failures.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

If I was perfect at it I would get bored!

[@JoeBlack14]

AH i saw the Black Phoebe on the trellis top. The ones in my yard just had 4 babies. They eat all the flying bugs and are my favorite birds in the yard. They love dried meal worms as well as the live bugs.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That black Phoebe loves sitting on the trellis, I often see it with a bug in its beak!

[@ashleyr3688]

Love the garden update. You really giving me some motivation to prepare my garden for the spring coming up on our end of the world. Currently winter

[@julesgoh]

Kale… you look too good to be true… can’t take my eyes off you! 😍 It’s so wonderful to see and hear you brimming with so much pride and joy and laughter as you share your garden with us. Thank you Jacques!

[@terrinegron]

I love your tips as you walk around your veggie garden. Thank you!

[@RingoWasHisNamo]

Love the content! Keep it up. We love our continued education as a newer gardening household! 🤜🤛

[@James-Jacobsen]

Here in Idaho I cover my Tomatoes, Cukes and Peppers with 50% shade cloth all year. Yesterday it was 104 deg.

[@domesti-city]

Here in the inland foothills east of San Diego it was 105 degrees today, and I'm so glad I put up shade cloth last week. I have tomatoes setting fruit because of it, as well as peppers and cucumbers.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Very fortunate to be close enough to the coast to avoid that stress!

[@dinacasey7034]

Love your VLOG!! You have a very pleasing voice to listen to, as well as great information. You are a great motivation for me in my own garden. from SE Missouri

[@lisag9752]

Hey Jacques! How about spending a little time in your next video to tell us about yourself! What is your day job? How do you and Katrina work together in your garden? How did you get into gardening? I'm sure we'd love to know more about the garden hermit!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

This is for sure a video I need to cover!

[@evoltnvii]

Love the updates and the beautiful gardens keep up the great work you inspire me to try new thing in the garden almost every update.

[@Lisa-zp4pc]

General garden and tomato envy over here! Your garden looks beautiful

[@danieldow3094]

Looks great man, love how much you do with the space you have.

[@dylanslabach4090]

6:00: I am constantly impressed and in love with the use of the property you have, Jacques. Keep being amazing!

[@wdsjrmd1]

you have a beautiful garden. your videos are full of useful information

[@irasemacalvillo6851]

So bountiful!! love the way your have planned your garden. I'm kicking myself for taking out my kales. I did not know. I'm getting so many tips from you. Thank you!

[@gardengatesopen]

The garden is fabulous!!

[@gamingwithmarz8691]

You know what would be great! You talking podcast form outdoors ! Would def binge

[@Imjetta7]

Great tour, you have an amazing garden!

[@apotheosisofarose1425]

Garden tours always fly by.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Longer next time?

[@apotheosisofarose1425]

@@jacquesinthegarden hard yes

[@Carmen-ok]

Your garden looks amazing! That was a nice bunch of grapes 🍇 Everything looks spectacular, your garden is pumping 👍🏼👏🏼

[@prismatica8416]

Those oranges look so good

[@wickedwhimzee]

Love seeing updates on your beautiful garden Jacques! 😀

[@momthebest5908]

Love your garden tours, they’re so informative. Thanks.

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

I want a garden like this.

[@gtrgenie]

This is the most productive pepper season in L.A. 10b I’ve ever had. Looks beautiful Jacques!

[@conniek3354]

Your garden is looking fantastic. Enjoy the garden tours! 🍅

[@MsArtistwannabe]

I love your garden.

[@meysaechao4902]

I want to thank you for wearing your UV tan shirt most of the time, that you are not wearing today, lol, I got me one because I ask myself why do you wear it so much, now I know, I love it, keep me cool and protected from the UV.

[@siamstation]

Wow. Lots happening in your garden. Thank you for the tour. Blessings from Australia ❤️

[@Enedina86]

There are a few things that I’m growing for the first time, and it’s so cool to see them in your garden tour! Your garden is beautiful 😍

[@aimeesgardens]

Wow what kind of sunflower was that huge one you showed??? I totally have garden envy! It's beautiful!!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I have a few like mammoth sunflower, red sun, chocolate cherry, and valentine to name a few!

[@deborahrusignuolo7612]

Amazing garden 😍

[@TheLazyTexan]

Any content that has the garden hermit I’m clicking that like button!

[@misssarahlouise1024]

I loved the video ✅😄 📸 Any chance you will be making a video on how to with growing pumpkins, growing them for fall and harvesting? That would be wonderful 👍🏻

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I'll try to put that together!

[@thatsalt1560]

Your tomatoes look so good! That kind of curly kale, by the way, I grew up with. Traditional Christmas food where I'm from. (Creamed. Fat and unhealthy 😁)

[@Lulu-dz5wj]

Summer garden looks great! I’m interested in how you are trellising your passion vine. What is it attached to to make it look like a tree?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is actually a tipi structure made out of conduit, if you go back to the first tour on my channel I think you can see the structure there

[@Lulu-dz5wj]

@@jacquesinthegarden thank you 😊 love the look!

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

You may need to extend that Greek giant bean trellis...mine are 12 ft tall! Got any spare tall bamboo stakes?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I actually do have some 12' bamboo from my side yard, good call!

[@ejfishes7610]

Great content and garden! Thank you for sharing and all your hard work. Eric

[@johnmiguel7666]

Your garden is really coming along..wonderful to see...been watching from Italy, as we have pretty much the same climate..bit more cold in winter, but mostly wet...we wrote to Kevin to encourage him to plant food crops that he can preserve, from that new "major" patch we watched you two cultivate...amazing the amount of work you are doing! Keep it up..love watching it all!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

We will be actually planting more crops like dry beans and corn for flour!

[@johnmiguel7666]

@@jacquesinthegarden ...Great!...with all that space, you can really get a lot of valuable crops to harvest for later on...I think Kevin may need a bit of input from you on getting things preserved, etc., but it is well worth it, both savings and health-wise....keep up the good work...we enjoy watching you both! PS...not sure the effort of growing and harvesting that wheat was worth it, especially for one loaf of bread, but Hey...it was a good experiment! Best to stick to things that will give you more bang for your buck...

[@cathysteele924]

Your kale is gorgeous!! Would you mind sharing where you got the seeds for it? And what variety specifically it is? Thank you! I always love your content.

[@averageinvestor4986]

I was just about to ask that. I've never seen kale grow like this before

[@jeremiewampler]

Tree kale?

[@domesti-city]

Me, too! Especially that curly kale species!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

These are all basic varieties actually, just "lacinato" and "Vates" or blue curly kale.

[@domesti-city]

@@jacquesinthegarden Okay, I think I need a more permanent spot to plant my kale this fall to get it started for long term harvest. Thanks!

[@fluxilla]

love these garden tours! can't wait to see more of your irrigation updates.

[@Vintage43]

You mentioned that you had an Early Girl tomato producing very well and it looked like it was being grown in a container. I will be growing them this year in a container and I would appreciate if you could answer a few questions. Can you recall how tall the plant grew? How susceptible were they to deseases? Any suggestions on watering? How often did you fertilize?

[@jcking6785]

Love your content, Jacques. Keep up the great work. At 1:14, there is a lovely little bird on top of your trellis; do you have any idea what species it is? Would you consider doing some videos where you harvest a veggie or two then show us how you prepare them(the pattie pan squash in particular)? (I don’t cook much and have no clue about cooking fresh veggies other than corn).

[@jacquesinthegarden]

It is a Black Phoebe, its been hanging out on the trellis for weeks now! I often see them with a bug in their beak!

[@ramthian]

Thanks again

[@juliotorres9871]

Love watching your garden extremely jealous. Keep growing keep doing what you’re doing we love the content

[@faybeland9902]

Quite a beautiful garden!

[@ym10up]

May I request some chicky updates in the garden tours? Definitely want to see how they are doing as well!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I totally missed that! I will include them next time for sure!

[@ym10up]

@@jacquesinthegarden thank you so much!!!

[@chelseajones4141]

I tried the tasty green too! 🥒 they are so tasty! 😋

[@annissa485]

I love your videos! Thank you so much!

[@nancycowell-miller4321]

Thanks for the tour. I went crazy this spring with seed-planting (had surprisingly good germination for ~10 year old seeds). But then ran into significant delays before I could get the [few] survivors planted. Bottom Line: I am about a month behind EVERYBODY (Waaahhh! 😫). Thankfully we have a long growing season in 9B - I just have to be patient!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Being zone 9 + is quite the luxury when it comes to timing!

[@StorytimewithMeemaw57]

Great tour! Thank you:).

[@pascalxus]

i love your trellis. i'm going to have to make that. =). and if you ever to figure out how to prune those grapes, make a tutorial for it. I'm having a hard time finding a comprehendable online video for pruning grapes. - for some reason they're all so confusing, especially the summer pruning. i'm never quite sure how much to prune away exactly, especially when the vines start growing out of control.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I will definitely be researching and updating when I get it down! Check out my Instagram for a quick tutorial on building that trellis.

[@Idontwantachannel67]

Wow you have so much in a smallish space!! Love lucky tiger tomatoes, however i only got like 6 from the plant I grew 2-3 seasons in a row. I have given up on that one since its like a bad tease to only get 6. Yes please talk slower and take more time in the garden, very fascinating. Where did you get gigantes beans? I have not been able to find them?!?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Interesting to hear! They have been quite prolific for me this year, I purchased the seeds form Johnny's Selected seed. I will absolutely go slower and talk more about things in the next one! As for the gigante beans I think I randomly purchased them off someone on Etsy

[@lindasoaft9303]

Wow, fantastic looking plants. I’ve had a terrible time with leaf miners and powdery mildew! I’ve pulled out a good bit of he plants. I just worry about what’s in the soil now! Any recommendations?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

With leaf miners and powdery mildew your best bet is aggressive pruning and removing the leaves as they come up. For example if you have a summer squash/zucchini you will want to remove all the leaves below the most current fruit. If you do that you can keep the powdery mildew at bay.

[@androidappdev]

I can't believe this is only your second year! That garden is beautiful. Did you grow asparagus from starts? Where did you get them? I have tried to grow asparagus from tractor supply and they just didn't grow at all. Are they supposed to be dry and brown when you buy them?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I started mine from seed and transplanted them in, if they are seedlings it should for sure have green growth, if its a "Crown" it will look like brown twisted pile of roots and that should also work fine

[@j.reneewhite915]

I would love to know if you have any insights or tricks to making sure you use 100% organic (no spray) straw. The herbicide used on hay to eradicate the broad leaf plants can still affect your soil and plants 3 years after being introduced on the straw. Even after the cow/horse/goat or rabbit eat the hay it's effects are still potent in the poo. I've been using home made compost and leaf mold and worm castings because I don't know how to safely navigate the industry. TIA

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Unfortunately it is simply hard to tell and it can be a roll of the dice. In this case I have been using straw from the same local garden supply, City Farmers, and since I haven't had a problem I keep using it. You can try and test it by mixing some into soil and growing beans on it. I've also thought about soaking it in water and the using that to water some test seedlings but I am not sure if that would be accurate.

[@Gothbrooks420]

Love watching your garden tours Jacques! How long did you have the grape vine before you got fruit? Thanks again for the great content!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

This one was potted as a bare root for a year, and in the ground for a year now to produce this growth!

[@buttonenfuego]

Hey Jacques. Can you do a video on heirloom/indeterminate tomato issues. I've got Berkeley tie dye and Aunt Ruby green that both are not setting fruit and it's completely frustrating . 9b

[@jacquesinthegarden]

For large tomatoes they need at least 10 hours of FULL sun to really bear fruit, generally even 13 hours is more ideal. The other issues are pollination and heat, if you see a new flower open just tap on it to try to get it to pollinate. If temps are over 90 fruit set will also be more difficult.

[@compostthis9025]

Outstanding! how often are you running your drip?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Haha I wish it was consistent enough to be able to answer, as I rework my whole setup I will have proper numbers and exact information to share.

[@jordanyeager9220]

Monty from #GardenersWorld says to thin the grapes on each bunch to produce the best yields.

[@halfacrehomemaker]

Jacques, I can’t believe you started more seeds recently! How are you consuming this bounty? Have any recipes to share in a future video?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I do post some quick and easy recipes on my Instagram but I will try to bring more in to the KZbin channel as well! We actually often don't have enough for our household as we eat A LOT of vegetables!

[@gloriaenciso2917]

Love all the information. I’m trying to finalize my in ground beds. I’ve been growing in raised beds, but expanded and because of costs decided to just start one in ground. I started out just planting in different sized areas that would change depending on what the crop was. I want to make permanent planting beds and walkways since seems more efficient and will have less compaction. Can you tell me how you set up your rows. How wide planting and walkway rows are?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That is basically where I was at and eventually formed the more finalized beds. You have some trade offs to consider, the wider the bed the more effective growing space you have. So the most standard setup is 30" beds and pathways at a minimum of 18". Personally I prefer doing 24" spacing for pathways and 36-48" bed. Think about how far you want to lean for some people 48" wide beds is quite a reach but also making planting more flexible.

[@decisi2024]

Both you and Kevin seem to be fans of nasturtiums, mind showing what its used for?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Mostly they grow well here and do great at attracting bees and other pollinators. They also serve as a trap plant so aphids love them meaning they will cover the nasturtiums rather than my food plants!

[@decisi2024]

@@jacquesinthegarden do you actively consume them as a food crop? Think Kevin mentioned it being edible so it got me curious. 👀

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

When did you put in your garlic? Mine didn’t bulb☹️ I’m in the Monterey Bay Area and definitely know about June gloom I’ll try the pepper trick because mine will overwinter but they don’t get very tall. I’m also trying to grow them in a Greenstalk in the greenhouse this year😀

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I had planted them in November but I really need to do better with irrigation!

[@HighlyKhoalified]

Jacques, do you have any tips on preventing cracking tomatoes in containers? In my area, we get heat well past 100 degrees, so I have to water my containers more often during heat waves, but then that results in pretty severe cracking for my tomatoes. :T

[@jacquesinthegarden]

That can be a tricky one, some varieties are just less prone to cracking. Keeping the containers mulched heavily and trying to provide shade will make the watering more smooth throughout the day.

[@tylerporter8012]

Jacque, do you ever run into tomato leaf curl? My plants all have a little curl to the leaves and I’m starting to worry I may have to remove them. Might be a good topic for a future video :)

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Some varieties will have more curl to their leaves naturally but otherwise I haven't been hit by this issue.

[@ALittleBitAboutALotChannel]

Are you using an excel sheet to keep track of all your plants, their preferred areas and temp and all the details about them like time to maturity etc?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I keep saying I will but never do, for now I mostly keep everything in mind and try, unsuccessfully, to keep track of it all!

[@friggeh]

I'm trying a florida weave because of you and Kevin. However, one of my tomatoes is falling behind in growth. How do you fix this? I left a bag open and plan to get it in when its tall enough, would that work?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Yeah it happens, something I should have mentioned as commercially they are usually all planted as the same variety. I just weave anyway but then force the plant back through the previous weaves or just run another string without weaving to grab the plant back in.

[@jennifermedina5146]

Where did you find your dwarf tomatoes? I’m in SD too…

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I buy seeds from Victory Seed Company!

[@judy2942]

I’m here in Fresno and it’s been +100 degree weather lately, but during spring my garden was doing well then we had a week of hot weather and it dried up a lot of my garden but it didn’t kill it but killed any produce that was growing. I finally got it coming back with blooms and a couple of tomatoes growing. But my squash are small and not growing and my bell peppers and cucumbers are flowering but not producing vegetables. Is there still time to get produce

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Fore sure still time! Just go for things that have faster days to maturity and to make life easy grow cherry tomatoes they will suffer less from the heat.

[@novastar2486]

Make sure you protect those grapes from raccoons. They LOVE to demolish grapes right before they are ripe enough to pick.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Shhhh they haven't found them yet!

[@villanella]

do you grow any bulgarian peppers this year? i just got some "dracula" seeds, which is a hot pepper, i am very excited about it!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I have Plovdia Kapia, Hissar Kapia, and Chorbajiski peppers! They are also doing very well!

[@villanella]

@@jacquesinthegarden i love kapias! is the chorbajiski sweet or hot?

[@huzbum]

How did everything hold up to the heat? I'm on the north west side of Escondido, and my tomatoes are pretty stressed with the recent heat. I'm thinking I might need to start covering them when it gets hot like this.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Shade cloth can make a huge difference, fortunately I am fairly close to the coast so my temps aren't really passing the 90s

[@lookwhoneedsahobbie]

tips for growing kale?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

its coming!

[@alilbitliz]

Where did you get the passion fruit seeds or tree from

[@jacquesinthegarden]

This is the "Fredrick" variety and is very commonly sold across San Diego

[@rufia75]

Do you have any problems with your heat with bolting brassicas? especially broccoli and kale?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Generally smaller brassicas like bok choy are impossible but summer varieties of broccoli like Happy Rich and long established kale plants planted form the previous year can take the stress.

[@buckeyethor]

Iron Chef Alex guarnaschelli hates pattypan squash. What’s the best way to cook it?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Personally I am not a fan but my girlfriend likes it, I only enjoy it when its tiny, like 1.5-2 inches across max!

[@aleamajz]

Is it okay to plant eggplants and tomatoes near each other? There are some websites I’ve seen who say not to plant them close to each other.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I think its better separate as they can suffer from the same issues. The eggplant will also want full sun and heat so getting shaded by the tomatoes. But there is no technically reason for it be an actual problem.

[@jcoko]

Do your cucumbers ever turn out bitter? I’ve tried a couple of times to grow them and they always seem bitter.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I have never had that issue personally, It may be an under watering thing.

[@nancyk8153]

what do you do with all the vegetables????

[@jacquesinthegarden]

My household is very vegetable centric so we literally eat every single thing and often don't have enough!

[@joshschimke4258]

I say this with so much love, but please look up proper knife skills. Protect those fingies and tuck in your fingertips. Keep up the great work!

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Idk what it is about cutting with curled back fingers but I just never liked it and after working in a kitchen I never forced myself to do it. But you are totally right

[@ym10up]

What's the plant (at 3:58) next to the asparagus, with the red stems and green leaves???

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Rhubarb!

[@ym10up]

@@jacquesinthegarden really!!?? Oh that's surprising. I thought rhubarb has larger leaves and is more sprawling. Perhaps it bolted? Interesting 🤔

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

I want to grow grapes. I love to eat them.

[@ellencnixon]

💜💜

[@Matarman]

12 okra plants bro you are going to be getting at LEAST 12 okra a day. Maybe as many as 24. Dunno if you've ever grown okra but you'll have a TON.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Trust me haha, that's what I said but insisted we need more, I am fully prepared to pull out 4 haha.

[@Ky-dl5ko]

I second Jame S. I could just hang out in your garden. Isn’t that odd? I’m doing work in my little garden while watching you in yours.

[@jacquesinthegarden]

Haha if it wasn't my personally home I would definitely be more open to it!

[@organicgardenmamavictoriab2768]

How big is the garden?

[@jacquesinthegarden]

I haven't ever properly measured it!

[@mochamommyATX]

This is encouraging