I never thought of harvesting just single stalks of celery--what a terrific tip. Thank you! And-I have to add--I just love watching these videos. Though I have ALWAYS been hooked on gardening, I'm hoping your wonderful enthusiasm gets more people interested in gardening.
I love your videos! YOU are the ‘Go-To’ Guy for information on all things growing. Your wonderful accent and voice are encouraging and assuring to growers of all skill levels. Please, keep up the excellent work. There is not a minute wasted, in your informative videos, that’s spent on useless chitchat with endless boring nonsense. You really pack the information into your few minutes so we have to listen closely, take notes and dream of having the beautiful gardens and potted plants you show us. We love you.!
Potatoes are a must too, I harvested 2 sacks worth from 5 rows at my allotment (10 seeds a row). Those 2 sacks lasted my family from September until last week!!
@@MzMahoganyHoneyBrown I just put them inside my shed in grow bags with a plastic bag over the top that had a few holes in for ventilation. A few had started to sprout but they were still firm and good to eat
@@ELBlDu yea those type. I only stumbled across the idea because I didn't anticipate harvesting so many potatoes and had nothing on hand that would transport them home safely other than the grow bags. Once I got home I decided to leave them in my shed as there were too many to keep in my house
@@blakpuddincs Necessity is the mother of invention, lol. Makes sense, they used to store them in burlap sacks before we polluted the planet with plastic. DO you rinse and dry them prior to storing? Havent had that many yet. Seem to multiply after couple yrs in same spot.
Ah, celery, how do I love thee. I accidentally let some go to seed (very pretty lacy flowers the butterflies love) and collected it for my spice cupboard (whack it on a sheet when the flowers dry), now I have celery volunteers everywhere stray seeds bounced and rolled - makes a very attractive filler plant that I clip when still very small to flavor soups or let grow for its stalks. Now if I could only grow cream cheese to go with it...
For new gardeners the No1 top tip is grow what you like, and don’t grow anything you don’t like, 2nd top tip is grow what’s most expensive, So fruits like blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb and strawberries are expensive so growing your own makes them cheaper and more nutritious
You're such an encouraging gardener! I hope the Queen recognizes your value, because we should ALL be learning to grow our own food. The larger industry farmers cannot rely on predictable weather anymore, as we're experiencing a VERY wavy jet stream with both severe heat and severe cold. By growing our own veggies and using cold frames, hoop houses, or greenhouses, we can avoid the crop destruction that the larger farmers face and assure more food on our tables.
Sweet potatoes are super easy to grow, extremely nutritious, and keep pretty well. They can be grown all over the US, and for some reason only seem to be in the stores around the holidays, but keep for months in the basement.
I have been turning my back yard into a food forest. I started with fruit trees since they are permanent and take the longest to produce. I focused on those I like but can't find in the store, including persimmons and paw paws. I also have pears, peaches, hazelnuts, blueberries and (thornless) blackberries. Now that these have established themselves it is time to begin my raised beds with veggies and herbs. I am getting older and don't have the time or energy for a lot of gardening so I tend to focus on (plant it once) and reap the rewards, but I will have a few annual veggies and herbs just to play around with. Thanks for the tips. I will probably start with beans, strawberries, and tomatoes since I love them and they are fairly easy to grow. (yes, I have a sweet tooth and prefer fruits over vegetables - LOL) Oh, how hard is it to grow broccoli, brussel sprouts and chili peppers? I like those too. I also prefer strong flavored things like radishes and garlic so I might try them.
Good luck with your on-going food forest project. Perennial vegetables are great and there are lots of perennial alternatives to annual vegetables. Enjoy!
@@windkind - I’m trying a Rido radish this year along with other radishes. It’s a watermelon radish and apparently excellent for roasting. Love radishes!
we have a very small yard, with scattered "full" sun spots. However, every one of these plants thrives w/ limited sun. Im able to can up 35-40 jars of pasta sauce, 75 jars salsa, 24 relish, 12 Catsup, and I freeze the tomato soup, greenbeans, broccoli. cauliflower, and peppers. We get our onions/garlic to last till about March, they store best when braided and hung, at the ready in the kitchen. The potatoes are too tasty to save, they get eaten straight away. I dry the celery tops/ cilantro, parsley in the dehydrator, its great to add to soup, stews, beans and casseroles. I get so many new and great ideas from your videos, it keeps me motivated during these cold months, while mulling over next yrs seeds and getting the seed room ready again. Growing our own saves all kinds of money. Thanks for all your great info, and wishing you all the best for 2020 .
@@GrowVeg we get a lot of inspiration from you. Always timely, short and to the point., loaded with great info. Enjoying the break right now...you send these videos in time to get us all excited to go again. :)
Here, in the U.S., most of your "money savers" are also some of the "worst" at testing highest for the absorption of pesticides. That means I can grow my own and know I am eating less pesticide than if I bought them from a commercial producer (such as the local big box grocery store or chain store). I am going to adjust my garden area to grow specifically the vegetables that we really, really do eat a lot of and are known to test high in pesticide absorption: Kale/Collards, Lettuce, Blueberries, Potatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers, Grapes, Peaches, Strawberries, Celery, and Apples are on most of the various "lists" out about this topic. I am trying to get away from growing "trendy' things that are "cool" to grow and really focus on what I use the most in a given year.
Good point, hadn't thought of the pesticide angle. My motivation to grow my own has been taste. Just ate some home grown roast parsnips - far superior to shop/store bought.
That's a great idea Pat. Growing your own is a lot safer from that perspective - you know EXACTLY what's gone into your food and can eat and enjoy it with a clear conscience.
Not only does this save you money, it allows you to determine what you are eating. If you don't want pesticides and chemicals you don't have to use them. Something that wasn't mentioned was that when you have extra produce and no time to can, freeze or dehydrate you can give it to friends and family or list it for sale. I make a few extra dollars selling plants in the spring and then extra produce all summer long.
Really good list, thank you! This video made me hungry 😊 For a good few years I have been to slow when it comes to getting myself those raspberry and strawberry plants. They are always gone, and the ones coming in during the autumn have looked... really bad to say the least. This year I am trying to grow my strawberry plants from seed (fingers crossed), and have placed my e-mail to be notified when the raspberries are available for sale.
Where I live we have Wild Raspberries growing everywhere!! Each year we grow: Radishes, Tomatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers, and Zucchini. Some years we will grow: Bush Beans, Cucumbers, and Onions. We did try growing Strawberries, the first year we grew 4 plants 1 died the first year, the next year we added 14 more, then the weeds overgrew them all. I do not know if I will try Strawberries again this year or wait until next year to try them again. Once every few years we will grow Sweat Corn, Potatoes, Watermelon, and Cantelope if we have the time and our rototiller works.
Mother nature doesn't like open soil, so those weeds spring up for a good reason - just get in there first with straw mulch between the plants, or grow a cover crop like white clover - both will suppress weeds and cover the soil, keeping moisture in and helping keep the soil life happy!. Sell the rototiller - it's probably part of the reason you have so many weeds! - search youtube for Charles Dowding no till method. We haven't dug our beds for four years! Much easier gardening and great results. Have a great growing season!
I hate weeding, and it is actually quite painful now that I am getting older. For strawberries try planting them in baskets. I saw a gutter system years ago and tried that, and it involves more watering and compost tea than it was worth. I did pick up some trough type planters at the local dollar store and made boxes to hold them on the railing of the porch and grow my berries in them now. It works pretty well. I keep the runners and replant them when the plants are 4 years old. I give away the runners to friends and family when I don't need them to replant the boxes. I have been told my plants will keep producing after 4 years, but I don't keep laying hens longer than 2 years even though they will keep laying either.
Thank you for this list! I grew up eating fresh veggies from the garden and I think that's part of why I love them. I think more people would enjoy veggies if they were to have the superior taste of home grown :)
Absolutely love this video. I've grown tomatoes and bell peppers, new to everything else. I hope to learn to grow these vegetables you covered here. Thank you 😊❤️
I’m waiting for someone, cough cough, to do a video solely about beans: runner, climbing, broad, fave, French, string, bush, etc…. The nature and characteristics of beans and how and where they grow, along with whether or not pods are edible would be nice too. I think that, because beans are such a staple for experienced gardeners, people in the know forget that we mere mortals don’t have a bean lexicon or catalogue at our fingertips. Research isn’t that difficult but I rather enjoy your presentations, so I’m hoping a bean exposé might be on the books. 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍❤️👍🇨🇦👍❤️
Hi Frances. Thanks for the suggestion - it's a good one. It would be helpful to have a whistlestop tour of all beans in one place like that. In the meantime do check out our video on beans (French and runner): ruclips.net/video/KMZttDZLNds/видео.html as well as our video on bean supports: ruclips.net/video/QSplh97MNA4/видео.html We're going to be putting out a video on growing broad/fava beans in the autumn.
I planted 2 celery plants 3 years ago, and they grow, flower, & die back, then they start growing again from the roots & I find babies in odd places from the seeds falling as I carry the stems to the compost bin. I harvest some seeds for cooking & gifts. So, they have been a perennial in that spot. I just clean them up in fall by removing obviously spent stems, and add some compost to feed the soil. This is in Portland, Oregon.
Another way to add value is by planting crops used in expensive foods. Basil for pesto (freezes well) and salsa (water-bath can) ingredients come to mind. Organic versions of these in the grocery store are $$$. Instead of celery, we plant cutting celery, a celery-flavored parsley. The flavorful leaves dry well and get crumbled into soup, egg salad, etc. all winter. We chop, dry and pulverize the fibrous green leaves of leeks for a similar purpose. We grow stevia in pots (and overwinter the pots indoors) for a supply of sweetener. Just crumble one dried leaf into a cup of tea. We totally agree about the value of berries and herbs. Finally, consider flowers that dry well (strawflowers, statice, pearly everlasting, immortelle, baby's breath, Chinese lanterns, to name a few). No, you do not eat these. Instead, make a supply of almost-free bouquets and wreaths to use for gifts (thank-you's, birthdays, get-well, hostess, etc.) that are unique and always appreciated.
Well, that wasn't what I thought it would be! All the leafy things we eat regularly and organic is reasonable priced (in the UK main s'markets I think (£1 each for whole cucumber, bag of spinach, celery, 2 little gem lettuce etc (Tesco)). But because we eat a lot, growing them would obviously save us money. Something we do eat a lot of and I thought of as the biggest money saver is blueberries (you mentioned soft fruits (100% agree) ) and asparagus when in season. I grew spaghetti squash last year as you can't buy it in the UK and it's a frequent pasta substitute in spag bol in American recipes. Food miles is another factor for growing our own. Food for thought quite literally; thank you.
My garden is full of slugs, they have eaten all my winter greens, we find them in our fennel as well, last year they burrowed into all our potatoes, when we dug them up there were at least three in each tuber. It makes you wonder if it’s all worth it lol.
The year before last I used Nemasys nematodes on brassica and salad beds with good success. Last year because I was away a lot I didn't and the slimy beggars ruined a lot of stuff. The nematodes seem expensive, but if you work out how much you lose they aren't really.
Honestly I do a slug hunt when it gets dark for a few nights in a row and you'd be surprised how quickly you can reduce numbers! Damp nights are the best call. Go out with a torch and a bucket and pair of gloves if you must and it'll totally help ^^
Nematodes are very effective and organic but yea, expensive. -. Plus after it rains you usually need to reapply the solution. Wishing you guys luck with your slug hunting!
May be obvious but trimming back bushes in the winter and raking up leaves near the veg beds are an easy way of getting rid of their hiding places. You can also leave large flat stones/ tiles/ slabs dotted around the beds for the slugs to crawl under and just check under there daily and you'll find some hide-aways.
I'd add potatoes too, they're reaaally easy to grow and you can even grow them in pots :) My top 3 easy and money saving crops woudl definitely be courgettes, strawberries and potatoes!
@@coleweede1953 Yes, and super productive from the start! If you want 4 courgettes in your garden, you won't have to sew 10 pots in the hope to have enough. 5 seeds and you're almost certain to get the amount you wanted. Love it!
@@lepotagerdetakima313 in my experience I only get between 3 and 5 times the amount of potatoes from what I planted. That's really small and doesn't always feel worth the effort.
Potatoes are horrendously prone to blight , to be honest we've only had a crop 1 year in 3 where we are so I think if you are going to grow them talk to some of the growers round you about how frequently do they potato blight before planting.
Hello GrowVeg! I've recently started a veggie garden, and I have a question... Do you need to harden of snap peas before transplanting outside? If so, please respond soon. Thank You🙏
Any vegetable (even hardy, cold-season vegetables) will need to be hardened off before planting outside, if they have come from a warmer, under cover area. This is to get them used to not just the change in temperature, but also the change in light levels and wind. So while snap peas are generally quite hardy, a week of hardening off is advisable before planting them.
Most of these are in mind for our gardening ambitions - we're planning a bunch starting from only previous failures here and very limited successes before we moved. Any recommendations for things to grow in only partially sunny areas? We have a lot of tree cover over our yards. It's zone 5 (central NYS) with clay-heavy soil. (We also have composting plans/ambitions, but can't count on much result this year yet.) Some mushroom cultivation may occupy some of the shadiest areas, but we've got plenty space with more sun than it should need but less sun than the sun-thirstiest plants do.
No. They tend to be available from early summer to autumn, at least in a more temperate climate. Start with early varieties, then maincrop varieties, which between them will help to ensure a longer season.
Hi Kristina. You can decide, when you start a plan, whether to use feet and inches or metres as your scale. In this garden we used feet, so each full square is one foot in size, making the beds approximately 3ft wide.
Do a search for 'companion planting - there are loads of resources out there that explain which plants do best with which - using that as a guide, lay out your beds accordingly.
Yes, absolutely, so long as you ensure plants are shading others - so put the tallest crops towards the back. Fruit crops and other perennial crops are best put in a separate bed where they won't be disturbed by the comings and going of annual crops, like most vegetables.
@@homebrandrules Love your thinking but i'd miss my garden and they'd feed me food full of pesticides. Then my arthritis and migraines would return, so for me not such a great idea.:o)
I agree, it is so rewarding to grow your own fresh crops! In case anyone needs the list:
1. Leafy herbs
2. Salad leaves
3. Salad toppers (radish, scallions, etc.)
4. Beans
5. Fruiting veg (tomato, cucumber)
6. Garlic
7. Celery
8. Zucchini
9. Soft fruits (strawberries, blueberries, etc)
10. Leafy greens (chard, kale, etc)
I never thought of harvesting just single stalks of celery--what a terrific tip. Thank you!
And-I have to add--I just love watching these videos. Though I have ALWAYS been hooked on gardening, I'm hoping your wonderful enthusiasm gets more people interested in gardening.
That's what we're hoping for - we need more people to garden.
I love your videos! YOU are the ‘Go-To’ Guy for information on all things growing. Your wonderful accent and voice are encouraging and assuring to growers of all skill levels. Please, keep up the excellent work. There is not a minute wasted, in your informative videos, that’s spent on useless chitchat with endless boring nonsense. You really pack the information into your few minutes so we have to listen closely, take notes and dream of having the beautiful gardens and potted plants you show us. We love you.!
Thanks so much Elizabeth, those are lovely encouraging words. :-)
Oh it seems so looooong until spring. Can’t wait.
I'm growing each one you mentioned this year...and then some! I can't wait to get outside and get sowing in the garden!!
Potatoes are a must too, I harvested 2 sacks worth from 5 rows at my allotment (10 seeds a row). Those 2 sacks lasted my family from September until last week!!
blakpuddincs how do you store the potatoes so that they last so long, or do you keep them in the ground until you are ready to cook them?
@@MzMahoganyHoneyBrown I just put them inside my shed in grow bags with a plastic bag over the top that had a few holes in for ventilation. A few had started to sprout but they were still firm and good to eat
@@blakpuddincs are you referring to the cloth type grow bags? That is an excellent idea for when they start to wear out.
@@ELBlDu yea those type. I only stumbled across the idea because I didn't anticipate harvesting so many potatoes and had nothing on hand that would transport them home safely other than the grow bags. Once I got home I decided to leave them in my shed as there were too many to keep in my house
@@blakpuddincs Necessity is the mother of invention, lol. Makes sense, they used to store them in burlap sacks before we polluted the planet with plastic. DO you rinse and dry them prior to storing? Havent had that many yet. Seem to multiply after couple yrs in same spot.
Ah, celery, how do I love thee. I accidentally let some go to seed (very pretty lacy flowers the butterflies love) and collected it for my spice cupboard (whack it on a sheet when the flowers dry), now I have celery volunteers everywhere stray seeds bounced and rolled - makes a very attractive filler plant that I clip when still very small to flavor soups or let grow for its stalks. Now if I could only grow cream cheese to go with it...
I agree with you, I grow most of the things you have in this video at my allotment, plus you control, and know, whats in your food, you can't beat it.
For new gardeners the No1 top tip is grow what you like, and don’t grow anything you don’t like, 2nd top tip is grow what’s most expensive,
So fruits like blueberries, raspberries, rhubarb and strawberries are expensive so growing your own makes them cheaper and more nutritious
3rd tip - don't dig!
You're such an encouraging gardener! I hope the Queen recognizes your value, because we should ALL be learning to grow our own food. The larger industry farmers cannot rely on predictable weather anymore, as we're experiencing a VERY wavy jet stream with both severe heat and severe cold. By growing our own veggies and using cold frames, hoop houses, or greenhouses, we can avoid the crop destruction that the larger farmers face and assure more food on our tables.
It's like the Victory Gardens of WW2 but now the enemy is climate change.
So true!
Sweet potatoes are super easy to grow, extremely nutritious, and keep pretty well. They can be grown all over the US, and for some reason only seem to be in the stores around the holidays, but keep for months in the basement.
I have been turning my back yard into a food forest. I started with fruit trees since they are permanent and take the longest to produce. I focused on those I like but can't find in the store, including persimmons and paw paws. I also have pears, peaches, hazelnuts, blueberries and (thornless) blackberries. Now that these have established themselves it is time to begin my raised beds with veggies and herbs. I am getting older and don't have the time or energy for a lot of gardening so I tend to focus on (plant it once) and reap the rewards, but I will have a few annual veggies and herbs just to play around with. Thanks for the tips. I will probably start with beans, strawberries, and tomatoes since I love them and they are fairly easy to grow. (yes, I have a sweet tooth and prefer fruits over vegetables - LOL) Oh, how hard is it to grow broccoli, brussel sprouts and chili peppers? I like those too. I also prefer strong flavored things like radishes and garlic so I might try them.
I used to have a chili plant indoors that produced very well! I don't have a green thumb at all, so they must be easy to grow, haha ;)
Good luck with your on-going food forest project. Perennial vegetables are great and there are lots of perennial alternatives to annual vegetables. Enjoy!
Radishes are very easy to grow as well and they grow very fast, I think you'll like them. :)
Lotte Luise i tried growing radishes last year, I’m not sure what I did wrong, but they were “soft” and small. ☹️
@@windkind - I’m trying a Rido radish this year along with other radishes. It’s a watermelon radish and apparently excellent for roasting. Love radishes!
we have a very small yard, with scattered "full" sun spots. However, every one of these plants thrives w/ limited sun. Im able to can up 35-40 jars of pasta sauce, 75 jars salsa, 24 relish, 12 Catsup, and I freeze the tomato soup, greenbeans, broccoli. cauliflower, and peppers. We get our onions/garlic to last till about March, they store best when braided and hung, at the ready in the kitchen. The potatoes are too tasty to save, they get eaten straight away. I dry the celery tops/ cilantro, parsley in the dehydrator, its great to add to soup, stews, beans and casseroles. I get so many new and great ideas from your videos, it keeps me motivated during these cold months, while mulling over next yrs seeds and getting the seed room ready again. Growing our own saves all kinds of money. Thanks for all your great info, and wishing you all the best for 2020 .
It sounds like you are very resourceful and get a lot from your plot - brilliant! All the best for 2020 to you too.
@@GrowVeg we get a lot of inspiration from you. Always timely, short and to the point., loaded with great info. Enjoying the break right now...you send these videos in time to get us all excited to go again. :)
These are the best commercials I’ve ever seen. Brilliant! I get excited when there’s a new one.
Thank you. Been using your Garden Planner for 6+ months now, very useful!
Great to hear that! :-)
Also grow what you can preserve or keeps well into the winter
A good mix always helps
Great list! Grow what you really like to eat is a thrifty tip! Thanks!
Here, in the U.S., most of your "money savers" are also some of the "worst" at testing highest for the absorption of pesticides. That means I can grow my own and know I am eating less pesticide than if I bought them from a commercial producer (such as the local big box grocery store or chain store). I am going to adjust my garden area to grow specifically the vegetables that we really, really do eat a lot of and are known to test high in pesticide absorption: Kale/Collards, Lettuce, Blueberries, Potatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers, Grapes, Peaches, Strawberries, Celery, and Apples are on most of the various "lists" out about this topic. I am trying to get away from growing "trendy' things that are "cool" to grow and really focus on what I use the most in a given year.
Good point, hadn't thought of the pesticide angle. My motivation to grow my own has been taste. Just ate some home grown roast parsnips - far superior to shop/store bought.
That's a great idea Pat. Growing your own is a lot safer from that perspective - you know EXACTLY what's gone into your food and can eat and enjoy it with a clear conscience.
Growing your own is always fresher and healthier than what you can buy at the store. The taste is far superior too!
@@GoogleAccount-oe9im ie: kale and sweet potatoes
This channel is very useful because it's informative and very creative.
Not only does this save you money, it allows you to determine what you are eating. If you don't want pesticides and chemicals you don't have to use them. Something that wasn't mentioned was that when you have extra produce and no time to can, freeze or dehydrate you can give it to friends and family or list it for sale. I make a few extra dollars selling plants in the spring and then extra produce all summer long.
Your voice is amazing 😭
Really good list, thank you! This video made me hungry 😊
For a good few years I have been to slow when it comes to getting myself those raspberry and strawberry plants. They are always gone, and the ones coming in during the autumn have looked... really bad to say the least. This year I am trying to grow my strawberry plants from seed (fingers crossed), and have placed my e-mail to be notified when the raspberries are available for sale.
Sounds like you're getting everything lined up and ready - good luck with the new growing season. :-)
Good Man, I like your style and wisdom about gardening
Cheers for that Michael, very much appreciated!
Where I live we have Wild Raspberries growing everywhere!! Each year we grow: Radishes, Tomatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers, and Zucchini. Some years we will grow: Bush Beans, Cucumbers, and Onions. We did try growing Strawberries, the first year we grew 4 plants 1 died the first year, the next year we added 14 more, then the weeds overgrew them all. I do not know if I will try Strawberries again this year or wait until next year to try them again. Once every few years we will grow Sweat Corn, Potatoes, Watermelon, and Cantelope if we have the time and our rototiller works.
Mother nature doesn't like open soil, so those weeds spring up for a good reason - just get in there first with straw mulch between the plants, or grow a cover crop like white clover - both will suppress weeds and cover the soil, keeping moisture in and helping keep the soil life happy!. Sell the rototiller - it's probably part of the reason you have so many weeds! - search youtube for Charles Dowding no till method. We haven't dug our beds for four years! Much easier gardening and great results. Have a great growing season!
I hate weeding, and it is actually quite painful now that I am getting older. For strawberries try planting them in baskets. I saw a gutter system years ago and tried that, and it involves more watering and compost tea than it was worth. I did pick up some trough type planters at the local dollar store and made boxes to hold them on the railing of the porch and grow my berries in them now. It works pretty well. I keep the runners and replant them when the plants are 4 years old. I give away the runners to friends and family when I don't need them to replant the boxes. I have been told my plants will keep producing after 4 years, but I don't keep laying hens longer than 2 years even though they will keep laying either.
Thank you for this list! I grew up eating fresh veggies from the garden and I think that's part of why I love them. I think more people would enjoy veggies if they were to have the superior taste of home grown :)
I loved this video.
Thank you very much
Absolutely love this video. I've grown tomatoes and bell peppers, new to everything else. I hope to learn to grow these vegetables you covered here. Thank you 😊❤️
You're very welcome. :-)
Great video.... Thanks for all that you share.
I’m waiting for someone, cough cough, to do a video solely about beans: runner, climbing, broad, fave, French, string, bush, etc…. The nature and characteristics of beans and how and where they grow, along with whether or not pods are edible would be nice too. I think that, because beans are such a staple for experienced gardeners, people in the know forget that we mere mortals don’t have a bean lexicon or catalogue at our fingertips. Research isn’t that difficult but I rather enjoy your presentations, so I’m hoping a bean exposé might be on the books. 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍❤️👍🇨🇦👍❤️
Hi Frances. Thanks for the suggestion - it's a good one. It would be helpful to have a whistlestop tour of all beans in one place like that. In the meantime do check out our video on beans (French and runner): ruclips.net/video/KMZttDZLNds/видео.html as well as our video on bean supports: ruclips.net/video/QSplh97MNA4/видео.html We're going to be putting out a video on growing broad/fava beans in the autumn.
Such a great list. Celery is one I’ve never tried growing before. Think I’ll give it a go this year!
I planted 2 celery plants 3 years ago, and they grow, flower, & die back, then they start growing again from the roots & I find babies in odd places from the seeds falling as I carry the stems to the compost bin. I harvest some seeds for cooking & gifts. So, they have been a perennial in that spot. I just clean them up in fall by removing obviously spent stems, and add some compost to feed the soil. This is in Portland, Oregon.
I'd love for you to make a video about growing celery from seed to harvest
Thanks for the suggestion Andrew. I'll put it down on our list of video ideas for our next content planning meeting.
Sweet peppers,garlic,toms,kale,rasps,blueberries,strawbs,elephant garlic,blackcurrants and gooseberries are my 10. 😊
Love elephant garlic!
Another way to add value is by planting crops used in expensive foods. Basil for pesto (freezes well) and salsa (water-bath can) ingredients come to mind. Organic versions of these in the grocery store are $$$.
Instead of celery, we plant cutting celery, a celery-flavored parsley. The flavorful leaves dry well and get crumbled into soup, egg salad, etc. all winter. We chop, dry and pulverize the fibrous green leaves of leeks for a similar purpose.
We grow stevia in pots (and overwinter the pots indoors) for a supply of sweetener. Just crumble one dried leaf into a cup of tea.
We totally agree about the value of berries and herbs.
Finally, consider flowers that dry well (strawflowers, statice, pearly everlasting, immortelle, baby's breath, Chinese lanterns, to name a few). No, you do not eat these. Instead, make a supply of almost-free bouquets and wreaths to use for gifts (thank-you's, birthdays, get-well, hostess, etc.) that are unique and always appreciated.
Thanks for sharing there. Like the idea of home-grown sweetners with stevia.
Excellent video! I'm going to follow every tip😊
Timely post thank you.
Great episode!
Really informative video - many thanks 🙂
Wieder ein informatives Video 👍
Well, that wasn't what I thought it would be! All the leafy things we eat regularly and organic is reasonable priced (in the UK main s'markets I think (£1 each for whole cucumber, bag of spinach, celery, 2 little gem lettuce etc (Tesco)). But because we eat a lot, growing them would obviously save us money. Something we do eat a lot of and I thought of as the biggest money saver is blueberries (you mentioned soft fruits (100% agree) ) and asparagus when in season. I grew spaghetti squash last year as you can't buy it in the UK and it's a frequent pasta substitute in spag bol in American recipes. Food miles is another factor for growing our own. Food for thought quite literally; thank you.
Food for thought indeed!
love your vids :) you seem so passionate about gardening!
Happy New Year!
My garden is full of slugs, they have eaten all my winter greens, we find them in our fennel as well, last year they burrowed into all our potatoes, when we dug them up there were at least three in each tuber. It makes you wonder if it’s all worth it lol.
The year before last I used Nemasys nematodes on brassica and salad beds with good success. Last year because I was away a lot I didn't and the slimy beggars ruined a lot of stuff. The nematodes seem expensive, but if you work out how much you lose they aren't really.
Honestly I do a slug hunt when it gets dark for a few nights in a row and you'd be surprised how quickly you can reduce numbers! Damp nights are the best call. Go out with a torch and a bucket and pair of gloves if you must and it'll totally help ^^
Nematodes are very effective and organic but yea, expensive. -. Plus after it rains you usually need to reapply the solution. Wishing you guys luck with your slug hunting!
May be obvious but trimming back bushes in the winter and raking up leaves near the veg beds are an easy way of getting rid of their hiding places. You can also leave large flat stones/ tiles/ slabs dotted around the beds for the slugs to crawl under and just check under there daily and you'll find some hide-aways.
I use BEER TRAPS using Tuna can or catfood can. Works great.
I'd add potatoes too, they're reaaally easy to grow and you can even grow them in pots :) My top 3 easy and money saving crops woudl definitely be courgettes, strawberries and potatoes!
They are cheap to buy tho
@@coleweede1953 Yes, and super productive from the start! If you want 4 courgettes in your garden, you won't have to sew 10 pots in the hope to have enough. 5 seeds and you're almost certain to get the amount you wanted. Love it!
@@lepotagerdetakima313 in my experience I only get between 3 and 5 times the amount of potatoes from what I planted. That's really small and doesn't always feel worth the effort.
Potatoes are horrendously prone to blight , to be honest we've only had a crop 1 year in 3 where we are so I think if you are going to grow them talk to some of the growers round you about how frequently do they potato blight before planting.
Thank you.
Excellent !!
Great list!
Malabar Spinach and Sweet Potatoes also will feed you for a very long time
Ah, we're back to sensible. Thank goodness no Blue Peter Homework this week... eggshells etc. Great video thanks.
Cheers for that Kevin!
Great video..
Hello GrowVeg! I've recently started a veggie garden, and I have a question... Do you need to harden of snap peas before transplanting outside? If so, please respond soon. Thank You🙏
Any vegetable (even hardy, cold-season vegetables) will need to be hardened off before planting outside, if they have come from a warmer, under cover area. This is to get them used to not just the change in temperature, but also the change in light levels and wind. So while snap peas are generally quite hardy, a week of hardening off is advisable before planting them.
Only taking one stick of celery at a time feels like some sort of cheat code. 😂 I never understood why they force us to buy so much of it.
It is superbly convenient harvested like this! :-)
very helpful
Most of these are in mind for our gardening ambitions - we're planning a bunch starting from only previous failures here and very limited successes before we moved. Any recommendations for things to grow in only partially sunny areas? We have a lot of tree cover over our yards. It's zone 5 (central NYS) with clay-heavy soil. (We also have composting plans/ambitions, but can't count on much result this year yet.)
Some mushroom cultivation may occupy some of the shadiest areas, but we've got plenty space with more sun than it should need but less sun than the sun-thirstiest plants do.
Check out our video on crops to grow in the shade/part-shade: ruclips.net/video/Fo6wr1Dfit4/видео.html
Do potatoes grow all month's of the year? I.E can be picked al year for eating?
No. They tend to be available from early summer to autumn, at least in a more temperate climate. Start with early varieties, then maincrop varieties, which between them will help to ensure a longer season.
looks at $160 worth of gear on the porch
"saving money, eh at least i only have to get these once"
my wife: falls over
It's a wise investment though - you'll save money in the long run ;-)
How many of these can grow in the Caribbean??
I would imagine most, but the leafy greens, salads and herbs will fare best in the shade rather than the heat of the direct sun.
Herbs
Definitely various herbs
You use very little at at a time, at the store you need to buy more than you need.
Better to grow yourself.
Have you ever seen a single pollinator on the Marigold ?
Yes, absolutely.
What's the crop planner you using in this video please?
It's called the Garden Planner and is available at: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
What is the scale of your illustration? It looks like your beds are 7x15? What does one square represent?
Hi Kristina. You can decide, when you start a plan, whether to use feet and inches or metres as your scale. In this garden we used feet, so each full square is one foot in size, making the beds approximately 3ft wide.
What variety are your green beans with the red blossoms?
They look like scarlet runner beans. In my garden, they also attract pollinators and hummingbirds.
I believe they were probably 'Scarlet Emperor' or something very similar. A very reliable variety.
Can you grow them all in the same bed
Do a search for 'companion planting - there are loads of resources out there that explain which plants do best with which - using that as a guide, lay out your beds accordingly.
Yes, absolutely, so long as you ensure plants are shading others - so put the tallest crops towards the back. Fruit crops and other perennial crops are best put in a separate bed where they won't be disturbed by the comings and going of annual crops, like most vegetables.
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U missed saying making zucchini bread
Yes - a great way of using them up.
You forgot the best one
MARAJUANA !!!!!!!!!!!!!! $
and prison for us in europe LOL
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And what does prison equal?
Free food, therefor indirectly marajuana BECOMES EVEN MORE VALUABLE !!!
@@homebrandrules Love your thinking but i'd miss my garden and they'd feed me food full of pesticides. Then my arthritis and migraines would return, so for me not such a great idea.:o)
@@laboutinais9184
Fair enough. But only if u got caught. I think I heard the marajuana products help with such ailments as arthuritis etc.
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Ostro!
Szkoda tylko, że ten program jest bardzo drogi...
Ale może zaoszczędzić dużo pieniędzy!
No 1 crop. Ganja.
Great video and thank you for sharing!