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No. 84
July
19, 2024
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Powerful Allies for Your Garden: Beneficial Predator
You might not notice these insect allies at first, but their presence is a sign of nature doing the pest management for you. When you understand the role of these powerful beneficial predators, you’ll start looking before squashing every bug with your shoe.
Free Masterclass Training:
3 Strategies to Preserving & Storing the Harvest
Is your garden harvest starting to come in strong?
Are you filled with excitement seeing all the amazing fresh produce at the farmers market?
Then you are in the right place!
You’re invited to watch the 3 Strategies to Simplify Preserving and Storing the Harvest: Enjoy Fresh, Organic Vegetables & Herbs All Year Long Masterclass.
You’ll hear about the complete Harvest into Meals preservation system including…
✔️ Garden fresh recipes
✔️ Meal planning
✔️ Food storage
✔️ Canning
✔️ Fermenting
✔️ Drying
✔️ Dehydrating
✔️ Pickling
When you have a preservation system, you can enjoy delicious, garden fresh meals even when it’s cold outside.
Preserving your harvest means you don’t have to say goodbye to your favorites simply because the seasons change.
And it really can be simpler than you think.
FREE Resource:
Your Guide to Aphid Management
Have you been agonizing over aphids taking over your garden? You are in the right place! This exceptional eGuide will tell you everything you need to know- from the aphid life cycle to the best means of natural, mechanical, and biological control. Soon you will be back to a stress free (and aphid-free) gardening experience!
[Video] 3 Easy Zucchini Recipes
Zucchini stands out as one of the most prolific and fast-producing plants, making it an excellent choice for your garden. It’s also widely available at farmers markets, providing an incredible gift of abundance.
However, this abundance can pose a challenge when it comes to finding new ways to enjoy zucchini. To help, I’ve made a quick video showcasing behind-the-scenes tricks for some of my favorite zucchini recipes, offering a fun family activity and delicious meal ideas.
Weekly Garden Tip:
According to the World Health Organization, mosquitoes are one of the deadliest animals in the world, causing millions of deaths every year. And while chemical mosquito repellents and electronic bug zappers are touted as being effective against these vampires, the latter often kills more random insects than mosquitos and the former has created mosquitoes immune to the chemical warfare.
Your number one strategy to combat these vampires is hole-y water. 😅
That is, oxygenated moving water. Even the smallest of stagnant bodies of water without air bubbles are breeding places for mosquitoes and can spread disease. Overwatering your garden causes many of these breeding grounds, so reduce your water usage as much as possible. Fill in or mulch dips where puddles might form, and make sure you bless your ponds and bird baths with circulation by adding fountain pumps.
Dear Arti:
Question: Why do my cucumbers have lots of flowers, but not much fruit? – Annette
Answer: Hi Annette,
This could be a sunlight or temperature issue, but the most common reason cucumbers flower but don’t produce fruit is lack of pollination from the male to female flowers. This is normal at the beginning of the growing season but if you’re farther into your season, it may be that you don’t have enough pollinators in your area.
If that’s the case, you can hand pollinate with a q-tip. Just be sure to pollinate from the male flower to the female. Many people try this and pollinate female to female. So be sure to identify the male flower. 🙂
In the long run, you can increase pollinators in your garden by ensuring that at least 30% of your garden consists of flowers and perennial herbs. There are plenty of edible plants that attract pollinators, so you don’t have to lose out on your yields.
I hope that helps Annette!
🏡 In the GYOV Garden
Can you almost taste the blueberry sweetness? Is it almost harvest time?
The bees are buzzing around the garden, happily doing their pollinating. They are obviously enjoying the assortment of flowers GYOV CEO and Lifestyle Gardener Denise Beins has growing this year!
Fresh Food Events for You!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HARVEST CLUB
Garden Jam LIVE Q&A happening soon where Harvest Club members get LIVE support for all their garden questions to help you get more out of your garden.
Monday, July 22nd, check out a special presentation with Dale Solomon on Growing Your Own Spirulina
Wednesday, July 24th, join the LIVE Jam. Link to join will be emailed to Harvest Club members.
NON-Harvest Club Members: Want to see what LIVE Q&A’s are like? Click Here and watch our March 25th, 2024 GYOV LIVE Q&A.
Not a member of our garden membership Harvest Club? You can get a one-time complimentary two month membership with any of our courses. Harvest Club has tons of resources to help you thrive. Plus, you get access to ongoing garden support through email. Learn more here.
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