My December Garden Has Never Looked Better!
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- Опубликовано: 16 дек 2023
- I have to admit that winter is my favorite gardening season now. Pest pressure drops, we get enough rain that I don't need to water anything, plants grow slowly and require less work, and everything taste delicious! Also....Now that I have a greenhouse I can finally start pushing some growing boundaries so lets tour it all AND the native garden!
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Don’t mess with Jaques, you’ll be composted and buried in the garden! 😂
The one time I’ll be useful 😂
Totally agree!! 😂😂😂
Chopped & dropped ✂️😮
😂
I got plenty more places to add "Raised Beds" 👀
I love the look of native gardens through the year, people just need to open their mind about what beauty looks like
I really like it too, it is more contrasty and varied in texture!
Dude straight up happy as can be for you. That green house will give you so much. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Thank you Jacque for sharing more of your garden with us and doing more videos and just informing us on how things are going. It’s really informative.
I really learned a lot from you and I appreciate it
Very glad to hear you enjoyed it! I can probably record an hour long version of the same tour haha , so much to say!
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That's what I like. Tell us everything you know about everything in the garden!!!
Blessings everyone and everywhere and always
Autumn, Babe! Several years ago, it got cold enough to kill my tomato plants off by November, but they are still here and one has some sizeable green ones. They get no sun as it all faces north and the condo blocks out most direct sunlight. Weird, but still, glad to see the plants around. Ah, that's where you buried Eric! Bitchin' tour, JITG!
I can finally get some use out of Eric... The tomatoes are just trolling us, the sun is not enough to ripen over a normal time period so we see the green tomato and get optimistic only to wait 2 months for it to rot :(
That one good thing fir the southwest part of the country, that you can grow all year. Nice garden.
This is like a balm for a winter cold soul to look at! I love how you get that low golden sun in winter and can just keep on growing. greetings from grey and damp southern Sweden.
I love your whole garden, but especially loving that greenhouse and how you've set everything up inside, that reclaimed ash wood shelf is stunning! Looking forward to seeing all that you do in the garden and in the greenhouse!
Thank you! I am very excited to get the greenhouse going full swing!
First comment.
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
Congrats on your greenhouse! It was interesting to see you build it. It was a lot more work than I would have imagined.
The foundation was the true work but the assembly was honestly a fun adult lego type build
Thanks Jacques!
Keep Pounding Dirt and Growing Green!
😂 lmboooo Jaques is composting his enemies! Jp...
Make your enemies useful is my hot take
@@jacquesinthegarden 🤣
Love the humor about "dead bodies" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I was in the military we called it chop n drop too. I hear what you’re “actually saying” your secret mound is safe with me 😉
Gotta say, it's pretty wonderful seeing a thriving garden, feels like I got a bit of my gardening fix during this cold, gloomy Washington winter! Can't wait for growing season here, and looking forward to seeing what you do with that beautiful greenhouse in the future!
Thank you, and I hope you have a fantastic season!
A generous gift of Dad's time for some special young men. Wonderful Christmas gift.
2:13 Garden Goals: having tall Kale Trees like Jacques 🙏
I'm always amazed by them!
They are so Dr. Seuss like too!
I’m a little bit envious of your green house. Love your garden thank you for the tour.
I'm interested in more updates about native garden. For native gardens, it's important to pick native plants that bloom at different times of year to provide food and habitat for native wildlife year round.
My Manzanita is blooming now to provide that early nectar which is awesome to see.
@@jacquesinthegarden Part of the enjoyment of native plant gardening is to watch how plants and associated wildlife change over the seasons. Have you heard of Douglas Tallamy? He's an entomologist who advocates people use their yards for native plant gardening as means of protecting biodiversity. Thinking of gardening from an ecological conservation viewpoint might be a way for you to combine your science background and gardening.
As a Native American from California remember with the native plants around here and most of the americas were cultivated by native tribes using controlled burns or controlled pruning or clearings.. things were never just left alone so it’s ok to tend the native garden and native plants because the people who have been here for hundreds of thousands of years have done it that way
Your garden is great & now I'm jealous of your green house
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Yes my garden is so so slow ..I still have 1 large cherry tomatoes still going on ..
My collards doing great ..and kale and I have a few bell peppers still doing well and some not so well ..
Do you live where it gets cold??
Blessings all
Not really
Houston,Tx
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Still tomatoes like it hot.
I've used tomato cages covered with plastic to warm them up. But don't tie top of plastic.
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
I tried my first fall tomatoes here in (now) zone 9b this year. I ordered some of the really fast mini tomatoes like Patio Choice Yellow from Botanical Interests and they are doing great! I did try some of the bigger tomatoes and they're growing but I"m not sure they'll get big enough before frosts start. We shall see! But next year I'll probably just stick with cherries because what you said about light hours makes sense. And now I think I'm going to plant lettuce and stuff all around my pepper plants. And I'm going to make a monthly sun map of my yard.
A sun map would be so useful, It is something that I pretend I will start doing but never actually do :(
9b here, cherry tomatoes still growing crazy. But also... 16:06 Is that.... Eric?
It may be, I don't want to publicly acknowledge it yet.
I spotted a thylacine 1:17 a very elusive animal indeed🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎 If you look close enough you will spot a rare black dingo 1:25 🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎 If you gander at 18:48 the silly dingo almost takes Jacques out but clearly he's too slow for the garden hermit🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🖤
Haha, these wild beasts are always trying to pull something over on me, luckily the garden fences slow them down!
I just got a greenstalk, I have to put it together. I can't wait, love the greenhouse
Its so nice for bush beans, greens, and strawberries in particular!
the first day of winter is still a few days away your garden is a fall garden. you can say its food for winter, but its not winter till Thursday this week, btw merry Christmas and have a happy new year.
Yeah its close enough that it feels like it already but it isn't until the 21st.
And now I have to rewatch and take notes 😆 I do love that you share your meal uses for your harvests too
I try to pepper some of that in, but usually it is as short form content.
OH thanks for the info so much, i grow in 10b, and its fun to watch those that go through what its like to grow year round outside.
Oooooh, I had on my list to look into one of the vertical towers for strawberries and here you are! New subscriber here, looking forward to more cool content. 😊
Green tomato pie with a bacon and cheddar crust. Best use of those large tomatoes that won’t ripen.
Oh well that sounds like it would be delicious!
Yes to Bulgarian fermenting recipes! Thx!
That’s super interesting with your brocolli! Mine was like 2-4 feet high before I got the main head!
Each variety seems to behave a bit different but broccolini will produce shoots constantly at least.
Great channel ! Enjoyed the tour and a little jealous about your new greenhouse. My HOA won't allow them, or I would so have one.
I am definitely a fan.
Oh wow that is huge bummer, didn't think an HOA would care about something like that!
Your garden looks so beautiful. Seems so fun to be in that grow zone. Here in 8b there is not much action. I am just so in love with this lifestyle that I am embarking on my own youtube journey. I started today. If you want to support- I would really appreciate it from anyone.
Very cool! It is a grind at the start but very satisfying, looking forward to seeing some more content!
Jacque, winter wheat isn't going to work unless you get a freeze. Witer wheat is planted in the fall, needs to germinate, and then get "killed" back by a freeze. Then, when it comes back in the spring it will grow a crop. if it doesn't get a freeze after germination, it will just grow like a grass, and not produce any wheat.
In Australia our seasons begin on the first of the month and not on the solstice or equinox . 😉
That is interesting! Is it cultural or is there some other reason?
Looks fantastic, definitely different then my zone 5/6 garden 😂
Yeah I can for sure imagine that one!
16:08 Oh so that's where Kevin buried Eric 🤣🤣
Looking good!!
What was the name of that chard y'all like so much? I tried to find it but i was doomed. 😂
I didn’t catch it either but I need to know!
I just added the link to description here is the link: www.adaptiveseeds.com/product/vegetables/chard/chard-bietola-a-costa-fine-organic/
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Thank YOU!!!! @@jacquesinthegarden
ive never had luck with garlic….nice work jaques
As for me, I also admire the beauty of the garden and your amazing ability to do so well.
Jaques thanks for sharing your garden with us. I was truly entertained and educated. ❤
Love to hear this!
BIG LIKE ❤️🎉👍😊
EXCELLENT SHARING MY DEAR FRIEND
OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION🎉🎉🎉🎉
GOOD LUCK FOR YOU🎉🎉
I'm so jealous of your winter tomatoes!!
Lol. I think that people who garden all end up not liking regular broccoli. It takes up so much space and then the aphids get it before it's ready. Gardening has made me more of a fan of just eating the greens before the aphids can get them.
Same with Brussels.
Love the tour
Amazing work ❤🎉
I'm so happy for you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you!
Beautiful❤❤❤❤❤
Excellent, and please do a video on the chickens ❤😊
Beautiful garden! Planning to start this year too!!! ❤❤❤ Beautiful channel! Subscribed!!!
Amazing! Starting with herbs (as your name suggests) is by far the best bang for buck and has the biggest impact on your cooking!
Another kale to try if you can find the seeds is Ethiopian kale. Small leaves grow to 18 inches tastes more like spinach. Tender tasty leaves. Good for people who do not like kale.
I personally found it a bit too mustardy for my liking but my partner did like it. It was nice that it grew easily in the heat though
Greenhouse greenhouse greenhouse
Yeah 😊👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I'm looking forward to seeing the solution you come up with to cool your greenhouse in the summer. We're in zone 7b and our greenhouse killed everything we put into it overnight!
Wow!
Very nice. Keep up the inspiration!
A lot of my broccoli bolted! A very disappointing crop so far. Love those blanket flowers! Thanks for sharing.
It usually bolts from 1) Too hot (unlikely now), 2) lack of water, or 3) not being harvested enough, hopefully that helps!
Loved your dark sense of humor! I'm a gallows-humor person myself. Before my sister passed, she lost her first leg and got a prosthetic leg. We named her new leg PEG. It's still funny! LOL
Hahaha, I love that!
Thank you for helping me escape the winter brown garden that I have for the next three months besides my hoop house with very slow growing kale in it! Even though it hasn't been very cold yet, there's nearly 15 hours of dark with a very low sun angle, so nothing grows easily in that light!
Thanks your for video
Down here in San Diego we cap out at 10 hours of daylight, so 14 of darkness. My understanding is that once you get to 10 hours plants essentially stop actively growing and are just staying alive. So luckily we are on that edge of daylight hours.
Great tour Jacques! I have always wondered if there was ever a great place in the world for perfect all year round growing conditions. and then i thought would you even want it?
You were talking about having warmth but not enough sun and by the looks of things not enough rain to soak into your beds and over flow your water butts.
I am based in London, UK and despite reports, we have had generally average rain this year. Our main problem has been a lack of sunshine due to cloud cover, so it has been very humid this year overall and still warm, despite it not feeling like "summer".
What i do find here in zone 9 is that mid Sept we always get the rainy/ stormy season and Oct is known as hurricane season. By the end of Oct it is not the temps but the rain and humidity that starts the wind down.
We also then have weird low temps and frost late Nov ( -3c/ 26.6f at night 2/12/2023) and then back to mild weather. It is so crazy!
We are back to weird temps of max 14c /12c (57.2/ 53.6f) day/ night temps.
If we are to see frost/ snow it is normally late Jan/ Feb. We are lucky to get a powder of snow (apart from 2010) but doesn't compare to the 2ft of snow we had back in the 80's.
They were/ are predicting a colder winter this year and although i hate the cold, i am actually wanting it to happen here.
1 - it should hopefully kill some of the bugs and bacteria in the soil
2 - will actually give me some time to plan more and not stress about the gardens/front and back yard as it resets itself. Having a reset point gives me a time out so i am not burnt out next summer. Gives you time to enjoy Christmas, order seeds and infrastructure for next year
What i wanted to know where you are is, do you pump water into a tank for 24 hours for the chlorine to evaporate before releasing into the garden via the drip system?
I am really surprise both you and Kevin got greenhouses where you are as the build up of heat and humidity can be very intense, even for a tropical environment.
Would you be considering uv films on the panes? I can see why you wouldn't want a polytunnel in your climate but it does seem like shade cloth on a greenhouse is an oxymoron in it's original purpose, when a hybris shed/ conservatory would have suited you guys better in your climate?
Do you find with topping kale it prevents bitterness?
With the weather reports we have had, i planted the garlic out earlier and not in Dec. My hardnecks have come up but not my soft necks. Going to start my next batch of treated hardneck garlic in oil and keep some of the bigger soft necks for "just in case".
I really like having a variety of discussions on different styles of gardening and how climate affects the growing/ harvesting/ preserving process.
Keep up the good work and take care!
I do sometimes wish we would get a freeze even if it was a soft frost to help kill back some pests and diseases, also I wouldn't mind a break.
For chlorine I actually am using a garden filter attached to my mainline before it reaches the drip system. Here in San Diego our water has chloramine and chlorine and while chlorine does off gas over 24 hours chloramine doesn't and needs to be filtered.
Our climate is a weird one, its zone 10b but it rarely gets over mid 80s in temp and also is never overly humid. The greenhouse is for sure not needed here but it does make life easier and helps push some boundaries.
The shade cloth would only be for the hottest month of the year, Kevin actually managed to not ever use shade cloth over the whole summer this year on his greenhouse.
I think it does prevent bitterness while also controlling the height. My theory is that the kale is now way more nutrient dense because at this age the plant will have a massive root network to feed into it as well.
@@jacquesinthegarden Thanks for the reply Jacques. That is interesting as i thought that it was really hot there.
I start to struggle when it gets over that temp (27c) in summer. Last year was really bad when it was in the 30c's/86f a lot and in July it got to 40c/104f, which was far too much, especially when we don't have AC here.
This year has been pretty meh but it has been so humid it was setting off our smoke alarms at one point!
That's a great tip re the kale. I was going to replace them with new plants but i think i will keep them in if they do ok over winter.
Thanks again and all the best!
Excellent video.
Very interested in the grape vine pruning. I need to do mine.
Beautiful garden...wish you success and good health as well..
Thank you and likewise to you!
@@jacquesinthegarden you're welcome my friend 😍😍
Thanks for this! I always gain little tips from your videos although I live in the UK 🇬🇧 in zone 8b where the sun is almost obsolete during the winter.
Glad to hear this, except for the lack of sun!
So many similarities to my garden up here in the southern San Joaquin valley. We get a slightly harder frost than y’all but still pereniallize a lot of things with microclimates and gaming the sunlight.
Totally, its all about knowing your garden specifically in the fall and winter months
Yay native gardens! Yours is looking great. That sage 🙌🏻
Can I offer that California native gardens CAN look nice year round by planting a variety of natives that grow and bloom at different times. You can find something that shines every season and plant strategically (one example is CA fuchsia that gives a great pop of growth and color when everything else seems to die back) It just takes a bit more planning. Calscape is a great resource for this!
And if you like a tidier look, you can still cut back the dead material and collect this material in a sculptural "bug tower" so the native insects have food and a home year round. I've actually noticed an increase in native moths since doing this, I think it helps them stay protected from the neighbors leaf blowers (ugh).
Honestly, I'm totally team leave it natural, but because I want to spread the knowledge and love for these life giving plants, I keep a tidier native front garden as a "demo" to interest neighbors and not scare them off with a garden that's too wild. You can have a beautiful garden that provides habitat and food for our native insect and bird neighbors. Plant them and they will come!
Very cool, I didn't really think about selecting plants for year round beauty for some reason and I should totally consider adding a few to keep it looking more vibrant. The bug tower sounds like a good way to tidy it up!
California fuchsia is so pretty.
I relatively recently started getting into native plants and there's a resotration area goinig on near me and seeing the blooming fuchsia with a hummingbird visitng it was pleasant to see. It stood out along the non blooming natives around it
the grapes, leave only 2/3 eyes/knots past the "old" cane, theres where the "vinho" is... and you can also leave an "waiter" (new cane that going to be a old one next year, so you can pron the older back to the waiter)
I plan on pruning back pretty hard, what region are those terms from? Here in the states I think they refer to the same thing as Cordon and cane
@@jacquesinthegarden i'm from Portugal, its a country of wine prodution, you might know "Porto wine"..! My dad used to work as a proner and he thought me that "2 eyes from the old cane is where its the wine", meaning, you left that and the prodution will be the best! The new ones gives only leafs, only on the second year the give of "vinho" (grapes)
Love to watch your videos and i also follow Epicgardening page, continue the good job..!
"I know it's not winter but it sure feels like it" -Guy with shorts on ;-)
It is truly tragic, these past few weeks I have had to wear pants :(
Active solar powered fans are handy to pump in cool filtered air and push it out your roof
That is a good point, I had a cheap one on my chicken coop but I am sure nicer stronger ones exist!
Love your content and the beautiful garden
Colours galore, fabulous!
congrats bud! greenhouse gardening is next level and now you're set up for so many more future possibilities.
Loved the tour and yes to more info on the greenhouse
P Allen Smith has a nice curtain system for shade.I use a bit of tulle on the west side in summer. Sydney Plant Guy uses a misting system
Very cool, thanks for the suggestions I will look into these!
Great video. Please show us how you water in the greenhouse.
Absolutely loved the tour of your gardens,ease share the variety of bush bean you showed us growing in your yard. Thanks.
I live in what you guys call a zone 10 ish, had super sweet 100 over winter itself, I've had tomatoes since the start of spring, so great, now it's slowed right down but my annual tomatoes are starting to turn red.
I thought Kevin composted Eric, apparently not.
It can be pretty amazing to overwinter a tomato like that! I am still doing it but should probably stop as to not encourage disease build up. But you are right those early season tomatoes are so worth it!
I'm so excited for your greenhouse! I just can't decide what I want looking online. It looks great!!!!
It is hard to choose and honestly I am glad I didn't have to make that choice this time!
Thank you for all of the videos this season on growing mushrooms. Looking forward to trying it next spring here in zone 6a. I love how your garden has developed into different growing "zones," nice and neato! Lovely way to use your new greenhouse too! That slab table . . . Ooooooh . . . Ahhhh.
It is so much fun to grow mushrooms, hopefully you do give it a shot!
Greenhouse looks great!
Thank you!
You don't have a public mailing address ????? How are we supposed to mail presents etc????
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
I should look into getting one!
@@jacquesinthegarden
Quickly would be fine with me.
Here po boxes are only $10 a month.
Blessings everyone everywhere and always.
I’m getting ready to winter sow my purple sprouting brocolli this week. Cannot wait!
Awesome! It is an absolute producer so be ready to eat a lot of broccoli
“I know it’s not winter but it sure feels like it” bro’s in shorts 😭 I’m jealous
I don't know what it is, but I tried growing brassica's this year but had so much trouble with them. I live in zone 10a and it seemed our winter was literally 2 months late this year. I planted according to the farmers almanac, but didn't see any results. Might try again just hope it's not to late to start a few different winter plants from seed.
Love the video as always!
It is pretty hard to predict the timing now days, I tend go with what the season feels like. For example here in San Diego our summer was so cool and delayed that I took the risk and planted all of my Brassicas in September to get a head start. It turns out it stayed cool and that is why they are thriving now. On the edges of seasons I like to hedge my bets and plant some cold and some heat loving plants and see where it takes me.
Great to know! I'm actually in Riverside not to far from SD. I'll definitely give brassicas another shot next year. Thanks!@@jacquesinthegarden
Tour!
Lolol.
Me too. Long drawn out cover everything garden tours.
Yahaaaaaaa!!!!
Blessings everyone everywhere and always
hi jacques 🤗
your garden is beautiful.
im local to your area, so im always looking at what you (and kevin) are doing throughout the year.
i have botanical interests kale and collard seeds - excellent germination and growth in this cool season. tfs
Collard do very well here especially in winter when they get all nice and sweet! Enjoy!
By having a spring to early summer brassica bed and a autumn to winter brassica bed, that is when i expect to harvest them. It takes the pressure off having to plant and compost at the same time. My autumn/winter brassica bed follows carrots/parsnips and beetroot, the spring/summer one follows the zucchini/bean/Legume crops. Both beds get a period of 3 months or more of being empty/fallow should maybe be sown with a green manure crop, but as I follow no dig principles, could make my life harder.
Club root seems to be aproblem with so many gardening RUclipsrs, when i have never had it in over 40 years of gardening.
Very interesting, so cool to see everyone's differing approaches.
Jealous of that greenhouse! Lookin good. My top future goal for sure.
Sounds crazy but I cut up my beets and deep fry them like shoe string French fries.
Honestly I would totally eat those, sounds delicious
16:07 It puts the bush beans in the basket or it gets the (garden) hose again.
Haha, and I better get those beans in the basket
Amazing. When I first saw your garden with Kevin years ago, I absolutely loved it. You were such polar opposites but now I see that is not true. The line about being jealous about the greenhouse Kevin had was funny--as usual you all are so cheesy and loving...😂. It is sickening how nice this channel turned out. I took a long break since I no longer have an outdoor garden. Back then EVERYTHING you said was used. Congrats on the native space. I really like it. It looks normal and reminds me that gardening and nature are completely different. These channels always make me grateful for farmers. Four years of apartment indoor gardening later and you would be ashamed of my production. Not your fault though. I refuse to fertilize after learning MG is not the best option...guess I have to try it this year. Congrats on such an amazing greenhouse and garden.
Haha I love this comment and I appreciate the kind words! I am curious about what MG is in this context I can't think of what it is shorthand for!
@@jacquesinthegarden The first word relates to a supernatural occurrence that brings health. The last word rhymes with "no"--because they will sue me. Ahahahaha. I meant it though ya'll make hilarious videos. I missed out on a lot.
Hey Jaques! Another great video as always :) Any chance you could make a video about your drip irrigation system/what you recommend?
Whatever you're using is👌
Keep up the great work!
I shamefully have to admit that I have filmed that video last year and still haven't got around to the edit, but I promise it will be within this next months.
@@jacquesinthegarden Nice! And no shame man-I look forward to it :) thanks for all you do! 🌱
Thank you #savesoil
Wow. Garden is blowing up. I’m in Portland Oregon so my garden has gone into full winter mode. Not much to look at. Enjoy the greenhouse. All my best.
Is it not worth growing year round there? Or is it just too dark and cold?
Actually our garden zone changed from 8b to 9a I'm able to grow some things like kale, broccoli and carrots....but everything else has gone into dormancy. All the leaves have fallen of the fruit trees, You can see what thinks looked like in Summer and Fall if you head over to my channel. I did some garden music videos. Happy Holidays, my friend.,
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I love how you add comments about how to use the veggies in cooking! When is the cookbook coming out?? :) Regarding the shading/cooling of the greenhouse, use a trellis on the outside to cast shade. Rearrange those fabric pots.
Would it be worth to try and capture rainwater from the greenhouse? if the concept works, think of setting up a permanent SIP bed, and directing the greenhouse rainwater into the bed
I actually added some gutters now and have them piped out to the adjacent garden where I plan on making a mulch passive watering bed, at least for the 3 months of rain I get haha,
That kind of hugelkultur bed is hard to pull off on flat ground. Really they work better on a hill and in that case they work almost like a burm/swale system. I tried it like u did flat and there were problems with it getting too hot, too dry, not breaking down, etc. Mine were taller than yours though.
If you used fresh wood that wasn’t broken down to that “spongy” stage, I bet you’re going to struggle with water. What might work is 6” of wood UNDERGROUND and 6” of regular dirt above ground. In which case it’ll be similar to what you did in the raised beds, just done at ground level. IE, it’s just a regular crop row but there’s wood UNDER it. I hope that’s how you did it! Good luck!!
I actually did go down about 6-8 inches and place old dry wood at the base for this exact reason! Then I planted it with wheat which has deep roots to help stabilize the mound itself.
Where do you get a huge strawberry tower like that? All I can find are teensy tiny ones that are useless.
Great tour! How long did that purple aprouting broccoli take to get to that size? I got a seed pack from BI that im planning on trying for spring!
As long as all the other plants around them like the broccolini, I believe I started them all in early September from seed!
You should try canna lily in your greenhouse. I'd love to see more about this.
That could be an interesting one!
Full video 😎