I find that the hardest thing when transitioning from the hot to cold season, is that often those crops are not ready for me to harvest. Hot season tubers like Cassava and sweet potatoes are usually not ready until late November or early December. I am also still getting tomatoes from my tomato plants, and my pumpkins and winter squash will continue to produce in November if we leave them. I do start my cold season crops indoors in august/September, but the reality is that most of them can’t be planted until now, when I am finally done harvesting. We emptied the last sweet potato bed today with 199 pounds. In total we got 418 pounds of sweet potatoes this year. All of this stresses me out, because I feel like I am working with a deadline. On the other hand, I am happy with the crops we grow, and proud too that our small homestead now produces most of what we eat. Now I can finally direct sow my parsnips and radishes and I will be done for now. I am really looking forward to getting a month without gardening chores. My onions won’t be ready for transplant until January, and February are usually when I start seeding flowers. Since most of the food preservation is done, I can finally relax and have some me time. We grew 2206 pounds of fruit, berries, grains and vegetables this year. It’s my largest harvest so far.
Very inspiring! I just planted some celery seeds. My first broccoli head just started forming. It's growing in a pot of good soil, fed with urea water.
Loving my zone 9B winter garden for many reasons, the lack of pests, low watering needs, cilantro ain't bolting, and thanks to your videos I planned/planted ahead so now I'm eating these ultra nutritious Asian Greens and Brassicas daily! 💚😋🌱
First time attempting gardening. I have attempted starting from seed not good at that. Plants do a little better for me. But id like to do seed. Im in Louisiania zone 9 Im happy i found you Thank for your advice Have a good day. Love your garden
Curious why a fallow bed would invite gophers. Seems counterintuitive to me. Just start having problems with those little critters & wondering whether I should transplant my baby brassicas in that bed. Pill bug population seems down so the gophers move in? I'm ready to give up. Not really. I'm in north SD Co. 2 yrs now & loving zone 10b!
I noticed your brassicas aren’t covered with row cover. How long should I be keeping them covered? I’m in San Diego too. I swore I wouldn’t grow cabbages again because they get so buggy but you convinced me to try again. I’m using row cover for the first time. I still have them all covered. I’m confused.
Before I covered them with mosquito netting, my broccoli got infested. Today I found two cabbage moth caterpillars and threw them as far as could. Reminds me an old joke. A guy walks out on his front porch, sees a snail, and throws it as far as he can. A year later the snail shows back up on his porch and says, "What was THAT about?"
@@randallblack5677 😂 I haven’t had the nerve to uncover them. I still have visions of cutting into my homegrown cabbages only to find an assortment of creepy crawlies. By the time I got them all pulled apart and clean I had lost my appetite.
Binging y’all’s videos! They’re so great! Thank you for sharing your expertise and resources!! Much love from Sacramento, CA!❤
I find that the hardest thing when transitioning from the hot to cold season, is that often those crops are not ready for me to harvest. Hot season tubers like Cassava and sweet potatoes are usually not ready until late November or early December. I am also still getting tomatoes from my tomato plants, and my pumpkins and winter squash will continue to produce in November if we leave them. I do start my cold season crops indoors in august/September, but the reality is that most of them can’t be planted until now, when I am finally done harvesting. We emptied the last sweet potato bed today with 199 pounds. In total we got 418 pounds of sweet potatoes this year. All of this stresses me out, because I feel like I am working with a deadline. On the other hand, I am happy with the crops we grow, and proud too that our small homestead now produces most of what we eat. Now I can finally direct sow my parsnips and radishes and I will be done for now. I am really looking forward to getting a month without gardening chores. My onions won’t be ready for transplant until January, and February are usually when I start seeding flowers. Since most of the food preservation is done, I can finally relax and have some me time. We grew 2206 pounds of fruit, berries, grains and vegetables this year. It’s my largest harvest so far.
Very inspiring! I just planted some celery seeds. My first broccoli head just started forming. It's growing in a pot of good soil, fed with urea water.
Awesome! That broccoli is going to start developing quickly too
Loving my zone 9B winter garden for many reasons, the lack of pests, low watering needs, cilantro ain't bolting, and thanks to your videos I planned/planted ahead so now I'm eating these ultra nutritious Asian Greens and Brassicas daily!
💚😋🌱
Yum! Gardening this time of year is so great
Zone 5 B
Love my alliums and brassicas! Cool season is less intense so I can focus on other things. Like planning for the warm season garden!
Less intense is so true! But still so bountiful!
First time attempting gardening.
I have attempted starting from seed not good at that.
Plants do a little better for me. But id like to do seed.
Im in Louisiania zone 9
Im happy i found you
Thank for your advice
Have a good day.
Love your garden
Glad to have you here! Seed starting can be tricky for sure. We have lots of videos on that too!
Thank you
Thank for all your helpful information.
Great information 👍🏼
Curious why a fallow bed would invite gophers. Seems counterintuitive to me. Just start having problems with those little critters & wondering whether I should transplant my baby brassicas in that bed. Pill bug population seems down so the gophers move in? I'm ready to give up. Not really. I'm in north SD Co. 2 yrs now & loving zone 10b!
❤️🙃 Great video
How about ornamental kale seeds?
can you give tips for potted plants starting in December many of us are balcony gardeners
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I noticed your brassicas aren’t covered with row cover. How long should I be keeping them covered? I’m in San Diego too. I swore I wouldn’t grow cabbages again because they get so buggy but you convinced me to try again. I’m using row cover for the first time. I still have them all covered. I’m confused.
Once they're big enough to handle some insect damage (usually a couple of weeks after transplanting), we remove the row cover
Before I covered them with mosquito netting, my broccoli got infested. Today I found two cabbage moth caterpillars and threw them as far as could.
Reminds me an old joke. A guy walks out on his front porch, sees a snail, and throws it as far as he can. A year later the snail shows back up on his porch and says, "What was THAT about?"
@@randallblack5677 😂 I haven’t had the nerve to uncover them. I still have visions of cutting into my homegrown cabbages only to find an assortment of creepy crawlies. By the time I got them all pulled apart and clean I had lost my appetite.
You got rain? It’s still dry here in north OC. I’m still harvesting tomatoes. I just cut back my peppers.
I just harvested strawberries in the IE, not typical for us but I'll take it.
Really just that one day I think. It's been foggy but not real precipitation the last two weeks.