We Have A Brand New Lily Pad Flower!
Guide | 1 months ago
Growing Lily Pads is a great way to help keep the amount of algae down in your pond. They provide shade that keeps the algae from growing as fast, and they keep the water a little cooler for the fish, and they have beautiful flowers as a bonus. I participat...
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A New Tomato Called Midwest: Johnny's Song: I Pick These A Little Early
Guide | 1 months ago
This tomato came from one of my breeding projects. It's called Midwest Johnny's Song. It's an indeterminate that has tomatoes that have dark shoulders as it ripens. The skins are a little on the thin side, so I pick them early and ripen them on my counter. ...
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All Of The Caterpillars Changed Into Chysalises
Guide | 1 months ago
Black Swallowtail Butterflies go from egg to adult butterfly in about a month if the weather is warm, and their food quality is good. Things take longer if the weather is cooler or the food situation isn't good. Starting as an egg, it takes 3 to 10 days to ...
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The Seychelles Pole Beans Are Loaded!
Guide | 1 months ago
We just canned some of these not long ago, and it looks like we will be getting more. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, the YouTube Shopping program, and I also earn revenue from my Teespring/Spring merchandise displayed below this video. Some...
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Zinnias Are Great For Attracting Pollinators.
Guide | 1 months ago
Zinnias are one of those flowers that quietly earn their spot in a vegetable garden because they make everything around them work a little better. Their bright, long lasting blooms pull in bees, butterflies, hummingbird moths, and we have even seen hummingb...
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Garden Update For July: The Tomatoes Are Taking Over!
Guide | 1 months ago
We have lots of tomato plants, and now were are getting lots of tomatoes, along with everything else we have in the garden. We've canned some pole beans and some beets. We also have plenty of cucumbers, potatoes, and lots more, along with all of our flowers...
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Sunflowers and More Sunflowers!
Guide | 1 months ago
We are growing lots of sunflowers this year. We have 4 different types growing. Giant Gray Strip, Chianti, Chocolate Cherry, and volunteers. In This video, we will take a look at all of them. I participate in the Amazon Associates program, the YouTube Shopp...
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Harvesting 3 Grow Bags With Potatoes: Two Yukon Gold, One Red Norland
Guide | 1 months ago
This year we grew 4 ten gallon grow bags with potatoes. This videos shows 3 of them being harvested. Two bags of Yukon Gold, and one bag of Red Norland. I grew them in Jeria 10 gallon grow bags. I'll put a link to those down below if you want to take a look...
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Aphids Are Born Pregnant!
Guide | 1 months ago
Aphids can be born pregnant because they skip a lot of the usual steps of reproduction. Instead of laying eggs or needing to mate, female aphids grow their babies internally and give birth to live young, and those newborn daughters already have developing e...
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Picking A Big Tomato To Keep Animals From Getting It
Guide | 1 months ago
Animals have been eating some of our tomatoes. They like them ripe just like we do. In order to keep some of the best ones from being eaten, I pick them a little early and let them ripen on the counter. I know there are still lots of folks out there that ar...
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Ripe Midwest Fancy Pants Tomatoes!
Guide | 1 months ago
This is a new tomato that I'm calling Midwest Fancy Pants. It's a dwarf, determinate tomato that has variegated foliage. The fruit has green shoulders much like a Cherokee Purple, or Black Krim. The taste is good, and the fruit doesn't crack easily. I'm lik...
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Some Kind Of Moth Larvae Pupating On A Tomato
Guide | 1 months ago
At first I thought this might be a tomato fruit worm pupating on a tomato, but I looked it up, and tomato fruit worms burrow into the ground to pupate. Not sure what it is, so if you are an entomologist, let us know what it is. I participate in the Amazon A...
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