The PNW is the best area to garden in for sure. I remember when I started, I couldn’t find any RUclipsrs from the PNW which is why I wanted to start a channel.
I also look for vegetables especially tomatoes that say suitable for cool weather. You said it perfectly when you said we have a short hot weather period in the PNW.
When I first started, I always wanted to grow the largest tomatoes and I realized a few years in the we don’t have the heat to grow them (and the smaller (regular) ones are easier to slice).
Yay it's May!!! Glad you mentioned Mother's Day weekend being the jumping off point for us here. Although I grew up in CA, i lived in southern WI and we had to wait until Memorial weekend to be safe. I started my tomatoes May 1st and my melons this past weekend. I snuck my baby bells peppers out yesterday since the weather is warming up. I live next door to the horticulture dept of a college, and they usually have a plant sale Mother's Day weekend. woohoo! Your gardening buddy from Lynnwood WA -
@@littlerootsranch omg, Riverside? Wow! I grew up in Anaheim! Small world, hey? Summer has showed up! We're going camping next week on the dry side of WA and it's gonna be hot! Take it easy!
I always appreciate your advice! I'm in Puyallup, so have pretty much everything already planted (a bit warmer here). Corn is about 1 1/2 inches! Planted it with three-sisters and covered it with a light fleece so critters would leave them alone! 😉 Hope your season is AWESOME!
I am late getting my corn in- I hope to get it started tonight or tomorrow morning. I am doing a version of the 3 sisters with corn, large sunflowers and winter squash. I am putting my beans elsewhere because everything will be a dried harvest.
@@Janets_World I haven't had much of an issue with them, but am still considering a beer trap for them! They get pretty prolific in my yard typically and I'd like to head them off at the pass!
I'm in a similar coastal climate I'm 5 miles from the ocean so I don't get as much fog as they do in town but I'm south of Brookings Or so I don't get as warm as them so I grow inside a poly tunnel
I love being in coastal maritime weather- I feel like we get the better of all the weathers. It doesn’t get as hot or as cold as a little more inland and the cool breeze off of the water is always nice on warm days.
I would purchase another greenhouse in a minute- just make sure it has tall roll up sides. The place I purchased mine from (Stuebers) sadly went out of business. The owner was 93 and she decided she wanted to travel the world in her last days. With a greenhouse, it is hard to cool in the summer. Even today, I have all my sides rolled up and it is pretty warm in there. When we have heatwaves, I leave the sprinkler on mist all day to keep everything a little cooler.
I have always wanted to try peanuts but I don’t think we have enough heat to grow them here. I am growing dent corn this year (double red) for fresh eating as well as making cornbread. I am pretty excited about that.
I am near Portland Oregon and we have a big heat wave this weekend for mothers day with multiple days in the high 80s and mid 90s. Would you suggest waiting until the heat wave is over to transplant peppers/tomatoes and direct sow squash? What is the highest temp you usually would transplant in?
I am working on gardening mine off but they are still in trays. I plan to have them in the shade if it gets as hot as it is supposed to be and then putting them in the ground just after. We are supposed to be low 80s here. I am slightly less concerned with the heat more of the bright natural light and growing root systems. For squash, I would still direct sow and water them during the heat of the day to keep the soil temps a little cooler.
Quick question! I just planted my baby lettuce plants on Sunday and now I see that next Sunday/Monday it might get up to 90 degrees?! Will my baby lettuce bolt?? Should I cover it to protect it from the sun? I have white "garden cloth" but no black "shade cloth" (yet).
This fast heating up is likely to cause many crops to bolt unfortunately but all is not lost. Make sure you are deeply watering the soil in the morning or at night (morning is better but not crucial). If you are home during the day, water a few times during the heat of the day to cool the soil/lettuce. If your lettuce patch is smaller, putting some shade over it will help, even the garden cloth, as long as there is ventilation where a breeze can move the warmer air out from under it.
I was so trying to wait till mothers day, couldn't do it. Planted everything may 1-3, (all vegetables I grew from seed) had to make extra garden beds for all seeds sprouted an I didn't have heart to throw them out. I was worried after planting got the thunderstorms with lots of rain 🌧 So far there thriving
I'm curious how your onions are doing that you started from seed in the fall? I did mine for the first time and I have a few that I need to pull cuz they have started to flower.
I showed them on the April garden tour. They are doing great so far. I still need to transplant them to give them more space. I have my friends fingers crossed they don’t bolt but I don’t see signs yet.
@little roots ranch oh I must've missed that video. I'll check it out! Besides the few that have bolted the rest are doing amazing and I'm thinking I'm going to start them from seed from now on.
@@CelebrateEverything it is a little harder but doable most years. The key is to buy “personal” melon size or small ones with the shortest DTM. You need lots of sun and growing on weed fabric helps.
I am another PNW gardener down in Longview WA I enjoy your videos because there is not many pnw youtubers
The PNW is the best area to garden in for sure. I remember when I started, I couldn’t find any RUclipsrs from the PNW which is why I wanted to start a channel.
I’m also in Longview. Howdy neighbor 😂
Excelente trabajo
Gracias, he estado trabajando muy duro.
I also look for vegetables especially tomatoes that say suitable for cool weather. You said it perfectly when you said we have a short hot weather period in the PNW.
When I first started, I always wanted to grow the largest tomatoes and I realized a few years in the we don’t have the heat to grow them (and the smaller (regular) ones are easier to slice).
Yay it's May!!! Glad you mentioned Mother's Day weekend being the jumping off point for us here. Although I grew up in CA, i lived in southern WI and we had to wait until Memorial weekend to be safe. I started my tomatoes May 1st and my melons this past weekend. I snuck my baby bells peppers out yesterday since the weather is warming up. I live next door to the horticulture dept of a college, and they usually have a plant sale Mother's Day weekend. woohoo! Your gardening buddy from Lynnwood WA -
I feel like May came so fast this year!! I also grew up in Ca, Southern Ca in Riverside. This weekend is supposed to be beautiful so I am excited!!
@@littlerootsranch omg, Riverside? Wow! I grew up in Anaheim! Small world, hey? Summer has showed up! We're going camping next week on the dry side of WA and it's gonna be hot! Take it easy!
Thank you so much for the PNW content! So little out there, and we are such a flower & garden loving region. You have such great useable content.
Thank you!! And yes, I totally agree- we have the best growing area for just about everything.
I live in Arlington. Close to stanwood always looking for your market when I’m in stanwood.
I haven’t done the Stanwood Market yet (or other markets). I sell directly to consumer via CSA and also on farm sales.
I always appreciate your advice! I'm in Puyallup, so have pretty much everything already planted (a bit warmer here). Corn is about 1 1/2 inches! Planted it with three-sisters and covered it with a light fleece so critters would leave them alone! 😉 Hope your season is AWESOME!
I'm in Federal Way. Have you noticed the large amount of slugs? They're having a field day with my brassicas.
I am late getting my corn in- I hope to get it started tonight or tomorrow morning. I am doing a version of the 3 sisters with corn, large sunflowers and winter squash. I am putting my beans elsewhere because everything will be a dried harvest.
@@Janets_World I haven't had much of an issue with them, but am still considering a beer trap for them! They get pretty prolific in my yard typically and I'd like to head them off at the pass!
I'm in a similar coastal climate I'm 5 miles from the ocean so I don't get as much fog as they do in town but I'm south of Brookings Or so I don't get as warm as them so I grow inside a poly tunnel
I love being in coastal maritime weather- I feel like we get the better of all the weathers. It doesn’t get as hot or as cold as a little more inland and the cool breeze off of the water is always nice on warm days.
This year, with everything going on, I'll have to plant/garden vicariously through you this year.
Enjoyed the video!
Oh Mom, that is A-okay. I couldn’t imagine gardening with everything you have been through. I love you.
Thanks for reminding me of sunflowers!!
Absolutely. I plan to seed a bunch into my winter squash garden and use them to treat the chickens in the winter.
It's going to be a hot weekend coming up here in the PNW. I am putting off planting my seedlings until next week. Way too much time invested. ✌️
I was the same way. I did transplant some arugula and it is bolting already (before the hot weekend). I saved everything else until after.
Thanks for the May update. What's the name of your greenhouse and would you buy it again?
I would purchase another greenhouse in a minute- just make sure it has tall roll up sides. The place I purchased mine from (Stuebers) sadly went out of business. The owner was 93 and she decided she wanted to travel the world in her last days.
With a greenhouse, it is hard to cool in the summer. Even today, I have all my sides rolled up and it is pretty warm in there. When we have heatwaves, I leave the sprinkler on mist all day to keep everything a little cooler.
Im in FW Texas, I transplanted my corn, zucs, squash and cucumbers 3 weeks ago. Yesterday I added green beans and peanuts around the corn.
I have always wanted to try peanuts but I don’t think we have enough heat to grow them here. I am growing dent corn this year (double red) for fresh eating as well as making cornbread. I am pretty excited about that.
Great video. I have most of my plants out. I started squash and beans this week.
I still need to get my beans seeded. Hopefully within the next couple days. Oh, and my corn.
I am near Portland Oregon and we have a big heat wave this weekend for mothers day with multiple days in the high 80s and mid 90s. Would you suggest waiting until the heat wave is over to transplant peppers/tomatoes and direct sow squash? What is the highest temp you usually would transplant in?
I am working on gardening mine off but they are still in trays. I plan to have them in the shade if it gets as hot as it is supposed to be and then putting them in the ground just after. We are supposed to be low 80s here. I am slightly less concerned with the heat more of the bright natural light and growing root systems. For squash, I would still direct sow and water them during the heat of the day to keep the soil temps a little cooler.
Quick question! I just planted my baby lettuce plants on Sunday and now I see that next Sunday/Monday it might get up to 90 degrees?! Will my baby lettuce bolt?? Should I cover it to protect it from the sun? I have white "garden cloth" but no black "shade cloth" (yet).
This fast heating up is likely to cause many crops to bolt unfortunately but all is not lost. Make sure you are deeply watering the soil in the morning or at night (morning is better but not crucial). If you are home during the day, water a few times during the heat of the day to cool the soil/lettuce. If your lettuce patch is smaller, putting some shade over it will help, even the garden cloth, as long as there is ventilation where a breeze can move the warmer air out from under it.
I was so trying to wait till mothers day, couldn't do it. Planted everything may 1-3, (all vegetables I grew from seed) had to make extra garden beds for all seeds sprouted an I didn't have heart to throw them out.
I was worried after planting got the thunderstorms with lots of rain 🌧
So far there thriving
Before the rain is the best and now with this mini heat wave coming, your timing was perfect.
I'm curious how your onions are doing that you started from seed in the fall? I did mine for the first time and I have a few that I need to pull cuz they have started to flower.
I showed them on the April garden tour. They are doing great so far. I still need to transplant them to give them more space. I have my friends fingers crossed they don’t bolt but I don’t see signs yet.
@little roots ranch oh I must've missed that video. I'll check it out! Besides the few that have bolted the rest are doing amazing and I'm thinking I'm going to start them from seed from now on.
Think you was missing melons if I’m not mistaken
Yes!!! Doh. Yes, I totally meant to add melons. Thank you.
@@littlerootsranch Can we gow melons here? (Everett)
@@CelebrateEverything it is a little harder but doable most years. The key is to buy “personal” melon size or small ones with the shortest DTM. You need lots of sun and growing on weed fabric helps.
No, May is when I kill about half of my plants 😳
That made me chuckle. May is when everything I thought was growing well bolts. 😅😂
😂😂😂