Plant these once and eat forever! Discovering perennials in a zone 7a garden!
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- A huge majority of us garden for the purpose of feeding our family, including perennials in your garden is one of the easiest ways to ensure you have food that will come back every single year - you only have to make the investment and do the work one time, and these plants will feed your family every year, here on out!
Welcome back to 6 Hearts on 6 Acres! So glad that you are here with me today! Perennials are an important part of my garden here in what was zone 6b and is now zone 7a. My asparagus, oregano, thyme, and rhubarb are often some of my very first Spring garden harvests of the year and they make it so easy to make delicious, garden to table meals! We also love harvesting all of our perennial fruits in our homestead garden, for us that includes, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries. We are adding a new perennial to our garden this year, thanks so the rezoning that happened, artichokes should be able to perennialize here - so we added in 5 new plants! Overall, the majority of my garden is made up of annual vegetables - but having these perennials is super important too!
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Our Asparagus patch has been growing since 1930 - my hubby’s Grandma planted it…
Amazing!
WOW 😮
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I'm sure she is smiling down at you enjoying her asparagus! 1930! just amazing!
That is amazing!!! I hope you harvest it and eat it
Love to c women gardeners feeding their families 4ever❤
You garden like me…barehanded! I ❤️ feeling the soil in my hands!
I've tried to wear gloves so many times, I just don't like how they feel! I need my hands in the dirt!
I saw at the end you have plenty of dandelions, one of Gods most prolific sources of food and medicine!
We have tons, I made some really yummy dandelion jelly last year!
@@6Heartson6Acres I also make tincture from it ~ but the very best use I have found is dehydrating & making Dandelion Coffee from the root . It's a bit labor intensive , but well worth it! I soak the roots overnight , then scrub them really well with a stiff brush , rinse again , then chop them into small pieces . Spread them on a cookie sheet ~ allow to air dry. then roast in the oven on a low temperature . The longer you can allow them to roast ~ the MORE THEY SMELL LIKE COFFEE ! I grind them like you would coffee beans , pour very hot water over them & lt steep a few minutes ~ it is delicious & so much healthier than caffeinated coffee .
@@ellenfisher6341I hate coffee, but I find it incredibly sad that most of us have lost so much knowledge about gardening, etc. My great-grandparents & grandparents gardened when I was little. They froze & canned tons of stuff. My favorites were the homemade blackberry popsicles & the bread & butter pickles. I don’t know how to garden, can food, sew clothes, & I really wish I did. I didn’t even know there were perennials that are food. I just thought some flowers are perennials. I’m so glad I clicked on this channel. I’ve already learned from the comments. It looks like a great community of wisdom here.
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Chives are my favorite!!! I batter and deep fry the purple blossoms, like a mini bloomin’ onion.
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I'll add that to my list, sounds delicious!
@@6Heartson6Acres I keep them on the stalk and actually use the rigid stalk as the tool for dipping the heads into the batter then into the hot oil. The stalk does wilt a little in the process but it stays firm long enough for the deep fry.
@Chrissy4782 any batter or do you make your own?
@@Writer777-wanna_be. Any thin (tempura style) batter will work, homemade or store bought boxed mix.
Thanks! I didn’t know you can eat the flowers! I love their purple color and cut them for flower arrangement. Now I’m going to eat them. 😂
Nothing like having hands and feet in the dirt. True grounding.
That's the only thing i don't like about using wood chips in the garden, it hurts my feet so i have to wear shoes!
❤❤❤ try horseradish. Same type of root system as the sunchokes. They will take over the bed you put them in. They love 100% compost
My garden is 100% perrenial. There a ton of plants no one heard of that you can eat. Just added perrenial 'cucumbers' and air potatoes this year
I have never heard of those, will be looking them up!
Are they perennial or do they self seed?
Love finding other people who also do perennial gardens, very rare
Wow, never knew there were perennial cucumbers 🥒 now I have to know all about them....
Omg you need a channel. I'd love to know about cucumber perennials. You've sparked my curiosity. I do have a few perennials. Claytonia lettuce you can't get rid of lol. It will grow anywhere in rocks, bad soil etc. Aspargus, and lots of berries.
I cut my asparagus just below the ground . That is what I was told to do years ago, my bed is over 20. Years old.
Amazing!
I bend and let it snap where it wants to; that way you dont get the woody part.
I'm in North NJ and our perenials are Asparagus, horseradish, thyme, chives, green onions, scallions, Leek, Rhubarb, oregano, comfrey, Jerusalem Artichokes which we harvest all winter, strawberries, and lavender. Purple potatoes come up every year for us from what we missed.
I would love to find some jerusalem artichoke to plant. I've never tried it.
@@6Heartson6Acres I originally got mine on Amazon a few years ago. We started with 10 quarter size tubers and the first year we harvested over 20 five gallon buckets full. We have since found that our chickens and ducks love them as well. We harvest from Fall through early spring and leave some in the ground to continue producing. They are sweet and nutty and we like them roasted or air fried. They also make a great soup as well as shredded on a salad.
Try pickling some! I make a tangy, spicy brine, absolutely fabulous! It remains crunchy and has great flavor.
@@attagurlprepping9809I would love to know your brine recipe!
@@6Heartson6Acres bjr -j'ai un minuscule jardin qui m'oblige à faire des choix=hélas ---j'ai planté une année des topinambours dans de grands pots---j'ai juste acheté en magasin bio des topinambours que j'ai planté --ils ont bien poussé et bien rapporté--si vous avez de l'espace --il restera probablement quelques topinambours que vous n'aurez pas vu --ils repousseront l(an prochain--c'est une plante très résiliente
I made the mistake of planting blackberry in my garden and it took over a 100 ft radius that I can’t eradicate! Please move the blackberry to a place that you don’t care if it travels! I have blackberry coming up in my raised beds which is 100 ft from where I planted it along a fence! Last year I couldn’t even walk in 1/4 of my garden. We weed wacked it down but now I can’t plant in that are because every couple of days I’m having to dig up more roots when a new blackberry shoot pokes out of the soil! It’s been a huge nightmare!
Oh no! I will have to move them when they go dormant this fall.
try pigs in that area they will eat the roots
@@6Heartson6Acres , Raspberries are even worse for multiplying & spreading either from the plant roots or birds dropping the seeds ~ Ask me how I know 🙂 🥰 But that makes for beautiful plants to sell or giveaway .
When I was a boy our family would go out along edges of road. Come home with 2 or 3 two gallon buckets full in an hour or two. Mum would preserve, freeze, make pies, jam and eat fresh.
@@johnblyth9787same here, good memories!
Not a weed! a volunteer! congrats!
Most asparagus at our house never makes it inside. It's so deliciously tender and sweet.
I call strawberry runners “jumpers” next thing you know they’re growing in another bed.
I’ve noticed that too. In fact I was taking soil samples on the side of a raised bed and I kept running into roots. Either they’re last years tomato roots or their strawberry roots. Nonetheless they’re like children. You look away for like 5 seconds and they done run into some other mess.
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I planted a 2x2 bed 4 years ago. Thanks to runners and my son deciding to weed eat it, I have a 10x15 section of my yard with berries. I froze,canned and gave away 40 pounds last year. I still have berries in my freezer lol.
Something ate all my planted runners (around 30) during the winter. Any ideas what? Then they ate the new little ones I planted early this spring, roots and all. They’re in raised beds with 1/4” screen on the bottom.
@@bettyboop9077 did you notice any type of burrowing signs? Maybe voles or moles. 🤷♂️
I love the wild turnip greens that grow in our northern gardens. I used to blanch and freeze a bunch and it was really all we needed for greens if we didnt want to slave over veggies.
Have never seen wild turnip greens 😟
Hello from Eastern Oklahoma, also 7A. ❤ May the Lord bless your harvest and keep your family. Stay safe in these storms this week.😊
I had to move my rhubarb to full sun. I planted the original 22 years ago under an oak tree. The tree ended up providing almost total shade. It is going great after the move last year. A great recipe is Victorian Barbecue Sauce aka rhubarb barbecue sauce.
I think that's my issue as well. I'm going to move it when it goes dormant this winter, maybe I'll have enough next spring to try some new recipes!
The globe artichokes have a small heart. The older varieties have larger hearts. Don’t worry if it looks like they died after the 1st season, mine came back and got to 3 feet the next year & then this year when they grew back they are over 5ft tall. I know you can divide them ~ just not sure at what age. I now have what looks like 3 plants at each crown. Oh ~ I also let one artichoke on each plant flower & go to seed ~ the seeds look like dandelion seeds and fly away. Good luck!! Have fun!
I cut my chives mid season into very short pieces then put into IceCube trays then fill with a non flavoured oil, or a very nice olive oil. Use during winter. I use within 6months.
I’m in a zone 5. Most southern of STH. Australia.
I do that with lots of other herbs, will have to try with chives as well!
I had no idea there were fruits and vegetables that were considered perennials. I learned a lot watching your video. Subscribed. Thank you!
Yes! Many more if you live in a warmer area, but we have pretty cold winters here.
Apple trees come to mind....
Thank you, you space sounds like a jungle of life.
That's really cool. Those plants can reproduce year after year. This was a quick video and had so much useful information.
Thanks so much Jeff!
I started my chives from seed, and they flowered the second year, reseeded, and have been divided twice as we go into their third summer.
That is great to hear! I started my onions from seed this year and it is such a long growing process!
Persaline is a good perennial. You can put it in your salads.
I planted my artichoke about 10-12years ago. This year i split a side shoot and split those to about 6 more plants. Three of those seem good. The okder plant has the most globes ive ever seen and it seems early. Tonight i take the center one!
I didn't realize you can split artichokes! Happy growing, hope your artichoke is delicious tonight!
Strawberries are a companion plant to asparagus!
Thats how I planted then originally, but I like to top my asparagus bed with compost and I think eventually my strawberry crowns were buried too deep.
Beautiful beautiful garden, I also do 80% perennial fruiting garden, I chose this because of my health and limitations also they are hearty and really don't require must work at all or watering❤
I am in zone 5, lettuce,spinach,tomato,celery
If you let grow until flowering and make seed it will grow again and again
Until the snow melt
Just found you. Glad i did. My grandma made rubarb pie. It was awsome. Ive tried growing it and no success but ive grown as a gardner and see why it didnt. Im definitely tryin again.
Always growing here too! Gardening is a never ending learning process. Glad you're here!
Rhubarb, banana pie, with custard Yummo
Never heard of that, sounds delish!
I love my artichoke plants. Flowers are beautiful and it’s super exciting when they first start growing the buds.
That was a nice tour. Thanks! I was surprised to see SW Missouri rezoned to 7a.
Glad you're here! I was surprised as well!
I had Rhubarb in the So Calif desert. 100+ during the summer days & 78degree nights. My plants were HUGE. I planted them from small plants. I harvested the 1st summer. Id say they love the heat from my experience. Where I live, Oregano & Thyme die out each winter & dont come back.
I live in Alaska and we grow enormous plants.
Greek Oregano return and multiplies like crazy but sage and thyme I frequently lose.
Sea Purslane, Rock Samphire and Salad Burnett are three perrenials I would recommend for tropics, sub tropics and temperate. They are very tasty plants that can be added to a salad mix to give a real lemony and salty taste. Easy to grow and attractive in a rockery as unusual feature plants also. Rabbits and deer love them and they will not harm your pets if ingested. Just also wanted to add the usual leaf warning about not consuming rhubarb leaves. They are poisonous. Only stew or steam the stalks up. If old stalks and woody, peel outside first with a sharp knife, then segment and cook until soft. Sweeten liberally. For a pie, thicken with cornstarch mixed in a little water.
Thank you young woman. Lots of information!
And I don’t mean to pry…but whatever is troubling you,you will overcome. Not before a sadness though. I’m sorry. But sometimes, the Lord of Worlds forces change.
My uncle planted rhubarb, years ago, and, now that he is gone, his garden has grown over, and that rhubarb is behind all the weeds and trees, it doesn’t see much sun, but it is as big as ever back there. My other uncle dug some of it to take to my cousin, but there are still quite a few plants back there.
I found that to be true with chives as well. Mine were grown from living herbs out of the grocery store.
I have grown basil like that several years ago!
You have to keep artichoke root from freezing... You CAN dig the root and wrap to store in garage..
I lost mine in the 2 weeks of 20.+ degree winter. Planted new ones and well keep in garage this winter.
Hey, I'm in a 7a area too! It's like we are family! But…I’ll be moving. Dang. I love asparagus! I'll plant others when I'm done moving.
Have fun establishing a brand new garden at your new place!
I have chive, thyme, sage and cilantro. They keep coming back every year. You can’t kill them. I added oregano and rosemary this year.
I have had chives. When i get too much, i cut it up into small pieces and throw it in the freezer and use it for whatever whenever i want during the winter.
Just subscribed to your channel. Love your enthusiasm for asparagus... might have to give them a try 😊
So glad you're here! You definitely should try asparagus, they are easy and delish!
I learned that artichokes grow the artichoke on the second year. A good way to overweather was to trim the leaves back to about 6" height, put straw or pine shavings heaping around the plant, and cover with thick row cover over winter. I had put hoops under the thick row cover, and doubled the row cover. It survived! Same zone as you
Typically yes, but I think you can trick them into producing the first year by keeping keeping them around 50 degrees for 6 weeks. I did that, so we will see! Glad to hear you were able to get them to perennialize though!
@@6Heartson6Acres I hope that works, that would be GREAT! :) Eager to see how it goes for you. I actually grew mine in an Earthbox lol! I think I'll need to transplant it because it definitely gets large, I just pruned off the larger leaves last year that were shading other plants.
Mine produced the very first year; they just have to have their cold period!
I twist the flower stalk of rhubarb off in spring, so it won't spread seeds and will keep producing. I harvest all summer.
Great video, i live in Okla, and i was a 6b now im 7a also. Loved your video. Thank you for sharing this with us. So Awesome.❤
Thank you, glad you're here!
I was harvesting spears a few months after I planted my asparagus. There are only a few , but they were delicious.
Wow you are amazing your doing a great job what a great harvest ❤ I am new to your channel 👍🏽
I’m going to plant sun choke aka Jerusalem artichoke. They are going into a dedicated bed.
I would love to get my hands on some sunchoke tubers!
@@6Heartson6Acres Buy them from Azure and plant them!! You don't need specialized tubers for planting. Same with horseradish.
I bought sunchokes and horseradish from the grocery store. I didn’t realize how deep the tubers were so the sunchokes got a very good stronghold before I started harvesting them. Harvested a couple of pounds yesterday 🎉
@@laurafoley2789 NIce! how deep did you plant them? I am planting today.
Do yourself a favor and plant them in grow bags. Way easier to harvest!
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
We love to eat asparagus right from the garden my brother comes over and says he just getting a bit. My sons when home are out eating it.
It's so sweet and tender that way!
Hello nice information, I’m excited about getting started with a perennial garden. I’m recently planted five fruit trees. Love the herbs that you have. Just subscribed to your channel. Enjoyed the Information you shared. Thank You 😊
Best of luck!
Garlic chive is a awesome perennial also
I would love to have some garlic chives! I've never seen them at a store near me, I need to start some from seed!
@@6Heartson6Acres they are very easy to grow and they are amazing in recipes try a good seed company
Ty for all the information! I just happened upon your video and love it! I have subscribed!!
Thank you so much!
So much great information! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
❤❤❤❤ THANKS FOR THE INFO MANY BLESSINGS...
The asparagus are huge!!!
Yes, I love those thick stalks!
I love artichokes! Planning on planting some eventually. Asparagus too!
Happy growing!
I love asparagus
Thanks for the knowledge
Thank you. Enjoyed learning about perennials. Blessings. 🙏💕
Thank you for being here!
New subscriber excited to support you ❤
Thank you, so glad you're here!
Very interesting. Thank you ❤
Great information. Thank you,
Thank you for your information very good
Yes I liked them
I am super excited for you!! I also started green globe artichoke!! Can’t wait to continue following your videos!! Love it!❤
Hope you get loaded with artichoke this year! Thanks so much for being here!
Where do you live and have you grown artichokes before?
Love the chives
Love this video
Thank you!
Good work! Great video too.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your tips. I'm a new subscriber 🌞
Glad to have you! Hope that I can help you learn!
Great lessons o perennial veggies. Thank you, I look forward to try growing some new veggies this year! Looking forward to trying the herb butters!! 😊❤
I just joined and I loved your video I’m looking forward to seeing many more
Thanks so much!
Great info on straw-berry
Thank you!
New subscriber! I need to worry on perennial veg!
Thank you for being here! I love having perennials in my garden, they are some of my earliest harvests every year!
Thank you for the great advice, but for the next video can you cut the parts out that show that beautiful old wood building? 😂 More than once I caught myself mentally measuring the wood to determine exactly how much of it I would need to use for Christmas gifts!!😂😂
I have been looking for some good “reclaimed” wood to do different wood projects as Christmas gifts. I have 47 family members to ‘buy’ for, so they usually get a {very} small item, and some of my famous baked goods. This year, I wanted to do large 20”x28” serving trays, 14” cake/pie/dessert stands, and recipe boxes ~ each one to be engraved with the family’s name and the year the items were made {{and going one step further for my daughters by making each a wooden “heirloom tips, tricks, and recipes book” with wonderful tips and tricks that are (or were) handed down from mother to daughter, as well as family recipes dating back to 1879, so shhh 🤫…big BIG secret!! I have been working on this project for the last 9 years!}}. I will also be making wooden cookbook stands, but not for all 47 family members. 🤭🤷🏼♀️😂
I did rewind your video just to make sure I got all of those great tips! I’m planting out my garden tomorrow while my husband is off work, and there were a few tips I never knew, like the oregano! So I’ll definitely be sure to ’pot’ that stinker, because I have very little space to grow, I would be so very upset if it took over and squeezed out one of my other crops. So, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge with us, I really enjoyed listening to you talk… there are some vlog-ers out there that have great knowledge and tips, but Bless their hearts, I just have to turn the sound off and the cc on…🫣👀😔😲🤭
P.s. let me know if you want to ship me some of that gorgeous old wood {and the history behind it}!!! 😍 😁 This was the first time one of your videos popped up in my feed, and I’m so glad it did!! I hit subscribe before I even reached the halfway point!!! 👍🏼👍🏼
Happy gardening! May the fruits of your labor be abundant AND delicious!! 🫶🏻 🫶🏻
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Hope you have better luck with artichoke that I did last year. My plants got huge but never did flower and then winter came and even though I had them inside the carport protected from the wind and frosts, they froze anyway. My zone was 7a as well
Bummer! My plan is to cut them back right before our first freeze, cover with 2 layers of plastic and then mulch over the top. 🤞
liked the video and subscribed. i’m in sacramento ca. 9b. good video and good information ❤. God Bless you
So glad you're here! I have family in Sacramento!
Just found you
, New Subscriber. What a wonderful garden and very informative. Thank you. 👍😀
Thank you Pamela, so glad you're here!
Hi I’m new to your channel, thank you for sharing this valuable information.
So glad you're here!
Ordering my 1 year asparagus plants now.
Good luck!
@@6Heartson6Acres thank you
Hello from my homestead in northwest Florida zone 8b. Happy gardening!
Same to you!
I started garlic chives from seed..it starts really well from seed..much earies than some other herbs.
Good to know!
N. CAROLINA zone 7b/8a.. Great video!
Yes look into herbs, i love mine..
Chard is a good plant to keep
My brother and I have been over here in south central Missouri for 3 years now. It has been pretty tough trying to grow ANYTHING on the cedar and gravel glade that makes up a large portion of my 11 acres... Oh, and lots of red bud too which is fine with me. I have resigned myself to try to put together some kind of raised bed and/or container garden due to the terrain (and rats that keep killing and hoarding nearly everything I have tried to grow... relentlessly. 😣)
Remarkably, I did manage to grow some Moringa trees (Google that) up on a makeshift platform out of reach of the wild rabbits, Norway rats and our chickens. Moringa trees are a sub-tropical perennial but are being treated as an annual plant. It's been a tough row to hoe... I just guess I have to be tougher. (and better at outsmarting the rats)
If I could grow a garden on the moon or Mars then that would certainly resolve the rat problem, but that would be quite a hike to get to for cultivating plus it would require more hose than I could ever afford to be able to reach there for watering.
(Sure, it would only take one hose to reach..... it would just need to be one hose that was long enough... LOL!!! ) Gotta be able to laugh about something... otherwise I'd just lower my head and sob.
Keep it up! Glad you're here!
@@6Heartson6Acres I just ordered 25 yards of compost to fill 5 raised beds I plan to have built by the time it arrives in about a week. (2' X3' X 9') That will only take about 10 yards for all of those, but I'll still be able to use every ounce of it that is left over elsewhere.... tree planters, flower planters & beds and out on the ground to grow forage for the chickens.... They just LOVE scratching and pecking around in freshly opened soil and coop cleanouts.👍I still need to come up with a good defense against critters getting up onto the raised beds though. maybe some version of electrified netting.🤔
Artichokes came back for me this year because we had a light winter, I am in zone 4b... We will see if they actually give us artichokes this year.. Good luck with yours!
Exciting, thank you!
You have really pretty skin
That's so nice, thank you!
@Simpleideaz Where do you learn what can be eaten? I’m starting mea wild eatable herb garden beside my house. Where can I find what’s eatable
My asparagus are beautiful now
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Rhubarb likes to be planted on mounds lot of watering
Loved the video! Your sweet attitude and beautiful smile makes it fun to watch! Great job! What state do u live in? Thanks!!!
That is so nice, thank you! I'm in Southwest Missouri!
Oregano is a
natural soporific.
I didn't know that! It has so many uses!
Perhaps you can water the artichokes at night with ice cubes? I have two varieties also. Thank you God bless you Maranatha.
I have never thought of that, it's a great idea to try out! What varieties are you growing?
@@6Heartson6Acres I SUPPOSE I HAVE THE TWO SAME VARIETIES AS YOURS. I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY GLOBES TO SPROUT HOPEFULLY SOON. GOD BLESS YOU MARANATHA
Do you just create two rows one with asparagus bare root and one with strawberry bare root ?
I'm thinking about trying to use thyme, oregano, or strawberries as ground covers in the asparagus bed. Do you think that will work? In north Alabama we have lots of blackberry canes that try to take over the asparagus beds. Maybe a ground cover would help.
I put strawberries in with my asparagus, but over the years they didn't make it, so I'm not sure.
Do you plant anything else in asparagus bed some say strawberries can be companion planted? How do you do it looks like just asparagus nothing else?
What kind of soil do these berries like. I’d like to secretly plant something along the wooded area behind the apartment complex we live in. 😂😂 matter of fact what kind of fruits would prevent pests from coming out of the woods. We often have rabbits and deer and the occasional stray cat that for an odd reason loves the woods.
You should plant some catnip in the woods 🤣
DOES ASPARAGUS LIKE WET FEET? well-drained soil? sand?
Malabar spinach
Interesting about the life of asparagus. Our asparagus has been in the ground for 39 years and produces every single spring. Sooooo…. Maybe it’s the type it is, but I would bet if you take good care of it every year it will produce well beyond 20 years.
It readily self seeds itself, so if well cared for a bed can last forever!