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OhioGardener
United States
Registrace 31. 12. 2011
Ohio Gardener is about organic gardening in SW Ohio, with over 50 years experience in organic vegetable and fruit growing. In 2016 we changed from in-ground gardening to raised bed gardening, and the increase in productivity has been amazing. We presently have about 240 sq ft of raised bed gardens, which replaced the original 30'x60' (1,800 sq ft) in-ground garden, and we are able to produce more vegetables than before. This is mostly due to both the higher soil quality maintained in the raised beds, and the succession planting that is much easier in raised beds.
You are invited to follow along on our journey in organic gardening, and feel free to ask questions in the comments sections of the videos. We enjoy reading your comments.
Mid-Summer Garden Tour - 8/2/2024
This is a short video of a walk-through of the mid-summer gardens. Most of the early vegetables are done, and the summer plants of peppers, squash, beans, cucumbers, and tomatoes are in peak production. I grow organically with homemade compost which is very fertile with the Living Soil Web. I hope you enjoy the short tour, and be sure to post any comments below.
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When is the Best Time to Pick an Eggplant
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This is a short video to show how to determine when it is time to pick eggplants. There are two important things to consider when picking eggplants: One is to pick them before they are too mature and beyond their prime condition, and the second is to time the picking so that they can be cooked as soon as possible after picking to get the best flavor. It is better to harvest an eggplant too soon...
Installing Drip Irrigation on Rhubarb Raised Beds
zhlédnutí 145Před 3 měsíci
In this video I am installing drip irrigation on the Rhubarb raised beds. Several years ago I dug all of the rhubarb plants out of the heavy clay where they had been dying due to crown rot when the ground stayed too wet in the spring, and I placed them in 36” fire rings which raised them one foot off of the ground. They have been growing exceptionally well ever since placing them in the fire ri...
Planting Sweet Potato Slips in Mineral Lick Tubs
zhlédnutí 75Před 3 měsíci
It is now mid-May, and the nighttime temps are staying above 50ºF, so it is time to get the sweet potato slips planted into the garden. This year instead of planting the sweet potatoes in the ground where they have to be dug up in the fall, I am going to be growing them in containers which can be turned over on a tarp to dump out all of the potatoes, and then put the soil back into the containe...
The Easiest Way to Grow Your Own Sweet Potato Slips
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Growing sweet potatoes is quite different from growing Irish potatoes. Sweet potatoes grow from vines, from “slips” that are transplanted into the garden, not from cut potatoes which are buried in the soil like white potatoes are. Buying sweet potato slips is very expensive, though, with a cost of $20.00 or more for 12 slips. You can easily grow your own sweet potato slips from one potato which...
Transplanting Bunching Onions into the Raised Bed
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Today I will transplant bunching onion seedlings from their seed tray outdoors into a raised bed. I sowed the Ishikura Bunching Onion seeds in a 72-cell tray in the greenhouse on February 23rd, and they sprouted on the 28th. They have been growing in the greenhouse until today, and for the past week I have been hardening them off by putting them outside for several hours a day. The seedlings ha...
Spring Seed Starting in the Greenhouse
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About a week late, it is time to get seeds started for spring planting of the frost-sensistive plants. Our average last frost date is May 15th, and the seeds such as pepper and tomato need to be started six weeks before the anticipated transplant date. But, I still have time to get these seedlings started in the greenhouse. In this video I will show the process I use to sow the pepper, tomato, ...
Trimming & Thinning Onion and Vegetable Seedlings
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In this video I show the process of trimming the tops off of onion seedlings to keep them from getting leggy and falling over. Keeping them trimmed to less than 3" ensures that the plants will develop sturdy stems. I also thinned the vegetable seedlings to one per pot. The onion seedlings I trim in this video are Bunching Onions, also called Green Onions, which do not form bulbs so they are mul...
Early Spring 2024 Garden Tour -- Getting Ready to Start Planting
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It is time to start getting the raised beds ready for the spring planting. The first crop to be planted is the Sugar Snap Pea, which I normally plant around March 15th. To get ready for that planting I need to remove the winter cover of straw so that the sun can start warming the soil. Today's task is to clear the two raised beds on the arbor of their winter mulch, and apply some fresh compost ...
How to Propagate a Thanksgiving (Christmas) Cactus
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How to Propagate a Thanksgiving (Christmas) Cactus
Starting Early Spring Bunching Onions from Seed
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Starting Early Spring Bunching Onions from Seed
How to Make a 5 Gallon Bokashi Bucket
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How to Make a 5 Gallon Bokashi Bucket
Fall 2023 Harvest of the Red Kuri Winter Squash
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Fall 2023 Harvest of the Red Kuri Winter Squash
Activating Biochar Using a Compost Tumbler
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Activating Biochar Using a Compost Tumbler
Turning Royal Oak Lump Charcoal into Biochar using Wood Chipper
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Turning Royal Oak Lump Charcoal into Biochar using Wood Chipper
Using the AeroGarden Seed Starting System to Start Onion Seedlings
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Using the AeroGarden Seed Starting System to Start Onion Seedlings
Starting a New Bokashi Compost Bucket - Jan 15, 2023
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Starting a New Bokashi Compost Bucket - Jan 15, 2023
The Best Organic Fungus Gnat Killer -- Neem Cake Tea
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The Best Organic Fungus Gnat Killer Neem Cake Tea
Quick Winter Greenhouse Tour - 12/21/22
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Quick Winter Greenhouse Tour - 12/21/22
I installed an Exhaust Fan in Greenhouse
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I installed an Exhaust Fan in Greenhouse
Greenhouse -- Added an Oscillating Fan to Circulate Air
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Greenhouse Added an Oscillating Fan to Circulate Air
New Greenhouse Updates to Inside -- Getting Ready for winter
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New Greenhouse Updates to Inside Getting Ready for winter
Amish Built Greenhouse Delivery & Setup
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Amish Built Greenhouse Delivery & Setup
Early Winter Garden Tour - October 14, 2022
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Early Winter Garden Tour - October 14, 2022
Harvesting the Winter Squash - Cushaw, Red Kuri, and Butternut
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Harvesting the Winter Squash - Cushaw, Red Kuri, and Butternut
Can you use first cutting or second cutting for salves
I like to use the new leaves, regardless of which cutting. I cut the Comfrey 3 or 4 times a year to use for mulching and composting, and the new leaves that grow are good for making the salve. It seems that the new leaves would have more essential oil in them.
@ohio_gardener Thank you I'm new to this also do you use the flowers too
@@tammyatkins18 No, I do not use the flowers.
I have liquid coconut oil, will it work? You use honey ??
It should work fine, the beeswax is what makes it solidify into a salve. Coconut Oil liquefies at 78ºF, below that temp it is solid. I do not add honey to the salve.
Do you need to keep in cooking in crockpot for 24 hrs or to just melt ?
Mr. OG, you say to use 10 oz. oil to produce 8 oz comfrey infused oil, but this jar looks like a quart. Am I misunderstanding?
No, that was not a quart jar. I was about a pint, but it wasn't a regular canning jar. I was from a jar of spaghetti sauce. If you look at my hand on the jar at about 1:30 you will see how small the jar is compared to a quart jar. Thanks for watching!
This is great! Would you mind sharing the link to that stainless steel ambidextrous pot you used in the video to melt the beeswax with? Thanks for sharing your technique of making this salve with us. :-)
Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I do not have a link for that pot. I am not sure when or where I bought it, but it has been very helpful.
@@ohio_gardener Okay. Thanks for your reply.
Great video, love the chipper idea , lots of dust though, maybe pre wet the lump before the chipping method, how did your results go when you spread the activated bio char into the garden beds ? Was there ever a follow up video with the results?
In subsequent batches I sprayed the lump charcoal the evening before and let it soak overnight. Much less dust the next day. I have been using activated biochar for years, and the improvement in quality and quantity of produce has amazed me.
Thank you young man you have just educated me ! Desperately trying to save my roses from these critters ! Kind regards from little old Norfolk U K
That study they did in mice. Is straight hogwash. They fed these mice over 100x or more any suggested amount. No one in their right mind would take ANY medication at 100x suggested dose lol. Go read up on that so called study. They just don’t want ppl healing themselves.
cool . i think i will use my wheelbarrow
Thanks for the update 🎉
I noticed in another video you have comfrey I always make comfrey tea and add to my biochar try it comfrey is great
Thanks! I love my Comfrey plants, and use them in many ways to improve my gardens.
Thank you!
I love growing and making comfrey salve❤
Thank you
Great video
Thanks for this video! I'm growing eggplant for the first time this year!
Thank you! Just cut some comfrey leaves and will began your process of making a comfrey salve.
I love nature. I bet there's some good honey coming out of this encounter. 😊
A neighbor has 4 hives of honey bees, and they share their honey with us. Love it!
God bless. Thanks from Australia, you're giving Ohio a good name keep up the rizz
What a beautiful plant!😊
Hello from Cuyahoga County!
Hello from ashland County Ohio
What is your preferred type of comfrey and why?
I grow the Bocking 14 Comfrey because it is a hybrid and does not spread by seed like the native Comfrey. I cut it about 4 times a year to use it for mulch or making compost.
I'm impressed with how tidy and organised your plot is - I could learn a lesson there!
You can add a biodegradable surfactant to make the water wetter.
You have a beautiful garden. How deep did you dig for laying the Pipes? Also, what are the flowers? They are beautiful!
Thanks! The pipes are about 8" deep, which is enough to allow for walking on them or pushing a wheelbarrow over them, but not deep enough to prevent freezing. Since I blow the water out of the lines with air in fall, freezing is not a concern. Those beautiful flowers are Peonies.
@@ohio_gardener Thank you for your reply. I enjoy watching your videos
Thanks for showing me how to set up netting
Thank you for sharing your experiences with the sweet potato planting. And tips on the mineral tubs too! Helps being able to watch another Ohio gardener and your garden journey. Very encouraging! 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Hey, thank you for making this video. It covered all the parts I couldn't find in other videos.
I thought it is that whole process of pyrolysis (removing all those gases from burnt coal) that makes char. You merely shredded charcoal and got charcoal powder.
Whereabouts in Southwest Ohio are you exactly? If you dont wanna get too personal, perhaps you could tell me what county? Sorry,this is the first video I've seen so far so perhaps you've mentioned it before.
I'm in Clark county about 30 miles NE of Dayton.
Not a good video Of them opening
I like the way you insulated with straw around the outside, I'll have to try that. Thanks.
Today, April 30th, I pulled 6 more slips off of the sweet potato and put them in the water to start rooting. Then I chopped up the potato and put it in the compost tumbler. I now have 15 sweet potato slips, and only need 8 so I'll be gifting some to a friend to grow his own sweet potatoes. 🤠
Fabulous! Thank you. I have one that came up on its own. I’m going to try this, not sure if I should wait a year or try it this year?
Whether or not to split it depends on how big the plant is. If it has multiple crowns growing, it is safe to split it. If there is just one crown, it would probably be good to wait another year.
Started making my own today in soil on my heating mat & have my mail order slips in a cup of water hoping they set roots nicely I got 4 & use 1 in it’s prepared grow bag Hoping to see how slips roots quicker straight of the mother , with straight to water to build or straight to bag to root 🤔 So many cool tator projects to do 😅❤❤❤
Is your raised bed exposed to rainfall?
No, that raised bed is inside the greenhouse.
Fascinating! I have seen this process before but it never gets old for me. I hope to do this myself next spring. Have to get a place to garden first. Blessings on your day Sir. 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Thank you! Your dibber is very much like the one my grandfather had. Brought back some nice memories. Blessings on your day Sir. 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Thank you for sharing your experiences with starting seeds. Also really appreciate the information on the potting bench. Blessings on your day Sir. 🌻🐛Carolyn in Ohio 🌿
Thank you! Very appreciated! Blessings on your day Sir!🌻🐛Carolyn in NW Ohio 🌿
Thank you for sharing your video. I've been running my soil factory through the winter and it got infested by fungus gnats. Now I realize I did not have enough soil on top of the scraps.
I absolutely love hearing them sing especially when I'm in my garden. So beautiful. ❤
Picturesque. ❤
Gorgeous 😍 I miss those my grandma used to buy me those. ❤
Can I apply in the garden bed with seeds just planted
Yes, it will not bother the seeds, and it adds some fertilizer to the soil.
How often should we apply this tea
I like to apply it once a weed for 4 weeks to break the cycle of the larva emerging as adults, and the adults laying more eggs.
Breathtaking. I've planted 2 25 ft. Rows this year I hope mine produce so well. Any tips would be appreciated. ❤
No special tips. As long as you have a rich, nutritious soil with lots of organic matter, the beans should do very well. For year I grew Blue Lake Bush bean with very good results, but after I built the arbor I planted the Blue Lake Pole Beans and I couldn't believe the beans on them - they produced three times as many beans as the bush beans did. So, now I am growing only the pole beans.
@ohiogardener4019 I should be OK then. I grew up watching my POP plant blue lake pole beans and he always did good so that's what I know. I tried the bush 1 year and I was like nope lol back to pole beans we go.
very nice. greenhouse ever freeze? you have those tomatoes all year?
Thanks! No, it never freezes. I have a small thermostatically controlled gas heater to keep it above freezing. Yes, we enjoy those tomatoes all year, except for a brief time when I take out the old plants, replace the potting soil, and start new plants. They are Tumbling Tom tomatoes.
So nice! How much was it if I may ask?
Don't remember the exact cost, but it was a little more than a off-the-shelf greenhouse since it was custom designed for me.
Where I live. They run a closeout sale on Charcoal at the end of barbecue season. Good time to stock up.
Dod you leave the crockpot on all night?
Yes, I let the leaves seep in the warm oil for 24 hours. I had to keep checking and adding water to the crock pot, though, as it kept evaporating out. A crock pot with a "warm" option would probably prevent that.
@@ohio_gardener thank you do much. I have some roots can I cut those an add to the infusion?
@@jamithompson358 I have seen where others have made the ointment using just root pieces, so it would probably work. I have only used the leaves, though.
@@ohio_gardener great. Thank you sir. I've got mine infusing now. Thank you so much for your information