Tag: animals

Episode-193- Pick Strawberries After The Honey Bees Do Their Work

Tony Teolis June 13, 2013 0 Comments
I couldn't wait to put this episode together because I have been wanting to share our experience with this year's strawberry harvest. The video begins and ends with proper credit given to the honey bees in my back yard. The top bar hive is doing really well and I show you what it looks like inside. The video then moves on the strawberries growing in a few different places in the yard.  Most are...

Episode-170- Square Foot Gardening Revisited – Question Time

Tony Teolis May 2, 2013 0 Comments
  Tony-san, I have a question about raised bed. I think square foot gardening is a great idea and I would like to try it this year. Though, I am concerned about using treated lumber for vegetable bed. I know using cedar or hard wood is an excellent choice to make raised bed but they are very expensive and hard to find. What kind of material do you use ? I am sorry if you mentioned this in...

Episode-126- Eat More Squash Because The Squash Bugs Are Gone

Tony Teolis September 22, 2012 0 Comments
The female squash bug lay their eggs at the base of leaf stalks, and the caterpillars develop and feed inside the stalk, eventually killing the leaf. They soon migrate to the main stem, and with enough feeding damage to the stem, the entire plant may die. On July 14 I had 5 squash plants growing in the gardens but... the evil squash vine borer killed two of them. The damage and my efforts to...

Episode-111- Destroy Evil Squash Vine Borer And Eat More Squash

Tony Teolis July 14, 2012 0 Comments
      Watch this video of the 2012 squash vine borer invasion and learn what I am doing to mitigate damage. I’m pretty fortunate to work with a lot of people who have gardening experience and I always share what is happening in my gardens with them. This year I have been keeping a vigilant watch for the Evil Squash Vine Borer but somehow they slipped past me. I have had to pull 2 of the 6...

Destroy The Evil Squash Vine Borer – Part 1

Tony Teolis August 9, 2011 0 Comments
Watch my video to see how I am combating the invasion of squash vine borers. I have been having a wonderful squash harvest until now. Harvested approximately 25 yellow summer squash and 2 zucchini until July 30 (my mom's birthday). Gave many away, ate many more and don't want to give up now if I don't have to. Listen to Jason Akers of The Self Suficient Gardener describe this pest in detail and...