I was wondering if you guys would ever do something that covers the food forest concept. FYI at the time of writing this I have not yet viewed this video. thanks and love!
Planting basil and toms next to each other are an absolute game changer, i planted both of those next to each and am happy to say i no longer have tomato horn worms 😁 although it doesn't prevent aphids 😅
Me! I got a flat of marigolds at the start of the season and planted everything else from seed (tons of veg). The marigolds came with spider mites 🎉 so they’re all gone now and I was able to quarantine them from my other things. It’s a battle but I had to tell my story 😂lol
I have learned so much over my 3 years of garden and much thanks to this channel! My garden is looking amazing this spring. I started gardening after my first child passed away, this has been great therapy for me ♥️.
I’m a nanny… Sent this to the family with whom I’m currently working… They’re doing a garden this year… 🥰 Thanks for the tips! And, for the memory of my Mama planting marigolds in the veggie garden… Now I remember why!
My Grandfather always had the companion plants together and garlic and buckwheat peppered the garden and roses. First thing I did when setting up our garden after buying the house was to get buckwheat to help with the soil in areas we wanted to help. I miss him so much. If only the people who bought their house knew how rich that soil is from the farm my Babci had and then my grandfather’s garden!!!!!!
Great video. Would love to see the same for a container garden. Such as 5 gallon buckets, 20 gallon tubs and various size grow bags. I'm in south Florida and the bugs during the summer are bad. Especially aphids.
Horseradish in containers!! I really love em, but they're very hard to get rid of. Every 1-2cm of chopped root can develop into a new plant. Container gardening horseradish also makes it really easy to harvest/store.
My neighbor asked me if they could spray for weeds and insects... I politely declined... But you can definitely tell where they sprayed... 😬 There was even some type of squash or gourd growing along this rock wall, and they sprayed that shit down.... Like what was it harming? Now there's just straw brown spots and lines everywhere. 😮💨 Glad I was home, my dad would have told them to spray away and every single thing would be dead. 😂
I’ve also heard if you plant Hubbard squash near your squash plants the Hubbard squash will be a trap crop for the squash beetle because squash beetles prefer Hubbard squash over any other squash. 💐💚🙃
I’ve been planting cilantro with my potatoes, it shades the cilantro and keeps it from bolting. Ill try adding some bush beans, and putting some cosmos nearby too! (I love cosmos already so it’s not a problem)
This is so helpful and encouraging. I have gardened for years, planting more each spring summer and sometimes Autumn into winter. I had a problem this season though- something was sucking the life out of the tomatoes. I have always had many tomatoes, into the autumn and last year even wintered over a few plants. However, like I said…the plants were green and growing and within a few days they turned a pale brown! I had to pick what tomatoes I could before they were destroyed too. For some reason I think it was spider mites. There were concentrations of web in the plants. I gently power sprayed them and it work for a bit but no use. I believe what ever it was got to a few other plant too. 😢 Watching this I realized that I have always had an abundance of nasturtium and lavender on the garden edge but the nasturtium didn’t grow well this year and I didn’t replant. My lavender as well struggled. I telling you all this because I have got to figure out what happened. The last thing different about this year was we primarily watered with a drip line + tiny soaker strips. (I’ve always hand watered or used a sprinkler). Anyway, lots of marigolds this year and the bell and chili peppers are still growing. Finally, one side of the garden is a chin link fence covered with ivy and trailing vine. We always cut it back and hasn’t been a problem in the past…but ? Any insight or help would be appreciated. I’m in SoCal, two hours north of San Diego so similar zone as you guys but hotter too. Thanks! 🐝
Weird pick but we're experimenting with growing peas up our raspberry stalks this year!it took so long for the raspberries to get any leaves coming out of winter it was an easy trellis for the peas. The raspberries are growing in now and shading out the peas as it warms up.
I love it! I am working on planning out my warmer weather crops for the rest of the season up here in the PNW and this video is helpful for that process 😀
I eat a lot of beans, mostly pinto, every day, they stop giving you the farts if you eat them often enough that your body gets used to it (at least for me and most people)
10:50 Planting other plants on top of the potatoes will probably help with keeping the soil from drying out and will enrich it with organic material and mixroorganisms through the excreted exudates from the added root mass.
I have multiple scallions (from the grocery store), nasturtiums, marigolds, alyssum and dill in each bed. I’m here to win 🥇 😂😂😂😂 I will fight a pest this year!
I'm in Zone 4, and have been pairing potatoes with horseradish in the garden for four years, and it works quite well. Potato beetles always miss the crops hidden amongst the horseradish, and the two plants get along. A word of caution, though. Horseradish is an incredibly aggressive plant, and will re-establish from even the smallest piece of root. You have to cull it back every harvest when it's in an enclosed bed. Its far more challenging to REMOVE horseradish than it is to grow it. :)
This is such a great info video!! 👍👍 One thing I wish I could understand is how I have heard it here and elsewhere to plant horseradish in ur garden 🤷🤔 I have planted it in my garden in two areas and found out how invasive it is and I struggle to get rid of it
Kevin, can you show us an aerial view of how you rotate your garden? I'm new and feel daunting about needing to do this in a small space. How do you handle rotation every year.
I was having a lot of issues with asparagus beetles so after consulting the internet I decided to plant parsley in my little asparagus patch, because apparently asparagus needs a lot of nutrients but parsley doesn't, so they wouldn't compete terribly. After that I kept seeing the beetles but didn't keep seeing the damage from the beetles. So it seems to have worked!
We do have a short season here in Maine and have to time planting seedlings precisely (something I'm still holding off on doing as we speak) because of deadly frost but WOW I'm so thankful we don't have all the insects you have! We do have an occasional potato and squash beetle but I know how to counter them now! Thank you. 🥰
I have been planting basil in my garden with the peppers and tomatoes along with marigolds every year. Also keep a ground full of romaine lettuce.slugs and tomato worms eat the leaves along with the rabbits. So I put some salt down along with diatomaceous earth. I try and trap the tomato worms and put them in my compost tumbler to eat all the stuff in there 😆. Dang squash Beatles always eating my zucchini leaves. So I go look for them and squash them into the ground.
My brassicas and potatoes have been decimated by caterpillars this year. At least, I *think* they’re caterpillars. We’ve had a lot more moths than butterflies this year. This is my first year gardening so I’m not entirely sure. At this point I’m just letting them clear out my beds for me as I get ready for summer 😅 I’ll definitely be working your companion plants into my garden this time around.
Regarding the Subterranean planting method - is there a video that further explains this and gives examples? I find these videos very informative and fun to watch. Thank you!
One combination that worked for my garden is planting beans plant with my chilli plant. One of my chilli is now 5 foot tall and loaded with chilies. Beans provide lots of nitrogen to soil which in turn is absorbed by chilies. I only had to put Fertilizer for flowering and fruiting, I never had to add nitrogen for leaves.
I only have space to grow in 4, 4 gallon buckets. Could you talk more about staggered planting. It sounds like in theory I could grow snowball turnips on top of my soon to be planted sweet potato slips or radishes with my squash. I would love other suggestions.
Watching as a European seeing a lot of those pests not existing here. Yay for cold winters I guess. Only one I knew was Colorado beetle but not seen em in my garden.
MILPA is traditional agriculture in Mexico, still in use. Based on the agronomy of the Maya and of other Mesoamerican peoples, the milpa system is used to produce crops of maize, beans, and squash without employing artificial pesticides and artificial fertilizers.
I would be careful with that horseradish, it will take over. Like a hostile takeover lol. I’m growing some in a whiskey barrel here in CA (9b) and now it’s popping up in ground around the barrel. I personally am not mad about it because a Polish gal can’t have too much chrzan & it’s kind of an empty nothing patch over there, but you have a whole garden of Eden there. I’m sure you already knew, but just in case I spoke my peace.
Have you guy's ever done a video on which trellis design is best for whatever edible vining crop? Like mesh size, height & width. Should we use string, metal, plastic, or wood? Because cattle panels are not good for all climbing crops, like peas for example the spacing is too far apart in my experience.
Do socal native varieties of sage generally work where you mention sage? Similarly, is there a lot of room for species and variety variation of the plants mentioned? Ie maybe I can assume if you mentioned corn or potato most any variety will work?
'Scuse me, but re: 4:30 or so Beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you fart. The more you fart, the better you feel, So lift up your leg, and let 'em squeal! ... My inner third grader just snuck out ...
i live in the woods and the locusts are thick here . i will have to cover everything with mesh cloth or all of my work will be for nothing. companion flowers will go in as well.
Ever give any thought to a companion garden app? I bet EG would make an epic (pun partially intended) resource for gardeners when they're out doing garden things... always so much good information on the channel but I always forget it!!
Further companion planting resources:
→ eorganic.org/node/5307
→ sandovalmastergardeners.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Companion-Planting-slides.pdf
→ piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/magical-repelling-powers-of-marigolds-myth-or-fact/
→ agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2023/03/28/improving-tomato-plants-through-companion-planting/
→ tilthalliance.org/resources/how-legumes-fix-nitrogen-in-your-soil/
→ www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/cooperative-extension/fact-sheets/adding-diversity-garden/
→ www.mofga.org/resources/companion-planting/companion-planting/
→ northerngardener.org/ladybugs-asian-lady-beetles-and-aphids/
→ cales.arizona.edu/cochise/mg/best-enemies-brief-guide-companion-planting-part-2
→ ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21085
→ extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/companion-planting-home-gardens
→ u.osu.edu/extensionclermont/2023/06/23/potager-article-8/
→ extension.psu.edu/maximizing-your-vegetable-garden
I was wondering if you guys would ever do something that covers the food forest concept. FYI at the time of writing this I have not yet viewed this video. thanks and love!
I may grow much better next to U2🤩🤩😍
planted my first garden because of this channel, already producing a ton of food!
LOVE to hear this
@@epicgardening most the seeds came from @botanicalinterests
Awesome 😎 👍 just be warned it's really addicting 😅
@earthisflat agreed, highly addictive. I always sigh before going into plant nurseries because I know my wallet is going to feel the pain 😂
@@ifeyanishaminya never anticipated how much I could spend on DIRT 😂
Planting basil and toms next to each other are an absolute game changer, i planted both of those next to each and am happy to say i no longer have tomato horn worms 😁 although it doesn't prevent aphids 😅
You can plant some sacrificial nasturtium they work really well
Plant marigolds on one side of the tomato plant, aphids hate them.
Neem oil mix w 2 tablespoons of hydrogen peroxide works wonders, especially on cannabis
I can’t imagine a veggie garden without marigolds. Always had they in with the tomatoes and squash since I was real little.
Same!
Me! I got a flat of marigolds at the start of the season and planted everything else from seed (tons of veg). The marigolds came with spider mites 🎉 so they’re all gone now and I was able to quarantine them from my other things. It’s a battle but I had to tell my story 😂lol
We gonna need a flowchart for this 😂
We'll make something!
@@epicgardening would honestly be super useful 🤩
Great tips! I have found Borage + Onions + Strawberries works really well in my garden😊
I have learned so much over my 3 years of garden and much thanks to this channel! My garden is looking amazing this spring. I started gardening after my first child passed away, this has been great therapy for me ♥️.
Breaks my heart to read this, sending you lots of love and healing 💜 so glad you found some therapy in your garden x
I always grow cucumbers vertically in tomato cages. (Small garden) I really love this video. I will use all the tips.
Wonderful!
I’m a nanny… Sent this to the family with whom I’m currently working… They’re doing a garden this year… 🥰 Thanks for the tips! And, for the memory of my Mama planting marigolds in the veggie garden… Now I remember why!
You had 1 job ..... hilarious dual laughter intro ... 😂😂 ca'mon guys its the highlight of the video !!!
Perennial buckwheat is beautiful and pollinators love it - especially on the west coast!
Here in SW Missouri as well.
Have you tried PLOYES? BUCKWHEAT FLOUR BREAD SUBSTITUTE.
Buckwheat next to potatoes helps with potatoes bugs (hoverflies are amazing!)
My Grandfather always had the companion plants together and garlic and buckwheat peppered the garden and roses. First thing I did when setting up our garden after buying the house was to get buckwheat to help with the soil in areas we wanted to help. I miss him so much. If only the people who bought their house knew how rich that soil is from the farm my Babci had and then my grandfather’s garden!!!!!!
Great video. Would love to see the same for a container garden. Such as 5 gallon buckets, 20 gallon tubs and various size grow bags. I'm in south Florida and the bugs during the summer are bad. Especially aphids.
Any man that can sing beans beans out-loud…. You’re good in my book! 😂👍🏻🇺🇸
Thanks Eric
Great breakdown of companion planting. Marigolds are a superb plant companion for many vegetables.
I've put marigolds next to my tomatoes for a couple of years now and they do great, and make a pretty color palette, too
Horseradish in containers!!
I really love em, but they're very hard to get rid of. Every 1-2cm of chopped root can develop into a new plant. Container gardening horseradish also makes it really easy to harvest/store.
I have been planting beans with the rest of my crops for a little over two years! They taste good, give shade, and add nitrogen back into soil
Good alternatives to spraying
My neighbor asked me if they could spray for weeds and insects... I politely declined... But you can definitely tell where they sprayed... 😬 There was even some type of squash or gourd growing along this rock wall, and they sprayed that shit down.... Like what was it harming? Now there's just straw brown spots and lines everywhere. 😮💨 Glad I was home, my dad would have told them to spray away and every single thing would be dead. 😂
I found this channel maybe a month ago and I can’t stop watching and learning from both of you
I’ve also heard if you plant Hubbard squash near your squash plants the Hubbard squash will be a trap crop for the squash beetle because squash beetles prefer Hubbard squash over any other squash. 💐💚🙃
I like that you've gone in ground instead of containers.
I’ve been planting cilantro with my potatoes, it shades the cilantro and keeps it from bolting. Ill try adding some bush beans, and putting some cosmos nearby too! (I love cosmos already so it’s not a problem)
This is so helpful and encouraging. I have gardened for years, planting more each spring summer and sometimes Autumn into winter.
I had a problem this season though- something was sucking the life out of the tomatoes. I have always had many tomatoes, into the autumn and last year even wintered over a few plants. However, like I said…the plants were green and growing and within a few days they turned a pale brown! I had to pick what tomatoes I could before they were destroyed too. For some reason I think it was spider mites. There were concentrations of web in the plants. I gently power sprayed them and it work for a bit but no use. I believe what ever it was got to a few other plant too. 😢
Watching this I realized that I have always had an abundance of nasturtium and lavender on the garden edge but the nasturtium didn’t grow well this year and I didn’t replant. My lavender as well struggled. I telling you all this because I have got to figure out what happened.
The last thing different about this year was we primarily watered with a drip line + tiny soaker strips. (I’ve always hand watered or used a sprinkler). Anyway, lots of marigolds this year and the bell and chili peppers are still growing.
Finally, one side of the garden is a chin link fence covered with ivy and trailing vine. We always cut it back and hasn’t been a problem in the past…but ?
Any insight or help would be appreciated. I’m in SoCal, two hours north of San Diego so similar zone as you guys but hotter too.
Thanks! 🐝
Great video! I always love planting basil and marigolds with my tomatoes but I like these other ideas!
Eric gives the best advice for companion planting!
Great video, gentlemen! Very helpful. Thanks & happy growing!💚🌻
Super useful video!! Thank you-- will use immediately!! 😊
Great video!!! Really have started planting beans around all of my garden thanks to y’all’s advice!:)
Yard long beans makes for an awesome spicy salad. 😋
Love yard longs!
Weird pick but we're experimenting with growing peas up our raspberry stalks this year!it took so long for the raspberries to get any leaves coming out of winter it was an easy trellis for the peas. The raspberries are growing in now and shading out the peas as it warms up.
Watching this again in January when I need to be planting seed starts for Georgia spring crops!
these guys have beautiful gardens
I love it! I am working on planning out my warmer weather crops for the rest of the season up here in the PNW and this video is helpful for that process 😀
I eat a lot of beans, mostly pinto, every day, they stop giving you the farts if you eat them often enough that your body gets used to it (at least for me and most people)
Khu vườn của bạn rất tốt ,cây trồng phát triển xanh mướt ,bạn rất có kinh nghiệm trồng cây làm vườn ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ video với mọi người .
10:50 Planting other plants on top of the potatoes will probably help with keeping the soil from drying out and will enrich it with organic material and mixroorganisms through the excreted exudates from the added root mass.
Thanks fellas, perfect timing.
I have multiple scallions (from the grocery store), nasturtiums, marigolds, alyssum and dill in each bed. I’m here to win 🥇 😂😂😂😂 I will fight a pest this year!
He hits us with the tchamomilé again
Jacques is a gem
I'm in Zone 4, and have been pairing potatoes with horseradish in the garden for four years, and it works quite well. Potato beetles always miss the crops hidden amongst the horseradish, and the two plants get along.
A word of caution, though. Horseradish is an incredibly aggressive plant, and will re-establish from even the smallest piece of root. You have to cull it back every harvest when it's in an enclosed bed. Its far more challenging to REMOVE horseradish than it is to grow it. :)
You can never go wrong with tomatoes and Basil together! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🍅
This is such a great info video!! 👍👍
One thing I wish I could understand is how I have heard it here and elsewhere to plant horseradish in ur garden 🤷🤔 I have planted it in my garden in two areas and found out how invasive it is and I struggle to get rid of it
Kevin, can you show us an aerial view of how you rotate your garden? I'm new and feel daunting about needing to do this in a small space. How do you handle rotation every year.
Man, I HATE it when planes hit my brassicas. Like... you've got that whole open sky, why're you taking out my crops???
LOVE the marigolds that we planted this year they're really starting to take off (7b)
I was having a lot of issues with asparagus beetles so after consulting the internet I decided to plant parsley in my little asparagus patch, because apparently asparagus needs a lot of nutrients but parsley doesn't, so they wouldn't compete terribly. After that I kept seeing the beetles but didn't keep seeing the damage from the beetles. So it seems to have worked!
Cham om milly, you guys crack me up! 😂😂
Pyrethrum Daisy and borage - 2 other great veggie companions!
Rose arch is looking beautiful ❤️
We do have a short season here in Maine and have to time planting seedlings precisely (something I'm still holding off on doing as we speak) because of deadly frost but WOW I'm so thankful we don't have all the insects you have! We do have an occasional potato and squash beetle but I know how to counter them now! Thank you. 🥰
I’ll be trying some of these companion plantings soon 🌶🫑🧄🍆🧅🥔👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I have been planting basil in my garden with the peppers and tomatoes along with marigolds every year. Also keep a ground full of romaine lettuce.slugs and tomato worms eat the leaves along with the rabbits. So I put some salt down along with diatomaceous earth. I try and trap the tomato worms and put them in my compost tumbler to eat all the stuff in there 😆. Dang squash Beatles always eating my zucchini leaves. So I go look for them and squash them into the ground.
Thank you. 😊
My brassicas and potatoes have been decimated by caterpillars this year. At least, I *think* they’re caterpillars. We’ve had a lot more moths than butterflies this year. This is my first year gardening so I’m not entirely sure.
At this point I’m just letting them clear out my beds for me as I get ready for summer 😅 I’ll definitely be working your companion plants into my garden this time around.
Regarding the Subterranean planting method - is there a video that further explains this and gives examples? I find these videos very informative and fun to watch. Thank you!
Another great video.. my go to channel live your work and chemistry - missed the signature laugh today tho
Yes! the dill is always missing! growing it in every nook and cranny this season
Suggestions for what I can plant with mammoth sunflowers to repel squirrels from eating the stalk as soon as the sunflower blossoms? 😂
The edits are on fire xD Never laughed so hard at one of your videos, keep the memes coming!
very helpful this video, thank you! 💚
Very informative, thank you.
One combination that worked for my garden is planting beans plant with my chilli plant. One of my chilli is now 5 foot tall and loaded with chilies. Beans provide lots of nitrogen to soil which in turn is absorbed by chilies. I only had to put Fertilizer for flowering and fruiting, I never had to add nitrogen for leaves.
I love your channel and information. I wrote notes to head to the nursery to purchase more.🤑
Good luck!
@@epicgardening the companion planting is effective so far in hot, humid North Florida. 👏🏽👏🏽💣💯🥳🥒🥕🫑😉
Y’all are so lucky where you live, Wyoming is ridiculously unforgiving on my garden. Especially with such a short growing season 😔
Can yall do a video on what plants attract beneficial insects and animals to your garden (ala the lady bug and wasp examples were fascinating)
I only have space to grow in 4, 4 gallon buckets. Could you talk more about staggered planting. It sounds like in theory I could grow snowball turnips on top of my soon to be planted sweet potato slips or radishes with my squash. I would love other suggestions.
that shamoleleeh had me dying from laughter @8:58
Beans, beans, they're great for your heart,
The more you eat, the more you .... well, you know.
This is awesome info!!
lmao the edits kill me. I like where Jeaques takes a whiff and eyes turn into those of a fiend lmao
That was my favorite part 😂
Iv noticed peas like hangs around corn as well
NEXT LEVEL INFORMATION GREAT CHANNEL🙏🏿
Watching as a European seeing a lot of those pests not existing here. Yay for cold winters I guess. Only one I knew was Colorado beetle but not seen em in my garden.
Borage works well to keep squash bugs away.
Thank u for a great video!!
Is there an Epic Garden in-joke I about "che-mom-olé" that I've totally missed?
better mount that greenhouse light on a solid pole @ 3:30 . Yes I have 1000 things like this to do in my garden too but I cant resist.
FANTASTIC!
Cabbage white flyby @10:00 looking for some brassicas to crash into :)..
Nice work 😊
I have been companion planting for years! Carrots are sweet when planted by tomatoes. Don’t plant dill by carrots they will not taste good!
MILPA is traditional agriculture in Mexico, still in use.
Based on the agronomy of the Maya and of other Mesoamerican peoples, the milpa system is used to produce crops of maize, beans, and squash without employing artificial pesticides and artificial fertilizers.
I would be careful with that horseradish, it will take over. Like a hostile takeover lol. I’m growing some in a whiskey barrel here in CA (9b) and now it’s popping up in ground around the barrel. I personally am not mad about it because a Polish gal can’t have too much chrzan & it’s kind of an empty nothing patch over there, but you have a whole garden of Eden there. I’m sure you already knew, but just in case I spoke my peace.
Have you guy's ever done a video on which trellis design is best for whatever edible vining crop? Like mesh size, height & width. Should we use string, metal, plastic, or wood? Because cattle panels are not good for all climbing crops, like peas for example the spacing is too far apart in my experience.
Dude you should see my lettuce right now 😮 this is amazing. I also have carrots and watermelon coming in 😅 I can't wait..
Great information!! How did you learn all of this?? Could you all write a book with all the amazing information please!?
8:09 that caught me off guard 😂
Careful with that horseradish
...it spreads underground. Not as bad as mint, but still invasive.😮
Do socal native varieties of sage generally work where you mention sage?
Similarly, is there a lot of room for species and variety variation of the plants mentioned? Ie maybe I can assume if you mentioned corn or potato most any variety will work?
'Scuse me, but re: 4:30 or so
Beans, they're good for your heart.
The more you eat, the more you fart.
The more you fart, the better you feel,
So lift up your leg, and let 'em squeal!
...
My inner third grader just snuck out ...
Whats up my fav gardeners
Down here in Orlando, FL. When I planted marigolds with my tomatoes I got spiders mites. It was a disaster.
man, I'm getting so zen watching your garden, I wish I had the posibility to grow my food like that even if it's a few square meters.
i live in the woods and the locusts are thick here . i will have to cover everything with mesh cloth or all of my work will be for nothing. companion flowers will go in as well.
Hello Kevin 👋
I had issue with grasshoppers eating my beans and cucumbers last year. Any deterrents for them?
What does help against stink bugs on tomatoes? :D
At 6:08ish, was that bee balm? Never heard of it, but I will look into it. Unless it attracts bees. A few aren’t a problem, but I’m allergic.
Ever give any thought to a companion garden app? I bet EG would make an epic (pun partially intended) resource for gardeners when they're out doing garden things... always so much good information on the channel but I always forget it!!