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GARDEN BASICS
ORGANIC PEST CONTROL

📝since we are back in planting season (direct sowi

📝since we are back in planting season (direct sowing and seed starting indoors, don’t forget these must have plants!!

For pest repelling:
French Marigolds, Chives, Garlic, Onions, Basil, Sage, Thyme, Mint (good to practice containment with this one 😉IYKYK) & Rosemary

For pest distractions (aka trap crops):
Nasturtiums, Radish, Blue Hubbard Squash, Collards, Turnips & Sunflowers

For attracting beneficial bugs (that will take care of the bad bugs):
Dill, Fennel, Yarrow, Alyssum, Cosmos, Calendula, Sunflowers, Borage, Cilantro

For building better soil:
Peas, Beans, Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Fava beans, Lentils

For living mulch (or when you don’t have much space):
Lettuce, Spinach, Arugula, Strawberries, Oregano

Once you understand how to build your bodyguard system, your garden starts working for you instead of against you

If you want a garden that protects itself — without chemicals or constant guessing — comment SYSTEM and I’ll DM you the link.💚🌱💚

#gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners

Stay inside…😂😂😂 These 110 degree F days are nuts.

Stay inside…😂😂😂

These 110 degree F days are nuts. If you’ve got plants still producing in this heat, besides peppers, okra and zinnias…props to you.

I’m staying inside until this heat bubble pops. 🙃😉😂

There’s plenty to do with fall seed starting.

If you want a garden that protects itself — without chemicals or constant guessing — comment SYSTEM and I’ll DM you the link.💚🌱💚

#gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners

Ughhh I sucked at onions for YEARS. I either did

Ughhh I sucked at onions for YEARS.

I either didn’t get the right kind for my area. Or I was growing them wrong. Or I was planting them wrong.

Everything changed when I decided to do these things which started with growing them from seed instead of buying slips (aka starts). And then…

First: in Texas 8b, we don’t start seeds until November and plant out in January for a June start to our harvest (AND I still have yellow Spanish onions still growing in August!!) Say what?!?

Second: I did the seed snail method to start my onion seeds. I have linked that reel in this reel. Click that to watch how to do that (and when I get back to this step this upcoming season, I’ll film another video). I’m crediting that method for my onion success.

Third: I gave my onions a hair cut to keep them in the 4-6” range until planting out. This forced them to focus on bulb and roots and not beautiful greens.

Fourth: I always bottom watered. And I watched for algae hanging out at the bottom. Airflow at the bottom is also important to prevent the wrong things growing.

Fifth: once I planted out, I added straw for mulch and fed once during the growing season some fish emulsion.

And finally: once the bulbs started really forming, I spooned them (dug the dirt away from the bulb to really expose it to the sun) and BOOM biggggg onions bulbs.

I cannot wait to repeat this again this season.
What questions do you have about growing bulbing onions?

P.S. If you want a garden that protects itself — without chemicals or constant guessing — comment SYSTEM and I’ll DM you the link.💚🌱💚

#gardener #growyourownfood #organicgardener #organicgardening #gardeningforbeginners

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