Yes, very timely info Kevin! Simple food stuffs, both inside and outside, perhaps also by a zone range? Maybe like the southern border area, northern border area, and those in between. Thanks -Bob...
How to grow where the sun don’t shine ...sorry I have TP on my mind.. I know that isn’t the place for it.... do you get goofy when people are being too serious?
I am a biologist and massive gardener. My daughter is a certified horticulturist. We want to give you kudos for your knowledge, your ability to convey it and your enthusiasm for small gardening! If you have a grow light and a container you can grow something. YOU my friend have maximized your yield in a small space and brought us all along for an awesome and educational ride! Many blessings on YOU and your garden as well!
It's super cool when you meet people who compliment what you do, I'm an Herbalist and Health Science grad I also do scientific botanical illustration which takes a lot of plant research and organic cosmetic formulating. My current interest is permaculture and my mum was a horticulturist! I am in no way an expert at gardening though it's funny how so many different things can connect to nature and gardening.
Shade Garden & Cooler Weather Plants: 2:16 #1 Spinach 3:14 #2 Chard 4:29 #3 Lettuce 5:27 #4 Endive & Escarole 6:28 #5 Peas 8:07 #6 Radishes Shade Tolerant (11:24 Give as much sun as possible.): 9:26 #7 Potatoes 10:43 #8 Tomates fast-maturing, cold-tolerant, bush style determinate varieties, such as: Glacier Tomatoes, & any that have the name of a cold area such as Russia, New York, or Canada. 11:41 #9 Bush Beans Herbs: 12:37 #10 Basil These are: African Blue Basil (good pollinator plant), Greek Columnar, Thai Basil, Pesto Perpetuo, & Tulsi (aka Holy Basil) 13:57 #11 Cilantro & Parsley 14:40 #12 Green Onion 15:15 Shady Garden Tips (in addition to others peppered throughout the video): 15:30 #1 Will grow slower (add 15% to 25% longer to maturity date) 15:47 #2 Water a little less often (less evaporation) 16:06 #3 Transplant (start indoors instead of direct sowing) 16:37 #4 Give as much sun as you can give it 17:05 #5 Paint nearby walls & fences a light color to reflect more light 17:30 #6 Consider growing in containers
@@66REDD66 some people might only have time to watch part of the video and want to skip to relevant sections or like me they might watch the video while doing other things and keep missing bits or not be able to take notes as they go.
@@mariet4894 I am ACTUALLY aware of why people do this! . I was being sarcastic! As I’m sure it’s annoying for the creator as it’s better for their channel if people watch the whole video!! Duh!!! Plus... these people need to get a life.
Another thing you do is for the elderly people like me.I am in my mid seventies.Hate to admit it but loneliness is the burden many of us have.I live in the country and no close neighbors, I mean like not many people to share things with. At my age I guess I have forgotten more than most folks know. Your channel is a nice place where people like to share there gardening.My Daddy used to show me all his tricks. So in his memory I will share one of them for you all to try.He used to grow watermellons every year and a few he use to feed them a watery sugar syrups flavored with stawberry and vanilla sometimes by threading a heavy mop string right thru the vine about 6 inches from the mellon.The mellon would drink up the flavor.Dad used to get a real kick out of people asking him where he got the strawberry flavored water mellons from. SORRY Dad! It is time to pass the secret on now.
So are you saying he buried the mop string in the soil? It seems to me that is how the plant would drink it up but I just want to be sure because it sounds like he just mixed the mop string with the vines above soil....correct or did he really mix the string above soil?
I have a shady bottom floor apartment patio in zone 9b, I've grown cherry tomatoes, eggplant, jalapenos, kale, basil, mint, onions, garlic, nasturtium, heaps of spinach, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, celery, a bunch of flowers like allysum and petunias, carrots, peas, beans, and squash. I'm trying out sweet potatoes this year. I've had good luck with starting from seed and fertilizing with worm castings from my kitchen worm bin. I also water a lot but that's bc summers get crazy hot here. I highly recommend just going crazy and trying anything you want, it works out surprisingly well a lot of the timeXD
@@al451f unfortunately I had an unexpected surgery and couldn't carry a watering can for all of August, so they died. I'm trying again this year though!:D
I want to make a “pick what you need” garden around my mailbox so people on a walk can have fun and snack on something healthy. My neighborhood is a huge gardening community and i see kids looking at my plants in my front yard so I want to grow food close to the side of the road for them.
Yes, thank you! Some channels forget that we don’t have the perfect sunny estate property, or hundreds of dollars of donated/sponsored plants for each of their videos. I like that you think about the little guy/gal with a challenging piece of land.
@@epicgardening I have an itty bitty patio and today I was surprised to see that I can put BOTH of the plastic containers together side by side or I can put them another direction and have 3 of them? I am debating how to plant onions, carrots and potatoes. Debating getting a 2 bedroom apt so I can have the larger patio. But that comes with another lease..... Hmm.
Check out TH-cam videos by, "GROW YOUR OWN GREENS" (sorry but I can't recall the guys name at the moment); they're amazing!! He covers pretty much everything from making your own perfect blend of potting soil to vertical gardens to small space gardens; and a whole slew of other garden how-to's. He's a wealth of knowledge, fun to listen to, and not afraid to get his hands dirty.
My tip if your Cilantro starts bolting is to let it bolt and harvest the Coriander Seeds which are an excellent spice to use fresh, I love toasting them and using in plant-based curries!
Seriously ... one of the best. Thanks for your hard work: knowing what you need to say, not killing me with annoying music, not wasting my time with nonsense, keeping on topic...♡
I just found you TODAY. April 2, 2024. I really enjoyed your matter-of-fact way that you gave your content. Most of the time if I find a channel where I am trying really hard to learn something, I prefer a matter-0f-fact but sincere approach and you just hit all the right vibes with me and earned my sub. I see that 2.87M people think that same way. I am gardening this year and my yard is full of shade so I was desperately looking for information on what crops I should be considering for my little shady garden about 15X15 plot only. I can't wait to learn more from your channel.
Hi Kevin, when I visited my daughter in San Diego, we drove past your place. I admired your planting beds not realizing whose garden I was looking at! Beautiful space!
Great time for people to think about starting to garden since most of us are stuck at home waiting out this COVID19 Pandemic! Great gardening tips... and look where he is gardening! Right in the middle of a city. Great lesson in urban gardening
Exactly... Hopefully I'll get something on my patios or in my apartment...I don't think the community garden will be up this year unfortunately for obvious reasons
@@oana1111 yes I'm struggling with my tomato and other starts.. They are spindly and I'm doing everything i know to get them back to normal.. It's a challenge sometimes and I've been doing it for years now... So i worry about new gardeners...🥺😮🙄
UnBElievable....I've just found your channel dude, and I am blown away at the amount of information you've relayed on this one video....God is awesome in delivering directly to us the quality of individuals that have channels here on TH-cam who are trying to reach the masses!!! Thank you honey for doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! You have helped me so much, but more importantly you need to know what a blessing you are to folks out here on the world wide web!
This is well said! Could not have said anything better, but thank you for sharing such awesome content and for educating us. I must say that I learnt so so much from you and I'm about to plant my own garden soon, which I will be posting on my own channel! Thank you so much Kevin, I've definitely grown a greener thumb!
Every time I'm feeling discouraged as I'm learning to garden but moving in my situation this channel re-encourages me and gives me ideas and ways and knowledge to adapt it. No real yields yet. But definitely taking this knowledge to learn the area I've moved to! Thank you for the videos!
Radish is a fantastic substitute for potatoes when you are looking for low carb growing options. I use Diakon often to make gratins, chowders, and stews.
Red chard is my favorite green. Just cut the stems seperate, steam them a minute or two, then add the sliced leaves. Cover, steam for a minute or two more until just tender. Dress with vinegar, butter, etc. I use filtered water for the steaming and the save it. it is loaded with vitamins and minerals, good to drink chilled or put in your pet's food.
Thank you for that advice. I'd grow more veggies if I knew what to do with them (and when/how to harvest)!! As my garden grows, I'm trying to learn more about this aspect of it.
Great tips. One thing I hadn’t considered was letting some herbs go to flower/seed to act as pollinators. I’ve been trying to do that job with flowers, but I love this idea.
One thing I am noticing about this list - it closely resembles what does best where I live - west coast of Scotland, so mild winters, not particularly hot in summer and rainy tendencies whatever time of year !! Thanks for this, interesting, and prompted some useful ideas in the comments ( extra uses for radish - yes!! Mine goes to seed so quickly. Plus Marian's helpful reference timings, so I can watch the bits I need again. easily. Cheers !!
I've been growing oregano in a flowering pot for over a year. I live in the PNW and we moved just before the winter to our new home. I was able to leave it outside even though the temps dropped considerably. I just trimmed it down taking all the withered leaves off, and brought my baby inside upon the first snow. I was worried that it wouldn't survive, but I recently had to cut it down again. I have a garden window in the east facing part of my home. It was in that window for weeks. I recently put it outside again in the shade under an awning, to protect it from all the rain, because it seemed like it needed to be outside again. Coincidentally, I planted some strawberries in a bin container that's placed next to the oregano. Both are doing well currently, even though it is colder than I would like. My thing has been, since I've been gardening, is getting a feel for my plants and being able to read them, especially upon the season changing and erratic weather in my area. But yeah, oregano can do quite well in the shade as well.
I spent 5 years in the PNW, and had great success with thyme. It was one of the first things I planted when we converted our front yard into garden beds. Not only did it overwinter with no issues, but it started popping up everywhere the following spring! Didn't matter what the sun exposure was, this stuff grew everywhere!
You can also grow mushrooms in the shade. Particularly, thats a great way to use full shade (which this video doesnt cover). It may seem intimidating at first, but a low tech solution on a bed of hay or wooden logs is not particularly high effort and not particularly complicated and can give high yields.
@@bkdill51 Yes, you can get the mycelium online and then you only need to inject it into the substrate youre using (use a mushroom that grows on the substrate you want to use; I grow shitaake on hazelnut logs) and keep it moist. There's some great in depth instructions online, but it's really not very difficult (just a bit intimidating at first)
Usually mushrooms are grown on old logs, around base of trees, on logs that have broken down to a certain point. You can buy inoculated logs and follow instructions. They may offer a inoculated package that you can spread in a suitable space. I don’t find them to be particularly easy - if they dry up that May be it. I like to place in a wooded earthy section in an area that holds moisture but doesn’t flood or rots them. Spread straw, etc and immediately inoculate. Don’t let wild get started cause they will. A friend grew them commercially. The kits are fairly simple but like anything, follow directions and keep up with them. I did them in basement, even hung inoculated log in closet but won’t do it again - didn’t like the earthy smell of rotting wood inside the house. Today they are doing some bags I believe - don’t like mushrooms that much. Simpler to just find a mushroom grower and buy from them at farmers market. PA is big mushroom country around near the Longwood gardens and Winterthur gardens - that area. They use to call themselves the capital of mushrooms. I will tell you I really liked fresh button mushroom - the difference in taste is super like most just harvested anything. Mushrooms that just pop up in the lawn can be highly poisonous. Unless you are trained to know all the different types don’t use those.
Oregano also seems to be super tough. It's sort of survival of the fittest around here, sometimes things don't get watered or pruned exactly on schedule. If it's too fussy I let it die and replace. I have a clump of oregano that has thrived on neglect for several years now and contributed to many a spaghetti sauce:)
@@robins5828 me, too. A friend bought a house 15 years ago and the old owners of said house had dumped a bunch of.plants in the alley. The oregano was doing fine. I dug some up and took it home. It's been spreading and surviving while competing with various weeds, and tackling gravel and complete neglect for 15 years. I am about to transplant some to my kitchen door area now. Love the hardiness of oregano!!!!
My upstairs balcony gets about 5 hours of direct sun each day so I follow all the tips you've mentioned: growing from seed indoors ahead of time, planting many of the same veggies you mentioned, too. The cherry tomatoes are insanely abundant! But just for fun, I plant a few early corn seeds just because they are elegant additions to my garden and give me extreme joy to watch them cycle through their lifespan. To my surprise, I always harvest one to two ears per stalk, although I am reluctant to harvest them because they are the guardians of my garden. Thank you for this very helpful video, I see how much effort you put into it and know that your work is appreciated.
You've become my favorite gardening channel. Right to the point, incredibly informative and well-spoken, and the subjects are exactly what I'd like to know more about. With this video, I think you solved my conundrum about a space along the fence. Many thanks, keep up the great work!
Living inland in San Fernando Valley, Ca., it gets quite hot/dry during the 'traditional' growing season. Consistently over 100°, up to 115° for long periods. To avoid heat killing catastrophes from late May up to November, I built my raised bed under the shade of my huge Mexican Ash Tree. Despite careful watering and branch trimming, I was caught between a "rock and a hard place" in this case, not enough hours of direct sun and still too hot. My garden struggled all season. Flowers dropped. Lots of tomato greenery but few tomatoes despite hand pollinating. Chard was flimsy, etc. Low and behold, once the leaves fell off my deciduous tree, giving more sun, and the weather was cooler, more moisture/rain, vegetables started taking off in the middle of winter. I finally got a good continuous crop of tomatoes, the Swiss chard suddenly grew huge, the orange bell peppers produced beautifully, basil thrived. All of these did poorly with summer heat. Now, my plan is to start seedlings late summer with planting seedlings in October my growing season starting in the fall throughout winter and spring. This shift is a surprise, having grown up in New York. This is the true reality. Shade is not enough when the temperatures are so high. Even though the days are short, fall/winter/spring is my growing season. Thanks for your tips, love your vids
Yes, Devorah I am starting to realise that this seasonal planting process is so highly dependent on where you actually live. I live in Sydney Australia where temperatures can get very high in summer and not too cold in winter. To add to problem, part of my garden is more like a rain forest micro climate. This year I'm trying something new, planting in winter. So far my coriander (cilantro) seedlings are looking stronger than usual, ie not thin and bolting. Will be starting other planting soon. It's all trial and error. Direct sun too strong, and other areas too shady. Oh well we keep learning 😊😊😊
So true! They are also awesome in a stir fry! But they have to be harvested as soon as possible, as they dry out to release the seeds very quickly-- at least the varieties I have used.
I let my cilantro bolt, just because and just to see what happens. The flowers are quite flavorful and the "fruit" is coriander. I just cut the entire stalk and strip of any tender leaves and flowers and set aside the coriander to fully dry. So not all is lost if you ignored the cilantro or just couldn't get to it before going away for a while. I love frost/cold-tolerant crops and ''huh"erbs, less competition with bugs and rabbits, and no heat exhaustion. I truly appreciate your ideas, tips, and tricks. Keep sowing and growing.
This is going to help me for this year. I decided last year when summer was changing to fall that I would convert my entire backyard into a garden. I ripped out all of the grass and weeds, set up my compost, annd mapped out the yards sunlight (with sticks and string) throughout the day to get the different degrees of sunlight. (This house is shaped like an L where the empty box of the L is the "back yard") between the house itself and the trees at the back, I clocked hourly what portions of the yard was in direct sunlight - so I know by the marking what section of the yard receives sunlight for the whole day vs the deadzone. So yay time to get my notebook out and learn what I can plant in the deadzonnnne.
Wow! I tracked my sunlight too to find the best spot to put my greenhouse, but not hourly. Super observant! I learned over time the sun changes its track 🤔 and didn't follow the original track I found later on lol. Great blessings to your garden 🙏
Whether you have good/bad/mediocre soil. If you add a layer of very THICK. CZ RDBOARD over the entire garden before you add anything it will... A. Improve soil by inviting worms. B. Kill the grass and weeds root systems C. Retain water and reduce both how often and how much the garden needs C. Make your plants very happy as soil will be looser for them to flourish in D. If you want the super happy give them a mulch bed of leaves, straw and shredded paper It's a variation of Hugel gardening which I use and have had great success with. Happy gardening!
@@mildredwilkins5781 Forty five years ago, I thought up using cardboard to smother the grass and weeds growing in the area I wanted to turn into a flower bed. I’ve been doing it ever since. I use it around plants and cover it with mulch. It helps retain moisture in our hot climate during the summer and protect roots during the cold winters. It’s getting harder to get cardboard because many places are recycling for which I am grateful. I was not familiar with Hugel gardening but found limited information. I’ve composted all my leaves and grass clipping for as long as I’ve used cardboard. It attracts the biggest earthworms I’ve ever seen. As far as the Hugel system, I don’t have access to wood chips. I had researched using sawdust but found that it was not advised. Do you know anyway to convert sawdust into usable compost? Any tips for using Hugel successfully? I’ve just bought a house and the yard is completely shaded with huge trees. It was the only thing I didn’t like about it. No irises, daylilies and most vegetables. Thus I am watching this video! I will have abundant leaves to compost but not much I can grow that’s edible. I plan to plant fruit trees in the only area with sun nearest the street. I think my neighbors would frown if I chose to plant a vegetable garden there!
Thanks for sharing this! One thing to remember is that perennial veg, if you can grow them where you are, also require less sun, are less work and require less compost. eg. My Canna Edulis - a potato substitute - went from 4 corms this season to at least 40 and I didn't water them much at all. I have a lovely perennial vegetable patch. Mostly because I have too much to do to worry about cycling garden beds etc. and partly because, these days peoples veg patches are being raided by people in the night. Mine looks ornamental, so no one bothers with mine.
I am 70 and have been. I have been gardening for a while. You taught me. Especially about why my cilantro always gets burned up! I love the tip about garden Onions
Today I started my very first garden!! I believe it is a bit shady. I planted spinach and kale. Also sweet peas and carrots. I’m excited to see how it does!! 🙂
In 2020 I tried Glacier tomatoes and had great success with them in my shady gardens in the forest. In 2021 year I followed more of your cold-tomato advice and had good results with Sasha Altai, St. Pierre, Russian Red and Moskvitch among others (note -- some of these are very indeterminate, but successful nevertheless). Thanks for the tip! I'm also finding that a lot of medium-sized peppers do just fine in part shade (not Bell Peppers or other huge ones). In fact over the years peppers have been my most reliable crop. For some reason Spinach, Chard, and Beets just never work for me -- the only reliable greens that have been reliable are chenopods like huauzontle and lambs quarters. Cilantro and Basil have also worked well for me, as well as both bush and climbing beans, peas, and tomatillos.
New gardener here in the southern Louisiana areaZone 9b, or so. This is my first year of growing in a partial shady spot. My home came with an OLD chicken coop area that I have been converting to my garden. I’m doing container and raised bed gardening. I have a gold mine of repurposed wood, tin, chicken wire, and other wires as well. I’m keeping the handmade chicken feeders for planters. Anyway, you’ve given a lot of wonderful advice AND ideas. Thank you.
I'm a gardening newbie. First year and my neighbors have this huge stupid tree blocking half our yard so I assumed I couldn't grow anything!! This was very EYE-OPENING to me. Thank you!
If the tree was there before you moved in dont complain. You chose to live there. I had a neighbour who moved into a paradise nextdoor to me, trees, shrubs, garden... it won awards for the previous owner. The new owner cut down every tree and bush on his property, turned it into a desolate waste and put in a big fire pit! Then he had the nerve to ask me to chop down my only tree because some of the branches overhung his property! Some people! SMH
Lol. Me too- much appreciated by me down here in New Zealand. Love this channel - Epic Gardening and your lovely crazy mate over at Self Sufficient Me are my go to's for all gardening learning.
Lynne Wright - Glzrbug good point. Thanks for settling an argument my husband and I were having about using mirrors. Even if you do support the wrong (his) side. 😂
Greetings from Germany, we have a pretty cold and rainy climate where I live for at least 8 month of the year. So it gives me a pretty short vegetation period. And on top of this I have a pretty shady garden (north facing) with lots of shade-giving treas. Nevertheless I created last year a raised bed right under the treas with almost no sun and tried to find out if it is working. I planted a special kind of cabbage, a so called eternal cabbage, which can achieve 10 years of age and you only collect the oldest leaves of, like with chard. And it works fantastic 😊😊😊. It is thriving. In the same bed I grow garlic veeerrrryy slowly but great and lamb's lettuce. This year I will experiment with zucchini and different kinds of squash in another bed under the treas. Until now it's developing quite good, considered that we still have maximum 10°C end of may 🙈. Thanks for your great tips. I did find your videos only recently and now I am looking each and every one of it😊. Have a blessed day. Sonja
Heavy gauge aluminum foil works wonders in maximizing light, especially at the low angles of dusk and dawn. An alternative is foil-backed flooring underlayment, anything to bounce that sunlight back at your plants. Great video, as always!
The Dollar Tree sometimes has those sun reflecting windshield shades. They are flimsy, but I have one on a deck underneath some starts to pull in the light and heat. I am going to rig one up to do some reflecting in another area that needs a little more light.
@@mrsclfb9697 Precisely. The foil underlayment material I mentioned above, Alumium foil bonded to foam is an insulator and barrier for putting underneath flooring, and is almost the exact same material as used in windshield sunshades. I found, because of the foam backing, it is a good wind break. Which can be good or bad depending on your plants (as some crops require good air circulation to prevent disease from mold, etc).
@@Bandaid17 I like them indoors and in the greenhouse. The survival Mylar blankets I had pulled out of my first aid kits tended to rip in the elements and with curious raccoons. I hope it works out with you.
So I found your channel just recently, but have to say I have learned more than any other so far, thank you! I also really enjoy your straightforward and clear teaching style...you definitely have a teaching gift!
Sage is great for part shade, and in my Zone 7b mid Atlantic state it wintered over nicely. Not just for stuffing at Thanksgiving!! I love the scent, bundle and dry it in brown paper bags, added it to ground meat (pork, turkey breast and chicken) for cocktail meatballs or meatcakes!
Sage tea with a bit of maple syrup is one of the best headache remedies. The maple syrup isn't necessary but it really makes it a better tasting medicine.
I have under 6 hrs of sun a day in the sunniest part of my northwest/facing terrace, with a large fence and other buildings around it. Rhubarb that I planted a few years ago is doing really well now. We get a few freezing days here in Madrid, Spain, in the winter, but the rhubarb keeps coming back, stronger every year. Chard and celery does well, too. But what is very easy to grow in the shadiest part of my terrace is Arugula! I get continual leaves throughout almost all seasons.
I LOVE this video! I already sent it to my sister's email. She lives on 125 acres and the front of her home, where she wants a, "kitchen," garden is shaded. I want to grow peas, when I start my garden. I know they are a little labor intensive, but they are higher in protein than some vegetables and I prefer fresh vegetables whenever possible. I hope you understand that, YOU are the future of this country.
My cilantro bolted. Lol. I had 2 little plants (started from seeds) that I put into an aero garden ( with a light) on my kitchen window sill. There are only a few leaves left that actually look like cilantro. Lol. I've used almost all the normal looking cilantro leaves. Maybe I will try cilantro again, using the aforementioned tips. ☘😊
If I am not wrong Cilantro is another name for Parsley? How do you get the seeds of the Corriander plant from Parsley? Is there something I am missing?
@@rachelpradhan It is when a plant (such as spinach) starts dedicating all of its energy toward flower/seed production, instead of leaves. You are left with a straggly plant with hardly any foliage left!
The pace and quality of the presentation is excellent. Staging it in your own garden increases credibility. And the information is very valuable specially to someone like me who is just getting started.
When cilantro bolts, it becomes coriander. Take the fresh green and tender seeds and crush them with a touch of vinegar and some olive oil and coat chicken or pork before grilling. YUMMY! On little cilantro will produce a gazillion seeds and are great for planting next year and give the bees some food.
I live in more shade then sun. The sunny area two 4x12 raised beds, takes up my tomatoes, and cucumbers. I do radishes, carrots, and lettuce in my shady area. Now I've got some new things to try.
Same stuff going here tomatoes/ cucumbers that is and I’m trying herbs for the first time. Love cucumbers but in past years I have been overwhelmed with them. And no where to sell them now.
I’d love to see a couple videos, one on the best mechanisms for protecting a garden from rodents (lots of oak and fruit trees in my neighborhood so there are lots of rats, mice, and squirrels), and another about the best raised garden beds. Especially those that can be moved around the yard to follow the sun. Combine these two requests, and that would be amazing. Love your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom.
debating if i even want to try again, although I garden because I need the food since I am on disability and my income really makes getting veggies at the store problamatic especially with the prices we are seeing now. However last yr rats and mice pretty much destroyed most of everything I planted. I would love any tips anyone has. Getting desperate, Ive tried some of the poisons in the grocery stores but they seem immune. I hate using them since there are birds and stray cats that go in my yard, but the cats dont seem interested in hunting the rats/mice, but I would still prefer not killing the cats trying to poison the rats/mice...Help
Try catching mice in a glass bottle. Something like a UK milk bottle with a narrow neck. Bait with chocolate, prop it up slightly. The mice get in for the bait but can't get back up the slippery glass through the narrow neck. You can then release them elsewhere.
Thanks for the tips about endives! As a Belgian abroad, I miss my Belgian endives, which are rarely homegrown. I've always been told the compact white vegetable is the same as the greener lettuce like crop, but the white compact thing is grown in the dark, often in cellars (in wooden crates), and the green crop is left to grow exposed outdoors. Always have been intimidated to grow it but might try this fall, in a bag on my balcony. If I find the seeds, they are rare to find here. Would love to see a video on the specifics of growing these veg, and thanks for the shout out about their taste! Even most Belgians don't like Belgian endives, but it tastes great braised: much more tasty than spinach and pairs well with salty, umami or 'heavy' things (like halloumi). The white crop is lovely like this: chop in half, remove core, let it caramelise in butter really well, splash of water, turn heat down and let it soften for a while, add nutmeg: and it gets totally sweet, not bitter: you will not find it as nice as this in a restaurant, and it is the perfect food for when you're recovering from illness and you're body doesn't feel like eating anything. Honestly!!!
Totally agree with you on the weird white endive we're being sold here in Canada. I've finally found the correct plant one day in my local store and have been growing it in hydroponic garden ever since. My vegetarian lizard, he's a Mali, and I have been enjoying our fresh yield throughout this winter. 🤗🇨🇦
This is helpful, thank you! I live in the forest and only get a bit of sunlight each day. One amazing green salad veggie I discovered while in Europe a couple of years ago is called "Corn Salad." It loves cool weather and little sun, and is very delicious.
Kevin, I only discovered you last week and this might just be the best gardening channel I know (and I know a lot of great ones, so that says something!). Somehow your tips are exactly relevant for my growing situation! Keep it up
@@liamsmyth2917 definitely, that was my favourite gardening channel before I discovered this one. It's not a competition though, they can share the first place ;) I also like Charles Dowding and Huw Richards
I have had great success with growing Kale in my shady garden. Transplanted small plants started inside. I live in zone 3 but have light available until 1-:30 pm.
So happy I found this channel! I've been struggling with what will do well in my completely shaded yard --so many wonderful trees and I don't want to sacrifice a tree.
Yes I have that problem here in central California, while yes its nice as in no snow (lows in high 30's is as cold as it gets but in mid summer omg, last summer we had 22 days in a row with temps at or above 108...plants dont appreciate that any more than we humans do lol sadly the shade or putting out shade cloths didnt help much .
Really learning new things. Grew up on farm and grandparents farmed, things have been made easier and fertilizing made easier, new varieties and your adding things I never knew. I'm 75 going on next year. But love learning new ways and easier. Thank you and bought the 6 in 1 bins and cannot wait for the green house to show up so can get beds going. medical issues made the choice for me to buy the bins for higth. easier on legs and back. Thank you all for your teaching even us older growers.
Since I live at 7000 feet, I'd like to learn more about growing inside because of our extremely short growing season. My dream plant would be a Meyer Lemon tree (shrub?) but that may be more of a fantasy. A tip I discovered by accident is that skylights provide the perfect indirect bright light for things like orchids. My supermarket orchid has bloomed for five years on my bathroom vanity under a skylight. I would not have thought that that type of light would be sufficient, but it is.
I think you could grow Meyer lemon in a big pot indoors by providing a dedicated light. LED lights are pretty efficient, but of course it'll cost a bit. Unless you have a window that gets a lot of light?
I lived at 7200 ft and had a large veggie garden. I grew peas for sure, and small-size tomatoes as I knew the large ones would never get mature in time. I always looked on the seed packets to find the shortest days-to-maturity number. We had a lot of success with sweet corn that, if I remember rightly, was 56 days to maturity. Our biggest problems were deer and voles.
I live where I have a Meyer's lemon outside and it is wonderful. However, you can grow inside successfully with excellent indirect lighting. All citrus tolerate shade although they are typically grown in full sun. Give it a try - even one fresh lemon will be worth the effort. And, BTW, have you ever tried searing your lemons in oil before you fry fish in it? Wonderful to have that lemon in the oil AND the warm seared (and mellowed) lemon juice squeezed over the fish.
I'm growing a small Meyer lemon tree indoors under an LED flood grow light. The "tree" (mayyybe 14-in. tall) has 2 fist-sized ripening lemons. My indoor light exposure is poor, and grow lights allow me (finally!) to grow African violets, T'giving cactus, etc. without them croaking after a few months. My elevation is much lower than yours @ 80', but ... I highly recommend the lights! :)
Hi there Kevin from NZ. Great Video with heaps of tips. I have had so much trouble growing Corriander (Cillantro) until I found out it bolts because of soil temperature and not air temperature. So, I tried putting down a thick mulch to try and keep the soil cooler. It worked. I grew the longest (1 ft/30cm) stalks I had ever grown and the stalks were very juicy! Thanks for a great gardening channel.that is very informative.
Kevin, yours are the only gardening videos I will watch. I can't tell you how good it is to watch someone explain as simply and thoroughly as you do, without all the damn small talk and long, looooong sequences of watching the gardener shovel dirt in a container one spadeful at a time, etc., etc....as if we needed to learn how to transfer soil from one container to another. You speak clearly but fast, and you always seem to know the precise information and explanation we need in any given subject. THANK YOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU.
What about edible ornamentals? Young tightly curled Hosta shoots can be prepared as you would asparagus. I've found that they are g good way to curb back a plant that is getting a bit larger than you would like but you don't have someone that wants the division at the moment. A friend of mine grills them and serves them cold with a thinned mayonnaise that is flavored like hollandaise.
I hope this comment finds you on a day that has joy. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge. First time gardener 2022. I was the chain saw and shovel girl until then. Your vids helped me so much with understanding, and confidence. I'm USDA zone 5, so yeah, stunning winter scenes of frozen landscape. I appreciate you taking the time to film and post so many videos. They made sure 36 of my 38 species were consumed by my family. Thanks Kevin for making my first gardening experience a wonderful situation. Cheers
The grow bags look like some of our supermarket bags and a few others. When they get a hole, brolen a bit, maybe we can adapt them by putting some more holes in the bottom! A good way to recycle as well.
gayedawn1 Not 100 percent certain, but I think the grow bags need to be made of a breathable fabric (so no plastic). I bought one and it is made of fabric with no holes in the bottom because the water just flows out thru the fabric.
Great tips! I'm new in my place and the sun's movement through the seasons is unexpected; I definitely need plants for full sun and for partial and for shade. By the way, small radishes are great sauteed, as is escarole (that's how they eat it in Italy). Endive is great baked at high heat-you can stuff them, drizzle with balsamic, or char in a cast iron pan on med-high heat. I worked many years at a farm-to-table pioneer so learned a lot about different ways to use ALL the produce.
Well, that explains what happened with my peas. One year I through some seeds in an area by the house that doesn't get much sun and pretty poor soil but produced a bunch of sweet peas. Totally to my surprise and I thought I just got lucky with a good batch of seeds. The next year I planted them in my generally full sun garden and they struggled and were woody.
I’m in Jersey and have started my plants in my huge bay window, all day sun in the winter and allot of shade in the summer when the trees come into full leaf. My zucchini plant is huge!! I’ve turned to an edible only garden and planting from here out. I still love my roses I always asked for rose bushes for Mother’s Day so I could enjoy them in perpetuity. My property has full shade in most spots so I appreciate this video so I know what to plant. Thank you
I’ve learned everything I know about gardening on TH-cam, I’m so glad I found you today. Your video was so informative and so to the point and it really gave me a lot of new information in a quick manner. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Good job!
Thanks! I learned a lot. I have a very old garden (30+ years) and there is a bed that I've abandoned because large trees have slowly over shadowed it. I'm going to try opening it back up again this year.
Thank you so much. I live in a patio home that faces south. I have a small amount of north space and a semi blocked west side. I got a Greenstalk this year and have been experimenting. I bought another one for next year. I took notes on all of you tips so I am hoping to have a better crop next year! I have been eating kale and arugula all summer so I am happy about that!❤
From everything I’ve read bolting isn’t caused by heat on a plant. It’s caused by heat in the soil. To stop this mulching helps. Of course shade helps this but it’s soil temp that causes it. I’ve also read that growing plants tightly together helps as well.
that's interesting. i thought it was a combination of available light ( as in june-bearing and day-neutral strawberries, e.g) and av. temp. never considered soil temp. still think available light has a lot to do with flower production, tho'. we plant cilantro and lettuce in quart pots, one plant in each, and move some of them to the shade to slow them down. cuts down on succession planting.
My chives, oregano thyme, and sage have done marvelously well in partial sun and are perennial in zone 6. They’re in raised bed made with pave stone so the light colored pavestones probably retain heat and reflect light.
I am really loving watching you from the UK and I really appreciate your pronouncing 'herbs' correctly! We also say basil like ryhming with 'frazzle'!! It sounds so much nicer! Either way, your videos are really useful!
I put lettuce in shady spots and between large plants like tomatoes. I got good carrots partly shaded under pole beans last year. I grow cilantro in full sun for the hoverflies, bees, and wasps.
You can also use things like old mirrors to reflect the sun into shady areas. I like to staple aluminum foil to plywood and use that to direct the sunshine into the shaded area or even use a metallic paint on plywood to get that reflective outcome you’re looking for. Use a stick or stake to prop it up at the angle you want.Thanks for the tips on shade tolerant plants. Kudos!
Starting another Shelter in Place day and was thrilled to find this Garden video; thank you so much for providing comfort and appreciation for bringing the outdoors in.
We call Cilantro Coriander here in the UK. Love it no matter what it's called. Gives authenticity to various curries and kormas. I'm putting in raised beds which will be easier for me to cultivate as I have disabilities now.
Thank you for this video! My buddy brought me a big bag of potatoes that were in his cupboard all winter and they had 1 foot stems on them. I planted them all a few weeks ago all along the shaded fence line and they are all growing nice leaves. I have also found potatoes growing in the compost.
I put green onions into my cabinet because my cat kept eating it. It still grew abundantly lmao I’m convinced that green onions will grow deep in the back of a cave.
Being raised on a farm, wasn't small my Dad made use of every place except my mother's garden lol. We faced east to west, so roses she used toward the beginning of fence going toward the beginning of the front porch were different plants last were tulips. west was different lettuce's to peas then radishes and horseradish beans house tomatoes then corn sunflowers. We grow feed near the barn &stables some corn the rest was tomatoes. Revolving acres each season. Even moving in town we had an 1/2 acre back yard we grew crop to freeze or jar. Used the same way in Alaska . This was a good one on shade plants.
You're right about bush beans growing just fine in the shade! I have mine under a patio near the top of a tiered garden and they are actually doing better than the ones planted in full sun.
Radishes I have found I enjoy more letting them go to flower and then to pod the pods taste very much so like radish they are tasty and delicious and grow pods in such an abundance you wont even be able to keep up. The flowers are absolutely delicious as well. I enjoy the radish root but, most seasons I wont even harvest the root at all ill eat everything else throughout the season. That has also allowed me to grow the same radishes year after year as the pods bring em back over and over again year after year. The pods are so good its a wonder ive never seen it for sale.
I have boosted light levels around my garden by attaching sheets of mylar diamond patterned sheeting. I went for the more expensive sort and it has resisted the current crop of gale force winds we are experiencing near Heathrow, London.
Like this if you want me to do a list of veggies and herbs you can grow indoors
Yes, very timely info Kevin! Simple food stuffs, both inside and outside, perhaps also by a zone range? Maybe like the southern border area, northern border area, and those in between. Thanks -Bob...
How to grow where the sun don’t shine ...sorry I have TP on my mind.. I know that isn’t the place for it.... do you get goofy when people are being too serious?
YES PLZ
Please! I have hundreds planted for giveaways but I'd like to keep a few safe inside! I'm a HID,LED, T5 grower.
Yes please!
I am a biologist and massive gardener. My daughter is a certified horticulturist. We want to give you kudos for your knowledge, your ability to convey it and your enthusiasm for small gardening! If you have a grow light and a container you can grow something. YOU my friend have maximized your yield in a small space and brought us all along for an awesome and educational ride! Many blessings on YOU and your garden as well!
It's super cool when you meet people who compliment what you do, I'm an Herbalist and Health Science grad I also do scientific botanical illustration which takes a lot of plant research and organic cosmetic formulating. My current interest is permaculture and my mum was a horticulturist! I am in no way an expert at gardening though it's funny how so many different things can connect to nature and gardening.
He has definitely helped me with my garden planning and set up. 🥰🌱
Same.. I have done so good with the advice he has given
I agree! I have been gardening for over 30 years and still grabbed a few new tips from this video. Very well done!
I'm from Poland, but I live in the UK 😊
Shade Garden & Cooler Weather Plants:
2:16 #1 Spinach
3:14 #2 Chard
4:29 #3 Lettuce
5:27 #4 Endive & Escarole
6:28 #5 Peas
8:07 #6 Radishes
Shade Tolerant (11:24 Give as much sun as possible.):
9:26 #7 Potatoes
10:43 #8 Tomates fast-maturing, cold-tolerant, bush style determinate varieties, such as:
Glacier Tomatoes, & any that have the name of a cold area such as Russia, New York, or Canada.
11:41 #9 Bush Beans
Herbs:
12:37 #10 Basil These are: African Blue Basil (good pollinator plant), Greek Columnar, Thai Basil, Pesto Perpetuo, & Tulsi (aka Holy Basil)
13:57 #11 Cilantro & Parsley
14:40 #12 Green Onion
15:15 Shady Garden Tips (in addition to others peppered throughout the video):
15:30 #1 Will grow slower (add 15% to 25% longer to maturity date)
15:47 #2 Water a little less often (less evaporation)
16:06 #3 Transplant (start indoors instead of direct sowing)
16:37 #4 Give as much sun as you can give it
17:05 #5 Paint nearby walls & fences a light color to reflect more light
17:30 #6 Consider growing in containers
Miriam Robarts: thanks for the rundown of the video, greatly appreciated 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks!
Why would you do this??? 🙄🙄 He WANTS people to watch the full video!!
@@66REDD66 some people might only have time to watch part of the video and want to skip to relevant sections or like me they might watch the video while doing other things and keep missing bits or not be able to take notes as they go.
@@mariet4894 I am ACTUALLY aware of why people do this! . I was being sarcastic! As I’m sure it’s annoying for the creator as it’s better for their channel if people watch the whole video!! Duh!!! Plus... these people need to get a life.
Another thing you do is for the elderly people like me.I am in my mid seventies.Hate to admit it but loneliness is the burden many of us have.I live in the country and no close neighbors, I mean like not many people to share things with. At my age I guess I have forgotten more than most folks know. Your channel is a nice place where people like to share there gardening.My Daddy used to show me all his tricks. So in his memory I will share one of them for you all to try.He used to grow watermellons every year and a few he use to feed them a watery sugar syrups flavored with stawberry and vanilla sometimes by threading a heavy mop string right thru the vine about 6 inches from the mellon.The mellon would drink up the flavor.Dad used to get a real kick out of people asking him where he got the strawberry flavored water mellons from. SORRY Dad! It is time to pass the secret on now.
Thanks for this great tip!! I’m excited to try it :)
So are you saying he buried the mop string in the soil? It seems to me that is how the plant would drink it up but I just want to be sure because it sounds like he just mixed the mop string with the vines above soil....correct or did he really mix the string above soil?
What an awesome trick! I can't wait to try and share it with my daughter. Tell your dad thanks
Thanks for sharing! What sort of "flavoring" did he use? I mean.. natural or synthetic?
wow is this real? that's amazing
I have a shady bottom floor apartment patio in zone 9b, I've grown cherry tomatoes, eggplant, jalapenos, kale, basil, mint, onions, garlic, nasturtium, heaps of spinach, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, strawberries, pomegranate, celery, a bunch of flowers like allysum and petunias, carrots, peas, beans, and squash. I'm trying out sweet potatoes this year. I've had good luck with starting from seed and fertilizing with worm castings from my kitchen worm bin. I also water a lot but that's bc summers get crazy hot here. I highly recommend just going crazy and trying anything you want, it works out surprisingly well a lot of the timeXD
How did your sweet potatoes fair last year? 😊
@@al451f unfortunately I had an unexpected surgery and couldn't carry a watering can for all of August, so they died. I'm trying again this year though!:D
Saving your comment for my bottom floor 8b garden 🥰
I want to make a “pick what you need” garden around my mailbox so people on a walk can have fun and snack on something healthy. My neighborhood is a huge gardening community and i see kids looking at my plants in my front yard so I want to grow food close to the side of the road for them.
That is so awesome and kind! What a great idea. 🥰
Wish YOU were My Neighbor!!! 😉💕
What a nice idea!
Won't you be my neighbor
Awww, what a sweet, generous, kind thing to do🤗😘
Yes, thank you! Some channels forget that we don’t have the perfect sunny estate property, or hundreds of dollars of donated/sponsored plants for each of their videos. I like that you think about the little guy/gal with a challenging piece of land.
That's the goal here!
@@epicgardening I have an itty bitty patio and today I was surprised to see that I can put BOTH of the plastic containers together side by side or I can put them another direction and have 3 of them? I am debating how to plant onions, carrots and potatoes. Debating getting a 2 bedroom apt so I can have the larger patio. But that comes with another lease..... Hmm.
Check out TH-cam videos by, "GROW YOUR OWN GREENS" (sorry but I can't recall the guys name at the moment); they're amazing!! He covers pretty much everything from making your own perfect blend of potting soil to vertical gardens to small space gardens; and a whole slew of other garden how-to's. He's a wealth of knowledge, fun to listen to, and not afraid to get his hands dirty.
Yes or tons of money to spend on grow lights etc
My tip if your Cilantro starts bolting is to let it bolt and harvest the Coriander Seeds which are an excellent spice to use fresh, I love toasting them and using in plant-based curries!
They are so tasty while they are green, too! We add them to our salads for a nice pop of flavor. So delicious!
I didn’t know!!! Thank you!!
Whoa, mind BLOWN! Coriander comes from cilantro! Thank you!
I like to add the fresh green seeds to my pickles
That's what I do. It's way better tasting than store bought !
Thank you for speaking clearly and not playing annoying music in the background. Great video. - really appreciate you putting this together
Seriously ... one of the best. Thanks for your hard work: knowing what you need to say, not killing me with annoying music, not wasting my time with nonsense, keeping on topic...♡
Christine Donellan or using the word - literally.
....ditto!
Seriously. Kevin's videos are great. No fluff, great editing. And hes a clear and effective communicator
Agreed
Yes! Agree...thumbs down to annoying music!! 😁🥬🥦🌶🥒🥕
I once put mirrors on a fence behind my shady garden. The year I grew tomatoes there, I couldn't eat those tomatoes fast enough. They loved it!
Wow....I can do that for my asparagus bed !!! Thank you!!!
mirrors can create hot spots and burn plants, try mylar instead
Nice one!
Did any airplanes crash?
Brilliant!!
I just found you TODAY. April 2, 2024. I really enjoyed your matter-of-fact way that you gave your content. Most of the time if I find a channel where I am trying really hard to learn something, I prefer a matter-0f-fact but sincere approach and you just hit all the right vibes with me and earned my sub. I see that 2.87M people think that same way. I am gardening this year and my yard is full of shade so I was desperately looking for information on what crops I should be considering for my little shady garden about 15X15 plot only. I can't wait to learn more from your channel.
That's the great thing about visiting gardeners. The tips are great all year round, year after year after year! 😂😂
12 Perfect Vegetables To Grow in a Shady Garden Space:
1. Spinach
2. Chard
3. Leaf Lettuce
4. Endive & Escarole
5. Peas
6. Radish
7. Potatoes
8. Determinate Cold-hardy Tomatoes
9. Bush Beans
10. Basil and other herbs
11. Cilantro and Parsley
12. Green Onions
Thank you, you're blessed with 20 years of good harvests
Mj K cilantro?
@@epicgardening Love the channel. Especially liked the content on Potatoes. Trying my hand at them right now. Thanks again.
Mj K thank you
Thankyou, Mj K. Appreciate the list.
I’ve learned so much from you. I’m 66 and have been gardening sine I was 9 years old. Thank you for educating me!
Hi Kevin, when I visited my daughter in San Diego, we drove past your place. I admired your planting beds not realizing whose garden I was looking at! Beautiful space!
Life Hack: Grow some chives in the lawn, cutting the grass becomes aroma therapy!
Same w mint :)
Great time for people to think about starting to garden since most of us are stuck at home waiting out this COVID19 Pandemic!
Great gardening tips... and look where he is gardening! Right in the middle of a city. Great lesson in urban gardening
That's the goal!
Exactly... Hopefully I'll get something on my patios or in my apartment...I don't think the community garden will be up this year unfortunately for obvious reasons
If you have a balcony you can hang a basket with hanging tomatoes, like hundreds and thousands. Some sites still deliver seeds.
@@oana1111 yes I'm struggling with my tomato and other starts.. They are spindly and I'm doing everything i know to get them back to normal.. It's a challenge sometimes and I've been doing it for years now... So i worry about new gardeners...🥺😮🙄
UnBElievable....I've just found your channel dude, and I am blown away at the amount of information you've relayed on this one video....God is awesome in delivering directly to us the quality of individuals that have channels here on TH-cam who are trying to reach the masses!!! Thank you honey for doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! You have helped me so much, but more importantly you need to know what a blessing you are to folks out here on the world wide web!
I also thank you for "doing your homework, for being so eloquent, and for having the heart to share!!! " You're a wonderful human being.
Very much appreciate this my friend, thank you so much
@@johanneperry3912 very very sweet - thank you honey! Stay well.
This is well said! Could not have said anything better, but thank you for sharing such awesome content and for educating us. I must say that I learnt so so much from you and I'm about to plant my own garden soon, which I will be posting on my own channel! Thank you so much Kevin, I've definitely grown a greener thumb!
I would like to store some of these videos from Utube. How?. I can do it with TV stuff using a video PCI slot card OK.
He has such a soothing voice.
He sounds like John Ritter.
Sookie Sookie yes he is good looking too
I'm addicted to this channel for all the reasons in this thread lol
You should give him a call. You never know
And he’s nice to look at.🤗
Every time I'm feeling discouraged as I'm learning to garden but moving in my situation this channel re-encourages me and gives me ideas and ways and knowledge to adapt it. No real yields yet. But definitely taking this knowledge to learn the area I've moved to! Thank you for the videos!
Radish is a fantastic substitute for potatoes when you are looking for low carb growing options. I use Diakon often to make gratins, chowders, and stews.
Red chard is my favorite green. Just cut the stems seperate, steam them a minute or two, then add the sliced leaves. Cover, steam for a minute or two more until just tender. Dress with vinegar, butter, etc. I use filtered water for the steaming and the save it. it is loaded with vitamins and minerals, good to drink chilled or put in your pet's food.
My mother grew chard and now I do. Cook & eat the same way that you do. Mmmm love it!
Also great in omelet instead of spinach
Thank you for that advice. I'd grow more veggies if I knew what to do with them (and when/how to harvest)!! As my garden grows, I'm trying to learn more about this aspect of it.
Great tips. One thing I hadn’t considered was letting some herbs go to flower/seed to act as pollinators. I’ve been trying to do that job with flowers, but I love this idea.
I too let a portion of my leafy plants go to flower so the pollinators also get some food.
I enjoy letting a Brussel sprout plant go to flower. And the following year it comes back. Beautiful and different
One thing I am noticing about this list - it closely resembles what does best where I live - west coast of Scotland, so mild winters, not particularly hot in summer and rainy tendencies whatever time of year !!
Thanks for this, interesting, and prompted some useful ideas in the comments ( extra uses for radish - yes!! Mine goes to seed so quickly. Plus Marian's helpful reference timings, so I can watch the bits I need again. easily.
Cheers !!
I've been growing oregano in a flowering pot for over a year. I live in the PNW and we moved just before the winter to our new home. I was able to leave it outside even though the temps dropped considerably. I just trimmed it down taking all the withered leaves off, and brought my baby inside upon the first snow. I was worried that it wouldn't survive, but I recently had to cut it down again. I have a garden window in the east facing part of my home. It was in that window for weeks. I recently put it outside again in the shade under an awning, to protect it from all the rain, because it seemed like it needed to be outside again. Coincidentally, I planted some strawberries in a bin container that's placed next to the oregano. Both are doing well currently, even though it is colder than I would like. My thing has been, since I've been gardening, is getting a feel for my plants and being able to read them, especially upon the season changing and erratic weather in my area. But yeah, oregano can do quite well in the shade as well.
Welcome to the PNW!
I spent 5 years in the PNW, and had great success with thyme. It was one of the first things I planted when we converted our front yard into garden beds. Not only did it overwinter with no issues, but it started popping up everywhere the following spring! Didn't matter what the sun exposure was, this stuff grew everywhere!
You can also grow mushrooms in the shade. Particularly, thats a great way to use full shade (which this video doesnt cover). It may seem intimidating at first, but a low tech solution on a bed of hay or wooden logs is not particularly high effort and not particularly complicated and can give high yields.
Do you grow them? I need to find out more about growing and harvesting.
@@bkdill51 Yes, you can get the mycelium online and then you only need to inject it into the substrate youre using (use a mushroom that grows on the substrate you want to use; I grow shitaake on hazelnut logs) and keep it moist. There's some great in depth instructions online, but it's really not very difficult (just a bit intimidating at first)
Usually mushrooms are grown on old logs, around base of trees, on logs that have broken down to a certain point. You can buy inoculated logs and follow instructions. They may offer a inoculated package that you can spread in a suitable space. I don’t find them to be particularly easy - if they dry up that May be it. I like to place in a wooded earthy section in an area that holds moisture but doesn’t flood or rots them. Spread straw, etc and immediately inoculate. Don’t let wild get started cause they will. A friend grew them commercially. The kits are fairly simple but like anything, follow directions and keep up with them. I did them in basement, even hung inoculated log in closet but won’t do it again - didn’t like the earthy smell of rotting wood inside the house. Today they are doing some bags I believe - don’t like mushrooms that much. Simpler to just find a mushroom grower and buy from them at farmers market. PA is big mushroom country around near the Longwood gardens and Winterthur gardens - that area. They use to call themselves the capital of mushrooms. I will tell you I really liked fresh button mushroom - the difference in taste is super like most just harvested anything.
Mushrooms that just pop up in the lawn can be highly poisonous. Unless you are trained to know all the different types don’t use those.
@@bkdill51 plenty of information and books University based information not from a want a be who has never grown them before.
You can grow potatoes with enough chicken wire, 4 stakes, and straw.
Oregano is my pick for the shade. I have it under a chinquapin oak tree. It’s perennial and spreading. I’ve had mine in ground for 15 years now.
Oregano also seems to be super tough. It's sort of survival of the fittest around here, sometimes things don't get watered or pruned exactly on schedule. If it's too fussy I let it die and replace. I have a clump of oregano that has thrived on neglect for several years now and contributed to many a spaghetti sauce:)
@@robins5828 me, too. A friend bought a house 15 years ago and the old owners of said house had dumped a bunch of.plants in the alley. The oregano was doing fine. I dug some up and took it home. It's been spreading and surviving while competing with various weeds, and tackling gravel and complete neglect for 15 years. I am about to transplant some to my kitchen door area now. Love the hardiness of oregano!!!!
My upstairs balcony gets about 5 hours of direct sun each day so I follow all the tips you've mentioned: growing from seed indoors ahead of time, planting many of the same veggies you mentioned, too. The cherry tomatoes are insanely abundant! But just for fun, I plant a few early corn seeds just because they are elegant additions to my garden and give me extreme joy to watch them cycle through their lifespan. To my surprise, I always harvest one to two ears per stalk, although I am reluctant to harvest them because they are the guardians of my garden.
Thank you for this very helpful video, I see how much effort you put into it and know that your work is appreciated.
You've become my favorite gardening channel. Right to the point, incredibly informative and well-spoken, and the subjects are exactly what I'd like to know more about. With this video, I think you solved my conundrum about a space along the fence. Many thanks, keep up the great work!
OMG ! Space along the fence! 😃💡 So glad I saw this comment!
Living inland in San Fernando Valley, Ca., it gets quite hot/dry during the 'traditional' growing season. Consistently over 100°, up to 115° for long periods. To avoid heat killing catastrophes from late May up to November, I built my raised bed under the shade of my huge Mexican Ash Tree. Despite careful watering and branch trimming, I was caught between a "rock and a hard place" in this case, not enough hours of direct sun and still too hot. My garden struggled all season. Flowers dropped. Lots of tomato greenery but few tomatoes despite hand pollinating. Chard was flimsy, etc.
Low and behold, once the leaves fell off my deciduous tree, giving more sun, and the weather was cooler, more moisture/rain, vegetables started taking off in the middle of winter. I finally got a good continuous crop of tomatoes, the Swiss chard suddenly grew huge, the orange bell peppers produced beautifully, basil thrived. All of these did poorly with summer heat.
Now, my plan is to start seedlings late summer with planting seedlings in October my growing season starting in the fall throughout winter and spring. This shift is a surprise, having grown up in New York. This is the true reality. Shade is not enough when the temperatures are so high. Even though the days are short, fall/winter/spring is my growing season.
Thanks for your tips, love your vids
Yes, Devorah I am starting to realise that this seasonal planting process is so highly dependent on where you actually live. I live in Sydney Australia where temperatures can get very high in summer and not too cold in winter. To add to problem, part of my garden is more like a rain forest micro climate. This year I'm trying something new, planting in winter. So far my coriander (cilantro) seedlings are looking stronger than usual, ie not thin and bolting. Will be starting other planting soon. It's all trial and error. Direct sun too strong, and other areas too shady. Oh well we keep learning 😊😊😊
When the radishes bolt, the young green seed pods are a wonderful addition to a salad.
So true! They are also awesome in a stir fry! But they have to be harvested as soon as possible, as they dry out to release the seeds very quickly-- at least the varieties I have used.
They can be pickled as well.
Thank you, I had no idea!
There's a variety of white radish called 'iceberg' that lasts in the ground for approximately 4 or 5 months before going woody or bolting! 😊
I let my cilantro bolt, just because and just to see what happens. The flowers are quite flavorful and the "fruit" is coriander. I just cut the entire stalk and strip of any tender leaves and flowers and set aside the coriander to fully dry. So not all is lost if you ignored the cilantro or just couldn't get to it before going away for a while. I love frost/cold-tolerant crops and ''huh"erbs, less competition with bugs and rabbits, and no heat exhaustion. I truly appreciate your ideas, tips, and tricks. Keep sowing and growing.
I never considered eating the flowers. I love adding many kinds of flowers to salads.
Great idea!
This is going to help me for this year. I decided last year when summer was changing to fall that I would convert my entire backyard into a garden. I ripped out all of the grass and weeds, set up my compost, annd mapped out the yards sunlight (with sticks and string) throughout the day to get the different degrees of sunlight. (This house is shaped like an L where the empty box of the L is the "back yard") between the house itself and the trees at the back, I clocked hourly what portions of the yard was in direct sunlight - so I know by the marking what section of the yard receives sunlight for the whole day vs the deadzone. So yay time to get my notebook out and learn what I can plant in the deadzonnnne.
Wow! I tracked my sunlight too to find the best spot to put my greenhouse, but not hourly. Super observant! I learned over time the sun changes its track 🤔 and didn't follow the original track I found later on lol.
Great blessings to your garden 🙏
Whether you have good/bad/mediocre soil. If you add a layer of very THICK. CZ RDBOARD over the entire garden before you add anything it will...
A. Improve soil by inviting worms.
B. Kill the grass and weeds root systems
C. Retain water and reduce both how often and how much the garden needs
C. Make your plants very happy as soil will be looser for them to flourish in
D. If you want the super happy give them a mulch bed of leaves, straw and shredded paper
It's a variation of Hugel gardening which I use and have had great success with.
Happy gardening!
@@c.kainoabugado7935 yes, the position of the sun on the horizon changes during seasons.
@@mildredwilkins5781 Forty five years ago, I thought up using cardboard to smother the grass and weeds growing in the area I wanted to turn into a flower bed. I’ve been doing it ever since. I use it around plants and cover it with mulch. It helps retain moisture in our hot climate during the summer and protect roots during the cold winters. It’s getting harder to get cardboard because many places are recycling for which I am grateful.
I was not familiar with Hugel gardening but found limited information. I’ve composted all my leaves and grass clipping for as long as I’ve used cardboard. It attracts the biggest earthworms I’ve ever seen. As far as the Hugel system, I don’t have access to wood chips. I had researched using sawdust but found that it was not advised. Do you know anyway to convert sawdust into usable compost? Any tips for using Hugel successfully? I’ve just bought a house and the yard is completely shaded with huge trees. It was the only thing I didn’t like about it. No irises, daylilies and most vegetables. Thus I am watching this video! I will have abundant leaves to compost but not much I can grow that’s edible. I plan to plant fruit trees in the only area with sun nearest the street. I think my neighbors would frown if I chose to plant a vegetable garden there!
Thanks for sharing this! One thing to remember is that perennial veg, if you can grow them where you are, also require less sun, are less work and require less compost. eg. My Canna Edulis - a potato substitute - went from 4 corms this season to at least 40 and I didn't water them much at all. I have a lovely perennial vegetable patch. Mostly because I have too much to do to worry about cycling garden beds etc. and partly because, these days peoples veg patches are being raided by people in the night. Mine looks ornamental, so no one bothers with mine.
What are some more of your ornamental edibles? I have had the same idea to avoid people picking through my garden!
I love how I didn't hear "um" every other word. Clean and well spoken. 👏☺
Yes, this is a great plus imho...Kevin is clear, precise and without all the extra insignificant fluff or repeats,,, yAAAy
Thank Toastmasters for that!
Yeah and unlike some that speak at about 800wpm, I can actually understand what you say.
@@epicgardening Great plug for a fabulous program. *Secret DTM handshake :)
Or 'like' every other word these days.
I am 70 and have been. I have been gardening for a while. You taught me. Especially about why my cilantro always gets burned up! I love the tip about garden Onions
I hit LIKE for 20 years and more of BLESSINGS in the garden for you, me, and the rest of the world! 😘
Today I started my very first garden!! I believe it is a bit shady. I planted spinach and kale. Also sweet peas and carrots. I’m excited to see how it does!! 🙂
How is your garden now -a year later?
Great for the kids too!
In 2020 I tried Glacier tomatoes and had great success with them in my shady gardens in the forest. In 2021 year I followed more of your cold-tomato advice and had good results with Sasha Altai, St. Pierre, Russian Red and Moskvitch among others (note -- some of these are very indeterminate, but successful nevertheless). Thanks for the tip!
I'm also finding that a lot of medium-sized peppers do just fine in part shade (not Bell Peppers or other huge ones). In fact over the years peppers have been my most reliable crop. For some reason Spinach, Chard, and Beets just never work for me -- the only reliable greens that have been reliable are chenopods like huauzontle and lambs quarters. Cilantro and Basil have also worked well for me, as well as both bush and climbing beans, peas, and tomatillos.
New gardener here in the southern Louisiana areaZone 9b, or so. This is my first year of growing in a partial shady spot. My home came with an OLD chicken coop area that I have been converting to my garden. I’m doing container and raised bed gardening. I have a gold mine of repurposed wood, tin, chicken wire, and other wires as well. I’m keeping the handmade chicken feeders for planters. Anyway, you’ve given a lot of wonderful advice AND ideas. Thank you.
I'm a gardening newbie. First year and my neighbors have this huge stupid tree blocking half our yard so I assumed I couldn't grow anything!! This was very EYE-OPENING to me. Thank you!
A large tree will cause you more problems by sucking up all the water than by the shade it throws.
yes you can grow em !
Drop it into a conversation that you hate their tree. They may consider chopping it down. BE BOLD.
If the tree was there before you moved in dont complain. You chose to live there. I had a neighbour who moved into a paradise nextdoor to me, trees, shrubs, garden... it won awards for the previous owner. The new owner cut down every tree and bush on his property, turned it into a desolate waste and put in a big fire pit! Then he had the nerve to ask me to chop down my only tree because some of the branches overhung his property! Some people! SMH
No huge tree is stupid.
Absolutely hitting the like button for your pronunciation of the word “Herbs” 😃
Represent!
in Kentucky its pronounced Bigfoot Bigfoot 😏😂
@@truthseeker9561 😂 but only when the Bigfoot is as lazy as the Sasquatch and uses their name twice, because screw surnames lol
Lol. Me too- much appreciated by me down here in New Zealand. Love this channel - Epic Gardening and your lovely crazy mate over at Self Sufficient Me are my go to's for all gardening learning.
A tip that is similar to painting the fences is buy some cheap mirrrors and attach them to key spots to bounce sunlight around
MrSBGames I’ve heard mirrors keep birds away too.
Have you found that to be true?
You have to be careful as they can start a fire.
Lynne Wright - Glzrbug good point. Thanks for settling an argument my husband and I were having about using mirrors. Even if you do support the wrong (his) side.
😂
Greetings from Germany,
we have a pretty cold and rainy climate where I live for at least 8 month of the year. So it gives me a pretty short vegetation period.
And on top of this I have a pretty shady garden (north facing) with lots of shade-giving treas.
Nevertheless I created last year a raised bed right under the treas with almost no sun and tried to find out if it is working.
I planted a special kind of cabbage, a so called eternal cabbage, which can achieve 10 years of age and you only collect the oldest leaves of, like with chard.
And it works fantastic 😊😊😊.
It is thriving.
In the same bed I grow garlic veeerrrryy slowly but great and lamb's lettuce.
This year I will experiment with zucchini and different kinds of squash in another bed under the treas.
Until now it's developing quite good, considered that we still have maximum 10°C end of may 🙈.
Thanks for your great tips.
I did find your videos only recently and now I am looking each and every one of it😊.
Have a blessed day. Sonja
Heavy gauge aluminum foil works wonders in maximizing light, especially at the low angles of dusk and dawn. An alternative is foil-backed flooring underlayment, anything to bounce that sunlight back at your plants.
Great video, as always!
The Dollar Tree sometimes has those sun reflecting windshield shades. They are flimsy, but I have one on a deck underneath some starts to pull in the light and heat. I am going to rig one up to do some reflecting in another area that needs a little more light.
@@mrsclfb9697 Precisely. The foil underlayment material I mentioned above, Alumium foil bonded to foam is an insulator and barrier for putting underneath flooring, and is almost the exact same material as used in windshield sunshades.
I found, because of the foam backing, it is a good wind break. Which can be good or bad depending on your plants (as some crops require good air circulation to prevent disease from mold, etc).
Also Mylar blankets. Got an inexpensive 5 pack on amazon.
@@Bandaid17 I like them indoors and in the greenhouse. The survival Mylar blankets I had pulled out of my first aid kits tended to rip in the elements and with curious raccoons. I hope it works out with you.
So I found your channel just recently, but have to say I have learned more than any other so far, thank you!
I also really enjoy your straightforward and clear teaching style...you definitely have a teaching gift!
Sage is great for part shade, and in my Zone 7b mid Atlantic state it wintered over nicely. Not just for stuffing at Thanksgiving!! I love the scent, bundle and dry it in brown paper bags, added it to ground meat (pork, turkey breast and chicken) for cocktail meatballs or meatcakes!
I like the scent of sage and use it in room sprays as a blend with sweeter scents.
I love fried sage leaves. I fry them in coconut oil and then add salt. Makes me forget all about potato chips.
Sage tea with a bit of maple syrup is one of the best headache remedies. The maple syrup isn't necessary but it really makes it a better tasting medicine.
I love sage too! It's a go to herb for me, the same for rosemary and thyme!
@@sacredcowbbq1326 definitely outta da box! thanx .... who knew?
I have under 6 hrs of sun a day in the sunniest part of my northwest/facing terrace, with a large fence and other buildings around it. Rhubarb that I planted a few years ago is doing really well now. We get a few freezing days here in Madrid, Spain, in the winter, but the rhubarb keeps coming back, stronger every year. Chard and celery does well, too. But what is very easy to grow in the shadiest part of my terrace is Arugula! I get continual leaves throughout almost all seasons.
I LOVE this video! I already sent it to my sister's email. She lives on 125 acres and the front of her home, where she wants a, "kitchen," garden is shaded. I want to grow peas, when I start my garden. I know they are a little labor intensive, but they are higher in protein than some vegetables and I prefer fresh vegetables whenever possible. I hope you understand that, YOU are the future of this country.
When your cilantro bolts let it go to seed. Then harvest your coriander seeds. Double bonus.
My cilantro bolted. Lol. I had 2 little plants (started from seeds) that I put into an aero garden ( with a light) on my kitchen window sill. There are only a few leaves left that actually look like cilantro. Lol. I've used almost all the normal looking cilantro leaves. Maybe I will try cilantro again, using the aforementioned tips. ☘😊
If I am not wrong Cilantro is another name for Parsley? How do you get the seeds of the Corriander plant from Parsley? Is there something I am missing?
@@drd7209 Different plants! Cilantro will go to seed, and the seeds are the herb coriander. 😊
What does 'bolt' mean? Sorry. Newbie here.
@@rachelpradhan It is when a plant (such as spinach) starts dedicating all of its energy toward flower/seed production, instead of leaves. You are left with a straggly plant with hardly any foliage left!
The pace and quality of the presentation is excellent. Staging it in your own garden increases credibility. And the information is very valuable specially to someone like me who is just getting started.
When cilantro bolts, it becomes coriander. Take the fresh green and tender seeds and crush them with a touch of vinegar and some olive oil and coat chicken or pork before grilling. YUMMY! On little cilantro will produce a gazillion seeds and are great for planting next year and give the bees some food.
Thanks 2 years later for this idea!
I live in more shade then sun. The sunny area two 4x12 raised beds, takes up my tomatoes, and cucumbers. I do radishes, carrots, and lettuce in my shady area. Now I've got some new things to try.
Good luck Mark!
Same stuff going here tomatoes/ cucumbers that is and I’m trying herbs for the first time. Love cucumbers but in past years I have been overwhelmed with them. And no where to sell them now.
@@Mallenaudrix I bring anything I don't freeze or cold can to the food bank
Ginger prefers dappled shade. I'm in Arizona and I plant it in my shaded bed.
I’d love to see a couple videos, one on the best mechanisms for protecting a garden from rodents (lots of oak and fruit trees in my neighborhood so there are lots of rats, mice, and squirrels), and another about the best raised garden beds. Especially those that can be moved around the yard to follow the sun. Combine these two requests, and that would be amazing. Love your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all your wisdom.
debating if i even want to try again, although I garden because I need the food since I am on disability and my income really makes getting veggies at the store problamatic especially with the prices we are seeing now. However last yr rats and mice pretty much destroyed most of everything I planted. I would love any tips anyone has. Getting desperate, Ive tried some of the poisons in the grocery stores but they seem immune. I hate using them since there are birds and stray cats that go in my yard, but the cats dont seem interested in hunting the rats/mice, but I would still prefer not killing the cats trying to poison the rats/mice...Help
Try catching mice in a glass bottle. Something like a UK milk bottle with a narrow neck. Bait with chocolate, prop it up slightly. The mice get in for the bait but can't get back up the slippery glass through the narrow neck. You can then release them elsewhere.
@@stan1050 I can confirm that mice LOVE Hershey's kisses. They tore into a bag and ate right through the foil wrappers. Good bait.
@@jeaniejbutler4911 Some cats are mousers. You just have the wrong cats.
@@ladominaroque sounds like the story of my life, wrong cats, wrong ex's..lol thanks
Thanks for the tips about endives! As a Belgian abroad, I miss my Belgian endives, which are rarely homegrown. I've always been told the compact white vegetable is the same as the greener lettuce like crop, but the white compact thing is grown in the dark, often in cellars (in wooden crates), and the green crop is left to grow exposed outdoors. Always have been intimidated to grow it but might try this fall, in a bag on my balcony. If I find the seeds, they are rare to find here. Would love to see a video on the specifics of growing these veg, and thanks for the shout out about their taste! Even most Belgians don't like Belgian endives, but it tastes great braised: much more tasty than spinach and pairs well with salty, umami or 'heavy' things (like halloumi). The white crop is lovely like this: chop in half, remove core, let it caramelise in butter really well, splash of water, turn heat down and let it soften for a while, add nutmeg: and it gets totally sweet, not bitter: you will not find it as nice as this in a restaurant, and it is the perfect food for when you're recovering from illness and you're body doesn't feel like eating anything. Honestly!!!
Sounds delicious.
Awesome, thanks for this!
Totally agree with you on the weird white endive we're being sold here in Canada. I've finally found the correct plant one day in my local store and have been growing it in hydroponic garden ever since. My vegetarian lizard, he's a Mali, and I have been enjoying our fresh yield throughout this winter. 🤗🇨🇦
Why did people press thumbs down? This was a great video! Haters gonna hate...but don't let that reflect on your good work!
Exactly...Just HATERS!
Lol right? Just go watch a different video
Bizarre, right? Lol. Maybe they thought he gave incorrect info, is the best I can come up with, but clearly, it's working in his garden, so....??
It’s competition, other people doing videos want you to like there videos for more views.
Very ignorant people
This is helpful, thank you! I live in the forest and only get a bit of sunlight each day. One amazing green salad veggie I discovered while in Europe a couple of years ago is called "Corn Salad." It loves cool weather and little sun, and is very delicious.
the seed is available here under its french name: mache. don't ask me how to pronounce it, tho'!
Kevin, I only discovered you last week and this might just be the best gardening channel I know (and I know a lot of great ones, so that says something!). Somehow your tips are exactly relevant for my growing situation! Keep it up
Very kind of you to say my friend
EctoMorpheus have you seen self sufficient me? He’s great too!
@@liamsmyth2917 definitely, that was my favourite gardening channel before I discovered this one. It's not a competition though, they can share the first place ;)
I also like Charles Dowding and Huw Richards
I have had great success with growing Kale in my shady garden. Transplanted small plants started inside. I live in zone 3 but have light available until 1-:30 pm.
So happy I found this channel! I've been struggling with what will do well in my completely shaded yard --so many wonderful trees and I don't want to sacrifice a tree.
I love the enthusiasm and energy you exude for a subject you know so much about. You are inspiring.
This is excellent and much needed. As a Texas gardener, I use my shade a lot. Full sun gardening in other states is not the same here. 🔥🔥🔥
You’re right. Texas sun (southern-sun in general), is scorching hot.
Yes I have that problem here in central California, while yes its nice as in no snow (lows in high 30's is as cold as it gets but in mid summer omg, last summer we had 22 days in a row with temps at or above 108...plants dont appreciate that any more than we humans do lol sadly the shade or putting out shade cloths didnt help much .
Really learning new things. Grew up on farm and grandparents farmed, things have been made easier and fertilizing made easier, new varieties and your adding things I never knew. I'm 75 going on next year. But love learning new ways and easier. Thank you and bought the 6 in 1 bins and cannot wait for the green house to show up so can get beds going. medical issues made the choice for me to buy the bins for higth. easier on legs and back. Thank you all for your teaching even us older growers.
Since I live at 7000 feet, I'd like to learn more about growing inside because of our extremely short growing season. My dream plant would be a Meyer Lemon tree (shrub?) but that may be more of a fantasy. A tip I discovered by accident is that skylights provide the perfect indirect bright light for things like orchids. My supermarket orchid has bloomed for five years on my bathroom vanity under a skylight. I would not have thought that that type of light would be sufficient, but it is.
I think you could grow Meyer lemon in a big pot indoors by providing a dedicated light. LED lights are pretty efficient, but of course it'll cost a bit.
Unless you have a window that gets a lot of light?
And you can take it outside on the summer, just bring it indoors well before frost is expected!
I lived at 7200 ft and had a large veggie garden. I grew peas for sure, and small-size tomatoes as I knew the large ones would never get mature in time. I always looked on the seed packets to find the shortest days-to-maturity number. We had a lot of success with sweet corn that, if I remember rightly, was 56 days to maturity. Our biggest problems were deer and voles.
I live where I have a Meyer's lemon outside and it is wonderful. However, you can grow inside successfully with excellent indirect lighting. All citrus tolerate shade although they are typically grown in full sun. Give it a try - even one fresh lemon will be worth the effort. And, BTW, have you ever tried searing your lemons in oil before you fry fish in it? Wonderful to have that lemon in the oil AND the warm seared (and mellowed) lemon juice squeezed over the fish.
I'm growing a small Meyer lemon tree indoors under an LED flood grow light. The "tree" (mayyybe 14-in. tall) has 2 fist-sized ripening lemons. My indoor light exposure is poor, and grow lights allow me (finally!) to grow African violets, T'giving cactus, etc. without them croaking after a few months. My elevation is much lower than yours @ 80', but ... I highly recommend the lights! :)
Hi there Kevin from NZ. Great Video with heaps of tips. I have had so much trouble growing Corriander (Cillantro) until I found out it bolts because of soil temperature and not air temperature. So, I tried putting down a thick mulch to try and keep the soil cooler. It worked. I grew the longest (1 ft/30cm) stalks I had ever grown and the stalks were very juicy! Thanks for a great gardening channel.that is very informative.
I'm from Australia and yes, we love hearing the "H" in herbs! Some great ideas, thanks for the tips.
Kevin, yours are the only gardening videos I will watch. I can't tell you how good it is to watch someone explain as simply and thoroughly as you do, without all the damn small talk and long, looooong sequences of watching the gardener shovel dirt in a container one spadeful at a time, etc., etc....as if we needed to learn how to transfer soil from one container to another. You speak clearly but fast, and you always seem to know the precise information and explanation we need in any given subject. THANK YOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU.
I've had good success growing celery in a shady garden. It''s easier to keep it moist and the flavour doesn't get too strong..
And I love your not edible shade loving bleeding heart
I save the ends of celery In spring and start new plants from it for casseroles and soups
Thank you! I have jumbo Scentsy bags that have holes in them and now I know I can use them for something!!! Planters!!
What about edible ornamentals? Young tightly curled Hosta shoots can be prepared as you would asparagus. I've found that they are g good way to curb back a plant that is getting a bit larger than you would like but you don't have someone that wants the division at the moment. A friend of mine grills them and serves them cold with a thinned mayonnaise that is flavored like hollandaise.
I hope this comment finds you on a day that has joy. Thank you so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge. First time gardener 2022. I was the chain saw and shovel girl until then.
Your vids helped me so much with understanding, and confidence. I'm USDA zone 5, so yeah, stunning winter scenes of frozen landscape. I appreciate you taking the time to film and post so many videos. They made sure 36 of my 38 species were consumed by my family.
Thanks Kevin for making my first gardening experience a wonderful situation.
Cheers
The grow bags look like some of our supermarket bags and a few others. When they get a hole, brolen a bit, maybe we can adapt them by putting some more holes in the bottom! A good way to recycle as well.
gayedawn1 Not 100 percent certain, but I think the grow bags need to be made of a breathable fabric (so no plastic). I bought one and it is made of fabric with no holes in the bottom because the water just flows out thru the fabric.
I think your talking about the reusable ones aren't you?
Great tips! I'm new in my place and the sun's movement through the seasons is unexpected; I definitely need plants for full sun and for partial and for shade. By the way, small radishes are great sauteed, as is escarole (that's how they eat it in Italy). Endive is great baked at high heat-you can stuff them, drizzle with balsamic, or char in a cast iron pan on med-high heat. I worked many years at a farm-to-table pioneer so learned a lot about different ways to use ALL the produce.
Well, that explains what happened with my peas. One year I through some seeds in an area by the house that doesn't get much sun and pretty poor soil but produced a bunch of sweet peas. Totally to my surprise and I thought I just got lucky with a good batch of seeds. The next year I planted them in my generally full sun garden and they struggled and were woody.
I’m in Jersey and have started my plants in my huge bay window, all day sun in the winter and allot of shade in the summer when the trees come into full leaf. My zucchini plant is huge!! I’ve turned to an edible only garden and planting from here out. I still love my roses I always asked for rose bushes for Mother’s Day so I could enjoy them in perpetuity. My property has full shade in most spots so I appreciate this video so I know what to plant. Thank you
I’ve learned everything I know about gardening on TH-cam, I’m so glad I found you today. Your video was so informative and so to the point and it really gave me a lot of new information in a quick manner. I can’t wait to watch more of your videos. Good job!
I'm having great success with beetroot, it gets 3-4 hrs of sun and the root is a bit small but the leaves and stems are useable too!
Thanks! I learned a lot. I have a very old garden (30+ years) and there is a bed that I've abandoned because large trees have slowly over shadowed it. I'm going to try opening it back up again this year.
Thank you so much. I live in a patio home that faces south. I have a small amount of north space and a semi blocked west side. I got a Greenstalk this year and have been experimenting. I bought another one for next year. I took notes on all of you tips so I am hoping to have a better crop next year! I have been eating kale and arugula all summer so I am happy about that!❤
From everything I’ve read bolting isn’t caused by heat on a plant. It’s caused by heat in the soil. To stop this mulching helps. Of course shade helps this but it’s soil temp that causes it. I’ve also read that growing plants tightly together helps as well.
Yes this is fantastic, growing tightly creates a living shade cloth over the soil :)
that's interesting. i thought it was a combination of available light ( as in june-bearing and day-neutral strawberries, e.g) and av. temp. never considered soil temp. still think available light has a lot to do with flower production, tho'. we plant cilantro and lettuce in quart pots, one plant in each, and move some of them to the shade to slow them down. cuts down on succession planting.
My chives, oregano thyme, and sage have done marvelously well in partial sun and are perennial in zone 6. They’re in raised bed made with pave stone so the light colored pavestones probably retain heat and reflect light.
I am really loving watching you from the UK and I really appreciate your pronouncing 'herbs' correctly!
We also say basil like ryhming with 'frazzle'!! It sounds so much nicer!
Either way, your videos are really useful!
No, herbs has an h as an initial sound….
I put lettuce in shady spots and between large plants like tomatoes. I got good carrots partly shaded under pole beans last year. I grow cilantro in full sun for the hoverflies, bees, and wasps.
This guy is giving me a Kristoff St. John vibe, even in his manner of speaking. Really enjoyable. New subscriber.
You can also use things like old mirrors to reflect the sun into shady areas. I like to staple aluminum foil to plywood and use that to direct the sunshine into the shaded area or even use a metallic paint on plywood to get that reflective outcome you’re looking for. Use a stick or stake to prop it up at the angle you want.Thanks for the tips on shade tolerant plants. Kudos!
great idea!
MYLAR.
I was thinking the same thing about mirror usage!
Wow! Thank you! 😀
What an awesome idea! I never thought about that but it actually makes sense. Thank you.
Starting another Shelter in Place day and was thrilled to find this Garden video; thank you so much for providing comfort and appreciation for bringing the outdoors in.
I am going to try to work on that
We call Cilantro Coriander here in the UK. Love it no matter what it's called. Gives authenticity to various curries and kormas. I'm putting in raised beds which will be easier for me to cultivate as I have disabilities now.
Thank you for this video! My buddy brought me a big bag of potatoes that were in his cupboard all winter and they had 1 foot stems on them. I planted them all a few weeks ago all along the shaded fence line and they are all growing nice leaves. I have also found potatoes growing in the compost.
I put green onions into my cabinet because my cat kept eating it. It still grew abundantly lmao I’m convinced that green onions will grow deep in the back of a cave.
Being raised on a farm, wasn't small my Dad made use of every place except my mother's garden lol. We faced east to west, so roses she used toward the beginning of fence going toward the beginning of the front porch were different plants last were tulips. west was different lettuce's to peas then radishes and horseradish beans house tomatoes then corn sunflowers. We grow feed near the barn &stables some corn the rest was tomatoes. Revolving acres each season. Even moving in town we had an 1/2 acre back yard we grew crop to freeze or jar. Used the same way in Alaska . This was a good one on shade plants.
Aussie here. *Love* that you pronounced *H*erb. 🥰
You're right about bush beans growing just fine in the shade! I have mine under a patio near the top of a tiered garden and they are actually doing better than the ones planted in full sun.
I'm in AZ and celery is growing very well in my shaded garden.
Radishes I have found I enjoy more letting them go to flower and then to pod the pods taste very much so like radish they are tasty and delicious and grow pods in such an abundance you wont even be able to keep up. The flowers are absolutely delicious as well. I enjoy the radish root but, most seasons I wont even harvest the root at all ill eat everything else throughout the season. That has also allowed me to grow the same radishes year after year as the pods bring em back over and over again year after year. The pods are so good its a wonder ive never seen it for sale.
I have boosted light levels around my garden by attaching sheets of mylar diamond patterned sheeting. I went for the more expensive sort and it has resisted the current crop of gale force winds we are experiencing near Heathrow, London.
As an Australian, I also appreciate your pronunciation of the word 'Herb'.
I've had success with chive in a part shade garden.
Same! Our chives do great in shade and thrive with minimal care!
Me too!
Yes - great choice! I have lemon verbena in a pot in shade, and it is doing well (overwintered there!)
Chard was the rockstar of our first garden last year. Grew like crazy into the winter. Arugula was in second place.
Claiming the 20 years of good luck in the garden 😅👍🏻