Garden Tour - December 2023
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- It's time for the first garden tour of the summer 2023-24 season! I am very excited to show you all that I am growing and how much I have actually been able to fit into my garden this year! We're off to a strong start.. so come check out what I'm growing and don't forget to subscribe so you can tune in all summer to see how it progresses!
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I'm in Idaho, USA and we have that horrendous weed vine too. Do not rototil it because it will the grow everywhere. A single leaf starts a new vine. It's awful. Artichokes are perennial in warmer zones. So are peppers. It's December and I just started mine indoors. Potatoes such as Yukon Gold are determinates and only grow one level whereas indeterminates such as Russets grow many levels. You have to know which kind you're growing. This next season I'm growing sweet potatoes in a raised box on ropes attached to the roof so they have plenty of space. My pumpkin vine last year grew 30' in length (for 4 pumpkins), so it'll be planted further away. I enjoyed your video. Horseradish is like mint - very invasive. Rhubarb needs room like an artichoke. Give them enough water too. If you're doing it in a bucket, make sure it's at least 5 gallon, but the bigger the better. If you cover it, it has to be after it sprouted and you still need to give it light a few hours a day. You can use shade cloth too. Edited to add: a less expensive way to trellis the tomatoes is to put a 8'-10' post at each end, connect with a post across the top, and hang a clothes line rop from the top post and connect it to the soil with a long nail or landscape staple (which I plant in a hole, but that's not necessary). Then tie the tomato plants to the rope. I still prune the suckers to help with airflow, but only the indeterminates. You should not prune determinates. The Rapunzel tomato looks interesting. You might want to consider a Sungold, which is an absolutely delicious golden cherry tomato. For the trellis, you can use irrigation pipes, electrical conduit pipes, wood posts, whatever. Cover your eggplants with a sheet until it's plenty warm and maybe add some earthworm castings and kelp. Your garden is so lovely. Great job! Happy Holidays!
Thanks for sharing all that great info! 😍 Lots of helpful tips, not just for me, but for everyone! Love your idea for sweet potato vines, I bet that will look beautiful. And I’ll have to put sungolds on my list to grow next year. Thanks so much again! 😊
Zucchini can pollenate from other zucchini varieties.
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
Hey there Hammond, Louisiana here. (U.S)
New subscriber here I'm # 600 YAY 🙌
Happy Growing. I love your space & also your energy/vibe . Thank you for sharing it's very interesting to see across the world .
So glad I found your channel. Now I have summer in winter. Needed a dose of fresh plants
I feel your need! I'm the same way in our winter. 😀
Discovered your channel today n I'm subscribing. I'm from Malaysia n just started gardening on roughly 1/2 an acre. Hope one day I will have a garden as nice as yours.
That’s so nice of you , thank you. 😊 It’s been a slow, enjoyable transformation over a few years as I’ve had a little extra time and money to add small improvements.
Best of luck with your garden, I hope you find joy transforming your space. ❤️
Checked through transcript don’t see water melon (or bigger pumpkin I guess). Any reason, would it not thrive?
I do have watermelon and some pumpkins growing (crown, butternut, small sugar, kuri), but this is my first year growing those. They can grow and thrive here, but I wasn't sure I had the space for it to vine out. However, this year I've decided to let them all vine out of my beds into the pathways and just see what happens. 😀
If you want a perpetual chard bed all over your garden leave the Swiss chard plants up, but if you do not, I really advise pulling them up. They are Prolific!!
Beautiful garden! Place rhubarb in the shade or partial shade. I love getting “free” seed from fruits, veggies and spices. Can’t wait to see your harvest! You can definitely freeze cilantro.
Ut oh! Now that my Christmas break is over, I better get out there and pull that chard!
Thanks for all your advice, it has been very helpful.
Omg the passion fruit, I need the plant 😊 I love that fruit 😋 and your garden is amazing. Are they winter hardy?
Thanks so much! In Auckland, our weather stays quite mild in winter and we rarely see a frost. I've lived here 7 years and have maybe seen 1-2 light frosts. So our passionfruit plants do well all winter, especially with all the rain we get.
Hello from California. Can not wait for Spring for gardening. It's our winter and also rainy season right now. Love your presentation.
Thank you 😊 Are you able to have a winter garden being based in Cali?
So thrilled to find a kiwi gardening channel. Gumboot in the channel name caught my attention! I an in central North Island and about a month to 6 weeks behind your garden. Just planted ouf my tomatoes and my chillies are only about 10cm tall. My pumpkins ars just starting to germinate. I usually aim to plant out early November but with failing seed germination and grey skies things just haven't grown. 😢 I love the coloured stakes! Really brings a cherry splash! Question: where do you get your seeds from, especially for the more unusual varieties such as Brad's Atomic Grape, Dr Witchy's and cucamelon? I haven't been able to find them here.
I had a tough go at seed starting last year. It's always a bit disappointing when that happens, but starting them inside on a heat mat really helped this year. Our house is small, so they took up residence near a kitchen window for a couple months, but definitely worth the temporary congestion. Check on Etsy for some of the seeds, that's how I've gotten lucky a few times. They may cost a bit more, but once you have them, you can save seeds from your harvest. 😀
Beautiful garden! Nice to see as we are experiencing our first big storm of WInter 2023-24 in Northern California. Can't wait for Spring!
Sending love from Philippines❤ I love gardening too❤😊
Just came across your channel today. Really enjoyed the information and seeing your beautiful garden 😊
New subscriber. Looking forward to your channel and journey. Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister ☦️ 🙏🏻 💙 ❤️
It’s great to have you here Judi. 😊 Thanks for joining the Gumboot Community and hope to hear more from you soon! ❤️
Growing cucumbers for pickles is exciting to me! Mine are always slow starters but once they get going I just CAN’T KEEP UP!! 😂
Hi, I just subscribed. Can you do some recipes for us later?
Yes! I can't wait to start making dinners with fresh summer veggies. I'm certainly no world-class cook, but would love to share some dinner creations that my family enjoys with you. 😀
Hi April 👋 I just came accross your channel, love your garden and what you are doing there! I am creating a series on my youtube channel about growing vegetables in different countries, would you be interested in taking part and being on my channel? Gemma 😀
That sounds fantastic Gemma. I saw a post about it on your page, I’ll send you an email. 😊
I do freeze herbs and they keep much more flavour than when you dry them, BUT I don't think it's a good idea to use them raw except you blend them or something. For instance, they do well for salad dressings, cooked sauces, broths, etc. They turn darker, almost black, and chewier, so I don't think they work for raw mexican salsa. Maybe if you chop them very, very, very small, IDK.
That's very helpful, thank you!
So beautiful 😊. New sub😊
did you harden off your eggplants before planting out? i loved looking at your garden, i moved at the end of summer so i didn't have a garden this last summer, and i have to start from scratch building my garden here at my forever home....all i have right now are some grow bags....now i'm planning on getting some raised beds made and filled for spring....after 6 yrs of minimal money spent on gardening....i'm almost chocking on the cost it will take to just get a few beds made and filled again! happy gardening!
Good point about the eggplants. They grew in a small plastic greenhouse with the door open and then a few days before transplanting, I kept them out during the day.. maybe they needed to adjust a bit longer because it was so warm in the greenhouse.
That is so wonderful you have found a forever home and one with space for a garden! Our space is rented and wish it was ours, completely get it about cost though! I have slowly grown my garden over a few years and have asked for a couple beds built as a birthday present. 😀 The rest I try to pick up as I find them on sale.
Good luck setting up your gardens!
Hi April! I just found your channel, it popped up in my recommended videos. I homestead in northwest Florida zone 8b. I garden year round but I do have to cover crops in winter. I been making hoops and setting out frost blankets since November when we had first freeze of about 29F (-1.7C) but it does warm back up into the 60s during day and 40s at night most of the time. We will soon have a few nights dipping to around 29F again so frost blankets are going back on. I just lay them into the walking path when it warms up and then cover back over and pin down when freeze is coming. I invite you to check out my videos of my garden, I have subscribed to your channel and will be enjoying catching up on your videos. I doubt I will ever travel to NZ but I will enjoy visiting via your channel! Happy Holidays! It would seem so weird to me to have it be summer at Christmas but I'm sure all the below equator parts of earth are used to that idea being born there! Cheers and Happy Gardening!
Hi Maggie, apologies for the delay in response. Your comment was held for review and I didn't see it until now. Sounds like your winter garden keeps you quite busy with the frost blankets. We're lucky enough to not get many frosts here, so the winter garden is pretty hands off except for the harvesting and tasks to complete before summer.
I am originally from the U.S., so a summer Christmas is still a bit strange to me, even after 8 years, but it's growing on me. Hope you've had a lovely holiday and good luck with your winter garden. 😀
Things are really exploding at your side 🌱👍 Nice to see that everything is growing in NZ while we're just making plans for the next season 🌝 Just found your channel and subscribed to it. Greetings Heidi 👩🌾💕
Your garden is beautiful! I love the Dr. Whyche tomato. We enjoy yellow and orange tomatoes around here. I’m in Minnesota in the US. I look forward to watching your summer garden grow as my garden is buried under the winter snow! Happy Growing.
Thanks so much! Hope you're not getting too much snow and as my mother (in NY) has just made sure to tell me, the days are getting longer in the US now, so our seasons will soon be reversed. 😀
New to your channel❤. Hope you do a tomato tasting video when you start harvesting 😊
Many of the varieties are new to me this year as well, so that's a great idea!
Hello from Utah, USA. We are dying to get our garden going but it is snowing outside 😅
Don’t worry, summer will come quick! Won’t be long before you start planning your garden and sowing your seeds.
Love your garden.just soooo lush..❤im in Canada. So were heading to winter here
I see you have a beautiful garden yourself. I'll have to check out some of your videos and stayed tuned to watch your summer veg and flowers once we head into our winter.
Thankb you. As of now my garden is put to sleep for winter.its sooo nice other part of the world a.lush garden like yours.aboslutely amazing..@@TheGumbootGarden
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Your garden is beautiful I'am Anshuma, I live in wellington porirua area and I also have got a small backyard garden which I just started this year spring.yes you can refrigerate cilantro in zip lock storage back.I always do it and it works well.
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Thank you for the advice! I hope your garden is growing well. It's nice to hear from a fellow NZer that's growing in their space. 😀
That vine must be morning glory which is very invasive
My plant ID app calls it a "hedge bindweed" and says it's a cousin of the morning glory, so nice work IDing the vine! It's flowers are slightly more trumpeted and larger than the morning glory my mother grew when we were kids.
Thank you for the sharing of information. I like how you explain your experiences about each of the plant and your garden is such a beauty!
Thank you! 😊
Good morning April,
It s raining here in Akl right now. My plants look happy and healthy so.
How do you manage chiili plants in Winter, are they all alive out side.
I also put the cardboard covered the soil because my tiger worms like to stay under shade and safe from the birds eating them. Tiger worms also eating the moistened cardboard and multiply a lot under.
Love your big and open gardens with all sort of plants.
I have plenty grapes fruits from one plant last year but the birds enjoyed them a lot even I covered them with the mesh bags Unbelievable, they knew how to open the bags. 😢😅😢😅
Morning 😀
To overwinter my peppers, I trim them back in autumn and leave them outside. I have had varying success with this though. But the survivors do produce just as well, if not better than they did in the first season. This past winter, I kept one inside to see how long it would keep producing. It did produce a couple extra months (we don't heat our house much in winter), but then ended up with fungus gnats and some other issues. In spring I put it outside, trimmed it back and isolated it from other plants and it's looking much better now and flowering.
@@TheGumbootGarden Thank you April,
Did you leave chillies plant in the ground over Winter or in the pots.
Mine in the ground alive over Winter but starting moldy in Autumn coming then die after get too much rain from the hill.
All chillies in the pot plants outside still alive may because not too wet on the ground surfaces.
All pot plants went well inside house through Winter season. I placed them along kitchen window to get full afternoon sunlight so I have fresh chillis all year.
Last year I bought the super hot chillis cost $37.- each but this year only $7.99 at Miter10
Morning April, it’s lovely to see a garden across the way. It’s freezing 🥶 cold and wet here 😂. Look forward to seeing your updates, Ali 🎄🤶🇨🇦
Hi Ali, Great to meet you! My parents live in New York, so I always hear about all the cold and snowy weather happening during these months. I can't resist rubbing in how warm it is here sometimes, but that means they do the same to me in our winter months. haha
So beautiful garden...gorgeous...
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Hi April! I just found you on here ☺ I love your channel. I feel like we would be friends in real life haha. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber here.
Hi Leah 😀 Thank you so much! I see you've recently started a channel of your own that has some really nice things on it. Stay in touch and maybe we CAN be friends in real life.. or as real as it can get living on opposite sides of the world. haha
Yeah its been a bit of a learning curve but, I'm enjoying the ride.
Yeah I can do that.😁
Your garden is gorgeous!! Where did you get the green netting that you use for the tomatoes, It looks sturdy. I need something else bad, I’ve been doing the Florida weave method and the tomatoes are too heavy for it.
Thank you so much! 😊 The green netting is from Mitre10 (a home improvement chain store in New Zealand). It’s plastic netting that can be bought in rolls in the garden section. You are right, it is sturdy and has done a fantastic job holding up my tomatoes. I couldn’t find cattle panels here, so it has been a great alternative.. and from what I hear, much cheaper. Hope you’re able to find some for your tomatoes! 😊
@@TheGumbootGarden Thankyou!!! I think I found something similar at my local lowes. Happy Gardening!
Wow. What a lovely garden.
You have a very nice garden. Love the color poles. Thanks for sharing. Happy gardening
Thank you so much. 😊
Beautiful garden ❤
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Great garden there😊
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What a beautiful space!
Thank you so much! ❤️
Hello, greetings from Jacksonville, Florida. For your eggplant plants I hear it is best if you plant them in individual pots or in a raised bed just for them. Apparently the roots are more delicate when they have to share nutrients with other plants. blessings 😘
Oh, that’s interesting! Thanks so much for that, I never would’ve thought it could be that!
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Such a beautiful place. Dream to have a garden like this..
Wow, what a beautiful compliment. ❤️ Thank you so so much.
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Your garden is just gorgeous 😊
That’s so nice of you, thank you!
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Make your own soil with food scraps. Watch Robbie and Gary Gardening she has awesome ideas and suggestions.
I'll have to check Robbie and Gary's channel out.. I'd love to start making my own compost by the time autumn rolls around.
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So amazing 😘
New friend here. Hope you can join me as well.
Your garden is beautiful!
Thank you and welcome to The Gumboot Garden! I’ll be sure to check out your channel as well.
You garden is so lovely and welcoming... love all the flowers mixed in! It is winter here in Houston Texas ... so I am just now in the planning phase for Spring. That obnoxious vine is a type of bindweed. You must pull it out from the root everywhere you find it ... if you can smother the massive area with cardboard layers covered with mulch you can slow the spread. Prohibiting photosynthesis is key to irradicating it completely. Good luck!
Thank you so much and good luck with your garden planning. The planning is always so much fun! And thank for the bindweed advice. It has really been on the attack this year. I've been trying to pull it out as much as possible, but I'll have to try smothering it where I can.
In Puerto Rico we love a drink called Parcha. It’s a passion fruit drink that is mouth puckering sweet. I don’t know the recipe but I’m sure u will like it
That’s different! I’ll have to give it a go when I harvest my passion fruit. Thanks! 😊
It was -30 a week or so ago here in Ontario canada. So we aren't growing anything here lol.
Brrrrr!!! -30! I don't think I could handle that.
April your grandfathers would be so proud of you. Both of them loved to garden.your garden is beautiful and your knowledge of gardening is just amazing.
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I just found your channel and I'm so happy I did!!! Your garden is so beautiful and prolific! Your energy is so sweet too and you seem like such a genuine person. I'm looking forward to diving into your videos. Happy gardening! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much! 😊
Hello from Tucson AZ
Hi! 👋 Welcome to the Gumboot Garden 😊
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