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My 1st frost date is Nov 10th however it is now Nov 23 and still no frost.... next week yes last frost date around April 1-10th...North Atlanta Ga.

Will u show us when u plant your garlic?

Great video Ben, thank you!

I made myself plant my fall garden earlier and it is going much better. Will be harvesting our first broccoli in about a week. The fall/winter garden is my favorite garden. Am in a mild climate in southern Arkansas. Hopefully we will not have an arctic blasts or polar vortexes this year--last two years we have had freak storms that really set back the winter growing.

Im just tossing seeds on the ground and seeing what will grow. I know it's not recommended, but i can't afford soil right now and just working with what i have. I figure if weeds can grow so can seeds.

I have multi colored Lantana, they sprout all over the place. I dig them up and throw them away, I have so many. I could send u some come spring if u want.

I see you’re letting your bees clean up that super 😊

Last year in Michigan I started my tomatoes too early inside. They grew like monsters and I ran out of room, so when the forecast was clear for a few days, I planted them out a month early. They did great! I had hoops of ladder remesh so I could put plastic over them, but never needed to. (one thing to remember, the bigger the plant, the better able to handle swings in temp.)

What zone are you in?

Can I ask where you are located? Ooops, never mind! 😁

I took your advice last year and got stuff out 8 weeks earlier than I ever have. It worked great. Just wish I didn't have the medical procedure in the middle of that because I could have tended it to it that much more. This year should be good.

My fall garden is just beginning to take off. Until we start cooling down my seeds just won't germinate. I'm getting so many plants now that I planted last spring and they are just coming up. The heat we've been having the last few years has set back Texas gardens a lot. Many gardeners here have just quit, Sad but true.

Looking great!😊

Hi Ben, Potatoes are weird. They are a cool season crop, but can’t take a frost, and they can’t take Alabama heat. 85F and above is a no go for them. That gives me a narrow window to get them in the ground, Feb 20th to Mar 1st. Even that is iffy. Some years, the heat comes early. Actually, I think it is most years. I can protect them from a late season frost, but not the heat. This year, I am trying something different. I am using my potato bed to grow red cabbage. After that, I’ll plant a quick crop of Malaga Radish and Tokyo Bekana Mustard. In April, or May, I’ll replace them with sweet potatoes. They love heat and humidity. After I harvest them, it will be close to planting time for red cabbage, and the cycle begins again. If it works out like I am hoping it will, that will just about give me year-round use out of that raised bed. It is a new raised bed in my garden this year, so I am still figuring out how to get the best use out of it. Four new raised beds are being used for growing broccoli and cauliflower in the fall and winter seasons. In the spring, I’ll use them for growing zucchini, lemon squash, and crookneck squash. During the peak summer heat, I can grow bush beans in them, so they are covered for maxim use. That leaves one last bed, of my new raised beds this year, to figure out. It is tucked back in the corner of my garden; it is not in the best place for sunlight. It is, however, in an ideal location for growing cucumbers. Cantaloupe do okay, but will do better where they get more sunlight. And there is definitely not enough sunlight for watermelons. So, cucumbers it is. Lettuce will probably do good there too. I need one more crop of something that can benefit from partial shade. Maybe snow peas? I’ll figure it out. Altogether, I have sixteen raised beds, and three GreenStalk towers that I can plant in, so I am not hurting for space in my garden. It only needs to feed two people. Yeah, just a bit of overkill. Oh well, that is what neighbors and chickens are for. What the chickens can't eat, the neighbors will. LOL.

Broc is heading as are cabbages. Brussels are thinking about budding out. Romaine is happy. Potatoes are ready for harvest. Onions are bulking and new sets are going out. Carrots are getting big. Cauliflower is being sluggish. Second batch of potatoes are in pots in the greenhouse. About ready to start peas in greenhouse.

This was SO helpful!! Your fall garden is PHENOMENAL! I just try and learn and learn to better my personal growing outcome and harvest. Love gardening and tenacious enough to just better it each year. Very glad I found you and the great group that follows you, too.

My yard is full of mustards, arugula, turnips, radish, broccoli, kale and lettuce. Love eating a big salad everyday. Golden Frill mustard greens are my new favorite, if you love arugulas try it. Spicy salad mix seeds for Micro greens does great for baby greens and full grown variety.

Timing is everything where I'm at in AZ. I start tomatoes at Christmas indoors. I'll be putting up shade cloth in April. My cool season crops do great over winter. I do have to be careful not to plant lettuce too early.

I want to learn to start early like you do. I've never gardened with the kind of pest/disease pressure, that I have seen since moving to the South. Truly glad I found your channel. I am mimicking some of what you do on a small scale. Still have so much to learn growing in this climate. Thank you.

I Family plant so I can rotate crops to help soil stability. Sure Its not really necessary on a small 200sqft garden, but it cant hurt.

I abandoned the marigold myths too. I plant them for variety.

That's not true. You don't have to plant a whole field.

My Favorite Gardening books is... CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES

Have to agree with the Spring & Summer growing being the best I’m born n raised here at the Crystal Coast & it can really become a tropical jungle here it’s awesome!! 😎

I had the craziest tomato plants this year 5 are actually still alive & producing from summer, far less then summer ya but still producing that being said 8-10ft tall plants 🤯 “yellow boys & Goliath” with no fertilizer just a banana chopped up & put in a gallon of rain water once a week on top of regular watering. All the cherry tomato plants died but each one produced more then my house could eat gave away sooooo many again nothing but banana chopped up in some rain water 💪🏽🤠🤙🏽 & I brought all my pepper plants inside & have under grow lights for my 1st attempt at keeping them alive all winter & producing peppers. a little slower producing but still doing very well 🫶🏽

This git doesn't understand grammar. That title reads with a hint retardation

Great information Ben! Our nights haven’t been colder than 38 degrees here. Still have bok choy, lettuce, collards and kale going strong . 💪🏾

We had our first frost last night. I had everything inside except my eggplant. It wasn't a hard freeze so I'm hoping it will survive.

Thank you😊

Great advice thanks again Sandy 💯☺️

Hi Ben, I'm getting my second fost Friday and Saturday-way late! I need it to kill off garden pests. I'm finding a lot of aphids on the underside of leaves. This time of year, I don't use sprays. As a general rule it isn't needed. Cold temperatures kills off pesky bugs and fungi. Yesterday, I harvested out my Komatsuna and processed it. The bare soil has been covered with a layer of chopped leaves. The nitrogen is depleted in this area, so I'll probably throw in a hand full granular fertilizer to give the soil a boost, and to speed the decomposition of the leaves. Today is Tatsoi day, and Saturday is harvest time for the Yellow Heart Winter Choy. I also need to take a look at how the turnips are coming along. I'm sure I have some ready to pick. The broccoli has started flowering. Yeah! The cauliflower should start flowering soon too. Only 30 days of fall left, then the winter season begins. I'm not sure what I'll still have growing, carrots, cabbage, and parsnips for sure, and maybe beets? The garden plots have been planned out, and soon it will be time to break out the grow lights, heat mats, and begin sowing seed starts for the winter and spring seasons, onions, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, chard, mustard, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, flowers, herbs, and more. (Sylacauga, AL)

Thank you Ben! Watching the replay today!

I haven't had rain in about 8 months.

I do my companion planting a lot like you mentioned with peppers / tomatoes and to have the short stuff on the south side. Also planting sensitive things like lettuce in the shade on the north side of a taller plant

I've found that dill and cilantro do much better at protecting tomatoes.

My "companion" plants, cone in the form of trap crops, mostly. Stuff I know the critters like but I don't care if I lose. The things that work for me (in zone 5a Iowa) are calendula and swamp milkweed specifically for aphids, and Brussels sprouts for cabbage moths. I've never grown a sprout to maturity, but my cabbages and broccoli always fare well.

Since all my garden is in containers I don't plant a lot of companion plants in the same container. Having different plants in the garden does bring more pollinators but doesn't really affect pests.

Great info Ben. Thank you.

Basil integrated everywhere with all my tomatoes made a huge difference for me this year. 😊

Hey Sandy, err Ben(😂😂) I hope to be on the live tomorrow but if im not, its because we don't have power. We are suppose to get 60-80mph wind and where I'm at, it seems to be one of the last places in the area to get power back. There are calling it a Boom Cyclone but basically its a hurricane on the west coast. Gotta get out and do what i should have done a couple months ago and screwdown the green house to the deck.

Jeff here. I plant flowers because they are beautiful. More insects do came. Man you could put out some bunching onions in those little open spots. Little clusters of onions would be yummy!! You know I’m trying to change your mind! lol! For me, my garden is almost completely empty. Got tarps on some of it. This fall/winter I’m working more on firewood. Lots of work but I love it! I want to plant more but I worry about the cold. I do have broccoli, cabbage, and ONIONS!! I just want to relax and get into the woods and cut firewood. Thanks.

I hate marigolds and tried them anyway. My tomatoes were always destroyed by horn worms. This year, I planted basil with my tomatoes and had a bumper crop of both. The logic is that the smell of the basil deters the moth. Bonus: both are edible.

Hi Ben, I've tried companion planting without much success except for one thing-cilantro. Cilantro stinks, plain and simple. Planting it among tomatoes will help to keep hornworms and armyworms from the tomato plants. It works better against the hornworm moth than the armyworm. Vigilance is still essential. Spinosad helps too. With marigolds, I think they are more for soil nematodes. Deer don't like them, so planting them in a flower bed among other flowers may help to keep the deer away. I'm not sure. It isn't a big concern for me. If deer eat a few flowers, so be it. As long as they don't get to my food. I have plenty growing for the pollinators, so a few eaten flowers won't discourage them . It is raining here in Sylacauga AL; the first time since September. Yeah. It is also harvest time for me. I've harvested my first crop of Pak Choi and Swiss Chard. I'll have more Pak Choi ready in about two weeks. Also ready to harvest are Komatsuna, Tatsoi, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, and turnips. The broccoli and cauliflower are coming along, and will be ready soon. The red cabbage and Napa Cabbage are forming heads. It won't be long. Also growing are beets, parsnips, and carrots. It is enough to keep me busy for the next few weeks, then it will be time to break out the heat mats and grow lights, and sow seed starts for next year's garden. As a rule, I have cold hardy plants in the ground by February 20th. This year has been weird. If I don't get snow, and it turns out to be a mild winter, I may try to get an earlier start.

I have the same. Its purpose for us is to raise seedlings and propagate cutting. I use heating pad for cold nights on a timer. By summer, I empty the gh. Plants do so much in the gh than on my windowsill. No regrets. My floor is also salvaged brick which is nice.

Been missin the live shows, should be on the next one! This cold snap gonna upset some growth rates.

The temperature differences from your location to mine, NC foothills, is so different! Love everything you do and enjoy your videos.

With the ozmocote do you just put it on the surface and water?

I have a small garden so I grow my sweet potatoes in 30 gallon containers. I put three slips in two containers and four in one container. We harvested 23 potatoes over two pounds, twelve 1and a half pounders and a bunch of small ones I’m saving for next years slips. Most right a the top but we also had quite a few trying to grow from the bottom! They were in containers 123 days, we live in zone 8b, I stopped watering in early August except for really dry soil