Sandy Backyard to Productive Eden in JUST 9 MONTHS [David The Good June Garden Tour 2021!]

It's hard to believe this was just a patch of sandy grass and weeds last year! Look at all this abundance! But hey - who planted these suspicious curcurbits???
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Today we take a tour through all the gardens and I share what worked and what didn't, along with planting sweet potatoes, ridged gourds/angle gourds, chopping and dropping, and sharing gardening tips. We used principles from permaculture, Ernst Goetsch, Stefan Sobkowiak, Bill Mollison, Steve Solomon, Geoff Lawton, Charles Dowding, Ruth Stout, alley cropping, food forests, edible hedges and more to build an incredible, productive garden.

[@davidthegood]

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[@MS-rh2bu]

That’s a great question! Some thing we are definitely always thinking about and planning for. I love your system. My only question is, do you have a bug issue increase from laying down the old food for a cover crop. I would think you’d have an excess of bugs eating up your other plants.

[@chessman483]

This is exactly how I garden , mulch ( compost) on the spot. We been on our acerage for 6 months and we could survive from the food we produce. Was awesome to see someone else verify the way I do things, don’t really know anyone personally who does it this way, just seemed common sense to me years ago.

[@laurachastain7116]

David, during this video you showed a Vitex tree and it's blooms and said it makes a nice tea? How exactly do you make the tea? We have a Vitex and love it.

[@captainron1960]

Is everglades a type of tomato?

[@deporteezdestiny3751]

Li099p

[@jetownsend1]

My wife and I were talking about compost, and she says to me, "What about that book you have by that guy David the Great?" I thought you would appreciate that in our house you have been promoted from good to great.

[@davidthegood]

Awesome.

[@FreeAmerican]

She could compost the book, but it is much better to read the book or give it to someone else.

[@lisakukla459]

@@FreeAmerican [rimshot]

[@BaloosCluesOriginal]

Love the new name David 😁

[@patriciamathis3191]

@@davidthegood I need info on how to order seeds and stuff from your daughter's ETSY STORE/ACCOUNT. Someone please help. - Patricia

[@randystogner5466]

You're like my Dad, he could plant an Egg and grow a Chicken. When I was young and he had us working in the garden I'd grumble but I learned a lot, which has helped me feed my Family at times. Back then I always said that I was going to do something that wouldn't require me to do gardens, but as I aged I came to realize the value of knowing how to grow your own food, especially during the "Great Recession" and the past year or so. Dad passed on a few years ago but what I wouldn't give to be working a garden with him just one more time. Thanks for your content, I always manage to learn something or think about a better/different way to do things.

[@BigWesLawns]

You & your Dad are good people to me. I feel you in your comment. 😢/😊

[@melanielinkous8746]

Am I the only one that does occasional Drunk Gardening? Is that a thing? Have a few beers, throw down some seeds and see what happens. I highly recommend it. 😀🌴🌺🌹🌻🌸

[@MS-rh2bu]

Your response to zucchini is the same as my husband. That is hilarious! Sautéed for a few minutes on a hot pan with olive oil salt and pepper is sure delicious!

[@kitcarson1388]

And of course, more will pop up where you threw that one!

[@heatherk8931]

I slice to fry, chunk into soups and spaghetti, mom grates for bread, step dad grates into salads. Very versatile and yummy

[@plantz4u214]

Sure is tasty!!!

[@christanorth9032]

Spiralize into spaghetti...

[@breadfan1071]

Ugh!

[@OddRobb]

Hates zucchini but loves eggplant? Never change, David the Good.

[@NewsChannel-y4g]

wasnt it a squash?

[@nancyfahey7518]

Yes, that was a Brazillian squash. Have some started this spring before the bugs show up.

[@journeywithnichole]

I had to replay thinking I missed something. All while I was eating my zucchini and eggs. Lol never seen someone have that kind of reaction to zucchini. “Did you plant that?”😬 “but I love zucchini lol”

[@cindyjohnson5242]

@@journeywithnichole I know, right?!

[@richm5889]

​@@NewsChannel-y4g Yes, it's zucchini, a summer squash, he acts horrified to find and throws. He's making fun of something he did end another video where he experience something a lot of us have. People who planted zucchini as usual had such an excess at harvest time they became nuisances and trying to get you to take some. In some neighborhoods people lock their porch doors so they don't wind up with a hall full of zucchini.

[@cheritait8116]

I bought my machete today for gardening like David The Good. Now I need a few hundred cannas.

[@tinawindham6958]

I just ordered 100 seeds for $8 on Etsy, the coral colored ones! I bought Stuttgart to try again. I haven’t had any success with those but I keep trying!

[@gardengatesopen]

I bet those Cannas tremble every time you walk into the garden!! 😆😆😆

[@gardengatesopen]

And the fruit trees breath a sigh of relief as you pass them by!! 😉

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

In my experience, they don't mind getting torn up. I chop mine up 3-4 times a year, and it's still spreading

[@gardengatesopen]

@@johntheherbalistg8756 That's not really what I meant... But yes, they are prolific!

[@lifescalling8080]

Just watching how you chop and drop and transplant your sweet potatoes was worth watching! Your reaction to the zucchini made me laugh! 😂

[@LowcountryGardener]

Scott Head singing, nice!

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

David: You can live on sweet potato. Me: That's how my Maori ancestors lived for about 1000 years.

[@johndougherty7216]

I now have this mental image of DTG’s cucumber vines throwing themselves on the ground like toddlers throwing tantrums.

[@mysongzz1521]

lol omgoodness I love this guy...something not growing right chop chop throw it somewhere else. lol I love it I'm new at gardening and he's my hero 💪😊

[@davidthegood]

Thank you very much. Welcome!

[@dianaliddelow7687]

My grandfather was from a part of Scotland where the soil was poor. He showed me how to pull weeds and lay them down on the soil like you're doing with the Cannas. Now I'm living in a part of Australia where there's a lot of granite and thinking I'll copy both of you. I love your show! It's relaxing and informative.

[@kahzinger]

Love the shorts, white socks and black shoes my friend. My kind of garden style.

[@AnitaLusty]

Don’t forget the hat! ❤️

[@wilderfarmstead]

I've found it best to take a basket and a bucket. Basket for the people, bucket for the chickens.

[@kateackerman4003]

Three cheers for Rachel, the behind the scenes person who is making it all happen!! Thank you Rachel, for all that you do. I hope everything is OK with you...I see more than I wish I had to see.

[@davidthegood]

We are well - she is a champ. Thank you.

[@carolynsteele5116]

My hubby says a garden has to be designed beforehand, and he goes crazy with my “thinking with a shovel” approach.

[@davidthegood]

Sometimes it finds its own order.

[@christanorth9032]

@@davidthegood sometimes 😖😄

[@bobboyce2578]

Junk tell your husband and appreciate your thoughts on gardening

[@o.o1163]

I've raised 4 kids on my own and its good to have them help around your garden. My .otto is to keep kids. busy with extra after school sports or whatever they're into and all of my kids got a job at 14 because I believe that they need to be empowered and responsible. I like them to be good young adults and really good people in general. I can honestly say that they're all great people. From my oldest 35 , 31, 29, 22. And it goes boy girl girl boy so yeah I've got 3 grandsons age 10, 8 ,5 and a granddaughter due to be here in late August to early September☺. God has blessed me so believe me when I tell you that its not child labor, its a labor of love and they'll appreciate what your teaching them when they get older☺😍

[@michelearcher3370]

My husband swears the only reason his parents had kids was to have someone to mow the lawn & wash the dishes

[@kalyanis4918]

Agreed

[@heatherk8931]

Kids all complain about helping when little, unless they see the bigger picture early on. Then grow up to grow their own garden with fond memories!

[@ruthmeijer4806]

He sure has a lot of zuchini in his basket for someone that doesn't like zuchini😂😂😂 Brazilian cucumber 😂😂i think his wive has a good sense of humor

[@rehoboth_farm]

Obviously those are courgettes.

😂

[@adryawebb2556]

I've never seen anyone be so repulsed by zucchini.

[@adryawebb2556]

Courgettes are the same thing as zucchini.

[@BarbaraShafferIsagenix]

She has to have a good sense of humor to be married to him!! 🥰

[@urbanhomesteadingpdx]

It’s been awesome to see you guys transform this property after moving back from the tropics. Thanks for taking us along your journey.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@lisaalbarras3029]

"Machete gardening"... Oh please let that be the title of your next gardening book!

[@1977islander]

"I like to chop, chop, chopity-chop."

[@lisakukla459]

The other Lisa also agrees, emphatically.

[@shannonz9211]

Dehydrate those cherry tomatoes. You can put a little balsamic on them or salt and u get tomato crisp chips.

[@davidthegood]

That sounds great.

[@FebbieG]

Dehydrated cherry tomatoes are my new favorite. I like to rehydrate them in chili or cooked with tilapia; they're just so deliciously rich.

[@KellenChase]

I hope one day to have an emerald thumb and biochar black heart like you. Awesome to watch.

[@dw2162]

You are going to have tomatillo volunteers for many years to come

[@alanstuartwatt2455]

PITH HELMET AND A JUNGLE KNIFE.. whoo ..hopefully see you in the next Jungle Jim movie.. love your work and dress sense..

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Alan.

[@Anne-ee1pw]

It's crazy I had a garden in the Pacific Northwest grew tomatoes and tomatillos for years. Never had an insect problem at all with either. I am inclined to believe that the insects that destroy tomatillo are found in southern locations. Never saw a cutworm until I moved to southern Utah, and I'll tell you those cutworms are garden hose sized!!!! And don't smash! They are rubberized!!! So off to the chickens they go! After years of gardening the volunteer tomatillos were better than the seeds from the store, so I would replant volunteer tomatillos and get an amazing harvest.

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

The blooms on cana lilies are super attractive to bumble bees and other native pollinators. The more you know

[@SonderSurreal]

I had to come back to this with the wife and dug thru it just to show her the Brazilian Bush Cucumber lmao

[@kathleensanderson3082]

Considering what you started with, this garden is beyond impressive!

[@brinkum948]

"wow you're still watching?" I certainly did! Thanks for a great clip! I have a vacant neighboring property I may use which is also pure sand ground. That's why I watched from beginning to end. Very insightful. Thanks a stack for sharing your experience! Now I know what real no dig permaculture looks like. I was shocked when you chop down Cannas en masse for cover & compost. You must be in a very warm climate for them to grow back within the season. I'm in northern Germany where I am delighted if my Canna actually reaches blossom maturity. Whatever, this is a delightful, easy-go-lucky example of gardening without the stress of need-to-work-out. And I especially like your tool of choice!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. Yes - canna is super fast growing here, and grows back a few times before frost.

[@user-di6cn2ne7u]

I adore bindweed/morning glory. They were one of the only thing growing through the gravel when I moved into this place. I had no idea people hated it or that it was such a pain to get rid of until I had been here a few years and realized morning glory and bindweed were the same things !

[@bardobro]

Amaranth leaf damage might be cucumber beetles. It is a fantastic trap crop for those. I had red-root pigweed growing right next to my cucumbers last year, and the beetles mostly stayed on the pigweed.

[@LMKTinyForest]

The tomato which looks like Cherry in your garden is the kind we use for making Somtam (Papaya salad). This Thai menu is best lunch after a sweaty working in the garden for the whole morning. This video is so inspiring for me since I have such a poor soil. Thank you very much for sharing. Big heart from Thailand

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@doraw7766]

I love your style of gardening. It is so similar to mine. Thanks for helping my garden skills improve for the last 2 years. I learned the value of chop and drop from you. Many blessings.

[@adamcadovius4566]

"Brazilian cucumber" love it...LOL

[@numinous2506]

Variety is the key to attracting enough predators to eat the pests, I've found. For natural pest control, support the ecosystem to attract help. Some of the biggest hungriest spiders in the country like to have places to perch to hunt. The green sphinx spider joined my army this year and she has taken up residence atop a marigold flower. The combined synergy of their efforts has given me a joy and inner peace that no selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor could EVER offer....

[@kellymariejaramillo]

I was hoeing my corn rows yesterday and there were so many volunteer tomatoes, I’m talking hundreds, that I thought 💭 well I just fed my corn tomato micro greens 😄 then I thought that’s totally something David the Good would appreciate

[@davidthegood]

Yes. I appreciate it. Good job, Kelly.

[@shanec8812]

Thank you very much. My "soil" is 90% rock and terrible. I put a shovel in the ground and sparks fly. You have inspired to try.

[@judyevans6074]

I've watched a couple of your videos over the last year or so... How did I not notice your hilarity!? Now I'm hooked. 😆

[@davidthegood]

Welcome, Judy. Thank you.

[@antoniohache5111]

Wow , it is impressive, and your influences are awesome. I am working the old property that belonged to my grandma. It was a citrus plantation in Denia,a Spanish mediterranean town. I have been working there since October, but my results have not been as good. I still have a lot to improve!

[@robinlewis4452]

Are the first plants that you planted yams?

[@addictedtoelf]

How did she not laugh at the whole zucchini gagging 🤣

[@plantz4u214]

Wow, but why does he hate the poor zucchini? He doesn't like it for sure.

[@pamelag.4417]

WoW! Im impressed, I found my machete today when I was in the garden! I want to become a machete gardener, iI would really feel empowered! I love your garden its so wild. Keep whacking!! God bless, I think He has!!

[@sandrabeck8788]

I’m drowning in Everglades tomatoes, and had the same thought ! Tomato jam! So many people have never heard of it!

[@BonnieBlue2A]

This video was the first I’ve heard of tomato jam. Never heard of Everglades tomatoes until this channel either. Can I grow those up north in 5b? If so, where do you get the seeds?

[@marielaretivesiccard7162]

Tomato onion ///tomato pineapple /// tomato zuccinii// tomatoe beetroot /// tomato + fruit

[@abuhabibalkhair250]

Did I just witness this man throw a perfectly good zucchini across the garden? 😂

[@yeevita]

If he tossed it onto the cushion of tomatoes, it will be fine. His daughter can add it to the Brazillian cucumbers.

[@drivenmad7676]

I bought a Praying mantis egg sack five years ago. We see them everywhere now.

[@WeAreWastingUrTime]

😂 the gourd arm lol your videos are so awesome and inspirational! We should be done moving to our forever home by this Tuesday and I can’t even wait to start my garden 🪴 with all your tips! 🎉 thank you for all you do! God bless!

[@TrickyVickey]

Dave the smaller tomatillos have the most flavor. I always pick the smallest ones out to make salsa. The darker green they are the more flavor they have. Tomatillos grow wild in the US especially in Florida & Alabama. I have picked the wild ones which are no bigger than a small grape and made salsa from them too. Tomatillos contain chemicals which are anti-cancer.

[@tesha199]

Every healthy veggie contains anti-cancer ingredients

[@steph6337]

Your reaction to the zucchini... I needed that laugh! Thank you! 😆

[@colinmacdonald8738]

Morning glory beautiful foiliage and flowers.

[@jettyeddie_m9130]

I came to see this video again and realized I’ve never had any good luck growing the Zee’s , I like to make a beer batter and fry them up ! 😋

[@Elaine-br4lw]

Everything is growing so well! Congratulations on your success!

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@debbiecurtis992]

Oh my gosh I'm growing canna around my apple &Asian pear trees and I trimmed them down and left the leaves there because I was lazy. lol

[@tanyawales5445]

Canna edulis has edible roots. It takes a very long time to cook them though. The immature seed of canna indica is edible and tastes like spicy peas. You can use the leaves like banana leaves as plates or to make food packages you can steam like tamales. Plant Aztec corn. It's huge!

[@nancyfahey7518]

I was yelling, "get that pokeweed!" And you did.

[@thuffman44]

I normally suspend my sweet potato vines in water first so they root out. But in hindsight, I like your method much much better. Less fuss.

[@thuffman44]

I wanted tomatillos this year SO BADLY. I purchased seeds from Baker Creek and got ZERO to germinate. My lesson learned but forgotten: Don't use tap water to germinate seeds (Oops, lol)

[@davidthegood]

They root very easily.

[@alexsummersell3567]

Tim Huffman. Tell Bakers Creek they didn't germinate. They do have a warrant on seeds and will send more out.

[@ladytreco1518]

Can someone explain his reaction to the zucchini?

[@milaadams6836]

Tomatillo need a support to stand up. use tomato cage to support the tomatoes, then you'll have good yummy tomatoes.

[@DixieLivingHomestead]

WTG Scott, that was an awesome lil' diddy! Don't forget, the cannas also have edible potato-like roots too! Yum!!

[@tanyawales5445]

Those twining plants look like morning glories. Cannas are related to bananas and you can use the leaves as plates for barbeque or to make packets of rice and fruit/vegetables to steam. Canna roots are edible but take a lot of cooking to get them softened up. It's strictly a famine food. You can grow daylilies for the edible blooms and roots.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

The yard-long beans also come in a red colour. Also great to see, standing out from the colour of the vines. I used to grow them while I was growing up, in Singapore. I fed them to my hamsters. They loved them! Those snake gourds are also yummy! I like them, they are much better than bitter gourd! Your amaranth plants are getting eaten up by stink bugs. They can also decimate the leaves of several types of gourds, including luffa and squash/zucchini leaves too.

[@davidthegood]

Yes. We found the red and purple snake beans to be tougher and less tasty.

[@simonesimoneaux-lawson9238]

those vines that volunteered up with your other plants look to me like a wild morning glories. I'm in Pensacola Florida which is not far from you and my yard has wild morning glories like crazy

[@denisedaigle7006]

I don't plant loofah the sponges. I planted for the vegetable. It is the juiciest best tasting vegetable on the grill.

[@jeancampbell4341]

Sweet Potatoes. Good wishes from South Africa. Excellent garden tour. Many thanks.

[@melanieallen3655]

The everglade tomatoes look amazing!! Im now growing canna lillies4 chop n drop too..love your videos! Cheers from Sydney, Australia.🙂Tomatoes are $10kilo at the moment.& around $4 a tub of 200grams...your cayanne pepper looks healthy & abundant.

[@midsouthhomestead7527]

I buy Wedding TULLE. I cut it into squares big enough to cover clusters of tomatoes, blueberries and tomatillos loosely. Then secure with clothes pins. It will save my garden from the black worms and other critters. I got this tip from Robby and Gary Easy Gardening on KZbin. Thanks for sharing so many tips. Especially, the Poke Weed chop and drop. Happy Gardening in 2023 Rhonda from TN 🌻👩🏼‍🌾🌻

[@ahavarichardson5426]

Got mine going on! Love spending time outdoors where we as humans need to be

[@markrcross]

Just discovered and subscribed. At last I found a KZbin gardener who has actual experienced gardening in the tropics. A pity you seem to have returned to the mainland but your presentations - augmented with humour - on producing soil are very entertaining and helpful. I live in fragile soil Niue, 19° south of the equator in the Pacific. Finding the challenge of vegetables outside traditional Niuean gardening (which I did for years), is very exciting because it is 100% reliant on creating my own soil. It's kind of a retirement career change and I am loving it. Thanks, will check out your website, your book and the various books that you have recommended.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Mark. Welcome!

[@fadista7063]

You can really see all the work that went into that land in a short period. I have two of your books and read them over and over. Between those and your vids I think I am going to reach the Food Forest one day....what a great adventure 🌴🌿🥦🍅

[@davidthegood]

Excellent! It is work, but it is fun, too.

[@GypsyBrokenwings]

Looked like Malabar spinach. Those Brazilian cucumbers sure look familiar 🤔. I threw a bunch of mustard seeds in between some rows... figuring the fumagent wouldn't hurt. They come up fast! I'm thanking God I finally have water in!

[@deborahandrews9728]

Thanks for the garden tour! I had to put most of my fruiting plants in raised beds and pots to help with pest pressure. One thing I try to do is encourage beneficial insects and one of my favorites is any type of wasp. They love caterpillars, slugs and snails. This year the wasps are a little late probably due to this wonky weather and I have a lot of tomato worms. Thankfully the wasps have been catching up with that population. Now I’m waiting on my lacewing eggs to show up for the aphids. Also, if I can keep my chickens from eating it down to the ground (again), I’ll be using comfrey for chop and drop compost.

[@terricarranza4277]

My Dad always said, "you win some, you lose some". Sounds like a life motto.

[@auroramarie2463]

@David The Good Can you talk about composting diseased/spent plants sometime? I believe I read in one of your books that it could be done safely.

[@JeffsTrades]

39:14 You probably figured out, that our wild "blackberries" down south are called "dewberries"....they make a great tasting, tart fruit that ripens dark. They grow wild everywhere, birds love them and they'll grow in marginal soil.

[@davidthegood]

They are definitely worth harvesting.

[@melodieobryan916]

Please dispel the myth of adding green (un-composted plant material) in garden beds. Have always heard that doing so robs soil of nitrogen. I love the 'Chop and drop' concept.

[@davidthegood]

Green materials are generally fine. Brown is not.

[@heatherk8931]

@@davidthegood oh shoot, I just put a bunch of leaves down to choke out that dang Oxalis I'm trying to kill. Its laying over, but evily repopulated the soil. I'm pretty sure their green selves are not what I need.

[@bobertcronos8433]

Tomatillos did amazing for me in Washington when I was a kid up against a fence covered in aluminium foil so it would get more sun and warm up more.

[@chrisd.508]

I like doing chop and drop too🐸

[@chrisd.508]

I've been chopping + drop ping in community garden bed for 12 yr the Unitarian garden for 10 yrs, the hugel down below for 2 yr. I also cover with leaf , T Y U ROCK!

[@joycesmith1270]

That was fun, thanks

[@matthewkizziahcuzia...gott9632]

I'm glad you finally got some tomatoes. I can tell you're happy about it.

[@charlescoker7752]

You heard of Pencil ear corn? Makes big kernels. Grows tall. A good cut and drop plant. After harvest.

[@paullittle813]

I ordered me some Brazilian cucumbers! Can't wait to start growing them!

[@Golden_SnowFlake]

I love zucchini, I could not help but giggle from the dramatic hatred however. Well done.

[@carladelagnomes]

Awh! Those Cana Lillies were pretty. I have to work to grow those here in Northeast Nevada.

[@FreeAmerican]

They grow like weeds in North Alabama.

[@heatherk8931]

Start some in a shady area, they will do amazingly

[@SeededandRooted]

I love that your wife tied up the tomatoes they look great and gives more room to move around and keeps them under control that away thanks for the tour

[@hilarylonsdale608]

Hope Rachel's 'brazilian cucumber' pitch goes better than my 'it's a cousin of a radish' *turnip*. That one didn't work more than the once.

[@joycehaines2055]

A squash in our neighborhood is it's known name. From Idaho. Good to eat very productive. Fried or baked.

[@ThumperSillywabbit]

What Kind of tomatoes do you have that don't mind heat? I'm in AZ and when temp gets to about 100 the blossoms fall off. I think tomato jam would be delicious maybe spice with a little jalopenia or cayenne pepper. The sweet hot will be delicious. I guess your tomatoes are everglade variety?

[@PegsGarden]

I agree with you about the Everglades tomatoes, they are so prolific, I have about 6 plants growing here in Central Florida

[@davidthegood]

That's enough to cover half a garden! They really sprawl.

[@PegsGarden]

@@davidthegood Yes they already have, I have some staked with tomato cages and some I let wander freely, I have saved a ton of seeds and will be planting more out, since they love this Florida heat.

[@tylerday1342]

I've always found that my tomatillos grow pretty irregularly, their shape always varies a lot. If you grow specific varieties like rio grande, gigante, purple, tamayo, etc. it will really help you in determining which has better disease and pest resistance and more consistency. Rather than just going with the one labeled "green tomatillo" which I have also not had much success with. I was gifted some queen of malinalco tomatillo seeds and their flavor is remarkable, you can just eat them right off the plant and still make delicious salsa and sauces with them too.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you.

[@robertmoore1215]

A few tips for you from WV & Long Island-- your bug problem can be abated naturally with trap crops once you know what's doing the chomping. I believe Alabama extension service participated in that study. The trap crop for brassicas are mustard greens & marigolds planted a distance away from your brassicas. Think of it as distracting a 3yr old from what you'd rather he not mess with. We used to plant a throw away patch of corn a distance away from our main crops to appease the "deer gods". 600mg of asprin & 1 gallon of water sprayed on nightshade varieties prevents blight. The self-watering kiddie pool (works for rain barrels too)- a drop or two of essential oil makes an inhospitable environment for mosquitoes & larva. I prefer lemon or grapefruit for pleasant scent and deterrent for other bugs. If you keep the water at or above the level you had in the pool, the oil will never hit the roots. If you should need to lift the plants out, lay a paper towel atop the water it will soak up the drop or two sheen. For rain barrels/catchments plan on repeating the drop or two after rainy days to maintain a clean source.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Robert.

[@susanjordan2130]

I love your videos. You inspire me to do more in my garden. Thanks

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, Susan.

[@detyelram2819]

Here's a guy who hates zucchinni who accidentally grows what looks like award winning zukes and then there's me, who can't even get the seeds to germinate in ground...

[@victorialove9104]

I'm soon moving back to my childhood home in Jacksonville Florida. It has a backyard. Haven't had a backyard since I left home at 21. Looking forward to planting my first garden. I've gleaned from this tour that tomatoes don't do well in Florida. Might try cherry tomatoes. This is the first gardening video I've seen that makes gardening less intimidating. When I was growing up we had datyl peppers, kumquats, guavas, figs, persimmons, chayote growing in the yard so I'm definitely planting those. Only the fig and persimmon survived from when my wonderful parents got too old to care for the plants. I am so grateful they gave me the home I grew up in. Looking so forward to bring life back into the once thriving beautiful yard.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you. The smaller tomatoes do much better in Florida - especially Everglades tomato.

[@amandasharp8549]

I know a lady in tampa with an entire front lawn covered in everglades haha 😂 She got an award for water conservation efforts. I believe she owns a neem tree farm. Kind lady!

[@grahamblackall6305]

Hey David Have you considered making a David the Good history video? You could explain where your travels.have taken you especially for us non USA followers I'd be interested in the root of the Z phobia and the rage they induce in you. Take care Graham

[@ut2467dfg2467ut]

He posted this explanation earlier...."Our van ran into a huge truck filled with z___ when I was little. We never made it to my little league championship game and my hopes for a MLB career were ruined."

[@heatherk8931]

@@ut2467dfg2467ut quite the story, I didn't hear it, but lol makes sense

[@JohnEnserfud]

Thanks for sharing this David. 😀

[@LauraTeAhoWhite]

Hey David, with the cucumbers you can train them to climb up the string using tomato clips, in commercial operations, this is how they train them. They are cheap and reusable.

[@amandasharp8549]

I wonder If I can have a bunch of strings tied to my pine tree then make a Cucumber vine Christmas tree shaped trellis lol

[@janetrobison2765]

Thanks for all the good info. I pray the Lord blesses and comforts this family in their loss. Give them strength to continue on, trusting in you dear Father.

[@hamhawk4027]

What's this? Umm. Brazilian cucumbers. You'll like them. #momskills

[@wadehoward2525]

Morning Glory

[@johnliberty3647]

Camera person does a great job. I have been taking it for granted but I appreciate the great work accomplished.

[@davidthegood]

Thank you, John - my wife is my cinematographer. I'll let her know.