The squash vine borer strikes again. I planted 8 squash plants this year – 2 each of spaghetti, crook neck yellow, zucchini, and tatume (a SVB resistant variety).Planting a resistant variety worked for the cabbage 👉🏾https://youtube.com/shorts/WMYZxcp8meA?si=Bn7Ze0Q4sae5is6w so I’m hoping it…
Do you have a greenhouse or grow tunnel? Neither do I. But now that we have at least 1 hard freeze every year, I decided I need a space saving way to start seeds indoors. And I need a way…
My family & I haven’t used bottled laundry detergent in years. When we initially stopped, I was making my own “detergent” out of necessity. More recently I started using a concentrated liquid detergent from Frey. It smelled nice, was still…
Let’s talk about the effects of shorter days and the lack of vitamin D. SAD – seasonal affective disorder – is VERY real and has prevented me from getting out in the garden. Now that the weather is better, so…
The summer garden is bittersweet in SE TX. If the heat doesn’t beat us, severe weather will. If it’s not either of those, it’s the bugs. In this video I am battling the heat AND the bugs in the summer…
A rosemary & sage oil blend is so easy to make at home. But why would you want to make it? I’m going to break down how & why I decided to try making my own herb oils & blends…
Today is March 3rd, Sunday, March 3rd. And it’s a beautiful sunny day. And we are done, I think, with freezes so I’m ready for spring planting! I live in zone 9A. In Houston, Texas, actually Cypress which is a…
We’ve been talking about starting a garden in the last few videos so I thought I’d go back to the very beginning and show you how to start a low cost no dig garden the smart & easy way. It’s…
How much does it cost to start a garden? Gardening doesn’t have to be expensive or hard or even time consuming. Some of the items we buy may be a small upfront investment but there are ways to start a…
Is this the new normal for the south? We’ve had a hard freeze for multiple years in a row. It has me feeling some kind of way. Almost like we HAVE to cover our crops now & we MUST baby…