Rosemary definitely deserves its own video! The BEST herb. In 6a I bring potted rosemary in and out. It took so long to grow from seed and time to grow from cuttings that I just don't want to risk it dying. I have four fairly large plants of it now. I am going to grow more from cuttings this winter. If I feel like risking one, I might plant one of the established plants outdoors next spring, and see if it will last through winter under some burlap, but so far, not ready to part with any of it. :)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms since I've moved here I've learned that many plants that were considered perennials grow year round here in Vegas. I recently signed up for Chip Drop and got a truck load of fresh wood chips. I sourced horse manure from a local horse club for free. You don't even have to guess what I'm creating in my back yard lol. That's going to be some awesome compost I can already smell it working. It's good to see you and know that you're still doing well. I don't comment much but I still watch your videos. The problem I face now is lack of rain and lack of any moisture. I put down a layer of cardboard first. I put dead decaying logs next and then I started layering Browns, Greens, Horse and Rabbit Manure, shredded cardboard, kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, The kitchen sink 😜 There are 5 coffee shops near me and I asked them if I could have their used grounds and they totally said Yes. You and many others throughout the permacultnut community have changed my life and how I see soil.. The living soil and yes I'd have to say Jesse Frost, Charles Dowding, Paul Guatchi, Huw Richards, Gardener Scott, James Pridjioni and of course you Jeff. I'd still be breaking my back and my piggy bank tilling if I hadn't seen what it means to give back to the soil and apologize to it for all the years it's been raped and forced to do unnatural things. So now I'm here actually in Henderson Nevada next door to the Vegas strip and I'm literally starting my permaculture no dig gardener from a sand box. It's all rock and sand. With any luck and help from tons of biomass I'll be up and growing in a couple years in the actual garden. I can always do container gardening while I'm waiting for the best thing ever to happen in a small space called my back yard garden. Cheers brother and if you have any advice on starting a no dig or low soil disturbance garden, I'm all ears. Lack of Water will be the toughest challenge. I'm hoping the logs in the bottom will act as a water battery. Any thoughts?
Have one planted over 10 years ago. East Central Georgia. Been through some mid teen nights back to back with lower wind chill and still here. Didn't have luck growing as container plant, but in the ground it's thrived
Here in Victoria, I've lost rosemary through the winter because of dehydration. Our rosemary bed is protected from heavy rain, so if we don't get windy rainstorms, the rosemary can suffer. I've learned I have to water it through those winter months (it gets irrigated in the summer) or even throw snow on it if we get any. ~ Sandra
Great video, love the 2 minute format and you can still get the information you want out to viewers. My rosemary last year didn't last the winter inside, probably my fault for ignoring it a little too much. If I recall you're in Canada like myself, so it definitely has to be brought inside. Hopefully I can keep this year's rosemary growing throughout the winter!
Hey, glad you like man! I am in Canada but in Victoria, BC, so I'm cheating a LITTLE bit. I have the same Rosemary planted outside for 14 years now. The one in the video. I have to cut it back severely every spring or it will overtake my garden! I hear you on bringing them inside. I think the culprit is low light and over watering. Best of luck with yours!
Super informative thank you! This year I started planting more herbs as they are very medicinal and good for chickens. I like your channel, as my attention and tolerance span is under 5 minutes.💚
There are two varieties of rosemary. One is a perennial bush, that is used a lot in landscaping. The other is a draping or vining type annual. Both are edible.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Possibly, yes. But we all don’t have that kind of weather, so it becomes an annual for most gardeners. You could always grow it in a pot and move the pot to a sheltered area or bring it indoors.
@@munchkin5674 100%. Many temperate growers have to bring it inside from October to March. Nature of the beast. Worth it though. Another idea is to also grow it from cuttings...that way you always have a free supply.
Our rosemary plant in NE Alabama (Zone 7b) grew into a large bush over 7 years. However, last year's unusual pre-Chrisrmas freeze with temps down to 6°F killed it. It survived previous winters with temps sometimes in the mid-teens. But single-digit temps apparently aren't good for rosemary. We lost other landscape plants, as well.
I live in zone 7 and got a rosemary plant this spring. I'm experimenting with a greenhouse on my back deck and so far the rosemary seems to be thriving. I wasn't sure if it would come back next year if I left it out in the cold, but it sounds like it would have!
Sure it does , mine is planted outside facing west close to the house under the protection of 1 foot of the roof , here in western WA we get some snow and few weeks the ground freeze, its been there for over 17 years :) zone 8b.
Now I want to know more about Rosemary. If I live in a colder climate, how do I let it keep a perennial life cycle? Love the video and you've whetted my appetite for more knowledge. 🤗
Thanks Sandy! Colder than zone 7 and you gotta bring it inside. There are more cold tolerant varieties, but one real cold snap and exposed Rosemary just dies.
I've got the same problem in zone 7b. I tried bringing it inside and it died from insufficient sunlight. I tried putting it inside my greenhouse, but it didn't survive the hard freeze. I have considered looking for a frost tolerant variety, but my local garden store never heard of it, and I can only find seeds online.
@@FrozEnbyWolf150100% been there ....its so temperamental like that. It'll take 4 feet of snow, but give it a biting, dry cold and it perishes almost instantly. Just in its nature.
I had a beautiful rosemary plant that really became more like a bush after growing for 5 years or so. But those few days of 16 degree temps last winter did it in last winter. I planted a new one in the same spot though, and believe me I'll be covering it the next time it gets that cold! :0
I've never tried to grow rosemary. It would not likely survive the winter. I'm in central Washington, zone 6b, or 6a, or just 6, as far as I know. It used to be 6b, until the zones were changed; now, I don't know for sure. We have hot summers and cold winters. Happy Winter Solstice! You know what that means...
I guess even a giant redwood is an annual if it gets cut down. I always thought of rosemary as a shrub. There's one at a property I used to maintain out in Colwood with a trunk the size of my arm.
Haha I wish Rosemary was “vigorous” for me!! Every time I buy a plant from the nursery, it ends up going caput! ☹️One of the plants I bought didn’t survive the winter here (I’m in a Zone 7a, semi arid high desert climate)& the other times I offed them probably due to 1) overwatering 2) disturbing the roots when transplanting to another container & 3) digging them out of the ground & into a pot to move them indoors for the winter. I am not good at growing Rosemary…but I want to be 😂
Rosemary is truly zero effort. I have gorgeous bushes around my property always ready for me to trim it back. I only wish my favorite herb sage was as prolific. I can grow them for a few weeks but, they always end up dying on me.
Have you tried pineapple sage? It grows as big as a bush and dies back in Fall and winter and comes back in the spring. What zone are you in? I'm in 7b .
It’s perennial until it dies. Then it’s an annual! I live in Utah (new zone 7b). We planted 4, they lived about 3 years. I currently have one living for a year.
Just pop them in the garage if it drops below freezing. I’ve got geraniums & fucias flowering now in there. And a bay looks very happy. Thankyou for all your videos. Merry Christmas!
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Jeff what fertilize do you use on Rosemary
My father planted some rosemary when I was a little kid and it's still growing now I'm 41
That's so awesome! Literally never have to buy the wilted stuff from the grocery store again!
"Pungently prolific plant" Nice line!! 😂
Ha ha, thanks!
Rosemary definitely deserves its own video! The BEST herb. In 6a I bring potted rosemary in and out. It took so long to grow from seed and time to grow from cuttings that I just don't want to risk it dying. I have four fairly large plants of it now. I am going to grow more from cuttings this winter. If I feel like risking one, I might plant one of the established plants outdoors next spring, and see if it will last through winter under some burlap, but so far, not ready to part with any of it. :)
I agree Vicky... It is a long one to grow.... Especially for herbs. I couldn't be bothered with it if it was a annual!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms That is NO lie! It took I think four months for the first one to look part way impressive if I remember correctly! haha
@@vickyannpaintingwithoils yep, that definitely sounds about right! Lol
I am right on the edge for rosemary!
I think I can get it to work if I try a little harder
Side of the chicken coop for shelter Dave!
love Rosemary...
One of the all-time greats Melanie! 🙂
Hi Jeff, great video, thanks for sharing and take care 😊
In Las Vegas Nevada rosemary grows into a tree
I bet it does...probably loves it there!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms since I've moved here I've learned that many plants that were considered perennials grow year round here in Vegas. I recently signed up for Chip Drop and got a truck load of fresh wood chips. I sourced horse manure from a local horse club for free. You don't even have to guess what I'm creating in my back yard lol.
That's going to be some awesome compost I can already smell it working.
It's good to see you and know that you're still doing well. I don't comment much but I still watch your videos.
The problem I face now is lack of rain and lack of any moisture.
I put down a layer of cardboard first.
I put dead decaying logs next and then I started layering Browns, Greens, Horse and Rabbit Manure, shredded cardboard, kitchen scraps, coffee grounds, The kitchen sink 😜
There are 5 coffee shops near me and I asked them if I could have their used grounds and they totally said Yes.
You and many others throughout the permacultnut community have changed my life and how I see soil..
The living soil and yes I'd have to say Jesse Frost, Charles Dowding, Paul Guatchi, Huw Richards, Gardener Scott, James Pridjioni and of course you Jeff.
I'd still be breaking my back and my piggy bank tilling if I hadn't seen what it means to give back to the soil and apologize to it for all the years it's been raped and forced to do unnatural things.
So now I'm here actually in Henderson Nevada next door to the Vegas strip and I'm literally starting my permaculture no dig gardener from a sand box. It's all rock and sand. With any luck and help from tons of biomass I'll be up and growing in a couple years in the actual garden.
I can always do container gardening while I'm waiting for the best thing ever to happen in a small space called my back yard garden.
Cheers brother and if you have any advice on starting a no dig or low soil disturbance garden, I'm all ears. Lack of Water will be the toughest challenge. I'm hoping the logs in the bottom will act as a water battery. Any thoughts?
thank you for your vids
Cheers! 🙂
Have one planted over 10 years ago. East Central Georgia. Been through some mid teen nights back to back with lower wind chill and still here. Didn't have luck growing as container plant, but in the ground it's thrived
Totally John...that little extra buffer of the ground vs exposure in a pot made all the difference. Same for me in my climate in Canada.
I’m in zone 6 and Rosemary will and does tolerate our winters.
Awesome! Keep it goin'! :-)
I always find myself coming to your videos in winter to prepare for spring. 3rd or 4th winter in a row. Well done buddy
I'm here doing the same thing.
Here in Victoria, I've lost rosemary through the winter because of dehydration. Our rosemary bed is protected from heavy rain, so if we don't get windy rainstorms, the rosemary can suffer. I've learned I have to water it through those winter months (it gets irrigated in the summer) or even throw snow on it if we get any.
~ Sandra
Great video, love the 2 minute format and you can still get the information you want out to viewers. My rosemary last year didn't last the winter inside, probably my fault for ignoring it a little too much. If I recall you're in Canada like myself, so it definitely has to be brought inside. Hopefully I can keep this year's rosemary growing throughout the winter!
Hey, glad you like man! I am in Canada but in Victoria, BC, so I'm cheating a LITTLE bit. I have the same Rosemary planted outside for 14 years now. The one in the video. I have to cut it back severely every spring or it will overtake my garden! I hear you on bringing them inside. I think the culprit is low light and over watering. Best of luck with yours!
Love these quick episodes! i learn so much from them :)
Thanx buddy!
Super informative thank you! This year I started planting more herbs as they are very medicinal and good for chickens. I like your channel, as my attention and tolerance span is under 5 minutes.💚
Same here, both for more herbs and attention span! Wait, what were we talking about? Ha ha! Thanks for watching. 🙂
Happy New year
You as well Noor!
I love Rosemary, it doesn't like Texas heat much. I have to start from seed for the next season.
There are two varieties of rosemary. One is a perennial bush, that is used a lot in landscaping. The other is a draping or vining type annual. Both are edible.
Both are perennial in the right climate.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Possibly, yes. But we all don’t have that kind of weather, so it becomes an annual for most gardeners. You could always grow it in a pot and move the pot to a sheltered area or bring it indoors.
@@munchkin5674 100%. Many temperate growers have to bring it inside from October to March. Nature of the beast. Worth it though. Another idea is to also grow it from cuttings...that way you always have a free supply.
Our rosemary plant in NE Alabama (Zone 7b) grew into a large bush over 7 years. However, last year's unusual pre-Chrisrmas freeze with temps down to 6°F killed it. It survived previous winters with temps sometimes in the mid-teens. But single-digit temps apparently aren't good for rosemary. We lost other landscape plants, as well.
Dang Jock, sorry to hear that. They definitely have a threshold...
Tried to grow it once in zone 4 thinking its leaves looks like a pine, hence I didnt take a cutting and left it outside. It died from the -40C winter
I hear you..it really does look like a little pin for fir tree!
Jeff when do you recommend starting brassicas seedlings for spring planting.?
Thanks
For spring, get the seeds going 4-6 weeks before last spring frost date. Get the plants into the ground outside as well started plants, profit! :-)
I live in zone 7 and got a rosemary plant this spring. I'm experimenting with a greenhouse on my back deck and so far the rosemary seems to be thriving. I wasn't sure if it would come back next year if I left it out in the cold, but it sounds like it would have!
Sure it does , mine is planted outside facing west close to the house under the protection of 1 foot of the roof , here in western WA we get some snow and few weeks the ground freeze, its been there for over 17 years :) zone 8b.
Yup, I'm in Canada and the big one in this video has been outdoors in my backyard for 14 years now.
Now I want to know more about Rosemary. If I live in a colder climate, how do I let it keep a perennial life cycle? Love the video and you've whetted my appetite for more knowledge. 🤗
Thanks Sandy! Colder than zone 7 and you gotta bring it inside. There are more cold tolerant varieties, but one real cold snap and exposed Rosemary just dies.
I've got the same problem in zone 7b. I tried bringing it inside and it died from insufficient sunlight. I tried putting it inside my greenhouse, but it didn't survive the hard freeze. I have considered looking for a frost tolerant variety, but my local garden store never heard of it, and I can only find seeds online.
@@FrozEnbyWolf150100% been there ....its so temperamental like that. It'll take 4 feet of snow, but give it a biting, dry cold and it perishes almost instantly. Just in its nature.
Here in zone 7B, only once it was killed off in very extreme winter freeze. Otherwise it has been a perennial for me.
Perfect! Keep doin' what you've been doin'! 🙂
I need one. It’s going to need an inside area in Missouri .
I had a beautiful rosemary plant that really became more like a bush after growing for 5 years or so. But those few days of 16 degree temps last winter did it in last winter. I planted a new one in the same spot though, and believe me I'll be covering it the next time it gets that cold! :0
I've never tried to grow rosemary. It would not likely survive the winter. I'm in central Washington, zone 6b, or 6a, or just 6, as far as I know. It used to be 6b, until the zones were changed; now, I don't know for sure. We have hot summers and cold winters.
Happy Winter Solstice! You know what that means...
Training 3 into tree topiaries. They take to it rather well.
I guess even a giant redwood is an annual if it gets cut down. I always thought of rosemary as a shrub. There's one at a property I used to maintain out in Colwood with a trunk the size of my arm.
Yeah, I guess you could turn any plant into an annual if you only let it live for one year!
Haha I wish Rosemary was “vigorous” for me!! Every time I buy a plant from the nursery, it ends up going caput! ☹️One of the plants I bought didn’t survive the winter here (I’m in a Zone 7a, semi arid high desert climate)& the other times I offed them probably due to 1) overwatering
2) disturbing the roots when transplanting to another container & 3) digging them out of the ground & into a pot to move them indoors for the winter. I am not good at growing Rosemary…but I want to be 😂
I want you to be too! Nix the overwatering and let's get the soil right for starters.... That could send you on the right path
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you, Jeff. I appreciate your response! I’m never going to give up… I know success is just around the corner ☺️
Is any rosemary ok to turn to spice? Dry it out and good to go? What is the coldest Rosemary can handle ?
Yup, as long as you have the edible kind. Mine has handheld -12C no problem
@@TheRipeTomatoFarmsthanks. It gets way colder here… how do you think it would do -30c lol did you have a video for keeping it alive in cold weather?
@@silverlining_1995 - 30C would kill this plant.... It would have to come inside at those temperatures
Rosemary is truly zero effort. I have gorgeous bushes around my property always ready for me to trim it back.
I only wish my favorite herb sage was as prolific. I can grow them for a few weeks but, they always end up dying on me.
Have you tried pineapple sage? It grows as big as a bush and dies back in Fall and winter and comes back in the spring. What zone are you in? I'm in 7b .
Exactly. Almost weed-like too. So vigorous!
@@shirleytruett7319Great suggestion Shirley!
It’s perennial until it dies. Then it’s an annual! I live in Utah (new zone 7b). We planted 4, they lived about 3 years. I currently have one living for a year.
Awesome! 9b for me and it is a monster grower.
Love that herb, but Quebec’s climate is far from Mediterranean!!! So we have to start over every spring.
Hi Isabelle! You can bring them inside if you grow them container style... That could work.
Just pop them in the garage if it drops below freezing. I’ve got geraniums & fucias flowering now in there. And a bay looks very happy.
Thankyou for all your videos. Merry Christmas!
Sorry I put this comment in the wrong place.
We are zone 8 and rosemary completely dies here in the winter,
Dang. Do you get a lot of snow, or is it a dry winter?
Wait…Rosemary’s a guy?!
hey guys what would happen if someone used the sea cucumber DNA and the millipede DNA to fill in the gaps of every farm animals genomes