Thanks for the shoutout, friend! Im so happy you like the stocking 🌈❤️ Also, Im with you on Chard, its my absolute favorite green. Now im dreaming for next year 😊
I never stop planting. But now I get to switch things up with summers in Idaho and "winter" here in Central Fla. I still start a spring garden here but abandon it in June. I use the Chard stems as a celery replacement, since I've never been successful at growing celery (yet). And of course I'm still planting tomatoes just in case this is a year when we don't get a hard freeze.
Great info 👍. I ordered my onions from Dixondale ( last 3 yrs ). Planted my Ischeium garlic ( vernalised since August ) . I bought some Louisiana multiplier onions in August, got 10 bulbs, and now I have a bunch that I have planted throughout the garden( they are like shallots for the south ). I did buy another multiplier onion Shirley Hammond and Egyptian walking onion as well . I wont need to buy any bunching onions again . I have already planted my cool season crops since October since I am in 9b /10a Fl. I know you will keep us posted on your progress .
Thank you. Wow! I want to try walking onions one day. I'll checkbout those other varieties, too. Ooh. I forgot to verbalize the garlic. But it may get cold enough this far in North Florida. Time will tell. Happy Alliums!!!
Off season here in zone 7b, but I have herbs in the house and chard and kale outside. My turnips are still in the ground too, hoping they go to seed so I can get fresh seeds
Hello, I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I garden in zone 9a near Huntsville/Conroe Texas. So my climate is similar to yours. I have already planted my onion sets and garlic bulbs. I'm going to go thru my seeds to see if there is something I want to try for winter this year. I didn't plant much because I've been doing a major revamp of my garden. Most of mine is raised beds due to horrible clay soil. However, I've been composting piles of wood chips for the last 3 years and have been layering some down every few months in the garden. The ones I put down in my big area are finally at a point where I feel they have enough good soil under them to support life. So this year I've planted blackberries, a fig, and I'm thinking of trying raspberries. Then in the spring I'll plant my watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkins in that area. My 6 raised beds all have new screened wood chip compost in them so I'm hoping for a great season next year. I have garlic chives in my garden. You can't kill those things! They are extremely tough(even in Texas heat). Once they get established you will have them for years!! I wish you better luck than I had with that greenhouse! I had the exact one and it's a cheap piece of $%^&. Didn't last 6 months before the cover started coming apart at the seams (plus it never fit right to start). The really thin tubes that make up the frame bend and break with the slightest breeze. Again, I'm new here and I love your channel.
Welcome to the channel. Sounds like you're doing a great job building up the soil. How exciting. Thanks for letting me know about the garlic chives. That is excellent news. The greenhouse will definitely be temporary. I'm going to use it for this round of seedlings, then take it down for a few weeks until the next round. Our last one deteriorated in 6 months, too. 😢 thanks for sharing your journey.
Great info, as always. I grow in 5b/6a (new USDA zone) and one of my goals is to extend my growing season/make good use of space. I have the Vego garden beds with the frames and insect covers. I want to put greenhouse plastic over the frames to extend my season. I've tried growing celery twice. Was tough each time. I don't think I gave it enough water...it really loves water. Anyway, I dried the leaves and use them in potato salads for the celery flavor. Until my cat got a whiff of them. She reacts to celery the same way she reacts to catnip. Maybe the plants are related? All I know is I better hand over the celery when Daisy smells it or else there will be a CATastrophe...lol. I have to grow it again as my stash is dwindling. I've never grown garlic chives but I grow onion chives in my Greenstalk. Herbs are wonderful there and so convenient as I'm sure you've found with yours. My next goal is to get some walking onions so I can have a perpetual supply. I made onion-top pesto this year (from my regular onion tops) and LOVED it.
I just saw this on Wag about the Celery. "Though celery doesn’t have nepetalactone (the exciting chemical in catnip that makes cats act drunk) it has lactone sedanolid that can have a similar effect. It’s entirely possible for your cat to become obsessed with celery or act completely indifferent." wagwalking.com/wellness/can-cats-eat-celery In your zone, how much more time might the covers give you? It sounds like a great opportunity to give it a shot. Thanks for chiming in.
I (stupidly) ordered some seeds from Amazon.... I got tiny little lettuce size, seeds for red & sweet potatoes.... the seeds are in a 1"×1" envelope....😢 I'm afraid I'll never see any REAL potatoes... I'm probably just going to go to Publix and buy some organic potatoes and try to grow them.... I know it's kinda late, but I've been told that we can grow them year round here... valuable lesson learned. 🤷♀️✌💚
Awww. I grow them year round here, too. I let them over winter in the beds. Since you'll be planting in the chill, I would put some cold protection on the slips. Good luck. Just chalk that amazon purchase up to lessons learned. You may also want to look at codycovefarm.com. I bought slips there last year. They only ship to Florida. Fingers crossed. UPDATED I had the wrong url. It's Cody Cove
Nice to meet you fellow FL gardener!
Nice to meet you, too. Welcome to the channel!
Thanks for the shoutout, friend! Im so happy you like the stocking 🌈❤️ Also, Im with you on Chard, its my absolute favorite green. Now im dreaming for next year 😊
You are welcome! Oh, I forgot to add the recipe in the description. I need to fix that. I'll add it here, too, shortly.
alexandracooks.com/2014/08/07/swiss-chard-salad-with-lemon-parmesan-breadcrumbs/
I never stop planting. But now I get to switch things up with summers in Idaho and "winter" here in Central Fla. I still start a spring garden here but abandon it in June.
I use the Chard stems as a celery replacement, since I've never been successful at growing celery (yet).
And of course I'm still planting tomatoes just in case this is a year when we don't get a hard freeze.
Oh. Interesting idea on the chard as a celery substitute. And if I recall, you have all kinds of surprise tomatoes too.
@@michelleinthemeadow So, of course, I planted more tomato seeds ;-) Guess I need to make a video explaining that - too long for a comment.
Great info 👍. I ordered my onions from Dixondale ( last 3 yrs ). Planted my Ischeium garlic ( vernalised since August ) .
I bought some Louisiana multiplier onions in August, got 10 bulbs, and now I have a bunch that I have planted throughout the garden( they are like shallots for the south ).
I did buy another multiplier onion Shirley Hammond and Egyptian walking onion as well . I wont need to buy any bunching onions again .
I have already planted my cool season crops since October since I am in 9b /10a Fl.
I know you will keep us posted on your progress .
Thank you. Wow! I want to try walking onions one day. I'll checkbout those other varieties, too. Ooh. I forgot to verbalize the garlic. But it may get cold enough this far in North Florida. Time will tell. Happy Alliums!!!
Even through the frost celery is one of the things I can grow year round
Ooh great to know.
Off season here in zone 7b, but I have herbs in the house and chard and kale outside. My turnips are still in the ground too, hoping they go to seed so I can get fresh seeds
Fantastic! Ooh, on the turnips, will the bolt before spring?
Hello, I'm a new subscriber to your channel. I garden in zone 9a near Huntsville/Conroe Texas. So my climate is similar to yours. I have already planted my onion sets and garlic bulbs. I'm going to go thru my seeds to see if there is something I want to try for winter this year. I didn't plant much because I've been doing a major revamp of my garden. Most of mine is raised beds due to horrible clay soil. However, I've been composting piles of wood chips for the last 3 years and have been layering some down every few months in the garden. The ones I put down in my big area are finally at a point where I feel they have enough good soil under them to support life. So this year I've planted blackberries, a fig, and I'm thinking of trying raspberries. Then in the spring I'll plant my watermelon, cantaloupe, and pumpkins in that area. My 6 raised beds all have new screened wood chip compost in them so I'm hoping for a great season next year.
I have garlic chives in my garden. You can't kill those things! They are extremely tough(even in Texas heat). Once they get established you will have them for years!!
I wish you better luck than I had with that greenhouse! I had the exact one and it's a cheap piece of $%^&. Didn't last 6 months before the cover started coming apart at the seams (plus it never fit right to start). The really thin tubes that make up the frame bend and break with the slightest breeze.
Again, I'm new here and I love your channel.
Welcome to the channel. Sounds like you're doing a great job building up the soil. How exciting.
Thanks for letting me know about the garlic chives. That is excellent news.
The greenhouse will definitely be temporary. I'm going to use it for this round of seedlings, then take it down for a few weeks until the next round. Our last one deteriorated in 6 months, too. 😢 thanks for sharing your journey.
Great info, as always. I grow in 5b/6a (new USDA zone) and one of my goals is to extend my growing season/make good use of space. I have the Vego garden beds with the frames and insect covers. I want to put greenhouse plastic over the frames to extend my season.
I've tried growing celery twice. Was tough each time. I don't think I gave it enough water...it really loves water. Anyway, I dried the leaves and use them in potato salads for the celery flavor. Until my cat got a whiff of them. She reacts to celery the same way she reacts to catnip. Maybe the plants are related? All I know is I better hand over the celery when Daisy smells it or else there will be a CATastrophe...lol. I have to grow it again as my stash is dwindling.
I've never grown garlic chives but I grow onion chives in my Greenstalk. Herbs are wonderful there and so convenient as I'm sure you've found with yours.
My next goal is to get some walking onions so I can have a perpetual supply. I made onion-top pesto this year (from my regular onion tops) and LOVED it.
I just saw this on Wag about the Celery. "Though celery doesn’t have nepetalactone (the exciting chemical in catnip that makes cats act drunk) it has lactone sedanolid that can have a similar effect. It’s entirely possible for your cat to become obsessed with celery or act completely indifferent." wagwalking.com/wellness/can-cats-eat-celery
In your zone, how much more time might the covers give you? It sounds like a great opportunity to give it a shot.
Thanks for chiming in.
I put chard into my casseroles
Yummy! Any recipes to share?
I (stupidly) ordered some seeds from Amazon.... I got tiny little lettuce size, seeds for red & sweet potatoes.... the seeds are in a 1"×1" envelope....😢 I'm afraid I'll never see any REAL potatoes... I'm probably just going to go to Publix and buy some organic potatoes and try to grow them.... I know it's kinda late, but I've been told that we can grow them year round here... valuable lesson learned. 🤷♀️✌💚
Awww. I grow them year round here, too. I let them over winter in the beds. Since you'll be planting in the chill, I would put some cold protection on the slips. Good luck. Just chalk that amazon purchase up to lessons learned. You may also want to look at codycovefarm.com. I bought slips there last year. They only ship to Florida. Fingers crossed. UPDATED I had the wrong url. It's Cody Cove