What an amazing future garden and plans for the first couple! Such a great backyard for putting in raised beds. It will be so good for kids to grow up with garden boxes. Connecting the beds with trellises is genius and I can just envision walking underneath those during the summer when leaves cover them like an arbor! We have a very tiny backyard so vertical gardening /small space gardening is my route. When I was around 8-10, my dad got very concerned about Y2K and I remember looking through his books about homesteading, and I knew that one day I wanted to grow my own food and be self sufficient. While I’m not in a position to raise goats or chickens like my father had wanted to, back in Y2K, but I can certainly start small with containers and small garden beds 🌿💚
A lot of places only allow their members to have Spring/Summer gardens. Once Summer ends, they start shifting into shutting things down for the winter months, so members have to begin clearing out their plots and packing things away. It’s like that at my community garden, although I save removing the last of my garden plants until the very last moment to give them more time to finish growing. I do everything else but that, sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t The first couple should probably leave a bit of space for their dog to use as a ‘bathroom area’ and train him/her to only go there… The second couple should check and see what flowers are there first before trying to locate them, some types of flowers are eatable do they could have a mix of herbs and eatable flowers The guy in the fourth video could probably put in a glass or plexiglass greenhouse so he can do some prep work in there and maybe extend his growing season even into the winter.
Gaia's garden is a book I want. This year I'm hoping for 100% of my plant based needs growing on my property. My garden of annuals won't grow much more. But my forest garden will be forever growing and evolving. The forest garden and sharing plants with local gardeners is my input to be part of the solution.
This is so great to see so many people getting right into been more sufficient in what they eat and do . I have been working on this for the last 3 years and have learned a lot from you and many other channels I’ve had failures and learned how to fix the issues , eg: carrots and beets had no luck with them than I learned about growing them in bags and nearly every seed has germinated same soil but it is working so can’t complain and I’m so happy that I can finally grow them since we use a lot of them . Every week I learn more and more , while it is hard work at times it is so wonderful seeing my kitchen benches full of things I have grown .
We are growing potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, butternut squash, cabbage, broad beans and peas. We have a very small garden, but we pack as much in as we can. We only grow what we eat. If I were to try too many varieties I would just become overwhelmed. but as we learn and get better we will gradually introduce different things. We live in the north west of England UK so frosts last until May here. The weather can prove quite challenging but that does not deter us. Happy gardening and thanks for all the wonderful ideas and tips.
Hi Samantha, Nice to know that others in the UK subscribe to this channel too. How much vertical horticulture do you do, and do you have any tips to max that out. Potatoes in tubs (I use bins with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage), cabbages and lettuce will (apparently) regrow additional heads, if you harvest the first head, but leave the rootstock in the ground. Not tried that myself, have you, and did it work???
@@dandycat2204 hi 👋 I grow potatoes and carrots in the potato grow sacks and everything else in raised beds. My lettuce only really lasted a couple of months just by picking a few leaves at a time. I grow peas and beans together supported by bamboo canes like I do with the tomatoes. Sadly the last two years crops have been pretty dismal. But my German shepherds think they are gardeners which doesn’t help. I’m still quite new to it so I’ve a lot to learn. I’m thinking of purchasing the square foot gardening book I think that will be very useful for my tiny garden, have you heard if the book too. It’s highly recommended.
What I like with this challenge is it's using something a lot of preppers may have bought and havent used yet, so if they do this now, they will get some experience in before they're forced to rely on it in a situation where they only get one shot to get ti right. Many Blessings XD
@@TheProvidentPrepper Not bad, looking forward to spring, gathering info on the options for the move to NH, people are calming down up here a bit after the whole convoy thing, but gov't has some internet censorship bill proposed, gas is @ 1.70/L so @ 6.46 /gal Cdn @ $ 5.16 US/G give or take. Oh Yeah, dried meat is @ 10 mos and still good, will be getting some mylar bags next month, so putting some of it up in there for really long term storage. I only like making it in the warmer months cause of the humidity it gives off cooking that much ground beef at one time. How are things down there, looks like its going to be a good garden season for you^^.
Terrific video, thank you Jonathan and Kylene. Great planning and preparation. Love the artwork. Glad to see the WWIII Provident Preppers hard at work. Happy trails!
I wanted to do cabbage, lettuce, and a couple others. Went to my local garden supply store and they were soooo helpful - the season for cabbage and lettuce is coming to an end. They gave me paperwork out the wahzoo on what to grow and when.
My work gave me 3 filing cabinets I’m taking the drawers out and converting them into raised beds. Went to the library and checked out a bunch of gardening books to read and I’m learning how to grow grains.
Totally excited for this! Have been planning to start a garden this year! Put a fence around my back yard in Middle Tennessee. Now to get beds! Thank you Provident Preppers!!!
First time here. Have have just finished the process of stripping so many pallets for my beds. Today I am going to measure up and then build the boxes, and then to build our chicken coup. I’m so excited but also very nervous about doing things right. My family and I really just want to be self sufficient moving forward. Pretty confident I’ll manage a good harvest this season 🙏🏽❤️ This really also helps with my mental health as I am a hands on person and just love doing outdoorsy things. Thank you so much for your advice. Stay bless you beautiful beings ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have a tiny garden, but have doubled my beds this year. Wont grow much, but every little helps. Corn, potatoes, broad beans, garlic and onions mainly.
Love the story board idea. Gives you a great visual of what you can do in the garden and what you actually did in the garden. 👍👍 Good luck to the families and their expanded gardens. I wish you all a bountiful harvest.
Great video!! Love seeing other families and what they are planning in their gardens. I think you have really encouraged and challenged a lot of people, I know I am challenging myself to do more in the garden. We have some challenges of our own, but we will work around them. Thanks again. Liz
My 5 year old grandson is the same with the berries! My granddaughter(7) loves growing seeds of any kind. They're moving back to NY in April and I can't wait to play in the garden with them.
Got my farmers seed vault and im kinda super excited about it. Ive been thumbing through them all and getting excited to plant more. It even has the micro greens. 👍
It was super interesting to see how you plan your garden bed layout on paper, and to see the other 3 family's plans and ideas for their yards! Besides raised beds out in the yard, you can also use plastic storage totes with holes poked in the bottom to grow on hardscape like patios or pool decks. Great video!
I'm a renter, so I can't do as much as I'd like (i.e. till the entire yard 🤣). But this year I've doubled the size of my garden bed, created wire covers to keep the neighbor's cats out 😡, and I'm getting creative about adding plants in the yard like corn for a privacy fence and tea herbs for pollinators. If I plant it, I want it to sustain my family. I'm also direct sowing from seeds this year instead of buying plants.
I enjoyed this video so so much & im so looking forward to the challenge. I think we will try it too. We’re adding a couple extra beds today and we already have five. We’ve started an in ground garden, bought several berry bushes and canes and are potting those up, and we also bought several fruit trees and potted those up to plant in the fall. Thanks so much for sharing this
Pink tip greasy beans. Potatoes, lots of onions. Corn, tomatoes. Cucumbers, radishes, mustard greens, pumpkins, carrots, parsnips,zucchini, beets, cantaloupe watermelon. Going to try herbs this year. Already have apple and cherry trees, Concord grapes, wild black raspberries and blackberries. Will try chickens this year. We have beef cattle too
@@TheProvidentPrepper they are a little rare and they are a green bean. Very meaty. Sometimes called purple tip and they are heirloom. I usually grow white half runner green beans too.
The seed box looks interesting.... I've been hobby gardening for over a decade. I'm in Riverside County in S. Calif, a low desert. Something new for me is potatoes in 10 gallon buckets from the hydroponic store. Old stand-bys that take our Summers are yard long beans, butternut squash, basil, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers. For Fall and Winter: short day onions, brocolli, peas, cilantro and parsley, and root crops... Bell peppers and a few determinate tomatoes. My changes this year... Nix tomatoes that don't like our climate. Instead, do tumeric, ginger, 1 or 2 cherry tomatoes ( determinant tomatoes planted in June/July for Fall). Trying a mixed melon patch. Some years they're great, other times not.
I so miss southern gardening, zone 9. 🥰😥 I am living in zone 4-5a. It is quite a learning curve. 😳 I have a new greenhouse, and we have just installed the shelves for seed starting. I can't wait to get things growing. The long winters up here drive me nuts.😑
Thank you so much for always sharing great info! Perfect timing as we are getting our seeds started and garden planning. I’m so excited to expand my growing area this year!
The only time I grow something I'm not usually interested in eating is when it benefits the plants they're next to or benefits the soil. If I have any harvest that won't be eaten it is all given away to folks who would enjoy it.
i am, as usual waffling. as some of you may know we are trying to move, and i am leery of putting in the work to re establish a garden here if we may literally be moving in a month. but given the housing market right now we... may not be moving this year. it creates quite a lot of guesswork. i am trying to stick to container gardening in the hopes that if we get a new place soon i can just move the containers...
I’m in a very similar situation. I’ve decided to wait until I move to do anything more than a few containers. I’m getting an organic fruit and veg box delivered each week for now so fingers crossed that continues to be as reliable and abundant as it has been so far. It’s really tricky isn’t it! If everything falls apart I can grow sprouts and set up my kratky hydroponic system, but I’d really rather not have that clutter out when trying to get the house ready to sell! I probably am short of seeds though. I have some, but it might be a good idea to build up my stash a bit, just to be on the safe side.
A less known seed catalogue is Berlin Seeds out of Berlin Ohio. (Amish country). They have a TON of tips in their catalog. They do not venture out on varieties too much but do have some great info. No website. Phone only to get a catalog.
@@oldschooljeremy8124 Depends on the individual church, and usually yes for business purposes. Also may be co run by Mennonite families who do not have the same level of restrictions.
I've started over 400 seeds to ensure germination, which is going good so far, but now I'm afraid I won't have enough garden space to plant them, so I'm ordering a bunch of grow bags! Lol
I live in the CO Rocky Mountains at 8600'. Sadly, my first garden last year yielded 5 tomatoes (from 50 plants), 0 green peppers, 0 cucumbers, 25 spaghetti squash, three Brussels sprouts, 30 yellow squash, 3 pumpkins (very small), some spinach and lettuce, 4 strawberries (45 plants), 0 onions, 0 garlic, some cilantro, 4-2" broccoli heads, beautiful sunflowers, but the bugs got to them before we did, 10 lbs potatoes, 0 basil, 0 oregano, 0 cabbage, 10 green beans (voles got the rest) 20 snow peas (voles got the rest), and 10 zucchinis (from 30 plants). I was out there in the hot sun for 1-2 hours daily weeding and sweating and the weeds kept on coming. So disappointing. This after we had our dirt tested and we amended it, used organic fertilizers, etc. Not worth the blood, sweat, and tears,(and $$$ we spent on fertilizers, 8' fencing, etc.) so for this year, I'm not doing a garden. That was a LOT of work for little yield. However, I am in contact with a restaurant food supplier and we are getting LOTS of veggies and fruits from him and processing them. If anyone out there is having success at 8600' and above please let me know how you are doing it! Thanks!
@@kathys9786 I suspect that your nights are pretty cold, even in summer, right? Actually everything you listed (that didn't work or worked poorly) is about heat-loving plants. You would probably have been better off with greenhouses. You can also protect your treasures better against pests in them.
I have to say this is a timely video. I've had some seeds that germinated nicely a couple of weeks back but I've honestly been too lazy to put them in the garden so this motivated me to get moving. Here in Australia we're getting close to winter season so it's all brassicas for us. Broccoli, kale, and brussel sprouts went in as well as some giant leeks. It's not a lot, but we're in a rental property and only have a very small area to grow in. But I have some standing pots that I'm going to be putting some thyme, basil and dill in, and another standing pot that I'm going to put perpetual spinach in to supplement our greens over the coming months. There's such a massive sense of satisfaction and achievement when you put something on the plate that you grew yourself.
Thanks so much! Could you touch base later in the growing season with updates on how your guests are doing? I always start out strong and then insect infestations ruin my crops. Except for tomatoes, my gardens don't produce much. I'm really going try to be successful this year! I live in Iowa by the way. Thanks again for all you do!!
Hi. Great idea. I’ll have to go back and watch the other video. Question about Gaia’s Garden. Does it say plant such and such in March or does it say to plant in Spring? I’m in Australia so the months are different. Yes I can convert it if it says the month, but when you have some Australian books and some American books it gets annoying. We also don’t do zones like you do so that gets tricky to convert.
This was very informative.. I’m new to watching your videos so I’m planning on doing a little binge watching the next few days.. unfortunately I have some flour in my freezer but I did wrap it up in freezer paper first then put it in a hefty ziplock bag.. is there anything I should look for to ensure there is no risk of botulism? Also, I’ve never bought Mylar bags, is there a recommended guide for 5lb bags of flour , rice , beans, etc? thank you for the helpful information 🙏🏽
Thank you for showing those gardens. I really enjoyed it, and it gave me some good ideas! This will be my first year growing a garden and I’m a bit nervous. How do you keep plants from scorching in the hot summer heat? Also, is there a good reference for tearing out grass to plant gardens? We’re hoping to get rid of most of our patchy grass while doing some xeriscaping and gardening.
You can buy sun screen mesh fabric. My peppers were getting scorched last year but they were in 10 gallon grow bags so I just dragged them under the side of a tree shadow so they got less of the hottest sun of the day.
Looks like I’m going to have to reseed and start over I germinated some tomato plants they all got up about 2 inches high I had them in egg crate so I transferred them to solo cups I bought very good soil for containers that has all the fertilizer nutritions in it than I even bought a little fertilizer for tomatoes to put in the soil and they’re dying in my house I think it’s my LED lights I have on him then I don’t have a sunny window and it’s still too coldTo put them outside so so far they’re dying but I really think it has something to do with my LED lights
Maybe the fertilizer was too much too early. I used to not be able to grow tomatoes. I think it's because I was using potting soil that had fertilizer in it and not a seed starting mix. Last year my tomatoes did great because I used a seed starting mix.
Do not poke your tomato plants until the first pair of true leaves have formed. Place the plants in absolutely unfertilized soil. They will not tolerate normal potting soil and fertilizer until they are big and strong enough to be transplanted into a large container.
Do you have advice for how you grow potatoes? What do you add to the whole before you add the tater sprout, If anything? I've yet to grow successful taters.
@@Undercoverbooks yes, but dehydrated loses taste unless kept cold and dark, pickled in vinegar sugar takes lids, freezers only hold so much. Granted, better than nothing though, but please consider your spaces for storage too. To freeze you either need plastic stackable containers or ziplock bags. Get them now, they too may get scarce. When I would keep just part of my blueberries frozen, give away a lot, and can a lot, it still took up a huge portion of my freezer and I put them in ziplock type bags. It's very important to think about space plus what you will need most for energy in winter. Frozen broccoli may give vitamins, but beef, butter, nuts will provide more energy, for example.
@@garyc.foster1132 so, have you found they seal about as good or as well as Ball lids? I've seen mixed reviews online, most saying too many seal failures.
@@kayfr3841 All true. I have two large chest freezers, one for just the strawberries and other fruit, and one for everything else. I bottle a lot, and there' always root cellaring, but I also dehydrate carrots, onions, cabbage, zucchini, herbs, etc. I find they rehydrate just fine in soups and stews, and they don't require new lids. You can also powder them to use in soups and breads, etc. And dried pears, plums, and cherries are a family favourite for snacking. I'm planning to build a greenhouse at some point to extend the season, as fresh from the garden is always best.
I mean this is great for supplementing your diet, right, but given how low-calorie most vegetables are how could you ever live on what you can grow unless you have a fairly large amount of land under cultivation? Not sure slow starvation is that much better than fast starvation...
The problem is all of the people in the apartments that overlook the backyard. In a real SHTF scenario, how long before people steal everything or take it from them. Everyone in those buildings behind them will know where to get food.
Before even watching the video (which I am sure will be of your usual high quality and great interest)... I really feel you should not be seeking to jump on the usual RUclips hysteria about WW3. We are preppers. We prep for the coming calamity. If we were not preppers we would not be watching you. Let's all calm down, keep it real... And not pander to the insanity. Blessings.
Escalatory, inflammatory ‘WWIII’ rhetoric for the RUclips views smh. RESPONSIBLE people know the real danger we face and don’t try to capitalize on what would be an incalculable tragedy.
What an amazing future garden and plans for the first couple! Such a great backyard for putting in raised beds. It will be so good for kids to grow up with garden boxes. Connecting the beds with trellises is genius and I can just envision walking underneath those during the summer when leaves cover them like an arbor!
We have a very tiny backyard so vertical gardening /small space gardening is my route.
When I was around 8-10, my dad got very concerned about Y2K and I remember looking through his books about homesteading, and I knew that one day I wanted to grow my own food and be self sufficient. While I’m not in a position to raise goats or chickens like my father had wanted to, back in Y2K, but I can certainly start small with containers and small garden beds 🌿💚
A lot of places only allow their members to have Spring/Summer gardens. Once Summer ends, they start shifting into shutting things down for the winter months, so members have to begin clearing out their plots and packing things away.
It’s like that at my community garden, although I save removing the last of my garden plants until the very last moment to give them more time to finish growing. I do everything else but that, sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t
The first couple should probably leave a bit of space for their dog to use as a ‘bathroom area’ and train him/her to only go there…
The second couple should check and see what flowers are there first before trying to locate them, some types of flowers are eatable do they could have a mix of herbs and eatable flowers
The guy in the fourth video could probably put in a glass or plexiglass greenhouse so he can do some prep work in there and maybe extend his growing season even into the winter.
Gaia's garden is a book I want.
This year I'm hoping for 100% of my plant based needs growing on my property.
My garden of annuals won't grow much more. But my forest garden will be forever growing and evolving.
The forest garden and sharing plants with local gardeners is my input to be part of the solution.
This is so great to see so many people getting right into been more sufficient in what they eat and do .
I have been working on this for the last 3 years and have learned a lot from you and many other channels I’ve had failures and learned how to fix the issues , eg: carrots and beets had no luck with them than I learned about growing them in bags and nearly every seed has germinated same soil but it is working so can’t complain and I’m so happy that I can finally grow them since we use a lot of them .
Every week I learn more and more , while it is hard work at times it is so wonderful seeing my kitchen benches full of things I have grown .
We are growing potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, butternut squash, cabbage, broad beans and peas. We have a very small garden, but we pack as much in as we can. We only grow what we eat. If I were to try too many varieties I would just become overwhelmed. but as we learn and get better we will gradually introduce different things. We live in the north west of England UK so frosts last until May here. The weather can prove quite challenging but that does not deter us. Happy gardening and thanks for all the wonderful ideas and tips.
Hi Samantha,
Nice to know that others in the UK subscribe to this channel too.
How much vertical horticulture do you do, and do you have any tips to max that out.
Potatoes in tubs (I use bins with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage), cabbages and lettuce will (apparently) regrow additional heads, if you harvest the first head, but leave the rootstock in the ground.
Not tried that myself, have you, and did it work???
@@dandycat2204 hi 👋 I grow potatoes and carrots in the potato grow sacks and everything else in raised beds. My lettuce only really lasted a couple of months just by picking a few leaves at a time. I grow peas and beans together supported by bamboo canes like I do with the tomatoes. Sadly the last two years crops have been pretty dismal. But my German shepherds think they are gardeners which doesn’t help. I’m still quite new to it so I’ve a lot to learn. I’m thinking of purchasing the square foot gardening book I think that will be very useful for my tiny garden, have you heard if the book too. It’s highly recommended.
What I like with this challenge is it's using something a lot of preppers may have bought and havent used yet, so if they do this now, they will get some experience in before they're forced to rely on it in a situation where they only get one shot to get ti right. Many Blessings XD
@@TheProvidentPrepper Not bad, looking forward to spring, gathering info on the options for the move to NH, people are calming down up here a bit after the whole convoy thing, but gov't has some internet censorship bill proposed, gas is @ 1.70/L so @ 6.46 /gal Cdn @ $ 5.16 US/G give or take. Oh Yeah, dried meat is @ 10 mos and still good, will be getting some mylar bags next month, so putting some of it up in there for really long term storage. I only like making it in the warmer months cause of the humidity it gives off cooking that much ground beef at one time. How are things down there, looks like its going to be a good garden season for you^^.
Terrific video, thank you Jonathan and Kylene. Great planning and preparation. Love the artwork. Glad to see the WWIII Provident Preppers hard at work. Happy trails!
I wanted to do cabbage, lettuce, and a couple others. Went to my local garden supply store and they were soooo helpful - the season for cabbage and lettuce is coming to an end. They gave me paperwork out the wahzoo on what to grow and when.
My work gave me 3 filing cabinets I’m taking the drawers out and converting them into raised beds. Went to the library and checked out a bunch of gardening books to read and I’m learning how to grow grains.
Try okra raw right off the plant. Harvest them when they’re 3” so they are still tender.
Totally excited for this! Have been planning to start a garden this year! Put a fence around my back yard in Middle Tennessee. Now to get beds!
Thank you Provident Preppers!!!
First time here. Have have just finished the process of stripping so many pallets for my beds. Today I am going to measure up and then build the boxes, and then to build our chicken coup.
I’m so excited but also very nervous about doing things right.
My family and I really just want to be self sufficient moving forward.
Pretty confident I’ll manage a good harvest this season 🙏🏽❤️
This really also helps with my mental health as I am a hands on person and just love doing outdoorsy things.
Thank you so much for your advice. Stay bless you beautiful beings ❤️❤️🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have a tiny garden, but have doubled my beds this year.
Wont grow much, but every little helps.
Corn, potatoes, broad beans, garlic and onions mainly.
Love the story board idea. Gives you a great visual of what you can do in the garden and what you actually did in the garden. 👍👍
Good luck to the families and their expanded gardens. I wish you all a bountiful harvest.
Ground cherries have great flavor !
Great video!! Love seeing other families and what they are planning in their gardens. I think you have really encouraged and challenged a lot of people, I know I am challenging myself to do more in the garden. We have some challenges of our own, but we will work around them. Thanks again. Liz
My 5 year old grandson is the same with the berries! My granddaughter(7) loves growing seeds of any kind.
They're moving back to NY in April and I can't wait to play in the garden with them.
Got my farmers seed vault and im kinda super excited about it. Ive been thumbing through them all and getting excited to plant more. It even has the micro greens. 👍
Enjoyed seeing all the great garden plans!
It was super interesting to see how you plan your garden bed layout on paper, and to see the other 3 family's plans and ideas for their yards! Besides raised beds out in the yard, you can also use plastic storage totes with holes poked in the bottom to grow on hardscape like patios or pool decks. Great video!
I ordered a vault. It came right away. What a nice product. Great selections
I'm a renter, so I can't do as much as I'd like (i.e. till the entire yard 🤣). But this year I've doubled the size of my garden bed, created wire covers to keep the neighbor's cats out 😡, and I'm getting creative about adding plants in the yard like corn for a privacy fence and tea herbs for pollinators. If I plant it, I want it to sustain my family. I'm also direct sowing from seeds this year instead of buying plants.
You can sprinkle egg shells around your garden, cats hate walking on egg shells 🥚
I enjoyed this video so so much & im so looking forward to the challenge. I think we will try it too. We’re adding a couple extra beds today and we already have five. We’ve started an in ground garden, bought several berry bushes and canes and are potting those up, and we also bought several fruit trees and potted those up to plant in the fall. Thanks so much for sharing this
I'm not sure about ww3.. but I gave myself a WW1&2 victory garden challenge..
I am doing a financial freedom garden
Wahoo let’s start the day!
These videos are making me so excited for gardening this year. Living in Alaska, that won’t happen for a while so RUclips is getting me through.
Great motivation! thanks for always being so vital to our current-day thinking!
Pink tip greasy beans. Potatoes, lots of onions. Corn, tomatoes. Cucumbers, radishes, mustard greens, pumpkins, carrots, parsnips,zucchini, beets, cantaloupe watermelon. Going to try herbs this year. Already have apple and cherry trees, Concord grapes, wild black raspberries and blackberries. Will try chickens this year. We have beef cattle too
@@TheProvidentPrepper they are a little rare and they are a green bean. Very meaty. Sometimes called purple tip and they are heirloom. I usually grow white half runner green beans too.
At 70, I’ve done a lot of gardening. Mostly canning and freezing. But have started and trying dehydrating more
The seed box looks interesting.... I've been hobby gardening for over a decade. I'm in Riverside County in S. Calif, a low desert. Something new for me is potatoes in 10 gallon buckets from the hydroponic store. Old stand-bys that take our Summers are yard long beans, butternut squash, basil, sweet potatoes, and chili peppers. For Fall and Winter: short day onions, brocolli, peas, cilantro and parsley, and root crops... Bell peppers and a few determinate tomatoes. My changes this year... Nix tomatoes that don't like our climate. Instead, do tumeric, ginger, 1 or 2 cherry tomatoes ( determinant tomatoes planted in June/July for Fall). Trying a mixed melon patch. Some years they're great, other times not.
I so miss southern gardening, zone 9. 🥰😥
I am living in zone 4-5a. It is quite a learning curve. 😳
I have a new greenhouse, and we have just installed the shelves for seed starting.
I can't wait to get things growing. The long winters up here drive me nuts.😑
Love to have a vid or so on where and how to get or make soil
Thank you so much for always sharing great info! Perfect timing as we are getting our seeds started and garden planning. I’m so excited to expand my growing area this year!
Loved seeing these young folks trying to be more resilient!
The only time I grow something I'm not usually interested in eating is when it benefits the plants they're next to or benefits the soil. If I have any harvest that won't be eaten it is all given away to folks who would enjoy it.
I don't grow a ton but enough to eat throughout the summer. I use grow bags on pallets with drip irrigation.
i am, as usual waffling. as some of you may know we are trying to move, and i am leery of putting in the work to re establish a garden here if we may literally be moving in a month.
but
given the housing market right now we... may not be moving this year.
it creates quite a lot of guesswork.
i am trying to stick to container gardening in the hopes that if we get a new place soon i can just move the containers...
I’m in a very similar situation. I’ve decided to wait until I move to do anything more than a few containers. I’m getting an organic fruit and veg box delivered each week for now so fingers crossed that continues to be as reliable and abundant as it has been so far. It’s really tricky isn’t it!
If everything falls apart I can grow sprouts and set up my kratky hydroponic system, but I’d really rather not have that clutter out when trying to get the house ready to sell! I probably am short of seeds though. I have some, but it might be a good idea to build up my stash a bit, just to be on the safe side.
I did enjoy seeing what others are planning for this year. Good work! Now it's time for me to get back to work on my own plans. 🙂
I first have to find a plot to garden .......
A less known seed catalogue is Berlin Seeds out of Berlin Ohio. (Amish country). They have a TON of tips in their catalog. They do not venture out on varieties too much but do have some great info. No website. Phone only to get a catalog.
The Amish can use phones? I never knew.
@@oldschooljeremy8124 Depends on the individual church, and usually yes for business purposes. Also may be co run by Mennonite families who do not have the same level of restrictions.
I've started over 400 seeds to ensure germination, which is going good so far, but now I'm afraid I won't have enough garden space to plant them, so I'm ordering a bunch of grow bags! Lol
I live in the CO Rocky Mountains at 8600'. Sadly, my first garden last year yielded 5 tomatoes (from 50 plants), 0 green peppers, 0 cucumbers, 25 spaghetti squash, three Brussels sprouts, 30 yellow squash, 3 pumpkins (very small), some spinach and lettuce, 4 strawberries (45 plants), 0 onions, 0 garlic, some cilantro, 4-2" broccoli heads, beautiful sunflowers, but the bugs got to them before we did, 10 lbs potatoes, 0 basil, 0 oregano, 0 cabbage, 10 green beans (voles got the rest) 20 snow peas (voles got the rest), and 10 zucchinis (from 30 plants). I was out there in the hot sun for 1-2 hours daily weeding and sweating and the weeds kept on coming. So disappointing. This after we had our dirt tested and we amended it, used organic fertilizers, etc. Not worth the blood, sweat, and tears,(and $$$ we spent on fertilizers, 8' fencing, etc.) so for this year, I'm not doing a garden. That was a LOT of work for little yield. However, I am in contact with a restaurant food supplier and we are getting LOTS of veggies and fruits from him and processing them. If anyone out there is having success at 8600' and above please let me know how you are doing it! Thanks!
Keep trying even if you do everything right you can't control the weather.It is so rewarding!
@@TheProvidentPrepper Thanks!
@@kathys9786 I suspect that your nights are pretty cold, even in summer, right?
Actually everything you listed (that didn't work or worked poorly) is about heat-loving plants.
You would probably have been better off with greenhouses. You can also protect your treasures better against pests in them.
I have to say this is a timely video. I've had some seeds that germinated nicely a couple of weeks back but I've honestly been too lazy to put them in the garden so this motivated me to get moving. Here in Australia we're getting close to winter season so it's all brassicas for us. Broccoli, kale, and brussel sprouts went in as well as some giant leeks. It's not a lot, but we're in a rental property and only have a very small area to grow in.
But I have some standing pots that I'm going to be putting some thyme, basil and dill in, and another standing pot that I'm going to put perpetual spinach in to supplement our greens over the coming months. There's such a massive sense of satisfaction and achievement when you put something on the plate that you grew yourself.
Blessings on you and your family there, in the mighty name of Jesus. 🙏💝🙏
Tyfs!😁❤ Great information!
Thank you my friend for sharing and well, i plan to plant some tomatoes and some herbs maybe but that is something i need to have on my balcony.
Thanks so much! Could you touch base later in the growing season with updates on how your guests are doing? I always start out strong and then insect infestations ruin my crops. Except for tomatoes, my gardens don't produce much. I'm really going try to be successful this year! I live in Iowa by the way. Thanks again for all you do!!
I’m in zone 7A southern Virginia 😀
Thank you!
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Hi. Great idea. I’ll have to go back and watch the other video.
Question about Gaia’s Garden. Does it say plant such and such in March or does it say to plant in Spring? I’m in Australia so the months are different. Yes I can convert it if it says the month, but when you have some Australian books and some American books it gets annoying. We also don’t do zones like you do so that gets tricky to convert.
@@TheProvidentPrepper okay great. Thank you. I’ll add it to my list 😊
How do you store the seeds in the vault long term?
This was very informative.. I’m new to watching your videos so I’m planning on doing a little binge watching the next few days.. unfortunately I have some flour in my freezer but I did wrap it up in freezer paper first then put it in a hefty ziplock bag.. is there anything I should look for to ensure there is no risk of botulism? Also, I’ve never bought Mylar bags, is there a recommended guide for 5lb bags of flour , rice , beans, etc? thank you for the helpful information 🙏🏽
Thank you for showing those gardens. I really enjoyed it, and it gave me some good ideas! This will be my first year growing a garden and I’m a bit nervous. How do you keep plants from scorching in the hot summer heat? Also, is there a good reference for tearing out grass to plant gardens? We’re hoping to get rid of most of our patchy grass while doing some xeriscaping and gardening.
You can buy sun screen mesh fabric. My peppers were getting scorched last year but they were in 10 gallon grow bags so I just dragged them under the side of a tree shadow so they got less of the hottest sun of the day.
@@rosezingleman5007 please, which brand are your bags?
Learning that you were able to move them successfully is encouraging.
Hi there, I have ordered the large box of the Survival Seeds but haven’t received them yet. I’m eager to start planting them!
My seeds just arrived! What a gorgeous collection! Thank you for recommending . Let the garden season proceed.
Looks like I’m going to have to reseed and start over I germinated some tomato plants they all got up about 2 inches high I had them in egg crate so I transferred them to solo cups I bought very good soil for containers that has all the fertilizer nutritions in it than I even bought a little fertilizer for tomatoes to put in the soil and they’re dying in my house I think it’s my LED lights I have on him then I don’t have a sunny window and it’s still too coldTo put them outside so so far they’re dying but I really think it has something to do with my LED lights
Maybe the fertilizer was too much too early. I used to not be able to grow tomatoes. I think it's because I was using potting soil that had fertilizer in it and not a seed starting mix. Last year my tomatoes did great because I used a seed starting mix.
Do not poke your tomato plants until the first pair of true leaves have formed.
Place the plants in absolutely unfertilized soil.
They will not tolerate normal potting soil and fertilizer until they are big and strong enough to be transplanted into a large container.
Do you have advice for how you grow potatoes? What do you add to the whole before you add the tater sprout, If anything? I've yet to grow successful taters.
End game? If we can't get lids, how do you plan to keep, put up, what you grow?
I've moved over to "Tatler" lids the last 2 years and so far, they are very available. The bonus is: they are not single use, disposable.
You can also freeze, pickle, or dehydrate vegetables.
@@Undercoverbooks yes, but dehydrated loses taste unless kept cold and dark, pickled in vinegar sugar takes lids, freezers only hold so much. Granted, better than nothing though, but please consider your spaces for storage too. To freeze you either need plastic stackable containers or ziplock bags. Get them now, they too may get scarce. When I would keep just part of my blueberries frozen, give away a lot, and can a lot, it still took up a huge portion of my freezer and I put them in ziplock type bags. It's very important to think about space plus what you will need most for energy in winter. Frozen broccoli may give vitamins, but beef, butter, nuts will provide more energy, for example.
@@garyc.foster1132 so, have you found they seal about as good or as well as Ball lids? I've seen mixed reviews online, most saying too many seal failures.
@@kayfr3841 All true. I have two large chest freezers, one for just the strawberries and other fruit, and one for everything else. I bottle a lot, and there' always root cellaring, but I also dehydrate carrots, onions, cabbage, zucchini, herbs, etc. I find they rehydrate just fine in soups and stews, and they don't require new lids. You can also powder them to use in soups and breads, etc. And dried pears, plums, and cherries are a family favourite for snacking. I'm planning to build a greenhouse at some point to extend the season, as fresh from the garden is always best.
I mean this is great for supplementing your diet, right, but given how low-calorie most vegetables are how could you ever live on what you can grow unless you have a fairly large amount of land under cultivation? Not sure slow starvation is that much better than fast starvation...
The problem is all of the people in the apartments that overlook the backyard. In a real SHTF scenario, how long before people steal everything or take it from them. Everyone in those buildings behind them will know where to get food.
Before even watching the video (which I am sure will be of your usual high quality and great interest)...
I really feel you should not be seeking to jump on the usual RUclips hysteria about WW3.
We are preppers.
We prep for the coming calamity.
If we were not preppers we would not be watching you.
Let's all calm down, keep it real...
And not pander to the insanity.
Blessings.
:)
Escalatory, inflammatory ‘WWIII’ rhetoric for the RUclips views smh. RESPONSIBLE people know the real danger we face and don’t try to capitalize on what would be an incalculable tragedy.
They are trying to motivate people by making them realize how serious things really are right now. A garden may save lives.