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Thank you for all of the good information. Zone 5B here in Illinois and look forward to spring of 2025 and bringing some of my plants out on the deck.

I grow Honey Select corn and some Early Girl tomatoes every year, and have been getting great harvests. I love the Early Butternut squash as well, and have found them better for long term storage than many others I've tried. I grew Danvers and Yaya carrots last year. Danvers were very disappointing but Yaya did well, so I'll try them again this year. Most years, we get 2 nights of frost right around the Labour Day weekend, and then decent growing temps for weeks afterward. A bit of a challenge for a large garden. Love your content!

Thank you so much! Your insights are invaluable. My only suggestion would be if you could overlay the info you are talking about on the screen, it'll help to follow a little better.

Lovely plant collection. I have quite a few too, but you've got me beat :)

Thank you for posting! Not only do I love the content for cold climate gardeners, but this is EXACTLY the content I needed. I am doing a large shade garden this coming spring, and I specifically was looking for zone 3 perennials for shade that I could grow in pots. I am in zone 5, so if it's rated to zone 3 it should survive winter if I leave it outdoors in my area. Look forward to your videos!

In a similar area, I'm having very good luck with Astrantia (Masterwort) in pink and in white. Overwintering seems good, and the blossoms are cottage-y, romantic, retro. I can vouch for at least one Crocus cultivar. Just came to me as a perennial Pasque flower, potted. Larger with a finer leaf than wild. Still same light purple colour. Don't try growing from seed, you'll drive yourself crazy- germination is terrible. Also have tried this year Tortuga (Turtlehead) with great success. Just because of it's vigour, I expect it will over winter but I guess we'll see. I got a Dogwood Flower aka Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) in the rare pink cultivar, and it was rated to 2b by the tag, and grew well. Also tried Bugbane and Astible which both grew with much less vigour, to the point where I'll be somewhat surprised if I see them in the spring. Many Bee Balm (Monarda) will over winter, and while IME they grow leggy in shade, will produce bright red colour.

What an awesome collection! It's especially cheerful to have all that greenery in the winter. Unfortunately I have a tendency to over water mine, so I don't have many. I love your tablecloth system for easy cleanup!

Do you buy specialized soil for each variety of plant that you transplant?

Love your setup! I have a similar one in my basement. I'd be lost without it, as I also like to grow things all year. I take in a few cuttings of my favorite geraniums, vines, and coleus in the fall, then I make more cuttings from them in March. Same with the pink bubblegum petunias. They're not unique but I love them for the great show they put on in large containers!

I'm just new to your channel and am really enjoying it. Also in your SASKATCHEWAN ZONE 3. Love seeing your grow room set up ❤Mine is very similar as well as the size of your greenhouse. I want to watch again about converting the flourescent lights to LED. Thank you! PS ... Just getting ready to bring out my Cannas, Callas, and Oxallis from their Winter hibernation ( I do it every year and they are fabulous! ❤) Overwinter my Purple Qween, Jewish Ivy, and Germany Ivy, and Coleus as well. Because they don't make much of a house plant, I keep just enough to take slips and start them for my pots outside over the Summer. Happy gardening ❤

I could never grow any color of bell peppers. I've grown from seed and purchased plants but could never get any peppers. I plant them in full sun but still no luck. Can't wait to see how you start your peppers this season. I haven't grown any in the last few years.

I live in zone 4 Central Wisconsin. Just an idea to boost your garden plants. I live on a hobby farm almost four acres and I raise chickens for egg production. When we get our first snow I would spread chicken manure all over my gardens so it freezes with the cold. In the spring as the snow melts it will fertilize the gardens slowly. I bring this up is because my bleeding heart plants get between 5 to 6 feet tall almost 5 feet wide. Just a little tricky I do every winter. All the other perennials grow very well with this boost method. My Empress Wu hosta has grown to specific height in about four years. The only plant that does not like this extra manure are daylilies. You would be surprised how tall your perennial plants would get the following Spring. Happy Gardening.

I have lily of the valley contained between a lower deck and and a gravel path. Every spring I do have to pull a few out at the edge of the gravel but then that's it for the season. I think it would bloom more if watered, but it has survived a lot of neglect. Thanks for your list. I have to try bergenia again. The plant I had years ago didn't really do well.

Do u have snow. We have a quit a bit and it was -25 this morning windchill great then 50 in Minot nd

Your flower beds are amazing! And you are very nice! I wish I could plant a lot of plants you have, but here in Minnesota the rabbits eat them down to the ground... Thank you for the video.

Those dry shade conditions are really tough. Slugs love my bergenia in the dry deep shade oddly but don't bother the one in the part sun dry spot so much. Solomon's Seal is beautiful and apparently also susceptible to lily beetle but I have never seen them on mine. I have just about given up on lilies due to the lily beetle. My ajuga grows well in full sun and is easy to keep in check but don't let it get into your grass! LOL I have found lamium and creeping charlie just too aggressive and too hard to dig out. Goutweed should be on the invasive list everywhere. Does it look pretty yes, but it is nearly impossible to get rid of. I would not recommend anyone plant it. Thanks for posting a gardening video from a Zone 3 garden!

Thank you for this video. It’s a lovely reminder of what is waiting in my gardens now covered in a blanket of snow and hopefully insulated from -30 C here in Northern Ontario.

Your gardens are gorgeous! I love your content, especially since it's more zone applicable than most, zone 2b for me. At some point over the years I've tried most of the varieties you mentioned, in hopes of success, even though for me, I'm always trying to find shade loving plants that will survive in part or full sun.The Goats Beard, bergenia and ajuga didn't survive their first winter. Monkshood and bleeding hearts don't do as well as they would in a shadier area, but they survive and bloom. Cranesbill geranium and campanula do well in full sun. Solomons seal grew well in sun but never looked good for long. The leaves would get sunburned. Columbine- I don't grow it anymore for the reasons you mentioned. Too many issues. Goutweed - in my opinion it should be irradiated. That weed will thrive in absolutely any conditions and is next to impossible to kill. I grow a lot of Daylilies, and they do best in full sun. They're so low maintenance, I just love them! Have you experienced Lily beetle infestations in your asiatic lilies? I had 4 horrible years of them. They decimated my lilies. It was so gross and ugly. I had large gardens of assorted flowers, including lots of asiatic lilies. I finally pulled out several wheelbarrows full of bulbs because I couldn't get rid of the beetles. These last 2 summers the beetles haven't been around, my asiatics looked nice again, now I'm bemoaning the loss of all the lilies I pulled.

Do you grow hemerocallis? I know that I can grow a lot of the ones that you can't in your zone but there must be some daylilies that would thrive in zone 3? They are such a no-fuss plant once established, even in dappled shade. QC zone 6a

Does solomon's seal spread like lily of the valley? I like the look of it, but I've resorted to roundup on lily of the valley, and don't want to go through that again

Solomon's Seal grows like a weed, a metre tall in my zone 6a/b garden. I also have a shorter version and the variegated one. I pull them up and throw them in the spots where nothing grows, and voilà! Another problem solved, lol. They grow with my ferns under my linden trees and are very happy campers indeed. I do love them. Btw, thank you for reminding me to transplant/add ferns to the back garden 😊

Thank you for this video - it is exactly what I needed. I live in Regina and am looking for shade plants for our shade garden, so this was perfect. I only have Hostas, so now I have this wonderful list of shade-tolerant perennials.

How do you spell the first perennial?

My name is najah I live in zone 4 please tell me which kind of papers can tolerate doses thanks najah

Thank you so much for showing how your Geraniums look now. I’ve seen them put in the bags in the fall but not any updated pictures. I plan on trying this method this coming fall but I can’t resist taking slips in the fall. That way I don’t bring in bugs but still have them blooming in January.

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Thanks for a great video. I've made a list of some of your favorites to try next year. I already have my seeds for this growing season. I'm in zone 2b. I love the early butternut squash from William Dam. I've grown many varieties of squash over the years, but this one is my favorite. It tends to be a bit drier than many others, and performs beautifully for long term storage. Paste tomatoes: I've had good success with Pony Express, a hybrid. It's much earlier than San Marzano in my garden. For juice, I grow a variety: Heinz, Early Girl, and whatever new variety I chose to try that peaks my interest. For snacking Tomatoes, I love Sun Sugar. So prolific and sweet. Peppers: I grow many varieties, mostly sweet red varieties, but also orange minis, orange bell, anaheim, banana, poblanos and jalapeños. I usually start them under grow lights around March 20-26. When they're ready to be transplanted, I pot them into yogurt containers (with drainage holes). It works well for me, but it does take a bit more space. Against popular recommendations, I never pinch off the blossoms. By the time they're hardened off and I plant them into the garden, many are blooming and some have little peppers. I never plant them out into the garden before June 15 because of possible frost in our area. And I plant them on a warm but cloudy day. So far I've only had one variety drop some blossoms after planting. Other than that, I've been fortunate, they don't seem to be suffering transplant shock. I get to harvest some quite early, and end up with a massive amount of peppers. I grew the Red Marconi in those large black pots last summer and they did well. The benefit I thought was that the lowest of those long peppers could hang over the edge of the pot instead of laying on the dirt. I planted onions from seed for the first time last year, started them Feb 14, and they did well. Thought I'd try sowing those seeds earlier this year in hopes of getting even bigger ones. I'm looking forward to your video on onions.

Great video and thanks for sharing. You've inspired me to try Summer Dance cucumbers this season! I'm in southern Ontario. :)

Starting my perennial flowers, may do asparagus soon.

Is it too late to start in January?

What kind of drip watering do you use? I am planning to buy drip line for the first time and want to make sure I have a kind that will last. I live in Maine zone 4/5.

Great video. We are located in Alberta. Can you please do videos when you start tomatoes seeds, watermelon and other seeds. Please include the staring of Onion seeds as well . Thank you 🙏 😊

We are located in short season climate in New Brunswick. The best paste tomato for us is Napoli paste tomato (indeterminate). We have consistently tried a wide range of plum style paste tomatoes with varying degrees of success but in our climate with a ton of heat and rain here during the summer we have the best success with Napoli heirloom seeds from Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds from Ontario (I’m not affiliated). We’ve saved seeds successfully from our Napoli paste tomatoes to use again.

I agree, you got to have a plan and the right conditions inside to have your plants going out at the right time healthy and strong, not struggling, starving and falling behind, chances are they will not produce what you want. Eastern Ontario here zone 4b but last year was more like a zone 5. I have 3 sessions down in my grow room, mid Feb, Mar and Apr and I'm itching to get down there. Like you said, be patient, that's the best advice. Cheers and happy gardening everyone.

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With the reordering of the planting zone map, did your zone change? I have used Patterson and Candy as white storage onions. Both are very good long day storage varieties for short seasons.

I have to learn how to outsmart the flea beetles this year if I want cabbage and radishes. I've never had to deal with those pests before last year at our new home in farm country southern Alberta. This year I have screen cover, hope it works. If you have that issue, a video would be great. Just a suggestion.

Great video, thank you.

Thank you so much for the shearing your knowledge and experience! Finally I found someone growing in my zone (Winnipeg, Manitoba) that is making sense. I have been gardening for about 18 years, expending my garden, which is hard being in a city zone :) I've never had good crops with my sweet peppers. Just one or two fruits, that's all! No problem with tomatoes, cucumbers or even hot peppers! Any suggestions? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Hurray, another cold climate Canadian channel! I just found you, subscribed immediately, and will tell friends. I like your easy, calm, relaxed approach. Look forward to a long “friendship”. I’m in zone 4a near Sudbury, Ontario. Itching to get my hands dirty.

Thanks so much for sharing your space and ideas. I live in zone 3 in Northern, Ontario and have a greenhouse now. I have gained a number of ideas for my space this year. -21C here this morning but today is a seed sorting day.

I heard it was onion skins, and I was ok with that, but pigs! 🤔😆

I'm going to go check my geraniums. Happy New Year!

I sowed my lisianthus later than you, so still waiting haha. nice to see all doing well.

good luck! I start mine over the next couple weeks as well. :)

I’ve wondered of those worked or not. Thanks.

You are so cute! This was so enjoyable to watch! Keep up the good work, we always need more sask creators 🫶🏻🤍

It's recommended to wear a mask when handling perlite.

Thank you for sharing. Would you make r do you have a video of you changing the lights to LED? Thank you.

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