Trying to Garden in 40mph Wind

[@ilse5639]

Love the videos. Perhaps a fun idea, give each other a mystery seed and try to figure out what it is while growing it. See who guesses it first correctly?

[@cursedcookies]

This is a fabulous idea! I hope they do this someday.

[@epichomesteading]

Love it!

[@Yetis-are-cool-]

@@epichomesteading Im so excited, this sounds like it would be an awesome video!

[@eviltomthai]

That's a really cute idea

[@CB-sr8ee]

Love this

[@NorthToSouthChannel]

It's *the walking into frame laughing* at the start of every video for me... 😅🤣 it just sets us up perfectly, knowing full well shenanigans are underway.

[@GeorgeLucas1138]

I love the new names Kev always comes up with like next week it will be "hahahaha we're the tomato bros" and jacque always looking like "Im so embarrassed" lol

[@NorthToSouthChannel]

@@GeorgeLucas1138 hahah so true. and Jacque always getting the heat for making Kev run sales on products. LOL

[@monikam419]

Props to the whoever is working sound, it’s nice to hear quality sound even with all the wind!

[@waterisgold]

💛

[@epichomesteading]

We finally found great mics!

[@brianmoore4299]

I think the Camara operator is fantastic. Always moves you (the viewer) right into the shot. Really good job.

[@CrocGardener]

​@@epichomesteading what mics do you use?

[@emilyfelton5519]

I love how chaotic the video edits have gotten, this was really enjoyable to watch

[@georgecarlin2656]

Mad Max: Fury Road

[@thall3827]

I could definitely get the cucumber smell through the screen.

[@breik8183]

What that was definitely banana peels

[@DogkayyySixsocks]

Banana peels

[@epichomesteading]

I knew it!

[@Katydidit]

Your cucumber comment made me wonder if I could juice the stems... thoughts?

[@Sultanofthesun]

You can! You can drink the juice ​@@Katydidit

[@candicemcmath4521]

Can we get a video where we meet the genius that shoots and edits the videos?? 🎉

[@melaniegreen5823]

That "juicy" banana tree @ 1:48 will wreak havoc upon anyone who has latex sensitivities. So if you are allergic to latex, don't grow bananas, and if you DO decide to grow bananas, stay well away from the sap. I learned my lesson the hard way.

[@kerriewyer]

Nearly lost tea through my nose when Jacques said ‘lost some enamel’ 😂

[@evelyngorfram9306]

New game: every time Jacques' hat flies off, (safely & responsibly) take a drink 🤣

[@anissapearson7454]

I'm running out of water and I'm not even halfway through!!

[@jlord4843]

hahahah

[@blossomvalleylife5503]

I would plant the banana in the ground along a fence that gets reflected heat and protection from the wind. Let the pups grow and try to keep five or so bananas growing together all the time. Keep it mulched well fed, and watered. Banana pups are easy to transplant when new ones grow. I live inland from San Diego and have over 100 banana plants and get fruit throughout the year. Once the banana fruits, which takes about 10 months or a little more, chop it down, split the trunk in half and lay it split side down in the soil. That helps mulch your plants too. If you do this you will always have banana plants on hand.

[@matthysloedolff]

You guys keep blowing me away with these videos and your banter. Thanks for the entertaining (and educational) video! As for the banana tree; to me, it smelled like marmalade on toast. But, that might just be the breakfast I was eating at the time of watching this video.

[@cckdorm119]

Lol, the intro 😆 You guys are such dorks and I mean that in the best way possible. Never fail to make me smile ❤

[@jenmoores3660]

Was it just me or is there a black/ dead spot in the video around 4:54

[@JennTN411]

I backed up the video thinking I did something wrong 😂

[@mmmmgoodlife4571]

My favorite videos start with you walking in laughing! EVERY. DARN. TIME! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣😂

[@jenniferrosario1489]

If you dig out the root of the offshoots you can actually transplant those and get new banana trees. You need to trim the base of the offshoot and let dry 1 to 2 days and then transplant

[@Katydidit]

This is good true info. Thanks

[@sonnyamoran7383]

I agree. Could just let it grow. Pull that frame away.

[@aussiecountry9320]

11:24 Jacque becoming the screaming cowboy 🤣 brownie points to the editor 👏👏

[@briannasmith8481]

one thing about having moved to the DFW area last year that I've learned, it's that us San Diego growers are majorly spoiled. The wind here is no joke! Not to mention the length of season: We have winter, light summer, hard summer, light summer again, then winter. The lack of pests: I love growing zucchini more than anything else and the SVB come at me with a vengeance, which I've never had to deal with in East County. But you guys and your camaraderie crack me up. Thanks!

[@Katydidit]

Welcome to Texas... all I can say is plant super early. Then say a prayer for blessings!!

[@briannasmith8481]

@@Katydidit thank you! I've got all my starts inside, ready to go!

[@Jinxanpeanut]

Love from Cape Town, South Africa, love your good natured joking about. Love to all the gardeners in the world reviving soil health. ❤️

[@annienewman8312]

i think jacques needed to do the polish grandma look with a scarf to tie down the hat.

[@kveale17]

That is the perfect size for transplanting bananas and they will keep trying to regrow unless you remove it at the corm anyway.

[@torileeburney5976]

I could ditch all my Netflix streaming networks and just watch you two non-stop 😂 I'm learning but the entertainment is on point 😂

[@dr.theman]

Thank you, Kevin for creating your channels it has made me make my own garden and it turned out great been watching you for over 2 years now.

[@epichomesteading]

Glad to hear it!

[@marikapaprika5833]

Ahhh thanks for the breakfast laughs Guys 😅 Nearly spat out my yoghurt 😂 Meyer lemons are the best. We bought our house here in Australia 10 years ago and it came with a beautiful established Meyer Lemon tree. It gives two harvest a year of the most incredibly sweet fruit. It actually inspired me to make that part of the yard my mini orchard 😊 And just quietly 12:21 😍

[@geeyoupee]

Video idea. Put soil against a waterspout of a root stock to root it. Then graft on the ideal variety to propagate your tree.

[@747captain]

I was recently on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia and was able to smell freshly cut banana tree. I definitely smelled banana skin, but I can also see how you could interpret the scent as cucumber also. It's like a really fresh and green banana skin!

[@catiepower3550]

The sound effects get me. I look forward to these types of videos

[@stormraven4183]

I love all of your sound effects. You two crack me up 🤣🤣

[@preparingforretirement]

Bananas are grown in circles of 3... once the grampa produces it gets cut down and the papa is next, the son grows and then another pup takes the place of the grampa.... 3 generations. I've been growing dwarf cavendish and ice cream bananas in 4 different circles now for 6 yrs.... it's a grass and grows from a rhysome.

[@markoliver-ww9ld]

Yes, they made a dumb move, I know banana farmers and they do what you said, than when more shoots grow than take them out and put elsewhere or sale, I seen banana trees at the nursery for 50 bucks and only 4 feet.

[@markoliver-ww9ld]

My friend calls them mama papa sister

[@connormurphy3085]

Someone needs to make a montage of Jacque and Kevin to the theme song of Max and Ruby but with their names instead. That would make the best intro to these videos ever!!!

[@ashleycifone3097]

Jacque and Kevie, kevie and Jacque!

[@poodlevlogs2037]

i love the editing style and fun of these types of videos

[@tanyatanya4704]

Hats off to my Botanical Bae Jacques 👒!! We just had 54 mph wind gusts here in northern AZ and gardening was more strategy and making sure all the winter sowing containers didn’t end up in the neighbors’ yards! 😹

[@joaniemerrill8354]

Whoever is editing these videos is golden. 😊

[@SuperDjwasabi]

I don't know if it's a region difference or what, but in the southeast we also grow bananas, often even as landscaping plants, and they transplant at any size super easy! You'll probably get baby offshoots at the base over time anyways! These and agave are propagated at such a high rate down here! 😂

[@vimondireksri8820]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sometimes gets to pruning a little late. My two lime trees are begging for me to get in there and get to cutting.

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

I have a dull old serrated knife I use for cutting even large bananas. Also - banana stem cores are used in several cuisines - the white interior part.

[@mayhmmaydn]

Really enjoyed this today. You guys were smokiinngg. Ty so much.

[@brianamonrose3569]

As someone who lives in the Caribbean, Saint Lucia 🇱🇨 where green banana aka (green fig) and saltfish aka bacalou is our National dish. The smell from the cut banana tree definitely smells like CUCUMBER!!!! We often pair a cucumber salad with our national dish.

[@skippydugan6848]

Looks like you're influencing your neighbor. It appears he is growing a stellar cover crop in the front yard!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@epichomesteading]

😂

[@0peony8]

Y'all have a great vibe, love the laughing intros xD . i love learning, and seeing all your success!

[@TylerZeigler]

Blank spot at 4:55? But great video!

[@UrbanChickenMomma]

I could totally see you two doing stand up comedy. Look out Abbott and Costello Kevin & Jacque are on the rise. 😅😅😅

[@epichomesteading]

We might!

[@grisespino5342]

Love you guys 😄. Enjoy and learn much from your videos. How about more preserving or recipes of the harvest. Hate wasting food.

[@st2778]

I throw entire Meyer Lemon in my smoothie, peel and all. Fantastic

[@sheliaheverin8822]

🤣🤣🤣 You guys crack me up. It's windy here, too. The chairs keep flying around on my porch.

[@ivettesantana4319]

couldnt stop laughing at your cover. Preach! I was outside today in 45 degrees with rain mixing medium in my raised beds because other wise the wind is so bad that I need that sprinkle to control the vermiculite and be able to mix it all without blowing in my face.

[@WildBillyGardening]

Heavy wind is absolutely the most annoying thing I've dealt with in gardening/farming. Specifically, trying to build anything greenhouse related, especially anything with getting plastic onto the greenhouse. I got a text from the neighbor one time with a picture of one of the cheap Amazon 20 x 10 greenhouses sitting directly on top of his fence

[@KarIiah]

I love your humor and the editing, cracks me up every time!

[@JennTN411]

Jacques and his hat - the highlight of my day😊

[@izzyi1221]

I’m screaming. I think the homestead videos are my favorite 😭😂😂

[@rogana5158able]

Banana stems are one-third edible vegetation and two-thirds water, but have a good amount of protein and fat plus minerals and vitamins. They are a good source of fiber, potassium, phosphorus, B6 and calcium, as good as the banana fruit itself.

[@kendratai]

We had 85mph gusts once or twice a week for 3 weeks. A lot of damage where we live. It was insane. It's funny watching y'all work in the wind lol

[@arnoldmmbb]

18:15 Ayo that was a foul lol 😂

[@garyhamilton2979]

Would love to see a follow-up video on propagating your cuttings.

[@82Julian]

Awesome guys 👍✌️ thanks for entertaining and teaching us as always!!Next time, air layering the wild shoot!! It's another great root stock to graft for experimentation!!

[@debbiemelander289]

It’s weird, I thought the banana stalk smelled like my cellphone.

[@Sethrain]

Kevin needs to share his supply of hat glue with Jacques

[@MrRossman2]

I hope they didn't get any of the banana sap on their clothes. I know from experience that stuff stains blood red (we actually call it "banana blood") and doesn't come out. I found it even stains concrete. I actually have a specific set of clothes I use for cutting down banana trees.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Thoroughly enjoyed!😂

[@latvian_homestead]

I like crazy weather. At moment we expecting snow storm. It’s adds to fun 😂

[@JourneywithAtlas]

If you separate at the corm, you can propagate more banans

[@j.d.8075]

In tropical Aus, it is just about traditional to grow bananas at the end of the septic trench...

[@gregbono9024]

Shoutout on the citrus AUDIT!!! 🎉

[@PlantObsessed]

I was picking up hints of pomegranate 😉

[@Simply.Owanda]

Smells like bushells extra strong tea ☕️

[@arnoldmmbb]

The windy boys are back in town

[@iffatsultana5886]

Hey! Did you know in many countries people cook and eat the core part of a banana stem? That white pale flashy part is edible. In 🇧🇩 we eat that too.

[@amsohn1]

Y'all are absolutely so cute and funny!! Blessings 🌞

[@evelynrogers7145]

What wind? Here in Indiana, windy all the time. Last frost date after Mother’s Day. The wind just makes things difficult

[@jaymoody94]

But why did I actually smell the banana 🤣🤣🤣

[@Katydidit]

More info about Pruning Citrus would be great. You said 180... and that really made me question how to know how to directionally plant citrus

[@ellenkuang8853]

My boyfriend's parent's mandarin tree also just LOVES to grow vertical and generates SO many water sprouts. Except they did no maintenance for it for over a decade. The interior of it looked so bad. I took out so much dead shit from it. Smh

[@Kat-mf7mt]

What a strange weather we are currently experiencing in SoCal! Windy, cold, and so much rain!!

[@cursedcookies]

You guys are gettin a taste of what your neighbor Oregon goes through each winter 😉

[@lindasoaft9303]

As far as citrus trees go I have many branches growing from the lower trunk but they are above the graft. Is it ok to cut them off? The middle of the tree and top are nice and bushy! Also, can you paint branches other than the trunk for protection from sunburn? Thanks

[@LydJaGillers]

Could you make a Meyer lemon marmalade? That would be like lemonade on toast kind of wonderful. 😋 🍋

[@kayseabarlass9422]

It was just wind and zero rain for me last summer. Plus 110°f temps

[@jelatinosa]

You can eat the heart/core of banana plants. Also the flower.

[@cececola]

They eat the banana tree innards in Asia. You can sauté that in garlic and coconut milk. Very good

[@conniemcgehee2851]

Did the sound go out of sinc with lip movement mid peach thinning ? It did on my tv trying to figure Out If it is My tv issue

[@nataliramirez6497]

Kevin w the banana plant: "Lemme give that one a hit," sniff sniff lol

[@Me-fj6nk]

fyi, the inside of the Banana tree are edibles. Remove the hard outer layers first, cook it in curry etc

[@marvinbokamp6486]

who edit this vid ... he needs a raise ! 10 / 10

[@lilyavery8230]

You guys are so cheesy...I love it! Cucumber, banana skin, same thing, right! I got a hint of coconut?

[@jenperry427]

I really need Jacques hat for when I garden. Do you remember what brand or style it is?

[@azamsaifullah]

Once I got kumquat filled with sugar and kind of instant coffee as a dessert... Seems weird may be, but it works though...

[@paulli4938]

How do you deal with small critters like squirrels munching on the immature peaches and stripping the whole tree?

[@MysticalZucchini]

what peach varieties are y'all growing? I'm in zone 10 Florida and thought peaches weren't possible!

[@jul.escobar]

I'm curious about the peach they trimmed in the video myself. 🤔

[@martini007m]

Can you do a segment on Dave Wilson Nursery or Zaiger Genetics? Or even with Tom Spellman?

[@ColeSpolaric]

Have you considered adding a cherry tree or do you not get enough chill hours for it?

[@ZaneofAustin]

7:07 you know it's like when you say you're fine but you're not fine *insert piano*

[@CrocGardener]

Look at them full locks of hair on Jacque! I've always wondered what was under that hat 😅.

[@mirandamaher9465]

Hey guys! I love watching you guys all the time, I think you're all wonderful and hilarious, but today you made me very sad when you cut out those "extra" banana shoots LOL. I'm in Florida where we grow bananas everywhere. You can grow them in your climate too, but it is important to understand how they grow in order to get great success, and the very first thing to understand is that a banana tree plant does not like to stand alone, especially in windy climates like yours. Banana plants grow from a central corm (rhizome). The first shoot the corm sends up would be called the parent plant, it will grow taller than the rest and send out a flower shoot to create the little golden nuggets of creaminess we all love. After it produces fruit, that parent plant naturally dies back (you should leave the debris in the grove to provide the necessary nutrients) and then its offspring (the smaller shoots you just cut out) will shoot up from the corm to take its place and produce your next harvest. This natural growth pattern naturally creates the small grove environment they need to thrive. It's important for them to grow this way because they need the shelter of one another as protection against wind and harsh sun, and it also allows them to make the most out of the available nutrients. This also helps them to create the humidity they need in order to thrive. Growing banana plants together in small clumps helps to protect them against extremes of heat and cold, periods of drought, and excessive exposure. This is essential in keeping them healthy and happy. If you want a banana grove, plant them in the corner behind your big water tank, give them plenty of organic matter and mulch, plus consistent moisture, and then just leave them alone!!! No hacky hacky trimmy trimmy! ~Much Love!

[@toastybeans4460]

2:44 that was the best smell I have smelled in my life

[@jrivera2240]

I grew up pruning and finding these so I'm screaming at my cell phone. Cut here take these off.

[@TheyCallMeZiggs]

4:53 Thought my internet went out XD

[@epichomesteading]

We fixed it!

[@channing7]

Sadly the wind snapped one of my avocado trees at the base 😢 so sad to loose it.. I’m wondering if the other one will produce without its counterpart..

[@gammayin3245]

You two are so much fun! That smells like apple pie, BTW - inside my house.

[@morgantello]

I’m about to do the same thing with my oranges

[@gigihenderson8567]

I see you have a GreenStalk, (by the banana plant). I haven’t seen any vids about it. Are you planning one?

[@felineloveyaa]

I love the chaos

[@juliepuhr9806]

Love you two together. How about a video telling how you hired Jacque and what makes you click and when you realized it….