we let it go too long!

[@robine916]

"Whipper-snipping", my Mom used to call it "wicky-wackying"! :D

[@ODriscolls]

Ahahahaha I like that one!

[@robine916]

@@ODriscolls :D

[@kevinrowbotham545]

We have been doing the woven weed barrier and like it for some things. It is great for keeping weeds under control. However, it leads to compaction of your soil, wherever it is laying. Also, if any organic material ends up on top of the woven fabric, weeds will sprout and the roots will go down through the woven fabric. If you don't deal with the weeds, they will over-take the fabric eventually. Mulch does not stay in place well on the woven fabric. If you have wind you will have trouble mulching on the fabric. The woven fabric frays and tangles and trips you or catches on tools. It adds micro-plastics to your soil! It is really hard to grow soil while using the woven fabric. It gets worse if you combine it with drip irrigation. We found our soil was pretty much devoid of life beneath woven fabric where only the plant or row was being watered. Anyway, after several years using it we are turning around and going back to weeding, trying to build our soils naturally and using living cover instead of the woven poly-plastic. Phil Nauta - "Building Soils Naturally". Highly recommended reading.

[@ODriscolls]

Oh thanks for this this Kevin! I will look into that book for sure. Gardening is very complicated. Someone asked me about raising livestock the other day and I said growing a garden is much harder than raising livestock! I think I just need to make it a habit to weed more often

[@kevinrowbotham545]

Your garden looks great! You two are hard workers. The value of the kids helping outweighs everything else. You can eat all the thinning anyway! Now I did not say the tomatoes tied to the panels was a "terrible idea", I just said to watch it in case. They look fine so far the way you have them tied. Your peppers are lacking something or maybe over-watering? They should be loving the greenhouse. You could try foliar feeding them? Remember you want to water deeply and less often. The place is looking good guys. You're doing fine. See you next time.

[@kevinrowbotham545]

Jenny, gardening is easy. Gardening well takes more effort and commitment. You can always weed more often. I have so much weeding to do...but it is great for the compost! Have a good week, cheers!

[@ODriscolls]

@@kevinrowbotham545 Ahahahaha I suppose you are right! I don't know if I ever really aim to be a good gardener. Just good enough will do for me, it is all I can commit to.

[@kevinrowbotham545]

@@ODriscolls Hmm... the way things appear to be going, I think I would learn to commit. But you laugh and enjoy the ride LOL!

[@Harlsmonster]

I love the surprise tomato plant!

[@ODriscolls]

It's awesome! Hahaha

[@Orange_You_Glad]

Rewatching this while waiting for a December blast of snow and freezing rain in Ontario!

[@cathygillies7271]

You are a very busy family! Lots of ambition and hard work at the old homestead on top of full time jobs. At least the summer gives some extra time but oh, the garden calls. Not to mention the sheep, the goats, the pigs and the chickens!

[@ODriscolls]

Hahaha it all calls! I think we would be unhappy if we had nothing to do though. We always find something new to fill the time. ❤

[@donnamacleod2947]

Your garden is doing great! You're a busy woman, Jenny! Have a great week ahead!

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you Donna! You too!

[@bordensirk]

It’s nice watching a cape Breton KZbin channel Nice editing job Jenny. The o’Driscoll‘s are my favourite KZbin channel

[@ODriscolls]

Thanks Borden!! 😁😁

[@motivatedbydesigns]

Great video as always guys I'm so glad to hear it's not just me where the weeds have taken over the garden lol 🤣 I gotta say a volunteer plant in the greenhouse is always a good thing. I Look forward to seeing you guys no matter when you put a video out 😎👍

[@ODriscolls]

Thanks David! My mother in law said it was a volunteer plant as well! I've learned a new term. I am one with the weeds 😆

[@motivatedbydesigns]

@@ODriscolls haha 😄

[@DK6060]

I also had a tomato volunteer in the compost a few years ago, it was delicious. I kept the seeds and have been planting it for several seasons as it is clearly happy in my climate. I suspect that you will have fewer weeds in the new beds based on the cardboard + compost not dig system. I don’t recall, is that what you did for the other beds? Cilantro is cool weather crop, you can grow it outside as well.

[@ODriscolls]

I hope we have less! Yes, we did the same for the other beds.

[@colleen2386]

Good luck on your courses! That garden looks great!

[@ODriscolls]

Thanks Colleen!!

[@FullonFamilywithoutlimits]

Very patient with the little ones helping… well done mama 🙌 I was cringing on your behalf. Who needs straight lines in a garden anyhow?! 🤣🤣

[@ODriscolls]

Oh man, it's going to be quite the garden 🤣🤣 not a line to be seen!

[@albennett9504]

big job - but great transformation and excellent work.

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you!

[@megaman7551]

Hahaha I'm the same way, I have to try really hard to include the kids .Have to tell myself it's more important that the kids have the experience then having the perfect garden/chicken coup.

[@ODriscolls]

I'm so glad it is not just me. It was so hard. They were sprinkling seeds like fairy dust!! 🤣🤣

[@cindylarade3571]

You are a SUPER woman/mom!!! Where do you find time to sleep, cook, housework, etc....you're good lol. Peppers love heat so I dont think your greenhouse is too warm. My peppers are in my greenhouse and theyre loving the heat! I wonder if yours are being pollinated? Tomatoes i believe are self pollinating but I dont think peppers are. Do you often leave the door open so pollinators can make their way to your plants? Maybe add a few pollinators attracting flowers in there, to help them come inside? Good luck, gardening is so much fun & so rewarding!

[@ODriscolls]

I am thinking now it is that they are not being pollinated! My house is a disaster, that's how I do it hahahaha 😆. Thanks Cindy!

[@cindylarade3571]

@@ODriscolls I told myself that life is too short to spend it cleaning. So now I only clean on rainy days (it's been pretty dry lately 😳 so this morning I got up early and got a few house chores done! Now ill enjoy the rest of the day working in the yard, which is what I love best! 😊 Have a great week

[@ashley-fayme3919]

Hahaha I picked up the word Whippersnipper many years ago from a novascotian friend and I love it! Lol I be out whippersnipperin all the time! 🤣 Forget string trimmer! What are we American!? 🤣

[@ODriscolls]

Right?! It's more fun this way. Although someone commented they say "wicky whacking" and I will also accept this

[@bornraisedpnw6477]

I was so excited to have my grandkids play a role in my garden that I made them their own elevated box to just dig in the dirt and 'plant' plastic flowers over and over again. I made that box when my oldest granddaughter was about 2.5 years old. It's been two years and this summer my granddaughter helped her mother plant her first vegetable garden in much the same way as your littles helped you. Thanks for sharing that part of your experience as it was a reminder of the joy that comes from teaching little ones about gardening.

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you for this! I'm so happy you can relate. That is so sweet!

[@marknichols7861]

A nice dish for your cilantro might be “Mexican Street Corn”. Look it up on KZbin as there are a ton of recipes. I’ve made it here for gatherings of friends (Southern Arizona) and it is a huge hit.

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you Mark! I will definitely look it up!

[@nancyobrien7994]

Wow! You guys are hard workers! Good on ya!!!

[@ODriscolls]

Thanks Nancy!

[@robine916]

Just had a thought for your pepper plants. I bought some a few weeks ago that were looking leggy and pale. I planted them with extra fertilizer and compost, and also gave them a good dose of liquid fertilizer around the base. Today I noticed not only have they gotten much greener, but also have grown leaves all along the lower part of the stem (they only had a couple sets at the top when I bought them). Maybe they just need an extra helping of fertilizer? Calcium/bonemeal and some fish fertilizer is what I top-dressed mine with. :D

[@paulfrizzell31]

Peppers need to be growing separated from a flowering plant. Try putting down a 2x4 board down to separate it

[@ODriscolls]

Interesting!

[@TheNorthBranchWI]

Nice work getting caught up on the garden,! You have inspired me to go do the same haha. Those tomatoes look extremely healthy. I will have to try basil underneath my tomato plants.

[@ODriscolls]

The weeds never stop it seems lol! I'm really happy with the tomatoes so far!

[@SnoopyholicsTealog]

I love the excitement in this vid!! You are doing so well, keep going!!

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you so much! So good to hear from you!!

[@bettinah.7429]

You did a great job the garden looks really nice,so does the greenhouse!

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you!@

[@bettinah.7429]

@@ODriscolls I’m caught up again! 😜

[@donnathecoach]

You guys are doing so amazing!!! I've been distracted moving from BC back to PEI...catching up now on how your doing and it's incredible how far things have come!!!

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you! Welcome back to the Maritimes!

[@ronaldvero5232]

i have a small garden we dont mulch much instead we planted bok choy or pak choy ( chinese cabbage) . These plants grow so fast that these cabbage out grew weeds and grass and deprieve invasive plants with sunlight. Btw the piglets are cuter when they're in my freezer bahahhaahhah

[@ODriscolls]

Oh that's something I should try in the fall! I need something that can beat the weeds on it's own. Ooh the pigs... they are a tough crew this year!

[@rosemaryhoulihan8979]

Loved this video!! What an amazing job you did on your garden cleanup!! You have inspired me to do something about mine tomorrow. Mine is totally overtaken with weeds and not growing great this year. I need to water more and I think my soil needs to be enriched! On a positive note my flower beds are doing better! I just bought a Newfoundland made organic fish juice fertilizer that you dilute with water to put on my veggies...I have heard fantastic things about it! Fingers crossed that the garden turns around!!! Love seeing the kids in the video...Jeannie is very interested in what you have planted lol! and...the livestock are sure growing!!! Take care and hopefully you can relax a bit when your course is done, Jenny!

[@ODriscolls]

Oh that fertilizer sounds so great Rose!! I think we need to fertilize our lettuce. It is looking very sad!

[@elisaturse4777]

Peppers are slow growers and do need heat. They like 85 degrees (F) for the soil.

[@ODriscolls]

They is good to know! The flowers kind of keep dying and falling off. Then they grow new flowers. I wonder if they are not being pollinated.

[@logibearlifts3454]

Great vid as always

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you!

[@eulerizeit]

I was wondering about if the cattle panel could hold the weight

[@ODriscolls]

We will find out! I am thinking no lol

[@eulerizeit]

@@ODriscolls WHEEEEEE

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Looking great guys.

[@ODriscolls]

Thanks!!

[@russellcolbourne5936]

The hobby farm farm seems to be a full-time job but it's definitely worth it What brand of electric netting are you using and where are you finding it in ns

[@ODriscolls]

It's Gallagher! You can buy them at the local farmer's co-op or purchase online (we've bought from fencefast.ca in the past and they were awesome, they are based out of BC). We're using the sheep netting here.

[@russellcolbourne5936]

I'll check it out online It been hard to find where we are

[@dbe5656]

Gorgeous spot! Wow you guys deserve a lot of credit 😊 I sent a link to my newsletter a while back. Did ya get a chance to read it? Let me know. De of De's Newsletter

[@6z_0]

❤️

[@xxeebbk]

Funny about the peppers. I thought they were grown in SoCal and Chile and hot arid climates. Maybe the greenhouse is too humid? Who knows? #Google

[@ODriscolls]

Yeah I think it's warm. Rose said I need to pollinate, that makes sense!

[@nkraemer]

Let's see if the world burns! I hope I'm wrong, but then again, I hope I'm right because that would mean you have LOTS of tomatoes.

[@ODriscolls]

I hope so too! They are coming around.

[@vttsantana]

What your reason to raise goats

[@mauricesmith9560]

DO WORRIE ABOUT YOU POTATO FLOWER ,HILLING IS ALWAYS THE BEST

[@ODriscolls]

Thank you!