@zipopower I mulch leaves from the yard and spread them on the garden. My chickens are allowed into the garden area in late fall and winter. Their manure helps break down the leaves. In the spring I till it all under. I throw in all raw kitchen scraps except meat and dairy year round.
Great Garden!!! Nice work. I have one too I think I can buy it cheaper lol. We have a local market for produce in Plant City FL Fresh produce from around the globe. ( cheap too if you buy volume ) I think I just enjoy watching it grow. We have bugs HOT FLORIDA Oh ya bugs that have not been named!!! I use a pepper spray I make myself works great don't stick very long. So I spray twice a week or as needed. ( I have chickens too) lmao. Free range birds like bugs lol
Let me tell ya about a few. Cutworm, moth family Noctuidae.
A white moth flys by and spots a row of seedlings just a few days old. Lands and lays eggs. A larve emerges one night finds a seedling and starts chewing the bottom of the stalk, as the sun comes up the plant falls over and the larve digs in for the day. Next night it wiggles over to the next plant... con't.
I don't spray or dust cause most of that stuff kills bees too.
Tomato hornworm, larve of the five-spotted hawkmoth. Family, Sphingidae.
(Big green worm I'm holding in my glove in video.) Finds a nice almost ripe tomato and eats a hole the size of a dime about half an inch deep. When full and the sun gets hot it hides under a leaf, when it cools off it finds another tomato...
It has a natural enemy, a parisitic wasp braconidae that lays eggs in it and its larve feed on the worm til it dies. Pretty cool to see one that looks like it is covered in rice.
Wow what kind of fertilizer do YOU use?!
zipopower 1 year ago
@zipopower I mulch leaves from the yard and spread them on the garden. My chickens are allowed into the garden area in late fall and winter. Their manure helps break down the leaves. In the spring I till it all under. I throw in all raw kitchen scraps except meat and dairy year round.
RedneckResponder 1 year ago
nice garden ..where did you get the bud beer plant?.........boy i have to get one of them
pinetar100 1 year ago
Great Garden!!! Nice work. I have one too I think I can buy it cheaper lol. We have a local market for produce in Plant City FL Fresh produce from around the globe. ( cheap too if you buy volume ) I think I just enjoy watching it grow. We have bugs HOT FLORIDA Oh ya bugs that have not been named!!! I use a pepper spray I make myself works great don't stick very long. So I spray twice a week or as needed. ( I have chickens too) lmao. Free range birds like bugs lol
BB )O(
Orangesunshine1 1 year ago
how big is your garden? Do you can the veggies?
rednecktrucker1969 1 year ago
this reminds me of "king of the hill" for some reason lol
quailjailss 2 years ago
Great looking little farm ya got there. How much trouble do you have with varments, pests and bugs?
Oh and I am mailing myself to your door step. Ya think I should go UPS?
mobiltec 2 years ago
No bad mammal or avian problems but...
Bugs? We got bugs.
Let me tell ya about a few. Cutworm, moth family Noctuidae.
A white moth flys by and spots a row of seedlings just a few days old. Lands and lays eggs. A larve emerges one night finds a seedling and starts chewing the bottom of the stalk, as the sun comes up the plant falls over and the larve digs in for the day. Next night it wiggles over to the next plant... con't.
I don't spray or dust cause most of that stuff kills bees too.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
Sounds like a good place for a lot of praying mantis'
mobiltec 2 years ago
And ladybugs, they eat aphids. The mantis are active during the day when cutworms are underground. See comment below for another bug.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
Tomato hornworm, larve of the five-spotted hawkmoth. Family, Sphingidae.
(Big green worm I'm holding in my glove in video.) Finds a nice almost ripe tomato and eats a hole the size of a dime about half an inch deep. When full and the sun gets hot it hides under a leaf, when it cools off it finds another tomato...
It has a natural enemy, a parisitic wasp braconidae that lays eggs in it and its larve feed on the worm til it dies. Pretty cool to see one that looks like it is covered in rice.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
great looking garden!!
AskaRedneck 2 years ago
Man that was one big Pumpkin!! That BBQ looked good!!
Five Stars!!
MadBadVoodo 2 years ago
@MadBadVoodo We do a lot of chicken around here cause it's cheap but good.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
That is one tasty barbecue meal.
robertpina99 2 years ago
@robertpina99 Thanks Robert. Have any new videos in the works?
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
I wish I could grow a small garden but my apt complex precludes such. :(
PhantomRazor 2 years ago
@PhantomRazor If you have a hydroponics store near you check them out. You can grow a salad garden on your counter or end table.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago
nice pumpkin man. unfortunatley our pumpkins didn't make it too good this year. terrible pumpkin season.
EastMassParanormal 2 years ago
@EastMassParanormal Yeah we had a lot of rain this year and fungus and molds were bad.
RedneckResponder 2 years ago