I'm from Australia Melbourne, and trying to growing cucamelon 3 yrs in a row. Just can't get them to grow. Love your farm. Fabulous narrating thank you.
I just brought a 5 pound bag 'o buckwheat. I'm a NY/ NC gal living in South Central Los Angeles, and the soil is so non-fertile. I'm using buckwheat for crop cover, ground cover, bare spots, and eating! Thanks for your video. I would love to live out there in the country!😍🦋💖
Thank you for the suggestion in the future. Since we haven't moved yet, we went ahead and planted 6 tomato plants and a pepper plant. Got fruit coming, so we're happy. Also, adopted a garden from a friend who broke his leg. Now we've got 9 potato plants, 2 1/2 rows of sweet corn and 37, that's right...37 tomato plants. I'm gonna be making lots of salsa and sauce, YUMMY! Can't wait. Congrats on your successes.
Had a cat named Buclwheat. 😊 And a dog named Spanky. I planted buckwheat and rye grass at the end of winter to help out a new garden area. Put down cardboard and wood chips. Its May 4th and I can't believe the rye grass is growing awsome. Cool nights in Florida.
AWESOMENESS! Especially for us SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BEEKEEPERS!!! APPRECIATE Y'ALL putting out this helpful cover crop on summer Buckwheat! Are Crookneck is done and I'm fixin to toss some buckwheat and our honey bee colonies will have a BIG TIME during our late summer/ fall nectar dearth! GOD BLESS y'all!!!
Here in central Texas, I also learned to plant summer crops. Especially in the raised beds. Planting buckwheat one summer and crimson clover the next summer is really improving the soil in my raised beds. Lived in this part of Texas over 24 years now and have never had to worry about ground being too wet. Never . . . sigh. Now when we lived in east Texas, oh yeah! My fall and winter crops are always better than spring. I do love the cherry tomatoes though.
I tell you what - 1, I love your videos. 2, if planting a diverse garden; it can be good to know the watering needs of different plants so you can grow them together. I live in North Florida, as in real North Florida - the North Florida Alabama didn't want 😁 bout the only thing that will grow here is cover crops. Cow peas do well enough. Found this video because I am going to broadcast some buckwheat now.
You have one of the most entertaining and informative channels on You Tube. I'm relatively new to your channel, but have been going back and watching the older videos. Have learned a lot! Keep up the great work.
I just love your garden, it's beautiful! I just moved to Vidalia, GA and I just can't wait to start gardening my fall crop as soon as this heat of a 98* and that's not including the humidity factor gets better! It's just too hot! There are also too many weeds, and it's only me doing everything here which is a bummer, if I had more people helping out it would things so much better! God bless your family and home! Keep up with he great vids!
Thanks Maria & that is so awesome about your new garden...maybe weeds now, but when your harvesting that fall garden, you won't even remember those weeds ;) I feel your pain about the HEAT! Whew!!-Jason
Thanks, Jason! On your recommendation I bought some buckwheat and have planted it on my newly completed hugelkulture bed to serve as a cover crop until it's time to plant my fall/winter vegetables.
You've got quite a beautiful place there! I was born and raised in Selma, so I know about where you are. I am a big fan of buckwheat myself! Stuff will grow anywhere with little care! Great cover! Not nearly as bad to work back in as some. I'm way up north gardening now, Eastaboga! Near Talladega Speedway. Come see us!
great idea I have been wanting to plant some buckwheat. I just moved to this property three months ago and I desperately need some soil Improvement. my garden is not doing very well yet because it was very low lying and wet so it got planted late for one thing and is nutrient and organic matter deficient. I agree buckwheat is just what I need right now and here in Michigan this is about the only time I can grow it
Buckwheat, about the only thing I knew about this grain was that li'l black kid in the li'l rascals T.V. series, but once I tried the cereal, cooked like cream of wheat it makes a yummy cereal or yummy grits, but I sure didn't know it was an AWESOME cover crop, living in a semi-arid local, I'm sure buckwheat would do good, of course I reckon it needs plenty water, well summers here are hot and rainy, probably wouldn't do as good during the winter hot and dry during the day and chilly at night. Thumbs up Jason, thanks for providing the info and the link to buy buckwheat seed. :)
Hello! I chop and drop my buckwheat all summer and let it spread all over...then collect the seed in winter for cooking. Buckwheat IS awesome! Then it pops up again next summer (zone 6)) I just let it grow willy-nilly. Have you ever grown Perpetual Spinach? It grows great even in heat and has the texture and an even better taste than Malabar Spinach. Happy gardening! :))
Tomatoes consumed by fungus, wilts, etc. Almost a total loss! Squash drowned.......3 different times! Thank goodness for the legumes! I've been covered up with green beans and peas (top pick purple hulls and black eyes) and limas doing ok. Had a good load of potatoes although the rain spooked me and I dug them a little sooner than I should have. Did NOT want them to be rotten when I did dig! Still getting lots of peas and beans off of succession plantings. Sweet potatoes doing well. Putting in the fall stuff now.......keep up the good work! Let me know if you want some of those top pick purple hull seed peas, I can spare some!
Hey Jason, first time watching this video and I didn't know you grew cucomelons before. I sent you some seeds not too long ago..haha..I'm growing one inside my house right now and will put it outside after the last Frost. I'm so glad I'm watching this video cause I didn't know they grew this big..lol
thanks for sharing!! I typically grow a family pole bean that has been in our family for many years, but it is a climber & I just did not have time to put together the trellis system we use for them...But I am going to right Bronco down in my journal for next year. Thanks again!!-Jason
You mentioned poison ivy so I assume you have it there. We have a lot up here in Ontario Canada and it’s hard to get rid of without using poisons. I thought maybe if I sow buckwheat on top of the p.i. Maybe the buckwheat would grow larger than the p.i. and deny it sun. Any thoughts?
Garden is just about done here in southeast Texas for us. Gourds and peppers are still going strong though. Have a row of pinkeye & creamers but the deer found them. I had extra pinkeye seeds one year and threw them out in the summer for a cover crop. I don't know if you can count that as a cover crop but it's all I had at the time.
I like your method of scatter and stomp to plant buckwheat seeds. It is kind of like you and Martha Stewart doing your Pickle Dance out in the garden,,,,lol.
Awesome information Jason. I didn't know it was a summer crop. Nor did I know about the P and Ca. I think I bought a small pack last year...I will have to see if I can find it and get it to sprout. Also...I love buckwheat pancakes!
I couldn't find my seed packet. I will have to get some next year! Hope you guys are tolerating this heat wave...here it is an insane 90% humidity with matching temps. Quite unbearable to be in the garden. Even in the am!
My no till garden has tomatoes up the yang. The layered mulch keeps the rain from splashing. The best tomatoes are the ones I put on the cow panel and removed all the bottom leaves. The Cherokee purple. Have some others I let just spread and tried to put old hay under to keep the tomatoes off the ground. The yellow cherry tomatoes are trying to take over the world, even with cutting them back. Cucumbers doing great, except one type. They have blight, but produced great before it hit them. Egg plant has been nuts, only have 3 plants and had to pull one out to reduce the harvest. Purple sweet potatoes trying to take over the garden too. Had to cut some of them back, will see what they produce later. Carrots harvested, lemon grass about 4 foot tall. Have not grown a cover crop yet but ruminating on it. I am expanding my garden with silage tarps to kill weeds and adding goat poo by the loads and bush hogged the grass, raked and have added that to the garden. Want to experiment with growing greens and salad mix this winter. Love my salads and had some great one's last winter. Our heat makes them bitter come May. I even tried a row cover with shade cloth to see if it would work. BITTER. So greens and salad out until probably September, seeded indoors to get the little brats to germinate.... Love your videos...!
I'm in north central Texas. I've had a time getting buckwheat to germinate. But i've never sown it this time year. maybe I'll try it again. Peppers doing good, cucumbers doing good. Squash and tomatoes slowing down and just about done. eggplant doing good, green beans did well. Waiting on watermelon and cantaloupe (might have a failure there). Bad fig and blackberry year for me. Should have some good persimmons (my favorite). Not getting many pomegranate blooms this year. I'm going to try those mexican gherkins next year. Thanks for another good video!
Thanks for sharing Joan Smith !!! Those Mexican gherkins are really good. I was actually shocked. I thought they would taste like a watered down cucumber but I was wrong. Has a hint of lime to them. Thanks again & maybe you'll have better luck with your buckwheat! -Jason
Where did you get such a big bag of buckwheat? Trying to decide if it would be good plant where my potatoes are growing (after they are pulled later in summer?
You may know this already but give your tomatoes Epsom salts and crush up your egg shells. They can take A LOT of water so to me it looks like they are missing something like that. Hope this helps ;)
Thanks Fourmile Farm !!! I actually thought about Epsom salt, but The water is pretty bad, they are almost floating. I pulled a bad one up this week and the roots and the soil around the roots were dripping with water. Never seen this much rain in one summer... crazy! Thanks again for the suggestion, I really do appreciate & honestly at this point, the epsom salt dang sure wouldn't hurt, that's for sure!! Thanks Jason
Do you feed this to your rabbits? The grain or the plant? I'm wanting to go organic with my rabbits and quail. Not to mention I would love to try some myself. Also for my bees during dearth.
Jason, what is the name of little cucumber that looks like little watermelons?? Mexican something.. ??????? Did you get your seeds from Hoss for those???
Ya well they think they live here the baby was born on our property a few months ago I would love to show ya pictures might have to on fb not sure if I could on here they baby and the mom always here since our garden is not up yet they eat our apples and our green figs
this is a terrible year for me!. My lettuce is ok but everything else will not grow. so many weeds this year. I have a 7 yr old raised bed. I planted some buckwheat and i dont even think thats growing, although I don't know what it looks like as a young leaf. Confused about what to do. I try to keep an organic garden. In the fall should I just mow everything down and leave it til spring? I live in illinois. Very wet too here.
So sorry to hear Judy! I battle with weeds all the time! I tell you what I would do, is go by or call your local county extension office, & they should offer a soil testing kit, & it should give you instructions on what to do & how to send it off. In no time they will send you the results back & give you recommendations as to what your soil is lacking & what you can do, & here in Alabama it is not expensive at all, like less than $20. As for buckwheat, it is super fast, so you'll know within 7-10 days if it's buckwheat. As for fall, I would look for a fall cover crop. In our area we use an annual ryegrass or even kale works great & chop & drop it come spring....good luck, & I hope this was helpful!-Thx, Jason
Raised beds need a way to drain when there is too much water/rain... The Boards that outline the bed should have gapes where they come together so the water will drain off!!!!!!!! So going left to right when two boards line up on the same level half inch gape... The board on top of the gape should stretch across the gape holding the bed together... The Raised bed has to be flexible as you want to control the environment and the loam is part of the cycle of life of a raised garden/ garden but here you get to control all aspects of the environment... moister is also one component of the cycle of life in the raised garden you get to control!!!!!!!! You failed your garden, not the weather as you are the farmer!!!!!!!!!!! Build in a drain system so the water runs off the direction you want, level or not level ground you control the open field, and you can collect the water or let run on down the line!!!!!!
if we planted a summer cover crop we would have no garden, if we planted a fall crop they would be frozen in the ground and under 2 feet of snow before they sprout, we plant rye grass in late fall just before freeze up as a cover crop an it comes up early spring before it is warm enough to plant, by the time the ground is warm enough to plant the annual rye is a foot high, till it in an good to go, oh our stuff in the garden will not be ready until late Aug.
Dude, 'Im thinking that mulching with pine needles may be putting too much acidity into the soil and effecting your tomatoes. I had a simular problem and then started mulching with hay an did much better.
Actually the pine needle & acidity thing has now been proven not to be true...I use to never mulch my garden with pine straw bc I always had heard that, but here is an article that explains why it is indeed a garden myth: davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2702/#b Now good hay or straw might be a better mulch than pine needles, but typically our tomatoes do very well, but this is by far the rainiest & wettest summer that I can ever remember. We have had a period of going on 4 or 5 weeks where it has rained least once every day. It has been crazy here...but thank you for suggesting that!! I really do appreciate it a lot!!-Jason
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I'm from Australia Melbourne, and trying to growing cucamelon 3 yrs in a row. Just can't get them to grow. Love your farm. Fabulous narrating thank you.
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My summertime cover crop plants itself. Johnsongrass!
I just brought a 5 pound bag 'o buckwheat.
I'm a NY/ NC gal living in South Central Los Angeles, and the soil is so non-fertile.
I'm using buckwheat for crop cover, ground cover, bare spots, and eating!
Thanks for your video.
I would love to live out there in the country!😍🦋💖
Love buckwheat!!!!
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Thank you for the suggestion in the future. Since we haven't moved yet, we went ahead and planted 6 tomato plants and a pepper plant. Got fruit coming, so we're happy. Also, adopted a garden from a friend who broke his leg. Now we've got 9 potato plants, 2 1/2 rows of sweet corn and 37, that's right...37 tomato plants. I'm gonna be making lots of salsa and sauce, YUMMY! Can't wait. Congrats on your successes.
37 WHOA!!!!! That is awesome!!!! good luck!-Jason
Thanks!
Buckwheat is my fav rascal! LOL
Had a cat named Buclwheat. 😊
And a dog named Spanky. I planted buckwheat and rye grass at the end of winter to help out a new garden area. Put down cardboard and wood chips. Its May 4th and I can't believe the rye grass is growing awsome. Cool nights in Florida.
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I see you have your ducks in a row, LOL! (Starts at 9 mins 48 secs in your video).
Never thought about ground cover in the summer. Great idea!
Thank Michelle C Cutler !!!
AWESOMENESS! Especially for us SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN BEEKEEPERS!!! APPRECIATE Y'ALL putting out this helpful cover crop on summer Buckwheat! Are Crookneck is done and I'm fixin to toss some buckwheat and our honey bee colonies will have a BIG TIME during our late summer/ fall nectar dearth! GOD BLESS y'all!!!
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Besides the tomatoes, your garden looks great!
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Here in central Texas, I also learned to plant summer crops. Especially in the raised beds. Planting buckwheat one summer and crimson clover the next summer is really improving the soil in my raised beds. Lived in this part of Texas over 24 years now and have never had to worry about ground being too wet. Never . . . sigh. Now when we lived in east Texas, oh yeah! My fall and winter crops are always better than spring. I do love the cherry tomatoes though.
Thanks for sharing Joy!!!!
I tell you what - 1, I love your videos. 2, if planting a diverse garden; it can be good to know the watering needs of different plants so you can grow them together. I live in North Florida, as in real North Florida - the North Florida Alabama didn't want 😁 bout the only thing that will grow here is cover crops. Cow peas do well enough. Found this video because I am going to broadcast some buckwheat now.
You have one of the most entertaining and informative channels on You Tube. I'm relatively new to your channel, but have been going back and watching the older videos. Have learned a lot! Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much!! I am so glad that our channel is helpful, that means a lot!!! Thanks again David Hypes , - Jason
I just love your garden, it's beautiful! I just moved to Vidalia, GA and I just can't wait to start gardening my fall crop as soon as this heat of a 98* and that's not including the humidity factor gets better! It's just too hot! There are also too many weeds, and it's only me doing everything here which is a bummer, if I had more people helping out it would things so much better! God bless your family and home! Keep up with he great vids!
Thanks Maria & that is so awesome about your new garden...maybe weeds now, but when your harvesting that fall garden, you won't even remember those weeds ;)
I feel your pain about the HEAT! Whew!!-Jason
Thanks, Jason! On your recommendation I bought some buckwheat and have planted it on my newly completed hugelkulture bed to serve as a cover crop until it's time to plant my fall/winter vegetables.
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You've got quite a beautiful place there! I was born and raised in Selma, so I know about where you are. I am a big fan of buckwheat myself! Stuff will grow anywhere with little care! Great cover! Not nearly as bad to work back in as some. I'm way up north gardening now, Eastaboga! Near Talladega Speedway. Come see us!
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Going to order me some buckwheat today, thanks for sharing this!
Awesome!
Great video again!! Learning so much from your channel
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how did I miss this video buckwheat
great idea I have been wanting to plant some buckwheat. I just moved to this property three months ago and I desperately need some soil Improvement. my garden is not doing very well yet because it was very low lying and wet so it got planted late for one thing and is nutrient and organic matter deficient. I agree buckwheat is just what I need right now and here in Michigan this is about the only time I can grow it
I feel your pain of owning property that is very low lying & wet!!! Thanks Rhonda Montiel !!!
Another great video. Gonna try that Mexican gherkin cucumbers. Ty forbuckwheat knowledge too.
We have cherry tomatoes growing, roma tomatoes, onions and peppers. We just had some real good rain, and they are looking great!
If buckwheat is planted early and goes to seed, will those seeds fall on the ground and germinate in the same year (fall)?
What brand are those mini cucumbers?? I need those!
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Great info and video! Leaning so much from your channel! Thank you again dude!
YW & thank you John Smith !
Buckwheat, about the only thing I knew about this grain was that li'l black kid in the li'l rascals T.V. series, but once I tried the cereal, cooked like cream of wheat it makes a yummy cereal or yummy grits, but I sure didn't know it was an AWESOME cover crop, living in a semi-arid local, I'm sure buckwheat would do good, of course I reckon it needs plenty water, well summers here are hot and rainy, probably wouldn't do as good during the winter hot and dry during the day and chilly at night. Thumbs up Jason, thanks for providing the info and the link to buy buckwheat seed. :)
Hello! I chop and drop my buckwheat all summer and let it spread all over...then collect the seed in winter for cooking. Buckwheat IS awesome! Then it pops up again next summer (zone 6)) I just let it grow willy-nilly. Have you ever grown Perpetual Spinach? It grows great even in heat and has the texture and an even better taste than Malabar Spinach. Happy gardening! :))
Awesome!!! Thank you!! i have not heard of Perpetual Spinach...thank you for suggesting it!-Jason
Thanks for the idea of buckwheat cover crop, Jason and Princess PerlBanu thanks for the perpetual spinach 411!!!
Did not know about this! thanks man!
YW!!
thanks for the tip
YW!
Tomatoes consumed by fungus, wilts, etc. Almost a total loss! Squash drowned.......3 different times! Thank goodness for the legumes! I've been covered up with green beans and peas (top pick purple hulls and black eyes) and limas doing ok. Had a good load of potatoes although the rain spooked me and I dug them a little sooner than I should have. Did NOT want them to be rotten when I did dig! Still getting lots of peas and beans off of succession plantings. Sweet potatoes doing well. Putting in the fall stuff now.......keep up the good work! Let me know if you want some of those top pick purple hull seed peas, I can spare some!
Our corn, okra, peas & cukes were awesome......but I think we got 6 tomatoes off of 14 plants & Zero squash! Thanks a for sharing this Tom!!!! -Jason
Hey Jason, first time watching this video and I didn't know you grew cucomelons before. I sent you some seeds not too long ago..haha..I'm growing one inside my house right now and will put it outside after the last Frost. I'm so glad I'm watching this video cause I didn't know they grew this big..lol
we like bronco for our bush beans. they do really well. we had to quit growing them though because the deer would eat them all.
thanks for sharing!! I typically grow a family pole bean that has been in our family for many years, but it is a climber & I just did not have time to put together the trellis system we use for them...But I am going to right Bronco down in my journal for next year. Thanks again!!-Jason
we're going to plant buckwheat for the bees next year.. I may try to plant some now instead. thanks for idea!
If you plant it, they will come...lol! Thanks Turkey Creek Homestead !!!! Hope y'all are handling this heat ok
buck wheat follows potatoes real good.
Awesome!! Thanks for sharing
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You mentioned poison ivy so I assume you have it there. We have a lot up here in Ontario Canada and it’s hard to get rid of without using poisons. I thought maybe if I sow buckwheat on top of the p.i. Maybe the buckwheat would grow larger than the p.i. and deny it sun. Any thoughts?
Garden is just about done here in southeast Texas for us. Gourds and peppers are still going strong though. Have a row of pinkeye & creamers but the deer found them. I had extra pinkeye seeds one year and threw them out in the summer for a cover crop. I don't know if you can count that as a cover crop but it's all I had at the time.
I would def consider the pinkeyes as a cover crop! Thankfully the deer have not found mine yet, but they did find my peach tree!
I like your method of scatter and stomp to plant buckwheat seeds. It is kind of like you and Martha Stewart doing your Pickle Dance out in the garden,,,,lol.
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Awesome information Jason. I didn't know it was a summer crop. Nor did I know about the P and Ca. I think I bought a small pack last year...I will have to see if I can find it and get it to sprout. Also...I love buckwheat pancakes!
Thanks guys!! And I willing to bet y'all a 6 pack, that you will not have any trouble at all getting it to sprout!
I couldn't find my seed packet. I will have to get some next year! Hope you guys are tolerating this heat wave...here it is an insane 90% humidity with matching temps. Quite unbearable to be in the garden. Even in the am!
Yesterday was horrible! HORRIBLE
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😊 so informative jason!! Our tomatoes are not doing well either. And I'm looking at buckwheat seeds right now.
Thanks TC S
My no till garden has tomatoes up the yang. The layered mulch keeps the rain from splashing. The best tomatoes are the ones I put on the cow panel and removed all the bottom leaves. The Cherokee purple. Have some others I let just spread and tried to put old hay under to keep the tomatoes off the ground. The yellow cherry tomatoes are trying to take over the world, even with cutting them back. Cucumbers doing great, except one type. They have blight, but produced great before it hit them. Egg plant has been nuts, only have 3 plants and had to pull one out to reduce the harvest. Purple sweet potatoes trying to take over the garden too. Had to cut some of them back, will see what they produce later. Carrots harvested, lemon grass about 4 foot tall. Have not grown a cover crop yet but ruminating on it. I am expanding my garden with silage tarps to kill weeds and adding goat poo by the loads and bush hogged the grass, raked and have added that to the garden. Want to experiment with growing greens and salad mix this winter. Love my salads and had some great one's last winter. Our heat makes them bitter come May. I even tried a row cover with shade cloth to see if it would work. BITTER. So greens and salad out until probably September, seeded indoors to get the little brats to germinate.... Love your videos...!
You go girl!!!!!!! Thanks TB!!!!
I'm in north central Texas. I've had a time getting buckwheat to germinate. But i've never sown it this time year. maybe I'll try it again. Peppers doing good, cucumbers doing good. Squash and tomatoes slowing down and just about done. eggplant doing good, green beans did well. Waiting on watermelon and cantaloupe (might have a failure there). Bad fig and blackberry year for me. Should have some good persimmons (my favorite). Not getting many pomegranate blooms this year. I'm going to try those mexican gherkins next year. Thanks for another good video!
Thanks for sharing Joan Smith !!! Those Mexican gherkins are really good. I was actually shocked. I thought they would taste like a watered down cucumber but I was wrong. Has a hint of lime to them. Thanks again & maybe you'll have better luck with your buckwheat! -Jason
I wonder if you could soak the seed (buckwheat before planting?
I never had to but you can definitely soak them to speed Up germination. Thanks lastniceguy1 !!!
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I've seen your blackberries and they are beautiful! What is the absolute latest that you can plant them?
Wow those cucumbers are amazing gonna give them a try next year, where did you get the seed. Love the garden, tyfs Pat
I got the big bag from a local feed & seed store, but I've gotten smaller packs from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange...thanks Pat Champion
Where did you get such a big bag of buckwheat? Trying to decide if it would be good plant where my potatoes are growing (after they are pulled later in summer?
Cool! That little bit of info on buckwheat is good, thank you sir!
Thanks Bryan Avey !!!!!
What was that other stuff you planted? Musky something or other?
You may know this already but give your tomatoes Epsom salts and crush up your egg shells. They can take A LOT of water so to me it looks like they are missing something like that. Hope this helps ;)
Thanks Fourmile Farm !!! I actually thought about Epsom salt, but The water is pretty bad, they are almost floating. I pulled a bad one up this week and the roots and the soil around the roots were dripping with water. Never seen this much rain in one summer... crazy! Thanks again for the suggestion, I really do appreciate & honestly at this point, the epsom salt dang sure wouldn't hurt, that's for sure!! Thanks Jason
Sorry about your tomato's. But everything else looks great. I love watching your ducks and chickens running through.
😊 thanks Bitty Boo Brown
my Japanese ring cages are doing great
BOOOOM!! Awesome Matthew Chandler !!!! Thanks for sharing that!
How do your potatoes look that you plant? What's the latest you can plant them?
He Buckwheat ok sho never hot a box of veggies from ya. Y'all nuts Go in nuts. lololol
Do you feed this to your rabbits? The grain or the plant? I'm wanting to go organic with my rabbits and quail. Not to mention I would love to try some myself. Also for my bees during dearth.
Jason, what is the name of little cucumber that looks like little watermelons?? Mexican something.. ??????? Did you get your seeds from Hoss for those???
Mexican Gerkin, & they do not have them
All my zuchini plants, onions, sunflowers and beans have been munched by snails. Gonna get some nematodes.
Oh no! Hopefully the nematodes will take care of them. Thanks mrsgbee !!!-Jason
can this plant survive temps of 85-98++?
Yes
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My garden didn’t work this year the deer had a hay day plus I need to find a sunnier spot
Ugh! I had a deer issue a couple of years back
Ya well they think they live here the baby was born on our property a few months ago I would love to show ya pictures might have to on fb not sure if I could on here they baby and the mom always here since our garden is not up yet they eat our apples and our green figs
Is it good for sheep feed?
this is a terrible year for me!. My lettuce is ok but everything else will not grow. so many weeds this year. I have a 7 yr old raised bed. I planted some buckwheat and i dont even think thats growing, although I don't know what it looks like as a young leaf. Confused about what to do. I try to keep an organic garden. In the fall should I just mow everything down and leave it til spring? I live in illinois. Very wet too here.
So sorry to hear Judy! I battle with weeds all the time! I tell you what I would do, is go by or call your local county extension office, & they should offer a soil testing kit, & it should give you instructions on what to do & how to send it off. In no time they will send you the results back & give you recommendations as to what your soil is lacking & what you can do, & here in Alabama it is not expensive at all, like less than $20. As for buckwheat, it is super fast, so you'll know within 7-10 days if it's buckwheat. As for fall, I would look for a fall cover crop. In our area we use an annual ryegrass or even kale works great & chop & drop it come spring....good luck, & I hope this was helpful!-Thx, Jason
My red malabar spinach also did horribly. Only a few germinated and grew so slowly that most were eaten.
I was so excited to try it this year, & I had several people to tell me to watch it carefully bc it was invasive LOL.. Oh well, maybe next year :)
looking good sorry about the tomatoes. Too late to grab some new ones for a late crop??
I actually planted two for a late crop, fingers crossed!!
Laid down some truth in this one: "Weeds love rain too!" UGH
YES! I have this one weed, chamberbitter, & I would not care if it went extinct! LOL
You just throw out the buckwheat? Do you til or cover? I was told Sorghum is a good cover crop.
Yep I just throw mine out....Sorghum is an awesome cover crop too!! -Thanks!
Raised beds need a way to drain when there is too much water/rain... The Boards that outline the bed should have gapes where they come together so the water will drain off!!!!!!!! So going left to right when two boards line up on the same level half inch gape... The board on top of the gape should stretch across the gape holding the bed together... The Raised bed has to be flexible as you want to control the environment and the loam is part of the cycle of life of a raised garden/ garden but here you get to control all aspects of the environment... moister is also one component of the cycle of life in the raised garden you get to control!!!!!!!! You failed your garden, not the weather as you are the farmer!!!!!!!!!!! Build in a drain system so the water runs off the direction you want, level or not level ground you control the open field, and you can collect the water or let run on down the line!!!!!!
if we planted a summer cover crop we would have no garden, if we planted a fall crop they would be frozen in the ground and under 2 feet of snow before they sprout, we plant rye grass in late fall just before freeze up as a cover crop an it comes up early spring before it is warm enough to plant, by the time the ground is warm enough to plant the annual rye is a foot high, till it in an good to go, oh our stuff in the garden will not be ready until late Aug.
Dude, 'Im thinking that mulching with pine needles may be putting too much acidity into the soil and effecting your tomatoes. I had a simular problem and then started mulching with hay an did much better.
Actually the pine needle & acidity thing has now been proven not to be true...I use to never mulch my garden with pine straw bc I always had heard that, but here is an article that explains why it is indeed a garden myth: davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2702/#b Now good hay or straw might be a better mulch than pine needles, but typically our tomatoes do very well, but this is by far the rainiest & wettest summer that I can ever remember. We have had a period of going on 4 or 5 weeks where it has rained least once every day. It has been crazy here...but thank you for suggesting that!! I really do appreciate it a lot!!-Jason
The rain has also effected my tomatoes, not doing anything
Sorry to hear nms886 , been a crazy sunmer!
What is a whiskey dime please... lol
What the heck is a muscadine
Type of grape-Thanks, Jason
I want to send ya something that's for strawberries, but I think you can use this for other plants as well. But I need your address. If ya trust me, could you send me your address? I promise that it will be told to NO ONE else.