TRANSCRIPT: http://backtoreality.org/2020/07/10/dealing-with-disappointment-and-an-early-summer-garden-update/
Despite our best intentions, sometimes things just don’t go the way we had hoped. That was the case in our garden this spring, in a big way. So in this video, I want to discuss how we dealt with that set back. But to be clear, I don’t mean how we solved the problem, or how we salvaged what was left of our crop. Though I will mention those briefly at the end. But instead, I want to talk for a moment about how we dealt with the disappointment and frustration. And most importantly, how we carried on in spite of it.
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Did you make a video about your pots? Interested in those…
Your meadow closeups were hypnotic in a good way. Good way to relax after a no-good day.
Interesting
Im new at this and this year been the hardest for me. I started my seeds and alot of them didnt make it. I kept trying to seed start since i did it early same thing. I even sow them. We had late frost too but I didnt put my plants that made it out yet. Thank God. But we get windy storms n it destroyed my garden. Another set back. Thanks for sharing video. I was going to stop gardening but i love doing it and providing for myself. I guess just learn from your mistake and soon i will get better at it.
I also cherished my plants but lost my peas to a different enemy; sparrows came and in one evening shredded my peas and here in my part of the UK it's really too late to start again – the days are getting shorter. Grrrr.
A woman I work with used to own and operate a raspberry farm in New Hampshire. She had an alarm set up to go off if the temperature dropped below freezing. In the middle of the night when the alarm would sound she would turn on the irrigation and flash freeze the berries. I doubt it would work for tomatoes, but maybe an alarm like that would be useful in some other way.
Analogy doesnt break down… if youre Cronus.
Having watched to the end, this is a great coping video for dealing with a pandemic.
Do you think the surviving plants survived because of luck (micro micro-climate in their spot) or better genetics? If the latter is the case, then maybe those plants will give better seeds that are more likely to survive another late frost?
I put out some pumpkin plants before I should have and I'd cover them over every night with a 2 litre pop bottle with the bottom cut off. But even that wasn't enough for Frost protection
Hei, really a great topic!! Thanks for sharing…
I live much farther south .. central Virginia .. my grandparents raised their family in the Tennessee mountains .. if they didn’t grow it, raise it or trade for it they didn’t eat it. My grandparents were what I would consider master gardeners. I was taught to alway wait till May 10th to plant this region … I did that and this year we got a hard late frost .. my family and I spent hours with tarps, plastic sheeting and giant trash bags trying to cover not only our crops but also our fruit trees some of which are probably 15’ tall… I know the disappointment of losing crops but hang in there … even with the disappointments raising your own food is so rewarding!!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
I have also learned that local farmers here will spray the plants or trees with water after a hard frost BEFORE the sun comes up .. has to be before the sun touches it or the frost burns the plants .. I tried it on on of my tallest trees and it worked I saved my fruit .. not sure if it would’ve worked if I had still had just blooms however
As a newbie gettin way too excited about my seeds magically sprouting – yes. You do ed up feeling super awkward about eating your leaf-babies. So. Very. Awkward. I'm sorry your garden had such a setback.
I love you guys
I have been taking a break from Facebook lately, as I didn't realize how much it was affecting me. I currently do straw bale gardening, with one end of my garden being the Ruth Stout method this year. The straw bales normally do great, but not so much this year. I was getting quite impatient and bummed out seeing others gardens (in my same zone) doing so much better than mine. Mine is finally doing good, and the tomatoes, strawberries, and green beans I have in the Ruth Stout bed are doing wonderfully! Attitude/state of mind is everything, fb is not! Love your videos and so glad I found your channel!
So sorry for that frost damage but glad most of them came back to life!!
I would absolutely love a written script of this video!
Thank you for sharing a great upload, love it keep it up guys very interesting. Take care and will def be back to see you guys again.
Wow what do you do with all thta garlic
Looks like poly tunnels might be worth it in your area.
Can I ask how you pay the bills? I already know how you put food on the table..lol
Mmm fecal sacs!
I love watching your guys adventures!!!
We know your pain with the tough 2020 year. We had record rain in Prince George Bc and a random late frost aswell that killed…… you guessed it…. pretty much all the same stuff as you, we started everything from seed and felt the same disappointment in what we lost. But the extra seedlings we had on standby kept us going for the year and the Garlic,Potatoes,Carrots,Peas…….and turkeys.. went crazy, so that made up for the season. Best of luck in your 2021 season cant wait to tune in!!!
This same thing happened to.me last spring as well. Boy was i disappointed. But replanted in sadness and made everything real late in harvest. I will never plant till end of may or june.
Those plants that survived the cold. Save those seeds, the cold coulda done you a favour by weeding out weaker plants.
This video was so encouraging and timely. I was just googling 'garden pep talk" and "feeling discouraged gardening" haha!