In this video, I share 4 critical August garden tasks every gardener should do now! August is the bridge between summer gardening and fall gardening. These garden tasks are important to ensure we maximize harvests from our spring and summer garden while ensuring a perfect transition to a fall garden that will bring garden harvests deep into winter and beyond.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Gardening In August
0:52 August Gardening Task #1
3:42 August Gardening Task #2
8:38 August Gardening Task #3
10:03 August Gardening Task #4
13:15 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Gardening In August
0:52 August Gardening Task #1
3:42 August Gardening Task #2
8:38 August Gardening Task #3
10:03 August Gardening Task #4
13:15 Adventures With Dale
Good Boy Dale!!!
Wow…That was so impressive with Dale….my dogs are pretty good, but not that good. They woulda snatched up that steak the minute the door closed
you advice got me planting a 2nd round of tomatoes, zucchini, and tomatoes. I wondered why they always died from disease and insects but a 2nd round is easy enough.
Thank you for these very helpful tips 😊
I have a question for the fig enthusiasts in the community.I've recently moved to Long Island, which is in zone 7b, and I'm planning to plant 3 or 4 fig trees in the ground. Could you recommend which of the following varieties would be best for this area?
VDB
Ronde De Bordeaux
Green Greek
Olympian
Adreano
Italian-258
Smith
White Madeira #1
I also have Celeste, Hardy Chicago, Marseilles Black SV, and some other cold-hardy varieties that thrive in my previous location in Whitestone (zip code 11356, zone 6b). While these trees have produced a lot of figs, they haven't been as flavorful as I’d hoped.I'm curious if anyone living in Long Island has experience with these varieties and can provide advice on which ones might be the most delicious and well-suited for this area.
Hi. First I love your channel and have been watching it for some time now. About two months ago I start my fig journey by acquiring 7 very young fig trees. I live in Colorado Springs so I have been careful to select trees that should do well for my zone. I have been faithfully fertilizing them during that time, and they are doing well but I have not seen any double bumps under the leaves that would indicate fig buds are growing. Is this because the trees are too young and therefore should wait until next spring before this happens?
Heat, humidity, and lots of rain lately in Texas
I won’t start mine indoors until September. And I have to start them indoors cuz it’s hot until December.
I have a squirrel who not only eats all my strawberries but he sits on my deck chair while doing it. I know this because he leaves me the core.
Dale is awesome!
I love that you vacuum the bugs up. I was considering doing that myself the other day. I am surprised you haven't had bird issues prior to now given the # of figs you have. I also am fighting birds. I've been using bird netting since I got my figs and it's fairly effective except when the trees get too big. I've had catbirds getting caught in the netting 3 times now this season. 2 are dead, the third somehow escaped, but thought it would be a goner too. I went around and found any and all gaps and closed them off. I am definitely cutting my figs down much lower this season than I did last season. It's been an absolute NIGHTMARE keeping them properly netted. To top it off, the tree has been aborting figs post-ripening (they start ripening, don't turn the right color and then rot off within a day or two). Some of them have good centers, but most do not. I suspect the hot weather and insufficient water is to blame. Irrigation system coming next week, but it's been stressful!
I have something try to eat my raspberries even though I covered them with the bags. I was so sad! It can be very hard when we have so much pressure from the animals. We have deer here too to contend with.
For someone who doesn't know, figs are flowers, not fruit. He was eating a flower!!! Isn't that cool 😎!
Thanks!
I have planted corn, rutabagas, broccoli, carrots, brussel sprouts, cabbage, collards (two types), for my very first fall garden. My first summer garden this year was so successful!!! I am still doing succession planting of corn, zucchini, squash, green beans, pumpkin, cantaloupe. I also have tons of watermelon growing. Everyone is excited about my success. I never gave up and I nurtured my plants as though they were my children. They loved it and returned back the love. The vegetables are absolutely delicious and sweet and tender. Thank you for all of your help. I followed you to the "T!"
I have been bagging my passionfruit and tomatoes for several years now and it works amazingly well. I also bagged up my nectarines and unfortunately we were traveling when they all started to ripen and the birds got to them. Either the birds or the squirrels I’m not sure.so that is the value of looking at your plants at least every day sometimes twice a day you can see the problems and the critters coming. Thank you for everything you do.
I bet Dale wouldn't be able to resist if it was a "too good to resist" Labrador steak from "Elwood's Organic Dog Meat" company.
I love love love Dale!❤❤❤
Great info. And great job, Dale!
Love that Dale behaved. Good Master and Mistress.
Lost quite a few Black Krim, too, the sudden change in rainfall!
I used the green organza bags for my strawberries and they are a hole through them and took the strawberries 😢
Found this on line about Smith figs…"My cuttings are direct descendants from the original Smith tree established in the early 1900's at Becnel Farms in Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana. An elder Becnel, now deceased, told me the story how he named the Smith. He and his grandpa were in the potting shed planting fig cuttings. Grandpa pulled 2 cuttings out of his pocket and they planted both. Grandpa said they would watch them and name them when the fruit came in. After time one cutting made a Black fig. Grandpa named it either Italian Black or Native Black . Becnel was not sure which one. Grandpa then asked what I wanted to call the other fig. "I was a little kid and I just blurted out Smith."
He also told me in the 1950's a fig expert from Europe contacted him and wanted to talk and look at his Smith fig trees..The guy showed up at the farm and spent a day. The expert was sure the original cutting came from Europe. After his research the expert could not identify the Smith with any fig he was aware of. He said it was unique.
Great video about the transition period! This time is crucial for tiding up your summer cops. And getting the fall crops in gear for sure!
thank u for. Saying your zone
Heck – I would have eaten that steak! He's not by chance a vegetarian? What a good boy!
Thank you so much for the different netting options we can use to keep our fruit for our families. Birds (including my chickens) will eat up all our fruit way before it’s ripe. I never get any of my figs anymore, and I’m tired of it. Green figs are not near as tasty as ripe ones, but I have to eat them green to get any figs at all. And this year, birds got the blueberries too. I need to cover the later ripening ones now.
Thank you so much for the different netting options we can use to keep our fruit for our families. Birds (including my chickens) will eat up all our fruit way before it’s ripe. I never get any of my figs anymore, and I’m tired of it. Green figs are not near as tasty as ripe ones, but I have to eat them green to get any figs at all. And this year, birds got the blueberries too. I need to cover the later ripening ones now.
I found bird netting to be a total disaster in my garden. I spent every day trying to release birds that were caught in the netting. And no matter how I try to cover the tree the birds found a way to get under the netting. I took some cuttings of my fig tree and was successful growing two more fig trees that I will keep in 5 gal or larger pots. This way I will be able to move them around my yard and they will be small enough to completely cover and protect them from the birds.
What is the name of your favorite or sweetest fig?
Dale really listens! My dog, 1, 2, 3. Well, it you stepped away from the plate, guess it's mine! 😃
Good morning. Thank you for the encouragement. Thought i had blossom rot controlled this year….. can't seem to beat it. Just had to respond when i saw what a sweet boy Dale is!!💖💖💖👍 Makes my day when i see critters a loved as much as we love our own. Thank you 💖💖👍👍
ALERT If your bird net touchesvground you might cautgh snakes then they get tangled up and if youvdont ftee them they die and its gross and it may ne a pest prediter.
Try christmass balls off season, as birds peck the balls they give up
Try putting plastic toy snakes on top m of trees
Good Boy.
Cheer~~a small piece of ground used to grow vegetables, fruit, herbs, or flowers.😊
Thanks for these reminders
Squirrels pick good pears. If I put it in a bag, the squirrels will get the whole bag
Hopefully you'll be giving those worms to your chickens….. Please don't tell me you don't have a chicken coop…. It would be a shame…
So the mocking birds were literally mocking you!