Carol, if I remember correctly, you have a room in the back of the house with a lot of windows. In America, we might call this a sunroom. You can start plants n that room and keep your herbs…basil, parsley, chives, etc. , in pots in that room most of the year. I’m so happy that your dreams are coming true. ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations, Carol! You have come a long way from not even wanting to have your voice heard off camera, much less being in front of it! You're doing wonderfully!
Oh, Miss Carol! Gardening is my passion! I will LOVE this new segment of yours. Trust me, you'll learn as you go. Gardeners never stop learning. I've been gardening 40 yrs and still have gardening disasters ocassionally. 😮 This will be exciting. You'll be hooked. Gardening is both addictive and therapeutic. You can never go overboard with seeds! 😄 And, your English is just fine! 😊
Carol, your confidence has grown so much as a person in the last 2 years! I know you'll do great in this new adventure. Can't wait to see your seedlings in six months. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Carol I think that gardening is a trial and error initially because you don't know about the soil and how the sun will be at certain times of the year. I think that you will figure it out. Some plants will do better in the house than others and some plants will grow better outside but you can learn that over time. You will do a great job!
I am so extremely proud of you Carol! You did an amazing job and I am so excited for this segment of yours. 😊You are going to have a green thumb in no time!! 💚👍🏼
Plant your corn, beans and squash together. Its a method use by early Native Americans. The beans will climb up the corn stocks and the squash will help keep the ground moist.
Carol, it is wonderful to see how eager and enthusiastic you are about gardening. I would wager that you will be much more successful than you believe. I pray that you and Recky have a blessed transition into your new home. 🙏🏻
Dear Carol, I am so happy for you that you are able to finally accomplish your dream. I used to always have a garden when I had my house but now live in an apartment so I understand. It is so satisfying to watch things grow and cook with your own produce. Just understand that everything isn’t always successful. It’s all up to Mother Nature!! Don’t take it personally. I look forward to going on the journey with you!!!
Carol, so fun to see you having the confidence to appear alone on camera, as well as we are so happy for you to have your garden. We will have a great time on this journey with you!! 🤠
The easiest thing to grow is squash. Yellow crook neck or straight neck. Also zucchini. Don’t plant too many or you will have more squash then you know what to do with. Another thing. Keep your seed in the refrigerator and they will last way past the plant by date on the package. I have seeds 8 years old in my refrigerator that still germinate.
Great video, Carol! I agree you did an awesome job and your English is just fine. I know it's easy to say, but try not to stress about the gardening. I am not great at it and at least half, if not more, of the seeds I try to start early end up dying. My mom is much better at it than I am.
✅️ 🧄 You can start by planting hardneck garlic cloves in October! It takes about 9 months to grow so they'd be ready to harvest around June here in the midwest. (gardening zone 5-6) It was so easy to do, just plant the cloves in the ground and forget it til the next year, pretty much. You'll see them sprout in the spring around March. It was my first year and they turned out great! Just check if it's better to grow softneck or hardneck in Sweden. It seems like your weather/seasons is similar to ours in my area 😊
Don't think of things not going well as failure! Gardening is like everything else...there is a LEARNING CURVE. People have been gardening for years and STILL learn new things! Amending the soil, improving it with organic compost (you can make that yourself), manure etc. is something you do EVERY year and every year your soil WILL become better and your yield will increase. So...any time you want to get down on yourself, stop and tell yourself...NO...I'm LEARNING...not failing! Always look forward to you and Recky's shows! ENJOY!
I hope everything goes as planned with the garden. I grew up with a garden in the back yard and remember that it saved a lot of money for my parents when it came to vegetables, because those vegetables were used all the time. We even had pumpkins as well, so a lot of the garden was used for whatever my mom didn't get at the grocery store.
You can stock up on seeds also, as most will last several years as long as you keep them in a cool, dark place, away from sunlight & humidity. So, if stores still have garden seeds for sale the end of this year that you like, go ahead & buy them! By the way, I also sow parsnips late in the summer & keep in the ground all winter (I live in Minnesota) and they are the first to dig up in the spring & enjoy!
I saw start small. I found it’s overwhelming at first so I scaled back to smaller things to make it more manageable and get some successes under my belt to build my confidence a little.
I think a "Gardening with Carol" is a great concept. Gardening is so relaxing and peaceful. I miss it living in my tiny apartment. You will have years where some foods grow really well and others don't do anything, then the next year the ones who you feel failed will grow great guns and you will have more fruit than you can handle. We are behind you and supporting you and looking forward to more adventures in Carol's Garden.
Hi you will do a good job. If u can buy fresh Jalapeno peppers when you clean the seeds out you can plant & grow your own. That's what we do. We also do that with seeds from fresh tomatoes. Can't wait to see you both all moved in.❤❤❤❤❤
Carol, there are some flowers that you can plant around you tomatoes so the bugs worms do not get to them. But I can not remember what the name of the flower. Maybe someone else in the comments will know or you can look it up. I think it’s marigolds. But I’m not sure. It’s been years since I planted tomatoes.
Carol, my parents were farmers, vegetable farmers. As a child I helped in the fields, planting and harvesting. I have literally grown vegetables all my life. I am 73 years old. About 25 years ago I began transitioning from using the standard row garden to raised beds and container gardening. I will never go back to rows. As a beginner, I would suggest you use raised beds, containers or grow bags. Containers and grow bags will give you an almost instant garden.
Great job Carol...can't wait to see your progress and all the ups and downs and learning along the way. Ive got horrible depression and anxiety and I'm so inspired by you going on camera..I can barely look at myself in the mirror and you have inspired me to start really working towards taking a selfie. Thank you❤
If you like Basil, plant that in a pot, that you can keep in the house. Basil will let you know when it needs water. It will boost your confidence in gardening, because it is easy to keep alive.
I don't know if this would help but maybe watching some of the farmers raise their crops and see what they go thru might give you some ideas. I'm not saying you are gonna grow anything like them but some of the trials and tribulations they go thru might help you. I watch Veggie Boys out of Pennsylvania and Wishwell Farms out of Ohio where I'm at. Was watching Wishwell today and he lost a second planting of corn cause he had a "senior" moment and forgot he sprayed his corn to get rid of some weeds and sprayed them again! Fried them right up. Veggie Boys start everything from seed. I've learned a few things and I don't have a garden! If anything they are entertaining! Good luck!!
Carol you did very well doing your own video, awesome! You have a nice room that is connected to the house with lots of windows that would be perfect for your herbs. Acknowledging that your first time around is not going to be 100% success, as you are learning, is a good way to look at it. With gardening you will learn as you go. With Recky giving you that gardening journal, that will help lots with noting what went well and what failed and what you can try to improve the next time. We are here for you, new adventures are exciting and I am so happy for you.
Dang it Carol, I know 50 yr. old americans that speak less understandable english than you!! LOL. Enjoy starting your garden, growing your own veggies is always fun, and the flavor of homegrown is always better than mass farmed greens, because love! Peace!❤😊
So glad to see you doing videos on your own. Your confidence has grown so much. You will do great. Also here in America we plant toma in planters. You can put them on ur outside enclosed porch
So excited for your new adventure ❤ I am sure you'll get lots of advice from everyone. If anyone in your family or Recky's family gardens make sure to use their wisdom and knowledge
Oh my gosh, Carol. This is so exciting. I love gardening but im not good at it. I just put stuff in the ground, and if it grows, i grow it again. If it doesn't, I try something else. I have also lived all over the US and I had success with some things in some areas but not in others. Its a labor of love.
Hi Carol! I got so excited when I saw the title of your video! You are going to have so much fun! Gardening is very rewarding. It can be frustrating too though. Remember, even experienced gardeners have trouble from time to time. I could not figure out why my tomato plants haven't produced well this year, when I did the same thing I have always done. So, I also had to use dear Google! Turns out, our summer has been entirely too hot for my poor tomatoes! We had several weeks (almost two months) of 90-100°F days. I guess tomatoes don't like temps over 85°F! See? I learned something new after all these years! You will do fine, Carol! You have the desire and the passion; that's half the battle! You go, Carol! We're "rooting" for you! ❤❤
ALL YOU have to Do Carol is Google / TH-cam what you want to Plant.... and The MOST IMPORTANT Thing to Remember is "Always PLANT According to Season" I KEPT A Journal📕🖊 Of Everything Thing I Did...in My Garding And I also Kept a Pricing $ Journal for what I purchased how much it was...and Where I bought it... Because you'll be buying different items And it's REALLY HARD TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU PURCHASED These CERTAIN ITEMS (that you'll need to buy again) CAROL I found that Corn🌽, Lettuce🥬, Tomatoes🍅, Potatoes🥔, Chili🌶 Peppers, Green, Red Bell Peppers🫑, Garlic🧄 & Carrots🥕 WERE THE EASEST TO GROW WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT Gardening ...And you'll get an Abundance of those I mentioned (alot of each) GOOD LUCK TO YOU CAROL ON YOUR NEW JOURNEY GARDENING... and your New Life together in your New Home Be Blessed✝️🤲 Carol & Recky Stay Safe....🇺🇲
I am so excited for you! Just don't forget that things don't always grow, so if something doesn't, don't beat yourself up. Just do it again next year. I'm sure you've seen Becky have things that haven't grown one year, but did the next year. You have a gardener's heart, which will make you successful ❤❤❤
You did great, Carol! I suffer from anxiety too. You're so right, when you said gardening can be good therapy! It's the best, Carol! Just remember to have fun. Love you both! ❤❤
Oh my! I'm so happy for you. Gardening is a passion. You will have successes and failures. Don't get discouraged. In my many years of experience, a plant wants to grow. I simply need to get out of its way😂. TIPS -Don't over water. -Learn how much sun each pant needs keep.a journal and take notes on each type of plant - relax and enjoy every season
Yeah, 👏 {squeal} I’m so excited for you. My suggests: 1. get a desk monthly calendar. Each seed pack has start, plant and maternity date. Then put your pack in planting order and you calendar will keep you organized. 2. I would start collecting coffee grounds & egg shells: after emptied, bake until start brown, 5 minutes in 350, then crush to power. As you open your grown add egg shell then plants. Coffee ground just air rates the dirt for more worms to do their thing. 3. Finally check your soil for acidic: get 2 equal bottle/jar with tops, add water half way in both jars. 1 jar table spoon vinegar and the other jar 1 tablespoon of baking soda. Then add quarter jar of dirt, mix where well. If vinegar jar is bubbles then is alkaline and ready to plant it. It’s the jar with the baking soda is bubbling and active and noisy. Then it is acidic. PH 7.0 over is alkaline. Acidic dirt is great for Blueberries, hydrangeas, pine trees. You want Alkaline for most veggies. If your ground is to Acidic we add limestone power, big farmer add milk.
Carol, I am so excited for you. You will learn as you go and we will learn with you. I garden a little, but I am not very good at it. But you are right in that it is great therapy. Congratulations and enjoy all the new adventures that await you. I really love your idea of "Gardening With Carol", and thank you for letting us come along for the ride.
Don't be afraid of gardening. I used to get nervous about it too. My mom always told me, "Calm down, it's not rocket science, it's just biology." 😂 Anyway, I know it seems intimidating, but you'll do just fine.
Carol I was taught if you believe you can achieve so if you believe about your garden, you can and will succeed. I am so happy for You and Recky. I am so glad and happy for You to be able to do this. God Bless and be with you both
Most of those seeds you can just plant right in the dirt. Peppers don't really need a green house. We plant them directly in our gardens. Read the packet of seed and it will tell you too, how and when to plant! Looking forward to watching more videos!! Good job!!
Sounds like fun and I know you will learn a lot 😊. I grew up with a garden and learn to can and freeze vegetables. I love all kinds of vegetables. So much love to you 🤗
Carol what was important for me was deeply learning, understanding, accepting, and living this: "What should I do differently? What is the right thing to do which I didn't do this time?" This line of thinking will involve that 'diary' of the steps, observations, and results in that journal! Over time, each step when even a small victory is monumental, *will* end in victory! PS: Search 'American victory garden' -- inspirational, dear friend! I'm sooo looking forward to your gardening journey as you and Recky FINALLY achieve your dream home. Much love and many hugs from Cincinnati, Ohio
Carol ,you’ll do great !! It just takes practice and repetition with gardening 💯✅ don’t get discouraged if one year something doesn’t grow as successfully as you’d like because the the next year you could have a bumper crop of the same thing that failed the year before 🤷🏼♀️😊 you’ll do GREAT 💯✅ I garden every year and then can ,dehydrate or freeze my lovely produce! It’s truly awesome and I’ve learned on my own also ( didn’t come from a gardening background) 😊 You’ve got this!! ❣️
When I was living in an apartment in town. I planted tomatoes, peppers (bell), and sugar snap beans in containers. Then when I moved to a place with a piece of land we planed more crops. You did great today.
So excited for you ! Gardening is such a satisfying hobby ... it's a lot of trial and error but there's nothing like harvesting fresh vegetables from your own garden ! Here in Ohio we love to grow tomatoes , cucumbers , green beans and sweet corn ... can't wait for you to get started on this journey , Carol !
Carol, it's GREAT that you're going to compost! Include eggshells for the calcium. Tomatoes need calcium or the bottom of the fruit turns black & rots. And if Recky has to saw down any trees or limbs add the sawdust/shavings to the compost. Also save ashes from fireplaces, wood burning stoves & fire pits as they add minerals to your soil. Once in a while I empty my used coffee grounds into my potted plants. When I do this my palm puts out branches of seeds & my Peace Lily will bloom! May I suggest you divide your seeds by whether they're cold weather crops or warm weather crops? Onions, kale, spinach prefer cool weather & can be started earlier than tomatoes, peppers & cucumbers. Also, stagger your seeding with a couple of weeks in between so that you're not overwhelmed by a good harvest. IMO it's a sin to waste a homegrown tomato! LOL! Maybe look into worm farming since you're composting. Worms eat the scraps & make worm castings (poop) which builds good soil. Their movement underground also aerates the soil & helps to keep the soil from compacting. Warming mats keep them alive during cold winters. You may also want to research netting & chicken wire for your garden to keep out harmful insects & hungry wildlife. Also plant some colorful flowers in the garden to attract pollinators. You can give tomatoes a little shake & the pollen will fall & pollinate itself! I too think gardening is therapeutic. We came from the Garden of Eden... it makes me wonder if maybe there's a spiritual connection to be found there with God. Remember to count your blessings but DON"T be hard on yourself. When it's right you're feeding your family the very best & if things don't go well LEARN from any mistakes & you snatch victory out of the mouth of defeat!
Carol, You are going to have so much fun. You didn't say anything wrong. I am excited for you. When we moved into our first home in the country, I did the same thing you are doing. Planting and growing things is so satisfying. Learning is a process, so go with the flow. Mistakes are how we learn. You are going to get so much advice. I will probably learn a thing or two also. You have a beautiful smile, so keep smiling and have fun with it. You do amazingly well trying to speak English and make these videos. You are braver than you know. Thanks for taking us along with you on your journey. I'm sending you big hugs from Washington State.
Excited for you, Carol! You're clearly up for this new challenge. The attitude of 'rolling with the punches' will serve you well. Realistic expectations that you're not going to come away from your first harvest with a bumper crop. Starting now you'll have all winter to further educate yourself, make preparations for the spring. If spring were just around the corner, or actually here, you'd feel the added pressure of having to do everything right away. Perhaps another item for your Wishlist, if you haven't already added it, might be a good knee pad. (We aren't getting any younger!) I've not gardened since the early '80s when I had my own home, but certain that many of the channel members will be a wealth of knowledge. Don't hesitate to ask for help or for additional online resources. Although, as you know, the amount of information to be had can be overwhelming. Looking forward to coming along as you fulfill this long-held dream. 😊
Oh Carol, I am so excited for the new "Gardening videos"! You did GOOD explaining about it and your excitement is wonderful! I WILL be watching each one!! Love you and Recky's channel so much! Please read about the correct way to use your heat mats, ( I used mine wrong and fried the roots of my seedling so they died) and I would suggest a grow light for the cloudy days as your seedlings that have come up still need the constant source of light. With our high altitude 6,487 I have to start all my veggies inside around April to be able to plant them in my raised garden beds Late May to early June. Living in one of the colder , harder states to grow vegetables in I had a huge learning curve once we moved here from a much warmer state. Plus our natural soil is AWFUL, so took 3 years of adding stuff to it like steer manure compost, peat moss, earthworm castings, and then also adding the dead pine tree needles and leaves from under our trees crumpled up and all worked into my soil. You are going to do so well and we are all cheering you on! Wyoming Bearhugs💞💖💞💞💖
The chives you should be able to grow inside on the window sill if it has light access.you can grow potatoes too . Remember calmly talking to to the plants feeds both you and the plants.Evevy location has a grow zone reflecting the proper temperatures.The local 1st and last frost date is important to know as well Get a soil tester so you can amend as needed.Wow from from a box Carol to from scratch farmer Carol.You got this Just breathe and have fun
Oh! Good luck on your garden!! DON’T stress out if the plants fail, because that’s how you learn! I’ve been gardening all my life and still experience plant failures. The latest is my okra… last year, the ground hogs and deer munched the plants all the way down to the soil, this year, the roots over wintered and grew back, now they’re 8 feet tall, but no blooms! 🤦🏻♀️ Found out not enough water, too much nitrogen. So, gardeners are always learning. Don’t be hard on yourself. Enjoy it! Edit: By the way, keep a bird bath near your garden, birds who visit to take a drink, might see an insect pest in the garden they’ll like to snack on! 😉
Aww Carol 🤗I’m soooo super excited for you to start your garden 🪴 🌱. I’ve never really gardened either and to start somewhere and learning is part of the fun I think ✨🙏. Having a home and making g it your own is such a blessings. You did amazing in front of the camera 💐and most of us understand even when you can’t find the American word, so please don’t stress 😇some of us are learning the correct planting vocabulary together 😉🤗🩷. Always wishing you the very best and again I’m sooo excited for you and Recky 🏡won’t be long now😇🙏💞. Many blessings 🌺🩷
Carol, I'm so happy for you 🏵🥀🌿I know that you'll learn fast and I'm so glad that you finally have the room for a garden. I'm currently trying not to kill a bonsai tree (poor thing) so I know that you'll be much better than me at gardening. It's going to be so much fun for you to cook with herb and vegetables that you've grown. It's also great to see you doing your own segment.
Carol congratulations on a GARDEN. I have enjoyed for last 60 years. Prepare soil, draw a map of how you want to lay it out (space), how long is your growing season, wildlife love vegetables! Does Recky like weeding😂🇺🇸💙
I'm so excited for you! The planning of the first garden is so much fun! I live in a similar climate to you, with short summers and long, harsh winters. The most important thing will be to know how much sun you get in each part of the yard. That will determine where you can plant certain types of plants. The length of the growing season and cold hardiness will determine what you grow. Going nuts buying seeds is always okay! It just means you can try more things and see what works. I do recommend looking at local nurseries in the spring (2-3 weeks before planting) to see if they have edible perennials (plant it once and it comes back every year). One of the most popular plants where I am is Rhubarb. You can eat it, but it's also beautiful. Tip: If you find you don't have enough room in your small greenhouse, we're setting up an area in our basement to start seeds, some as early as February. It's the only place to keep them safe from our cats, and when I'm done setting it up, we'll be able to have certain things year-round.
I am so excited for you and this new chapter in your life! I know these gardening segments will be one of my favorite segments. We will all be here thru all of the learning and experiments in gardening. I know that eventually you will be teaching us all of your tips you have learned. I can't wait for all of these things to grow and produce.
Great video. Don't worry about saying things wrong. We are not here to judge you. We enjoy you. Take some big deep breaths and remember that we are your friends. I'm looking forward to your garden.
I am so super proud of you! Look at you! ❤ I adore your enthusiasm and desire to get into gardening. You will need some things for sure to help yourself out, gardening tools. I've gardened for a lifetime, probably most of my life, including helping my parents throughout my life until they could no longer garden. In a new environment, you might have your soil checked to see what nutrients it may need. I've used cow manure, horse manure in my gardens. Oh Carol, I'm thrilled for you! ❤❤❤❤ I'm sure you've researched what plants you can plant near others as some plants don't grow well next to other plants. Ok, I'll shut up, but not without saying again, I'm so happy for you and very, very proud of you. I LOVE this!
Do garden stores in Sweden have starter plants available in May? Those are easiest for me because I use more tomatoes and peppers than anything else, and i don't like many of the cool weather vegetables.
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Carol, if I remember correctly, you have a room in the back of the house with a lot of windows. In America, we might call this a sunroom. You can start plants n that room and keep your herbs…basil, parsley, chives, etc. , in pots in that room most of the year. I’m so happy that your dreams are coming true. ❤️❤️❤️
Yes, that room will be GREAT for getting an early start, and having a place to keep them when the cold hasn't quite gone yet.
Yes yes yes!
Congratulations, Carol! You have come a long way from not even wanting to have your voice heard off camera, much less being in front of it! You're doing wonderfully!
LOOK AT YOU!! Sounding so natural, relaxed, and excited! Starting your own segment is amazing and we're all here for it! 🎉👏🍆🌽🫑🧄🥬🍅
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Oh, Miss Carol! Gardening is my passion! I will LOVE this new segment of yours. Trust me, you'll learn as you go. Gardeners never stop learning. I've been gardening 40 yrs and still have gardening disasters ocassionally. 😮
This will be exciting. You'll be hooked. Gardening is both addictive and therapeutic.
You can never go overboard with seeds! 😄
And, your English is just fine! 😊
I grow weeds really well!
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Carol, your confidence has grown so much as a person in the last 2 years! I know you'll do great in this new adventure. Can't wait to see your seedlings in six months. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Carol I think that gardening is a trial and error initially because you don't know about the soil and how the sun will be at certain times of the year. I think that you will figure it out. Some plants will do better in the house than others and some plants will grow better outside but you can learn that over time. You will do a great job!
I am so extremely proud of you Carol! You did an amazing job and I am so excited for this segment of yours. 😊You are going to have a green thumb in no time!! 💚👍🏼
LOVE THIS!!!! Carol, you’re a star! 😻
Failure leads to success, so don't stress. You are going to be wonderful!!!
Carol you did a fantastic job making this video
Plant your corn, beans and squash together. Its a method use by early Native Americans. The beans will climb up the corn stocks and the squash will help keep the ground moist.
Carol you did great. What a fun new journey
Carol, it is wonderful to see how eager and enthusiastic you are about gardening. I would wager that you will be much more successful than you believe. I pray that you and Recky have a blessed transition into your new home. 🙏🏻
You'll do fine. I got faith in you Lady!....👍
After you are done with your coffee use the coffee grounds as a fertilizer for the indoor starter plants!
Dear Carol, I am so happy for you that you are able to finally accomplish your dream. I used to always have a garden when I had my house but now live in an apartment so I understand. It is so satisfying to watch things grow and cook with your own produce. Just understand that everything isn’t always successful. It’s all up to Mother Nature!! Don’t take it personally. I look forward to going on the journey with you!!!
Carol, so fun to see you having the confidence to appear alone on camera, as well as we are so happy for you to have your garden. We will have a great time on this journey with you!! 🤠
The easiest thing to grow is squash. Yellow crook neck or straight neck. Also zucchini. Don’t plant too many or you will have more squash then you know what to do with. Another thing. Keep your seed in the refrigerator and they will last way past the plant by date on the package. I have seeds 8 years old in my refrigerator that still germinate.
Great video, Carol! I agree you did an awesome job and your English is just fine. I know it's easy to say, but try not to stress about the gardening. I am not great at it and at least half, if not more, of the seeds I try to start early end up dying. My mom is much better at it than I am.
My mantra is is If you don't succeed try. try again. It is important to learn from what doesn't work
If you can, may I suggest gardening in raised beds!
You will do great.
✅️ 🧄 You can start by planting hardneck garlic cloves in October! It takes about 9 months to grow so they'd be ready to harvest around June here in the midwest. (gardening zone 5-6) It was so easy to do, just plant the cloves in the ground and forget it til the next year, pretty much. You'll see them sprout in the spring around March. It was my first year and they turned out great!
Just check if it's better to grow softneck or hardneck in Sweden. It seems like your weather/seasons is similar to ours in my area 😊
Don't think of things not going well as failure! Gardening is like everything else...there is a LEARNING CURVE. People have been gardening for years and STILL learn new things! Amending the soil, improving it with organic compost (you can make that yourself), manure etc. is something you do EVERY year and every year your soil WILL become better and your yield will increase. So...any time you want to get down on yourself, stop and tell yourself...NO...I'm LEARNING...not failing! Always look forward to you and Recky's shows! ENJOY!
Oh my..Thank you so much for all of your loving and kind comments ❤ Its going to be a fun journey! Thank you for all the god advice as well 😊
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I failed miserably in the heartland, but in the red clay of the Southern USA. I succeeded with everything I planted, except tomatoes and melons.
I hope everything goes as planned with the garden. I grew up with a garden in the back yard and remember that it saved a lot of money for
my parents when it came to vegetables, because those vegetables were used all the time. We even had pumpkins as well, so a lot of the garden
was used for whatever my mom didn't get at the grocery store.
You can stock up on seeds also, as most will last several years as long as you keep them in a cool, dark place, away from sunlight & humidity. So, if stores still have garden seeds for sale the end of this year that you like, go ahead & buy them!
By the way, I also sow parsnips late in the summer & keep in the ground all winter (I live in Minnesota) and they are the first to dig up in the spring & enjoy!
I saw start small. I found it’s overwhelming at first so I scaled back to smaller things to make it more manageable and get some successes under my belt to build my confidence a little.
I think a "Gardening with Carol" is a great concept. Gardening is so relaxing and peaceful. I miss it living in my tiny apartment. You will have years where some foods grow really well and others don't do anything, then the next year the ones who you feel failed will grow great guns and you will have more fruit than you can handle. We are behind you and supporting you and looking forward to more adventures in Carol's Garden.
Hi you will do a good job. If u can buy fresh Jalapeno peppers when you clean the seeds out you can plant & grow your own. That's what we do. We also do that with seeds from fresh tomatoes. Can't wait to see you both all moved in.❤❤❤❤❤
Please keep in mind that seeds of hybrid plants will not always grow true to the current plant. Heirloom seeds will always grow the same.
Carol, there are some flowers that you can plant around you tomatoes so the bugs worms do not get to them. But I can not remember what the name of the flower. Maybe someone else in the comments will know or you can look it up. I think it’s marigolds. But I’m not sure. It’s been years since I planted tomatoes.
Carol, my parents were farmers, vegetable farmers. As a child I helped in the fields, planting and harvesting. I have literally grown vegetables all my life. I am 73 years old. About 25 years ago I began transitioning from using the standard row garden to raised beds and container gardening. I will never go back to rows. As a beginner, I would suggest you use raised beds, containers or grow bags. Containers and grow bags will give you an almost instant garden.
Raised beds or containers save your back. If planting corn, I would do sweet corn.
Watch the cats with certain plants plus the cats like to flip the starter trays which will mix up your starters....lol
@@dawnlauss3429 I agree. My father's favorite was an old heirloom variety - Golden Bantam.
Excellent video, so happy to see the beginning of your gardening journey. You CAN do it! I predict you will become a master gardener.
You could call your episodes "Carol's Little Eden"
Great job Carol...can't wait to see your progress and all the ups and downs and learning along the way. Ive got horrible depression and anxiety and I'm so inspired by you going on camera..I can barely look at myself in the mirror and you have inspired me to start really working towards taking a selfie. Thank you❤
@@jennybean3212 Yay you! You go! Take that selfie! Much love, and hugs! You got this!
If you like Basil, plant that in a pot, that you can keep in the house. Basil will let you know when it needs water. It will boost your confidence in gardening, because it is easy to keep alive.
God Bless you Carol. ❤ from Southern California.
I don't know if this would help but maybe watching some of the farmers raise their crops and see what they go thru might give you some ideas. I'm not saying you are gonna grow anything like them but some of the trials and tribulations they go thru might help you. I watch Veggie Boys out of Pennsylvania and Wishwell Farms out of Ohio where I'm at. Was watching Wishwell today and he lost a second planting of corn cause he had a "senior" moment and forgot he sprayed his corn to get rid of some weeds and sprayed them again! Fried them right up. Veggie Boys start everything from seed. I've learned a few things and I don't have a garden! If anything they are entertaining! Good luck!!
If you can stand there and watch Recky try and cook....you can garden, honey !
Make sure you get a hat to keep the sun off.
Carol you did very well doing your own video, awesome! You have a nice room that is connected to the house with lots of windows that would be perfect for your herbs. Acknowledging that your first time around is not going to be 100% success, as you are learning, is a good way to look at it. With gardening you will learn as you go. With Recky giving you that gardening journal, that will help lots with noting what went well and what failed and what you can try to improve the next time. We are here for you, new adventures are exciting and I am so happy for you.
Dang it Carol, I know 50 yr. old americans that speak less understandable english than you!! LOL. Enjoy starting your garden, growing your own veggies is always fun, and the flavor of homegrown is always better than mass farmed greens, because love! Peace!❤😊
So excited for you Carol!🥕🌽🫑🧄
So glad to see you doing videos on your own. Your confidence has grown so much. You will do great. Also here in America we plant toma in planters. You can put them on ur outside enclosed porch
Trial and error is how we learn. You will do wonderful! ❤
So excited for your new adventure ❤ I am sure you'll get lots of advice from everyone. If anyone in your family or Recky's family gardens make sure to use their wisdom and knowledge
Yes, don't forget to use Recky. Use his strong back for difficult tasks that require a lot of strength or hard work.
I love you Carol!!! Whatever you decide to do I will watch.
Carol. We're all friends here. You did very very well. Can't. help you but I'll enjoy watching. William s
Oh my gosh, Carol. This is so exciting. I love gardening but im not good at it. I just put stuff in the ground, and if it grows, i grow it again. If it doesn't, I try something else. I have also lived all over the US and I had success with some things in some areas but not in others. Its a labor of love.
First time failing is a part of learning! If we do not fail the wins are not as sweet. You will do great.
Hi Carol! I got so excited when I saw the title of your video! You are going to have so much fun! Gardening is very rewarding. It can be frustrating too though. Remember, even experienced gardeners have trouble from time to time. I could not figure out why my tomato plants haven't produced well this year, when I did the same thing I have always done. So, I also had to use dear Google! Turns out, our summer has been entirely too hot for my poor tomatoes! We had several weeks (almost two months) of 90-100°F days. I guess tomatoes don't like temps over 85°F! See? I learned something new after all these years! You will do fine, Carol! You have the desire and the passion; that's half the battle! You go, Carol! We're "rooting" for you! ❤❤
ALL YOU have to Do Carol is Google / TH-cam what you want to Plant....
and The MOST IMPORTANT Thing to Remember is "Always PLANT According to Season"
I KEPT A Journal📕🖊
Of Everything Thing I Did...in My Garding
And I also Kept a Pricing $ Journal for what I purchased how much it was...and Where I bought it...
Because you'll be buying different items
And it's REALLY HARD TO REMEMBER WHERE YOU PURCHASED These CERTAIN ITEMS
(that you'll need to buy again)
CAROL
I found that
Corn🌽, Lettuce🥬, Tomatoes🍅, Potatoes🥔, Chili🌶 Peppers, Green, Red Bell Peppers🫑, Garlic🧄 & Carrots🥕 WERE THE EASEST TO GROW WHEN FIRST STARTING OUT Gardening
...And you'll get an Abundance of those I mentioned
(alot of each)
GOOD LUCK TO YOU CAROL
ON YOUR NEW JOURNEY GARDENING...
and your New Life together in your New Home
Be Blessed✝️🤲
Carol & Recky
Stay Safe....🇺🇲
I am so excited for you! Just don't forget that things don't always grow, so if something doesn't, don't beat yourself up. Just do it again next year. I'm sure you've seen Becky have things that haven't grown one year, but did the next year. You have a gardener's heart, which will make you successful ❤❤❤
You did great, Carol! I suffer from anxiety too. You're so right, when you said gardening can be good therapy! It's the best, Carol! Just remember to have fun. Love you both! ❤❤
Carol, sis you have this. Please don't stress about it. You're right just plant and have fun.
Love you, Carol. Great job.
Oh my! I'm so happy for you. Gardening is a passion. You will have successes and failures. Don't get discouraged. In my many years of experience, a plant wants to grow. I simply need to get out of its way😂.
TIPS
-Don't over water.
-Learn how much sun each pant needs
keep.a journal and take notes on each type of plant
- relax and enjoy every season
Home grown food always tastes better. You'll be an expert before you know it. When you have a passion for something you learn quickly.❤
True!
Yeah, 👏 {squeal} I’m so excited for you. My suggests: 1. get a desk monthly calendar. Each seed pack has start, plant and maternity date. Then put your pack in planting order and you calendar will keep you organized. 2. I would start collecting coffee grounds & egg shells: after emptied, bake until start brown, 5 minutes in 350, then crush to power. As you open your grown add egg shell then plants. Coffee ground just air rates the dirt for more worms to do their thing. 3. Finally check your soil for acidic: get 2 equal bottle/jar with tops, add water half way in both jars. 1 jar table spoon vinegar and the other jar 1 tablespoon of baking soda. Then add quarter jar of dirt, mix where well. If vinegar jar is bubbles then is alkaline and ready to plant it. It’s the jar with the baking soda is bubbling and active and noisy. Then it is acidic. PH 7.0 over is alkaline. Acidic dirt is great for Blueberries, hydrangeas, pine trees. You want Alkaline for most veggies. If your ground is to Acidic we add limestone power, big farmer add milk.
A new adventure!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Carol, I am so excited for you. You will learn as you go and we will learn with you. I garden a little, but I am not very good at it. But you are right in that it is great therapy. Congratulations and enjoy all the new adventures that await you. I really love your idea of "Gardening With Carol", and thank you for letting us come along for the ride.
Good job Carol. Good luck with gardening.❤
Don't be afraid of gardening. I used to get nervous about it too. My mom always told me, "Calm down, it's not rocket science, it's just biology." 😂
Anyway, I know it seems intimidating, but you'll do just fine.
Oh my goodness! Gardening is my love!!!
I look forward to gardening all winter. I can't wait to get my hands in the dirt. That's how I relax and let go of anxiety, it feeds my soul ❤
Carol I was taught if you believe you can achieve so if you believe about your garden, you can and will succeed. I am so happy for You and Recky. I am so glad and happy for You to be able to do this. God Bless and be with you both
I don't even like gardening, but I like Carol, so here I am listening to it.
Most of those seeds you can just plant right in the dirt. Peppers don't really need a green house. We plant them directly in our gardens. Read the packet of seed and it will tell you too, how and when to plant! Looking forward to watching more videos!! Good job!!
Sounds like fun and I know you will learn a lot 😊. I grew up with a garden and learn to can and freeze vegetables. I love all kinds of vegetables. So much love to you 🤗
Recky's Hoodie looks great on you ! Hahahahahahaaaaaaa!
Carol what was important for me was deeply learning, understanding, accepting, and living this: "What should I do differently? What is the right thing to do which I didn't do this time?" This line of thinking will involve that 'diary' of the steps, observations, and results in that journal! Over time, each step when even a small victory is monumental, *will* end in victory! PS: Search 'American victory garden' -- inspirational, dear friend! I'm sooo looking forward to your gardening journey as you and Recky FINALLY achieve your dream home. Much love and many hugs from Cincinnati, Ohio
Carol ,you’ll do great !! It just takes practice and repetition with gardening 💯✅ don’t get discouraged if one year something doesn’t grow as successfully as you’d like because the the next year you could have a bumper crop of the same thing that failed the year before 🤷🏼♀️😊 you’ll do GREAT 💯✅ I garden every year and then can ,dehydrate or freeze my lovely produce! It’s truly awesome and I’ve learned on my own also ( didn’t come from a gardening background) 😊 You’ve got this!! ❣️
So happy you get a garden. I have a big yard and tried to plant things. The birds, cats, squirrels, and raccoons enjoyed it very much 😂
Good luck with that gardening, Carol. =-D
When I was living in an apartment in town. I planted tomatoes, peppers (bell), and sugar snap beans in containers. Then when I moved to a place with a piece of land we planed more crops. You did great today.
So excited for you ! Gardening is such a satisfying hobby ... it's a lot of trial and error but there's nothing like harvesting fresh vegetables from your own garden ! Here in Ohio we love to grow tomatoes , cucumbers , green beans and sweet corn ... can't wait for you to get started on this journey , Carol !
Carol, it's GREAT that you're going to compost! Include eggshells for the calcium. Tomatoes need calcium or the bottom of the fruit turns black & rots. And if Recky has to saw down any trees or limbs add the sawdust/shavings to the compost. Also save ashes from fireplaces, wood burning stoves & fire pits as they add minerals to your soil.
Once in a while I empty my used coffee grounds into my potted plants. When I do this my palm puts out branches of seeds & my Peace Lily will bloom!
May I suggest you divide your seeds by whether they're cold weather crops or warm weather crops? Onions, kale, spinach prefer cool weather & can be started earlier than tomatoes, peppers & cucumbers. Also, stagger your seeding with a couple of weeks in between so that you're not overwhelmed by a good harvest. IMO it's a sin to waste a homegrown tomato! LOL!
Maybe look into worm farming since you're composting. Worms eat the scraps & make worm castings (poop) which builds good soil. Their movement underground also aerates the soil & helps to keep the soil from compacting. Warming mats keep them alive during cold winters.
You may also want to research netting & chicken wire for your garden to keep out harmful insects & hungry wildlife. Also plant some colorful flowers in the garden to attract pollinators. You can give tomatoes a little shake & the pollen will fall & pollinate itself!
I too think gardening is therapeutic. We came from the Garden of Eden... it makes me wonder if maybe there's a spiritual connection to be found there with God. Remember to count your blessings but DON"T be hard on yourself. When it's right you're feeding your family the very best & if things don't go well LEARN from any mistakes & you snatch victory out of the mouth of defeat!
Carol, You are going to have so much fun. You didn't say anything wrong. I am excited for you. When we moved into our first home in the country, I did the same thing you are doing. Planting and growing things is so satisfying. Learning is a process, so go with the flow. Mistakes are how we learn. You are going to get so much advice. I will probably learn a thing or two also. You have a beautiful smile, so keep smiling and have fun with it. You do amazingly well trying to speak English and make these videos. You are braver than you know. Thanks for taking us along with you on your journey. I'm sending you big hugs from Washington State.
Excited for you, Carol! You're clearly up for this new challenge. The attitude of 'rolling with the punches' will serve you well. Realistic expectations that you're not going to come away from your first harvest with a bumper crop. Starting now you'll have all winter to further educate yourself, make preparations for the spring. If spring were just around the corner, or actually here, you'd feel the added pressure of having to do everything right away.
Perhaps another item for your Wishlist, if you haven't already added it, might be a good knee pad. (We aren't getting any younger!) I've not gardened since the early '80s when I had my own home, but certain that many of the channel members will be a wealth of knowledge. Don't hesitate to ask for help or for additional online resources. Although, as you know, the amount of information to be had can be overwhelming.
Looking forward to coming along as you fulfill this long-held dream. 😊
Oh Carol, I am so excited for the new "Gardening videos"! You did GOOD explaining about it and your excitement is wonderful! I WILL be watching each one!! Love you and Recky's channel so much!
Please read about the correct way to use your heat mats, ( I used mine wrong and fried the roots of my seedling so they died) and I would suggest a grow light for the cloudy days as your seedlings that have come up still need the constant source of light. With our high altitude 6,487 I have to start all my veggies inside around April to be able to plant them in my raised garden beds Late May to early June.
Living in one of the colder , harder states to grow vegetables in I had a huge learning curve once we moved here from a much warmer state. Plus our natural soil is AWFUL, so took 3 years of adding stuff to it like steer manure compost, peat moss, earthworm castings, and then also adding the dead pine tree needles and leaves from under our trees crumpled up and all worked into my soil. You are going to do so well and we are all cheering you on! Wyoming Bearhugs💞💖💞💞💖
Radishes are fast growing and easy to grow in the cool weather.
The chives you should be able to grow inside on the window sill if it has light access.you can grow potatoes too . Remember calmly talking to to the plants feeds both you and the plants.Evevy location has a grow zone reflecting the proper temperatures.The local 1st and last frost date is important to know as well Get a soil tester so you can amend as needed.Wow from from a box Carol to from scratch farmer Carol.You got this Just breathe and have fun
Oh! Good luck on your garden!! DON’T stress out if the plants fail, because that’s how you learn! I’ve been gardening all my life and still experience plant failures. The latest is my okra… last year, the ground hogs and deer munched the plants all the way down to the soil, this year, the roots over wintered and grew back, now they’re 8 feet tall, but no blooms! 🤦🏻♀️ Found out not enough water, too much nitrogen. So, gardeners are always learning. Don’t be hard on yourself. Enjoy it!
Edit: By the way, keep a bird bath near your garden, birds who visit to take a drink, might see an insect pest in the garden they’ll like to snack on! 😉
Aww Carol 🤗I’m soooo super excited for you to start your garden 🪴 🌱. I’ve never really gardened either and to start somewhere and learning is part of the fun I think ✨🙏. Having a home and making g it your own is such a blessings. You did amazing in front of the camera 💐and most of us understand even when you can’t find the American word, so please don’t stress 😇some of us are learning the correct planting vocabulary together 😉🤗🩷. Always wishing you the very best and again I’m sooo excited for you and Recky 🏡won’t be long now😇🙏💞. Many blessings 🌺🩷
Carol, I'm so happy for you 🏵🥀🌿I know that you'll learn fast and I'm so glad that you finally have the room for a garden. I'm currently trying not to kill a bonsai tree (poor thing) so I know that you'll be much better than me at gardening. It's going to be so much fun for you to cook with herb and vegetables that you've grown. It's also great to see you doing your own segment.
Carol congratulations on a GARDEN. I have enjoyed for last 60 years. Prepare soil, draw a map of how you want to lay it out (space), how long is your growing season, wildlife love vegetables! Does Recky like weeding😂🇺🇸💙
I'm so excited for you! The planning of the first garden is so much fun! I live in a similar climate to you, with short summers and long, harsh winters. The most important thing will be to know how much sun you get in each part of the yard. That will determine where you can plant certain types of plants. The length of the growing season and cold hardiness will determine what you grow. Going nuts buying seeds is always okay! It just means you can try more things and see what works.
I do recommend looking at local nurseries in the spring (2-3 weeks before planting) to see if they have edible perennials (plant it once and it comes back every year). One of the most popular plants where I am is Rhubarb. You can eat it, but it's also beautiful.
Tip: If you find you don't have enough room in your small greenhouse, we're setting up an area in our basement to start seeds, some as early as February. It's the only place to keep them safe from our cats, and when I'm done setting it up, we'll be able to have certain things year-round.
Woohoooo YAY! I'm so excited for these future gardening videos 😊 I'm fairly new to gardening too, we can all learn together! Love ya ❤
I am so excited for you and this new chapter in your life! I know these gardening segments will be one of my favorite segments. We will all be here thru all of the learning and experiments in gardening. I know that eventually you will be teaching us all of your tips you have learned. I can't wait for all of these things to grow and produce.
Great video. Don't worry about saying things wrong. We are not here to judge you. We enjoy you. Take some big deep breaths and remember that we are your friends. I'm looking forward to your garden.
Congrats on the house. Itll be fun watching the garden. You're excitment to plant is great.
So excited for you. I love gardening. It’s my meditation
Carol, You are doing great! Gardening is wonderful therapy. You can talk to your plants and they won't talk back!😂
I admire your ambition. May your thumbs be green.
You're going to do fine. I can't wait to see your success. I can't do this yet, so I am going to live vicariously through you. Much love.😊
You'll do great! There will be ups and downs. I have never been able to grow carrots, even if my life depended on it. 😅
I am so super proud of you! Look at you! ❤ I adore your enthusiasm and desire to get into gardening. You will need some things for sure to help yourself out, gardening tools. I've gardened for a lifetime, probably most of my life, including helping my parents throughout my life until they could no longer garden. In a new environment, you might have your soil checked to see what nutrients it may need. I've used cow manure, horse manure in my gardens. Oh Carol, I'm thrilled for you! ❤❤❤❤ I'm sure you've researched what plants you can plant near others as some plants don't grow well next to other plants. Ok, I'll shut up, but not without saying again, I'm so happy for you and very, very proud of you. I LOVE this!
Do garden stores in Sweden have starter plants available in May? Those are easiest for me because I use more tomatoes and peppers than anything else, and i don't like many of the cool weather vegetables.
You may fail but that's how you learn. Have fun, that's what counts.
Awesome video loved it. Look forward to more gardening with Carol videos. Stay beautiful stay awesome. Have a great week
So, happy to hear, I can tell you are excited.