Step 1, make a detailed plan Step 2, inventory supplies and seeds and order more seeds than I can actually grow Step 3, start way more seeds than I can actually grow Step 4, transplant seedling disregarding the plan because I’ve determined in the spring that I had no idea what I was thinking back in January Step 5, find good homes for remaining plants that I’ve started and run out of space for 😁
It's my 3rd year growing vegetables, in containers. The 1st year, I planted everything that was supposed to grow in my zone. The 2nd year I planted what did well. This year I planted what I actually eat!
I am absolutely loving the new Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog for 2023. Every category has vegies displayed by harvest size. This is so helpful to me as a new gardener, so I know exactly the size of the fruit I'll get and not spend the entire season on a plant that disappoints. They also include tips for growing, taking care of pests, harvest and storage. I really enjoy your videos and the inspiration you give. Thanks so much!
Lol, that reminds me of planting what I thought was a full size Waltham squash and it was an actual mini!😂. I had know idea there was such a thing in all my years of gardening 🤪. I kept thinking there was something wrong with the plant or soil😅. We harvested the plate size single servers and as we sat down to eat them I was looking closer at the seed packet because I just couldn’t get over this dinky squash. There it was, I think it was like a plate or something in the picture that it finally Dawned on me that it was suppose to be a mini!😂
I used the “garden planner” from territorial seed, it’s a free trial for 7 days, then a cost each year. I got the subscription as a Christmas gift this year, and found it really helpful, mostly because it has so much information to reference all in one place. I agree with the start date thing, it uses your zip code to calculate dates, but is ultimately ball park. It’s really visual chart that is endlessly adjustable. I will see how it goes. For me, garden planning is a huge project that I CANNOT do in one sitting, I started in September and was finally happy with it just after Christmas. I’m also a newer gardener, not green, but not experienced either. Companion planting, spacing, indoor seeding vs outdoor direct seed, etc was a lot of bit by bit gathering for me.
You make such a good point, Abby! I think for most folks (myself included) mapping out the gardens takes quite a bit of time, as they tend to evolve and change!
The main thing is don’t stress it. After all, it’s enough work to get a harvest. If I was a new gardener and did what you did, I think I would have scrapped the whole thing 🤣. I use to worry or concentrate on companion planting and figured if I just throw in marigolds here and there along with anything else it all works. However, I do like to consider planting by the moon as it’s a lot easier and worth while.
Well Jenna, thank you again for the excellent video! Fantastic! What I do is this last year, and now this year, I take a notebook I write everything down that I want to plant. In the first column I write the date I want to start them in the house. The name, and where I bought the seeds in the next column, and then when I plant it I just check it off. And if I don't like the vegetable that I decided to grow, then I will not order it probably again. It makes a lot of sense to take some notes on it for me. If I had a much larger garden, then I would take more notes. Thank you again for all your gardening wisdom! Have a good evening!
My husband just finished 20 years in the Navy and we're settling into a small farm in Eastern Tennessee. My rolling clay hills are a blank slate! We excavated an 8'x20' strip to set up three 32" raised planter beds. Put some hugelkultur to work. We also filled three Greenstalk planters on the patio. Waiting for fruits to arrive! Saved dish-paks to mulch around them.
Getting so eager and excited to start gardening again. Planting indoor seeds in February. Living in very snowy California, so this year it will take longer than usual for all the snow to melt. Our raised beds are covered in straw, black plastic and about 5 feet of snow, so very insulated. I love being inspired and excited by watching your channel, Jenna!
Great suggestions! I just wanted to mention that you can copy/paste images into an Excel cell! I’m on a Mac, and I use the screen shot app. I open the picture I want to put into my spreadsheet, take a screenshot and save it to my Clipboard (one of the options in the app), then click on the cell I want it in and Paste. You can drag the corner to resize the cell, so you can see it as a large photo when you need to and then shrink it back down when you don’t!
I use to ace Excel, but I don’t have MS Office and I thought there was a way to note in a cell a symbol to click that would show a chart/pic. If I did use a program I think that one thing right there is what I would do. You could insert pics of bugs, seed packets used and in inventory, plants. The pic of a seed packet alone is almost the whole entry right there. Hmmm, think I will have to find a way to get Excel on a Mac so I can use this great feature. Thanks!
I definitely have been more of a wing it person but this year I created an excel sheet with each bed in it and what I’m putting in each bed. It’s been great for knowing how much dirt I need to buy and how many plants I can put into each bed for seed starting. I’ve also logged the date I planted each of my seeds. Something I never did in the past.
All the tips were very good. For me, as a journalist, keeping a written account of your gardening life and adventures is key. A written history, as it were, to tell the story of your journey with nature, both the good and the not so good. To both inspire and teach those who will come. One day, a child or grandchild, will open up those pages and be able to walk through the garden with you even though you have long passed away. The written word is so necessary, and yet so dismissed these days. Carry on!
So glad I stumbled upon your channel! We moved to 14 acres last year and this will be my first time growing in anything more than my 4x2 raised bed 😅 I’m excited and going into it with a learning mentality. If I get *anything* this year, I’ll consider it a win. Starting small is definitely my biggest struggle 😂
Jenna, I just want to say that I am loving your channel. Im a relatively new gardener (only been at it 3 years) and as someone who didn't grow up with gardening at all, its a real uphill climb for me to learn all of this. I've appreciated a few gardening channel along the way, but I have to say that your videos are so comprehensive (without being overly heavy with unneeded details), and you are a gifted presenter as well, that Im just blessed to have found this channel. I've shared it on social media for my fellow-gardeners or wanna-be gardeners. :) God bless!
Thank you so much! And I'm so glad to hear that you are gardening yourself- even without having grown up with it! It's definitely a learning experience- but can be so rewarding. Best wishes for a wonderful season!
HI Jenna, I'm new to your channel. I am so glad I found you. Because I live in Indiana. I really appreciate finding people that live close to me. It's easier to tips from people in my area instead of people all over the country.i follow Luke from MIGARDENER& THE STIVERS Bexause they are close to me but I am thankful that I have found you. God Bless you Jenna
I’ve been watching your videos on the big tv. It’s so much better than my tiny little iPhone. Anyway, I’ve commented before about relearning everything. Five years ago, I lived in northwest Illinois. I could grow anything. The soil was rich and fertile. I was used to the climate. I’d lived there for 60 years. And then, we moved to Ohio. Everything changed. A different climate zone, clay soil that was as hard as cement, deer eating everything…sigh. I’m still learning and trying to amend my soil. I never had to think about amendments until we moved here. I feel like a newbie, even though I’ve been gardening for over 45 years. Thanks for your videos. You’ve given me the stamina i need to keep going and have kept discouragement away well enough to keep me from saying I give up.
I hate watching videos on my phone too 😄. And while you may feel like a newbie gardening in Ohio, I'm sure your 45 years of experience will come in incredibly handy (probably even more so once you get that soil where you want it). I'm glad you're not giving up and I hope this gardening season is a great one for you!
Very helpful. Love seeing you not being perfect too. Also there was no shouting at the camera and funny facial expressions. Thank you very much, very helpful as I start my first full year on our small garden plot in our new home.
I've already started so many seeds with the intention of selling some. I'm hoping to can a lot more tomatoes this year as it seems to be what we use the most of. I've got a lot of San marzano, and amish paste as well as a few other hybrids I want to try. Last year I figured out how to can dried cherry tomatoes in evoo. You don't pressure can, instead wash them in vinegar, put them in a dehydrator, and then pack them in hot (but not boiling) evoo, lid on and then put them in the oven at 250. The trick is to fill your pint jars about 3/4 full (so leave a lot of head space). It took about an hour at that temp to get the oil to 250. Which kills botulism. Then turn the oven off and let them cool down in there. I used 1 without a lid for temperature testing purposes. It's one of my favorite pasta add ins.
Lol, I dried cherry tomatoes and tossed some in EVOO and they stayed hard😂. I was going to put them on a pizza like a Rocky Rococos Chicago pizza. Not even close, the next day they were still little hardtacks. Never dried before and the new dehydrator must work great😂
This is my FIRST time to ever have garden plans prior to seeing plants in the big box stores. Hopefully I am starting small, time will tell. I actually have already set up 3 raised beds (only 3x4). I started my garden plan 2 days ago and fell into sorting seeds by zip lock system. (I loved all seeds equally last year-about 50 packets.) I have already determined I need 4 additional seed packets, going to see if I can get them at the big box tomorrow.
Four? That’s all?😂🤣😂🤣😂 I just did a third visit today😅 as listening to all these great garden channels talking about favorites drove me to it. Before TH-cam I was always stuck in the whatever was offered and same ole same old. Not this year. I’m trying the most varieties ever and the tiller better rest up as I have plans.😅
You make a lot of good points! It would be very good for a new gardener to listen to what you are saying. This is really a great tutorial! Three years ago I made a scale map of all 14 of our raised beds. Then scaled out where everything was to be planted. My first time companion planting. Well, lol, once I changed my winter idea, it slowly went down hill after that. So I just get on line with catalogs next to me and make a list of wants. Let it sit for a couple of days and then I start the whittling down process. I grown really nice eggplant, but this year I decided not to. I'm trying a different type of sweet pepper instead. Our bed sare all different sizes...a couple only 2'x2' with trellises all the way to 2'x26', 4'x20', etc. What ever I could find at the time laying around to make them out of. Last year I put in two 3' diameter fire rings for annuals. No more maps lol! I went back to my old school ways to make it less confusing for me lol. I just wing it. I had overwhelmed myself with all the notebooks and maps lol. But, I do do some of the things you talked about naturally. Enjoyed your take on preparing! Take care!
I use a monthly planner, but yes, I throw what ever at it and what sticks-sticks. Have fun with it and I think too many overthink companion planting. Throw in some flowers and all will be well. Enjoy it!
I have gone to spreadsheets too since my last note app failed to migrate to the new phone. I have my planning in my yearly household planning file, and notes in a garden notes file with tabs by year and insert pictures as well as notes. I love your comments about the things you put in your spreadsheet. It is way more detailed than what I have done so far, and we help me figure out why I planned certain things certain ways.
Actually planning some of my garden stuff this year! I am not very good at planning it out but I am already working on what I actually want to plant based on what we need and eat. I stocked up on 20 gallon grow bags at the end of the season last year because I don’t have space to put a large in ground garden but bags I can manage.
We are settling into a property with a large acerage that has an established orchard (apples, peaches, plums, pears) and loads of blackberries, raspberries , and blueberries. I’m looking forward to an enormous garden but I have a lot of work to do. I want all the things. Chickens, a high tunnel, a green house….. but first I need to figure out how to keep all that other stuff alive. We are coming from the burbs. I did a full garden on my little half acre in suburbia but I didn’t have all the fruit trees and berries. We had an HOA and all the rules lol. My issue is pacing myself. I have bought waaaaaay too many seeds. I can’t help it. I’ve told family and friends not to buy any. I have it all! We also have Paw paw trees! I’m in Ohio too.
First congrats on your new place. Second resource as much as you can free wood chips manure building materials chicken coop small shelters. Happy hunting When you figure out where you want your garden think about where are you going to put your compost pile, your high tunnel things of that nature. Dream and dream big with a visual plan so you can add as you can afford it. Educate yourself quickly about pruning the fruit trees the time is growing short for that job and it's important to do and do correctly. Living on a farm is very rewarding challenging hard work and a beautiful life. Oh make sure you give yourself 3' pathways in between you rows or raised beds plants can do their own thing and get out of control. I am also in Ohio
congrats! we are starting our orchard from scratch (sans 2 old apple trees). We also have chickens. Buy the chicks now! get that coop and run up asap. you can keep the little ones indoors caged for a while. takes about 4 months to get eggs (depending on breed and time of year). ours just started laying 3 weeks ago. bought them at 6 weeks old back in late September.
How wonderful! Congratulations on your new property. I have trouble with pacing myself too- it’s so hard when you’re so excited about all the possibilities!!
Congrats!! I’d follow rose park permaculture for a lot of tips on how to care and tend to perennials and fruit trees/shrubs. Ducks are great for under trees as they pick at different things than chickens. What a great start to your new year. 😄
@@intentionallymade we have a pond so I was thinking about shelters over there so they can have a place separated from my garden and chickens. Definitely want to give geese and ducks a whirl. 🤣. Of course I do. And fainting goats. And mini cows… and ……
Just found your channel and subscribed! We've been winging it for years, and done decent, but we are ready to take it to the next level! We are in Ohio too. We have a 25x50 garden but are willing to expand. Great video!
Several years ago I started to add non gardening notes in my garden note book. Sometimes it's a good reminder that trials do pass, gardening related or not.
This is so neat, going to share with my mom. We are moving way out in the woods of Alaska to a pretty raw piece of five acres. Praying this first years garden will still produce a bounty no matter the size.
Great video. I have to admit I try and plan everything in my head. Think I need to try using the app. For me management of time is my hardest task. I always have more things going then time needed. And I like outside more than computer and notes time. Speaking of which got 15 Khaki Campbell ducklings in today and tomorrow I start to sow my corn in. I'm in Central Florida so things I imagine would be backwards to your timing. I run ducks, chickens and turkeys in conjunction with my new gardening ventures. Thanks Jenna.
How fun! Have you kept ducks before? I keep thinking about them because people claim they are good pest control and you can let them in your garden without them destroying everything (like chickens do).
@@GrowfullywithJenna I have had ducks never Khaki Campbells. And never had a garden when I had ducks. Will have to get back to you. I do know they love the bugs and slugs. Not sure if I would trust in the garden. Maybe try an experiment see how they do. I just love the duck eggs for baking brownies. 🦆👍😂
Jenna, I wanted to say that I think you great quality content and have learned quite a bit from your channel. So thanks for that 🙂. And I’m surprised that you only have 93k subscribers! Keep at it, and I think you will grow to a 1M+ garden youtube channel. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Yeah, this is definitely a favorite channel--good info, delivery, and production quality. I am 60 miles east of the Ohio line in zone 5b PA with clay soil so it helps that my situation is closer than with many other youtubers.
Jenna, thank you for your invaluable videos. I am watching and rewatching them as I plan my first garden. I am in-ground planting pole beans, carrots, celery, corn, cucumbers, kale, melons, onions, peppers, tomatoes and myriad herbs in zone 5b.
I’m new. Last year was the first garden in 15 years. It is a small raised bed but I would like to make another one. This is great advice. I’m in 6 a and I’m going to start winter sowing and some direct sowing. I am planning where to place my plants. I didn’t do a great job last with that. My peppers were shaded out. I planted my brassicas too late so there’s that. I’m excited to try again. I really liked how you talked about having the right tools and methods to deal with pests. I will be referring back to this video. Thanks very much.
Its always different from year to year, and we keep learning what works and does not work in each of our gardens. And we learn what we want to “waste” time, energy, money, and water on. I dont feel the need to grow cauliflower- no one in my family likes it. I dont want to grow cabbage…too much space that I want to use for other things. I have found that my flower gardening and landscaping wins out over vegetable production and enjoyment. I love cut flowers in my house and to give away. I guess what I am saying is that you start to figure out what you like to see and to do, and don’t waste your time on things that you wont eat or enjoy.
This will be my 3rd season gardening! I'm in zone 5B in Illinois, so not too far from you. This year I am planting way more of what we actually ate the past 2 seasons as well as trying out 3 or more varieties of those things... I have 13 different peppers (we will use/eat every single one in some way) and 14 different tomatoes 🙈 5 varieties of corn... Stuff like that 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️I think every year I will try something new just for the fun of growing it and learning something new, though. I have found I really enjoy trying new things and experimenting. Fun learning through trial and error! I just mapped out my beds and where I want to plant everything, I am a HUGE planner so been looking around to see if there are any resources to double check my work 🤣 found your video/channel! Thank you for this!!!
I use OneNote for all of my documenting in the garden. I have the app on my phone and can easily snap a photo and add comments on whatever I am looking at or thinking about. I have on notebook for the year with one tab per month for daily/weekly updates, then another notebook for jotting down ideas, keeping inventory, and planning out my future gardens. I also use an excel spreadsheet for keeping track of seed inventory and germination dates. I love organizing everything in the winter! I will definitely give any new organization tool a try!
I'm currently winter sowing in milk jugs and putting them in a snow cave before the (hopefully) last storm of the season comes in a few hours. We are supposed to get 10-18 inches (Alaska). I would really like to get this chore done before the snow falls! I have no idea how many plants I need of what. As of yet we have no infrastructure. After getting seeds finished off outside, the next project is building some wicking raised beds out of pallets. (be careful with using pallets as they can sometimes be treated with chemicals. Do some research about which pallets are safe). Not sure how many I will get built before breakup happens and the snow gets out of my way. While building those I am also going to be learning vermicomposting. I've been saving kitchen scraps outside (natural freezer) for when I was able to take on the task of setting it up. I've also saved the cardboard from renovations that we are currently recovering from. I've been learning about things while I was in a "season" of not being able to do anything, so I learned what to gather. now I have several parts collected waiting to be put together for their purpose. I'm hoping I can get everything timed well for when I need it all. Renovations ran late and now I'm trying to play catch up while also trying to unpack and settle in. I'm thankful I took the time to learn about the kind of life I wanted so that I would recognize opportunities as they presented. Had I chosen to watch mindless TV shows I wouldn't have been ready for those opportunities.
i have just a hight water table, it is taking a while to prevent my garden from flooding and plants just drowing -Spent all of last season building raised beds and adding mulch/woodchips. Now it is a waiting game for the woodchips to settle. I do have some containers on the porch so at least I get to plant a few things just to see them grow and make notes on what works. Maybe next year the in the yard garden will be apply to apply what i learn growing on the porch.
I just completed an excel spreadsheet last weekend of all of my seeds, similar to yours- I like excel because I can sort by dates when to plant inside, outside, etc. and add all my notes. I also use graph paper and pencil to plan my gardens
I have to add a 2nd comment. My husband has his own sneaky recording of gardening. I have been trying lettuce and spinach inside again and it’s going quite well, I think. My husband said, oh it’s doing great…see as he shows me pics of DAILY growth🤪🤣😂. Actually I was impressed! They were actually growing quite a bit each day.
Jenna , thank you! You have a lot of good ideas, and I’m totally going to use them this year. I am in my second year of my own garden, I would say I am right in the middle, I have a little bit of a plan, but am going to wing it! Thank you again for the helpful information!❤
Totally agree on brassicas. I'm in 6A Rhode Island, and if I do not start my broccoli and cauliflower in late January or early February (which a lot of people think is crazy early), I run a big risk of the plants bolting by as early as late May or early June. I have also gone to heat-resistant F1 hybrid varieties from Johnny's to help as well.
I’ve was binging your videos last night , great content! And you are here in Ohio which makes everything you talk about relevant for me! Keep it up! 👏🏼
While in my garden I usually have gloves on or dirty hands and cannot easily jot a note. I’ve found that I can text them to myself (I do it by talking into the phone). Once back in the house I can transcribe my notes into a book that never leaves a specific space so I stop losing notebooks or leaving them in the rain.
I have a whole excel workbook with tabs - comp planting info on one, dates to start, temps, depth of seed, time to germ, how many per sq ft and fertilizers for each crop I am growing and I only grow what we eat but want to grow 10x what I do now….. its addicting!!!
Hi Jenna! I've collected the majority of my seeds for this season including ones you recommended. I dated each pack with a start date and I've placed reminders on my smart phone calendar for start dates. Notebooks are a weak point for me as well, if they only had a GPS chip! 😂 Great video!!!
Haha-- I don't always handle it all so well! But yes- I do get some help with the big infrastructure type things (building beds, fences etc.) from my hubby and my dad helps with the gardens at my parents' home!
I’m a beginner. We just moved to a house where I actually have room. Last year was my trial year and I didn’t do too well. None of my strawberries were good (I think the squirrels ate the good ones) two of my tomato plants got blight. My cherry tomatoes did so well that they crowded out my rosemary, jalapeños, bell peppers, and banana peppers 😆 My parsley did the best. I physically could not harvest it fast enough. But this year I want a bigger space so I can space things out better. My problem is that I want to grow everything but deep down I know I should start small 😅
We always plan plan plan…… and then almost everything changes when I start sticking things in the ground! And it’s been happening that way for 15 years! I wonder if I’ll ever change 😅
Onions seeds bunches and big yellow in my pots in my sunroom.I will follow you as I'm 6a and having good leadership so far. I'm selecting less unknown and more favorite tomato believe I'll have more tomatoes in 80 percent of space and have more cabbage and greens .re-adding fresh corn 🌽 ordered that sweet corn you didn't raise but love it. I'm hopeful your advice on cover crops improves and bet it helps. Winter wheat is where tomatoes are to be planted and few other Thanks 👍
Mainly, because computers and I really do not like each other, most of my planning goes on between my ears and on paper. I do get a lot of benefit from reviewing the videos and pic's of the garden from previous years. I keep a journal, but that usually gets forgotten even before all the planting is done. Going to try and do better with that this year. Really enjoy your videos.
One thing I failed to mention. My main crops are pretty much set where they will be going before planting, the one thing I really enjoy is putting in the herbs and flowers. Last year, it took me almost 10 days to place everything. I was like an artist with a pallet waiting to splash paint on the canvas, or a conductor of an orchestra tapping his baton on the podium for quiet. Mixing marigold, dill, lavender cilantro, petunias, 4'Oclocks, comfrey, borage, chamomile and a bunch I do not remember is my favorite thyme of planting. The planning comes in, what is new for this year? Gotta love gardening.
Hi Jenna! Another informative video! My notes don't have to be as detailed as yours, so I got some pretty water color paper 8x8 and am placing my plans on a cork board right over my snug so I can always see what needs doing next. It's not fine art but the snug is not for company. I love the jots on brown paper for your larder! I'm using that!
You should install outdoor subwoofer speakers that you can connect your phone Bluetooth to and play good vibez for the babiez...plants love the resonance.
@@GrowfullywithJenna you should tune a harp to 528, 639, 741, 852, 963, 174, 285, 396, 417 hz frequencies, strum the harp and amplify it through the subwoofers...That frequency code comes from the Egyptian Ring of Sound
My 2nd year gardening, first year starting seeds. Family of 2 so being realistic about what we will eat is a challenge. 😝 I feel like I'll be planning and replanning where everything will go right up till I plant them.
Thank you so much for telling us about the Garden Saavy app! I have THOUSANDS of photos on my phone that I don't want to delete, yet don't want to keep on my phone! 😄 so I love that you can add pictures to each crop! Is there a way to add additional years though? I'm curious how that works in tue future, when you go to add another pucture- will it let you add multiple? I'm just thinking of some crops, & how I like to try to grow the largest one possible, & would love to see successive years of photos... 🤔 not a huge deal breaker if not though! I've also not found a garden planning app that I love. I don't like that when you add beds, that you either have to add every single plant in by hand, one by one, (I'd rather draw it on actual paper before doing that!) or it auto populates for you, but diluent give you the option to change spacing. I like to be able to plant some things closer than the recommendations. Because I grow cutflowers, they don't need as much room as if they were growing in the landscape, & then with some of my veggies, I like to plant closer as well, or I like to underpants a taller crop like corn, or tomatoes, & these apps usually don't allow for that sort of thing. Does this app?
You’re welcome. You can add multiple years and still entry will let you add a photo. But it does not let you tweak spacing, which kind of drives me crazy!
Just something to consider- if you were to upload all of those photos to the app, you would loose all of them if you stopped paying the subscription at some point in the future. That's why I hate subscription based apps and sites....you're only "renting" the software for as long as you continue to pay and if you ever stop paying, you loose all of the data and photos etc that you uploaded :(
My plan is to find out what vitamins you take, cause I really need some! I use a steno pad for all my notes, planting dates, etc. just the right size in one place and a diagram of my beds and maybe a "fertilized what" date list.
Hi my name is Angela and I live in Circleville Ohio. I recently became a stay at home mom of my 4 young children. I really enjoy watching your channel because you are very knowledgeable and we live in the same zone. I have tried gardening before but have failed miserably due to my work schedule. I am wanting to start a garden this year but iam overwhelmed with everything. Being in town iam limited on space and my soil is terrible. My husband has built me a few raised beds and building another larger one this year. I have limited sunlight due to having 2 large maple trees and a large elm tree. This year I cannot start seeds but plan on purchasing plants from a local nursery. Do you have any recommendations of books and resources for when to plant and start seeds for central ohio. We are down to one income now and because of my husband's swing shift work schedule I will be the one who takes care of everything. Thank you for your channel I have been learning so much.
Hi Angela- wonderful to hear from a fellow Ohioan! Farmer's Almanac has some good resources: www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/OH As does Johnny's seed: www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/seed-planting-schedule-calculator.html and if you've not already checked them out, I have a playlist on what I plant month by month: th-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX1qEVADEL6_OL5ynFVtcMPR.html
Wonderful video. This year I'm going to mix Captan wp fungicide with Surround wp to try to control apple scab which mainly affects my pears. I have not had much success with copper or sulfur sprays in early spring as prevention. I do rake up all fruit tree leaf litter, but it doesn't seem to help. Captan is not organic. When I buy perfect apples/pears in the grocery store I know that these fruits have mad multiple sprays of some non-organic potions. Kind Regards. Craig
@@dustyflats3832 Thanks for the comment. I have used horticultural oil for 40 years, with and without cupper and/or sulphur fungicides. The oil may smother overwintering insect eggs...hard to prove any other benefit. I used Surround wp last year with great succes against codling moth, apple maggot and plum curculio. So I feel I can now manage the insect pests, but the fungal problems persist...thats why I'm trying Captan wp.
If I was a trial gardener I probably would use totes also. Maybe I would use my current system of binder with photo inserts to hold all my favorites A-Z. Yes, do clear out varieties that didn’t work for your taste and growing conditions. They may work for someone else and most libraries have a seed bank, at least the one I worked at did. So, about a software program. I keep wondering if this is truly something I need or would use. I currently use 2 binders with loose leaf paper. One for the garden the other for preservation of harvest (recipes, etc). The loose leaf system is easy to switch out pages or move them. This garden program stores to the cloud, print, if you stop subscription and restart they store previous notes. For me, yes, severe micro climate and then there is the time-there is none when things get cranking. I just found a nice small monthly planner with elastic closure to take to garden. I can make notes and transfer main points in binder at later dates. The program can only be used on a laptop or desktop and my choice is a pad because it’s light weight, doesn’t get hot and I can sit in my chair to use it the same as a binder/monthly planner. The program probably would hi-lite all my spacing of plants as not acceptable 😂 and I really don’t want another bill or treat my hobby like a dreadful office task. Just my take, but may be someone else’s cup of tea. I keep thinking of what my folks and grandparents would have thought of such devices. I’m re-designing flower bed and I will just mark out where placement of things like statues, pathway, sitting area will go. I’m in it for production and I fit in as much as I can and as cheap as I can. The seeds and plants are blinding$$$ The perfect thing for me would be to take a picture and record a note. I found random pics my husband and I took over the years to be very interesting. My new goal is to note on plant tag when a crop should be mature. And I also found out there is no race to plant brassicas in spring as mine were best in fall. Great food for thought. Thanks!
You bring up great points and I especially like the point you make about not turning your hobby into a dreadful office task. I can see how this could absolutely be the case for some folks and wouldn’t want that to happen to anyone!
Question for ya: what are your thoughts on black raspberries grown close to tomatoes? I’ve got plans on growing tomatoes in Earthboxes, and raspberries will go in ground. Problem is that I don’t have a lot of available space to put much distance between them. Probably a 7x20 space. Hope you’re having a great weekend.
Quick question: you have to do a lot to work around the hot summer months for many crops, such as brassicas. I'm in a dry desert environment in zone 5b western Colorado, and after 2 seasons I don't see much problem growing cool season crops through the summer even though our daytime highs are similar to Ohio. Would you guess that has to do with luck, overnight temperatures being cooler in Colorado, or humidity being lower? All three? Something else? Thanks again for all the details you share; I'm vacuuming up all your past content. ;-)
It has a lot to do with both things you mentioned- cooler overnights and lower humidity (and maybe luck too!). While our average summer days hover in the mid-80's here, the heat index often makes it feel like mid-90's or higher. IT also depends on the individual brassicas- I can grow kale and cabbage through the summer here- but things like broccoli and cauliflower tend to not do so well.
Planning for this little money’s garden is a blend of long term planning and wing-it; decide in advance very specific when, where, and how much of certain veggies and flowers, and wing it on other cool plants that I find at the last minute. Gotta shoe horn that pretty bugger in the yard somewhere. 😆 Currently trying to find space for various sunflowers since I’ve just recently learned that honey bees use the pollen for medicinal purposes in the hive. Also preparing to move a small patch of garden to a sunnier spot since trees have grown substantially, and trying to find what will do just fine in the original space. I’d LOVE to get your input on that sort of thing: veggies that don’t need as much sun. By the way, do you have a vid on making your own seed starting mix? Thanks for your videos. Awesome stuff.
I didn’t know that about honeybees! In regard to the shade issue- look to plant that don’t produce fruit as your best bet for lower light areas- such as leafy greens and root crops. And here is my video on seed starting mix: th-cam.com/video/6hWrdIg7nzQ/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for a great video. I'll be getting Hortisketch through your link. Also loved the excel sheet that you maintain. Seemed very detailed. Did you build it from scratch or is it through a template that you can point us to?
Great info as always. I am excited to give the Garden Manager App a try. Can you access it on your phone? Might be easier it write notes if I can just pull out my phone in the garden.
I use a simple technique. I have a template layout of my garden and pencil things in every year beginning in August on where I want them for the following season. I usually go through at least 3 iterations to get it where I want it. I also have a journal in excel where I record a lot of the same things you do but not quite as much. I have an inside sheet and an outside sheet and record date started, variety, days until maturity, transplanted outside, and I try to record date harvested but I sometimes forget that. I also record notes in the spreadsheet of course. I didn't realize surround works for cucumber beetles. Do you have a lot of luck with that?
That sounds like a great method of keeping track of everything. Regarding the Surround- I find it helps, but is not foolproof. I use it in combo with other techniques, such as keeping plants netted till they begin flowering, opting for varieties that are less appealing to beetles, and encouraging the beetles’ natural predators.
Surround kaolin clay is finely processed so it can be mixed with water and sprayed coating the plants: www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/pest-and-disease-controls/crop-protection/surround-wp-25-lb.-9661.html
I was going to ask u about seed time.. I been feeling so overwhelmed 🤦🏻♀️ new learning gardener here and my main complication is learning what to plant with what. I make things more complicated than what they are. 🤦🏻♀️
I can definitely see how it can easily get overwhelming. The best advice I have is to start by figuring out your last estimated frost date and then sorting out your cool season versus warm season crops. Every source you look at is going to give you slightly varying dates, but just pick one and try the given dates. Keep track of what works well and what doesn't, and tweak slightly the following year to suit your own specific needs. It's always a bit of a process when first starting, but you'll be surprised how quickly you can get a system down. Someone also pointed out Clyde's Garden Planner to me- and for someone who just wants a quick, not-overly complicated (non-digital) reference, I actually think it looks like a pretty good guide! www.clydesvegetableplantingchart.com/new-products/clydes-garden-planner
Sadly, I didn't even look at the seed catalogs this year. My seed collection is pretty decent already, so with inflation kicking my budget in the ass that is one of the many cuts I had to make.
Short term, I smother it. Long term I work on improving the conditions that it is thriving in. It will grow in all soils, but I’ve noticed it’s much worse in the areas in my garden which have poor drainage, are lower lying and tend to stay wet.
I plan everything out to the last detail, and then when spring comes I throw that out the window and plant way more than will fit.
😆 I’ve definitely had years like this!
Oh.
I plan to do that this year lol
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Haha me too
Step 1, make a detailed plan
Step 2, inventory supplies and seeds and order more seeds than I can actually grow
Step 3, start way more seeds than I can actually grow
Step 4, transplant seedling disregarding the plan because I’ve determined in the spring that I had no idea what I was thinking back in January
Step 5, find good homes for remaining plants that I’ve started and run out of space for
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Amen!
Ha. We have a very similar 5 step plan!
Hahaha- best comment yet 😆. I can totally relate to this!
This is so true!!
haha so cute and true!
It's my 3rd year growing vegetables, in containers. The 1st year, I planted everything that was supposed to grow in my zone. The 2nd year I planted what did well. This year I planted what I actually eat!
This sounds like a great technique!
I am absolutely loving the new Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog for 2023. Every category has vegies displayed by harvest size. This is so helpful to me as a new gardener, so I know exactly the size of the fruit I'll get and not spend the entire season on a plant that disappoints. They also include tips for growing, taking care of pests, harvest and storage. I really enjoy your videos and the inspiration you give. Thanks so much!
Lol, that reminds me of planting what I thought was a full size Waltham squash and it was an actual mini!😂. I had know idea there was such a thing in all my years of gardening 🤪. I kept thinking there was something wrong with the plant or soil😅. We harvested the plate size single servers and as we sat down to eat them I was looking closer at the seed packet because I just couldn’t get over this dinky squash. There it was, I think it was like a plate or something in the picture that it finally
Dawned on me that it was suppose to be a mini!😂
It’s hard to beat Johnny’s for the absolute wealth of information they provide. Their website is a treasure trove too!
Watching your videos has sparked my interest in gardening. I'm excited to start my own green journey!
Wonderful!
I used the “garden planner” from territorial seed, it’s a free trial for 7 days, then a cost each year. I got the subscription as a Christmas gift this year, and found it really helpful, mostly because it has so much information to reference all in one place. I agree with the start date thing, it uses your zip code to calculate dates, but is ultimately ball park. It’s really visual chart that is endlessly adjustable. I will see how it goes.
For me, garden planning is a huge project that I CANNOT do in one sitting, I started in September and was finally happy with it just after Christmas. I’m also a newer gardener, not green, but not experienced either. Companion planting, spacing, indoor seeding vs outdoor direct seed, etc was a lot of bit by bit gathering for me.
You make such a good point, Abby! I think for most folks (myself included) mapping out the gardens takes quite a bit of time, as they tend to evolve and change!
The main thing is don’t stress it. After all, it’s enough work to get a harvest. If I was a new gardener and did what you did, I think I would have scrapped the whole thing 🤣. I use to worry or concentrate on companion planting and figured if I just throw in marigolds here and there along with anything else it all works. However, I do like to consider planting by the moon as it’s a lot easier and worth while.
Well Jenna, thank you again for the excellent video! Fantastic! What I do is this last year, and now this year, I take a notebook I write everything down that I want to plant. In the first column I write the date I want to start them in the house. The name, and where I bought the seeds in the next column, and then when I plant it I just check it off. And if I don't like the vegetable that I decided to grow, then I will not order it probably again. It makes a lot of sense to take some notes on it for me. If I had a much larger garden, then I would take more notes. Thank you again for all your gardening wisdom! Have a good evening!
That sounds like a great method, Paul!
My husband just finished 20 years in the Navy and we're settling into a small farm in Eastern Tennessee. My rolling clay hills are a blank slate!
We excavated an 8'x20' strip to set up three 32" raised planter beds. Put some hugelkultur to work.
We also filled three Greenstalk planters on the patio.
Waiting for fruits to arrive! Saved dish-paks to mulch around them.
That sounds wonderful!! Enjoy your farm!
Getting so eager and excited to start gardening again. Planting indoor seeds in February. Living in very snowy California, so this year it will take longer than usual for all the snow to melt. Our raised beds are covered in straw, black plastic and about 5 feet of snow, so very insulated. I love being inspired and excited by watching your channel, Jenna!
I am too! Best wishes for an awesome season!
Great suggestions! I just wanted to mention that you can copy/paste images into an Excel cell! I’m on a Mac, and I use the screen shot app. I open the picture I want to put into my spreadsheet, take a screenshot and save it to my Clipboard (one of the options in the app), then click on the cell I want it in and Paste. You can drag the corner to resize the cell, so you can see it as a large photo when you need to and then shrink it back down when you don’t!
I use to ace Excel, but I don’t have MS Office and I thought there was a way to note in a cell a symbol to click that would show a chart/pic. If I did use a program I think that one thing right there is what I would do. You could insert pics of bugs, seed packets used and in inventory, plants. The pic of a seed packet alone is almost the whole entry right there.
Hmmm, think I will have to find a way to get Excel on a Mac so I can use this great feature.
Thanks!
Thank you! It’s been a while since I tried adding my photos to excel and I could never get the sizing right- I’ll have to try it again!
Greenshot is another great snipping tool for resizing and getting photos prepped for excel just right.
I definitely have been more of a wing it person but this year I created an excel sheet with each bed in it and what I’m putting in each bed. It’s been great for knowing how much dirt I need to buy and how many plants I can put into each bed for seed starting. I’ve also logged the date I planted each of my seeds. Something I never did in the past.
Nice! I’m glad you’re seeing benefits from the excel sheet!
All the tips were very good. For me, as a journalist, keeping a written account of your gardening life and adventures is key. A written history, as it were, to tell the story of your journey with nature, both the good and the not so good. To both inspire and teach those who will come. One day, a child or grandchild, will open up those pages and be able to walk through the garden with you even though you have long passed away. The written word is so necessary, and yet so dismissed these days. Carry on!
Lol, I worry they will look at my messy writing as I’m usually not at a table😂
Oh I love this!!
love this idea. I started watercoloring photos and some information in a small journal but this journaling idea is a great one!
So glad I stumbled upon your channel! We moved to 14 acres last year and this will be my first time growing in anything more than my 4x2 raised bed 😅 I’m excited and going into it with a learning mentality. If I get *anything* this year, I’ll consider it a win. Starting small is definitely my biggest struggle 😂
I'm so excited for you! Best wishes!
Jenna, I just want to say that I am loving your channel. Im a relatively new gardener (only been at it 3 years) and as someone who didn't grow up with gardening at all, its a real uphill climb for me to learn all of this. I've appreciated a few gardening channel along the way, but I have to say that your videos are so comprehensive (without being overly heavy with unneeded details), and you are a gifted presenter as well, that Im just blessed to have found this channel. I've shared it on social media for my fellow-gardeners or wanna-be gardeners. :) God bless!
Thank you so much! And I'm so glad to hear that you are gardening yourself- even without having grown up with it! It's definitely a learning experience- but can be so rewarding. Best wishes for a wonderful season!
HI Jenna,
I'm new to your channel. I am so glad I found you. Because I live in Indiana. I really appreciate finding people that live close to me. It's easier to tips from people in my area instead of people all over the country.i follow Luke from MIGARDENER&
THE STIVERS Bexause they are close to me but I am thankful that I have found you. God Bless you Jenna
Hi Wendy and welcome to the channel- I’m glad you found me too! Thanks also for sharing additional channels in our area!
I am GLUED to your videos since we are neighbors!!! I am a 3rd year gardener… but have 2000 sq ft…. Doing big things! Doing big things!!!
That is awesome!
I’ve been watching your videos on the big tv. It’s so much better than my tiny little iPhone. Anyway, I’ve commented before about relearning everything. Five years ago, I lived in northwest Illinois. I could grow anything. The soil was rich and fertile. I was used to the climate. I’d lived there for 60 years. And then, we moved to Ohio. Everything changed. A different climate zone, clay soil that was as hard as cement, deer eating everything…sigh. I’m still learning and trying to amend my soil. I never had to think about amendments until we moved here. I feel like a newbie, even though I’ve been gardening for over 45 years. Thanks for your videos. You’ve given me the stamina i need to keep going and have kept discouragement away well enough to keep me from saying I give up.
I hate watching videos on my phone too 😄.
And while you may feel like a newbie gardening in Ohio, I'm sure your 45 years of experience will come in incredibly handy (probably even more so once you get that soil where you want it). I'm glad you're not giving up and I hope this gardening season is a great one for you!
Very helpful. Love seeing you not being perfect too. Also there was no shouting at the camera and funny facial expressions. Thank you very much, very helpful as I start my first full year on our small garden plot in our new home.
Love the idea of warm vs cool seeds that is simple and great.
I am so glad I found your channel! I live in NE Ohio, I love to hear your expert advice and professional experience. Thank you for your videos!
I’m glad you found me too, Krissy- always great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
I've already started so many seeds with the intention of selling some. I'm hoping to can a lot more tomatoes this year as it seems to be what we use the most of. I've got a lot of San marzano, and amish paste as well as a few other hybrids I want to try. Last year I figured out how to can dried cherry tomatoes in evoo. You don't pressure can, instead wash them in vinegar, put them in a dehydrator, and then pack them in hot (but not boiling) evoo, lid on and then put them in the oven at 250. The trick is to fill your pint jars about 3/4 full (so leave a lot of head space). It took about an hour at that temp to get the oil to 250. Which kills botulism. Then turn the oven off and let them cool down in there. I used 1 without a lid for temperature testing purposes. It's one of my favorite pasta add ins.
Oh cool! I’m going to try this. I love dried cherry tomatoes in evoo, but have always frozen them. Thanks!
Lol, I dried cherry tomatoes and tossed some in EVOO and they stayed hard😂. I was going to put them on a pizza like a Rocky Rococos Chicago pizza. Not even close, the next day they were still little hardtacks. Never dried before and the new dehydrator must work great😂
@@dustyflats3832, think raisins, not cardboard 🤣
I am using SEEDTIME this year and it is AWESOME! Yes- it now offers Layout which is a mapping program😊
Good to know!
This is my FIRST time to ever have garden plans prior to seeing plants in the big box stores. Hopefully I am starting small, time will tell. I actually have already set up 3 raised beds (only 3x4). I started my garden plan 2 days ago and fell into sorting seeds by zip lock system. (I loved all seeds equally last year-about 50 packets.) I have already determined I need 4 additional seed packets, going to see if I can get them at the big box tomorrow.
Very exciting, Diane! I hope it’s a great growing season for you!
Four? That’s all?😂🤣😂🤣😂
I just did a third visit today😅 as listening to all these great garden channels talking about favorites drove me to it. Before TH-cam I was always stuck in the whatever was offered and same ole same old. Not this year. I’m trying the most varieties ever and the tiller better rest up as I have plans.😅
You make a lot of good points! It would be very good for a new gardener to listen to what you are saying. This is really a great tutorial! Three years ago I made a scale map of all 14 of our raised beds. Then scaled out where everything was to be planted. My first time companion planting. Well, lol, once I changed my winter idea, it slowly went down hill after that. So I just get on line with catalogs next to me and make a list of wants. Let it sit for a couple of days and then I start the whittling down process. I grown really nice eggplant, but this year I decided not to. I'm trying a different type of sweet pepper instead. Our bed sare all different sizes...a couple only 2'x2' with trellises all the way to 2'x26', 4'x20', etc. What ever I could find at the time laying around to make them out of. Last year I put in two 3' diameter fire rings for annuals. No more maps lol! I went back to my old school ways to make it less confusing for me lol. I just wing it. I had overwhelmed myself with all the notebooks and maps lol. But, I do do some of the things you talked about naturally. Enjoyed your take on preparing! Take care!
I use a monthly planner, but yes, I throw what ever at it and what sticks-sticks. Have fun with it and I think too many overthink companion planting. Throw in some flowers and all will be well. Enjoy it!
It sounds like you found what works for you, which is really the most important thing!
I have gone to spreadsheets too since my last note app failed to migrate to the new phone. I have my planning in my yearly household planning file, and notes in a garden notes file with tabs by year and insert pictures as well as notes. I love your comments about the things you put in your spreadsheet. It is way more detailed than what I have done so far, and we help me figure out why I planned certain things certain ways.
Actually planning some of my garden stuff this year! I am not very good at planning it out but I am already working on what I actually want to plant based on what we need and eat. I stocked up on 20 gallon grow bags at the end of the season last year because I don’t have space to put a large in ground garden but bags I can manage.
Smart to plant what you need. And if there is room, sneak in a new to you variety.
Nice! Smart idea stocking up at the end of the season!
We are settling into a property with a large acerage that has an established orchard (apples, peaches, plums, pears) and loads of blackberries, raspberries , and blueberries. I’m looking forward to an enormous garden but I have a lot of work to do. I want all the things. Chickens, a high tunnel, a green house….. but first I need to figure out how to keep all that other stuff alive. We are coming from the burbs. I did a full garden on my little half acre in suburbia but I didn’t have all the fruit trees and berries. We had an HOA and all the rules lol. My issue is pacing myself. I have bought waaaaaay too many seeds. I can’t help it. I’ve told family and friends not to buy any. I have it all! We also have Paw paw trees! I’m in Ohio too.
First congrats on your new place.
Second resource as much as you can free wood chips manure building materials chicken coop small shelters. Happy hunting
When you figure out where you want your garden think about where are you going to put your compost pile, your high tunnel things of that nature. Dream and dream big with a visual plan so you can add as you can afford it.
Educate yourself quickly about pruning the fruit trees the time is growing short for that job and it's important to do and do correctly.
Living on a farm is very rewarding challenging hard work and a beautiful life.
Oh make sure you give yourself 3' pathways in between you rows or raised beds plants can do their own thing and get out of control.
I am also in Ohio
congrats! we are starting our orchard from scratch (sans 2 old apple trees). We also have chickens. Buy the chicks now! get that coop and run up asap. you can keep the little ones indoors caged for a while. takes about 4 months to get eggs (depending on breed and time of year). ours just started laying 3 weeks ago. bought them at 6 weeks old back in late September.
How wonderful! Congratulations on your new property. I have trouble with pacing myself too- it’s so hard when you’re so excited about all the possibilities!!
Congrats!! I’d follow rose park permaculture for a lot of tips on how to care and tend to perennials and fruit trees/shrubs. Ducks are great for under trees as they pick at different things than chickens. What a great start to your new year. 😄
@@intentionallymade we have a pond so I was thinking about shelters over there so they can have a place separated from my garden and chickens. Definitely want to give geese and ducks a whirl. 🤣. Of course I do. And fainting goats. And mini cows… and ……
Just found your channel, and really appreciate your level of detail and scientific approach!
Thank you, Andy- and welcome to the channel! I’m glad you found me !
Just found your channel and subscribed! We've been winging it for years, and done decent, but we are ready to take it to the next level! We are in Ohio too. We have a 25x50 garden but are willing to expand. Great video!
Yes! Love to hear that you are taking your garden to the next level- very exciting!!
Several years ago I started to add non gardening notes in my garden note book. Sometimes it's a good reminder that trials do pass, gardening related or not.
This is so neat, going to share with my mom. We are moving way out in the woods of Alaska to a pretty raw piece of five acres. Praying this first years garden will still produce a bounty no matter the size.
Best wishes for a successful move and great garden this year! That's very exciting!
Thank you for this recommendation! I set up an account yesterday & got all three of my vegetable gardens planned out.
Happy to share!
Yes I love it. I am actually starting my seeds indoor right now and taking notes. ❤❤❤
Doesn’t it feel great to be starting seeds again!? 😁
@@GrowfullywithJenna yes it does. I love it. Gotta get through the snow season but I’m so excited to get to some growing again.
Great video. I have to admit I try and plan everything in my head. Think I need to try using the app. For me management of time is my hardest task. I always have more things going then time needed. And I like outside more than computer and notes time. Speaking of which got 15 Khaki Campbell ducklings in today and tomorrow I start to sow my corn in. I'm in Central Florida so things I imagine would be backwards to your timing.
I run ducks, chickens and turkeys in conjunction with my new gardening ventures.
Thanks Jenna.
How fun! Have you kept ducks before? I keep thinking about them because people claim they are good pest control and you can let them in your garden without them destroying everything (like chickens do).
@@GrowfullywithJenna I have had ducks never Khaki Campbells. And never had a garden when I had ducks. Will have to get back to you. I do know they love the bugs and slugs. Not sure if I would trust in the garden. Maybe try an experiment see how they do. I just love the duck eggs for baking brownies. 🦆👍😂
@@boonmsgt I'd love to hear about it! But, brownies sound like a good enough reason for me!
Jenna, I wanted to say that I think you great quality content and have learned quite a bit from your channel. So thanks for that 🙂. And I’m surprised that you only have 93k subscribers! Keep at it, and I think you will grow to a 1M+ garden youtube channel. Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Yeah, this is definitely a favorite channel--good info, delivery, and production quality. I am 60 miles east of the Ohio line in zone 5b PA with clay soil so it helps that my situation is closer than with many other youtubers.
Thank you so much @Dman, I really appreciate it!
Thank you @Anissa Ferringer !!
I agree! Being a fellow Ohioan I get much useful methods from your channel. Lets all share this video to help her get to 1 mil!!
Jenna, thank you for your invaluable videos. I am watching and rewatching them as I plan my first garden.
I am in-ground planting pole beans, carrots, celery, corn, cucumbers, kale, melons, onions, peppers, tomatoes and myriad herbs in zone 5b.
Very exciting! Best wishes for a wonderful garden this year!
Your spreadsheet is so thorough. Gave me some great ideas to update my garden journal. Thanks!
Glad you got some ideas!
I’m new. Last year was the first garden in 15 years. It is a small raised bed but I would like to make another one. This is great advice. I’m in 6 a and I’m going to start winter sowing and some direct sowing. I am planning where to place my plants. I didn’t do a great job last with that. My peppers were shaded out. I planted my brassicas too late so there’s that. I’m excited to try again. I really liked how you talked about having the right tools and methods to deal with pests. I will be referring back to this video. Thanks very much.
Its always different from year to year, and we keep learning what works and does not work in each of our gardens. And we learn what we want to “waste” time, energy, money, and water on. I dont feel the need to grow cauliflower- no one in my family likes it. I dont want to grow cabbage…too much space that I want to use for other things.
I have found that my flower gardening and landscaping wins out over vegetable production and enjoyment.
I love cut flowers in my house and to give away.
I guess what I am saying is that you start to figure out what you like to see and to do, and don’t waste your time on things that you wont eat or enjoy.
I’m so glad to hear you’re back to gardening, Pete!
This will be my 3rd season gardening! I'm in zone 5B in Illinois, so not too far from you. This year I am planting way more of what we actually ate the past 2 seasons as well as trying out 3 or more varieties of those things... I have 13 different peppers (we will use/eat every single one in some way) and 14 different tomatoes 🙈 5 varieties of corn... Stuff like that 🤣🤣🤣🤦🏻♀️I think every year I will try something new just for the fun of growing it and learning something new, though. I have found I really enjoy trying new things and experimenting. Fun learning through trial and error! I just mapped out my beds and where I want to plant everything, I am a HUGE planner so been looking around to see if there are any resources to double check my work 🤣 found your video/channel! Thank you for this!!!
So much fun stuff going on- I'd love to hear about some of your favorite peppers & tomatoes from this season!
I use OneNote for all of my documenting in the garden. I have the app on my phone and can easily snap a photo and add comments on whatever I am looking at or thinking about. I have on notebook for the year with one tab per month for daily/weekly updates, then another notebook for jotting down ideas, keeping inventory, and planning out my future gardens. I also use an excel spreadsheet for keeping track of seed inventory and germination dates. I love organizing everything in the winter! I will definitely give any new organization tool a try!
I love this idea- thanks for sharing!
I'm currently winter sowing in milk jugs and putting them in a snow cave before the (hopefully) last storm of the season comes in a few hours. We are supposed to get 10-18 inches (Alaska). I would really like to get this chore done before the snow falls! I have no idea how many plants I need of what. As of yet we have no infrastructure. After getting seeds finished off outside, the next project is building some wicking raised beds out of pallets. (be careful with using pallets as they can sometimes be treated with chemicals. Do some research about which pallets are safe). Not sure how many I will get built before breakup happens and the snow gets out of my way. While building those I am also going to be learning vermicomposting. I've been saving kitchen scraps outside (natural freezer) for when I was able to take on the task of setting it up. I've also saved the cardboard from renovations that we are currently recovering from.
I've been learning about things while I was in a "season" of not being able to do anything, so I learned what to gather. now I have several parts collected waiting to be put together for their purpose. I'm hoping I can get everything timed well for when I need it all. Renovations ran late and now I'm trying to play catch up while also trying to unpack and settle in. I'm thankful I took the time to learn about the kind of life I wanted so that I would recognize opportunities as they presented. Had I chosen to watch mindless TV shows I wouldn't have been ready for those opportunities.
I’m so glad you are choosing to live the life you want and working hard towards that goal. Best of luck!
i have just a hight water table, it is taking a while to prevent my garden from flooding and plants just drowing -Spent all of last season building raised beds and adding mulch/woodchips. Now it is a waiting game for the woodchips to settle. I do have some containers on the porch so at least I get to plant a few things just to see them grow and make notes on what works. Maybe next year the in the yard garden will be apply to apply what i learn growing on the porch.
Sounds like you’re making the best of a challenging situation!
I just completed an excel spreadsheet last weekend of all of my seeds, similar to yours- I like excel because I can sort by dates when to plant inside, outside, etc. and add all my notes. I also use graph paper and pencil to plan my gardens
Sounds great!
When you said you get rid o seeds, did you mean throw them away? This was one of the most helpful planning videos I’ve seen in a long time. Love it!
No- I typically give away to friends or family, donate to seed libraries, plant out for my chickens, or use as a sort of cover crop.
@@GrowfullywithJenna I plant for my chickens, too. They love me. 🐓🐓🐓
This was very helpful! Thanks Jenna! Greetings from Austria!💜💜💜💜💜
I'm glad it was helpful- and lovely to hear from you all the way in Austria!!
I have to add a 2nd comment. My husband has his own sneaky recording of gardening. I have been trying lettuce and spinach inside again and it’s going quite well, I think. My husband said, oh it’s doing great…see as he shows me pics of DAILY growth🤪🤣😂. Actually I was impressed! They were actually growing quite a bit each day.
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Jenna , thank you! You have a lot of good ideas, and I’m totally going to use them this year. I am in my second year of my own garden, I would say I am right in the middle, I have a little bit of a plan, but am going to wing it!
Thank you again for the helpful information!❤
Sometimes right in the middle is the best place to be!
Totally agree on brassicas. I'm in 6A Rhode Island, and if I do not start my broccoli and cauliflower in late January or early February (which a lot of people think is crazy early), I run a big risk of the plants bolting by as early as late May or early June. I have also gone to heat-resistant F1 hybrid varieties from Johnny's to help as well.
Yes! Some of those varieties have done really well for me here!
You're closing in on 100k! Congrats!!
Thank you!
I’ve was binging your videos last night , great content! And you are here in Ohio which makes everything you talk about relevant for me! Keep it up! 👏🏼
Thank you so much!
While in my garden I usually have gloves on or dirty hands and cannot easily jot a note. I’ve found that I can text them to myself (I do it by talking into the phone). Once back in the house I can transcribe my notes into a book that never leaves a specific space so I stop losing notebooks or leaving them in the rain.
Sounds like a great way to do it!
I have a whole excel workbook with tabs - comp planting info on one, dates to start, temps, depth of seed, time to germ, how many per sq ft and fertilizers for each crop I am growing and I only grow what we eat but want to grow 10x what I do now….. its addicting!!!
It is absolutely addicting!
We eat a LOT of hot peppers and run out by January. But I still have plenty of dilly beans left to enjoy.
Are you planning on planting more hot peppers this year?
Hi Jenna! I've collected the majority of my seeds for this season including ones you recommended. I dated each pack with a start date and I've placed reminders on my smart phone calendar for start dates. Notebooks are a weak point for me as well, if they only had a GPS chip! 😂 Great video!!!
Sounds like you are ready to go! And I could use that GPS technology on a lot of things… notebooks included 😆
OMG.....your life is the garden. How can you handle it all? Do you have family that helps you? Cudos to you!! Enjoy!
Haha-- I don't always handle it all so well! But yes- I do get some help with the big infrastructure type things (building beds, fences etc.) from my hubby and my dad helps with the gardens at my parents' home!
I’m a beginner. We just moved to a house where I actually have room. Last year was my trial year and I didn’t do too well. None of my strawberries were good (I think the squirrels ate the good ones) two of my tomato plants got blight. My cherry tomatoes did so well that they crowded out my rosemary, jalapeños, bell peppers, and banana peppers 😆
My parsley did the best. I physically could not harvest it fast enough.
But this year I want a bigger space so I can space things out better. My problem is that I want to grow everything but deep down I know I should start small 😅
I suspect the 'wanting to grow everything' problem is very common with us gardeners! I hope this year goes great for you!
That Zip-Lock bag idea is great! I had never thought of that and I'm going to organize my seeds in a few minutes. Zone 7B
It works great!
Great video, that app is exactly what I've been looking for. Great stuff!
Thank you!
We always plan plan plan…… and then almost everything changes when I start sticking things in the ground! And it’s been happening that way for 15 years! I wonder if I’ll ever change 😅
😆 I definitely have years like this!
Your seed filing system is EXACTLY. how I've kept mine for years!
Nice!!
Seedtime does offer the garden layout planning now! Also if you go to the advanced settings for each crop, you can change the planting times.
Yep- I saw that update, pretty exciting! Have you tried it out?
Onions seeds bunches and big yellow in my pots in my sunroom.I will follow you as I'm 6a and having good leadership so far. I'm selecting less unknown and more favorite tomato believe I'll have more tomatoes in 80 percent of space and have more cabbage and greens .re-adding fresh corn 🌽 ordered that sweet corn you didn't raise but love it.
I'm hopeful your advice on cover crops improves and bet it helps. Winter wheat is where tomatoes are to be planted and few other
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That sounds great, John! Looking forward to hearing how your garden does this season!
Mainly, because computers and I really do not like each other, most of my planning goes on between my ears and on paper. I do get a lot of benefit from reviewing the videos and pic's of the garden from previous years. I keep a journal, but that usually gets forgotten even before all the planting is done. Going to try and do better with that this year.
Really enjoy your videos.
I understand this! I’m sure many folks feel the same way. And I agree- reviewing photos/videos helps me a lot too.
I have the exact same seed storage system! Not pretty, but it gets the job done.
It does indeed!
Can you do a video on how to become a seed trial manager, how much money you can make doing it, etc?
One thing I failed to mention.
My main crops are pretty much set where they will be going before planting, the one thing I really enjoy is putting in the herbs and flowers.
Last year, it took me almost 10 days to place everything. I was like an artist with a pallet waiting to splash paint on the canvas, or a conductor of an orchestra tapping his baton on the podium for quiet. Mixing marigold, dill, lavender cilantro, petunias, 4'Oclocks, comfrey, borage, chamomile and a bunch I do not remember is my favorite thyme of planting. The planning comes in, what is new for this year? Gotta love gardening.
I love this so much!
What fun! I think this is a great approach especially for a small time grower .
Oh this is my kind of channel!
Hi Jenna! Another informative video! My notes don't have to be as detailed as yours, so I got some pretty water color paper 8x8 and am placing my plans on a cork board right over my snug so I can always see what needs doing next. It's not fine art but the snug is not for company. I love the jots on brown paper for your larder! I'm using that!
That sounds lovely! And I love the idea of having it up and visible at all times!
You should install outdoor subwoofer speakers that you can connect your phone Bluetooth to and play good vibez for the babiez...plants love the resonance.
I actually did a junior high science experiment based on this concept 😄
@@GrowfullywithJenna you should tune a harp to 528, 639, 741, 852, 963, 174, 285, 396, 417 hz frequencies, strum the harp and amplify it through the subwoofers...That frequency code comes from the Egyptian Ring of Sound
My 2nd year gardening, first year starting seeds. Family of 2 so being realistic about what we will eat is a challenge. 😝 I feel like I'll be planning and replanning where everything will go right up till I plant them.
I totally understand this!
Thank you so much for telling us about the Garden Saavy app! I have THOUSANDS of photos on my phone that I don't want to delete, yet don't want to keep on my phone! 😄 so I love that you can add pictures to each crop! Is there a way to add additional years though? I'm curious how that works in tue future, when you go to add another pucture- will it let you add multiple? I'm just thinking of some crops, & how I like to try to grow the largest one possible, & would love to see successive years of photos... 🤔 not a huge deal breaker if not though!
I've also not found a garden planning app that I love. I don't like that when you add beds, that you either have to add every single plant in by hand, one by one, (I'd rather draw it on actual paper before doing that!) or it auto populates for you, but diluent give you the option to change spacing. I like to be able to plant some things closer than the recommendations. Because I grow cutflowers, they don't need as much room as if they were growing in the landscape, & then with some of my veggies, I like to plant closer as well, or I like to underpants a taller crop like corn, or tomatoes, & these apps usually don't allow for that sort of thing. Does this app?
You’re welcome. You can add multiple years and still entry will let you add a photo. But it does not let you tweak spacing, which kind of drives me crazy!
Just something to consider- if you were to upload all of those photos to the app, you would loose all of them if you stopped paying the subscription at some point in the future. That's why I hate subscription based apps and sites....you're only "renting" the software for as long as you continue to pay and if you ever stop paying, you loose all of the data and photos etc that you uploaded :(
So far I’m a “wing it and see what happens girl.” The only planning I’ve done so far is the garden lay out and seed shopping
Nothing wrong with that!
My plan is to find out what vitamins you take, cause I really need some! I use a steno pad for all my notes, planting dates, etc. just the right size in one place and a diagram of my beds and maybe a "fertilized what" date list.
Oh I love the addition of ‘fertilized what/when’… adding that to mine as well!
🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓... more strawberry!
We can never have enough!
I go with the Freeze/Flash plan. Make a plan, work the plan, forget about the plan.
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Hi my name is Angela and I live in Circleville Ohio. I recently became a stay at home mom of my 4 young children. I really enjoy watching your channel because you are very knowledgeable and we live in the same zone. I have tried gardening before but have failed miserably due to my work schedule. I am wanting to start a garden this year but iam overwhelmed with everything. Being in town iam limited on space and my soil is terrible. My husband has built me a few raised beds and building another larger one this year. I have limited sunlight due to having 2 large maple trees and a large elm tree. This year I cannot start seeds but plan on purchasing plants from a local nursery. Do you have any recommendations of books and resources for when to plant and start seeds for central ohio. We are down to one income now and because of my husband's swing shift work schedule I will be the one who takes care of everything. Thank you for your channel I have been learning so much.
Since you have a lot of shade don't forget container gardening. Move them around for best sun if need be.
Hi Angela- wonderful to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
Farmer's Almanac has some good resources: www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/OH As does Johnny's seed: www.johnnyseeds.com/growers-library/seed-planting-schedule-calculator.html and if you've not already checked them out, I have a playlist on what I plant month by month:
th-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX1qEVADEL6_OL5ynFVtcMPR.html
Good video !!
Thanks!
Awesome tips! Thank you!
Thank you!
Wonderful video. This year I'm going to mix Captan wp fungicide with Surround wp to try to control apple scab which mainly affects my pears. I have not had much success with copper or sulfur sprays in early spring as prevention. I do rake up all fruit tree leaf litter, but it doesn't seem to help. Captan is not organic. When I buy perfect apples/pears in the grocery store I know that these fruits have mad multiple sprays of some non-organic potions. Kind Regards. Craig
I find that fruit trees tend to be more difficult to manage organically!
Horticultural oil may help. James Prigioni uses kaolin clay (Surround) for leaf curl problems they have in NJ.
@@dustyflats3832 Thanks for the comment. I have used horticultural oil for 40 years, with and without cupper and/or sulphur fungicides. The oil may smother overwintering insect eggs...hard to prove any other benefit. I used Surround wp last year with great succes against codling moth, apple maggot and plum curculio. So I feel I can now manage the insect pests, but the fungal problems persist...thats why I'm trying Captan wp.
If I was a trial gardener I probably would use totes also. Maybe I would use my current system of binder with photo inserts to hold all my favorites A-Z. Yes, do clear out varieties that didn’t work for your taste and growing conditions. They may work for someone else and most libraries have a seed bank, at least the one I worked at did.
So, about a software program. I keep wondering if this is truly something I need or would use. I currently use 2 binders with loose leaf paper. One for the garden the other for preservation of harvest (recipes, etc). The loose leaf system is easy to switch out pages or move them. This garden program stores to the cloud, print, if you stop subscription and restart they store previous notes. For me, yes, severe micro climate and then there is the time-there is none when things get cranking. I just found a nice small monthly planner with elastic closure to take to garden. I can make notes and transfer main points in binder at later dates. The program can only be used on a laptop or desktop and my choice is a pad because it’s light weight, doesn’t get hot and I can sit in my chair to use it the same as a binder/monthly planner. The program probably would hi-lite all my spacing of plants as not acceptable 😂 and I really don’t want another bill or treat my hobby like a dreadful office task. Just my take, but may be someone else’s cup of tea.
I keep thinking of what my folks and grandparents would have thought of such devices. I’m re-designing flower bed and I will just mark out where placement of things like statues, pathway, sitting area will go. I’m in it for production and I fit in as much as I can and as cheap as I can. The seeds and plants are blinding$$$
The perfect thing for me would be to take a picture and record a note. I found random pics my husband and I took over the years to be very interesting. My new goal is to note on plant tag when a crop should be mature. And I also found out there is no race to plant brassicas in spring as mine were best in fall.
Great food for thought. Thanks!
You bring up great points and I especially like the point you make about not turning your hobby into a dreadful office task. I can see how this could absolutely be the case for some folks and wouldn’t want that to happen to anyone!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I can see why you do it because your a trial gardener and need to keep notes and I would do the same I’m sure.
Question for ya: what are your thoughts on black raspberries grown close to tomatoes? I’ve got plans on growing tomatoes in Earthboxes, and raspberries will go in ground. Problem is that I don’t have a lot of available space to put much distance between them. Probably a 7x20 space.
Hope you’re having a great weekend.
It depends on if you have problems with verticillium in your area. If not, it shouldn't' be much of an issue.
I am usually just a wing it person, but I am trying to start more planning and recording this year and see how that goes.
Hope it goes well for you, Jodie!
Quick question: you have to do a lot to work around the hot summer months for many crops, such as brassicas. I'm in a dry desert environment in zone 5b western Colorado, and after 2 seasons I don't see much problem growing cool season crops through the summer even though our daytime highs are similar to Ohio. Would you guess that has to do with luck, overnight temperatures being cooler in Colorado, or humidity being lower? All three? Something else? Thanks again for all the details you share; I'm vacuuming up all your past content. ;-)
It has a lot to do with both things you mentioned- cooler overnights and lower humidity (and maybe luck too!). While our average summer days hover in the mid-80's here, the heat index often makes it feel like mid-90's or higher. IT also depends on the individual brassicas- I can grow kale and cabbage through the summer here- but things like broccoli and cauliflower tend to not do so well.
14:16 for your potted plants you should do Hugelkultur in the pots 🤘
I like using ‘mini hugels’ in my smaller raised beds- I’ll have to try it in my larger containers too! Thanks!
Planning for this little money’s garden is a blend of long term planning and wing-it; decide in advance very specific when, where, and how much of certain veggies and flowers, and wing it on other cool plants that I find at the last minute. Gotta shoe horn that pretty bugger in the yard somewhere. 😆 Currently trying to find space for various sunflowers since I’ve just recently learned that honey bees use the pollen for medicinal purposes in the hive. Also preparing to move a small patch of garden to a sunnier spot since trees have grown substantially, and trying to find what will do just fine in the original space. I’d LOVE to get your input on that sort of thing: veggies that don’t need as much sun. By the way, do you have a vid on making your own seed starting mix?
Thanks for your videos. Awesome stuff.
I didn’t know that about honeybees! In regard to the shade issue- look to plant that don’t produce fruit as your best bet for lower light areas- such as leafy greens and root crops. And here is my video on seed starting mix: th-cam.com/video/6hWrdIg7nzQ/w-d-xo.html
Growveg has a planner that includes a map, a plant list/calendar function, and a journal. You can even attach pictures to your journal notes.
Good to know- they must have updated some of those feature since I looked at it years ago. Thanks!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Yes, the journal was new in the last couple years.
Thanks for a great video. I'll be getting Hortisketch through your link. Also loved the excel sheet that you maintain. Seemed very detailed. Did you build it from scratch or is it through a template that you can point us to?
Thank you! I built the excel sheet, but I'm hoping to launch a website soon where I can offer the template.
@@GrowfullywithJenna great! Looking forward to it.
Great info as always. I am excited to give the Garden Manager App a try. Can you access it on your phone? Might be easier it write notes if I can just pull out my phone in the garden.
Excel photos : copy paste the link to the file. If you have a ’cloud’ drive and open the access, anyone ith access rights can click the link and see
I use a simple technique. I have a template layout of my garden and pencil things in every year beginning in August on where I want them for the following season. I usually go through at least 3 iterations to get it where I want it. I also have a journal in excel where I record a lot of the same things you do but not quite as much. I have an inside sheet and an outside sheet and record date started, variety, days until maturity, transplanted outside, and I try to record date harvested but I sometimes forget that. I also record notes in the spreadsheet of course.
I didn't realize surround works for cucumber beetles. Do you have a lot of luck with that?
That sounds like a great method of keeping track of everything. Regarding the Surround- I find it helps, but is not foolproof. I use it in combo with other techniques, such as keeping plants netted till they begin flowering, opting for varieties that are less appealing to beetles, and encouraging the beetles’ natural predators.
All the Kaolin clay I see is cosmetic. What is your preferred source? I am desperate as I haven't gotten more than a handful of cucumbers ever!
Surround kaolin clay is finely processed so it can be mixed with water and sprayed coating the plants: www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/pest-and-disease-controls/crop-protection/surround-wp-25-lb.-9661.html
I laughed as I didn’t get the cosmetic thing right away🤣. Yes, it goes by the name of Surround.😊
Whats your seed catalog list? I would love to get a pile of catalogs like that each season!
I was going to ask u about seed time.. I been feeling so overwhelmed 🤦🏻♀️ new learning gardener here and my main complication is learning what to plant with what. I make things more complicated than what they are. 🤦🏻♀️
I can definitely see how it can easily get overwhelming. The best advice I have is to start by figuring out your last estimated frost date and then sorting out your cool season versus warm season crops. Every source you look at is going to give you slightly varying dates, but just pick one and try the given dates. Keep track of what works well and what doesn't, and tweak slightly the following year to suit your own specific needs. It's always a bit of a process when first starting, but you'll be surprised how quickly you can get a system down. Someone also pointed out Clyde's Garden Planner to me- and for someone who just wants a quick, not-overly complicated (non-digital) reference, I actually think it looks like a pretty good guide! www.clydesvegetableplantingchart.com/new-products/clydes-garden-planner
Question: I have seen people refrigerate their seeds saying they keep better that way. Do you recommend this? If not, why?
Yes, refrigeration can extend the life of most seeds.
I’m in south central ohio. Trying to set up design and plant my garden. Need help starting all over again.
Jenna I can’t find part 2 of your garden planning. Did you make one yet?
Not yet!
Great
Sadly, I didn't even look at the seed catalogs this year. My seed collection is pretty decent already, so with inflation kicking my budget in the ass that is one of the many cuts I had to make.
I suspect many are in the same boat. Seed prices themselves are getting quite high as well!
My kids are grown so it isn't more strawberry or grape jam, but more strawberry/rhubarb wine.
That sounds good to me!
Help!!! How do you handle nutsedge in the garden?
Short term, I smother it. Long term I work on improving the conditions that it is thriving in. It will grow in all soils, but I’ve noticed it’s much worse in the areas in my garden which have poor drainage, are lower lying and tend to stay wet.