I know it sucks to lose a plant, especially a big one like San Juan, but your honesty about the hardships of gardening make me feel that when things don't go right in my own garden, that it's all part of the hobby!
That carrot part had me cracking up 😂🥕 carrot tops are one of my favorite things to eat from my garden!! They are highly nutritious and delicious. You can eat them raw in salads or sauté them. I sautéed them with cabbage last night and they were 👌🏼 Frugal tip: I take the ends or unused parts of the vegetables (carrot ends, onion skins, celery ends, pepper seeds, ends of squash and zucchini) and toss them in a large bag in my freezer. I make a huge pot of vegetable broth with when it’s full.
I love hearing gardeners overseas talk about the critters they have coming through their gardens. We don't have little animals coming through gardens in New Zealand. No racoons, moles, ferrets, foxes, nothing. Just birds and the neighbourhood kitties.
In our little suburban backyard, we have deer, cats, raccoons, squirrels, birds, rats/mice, opposums, birds, foxes, and I even saw a coyote (on the street) once. It's like a mini "Wild Kingdom." 😄🦁
Here in suburban Southern California we have coyotes, raccoons, opossums, rats, gophers, rabbits, feral cats, hawks, owls, snakes, lizards, an occasional salamander, various songbirds, finches, orioles, mockingbirds, and fortunately so far in my neighborhood no squirrels.
Theres something kinda fun about finding grubs, like yeah I hate them but also the victory I feel when I yeet them out of my garden to get eaten by birds. 😌
The eyes up here carrot 🥕 👀🤣 part had me cracking up! Love babka she has such a gorgeous coat hilarious how you picked her up to show her off for us to say goodbye
There were a lot of carrots crammed in that garden bed, some large ones also 🥕 I can’t believe that San Juan Jr is no longer with us 🥺 what a bummer, I was looking forward to the harvest. The two of you together never disappoint 🤣🤣
You know, it could be fun to see you cooking with your produce! Even if it's just really casual, it can be satisfying to see the plants come full circle as part of a meal.
My carrots didn’t do great last year so I left them in over winter. Have harvested some this spring and they’re better now than last year. Only a couple were slightly woody.
The editors note about the turnips being called radish 🤣 love it. Also, I've found, Homegrown carrots, you never know what kid of unique shapes you will come out with. I've had a few "disconcerning" shapes Lol!!😅 I love finding humor amidst gardening.
I am so jealous that you get to harvest carrots already. Here in Minnesota I can't even plant them for another couple weeks. (tonight it is supposed to drop to 25 degrees) :(
I am also gardening in San Diego - where do you get the mushroom compost you used last year? I am transitioning to no dig, but will need a ton. Thanks!
Got here within 3 mins of upload, lol first time I've been this early. I love watching you guys, I get so much inspiration and learn so much. Trying to turn my jet black thumb green.
This video is just what anyone needs for a morning of smiles and laughters! So inspiring to see and feel the excitement and fun in the garden! Learning so much and raring to do more in the garden! Thank you Kevin and Jacques and the editor! *I would vote this as one of the best videos I’ve seen this year!
It's a shame we can only get the original birdies raised beds in the UK or I'd order loads of your site you make, me want to have a garden like yours 😁
Everyone has been hearing about the water shortage in California. What strategies are you putting in place to not lose any crops through the summer? Also, I would love to see a video sometime this summer regarding the subject matter of water restrictions & keeping your crops alive, & how it is affecting your crops & life. Thank you.
Kevin, you are so lucky not having HOA or City preventing you from growing veggies in your front yard. I think those people preventing us from growing food In the front yard have to have COMPLETELY TWISTED THINKING. It is so unnatural saying YOU ARE NOT ALLOW TO GROW YOUR OWN PEPPER OR EGGPLANT…
So since the radishes turned out to be turnips, shouldn't they have stayed in the ground longer? They looked small to be turnips whereas if they were radishes, they looked just right. So how did those big, ugly, squirmy grubs (?) get in the planter? Are they good or bad? The chickens were kind of grossed out too.
Hi Guys, I keep wanting to call you Mario & Luigi! 🤣😂😅 Well what I wanted to know is how to get your yellow squash and zucchini to climb up the trellis. Do you have to help it or will it take care of it self.🥰
That poor San Juan Cabbagestrano. Omigawd, that lil clip made me laugh so much - even though I am so sorry. BUT - everything else looks cuh-RAZY epic! As it should.
Have you ever heard of the garden tower 2 project? I’m curious what you two think? I won a contest and got mine at a discount. I don’t think I would have paid full price, pretty costly. It just arrived today. 50 grow holes, rotates 365, center column makes worm compost that filters down to the bottom for worm tea and castings. Please check it out. Would love to hear your thoughts. Keep up the funny vids!
My wife also "won the contest" and we picked one up. Tried to put Gurney's bare-root strawberries in it but I did something wrong and killed a bunch of plants. Then, suddenly...Surprise! I just got an email saying, "Congratulations! You just won a $100 off certificate to purchase a Garden Tower!" It's a marketing tool to make you think you are getting a great deal. I'll keep working on it and possibly try lettuce and spinach in the device.
@@SWCnetworkdr yeah I forget it was. That’s okay, I like the discount regardless. Filled it yesterday and added the worms. I’m sure they’ve been happily eating all night. I have 2 GreenStalk’s as well. Love those towers.
I'm calling both videos the turnip-gate! On a serious note, I'm surprised you're planting lettuce. Can you, or have you done a video on how to grow lettuce? Here in Florida mine all bolted already. How does the heat affect lettuce in your climate?
Our weather in May and June doesn’t get too hot here in San Diego. Maybe a couple days over 78, maybe, but not much. So we can kind of push lettuces bit. Mine bolt when it gets more consistently hot later in the summer. I actually like to plant mine in smaller containers so I can move them to cooler spots in my yard/under trees. I suspect that’s why he’s interplanting his with bush beans to get a bit of shade.
My heart is hurting. I knew i should have pulled my carrots 2 weeks ago. I pulled them today after a week of rain and at least half split in the last day or so. At least I have rabbits who van eat the split ones and my neighbor has chickens who can eat the rest.
oh no, when did this happen? another generation of san juan has died? perhaps you should have a funeral. Make sure to have all the radishes.. i mean turnips attend.
San Juan was not only a cabbage, but a friend. He will be missed
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20 seconds in and Kevin is still calling turnips radishes. I love that the mistake was left in because it brings a smile to my face. 😊
Sacramento valley, I also have a snow shovel. Surprisingly useful for moving light weight items like leaves.
More like 3 minutes.
He committed to it. 😁
Heck I wondered WHY they were white! Lol
I know it sucks to lose a plant, especially a big one like San Juan, but your honesty about the hardships of gardening make me feel that when things don't go right in my own garden, that it's all part of the hobby!
RIP "F". He will be missed. The song killed me 🤣🤣🤣 that carrot though.... 🥕 😭 🤣
That carrot part had me cracking up 😂🥕 carrot tops are one of my favorite things to eat from my garden!! They are highly nutritious and delicious. You can eat them raw in salads or sauté them. I sautéed them with cabbage last night and they were 👌🏼
Frugal tip: I take the ends or unused parts of the vegetables (carrot ends, onion skins, celery ends, pepper seeds, ends of squash and zucchini) and toss them in a large bag in my freezer. I make a huge pot of vegetable broth with when it’s full.
Carrot top/baby spinach/cashew pesto!
You can even use carrot tops to make pesto 👍
If you have rabbits they love the tops, I've also heard of people making carrot top pesto.
I love hearing gardeners overseas talk about the critters they have coming through their gardens. We don't have little animals coming through gardens in New Zealand. No racoons, moles, ferrets, foxes, nothing. Just birds and the neighbourhood kitties.
In our little suburban backyard, we have deer, cats, raccoons, squirrels, birds, rats/mice, opposums, birds, foxes, and I even saw a coyote (on the street) once. It's like a mini "Wild Kingdom." 😄🦁
Here in suburban Southern California we have coyotes, raccoons, opossums, rats, gophers, rabbits, feral cats, hawks, owls, snakes, lizards, an occasional salamander, various songbirds, finches, orioles, mockingbirds, and fortunately so far in my neighborhood no squirrels.
In Germany we mostly got hedgehogs but they're welcome because they slurp up slugs
@@neonice You're right! That's one creature we do get. I'd forgotten about the hedgehogs!
We have hedgehogs though! they seem to be enjoying our property at the moment i've seen heaps this year!
Raised bed in the back garden?! Sacrilege!
You guys living the dream, best mates hanging out and making a living doing so! Happy days!
Theres something kinda fun about finding grubs, like yeah I hate them but also the victory I feel when I yeet them out of my garden to get eaten by birds. 😌
Are you sure those aren't orange radishes? 😂
That carrot flip was hilarious! I harvested the rest of my carrots this morning as well, how ironic! 😆
Every gardener needs a Jacques. Gardening would be that bit better
@@dibamoca9885ope when the editor has a spelling mistake.
I would love to know the variety of the summer cauliflower.
Those grubs are as big as your chickens! Last summer my girls ate 20-30 whole cicadas daily. Was insane.
Mice love digging up corn seeds and eating them, hope your cat is up to it! 😉👍
OMG @ the Titanic recorder music!! I cracked up laughing at that!! LOL!!
The eyes up here carrot 🥕 👀🤣 part had me cracking up! Love babka she has such a gorgeous coat hilarious how you picked her up to show her off for us to say goodbye
There were a lot of carrots crammed in that garden bed, some large ones also 🥕 I can’t believe that San Juan Jr is no longer with us 🥺 what a bummer, I was looking forward to the harvest. The two of you together never disappoint 🤣🤣
You know, it could be fun to see you cooking with your produce! Even if it's just really casual, it can be satisfying to see the plants come full circle as part of a meal.
haha #RadishGate2022 continues!
Wow 🤩🌱
Lol, eyes up here. You boys are funny.
“That carrot is disconcerting” 😂😂😂😂
Stop making light of gardening...😄😄 Having too much fun!!!! I need me a Jacque in the garden!!!
RIP San Juan. May you rot down to become organic matter for giant cabbages to come.
nice to see that the editor exists
My chickens LOVE grubs
OMG the Titanic song 🤣🤣🤣 I love how you guys threw the carrots over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes
Oh no! R.i.p San Juan 😢.
That corten steel Birdies is the look I've been waiting for. I was never a fan of the corrogated.
I also love the smell of carrots pulling them out of the dirt.
What a great haul of carrots! I see a slightly orange hue in your near future…
My carrots didn’t do great last year so I left them in over winter. Have harvested some this spring and they’re better now than last year. Only a couple were slightly woody.
Subtitle: We also harvested a ton of fun! 😁
You guys are so funny! Love your videos. You make gardening fun!
The editors note about the turnips being called radish 🤣 love it. Also, I've found, Homegrown carrots, you never know what kid of unique shapes you will come out with. I've had a few "disconcerning" shapes Lol!!😅 I love finding humor amidst gardening.
What is that vertical green growing cage for your squash I think? I need one to put between my planter boxes!
Shred the radishes (turnips) and carrots and ferment. Radishes would be good and put some peppers.
Nom nom! Then make homemade banh mi using the pickled veggies and peppers.
So did the grubs get eaten by chickins in the end? Usually chickens go crazy over bugs.
Try making Mexican style hot pickled carrots. I did a recipe and it came out amazing. Good way to save carrots and make them taste amazing.
You know what I just realized? Who films these? There's a third person here this whole time lol.
I guess radishes are like small turnips 😂
It's so cool how much fun you two have! Love your videos
Yes! There's nothing like the fragrance of freshly-picked carrots!
Curious if you starting asparagus from seed or crown, that makes a huge difference on harvest
Accept my condolences for SJ Cabbagestrano Jr. May he RIP.
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What the "F" happened to San Juan Cabastrano?
I am so jealous that you get to harvest carrots already. Here in Minnesota I can't even plant them for another couple weeks. (tonight it is supposed to drop to 25 degrees)
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I’m near Rochester! Just planted carrots today! No frost in the forecast for us. You must be further north
Can't you plant them under a row cover?
I am also gardening in San Diego - where do you get the mushroom compost you used last year? I am transitioning to no dig, but will need a ton. Thanks!
My beets and carrots do not grow big enough to eat. Any ideas what could be causing this? Lack of nutrients?
I have grubs in my garden also but your grubs are on steroids. Epic grubs🥴
that's a lot of harvest for the carrots and turnips. Did Gucci and the chickies tried the grubs after the video?
Nope!
TURNIPS!! 😂
Over the past two vids each time you said radish instead of turnip it just got funnier for some reason.
I’m too single to be watching these boys pull out these carrots.
F to respekt lol
Fly free San Juan🕊
Love seeing you two goofing off in the garden. A moment of silence for SJC Jr.
F. Au revoir to monsieur San Juan, gone but never forgotten. Also, those weren't grubs those were Dune sandworms!
lol sandworms
Got here within 3 mins of upload, lol first time I've been this early. I love watching you guys, I get so much inspiration and learn so much. Trying to turn my jet black thumb green.
You got this, Shirley
I always save the fresh carrot greenery. Loop them up, freeze them and add to soups and roasts. Great flavor!
This video is just what anyone needs for a morning of smiles and laughters! So inspiring to see and feel the excitement and fun in the garden! Learning so much and raring to do more in the garden! Thank you Kevin and Jacques and the editor! *I would vote this as one of the best videos I’ve seen this year!
Does Jacques live around the corner?
You make Jacque walk to work.
It's a shame we can only get the original birdies raised beds in the UK or I'd order loads of your site you make, me want to have a garden like yours 😁
I feel like there is a bro comedy movie coming. 😂
Everyone has been hearing about the water shortage in California. What strategies are you putting in place to not lose any crops through the summer? Also, I would love to see a video sometime this summer regarding the subject matter of water restrictions & keeping your crops alive, & how it is affecting your crops & life. Thank you.
He has a giant water collection tank. He uses his gray water. He has many videos about it. He's set when it comes to water.
The idea that your chickens don’t like grubs is shocking to me
Weird right? Some do some don't I've heard
Yes, but they are chicken eating size grubs.
My chickens are bigger and they’d jump through flaming hoops for those grubs.
@@jeanetteschulthe1andOnly Those grubs were HUGE. My chickens like little ones I dug up.
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Not even the chickens will eat the grubs.. lol.
Kevin, you are so lucky not having HOA or City preventing you from growing veggies in your front yard. I think those people preventing us from growing food
In the front yard have to have COMPLETELY TWISTED THINKING. It is so unnatural saying YOU ARE NOT ALLOW TO GROW YOUR OWN PEPPER OR EGGPLANT…
how are are we that those are turnips? they look pretty radish to me!
So since the radishes turned out to be turnips, shouldn't they have stayed in the ground longer? They looked small to be turnips whereas if they were radishes, they looked just right. So how did those big, ugly, squirmy grubs (?) get in the planter? Are they good or bad? The chickens were kind of grossed out too.
you two really are an excellent team! thanks for the videos and knowledge 🙂
Why are those grubs so freakishly large?? 😬 What are they!?
You guys are a great team!!!! Cutie petuties!
I can’t wait to see the asparagus video! I really enjoy watching your videos.
Hi Guys, I keep wanting to call you Mario & Luigi! 🤣😂😅 Well what I wanted to know is how to get your yellow squash and zucchini to climb up the trellis. Do you have to help it or will it take care of it self.🥰
We'll guide it a bit!
My chickens love grubs! It's like competition when I bring it to them 🤣
That poor San Juan Cabbagestrano. Omigawd, that lil clip made me laugh so much - even though I am so sorry. BUT - everything else looks cuh-RAZY epic! As it should.
Have you ever heard of the garden tower 2 project? I’m curious what you two think? I won a contest and got mine at a discount. I don’t think I would have paid full price, pretty costly. It just arrived today. 50 grow holes, rotates 365, center column makes worm compost that filters down to the bottom for worm tea and castings. Please check it out. Would love to hear your thoughts. Keep up the funny vids!
It's decent!
My wife also "won the contest" and we picked one up. Tried to put Gurney's bare-root strawberries in it but I did something wrong and killed a bunch of plants.
Then, suddenly...Surprise! I just got an email saying, "Congratulations! You just won a $100 off certificate to purchase a Garden Tower!"
It's a marketing tool to make you think you are getting a great deal.
I'll keep working on it and possibly try lettuce and spinach in the device.
@@SWCnetworkdr yeah I forget it was. That’s okay, I like the discount regardless. Filled it yesterday and added the worms. I’m sure they’ve been happily eating all night. I have 2 GreenStalk’s as well. Love those towers.
I would buy a shirt with a picture of a drawn radish that looks like like the epic gardening logo that says "*turnip" underneath.
Omg I need a content warning before the grubs…… I am disturbed… down with the sickness after seeing that 🤢🤢🤢
They truly are gross!
I love seeing you guys horsing around, this is so wholesome and educational
''F'' to respekt.
Bobka the cat!? Are you from Slovakia or the Czech republic by chance? Bobka means grandma in slovak I believe lol
whoa! that's...organic. Don't panic! It's ORGANIC!
I don’t understand WHAT those grubs are. The only grubs I’ve ever seen in MD are little white ones of Japanese Beetles. What are these monsters?
I know this is an older video, but Im curious about how you guys space your carrots? It's something I've struggled to figure out!
I'm calling both videos the turnip-gate! On a serious note, I'm surprised you're planting lettuce. Can you, or have you done a video on how to grow lettuce? Here in Florida mine all bolted already. How does the heat affect lettuce in your climate?
Our weather in May and June doesn’t get too hot here in San Diego. Maybe a couple days over 78, maybe, but not much. So we can kind of push lettuces bit. Mine bolt when it gets more consistently hot later in the summer. I actually like to plant mine in smaller containers so I can move them to cooler spots in my yard/under trees. I suspect that’s why he’s interplanting his with bush beans to get a bit of shade.
F in the chat for San Juan boi, you will be missed, ya boi was taken too young!😭😭💔💔
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Would love to see you guys connect with your local community fridge
Chickens might not be interested but if you have bluebirds or robins they will go wild!
My heart is hurting. I knew i should have pulled my carrots 2 weeks ago. I pulled them today after a week of rain and at least half split in the last day or so. At least I have rabbits who van eat the split ones and my neighbor has chickens who can eat the rest.
Where would you ever purchase a Snow shovel in Southern California? Did you have to order it online?
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Omg the cabbage flute solo and the “I can’t emotionally handle it right now” comment made me die. 😂
what in holy heck kinda grub is that.. I've never seen anything like that before.
oh no, when did this happen? another generation of san juan has died? perhaps you should have a funeral. Make sure to have all the radishes.. i mean turnips attend.
Again!! Are they turnips or radishes??? I must know!!
What type of turnips did you plant? Also P.S. those grubs look nasty.
Hakurei
When you compost into the raised bed. Do you just add to the top? Do you turn over and how deep if you do turn over?