I've never been able to grow bell peppers in northern ND until last year. I had really good success with King of the North Bells from baker creek. Started them inside on March 1st. Picked the first peppers right away while green so it would put on more. Ended up with a baby pool full of red bell peppers at the end of the season.
@@thehomesteadingrdthat is odd. If the nutrients and PH are all good I would try lightening the soil with perlite and don’t mulch. All your other peppers did well-hmmm🧐
I start my peppers in late February here in Iowa. Snip the tops and first flowers for bigger harvests, put them in a black or metal container, give lots of water, fertilizer regularly. They like their roots to be hot. Both hot and sweet peppers. You'll always get much faster growth and bigger harvests when you let their roots get hot. Tomatoes and other Solanum family plants generally also like to grow hot.
Wisconsinite, zone 4a here. Pretty tickled to find a RUclips channel with a similar climate to me! I still have a spaghetti squash harvested in September of 2023. I almost cut it up the other day, but decided to hold off and see how long it stays nice!
I love Corno di Toro! Super easy to save seeds from this open pollinated variety as long as you take seeds from a red ripe pepper and let them air dry. 🌶️
Good point! Thank you so much. I forgot these are open pollinated. I’ll be sure to save the seeds this season so I don’t have another seed shortage issue 🤪
For my favourites, i save the seeds. I cant tell you what kind of pepper our favourite is because we saved them from a store bought pepper years ago! They have morphed into our own perfect pepper
My husband is from Jamaica and we grow a ton of scotch bonnets to freeze and use throughout the winter. They taste so good!! Not crazy spicy but fruity and flavorful. I also tried the Amish Paste this year and won’t be growing them again. They split a ton! I prefer San Marzanos. Thanks for sharing!
I’m with you on the Amish Paste tomato. Not only is it a poor structure and super prone to blight, but it also has such a gross texture on the fruit itself. It’s mealy for lack of a better description. On my must regrow list this year is Prairie Fire tomatoes. They almost never made it back to the kitchen because I ate them as I picked them 😂. Have you tried them?
Cheers and happy gardening everyone. Eastern Ontario zone 4 here, probably close to the same climate as you and I agree growing peppers in planters is the way to go, the soil warms up quicker during the day, bell peppers love it too. A few more weeks and it's down to the grow room......yahoo, can't wait, was down there today sorting seed, mixing starter soil and loading up trays in preparation.
I’m surprised you haven’t started harvesting and keeping your own seeds from your own plants. My great grandmother was so talented at this. I know it’s important to get the right kind of plant whose seeds will be fertile. You are a talented grower and preserver though. Then you are at the mercy of seed companies letting you down. Just a thought. I really enjoy your content and your slowed down pace.❤
This is dependent on if the seeds are open pollinated and you are planting more than one variety. This spring I'm only growing one variety of tomato but I'm worried about seed saving because my neighbor also grows tomatoes. ETA; All the veggies she mentions as F1 are hybrids that you can't seed save from because the seed won't save true to the parent.
Appreciate the list. We moved to Minnesota a few years ago from Oklahoma. The gardening is a bit different up here lol. There isn’t much for growing up here, so your content is very helpful. Starting no till this year. Very excited to see what happens!
Happy new year! Growing up with Eastern European parents, my mom always makes the Polish ‘Zupa Szczawiowa’ aka Sorrel soup. I know it sounds odd and weird (kinda like the traditional pickle soup!) but it’s so delicious! If you’re looking for new uses for sorrel other than fresh eats, I’d recommend looking it up 😊 thank you for your video! Trying so hard not to go overboard with seed shopping, but there are so many wonderful options out there!
Lol, I know, I already need to use up seeds. I only needed like 3 and had to source from 3 different companies 😂 guess what? I have more than 3 more seeds😂.
I'm totally with you on Amish paste tomatoes! I heard so much about them and tried for 3 years and they were just a disappointment. Never again. Ill have to try some of your faves! But this year I'm only spending time growing stuff I enjoy and we eat. I'm not doing much experimenting with "product" only with growing practices! Happy planting!
Last year I had a bumper crop of tomatoes and I essentially ignored them for a change. Most were in my greenhouse where I planted a lot of flowers to improved pollination (calendula, heliotrope, marjoram, basil). Outside in raised beds I planted about 8 Manitoba tomatoes and ended up with 4 boxes of fruit. I had to pick them green before frost came but they ripened nicely in the basement. A very low maintenance determinate plant! In the greenhouse most of my tomatoes are indeterminate so I trellis them. I’ve been saving Gold Nugget cherry tomato seeds for 4-5 years now and it’s always the first to ripen. My other favourite is the KBX tomato. Yellow orange like a marigold, huge and juicy and stores very well.
I'm so happy that you mentioned the differences in your peppers outcomes depending on the way of growing. I also had peppers with different results, some even without fruit while others with plenty. Only after you shared your observations about mulching and raised beds it struck me that it applies also to my peppers. Thank you!
After I saw your video giving high praise to the plum regal I went right to High Mowing seeds to find them. I have not been notified about them being back in stock, yet…so they’ve been out for a while. Flea beetles always attack my potato leaves but last season I tried a type that was resistant against most insects. King Harry did pretty well! This year I went a little crazy and I’m growing 8 different varieties of potatoes. I now grow brassicas in a covered bed and I’m still very particular about checking for bugs before eating them. I love kale but only grow dazzling blue kale. Aside from being beautiful, it has very few curly leaves - and tastes great. I might try red Russian again.
Thanks for sharing feedback on the varieties you are growing! We are a bit south of you in Ohio, we will follow along to see how your new varieties do this year! We also grow quite a lot of determinant paste tomatoes so we are always trying new varieties. Last season Plum Regal and Paisano were our two favorites (beating out Roma VF and Super Sauce). This year we are also adding Daytona, La Roma III and early Resilience to compare. Hopefully you don't ever deal with blight again but if you do and don't want to skip tomatoes we grow all of ours in straw bales which negates any issues with soil born diseases. Happy gardening!
Trying Paisano this year also. Tried Supremo and it was ok, small. Super Sauce did well here. And Amish paste was just as she said as we tried twice. I’m still trying to get use to determinates.
I had a horrible pepper year last year! I’ve tried growing the habanado two years in a row and haven’t had a bit of luck. I also have lots of blight to deal with and it even got on other crops besides tomatoes.
I also struggle with bell peppers but Marconi did great for me last year and were delicious! And just in case you didn't see already, Arun kale is available to order at High Mowing now but backordered until May. Territorial Seeds also has it in stock now though.
Love videos like this! They get me so excited! We run a small veggie farm in Montana and I spend my summer in Minnesota where I have a hobby garden. I so know what you mean about the blight in MN! It can be brutal for tomatoes! In MT it is not bad for us (knock on wood). I may just have to give your cabbage and broccoli varieties a try. The green beans seem tempting too. If you want to make kimchi try cucumber kimchi if you can grow an abundant amount of cucumbers. We made it for the first time this year and it is amazing! Also, I totally agree about Amish Paste tomatoes. They did the same for us, even without blight issues. Consider trying SuperSauce tomatoes. They are huge, actually taste good for a paste type and great for canning or just fresh eating.
I have had the best success with peppers in large black nursery pots with mulch on top to preserve moisture. California Wonder peppers work well in my Zone 3 garden. I appreciate the recommendations for other varieties to try.
Yep! My best results for peppers is growing in large, black pots with mulch. Peppers and a few of the melons that I grow love, love, love warm soil...in the black pots, the soil stays warm..and I do a little mulch on top, just to hold the moisture. My favorite peppers are the Ajvarski ( there are several spellings) it is a red roasting pepper....and the best bell I grew last year was 'Olympic'.. Honestly was overwhelmed with how prolific they were. I also grow others...but those 2 varieties last year were insane. I am in zone 5b.
Black Spanish radishes do super well up north. They can get big if you leave them and they seed like crazy so you only need to let one bolt to get your own seeds for next year. I'm a French Breakfast girlie but sometimes they're a little tricky in my area and honestly if it tastes like a radish I'm happy. I want to try chick peas this year maybe make my own hummus. Royal purple is a fun bush bean if you ever get bored. ❤🎉 Can't wait to get back in the ground
Thanks for the information; my area seems to be similar to yours creating some of the same challenges. I also tried cucamelons for the first time last year with the same conclusion; I think they like warmer areas to be more prolific because they were struggling with the Spring we had, but did kick in later, however the flavor wasn’t what I was hoping for. I grew Utah sweet Spanish onions and was getting a little nervous after watching your video last year; fortunately I had 2 plants bolt and the rest came out fine. Take care and best of luck this year!
have you looked into seed saving? especially for tomatoes and peppers its fairly easy and you dont loose the crop to get the seeds like with kale or brocolli
Our hobby farm is also in zone 4 about 30 minutes north of Duluth. We really love our Amish Pastes! We grew over 15 varieties last year and that was one of our best producing tomato plants with no issue of blight, even with all the rain. Our vegetable garden is on a south facing hill though, so I think the extra advantage of drainage and protection from weather supported us a lot last season. Black Hungarian peppers grow really well in our area too! Great for hot pickled peppers! So sad you didn't enjoy your mexican sour-gherkins! Always been one of my favorites and usually very prolific! I would really encourage you to give it another shot in the future.
Yes, the rain was the issue for tomatoes and we are in low area with not great air flow-it was not good. You are lucky to be up higher. I’ve grown Amish paste for two years and they do get tall, but not very prolific here. Looked pretty much like she showed. Z5, WI.
Totally digging those racks behind you at the beginning. Any tips on where you got them? If not, that's fine. I just appreciate seeing them and how you are using them.
Good morning!! First time here! I am always looking for more short season channels to watch!! I like High Mowing too! Just found them last season!! Cucamelons are so weird! Bitter and strange textured! We tried them last season and I had so many and my whole family hated them!!! I have tried 4 or 5 different indeterminate tomato trellises and find an arch works best for me! If you ever feel like giving it a whirl there is something magical about walking under and arch and grabbing a tomato to eat right there! I’m in a new garden and don’t have a good rhythm yet because something new has come up each year!! Excited to see you get started :)
@@jennypatterson6660 MIGarderner, Soil and Margaritas are both zone 5. Jill Winger is zone 4. Simple Living Alaska is zone 3. More than Farmers is zone 5/6. Acre Homestead is zone 6 now (used to be 7) but one of my favorites!
Russet Potatoes are one of my favorites to grow. They are so much better than a store bought one. Even my husband, who never liked russets, likes them! I love using mine for french fries. I will process and freeze them for over winter.
We grow Plum Regal and Grandero which these two are about the same. We also grow Galahad and love it. It is more of a big slicer vs Plum Regal is paste. I don’t like the San Marzano. Totally Tomatoes catalog is a good source for all types of tomatoes. We get flea beetles on eggplant. I grew the eggplant in pots on our deck one year and had no flea beetles. So if you have somewhere that is higher up, you might try growing your Napa cabbage in pots up higher.
Lol, I do the shirt load also! Never seem to have a basket, getting better at remembering one though. Yes, Belstar is my pick also. High Mowing has great Brussel sprouts also-Dagan and Nautica did well. Deadon cabbage were huge. Wow, you had a State Fair exhibit!🎉. I’m still looking for a favorite as I don’t want too large or dry. Oh the rain we all had in this area last summer-couldn’t get outside and then the mosquitoes 🫨. Hmm, yep I bet the onions got too cold and being a biennial I bet they thought it was 2nd year and bolted. I don’t rush getting them out too soon and I know we have to get them going because of summer solstice as that’s bulbing time, but last year they seemed to be ready too soon. Probably the rain. Onions and potatoes didn’t keep well because of too much rain. I’m going to start alliums earlier inside this year-I’ve started them beginning of February and March with great success, but will try for thicker starts and not sow seeds so thick. Yep cherry belle radishes do well. Any tricks to get kohlrabi to bulb up? I think I will try winter sowing them. I let a rutabaga seed out and collected them. The seeds that fell sprouted at the right time and transplanted them and had the hugest bagas-we love them😅. I’ve found shade fabric useful with beets and radishes. Ahh, I grew nice Diakon on east side of house, May need shade. I like thick walled bell peppers and these worked well here: King of the North, Crispy/Burpee and Frodo/Johnnys. Actually last year all the peppers were astonishing even the yellow and orange. The lunchbox/jungs were prolific and tasty treats. We didn’t have hoards of J beetles last year and I also quit growing pole beans till the Violetto and they were terrific in all ways and were not attacked. Tenderette is fav bush. I saved seed from the Violeta and hope they do well again. 😂I didn’t mulch peppers either last year and thought the rain was the difference (I’m sure it helped in my sandy soil). Habanadas were prolific and tasty, but I’m not use to cooking with them. Our tomatoes--we won’t talk about-too much rain 😏. I’m not a huge hot pepper person, but do like cayenne, might try scotch bonnet. Tabasco two years and they need a longer growing season and they are tiny-giving them up. I agree about Amish tomato. I like Super Sauce/Burpee. I will still give some heirlooms a go, but liking hybrids right now. All that rain stunted them and wasn’t a year to plant close together. We get our seed potatoes locally at farm store as they are pricey to order. We are not big on kale, chard or turnips. The dumb turnips were suppose to be these cute white round roots and they were anything but and bland. Thanks for sharing what worked well and didn’t. And thx for code-will do one last check, but I have many to use yet and nearby store carries that brand. Always nice to discuss with a similar growing zone. I have sandy vs your clay and makes a difference like with brassicas that love clay. I have a couple beds with some heavy soil, but rotation is limited. I will always use netting on all brassicas-😂not picking those worms out anymore. 😂 I never fell for cucamelon and you’re not the first to drop them. Concerned all our snow is south and getting extreme cold-probably won’t have many tender flowers overwinter this time. Z5a, WI.
Hi , about Sorrel, I have been growing for years and years. You need to cut down all the leaves, they will grow again and again. During one year I harvest three or four times if get plenty of water in the hot summer. I live in Zone 6, and we have so hot summers 30-35C here in Romania.
I have had good and bad results with Amish Paste. I think it was the seed source. I'm saving my own seed now, so hopefully I can improve a strain adapted to my garden. And hey, you can still make kimchi, just substitute regular cabbage and radishes, but keep the same flavor profile.
Are you growing shallots again this year? I'm trying out shallot seeds this season, hopefully they'll be as nice as the ones you grew over the Summer! Great selection of seeds 😊.
Rutabaga, or swede as we call it in Britain. You have a valid point. In Britain swede is most commonly eaten mashed with carrot. So, you have to mix it with a sweeter vegetable to make it taste okay.
My great grandparents lived in a mining region in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where they learned to make Cornish pasties. We add a bit of rutabaga to our pasties. My dad likes rutabaga mashed but he’s the only one in the family who eats it. I’m interested to try it mashed with carrots, I bet that would take the bitter edge off it. Happy new year!
@@thehomesteadingrdand yet ours were sweet and delish! We grow the orange flesh variety. We steam or cook in milk, butter and s&p-the best. Sandy soil Z5a. Lol, before we grew our own we use to get a 50 lb bag when we went up north in the fall😂.
there are pros and cons: "Some F1 seeds may mature faster and flower earlier, making the plant more suitable for shorter growing seasons. There might be higher yields from certain F1 seeds that will result in larger crops from smaller acreage. One of the most important accomplishments of hybridization is disease resistance. There is also something called hybrid vigor. Plants grown from F1 hybrid seeds tend to grow stronger and have greater survival rates than their homozygous relatives. These plants need fewer pesticides and other chemical treatments to survive and that's good for the environment. There are, however, a few downsides to using F1 hybrid seeds. F1 seeds are often more expensive because they cost more to produce. All that hand pollination doesn't come cheap, nor does the laboratory testing these plants undergo. F1 seeds can't be harvested by the thrifty gardener for use the following year. Some gardeners feel that the flavor has been sacrificed to uniformity and those gardeners might be right, but others might disagree when they taste that first sweet taste of summer in a tomato that ripens weeks ahead of the heirlooms." (also cant save the seeds. )
I *think* I solved my cabbage worms / moth issue this last year....a friend recommended interplanting with borage....and I transplanted the cabbages out later than usual. In the past, they'd be one of the first crops to go in the garden...but last year I started them as usual....and potted them into 1 gal containers...and kept them in the garage ( door open when weather permitted)....then transplanted them out into the garden right next to a line of borage....and in an area where they got morning / early afternoon sun. That helped a lot....and then I planted a whole bunch of nasturtiums on the FAR side of the garden....where the squash was growing...cuz nasturtiums can attract the moths, etc. Only 1 caution to this strategy...harvest the borage flowers for your salad..they are edible...and you don't want the flowers to go to seed becuz borage can become invasive. Pull the flowers and prune the borage leaves....drop them around the garden. They help deter pests and build soil fertility / nutrition.
Just found your channel I’m very curious to see how to grow Romanesco ( I’ve heard it’s temperamental??) I’ve always struggled with growing anything in the Brassica family ? I live in a zone 3b dry, windy climate 120 day grow season.. I can grow okra and peppers without trying but can’t grow cabbage, cauliflower or broccoli to save my life. The worms always get them before I know they’re there. I have bug coverage tunnels. this year I will resort to non organic pesticides just because I want to harvest one!! Been a gardener for 25-30 but only got into growing brassica’s for the last 6 yrs. Do you have to grow them on drip?? What’s the trick garden friends???? Stumped in Saskatchewan
Hi, just stumbled across this video, can you tell me what garden fencing you use? Have been looking to upgrade this season and the one at the end of your video looks like it would be perfect!
I like sorrel, they come back for me without much problem. I've found the red veined sorrel don't grow quite as well and they also don't have a great flavor.
I’ve been saving seeds to try and rely less on the seed company’s. It’d be great if you can save seeds from your few kale & pepper plants this year & fingers crossed you’ll get something close being it’s a F1 hybrid.
I did that this last year with my Tokyo long cucumbers. I hadn't realized i had just ONE seed left!!! Isolated a bloom, saved seeds from one cuc, and now I have seeds for YEARS. tried to do the same thing with my Beurre de Rocquencourt wax beans and FORGOT TO LET SOME GO TO SEED! 🤦♀️ lol. I had to buy seeds for this year. DARNIT! Lol.
So I noticed you grow a lot of F1 varieties. I grow mostly open pollinated and heirloom varieties and I save seeds. This keeps me from being dependent on seed companies as much like with your kale. You can save seeds so easily. Saving seeds also will help your plants become more acclimatized to your climate. You’re also growing indeterminate tomatoes wrong. You need a tall trellis like a cattle panel and t posts. I gave up on tomato cages years ago for tomatoes but I do use them for zucchini and peppers.
I've never heard of High Mowing Seeds. Love learning new things. I have all my seeds from MIgardener and Baker Creek...probably for several years LOL. I couldn't stop :) That Kale you love, sure is beautiful!!!
Do you know how many butternut squash you get from each plant? I have limited garden space and want to plan. Do you not have to deal with cabbage moth? I gave up on all brassica's because the moths just decimated them.
P.S. Amish Paste tomatoes did well last year, but only using the air pruning method. I had tons and was able to roast them all and turn then into sauce- yum! Sorry your were a bust.
I live in the Pacific Northwest and don’t have too many problems with pests so far but I am mostly a fruit grower. If you can’t get to the flea beetles under control, would the kimchi vegetables that they loved be good sacrificial plants if you planted a few of them around? I’ve had no luck with veggies like spinach or broccoli, but I may try your recommended broccoli variety this year.
Yes, Belstar is ‘Susan’s In the Garden’ favorite also-she lives in WA and has a channel among other info over the years. It’s my favorite also in WI. You might find answers to the other varieties you struggle with on her channel for your area. I know broccoli likes heavy soil and is a heavy feeder. I use netting on all brassicas. The spinach 😂 I had started some inside and thought the seed was bad and tiny bugs in the soil so I put the flat out on the patio. They were frozen solid and then I remembered it takes a long time for spinach to germinate and brought them back in and watered and they popped up in two days.
@@dustyflats3832 I don’t have a greenhouse and no windowsills that are right for starting seeds so I’m at the mercy of the weather for anything I do with seeds 😊
@@jenw5056 oh, yes, that’s difficult then. I have grow lights and shelving. I would love to keep the mess outside. It’s too cold to heat the greenhouse and we didn’t get to finish the rebuild of my small leanto greenhouse. I will do more winter sowing though. Had the best rutabagas two years ago when I left seed that I was saving drop. I couldn’t believe the harvest and most were huge. Maybe try winter sowing cool weather crops if you haven’t already. Those rutabagas loved it.😊
We love the Chioggia beets with the white rings-nice flavor and not too earthy-gold are nice also. Onions-I’m in long day latitude and we like Blush, Torpedo, Yellow Spanish, Sierra Blanca, Redwing and Patterson-most from Jungs Seed. All great keepers. Ailsa Craigs don’t keep-sweet onion. Z5.
Have you tried making kimchi with the round green cabbage -Passat I think was your favorite? & your cherry bell (or any radish really!)… I regularly mix & match - (throw some matchsticked kohlrabi in too) similar veg in with the kimchi spices, flavor wise it’s usually not too different… texture wise, the non Napa cabbages are the only real difference, the kraut cabbages tend to be a bit more crunchy- but my family prefers that….
Amish Paste doesn’t grow for me either. Last time I tried I didn’t even get a ripe tomato. I am in NE MN. BTW Plum Regal appears to be available at Pinetree Seeds.
I need to know where you got those jar drying/storeage racks behind you. ❤ First time you’ve come up in my ‘feed’, GREAT VID! For whatever reason, algorithms haven’t brought you to my searches - which are 90% gardening. Zone 7a northeastern, PA here. I’d prefer to battle/workaround cool temps to the oppressive, humid, sun beating on you, burning your person and plants. 😂 Hate the extreme hot and cold.
I’m so glad you found me! ☺️ I LOVE my jar racks! You can get a set here: geni.us/AmazonMasonJarRack I hear you! I struggle in the heat, that’s for sure
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Always so informative. Our garden motto is: If you're high maintenance, difficult to manage and don't bring us joy, you don't get to stay. 🙂💚
Totally agree! Life’s too short to grow plants that don’t make you happy.
Me too, but I often give a poor performer a 2nd chance. If at that point they don’t cut the mustard, out they go.
I've never been able to grow bell peppers in northern ND until last year. I had really good success with King of the North Bells from baker creek. Started them inside on March 1st. Picked the first peppers right away while green so it would put on more. Ended up with a baby pool full of red bell peppers at the end of the season.
I’m so jealous! I tried that variety (but from HMS) and still couldn’t get a decent pepper 😞
It really was a great year for peppers. Yes to king of north.
@@thehomesteadingrdthat is odd. If the nutrients and PH are all good I would try lightening the soil with perlite and don’t mulch. All your other peppers did well-hmmm🧐
I've had great luck with Jimmy Nardello peppers!
I start my peppers in late February here in Iowa. Snip the tops and first flowers for bigger harvests, put them in a black or metal container, give lots of water, fertilizer regularly. They like their roots to be hot. Both hot and sweet peppers. You'll always get much faster growth and bigger harvests when you let their roots get hot.
Tomatoes and other Solanum family plants generally also like to grow hot.
Oh my gosh! It’s so wonderful finding a northern MN homestead channel, even better another gluten free family too! ❤
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Wisconsinite, zone 4a here. Pretty tickled to find a RUclips channel with a similar climate to me! I still have a spaghetti squash harvested in September of 2023. I almost cut it up the other day, but decided to hold off and see how long it stays nice!
I love Corno di Toro! Super easy to save seeds from this open pollinated variety as long as you take seeds from a red ripe pepper and let them air dry. 🌶️
Good point! Thank you so much. I forgot these are open pollinated. I’ll be sure to save the seeds this season so I don’t have another seed shortage issue 🤪
For my favourites, i save the seeds. I cant tell you what kind of pepper our favourite is because we saved them from a store bought pepper years ago! They have morphed into our own perfect pepper
I can grow literally anything year round, its so mild i can plant sweet potatoes harvest them leave slips in the ground and they overwinter.
I grew habanada peppers! Sooo pretty!! It tasted good too. Kind of tropical. And sweet. Once in a while you get a tiny bit of heat :))
My husband is from Jamaica and we grow a ton of scotch bonnets to freeze and use throughout the winter. They taste so good!! Not crazy spicy but fruity and flavorful. I also tried the Amish Paste this year and won’t be growing them again. They split a ton! I prefer San Marzanos. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing this so folks can learn from your experience!
Glad you found it helpful!🫶🏼
Maybe you can talk about flowers next time! I like to include flowers among the veg, and it would be interesting to learn about something new!
I have the same issue here in Michigan, 5b and corno di toro save the day for me too!!!! I found some at my local library!
Yay! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I’m with you on the Amish Paste tomato. Not only is it a poor structure and super prone to blight, but it also has such a gross texture on the fruit itself. It’s mealy for lack of a better description. On my must regrow list this year is Prairie Fire tomatoes. They almost never made it back to the kitchen because I ate them as I picked them 😂. Have you tried them?
Cheers and happy gardening everyone. Eastern Ontario zone 4 here, probably close to the same climate as you and I agree growing peppers in planters is the way to go, the soil warms up quicker during the day, bell peppers love it too. A few more weeks and it's down to the grow room......yahoo, can't wait, was down there today sorting seed, mixing starter soil and loading up trays in preparation.
Yessss! I’m so ready to get my hands dirty!!
Do you guys overwinter your pepper plants in the greenhouse/indoors?
I’m surprised you haven’t started harvesting and keeping your own seeds from your own plants. My great grandmother was so talented at this. I know it’s important to get the right kind of plant whose seeds will be fertile. You are a talented grower and preserver though. Then you are at the mercy of seed companies letting you down. Just a thought. I really enjoy your content and your slowed down pace.❤
This is dependent on if the seeds are open pollinated and you are planting more than one variety. This spring I'm only growing one variety of tomato but I'm worried about seed saving because my neighbor also grows tomatoes. ETA; All the veggies she mentions as F1 are hybrids that you can't seed save from because the seed won't save true to the parent.
You could try planting flowers around the Cabbage that works really well for me last year
Appreciate the list. We moved to Minnesota a few years ago from Oklahoma. The gardening is a bit different up here lol. There isn’t much for growing up here, so your content is very helpful. Starting no till this year. Very excited to see what happens!
Happy new year! Growing up with Eastern European parents, my mom always makes the Polish ‘Zupa Szczawiowa’ aka Sorrel soup. I know it sounds odd and weird (kinda like the traditional pickle soup!) but it’s so delicious! If you’re looking for new uses for sorrel other than fresh eats, I’d recommend looking it up 😊 thank you for your video! Trying so hard not to go overboard with seed shopping, but there are so many wonderful options out there!
That sounds like something fun to try!! Thanks for the idea
Lol, I know, I already need to use up seeds. I only needed like 3 and had to source from 3 different companies 😂 guess what? I have more than 3 more seeds😂.
I'm totally with you on Amish paste tomatoes! I heard so much about them and tried for 3 years and they were just a disappointment. Never again. Ill have to try some of your faves! But this year I'm only spending time growing stuff I enjoy and we eat. I'm not doing much experimenting with "product" only with growing practices! Happy planting!
Last year I had a bumper crop of tomatoes and I essentially ignored them for a change. Most were in my greenhouse where I planted a lot of flowers to improved pollination (calendula, heliotrope, marjoram, basil). Outside in raised beds I planted about 8 Manitoba tomatoes and ended up with 4 boxes of fruit. I had to pick them green before frost came but they ripened nicely in the basement. A very low maintenance determinate plant! In the greenhouse most of my tomatoes are indeterminate so I trellis them. I’ve been saving Gold Nugget cherry tomato seeds for 4-5 years now and it’s always the first to ripen. My other favourite is the KBX tomato. Yellow orange like a marigold, huge and juicy and stores very well.
Amish Paste does so well down here in Maryland. I hope the Plum Regal does well here too bc I'm about order them. 😂
I highly recommend Carmen for a bull horn style prolific sweet pepper. My very favorite.
I'm so happy that you mentioned the differences in your peppers outcomes depending on the way of growing. I also had peppers with different results, some even without fruit while others with plenty. Only after you shared your observations about mulching and raised beds it struck me that it applies also to my peppers. Thank you!
After I saw your video giving high praise to the plum regal I went right to High Mowing seeds to find them. I have not been notified about them being back in stock, yet…so they’ve been out for a while.
Flea beetles always attack my potato leaves but last season I tried a type that was resistant against most insects. King Harry did pretty well! This year I went a little crazy and I’m growing 8 different varieties of potatoes.
I now grow brassicas in a covered bed and I’m still very particular about checking for bugs before eating them. I love kale but only grow dazzling blue kale. Aside from being beautiful, it has very few curly leaves - and tastes great. I might try red Russian again.
Thanks for sharing feedback on the varieties you are growing! We are a bit south of you in Ohio, we will follow along to see how your new varieties do this year! We also grow quite a lot of determinant paste tomatoes so we are always trying new varieties. Last season Plum Regal and Paisano were our two favorites (beating out Roma VF and Super Sauce). This year we are also adding Daytona, La Roma III and early Resilience to compare. Hopefully you don't ever deal with blight again but if you do and don't want to skip tomatoes we grow all of ours in straw bales which negates any issues with soil born diseases. Happy gardening!
Trying Paisano this year also. Tried Supremo and it was ok, small. Super Sauce did well here. And Amish paste was just as she said as we tried twice. I’m still trying to get use to determinates.
East central Minnesota here, thank you!!
Love it! Helloooo👋🏼
Hi! You can get the Corno Di Toro Red AND yellow at MIgardeners! They are both so delicious ❤
I will have to check them out! Thank you!!
Absolutely love your channel! So much inspiration and relatability. Just ordered some seeds and used the discount code. Appreciate you, keep it up!
Thanks so much! Happy gardening! ☺️
Thank you for doing this review. It is so much for useful that when folks just show new packages of seeds that they haven't tried yet.
I had a horrible pepper year last year! I’ve tried growing the habanado two years in a row and haven’t had a bit of luck. I also have lots of blight to deal with and it even got on other crops besides tomatoes.
I feel you on the blight, that’s always a bummer!
Thank you. I really enjoyed your picks and explanations. Did I miss a carrot 🥕 choice/cancel?
That cabbage! Wow!
I also struggle with bell peppers but Marconi did great for me last year and were delicious! And just in case you didn't see already, Arun kale is available to order at High Mowing now but backordered until May. Territorial Seeds also has it in stock now though.
Love videos like this! They get me so excited! We run a small veggie farm in Montana and I spend my summer in Minnesota where I have a hobby garden. I so know what you mean about the blight in MN! It can be brutal for tomatoes! In MT it is not bad for us (knock on wood).
I may just have to give your cabbage and broccoli varieties a try. The green beans seem tempting too. If you want to make kimchi try cucumber kimchi if you can grow an abundant amount of cucumbers. We made it for the first time this year and it is amazing! Also, I totally agree about Amish Paste tomatoes. They did the same for us, even without blight issues. Consider trying SuperSauce tomatoes. They are huge, actually taste good for a paste type and great for canning or just fresh eating.
I have had the best success with peppers in large black nursery pots with mulch on top to preserve moisture. California Wonder peppers work well in my Zone 3 garden. I appreciate the recommendations for other varieties to try.
I had great success with Red Marconi peppers in those pots too. Those long peppers hung over the edge of the pot instead of digging into the soil.
So good to know! Thank you!!
Yep! My best results for peppers is growing in large, black pots with mulch. Peppers and a few of the melons that I grow love, love, love warm soil...in the black pots, the soil stays warm..and I do a little mulch on top, just to hold the moisture. My favorite peppers are the Ajvarski ( there are several spellings) it is a red roasting pepper....and the best bell I grew last year was 'Olympic'..
Honestly was overwhelmed with how prolific they were. I also grow others...but those 2 varieties last year were insane. I am in zone 5b.
Black Spanish radishes do super well up north. They can get big if you leave them and they seed like crazy so you only need to let one bolt to get your own seeds for next year. I'm a French Breakfast girlie but sometimes they're a little tricky in my area and honestly if it tastes like a radish I'm happy. I want to try chick peas this year maybe make my own hummus. Royal purple is a fun bush bean if you ever get bored. ❤🎉 Can't wait to get back in the ground
Aji Rico is a great choice. So productive for me last year, and made some great paprika!
I Googled that kale and lots of places sell it hope you can still grow it this year! 😊
Thanks for the information; my area seems to be similar to yours creating some of the same challenges. I also tried cucamelons for the first time last year with the same conclusion; I think they like warmer areas to be more prolific because they were struggling with the Spring we had, but did kick in later, however the flavor wasn’t what I was hoping for. I grew Utah sweet Spanish onions and was getting a little nervous after watching your video last year; fortunately I had 2 plants bolt and the rest came out fine. Take care and best of luck this year!
I kept a butternut squash in my closet for 2 years!
Wow!!
have you looked into seed saving? especially for tomatoes and peppers its fairly easy and you dont loose the crop to get the seeds like with kale or brocolli
Our hobby farm is also in zone 4 about 30 minutes north of Duluth. We really love our Amish Pastes! We grew over 15 varieties last year and that was one of our best producing tomato plants with no issue of blight, even with all the rain. Our vegetable garden is on a south facing hill though, so I think the extra advantage of drainage and protection from weather supported us a lot last season. Black Hungarian peppers grow really well in our area too! Great for hot pickled peppers! So sad you didn't enjoy your mexican sour-gherkins! Always been one of my favorites and usually very prolific! I would really encourage you to give it another shot in the future.
Too funny! I love how each garden and gardener is so unique. The Black Hungarian peppers sound amazing 🤩
Yes, the rain was the issue for tomatoes and we are in low area with not great air flow-it was not good. You are lucky to be up higher. I’ve grown Amish paste for two years and they do get tall, but not very prolific here. Looked pretty much like she showed. Z5, WI.
I love the large leaf sorrel.
Totally digging those racks behind you at the beginning. Any tips on where you got them? If not, that's fine. I just appreciate seeing them and how you are using them.
Good morning!! First time here! I am always looking for more short season channels to watch!! I like High Mowing too! Just found them last season!! Cucamelons are so weird! Bitter and strange textured! We tried them last season and I had so many and my whole family hated them!!!
I have tried 4 or 5 different indeterminate tomato trellises and find an arch works best for me! If you ever feel like giving it a whirl there is something magical about walking under and arch and grabbing a tomato to eat right there!
I’m in a new garden and don’t have a good rhythm yet because something new has come up each year!!
Excited to see you get started :)
If you could recommend any other short season (zone 3-4) channels I would be forever in your debt! They are hard to find!
@@jennypatterson6660 MIGarderner, Soil and Margaritas are both zone 5. Jill Winger is zone 4. Simple Living Alaska is zone 3. More than Farmers is zone 5/6. Acre Homestead is zone 6 now (used to be 7) but one of my favorites!
Hello from another Kansas Homesteader
Hello!!!
I had similar experiences with the pink boar and Amish paste!
Love love the habanada!
Yay! I can’t wait to try it
Russet Potatoes are one of my favorites to grow. They are so much better than a store bought one. Even my husband, who never liked russets, likes them! I love using mine for french fries. I will process and freeze them for over winter.
Yay! Can’t wait to give them a go
We grow Plum Regal and Grandero which these two are about the same. We also grow Galahad and love it. It is more of a big slicer vs Plum Regal is paste. I don’t like the San Marzano.
Totally Tomatoes catalog is a good source for all types of tomatoes.
We get flea beetles on eggplant. I grew the eggplant in pots on our deck one year and had no flea beetles. So if you have somewhere that is higher up, you might try growing your Napa cabbage in pots up higher.
Hi Katie, I love your energy (and content). Thanks for the discount code, I spent way too much at Highmowing😂
I’m glad you liked it! I hope you have a great garden season!
You can use diatomaceous earth to treat plants for flea beetles and also you can grow eggplants as trap crops if you have the room.
Lol, I do the shirt load also! Never seem to have a basket, getting better at remembering one though. Yes, Belstar is my pick also. High Mowing has great Brussel sprouts also-Dagan and Nautica did well. Deadon cabbage were huge. Wow, you had a State Fair exhibit!🎉. I’m still looking for a favorite as I don’t want too large or dry.
Oh the rain we all had in this area last summer-couldn’t get outside and then the mosquitoes 🫨.
Hmm, yep I bet the onions got too cold and being a biennial I bet they thought it was 2nd year and bolted. I don’t rush getting them out too soon and I know we have to get them going because of summer solstice as that’s bulbing time, but last year they seemed to be ready too soon. Probably the rain. Onions and potatoes didn’t keep well because of too much rain. I’m going to start alliums earlier inside this year-I’ve started them beginning of February and March with great success, but will try for thicker starts and not sow seeds so thick.
Yep cherry belle radishes do well.
Any tricks to get kohlrabi to bulb up? I think I will try winter sowing them. I let a rutabaga seed out and collected them. The seeds that fell sprouted at the right time and transplanted them and had the hugest bagas-we love them😅. I’ve found shade fabric useful with beets and radishes. Ahh, I grew nice Diakon on east side of house, May need shade.
I like thick walled bell peppers and these worked well here: King of the North, Crispy/Burpee and Frodo/Johnnys. Actually last year all the peppers were astonishing even the yellow and orange. The lunchbox/jungs were prolific and tasty treats.
We didn’t have hoards of J beetles last year and I also quit growing pole beans till the Violetto and they were terrific in all ways and were not attacked. Tenderette is fav bush. I saved seed from the Violeta and hope they do well again.
😂I didn’t mulch peppers either last year and thought the rain was the difference (I’m sure it helped in my sandy soil). Habanadas were prolific and tasty, but I’m not use to cooking with them.
Our tomatoes--we won’t talk about-too much rain 😏. I’m not a huge hot pepper person, but do like cayenne, might try scotch bonnet. Tabasco two years and they need a longer growing season and they are tiny-giving them up.
I agree about Amish tomato. I like Super Sauce/Burpee. I will still give some heirlooms a go, but liking hybrids right now. All that rain stunted them and wasn’t a year to plant close together.
We get our seed potatoes locally at farm store as they are pricey to order. We are not big on kale, chard or turnips. The dumb turnips were suppose to be these cute white round roots and they were anything but and bland.
Thanks for sharing what worked well and didn’t. And thx for code-will do one last check, but I have many to use yet and nearby store carries that brand. Always nice to discuss with a similar growing zone. I have sandy vs your clay and makes a difference like with brassicas that love clay. I have a couple beds with some heavy soil, but rotation is limited. I will always use netting on all brassicas-😂not picking those worms out anymore. 😂 I never fell for cucamelon and you’re not the first to drop them.
Concerned all our snow is south and getting extreme cold-probably won’t have many tender flowers overwinter this time. Z5a, WI.
Hi , about Sorrel, I have been growing for years and years. You need to cut down all the leaves, they will grow again and again. During one year I harvest three or four times if get plenty of water in the hot summer. I live in Zone 6, and we have so hot summers 30-35C here in Romania.
Thanks for the tips!
Love a video about specific varieties!
Maybe you could grow your kale to seed and save some of the seeds? I’m not knowledgeable on kale seed saving but it’s worth looking into!
Can you go over layout of vegetables that work well together? I struggle with spacing and pairs
keep a few peppers to ripe then collect the seed from it to grow for future.
I was very disappointed with the Amish paste tomato, too. It might have been my fault, so I will give it a space this year.
Wow, that kale looks so lush!
It’s an amazing variety!
Cherry Belle Radishes are also a staple in my garden!
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I have had good and bad results with Amish Paste. I think it was the seed source. I'm saving my own seed now, so hopefully I can improve a strain adapted to my garden. And hey, you can still make kimchi, just substitute regular cabbage and radishes, but keep the same flavor profile.
Thank you!
I think that could be it about Amish paste. I saved some gold Amish paste and will try that this year.
Are you growing shallots again this year? I'm trying out shallot seeds this season, hopefully they'll be as nice as the ones you grew over the Summer! Great selection of seeds 😊.
You can get corna de torna at other places to. I believe either totally tomatoes or tomato growers. So glad I happened on you. I'm also in minnesota
Yay! Another Minnesotan! 👋
Seed time, LFG!!! 🎉
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Enjoyed this very much🎉been thinking of you and watching for a new video.. how's the shop coming along ❤❤❤love from Kansas City
It's always great to see you here! The shop is moving right along! Still working on drywall
Good morning from Forest lake Minnesota! Great episode!!
Thanks for watching! 😄
once im done battling the burdock take over im gonna try those tomatoes for sure.
Burdock is a tough one! Good luck!
Rutabaga, or swede as we call it in Britain. You have a valid point. In Britain swede is most commonly eaten mashed with carrot. So, you have to mix it with a sweeter vegetable to make it taste okay.
Totally agree! The only way it’s tolerable for me it to mix it with sweet potato in a dish
My great grandparents lived in a mining region in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where they learned to make Cornish pasties. We add a bit of rutabaga to our pasties. My dad likes rutabaga mashed but he’s the only one in the family who eats it. I’m interested to try it mashed with carrots, I bet that would take the bitter edge off it. Happy new year!
@@thehomesteadingrdand yet ours were sweet and delish! We grow the orange flesh variety. We steam or cook in milk, butter and s&p-the best. Sandy soil Z5a. Lol, before we grew our own we use to get a 50 lb bag when we went up north in the fall😂.
I love seed videos! Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome!
What does F1 mean?
there are pros and cons: "Some F1 seeds may mature faster and flower earlier, making the plant more suitable for shorter growing seasons. There might be higher yields from certain F1 seeds that will result in larger crops from smaller acreage. One of the most important accomplishments of hybridization is disease resistance. There is also something called hybrid vigor. Plants grown from F1 hybrid seeds tend to grow stronger and have greater survival rates than their homozygous relatives. These plants need fewer pesticides and other chemical treatments to survive and that's good for the environment. There are, however, a few downsides to using F1 hybrid seeds. F1 seeds are often more expensive because they cost more to produce. All that hand pollination doesn't come cheap, nor does the laboratory testing these plants undergo. F1 seeds can't be harvested by the thrifty gardener for use the following year. Some gardeners feel that the flavor has been sacrificed to uniformity and those gardeners might be right, but others might disagree when they taste that first sweet taste of summer in a tomato that ripens weeks ahead of the heirlooms." (also cant save the seeds. )
I tried cucamelons this past summer as well. The plant was gigantic and bushy and lovely, but we got exactly ONE cucamelon all season.
Oh man, that’s so frustrating! 😩
Your kale is amazing! We have such bad cabbage worms here that they decimate everything. We had flea beetles for the first time last year too.
I hear ya, those pests are a real bummer! 😔
I *think* I solved my cabbage worms / moth issue this last year....a friend recommended interplanting with borage....and I transplanted the cabbages out later than usual. In the past, they'd be one of the first crops to go in the garden...but last year I started them as usual....and potted them into 1 gal containers...and kept them in the garage ( door open when weather permitted)....then transplanted them out into the garden right next to a line of borage....and in an area where they got morning / early afternoon sun. That helped a lot....and then I planted a whole bunch of nasturtiums on the FAR side of the garden....where the squash was growing...cuz nasturtiums can attract the moths, etc.
Only 1 caution to this strategy...harvest the borage flowers for your salad..they are edible...and you don't want the flowers to go to seed becuz borage can become invasive. Pull the flowers and prune the borage leaves....drop them around the garden. They help deter pests and build soil fertility / nutrition.
Just found your channel I’m very curious to see how to grow Romanesco ( I’ve heard it’s temperamental??) I’ve always struggled with growing anything in the Brassica family ? I live in a zone 3b dry, windy climate 120 day grow season.. I can grow okra and peppers without trying but can’t grow cabbage, cauliflower or broccoli to save my life. The worms always get them before I know they’re there. I have bug coverage tunnels. this year I will resort to non organic pesticides just because I want to harvest one!! Been a gardener for 25-30 but only got into growing brassica’s for the last 6 yrs. Do you have to grow them on drip?? What’s the trick garden friends????
Stumped in Saskatchewan
Hi, just stumbled across this video, can you tell me what garden fencing you use? Have been looking to upgrade this season and the one at the end of your video looks like it would be perfect!
Hey! I love my fencing and it does a great job to keep the critters out. I use geni.us/AmazonElectricFence powered by geni.us/AmazonParmak
@thehomesteadingrd Awesome, thanks!
You'll love the Aji Rico. I'm in a temperate climate where hot peppers don't thrive, but the Aji Rico produces incredibly well and tastes great, too.
Yay! I can’t wait to try it
So many F1, you are at the mercy of agro food industry. Do you have any open pollinated, or heirloom recommendations?
I like sorrel, they come back for me without much problem. I've found the red veined sorrel don't grow quite as well and they also don't have a great flavor.
That’s good to know! It looks so beautiful so I’ve been tempted to grow it
I’ve been saving seeds to try and rely less on the seed company’s. It’d be great if you can save seeds from your few kale & pepper plants this year & fingers crossed you’ll get something close being it’s a F1 hybrid.
I did that this last year with my Tokyo long cucumbers. I hadn't realized i had just ONE seed left!!! Isolated a bloom, saved seeds from one cuc, and now I have seeds for YEARS. tried to do the same thing with my Beurre de Rocquencourt wax beans and FORGOT TO LET SOME GO TO SEED! 🤦♀️ lol. I had to buy seeds for this year. DARNIT! Lol.
Do you save seeds from your plants for future usage or allow greens to go to seed to save?
So I noticed you grow a lot of F1 varieties. I grow mostly open pollinated and heirloom varieties and I save seeds. This keeps me from being dependent on seed companies as much like with your kale. You can save seeds so easily. Saving seeds also will help your plants become more acclimatized to your climate.
You’re also growing indeterminate tomatoes wrong. You need a tall trellis like a cattle panel and t posts.
I gave up on tomato cages years ago for tomatoes but I do use them for zucchini and peppers.
I've never heard of High Mowing Seeds. Love learning new things. I have all my seeds from MIgardener and Baker Creek...probably for several years LOL. I couldn't stop :) That Kale you love, sure is beautiful!!!
High mowing seeds is EXPENSIVE
Definitely check them out!
Wasabi arugula is so good. Looks like a kale. Hot and spicy and reseeds like crazy.
If you been growing those Peppers years you can use your own seeds from well ripened pods u know :)
Thanks! I’m southern MN. How does the kohlrabi do in containers? I’m in a small city plot.
What's the other seed suppliers ?
Thank you for sharing. Where did you get the rack you have behind you for your jars?
Oooo I love my jar rack! Here’s the link: geni.us/AmazonMasonJarRack
Do you know how many butternut squash you get from each plant? I have limited garden space and want to plan. Do you not have to deal with cabbage moth? I gave up on all brassica's because the moths just decimated them.
I won’t grow brassicas without netting anymore-tired of picking out worms.
@@dustyflats3832 I tried netting, and apparently I never did it right, the moths still got in and laid their eggs. After 5 years of trying I quit!
P.S. Amish Paste tomatoes did well last year, but only using the air pruning method. I had tons and was able to roast them all and turn then into sauce- yum! Sorry your were a bust.
I live in the Pacific Northwest and don’t have too many problems with pests so far but I am mostly a fruit grower. If you can’t get to the flea beetles under control, would the kimchi vegetables that they loved be good sacrificial plants if you planted a few of them around? I’ve had no luck with veggies like spinach or broccoli, but I may try your recommended broccoli variety this year.
Yes, Belstar is ‘Susan’s In the Garden’ favorite also-she lives in WA and has a channel among other info over the years. It’s my favorite also in WI. You might find answers to the other varieties you struggle with on her channel for your area. I know broccoli likes heavy soil and is a heavy feeder. I use netting on all brassicas. The spinach 😂 I had started some inside and thought the seed was bad and tiny bugs in the soil so I put the flat out on the patio. They were frozen solid and then I remembered it takes a long time for spinach to germinate and brought them back in and watered and they popped up in two days.
Absolutely! If it becomes an issue with my other plants I’ll for sure bring them back as a trap crop
@@dustyflats3832 I don’t have a greenhouse and no windowsills that are right for starting seeds so I’m at the mercy of the weather for anything I do with seeds 😊
@@jenw5056 oh, yes, that’s difficult then. I have grow lights and shelving. I would love to keep the mess outside. It’s too cold to heat the greenhouse and we didn’t get to finish the rebuild of my small leanto greenhouse. I will do more winter sowing though. Had the best rutabagas two years ago when I left seed that I was saving drop. I couldn’t believe the harvest and most were huge.
Maybe try winter sowing cool weather crops if you haven’t already. Those rutabagas loved it.😊
Do you have any favorite beet or red onion favorite seeds?
I don’t! I haven’t grown either in years
We love the Chioggia beets with the white rings-nice flavor and not too earthy-gold are nice also. Onions-I’m in long day latitude and we like Blush, Torpedo, Yellow Spanish, Sierra Blanca, Redwing and Patterson-most from Jungs Seed. All great keepers. Ailsa Craigs don’t keep-sweet onion. Z5.
For red onion Rosa di Milano, a long day heirloom, did really well for me in zone 3.
I am learning so much! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
maxibel for green and rocdor for yellow are a must at my house
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Have you tried making kimchi with the round green cabbage -Passat I think was your favorite? & your cherry bell (or any radish really!)… I regularly mix & match - (throw some matchsticked kohlrabi in too) similar veg in with the kimchi spices, flavor wise it’s usually not too different… texture wise, the non Napa cabbages are the only real difference, the kraut cabbages tend to be a bit more crunchy- but my family prefers that….
Amish Paste doesn’t grow for me either. Last time I tried I didn’t even get a ripe tomato. I am in NE MN. BTW Plum Regal appears to be available at Pinetree Seeds.
That’s so frustrating! 😩
New follower from northern MN! Do you grow corn? What varieties do well for you up here?
You've gotta start deliberately collecting your own seeds! Start planning to have a group that is meant to go to seed so you can collect :)
I will when I want to 😉
Will F1 veggies produce seeds good for the next seasons?
Unfortunately no, F1 veggies are hybrids and their seeds won't produce true to type.
Maybe you could grow more heirloom vegetables in order to save seeds from some of your favs so you don’t miss out if seed companies run out?
You can still use the greens off of the daikon radish for kimchi
Good to know!
I need to know where you got those jar drying/storeage racks behind you. ❤
First time you’ve come up in my ‘feed’, GREAT VID! For whatever reason, algorithms haven’t brought you to my searches - which are 90% gardening.
Zone 7a northeastern, PA here. I’d prefer to battle/workaround cool temps to the oppressive, humid, sun beating on you, burning your person and plants. 😂 Hate the extreme hot and cold.
I’m so glad you found me! ☺️ I LOVE my jar racks! You can get a set here: geni.us/AmazonMasonJarRack
I hear you! I struggle in the heat, that’s for sure