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If you pick the flowers off of the tomato plants the energy will go into the plant, helps make it stronger until it has really taken hold, then leave the blooms. Also in that climate, when the plants are 3-4 feet high, cut the top off and they will get more bushy and get more tomatoes. Good luck! Such a hard year. Thank You for sharing so much!
Thanks for the tip.
Where do you guys go kayaking? That might be cool to see in the future. I watch a couple channels that do week long kayak/camping trips in those huge Canada lakes. Really fun to watch.
I haven't grown tomatoes in years. They use to be the easiest thungs to grow. Now they tend to have too many issues. I dont know what happened. I know they need heat and lots of sunshine to have a chance. Maybe set up a camping wood stove with a bunch of rocks around it so your greenhouse tent will get hotter, and then the rocks would help hold heat longer? That's what i would try. Looks like your current bush has already put on fruit! That's cool. Hopefully, they'll spread. Have a great week.
We just kayak around the island. It’s fun hug Admiralty islands shore and watch bears on the beach.
Having a heat source in the greenhouse is a good idea.
Cold weather don't help vegetables, not much you can do, other than a heated green house !!!
Yup 😩
We missed you but glad you had a few weeks enjoying the life of an Alaskan!! Good luck with your garden!! Don't give up yet! Stay safe and healthy and have a great week!!!!
Thanks Sue, we are hopeful that the temps will rise in July.
Happy Father’s Day Brian. Good to see you today. Nice that you have the resources there for your chicken coop. You are having a beautiful day there today. Enjoy🥰. Our garden was a little slow for a while too. The temps have been cool just started to warm up here on Cape Cod. Good luck with your garden. Hang in there. Might be time to build a greenhouse. Good luck. Thanks for sharing today. Have a great week. Take care. God bless you both✌️🇺🇸❤️❤️
Thank you Charlene. We aren’t giving up yet. Warmer days are coming. 👍
You can use black stones or containers of water painted black to hold heat in your green house. You can self pollinate the cucumber. Strawberries and asparagus help each other
Thank you for your homestead videos! God bless!
Our pleasure!
Live free, indeed! 👍😎🇨🇦
So glad you took some time for fun.
Thanks
Yeah, I wondered where you were. Glad you're back. With your climate you might consider starting plants inside and transplant out bigger plants and the weather is better?
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I hope you both enjoyed your much needed break and caught alot of fish. Don’t give up on the garden Diana. Hopefully it will grow once the weather gets warmer. Hope you had a happy fathers day Brian. Have a Great week you two and Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mary. We had a great time.
You can pollinate by hand with a roughed up cue tip. Tomatoes, cukes, peppers, melons, etc.
Taking time for yourselves is essential. Burnout is real. Your mental health is always priority. Glad all is well and Happy Father's day to you B! Thanks for sharing!
That’s right, thanks.
Happy Daddy Day.. Yeah, where y'all been??😂✌️🍿🐾🐾🇱🇷
Thank you.
Good to hear y'all r ok ✌️
Glad to see you back bro. Hope you’re having a great Father’s Day weekend.
Thanks! You too!
Hello two days late this post was, but never mind your garden & beach are looking good. I hope you two are doing well.plus the 🐕 🐕 dogs ❤😊
Thank you.
I went and looked it up! It’s a video from a month ago “Found a big surprise on the side of the road.” @Cog Hill Farm! Great video for starting roses from found ones! ♥️
Oh cool thanks.
Good to see you guys are doing well. My wife and I are up in Hatcher's Pass. Wish we could send some sunshine your way, it's 70 + up here. But it feels much hotter. We are from Pa. Sun feels much more intense up here!
This has been a cold spring. It is making me think of building a greenhouse with pex loops under the raised beds. I could tap off of the wood fired boiler that heats the house..... A lot of work..
It has been. Things have been warming up this week. Hopefully the garden will perk up with the warmer temperatures.
I think that's a currant berry bushes. Happy father's day! I'm coming back Tuesday, took the past week off for fishing in puget sound. Will be in AK for a couple weeks, hope we can get out and do some more fishing!
That’s it.
Good day Brian , thank you.
We grow a lot of tomato and herbs in the house works great
Glad to see you back, and that there was nothing serious going on. Happy Father’s Day.
Thank you
Your property has such beautiful views.
Thank you for your beautiful video, glad you are both ok,
have a nice week and warmer.
Thank you! You too!
ALL GOOD big fella nice to hear your enjoying yourselves, “ain’t nothin wrong with that,ever.”
ALL THE BEST…
Thanks 👍
Black tail Deer here in Oregon , love rose bushes
My daisies in my front yard need to be watered this morning as we are getting the heat from Hell this week with feels like temps 100-104 in SW Ohio! At 72 I have to use a walker to get around now so I have to be very careful, as I am alone with no one to help me.
🥵 be careful. We don’t want anything to happen to you.
I love to hear you took time off for yourselves. Good for you guys!
happy Father’s Day!
Thank you
Happy Father’s Day, Brian
Thank you
Welcome back! Glad you enjoyed your time off.
Happy Father's Day Brian. It's so good to hear that you two took some time to enjoy yourselves. It's very important to get away from your "job"...CZcams is definitely a job! Thanks for all you guys do 😊
Thank you Jewels.
I put a secondary tunnel over my plants and heated them with 3lb generic krisco shorting with a candle in center. I put a tericota flower pot trap heat. It kept the plants about 65 degrees
The corn and lemon cucumbers are in a double hoop bed 🤷 Good idea with the candle.
Happy Fathers Day!
Thank you
I missed you'll.
Glad to see you. I usually put 2 tab spoons of Epdom salt i a gallon of water and water every 2 wks.
I also use coffee grounds sprinkle on top of the soil. Good luck.😊
Thanks for the tips!
Missed you both. Nice update video
Great to see you again!
Been missing you!
Hey, thanks!
Enjoy life when you can
Glad you’re back!
Have you thought about growing your lemon cucumbers in a couple containers on your porch. The reflection of the sun from your windows will help with heat. Since you’re in such a cold climate. This might help. I had one pop up in a flower pot. It grew a lot of cucumbers off that plant. We are going to be in the high 90’s all we started today. We will hit 100 easy. Way to hot.. GOD BLESS FROM WEST CENTRAL INDIANA FARMLAND.
The trees block out a lot of the sun from hitting the house. Good idea though.
That’s definitely to hot for me. 🥵
Variety of tomato can make a big difference when growing in the cold. Polar beauty, santiam and beaver lodge do well in cold conditions. Denali seed company is a good supplier for Alaskan (cold weather) seeds. You can make a mini greenhouse for plants using tomato cages with visqueen (plastic ) clothespinned on for wind. I always plant a few cold weather tomato’s and a few warm weather types. Diversify your garden portfolio🤣🤣 I live high in the mountains (ie cold), I can barely keep lavender alive inside our cabin so you have a huge win with lavender. It’s still early and those tomato’s will bounce back.
Thanks I forwarded the web site to the Mrs. Things can definitely bounce back. We still have some time this season.
Dude, I never do comments about but as a raven fan, they are impersonating your chickens😂😂😂😂
😂could be
Happy Father's DAY...!!
Cheers...it is also cold beer season ..
Same to you!
Those crows just screaming for some food. Lol
Happy Father's Day Brian! Ya'll deserved some fun time, alone time, winding down time. It's been a stressful past year for ya'll. Glad to see the smiles, unfortunate the garden has taken off yet. Maybe with the warmer weather it'll kick start. Love ya'll ❤️
Thank you. Let’s hope it takes off.
Happy Father Day
Thank you
Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼
Can you put a solar heater in the greenhouse?
We could👍
You all deserve a break! no need to apologize! Happy Father's day, Brian. Those 5ton cargo covers are nice, like you said a lot of uses with them.
Thank you. They take a beating.
Hey guys, I have to say I can see y’all are losing some weight. Great job, it seems as we age it gets harder and harder to lose it. What a great p,ace you have there. Thanks for taking us along on this journey with you.
Thanks. We cut out sugar and added some exercise👍
Brian, the plant you forgotten what it was is a Current
Thanks
Happy Father's Day! Good to hear from you again!
Thank you
Good to see you both! May was cold here too. Good to see somethings are coming in even though others are struggling. As for the corn, you might consider shading them at night as corn requires a period of darkness each day to produce. Good luck with your garden this summer. Always love seeing your property.
Thanks Alone. We will give it a shot.
Hello u 2 , Bob had a heart episode, please pray for us . Tomato green house put 1 or 2 incandescent light bulbs low to the ground running on there own solar panels & batterie , for heat . Take Care
Bob is in our prayers.
Sadly you have better growing conditions than we do in WY at 5000 ft in elevation. Planted 20 seeds and have 9 cucumber plants.
😮 keep the faith.
Happy to see ya both. Live free!!!
Yes! Thank you!
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Good seeing you both 😊
Thanks.
l have 2 ravens that land on my silo and remind me of you when they do!! to bad about the garden think it will pick up later ya need to find cold climate plants i think saint lawrence nursery has them here we are zone 4 to 3 prob like you
We are hoping things will perk up by next month.
Love you guys, always take a break when you need it! Need some fishing video tho lol
Coming soon!
I'm certainly not an expert, but I plant tomatos every year and a few years ago some guy who had a lot more experience told me that the plants like to have their roots warmth, so they need direct sunlight radiation and that tarp I'm afraid is blocking the radiation. Anyway, good to see you ok and taking some leisure time for yourselves. Happy fathers Day for Brian.
Good advice
Have you guys considered putting a camp stove in your hoop house to increase the temperature.
We have
I know your problem last year I planted eight Boston cucumbers pickling cucumbers like I do every year one out of the gates grew about 2 ft and stopped I've never had anything like it but what it's been is we've been getting June Gloom for months like last 5 months it's been terrible from Sunrise until about 1:00 well I live on the park that gets Morning Sun till about 1:00 and I don't get it and the one thing cucumbers like lots and lots and lots of sun and that could be your problem but it's not getting enough Sun if you take your seeds go to your house and it should take no more in about 2 weeks you can have a good starter plants and maybe you can get them to give you fruit you have about two to three months so with the amount of sun you have there if you can put them in a sunny area that's the whole thing that cucumbers like and the big thing is they like to climb so give them lots of climbing space The Climb cuz they'll climb 10 ft if you give it to them but I've had like the Boston so normally plant where go up my side of my house on both sides over my trellis my friend door and goes the other direction and usually when they're producing I usually get about eight cucumbers a day enough to do two jars and the last time I had them really doing good with about 3 years ago and it gets 78 jars before the Cucumbers since fall and boy they shut off when they sense that falls coming I thought that might help you but
Thanks you
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Our tomatoes here in Tn are growing strangely this year. Two are great but two others are turning yellow (leaves) and just look sick . Global warming.. lol
Who knows😂
Don’t make excuses for what you’re doing...we watch because we are interested in what you’re doing..
Thanks.
Strawberry Rhubarb pie or jelly
Yes
Brian, how much sun do you get where all your gardens are?
Good question. I’d say 8-10 hours of direct sunlight.
Has your arm healed back to normal?
It’s doing great 👍
How was the fishing
Going out again tomorrow for Sundays video. Wish us luck 👍
I've never tried rhubarb.
It’s bitter by itself and used mostly in desserts but with the right ingredients it’s delicious 🤤
That raven is on crack! Call it a crack bird.
😂😂😂
fish offel?
What about offer? 🤷
Wow you are losing weight!
Thanks, she’s been putting in a lot of hard work.
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That Raven is noisy!!
Ha yes it is😂
They are predators!
Would you be interested in a new greenhouse design? Im working on a one that would fit right into your lifestyle, off grid DC powered with an extremelystrong frame structure.
Brian if you want to visit about it, I'd definitely give you my phone number.
I live in Idaho and grew in a self made greenhouse for 7 years. I was able to start growing in April through December with just a firewood stove system.
You need heat in your soil and light and you could just improve your little hoop houses.
I’ve got plans just need to get it done. Thank you though.
Global warming at its best work, wonder if you installed the beds with a cheap ground sheet if that would help.
😂😂😂 you could go underwater in the water off the island. It’s the “new way” to farm 6 feet under the water, no movement self contained, self watering,, just gotta drive under bag the harvest and bring it up.
Ya it’s a little crazy to farm in the ocean but they are doing it…
Stay safe and enjoy
ALL THE BEST…
Hmmm 🤔 I’ve never heard of that.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead I’ll see if I can find the video for ya, very interesting
It under CZcams the name is “DIY regenerative ocean farms: The Future of foods”
Ya might get better tomato luck hopefully.
ALL THE BEST…
Good to see you two! Things are having a hard time growing this year, but don't get discouraged, we finally got some warm weather also, things in the greenhouse are looking really good, so hang in there. I ordered two more grow beds and I am going to make one of them herbs and the other squash, I look for things that grow in the fall to plant because they seem to do better. Enjoy your Father's Day, hope to see you again, soon, love from Petersburg.
Thanks Julie. We didn’t get to Mayfest this year but hopefully next year.
@@AnAlaskaHomestead Tell Diane to grow pickling cukes, they do well here, got a lot growing and had many last year., oh can't wait to see you guys next year, mark your calendars for Mayfest, Little Norway Days, they are great. three days.
@@juliepeeks4184 I’ll tell her.