HOW To GET 3X More SQUASH in your Backyard Garden.
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besides rain, how much watering do you do?
Your squash is looking terrific, Mark! We're glad to hear your Lucy has healed up. An amazing dog you have there! 🙂
Nice work Mark. I've heard of thinning the leaves a bit ….for air flow/pollination…Had a dog that lost an eye also. They overcome and adapt!
That's the healthiest looking squash I have ever seen on the East coast! Squash chips sound really interesting, never heard of that before. Your farm dog is awesome! happy gardening
Keep up the great work!! I always appreciate you stand working with the Creators Creation instead of against it!💖 🙌
Can you please make a video on how to make the squash chips?
Sorry to hear about your dog's issues. I have a few spaghetti squash that are doing fantastic. How do I dehydrate the surplus. I am guessing I will have 20 or more to preserve. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I am growing all my vines on wire fencing surrounding my 16'x20' garden and they are doing well.
Thank you very much…
I have just finished going through all your videos, I have learned so much, I hope that I'm now ready to start my garden to have a successful gardening experience for the upcoming year..
Thanks again.
BTW if you have a chance, please consider making a video explaining when weeds or other plants will be competing each other and when they are helping each other.
Thank again for being a great teacher…
AWESOME Lucy is a beautiful loyal dog!! I'm so glad she protected your son and survived her injuries. Hoping the groundhog learned a lesson and stays away!!
Fantastic dog givee hima hug from me . Amazing garden
That's enough squash to feed me for weeks
Mark.
I am a big fan of yours.
I’m from Canada and have watched many of your videos. I have a garden of my own and your videos and info have been so inspirational.
I have introduced many perennial plants to my garden to help improve the soil all year long and think what you do is great.
It’s so nice of you to spend the time to give great demonstrations. I’ve learned so much from you about fungi!
I just wanted to say sorry about your Weim, I have a Weim too he’s a great dog. Glad to hear yours is doing well since her argument with the ground hog.
I also wanted to say how much I appreciate you and what you do for your family. I couldn’t imagine what you’ve been through. You are a good man.
Thanks again for all that you do.
Happy gardening Mark.
Good Lucy.🤗 Big hugs to this noble dog.
Vine borer just claimed half of my plants (4).
Thank you so much Mark!
Beautiful squashes Mark, well done! Sorry to hear about your dog but she did really well defending your son. As a step dad to two autistic kids (young adults now) I can understand the bond I have seen between them and our dogs is amazing. Don't know if it's the same for you but keep up the good work and thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and garden wisdom.
Lucy, the protector …. job well done …
Way to go Lucy! ❤
Oh my, glad Your son and Lucy are well. Thank you for the tips.
Im going to try this while we still have time. I wonder if production would increase if the lower leaves were thinned to get a breeze through there. I just pruned mine this evening as blossoms are very active but no fruit set.
I had no idea ground hogs were aggressive. The ones I've seen around the edges of my property act timid.
Lucy is a hero, we had 4 dogs…we’re down to 3 unfortunately because our lab was very old and in a lot of pain so we had to make the decision to put him down. Thank you for your videos, I always learn a lot!
So happy that your son is alright and love keep lovin on Lucy. 🌸
Hi Mark. I’ve been watching your videos for about a year now, and this is my first comment. I’m inspired by your use of leaf mold, as I have a ton of leaves on my property each year. My problem is that I have too many trees and not enough sunlight. My squash and zucchini plants look healthy, but they have yet to produce any fruit, and they’re starting to die off. I’m not sure why. Could it be a pollination issue?
What a good puppy dog!! Have you fed her steak yet??? She deserves it!!
How do you plant the rye with the leaves down
Epic harvest, great tip on getting huge yields, sorry to hear about Lucy's injuries and thank you for sharing.
Nj here also!! Those vine borers got 1 of my 3 plants so I pulled them all. Now I know not to do that. Already started a new batch of squash and will let nature take over. Thx
Thanks Mark.
Mark, what temp do you dehydrate your squash slices? Does it work for zucchini? Any prep needed? I've been trying to think of ways to preserve squash and zucchini besides freezing.
Glad your pet is on the mend. We had a guard cat once. She went after a bulldog threatening our young son. That dog ran away whining. Francy, our pet cat got from the deck to the fence (about 40 ft.) in two seconds flat. It was amazing to watch such a small animal fearlessly take on such a large one.
God bless you and your family.
Do you know the name of your squash?
Long live Lucy! Our hero!
Thank you.
I polinater last year and did get 3 times the crop
But I do aluminum foil to protect from the horable boaters and five.plants of six produced up till freezing time. The plant I lost was infested be for the aluminum foil treatment
Beautiful garden you are caring for.
My garden is not as good as yours but I have done enough to be getting inproved crops and less bug damage now
Thanks for teaching Sir glad your dog is protecting your son.
Sorry to hear about your pups eye.
Mark, do something about the SVB's. I used to grow giant pumpkins and many growers saw their prized pumpkins die months before the weigh-offs–many plants died too. Being organic, it will be much more difficult to control them, and their purpose is to lay eggs and when the larvae hatch, they bore into the vines, eat everything they can, then bore back outside and enter the soil to pupate and become winged moths to start the cycle all over again. If you are organic, I don't know of anything that actually works, regardless of the claims. Even chemicals that worked were far & few between, and REALLY EXPENSIVE as well as dangerous (Lambda Cyhalothrin.)
The best thing for you to do is learn where they lay the eggs and removed them by hand–many times I had spent hours laying on the ground alongside plants looking for them–they are kinda flat and brownish-maroon, about the size of the head of a small straight-pin, less than 2mm diameter and less than 1mm tall. The eggs are usually found in groups of 2 or 3, and "stuck" to the plant. They like hollow stems more than solid. I have found more close to the ground or on the underside of the main vine at the joint where leaf stems attach to the main, even more than the undersides of leaves, maybe a 70/30 or 80/20 ratio vines & stems to leaf undersides. There was one squash that was recommended as a trap crop, possibly Hubbard. I think some of my close-ups of the seeds may have been used in the books "How to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins II" or "How to Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins III", by Don Langevin. (I received nothing for contributing my photos and haven't seen the books.) They are not something you want to ignore or let get established. Hope this helps.