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Your soil is liek a bank account. We need to make regular deposits in the account to make withdrawls. By building your soil, you can ensure a healthy garden, healthy plants, and better yields.
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Your soil is liek a bank account. We need to make regular deposits in the account to make withdrawls. By building your soil, you can ensure a healthy garden, healthy plants, and better yields.
savings seeds is SO important. I can’t stress the importance enough. In this episode I will give you 3 reasons why it is so important. Check out our seed shop at http://www.migardener.com
Sub-surface watering can reduce weeding and watering by up to 90%, resultiung in less weed pressure and more water conservation. In today’s episode I will be discussing 3 different methods of sub-surface watering. Thank you to http://www.growoya.com for sponsoring today’s episode!
When growing grafted trees it is very important to remember one care tip that will ultimately safe the health of your tree, And that is pruning. Not just pruning the top either, but instead pruning the rootstock growth! This is a very importsnt step and one that cannot be underestimated. Shop our seed shop for…
Pruning blackberries can be daunting, but it’s actually very simple. They are a bramble, so many people treat them like raspberries but they can’t be. In this video I will show you how to prune blackberries for larger yields, bigger healthier plants, and a managable plant that won’t take over your garden. Check our our…
Shade is something that is nice to shelter from the hot sun, and it can offer privacy, but it can also ruin your garden by preventing access to sunlight which is vital to your plant’s survival. In this episode I will explain your options to handling shade coming from a neighbor’s tree, and what you…
I never know what to say when someone tells me their garden isn’t worth their time. To be honest, I don’t think a garden will ever be “worth” your time, because dollar for dollar a garden does take a lot of work, but it can be worth it in so many other ways than just…
Halloween is a time when over 1 billion pounds fo pumpkins are thrown at the side of the road every year worth an estimated $100 Million and of that nutrients are worth more than half!
If you have the threat of frost, and there you are close to a harvest but not quite, you can harvest these crops, hang them up in a well ventilated area to finish ripening.
It is fall garlic season, and while we are a bit late, it’s better late then never! Get bulb+ here: https://migardener.com/products/bulb
An update and harvest of our 45 day beet project. This was a test to see how many harvests we could get out of our beets. We sowed seeds in April, June, August, and September!
Many gardeners like the idea of putting their garden to bed for the winter. When they do that, it often includes tilling which aerates the soil, loosens it, and allows it to be more workable. The problem is it is the wrong time of year to do it and can lead to more problems in…
Cover crops otherwise known as green manure are an important part to protecting, building, and feeding soil. But which cover crop is best? Which one is my favorite? All that and more in today’s episode.
We were right in the middle of showing you how to make sundried tomatoes when our son decided to make his entrance into the world. Canning lids: https://amzn.to/3EwKmao
You all asked me what my fears and concerns are with the world and what I am doing to prepare or if I am preparing. Here is my honest feedback.
Garden plans don’t always go acording to plan. In today’s episode I will share with you how a painting of a girl in a blue dress relates to garden plans that go wrong.
In today’s episode we are talking all about composting and learning how to compost better by looking at the top six mistakes gardeners make when composting.
My uncle is a commercial bean farmer. He shared with me everything he does to get massive and consistent green beans and snap beans. These tips I am sharing with you to help you grow big and yield big!
Preventing is better than reacting. This is especially true to diseases in the garden. Powdery mildew can cause many issues with cucumbers and squash, and so controling it as well as preventing it is advised. In today’s episode we will talk about one simple method to controlling it that we use in the garden, and…
We are in the back-to-school season, and that means fall! Don’t pull out your garden, plant it! With things like cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, beans, peas, swiss chard, and more! In this episode I will be going through all the things we are planting in our garden for a fall harvest. Get fall…
We are having a great year for peppers. In today’s episode we are showing you 5 tips to growing a huge bumper crop of peppers. We will discus varieties, Scoville, watering, fertilizing, and topping with how they affect pepper yields.
What an amazing day! We finally get to visit our farmer who has been growing the Giant Crimson tomato for us for the year. We got to pick from 6 rows and harvested over 300 pounds of Giant Crimson tomatoes for seed for all of you!
Squash bugs and cucumber beetles can be such a nuscence. In this episode we will be covering how to control them using a trick I learned from a local amish farmer.
Misshapen apples are never a beautiful sight. Many gardeners get frustrated by them since they are not pretty, often pitted, and sometimes even have bug holes in them. In today’s episode, we are covering what you can do about it and what causes it in the first place. Dr. Bronner’s soap – https://amzn.to/3Av9j3F Neem oil…
In today’s episode we are tackling 3 of the most common myths surrounding eggshells in the garden. Why they aren’t a very good source of calcium, why they don’t protect against slugs, and why they should still be used despite fears of bacteria.
After 6 amazing long months we finally finished the 8700 square feet of workspace and storage for the MIgardener shop. We coulkdn’t be more proud of it and hope you all enjoy it as well. If you want to support the show, future content, and our amazing team, consider grabbing some seeds for your garden!…
Growing lettuce can be very rewarding, but nothing in my opinion is more rewarding than harvesting lettuce in the middle of summer and tasting the sweet tender greens that you usually enjoy only in early spring.
Cucumber beetles can be a real pest with cucumbers. They plague gardeners and cause tons of damage. We have managed to control them and prevent them for many years totally organically!
In today’s episode we will be answering many questions that have came up over the years about fall tomatoes. As it pertains to variety, type, when to plant, how to plant, why fall, and and so many more questions.
In today’s episode we will be planting out the edible pond with some plants! The first crops going in the pond will be some plants we found at the grocery store that can be regrown and will grow in the pond! Aquascape: https://www.aquascapeinc.com/ The Pond professor: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC60vydWbUX8x9uemj8sL3Tw