Flowers , collect the dead heads get a few bowls and sit down open up the flowers you will see the seeds put them in an envelope for next spring. Well done with your garden your doing well 👏
You're doing a great job. Gardening isn't easy, it's trial & error. I live in Scotland, our summer isn't always warm! I'd love to live & garden somewhere warm 😁❤
Gardening is awesomely rewarding when you get into it. Pro tip. Veges consume a lot of soil nutrients, and pot watering tends to flush a lot of nutrients out. Get in the habit of a liquid feed every 3 or 4 weeks, and your veges will reward you. Worm tea. Liquid seaweed. Fish emulsion. All that kind of thing is great.
Thanks for this!! I have noticed the "flushing effect" and have tried to keep feeding with worm castings, compost and liquid feeds! not sure if I have the balance right but im trying my best haha
Hi Tom, you are doing so well, congratulations!! Try to carefully break off the little fennel plants with some roots attached and put them back in the ground, you may get more plants. Celery plants also have 'pups' which is what those baby plants are called, and you can plant them out again as a new plant. Strawberries will send out 'runners' - long stems that will get a little cluster of leaves on them, stick them in the ground where the leaves occur and you'll get more strawberry plants!! Rhubarb loves lots of manure and a bigger pot, they also need quite a bit of water. Did you check the plant spacing recommendations on the seed packets? sometimes when over crowding happens it will affect how well things grow. I'm in South Australia and find that everything does better when I use 50% shade cloth overhead. Wicking beds are also a must here for a successful growing season OR a dripper/irrigation system of some kind. Putting saucers under the pots helps a bit if you don't have the other options, water til the saucers are full and it will absorb back into the pot as it dries out. Have a go at making your own fertilizer - soaking weeds (without seed heads) in water for a month - be warned, it can smell a bit - and then feed your plants regularly. A good layer of mulch also helps, aged chicken bedding is good as is rabbit/guinea pig bedding. As suggested in a previous comment, if you keep a diary or labels of when you planted and when they mature it should help with harvesting at the right time. You'll learn so much more as you go, it's quite exciting to watch your journey, thanks for sharing
I love how honest and genuine you are. All gardeners start off with what you are facing and learning. I have been gardening for over 10 years but love watching your journey. Congratulations and well done. Never give up you're doing great. ❤😊
Fantastic result 👏 What a blessing for you all. What a tasty variety,even collecting seeds 👌 Gardner tip -.put harvest date on plant label so you know it rather than you feeling a failure as plants differ in growth rates
Raspberry fruits on the 2nd year of growth, so you need 2 years, then they're going to flower & fruit on the 'çanes' that have been there for the 2 years...all berry vines do that. Strawberries grow from the runners, not the 'seeds on the berry!! And from shops they're the most toxic fruit. Great harvest! Cover the tender plants on hot days with wetted (old) sheets to keep them from burning. Use dry covers in Autumn to delay frost damage.
Artichoke and rhubarb are perennials. When they go dormant, pot them up. As they show signs of growth again, feed well. And Jerusalem artichoke grow from tubers so save some to plant on.
You're having so much better success than me!!! I used to use those coir blocks a lot, I was going to do what you've done: coir, mushroom compost and a bit each of chicken and cow manure. I find that the coir here we I am (hot Western Australia) dries out too quickly and it's hard to rehydrate. I'm about to try lupin mulch in its place. Lupin mulch, mushroom compost, chicken and cow manure. I've read of others doing it and having great success, so I hope it works where I am. I'll be using lots of shadecloth, or maybe hessian (as it's more natural and breathable) as everything here is getting super fried no matter how much water it gets. Awesome success❤
If they are deficient in potassium, instead of using that banana skin concoction(which doesnt make sense, as the potassium from the banana skin feeds into the fruit as it ripens leaving if void of potassium) use ash from the fireplace and dust it around your crops, works great and super organic!
Thank you so much for you channel! I have a 4m x 4m Court Yard, I have wanted to grow veggies and salads, for my son and I, and have doubted growing them in pots, or even where to begin. I "growing on your journey" Woooohoooo. Subscribed!🥬🥦🥒🫑
Congratulations you are doing great 👍 in gardening/homesteading there’s always a loss here and there don’t be discouraged just keep going and learning as you grow I would advise isolate any plant that doesn’t look well as this may reduce your adjacent ones going down hill also When you handle a sick looking plant wash your hands as you could unknowingly pass on unwanted plant diseases The peach tree is looking awesome 👍 you’re doing such a great job! Not bad for only 4 months being a gardener 👏👏👏
Toms depend on temp before fruiting. Beetroot take a while to grow. I found the cylindrical ones are best in containers as they only get a certain width, but nice and long. Your onions are great. Did you keep records of your soil mixes? I found eggplants take a while too. Check the harvest times on the packs? The transplanting of seedlings is something I'm learning as well, in a new climate. Great job.
So encouraging for a small space and only 3-4 months! It’s too hot here in QLD for gardening right now (everything just burns). I am excited for March when our planting season begins 😄
It’s looking great. I love the trial and error of gardening. You’re doing a fantastic job with your container garden. Container gardening is hard work. You generally have to water more because they dry out quicker, and the black plastic pots can get hotter and cook the roots sometimes. Usually if something goes to bolt, generally they taste bitter or different like lettuces etc. I find lettuce bolts really quickly if the conditions aren’t ideal I.e too hot, underwatered etc. I’m no expert but I feel maybe you over planted your beets? But you can still harvest there stalks, I treat it like celery with my cooking and salads. Definitely need to take the lateral elbows/suckers of your toms, helps keep the plants focus on producing fruit rather then keep expanding, also helps with airflow and reducing susceptibility to issues. Oh and with cucumbers and zucchini for example, the bigger they are, the harder the seeds get and becomes inedible (becomes chicken food instead). Highly recommend setting up an irrigation system, to help with even and automatic watering. But might not be worth the outlay given that you will eventually move to your property. Oh and next time, check the ‘bargain bin’ section for plants that need TLC, I’ve managed to nurse quite a few back to good health, at a fraction of their originally cost. Highly recommend looking into companion planting.
Potash, you can get that from fire wood ash it can raise the PH level, use about a kilo or 2 to 10sqm. Ideally you would mix it into the soil in winter/spring avoid treated wood or wood thats been painted or stained if you have a fire place or a camp fire just use it. Some compost and mulch can be acidic so potash is often a good mix when composting .
I love container gardening!! I've got Potatoes...Capsicums...Cherry tomatoes...Basil...Rosemary...Sweet potatoes and Cucumbers!! Hope to do more container gardening next year!! Cheers!!
Hi Tom, your doing great. Don't try collecting strawberry seeds. Your strawberry will produce runners. When they do put some little pots under the nodes. Don't cut the runners from the mother plant until the nodes have produced roots. Tomatoes get stressed over 30°c so some shade cloth helps. Keep up the good work.
Great harvest! Be patient with the chilli and eggplant. They are perennial so if you overwinter them they will start producing early in the season next year. My second year chilli plant has been producing for months!
Capsicum’s chillies and eggplant take longer and prefer the hot weather to take off they take a bit longer they look like very healthy plants. Your doing a great job ❤
Rhubarb is a plant that is almost impossible to over fertilise. Lots of nitrogen-based fertiliser, and it'll grow happily. I have lots of rhubarb in pots. Some weren't looking so good, but I chucked a handful of dynamic lifter around it and then some moo poo on top of that, then mulch. They're all looking much better now!
Hello from Trinidad. Great video. Learning is such joyful work. And each plant is different in its own way. So the learning is infinite. The tomato plant at 2 54 should be removed and disposed of. Its sick. The peppers need some more nutrients on a regular basis. Best of luck on your homestead journey.
@Homestead_OnTheRock_ keep up the good work. I've just planted my first fruit trees and vegetables in over and 15 years in a new climate (Canberra) and it's been a rocky ride. So far I've produced two cucumbers which aren't as nice as yours. I have some capsicums and zucchinis on the way but it's been slow going.
if you cut the fennel off just leave the base in the dirt and it will keep growing, mine lasted 1.5yrs also if you put red rocks in with the strawberries the birds will stop eating them \
Capsicum, chilli and eggplants can be very slow growing initially so be patient. They can be over wintered (I have them as perennials now) and you have a head start next year if your area doesn't get too cold or you can put them somewhere protected. Also installing some shade cloth can help you in the extreme heat with high UV.
Purpling leaves can be either potassium or phosphorus, fortunately both are part of npk so most fertilisers should help, liquid for faster results. Banana skins as others have mentioned are only viable on unripened fruits and would need to be broken down already. While most of these homemade things dont work, fermenting it in water for a period is probably the fastest way to actually get anything out of it. Water availability being inconsistent along with the random heat waves we get in Australia for tomatoes are usually the main cause of deficiencies appearing. If the soil isnt evenly moist throughout the entire pot they struggle pretty easily to uptake what they need. Most of what you need are present, the plant just can't take it up. Everythings looking great, my cucumbers failed miserably this year, too much disease so I'll probably skip it for a year. Autumn and winter have become my favourite seasons to grow in, free irrigation and way less pests to worry about. The garden never looks greener than it does in winter. For the strawberries, wait for runners to come out(google for examples) and pot them up. It'll give you the exact same plant and it'll fruit faster 😉
Cucumbers can go bitter if they don't get enough regular water or are left too long on the vine. Also a bit dependent on variety. I water them daily, on very hot days twice when in pots.
It’s looking great. I love the trial and error of gardening. You’re doing a fantastic job with your container garden. Container gardening is hard work. You generally have to water more because they dry out quicker, and the black plastic pots can get hotter and cook the roots sometimes. Usually if something goes to bolt, generally they taste bitter or different like lettuces etc. I find lettuce bolts really quickly if the conditions aren’t ideal I.e too hot, underwatered etc. I’m no expert but I feel maybe you over planted your beets? But you can still harvest there stalks, I treat it like celery with my cooking and salads. Definitely need to take the lateral elbows/suckers of your toms, helps keep the plants focus on producing fruit rather then keep expanding, also helps with airflow and reducing susceptibility to issues. Oh and with cucumbers and zucchini for example, the bigger they are, the harder the seeds get and becomes inedible (becomes chicken food instead). Highly recommend setting up an irrigation system, to help with even and automatic watering. But might not be worth the outlay given that you will eventually move to your property. Oh and next time, check the ‘bargain bin’ section for plants that need TLC, I’ve managed to nurse quite a few back to good health, at a fraction of their originally cost. Highly recommend looking into companion planting.
Flowers , collect the dead heads get a few bowls and sit down open up the flowers you will see the seeds put them in an envelope for next spring. Well done with your garden your doing well 👏
Oh wow I didn’t know there was seeds in there haha I’ll have a look!
You're doing a great job. Gardening isn't easy, it's trial & error. I live in Scotland, our summer isn't always warm! I'd love to live & garden somewhere warm 😁❤
nastertium flowers are a great gift for your wife! you can eat all the plant, and "salt-ferment-pickle the seed/-pod for "Capers""!
Gardening is awesomely rewarding when you get into it.
Pro tip. Veges consume a lot of soil nutrients, and pot watering tends to flush a lot of nutrients out. Get in the habit of a liquid feed every 3 or 4 weeks, and your veges will reward you.
Worm tea. Liquid seaweed. Fish emulsion. All that kind of thing is great.
Thanks for this!! I have noticed the "flushing effect" and have tried to keep feeding with worm castings, compost and liquid feeds! not sure if I have the balance right but im trying my best haha
Hi Tom, you are doing so well, congratulations!! Try to carefully break off the little fennel plants with some roots attached and put them back in the ground, you may get more plants. Celery plants also have 'pups' which is what those baby plants are called, and you can plant them out again as a new plant. Strawberries will send out 'runners' - long stems that will get a little cluster of leaves on them, stick them in the ground where the leaves occur and you'll get more strawberry plants!! Rhubarb loves lots of manure and a bigger pot, they also need quite a bit of water. Did you check the plant spacing recommendations on the seed packets? sometimes when over crowding happens it will affect how well things grow. I'm in South Australia and find that everything does better when I use 50% shade cloth overhead. Wicking beds are also a must here for a successful growing season OR a dripper/irrigation system of some kind. Putting saucers under the pots helps a bit if you don't have the other options, water til the saucers are full and it will absorb back into the pot as it dries out. Have a go at making your own fertilizer - soaking weeds (without seed heads) in water for a month - be warned, it can smell a bit - and then feed your plants regularly. A good layer of mulch also helps, aged chicken bedding is good as is rabbit/guinea pig bedding. As suggested in a previous comment, if you keep a diary or labels of when you planted and when they mature it should help with harvesting at the right time. You'll learn so much more as you go, it's quite exciting to watch your journey, thanks for sharing
what a freaking awesome place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow those carrots look great well done, awesome job on your vegetable garden keep up the good work 👍😊
Thanks Donna!! We have really enjoyed growing the carrots!! Appreciate your support :)
I love how honest and genuine you are. All gardeners start off with what you are facing and learning. I have been gardening for over 10 years but love watching your journey. Congratulations and well done. Never give up you're doing great. ❤😊
Fantastic result 👏
What a blessing for you all. What a tasty variety,even collecting seeds 👌
Gardner tip -.put harvest date on plant label so you know it rather than you feeling a failure as plants differ in growth rates
This is a goood idea! It can be hard to keep track of every plant haha and I’ve only got a few haha
@Homestead_OnTheRock_ a Blessing to reap our rgardener rewards, rather than compost slow growers 👌
Raspberry fruits on the 2nd year of growth, so you need 2 years, then they're going to flower & fruit on the 'çanes' that have been there for the 2 years...all berry vines do that. Strawberries grow from the runners, not the 'seeds on the berry!! And from shops they're the most toxic fruit. Great harvest! Cover the tender plants on hot days with wetted (old) sheets to keep them from burning. Use dry covers in Autumn to delay frost damage.
A Bear Grylls knife is awesome!! I loved watching his show 😁 The garden is looking amazing!
Artichoke and rhubarb are perennials. When they go dormant, pot them up. As they show signs of growth again, feed well. And Jerusalem artichoke grow from tubers so save some to plant on.
Awesome thank you ☺️ !!
You're having so much better success than me!!! I used to use those coir blocks a lot, I was going to do what you've done: coir, mushroom compost and a bit each of chicken and cow manure. I find that the coir here we I am (hot Western Australia) dries out too quickly and it's hard to rehydrate. I'm about to try lupin mulch in its place. Lupin mulch, mushroom compost, chicken and cow manure. I've read of others doing it and having great success, so I hope it works where I am. I'll be using lots of shadecloth, or maybe hessian (as it's more natural and breathable) as everything here is getting super fried no matter how much water it gets. Awesome success❤
If they are deficient in potassium, instead of using that banana skin concoction(which doesnt make sense, as the potassium from the banana skin feeds into the fruit as it ripens leaving if void of potassium) use ash from the fireplace and dust it around your crops, works great and super organic!
Thank you so much for you channel! I have a 4m x 4m Court Yard, I have wanted to grow veggies and salads, for my son and I, and have doubted growing them in pots, or even where to begin. I "growing on your journey" Woooohoooo. Subscribed!🥬🥦🥒🫑
Congratulations you are doing great 👍 in gardening/homesteading there’s always a loss here and there don’t be discouraged just keep going and learning as you grow
I would advise isolate any plant that doesn’t look well as this may reduce your adjacent ones going down hill also
When you handle a sick looking plant wash your hands as you could unknowingly pass on unwanted plant diseases
The peach tree is looking awesome 👍 you’re doing such a great job! Not bad for only 4 months being a gardener 👏👏👏
Toms depend on temp before fruiting. Beetroot take a while to grow. I found the cylindrical ones are best in containers as they only get a certain width, but nice and long. Your onions are great.
Did you keep records of your soil mixes? I found eggplants take a while too.
Check the harvest times on the packs?
The transplanting of seedlings is something I'm learning as well, in a new climate.
Great job.
So encouraging for a small space and only 3-4 months! It’s too hot here in QLD for gardening right now (everything just burns). I am excited for March when our planting season begins 😄
A hori knife will be your best tool in your homestead 👌
Expensive, but a worthy outlay. Love mine!
It’s looking great. I love the trial and error of gardening.
You’re doing a fantastic job with your container garden. Container gardening is hard work.
You generally have to water more because they dry out quicker, and the black plastic pots can get hotter and cook the roots sometimes.
Usually if something goes to bolt, generally they taste bitter or different like lettuces etc. I find lettuce bolts really quickly if the conditions aren’t ideal I.e too hot, underwatered etc. I’m no expert but I feel maybe you over planted your beets? But you can still harvest there stalks, I treat it like celery with my cooking and salads.
Definitely need to take the lateral elbows/suckers of your toms, helps keep the plants focus on producing fruit rather then keep expanding, also helps with airflow and reducing susceptibility to issues.
Oh and with cucumbers and zucchini for example, the bigger they are, the harder the seeds get and becomes inedible (becomes chicken food instead).
Highly recommend setting up an irrigation system, to help with even and automatic watering. But might not be worth the outlay given that you will eventually move to your property.
Oh and next time, check the ‘bargain bin’ section for plants that need TLC, I’ve managed to nurse quite a few back to good health, at a fraction of their originally cost.
Highly recommend looking into companion planting.
Potash, you can get that from fire wood ash it can raise the PH level, use about a kilo or 2 to 10sqm.
Ideally you would mix it into the soil in winter/spring avoid treated wood or wood thats been painted or stained if you have a fire place or a camp fire just use it.
Some compost and mulch can be acidic so potash is often a good mix when composting .
I love container gardening!! I've got Potatoes...Capsicums...Cherry tomatoes...Basil...Rosemary...Sweet potatoes and Cucumbers!! Hope to do more container gardening next year!! Cheers!!
Awesome work and I love to hear it!!! can grow a lot in containers if you try!
Hi Tom, your doing great. Don't try collecting strawberry seeds. Your strawberry will produce runners. When they do put some little pots under the nodes. Don't cut the runners from the mother plant until the nodes have produced roots. Tomatoes get stressed over 30°c so some shade cloth helps. Keep up the good work.
Globe artichokes need a big pot with heaps of compost, they are big plants
I will give them a top up asap and a bigger pot next time, Thank you :)
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_no worries I just had my first harvest last spring, delicious!!
Great harvest! Be patient with the chilli and eggplant. They are perennial so if you overwinter them they will start producing early in the season next year. My second year chilli plant has been producing for months!
Capsicum’s chillies and eggplant take longer and prefer the hot weather to take off they take a bit longer they look like very healthy plants. Your doing a great job ❤
Thanks Katrina! they have shot up in the last couple weeks since filming this one!!
I have the same BG knife in a drawer, will use it for gardening now haha
Rhubarb is a plant that is almost impossible to over fertilise. Lots of nitrogen-based fertiliser, and it'll grow happily.
I have lots of rhubarb in pots. Some weren't looking so good, but I chucked a handful of dynamic lifter around it and then some moo poo on top of that, then mulch. They're all looking much better now!
Good job Tom. Keep gardening and keep learning.
Hello from Trinidad.
Great video. Learning is such joyful work. And each plant is different in its own way. So the learning is infinite.
The tomato plant at 2 54 should be removed and disposed of. Its sick. The peppers need some more nutrients on a regular basis.
Best of luck on your homestead journey.
👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏, wonderful!😊
I agree with watering every morning and night. Your tomatoes in particular could do with some mulch.
Just topped them up! thank you
@Homestead_OnTheRock_ keep up the good work. I've just planted my first fruit trees and vegetables in over and 15 years in a new climate (Canberra) and it's been a rocky ride. So far I've produced two cucumbers which aren't as nice as yours. I have some capsicums and zucchinis on the way but it's been slow going.
Also your raspberries look like they're about to flower!!
Don't stop keep learning. Fail succeed it's all still fun.
Well done. Don’t beat yourself up over the capsicum and egg plant , they need a lot of time and heat and then they’ll take off.
if you cut the fennel off just leave the base in the dirt and it will keep growing, mine lasted 1.5yrs also if you put red rocks in with the strawberries the birds will stop eating them
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Capsicum, chilli and eggplants can be very slow growing initially so be patient. They can be over wintered (I have them as perennials now) and you have a head start next year if your area doesn't get too cold or you can put them somewhere protected. Also installing some shade cloth can help you in the extreme heat with high UV.
Garden looks good for your backyard garden 👍❤️
Bog standard steak knife makes a good gardening knife
Amazing garden! Look at all that yummy fresh produce ❤
Purpling leaves can be either potassium or phosphorus, fortunately both are part of npk so most fertilisers should help, liquid for faster results. Banana skins as others have mentioned are only viable on unripened fruits and would need to be broken down already. While most of these homemade things dont work, fermenting it in water for a period is probably the fastest way to actually get anything out of it. Water availability being inconsistent along with the random heat waves we get in Australia for tomatoes are usually the main cause of deficiencies appearing. If the soil isnt evenly moist throughout the entire pot they struggle pretty easily to uptake what they need. Most of what you need are present, the plant just can't take it up.
Everythings looking great, my cucumbers failed miserably this year, too much disease so I'll probably skip it for a year. Autumn and winter have become my favourite seasons to grow in, free irrigation and way less pests to worry about. The garden never looks greener than it does in winter.
For the strawberries, wait for runners to come out(google for examples) and pot them up. It'll give you the exact same plant and it'll fruit faster 😉
Congratulations on your success, it looks like your garden is in the full open yard, please what do you do to keep birds away from your plants?
Hey Tom, I don't know why but I can't grow onions to save my life, they just kark it, nice haul of veggies though. Seeya Rob
haha oh no Robbo! some things you just have to buy I guess haha! Keep it up, Cheers mate!
Great video 🇳🇿🌱
Always best to not put all your Fruit in 1 basket!! I like trying different mizesbtoo! Those onions look great
Wow!
Cut your suckers on your tomato plants😊
Where did you get your seeds from?
Diggers Club :)
@ yes, I posted this before he mentioned it! Haha
Yep spot on! almost everything is from there! the rest was either gifted to me or from bunnings
@@Homestead_OnTheRock_ are you a member?
How did your cucumber taste? I planted some last summer or spring, and they all tasted really bitter, so it turned me off them. Any tricks you used?
They tasted great and have got a few now! honestly dont have much advice as its the only time ive grown them! Always worth trying again though ☺
Cucumbers can go bitter if they don't get enough regular water or are left too long on the vine. Also a bit dependent on variety. I water them daily, on very hot days twice when in pots.
Also very good soil with plenty of compost and regular feeding helps.
Jerusalem artichokes give you baaaaad gas 💨💨💨💨 bet you will only ever eat them once 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Fartichokes 😂😂
HAHAHA we will find out 🤣
I make soup with them, and take 2 charcoal tablets when I eat soup. Works a treat! No unwanted gas! 🤓
It’s looking great. I love the trial and error of gardening.
You’re doing a fantastic job with your container garden. Container gardening is hard work.
You generally have to water more because they dry out quicker, and the black plastic pots can get hotter and cook the roots sometimes.
Usually if something goes to bolt, generally they taste bitter or different like lettuces etc. I find lettuce bolts really quickly if the conditions aren’t ideal I.e too hot, underwatered etc. I’m no expert but I feel maybe you over planted your beets? But you can still harvest there stalks, I treat it like celery with my cooking and salads.
Definitely need to take the lateral elbows/suckers of your toms, helps keep the plants focus on producing fruit rather then keep expanding, also helps with airflow and reducing susceptibility to issues.
Oh and with cucumbers and zucchini for example, the bigger they are, the harder the seeds get and becomes inedible (becomes chicken food instead).
Highly recommend setting up an irrigation system, to help with even and automatic watering. But might not be worth the outlay given that you will eventually move to your property.
Oh and next time, check the ‘bargain bin’ section for plants that need TLC, I’ve managed to nurse quite a few back to good health, at a fraction of their originally cost.
Highly recommend looking into companion planting.