Lots of Planting + The Insecticides I Use
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If you want that material you showed in the video to breakdown - Make sure it is wet before you put it in the bin and stamp it down a little. Compost piles are kinda like fire, you have to have some air, but not too much. And just like fire, you have to stir it once in a while. Also, dry compost piles don't break down. Dry compost piles are like potting soil in a pot that is too dry. You can stand there with a water hose all day and that water will just run out of the bottom and never really get absorbed unless you plug the hole at the bottom and make it soak in.
Date: 2022-07-16
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Nia
You use the same organic pesticides I use! I also use Bonides organic pellets, theyre great too. Theyve been killing the pill bug infestation in my veggie beds pretty darn good. Bonides Captain Jack really is an awesome organic insecticide! I discovered the Dr. Earth brand last year & they have a lot of hose end spray bottles for their products; super easy use. Its expensive like the Bonide products are, but everything, especially their insecticides, work very well. Oh, I recently learned that you can mix water w/diatomaceous earth to allow for spraying large beds, trees & big soil areas & the diatomaceous earth remains effective once the water dries! Now that I know this, Im gonna try food grade for all of my veggies & fruit trees since its more cost effective for me than the organic insecticide concentrates. Fingers crossed it works just as good as Captain Jack. You have such gorgeous produce! I wish I could grow on the scale that you do. You always inspire me darling. Thanks for sharing your gardens & your knowledge!
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You use the same organic pesticides I use! I also use Bonides organic pellets, theyre great too. Theyve been killing the pill bug infestation in my veggie beds pretty darn good. Bonides Captain Jack really is an awesome organic insecticide! I discovered the Dr. Earth brand last year & they have a lot of hose end spray bottles for their products; super easy use. Its expensive like the Bonide products are, but everything, especially their insecticides, work very well. Oh, I recently learned that you can mix water w/diatomaceous earth to allow for spraying large beds, trees & big soil areas & the diatomaceous earth remains effective once the water dries! Now that I know this, Im gonna try food grade for all of my veggies & fruit trees since its more cost effective for me than the organic insecticide concentrates. Fingers crossed it works just as good as Captain Jack. You have such gorgeous produce! I wish I could grow on the scale that you do. You always inspire me darling. Thanks for sharing your gardens & your knowledge!
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Amanda
Awesome video! What a neat idea to try the same type of plant in different scenarios, I believe it was a variety of tomato plant that you want to try in ground, in raised bed and in container. It'll be interesting to see how the different locations but with similar care compare to each other. You should be so proud. For the first year of your vegetable garden, it looks super awesome. Oh yeah, I really liked the background music that started playing, while you were pulling out your lettuce. Very catchy and fun. Personally, I like background music in videos, as long as it doesn't overpower the video. Keep up the great work. See ya again soon: )
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Awesome video! What a neat idea to try the same type of plant in different scenarios, I believe it was a variety of tomato plant that you want to try in ground, in raised bed and in container. It'll be interesting to see how the different locations but with similar care compare to each other. You should be so proud. For the first year of your vegetable garden, it looks super awesome. Oh yeah, I really liked the background music that started playing, while you were pulling out your lettuce. Very catchy and fun. Personally, I like background music in videos, as long as it doesn't overpower the video. Keep up the great work. See ya again soon: )
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gardentrix
If you have to use insecticide on a weekly basis, even if its organic, maybe its time to reconsider plant choices or the way things are planted. Ex. your vegetable garden is off on its own, isolated in beds with no surrounding vegetation. Maybe you could add an outer border of plants that attract beneficial/predatory insects. Even products labeled organic can negatively affect soil micro-organisms, and ultimately end up in groundwater. Case in point, iron-based herbicides and insecticides.
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If you have to use insecticide on a weekly basis, even if its organic, maybe its time to reconsider plant choices or the way things are planted. Ex. your vegetable garden is off on its own, isolated in beds with no surrounding vegetation. Maybe you could add an outer border of plants that attract beneficial/predatory insects. Even products labeled organic can negatively affect soil micro-organisms, and ultimately end up in groundwater. Case in point, iron-based herbicides and insecticides.
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Cinzia
Hi Laura and anyone on here who can reply. I am still confused as to how to plant a vegetable garden that you can make the most out of i. e. if you plant 6 cabbages and you have to harvest them all at once, then they would go off in my fridge in a two person household. Even one would be a lot for a week. How long does the produce last in the ground before you HAVE to harvest it? Is there a good storage method for onion, garlic and potato once you harvest it? etc. etc.
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Hi Laura and anyone on here who can reply. I am still confused as to how to plant a vegetable garden that you can make the most out of i. e. if you plant 6 cabbages and you have to harvest them all at once, then they would go off in my fridge in a two person household. Even one would be a lot for a week. How long does the produce last in the ground before you HAVE to harvest it? Is there a good storage method for onion, garlic and potato once you harvest it? etc. etc.
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Kathleen
Laura, my husband gardens and can be out there all day. I on the other hand can be outside for less than ten minutes and become super itchy and have bites. I need to leave as I become miserable. I do love flowers and planting but I do not know the culprit which only happens on our farm. I can plant elsewhere and not be affected. Do you know what the culprit could be based on your experience?
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Laura, my husband gardens and can be out there all day. I on the other hand can be outside for less than ten minutes and become super itchy and have bites. I need to leave as I become miserable. I do love flowers and planting but I do not know the culprit which only happens on our farm. I can plant elsewhere and not be affected. Do you know what the culprit could be based on your experience?
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Heather
I always enjoy your videos. Adding chickens to your property would close the loop and make it complete. I throw all my kitchen scraps in the chicken run, they eat what they want and turn the rest into compost. Add carbon if it ever gets stinky and they work it in. Best system ever. We can harvest up to a 1/2 truckload of compost 2x per year in about a 10'x15' space.
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I always enjoy your videos. Adding chickens to your property would close the loop and make it complete. I throw all my kitchen scraps in the chicken run, they eat what they want and turn the rest into compost. Add carbon if it ever gets stinky and they work it in. Best system ever. We can harvest up to a 1/2 truckload of compost 2x per year in about a 10'x15' space.
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Business
For years I have had a problem with some type of tiny blue maybe cutworms? They eat my alexander planet just after they are in full bloom. I tried cutting the plant all the way down during the time they would eat it, but they always come back and the plant is right next to my pond so I don; t want to get insecticide in the pond. any suggestions?
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For years I have had a problem with some type of tiny blue maybe cutworms? They eat my alexander planet just after they are in full bloom. I tried cutting the plant all the way down during the time they would eat it, but they always come back and the plant is right next to my pond so I don; t want to get insecticide in the pond. any suggestions?
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Casey
I love these types of videos! I love all your videos, but it's nice to have these 'vlog' type ones in the mix and the veggie garden is looking amazing! It's so so beautiful. I think I kind of like how the boxwood there are a little elevated right now since they are sitting in their pots, so my vote is container I think: )
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I love these types of videos! I love all your videos, but it's nice to have these 'vlog' type ones in the mix and the veggie garden is looking amazing! It's so so beautiful. I think I kind of like how the boxwood there are a little elevated right now since they are sitting in their pots, so my vote is container I think: )
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Mary
Love watching your videos Laura, it has made me work on my own garden however small it is. I would love to see how you clean up an area to prepare it for planting. We just had some trees trimmed and bushes removed however there are a lot of roots to be dug out and I would love to hear you do this.
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Love watching your videos Laura, it has made me work on my own garden however small it is. I would love to see how you clean up an area to prepare it for planting. We just had some trees trimmed and bushes removed however there are a lot of roots to be dug out and I would love to hear you do this.
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