I finally managed to get a Greenstalk. We used to be able to get them through Amazon, but then a certain vote messed all our imports up. So for anyone in the UK that isn't aware of it, we do now have an official Greenstalk importer in Sweden called GrowTowers. They work out very pricy, but they deal with all the ridiculous double VAT and duty we now have to pay. I have the limited edition Beauty Black, and I'm absolutely thrilled with it! I've had it set up less than 4 weeks, just taken my 3rd harvest, trying out direct sowing red swan beans, because I just can't do this in ground, and had my first two ripe strawberries this morning! I previously got rid of all my strawberries because `I could never get any off the plants before the birds and pests. I couldn't net them because of my hedgehogs. I may get another tower just for the strawberries!
I would LOVE TO see a photo of your tower if you want to email me when you have time! So glad you got one. Pinned the comment so others can see it easier! ❤
@@SageandStoneHomestead I'll get one sent to you 😁Thanks for the pin too, because I think it's a total game changer for anyone with small spaces, but I struggle with my in ground bed because of my illnesses too, so harvesting from this tower has been great.
Lovely garden tour, Heather! I always appreciate how you show off so many things and talk about lots of them in detail, it's such a beautiful education! Tips, tricks, reasons why you are letting things be or haven't planted yet, etc. Such a bounty of information throughout a fun tour, love it. Really wonderful to see how the plants are progressing and the greenhouse is evolving. Glad to see the tomato plants are still doing decently even with the curly top issue. Will definitely love to see how you set up the irrigation, and that tomato-tie tool is awesome! (Thanks Tater!) 💚💚
What a delight to see your garden tour! I enjoy comparing what we're growing (whether it's the same or different) and understanding more each time not only how similar our growing styles can be, but also how different conditions impact our growing things. None of my zinnias have bloomed or even begun setting buds, but our asparagus is "farther along", with several already getting those little green berries. I am so excited to see your blushing tomato already! We have many fruits "on the vine", but none starting to change color yet. So low-key jealous? MAYBE! LOL Everything in its own time, though so I know it's looking fantastic in your garden and containers and it will be glorious as more fruit begins setting and getting ripe. As far as your tape tool - YES! I bought one for Tater last year and he uses it SO MUCH in the garden. No more searching for old panty-hose, twist-ties, or string to get a plant on their supports. Anyone who grows tomatoes, peppers, and vining plants that don't necessarily have tendrils to "grab" their supports needs a tool like this, in my opinion.
Ahhh, so that's the reason my cucamelons, that I babied thru the spring, are dying. :( I was just talking to my husband about them. I think they might be a fail again this year. Whoa! That tomato taper tool looks awesome!!
I love watching your garden tours, from seed to final harvest! My dad put in a great big garden each year, even though they lived in the city. Being a tom-boy, I was always right by his side! Those were such fun years, about 60 years ago!!!
Thanks for another awesome garden /greenhouse tour! Your garden is looking so good. You do such a great job by showing us and explaining everything you have and do. The do's and don'ts and the tips/tricks that you pass along I am so grateful for!!
Ok Heather, you sucked me in on the tie tomato thingy. I just ordered it. I had a bunch of reward points left from Christmas shopping so technically I got it for free lol. Great garden tour! Are you guys getting the cooler 45ish degree nights over there too? Was kinda surprised to see our forecast that low tonight! Have a wonderful weekend!
This morning it was 54!! 45 would probably give me an anxiety attack at this point because we can frost in the high 30s being in a low spot!! You'll love the tomato tape tool!!! It's such a game-changer!
→ The Tomato-Tie Tool: www.amazon.com/dp/B09XTQVHFP?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzsagensto-20&creativeASIN=B09XTQVHFP&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2WUYH3UX62JLR&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin&th=1
I learned quite a few new tips Heather! I didn’t know about pinching the suckers from peppers too, and to cut zinnias just above the spot with new growth to get them to bush out. I look forward to the irrigation video. This is my first year I set up irrigation in my raised beds and any info is appreciated. I’m just winging it! 😂
You usually don't have to worry about picking suckers on peppers unless you want to grow them vertically up a line like I am. Growing peppers in a bush habit is what most people do ♥
Looks like our tomatoes are on par with the same time frame of blushing. I picked the first blushed ripe SunGold tomato this morning and it was so juicy and sweet. Glad you liked the tape tool, again "Happy Mothers Day".
The squash in your compost looks like my Tromboncino squash plants. I love volunteers! ❤️🙂 The tomato tape tool looks awesome! I do wonder if the tape is in anyway stretchy to allow for growth of the stem as the season progresses, and is it hard to remove at the end of the season. Nevertheless, I still want it! LOL! Happy Gardening Heather.🌸🌼🍅🍆🫑🫛🌶️
Actually, no the tape isn't super stretchy. It's more of a plastic tape and eventually by the end of gardening season the staple will be kind of rusty so the tape could possibly just fall apart. What I ended up doing last year when removing any tape that didn't fall off or come apart was simply cut the tape with a pair of scissors.
Whoa, the tomato clusters are so big! When I get those I only got a few tomatoes per plant. I'd have been much more impressed if they had looked like that. Lol!
Or, whatever the mini tomato bush is called. I know there are different varieties, too. I forgot what name you said in the beginning already, and I forgot the name of the seed you gave me last year. They were underwhelming, but I had them in smaller growing tower pots, and inside. That made a huge difference.
Roots, seed too I suppose but my 3 plants were smaller than what u showed on yours. They were taking over that complete area within a month after coming up this spring. They never did die back completely. But I am finding little seedlings everywhere
My husband fenced in my garden. I have a 2500 square foot in ground garden. We did a little at a time. Deer and rabbits will destroy a garden down here in SC.
Thankfully we don't ever see deer in the front yard! I think the presence of the LGD helps. He can't get over to the garden area and the smaller critters do slip by him sometimes.
What if you put old peanut butter jars on top of the pumpkins like a little greenhouse? So things dont eat them? I make little covers out of metal window screening, its fine so weed seeds and critters cant get in and its black so it attracts heat
We are having very hot days here and I would worry about overheating in that situation! I have used plastic cups with the bottom cut out of it to make a sort of collar for small plants and that works well!
These are the high velocity 12 inch flow fans sold by growers solution !! LTH10 is not my coupon code but it gives a discount (Living traditions Homestead)
im gonna make pickled green beans im a kidney transplant patient so i have to be careful canning things cause botulism so im freezing and pickling a lot
You can ask anything! We love the brand "evergreen" and their hardwood bark mulch. We have a combination of that and some aged mulch from a chipped-up fallen elm tree on the garden this year
The garden is lushing out beautifully!! This is the first year in my 20 years of gardening that I have experienced this curly leaf tomato disease and it is frustrating!! Question..Would you know if an elderberry tree is wild or home planted? I’ve been living on my 10 acre property for four years now and there are about probably 10 elderberry trees in one big location of my property and it is clustered every year. Would you know if it is the safe to harvest the blossoms and the berries just as if it would be a home planted tree or is the wild grown one’s toxic? Because I see this massive harvest every year and it eats at me not to do something with it if it is safe to be used but I am not about to risk such a dangerous task. Thanks in advance, God Bless
Wild is safe!! What a great find! Make sure what you're dealing with is actually elderberry and not something different, but elderflower and elderberry in the wild is safe!
@@SageandStoneHomestead That is so awesome to hear!! Thank you so much!! I google lens it many times throughout the different phases of the growth process and the bark and trunk of the tree because I am VERY afraid to trust wild but I am really into wanting to forage and tree natural things due to my health conditions but I am scared to Trust and Try even through google pics but as much information and I put up about these trees and you confirming what it tells me makes me more comfortable to harvest it. Thank you! God Bless
I finally managed to get a Greenstalk. We used to be able to get them through Amazon, but then a certain vote messed all our imports up. So for anyone in the UK that isn't aware of it, we do now have an official Greenstalk importer in Sweden called GrowTowers. They work out very pricy, but they deal with all the ridiculous double VAT and duty we now have to pay. I have the limited edition Beauty Black, and I'm absolutely thrilled with it! I've had it set up less than 4 weeks, just taken my 3rd harvest, trying out direct sowing red swan beans, because I just can't do this in ground, and had my first two ripe strawberries this morning! I previously got rid of all my strawberries because `I could never get any off the plants before the birds and pests. I couldn't net them because of my hedgehogs. I may get another tower just for the strawberries!
I would LOVE TO see a photo of your tower if you want to email me when you have time! So glad you got one. Pinned the comment so others can see it easier! ❤
@@SageandStoneHomestead I'll get one sent to you 😁Thanks for the pin too, because I think it's a total game changer for anyone with small spaces, but I struggle with my in ground bed because of my illnesses too, so harvesting from this tower has been great.
You do such a great job of casually “educating” while you show your garden. It’s so helpful! Thank you for all the effort you put into your videos.
Thank you so much! ♥♥
Winnie is just adorable. I smile every time you show her. What a cute personality she has ❤
She really did a 180 once she got on the bottle!! Very social now haha
Very good morning, Beautiful Lady. My day always starts brighter when it starts with your warm, wonderful smile.
Hugs, Brenda!!
Lovely garden tour, Heather! I always appreciate how you show off so many things and talk about lots of them in detail, it's such a beautiful education! Tips, tricks, reasons why you are letting things be or haven't planted yet, etc. Such a bounty of information throughout a fun tour, love it. Really wonderful to see how the plants are progressing and the greenhouse is evolving. Glad to see the tomato plants are still doing decently even with the curly top issue. Will definitely love to see how you set up the irrigation, and that tomato-tie tool is awesome! (Thanks Tater!)
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What a delight to see your garden tour! I enjoy comparing what we're growing (whether it's the same or different) and understanding more each time not only how similar our growing styles can be, but also how different conditions impact our growing things. None of my zinnias have bloomed or even begun setting buds, but our asparagus is "farther along", with several already getting those little green berries. I am so excited to see your blushing tomato already! We have many fruits "on the vine", but none starting to change color yet. So low-key jealous? MAYBE! LOL Everything in its own time, though so I know it's looking fantastic in your garden and containers and it will be glorious as more fruit begins setting and getting ripe. As far as your tape tool - YES! I bought one for Tater last year and he uses it SO MUCH in the garden. No more searching for old panty-hose, twist-ties, or string to get a plant on their supports. Anyone who grows tomatoes, peppers, and vining plants that don't necessarily have tendrils to "grab" their supports needs a tool like this, in my opinion.
It's easily in my top 3 favorite garden tools list!! Time savings is a high priority during the busy season! ❤️
Are those tamales in greenstalk tinytims? Can’t remember
@@smallspaceswithGloria yes the grenstalk tomatoes are tiny tim!
Your greenhouse is beautiful. You are so amazing with all that you do ❣️💯🙏🏻
Awe thank you Kathy!! ♥♥
Ahhh, so that's the reason my cucamelons, that I babied thru the spring, are dying. :( I was just talking to my husband about them. I think they might be a fail again this year.
Whoa! That tomato taper tool looks awesome!!
Lots of water!!!
I love watching your garden tours, from seed to final harvest! My dad put in a great big garden each year, even though they lived in the city. Being a tom-boy, I was always right by his side! Those were such fun years, about 60 years ago!!!
What awesome memories!! ❤️❤️
I love the fresh smell of tomato plants, nice tape, too!
I agree!!!
Thanks for another awesome garden /greenhouse tour! Your garden is looking so good. You do such a great job by showing us and explaining everything you have and do. The do's and don'ts and the tips/tricks that you pass along I am so grateful for!!
Ok Heather, you sucked me in on the tie tomato thingy. I just ordered it. I had a bunch of reward points left from Christmas shopping so technically I got it for free lol. Great garden tour! Are you guys getting the cooler 45ish degree nights over there too? Was kinda surprised to see our forecast that low tonight! Have a wonderful weekend!
This morning it was 54!! 45 would probably give me an anxiety attack at this point because we can frost in the high 30s being in a low spot!! You'll love the tomato tape tool!!! It's such a game-changer!
Oooo! I want one 😊
Funny! A friend just showed me his tomato tie gadget yesterday! It looks great!
→ The Tomato-Tie Tool: www.amazon.com/dp/B09XTQVHFP?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzsagensto-20&creativeASIN=B09XTQVHFP&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.2WUYH3UX62JLR&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin&th=1
Looking better by the day, love it.❤
😊 thank you!!
Thank you for sharing. Love and Blessings.
❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏 Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
I learned quite a few new tips Heather! I didn’t know about pinching the suckers from peppers too, and to cut zinnias just above the spot with new growth to get them to bush out. I look forward to the irrigation video. This is my first year I set up irrigation in my raised beds and any info is appreciated. I’m just winging it! 😂
You usually don't have to worry about picking suckers on peppers unless you want to grow them vertically up a line like I am. Growing peppers in a bush habit is what most people do ♥
@@SageandStoneHomestead Oh! Very cool! Well, now I have options.
The oxheart tomatoes have big blossoms too. ❤❤❤
Yes they do!
Love your garden and your animals.
Thank you!
I love to see your garden! It gives me ideas on layout for sure!
Thanks for joining me in the garden again!! 🙂
Great video Heather! I didn't know radishes would do that, how neat. 💜👍💜 Aunt Beth
Isn't it?!
Looks like our tomatoes are on par with the same time frame of blushing. I picked the first blushed ripe SunGold tomato this morning and it was so juicy and sweet. Glad you liked the tape tool, again "Happy Mothers Day".
Love the tape tool!! Thanks again!
Your garden is beautiful! ❤ great job! Mine looks like a crazy wild woman did all the planting! 🤪
Oh man mine will look crazy in 2 months I promise lol!
I’ve been wanting one of those tying things! So cool.
It's pretty sweet!!! Game changer when there is a lot to tie up.
The squash in your compost looks like my Tromboncino squash plants. I love volunteers! ❤️🙂 The tomato tape tool looks awesome! I do wonder if the tape is in anyway stretchy to allow for growth of the stem as the season progresses, and is it hard to remove at the end of the season. Nevertheless, I still want it! LOL! Happy Gardening Heather.🌸🌼🍅🍆🫑🫛🌶️
That's what I'm hoping for!!
Actually, no the tape isn't super stretchy. It's more of a plastic tape and eventually by the end of gardening season the staple will be kind of rusty so the tape could possibly just fall apart. What I ended up doing last year when removing any tape that didn't fall off or come apart was simply cut the tape with a pair of scissors.
I ❤ this garden tour, thank you
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!! ♥
Whoa, the tomato clusters are so big! When I get those I only got a few tomatoes per plant. I'd have been much more impressed if they had looked like that. Lol!
What tomato do you mean? The yellow currant?
@SageandStoneHomestead sorry, the tiny Tim!
Or, whatever the mini tomato bush is called. I know there are different varieties, too. I forgot what name you said in the beginning already, and I forgot the name of the seed you gave me last year. They were underwhelming, but I had them in smaller growing tower pots, and inside. That made a huge difference.
@@jessicakarynecoosey7778 those were orange hat! They are smaller and less productive than tiny Tim for sure.
My husband bought me the tomato tie tool two weeks ago- great tool!
Yes!!!
The kelway golden will quickly take over your garden, second year. I’ve kept a couple in the green stalk, for another project. Just a warning 🥲
By seed you think or by roots? Thanks for the warning!
Roots, seed too I suppose but my 3 plants were smaller than what u showed on yours. They were taking over that complete area within a month after coming up this spring. They never did die back completely. But I am finding little seedlings everywhere
Looks great! ❤❤❤
Thank you!!
💚💚💚💚💚lov your work
My husband fenced in my garden. I have a 2500 square foot in ground garden. We did a little at a time. Deer and rabbits will destroy a garden down here in SC.
Thankfully we don't ever see deer in the front yard! I think the presence of the LGD helps. He can't get over to the garden area and the smaller critters do slip by him sometimes.
What if you put old peanut butter jars on top of the pumpkins like a little greenhouse? So things dont eat them? I make little covers out of metal window screening, its fine so weed seeds and critters cant get in and its black so it attracts heat
We are having very hot days here and I would worry about overheating in that situation! I have used plastic cups with the bottom cut out of it to make a sort of collar for small plants and that works well!
very funny 😊
Omg my garden is doing the opposite because of all the rain. Everything is drowning 😢.
Many hugs. More rain coming this way this week too. We seriously need a break!!
What fans are those!? We are in need of fans for our barn as well.
These are the high velocity 12 inch flow fans sold by growers solution !! LTH10 is not my coupon code but it gives a discount (Living traditions Homestead)
im gonna make pickled green beans im a kidney transplant patient so i have to be careful canning things cause botulism so im freezing and pickling a lot
Ooh Enjoy those!! I should ferment green beans this year... with dill!! Yum!
I am sure you have said this multiple times, so I am sorry for asking, but what kind of mulch do you put on your raised garden beds?
You can ask anything! We love the brand "evergreen" and their hardwood bark mulch. We have a combination of that and some aged mulch from a chipped-up fallen elm tree on the garden this year
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The garden is lushing out beautifully!! This is the first year in my 20 years of gardening that I have experienced this curly leaf tomato disease and it is frustrating!! Question..Would you know if an elderberry tree is wild or home planted? I’ve been living on my 10 acre property for four years now and there are about probably 10 elderberry trees in one big location of my property and it is clustered every year. Would you know if it is the safe to harvest the blossoms and the berries just as if it would be a home planted tree or is the wild grown one’s toxic? Because I see this massive harvest every year and it eats at me not to do something with it if it is safe to be used but I am not about to risk such a dangerous task. Thanks in advance, God Bless
Wild is safe!! What a great find! Make sure what you're dealing with is actually elderberry and not something different, but elderflower and elderberry in the wild is safe!
@@SageandStoneHomestead That is so awesome to hear!! Thank you so much!! I google lens it many times throughout the different phases of the growth process and the bark and trunk of the tree because I am VERY afraid to trust wild but I am really into wanting to forage and tree natural things due to my health conditions but I am scared to Trust and Try even through google pics but as much information and I put up about these trees and you confirming what it tells me makes me more comfortable to harvest it. Thank you! God Bless
What kind of radishes were those?
I forget exactly, but there are two varieties there. One is a red globe type and the other is an italian pink giant type.
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