Gardening videos

Short how-to videos from our garden. More on our YouTube channel.

Get More Tomatoes With This Trick How to hand pollinate tomato flowers with an electric toothbrush to improve fruit set in… Preventing Pest Damage Without Chemicals How to use fine pest netting to protect leafy greens, cabbage-family crops and root vegetables from… Growing Cucumbers up Strings A short video on growing cucumbers up strings, plus the basics in brief. Hang strings from a strong… Protecting Tomatoes from Summer Heat How to use 30–50% shade cloth to protect tomatoes in a heat wave, how to set it up, and why high… Garlic Scapes: Trimming and Preparing When and how to cut garlic scapes, the curly flower stalks of hardneck garlic, so the plant puts… Seed Harvesting in September A video on collecting flower and vegetable seed in late summer, with notes on deadheading, when… Digging up Dahlia Tubers A video on digging dahlia tubers in fall: when to dig after frost, lifting clumps without damage,… Building a Mini Greenhouse for less than $20 A mini greenhouse built over a patio planter from 8-foot 1x2 pressure-treated lumber for under $20,…