hey everyone Sam here an Angela and we're green acre homestead what we got behind
us here a fenced-in jungle kind of looks like it right now it sure does
we want to give you guys a lower Garden update video and bring you along before
we do any maintenance much to her chagrin so you guys can see a reality of
what it looks like how it is incredibly overgrown and what we're gonna do to try
and fix it today it's gardening reality right it is there
you go so come on with us as we attack this thing from all sides from all sides
so our plan of attack is going to be to mow Pushmo the parts that are really
tall which is mainly around the edges where the fence is and then we have two
rows that never got planted with anything that we're gonna have to be a
little bit careful because they do have the heels that have the drip tape
underneath them so we can't just run right over it it's going to mess things
up so we may have to weed eat a little bit and then we're going to use the will
hoe in between the rows to really get up the weeds so they don't come back
so first things first our beans they are growing very tall they are already about
six feet tall if not more and they have outgrown our warden of a trellis a lot
of them are sagging because they're getting the weight on them but Sam had
looked up and saw that the manufacturer had recommended to put like a tension
wire at the top so you wouldn't get the sagging and we got that note a little
late so we'll just have to see how it goes if it has sagging oh well we'll
know what to do next year our bush beans is the first time we've really done bush
beans are you supposed to trellis them are you supposed to put something up
around them to keep them up they are kind of fallen out so they look like
they're still producing well they have lots of blooms on them and it doesn't
look like the pests are getting to them quite as much as they are the pull beans
the corn is actually about as tall as I am which is about five and a half feet
tall so it looks pretty awesome and they are starting to get their tassels
they're not up and out yet but I can see them in the top of the leaves so that's
exciting we'll have to fertilize again soon and
make sure that they're fed what they need to be we also have our okra or okra
down here we have I don't remember how many different types there's like six to
four to six different types of okra we're not really sure how okra grows
because that's another one we've never grown before there are several of the
species or types that are growing really well they're probably at least two feet
tall and have baby okra all over them so that is always exciting to see lots of
vegetables coming up on your plants we also put some of the patty-pan squash I
think there's like partial eclipse total eclipse and some others a handful
of others or whatever we came down a day or two ago and we're surprised to
have like six large fruits waiting on us your veggies sorry
we don't know how to cook them if you do have a good recipe that sound that you
like to cook patty pan with please leave us a comment or a link or something so
we know how to cook these things it's not something we've cooked before and
that's about it for what's growing right now we have our patty pan squash the
okra the two types of pole beans bush beans and corn and so far they are doing
pretty good all right no question I would have if I was watching this video
is how has this deer fence worked have we got any deer in the fence in the
garden or any other pests we have not gotten any deer little bit yes but they
are all around here we actually have a doe with two little funds so mama deer
and two baby deer all around this area a lot we see them a lot just being outside
they're like sup dudes just deer and my babies and we have noticed that a lot of
our black raspberries are gone yeah like totally yeah berry patches here
they are eating what is available and she must think that the garden is
unavailable thankfully let's not let her find out otherwise we have had something
digging under the fence don't know if it's a rabbit or a groundhog I think we
may have had both I think the first was a groundhog came through and ate a lot
of the bean plants tops off when they were still young was probably played a
part and why parts of this looks really pitiful you know make ourselves feel
better here for a second but I think the second time is a rabbit
because we were down here those darker than it is now right it was later than
though it was dusk yeah dusk and we saw something brown shoot through the garden
yep very fast-moving no effective waddles so it wasn't the groundhog so we
figured bunny was in here but we didn't see like
was in the bush beans we didn't see the bush beans being decimated there's kind
of smushed down so good but we have gotten tent stakes and we put those
around the bottom and that seems to discourage anything yeah that's been
really good got a 50 pack I think off eBay well worth it we've
used them all up now but yeah definitely worth it for pin the bottom as far as
you know strength or whatever this fence is just as good as the day we put it up
so yeah we're happy with it it's doing its job so far as far as the drip
irrigation system it's perfect it's great but I've not had to use it but
maybe four times total this entire garden season we get a lot of rain here
and this is our lower garden it does border a Creek here beside us as you
guys usually hear in the videos down here so as such this is not a dry area
that do I regret having the drip irrigation no way this would be perfect
if it had been a dry year have we used as much no I thought so
what have we used as much as we thought we're going to not yet but it is a
reusable system year after year season after season so we're gonna use it for
sure but does a little update just let you guys know how they drip irrigation
systems going our thoughts and how little we've had to use it so far at
least here's the aftermath of mowing the rows we just do not push mower all down
all except for of course on squash plants and stuff this is about the
easiest way to manage this down here because we don't have stuff growing and
we've not been good on the weeds so push mower add that to your list of possible
garden tools you may have to use these what have you got guys wherever you can
to keep on top of the weeds or mow them down once they run away on you a little
bit so there's our probably six-week update it's probably been about a month
and a half maybe I'm terrible time I don't know there's the update for this
update before we get any fruit except for the patty-pan squash we have gotten
fruit from them so far is it fruit or vegetable well I keep saying fruit okay
I didn't know if you do something I didn't know I don't sound like a dummy
fruit vegetable then all you all eat it yeah
it's all eat it it's all eatable so thank you did you ask about recipes yes
okay good okay this dude wants to eat some of the food
and I don't know how to cook it so it's making sure top priority well thanks for
coming along um I'm sure we will put another update or two probably of us
hopefully harvesting some of this good stuff beans and corn that's like our
favorite vegetables what beans these aren't that kind of beans though so it's
cool people can still come visit we're not blowing the walls out yet mmm well I
appreciate you guys watching as always if you have a questions and leave us a
comment down below we love to read them and chat with you guys there otherwise
take care and we'll see you next time on a homestead bye see ya bye wait for it
to focus on your face here we go it's very hot so some thoughts we have on the
garden so far or what about two months in I think you okay it's aromatic woman
oh please downwind from the Japanese beetle trap wall yeah Japanese build
trust more like death after a while just say you know it's only been like a week
since we put it up and now it's like oh yeah that's cause it's full of death we
need to empty the death give us the update on old Greece ease what's they
doing what they're not doing well they not produce some fruit yet her veggies
or whatever you want they're not producing beans take 300 corn tassel and
this is how tall the corn plants are they are pretty much Sam and Angela
height about five and a half feet scientific measurement right there
mm-hmm this corn
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