(1) Props to the video editor. "Mulch happens" was subtle and made me chuckle, reminding me of the recent "Bleep!" episode on 99% Invisible. (2) This video made me realize that when I was doing some work on my walls this summer my SDSC calendar didn't make it back up on the wall. Gotta fix that!
Hi Brijette, thank you for all the videos and info. I have to say that I am studying for a master's in agri-food sciences and I am learning a lot on our channel, for sure I enjoy so much watching your videos. I planted some native wildflowers last March but the heat in Spain has been crazy and most of them didn't make it. Any tips on that? Thanks for your videos, so nice to see other women and woman-owned companies in farming :) and your cats are so cute
It may have just been the wrong time of year with the heat. They may have needed shade cloth and/or very consistent watering. Try a few months earlier this year.
Excellent video. I really needed this clear explanation of succession planting. I had a little idea about it but I always got so overwhelmed. Thanks so much.
Hi! I've never had any luck growing carrots and after watching this video I can see what I've been doing wrong. Thank you for this great demonstration!
Good morning Brijette. Excellent video. Thanks for the rundown on succession planting. My favorite method of maintaining a sustainable pantry and stockpiling items long term for the whole family is what I consider to be the most practical, utilizing every type of food storage methods and technology available, both old and new. . Except for the fruits and vegetables that get canned, I keep perishable items like meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables and dairy products in the refrigerator on a short term basis until I'm ready to use them for a big family meal - and for even longer term sustainable storage, a large separate freezer, which can store a half side of beef with plenty of room left over for homemade ice cream etc. . I'm considering upgrading to a walk-in freezer at some point.in the near future, if my plans to open a bed and breakfast come to fruition. Sometimes, however a nice round of cheese can do well for quite awhile on a pantry shelf at room temperature - and doesn't mind even if it has to stand there alone. Store bought canned goods get shelves.in the large pantry closet - several for canned meat like corned beef hash, spam and sandwich spread and another for canned vegetables Bread, rolls, grains, homemade pasta, cereals and the like are stored in special humidity controlled bins I order from Amazon Prime - which usually get delivered to my doorstep about an hour after I order them. . Stuff from the family garden and orchard, like onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, cucumber, pumpkins, carrots, corn celery,, potatoes and yams, cherries, blueberries and strawberries get canned in Mason Jars and stored in the cool, root cellar of this wonderful rambling former farmhouse (circa 1867) I share with my extended blended family and several rambunctious dogs raised on table scraps from the some of the finest food from a plethora of sources both commercial and home based. . There's even a special separate "summer kitchen" which I converted to store butter and ice cream churns, pots, pans, utensils, extra storage containers, foil, bags, cutlery, and other meal related accoutrement. Out back in the woods, just beyond the big pile of wood I maintain all year, (for use in an antique woodstove I keep on hand, in case the power goes out) there's even an old rusting vintage still where my great grandfather made some of the finest corn whiskey for miles. Next to it is the rusting hulk of the Ford Model A he used to transport that powerful hootch by the light of the moon on soft summer nights to his eager customers in a tri-county area. Further into this verdant forest of mostly sycamore, oak, pine and scrub, runs a cool stream into which I occasionally cast a rod or net to catch some Brook Trout, Bluntnose Shiners, or whatever takes the bait (just earthworms for the most part). And yes, hunting season means wild turkey, deer, and even an occasional wild boar. Next week, I'm planning on filing for a permit to 3-D print a smokehouse in order to be able to create gourmet artisan handcrafted, beef, bacon, turkey, and beef stick jerky, which interested local merchants can private label for other people to share with their families and their family dogs. Unfortunately, I had to break the bad news to my free range hens today that due to expected egg shortages regretfully numbered are their days of laying a couple of eggs and then basically taking the rest of the day off with ranging privileges' within the parameters of a few very nice rural acres - parts of which are rich with fat grubworms. There's even a short dirt road between the main barn and the farmhouse which they're free to cross to get to the other side as often as they'd like. My rooster Ben overheard me and he ain't too happy either, knowing full well that due to oncoming egg shortages, he'll be "workin' overtime to make sure there's plenty of eggs for the family and I.
hi 🤗 this is such a great planting strategy. im trying to get ready for my fall season in socal, zone 10a/b, but the Japanese iridescent beetles have scared me out of my backyard raised beds garden. do you have any ideas for getting rid of them? theyre about the size of a hummingbird! ive been going outside with a tennis racket to protect myself from their attacks. 😱😭
Healy… You’re not alone… I’m trying really hard to get into gardening but those beetles 🪲and mosquitoes are really annoying. I even bought a whole body bee 🐝 suit on Amazon to keep them from landing on me. The struggle is real! lmao 😂
Thanks for posting this! Super helpful!! I do have some questions though: how does the timing of sewing seeds in trays work ? I was confused in the video. Do you sew them all at once in the tray and then only plant them once their planting date is ready? Also how do you time knowing when a seedling is mature enough to plant ? I.e say you are sewing beets in succession and their interval is 14 days. Do you start the seeds every 14 days and consider that the “planting zero marker,” or do you need a mature seedling ready to plant every 14 days?
Hah! "In September, Mother Nature in the garden wears a ratty housecoat with a cigarette hanging off her lip" - Jon Carroll. Everyone's garden looks sad right now!
The only Raised Bed I have and I'm getting all my plants getting there roots chomped I finally found the enemy and the solution however I can't afford the milky spores right now this is the worst feeling ever since I'm putting in work everyday especially weekends well at least I know it's been the grubs and the foliage enemy is the leafminers any advice to fight these pest???
Nematodes kill grubs. When you're turning your bed, you can also dig around a bit and pull them out. For leaf miners, you can use a natural spray (has to be at the right time) like neem oil. You can also cover your plants so they don't become a breeding ground target, and you can always squish them if they're already in there. You'll see them.
would you ever plant native plants to sell. im not from california im in texas so i dont know your native plants. but for example wold you plant and breed endangered plants that can surive california heat and drought and sell to he poeple to help with climate change. or even start a native garden.
We do carry some natives in our catalog, most of which are flowers like poppies and milkweed. Most of what we carry is edible so we haven't got into a lot of native brushes, succulents, etc.
Check out biocatalyst amendments compost and learn how to make compost extract. A tiny handful goes a million miles if some correctly and their compost is by far the best I’ve ever used! Check it out under a microscope and it’s nothing but healthy, living aerobic organisms. Great people too. Can’t recommend enough
Succession planting is my goal this fall....I'm going to have to watch this a few times
(1) Props to the video editor. "Mulch happens" was subtle and made me chuckle, reminding me of the recent "Bleep!" episode on 99% Invisible.
(2) This video made me realize that when I was doing some work on my walls this summer my SDSC calendar didn't make it back up on the wall. Gotta fix that!
I'M SO HAPPY I FOUND YOU IM IN LA AND THIS IS ALL I NEED TO LEARN, PLUS I BUY YOUR SEEDS!!!
Hi Brijette, thank you for all the videos and info. I have to say that I am studying for a master's in agri-food sciences and I am learning a lot on our channel, for sure I enjoy so much watching your videos. I planted some native wildflowers last March but the heat in Spain has been crazy and most of them didn't make it. Any tips on that? Thanks for your videos, so nice to see other women and woman-owned companies in farming :) and your cats are so cute
It may have just been the wrong time of year with the heat. They may have needed shade cloth and/or very consistent watering. Try a few months earlier this year.
I need to do more planning into succession planting thank you for the information 💚
Absolutely love this! Thank you for all your help with this!
Yes sometimes “mulch”just happens !
Best explanation 👌. Thank you, NOW I get it.
Excellent video. I really needed this clear explanation of succession planting. I had a little idea about it but I always got so overwhelmed. Thanks so much.
Thank you for this guide. Im going to start implementing it immediately
Hi! I've never had any luck growing carrots and after watching this video I can see what I've been doing wrong. Thank you for this great demonstration!
I plan to plant every 4 weeks this year.
What do you do with the soil waiting to be succession planted, keep it mulched?
Yup! That will keep it moist & alive and just move the mulch aside when you need to plant
@@SanDiegoSeedCompany thank you for your reply.
Thanks for sharing! I definitely need to get better about succession planting. I think I'll make this one of my goals for fall!
Good stuff thx
Good morning Brijette. Excellent video. Thanks for the rundown on succession planting. My favorite method of maintaining a sustainable pantry and stockpiling items long term for the whole family is what I consider to be the most practical, utilizing every type of food storage methods and technology available, both old and new. . Except for the fruits and vegetables that get canned, I keep perishable items like meat, poultry, fish, fruit, vegetables and dairy products in the refrigerator on a short term basis until I'm ready to use them for a big family meal - and for even longer term sustainable storage, a large separate freezer, which can store a half side of beef with plenty of room left over for homemade ice cream etc. . I'm considering upgrading to a walk-in freezer at some point.in the near future, if my plans to open a bed and breakfast come to fruition. Sometimes, however a nice round of cheese can do well for quite awhile on a pantry shelf at room temperature - and doesn't mind even if it has to stand there alone. Store bought canned goods get shelves.in the large pantry closet - several for canned meat like corned beef hash, spam and sandwich spread and another for canned vegetables Bread, rolls, grains, homemade pasta, cereals and the like are stored in special humidity controlled bins I order from Amazon Prime - which usually get delivered to my doorstep about an hour after I order them. . Stuff from the family garden and orchard, like onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, cauliflower, cucumber, pumpkins, carrots, corn celery,, potatoes and yams, cherries, blueberries and strawberries get canned in Mason Jars and stored in the cool, root cellar of this wonderful rambling former farmhouse (circa 1867) I share with my extended blended family and several rambunctious dogs raised on table scraps from the some of the finest food from a plethora of sources both commercial and home based. . There's even a special separate "summer kitchen" which I converted to store butter and ice cream churns, pots, pans, utensils, extra storage containers, foil, bags, cutlery, and other meal related accoutrement. Out back in the woods, just beyond the big pile of wood I maintain all year, (for use in an antique woodstove I keep on hand, in case the power goes out) there's even an old rusting vintage still where my great grandfather made some of the finest corn whiskey for miles. Next to it is the rusting hulk of the Ford Model A he used to transport that powerful hootch by the light of the moon on soft summer nights to his eager customers in a tri-county area. Further into this verdant forest of mostly sycamore, oak, pine and scrub, runs a cool stream into which I occasionally cast a rod or net to catch some Brook Trout, Bluntnose Shiners, or whatever takes the bait (just earthworms for the most part). And yes, hunting season means wild turkey, deer, and even an occasional wild boar. Next week, I'm planning on filing for a permit to 3-D print a smokehouse in order to be able to create gourmet artisan handcrafted, beef, bacon, turkey, and beef stick jerky, which interested local merchants can private label for other people to share with their families and their family dogs. Unfortunately, I had to break the bad news to my free range hens today that due to expected egg shortages regretfully numbered are their days of laying a couple of eggs and then basically taking the rest of the day off with ranging privileges' within the parameters of a few very nice rural acres - parts of which are rich with fat grubworms. There's even a short dirt road between the main barn and the farmhouse which they're free to cross to get to the other side as often as they'd like. My rooster Ben overheard me and he ain't too happy either, knowing full well that due to oncoming egg shortages, he'll be "workin' overtime to make sure there's plenty of eggs for the family and I.
hi 🤗
this is such a great planting strategy.
im trying to get ready for my fall season in socal, zone 10a/b, but the Japanese iridescent beetles have scared me out of my backyard raised beds garden.
do you have any ideas for getting rid of them? theyre about the size of a hummingbird! ive been going outside with a tennis racket to protect myself from their attacks. 😱😭
They're pretty nasty! We definitely play some tennis during July and August. Fruit traps can work great, and nematodes will kill the larvae
Healy… You’re not alone… I’m trying really hard to get into gardening but those beetles 🪲and mosquitoes are really annoying. I even bought a whole body bee 🐝 suit on Amazon to keep them from landing on me. The struggle is real! lmao 😂
Thanks for posting this! Super helpful!! I do have some questions though: how does the timing of sewing seeds in trays work ? I was confused in the video. Do you sew them all at once in the tray and then only plant them once their planting date is ready? Also how do you time knowing when a seedling is mature enough to plant ? I.e say you are sewing beets in succession and their interval is 14 days. Do you start the seeds every 14 days and consider that the “planting zero marker,” or do you need a mature seedling ready to plant every 14 days?
Hah! "In September, Mother Nature in the garden wears a ratty housecoat with a cigarette hanging off her lip" - Jon Carroll. Everyone's garden looks sad right now!
The only Raised Bed I have and I'm getting all my plants getting there roots chomped I finally found the enemy and the solution however I can't afford the milky spores right now this is the worst feeling ever since I'm putting in work everyday especially weekends well at least I know it's been the grubs and the foliage enemy is the leafminers any advice to fight these pest???
Nematodes kill grubs. When you're turning your bed, you can also dig around a bit and pull them out. For leaf miners, you can use a natural spray (has to be at the right time) like neem oil. You can also cover your plants so they don't become a breeding ground target, and you can always squish them if they're already in there. You'll see them.
Carrot fries. I need that recipe
I freeze them and grow for my neighbor
would you ever plant native plants to sell. im not from california im in texas so i dont know your native plants. but for example wold you plant and breed endangered plants that can surive california heat and drought and sell to he poeple to help with climate change. or even start a native garden.
I love this concept and I've recently looked into California natives and am going to grow more next season so this is a great idea for SD seed co
We do carry some natives in our catalog, most of which are flowers like poppies and milkweed. Most of what we carry is edible so we haven't got into a lot of native brushes, succulents, etc.
Thank you for this valuable info! I have a question? Can you suggest me a compost brand? I dont have my own compost ready🫢
If you're in San Diego, Miramar Greenery is a great option.
Check out biocatalyst amendments compost and learn how to make compost extract. A tiny handful goes a million miles if some correctly and their compost is by far the best I’ve ever used! Check it out under a microscope and it’s nothing but healthy, living aerobic organisms. Great people too. Can’t recommend enough