Fellow zone 3b gardener in northern New York! Enjoying your videos! We get temps into -40 up here. I love seeing how other folks garden in short season climates.
Like 91, Great impressive footage stunning the beautiful blooming garden that attracts viewers to keep enjoy in watching, thanks for sharing this awesome relaxing scenery, stay safe always Ma'am.
Hi there, great video. Just a tip about your leeks. Don't pull them up, but cut them off leaving a couple of inches in the ground, they will regrow. You may have to protect them over winter especially if as you say it gets down to negative 30. Alternatively if you have a greenhouse / poly tunnel, then you can pull them up, cut 2 inches off the bottom with the roots and replant in the greenhouse to over winter them ready to plant out early next year.
I would love to have a bountiful garden such as yours but I am too afraid that I would neglect it, gardening is hard work and sometimes I just don't feel up to going out for maintenance, although I enjoy planting. I plan every year but nothing goes at planned due to weeding and other volunteer plants that pop up, as well as deer, rabbit and bird attacks, they have to eat too. Now I have to plan for a fence for the garden.
I’m also in Minnesota but zone 4b and it’s nice to finally find another Minnesota Gardner! Will you be digging up some of your herbs to overwinter indoors?
Awesome! I usually don't since a lot of them are perennials (thyme, oregano, mint, sage, etc.). I've tried bringing rosemary in (it doesn't survive the winter here), but it's one of the few plants I can't keep alive indoors! I do like to bring in parsley - that one does well.
They sure are! I'm leaning more and more into these long-form videos - it's so hard to teach anything with only 60 seconds (and especially with IG favoring 7 second videos...🤪)
I would say high maintenance as far as the initial weeding goes (I didn't get the straw/cardboard down everywhere until late July and the organic straw did sprout and required a first weeding, but then it was fine), but low maintenance in terms of everything else! My previous garden had VERY sandy soil, so it was hard to keep moisture and nutrients levels up. Things are growing better here, even on year 1!
I just moved across the river from the twin cities in Minnesota to north Hudson, Wisconsin. My new home has an inch or two of dirt and then nothing but sand, lol. So to transfer my perennials I had 12.5 cubic yards of garden soil delivered and paid kids to wheel barrow it over to a quarter of my yard, up to a foot deep in places. The perennials are very happy. I’m looking at the next quarter of the yard which I may make a “little fruit tree“ orchard or grow veggies in ground or both. Can anything be grown in that sand? Fruit trees? Veggies? It’s basically a beach without the benefit of a lake, lol. It does have some grass in it, although it’s kind of sparse. Or maybe do I get another load of dirt? So glad to have found your channel! Nice to find someone successfully gardening in our frozen northland!
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I've been looking for zone 3b gardeners so very excited to find you!
You are so blessed with such an abundance!
I thank God for this space and what he has provided us every day! :)
I love your garden I’m glad I got your video.
What a great garden! Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic video 😁 You are such an amazing gardener and teacher of all things natural and healthy ❤️
Thank you for this tour
You are too kind - thank you so much! I always enjoy giving a tour of my garden :)
Fellow zone 3b gardener in northern New York! Enjoying your videos!
We get temps into -40 up here. I love seeing how other folks garden in short season climates.
Wow! I didn't know NY was zone 3b as well. Welcome! :)
I use cardboard on my paths, and cover with mulch. Works wonderfully
Like 91, Great impressive footage stunning the beautiful blooming garden that attracts viewers to keep enjoy in watching, thanks for sharing this awesome relaxing scenery, stay safe always Ma'am.
You're welcome and thanks for being here :)
I'm 4a, but I swear, my weather is zone 3. I'm Tug Hill Plateau in NY (base west of the Adirondacks)
Hi there, great video. Just a tip about your leeks. Don't pull them up, but cut them off leaving a couple of inches in the ground, they will regrow. You may have to protect them over winter especially if as you say it gets down to negative 30.
Alternatively if you have a greenhouse / poly tunnel, then you can pull them up, cut 2 inches off the bottom with the roots and replant in the greenhouse to over winter them ready to plant out early next year.
That's helpful, thank you! However, I wonder if they'd survive -30F, even with protection.
I’ll actually be moving to Minnesota soon and this give me hope I’ll be able to still garden
Hooray! What part of Minnesota?
@@thehomesteadingrd near Minneapolis area the city is Rosemount
Awesome! I hope you love it :) @@twrigh23
@@thehomesteadingrd thanks I hope so I don’t know much about the area we’re coming from NC so big change lol
I love your energy ❤
Thank you :)
You really got a lot of plants in that garden, and organized everything well. Will be watching your videos, I'm in zone 3, S. Alberta.
It’s taken me many years to master the art of spacing everything just right! I’m glad you’re here! ☺️
Love the Roma tomatoes. Yum.
The best!!
I would love to have a bountiful garden such as yours but I am too afraid that I would neglect it, gardening is hard work and sometimes I just don't feel up to going out for maintenance, although I enjoy planting. I plan every year but nothing goes at planned due to weeding and other volunteer plants that pop up, as well as deer, rabbit and bird attacks, they have to eat too. Now I have to plan for a fence for the garden.
I’m also in Minnesota but zone 4b and it’s nice to finally find another Minnesota Gardner!
Will you be digging up some of your herbs to overwinter indoors?
Awesome! I usually don't since a lot of them are perennials (thyme, oregano, mint, sage, etc.). I've tried bringing rosemary in (it doesn't survive the winter here), but it's one of the few plants I can't keep alive indoors! I do like to bring in parsley - that one does well.
I’ve had parsley survive the winter in 4b!
nice garden
Thank you so much!
Hi
Your job is great
Thank you! I really enjoy it :)
Hi I just want to say that the full videos are better than the shorts …they are a bit annoying when you want to see the whole prosess
They sure are! I'm leaning more and more into these long-form videos - it's so hard to teach anything with only 60 seconds (and especially with IG favoring 7 second videos...🤪)
I just subscribed. I'm excited to find a Minnesota gardener to watch.
I'm curious about what the RD stands for in the name of your homestead?
Hooray - I'm so glad to have you! The "RD" stands for Registered Dietitian :)
You brought your knowledge and experience into a new place. Was this garden low or high maintenance compared to your previous garden?
I would say high maintenance as far as the initial weeding goes (I didn't get the straw/cardboard down everywhere until late July and the organic straw did sprout and required a first weeding, but then it was fine), but low maintenance in terms of everything else! My previous garden had VERY sandy soil, so it was hard to keep moisture and nutrients levels up. Things are growing better here, even on year 1!
I just moved across the river from the twin cities in Minnesota to north Hudson, Wisconsin. My new home has an inch or two of dirt and then nothing but sand, lol. So to transfer my perennials I had 12.5 cubic yards of garden soil delivered and paid kids to wheel barrow it over to a quarter of my yard, up to a foot deep in places. The perennials are very happy.
I’m looking at the next quarter of the yard which I may make a “little fruit tree“ orchard or grow veggies in ground or both. Can anything be grown in that sand? Fruit trees? Veggies? It’s basically a beach without the benefit of a lake, lol. It does have some grass in it, although it’s kind of sparse. Or maybe do I get another load of dirt?
So glad to have found your channel! Nice to find someone successfully gardening in our frozen northland!
@@5kidslater1 hello and welcome! If you're able to bring in some top soil and compost, that would be a great move! I also highly recommend mulching.