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23 Comments
Welcome to the summer garden, have you used any vertical gardening elements with your vegetables? What has been your favorite?
Here in North Dakota we have regularly extras wind. How is it in Washington? Would a high tunnel work here?
I started using wide
strips of fabric from old t-shirts to tie up tomatoes and cucumbers etc. They're soft and stretchy and don't damage the stems at all 🙂
FYI – the length between the tips of your fingers – is your height. So unless you are 4 ft tall that span is longer 🙂
Is it possible to get your shelled beans?
This so great. I am going to start a garden next year …. thanks
Wow… !!! My best friend, Great… Awesome… Full watched. Thanks Have a happy day!
Whenever I try to describe a huge planter, rows, trellises, veggie shade folks just stare. If it doesnt involve rocks gravel mulch concrete pavers sod artificial grass IT DOESNT EXIST GO AWAY
It's exhausting to be surrounded by nay sayers and saboteurs
love the view the mountains in the background are beautiful!
I'm just now watching this video. In mid Texas by July to August we're putting in our second garden. And hoping it don't burn
Your arm span is exactly how tall you are! I doubt you are only 4 feet tall but I would guess a little over 5 feet. I love your tunnels though. Thanks for the informative video!
Are the cucumbers the only ones you put in the outside of the panel? Thanks!
Thank you for the hog panel trellis idea! My project for this year!
Melissa, do you take them down and move them each year or leave them where you set them up?
Nice video, thanks for sharing your garden, it's beautiful
Melissa, those are all fantastic tips. I recently moved from Eastern Washington to Essex, NY. A small village in Zone 5. This will be my first time growing a garden on the East Coast. Before I moved here, I lived off the grid on Badger Mountain for 4 years. Prior to that, I lived in East Wenatchee out past Pangborn airport. I became a hobby farmer in 2010 with 2.5 acres. I have raised a lot of meat chickens, laying hens, turkeys( Broad breastfed bronzen and Narragansett). Raised hogs twice, had 4 male alpacs for fiber to spin, and 3 goats. It's been a rewarding experience learning about permaculture practices and raising animals! Happy farming to you and yours, and thank you for the great garden tips!
Is there a pole bean that has the taste of a Provider bush bean?
I thought you said pole noodle…… took me a minute to figure out what it was. 😂 Great info, thanks.
I have a nearby fence. Will squirrels jump over and eat the beans?
Informative trellis video. Thank you ! 🎉
what's the roof for??
Hey Melissa, thank you for all your videos and information. Are the openings to the tunnels North/South or East/West? I'm trying to plan the layout for our garden. Thank you!
Very cool for a bunch a different reasons.