Ohhhh, Susan.... Regarding radishes.... oven roast them just like you roast other vegetables on a baking sheet. Believe me... you’ll decide to grow more next year. And add those turnips to the sheet pan too.
I'm relatively new to Susan's blog and videos, but in the short time since I found her original video on hoop houses, I've bought her book on pests and loved it, found her videos and blogs to be chuck full of great tips (for new and seasoned gardeners), and her helpful attitude to be exceptional. This video was no different. I went to watch one on lettuce and found this, which then opened up to learning she reviews her previous year's garden success outcomes and her current garden plan on her website--both of which are incredible resources. Highly recommend you follow and watch. Plus, if you're interested in beautiful birds, Susan posts pics of the birds she has in her yard that are outstanding. Fun to see, especially since I live in Coeur d' Alene, only a short distance from Spokane, and we don't often see these birds. Way to go, Susan. Thank you for another amazing video!
Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful comments and review! This means a lot to me and underscores what my goals have been all along: to provide straightforward, helpful gardening information and to share the beauty of both the garden and the life within it! Would you mind if I shared your comments on my Facebook page? (and if so, can I attribute them to you?) Thank you again!
Netting is certainly not a waste of time for me. I keep my all my greens bug free basically in raised beds with hoops and install netting from day one with an optional frost cover over that when needed. One thing to look out for, I lucked out one day at a local thrift shop which has a large fabric section and found a roll of gold colored bridal veil 6 ft wide and long enough for 5 of my 8 ft planters for just 6 dollars, feels like they made a mistake but I'll take it. Some of the netting I have on other beds was $60 for the same quantity. Anyways, always enjoy your vids and your garden is wonderful. Happy gardening everyone.
Thank you, Roy! I agree that using a barrier to protect certain types of vegetable crops is worthy every second it takes to set it up. I've been using bridal veil netting as I mentioned in the video and I certainly don't want to waste it but I do want to see how sturdy the ag netting is and how well it works at keeping tiny insects like aphids away from my plants. Sometimes aphids can get through the bridal netting, which is really annoying! My husband and I just covered the hinged raised bed lid with the ag netting and are excited to see how well it works for us. It's definitely very sturdy. The hinged raised bed lid is one of the DIY projects in my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook. I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos. Have a great garden season!
Always look forward to seeing each video. I think it's always a good idea to try out several different seed companies. Often you will find a couple that will be favorites but not every seed company has what we all are looking for or what works well in our various zones. I tried tulle, and while it's a great idea, I am in an area that gets hail often in the spring through fall, and the tulle isn't as durable. But I did invest in some of the insect netting similar to what you showed and that did seem to help. Thanks again.
Hi, Joyce! I agree that tulle wouldn't work well in an area that gets so much hail or other types of adverse weather. We have already used some of the insect netting on our hinged raised bed cover. I'll showing it in my next video, which will become available around 8 p.m. PT Thursday.
Hi, Mary. Thank you for your kind comments. I'm actually going to do a bit of a show-and-tell for next week's video. I think our vegetable garden is about 50'x75' but am going by memory. We have a total of 27 raised beds, a small greenhouse, and a small hoophouse (plastic-covered greenhouse) that fits over 2 of the raised beds. We use it year-round. Stay tuned!
I discovered by accident that leaf miners love morning glories. I enjoy them, too but by the end of the season the leaves look terrible from leaf miners, yet I don't have leaf miners on anything else. The morning glories grow so fast and continue blooming so they don't seem to be bothered by the leaf miners. About the only other thing leaf miners love is the decorative sweet potato vines so I don't grow them because they aren't too decorative with damaged leaves. My beets and turnips get attacked by flea beetles more than leaf miners. I don't know if netting will prevent that.
Hi, Karin. There are a LOT of different species of leafminers so they really get around! I have problems with leafminers on my beet family crops (beets, spinach and Swiss chard). The netting will prevent the adult leafminer fly from laying eggs on those crops' leaves. I believe the netting has a tiny enough mesh that it will keep flea beetles away as well, but I'm not positive about that. But those flea beetles are absolutely awful!
@@SusansInTheGarden Ah, different species. You piqued my interest in leaf miners so here I am at 4 am reading about them. Since the pupae overwinter in the soil it seems like it would be a good idea to put the crops in a different bed if they were infested the year before if you are going to use row cover, otherwise they will be under the row cover. Trap crops seems to be recommended. I guess I am lucky that my leaf miner species like the morning glories. My plan this year is to plant the beets and turnips in a different place and in researching flea beetles I think I will try the transplant method of three together (like Charles Dowding) and put them out later. Transplants are more resistant to the damage - "they" say - than seeded plants. And, in my experience it is the tiny seedlings that are most affected. There is always something new to learn!
@@karinchristensen220Hi again. I always rotate my crops on a 3-year cycle at minimum. So there isn't a chance that I'll be trapping nasty bugs underneath the row covers or insect netting. And I always suggest to folks to do the same because this is really important!
@@SusansInTheGarden I don't think crop rotation will help much with flying insects. The reason to rotate crops seasonally is for soil nutrient content and soil borne diseases. There is probably a chance that you will have leaf miner pupae in all of your beds if you have that big of a problem. I'm beginning to focus more on intercropping and trap crops but I garden at 7300 feet in altitude so pests aren't a huge problem - there are other challenges though to make up for it.
Hi Susan! I've been following you for a while, and always appreciate your gardening wisdom! I am zone 5a in the UP of Michigan, where I currently have about 4 feet of snow on the ground ... it'll be a while for me! But it doesn't stop me from ordering seeds ... this list you've shared about what you're growing this year is wonderful. I'll be trying some of these at your advice. Thank you so much for being such a wise and calming gardening resource for us all!
Love your videos. Been watching for a couple years now. We have used tulle as row cover for 2 years and it works okay but that netting looks promising. Happy gardening.
Susan I have tried the netting, it's wonderful. I covered my strawberry bed with it, but I got too close with the lawnmower, and it suck it in the blades. But I was able to salvage most of the cloth. Pretty strudy!
I will be interested to see how the insect netting holds up. Last week we had a wind storm and it blew a huge squirrel's nest out of the tree. Guess what it was made of? Some arbriovate bark and a TON of shredded Remay floating row cover. I guess it was not just the wind that was doing the damage. So wish I could get rid of those critters. :)
Good Friday morning Susan. Oh to be Zone 5B! We are Zone 4B in New Hampshire. We have a small green house similar to yours, but I would love a larger one! Our four season back porch was delayed due to building costs, but it would be ideal to build one that flows into a window green house. Color us snowed in! I like your picks, especially rainbow swiss chard and that cylinder beet. We will check out your 2022 suggestions. Happy March 🍀 ~ Diane
Morning Susan hope everyone is doing well. Great list of veg, we have issues with flea beetle I assume those nets will not stop them however is that correct? Thank you for sharing 🇨🇦🐝 safe 🙏🇺🇦☮️
Hi, Ali. I know flea beetles are quite small but from what I've been reading, I believe the fine mesh of the netting will keep them away. And aphids are even smaller but it's supposed to keep them out. But again, I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know for sure. I'll certainly be reporting on its effectiveness throughout the growing season.
Susan, I'm very interested in seeing how the agricultural/insect netting works out in your garden. It would be so wonderful to just exclude the chewing and sucking garden pests instead of using a chemical on them. It seems like the bugs eventually evolve enough to become immune to chemical treatments. Have a wonderful weekend. ~Margie
That is so true. It's really important that we avoid using pesticides, partly due to insects developing resistance to them, but also because they are non-selective. That means that in addition to killing a damaging pest that you're dealing with, it will also kill beneficial insects that would have helped you with the problem. In my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, I provide all sorts of organic solutions to these problems which include organic products, barriers such as the netting or floating row cover, traps, and so on.
Hello , I’ll have to check out those seeds
I needed this video, I just didn't know it!
Thank you! Keep these videos coming!
Will do!
Ohhhh, Susan.... Regarding radishes.... oven roast them just like you roast other vegetables on a baking sheet. Believe me... you’ll decide to grow more next year. And add those turnips to the sheet pan too.
Sounds great! Thanks for the ideas.
Awesome video.. 🌷🌷👍👍
Thank you very much!
I'm relatively new to Susan's blog and videos, but in the short time since I found her original video on hoop houses, I've bought her book on pests and loved it, found her videos and blogs to be chuck full of great tips (for new and seasoned gardeners), and her helpful attitude to be exceptional. This video was no different. I went to watch one on lettuce and found this, which then opened up to learning she reviews her previous year's garden success outcomes and her current garden plan on her website--both of which are incredible resources. Highly recommend you follow and watch. Plus, if you're interested in beautiful birds, Susan posts pics of the birds she has in her yard that are outstanding. Fun to see, especially since I live in Coeur d' Alene, only a short distance from Spokane, and we don't often see these birds. Way to go, Susan. Thank you for another amazing video!
Wow, thank you so much for your wonderful comments and review! This means a lot to me and underscores what my goals have been all along: to provide straightforward, helpful gardening information and to share the beauty of both the garden and the life within it! Would you mind if I shared your comments on my Facebook page? (and if so, can I attribute them to you?) Thank you again!
@@SusansInTheGarden, happy to help you anyway I can.
Netting is certainly not a waste of time for me. I keep my all my greens bug free basically in raised beds with hoops and install netting from day one with an optional frost cover over that when needed. One thing to look out for, I lucked out one day at a local thrift shop which has a large fabric section and found a roll of gold colored bridal veil 6 ft wide and long enough for 5 of my 8 ft planters for just 6 dollars, feels like they made a mistake but I'll take it. Some of the netting I have on other beds was $60 for the same quantity. Anyways, always enjoy your vids and your garden is wonderful. Happy gardening everyone.
Thank you, Roy! I agree that using a barrier to protect certain types of vegetable crops is worthy every second it takes to set it up. I've been using bridal veil netting as I mentioned in the video and I certainly don't want to waste it but I do want to see how sturdy the ag netting is and how well it works at keeping tiny insects like aphids away from my plants. Sometimes aphids can get through the bridal netting, which is really annoying! My husband and I just covered the hinged raised bed lid with the ag netting and are excited to see how well it works for us. It's definitely very sturdy. The hinged raised bed lid is one of the DIY projects in my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook. I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos. Have a great garden season!
Always look forward to seeing each video. I think it's always a good idea to try out several different seed companies. Often you will find a couple that will be favorites but not every seed company has what we all are looking for or what works well in our various zones. I tried tulle, and while it's a great idea, I am in an area that gets hail often in the spring through fall, and the tulle isn't as durable. But I did invest in some of the insect netting similar to what you showed and that did seem to help. Thanks again.
Hi, Joyce! I agree that tulle wouldn't work well in an area that gets so much hail or other types of adverse weather. We have already used some of the insect netting on our hinged raised bed cover. I'll showing it in my next video, which will become available around 8 p.m. PT Thursday.
No chef’s choice? Say it isn’t so! Love your videos
LOL! I might squeeze one or two in. I forgot to mention them but have to admit there's only so much room for tomatoes!
No Chefs Choice Tomato this year? 🤔 😄 Can't wait to see how all the varieties turn out, so exciting 🤗 Greetings, Judit
I had someone else comment on that. I think I'd better plant at least one of them!
@@SusansInTheGarden I think so! 😄Sure it fits somewhere
Wow - how big is your garden? Perhaps in earlier videos you mentioned that or did a show and tell. You are so knowledgeable!
Hi, Mary. Thank you for your kind comments. I'm actually going to do a bit of a show-and-tell for next week's video. I think our vegetable garden is about 50'x75' but am going by memory. We have a total of 27 raised beds, a small greenhouse, and a small hoophouse (plastic-covered greenhouse) that fits over 2 of the raised beds. We use it year-round. Stay tuned!
I discovered by accident that leaf miners love morning glories. I enjoy them, too but by the end of the season the leaves look terrible from leaf miners, yet I don't have leaf miners on anything else. The morning glories grow so fast and continue blooming so they don't seem to be bothered by the leaf miners. About the only other thing leaf miners love is the decorative sweet potato vines so I don't grow them because they aren't too decorative with damaged leaves. My beets and turnips get attacked by flea beetles more than leaf miners. I don't know if netting will prevent that.
Hi, Karin. There are a LOT of different species of leafminers so they really get around! I have problems with leafminers on my beet family crops (beets, spinach and Swiss chard). The netting will prevent the adult leafminer fly from laying eggs on those crops' leaves. I believe the netting has a tiny enough mesh that it will keep flea beetles away as well, but I'm not positive about that. But those flea beetles are absolutely awful!
@@SusansInTheGarden Ah, different species. You piqued my interest in leaf miners so here I am at 4 am reading about them. Since the pupae overwinter in the soil it seems like it would be a good idea to put the crops in a different bed if they were infested the year before if you are going to use row cover, otherwise they will be under the row cover. Trap crops seems to be recommended. I guess I am lucky that my leaf miner species like the morning glories.
My plan this year is to plant the beets and turnips in a different place and in researching flea beetles I think I will try the transplant method of three together (like Charles Dowding) and put them out later. Transplants are more resistant to the damage - "they" say - than seeded plants. And, in my experience it is the tiny seedlings that are most affected. There is always something new to learn!
@@karinchristensen220Hi again. I always rotate my crops on a 3-year cycle at minimum. So there isn't a chance that I'll be trapping nasty bugs underneath the row covers or insect netting. And I always suggest to folks to do the same because this is really important!
@@SusansInTheGarden I don't think crop rotation will help much with flying insects. The reason to rotate crops seasonally is for soil nutrient content and soil borne diseases. There is probably a chance that you will have leaf miner pupae in all of your beds if you have that big of a problem. I'm beginning to focus more on intercropping and trap crops but I garden at 7300 feet in altitude so pests aren't a huge problem - there are other challenges though to make up for it.
Hi Susan! I've been following you for a while, and always appreciate your gardening wisdom! I am zone 5a in the UP of Michigan, where I currently have about 4 feet of snow on the ground ... it'll be a while for me! But it doesn't stop me from ordering seeds ... this list you've shared about what you're growing this year is wonderful. I'll be trying some of these at your advice. Thank you so much for being such a wise and calming gardening resource for us all!
Hi, Tess. Nice to meet you! Thanks so much for your kind comments.
I’ve used that netting for the last several years and love it!
Good to know, Joyce!
Love your videos. Been watching for a couple years now. We have used tulle as row cover for 2 years and it works okay but that netting looks promising. Happy gardening.
Thanks, Kay! Have a great garden season.
Susan I have tried the netting, it's wonderful. I covered my strawberry bed with it, but I got too close with the lawnmower, and it suck it in the blades.
But I was able to salvage most of the cloth. Pretty strudy!
Yikes.
I will be interested to see how the insect netting holds up. Last week we had a wind storm and it blew a huge squirrel's nest out of the tree. Guess what it was made of? Some arbriovate bark and a TON of shredded Remay floating row cover. I guess it was not just the wind that was doing the damage. So wish I could get rid of those critters. :)
Oh my! We don't have a squirrel issue in our garden but I know they can be so challenging to deal with.
Good Friday morning Susan. Oh to be Zone 5B! We are Zone 4B in New Hampshire. We have a small green house similar to yours, but I would love a larger one! Our four season back porch was delayed due to building costs, but it would be ideal to build one that flows into a window green house. Color us snowed in! I like your picks, especially rainbow swiss chard and that cylinder beet. We will check out your 2022 suggestions. Happy March 🍀 ~ Diane
Happy Friday and Happy March to you, Diane! Hang in there.
Morning Susan hope everyone is doing well. Great list of veg, we have issues with flea beetle I assume those nets will not stop them however is that correct? Thank you for sharing 🇨🇦🐝 safe 🙏🇺🇦☮️
Hi, Ali. I know flea beetles are quite small but from what I've been reading, I believe the fine mesh of the netting will keep them away. And aphids are even smaller but it's supposed to keep them out. But again, I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know for sure. I'll certainly be reporting on its effectiveness throughout the growing season.
Susan, I'm very interested in seeing how the agricultural/insect netting works out in your garden. It would be so wonderful to just exclude the chewing and sucking garden pests instead of using a chemical on them. It seems like the bugs eventually evolve enough to become immune to chemical treatments. Have a wonderful weekend. ~Margie
That is so true. It's really important that we avoid using pesticides, partly due to insects developing resistance to them, but also because they are non-selective. That means that in addition to killing a damaging pest that you're dealing with, it will also kill beneficial insects that would have helped you with the problem. In my book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, I provide all sorts of organic solutions to these problems which include organic products, barriers such as the netting or floating row cover, traps, and so on.