Thank you for your channel. I don't live in your area but experience the same arid heat, 5-6 months no rain and typical summer temperatures are 105-115 for months. Northern gardeners just don't understand this struggle so I was pretty excited to find your channel. I tried watermelon without success, and my tomatoes also gave up the ghost. I will have to try the varieties you recommend. Happy gardening!
Great ideals young lady ! I’m 64 years/o gardener here in Hot Dry Windy West Texas. The main difference in our climates is when we have 113 days, our nights do not go below 90. And you in desert have nights below 85…tomatoes keep their blooms! So cooler nights are a blessing! In my little back yard we recorded only7.5” of rain for 2023 ! But alas other areas close by in scattered showers received over 20”. Sad for me!😔. But I keep trying crippled knee and all! I take it as a personal challenge, even with this past month down in bed with bronchitis! I did get my onion seeds started late and coughing so bad my neighbor yelled over fence “ do you need 911 ? “. lol! Gotta keep on keeping on!
Thanks for the information. I moved to Las Cruces 4.5 years ago from WI. I quickly found out that midwest style gardening doesn't work in the high desert. I hope I can learn more about high desert gardening from you!
I’m in North Texas west of Fort Worth. My July and Aug and usually 100-115 every day, not a drop of rain. So I love watching you since we suffer thru the same struggle. I’ve been loving the Okinawa pink okra from baker creek. Infact that’s all I’m growing this year. I’m over Clemson. And I didn’t care for the Texas hill country, they get hard fast. I’ve heard good things about the Louisiana okra, that they stay soft longer. I’m excited to try the burgundy now too! My most successful melons have been mountain sweet yellow, sweet Siberian, and desert king. The first 2 varieties were fast to mature, desert king was slow /weak to get going and then matured late in season. They are all orangish. Sugar baby is good too but I had a hard time telling when they were ripe. Hope we both have a great growing year!!
My desert kings took a while to take off as well and I just didn't feel like they loved the climate. I'll have to check out the others you mentioned. I've tried texas hill country as well and felt that it just got hard after a single day. Not a fan. I'll have to look at the Okinawa pink..ive heard good things. Thanks for your input and good luck!
i'm in the high (mojave) desert in california. i always plant melons. melons were born in the desert. most of them love the heat. watermelons i grew last year: o'dells, blacktail, otome, yamato, lemon. i grew the petit gris de rennes (a charentais) and it was excellent, esp. the ones i got before the solstice. i got around a dozen melons from 1 plant. i hand pollinated too. i also hand watered daily and of course fertilized and injected bt into the vines when i suspected borers, etc.
Wow neighbor we have the same problem, those squash bugs are a pain 😢, the Armenian cucumber is one of the ones it did goo so definitely I’ll grow it again, ones again I’m so happy i found your channel ❤
One of my favorite melons to grow here are canary melons. Some years they do well, but last year, critters ate them. (skunks?, javelina?) They are delicious, but seeds are getting a little harder to find. I think I got my last from either MIGardener or Botanical Interests in 2022. I saved some and will try again.
Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage ferments great and leaves time for a summer crop and possibly a fall crop also. I also like Di Cicco broccoli in E TN as the weather in the mountains here is crazy giving a four season experience in a month during most of the year. We have a few consecutive hot / humid weeks in summer but, that is the only true season experience we can depend on here. We moved here from Alaska and moved there from our home town, Fort Lauderdale living in each location for several years. I swear the weather here is wonky! Ugh! Dicicco We grow the Texas Early Grano onion successfully here also. Crazy how our humidity levels are different but the same types of produce grows better than others in each of our environments. I've had problems growing summer squash here. I think I will try the Rond Di Nice. Thanks! I already planned to try the Tromboncino squash and Armenian cucumber this year. Hope they grow well here.Squash bugs are horrible here. I look forward to seeing your seed haul. Thanks for sharing!
I had my best Rattlesnake beans harvest this year! Zone 8b in Texas. On the other hand, I have gotten no more than 3 fruits from 3 years of growing Ronde de Nice. The female flowers just keep falling off before opening or after pollinating. I don’t know what the problem is because the plants always look healthy and big…
The broccoli is pronounced "de cheeko." In Italian, a single C is usually pronounced CH, and the cc is pronounced like a K. So, the squash is pronounced tromboncheeno.
Thank you for your channel. I don't live in your area but experience the same arid heat, 5-6 months no rain and typical summer temperatures are 105-115 for months. Northern gardeners just don't understand this struggle so I was pretty excited to find your channel. I tried watermelon without success, and my tomatoes also gave up the ghost. I will have to try the varieties you recommend. Happy gardening!
Thanks for sharing and I'm glad you found me! Good luck this year and I'm excited to share my experience with some new varieties!
Great ideals young lady ! I’m 64 years/o gardener here in Hot Dry Windy West Texas. The main difference in our climates is when we have 113 days, our nights do not go below 90. And you in desert have nights below 85…tomatoes keep their blooms! So cooler nights are a blessing! In my little back yard we recorded only7.5” of rain for 2023 ! But alas other areas close by in scattered showers received over 20”. Sad for me!😔. But I keep trying crippled knee and all! I take it as a personal challenge, even with this past month down in bed with bronchitis! I did get my onion seeds started late and coughing so bad my neighbor yelled over fence “ do you need 911 ? “. lol! Gotta keep on keeping on!
Thank you so much for sharing! I am happy that you are still gardening despite the difficulties! "Keep on keeping on" 😁
I’m trying to garden in west Texas as well. Trying, bc I’m new and this area is brutal to learn. Praying this summer won’t be as bad as the last 🤞🏻
Thanks for the information. I moved to Las Cruces 4.5 years ago from WI. I quickly found out that midwest style gardening doesn't work in the high desert. I hope I can learn more about high desert gardening from you!
I’m in Truth or Consequences & have a couple garden videos also. 😊
You're welcome and thanks for joining! I am in the area as well so hopefully this can be helpful
I’m in North Texas west of Fort Worth. My July and Aug and usually 100-115 every day, not a drop of rain. So I love watching you since we suffer thru the same struggle. I’ve been loving the Okinawa pink okra from baker creek. Infact that’s all I’m growing this year. I’m over Clemson. And I didn’t care for the Texas hill country, they get hard fast. I’ve heard good things about the Louisiana okra, that they stay soft longer. I’m excited to try the burgundy now too!
My most successful melons have been mountain sweet yellow, sweet Siberian, and desert king. The first 2 varieties were fast to mature, desert king was slow /weak to get going and then matured late in season. They are all orangish. Sugar baby is good too but I had a hard time telling when they were ripe.
Hope we both have a great growing year!!
Also canary yellow, white Lanzhou, Madhu ras, hara Madhu did well, but later in season.
My desert kings took a while to take off as well and I just didn't feel like they loved the climate. I'll have to check out the others you mentioned.
I've tried texas hill country as well and felt that it just got hard after a single day. Not a fan. I'll have to look at the Okinawa pink..ive heard good things.
Thanks for your input and good luck!
i'm in the high (mojave) desert in california. i always plant melons. melons were born in the desert. most of them love the heat. watermelons i grew last year: o'dells, blacktail, otome, yamato, lemon. i grew the petit gris de rennes (a charentais) and it was excellent, esp. the ones i got before the solstice. i got around a dozen melons from 1 plant. i hand pollinated too. i also hand watered daily and of course fertilized and injected bt into the vines when i suspected borers, etc.
Thanks! I'll have to check out some of those varieties!
14:51 Rollie Pollies are great for breaking down matter like wood chips, they do the same thing worms do. Plus your chickens will forage for them
Yah but they eat all my seedlings and make me sad. 🙃
@@thefiresidefarm eat them back so the others get scared 😱
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Excited for your seed haul when your last order comes in 👍💕
Me too!! Thanks!
Cool drone footage of your place😊❤
Thank you 😁
Enjoyed. Thx
Glad you enjoyed it!
sea island red okra, jing okra, white velvet okra, burmese okra.
Wow neighbor we have the same problem, those squash bugs are a pain 😢, the Armenian cucumber is one of the ones it did goo so definitely I’ll grow it again, ones again I’m so happy i found your channel ❤
Thanks so much!
So excited to see your upcoming videos ❤ spring 😍 summer 😍 and fall 😍 loving all your video 📹 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yay! Thank you!
One of my favorite melons to grow here are canary melons. Some years they do well, but last year, critters ate them. (skunks?, javelina?) They are delicious, but seeds are getting a little harder to find. I think I got my last from either MIGardener or Botanical Interests in 2022. I saved some and will try again.
Thanks for sharing I'll check them out!
Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage ferments great and leaves time for a summer crop and possibly a fall crop also. I also like Di Cicco broccoli in E TN as the weather in the mountains here is crazy giving a four season experience in a month during most of the year. We have a few consecutive hot / humid weeks in summer but, that is the only true season experience we can depend on here. We moved here from Alaska and moved there from our home town, Fort Lauderdale living in each location for several years. I swear the weather here is wonky! Ugh! Dicicco We grow the Texas Early Grano onion successfully here also. Crazy how our humidity levels are different but the same types of produce grows better than others in each of our environments. I've had problems growing summer squash here. I think I will try the Rond Di Nice. Thanks! I already planned to try the Tromboncino squash and Armenian cucumber this year. Hope they grow well here.Squash bugs are horrible here. I look forward to seeing your seed haul. Thanks for sharing!
I had my best Rattlesnake beans harvest this year! Zone 8b in Texas. On the other hand, I have gotten no more than 3 fruits from 3 years of growing Ronde de Nice. The female flowers just keep falling off before opening or after pollinating. I don’t know what the problem is because the plants always look healthy and big…
That's interesting that we've had complete opposite luck with our vegetables! Haha.
The broccoli is pronounced "de cheeko." In Italian, a single C is usually pronounced CH, and the cc is pronounced like a K. So, the squash is pronounced tromboncheeno.
Thanks for informing me! Haha I had it completely backwards!