Yay, I'm so glad to see everyone! Such abundance and so much diversity! I love it. Looking forward to watching everyone grow up, big and strong :) So you guys use all that mint for teas? And what did you do with the amaranth? I'm guessing your garden tower was a success last year?! Everyone is looking pretty good up in there this season. Our apricot tree gets that leaf curl every year and even though we get fruits, they never ripen. I guess all stone fruit get that in our area, making them nearly impossible for anyone to grow here (in northern California). If you ever want to talk more about the rain catchment I'd be interested in that. Or maybe that's just a different topic altogether. Gray water too is something I'd like to look more into. Again, pretty off topic. We have alyssum that has spread all over our garden. The variety we have is pretty bulky though and can crowd out other stuff if we're not careful. I've really been enjoying the verbena we use for ground cover. It stays low to the ground and seems to grow with any amount of sun or shade. It is super hardy and frost doesn't seem to bother it. Plus its flowers are the most gorgeous thing in our garden by far! I haven't actually researched its benefit in the garden, but our ladybugs sure seem to love it. Bill saw a jay catch a salamander out of it the other day!
Hey! We use the mint primarily for tea or cold mint water in the fridge. The amaranth can be eaten in salads or you can save the seeds and treat it like a grain. The variety I planted was love lies bleeding. Have you ever treated for the leaf wilt? I heard you can spray with a fungicide before the tree leafs out but I'm not sure. In terms of the rain catchment system, we have a video in the works for that. The plants really do so much better with rain water! I was wondering about your verbena. We're giving the alyssum a try for now, but I may need to look that up! Thank you for all of the questions!
@@AgapeGardensSTL I knew it was a grain, but never even thought about eating amaranth leaves! Do you like them? Do they remind you of another type of edible leaf? Yes, I think Bill may have mentioned the fungicide spray but he was also told it was so prevalent here that it is barely worth trying so we've never actually tried anything.
@@mokie2250 I have heard it compared to spinach, but it does have that flavor. It's a very mild flavor. I have another I am growing that is an amaranth called Chinese multicolor spinach. It is grown for the leaves and I believe is heat tolerant and is very good.
Volunteers are plants that grow from seeds dropped the year before. Sometimes it happens when they drop seed and other times it is because an animal like a bird passes the seed after eating the fruit. The cabbage moth looks like a white butterfly and lays its eggs on plants in the brassica family. The eggs hatch and caterpillars eat your plant! I've picked off 5 today.
Oh, I'm literally in the middle of making my spring garden video when this popped up!
Oh yay! I can't wait to see your garden!
Looks awsome!!!
Thank you so much 🥰
So many different varieties!
Variety is the spice of life, they say 😊
"Volunteer sunflower" 😂 love the video!
We love sunflowers so much I don't have the heart to pull out the volunteers!
Thank you so much for watching!
Yay, I'm so glad to see everyone! Such abundance and so much diversity! I love it. Looking forward to watching everyone grow up, big and strong :)
So you guys use all that mint for teas? And what did you do with the amaranth? I'm guessing your garden tower was a success last year?! Everyone is looking pretty good up in there this season.
Our apricot tree gets that leaf curl every year and even though we get fruits, they never ripen. I guess all stone fruit get that in our area, making them nearly impossible for anyone to grow here (in northern California).
If you ever want to talk more about the rain catchment I'd be interested in that. Or maybe that's just a different topic altogether. Gray water too is something I'd like to look more into. Again, pretty off topic.
We have alyssum that has spread all over our garden. The variety we have is pretty bulky though and can crowd out other stuff if we're not careful. I've really been enjoying the verbena we use for ground cover. It stays low to the ground and seems to grow with any amount of sun or shade. It is super hardy and frost doesn't seem to bother it. Plus its flowers are the most gorgeous thing in our garden by far! I haven't actually researched its benefit in the garden, but our ladybugs sure seem to love it. Bill saw a jay catch a salamander out of it the other day!
Hey! We use the mint primarily for tea or cold mint water in the fridge. The amaranth can be eaten in salads or you can save the seeds and treat it like a grain. The variety I planted was love lies bleeding. Have you ever treated for the leaf wilt? I heard you can spray with a fungicide before the tree leafs out but I'm not sure.
In terms of the rain catchment system, we have a video in the works for that. The plants really do so much better with rain water!
I was wondering about your verbena. We're giving the alyssum a try for now, but I may need to look that up!
Thank you for all of the questions!
@@AgapeGardensSTL I knew it was a grain, but never even thought about eating amaranth leaves! Do you like them? Do they remind you of another type of edible leaf?
Yes, I think Bill may have mentioned the fungicide spray but he was also told it was so prevalent here that it is barely worth trying so we've never actually tried anything.
@@mokie2250 I have heard it compared to spinach, but it does have that flavor. It's a very mild flavor. I have another I am growing that is an amaranth called Chinese multicolor spinach. It is grown for the leaves and I believe is heat tolerant and is very good.
You are going to have a lot of radishes
There's a video coming about how to use them ☺️
Sounds like you need to do some more research on garlic :)
I do! Some experienced advice would help too 🙂
Volunteers are plants just sprouting up out of the blue then?
What is a cabbage moth? Do these make the cabbages not to grow?
Volunteers are plants that grow from seeds dropped the year before. Sometimes it happens when they drop seed and other times it is because an animal like a bird passes the seed after eating the fruit.
The cabbage moth looks like a white butterfly and lays its eggs on plants in the brassica family. The eggs hatch and caterpillars eat your plant! I've picked off 5 today.
How do you keep all of the plants straight?
Practice. You recognize things once they've grown in your garden a few times.
What does bolting mean?
It means that a plant is going to seed. The flavor changes and they get much larger.