James, keep Tuck away from the ground cherry plant and no ground cherries for him!! They're toxic to critters! I grow a bunch to make jam and pies, but I wait until they fall and put tarps around them so I don't have to pick them out of the dirt.
I did some research on this because I have grapevines as well, and apparently the bees don't suck the juice out of the grapes unless the grapes have already been compromised/cracked/punctured by something already, like natural splitting, birds or insects.
Those are bumble bees (female queens) with their underground nest - and this is their last efforts in gathering up sugars and proteins for their nest eggs. And if you DO have rotting grapes, then the bees will be your garbage cleaners - and eat up the bad grapes for you.
@@annacollellalier6247 even so, which ever flying bug, the insect is doing their job of removing over ripe fruits (stopping potential molds/mildews/fungus on the grapes in the vineyard) - which means that someone (ahem !) hasn't been properly harvesting the vineyard on time - and the bees, wasps, yellow jackets, hornets, and bumblebees will take on the recycling duties (and the yummy sugary grape juice) of taking care of the garden for the human ....
It's been honey bees and wasps halving the entire vineyard yield here. It's a fair price for the sweetness we get from the late harvest! It's about quality not quantity
♥️… I enjoy the bumble bees in my garden . It’s become a real pastime watching them.I’ve planted more beautiful flowers to bring them in and they arrived. The sleep on or under a flower. It’s under the flowers now with the heavy dew overnight. Feed your bees if you want to eat yourself!
Oh, dear James, your garden is such a joy and an inspiration. My thought, for what it’s worth, is just sacrifice the grapes to the bees - they do so much good. I always feel a good bit of joy when I see a little bird flying off with a blueberry or I see some beak marks in my tomatoes. It’s like a tithe to the dear little things for all the benefit they bring.
Hello gardener I am Tamil Nadu from India, your video is really awesome , basically i myself follow my traditional gardening , accidentally I saw your video from TH-cam , now I change my entire technique because of your video , thank you , keep rocking...
I live in New Jersey near him. You have to adjust your gardening to fit your climate and use whatever materials are easily available. This year I harvested enough for me and some others but not as much as I had planned. Old age is not your friend .
Towards the end of the year bees run out of pollen and lose their energy so they search out sugars in order to have energy for over wintering and having enough energy to make it back to their nests. Often this time of year you see many on the ground with no energy. I put orange slices out for them. Also a honey be that once finds your garden in spring run back to the nest and tell the others about the feast they have found. Then that colony will take care of that one garden all year they don’t wander off they dib that one garden their own. Remember that. Take care of them bees . I raise Mason bees I have for years it’s a good thing to get into it helps considerably in the spring when waiting for the honey bee to come.
@@xaviercruz4763 Raising Mason bees for early spring they are attracted too cedar wood I cut a 1 foot post then drill holes the size of a big straw all the way down one side of the post and hang it on the south facing wall of house or shed etc.. . They also sell the nests at nurseries in the spring I even saw them at Target store this year. And towards the end of summer I place sugar water and oranges out for them and if I see a bee crawling on the ground which they do towards winter , I place a spoon full of sugar water in front of them for energy too get back to the nest so they won’t die. Hope this helps
It would be nice if you would share with us how you water all this garden. I don't see anything. Is it all buried? I have never seen Tomatoes produce like these before. Do a show on how you water and fertilize.
Your garden is Glorious! Tuck is the bestest boi. I 💕 how he just started munching on that pepper. You are being such a good sport about the bees & I thank you. Had no idea they would do that to grapes. They may be lacking flowers around the area. Glad you are caring for them,. Lord knows the need it. They look like bumble bees which nest in the ground. Was gonna say if they were more common honey bees you could put them in an Apiary but not bumbles. They all need love though. Those dark black tomatoes are the most beautiful tomatoes I have ever seen. I've never seen them before. You are gonna love those squash. They are so yummy. Have uou ever grown Delicata squash? The are my absolute favorite squash of all time. Really pretty too. Take care & blessings to you all. 💕😊🌻🍎🌶️🍅🥒🫛🫘🥔🍇
There are Fruit Protection Bags that are nylon and sinch at the top. I saw them used for mangos in Taiwan and used hem for grapes to protect them from birds and bugs. They may help.
Tuck is so sweet! He must be the healthiest little doggie around! He eats more veggies than I, hello and have a great day. I need to use what you are using because all my veggies didn't. Do well at all this summer.
Wasps really enjoy our native grapes, the muscadine. We have to be careful when harvesting or foraging them! There are plenty of grapes for our native bees, and for humans as well. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck
grew aunt mollys and Hanover ground cherries this year. So prolific! The Hanovers are larger. GC make the greatest salsa! use 1 c ground cherries and 2 c tomatoes plus peppers garlic, onion if you like, and salt, pepper, cilantro and lime juice.
When you say bees most people would think honey bees but these are another type of bee. Perhaps you could use your show to educate people on the many different types of bees there are and the difference between bees and wasps, etc Thanks ❤
Yes I think these look like bumble bees. There must be an imbalance in their diet or have been subjected to chemicals that they are going after the grapes in this way. Not sure. I have plenty of bumble bees in my garden and they haven’t touched our grapes. They are busy with flowers. I live in the southwest
Im allergic to stings from bees, hornets, and wasps, but I have never been afraid of any of them, Ive always known they dont bother you if you dont bother them. Now as a gardener I have even more respect and appreciation for them
Tuck is the best companion!! Little helper in the garden and I’m sure a little lovey when he’s inside too. He reminds me so much of my little Teddy, they could pass for brothers 💙🐶
I keep hoping and keeping fingers crossed that you write a book someday on your gardening journey and all the knowledge that you have acquired. I love all your video's but sometimes it is just nice to have something in hand and a book by you with photos from your garden and how it has progressed would be well received, I feel certain.
NICE JOB ON THE VIDEO. This year got my first grapes i used organza bags on my grapes it worked well. THey go on easy and come of easy. You can leave some for the bees and bag some for yourself
Hi James. You might want to plant some fall blooming native flowers to distract the bumblebees from your grapes (try Showy Goldenrod, which is amazingly beautiful and doesn't spread much beyond some self seeding, or asters.) They're like bee magnets.
James, I so enjoy watching how your garden has grown over the years. You are Blessed with an abundance of nutrition and wellness in your crops. Do you sell the extra at market or give to a food bank? I can't even imagine what I would do with such abundance. 😀👍 Give a pat to Tuck for me. ❤🐕
Those are bubble bees! They are the best pollinators of all the pollinators. They also won't sting unless their nest is provoked. I agree that netting would avoid that problem. Glad you appreciate their imperative value for gardens ❤
Some misspelled words are very funny like the fact that you wrote bubble bees instead of bumble bees. I love bumblebees and honeybees but I'm terrified of wasps especially yellow jackets.
@@marthakratz7877 Oh my goodness . . . my mother would be very disappointed in me that I misspelled a word but at 67 I guess she would cut me some slack!! Yes, like you I love those bumble bees but I have suffered some dicey allergic reactions to wasps 😥 Glad I gave you a chuckle!!
@@user-rf2vk8zp2u he literally said he "wants to keep the bees happy and healthy so they have lots of offspring". And "we're happy to be feeding the bees".
I have never had so many furiously working bees in my garden as this year. The little bumblebees stung me repeatedly, which is the first time that has ever happened to me. It happened several different times and places, and they even chased me a couple times! I’m wondering if it’s going to be a very bad winter, myself. The birds have left early, even the ones that usually stay for the winter, and a friend who has bee hives said that they ate all their honey!
They are probably subjected to too many chemicals. It was a strange year for us too in the southwest. Bugs acted totally differently and plants didn’t grow like in the past…
I peted a Bumblebee while it is resting on a leaf. I was lucky so far and have never been stunned by bees, wasps, yellow jackets. The insect like to sting/bite me is mosquitoes
❤❤❤❤ He is so cute. Thank you for the heads up on the bees. I want to start my own grapes soon and never even considered how much the bees love their sweets! I’m also hoping to start my own food forest as well on less than 1/3 acre in town. It’s funny thinking back as I had never even heard the term until listening to you and now endeavor to create my own! It’s quite a learning curve but I put in my first fruit tree guild last week. I’m so excited to see how things go and grow here and your videos are helping me along my path. Thank you!
The bees have to build up their storage of nectar and pollen to prepare the eggs for next year's generation, and they are really busy collecting it now.
Something about those grapes is next-level inspirational. And those tomato sets are madness, I can't wait to jump into the tomato fray next spring! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👑🐶🥕
I would have left them alone too. At least you have the other grapes covered and doing well, and you know the bees are happy. This season I was scared for my garden because I hardly saw any bees until my cantaloupes started producing lots of flowers. Now the bees are coming around a lot for the cantaloupe and nasturtiums. Before the bees showed up we had a big problem with insect damage.
Love that you are supporting the bees by sharing some of your harvest! They have been working hard in the garden all season, time to enjoy the fruits of their labor just like you and tuck! 😉 The home you are building is probably supporting 100s of bees and beneficials. Keep it up!
Taking care of the bees. I live in an area where I don't think I've even seen a Honey Bee, but do have solitary bees visit, and if it weren't for my dear Bumblebees, I wouldn't even have a garden. Besides, they're so cute and they won't sing unless you manhandle them and make them feel their lives are threatened. I find them napping in the squash blossoms, or spinning upside-down around the inside of squash blossoms, gathering nectar. I will miss them once our first frost ends their work for the season.
James, Wow...what a dream food forest garden you have. And each time, you take us on a tour around your garden with so much energy and variety of garden produce to show. Regarding the issue with bees that you have mentioned, I believe, the bees are collecting the sweet juices from the grapes and converting them into honey somewhere. So, you will have a win-win situation if you decide to have some bee hives in a couple of places in your food forest, then you could reap more benefits. That way, you could enjoy the honey from the bees, while the bees will be doing the pollinating job.
Next year have more flowers available for the bees in late summer and fall. The reason the bees are drinking the juice is they are in a pollen dearth, and need the food.
Thank you for saying so! We were always encouraged to cover a percentage of our garden with flowers about 2 decades ago. 1) it's beautiful and 2) for the bees (but you can, of course, reverse the numbers).
The chemical companies that hurt the birds and bees and insects or plants they feed on need you James but children too don't need the poisons they hurt nature with.
When my plum tree fruited I quickly found that bees also particularly love plums! The sugars in grapes and plums provide them lots of energy for flight to search out pollen and more food sources further out. When they switch to feeding young they'll go for protein sources as well. That's why you'll sometimes see them on meats (like left over cat food or dog food).
You may wanna get a birdbath or two maybe even three or four put around to deter them in the water as what they’re the fluid is what they’re going for because they’re thirsty, so I really think that you would enjoy it too watching the bees go into the water. I had a planter box and the bees were mining for minerals in it and they decimated the planter box soil. I did not realize how much they could move and get rid of in that planter box.
Yes! When our neighbor had hives our bird baths were so busy we went to a kiddie pool with sticks so the bees could drink and the birds got a chance to use bird baths.
That's interesting to see that I haven't been the only one really struggling with unexpected pests this year that haven't been a problem for me in the past. I've had trouble with birds destroying my peas, deer eating everything (haven't seen them around much in previous years), cats digging up my newly planted beds to poop, birds pulling up my young seedlings and leaving them to dry up, even more than the normal struggle with rabbits, some unidentified animal that stepped on my cantaloupe plants and left a huge poop, tons more aphids than normal, slugs killing young plants, etc.
Birds eat produce because they are seeking moisture and resources are scarce. Deer always eat almost everything. Build fences or get over it. Don't leave fluffy, bare earth and cats won't use it as a litter box. Everything can be fixed with a little effort, but nature will always win.
That’s hardly a destroyed garden 😄 everything looks amazing! And that’s - as you say - in no small way thanks to the hard work of bees and wasps. They definitely deserve their snacks - just like Tuck. I hope you won’t net everything next year. Thanks for the impressive tour in your abundant, beautiful garden 😍
Do you grow all your own plants from seed? I probably answered my own question Yes. Do you have your own line of seeds or can you recommend some seeds companies. Your garden is beyond awesome. It's got to be a full-time job maintaining it. You do a good job you and Tucker lol
I love seeing your beautiful food forest every week! Plan to try your fertilizer soon! I’m in NYC, Compost expert here and I have a small area which did well! Tuck is amazing! ❤❤❤❤❤
The buttercup squash are delish . My sister boils them then mashes it up and adds it to corn chowder . It mixes into the base and it's the best corn chowda evah! 😊
Hey J.P.! I've seen bees biting and drinking nectar from raspberries before. It happens late in the season when there is a shortage of nectar bearing flowers. Bees can adapt and scavenge any source of fructose they can find. ❤❤❤ Tuck #1
The man is busting his butt and trying to feed himself and his community and someone’s here to tell him that’s not good enough, he needs to be a complete martyr for “we”. I really hope you’re saving even more bees than he is😅
Please differentiate between the honey bee, bumblebees, wasps and hornets. You are doing our hard working honey bees a great disservice by lumping them all together ☹️ also those are bumblebees on your grapes who are great pollinators. My grandfather would always put netting to prevent the various insects from eating his crops. Love your content. Your garden is amazing. ❤
Actually, wasps are also good pollinators. I have bumblebees, honey bees and a couple different kinds of wasps (paper wasps and mud daubers). Yes, some kind of net is a good idea to protect the crops that need it.
@@KatbirdFirehawk So am I. Honey bees get a bad rap enough as it is and they are declining in numbers. We need more of them not less due to people avoiding anything that looks like it has a stinger. I plan on planting more pollinator plants next year.
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James, keep Tuck away from the ground cherry plant and no ground cherries for him!! They're toxic to critters! I grow a bunch to make jam and pies, but I wait until they fall and put tarps around them so I don't have to pick them out of the dirt.
What do you cover your grapes with
I think the bees are thirsty. They need some shallow sources of water.
@@carolwisniewski6740Good to know! Thankyou!
Wow! I never knew bees would actually "eat" the grapes! I just learned something! 😊
I love Tuck!!! He is so precious and adorable!!!! 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇
I wish I had your physicality, Jim. Such a beautiful space~~treat your Garden and it's creatures well and with respect.😊
wow! You have an amazing garden! You must have a helper to help you keep all of that up!
I ❤️ Tuck! My dog loves her veggies too. Your food forest is like the garden of Eden! Thank you for sharing your talents and wisdom.
I did some research on this because I have grapevines as well, and apparently the bees don't suck the juice out of the grapes unless the grapes have already been compromised/cracked/punctured by something already, like natural splitting, birds or insects.
Exactly, this person is spreading misinformation just like any other air headed "celebrity".
❤❤❤TO Tuck your camera person they do a great job to and you for all that beautiful fruit an veggie harvests you do a great job ALL😊
Those are bumble bees (female queens) with their underground nest - and this is their last efforts in gathering up sugars and proteins for their nest eggs. And if you DO have rotting grapes, then the bees will be your garbage cleaners - and eat up the bad grapes for you.
Yes!! When I read the title of the video I was like... honey bees destroying grapes?? Nop must be yellowjackets or something
@@annacollellalier6247 even so, which ever flying bug, the insect is doing their job of removing over ripe fruits (stopping potential molds/mildews/fungus on the grapes in the vineyard) - which means that someone (ahem !) hasn't been properly harvesting the vineyard on time - and the bees, wasps, yellow jackets, hornets, and bumblebees will take on the recycling duties (and the yummy sugary grape juice) of taking care of the garden for the human ....
@@johnlord8337good pt👍🏻🐝
It's been honey bees and wasps halving the entire vineyard yield here. It's a fair price for the sweetness we get from the late harvest! It's about quality not quantity
I bought a whole pound of dragon tongue beans! ❤ you got me addicted to the beans a couple years ago, they are quite delicious! 🥰
I would just love to squeeze little tuck, he is so cute. He will live forever in that garden.❤❤❤❤
❤your energy ❤Tuck ❤the walk around. Thanks for sharing 💚🌍🌴🌿🍁🍀🌾🌻🌱🍁
♥️… I enjoy the bumble bees in my garden . It’s become a real pastime watching them.I’ve planted more beautiful flowers to bring them in and they arrived. The sleep on or under a flower. It’s under the flowers now with the heavy dew overnight. Feed your bees if you want to eat yourself!
Oh, dear James, your garden is such a joy and an inspiration. My thought, for what it’s worth, is just sacrifice the grapes to the bees - they do so much good. I always feel a good bit of joy when I see a little bird flying off with a blueberry or I see some beak marks in my tomatoes. It’s like a tithe to the dear little things for all the benefit they bring.
You have a descriptive and colorful writing style.
We love seeing little Tuck in the garden ❤
Tuck is going to live forever with all the healthy garden goodness he's getting.
Tuck Everlasting
I pray that to be true.
He doesn’t age at all.
Love to see Tuck having a feast of vitamin rich plants
He's very old. Probably got a year or two left.
Tuck is adorable! Awesome garden 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
Thank you! I love that you are kind to the bees!
Thanx for a wonderful video!!! A big hug for Tuck❤❤❤❤
Hearts 💕 for Tucks in the garden!
❤❤❤Tuck❤❤❤ protect the bee's.
Please give Tuck a hug and a kiss for me. I love to see him working so hard in the garden.
Love watching Tuck snack on the fruits of your labor! 😍💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
Hello gardener I am Tamil Nadu from India, your video is really awesome , basically i myself follow my traditional gardening , accidentally I saw your video from TH-cam , now I change my entire technique because of your video , thank you , keep rocking...
I live in New Jersey near him. You have to adjust your gardening to fit your climate and use whatever materials are easily available. This year I harvested enough for me and some others but not as much as I had planned. Old age is not your friend .
Loved the video. ❤'s for Tuck.
Towards the end of the year bees run out of pollen and lose their energy so they search out sugars in order to have energy for over wintering and having enough energy to make it back to their nests. Often this time of year you see many on the ground with no energy. I put orange slices out for them. Also a honey be that once finds your garden in spring run back to the nest and tell the others about the feast they have found. Then that colony will take care of that one garden all year they don’t wander off they dib that one garden their own. Remember that. Take care of them bees . I raise Mason bees I have for years it’s a good thing to get into it helps considerably in the spring when waiting for the honey bee to come.
Denise what did you say helps with the bees?
@@xaviercruz4763 Raising Mason bees for early spring they are attracted too cedar wood I cut a 1 foot post then drill holes the size of a big straw all the way down one side of the post and hang it on the south facing wall of house or shed etc.. . They also sell the nests at nurseries in the spring I even saw them at Target store this year. And towards the end of summer I place sugar water and oranges out for them and if I see a bee crawling on the ground which they do towards winter , I place a spoon full of sugar water in front of them for energy too get back to the nest so they won’t die. Hope this helps
Just a magical garden. You should be proud. Always a pleasure to see. I hope the neighbor's ugly fence didn't take away any of your sun.
It would be nice if you would share with us how you water all this garden. I don't see anything. Is it all buried? I have never seen Tomatoes produce like these before. Do a show on how you water and fertilize.
Your garden is Glorious! Tuck is the bestest boi. I 💕 how he just started munching on that pepper. You are being such a good sport about the bees & I thank you. Had no idea they would do that to grapes. They may be lacking flowers around the area. Glad you are caring for them,. Lord knows the need it. They look like bumble bees which nest in the ground. Was gonna say if they were more common honey bees you could put them in an Apiary but not bumbles. They all need love though. Those dark black tomatoes are the most beautiful tomatoes I have ever seen. I've never seen them before. You are gonna love those squash. They are so yummy. Have uou ever grown Delicata squash? The are my absolute favorite squash of all time. Really pretty too. Take care & blessings to you all. 💕😊🌻🍎🌶️🍅🥒🫛🫘🥔🍇
There are Fruit Protection Bags that are nylon and sinch at the top. I saw them used for mangos in Taiwan and used hem for grapes to protect them from birds and bugs. They may help.
Love Tuck! ❤❤❤❤
Admire your admirable respect for the bees! You are so right. You teach so many lessons. Yeah for Tuck!!
Tuck is so sweet! He must be the healthiest little doggie around! He eats more veggies than I, hello and have a great day. I need to use what you are using because all my veggies didn't. Do well at all this summer.
Sweet little Tuck...such a precious puppers ❤
Glad to hear that you are ok with sharing your harvest with the beneficial insects!
Wasps really enjoy our native grapes, the muscadine. We have to be careful when harvesting or foraging them! There are plenty of grapes for our native bees, and for humans as well. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck
Tuck is such a good boy. We're lucky to have such great garden protectors in our lives.
grew aunt mollys and Hanover ground cherries this year. So prolific! The Hanovers are larger. GC make the greatest salsa! use 1 c ground cherries and 2 c tomatoes plus peppers garlic, onion if you like, and salt, pepper, cilantro and lime juice.
When you say bees most people would think honey bees but these are another type of bee. Perhaps you could use your show to educate people on the many different types of bees there are and the difference
between bees and wasps, etc
Thanks ❤
I was just thinking the same thing. These aren't honey bees.
Great idea.
Education doesn't make money. Knee jerk reactions does.
Bumblebees🐝
Yes I think these look like bumble bees. There must be an imbalance in their diet or have been subjected to chemicals that they are going after the grapes in this way. Not sure.
I have plenty of bumble bees in my garden and they haven’t touched our grapes. They are busy with flowers. I live in the southwest
Im allergic to stings from bees, hornets, and wasps, but I have never been afraid of any of them, Ive always known they dont bother you if you dont bother them. Now as a gardener I have even more respect and appreciation for them
Tuck is the best companion!! Little helper in the garden and I’m sure a little lovey when he’s inside too. He reminds me so much of my little Teddy, they could pass for brothers 💙🐶
You may wish to drape fruit protection bags over the grapes, leaving a few clusters open for the bees to enjoy
❤❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck!
Glad you’re letting the bees do their thing. Truly making it a permaculture environment. Bravp! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Keep sharing with the bees. You have more than enough to share !
We love seeing little Tuck in the garden ❤❤❤❤❤!
I keep hoping and keeping fingers crossed that you write a book someday on your gardening journey and all the knowledge that you have acquired. I love all your video's but sometimes it is just nice to have something in hand and a book by you with photos from your garden and how it has progressed would be well received, I feel certain.
I love the bumblebees. Solitary wasps have been very effectively pollinating my garden.
Amazing!!! Great job what a paradise. Loved the message of abundance - there is enough for everyone ☺
❤❤❤❤❤ Love seeing Tuck enjoying his snacks!
NICE JOB ON THE VIDEO. This year got my first grapes i used organza bags on my grapes it worked well. THey go on easy and come of easy. You can leave some for the bees and bag some for yourself
I raise leaf-cutter bees. They love chopping up my flower petals! Happy to be able to support them!
Lol
Yeah, they used to make my roses look like crap, in Florida, but they're still beneficial overall, so never bothered trying to eradicate them.
@Keyspoet37 Thankyou. Leafcutters are non~stinging pollinators.
Hi James. You might want to plant some fall blooming native flowers to distract the bumblebees from your grapes (try Showy Goldenrod, which is amazingly beautiful and doesn't spread much beyond some self seeding, or asters.) They're like bee magnets.
My showy goldenrod is just pulsing with bumblebees right now
James, I so enjoy watching how your garden has grown over the years. You are Blessed with an abundance of nutrition and wellness in your crops. Do you sell the extra at market or give to a food bank? I can't even imagine what I would do with such abundance. 😀👍 Give a pat to Tuck for me. ❤🐕
My thought also. I would never be able to have a garden that big and use or process that much food before some of it went bad.
Those are bubble bees! They are the best pollinators of all the pollinators. They also won't sting unless their nest is provoked. I agree that netting would avoid that problem. Glad you appreciate their imperative value for gardens ❤
Some misspelled words are very funny like the fact that you wrote bubble bees instead of bumble bees. I love bumblebees and honeybees but I'm terrified of wasps especially yellow jackets.
@@marthakratz7877 Oh my goodness . . . my mother would be very disappointed in me that I misspelled a word but at 67 I guess she would cut me some slack!! Yes, like you I love those bumble bees but I have suffered some dicey allergic reactions to wasps 😥 Glad I gave you a chuckle!!
I don't see this person appreciating them. More like saying they are ruining things.
@@user-rf2vk8zp2u he literally said he "wants to keep the bees happy and healthy so they have lots of offspring". And "we're happy to be feeding the bees".
@@brent3611 Read the title. Listen to the beginning of the video. Click bait garbage with lies that will get people to kill more insects.
God bless little Tuck ❤❤❤
I have never had so many furiously working bees in my garden as this year. The little bumblebees stung me repeatedly, which is the first time that has ever happened to me. It happened several different times and places, and they even chased me a couple times! I’m wondering if it’s going to be a very bad winter, myself. The birds have left early, even the ones that usually stay for the winter, and a friend who has bee hives said that they ate all their honey!
They are probably subjected to too many chemicals. It was a strange year for us too in the southwest. Bugs acted totally differently and plants didn’t grow like in the past…
I peted a Bumblebee while it is resting on a leaf. I was lucky so far and have never been stunned by bees, wasps, yellow jackets. The insect like to sting/bite me is mosquitoes
❤❤❤❤ He is so cute. Thank you for the heads up on the bees. I want to start my own grapes soon and never even considered how much the bees love their sweets! I’m also hoping to start my own food forest as well on less than 1/3 acre in town. It’s funny thinking back as I had never even heard the term until listening to you and now endeavor to create my own! It’s quite a learning curve but I put in my first fruit tree guild last week. I’m so excited to see how things go and grow here and your videos are helping me along my path. Thank you!
The bees have to build up their storage of nectar and pollen to prepare the eggs for next year's generation, and they are really busy collecting it now.
Something about those grapes is next-level inspirational. And those tomato sets are madness, I can't wait to jump into the tomato fray next spring! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👑🐶🥕
Thanks for the tour James! Love your videos and little Tuck 💜💜
Down Under we call Ground Cherries 'Peruvuan Gooseberries' or Cape Gooseberries. They grow like crazy with chicken manure and are So delish!
I would have left them alone too. At least you have the other grapes covered and doing well, and you know the bees are happy. This season I was scared for my garden because I hardly saw any bees until my cantaloupes started producing lots of flowers. Now the bees are coming around a lot for the cantaloupe and nasturtiums. Before the bees showed up we had a big problem with insect damage.
I noticed honeybees on garlic chive flowers as they are very sweet smelling. Very few this year-more bumbles.
❤❤❤ for Tuck. Loved this video. So good.
Back in the garden picking all the beautiful harvest James!!!! Tucker ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
awesome fruits and tomatoes...squash beansand cukes and greens WOWSERS
Love that you are supporting the bees by sharing some of your harvest! They have been working hard in the garden all season, time to enjoy the fruits of their labor just like you and tuck! 😉
The home you are building is probably supporting 100s of bees and beneficials. Keep it up!
He doesn't have any choice in the matter lol
Taking care of the bees.
I live in an area where I don't think I've even seen a Honey Bee, but do have solitary bees visit, and if it weren't for my dear Bumblebees, I wouldn't even have a garden. Besides, they're so cute and they won't sing unless you manhandle them and make them feel their lives are threatened.
I find them napping in the squash blossoms, or spinning upside-down around the inside of squash blossoms, gathering nectar. I will miss them once our first frost ends their work for the season.
Fantastic garden tour ❤❤❤
James, Wow...what a dream food forest garden you have. And each time, you take us on a tour around your garden with so much energy and variety of garden produce to show. Regarding the issue with bees that you have mentioned, I believe, the bees are collecting the sweet juices from the grapes and converting them into honey somewhere. So, you will have a win-win situation if you decide to have some bee hives in a couple of places in your food forest, then you could reap more benefits. That way, you could enjoy the honey from the bees, while the bees will be doing the pollinating job.
Next year have more flowers available for the bees in late summer and fall. The reason the bees are drinking the juice is they are in a pollen dearth, and need the food.
Thank you for saying so! We were always encouraged to cover a percentage of our garden with flowers about 2 decades ago. 1) it's beautiful and 2) for the bees (but you can, of course, reverse the numbers).
Love bees!😍 You have a wonderful variety in your garden. Is there a vegetable or fruit that you haven't grown yet?
Are you growing organically?
🧡Tuck is one sweet pepper!🧡 I love your grape trellis where they hang down from above you! 💜💚💜💚
Your garden is too good to be true -- but it is true and I know it's a lot of work. So amazing.
The chemical companies that hurt the birds and bees and insects or plants they feed on need you James but children too don't need the poisons they hurt nature with.
Beatiful Sunflowers🌻🌻 a kiss for Tuck 😘
Tucker is the luckiest boy eating all the treats in the garden! Lot's of love and light to you both! 💕✨🐕
Your garden / food forest is beautiful! Abundant❗️
Always ❤❤❤❤ for Tuck! I get exhausted just watching all that you do. 😄 Beautiful, just beautiful. 😋
Hooray for the Paw Stamp of Approval (PSA)! Lots of LOVE to Tuck! 💜🐾🐾 James, the level of production in your garden is inspiring!
Such a beautiful garden and one day soon I'm looking forward to finally start growing!!! Love all your videos!!! Thank you!!!
❤'s for Tuck always!!!
When my plum tree fruited I quickly found that bees also particularly love plums! The sugars in grapes and plums provide them lots of energy for flight to search out pollen and more food sources further out. When they switch to feeding young they'll go for protein sources as well. That's why you'll sometimes see them on meats (like left over cat food or dog food).
You may wanna get a birdbath or two maybe even three or four put around to deter them in the water as what they’re the fluid is what they’re going for because they’re thirsty, so I really think that you would enjoy it too watching the bees go into the water. I had a planter box and the bees were mining for minerals in it and they decimated the planter box soil. I did not realize how much they could move and get rid of in that planter box.
Yes. My thought was they are thirsty.
Yes! When our neighbor had hives our bird baths were so busy we went to a kiddie pool with sticks so the bees could drink and the birds got a chance to use bird baths.
Tuck ❤ is awesome! Makes me miss my Yorkie!
Patricia Grove
That's interesting to see that I haven't been the only one really struggling with unexpected pests this year that haven't been a problem for me in the past. I've had trouble with birds destroying my peas, deer eating everything (haven't seen them around much in previous years), cats digging up my newly planted beds to poop, birds pulling up my young seedlings and leaving them to dry up, even more than the normal struggle with rabbits, some unidentified animal that stepped on my cantaloupe plants and left a huge poop, tons more aphids than normal, slugs killing young plants, etc.
Birds eat produce because they are seeking moisture and resources are scarce. Deer always eat almost everything. Build fences or get over it.
Don't leave fluffy, bare earth and cats won't use it as a litter box.
Everything can be fixed with a little effort, but nature will always win.
Big problem for me this year also!!!!!
I think it's because it's been so hot and dry
That’s hardly a destroyed garden 😄 everything looks amazing! And that’s - as you say - in no small way thanks to the hard work of bees and wasps. They definitely deserve their snacks - just like Tuck. I hope you won’t net everything next year. Thanks for the impressive tour in your abundant, beautiful garden 😍
Do you grow all your own plants from seed? I probably answered my own question Yes. Do you have your own line of seeds or can you recommend some seeds companies. Your garden is beyond awesome. It's got to be a full-time job maintaining it. You do a good job you and Tucker lol
JP...try planting a bunch of Bright Light Cosmos next year. The bees love them and they might leave your grapes alone.
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Hey James, any parsnips in your garden? I’m trying to grow them for my first year down here in Vineland.
I dont think Ive ever seen a garden as beautiful as yours....and Tuck's!
Wow, wow, WOW!! Beautiful garden, James! Very motivating-- just started my fall garden today! Cute, Tuck! Loves his veggies 🥕🥬
I love seeing your beautiful food forest every week! Plan to try your fertilizer soon! I’m in NYC, Compost expert here and I have a small area which did well! Tuck is amazing! ❤❤❤❤❤
Tuck loves his veggies ❤
Yup, he's the goodest boy!
Make some bee boxes and make honey and mustard Sauce for your veggie Patties.😁
You might have answered this question 100 times, but what do you do with all of your harvests? You could feed a small village! :)
That's my question also.
He share it with his family and friends!
The buttercup squash are delish . My sister boils them then mashes it up and adds it to corn chowder . It mixes into the base and it's the best corn chowda evah! 😊
Hey J.P.! I've seen bees biting and drinking nectar from raspberries before. It happens late in the season when there is a shortage of nectar bearing flowers. Bees can adapt and scavenge any source of fructose they can find. ❤❤❤ Tuck #1
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Don't let dogs eat tomatoes 🐶 🍅
I won't he has too many good snacks out there for him to eat tomatoes
@@BecomingAGreenStalker They are a member of the nightshade family and could be toxic to dogs.
We need bees more than you need tomatoes or peppers 🤷🏼♀️
You should feel like you’re contributing to the world!
That's how we are trying to look at it 😁
I think it’s more important to eat then worry about bees
@@Sarahbee-o8tNo bees, no food! Good grief.
wont be anymore eatin without bees @@Sarahbee-o8t
The man is busting his butt and trying to feed himself and his community and someone’s here to tell him that’s not good enough, he needs to be a complete martyr for “we”. I really hope you’re saving even more bees than he is😅
Hi James from a South Jersey girl now living down South. 😎Love your channel!❤️💯
Please differentiate between the honey bee, bumblebees, wasps and hornets. You are doing our hard working honey bees a great disservice by lumping them all together ☹️ also those are bumblebees on your grapes who are great pollinators. My grandfather would always put netting to prevent the various insects from eating his crops. Love your content. Your garden is amazing. ❤
Actually, wasps are also good pollinators. I have bumblebees, honey bees and a couple different kinds of wasps (paper wasps and mud daubers). Yes, some kind of net is a good idea to protect the crops that need it.
Seriously? You're bothered because he didn't specify the type of bee?
@@imageword5576 yes I seriously was hence the reason for my comment 🤪
@@KatbirdFirehawk So am I. Honey bees get a bad rap enough as it is and they are declining in numbers. We need more of them not less due to people avoiding anything that looks like it has a stinger. I plan on planting more pollinator plants next year.
Love your positive attitude, as always! ❤❤❤❤ for the Little Boss!