At least I am not the only one who can go to a store and end up buying duplicate seeds. This year I got a bonus from the leeks I planted the previous fall. I let some go to seed and add color since some blossoms were pink. When I the seed pods were aged enough. I noticed that the leeks produced cloves. That was my first time growing them, and most people kill them off before they even seed. At least now I have some leek cloves growing in the house for Chives and thousands of leek seeds. I look forward to growing plants outside to, but for now I will grow inside.
1) Gardening makes me happy and now that I am retired, I have all the time I need. 2) Last year’s garden was 5300 sq ft. It produced a lot of food and was my solace in getting through the COVID lockdown! 3) Years of seed-saving, combined with a health “seed stash”, meant we had what we needed when seeds sold out. The “stash” also allowed us to help out some of our neighbors and co-workers who could not get seeds. 4) You were “spot on” in advising viewers to assess NEEDS vs WANTS in what is grown. In the final analysis, we had enough tomatoes, rutabagas, kohlrabi, peas, beans, fava, and amaranth. Cool temps resulted in crop failures for peppers, melons, and eggplant. We did not plant enough onions, garlic, lettuce, carrots cucumbers, and radishes. I enjoy squash and went a little overboard. We shared fruits with several people and are still swimming in the stuff! 5) This year, the garden is being expanded to 6400 sq ft. So excited! Can’t wait to get started! Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 1/28/2021.
I live in Zone 9, Northern California... We don't get a break in our growing season (I know, tough life !!!), so planning actually takes concious effort. Thanks for a great video! I grow as a hobby so it is easy to get carried away, especially when those beautiful catalogs come in the mail! We have a Seed sharing group on my NextDoor so, I give away seeds - and spread gardening love that way!!!
I will be beginning my planning the week after Christmas, with a garden calendar and my seeds. I decided to take the week off to do this and some re-organizing to make space for indoor seed starting. I have saved the videos I need for instructions and refreshers. Then it is a matter of waiting for the time to be right for each step in my zone 5a environment.
It's July, we're well into the season, and our garden is by far doing better than it ever has... but it's still not much. I'm hoping that if I start educating myself and prepping now, that I'll be ready to start the needed prep work this fall to get us off to the right start for next season. we have a very good 50'x50' plot with excellent light, good soil, water piped to it, and I built a small greenhouse a few years ago. but we've always lost steam and fallen behind every year due to a lack of time. Now I have more time, and a more pressing need to provide food. let's learn and grow!
Unless you plan to get the CV vax, I'd also suggest you consider more survival crops than usual (potatoes, winter squash, etc). I suspect that shopping, traveling, etc will be severely limited for those who refuse it. Not to get all political, but it's something to think about when planning next year's garden.
Very important video. Your videos are4 always so timely! It's so easy to end up with more plants than you have room for or not enough plants. I have been planning for weeks now and have changed my graph paper plans a few times, adding and changing placement of my plants. I always find another variety of plant that I want to try. Thank You for all you do.
Thank you so much for this great video. I've bought 90% of my seeds for the whole year of 2021. After watching your video I sat down with a tablet sheet and drew all the areas that I have available for either in ground planting or container planting and used your information from the video and sat down with my seeds that I have and figured out what, where and how many of my spring vegetables, fruit and flowers will be plant and where they will go. It took quite a while to figure it out but using your guidelines I think that I will have a very productive garden in the upcoming new year.
Great advice, Scott! I've been making plans on next year's garden for some time, now. But just last week, sat down with pen and paper in hand to get my plan down on paper. Got my seed orders in early and the last of my seeds arrived today. Next will be setting up my grow table to get my starts going in a month or two. Happy gardening!
I had rebuild my garden to two foot raised beds after hurricane sally(I could kayak to my garden), and thanks to your instruction having been doing so this winter. I love your lessons and thank you so much for your help :)
While a bag of potatoes is super cheap compared to the future constant supply of peppers or tomatoes that will grow from those plants, a potato plant in the window in winter uses it's stored energy to grow while the other plants are dormant due to lack of winter light. Of course the potatoes will be replaced in the window when the planting time for the other plants arrives, but it's also good to get some green in the window in December, and things like potatoes and carrots break down into perfect soil in a relatively short time~
Great information about space allocation. I do the same thing and grow the most expensive produce to get the most value out of my small vegetable growing space.
Thanks for your posts. I like being able to think about my garden in dark December. Your posts allow me to think ahead, dream and plan for my spring garden. Blessings of the Christmas season to you and yours.
For me, planning begins in the early fall by making a list of things I would have liked to grow, and different varieties of things I did grow that didn't produce as well as expected. Also, I locate the sellers of seeds that are hard to find and have that list ready by October before new seed catalogs are coming out. I can place orders early (as soon as available). That's how I finally snagged a couple packets of Ajvarski pepper seeds and Jet Star tomato seeds a few weeks ago.
Now I am completely overwhelmed! Maybe I should just write down the steps, cover all but the step I am working on, and go through the list one step at a time (without thinking about what I still have left to do). Planning tends to be a daunting task for me. However, I do see the benefits of doing so. -LATER- Ok, I have watched 2 more times (with a bunch of extra rewinds) and have all the steps written down and understood. I feel more prepared to start my planning. I have also gone through the other videos from these past 2 weeks and a couple from last year. The picture in my mind is beginning to take shape. Thank you for putting the steps on the screen. It made taking notes much easier.
I have been enjoying your videos as we moved from zone 5b to zone 7b and had to learn a lot about gardening in a new climate. The biggest thing to plan for now is succession planting with our much longer growing season, and I might even put a hoop cover over one of my beds to grow all year long. Next years garden is already planned out, seeds are ordered, and I eagerly await starting seeds indoors in a month for my cool weather crops.
I have finally learned that even though I'm in zone 6 I lose light early in the fall since I'm surrounded by conservation land with tall trees I have no control over. I will plan for shorter season varieties of tomatoes this year. Have you ever tried winter sowing? I don't have room for a grow light set up.
Excellent topics @Gardener Scott, and thanks for the reminders. I've learned many of these things over the years, yet I'm still sometimes forgetful about previous years, i.e. I grew too much of this or not enough of that. As for store-bought potatoes, they might be cheap, but I always grow a lot & almost never have to buy them. Home grown is soooo much better. Same with tomatoes. At the end of the season I take cuttings from my best plants & stick them in solo cups in my garden window. I've got more than enough plants now for the coming year's crop, plenty of plants to give to family, friends & neighbors. 😊
Hi Scott! My Idaho area is zone 6a and we've been fortunate to have great weather for at least 3 years now. I have planted veggies my family loves and some that they won't eat regularly. I've reduced my varieties from the past and have added some new veggies that seem to fill in the gap. We preserve our veggies and I gauge our usage by watching the rows of jars that are used and those not used. Even fruit which is a sweet favorite sometimes sits unused for months just because our taste buds are seasonal and some things are not on the list. Example is a good pot of chili beans in the fall or winter vs. the hot summer. I like your channel. Straight to the point.
Hi Scott, I always love and appreciate your videos! Hoping to become a Master Gardener myself in the next year or two. I noticed your new raised beds in the background and they look a lot like the one I've been building these past few months. I'm looking forward to hearing more about them. Merry Christmas!
Hi, David. I plan to release the video on those beds in a few months. It's been quite a big project. I hope you get the chance to go through Master Gardener course. It's eye opening.
I want all the garden spaces to have at least a few food plants in them during the winter, and I don't want to strip the garden bare to call it "cleaned up". In general, our collective instincts are geared for the act of gardening instead of for the places we call gardens, which we often don't consider, but it makes the entry fee into gardening steeper than it should be~
Do you grow microgreens in the winter? Have you considered "winter sowing"? (I came across it and giving it a go come Feb). And got myself some grow lights for Christmas 😁
Some of the crops I grow, like corn, potatoes, celery...sweet potato.. I am gram growing to see how they grow in my area, and if I can successfully grow them. I also have to plan how much will I eat fresh, how much will I preserve.
Now, I start from top of house and hope one day I Have Large Garden Let's studying together how to become a success gardener Live giving many value to the Nature
Great video and advice as always Scott. With regards to timing, (I am also in Zone 5b, Salida colorado) having a 500 sq ft dome with the big water tank, auto vents and fans, would you adjust the timing to say Zone 7 or 8 for growing in the dome? My lowest overnight temps are mid 20's F? That would be single digits outside.
Thanks, Derek. You should be able to plan for 7 or 8. In the bigger dome greenhouse I planted in, with tank, vents, and fans, I never saw the temps fall below 20 and grew zone 8 plants with no problem. I put my tomatoes in the greenhouse in early April, a full six weeks earlier than outside.
Time is always my struggle - I spend all my time taking care of everyone else's gardens, I don't always have time left for my own! That's why a lot of my videos are filmed in my clients yards :)
I've got to get my planning started. I'm off to a late start! Will be time to start seeds in a few short weeks, I'm so excited! It's the "beginning" of spring for me, even though I start my peppers/tomatoes during the worst of winter.
Your video on how to make arches for a covering is allowing us to attempt growing cilantro, lettuce and carrots. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Comments on plant rotation? ie tomatoes. Do I need to move to different garden location or can I use same spot? Presume it may help moving my cucumbers & zucchini- 2 yrs same spot. Get cucumber beetles & squash bugs.
You can grow in the same spot. As long as you regularly amend your soil and give soil organisms the food and environment they need, you don't need to worry much about rotation.
Gardner Scott I was given a large banana squash. I understand it’s open pollinated non hybrid squash. What are the chances the seed will be pure? What are the chances that bee played on that squash and making pure seed?
It depends on whether there were other squash plants in the area. If the banana squash was the only squash variety in the garden, it should be pure. But if there were any other squash plants, the likelihood of cross pollination is high.
@@GardenerScott I have been growing my potatoes in nursery pots for years. I have a fairly hands off approach and generally get "potato alchemy" when old sprouted potatoes become tender small new potatoes.
Hi Gardner Scott I have a question. I ordered some seeds from a catalog and I ordered some sunberries seeds. After I ordered them I was looking online about them and it says that they can be poisonous. I don't know whether to just not plant them when I get to seeds. What is your opinion on sunberries?
While green fruit can be toxic, you shouldn't have any problems with ripe fruit. There are many gardeners who make jams and jellies from the ripe fruit.
Should I plant my indeterminate tomatoes in my 4ft high raised garden? I’m thinking I may not be able to reach them after awhile. I’m having a time planning my garden. This is hard.
@@GardenerScott Thank you, I bought beef steak and shimmer already. I’ll try training horizontally. Not sure how, but we shall see. Thx for your reply.
I am actually growing stinging nettle right now. I have a small time lapse on my instagram. Saffron5tone It was difficult to start, but now it's growing very well.
Unless you really need raised/edged beds--like you're on solid stone--the only thing these beds do is make your life harder, for just about everything. This includes planning crops and support systems and watering. It is much easier to keep planting more crops, when you havent boxed yourself in from the get go. The boxes are deceptively "nice" but are an ongoing expense and reduce rather than increase yield. Good planting plans cater to the family's needs and wants, and provide a steady yield, as well as periodic glut of certain veggies that produce all at once. If you start with boxes dictating planting, you arent able to be flexible. After all the expense and trouble of setting up boxes, you still have to bend into them and cant really use any weeding or other tools. The boxes harbor snails and slugs, and in a few years rot, thanks to the copious amounts of watering necessary to keep the soil/media moist. Sorry if this is a bit of a rant against boxes but, your whole planning thing is starting with the most expensive and complicated way to get less than good results.
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At 5:52, I feel like you missed an opportunity: “So, when you’re making your list, you should check it twice...” 😁 Thanks for another great video!
Still gardening. I’m in Texas and I garden 365 days!!
Jeez, rub it in. 😂
Zone 8b. Not gardening now... 😥
At least I am not the only one who can go to a store and end up buying duplicate seeds. This year I got a bonus from the leeks I planted the previous fall. I let some go to seed and add color since some blossoms were pink. When I the seed pods were aged enough. I noticed that the leeks produced cloves. That was my first time growing them, and most people kill them off before they even seed. At least now I have some leek cloves growing in the house for Chives and thousands of leek seeds. I look forward to growing plants outside to, but for now I will grow inside.
Remember to take notes concerning your garden. I use my notes from years past to help me plan out next year's garden.
Great video. I’ll be passing this one on to a couple friends in Canada.
1) Gardening makes me happy and now that I am retired, I have all the time I need.
2) Last year’s garden was 5300 sq ft. It produced a lot of food and was my solace in getting through the COVID lockdown!
3) Years of seed-saving, combined with a health “seed stash”, meant we had what we needed when seeds sold out. The “stash” also allowed us to help out some of our neighbors and co-workers who could not get seeds.
4) You were “spot on” in advising viewers to assess NEEDS vs WANTS in what is grown. In the final analysis, we had enough tomatoes, rutabagas, kohlrabi, peas, beans, fava, and amaranth. Cool temps resulted in crop failures for peppers, melons, and eggplant. We did not plant enough onions, garlic, lettuce, carrots cucumbers, and radishes. I enjoy squash and went a little overboard. We shared fruits with several people and are still swimming in the stuff!
5) This year, the garden is being expanded to 6400 sq ft. So excited! Can’t wait to get started!
Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 1/28/2021.
I live in Zone 9, Northern California... We don't get a break in our growing season (I know, tough life !!!), so planning actually takes concious effort. Thanks for a great video! I grow as a hobby so it is easy to get carried away, especially when those beautiful catalogs come in the mail! We have a Seed sharing group on my NextDoor so, I give away seeds - and spread gardening love that way!!!
Green Love where at in NorCal? My wife and I are from Redding and plan on moving back to Shasta County here in the next 6 months or so.
@@grizzly3956 East Bay. Shasta is beautiful!
Hey green love, I live in Sacramento... what seeds do you have an overstock on. Which seed catalogs do you recommend for NorCal?
@@garynorcal4269 not done an inventory yet. I typically buy from Seed Savers Exchange, Baker Creek or MIGardener.
@@GreenLove1 thank you for this recommendation
I will be beginning my planning the week after Christmas, with a garden calendar and my seeds. I decided to take the week off to do this and some re-organizing to make space for indoor seed starting. I have saved the videos I need for instructions and refreshers. Then it is a matter of waiting for the time to be right for each step in my zone 5a environment.
Great idea! I’ll do the same.
It's July, we're well into the season, and our garden is by far doing better than it ever has... but it's still not much. I'm hoping that if I start educating myself and prepping now, that I'll be ready to start the needed prep work this fall to get us off to the right start for next season. we have a very good 50'x50' plot with excellent light, good soil, water piped to it, and I built a small greenhouse a few years ago. but we've always lost steam and fallen behind every year due to a lack of time.
Now I have more time, and a more pressing need to provide food. let's learn and grow!
Use Grow bags for potatoes, works great!
Unless you plan to get the CV vax, I'd also suggest you consider more survival crops than usual (potatoes, winter squash, etc). I suspect that shopping, traveling, etc will be severely limited for those who refuse it. Not to get all political, but it's something to think about when planning next year's garden.
Exactly
YOU’RE SO RIGHT ABOUT LIMITED MOVING ABOUT IN 2021. Thx for sharing that comment!
100% agree
totally agree, definitely need to account for that.
Thanks Gardener Scott!! Your videos have been an integral part of my garden planning this year. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us 🙏💚
Very important video. Your videos are4 always so timely! It's so easy to end up with more plants than you have room for or not enough plants. I have been planning for weeks now and have changed my graph paper plans a few times, adding and changing placement of my plants. I always find another variety of plant that I want to try. Thank You for all you do.
Thank you so much for this great video. I've bought 90% of my seeds for the whole year of 2021. After watching your video I sat down with a tablet sheet and drew all the areas that I have available for either in ground planting or container planting and used your information from the video and sat down with my seeds that I have and figured out what, where and how many of my spring vegetables, fruit and flowers will be plant and where they will go. It took quite a while to figure it out but using your guidelines I think that I will have a very productive garden in the upcoming new year.
That's great, Deborah. You're on the path to gardening success.
Gardener Scott .......thank you very much.
Finished finals this week and started my garden planning yesterday perfect timing for this video. I still have a lot of planning to do
Great advice, Scott! I've been making plans on next year's garden for some time, now. But just last week, sat down with pen and paper in hand to get my plan down on paper. Got my seed orders in early and the last of my seeds arrived today. Next will be setting up my grow table to get my starts going in a month or two. Happy gardening!
Happy gardening, Keith. It feels good to be ready doesn't it?
@@GardenerScott Absolutely!
So much good information, taking notes. Thanks once again
I had rebuild my garden to two foot raised beds after hurricane sally(I could kayak to my garden), and thanks to your instruction having been doing so this winter. I love your lessons and thank you so much for your help :)
While a bag of potatoes is super cheap compared to the future constant supply of peppers or tomatoes that will grow from those plants, a potato plant in the window in winter uses it's stored energy to grow while the other plants are dormant due to lack of winter light. Of course the potatoes will be replaced in the window when the planting time for the other plants arrives, but it's also good to get some green in the window in December, and things like potatoes and carrots break down into perfect soil in a relatively short time~
Great information about space allocation. I do the same thing and grow the most expensive produce to get the most value out of my small vegetable growing space.
I see the 2021 Baker Creek seed catalog there. Mine came a few days ago!!
love Baker Creek! I always get excited when it comes!
@@dinacasey7034 haven't had a chance to look through it yet.
Thanks for your posts. I like being able to think about my garden in dark December. Your posts allow me to think ahead, dream and plan for my spring garden. Blessings of the Christmas season to you and yours.
For me, planning begins in the early fall by making a list of things I would have liked to grow, and different varieties of things I did grow that didn't produce as well as expected. Also, I locate the sellers of seeds that are hard to find and have that list ready by October before new seed catalogs are coming out. I can place orders early (as soon as available). That's how I finally snagged a couple packets of Ajvarski pepper seeds and Jet Star tomato seeds a few weeks ago.
Now I am completely overwhelmed!
Maybe I should just write down the steps, cover all but the step I am working on, and go through the list one step at a time (without thinking about what I still have left to do). Planning tends to be a daunting task for me. However, I do see the benefits of doing so.
-LATER-
Ok, I have watched 2 more times (with a bunch of extra rewinds) and have all the steps written down and understood.
I feel more prepared to start my planning.
I have also gone through the other videos from these past 2 weeks and a couple from last year. The picture in my mind is beginning to take shape.
Thank you for putting the steps on the screen. It made taking notes much easier.
I have been enjoying your videos as we moved from zone 5b to zone 7b and had to learn a lot about gardening in a new climate. The biggest thing to plan for now is succession planting with our much longer growing season, and I might even put a hoop cover over one of my beds to grow all year long. Next years garden is already planned out, seeds are ordered, and I eagerly await starting seeds indoors in a month for my cool weather crops.
Wish you had made this video and I had watched it 6 years ago. I'm actually backing off on what and how much I grow next year.
Thank you again! I will be much better prepared next spring.
excellent planning for vegetable gardening, nice 🤗
I have finally learned that even though I'm in zone 6 I lose light early in the fall since I'm surrounded by conservation land with tall trees I have no control over. I will plan for shorter season varieties of tomatoes this year. Have you ever tried winter sowing? I don't have room for a grow light set up.
I am planning to do winter sowing soon and will do a video on it. You're right. It can be a good option when you don't have lights.
Timely reminder, thank you
Excellent topics @Gardener Scott, and thanks for the reminders. I've learned many of these things over the years, yet I'm still sometimes forgetful about previous years, i.e. I grew too much of this or not enough of that.
As for store-bought potatoes, they might be cheap, but I always grow a lot & almost never have to buy them. Home grown is soooo much better.
Same with tomatoes. At the end of the season I take cuttings from my best plants & stick them in solo cups in my garden window. I've got more than enough plants now for the coming year's crop, plenty of plants to give to family, friends & neighbors. 😊
I'm 6 zone something like "6b" near from Amarillo Tx. I'm ready to start pepper seeds 🙋🏻♀️
I'm in 7b but planned to start peppers and tomatoes in early February. Sounds like our schedules are flipped.
The last year I started at the end of February and harvested chili in September.... 😓
@@ivethgo2876 Good to know! I'll start mine asap. Good luck with this coming garden!
Absolutely amazing advice ! Thank you for making this video!
Hi Scott! My Idaho area is zone 6a and we've been fortunate to have great weather for at least 3 years now. I have planted veggies my family loves and some that they won't eat regularly. I've reduced my varieties from the past and have added some new veggies that seem to fill in the gap. We preserve our veggies and I gauge our usage by watching the rows of jars that are used and those not used. Even fruit which is a sweet favorite sometimes sits unused for months just because our taste buds are seasonal and some things are not on the list. Example is a good pot of chili beans in the fall or winter vs. the hot summer. I like your channel. Straight to the point.
Thanks for this! I was looking for ideas on how to be ready for that last frost
Hi Scott, I always love and appreciate your videos! Hoping to become a Master Gardener myself in the next year or two. I noticed your new raised beds in the background and they look a lot like the one I've been building these past few months. I'm looking forward to hearing more about them. Merry Christmas!
Hi, David. I plan to release the video on those beds in a few months. It's been quite a big project. I hope you get the chance to go through Master Gardener course. It's eye opening.
I was just calculating my square feet of garden space last night!
Great advice as usual 😁
I want all the garden spaces to have at least a few food plants in them during the winter, and I don't want to strip the garden bare to call it "cleaned up". In general, our collective instincts are geared for the act of gardening instead of for the places we call gardens, which we often don't consider, but it makes the entry fee into gardening steeper than it should be~
I want to grow Mozzarella cheese!
Interplant with tomatoes and basil... 👍
I just put Nettle seeds in rotation this year as well. I hope yours come up gangbusters!
I am going to plan my flower gardens this week. Then will do the veggie garden planning. Thx for this video. Merry Christmas
Great vid as usual. So much good info. Thanks so much!!-
Do you grow microgreens in the winter? Have you considered "winter sowing"? (I came across it and giving it a go come Feb). And got myself some grow lights for Christmas 😁
I plan to start some micro greens soon, but I don't do very many. I do have some seeds that I will be winter sowing and may do a video on it.
Thank you!!!!
Some of the crops I grow, like corn, potatoes, celery...sweet potato.. I am gram growing to see how they grow in my area, and if I can successfully grow them. I also have to plan how much will I eat fresh, how much will I preserve.
Omg Colorado zone 5 b yaaaaaaay! I hope you give a list of each thing when to start etc.
Now, I start from top of house and hope one day I Have Large Garden
Let's studying together how to become a success gardener
Live giving many value to the Nature
Thank you for your time and tips. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Great video and advice as always Scott. With regards to timing, (I am also in Zone 5b, Salida colorado) having a 500 sq ft dome with the big water tank, auto vents and fans, would you adjust the timing to say Zone 7 or 8 for growing in the dome? My lowest overnight temps are mid 20's F? That would be single digits outside.
Thanks, Derek. You should be able to plan for 7 or 8. In the bigger dome greenhouse I planted in, with tank, vents, and fans, I never saw the temps fall below 20 and grew zone 8 plants with no problem. I put my tomatoes in the greenhouse in early April, a full six weeks earlier than outside.
Time is always my struggle - I spend all my time taking care of everyone else's gardens, I don't always have time left for my own! That's why a lot of my videos are filmed in my clients yards :)
I've got to get my planning started. I'm off to a late start! Will be time to start seeds in a few short weeks, I'm so excited! It's the "beginning" of spring for me, even though I start my peppers/tomatoes during the worst of winter.
This starts in March for me
Are you growing anything still? Would love to see what you got please
I'm not growing anything outside during the winter. As soon as new plants sprout in spring I'll show it.
Your video on how to make arches for a covering is allowing us to attempt growing cilantro, lettuce and carrots. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
👍
Comments on plant rotation? ie tomatoes. Do I need to move to different garden location or can I use same spot? Presume it may help moving my cucumbers & zucchini- 2 yrs same spot. Get cucumber beetles & squash bugs.
You can grow in the same spot. As long as you regularly amend your soil and give soil organisms the food and environment they need, you don't need to worry much about rotation.
Gardner Scott
I was given a large banana squash. I understand it’s open pollinated non hybrid squash. What are the chances the seed will be pure? What are the chances that bee played on that squash and making pure seed?
It depends on whether there were other squash plants in the area. If the banana squash was the only squash variety in the garden, it should be pure. But if there were any other squash plants, the likelihood of cross pollination is high.
i am very sure you go this year growing potatoes in growing bags just like tony do .... am i right ???
Yes, I will grow potatoes in bags.
@@GardenerScott I have been growing my potatoes in nursery pots for years. I have a fairly hands off approach and generally get "potato alchemy" when old sprouted potatoes become tender small new potatoes.
Hi Gardner Scott I have a question. I ordered some seeds from a catalog and I ordered some sunberries seeds. After I ordered them I was looking online about them and it says that they can be poisonous. I don't know whether to just not plant them when I get to seeds. What is your opinion on sunberries?
While green fruit can be toxic, you shouldn't have any problems with ripe fruit. There are many gardeners who make jams and jellies from the ripe fruit.
Should I plant my indeterminate tomatoes in my 4ft high raised garden? I’m thinking I may not be able to reach them after awhile. I’m having a time planning my garden. This is hard.
You can, but consider training the vines on a trellis horizontally so you can reach them. Determinate tomatoes may do better.
@@GardenerScott Thank you, I bought beef steak and shimmer already. I’ll try training horizontally. Not sure how, but we shall see. Thx for your reply.
Are you going to grow spaghetti this year.lol
I plant to eat it but also for fun so I plant to much, the rest go to the woman's shelter
I am actually growing stinging nettle right now. I have a small time lapse on my instagram. Saffron5tone
It was difficult to start, but now it's growing very well.
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Unless you really need raised/edged beds--like you're on solid stone--the only thing these beds do is make your life harder, for just about everything. This includes planning crops and support systems and watering. It is much easier to keep planting more crops, when you havent boxed yourself in from the get go. The boxes are deceptively "nice" but are an ongoing expense and reduce rather than increase yield.
Good planting plans cater to the family's needs and wants, and provide a steady yield, as well as periodic glut of certain veggies that produce all at once. If you start with boxes dictating planting, you arent able to be flexible. After all the expense and trouble of setting up boxes, you still have to bend into them and cant really use any weeding or other tools. The boxes harbor snails and slugs, and in a few years rot, thanks to the copious amounts of watering necessary to keep the soil/media moist.
Sorry if this is a bit of a rant against boxes but, your whole planning thing is starting with the most expensive and complicated way to get less than good results.