Love rutabagas! We eat them mashed with butter like potatoes and we use them in soups. The slight sweetness disappears in the soup, but provides a bit of “body” without adding a lot of starch. I wouldn’t let them get any bigger than the one you showed us. They can get woody, especially if the growth slows down too much. Also you can eat the green part of leeks if they have grown quickly. Just wash them well, julienne and sauté in butter until tender. Yum! As always thanks for all the inspiration! You guys are awesome!
One of the things I really love about y'all is that you don't pretend to know it all. You point out your mistakes. I've been doing this long enough to realize just how little I really know about gardening. It's refreshing to hear folks talk about things they did wrong and how to try and fix it next time. While I'm at it, I've got a request for a future show: I'd like to see, in one video, a comparison giving the pros and cons of each of the different kinds of wheel hoe attachments. I think I've got all of them except for the disc harrow, and while it's kind of fun experimenting with the different types to see what works best for different soil conditions and different weed types and sizes, I want to see what you recommend for different situations. (Maybe you've already done one and I haven't found it yet - if so, maybe you could point me to it). As always, thanks for a great product and great service. No garden shed is complete without a Hoss wheel hoe (I've got the double wheel and the high arch) with attachments.
Travis when the Rutabagas get to the size of a Softball, getter dug. They are sweeter and have the best texture then. You guys said, it's got to be Duke's, no other will do. Y'all take care.
@@gardeningwithhoss Kitchen Aid has recently come out with a newer slicing kit that has a much smaller shredding cone and looks like it will handle a much smaller volume. Look for the older set if you can still find one - I see them occasionally in stores that haven't sold out yet. They have the full-size cones that match the size of your manual ones there, that are attached inside a large white housing that is the part that attaches to the mixer. Love mine! Fine grater is great for making homemade pimiento cheese!
Merry Christmas guy's. Travis to get those leeks to grow with more white eatable stalk. Put a cardboard tube, like the tube paper towels are wrapped upon, down around the leek. This will keep the sunlight off the lower portion of the stalk. Know is he perfect time to find a use for those gift wrapping paper rolls when the paper is all gone. Just cut them to the length you want. Take care
I'm up here in Chicago, but I'm going to try the resistant varieties anyways, we get pest and disease predsure based on the weather up here, if it t don't work, I learned smething, but Oh Lord if it does:WATCH OUT!This was very interesting I learned a lot from Real Farmers, not fancy pants' market growers, so thank you! I am absorbing as i begin my journey to homesteading and selling local up here especially in the winter, no good fresh growers up here really, so thank you!
You had a very quick reference to using Vetch as a ground cover. I live in the Lower Ohio River valley where it gets just cold enough in winter to stop almost all Veg. growth, but get quite a lot of winter rain, so a ground cover is needed for erosion control. They use Crown Vetch here as erosion protection along roads, etc. which seems to survive well in our winters. If I were to use it as a garden ground cover, will it go "Native", once growing it will be unable to eradicate once garden season comes around.
Same area! I'm right on a creek, a large lake, and the Ohio river, you are right about the vetch, and also something they call cheat, and there's also creeping Charlie, my landlady told me they've used in the area for some time. 👍👍
Talking about beets and rutabaga... We love rutabaga diced and boiled with bacon fat, but take those diced rutabaga and add to 3 or 4 diced beets, toss in some olive oil, salt & pepper. Put in oven on 420° broil until the outside is crisp and the inside is fork tender. That is some good eating. Roasted root vegetables.
I got my English peas planted in November and I already got peas on my plants, I saved the seeds from the year before and they are lookin good. Better than last year
Merry Christmas to Travis, Greg and your families. Thank you for all the wonderful educational videos throughout the past years and looking forward to the new ones.
Another great show, guys! I'm looking forward to growing those new Roma-type tomatoes - Y'all know I can a lot of tomato sauce, and these just might be a game-changer! Have a very Merry Christmas!
My invention (I think). Simmer cubed rutabaga until tender. Drain. Cover in cheese sauce & bake until cheese is bubbly & slightly browned. Tastes a little like cauliflower w/cheese sauce.
Do you fertilize the leeks with ammonium sulfate like you do onions or maintain a spoon feeding cycle? I’m an expert at growing 2-3” onions, but I’m thinking the visual difference I’ve already noticed in onion crop with the addition of the ammonium sulfate is going to be my breakthrough into softball sized onions. Thanks again for the great content and regular content!
Merry Christmas and thank you for all the good info! My Hoss greens are doing well in mid-December zone 8A. Harvesting plenty of various leaves. Planning what to put in Hoss seed starter trays in about a month for spring/early summer crops. Surprise success is not a food crop, but Hollyhocks (for bee attraction next year) planted from seed in October. Growing nicely through the couple of frosts we've had. About 6-8 inches wide and tall, leaves starting to get sizeable. They take 2 years to flower, so I hope fall planting and winter root development will count so we will see flowers this year. Happy New Year too!
Yep, ya'll are from south Georgia with that Duke's mayo, it would be Blue Plate if you were from north Georgia! ;) Don't let them rutabagas get much bigger than that, they will start to get bitter and woody.
Gregg that was a good description that only the white part of a leek is useful to eat. Travis that Pak Choy looks like a model. Some of my Radish have bulbed up nicely bc I planted them early enough. I planted them at the end of August. I got some of your Tiger Collards. I will be interested to know how the work out. Pumpkins are a lot of fun to grow. Warning deer eat them! I have a pumpkin still on the vine turning orange these days. My pumpkins volunteer but I am trying a different type this year. At first while watching the Urban Gardener I thought I would be a market gardener but my reality set in and I just garden for myself now. The worms aerate my soil with all the coffee grounds I use. They take the grounds down under and as a result they "till" my soil. Now, winter, is the perfect time to collect Starbucks coffee grounds bc they are free nitrogen and there is NO competition for them in the winter:-) My Sunflowers grow really tall as a result of my high soil nitrogen. My nbr got so evil that she knocked my tallest Sunflower over, smh. The true life of a gardener:-) Deer eat the ENTIRE tomato plant up here in PA. They REALLY like tomatoes. Josh Sattin is not growing tomatoes in 2020 for his market garden. Tomatoes are tropical plants BUT homegrown does taste divine. If you are going to grow tomatoes in PA and I will grow some you WILL HAVE TO grow them behind a fence. Imho Pole Beans are THE way to grow. I planted some Bush Beans and never found the interest in bending over and picking them. Hint: next year consider wearing a red or green sweatshirt or coat so your Christmas outfit can be much more cheery. I am still loving your sound and advice and the Row by Row round sign. Yes, I "try to" keep my seeds in a plastic bin in our unheated basement. Those broccoli heads would be delicious batter fried:-) Steamed broccoli is the healthy way to go. Tip: Root Riot sponges on Amazon are light weight and good to plant into.
Regarding Collards...We really like Tiger, and hate to hear it's being phased out. But have you tried Flash? They are faster, tender, and no bitterness. I recommend y'all try these if you haven't. It's worth seeking out.
Great video guys! Merry Christmas and a happy New Years. It’s summer here and I went to see my brassicas after 7 days away. I nearly wept when I checked the collards. They’re such a beautiful, velvety looking plant. I’m SO pleased with them. Thanks for all your work this year. Looking forward to a prosperous 2020.
I’ve heard that tilling destroys the soil structure hence the beauty of no till. I’m trying it this winter for the first time. I’m also not using any broad spectrum herbicide prior to planting, just crating a fine surface tilth. We’ll see.
If you do it too much it can destroy your soil structure. There's a fine line between providing soil aeration while maintaining soil structure. The Wheel Hoe is a great tool that allows you to do both.
awesome show guys,, always look forward to the show,,,,, just one problem,, love the xmas hats,,, but.... this weeks show should have been called,,,, *The Row By Row "HO HO HO" Garden Show. ya missed the boat guys,,,, LOL,,, keep up the great work.
Hey guys, from Hephzibah, Ga and good show! I think Comfort Farms in Millidgeville, GA grows the Georgia Candy Roaster but I’m not sure if they sale/distribute the seed. They may be able to point you in the right direction! QUESTION: I’m just finishing up my raised beds on my new property. I have some cool weather veggies growing pretty well. What’s the best practice for an accurate soil sample before I plant in my spring garden for 2020?
Check with our local ag extension agency. They usually do soil samples for pretty cheap and they could tell you the best way to sample your beds. And thanks for the tip on the Candy Roaster!
Merry Christmas to you guys and your families! I've been going back and forth between the cherokee tan and the seminole pumpkin. Could you go through any disease and pest resistance they both have?
Such a great wealth of information! You are helping to teach me and in turn teach my kids to grow their own food! Am in Zone 9A... when should i plant these cooler weather crops here. Nov or Dec i'm thinking? Thx again!!
Have y’all ever grown Cushaws? My grandmother used to make pies with them. Not sure what exact cushaw she had but it was very light colored in the pies.
Santa came through! Just put my 20-20-20 on my Texas Legends today. Planted about 3 weeks ago with some time released "just what I had fertilizer", have I waited too late?
Great show as usual. In a recent video you mentioned zipper cream peas. Are this the same as the "acre peas" my parents always get from Carters in Valdosta? I want to grow sone this spring. Thank you for your time
Zipper Cream peas are different than White Acre peas. The Zipper Cream peas are larger and more round, while the White Acre peas are smaller. We'll have both varieties this year.
Haven't tried it, but a lot of Brits grow winter peas to harvest the top 2-3 inches of each shoot for salad/microgreens. They call them "pea shoots". I want to try it soon because they look delicate and delicious, and something new to go on a salad. They harvest continuously so the plants never go to pea stage (of course this is in smaller gardens - I'm sure a cover crop would produce much more than needed.). Just another idea.
Love your show , just found you watching Deep South Homestead . What would be the earliest time to plant taters in the sand hills of N.C. We're 60 miles from the coast , and we some time have a late frost. Have a Blessed Holiday Season.
I had a bed of about 15 tomatoes that were exposed to a late frost. They were all killed, but one. I’m carefully growing it on and will save it’s seed. Have I stumbled on the world’s first frost tolerant tomato...?
We plant them in the spring, usually April. They're hard to grow in the fall because the pest and disease pressure is so high. But we can grow them pretty well in spring and they'll store for a while once harvested.
Can I buy a package of seeds and grow one or two and save the rest of the seeds for later years growing seasons? The wife only want two tomato plants but I want to take your seeds and keep the rest of your seeds and grow them over years.
I have a couple trees in my yard that were there before we moved there. They do okay but if we get lots of rain, the fruits will tend to burst. Have no clue on what variety they are or what varieties perform best in certain areas.
Well how I have an issue... could be mine... I've been cropping and eating my Collards, and giving them away, and man they have been pretty good... never eaten any before, but everyone seems to like them... but then something unexpected happened... my "Collards" started putting on Broccoli heads... clearly I need to use my sharpie a little more. :) The question I have is... do I need to stop cropping the leaves or will the Broccoli produce just as well if I just keep borrowing a few leaves now and again, because they eat just fine in my opinion.
We've never eaten the broccoli leaves because we usually have plenty of collards, so can't say whether it affects the overall growth of the head. If you just grab a few here and there it shouldn't make a big difference.
@@gardeningwithhoss Well, my garden is doing so much better than it ever has, it's hard to tell is something it bothering it or not. I collected me another good mess of those broccoli leaves this afternoon, and they are cookin up as I type... Worked in my garden most of the day, and did an all around spoon feeding as you might say... expecting a good bit of rain, so didn't want to put out regular fertilizer... will do that next week, taking some time off so I will have time. My strawberries are beginning to bloom... been giving them some of that 20-20-20 and micro-boost lately, so I'm expecting a nice crop of strawberries as well. Been eating a lot of salad and Kale Soup out of the garden as well... man it's nice to have a beautiful garden again! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas... not so sure the new year will be that great, lots of issues in our country... most of which a beautiful garden will not fix... but it can't hurt.
If you watch our videos, you can follow our planting schedule. We are working on an app for our website that will let you enter your zip and it will provide your zone and planting recommendations for any date you select. Hope to have it up and running early next year.
We're adding a few more field pea varieties including Queen Anne Blackeye, Texas Creme 40, Top Pick Pinkeye and White Acre. I think the White Acre is pretty similar to the Lady Finger. Haven't seen the Lady Finger lately as well.
We've done both, but broadcasting and raking is much quicker. If you were doing just a small, designated lane or spot, you might would want to do it in rows.
We grew a Roma tomato, this last season, and the outside was perfect while the inside was partly black. What was going on ? Some of our Amish Paste did the same. Our other tomatoes didn't have that problem.
Hmm. Could have been some kind of nutrient deficiency, but weird that it didn't happen to the others. Tomatoes can be tricky. We had really good success with the Amish Paste last year.
What temps are ok for these? I’m in zone 8 near Augusta ga. We are 8 - 10 degrees warmer than ATLANTA…lol. We still get cold but it fluctuates. Please advise asap. First yr gardening in 45yrs!
Approximately how long does purple broccoli take to head? Mine are 18" tall. I cooked some if the leaves recently and they tasted like collards. I think the seeds were mislabeled from the person I got them from.(not Hoss seeds). Does a purple broccoli stalks or leaves have any distinctive coloration? How many seed do you have in your scarlet emperor beans package? I only got 5 from the same seed company that I got the broccoli from. I had ordered scarlet runner beans. Thanks☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
We've never grown purple broccoli, so unfortunately don't have much advice there. We put 50+ seeds in each Scarlet Runner Bean packet. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/scarlet-emperor-runner-bean/
Thanks for your information. I guess sometimes a 99 cent seed packet is not worth it if you only get 5 seeds. I'm looking forward to your next show. Have a Happy New Year. ☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
They're not transgenic if that's what you're asking. In other words, they're not created by combining genes from different species. These are hybrids that are created through selective breeding and trait selection among tomato crosses.
permaculture and food forests is the idea of a self sustaining forest, unfortunately it takes a whole lot of work and time to get one of those kinds of systems developed but the idea is that you companion plant in groups that include a tree, shrubs, and then a mix of perennial and annual flowers, herbs, vegetables, and weeds that serve as mulch, fertilizer, cover crop, and attractant for pollinators while also providing food. Well developed systems end up being self sustaining and seeding providing a permanent crop. So for example if you took one of your crops of carrots and left some to seed and naturally seed the plot, you would keep getting carrots without doing much else is the idea. The thing most people forget is that it takes a lot of time and work to develop one of these systems before you can get anything really productive.
And the production isn't always reliably predictable. If I plant a row of carrots in my cultivated garden, I know pretty much how many pounds of carrots I'll get. If I'm waiting on carrots to reseed in a food forest, I'm just crossing my fingers.
@@gardeningwithhoss yes exactly why permculture doesn't always work. It's difficult to make a permaculture system that are reliably productive and i'd never go out and say that it would save the world or some such, that trivializes the work and time that goes into it. I love your show and videos, they've helped me learn how to be a better plot farmer, i still can't get corn to grow right however. I put a lot of fertilizer in this year hopefully that will help.
I would VERY interested in purchasing some seeds from you if you sell them. Please send me an address and or let me know what you might have available...PLEASE. I live in Louisiana and my growing season is long like yours. Thank you in advance,
I put a cover crop of mustard this year ,now when you say cut and within 15 min work into soil cut with ? lawn mower, weed eater or by hand please elaborate and after worked in do I cover with tarp?
You can cut it with whatever you have. If it's not super tall/thick, you can simply til it in the soil. But for it to be effective with nematode control, you need to get those cut leaves under the soil pretty quickly. Tarping will maximize the biofumigation effects. Just remove the tarp and let it air out a few weeks before replanting.
I think your confusion about permaculture and gardening is a matter of perspective. Permaculture is actually closer to landscaping. it tries to actively manage resources and increase abundance on a piece of property. . It is system thinking, while what we do as southern gardeners would be a component of that system. It’s like main st. Vs a freeway. Both work well, one is just better for a longer term goal; vs a quick run to town for groceries.
I struggle with the disorganization of permaculture. I realize the concept is to replicate nature, which is not very organized. But if the goal is to grow food, I need to grow in a fairly organized manner so I can predict how much food I will be able to harvest from X amount of space. Relying on volunteer plants and random plant spacing is not a reliable method for what we do.
@@gardeningwithhoss Yeah, I think you have to take 'permaculture' claims with a grain of salt. If you look at the Gardens of Zatuna Farms set up by Geoff Lawton the gardens are 50-foot rows that Curtis Stone would be proud of. But they do run a chicken tractor down the middle of it. That is zone 1 of 4 and as you move further and further away from the house things get more unkept and move into Food Forrest. The main feature of Zatuna Farms is the way they make water run across the land and the fact that they have made it flood and drought resistant. (I 'd love to see how they are doing in the midst of fire season.) This is a nice overview from a few years ago. ruclips.net/video/dcgHvYWLs-Q/видео.html
You may want to consider permaculture principals for the fig orchard you are working on. It would be a better fit. Interplanting with trees you can chop and drop for mulch beats bringing truckloads of stuff in or buying tons of fertilizers even at wholesale. I have heard interplanting Garlic at their base discourages nematodes and when they get large enough you could plant passion fruit vines at their base and get two crops from one tree. Depending on your site, you may want to consider making swales large enough to direct water around them and put them on the hill of the swale so the roots absorb every drop of water that runs by. or try some on swale and some not and prove the theory for yourself. Gardening is all about experimentation. Here is a permaculture orchard guy ruclips.net/video/UVWGDIm_Xb4/видео.html
Thanks for the links. We'll definitely have our fig orchard on some type of irrigation -- whether it be drip via spaghetti tubing, or actual micro-mist sprinklers. Those fig trees can drink some water in the warmer months. But as you mentioned, we should also be cognizant of the lay of the land to maximize the usage of any rainfall as well.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the great content. I love that you guys are in the same growing zone. I'm just a converted flower bed gardener, but I love watching things grow.
Love rutabagas! We eat them mashed with butter like potatoes and we use them in soups. The slight sweetness disappears in the soup, but provides a bit of “body” without adding a lot of starch. I wouldn’t let them get any bigger than the one you showed us. They can get woody, especially if the growth slows down too much. Also you can eat the green part of leeks if they have grown quickly. Just wash them well, julienne and sauté in butter until tender. Yum! As always thanks for all the inspiration! You guys are awesome!
Thanks for the tips on the leeks and "bagas!"
I peel the outer leaves off the leeks and cutth em about 3-4 inches above the white part, chop them up and fry them with some braunschweiger.
One of the things I really love about y'all is that you don't pretend to know it all. You point out your mistakes. I've been doing this long enough to realize just how little I really know about gardening. It's refreshing to hear folks talk about things they did wrong and how to try and fix it next time.
While I'm at it, I've got a request for a future show: I'd like to see, in one video, a comparison giving the pros and cons of each of the different kinds of wheel hoe attachments. I think I've got all of them except for the disc harrow, and while it's kind of fun experimenting with the different types to see what works best for different soil conditions and different weed types and sizes, I want to see what you recommend for different situations. (Maybe you've already done one and I haven't found it yet - if so, maybe you could point me to it).
As always, thanks for a great product and great service. No garden shed is complete without a Hoss wheel hoe (I've got the double wheel and the high arch) with attachments.
Thanks Stephen. We actually have that on our list of show topics for the new year -- so coming soon!
My favorite Thursday night "TV" show.
Thanks for joining us!
What time on Thursday nights?
@@RhinoDNA a new video every Thursday night but you can watch any time
Travis when the Rutabagas get to the size of a Softball, getter dug. They are sweeter and have the best texture then. You guys said, it's got to be Duke's, no other will do. Y'all take care.
There's Duke's and then everything else. Thanks for the rutabaga tip!
If you have a KitchenAid mixer, you can get those slicers as an attachment. I have a set and a mixer I've used over thirty years.
Good to know. My wife is getting one of those for Christmas (shhh). I'll have to add the slicer attachment.
@@gardeningwithhoss Kitchen Aid has recently come out with a newer slicing kit that has a much smaller shredding cone and looks like it will handle a much smaller volume. Look for the older set if you can still find one - I see them occasionally in stores that haven't sold out yet. They have the full-size cones that match the size of your manual ones there, that are attached inside a large white housing that is the part that attaches to the mixer. Love mine! Fine grater is great for making homemade pimiento cheese!
Merry Christmas guy's. Travis to get those leeks to grow with more white eatable stalk. Put a cardboard tube, like the tube paper towels are wrapped upon, down around the leek. This will keep the sunlight off the lower portion of the stalk. Know is he perfect time to find a use for those gift wrapping paper rolls when the paper is all gone. Just cut them to the length you want. Take care
I would need a quite a few rolls, but good to know that works well.
@@gardeningwithhoss You could always cut PVC tubing, it is cheap and can use it year after year
I'm up here in Chicago, but I'm going to try the resistant varieties anyways, we get pest and disease predsure based on the weather up here, if it t don't work, I learned smething, but Oh Lord if it does:WATCH OUT!This was very interesting I learned a lot from Real Farmers, not fancy pants' market growers, so thank you! I am absorbing as i begin my journey to homesteading and selling local up here especially in the winter, no good fresh growers up here really, so thank you!
Definitely give those varieties a try! We think you'll really like them. And best of luck with your new market farming journey!
@@gardeningwithhoss Thank you, what time Thursdays btw?It's my day off& i am CST.
Good to see y'all have a lot of new varietie off seeds
Always adding new stuff!
Happy Holidays yall!!!
And to y'all as well!
You had a very quick reference to using Vetch as a ground cover. I live in the Lower Ohio River valley where it gets just cold enough in winter to stop almost all Veg. growth, but get quite a lot of winter rain, so a ground cover is needed for erosion control. They use Crown Vetch here as erosion protection along roads, etc. which seems to survive well in our winters. If I were to use it as a garden ground cover, will it go "Native", once growing it will be unable to eradicate once garden season comes around.
As long as you mow it and incorporate it when it flowers and before it goes to seed, you should be fine.
Same area! I'm right on a creek, a large lake, and the Ohio river, you are right about the vetch, and also something they call cheat, and there's also creeping Charlie, my landlady told me they've used in the area for some time. 👍👍
2:49-2:54 - crunch of the day
Lol
Can't do a 45 minute show without a little snack.
Talking about beets and rutabaga... We love rutabaga diced and boiled with bacon fat, but take those diced rutabaga and add to 3 or 4 diced beets, toss in some olive oil, salt & pepper. Put in oven on 420° broil until the outside is crisp and the inside is fork tender. That is some good eating. Roasted root vegetables.
Yum Yum!
The grater was sold 40 years ago as the Salad Master. Still have mine.
Those things last forever!
I got my English peas planted in November and I already got peas on my plants, I saved the seeds from the year before and they are lookin good. Better than last year
Dang yours are doing much better than ours!
Merry Christmas to Travis, Greg and your families. Thank you for all the wonderful educational videos throughout the past years and looking forward to the new ones.
Merry Christmas Larry! Thanks for watching!
I LOVE this "show"! so glad I found this!
Glad you found us too Patricia!
Merry Christmas to you guys! May God Bless y’all in 2020!
Thanks Ken! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Merry Christmas hoss family
Merry Christmas Marsha!
Another great show, guys! I'm looking forward to growing those new Roma-type tomatoes - Y'all know I can a lot of tomato sauce, and these just might be a game-changer! Have a very Merry Christmas!
They should do very well in your hot climate Carol.
My invention (I think). Simmer cubed rutabaga until tender. Drain. Cover in cheese sauce & bake until cheese is bubbly & slightly browned. Tastes a little like cauliflower w/cheese sauce.
Dang that sounds amazing!
Great show!
Thanks Richard!
Great talk about vegetable 🍅 show , thanks for sharing to us such an amazing informative and educational.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it!
Do you fertilize the leeks with ammonium sulfate like you do onions or maintain a spoon feeding cycle? I’m an expert at growing 2-3” onions, but I’m thinking the visual difference I’ve already noticed in onion crop with the addition of the ammonium sulfate is going to be my breakthrough into softball sized onions. Thanks again for the great content and regular content!
With the ammonium sulfate, you can side dress or spoon feed through the drip system. And yes, the leeks like it as well.
I use a couple old styrofoam coolers and plastic trash cans with lids to store fertilizers in. Works well
Merry Christmas and thank you for all the good info! My Hoss greens are doing well in mid-December zone 8A. Harvesting plenty of various leaves. Planning what to put in Hoss seed starter trays in about a month for spring/early summer crops.
Surprise success is not a food crop, but Hollyhocks (for bee attraction next year) planted from seed in October. Growing nicely through the couple of frosts we've had. About 6-8 inches wide and tall, leaves starting to get sizeable. They take 2 years to flower, so I hope fall planting and winter root development will count so we will see flowers this year. Happy New Year too!
Thanks for the tip on the Hollyhock! And Merry Christmas to you as well!
The King Kutter was also called a Salad Master at one point. I got my mom's and two sets of blades.
They are an awesome little kitchen tool!
@@gardeningwithhoss indeed. When doing bulk canning or dehydrating it's so much faster than a knife.
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Thanks Joe! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Merry Christmas guys!
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Yep, ya'll are from south Georgia with that Duke's mayo, it would be Blue Plate if you were from north Georgia! ;) Don't let them rutabagas get much bigger than that, they will start to get bitter and woody.
Thanks for the tip on the rutabagas. Gotta have that Dukes!
The grater is like the old "Salad Master"
Seems like that was the previous name for it.
Merry Christmas to you two also and your families. I always enjoy your videos.
Thanks John! Merry Christmas!
Gregg that was a good description that only the white part of a leek is useful to eat. Travis that Pak Choy looks like a model. Some of my Radish have bulbed up nicely bc I planted them early enough. I planted them at the end of August. I got some of your Tiger Collards. I will be interested to know how the work out. Pumpkins are a lot of fun to grow. Warning deer eat them! I have a pumpkin still on the vine turning orange these days. My pumpkins volunteer but I am trying a different type this year. At first while watching the Urban Gardener I thought I would be a market gardener but my reality set in and I just garden for myself now. The worms aerate my soil with all the coffee grounds I use. They take the grounds down under and as a result they "till" my soil. Now, winter, is the perfect time to collect Starbucks coffee grounds bc they are free nitrogen and there is NO competition for them in the winter:-) My Sunflowers grow really tall as a result of my high soil nitrogen. My nbr got so evil that she knocked my tallest Sunflower over, smh. The true life of a gardener:-) Deer eat the ENTIRE tomato plant up here in PA. They REALLY like tomatoes. Josh Sattin is not growing tomatoes in 2020 for his market garden. Tomatoes are tropical plants BUT homegrown does taste divine. If you are going to grow tomatoes in PA and I will grow some you WILL HAVE TO grow them behind a fence. Imho Pole Beans are THE way to grow. I planted some Bush Beans and never found the interest in bending over and picking them. Hint: next year consider wearing a red or green sweatshirt or coat so your Christmas outfit can be much more cheery. I am still loving your sound and advice and the Row by Row round sign. Yes, I "try to" keep my seeds in a plastic bin in our unheated basement. Those broccoli heads would be delicious batter fried:-) Steamed broccoli is the healthy way to go. Tip: Root Riot sponges on Amazon are light weight and good to plant into.
We'll definitely have to get some Christmas sweaters for next year. Thanks for sharing your garden experiences.
ABSOLUTELY DUKE'S MAYO!! No others enter my home!!
Haha!
Merry Christmas from Germany 🇩🇪
Merry Christmas Wuste!
Kitchen Aid has the attachment/ Sausage Maker also
Good to know. Bought my wife one for Christmas and we've really been enjoying it so far!
I remember my dad growing the sugar baby watermelon in the 70 and 80's
It's a great heirloom variety!
Merry Christmas guys! Love ya!
Love seeing you here Rebecca! Merry Christmas!
You got that right!!! It’s got to be DUKES MAYONNAISE 🎄🌟
There is no other mayonnaise!
Regarding Collards...We really like Tiger, and hate to hear it's being phased out. But have you tried Flash? They are faster, tender, and no bitterness. I recommend y'all try these if you haven't. It's worth seeking out.
Haven't tried Flash but have heard of it. Might have to try it.
Great video guys! Merry Christmas and a happy New Years. It’s summer here and I went to see my brassicas after 7 days away. I nearly wept when I checked the collards. They’re such a beautiful, velvety looking plant. I’m SO pleased with them. Thanks for all your work this year. Looking forward to a prosperous 2020.
Merry Christmas to you as well! Those collards are a great treat!
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas Bren!
Merry Christmas!!!☃️ I will definitely be ordering some of yalls sends😊 great video, thank you guys. Luvs, Sherri from Alabama 😊🌻
Merry Christmas Sherri! We'll be here when you need us.
Merry Christmas to y’all God bless
Merry Christmas to y'all as well!
Cheer up Greg!! Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas!
I’ve heard that tilling destroys the soil structure hence the beauty of no till. I’m trying it this winter for the first time. I’m also not using any broad spectrum herbicide prior to planting, just crating a fine surface tilth. We’ll see.
If you do it too much it can destroy your soil structure. There's a fine line between providing soil aeration while maintaining soil structure. The Wheel Hoe is a great tool that allows you to do both.
All you need for weeding/cultivation is 1-2 inches deep. On that note a wheel hoe is faster then a tiller. Not to mention simpler to use/run/maintain.
God bless you all .
Josette Tharp
Montgomery County , Texas🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I had a bumper crop of Seminole pumpkins this year
It's a solid variety. Good to hear you had an excellent crop!
I love my blue stem they may not do as good as some but I just like them
Blue stem collars
Grow what you like to eat!
LOL! On the Dukes Mayo. Is there any other kind? Merry Christmas! Good show, as always!
None other compares. Merry Christmas!
awesome show guys,, always look forward to the show,,,,, just one problem,, love the xmas hats,,, but.... this weeks show should have been called,,,, *The Row By Row "HO HO HO" Garden Show.
ya missed the boat guys,,,, LOL,,, keep up the great work.
Haha. That would have been a very appropriate title!
Great video thanks for sharing Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Susette!
Hey guys, from Hephzibah, Ga and good show! I think Comfort Farms in Millidgeville, GA grows the Georgia Candy Roaster but I’m not sure if they sale/distribute the seed. They may be able to point you in the right direction!
QUESTION: I’m just finishing up my raised beds on my new property. I have some cool weather veggies growing pretty well. What’s the best practice for an accurate soil sample before I plant in my spring garden for 2020?
Check with our local ag extension agency. They usually do soil samples for pretty cheap and they could tell you the best way to sample your beds. And thanks for the tip on the Candy Roaster!
Merry Christmas to you guys and your families! I've been going back and forth between the cherokee tan and the seminole pumpkin. Could you go through any disease and pest resistance they both have?
They're both great. The Cherokee Tan seems to be a little more disease-resistant from our experiences.
Such a great wealth of information! You are helping to teach me and in turn teach my kids to grow their own food! Am in Zone 9A... when should i plant these cooler weather crops here. Nov or Dec i'm thinking? Thx again!!
Late October or early November should be good.
Have y’all ever grown Cushaws? My grandmother used to make pies with them. Not sure what exact cushaw she had but it was very light colored in the pies.
Have not grown them ourselves, but do have a friend locally that grows them. They are a very interesting little squash.
There are a few different ones from what I’ve seen online. Some shaped more like a squash but one more pumpkin shaped.
Santa came through! Just put my 20-20-20 on my Texas Legends today. Planted about 3 weeks ago with some time released "just what I had fertilizer", have I waited too late?
Not too late at all. Probably just right!
love the channel :) New friend Ruthie here
Hello Ruthie! Welcome to our channel!
Great show as usual. In a recent video you mentioned zipper cream peas. Are this the same as the "acre peas" my parents always get from Carters in Valdosta? I want to grow sone this spring. Thank you for your time
Zipper Cream peas are different than White Acre peas. The Zipper Cream peas are larger and more round, while the White Acre peas are smaller. We'll have both varieties this year.
With the winter peas do they get peas on them and can you eat them or feed them to livestock?
Yes they will, but we try to incorporate them before that happens to prevent reseeding. Deer like them, so don't see why livestock wouldn't.
Haven't tried it, but a lot of Brits grow winter peas to harvest the top 2-3 inches of each shoot for salad/microgreens. They call them "pea shoots". I want to try it soon because they look delicate and delicious, and something new to go on a salad. They harvest continuously so the plants never go to pea stage (of course this is in smaller gardens - I'm sure a cover crop would produce much more than needed.). Just another idea.
@@gardeningwithhoss I put out 50#'s of peas in September. The deer won't let them get over 2 inches high. LOL!
Love your show , just found you watching Deep South Homestead . What would be the earliest time to plant taters in the sand hills of N.C. We're 60 miles from the coast , and we some time have a late frost. Have a Blessed Holiday Season.
We recommend about 3-4 weeks before your last frost. We usually plant them in mid-February. You're probably closer to early March.
Now I know why my Lima Beans did so poorly , I planted too late and it's above 90 degrees here (9-A, TX. ) until late Oct. !
When you guys offer a leaf footed or a stink bug resistant tomato then you will have my attention and you will probably be rich.
Haha. That would be great wouldn't it!
Good video
I had a bed of about 15 tomatoes that were exposed to a late frost. They were all killed, but one. I’m carefully growing it on and will save it’s seed. Have I stumbled on the world’s first frost tolerant tomato...?
If you can take a cutting and move it inside they root in water in like 3 days
Would be really cool if you did!
when do you plant pumpkins in south Georgia?
We plant them in the spring, usually April. They're hard to grow in the fall because the pest and disease pressure is so high. But we can grow them pretty well in spring and they'll store for a while once harvested.
Can I buy a package of seeds and grow one or two and save the rest of the seeds for later years growing seasons? The wife only want two tomato plants but I want to take your seeds and keep the rest of your seeds and grow them over years.
You can. There will be some natural decline in germination as seeds age, but if you keep them in the fridge they should keep for a year or two.
I am in zone 7 in Greenville South Carolina and am curious if I could grow a pomegranate here. If so, what variety would you recommend for my zone?
I have a couple trees in my yard that were there before we moved there. They do okay but if we get lots of rain, the fruits will tend to burst. Have no clue on what variety they are or what varieties perform best in certain areas.
What do the gases from mustard do in the soil when incorporated ?
They help to eliminate harmful nematodes. It basically "fumigates" the soil.
Well how I have an issue... could be mine... I've been cropping and eating my Collards, and giving them away, and man they have been pretty good... never eaten any before, but everyone seems to like them... but then something unexpected happened... my "Collards" started putting on Broccoli heads... clearly I need to use my sharpie a little more. :) The question I have is... do I need to stop cropping the leaves or will the Broccoli produce just as well if I just keep borrowing a few leaves now and again, because they eat just fine in my opinion.
Lmao😂😂😂
We've never eaten the broccoli leaves because we usually have plenty of collards, so can't say whether it affects the overall growth of the head. If you just grab a few here and there it shouldn't make a big difference.
@@gardeningwithhoss Well, my garden is doing so much better than it ever has, it's hard to tell is something it bothering it or not. I collected me another good mess of those broccoli leaves this afternoon, and they are cookin up as I type... Worked in my garden most of the day, and did an all around spoon feeding as you might say... expecting a good bit of rain, so didn't want to put out regular fertilizer... will do that next week, taking some time off so I will have time. My strawberries are beginning to bloom... been giving them some of that 20-20-20 and micro-boost lately, so I'm expecting a nice crop of strawberries as well. Been eating a lot of salad and Kale Soup out of the garden as well... man it's nice to have a beautiful garden again! Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas... not so sure the new year will be that great, lots of issues in our country... most of which a beautiful garden will not fix... but it can't hurt.
Them Red snapper determinate?
Yes they are.
Nice video
Do y’all have a planting schedule for Zone 8 a and b?
If you watch our videos, you can follow our planting schedule. We are working on an app for our website that will let you enter your zip and it will provide your zone and planting recommendations for any date you select. Hope to have it up and running early next year.
Hoss Tools looking forward to your work boss thank you from memphis tn. Great show tonight
Lady finger peas, will yall be carrying them? They have been hard to get in the past few years.
We're adding a few more field pea varieties including Queen Anne Blackeye, Texas Creme 40, Top Pick Pinkeye and White Acre. I think the White Acre is pretty similar to the Lady Finger. Haven't seen the Lady Finger lately as well.
Greg, Do you plant your cover crop mustard in rows or do you broadcast it and rake it in?
We've done both, but broadcasting and raking is much quicker. If you were doing just a small, designated lane or spot, you might would want to do it in rows.
We grew a Roma tomato, this last season, and the outside was perfect while the inside was partly black. What was going on ? Some of our Amish Paste did the same. Our other tomatoes didn't have that problem.
Hmm. Could have been some kind of nutrient deficiency, but weird that it didn't happen to the others. Tomatoes can be tricky. We had really good success with the Amish Paste last year.
I never ate a rutabaga and I can not smell it. What is it suppose to smell like. How do you fix them.
They do have a signature smell when you cook them. My grandpa used to put pecans in them to dampen the smell. Some folks like the smell, some do not.
What temps are ok for these? I’m in zone 8 near Augusta ga. We are 8 - 10 degrees warmer than ATLANTA…lol. We still get cold but it fluctuates. Please advise asap. First yr gardening in 45yrs!
They are very cold hardy. They should survive frosts. Even after a hard freeze, the roots will still be fine to harvest.
What crops do you recommend starting now in your zone? 8b
Rutabagas, kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce ...
Merry Christmas Hoss Tools! First comment BTW. LOL
Merry Christmas Brian!
Approximately how long does purple broccoli take to head? Mine are 18" tall. I cooked some if the leaves recently and they tasted like collards. I think the seeds were mislabeled from the person I got them from.(not Hoss seeds). Does a purple broccoli stalks or leaves have any distinctive coloration?
How many seed do you have in your scarlet emperor beans package? I only got 5 from the same seed company that I got the broccoli from. I had ordered scarlet runner beans. Thanks☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
We've never grown purple broccoli, so unfortunately don't have much advice there. We put 50+ seeds in each Scarlet Runner Bean packet. Here's the link: hosstools.com/product/scarlet-emperor-runner-bean/
Thanks for your information. I guess sometimes a 99 cent seed packet is not worth it if you only get 5 seeds. I'm looking forward to your next show. Have a Happy New Year. ☺🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋
You get what you pay for -- especially when it comes to seeds.
That's so true.....
Were the new tomatoe seeds created in a lab?
They're not transgenic if that's what you're asking. In other words, they're not created by combining genes from different species. These are hybrids that are created through selective breeding and trait selection among tomato crosses.
The godzilla broccoli what kind of growing conditions it grow in in terms of temperature?
Supposed to be pretty similar to most cold tolerant varieties -- similar to Arcadia and Emerald Crown.
permaculture and food forests is the idea of a self sustaining forest, unfortunately it takes a whole lot of work and time to get one of those kinds of systems developed but the idea is that you companion plant in groups that include a tree, shrubs, and then a mix of perennial and annual flowers, herbs, vegetables, and weeds that serve as mulch, fertilizer, cover crop, and attractant for pollinators while also providing food. Well developed systems end up being self sustaining and seeding providing a permanent crop. So for example if you took one of your crops of carrots and left some to seed and naturally seed the plot, you would keep getting carrots without doing much else is the idea. The thing most people forget is that it takes a lot of time and work to develop one of these systems before you can get anything really productive.
And the production isn't always reliably predictable. If I plant a row of carrots in my cultivated garden, I know pretty much how many pounds of carrots I'll get. If I'm waiting on carrots to reseed in a food forest, I'm just crossing my fingers.
@@gardeningwithhoss yes exactly why permculture doesn't always work. It's difficult to make a permaculture system that are reliably productive and i'd never go out and say that it would save the world or some such, that trivializes the work and time that goes into it. I love your show and videos, they've helped me learn how to be a better plot farmer, i still can't get corn to grow right however. I put a lot of fertilizer in this year hopefully that will help.
I think I'll get rid of the Salt and pepper substitute cavender's
Sounds like a plan!
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Are the tiger collards heirloom or hybrid?
They're a hybrid -- hence the productivity.
I would VERY interested in purchasing some seeds from you if you sell them. Please send me an address and or let me know what you might have available...PLEASE. I live in Louisiana and my growing season is long like yours. Thank you in advance,
You can find all of our seed varieties on our site at www.hosstools.com.
I put a cover crop of mustard this year ,now when you say cut and within 15 min work into soil cut with ? lawn mower, weed eater or by hand please elaborate and after worked in do I cover with tarp?
You can cut it with whatever you have. If it's not super tall/thick, you can simply til it in the soil. But for it to be effective with nematode control, you need to get those cut leaves under the soil pretty quickly. Tarping will maximize the biofumigation effects. Just remove the tarp and let it air out a few weeks before replanting.
When rutabaga gets too big, they are kinda woody tasting. Size you have is the perfect.
Good to know. We'll harvest them soon.
I think your confusion about permaculture and gardening is a matter of perspective. Permaculture is actually closer to landscaping. it tries to actively manage resources and increase abundance on a piece of property. . It is system thinking, while what we do as southern gardeners would be a component of that system. It’s like main st. Vs a freeway. Both work well, one is just better for a longer term goal; vs a quick run to town for groceries.
I struggle with the disorganization of permaculture. I realize the concept is to replicate nature, which is not very organized. But if the goal is to grow food, I need to grow in a fairly organized manner so I can predict how much food I will be able to harvest from X amount of space. Relying on volunteer plants and random plant spacing is not a reliable method for what we do.
@@gardeningwithhoss Yeah, I think you have to take 'permaculture' claims with a grain of salt. If you look at the Gardens of Zatuna Farms set up by Geoff Lawton the gardens are 50-foot rows that Curtis Stone would be proud of. But they do run a chicken tractor down the middle of it. That is zone 1 of 4 and as you move further and further away from the house things get more unkept and move into Food Forrest. The main feature of Zatuna Farms is the way they make water run across the land and the fact that they have made it flood and drought resistant. (I 'd love to see how they are doing in the midst of fire season.) This is a nice overview from a few years ago.
ruclips.net/video/dcgHvYWLs-Q/видео.html
You may want to consider permaculture principals for the fig orchard you are working on. It would be a better fit. Interplanting with trees you can chop and drop for mulch beats bringing truckloads of stuff in or buying tons of fertilizers even at wholesale. I have heard interplanting Garlic at their base discourages nematodes and when they get large enough you could plant passion fruit vines at their base and get two crops from one tree. Depending on your site, you may want to consider making swales large enough to direct water around them and put them on the hill of the swale so the roots absorb every drop of water that runs by. or try some on swale and some not and prove the theory for yourself. Gardening is all about experimentation. Here is a permaculture orchard guy ruclips.net/video/UVWGDIm_Xb4/видео.html
Thanks for the links. We'll definitely have our fig orchard on some type of irrigation -- whether it be drip via spaghetti tubing, or actual micro-mist sprinklers. Those fig trees can drink some water in the warmer months. But as you mentioned, we should also be cognizant of the lay of the land to maximize the usage of any rainfall as well.
@@gardeningwithhoss Thanks for the great content. I love that you guys are in the same growing zone. I'm just a converted flower bed gardener, but I love watching things grow.
Are you father and son ?
Yes we are. 20 years and 20 days apart.
@@gardeningwithhoss wow! that amazing.
All the videos start with Biden ads...argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't exit out quick enough!
Unfortunately, we don't control the advertisers. RUclips does.