Over in Discord (discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN) we're all debating what to call members of the Epic Gardening community...what do you think? Seedlings? Rhizones? 😂⬇️⬇️
@@epicgardening I love the sound quality in your video! Can you share what kind of equipments you used for the audio and video taping? Thank you! Your journey is really inspiring, and I enjoy viewing your videos. Keep up the great work, Kevin!
I've been an amateur gardener for a while now. My garden has been looking a bit sparse recently so I bought some borage, calendula, basil, and tomato seeds to grow this warm season! Can't wait for them to ship cause I'm excited as hell to get planting 👀
You can eat the seed pods on any radishes, rats tail radish is just a more specialized variety, so if your radishes go to bolt and you think they'll taste less than ideal, let them bolt! Pods taste like a mix between radishes and green beans (to me)
I'm watching this after cleaning up more than two feet of fresh snow from my stairs, driveway, and roof. And it's not even done for today yet. I'm equal parts grumpy and jealous, because I'm still at least two months and a few more feet of snow away from any gardening myself and your weather is (comparatively) so beautiful already.
Get your cold weather stuff started indoors now. Plant out a few weeks before the last frost date. Germinating Kale, cabbage, onion, spinach, lettuce, coriander, parsley, dill and various asian greens myself right now. I’ll set them out in the cold frame in march and in the ground a week or so after soil is workable. I’m 8B we get out last frost date around April 1-15.
You might not know this, but you could start some dwarf tomatoes to grow in a container indoors. There are some plants that produce well that are only about 12" tall. Then you could also plant some lettuce . . .
That giant cabbage sounds like such a fun project!! I'm super excited for the gardening season in Oregon this year - I'm going to try a variety of okra called Candle Fire, supposedly it can do well even in northern climates. Fingers crossed!
We planted Borage as a pollinator attractor 4 years ago. We haven't planted it since, because it re-seeds everywhere! Lawn, garden beds, flip-flops, living room carpet....
The best thing about Borage, aside from it being an excellent bee food, is that the entire plant is edible. The leaves and flowers taste like a mild cucumber. The roots....well...they taste like edible roots, but that is good, too!
When they say you can't do it I love just proving "them" wrong. They say you can't grow garlic in 9b (Florida) and I've done it. Always test it for yourself!!! 🌱👍
I agree. I have grown many plants that they say you can't grow in the sub-tropics. Brassicas and blueberries come to mind although I have never had success with brussels sprouts. The sprouts start out OK but they don't form tight little heads. We still ate the blown ones we got and they were OK though.
Peter, I was just watching a video about that and it came down to nitrogen imbalance. BUT, they also said freezing weather makes the sprouts taste better so I’m not even sure if it’s worth it to try?
Haha I'm up in Canada like hmm? Spring? It just started getting proper cold! I'm jealous of your weather :) it's been a warmer winter where I am but for some reason last week it started getting colder :( But even if it's still cold its always good to plan early for the next season! I'm glad this video popped up for me cause I took a break from gardening and have wanted to get back into it, so thanks :)
@@jounik8980 and the point of my comment was that he mentioned spring coming up and itll be winter for me for a long time still and that I'm jealous, but I was kidding. I was being funny. Which apparent went over your head, but that's ok. Have a nice night.
@@ges4934 I'm Canadian too, Ontario. I think we got spoiled by the abnormally warm winter so far here and this weekend our temps will plunge further with a snowstorm starting Friday and lasting the weekend. Good thing I love snow eh? By this point we all get winter weary with the cloudy skies and shorter daylight hours so these videos are a great reminder of what's coming. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
@@carolwells5361 omg me too! 😀 I love the snow too being cold makes me anxious, I'm always convinced I'm going to get hypothermia haha so I have a hard time enjoying it most of the time and you're so right, the lack of sun gets hard after a few months :( but like you said, that's why it's great we have these videos! Have a great night! 🙂
Such a perfect video to come out today! Spent the day planning for spring myself and sowing a few flowers out to get them pollinators excited. As an apartment dweller, am especially interested to see how your grow bags flourish.
I am preposing the new movement, ‘Lazy gardening’!😀 We discovered lazy No Dig beds and lazy composting (in individual containers). Now... What and how can you do LAZY PLANTING of fruits and vegetables?
This sounds like a great idea 😂 seriously though, if you can find a way to get great results with minimal time and effort then you’re far more likely to keep on growing, and we think this could mean a lot more people could fit at least some growing into their busy lives 😊
I always include Great Lakes lettuce in my garden. It is a reliable heading lettuce which remains crisp and crunchy. You can also harvest leaves as it grows.
Love to see the varieties you'll be growing (those images really helped visualise the diversity)! Truly an Epic beginning to this year's gardening season!
I love this channel and all your helpful videos. Here in Sweden it's -10c this morning and my outdoor season won't start until May. (But I've been impatiently pre-seeding already - leeks, strawberries, cabbage, celery and broccoli) I'm very very jealous of your lovely long seasons.
Looking at you planting stuff with greenery all around, as I am looking out my windows at lands filled with snow and -15°C temperatures. Just 4 more months to go before I can do the same 😂🤦♀️
I'm seeing this one again and enjoying it again. Kevin has some very good hints and suggestions. Not in this video but I was not aware that beet seeds produce more than one plant. Kevin is very informative in all of his videos. Thank You very much!!
Yes please on the vertical garden planters! It would be great to hear why you'd plant some things in the vertical planter vs other kinds of planters if you have different options available.
Living in Chico, I appreciate you sporting the Sierra Nevada hat! Been catching up on your videos as my wife and I get ready to start gardening in our new home 🏠 !
I am SO jealous.. I live in north Iowa and this Sunday it is going to be a high of -5f. I WISH i was planning my spring garden now. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you ^^
Thank you for these videos. It's so helpful to have advice from other gardeners! I love seeing videos from this channel. Always makes me want to plant more! :)
Re: rattail radish-- If people wanted try it without buying a special variety, any radish will give you pods if you let it flower and pollinators really like the flowers (they're lovely flowers I think). Then you can try them out and see if you like pods enough to get a special variety just for big pods. I found them to be a little much (like super spicy) and little bit of them went a long way so I don't think I will try that variety again. I think I'll just let the occasional radish bolt and then have a little bit for a garnish in the summertime. Red rambo radish makes a purple-colored pod that looks pretty cool!
Just a suggestion if you are thinking about getting Bees. Go with flow hive because you don't kill the bee's when processing the honey. The bees could help pollinate the garden and flowers.
Oh come on Kevin! I had all my spring garden planned out and now you throw all these cool new varieties with the colors and hardiness for zone 10 at us! I guess I’ll have to make sure I get the mail over the next few weeks so my DH doesn’t have more ammo to tease me with because I have some new cultivars to order. “Don’t you have enough seeds?” is a popular refrain in my house. Keep on sharing! U are much appreciated. :)
Fantastic video, as usual! I'd like to see more vertical garden growing videos. I have a greenstalk and a few diy setups and am still experimenting on spacing and what grows best. Would love more ideas! Also, my rat's tail radish is growing like crazy - much better than it did during the warmer months!
I suggest growing the Borage in the raised garden bed next to the Dwarf Sunflowers. Those tiny pots on that stand won’t hold up a one metre high plant like Borage. You could put the Cosmos in those small pot stands instead.
Wow weldone! Your garden looks really well kept. Thank you for sharing this video. Keep up the good work . That is really smart laying down cardboard first to prevent weeds . I’ve never thought of that before. Thank you for these great tips
I'd love to see a video all about pollinator-attractors.. my kiddo loves bumblebees and hummingbirds so I want to add a few plants to my edible garden specifically to attract those.
Awesome video! I can’t wait to watch the progress of these new gardens! I’ll be moving in about 2 years and starting from scratch again like this. Thanks for showing that it can be done while creating quality videos at the same time!! Best of luck in all you grow! 👩🌾
I live in 6b, in Ohio's clay soil (close to the lake) and soggy heat in the summer. Praying with more planning (my placement was all wrong due to afternoon shade) and getting a little early start will give me an actual yield of tomatoes (what I truly wanted) and veggies this year. Had very little flowers in summer so splurged and got so many flowers, some native, some not. I also really love golden beets and want to plant some this year so I can actually can some!
I really would love to see you grow okra. The plants end up looking pretty with hibiscus flowers. I was able to get my hands on pink Okra and I am so excited.
Soooo helpful & insightful. Thanks!.... But... now I want to grow ALL THE THINGS! LOL. So many cool varieties to try. I would LOVE to see videos of what you do in Summer & Fall/Winter. Your videos have taught a lot about improving my gardening here in San Diego. Thank you so much!
I’m in zone 4b and just started my first round of seeds indoors. I look forward to watching your garden updates while I’m doing my indoor seed sowing and care!
So exciting and beautiful. Love to try new plants every year! Last year all the way up in Montana on top of the Canada border i decided I had to try artichokes. I was astounded by there beauty and health. Even more so by the taste of an artichoke right off its bush. We had a very hard very early freeze on labor day. Only our cruciferous and artichokes survived and flourished. I grow garlic, hard and soft every year. I plant early with my cold weather plants and its the last that I harvest in late fall. I never winter it. My heads are usually 3 inches across with 5 to 7 cloves and taste great even tho they are small. I tried the fall planting a few times here but it just never worked so I just found a way around it. A beautiful video. Thank you.
Yeah! 9b in Phoenix here and I'm so glad you have winter/spring planting vids for us warmies. This is the only time of year I can grow greens and not have the heat murder them. We had snow last week and a week later it was almost 80* ... wth is going on with this planet?!
Some recommendations from an old gardener: 1) Grow water-thirsty plants in the ground or large beds with heavier soil or some peat moss mixed in (Lemon Grass, celery, mint, lettuces...). In those small grow bags you will have a hard time keeping them wet enough to thrive and you will be wasting a LOT of our precious water (you are in a semi-desert zone and should try to conserve water as much as possible). 2) Plants that need to be dug up seasonally, such as potatoes, are much easier to grow in large containers than in the ground. When you have to dig them out of the ground you end up damaging many of them, which makes them spoil more easily and not store well. I grow mine in large tubs or half whiskey barrels. Then when it's time to harvest you just turn it over and the potatoes just spill out, making it really easy and much less labor intensive. And FYI, in So Cal you should start your potatoes in the fall, rather than spring, so they have longer to grow and mature before it gets hot. Same goes for onions and garlic. Wishing you the best!
Radish pods are quite yummy. Not as spicy as the root crop. Pick young and they are very tender. More fibrous/stringy as they get bigger. Similar to a green bean, held up to waterbath pickling. I had no luck getting a root on my French breakfast and white icicle varieties last year so left a few in to go to seed and the pods were just great. Something I will do every year going forward
Pineapple sage, chiseled on top of a fresh tabbouleh, can be a good idea. I noticed that you have quiet some species with medicinal properties. Maybe, in a near future, you could talk about those benefits too.
Ok - so this video got me to hit the subscribe button. I am so excited about the challenge I have set up for myself. I haven't done a garden of this size before, but I got my plan. In that plan I am trying pumpkin and watermelon. Everyone tells me it will never work, I don't have enough room, and so on. Challenge accepted! I am going vertical and see how it goes. But that has thumbs twitching!
I have a few borage plants in my back garden, they are getting quite big but the bees are loving them. I'll keep them there as I'm going to grow squash and zuchini and I want them to be around.
I’m so excited for this year! the birdie bed I ordered gets here soon! Last year my garden didn’t do great but I learned a lot watching your videos. Thanks for taking the time and energy to do these helpful videos.
Nice video. I planted a late fall garden for the 1st time in my life this year. (NorCal) and, we are currently eating broccoli, chard, beet greens, lettuce, and cauliflower thanks to gardening channels like this one.
I’m growing 6 different types of tomatoes, 5 of which I’ve never tried before. 5 different types of sweet peppers and of course 2 types of Jalapeños and some Fresno as well. EXCITED, thanks Kevin for all of your inspiration! Some things are going in grow bags, some in nursery cans or buckets, as well as in ground!!!
Looking forward to growing with you this spring. Last year I started a little late but this year I’m going to follow your lead, can’t wait! Thanks for always giving the tips for San Diego, I’m constantly confused about what to do when.
I have been loving growing plants I’ve never grown before this past season: kohlrabi, nasturtium, tatsoi, and more. I saw your video with Richard from Grafting Dragonfruit which got me to dig up a neglected cutting. I got 3 new varieties, one of them needs hand pollination: Vietnamese white, Edgar’s Baby, and American Beauty.
Over in Discord (discord.gg/cuXxvKRwKN) we're all debating what to call members of the Epic Gardening community...what do you think? Seedlings? Rhizones? 😂⬇️⬇️
Seedlings
Epic Sprouts 🪴
Pod people
Epic Buds!
@@Alizardlovesyou lol
i just wanted to say you are killing the media game on every platform, beautiful videos, great presentation, and i've learned so much
@@epicgardening I love the sound quality in your video! Can you share what kind of equipments you used for the audio and video taping? Thank you! Your journey is really inspiring, and I enjoy viewing your videos. Keep up the great work, Kevin!
agreed he rocks
Please do a series on the giant cabbage. I wanna know how you are babying it, especially in San Diego.
Stay classy 😎
mixed seeds eg carrot varieties can be a super way to find out which variety can virtually naturalize in your garden!!
Can you make a video about companion plants? Also would love to see one about plants that bring in beneficial bugs
Working on this!
@@epicgardening appreciate ya!! You’ve helped my knowledge and passion for growing so much❤️
I've been an amateur gardener for a while now. My garden has been looking a bit sparse recently so I bought some borage, calendula, basil, and tomato seeds to grow this warm season! Can't wait for them to ship cause I'm excited as hell to get planting 👀
You can eat the seed pods on any radishes, rats tail radish is just a more specialized variety, so if your radishes go to bolt and you think they'll taste less than ideal, let them bolt! Pods taste like a mix between radishes and green beans (to me)
Rats tail radish grows wild on the coast in Nor Cal! I've eaten it before while foraging for food 😋
I did a double-take when you said that Feb. 3 is "the beginning of Spring", ngl. 😂 Us 5b homies are buried in 9 inches of snow rn lol
😂😭
I’m in 4b! Sad for gardening.
Us 5b folks are still dreaming of planting!
End of feb is a good time to start seeds inside and get them ready for transplanting outdoors in late march early April.
I've never clicked on a video faster than I did, so excited to garden this year while continuing to be inspired by Kevin and the Epic Homestead.
Same! Super excited he finally has the room to grow everything! I love the epic garden!
I'm watching this after cleaning up more than two feet of fresh snow from my stairs, driveway, and roof. And it's not even done for today yet. I'm equal parts grumpy and jealous, because I'm still at least two months and a few more feet of snow away from any gardening myself and your weather is (comparatively) so beautiful already.
Get your cold weather stuff started indoors now. Plant out a few weeks before the last frost date. Germinating Kale, cabbage, onion, spinach, lettuce, coriander, parsley, dill and various asian greens myself right now. I’ll set them out in the cold frame in march and in the ground a week or so after soil is workable. I’m 8B we get out last frost date around April 1-15.
You might not know this, but you could start some dwarf tomatoes to grow in a container indoors. There are some plants that produce well that are only about 12" tall. Then you could also plant some lettuce . . .
Yes for vertical farming video!
That giant cabbage sounds like such a fun project!! I'm super excited for the gardening season in Oregon this year - I'm going to try a variety of okra called Candle Fire, supposedly it can do well even in northern climates. Fingers crossed!
We planted Borage as a pollinator attractor 4 years ago. We haven't planted it since, because it re-seeds everywhere! Lawn, garden beds, flip-flops, living room carpet....
The best thing about Borage, aside from it being an excellent bee food, is that the entire plant is edible. The leaves and flowers taste like a mild cucumber. The roots....well...they taste like edible roots, but that is good, too!
Garden is looking epic Kevin! Love the metal garden sign. 🐝💛🌻
I really enjoy your videos. They have been super helpful and resourceful for me since I started gardening this winter.
When they say you can't do it I love just proving "them" wrong. They say you can't grow garlic in 9b (Florida) and I've done it. Always test it for yourself!!! 🌱👍
Very true!
Try the asiatic and creole varieties for your area.
I agree. I have grown many plants that they say you can't grow in the sub-tropics. Brassicas and blueberries come to mind although I have never had success with brussels sprouts. The sprouts start out OK but they don't form tight little heads. We still ate the blown ones we got and they were OK though.
I didn't know that, lol, my garlic is doing fine
Peter, I was just watching a video about that and it came down to nitrogen imbalance. BUT, they also said freezing weather makes the sprouts taste better so I’m not even sure if it’s worth it to try?
I love how your new space is coming along. Congratulations it’s beautiful.
Hello Kevin, you should do a video on different types of pumpkins or squashes in general that would be really awesome & helpful...
I’d love a video on the vertical tower containers. Thank you for all you’ve taught me. You’re my go to gardener. Looking forward to your garlic video!
Kevin: "I'm a pretty lazy gardener."
Me: "FALSE!!"
Haha I'm up in Canada like hmm? Spring? It just started getting proper cold! I'm jealous of your weather :) it's been a warmer winter where I am but for some reason last week it started getting colder :(
But even if it's still cold its always good to plan early for the next season! I'm glad this video popped up for me cause I took a break from gardening and have wanted to get back into it, so thanks :)
Free world, move, dont breed there if hate living cold, after choice if parents did same
@@jounik8980 um.. what? When did I say I hate living here i just hate the cold. No idea why you felt the need to say that lmao
@@jounik8980 and the point of my comment was that he mentioned spring coming up and itll be winter for me for a long time still and that I'm jealous, but I was kidding. I was being funny. Which apparent went over your head, but that's ok. Have a nice night.
@@ges4934 I'm Canadian too, Ontario. I think we got spoiled by the abnormally warm winter so far here and this weekend our temps will plunge further with a snowstorm starting Friday and lasting the weekend. Good thing I love snow eh? By this point we all get winter weary with the cloudy skies and shorter daylight hours so these videos are a great reminder of what's coming.
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@@carolwells5361 omg me too! 😀
I love the snow too being cold makes me anxious, I'm always convinced I'm going to get hypothermia haha so I have a hard time enjoying it most of the time
and you're so right, the lack of sun gets hard after a few months :( but like you said, that's why it's great we have these videos!
Have a great night! 🙂
Such a perfect video to come out today! Spent the day planning for spring myself and sowing a few flowers out to get them pollinators excited. As an apartment dweller, am especially interested to see how your grow bags flourish.
Garden goals
So jealous of you climate at the moment considering the north east is covered in snow. Living vicariously through you dreaming of warmer days.
Move down to California, you will get sun all year round.
Earthquakes. I like nice firm ground. I’ll take the occasional hurricane and a little snow. 🤣
@@coralkarrass1834 The earthquakes are maybe a little shaking every couple of years. Not that bad.
Ha! I remember that Super Bowl 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They're coming!
I am preposing the new movement, ‘Lazy gardening’!😀
We discovered lazy No Dig beds and lazy composting (in individual containers).
Now...
What and how can you do LAZY PLANTING of fruits and vegetables?
This sounds like a great idea 😂 seriously though, if you can find a way to get great results with minimal time and effort then you’re far more likely to keep on growing, and we think this could mean a lot more people could fit at least some growing into their busy lives 😊
I always include Great Lakes lettuce in my garden. It is a reliable heading lettuce which remains crisp and crunchy. You can also harvest leaves as it grows.
Love to see the varieties you'll be growing (those images really helped visualise the diversity)! Truly an Epic beginning to this year's gardening season!
I’ll be excited to watch this cabbage grow!!!!
I love this channel and all your helpful videos. Here in Sweden it's -10c this morning and my outdoor season won't start until May. (But I've been impatiently pre-seeding already - leeks, strawberries, cabbage, celery and broccoli) I'm very very jealous of your lovely long seasons.
Looking at you planting stuff with greenery all around, as I am looking out my windows at lands filled with snow and -15°C temperatures. Just 4 more months to go before I can do the same 😂🤦♀️
I'm seeing this one again and enjoying it again. Kevin has some very good hints and suggestions. Not in this video but I was not aware that beet seeds produce more than one plant. Kevin is very informative in all of his videos. Thank You very much!!
I'm trying out the Parisienne carrot this season. They look similar to the Tonda Di Parigi and are supposed to be really tasted when lightly steamed!
Just got some of my birdie beds today, I am so excited to start planting this weekend!!! thanks Kevin!!
Wish there was a supplier in Canada but I fear it would be rather expensive to ship up here from the US.
Birdies Beds rock!!!
Looking great Kevin keep the amazing work up!
Thanks, you too!
Yes please on the vertical garden planters! It would be great to hear why you'd plant some things in the vertical planter vs other kinds of planters if you have different options available.
I'm so glad you are growing more flowers this year!!
Living in Chico, I appreciate you sporting the Sierra Nevada hat!
Been catching up on your videos as my wife and I get ready to start gardening in our new home 🏠 !
I am so excited about the garlic video! I'm also in a zone 10b and would appreciate any tips and tricks you can share regarding growing garlic.
Dear Kevin,thanks for that enlightening video,and no ,you are not a lazy gardener. Love and regards from India ❤️
I am SO jealous.. I live in north Iowa and this Sunday it is going to be a high of -5f. I WISH i was planning my spring garden now. Thanks for letting us live vicariously through you ^^
Yes!!! Please do a profile on your favorite vertical garden!
Thank you for these videos. It's so helpful to have advice from other gardeners! I love seeing videos from this channel. Always makes me want to plant more! :)
My favorite spinach I’ve been growing is Bloomsdale Spinach and Malabar Spinach. They’ve done fantastic so far
Re: rattail radish-- If people wanted try it without buying a special variety, any radish will give you pods if you let it flower and pollinators really like the flowers (they're lovely flowers I think). Then you can try them out and see if you like pods enough to get a special variety just for big pods. I found them to be a little much (like super spicy) and little bit of them went a long way so I don't think I will try that variety again. I think I'll just let the occasional radish bolt and then have a little bit for a garnish in the summertime. Red rambo radish makes a purple-colored pod that looks pretty cool!
Can’t wait to see a video on the butterfly plea flower to make a drink! Want to see it change color to magenta!
Just a suggestion if you are thinking about getting Bees. Go with flow hive because you don't kill the bee's when processing the honey. The bees could help pollinate the garden and flowers.
Ohh, I love your sign! I had not seen it!
So, excited to see your progress.
Love and Light to all. 💜🌱💜
I just got a greenstalk and love any growing videos to help me explore possible crops.
The butterfly pea flower is amazing tea with lemon it turns purple. Good for diabetes and it has a calming effect to people like me 😁
Love that multi-pocket bag full of herbs!
OMG....❤️❤️❤️ the idea of the flowers in the tower, besides attracting pollinators it will look amazing and you can also move it around as needed.
Very inspirational thank God for people like you
Oh come on Kevin! I had all my spring garden planned out and now you throw all these cool new varieties with the colors and hardiness for zone 10 at us! I guess I’ll have to make sure I get the mail over the next few weeks so my DH doesn’t have more ammo to tease me with because I have some new cultivars to order. “Don’t you have enough seeds?” is a popular refrain in my house. Keep on sharing! U are much appreciated. :)
Fantastic video, as usual! I'd like to see more vertical garden growing videos. I have a greenstalk and a few diy setups and am still experimenting on spacing and what grows best. Would love more ideas! Also, my rat's tail radish is growing like crazy - much better than it did during the warmer months!
I suggest growing the Borage in the raised garden bed next to the Dwarf Sunflowers. Those tiny pots on that stand won’t hold up a one metre high plant like Borage. You could put the Cosmos in those small pot stands instead.
Wow weldone! Your garden looks really well kept. Thank you for sharing this video. Keep up the good work . That is really smart laying down cardboard first to prevent weeds . I’ve never thought of that before. Thank you for these great tips
Butterfly pea gets massive in summer: it is such a fun plant and produces tons of flowers and seeds
I'd love to see a video all about pollinator-attractors.. my kiddo loves bumblebees and hummingbirds so I want to add a few plants to my edible garden specifically to attract those.
You are the Man! I think i've listened to all you podcasts twice! Super helpful and such a confidence builder! This is perfect timing too! Thank you!
Love this!
I love your plead to have fun with what you care to grow!!!
Great garden plants. The giant cabbage is an exciting entry in your garden. Too eager to see how big would that be. 👍👋
Awesome video! I can’t wait to watch the progress of these new gardens! I’ll be moving in about 2 years and starting from scratch again like this. Thanks for showing that it can be done while creating quality videos at the same time!! Best of luck in all you grow! 👩🌾
I live in 6b, in Ohio's clay soil (close to the lake) and soggy heat in the summer. Praying with more planning (my placement was all wrong due to afternoon shade) and getting a little early start will give me an actual yield of tomatoes (what I truly wanted) and veggies this year. Had very little flowers in summer so splurged and got so many flowers, some native, some not. I also really love golden beets and want to plant some this year so I can actually can some!
Super pumped about your giant cabbage and would love some updates throughout the year. :)
I really would love to see you grow okra. The plants end up looking pretty with hibiscus flowers. I was able to get my hands on pink Okra and I am so excited.
I love okra and it's flowers. How did your new pink variety turn out?
Soooo helpful & insightful. Thanks!.... But... now I want to grow ALL THE THINGS! LOL. So many cool varieties to try. I would LOVE to see videos of what you do in Summer & Fall/Winter. Your videos have taught a lot about improving my gardening here in San Diego. Thank you so much!
I’m in zone 4b and just started my first round of seeds indoors. I look forward to watching your garden updates while I’m doing my indoor seed sowing and care!
Haven’t watched the whole video and excited to see you. Thanks for all the info. Such beautiful garden.
So exciting and beautiful. Love to try new plants every year! Last year all the way up in Montana on top of the Canada border i decided I had to try artichokes. I was astounded by there beauty and health. Even more so by the taste of an artichoke right off its bush. We had a very hard very early freeze on labor day. Only our cruciferous and artichokes survived and flourished. I grow garlic, hard and soft every year. I plant early with my cold weather plants and its the last that I harvest in late fall. I never winter it. My heads are usually 3 inches across with 5 to 7 cloves and taste great even tho they are small. I tried the fall planting a few times here but it just never worked so I just found a way around it. A beautiful video. Thank you.
Yeah! 9b in Phoenix here and I'm so glad you have winter/spring planting vids for us warmies. This is the only time of year I can grow greens and not have the heat murder them. We had snow last week and a week later it was almost 80* ... wth is going on with this planet?!
can you cover your plants with sunshades so they don't get destroyed?
Some recommendations from an old gardener:
1) Grow water-thirsty plants in the ground or large beds with heavier soil or some peat moss mixed in (Lemon Grass, celery, mint, lettuces...). In those small grow bags you will have a hard time keeping them wet enough to thrive and you will be wasting a LOT of our precious water (you are in a semi-desert zone and should try to conserve water as much as possible).
2) Plants that need to be dug up seasonally, such as potatoes, are much easier to grow in large containers than in the ground. When you have to dig them out of the ground you end up damaging many of them, which makes them spoil more easily and not store well. I grow mine in large tubs or half whiskey barrels. Then when it's time to harvest you just turn it over and the potatoes just spill out, making it really easy and much less labor intensive. And FYI, in So Cal you should start your potatoes in the fall, rather than spring, so they have longer to grow and mature before it gets hot. Same goes for onions and garlic.
Wishing you the best!
I love this video and it's very helpful and with good information
Your Spring looks like our summer up here in BC! Our garlic grows really well up here, good luck with yours.
Radish pods are quite yummy. Not as spicy as the root crop. Pick young and they are very tender. More fibrous/stringy as they get bigger.
Similar to a green bean, held up to waterbath pickling.
I had no luck getting a root on my French breakfast and white icicle varieties last year so left a few in to go to seed and the pods were just great. Something I will do every year going forward
Pineapple sage, chiseled on top of a fresh tabbouleh, can be a good idea. I noticed that you have quiet some species with medicinal properties. Maybe, in a near future, you could talk about those benefits too.
We don’t plant vegetables until May here in Minnesota.
It's not called lazy garderner...it's smart gardener. Haha...that makes me feel better.
You are such an inspiration.
From the land of endless summer.
so excited to see all the things you’re growing! i just planted some manpukuji carrots today 🥕
Im in Oceanside. I’ll be taking notes about what to include in my garden for sure. I got a pack of little gems ready to go👍🏼
Good friend
Ok - so this video got me to hit the subscribe button. I am so excited about the challenge I have set up for myself. I haven't done a garden of this size before, but I got my plan. In that plan I am trying pumpkin and watermelon. Everyone tells me it will never work, I don't have enough room, and so on. Challenge accepted! I am going vertical and see how it goes. But that has thumbs twitching!
I have a few borage plants in my back garden, they are getting quite big but the bees are loving them. I'll keep them there as I'm going to grow squash and zuchini and I want them to be around.
Oh my GOSH!!! I’m Romanian, and I didn’t even know there is a “Romanian Red”garlic variety....WOW😲
I’m so excited for this year! the birdie bed I ordered gets here soon! Last year my garden didn’t do great but I learned a lot watching your videos. Thanks for taking the time and energy to do these helpful videos.
Appreciate you;
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Would love to know more of tower gardening. I appreciate what you have shared since I am new to gardening veggies Thank you
Nice video. I planted a late fall garden for the 1st time in my life this year. (NorCal) and, we are currently eating broccoli, chard, beet greens, lettuce, and cauliflower thanks to gardening channels like this one.
I’m growing 6 different types of tomatoes, 5 of which I’ve never tried before. 5 different types of sweet peppers and of course 2 types of Jalapeños and some Fresno as well. EXCITED, thanks Kevin for all of your inspiration! Some things are going in grow bags, some in nursery cans or buckets, as well as in ground!!!
Oh wow, you nailed the pronunciation of “blauw”
Amazing
😂💯💯
Please do a vid on the vertical garden. I'm interested. Also. Your garden looks amazing!!
Nice to see the @UrbanVeggiePatch in this video! 😁👍 Her manpukuji carrots are insanely huge! At 2:05
Looking forward to growing with you this spring. Last year I started a little late but this year I’m going to follow your lead, can’t wait! Thanks for always giving the tips for San Diego, I’m constantly confused about what to do when.
Never clicked a video so damn fast.
Great mulitgrow bag.
I have been loving growing plants I’ve never grown before this past season: kohlrabi, nasturtium, tatsoi, and more. I saw your video with Richard from Grafting Dragonfruit which got me to dig up a neglected cutting. I got 3 new varieties, one of them needs hand pollination: Vietnamese white, Edgar’s Baby, and American Beauty.
Looking forward to the potato video. My son tried growing some 2 years ago, with some success but not great. He's keen to try again.
I would love to see you do a video on vertical towers. Thanks for all the great videos!
Me just finishing the garlic video from last year and the watching this 😅
Hope it goes better this year!
I went a little crazy and got a TON of different tomato varieties from Baker Creek this year, I'm really excited to see how they all turn out!
It’s great to see the varieties! 🤙