I watched lots and lots of gardening videos I noticed every body always say " i have to wait until my tomatoes ripen" you actually don't have to if you like Asian dish, we stirfry green tomatoes with 3 layers pork it's a very tasty dish served with Jasmine white rice. We also make hot and sour soup with fish with lots of Asian chiles delicious! This two dish is Cambodian authentic dish.
Hello. Just found your blog. I feel compelled to tell you that your plants need shade. If you can afford it. It is worth it. More peppers, more everything. Water in the heat of the day. The evaporation helps keep the plants cool.
Put a little vanilla extract "mexican vanilla works too" and put it on like a cologne and the gnats and such will stay away. I thought it was BS too till I tried it.
I experimented with buying beefsteak tomatoes in October 2030 and sliced pieces and planted in a 25 gallon container. I didn't thin out the seedlings and got thick multigrowth and started harvesting tomatoes from March to now April 2024. Next year I m planting separate 25 gallon containers weeks apart so I can harvest longer into June summer. . I live in the desert imperial County on California Mexico border where it gets very hot in summer till late October . We are located 55 miles west of Yuma Arizona.
Try and get some Tepary beans from Arizona, they will thrive in your zone. Also Sunn Hemp is awesome, a legume that it very drought tolerant. Great soil builder, and does well chopped down to 12" then it comes back with a vengance, I'm in a zone 9B, so I cover crop two season and rotate every year, building soil too. Get some Phoenix Tomato seed, they were developed to take heat, they cant take 9B but you should be OK, great taste.
Exactly the opposite conditions compared to where I live, the Netherlands. So far this year in 2024, we had so much rain and clouds and unusual low temperatures that practically none of my flower bulbs and seeds were willing to grow. And what did pop up was not strong enough to stay upright. Just a few days ago it was 61F which is very cold for the time of the year. Only at the end of June seeds were willing to germinate in pots at the most sunny spots in my garden, but it might be too late to see any of them bloom. When it rains it rains for 10 hours straight or more, and then there is not a single clear patch of blue sky. So far this Spring and Summer the longest stretch of consecutive days without rain was 3 days. The lack of sunshine is the biggest problem. We are in the middle of the summer, but in terms of temperature and sunshine the forecasts are still not looking good. After one or two better days we get even more rain and more low temperatures. Thanks for sharing 👍
@@thefiresidefarm It is an unusual amount of rain. More than twice the average. The sun is heating up the oceans a lot more, and that is creating a lot more clouds up north and far south. And here in Western Europe, such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, we received every major cloud and very little sunshine. And large cloud formations are still being formed above the ocean, but when I look at the weather app it looks as if there are some gaps in the clouds. Today is nice too, but for tonight it is expected to be raining again. I think that your conclusion about the heat is absolutely right. Plants and the micro organisms, which might even be more important, have more problems with the heat as with drought. The ideal soil temperature is somewhere between 70 and 85 Fahrenheit. Basically what we humans prefer in terms of climate is pretty much the same for plants and trees and the micro organisms, generally spoken. They also prefer a temperature difference between day and night that is too big. Shade cloth and a thick one ft. layer of mulch is an excellent solution.
I live in Truth or Consequences, NM. I’ve not seen too many TH-camrs in our area. I’ve done some tours. This year nearly all my annuals died when I went away for a week. My irrigation on timer leaked. Luckily all of my fruit & nut trees survived. Would love seeds of the things that do well here from you.
I relocated from SW Washington (Columbia River Gorge) to South Central NM about eight years ago. Thank you so much for making this video! It is quite helpful. I love your garden and find you personally delightful.
I agree living in the desert we do things differently. So your tomato plants should be thicker .also I don't use straw or heavy mulch because it hides bugs and makes it hotter in my opinion. I just use compost as a mulch. That's why I'm happy to see other desert growers, because alot of channels I see are in humid regions.
I spoke to our landscaper about two weeks ago regarding my very hot peppers. He said that I should grow them in sand. I did have a sand soil combination pot so I just threw some of my seeds in there and lo and behold. I have hot peppers! I just wanted to update you on my pepper issue. Lol.
@@thefiresidefarm soooo… I have so many questions here because I have NEVER heard of planting peppers in sand before… so do you start the seeds in sand? Is this all sand or like sandy soil? I lost like 50 pepper starts this year (out of about 100-110) because of root rot. Last year my peppers did terrible.I wasted my money on bootstrap farmer cups. They just don’t work for me. My soil turns to bricks in them. My first year gardening they did great and I just used red cups and Walmart garden soil to start them that year…
@@DebiLynn no I do not live in sandy soil. Actually, I have clay soil. But what I did was went to Lowe’s and picked up a bag of sand and in a container that I have, I put a layer of soil, followed by sand and layer soil, and then sand and then planted the hot peppers in that. I hope that helps.
Try Piel de Sapo, aka Christmas Melon, is has done OK in our 9B temps, and they keep real well open pollinated, but ive had to buy seed, as they dont do well from seed saving, the immature ones keep into the spring, I cut them for the chickens, for a melon they keep amazingly, almost like a squash. Almost.
Oh my gosh, it IS lovely. I'm sitting here across town, pea-green with envy. LOL. I'm growing mostly in containers now (buckets and containers), although I did start with raised beds. In general, I just didn't know how much it took to get a bed nice and healthy. The sun does bleach out the nutrients. The UV is insane. All stuff I didn't know, even though I gardened for over 45 years! People tell me I don't have to shade things. That's just not true. My motto is Never Give Up. :-)
Never give up is a great one! I saddens me when too many people give up gardening too soon. It is definitely a lifelong learning process! I try to grow in containers but they always seem to die on me 🤣🤣
How are the plants doing? Which one do you love the most? I am born and raised in Springfield Illinois, literally 1 mile from Abe Lincoln's Home lol. I grow a ton of tomatoes and peppers. Think about relocating to Arizona or Texas, maybe Florida come this winter...
I found your video to be really interesting since our summers in the very far Northern part of California can get up to a 116 degrees or hotter. I grow a lot of flowers but new to growing vegetables. I know I will learn lots through watching various videos such as yours! Gardening is fun and challenging, and yours looks amazing especially for a hot, dry, climate! I’m curious about the type of drip line you use. A long time ago I tried using the sweat type and it was not good, so I try to hook all plants up to individual bubblers. This would be too much maybe for vegetables? Keep up the great work 😊
Thanks for watching! That's so funny because I can't grow flowers to save my life 😅. I use drip emitters for my garden irrigation. I believe the style of hose you were referring to is a soaker hose?....they don't work well for me because of the very hard water from our well line. Unfortunately it still clogs the emitters...but it would be way worse if I used a soaker hose style!
I don't know how hot it is in New Mexico today (June 25, 2024) but here in St. George, UT in the SW corner of Utah it is so hot it's almost impossible to walk outside. I haven't tried to grow anything this year. Years ago when I first moved down here, gardening was much easier. But now, the UV radiation is so destructive it's virtually impossible to grow anything, other than weeds. Will watch your videos and try next year.
Thanks and I'm sorry to hear that! I would definitely take this time off to invest in a shade cloth. It will make you happier too because it's much nicer to garden under a shade cloth🤣😁
I’m on the western central, high desert of Colorado zone 6, my rattlesnake beans didn’t do good last year. So disappointed, they looked interesting & I really wanted to see what they tasted like.
Have you ever heard of Joseph Lofthouse or Landrace gardening? You have a Wonderful blend of things and your peppers could produce some pretty amazing crosses.
I have! Several of my radishes were seeds from Goingtoseed.org. I will have a seed haul soon and talk about it some more on that video. I just ordered some more packets from their 2024 season
Mix one teaspoon eucalyptus oil a drop of kitchen detergent in a gallon of water and spray this all over your garden and it will repel the bugs that bother you.
You have a great garden for Mexico but if I may give you a video I watched the other day that you might want to try I'm going to try it to on my cucumbers he mixes yeast and pours it around his plant 🪴 it suppose to give it a boast in growing amazing garden is his videos 📹 hope you can use something from him he has idea for tomatoes 🍅 rot too it doesn't hurt to just watch a few of his videos to see if it well help you too all you have to do is try it on one plant at a time to see if it works for you he seems knowledgeable
Yah that's what I've read (after I bought them haha) Since they are partially vining, didn't really have anywhere to put them so I just put them on my trellises. 😁
Hello! Loved watching your garden tour. Beautiful garden as well. What zone are you in? I’m in 9B, desert southwest Arizona. Do you get temps over 110? I e been gardening going on third year. Kindof a newbie still! Great video!
I think 3 years is a good reach considering many people in difficult climates give up after one! So congrats on your journey! I am in zone 8A in Southern NM. We definitely get up to 110 here...just not as frequently as ya'lll do in the low desert up there. Our sun is a bit more intense (UV wise) though since we're closer to it. 🥵
I’m new to your channel. I live in Puerto De Luna which is 10 miles south of Santa Rosa and I’m trying to figure out how to garden in the desert. I’m originally from Illinois but I’ve been here for 20 years and I’ve never been able to grow a garden. I’m hoping for some help.
I am in Zone 8a also. High dessert. I have found drip tape to be such a help here. However, it does get clogged rather fast. Have you found a way to clean the hard mineral deposits from well water out of the tape? Pill bugs are my major pest. I often lay out boards for them to hide under and then scoop them up as poultry treats. Because of the pill bugs I cannot seed sow a lot of crops.
Sounds very similar to me! And no...I have had to replace a few sections of drip line this year because of the hard water buildup. I don't know of any remedies
Hey there! The "Florida weave" method of trelissing tomatoes has been successfully for me in the past.....but it was very hard to maintain and I had to have a TON of heavy string lines to hold the plants up in the wind. And the asparagus beans are best eaten when young and skinny...the whole pod. It's meant to be eaten as a green bean... and you don't really eat the dried beans once they are shelled
Where do you get the straw mulch for your raised beds? I'd like to use straw mulch for my raised beds but I'm afraid I'll just add a bunch of unwanted seeds😬 thanks.
I buy straw bales from my local feed store. They do have a lot of seeds, and you will definitely vet some germination from them....but they root in the mulch itself so they are very easy to pull up😄
Not too far from you, just North of Pueblo, CO. Trying to figure out this desert growing. How much water are you using daily on a garden this size? TIA
I have no idea exactly how much water I use since it comes from my well. But I will water for about 30 minutes daily with my drip system in the summer. Right now I'm only watering every couple days
@thefiresidefarms if you're using a well, it's ideal to send in your water to a lab to have it tested for contaminates. Including arsenic, lead, mercury, cholera, salmonella, and the list goes on and on. These can posion you, your animals, and your crops. If you use a cistern, you should be able to easily test the water levels or have some sort of indicator. The old-fashioned way is to dip a measuring stick before watering and then again after watering and calculate the difference through a volume formula. They have fancy electronic ones these days. You could always do a video on something like that too, I'm sure there's a ton of people that would love to know how much water a garden this size is using. Especially in our region of the US, where water/rights are more valuable than gold.
@CameronsCandorOriginal ahh I see. I wasn't sure if I was reading into your question too far. But yes, I had my well tested a few years ago when I bought the place.
I watched lots and lots of gardening videos I noticed every body always say " i have to wait until my tomatoes ripen" you actually don't have to if you like Asian dish, we stirfry green tomatoes with 3 layers pork it's a very tasty dish served with Jasmine white rice. We also make hot and sour soup with fish with lots of Asian chiles delicious! This two dish is Cambodian authentic dish.
Most people prefer a deep red sun ripened tomato . . .
Okra Plants Loves Heat as they say.
Red Burgundy Okra are cool. When you cook them they turn green. 👍👌👌👌👌
Hello. Just found your blog. I feel compelled to tell you that your plants need shade. If you can afford it. It is worth it. More peppers, more everything. Water in the heat of the day. The evaporation helps keep the plants cool.
Finally found an 8A gardener! The difference between 8A and 8B is crazy and so much of how people grow in and 8B doesn’t work for 8A. Thank you!
Hooray! Thanks for watching
Put a little vanilla extract "mexican vanilla works too" and put it on like a cologne and the gnats and such will stay away.
I thought it was BS too till I tried it.
I've actually heard of that but have yet tp try it. thanks!
I experimented with buying beefsteak tomatoes in October 2030 and sliced pieces and planted in a 25 gallon container. I didn't thin out the seedlings and got thick multigrowth and started harvesting tomatoes from March to now April 2024. Next year I m planting separate 25 gallon containers weeks apart so I can harvest longer into June summer. . I live in the desert imperial County on California Mexico border where it gets very hot in summer till late October . We are located 55 miles west of Yuma Arizona.
Try and get some Tepary beans from Arizona, they will thrive in your zone.
Also Sunn Hemp is awesome, a legume that it very drought tolerant. Great soil builder, and does well chopped down to 12" then it comes back with a vengance, I'm in a zone 9B, so I cover crop two season and rotate every year, building soil too.
Get some Phoenix Tomato seed, they were developed to take heat, they cant take 9B but you should be OK, great taste.
Exactly the opposite conditions compared to where I live, the Netherlands. So far this year in 2024, we had so much rain and clouds and unusual low temperatures that practically none of my flower bulbs and seeds were willing to grow. And what did pop up was not strong enough to stay upright. Just a few days ago it was 61F which is very cold for the time of the year. Only at the end of June seeds were willing to germinate in pots at the most sunny spots in my garden, but it might be too late to see any of them bloom. When it rains it rains for 10 hours straight or more, and then there is not a single clear patch of blue sky. So far this Spring and Summer the longest stretch of consecutive days without rain was 3 days. The lack of sunshine is the biggest problem. We are in the middle of the summer, but in terms of temperature and sunshine the forecasts are still not looking good. After one or two better days we get even more rain and more low temperatures. Thanks for sharing 👍
Wow thanks for sharing that! It is crazy to me that it can rain so much somewhere!
@@thefiresidefarm It is an unusual amount of rain. More than twice the average. The sun is heating up the oceans a lot more, and that is creating a lot more clouds up north and far south. And here in Western Europe, such as the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, we received every major cloud and very little sunshine. And large cloud formations are still being formed above the ocean, but when I look at the weather app it looks as if there are some gaps in the clouds. Today is nice too, but for tonight it is expected to be raining again.
I think that your conclusion about the heat is absolutely right. Plants and the micro organisms, which might even be more important, have more problems with the heat as with drought. The ideal soil temperature is somewhere between 70 and 85 Fahrenheit. Basically what we humans prefer in terms of climate is pretty much the same for plants and trees and the micro organisms, generally spoken. They also prefer a temperature difference between day and night that is too big.
Shade cloth and a thick one ft. layer of mulch is an excellent solution.
❤That is on my bucket list . To make a food Forrest in the desert.
I live in Truth or Consequences, NM. I’ve not seen too many TH-camrs in our area. I’ve done some tours. This year nearly all my annuals died when I went away for a week. My irrigation on timer leaked. Luckily all of my fruit & nut trees survived. Would love seeds of the things that do well here from you.
Absolutely...and hello neighbor!😁 I'm glad to be providing info for people in our area. It's such a brutal place to grow here
I relocated from SW Washington (Columbia River Gorge) to South Central NM about eight years ago. Thank you so much for making this video! It is quite helpful. I love your garden and find you personally delightful.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I agree living in the desert we do things differently. So your tomato plants should be thicker .also I don't use straw or heavy mulch because it hides bugs and makes it hotter in my opinion. I just use compost as a mulch. That's why I'm happy to see other desert growers, because alot of channels I see are in humid regions.
Thanks! That's why I wanted to make one. I feel we were underrepresented haha
I spoke to our landscaper about two weeks ago regarding my very hot peppers. He said that I should grow them in sand. I did have a sand soil combination pot so I just threw some of my seeds in there and lo and behold. I have hot peppers! I just wanted to update you on my pepper issue. Lol.
😯 wow. In sand? Like beach sand? Or sandy soil? I’ve never heard of that before… interesting… do you live in a sandy area?
Hahahah good! Yah pepper HATE wet feet, so sand is good for drainage purposes😁
@@thefiresidefarm soooo… I have so many questions here because I have NEVER heard of planting peppers in sand before… so do you start the seeds in sand? Is this all sand or like sandy soil?
I lost like 50 pepper starts this year (out of about 100-110) because of root rot. Last year my peppers did terrible.I wasted my money on bootstrap farmer cups. They just don’t work for me. My soil turns to bricks in them. My first year gardening they did great and I just used red cups and Walmart garden soil to start them that year…
@@DebiLynn no I do not live in sandy soil. Actually, I have clay soil. But what I did was went to Lowe’s and picked up a bag of sand and in a container that I have, I put a layer of soil, followed by sand and layer soil, and then sand and then planted the hot peppers in that. I hope that helps.
@@joycebovee5818 yes it does. Thank you!
Try Piel de Sapo, aka Christmas Melon, is has done OK in our 9B temps, and they keep real well open pollinated, but ive had to buy seed, as they dont do well from seed saving, the immature ones keep into the spring, I cut them for the chickens, for a melon they keep amazingly, almost like a squash. Almost.
Try Monterey Disease Control, AKA Double Nickel, I've had tomatoe issues, it almost solved the issues.
Oh my gosh, it IS lovely. I'm sitting here across town, pea-green with envy. LOL. I'm growing mostly in containers now (buckets and containers), although I did start with raised beds. In general, I just didn't know how much it took to get a bed nice and healthy. The sun does bleach out the nutrients. The UV is insane. All stuff I didn't know, even though I gardened for over 45 years! People tell me I don't have to shade things. That's just not true. My motto is Never Give Up. :-)
Never give up is a great one! I saddens me when too many people give up gardening too soon. It is definitely a lifelong learning process!
I try to grow in containers but they always seem to die on me 🤣🤣
I like your big garden with the verity of chilly & tomato plants
I love this garden. I live near Palm Springs California. In a mobile home. I garden a lot. And love every minute.
Wonderful!
How are the plants doing? Which one do you love the most? I am born and raised in Springfield Illinois, literally 1 mile from Abe Lincoln's Home lol. I grow a ton of tomatoes and peppers. Think about relocating to Arizona or Texas, maybe Florida come this winter...
I admire that you can grow anything in that heat!
Thanks so much!
I found your video to be really interesting since our summers in the very far Northern part of California can get up to a 116 degrees or hotter. I grow a lot of flowers but new to growing vegetables. I know I will learn lots through watching various videos such as yours! Gardening is fun and challenging, and yours looks amazing especially for a hot, dry, climate! I’m curious about the type of drip line you use. A long time ago I tried using the sweat type and it was not good, so I try to hook all plants up to individual bubblers. This would be too much maybe for vegetables?
Keep up the great work 😊
Thanks for watching! That's so funny because I can't grow flowers to save my life 😅. I use drip emitters for my garden irrigation. I believe the style of hose you were referring to is a soaker hose?....they don't work well for me because of the very hard water from our well line.
Unfortunately it still clogs the emitters...but it would be way worse if I used a soaker hose style!
I don't know how hot it is in New Mexico today (June 25, 2024) but here in St. George, UT in the SW corner of Utah it is so hot it's almost impossible to walk outside. I haven't tried to grow anything this year. Years ago when I first moved down here, gardening was much easier. But now, the UV radiation is so destructive it's virtually impossible to grow anything, other than weeds. Will watch your videos and try next year.
Thanks and I'm sorry to hear that! I would definitely take this time off to invest in a shade cloth. It will make you happier too because it's much nicer to garden under a shade cloth🤣😁
Thanks for your response! Happy gardening 🌱
Any time!
That garden is amazing.
Can't even imagine the amount of water that it takes to keep things growing.
It's not too bad i guess...but I'm not sure I really know the difference between somewhere that it rains and here🤣
I love that you are saving cross pollinated seeds to work for your environment. I want to get to this point. Not there yet.
You can do it!
Thanks! Great inspiration for desert gardeners
Thank you! That was my goal in starting this channel. I hope my videos can be a help for you😁
I’m on the western central, high desert of Colorado zone 6, my rattlesnake beans didn’t do good last year. So disappointed, they looked interesting & I really wanted to see what they tasted like.
Yah I'm definitely not going to be growing them again. Two years of failure and they are out the window haha.
Tomatoes is looking good!
Have you ever heard of Joseph Lofthouse or Landrace gardening? You have a Wonderful blend of things and your peppers could produce some pretty amazing crosses.
I have! Several of my radishes were seeds from Goingtoseed.org. I will have a seed haul soon and talk about it some more on that video. I just ordered some more packets from their 2024 season
Great We be Planting...
Rosemary and brassicas partner well together
Good to know!
I think TUMS contains aluminum. What about egg shells for adding calcium?
That’s the Florida weave. I just thought I’d help you out! Lol your garden looks awesome by the way.
Haha Thank you!
Your garden is wonderful! All of your tomatoes and peppers are going to cross pollinate so saving seeds isn't going to produce what you think they are
Thank you!
Mix one teaspoon eucalyptus oil a drop of kitchen detergent in a gallon of water and spray this all over your garden and it will repel the bugs that bother you.
Thanks for the tip!
Make sure you rinse it well if you do this. Part of the reason store bought cilantro tastes like soap 🤢
Wow, I had never heard of the asparagus beans! I'm going to have to get me some of those for next year.😊
Definitely do! They are amazing and they produce crazy long beans!
Absolutely beautiful. I just love your garden and it’s getting so big! Awesome work
Thanks so much 😊
You have a great garden for Mexico but if I may give you a video I watched the other day that you might want to try I'm going to try it to on my cucumbers he mixes yeast and pours it around his plant 🪴 it suppose to give it a boast in growing amazing garden is his videos 📹 hope you can use something from him he has idea for tomatoes 🍅 rot too it doesn't hurt to just watch a few of his videos to see if it well help you too all you have to do is try it on one plant at a time to see if it works for you he seems knowledgeable
My pink eye purple hull cowpeas are more bush than vine, very few vines.
Yah that's what I've read (after I bought them haha) Since they are partially vining, didn't really have anywhere to put them so I just put them on my trellises. 😁
Also…I’m enjoying your channel. I just found it. I garden in tx so it’s nice to learn some techniques to beat the heat.
Haha I bet it's hot down there! We are both supposed to get pretty hot this week 🥵 I'm not excited to be in the 100s in june
Hello! Loved watching your garden tour. Beautiful garden as well. What zone are you in? I’m in 9B, desert southwest Arizona. Do you get temps over 110? I e been gardening going on third year. Kindof a newbie still! Great video!
I think 3 years is a good reach considering many people in difficult climates give up after one! So congrats on your journey! I am in zone 8A in Southern NM.
We definitely get up to 110 here...just not as frequently as ya'lll do in the low desert up there. Our sun is a bit more intense (UV wise) though since we're closer to it. 🥵
Awesome!
Thanks!
I’m new to your channel. I live in Puerto De Luna which is 10 miles south of Santa Rosa and I’m trying to figure out how to garden in the desert. I’m originally from Illinois but I’ve been here for 20 years and I’ve never been able to grow a garden. I’m hoping for some help.
That's what I'm here for! Please check out my videos and if you have any questions let me know
I am in Zone 8a also. High dessert. I have found drip tape to be such a help here. However, it does get clogged rather fast. Have you found a way to clean the hard mineral deposits from well water out of the tape? Pill bugs are my major pest. I often lay out boards for them to hide under and then scoop them up as poultry treats. Because of the pill bugs I cannot seed sow a lot of crops.
Sounds very similar to me! And no...I have had to replace a few sections of drip line this year because of the hard water buildup. I don't know of any remedies
Hi! SE NM here. Do the stringed tomatoes hold up to our crazy winds? Also, do the asparagus beans need to be shelled, or is the pod tender / edible?
Hey there! The "Florida weave" method of trelissing tomatoes has been successfully for me in the past.....but it was very hard to maintain and I had to have a TON of heavy string lines to hold the plants up in the wind.
And the asparagus beans are best eaten when young and skinny...the whole pod. It's meant to be eaten as a green bean... and you don't really eat the dried beans once they are shelled
why you dont grow trees all over the garden to protect plants from heat ?
Have you tried Fava beans?
I have not! I've heard of them hut I've jot even sure I've ever eaten them
You have a lot growing over there. Are you able to grow during the winter months?
Yes I am! It gets to about 10 degrees Fahrenheit in the coldest months so I am able to grow brassica through the winter
@@thefiresidefarm nice! I'm zone 6b so I only grow from April - October.
Where do you get the straw mulch for your raised beds? I'd like to use straw mulch for my raised beds but I'm afraid I'll just add a bunch of unwanted seeds😬 thanks.
I buy straw bales from my local feed store. They do have a lot of seeds, and you will definitely vet some germination from them....but they root in the mulch itself so they are very easy to pull up😄
Not too far from you, just North of Pueblo, CO. Trying to figure out this desert growing. How much water are you using daily on a garden this size? TIA
I have no idea exactly how much water I use since it comes from my well. But I will water for about 30 minutes daily with my drip system in the summer.
Right now I'm only watering every couple days
@thefiresidefarms You don't use a cistern? You pull directly from the well? Have you had your water tested?
@@CameronsCandorOriginal I do not have a cistern. What do you mean tested?
@thefiresidefarms if you're using a well, it's ideal to send in your water to a lab to have it tested for contaminates. Including arsenic, lead, mercury, cholera, salmonella, and the list goes on and on. These can posion you, your animals, and your crops. If you use a cistern, you should be able to easily test the water levels or have some sort of indicator. The old-fashioned way is to dip a measuring stick before watering and then again after watering and calculate the difference through a volume formula. They have fancy electronic ones these days. You could always do a video on something like that too, I'm sure there's a ton of people that would love to know how much water a garden this size is using. Especially in our region of the US, where water/rights are more valuable than gold.
@CameronsCandorOriginal ahh I see. I wasn't sure if I was reading into your question too far. But yes, I had my well tested a few years ago when I bought the place.
I saw somewhere that sunflower depletes nitrogen from nearby soil which makes onions die out. Maybe true?
I'll have to research that. I know they can be used to remove toxins from the soil
I don't see any squash bugs... Please share your secret!
Haha my squash gets DEVASTATED with squash bugs every year. I wish I had some secrets!
Water source of garden???
I have a drip system from a domestic well
my rattlesnake beans didn't like it much either. i had better luck planting them with monsoons than planting in the spring, but yeah, not great.
Sorry to hear that! Yah this might be the last year I try to grow them....
It’s Asian food.
Your boyfriend should have married you by now, for sure :)