WARNING! Planting This in Your Garden is a Mistake!
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- Planting this in your garden is a huge mistake. This plant is a waste of time, space, and effort!
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Can't get enough of your energy and advise. And Tucky makes me smile!!
Awe you're sweet! Thanks for the kind words Renee
Hi James. It's called Kiwano. It grows wild in the desert and that's why you yours grow so prolifiric because it requires no water to grow. And it must not be eaten green but when it is bright orange. The Bushmen in the Kalahari eat it to quench their thirst.
I’ve heard it’s also called tsama.
I grow these here in Arkansas and they need our full growing season. I've gotten over 200 kiwanos from only four vines! I sold them for $2-$3 apiece at farmer's markets. They have an amazing shelf life and will continue to ripen all winter long if brought inside.
He showed other things so which one are you talking about? Is it the spikey cucumber thing?
@@BaawBee yes
They are definitely prolific growers...
I grew this one year in a raised bed garden ,and man, did it take over!! I always tell people about Kiwanis needing its own zip code if you plant it !!!
The good thing about kiwano is they last a long time off the vine - months. So when all your other summer veg have gone by winter, you'll still have kiwano to eat.
Thank you!
Kiwano's are one of my favourite things to eat🤭 where I live we eat them with a pinch of salt. The peels of the fruit are also dried and put in some meat dishes.
Thank you! I love them!!
I am also a fan of bitter melon as well.
I also love them, I chill them in the fridge then cut in wedges to eat. To me they are very refreshing on a hot summer day.
As a Japanese, I'm happy to see that you like shiso and Japanese cucumber. But most of all you respect Masanobu Fukuoka. Thank you :)
Thanks! Yeah, Masanobu has played a huge role in my gardening life his quote is still my favorite garden quote of all time and it constantly comes to me in the garden. “The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.” Every year it means more and more to me. ❤️
Chio I love it that someone from Japan watches my favorite gardener’s channel. 👋
Chio Hi! Maybe you could tell me what to do with shiso. I got them growing all over the place. I know it’s sesame and they are getting ready to bloom and that you can eat the leaves but how do you prepare them. Most receipes I find are pretty scarce and don’t say much. Can they be used like grape leaves stuffed with rice etc? I’d really appreciate any suggestions even where to check things out. Have a great day and stay safe. 🖖🏻👍🏻❤️🐾🐾🐾🙋🏼♀️
@@catherinegrace2366 I'm from Tokyo so I didn't know nothing about gardening till I moved to Texas 10 yrs ago. But now gardening is the one helping me a lot this year mentally physically! :)
@@Murphis55 Thank you. I think shiso and sesami are different. We use shiso as a garnish but you can make tempura out of it. If it's red one, some people make pretty color juice. It's super good for you. :)
Hey! Not sure what you did with the horned melon but when we grow it, it doesn't invade the garden like that! It actually just comes up alongside other plants, maize, melons and pumpkins. We don't even tend to the crop, it just does well on It's own (without any aid). Also, they aren't meant to be sour 😁
Interesting
I would like to know also which zone.
Maybe his ground had too much of something that grows an abundance of leaves on that horned plant rather then fruit. It sure had a huge stalk.
@@joyceobeys6818 In Zimbabwe we don't plant them, they grow on their own with maize and pumpkins. We peel them or just taking off the horns and make a salad just like cucumber 🥒 😊using with just tomato, onion, salt and vinegar 😋
It’s 4:45 am. I have trouble sleeping so I watch stuff till I conk out again. I have to contain my joy quietly when I see little Tuck eating his veg by choice! He & James’ upness light me up in the dark hours. 💜👍🇦🇺 Tuck approved Good Tucker 😍
That little Tuckie boy loves his vegetables!!!! I have never seen a dog love veggies as much as Tuck! OMG - what an adorable puppy. I bet you guys love him to pieces! Such a cute addition to every video too.
My daughter's pug loves veggies.
Tuck is so into everything! Love it! Cracked me up that he didn’t like the spiky ones. My dog just tries (and sometimes succeeds) in eating bees. 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Haha! Now that would be a funny clip to see 🤣
The "What's going on" at the start always makes me smile.
Glad to hear that my friend 😁❤️
I would love to see a "Tuck Approved 🐕" stamp on seed packets. ❤🐕🍅🍉
Thank you for the warning! Sounds like a plant that should only be grown by people who already know they love it. Or maybe, as you suggest, as security landscaping.
That is a very good idea as a security landscape
I came across this fruit in Kenya last year. They call it "Spike Melon" and its soooo popular. I remember the flavour very well, and always imagined it going really well in a berry smoothie. Well done.
Fun tour! Loved the hazmat suit! 😂 I’m in Zone 6B and planted in the beginning of September. We’ve had a huge windstorm and two weeks of fires in our region, so the sun has been blocked out quite a bit...but everything is plugging away. I haven’t had a garden in decades, and you were a big inspiration to get out there and do it. I have four raised beds: carrots, chard, spinach, chives, cilantro, lettuce, squash, arugula, basil, beets, cabbage, peas, amaranth, green beans, pickling cucumbers, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, green onions, kale, radishes, dill, mustard and parsley. It’s exciting to see how things will grow...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Anyways, thank you for the inspiration!
“Tuck Approved”’ should be on a T shirt
My dogs approved list includes chicken and cat crap... Not such a good t-shirt
Joel TM I agree
I grew kiwano too and it does take everything over so it needs to be planted by itself. They take 4 months to harvest. They are delish when they’re ripe. It’s like a cross between kiwi and banana. They will keep for months in the house before they ripen. I love these!
I find the flavor like cucumber and lime jello
Have you ever tried Jacari Melon? Tried it this year. It's delicious, but I only got 2 this summer. Was going to rip it out and discovered 6 more! Am hoping a couple ripen before my first frost. Fingers crossed! Pruned the smallest.
What is this? Sounds really good!
I've had a great year with lemon cucumbers thanks to your advice to pick cucumbers small-they were so much better small too- no peeling !
I love to hear that Pamela! The lemon cukes are definitely a winner, and I'm happy to here you are using the more you pick the more you get method ❤️
Pamela Swan This is the first I’ve heard of lemon cucumbers. I hope I can find some. I’m desperately trying to find out the name of the purple peppers he grows, so pretty!
The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I’d like to know the name of the purple peppers you grow, so pretty! I grew Candy Cane, Snackabelles, CA Wonders, & poblanos this summer.
@@jonihughey1352 Google the Lemon Cucumbers and Peppers if he is out collecting his harvest and can't answer. I'ev grown lemon cucumbers many times but I never picked them small- they were so much better and I got sooo many more- delicious !
I grew these apple ones, the Sikkim and the market mores. They were all great!
Tuck approved!! That vine is like the kudzu of the cuburbit family!
Love Tuck. Would like to find a Tuck for my little Chihuahua who looooves Yorkies
James, LOOK OUT!!! At 5:14 that THING is sneaking up behind you! YIKES!
I saw that too😂
😁 i was like, what? That plant getting annoyed by his comments??
@@beyondenfinity9748 LOL!
@@Diseaseisreversible Typical scary movie... sure, we all see danger looming, but the VICTIM is always unawares.
Lol..did the lighting guy fall!
Tuck always find himself something to eat 😀, All that bomb shelter outfit just to harvest no thank you, that plant took over everything definitely won’t want that in my garden the vegetable does look cool though 👍🏾👍🏾
The outfit in the thumbnail totally got me too!
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First accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; confess that He suffered and died for your sins on the cross. Then start repenting of your sins because we all have sinned and transgressed God's laws. Read the received texts like KJV and keep God's 10 Laws which includes Sabbath (resting on Saturday [7th day{Genesis 2:2-3}]). The Bible teaches that thee Antichrist is the Papacy and the mark of the beast is (Forced Sunday rest & the banning of Sabbath [7th day] Rest). It takes courage to be in the army of Christ. The battle lines are drawn: you either choose God by keeping Sabbath or Satan by keeping Sunday. We will go through persecution and tribulation. My brothers and sisters in Christ in the Catholic Church, those in Sunday keeping churches and for people that don’t know Jesus but are looking for the way, the life and truth-please come out of Babylon and repent of your sins before it's too late! But don't trust what I say; read and study the Bible to find out. I know what I said sounds harsh, I’m not trying to be, and I mean this with the upmost respect and kindness towards you and all of God’s beautiful creation of mankind-both in the body of Christ and outside the body of Christ. God bless!
Sabbath day was not created for Israel: As God's people they needed to keep His Law's because God chose them. It was created before Israel and it's for all mankind who choose the True Living God, through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Us Christians call Jesus King, which He is: A King has laws for His kingdom; 10 Perfect Laws our God created, which includes Sabbath (A day He sanctified, so you can’t say there’s any day of the week to rest with God: The day He set is the seventh day), and are part of His character. So if you choose Sunday rest when it's enforced (Mark of the beast) by the Antichrist (Roman Catholic Papacy-read Daniel 2&7&8 and Revelation 13 for information on the antichrist and the core of Bible Prophecy to understand):you are then breaking our Kings’ Laws. Keeping and resting on Saturday along with, if you can congregate, always will mean you are choosing God and His authority in your life. Choosing Sunday now, since it hasn't been enforced, means you're knowingly or unknowingly choosing Satan's authority. But many will say, well Paul and the others broke bread on the first day of the week... Yeah you should worship God everyday and break bread with your brothers and sisters in Christ every once in a while, but Saturday, Sabbath (7th day), is the day of rest, hallowed and sanctified by God: The Seal to His Laws. The whole Bible says basically if you love God then keep his Commandments. Jesus died on the cross (Grace and Pardon) because we have sinned (transgressed His Law's[1 John 3:4]). So it's all about God's laws and Jesus saving us from our sin (His Sacrifice to pardon us and to save us for the Transgression of Gods’ Laws). Oh and yes, we are free from the mosaic & Ceremonial laws when He died on the cross, but not God's Laws (Ten Commandments are in Exodus Chapter 20): we still keep them. We are saved by God's grace through Jesus Christ: We keep Gods’ Laws as a consequence of being saved. Love you, God bless.
The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is the key to truly understanding the Book of Revelation; make sure to remember that every day in prophecy equals a year (Ezekiel 4:6 & Numbers 14:34). Book of Revelation is a chiasmus {[Looks like this(\/)](\Historical&Eschatological/)}also; this information will help you to understand the makeup of the way Revelation is written, along with The Book of Daniel. God bless with your search for truth (The word of God, Ten Commandments, and Jesus is the way, the truth and the life) my brothers and sisters in Christ-ask God in prayer what truth is and to ask for the spirit of prophecy, and for help to understand His Word. People that say it’s okay to break Sabbath and to keep Sunday or other days is an enemy of God; however, many have been deceived and God understands, please ask God for spiritual discernment. Don’t trust me, only Trust Jesus Christ, His Word and His Commandments. God bless!
P.S. Look up Total Onslaught with Walter Veith and Discover Prophecy with David Asscherick: Two lecture series for those who don’t have any understanding of Biblical Prophecy and those that do have some knowledge of prophecy and the war that’s going on; other great lectures for you to watch are Rekindling the Reformation, Darkness before Dawn, and In the stream of Time-all by Walter Veith, also watch this wonderful series called What’s up Prof with Walter Veith and Martin Smith as they use the Word of God and apply it to modern things going on for the times we live in now.
It’s okay to hate me and I know I repeat myself a lot, that’s how important God wants you to know about keeping His Ten Laws including Sabbath, but please don’t hate the Truth- if it’s Truth, then it’s worth buying. I’m not better or wiser, I’m most pathetic, but because God cares about you and He is wanting seeds of truth to be in your heart for when you see the blatant truth of what really is going on, God shall be your growth and His Word a Lantern unto your feet in the spiritually dark world we live in. Please love your enemies that do great evil towards you, we are no better, we are all sinners. Please share this message if you want to.
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Your garden is really beautiful. I just wanted to mention that I'm a spinach lover, too. This year I was able to grow something called Egyptian spinach and it loves heat. Unfortunately, I discovered it's pretty shallow rooted during hurricane Sally. I didn't lose the whole thing, but it does taste delicious. Thanks for sharing your garden with us.
That’s a kiwano melon!
It’s supposed to taste like lime jello. I have some just growing but they are sure sore and pokey, they get through my gardening gloves
They really, really grow, went up a bush and covered the top of it with vines. I do have about 30 big spiky fruits and a half dozen are yellow brown but the ripening process is really slow and I have to constantly trim off the fast growing vine leaders to keep them off my other vegetables. It is from seeds from a store bought Kiwano, they aren't bad when ripe, the flavor reminds me of the Ectoplasmic Green Ghostbuster's Hi-C drink they used to sell in the mid 80s. But next year I can't have this huge mess in my garden and will put in something else like summer squash. My kohlrabi all got destroyed down to stumps overnight probably by mice as I am back with the traps and got 6 over the last few nights so the darn things are back en mass after I knocked down their numbers in July. It looks like brassica family stuff is a problem in my location.
Keep growing them. They’re delicious! You can’t judge this fruit by eating it green. They’re ripe when ORANGE.
I have to disagree. I grew kiwanos (horned melon) this year and they have a mild, tropical flavor, I'd compare to banana with lime. Let them ripen first. The flavor is very different. If your growing season is too short for a vine ripen, you can pick green and use the apple method to ripen them. I have 60-70 melons and am trying to find a good jam recipe for them.
Excellent! I love them too! Thank you!!
Would they make good pickles?
@@catstack_ The part you would usually eat wouldn't pickle because it's VERY wet. However, since the entire melon is edible, I don't see any reason why the rind wouldn't pickle very nicely. Now I want to try it. :)
I grew up eating these wild cucumber, from a little child.
Our children and grandkids love to eat them too.
I dont wait until they are orange in colur. When they are half the size you showed in this video, is when we like to eat them.
We called them "Garka".
Lots of love to dear "Tuck"
🤗❤️🤗
We had a freakishly early first snowfall where I live (first week of September! I think it even made national news!), but it warmed up quickly enough that my cool weather crops actually benefited from it. I probably have another three or four weeks before the hard frosts start happening, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a good yield of peas and brassicas.
Food forest is such a good idea, especially for those that like to go out and eat your meals as you harvest all the goodness from the garden.
I think you are supposed to fold the leaves over the cauliflower heads to keep them white. Castle Hill Gardening youtube channel said something like that.
Hey James, you can rip that melon plant down and feed it to your hens.
I had a similar issue with a different type of melon. As I was tearing my melon plant down, my hens had the leaves and fruit cleaned up in minutes, leaving the vines for my compost.
11:56 you rub your hands in anticipation. Your pure joy is so contagious and inspiring. Thank you! Keep it up!
Thank you for your video! The red plant is very beautiful, you can cut it back and mulch it, before it goes to seed, it will just come up again next year, that would be great if the butterflies love it. It's so big and beautiful.
Hey James, My great grandmother made the best grape juice ever and she made sure to leave the grapes on the vine until the first good frost hit them. Of course it makes them sweeter. Great teaching all through the video. Thanks for sharing so we can be successful!
Birds have eaten ALL my grapes this year, before they even fully ripened...and there were a lot of grapes. I dont mind, its just interesting as they never did that before. Local food sources must be poor?
They are actually pretty good when ripe and have a really cool texture but unless you live somewhere with a lot of space and a very long season they aren’t the best idea.
Yes, I agree, if it's not Tuck Approved, throw it out!! 🥒🐕🥒 Too cute on that State Bird. 💛 Persimmons 😍
Yeah, when he didn't want to eat it that the ultimate tell for me
James, not that I would grow the horned cucumber, but there are folks who adore sour and use vinegar on just about every veggie they grow. So your warning to grow it far away from the mainstream areas is good. But the plant is probably worthwhile to many people. I found that pole beans also put out a lot of vine, blocks Sun, so I tamed down that planting as well. As a matter of fact, I doubt I'll plant pole beans again. Live and learn.
Someone had planted a very hot red pepper tree in our yard which grows the flat type of about 2 inches long. It was very beautiful and leaves were fall colored in Fall . But it was so invasive. Above ground, the new growth had spread 50 feet in all directions going up the walls of our side and back neighbors in a very short time. I knocked it down to prevent "The Blob" from murdering our neighbors. What a job as I worked 2 weeks digging up the below-ground roots in all directions. These roots grew horizontally at the 12 inch underground level. Are you sure your hot pepper tree is safe? You have a great garden and I love how you can keep track of your staggered crops.
It sounds like the spiky melon is really suited for longer warm seasons and loads more space. I think it's incredible that all that grew from one seed. If you want it to play well with others, you might have to prune way more.
Another great video. You have influenced me to grow a food forest. Year 7 and I planted 14 baby fruit trees, then ordered 2 apricot and 2 plum trees. I can't stop!! Give tuck a hug for me.
Hi I’m thirteen and I love gardening and I have my own TH-cam channel I like posting things about gardening.nice video 👍🏼😃
Just subscribed. Glad to see young people getting into gardening.
Please read the whole message, even if you’ve been saved.
First accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior; confess that He suffered and died for your sins on the cross. Then start repenting of your sins because we all have sinned and transgressed God's laws. Read the received texts like KJV and keep God's 10 Laws which includes Sabbath (resting on Saturday [7th day{Genesis 2:2-3}]). The Bible teaches that thee Antichrist is the Papacy and the mark of the beast is (Forced Sunday rest & the banning of Sabbath [7th day] Rest). It takes courage to be in the army of Christ. The battle lines are drawn: you either choose God by keeping Sabbath or Satan by keeping Sunday. We will go through persecution and tribulation. My brothers and sisters in Christ in the Catholic Church, those in Sunday keeping churches and for people that don’t know Jesus but are looking for the way, the life and truth-please come out of Babylon and repent of your sins before it's too late! But don't trust what I say; read and study the Bible to find out. I know what I said sounds harsh, I’m not trying to be, and I mean this with the upmost respect and kindness towards you and all of God’s beautiful creation of mankind-both in the body of Christ and outside the body of Christ. God bless!
Sabbath day was not created for Israel: As God's people they needed to keep His Law's because God chose them. It was created before Israel and it's for all mankind who choose the True Living God, through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. Us Christians call Jesus King, which He is: A King has laws for His kingdom; 10 Perfect Laws our God created, which includes Sabbath (A day He sanctified, so you can’t say there’s any day of the week to rest with God: The day He set is the seventh day), and are part of His character. So if you choose Sunday rest when it's enforced (Mark of the beast) by the Antichrist (Roman Catholic Papacy-read Daniel 2&7&8 and Revelation 13 for information on the antichrist and the core of Bible Prophecy to understand):you are then breaking our Kings’ Laws. Keeping and resting on Saturday along with, if you can congregate, always will mean you are choosing God and His authority in your life. Choosing Sunday now, since it hasn't been enforced, means you're knowingly or unknowingly choosing Satan's authority. But many will say, well Paul and the others broke bread on the first day of the week... Yeah you should worship God everyday and break bread with your brothers and sisters in Christ every once in a while, but Saturday, Sabbath (7th day), is the day of rest, hallowed and sanctified by God: The Seal to His Laws. The whole Bible says basically if you love God then keep his Commandments. Jesus died on the cross (Grace and Pardon) because we have sinned (transgressed His Law's[1 John 3:4]). So it's all about God's laws and Jesus saving us from our sin (His Sacrifice to pardon us and to save us for the Transgression of Gods’ Laws). Oh and yes, we are free from the mosaic & Ceremonial laws when He died on the cross, but not God's Laws (Ten Commandments are in Exodus Chapter 20): we still keep them. We are saved by God's grace through Jesus Christ: We keep Gods’ Laws as a consequence of being saved. Love you, God bless.
The book of Daniel in the Old Testament is the key to truly understanding the Book of Revelation; make sure to remember that every day in prophecy equals a year (Ezekiel 4:6 & Numbers 14:34). Book of Revelation is a chiasmus {[Looks like this(\/)](\Historical&Eschatological/)}also; this information will help you to understand the makeup of the way Revelation is written, along with The Book of Daniel. God bless with your search for truth (The word of God, Ten Commandments, and Jesus is the way, the truth and the life) my brothers and sisters in Christ-ask God in prayer what truth is and to ask for the spirit of prophecy, and for help to understand His Word. People that say it’s okay to break Sabbath and to keep Sunday or other days is an enemy of God; however, many have been deceived and God understands, please ask God for spiritual discernment. Don’t trust me, only Trust Jesus Christ, His Word and His Commandments. God bless!
P.S. Look up Total Onslaught with Walter Veith and Discover Prophecy with David Asscherick: Two lecture series for those who don’t have any understanding of Biblical Prophecy and those that do have some knowledge of prophecy and the war that’s going on; other great lectures for you to watch are Rekindling the Reformation, Darkness before Dawn, and In the stream of Time-all by Walter Veith, also watch this wonderful series called What’s up Prof with Walter Veith and Martin Smith as they use the Word of God and apply it to modern things going on for the times we live in now.
It’s okay to hate me and I know I repeat myself a lot, that’s how important God wants you to know about keeping His Ten Laws including Sabbath, but please don’t hate the Truth- if it’s Truth, then it’s worth buying. I’m not better or wiser, I’m most pathetic, but because God cares about you and He is wanting seeds of truth to be in your heart for when you see the blatant truth of what really is going on, God shall be your growth and His Word a Lantern unto your feet in the spiritually dark world we live in. Please love your enemies that do great evil towards you, we are no better, we are all sinners. Please share this message if you want to.
Solas Scriptura!-The Bible and The Bible alone!
Solas Christus!-Christ and Christ alone!
Solas Fide!-By Faith and faith alone!
Solas Gratia!-By Grace and Grace alone!
Solas Deo Gloria!-Glory to God alone!
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Brother Zachary Jongejan wow 😳 you wrote a lot l loved the message thanks 😊
Anna at Four Day Homestead thanks 😊
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Would God strike the people that keep everyday for Him instead of only Saturday? It would be a great idea if you'd kindly take your own advice and study the Bible in search of Truth, not religion.
Hi James how have you been. Yes a friend of mine in Australia is having the same problem with that Veg. They grow like weeds and over take the whole garden. That Veg does good in Africa they call it a wild cucumber and they seem to enjoy it. You and Tuck Take care. Always enjoy you Videos.👍🇨🇦
Oh I am from Zimbabwe that is the most prolific free source of food...we just love them in Zimbabwe. But we have a 9 month growing season...hope you like the taste. I prefer it yellow and a little limey tasting.
Nice PPE. 😂 Love how Tuck just goes foraging through the garden tearing fruit & veg off for his lunch. 😂👍
Wonder if you could create a living wall with this vine? Plus, it’s spiked...
I planted these this year and managed the vines .If you have shorter growing season ...once they start to turn bring them in and finish ripening them.Fully ripe they taste like a banana kiwi lime ...very tasty
Instead of the horned melon, try Melothria Scabra aka Mexican Sour Gherkin/mouse melon. It’s a great plant! It’s like a miniature cucumber in appearance and habit, the fruits are like small sour cucumbers with a melony taste. It’s much more compact than even a standard cuke and very productive. Could also be good for small spaces like a porch
Horned melon is much tastier (if still a weird texture) when fully ripe and golden-yellow. Still, it's the sort of thing I'd want 2-3 of each season, so growing it myself wasn't sounding great even before I knew how much space it overtook and how wildly long they took to fruit (I'm also in the mid-Atlantic US). If I were selling them at market and could get them started early enough to fully ripen, they might be worth the space. As is, I think they'd be most useful to me along a fence I wanted people to stay away from (fortunately not necessary for me).
You could sell them in fall with pumpkins and gourds. They last for months.
@@1MSally1965 I'm going to work on my tomato harvest for myself before dreaming of big market curiosities. I think I got one tomato out of two plants so far this year, between poor set with the heat and squirrels thieving them when they started to color up. *wry laugh*
Lots of you tubers are doing videos on prepper pantries and canning maybe you should get into that too
It’s a response to food insecurity because of covid
I would love to learn that from you
That's a cool idea Elizabeth
@@jamesprigioni winter project for you. I'm here for gardening, but would love to see veggie preservation & recipes (food ideas atleast)..
Super Spooker I’m sorry you made me laugh out loud ! when Covid first hit I said on Facebook I am starting a food safety pantry , do not call me a hoarder , I collect things and do not call me a preppier ... because I can’t even find candles in a storm in my house
@@debiaviles4207 I told my friends earlier this year that I was gardening before the was panic gardening.
Yes, would love to see some canning or other conservation ideas, to enjoy veggies all year around. Also tips on growing in a greenhouse - i have a garden « shed » on which I plan to replace the roof with transparent plastic. Is that a good idea?
James, you are very fortunate to have a little dog who does your harvesting for you!! Hahahahaha ...............he is adorable.
Maybe you can use the left over seeds to grow for root stock to graft cucumber variaties on to🤔🙂.
Interesting I grew them for the first time last year and couldn't get enough. I was upset this year I planted seeds and birds or chipmunk must have gotten to the seed because I don't have any Kiwano in my garden. I loved the citrus taste but yes you have to watch your fingers picking them. I used a vegetable peeler and cut the spikes off that way and ate them like they were going out of style because they taste so good.
Oh boy that horn melon thing looks really seedy too... and it's not even ripe yet! Wow! Thanks for the tip. FYI - I love rose gauntlet gloves - long leather ones - for dealing with spikey plants. They have become my fav gardening gloves.
Thanks for “the rest of the story” on this attractive vegetable. I also heard the roots can get into an underground irrigation system.
Thank you for your videos.
Can you tell us what the square footage is of your garden? It's phenomenal!
My grandfather would love this he grew a garden in a lot behind his house next to railroad tracks and industries north and south of his home yet he had a pear tree grew string beens watermelon pumpkin sunflower grew. Large sunflower that made the local paper him standing next to it I loved my grandfather so
I represent the International African Horned Melon Union ... may have a word with you? 🤣😂🤣
Hahahahaha. Some people just don’t appreciate a good joke. I do!
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How do persimmons taste comparatively to other, more commercially available citrus? We are growing Meyer lemon but have to keep them in pots to survive our zone 5 winters. I believe there are varieties of persimmons that are cold hardy for our zone. Thanks!
A couple of thoughts: Let the Shiso go to seed and re-seed itself. Saves you buying new seed to plant it next year, saves you planting time next season. What it will spread randomly? That's a good thing, when your productive plants start taking over and there's no room for unwelcome weeds! On the horned melon - it may not be a good choice for a small planned garden where you need efficiency, but it also might be a good choice to put in a space you want to convert to garden from something else. Put that in, let it smother everything that's in the space, then cut it back and either put it in the compost pile or just leave it in place as mulch. Let it do a bunch of the preparation work on a new garden space.
Your energy keeps me inspired. It has been a rough garden season in Northern California with temps way over 100 for the entire summer. It has to be some sort of record. I kept everything alive and the plants look good but the vegetables did not flower well under the heat. Even the tomatoes. Okra and peppers did well. That’s about it. I’m praying for a late harvest and putting in the winter crops now.
Thank you James and Tuck!
had a very hard frost here in southern ontario .. first time to wipe out almost everything this early .. with the season start of a heavy frost in june .. a full drought , horrible infestations on just about everything , heat beyond tolerance up to the end of august .. and now all crops frosted and dead .. I will be growing much less this coming year and relying on my berry and fruit crops as this years veggie season sucked ..
Your channel is so amazing. Thank you for sharing Tuck with us. 🌷🌷🌷
Tuck needs a rain suit n shield to 😂🤣
That is a good point regarding using it as a guerilla garden plant. I've been thinking about planting a guerilla garden one of these years or do some perennial plantings of native edibles in local public areas or along roadside
That would make a great fence 😊
Tuck is so cute and I love how he eats healthy .I think him digging in the garden helps .
I so agree. I dislike plenting vegetables that I am not going to eat. And my point is to grow what we going to eat.
Wonderful vidio with so much info!
Thank you for what you do!
Hi James! I have to cover up and wear dish gloves to harvest Vining plants because they give me hives. Now i know what I look like to everyone else! 😂
In Zimbabwe it's called a " Magaka"
I wanted to let you know that today, I worked on pallet garden beds all day. They are all turning out really nice. And i am cutting and making them exactly how you taught. Thank you.
You were a big inspiration for me this year! Planted a lot of things to see what would grow for me. My squash, cucumber, and pumpkin got devastated by squash borers, and the replacements didn’t take, any advice? I saw some people say wrapping the base of the stems with foil. Will try that again next year. My pea seeds didn’t take off very well either, and I planted another round last week and they aren’t showing much. I’m in 6b climate.
My motto is “Every year better!” And my tomatoes, beans, arugula, peppers, lettuce greens, and celery did phenomenally.
God bless you and Tuck!
If only regular cucumbers were as disease resistant as kiwano. I agree that it is not worth growing with our relatively short growing season
Exactly!!! Such great disease resistance, critter resistant, and prolific growth. Just not good for like you said short growing season, and the flavor just isn't there
It is not a cucumber but a thorn melon and you have to wait for it to ripen.when it is ripe it is very nice.
Thank you!
I grow lemon cucumbers here in Alaska and find they are sweet as sugar. They grow well here because they grow well in cooler weather.
James, I have been watching your channel for a long time and I love your ideas. I will likely have a food forest some day but I want to talk to you about horned melons. I've never seen anyone eat them the way you showed. Haha. They require 200 days to become come mature and when they are ripe the inside of the plant essentially becomes squishy. Like passion fruit. You would have to eat it with a spoon. Honestly, I think it tastes really good but I totally agree that they are a pain to grow. I know you said you wanted to give up on the fruit but I want to suggest that you try to grow the jelly melon rund instead. It still takes up space but not like the larger (horned melon). The leaves are still a little spikey. The fruit are smaller and will last long after picked...like more than a month if you want something fresh later in the year. You only need to plant one or two but I totally understand if you definitely don't want to try again. Ha ha.
I can’t wait until my persimmon brings fruiting. I just planted it this spring, so it’ll need another year or two to fruit. I hope you do a video on yours in another month or two when yours ripen.
I really appreciate the heads up on annoying plants.
I second don't grow them. We planted several back in March and got no flowers or fruits and it is now late September.
Sorry to hear you didn't get anything, but glad you agree 👍
What are they called? I didn't hear it mentioned. Looks like a bitter or sour melon
@@StevenStGelais Kiwano or African Horned Melon.
I early started mine a month before transplanting them and got fruit in zone 4b. I grew it because I wanted to try it and getting the fruit would cost over $15-$45 a pound not including shipping. I can vouch the thing will spread all over the place and take over every inch of your garden, I would go out there pretty much three times a week with a machete and chop at that thing which seemed to just make it angrier and cause it to grow more vines. Flavor wise its alright. If it was at a market I would buy it here and there for a novelty if it was cheap enough but knowing it takes over an area so hard I wouldnt grow it again.
On another note about it, you can hollow it around a piece of foam or something and when it dries you can glue it back together and put a firework towards the top and create an actual active danger to you and your surroundings. This is the only enjoyment Ive gotten out of it next to chopping it with a machete. I might make a video myself on growing this actually lol
Another great video James. Love your energy and passion, while also being humble and wholesome.
Great job
A similar thing happens to me when I mix my compost in with my garden soil. I get tons of pumpkins that end up choking out the rest of my garden.
I’m still getting lots of peppers & eggplants. I’ve got turnips & sweet potatoes & just picked some turnip greens, my favorite greens. Why don’t you grow okra? It loves the heat her in TN. Nice video! 💕Tuck💕
Good stuff Joni! I can't say I have really tried eating many turnip greens, I will have to try that. Just cause I'm not really a fan of eating Okra, but I could try it next year and fry it, that's probably the only way I would like it. I need someone to help me with the cooking and processing, I am all about the growing not so much the post harvest, I need to change that.
The Gardening Channel With James Prigioni I just boil the greens for 20-30 minutes until tender, seasoned with s & p, & bacon drippings. I’ve been cooking the okra with onions & tomatoes, spooonful of sugar, sooo delicious. Fried is good too! 😋
Joni Hughey We grew okra in Minnesota and got so much we couldn’t keep up with it. We canned it with tomatoes. Great start on soups, stews, and gumbos!
Beet greens are great too
Just cook turnip and beet greens like cooking spinach
I Love it and find it super-productive! You can eat green like it is. Why do you have to use gear???I also never use it.
Man, 180 days growing season? man I wish we were lucky enough to get 100 good days!
Thanks for the warning! I laughed out loud when you came out in your yellow hazmat suit! The visor is the cherry on top! Love your videos!! Hi to Tuck!! 😘👋🏽
How do you avoid vine borers and cabbage worms? Not to mention curculio weevils on stone fruits? Can’t grow much here 100 miles south in MD without tons of pesticides
And can’t grow any kinds of fruits or berries with birds, squirrels, deer, foxes - thousands of fruits every year, never eat any.
Greetings Tuck from Tukwila Washington!
My Lemon cucumber did not do well this year Maybe Two small ones, and lots of vines My regular cukes and a Dragon Cucumber did GREAT. Made alot of Juice this year.
dang thats a beast of a plant.!!I love the color of shiso. Have to have it in the garden every year.
Hi James, your Kiwano (African Horned Melon) is native to a hot, dry climate. I gotta wonder if maybe it ended up getting too much water up your way. That can lead to a large plant with lots of leaves but limited flowers and fruit. If someone wanted to try growing Kiwano, I'd suggest cutting back on the water a bit first, and see if that helps. Also, I read that traditional Kiwano may have a toxin in it, anyway - that these new varieties had it bred out. So, Tuck may have smelled a trace amount of something he could tell would be harmful to him.
I'm impressed that a little plant would grow so huge in such a short period of time.
Me too, but it kinda makes sense because it just spent all of its energy on the production of leaves instead of flowers, fruit, and seeds
@@jamesprigioni This is why I watch your channel! 😀 You know a lot about this stuff!
I like what you said about learning what other countries do well at. Its so true. Why not benefit from the knowledge of things that other people have perfected?
This is an amazing plant to grow along the fence. As long as you got the time to direct the vines where you want them to grow. But they grow and cover the fence like a creeper or an English ivy plant, and the fruit is amazing.
I love growing unusual plants now. Thanks for the warning on that cucumber.....I hate thorny plants. I'm having fun growing moringa trees and giving them away. I'm determined to turn my backyard into a food forest.😊
Thank You far this videos I am interested in planting things that grows like a weed that fruit plenty and last. I cannot bother with the catch crop things and the delicate things. They are just going to get eaten by critters. And all my work will be wasted.
Thank you soooo much for telling me what I don't want to grow in my small backyard garden! I have 4 raised beds, 2 are quite small and 4 small containers. I want to grow as much as I can that we like. You are a big help with valuable info and great pics! Thanks
I only plant what is Tuck approved! Thanks for your video! What was that pepper called that he grabbed without you seeing him?
Haha me too! Criolla de cocina, definitely a winner in mine and Tucks opinion
Hey mate I’m in Port Stephens nsw and I had one horn melon plant come up in one of my raised beds I don’t know where it came from but I’ve used it in my jerky. And I also had it as a topping on ice cream and yogurt. I think it should be grown on a trellis it keep it up and easier to harvest. Any way I love your channel and give Tuk a pat from Australia.
Tuck is so adorable 💗🐾💗
I love that he wants to try everything edible in the garden.
I hope you'll still post a few videos during the winter months, like seed starting and seed selection. I'm zone 6 too so it would be interesting to see what you pick and choose to start for 2021. Thanks for sharing your garden knowledge and love with us. 🙏🌻💗🐾
Sit the kiwano melons in the sun. Even after early harvesting. It tastes way better than cucumber when orange and yellow on the outside.
Your garden is spectacular. How do you tie up your tomato’s?
Can you do a show of recipes with kale?