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🤣🤣🤣 I didn’t have the chickens at this point so I didn’t get to experience that but let me tell you, pickle worms are considered a delicacy among the ladies! They will not touch squash vine borer grubs though…. Bougie little things haha

Thank you! Yup, I am my fathers daughter for sure! But let me tell you, it has made me not want to touch another structure build project for a good long while haha, I had my fill.

Hahaha all my pets get their good mornings, so funny how your dog responded, mine get the hard core wiggle butts hahaha. So far I’m obsessed with the chickens! Loving having them around and sitting out with them after a long day I swear is better than any therapy.

Fingers crossed!

I'm in South Carolina. My state is one of the largest commercial watermelon producers in the country. So a few things here. that vine was planted in March. It just didn't feel like producing until it was entirely too cold for watermelon. I grow other varieties but I want to try this variety. I am determined to grow this variety successfully. After 2 years it is now a personal mission because this variety seems to have something against me and I can't let it win.... so I will continue growing multiple varieties and whatever varieties sound good and have at least a couple black diamond vines to experiment with. Out last frost is in March and first frost end of November. The growing season is plenty long and hot enough for any variety, this one just hates me.

@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse That is bizarre! Yes it shouldn't give you any trouble there! 🤔 Well then, I'm not sure why it's doing that. I just assumed you lived elsewhere looking at the vine and knowing that they take longer than what works here. Also isn't it supposed to be a big melon? Did you direct sow or transplant? Sometimes they don't like transplanting and/or too late can slow it down. They're kinda like squash, you can start indoors but the timing has to be right. If they're too big they won't transplant out well.

@bdavis7801 it just hates me hahaha. But I'm stubborn so I'm not going to stop trying 🤣 I direct sew. I do have issues growing watermelon to full size though. Doesn't matter if I do everything perfect, my watermelons stay small even when fully ripe. On average half the expected size. I have tested my soil, followed all the advice, fertalized at the right times the right nutrients and have accepted the fact that I can't grow a 20lb+ watermelon haha but I can grow small and delicious ones ... just not the black diamond haha

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse Well good luck to you! I'm sure you'll be able to get it to work out.

@nillsrozzy3985 I have made Watermelon rind candy before. It's good but 90% sugar hahaha. Doesn't taste like watermelon, usually flavored with lemon. The ones I make taste like lemonade but I don't make them often because it's A LOT OF sugar. And it takes daaayyysss to make.

Yea.... if the vine didn't die back for the winter, I would have left it longer. It is what it is but I am on a mission to grow this watermelon!!! Hahaha.

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse looking forward to your review on a beautiful and tasty one ❤️

I heard of them only a couple years ago and have been trying to grow one ever since haha

Hahaha yea, well this is the second failed year for the black diamond so hopefully third year will be my year haha. I can grow many things but man do I struggle with watermelon haha

Unfortunately watermelons don’t ripen any further once cut from the vine like other melons.

Black diamonds are my favorite watermelons!!🍉

@wrinklesandsprinkles I have heard they are amazing but I haven’t had luck with them yet. I am bound and determined to grow a good one though so I can finally try it

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse I buy them from roadside vendors. They have gotten really expensive (just like everything else) this summer I paid $10.00 for one! It was worth it though. Good luck next summer.🤞🏼

Oh those are long gone, they were delicious 😋

Thanks! It took some trial and error to figure out the best option and let me say, this wasn’t it haha. In my area we can’t have basements due to being below sea level so same goes for underground root cellars. I now cure with a tote, heat mat or heating blanket and a cup of water. That’s in my most recent video if yo want to check it out. You should see how I cured my garlic in years past so I didn’t stink up my house hahaha.

Thanks!

Your not wrong... they do look kind of simular but are a bit thinner and man do these pack a punch. Nothing mild about these peppers haha

Time to Google because I have never heard of a hatch chili.. thanks!

Hmm, hatch chili is substantially bigger and pointer. This has a pretty blunt end and are fairly small.... I'll keep it in mind but I'm not sure that fits.

I have never heard of a hatch chili.... time to Google, thanks!

Hmm, hatch chili is substantially bigger and pointer. This has a pretty blunt end and are fairly small.... I'll keep it in mind but I'm not sure that fits. The pablano roja looks sooooo close but is substantially larger.... hmmm

You will probably be OK. Last year our frost came late and it was warm so my garlic grew a lot prior to frost and it did just fine. Put a nice thick layer of mulch on top of the soil to help insulate it. Thankfully garlic is pretty tolerant.

@s.watkiss101 she is so cute, the runt out of all thr girls, maybe half their size yet has the biggest attitude hahaha. She is fun sized to accommodate that sass and make her more lovable hahahah

She is just so dramatic 🤣

Sassy little thing she is haha

The day will come when you will have an awesome outdoor garden!!! Until then, if you have a sunny spot and a planter pot, you would be surprised what you could grow! Garlic takes up next to no room at all 😊

I think that is the best way to start! Grocery store garlic is the gateway garlic hahaha

Our first frost here is predicted November 21 and has been fairly consistent over the years coming right around thanksgiving. You can plant 4 to 6 weeks before first frost and I always aim for the 4 week mark.

😂 and everyone always says they are garbage disposals hahaha

Try going in at an angle more parallel with the stem. You might need a larger Guage needle if you continue having issues. Mine clogs from time to time at an 18 Guage but not too too bad. The 20 Guage I used before clogged all the time

Well it did do all the hard work! I just gave the plants a place to do it ☺️

I have, I’m on top of it. I have Irish heritage so I always have freckles and I have an autoimmune disease that effects my joints, skin and especially my nail beds so I am no stranger to doctors, but I appreciate the concern ☺️

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse oh okay, it never hurts to look out for strangers ✌️✌️

@kyralindsey5885 I appreciate it 😊 not enough people with concern for others in this world anymore!

Well I’ll be putting out another sweet potato video on the next few weeks because it’s almost that time again!!!! I’m trying to be patient but I want to know what’s under there haha. I will absolutely share the flop that was that method of curing. Long story short, it didn’t work, couldn’t get the temp high enough so I ended up putting all the potato’s in a tote with a cup of water and wrapping the tote in a heated blanket and opening it daily to let fresh air in. A bit of a pain but it worked amazing. Going to try something similar this year with a seed starting heat mat now that I’m more prepared.

Eat all of them 😁

I Def need to share cooking more often but usually by then I’m hungry and just want to knock it out fast and eat and not worry about the camera haha. I have shared a few videos and shorts cooking with my harvest. If you check out my playlists they are all in the playlist (Garden to Kitchen recipes) ☺️

Cute but super rude worm haha

Thank you 😊 my patients has paid off and they now exit and enter without any assistance. I find a lot of peace just spending time with them!

👾 LIKE THAT L-L-L

In my case, I'm the one saying no we can't have anymore "insert pet here" we are full hahaha. He is a big softy for all things critters, he just won't admit it out loud hahaha.

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse Ah, you have a closet marshmallow! 😊

😂🤣🤣 I guess I do hahaha

He might not admit it but he is a big softy ☺️

You bet!

Sounds like you have a lot of good things going! Look into vertical planters, many can grow peppers and may be a solution to your space limitations! I have tried growing avocado trees many times but my area gets a little too cold for them in the winter and I either forgot them outside on a night it got too cold or they got too big to bring inside and the cold got them 🤷🏼‍♀️ best of luck with yours!

You might be onto something 🤣

Thanks for the tip! After day 2 they thankfully figured it out and are old pros now but I will absolutely keep that in mind if, or should I say when chicken math gets me 😂

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse I started with 4 chicks in August of 2021. I have 41 now. And I have 15 chicks arriving at the end of month. Which will bring my chicken math to 50 hens and 6 roosters. Yes I've lost my mind.. lol

@JD-dh7bk 🤣🤣 dang chicken math got you real good hahaha. These are my first ever, got them the very last week of August. I already want more but I have to be strong!!!! Literally don't have the space for more on my 1/6th of an acre..... well at least not many more haha

They really are! 🤣😅

It would depend on your climate. I’m in South Carolina zone 8b and there is a good possibility if I left the roots/tubers in the ground that the foliage would come back next year but our ground just about never freezes. Outside of a couple years ago when a highly unusual hard freeze came through, I don’t think the ground has frozen in the last decade. Sweet potatoes do not tolerate a frozen ground. The foliage dies with the first frost but if the ground doesn’t freeze, they should come back. It’s related to morning glories believe it or not. Is the area your considering shaded or sunny? Does the soil stay damp or dry out? I have some ideas for edible ground cover plants for different situations if you are in a colder area

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse I actually have a huge one growing right next to my house with flowers all over! The leaves are quite similar to sweet potato so it makes sense... Morning Glories usually die in other regions of Turkey and regrow from seeds but here the winter is just soft enough for them to barely survive if it is not a particularly cold one, so I feel like the sweet potatoes will do just fine. Though I would really appreciate some ground cover plant suggestions anyways for the other parts of my garden. Especially anything that can withstand drought since I am mostly there only for some of the summer to water the plants and the summers get quite harsh with no rain in the Mediterranean climate. There are both sunny and shady spots.

@JeenReet well for sunny areas, everbearing strawberries would make a good ground cover, stevens or American cranberry is a good sprawler, non edible ice plant is a good option and despite being closely related to succulents, they can handle some chill weather and they do well in dry areas. Nasturtiums are an edible flowering plant that re seed themselves easily and grow in a wide variety of light and soil types, creating thyme is another like that. Purple Heart is not edible but hearty and a wonderful pop of color. For shady areas, wintergreen/ Teaberry, alpine strawberry (although the alpine strawberry doesn’t have much taste), you might be too warm for hostas but it’s an option to look into. There are a bunch of non edible shade loving plants as well but I’m not too familiar with them personally. Hopefully this will give you some ideas to look into

@@ChaosMakersHobbyHouse Thanks for all the suggestions! I have the purple heart there and a bunch of other tradescantias that do okay but are not doing a great job spreading, but other than that these are all new to me. I now have a lot of googling to do!