Grow These 7 Perennial Crops for Endless Harvests!

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  • @PeterSedesse
    @PeterSedesse 19 годин тому +56

    My experience. Asparagus from seed is the clear winner. For the price of a crown, you can plant hundreds of seeds all spaced out correctly. And all of those seeded plants are going to catch up to your crown the second year anyway. It also gives you a cheap opportunity to have multiple varieties

    • @ErraticPerfectionist
      @ErraticPerfectionist 17 годин тому +5

      It also allows you to grow varieties that just aren't sold as crowns. Plus, it's fun 😁

    • @faithsrvtrip8768
      @faithsrvtrip8768 12 годин тому +4

      Thanks! I'm looking to buy a small house and the first thing I want to do is start planting stuff. Asparagus is def on my list!

  • @ciadanygonzalez6383
    @ciadanygonzalez6383 19 годин тому +69

    Perennial #1 Asparagus
    Perennial #2 Rhubarb
    Perennial #3 Fruit Tree (apple, peach, fig)
    Perennial #4 Tree Collar/Kale
    Perennial #5 Artichoke
    Perennial #6 Scarlet Runner Bean
    Perennial #7 Jerusalem Artichoke

  • @FatcatandFriends
    @FatcatandFriends 10 годин тому +3

    I love that you’re not like other UA-camrs in that you don’t constantly try to plug your channel or your store. Makes me want to support you that much more.

  • @christopherrenn8137
    @christopherrenn8137 20 годин тому +42

    when you fry or cook sunchokes, soak them before or add during cooking, lemon juice. It breaks down the fiber in the choke, giving more nutrition but also reducing the gassy effects.

    • @reneebrown2968
      @reneebrown2968 19 годин тому +3

      Thanks for the info. I have a large amount of sunchokes and will be looking into recipes to cook them. It's nice to know how to degass them

    • @reneebrown2968
      @reneebrown2968 19 годин тому +1

      How long should I soak them?

    • @christopherrenn8137
      @christopherrenn8137 19 годин тому +3

      @@reneebrown2968 i normally do 5-10 min.

    • @reneebrown2968
      @reneebrown2968 19 годин тому +2

      @@christopherrenn8137 thank you very much

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 17 годин тому +1

      Spinach and Sunchoke dip🤌❤️

  • @FarmingDocumentary
    @FarmingDocumentary 12 годин тому +3

    Love how these perennial crops provide continuous harvests year after year! Nature’s gift that keeps on giving! 🌿🍃

  • @RandomRob3000
    @RandomRob3000 15 годин тому +13

    The only thing I would have added would be nut trees. In my Zone 8 I have hazelnuts, almonds, and pistachios. Walnuts and Pecans would grow here as well, but they're just too big for my small yard. As an aside, I would also mention herbs.

  • @wild-radio7373
    @wild-radio7373 17 годин тому +10

    My asparagus plant went and made ONE seed this year! it has never done that in the 14 years we have had them😂😅
    Looks like it's time for a NEW BABY!❤

  • @Gardenergal
    @Gardenergal 18 годин тому +13

    Onion, clove of garlic, tomatoes, rhubarb chopped and stewed with 1/4 cup chick broth. Simmer and pour on top of chicken legs thighs or quarters. Salt and pepper to taste. Bake and enjoy. Savory Rhubarb dish.

    • @wild-radio7373
      @wild-radio7373 17 годин тому

      Thank you!❤

    • @k-807
      @k-807 16 годин тому +1

      Finally!! something besides pie lol
      Thank you

  • @DangerB0ne
    @DangerB0ne 17 годин тому +9

    100% on fruit trees. This year the Missus and I had more apricots than we knew what to do with. All of our friends and colleagues got a jar of jam and I got almost 2 liters of amaretto from this year's harvest.
    A good fruit set will give you an embarrassment of riches.
    I'm investing in a pressure canner for next year.

    • @lorenzo6777
      @lorenzo6777 13 годин тому +3

      Does home grown apricot taste different than grocery store?

    • @jackiek4159
      @jackiek4159 9 годин тому +1

      Are apricot trees easy to grow and take care of? Really want to add one to my collection! 💚

    • @DangerB0ne
      @DangerB0ne 9 годин тому +1

      @@jackiek4159 We inherited the apricot when we bought our house. Once established, they seem to be quite hardy in zone 7a.
      I'll have to try air layering this tree for some insurance scions, but given its vigor this season, I would say that getting an apricot through its first couple of years will result in a very healthy tree in the right climate. Given that apricots are from the Near East, I wouldn't go lower than zone 6a for cold hardy varieties, though some new types might be even more cold hardy. Be sure to check when you're purchasing.
      Regarding the taste, homegrown can be picked at the peak of ripeness so will be sweeter, though this year I harvested mine a little on the tart side for better shelf life (and to prevent more loss from storms). The tarter ones also have a better texture when baked.

  • @emmalondon3114
    @emmalondon3114 19 годин тому +8

    Just planted my first sunchokes. I've never seen any plant grow that fast

    • @Gardenergal
      @Gardenergal 18 годин тому

      Spreads like crazy too.

  • @andrewhanko2118
    @andrewhanko2118 18 годин тому +7

    How about green onions? They've been so easy to care for. Reauire very little water. They last several years. The shortest was 2 but all the rest have been going for 5 years now. They don't mind a lot of heat and sun.

  • @christophervanmeier1648
    @christophervanmeier1648 12 годин тому +1

    On the beans...we planted Asian Yard Long Beans three years ago. They just keep coming back and are delicious!

  • @momrocks9971
    @momrocks9971 8 годин тому

    Love, love, love this topic!
    Many of us wish we had all day to garden, but need to focus our time on the most productive tasks...and not always start over.
    Thank you!

  • @paulgerald1985
    @paulgerald1985 16 годин тому +3

    Whoa, Eric Gardening lives!

  • @GoingGreenMom
    @GoingGreenMom 18 годин тому +4

    Cant wait to taste my asparagus! A couple of mine are shooting up stalks that are pencil sized now at the end of Year 2. Planted from seedlings. Planning to plant rhubarb next year since I didnt get it done this year.

  • @samg8939
    @samg8939 19 годин тому +17

    LOL ERIC

  • @TheVoiceintheWater
    @TheVoiceintheWater 17 годин тому +4

    Artichokes and Jerusalem artichokes are both in Asteraceae, the sunflower family. They are in different genera within Astereaceae though.

  • @jackiek4159
    @jackiek4159 9 годин тому

    You can't go wrong with fruit trees! They are the best investment you can make for your garden! 🙌💚🍋

  • @TheOnyxFlame
    @TheOnyxFlame 18 годин тому +6

    @7:10 Kevin must wake up each morning with a nice, cold glass of hater-ade

  • @jlord4843
    @jlord4843 19 годин тому +13

    Asparagus can go for up to 50 years. I have seen it.

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 19 годин тому

      Hmm. Consume garden real estate all year, for a small harvest in spring only. I'd rather plant greenbrier, unless I really needed something that can take saline soils. Even then, Atriplex is probably a better crop.

    • @gardengatesopen
      @gardengatesopen 18 годин тому

      It's ponderous...
      I've got an asparagus plant that was originally planted 35 years ago.
      There's no way to know if the plants growing now are part of the OG root,
      but over time,
      they DO spread a bit,
      so, there is THAT fact to ponder!
      But your point is correct,
      it IS a loooong term perennial !!!

  • @vaevictis6990
    @vaevictis6990 16 годин тому +1

    I literally just harvested most of my sunchokes today. It's invasive lol reason number 1 for using raised beds. And to reduce the inulin content (the part that makes most of us pass wind), lacto-ferment. Bugs will eat up the inulin and convert to fructose. I've also heard you can par-boil with lemon juice to extract inulin, then roast or mash like potatoes. You don't need to suffer the wind.

  • @randomman2588
    @randomman2588 Годину тому

    My grandmother planted a rhubarb-plant in my parents garden when she and my grandfather owned the house. It is still alive and productive 30 years later.

  • @amandakarlsson4343
    @amandakarlsson4343 3 години тому

    I was told by my garden teacher that fermenting ”fartichoke” changes (or destroys) the nutrient that causes all those gases, and that it’s quite tasty too. I haven’t tried it yet since I don’t have a plant, but it’s on my list to try since it seems like a good perennial to have 🙂

  • @faithsrvtrip8768
    @faithsrvtrip8768 12 годин тому

    I camp hosted at a state park in NW Montana. There is a massive rhubarb plant that comes back every year. It's at 3300 feet elevation and they are expecting snow this week. It still comes back, every year.

  • @Alex_Riddles
    @Alex_Riddles 14 годин тому +1

    As for "fartichoke" the tuber contains inulin, an indigestable form of sugar. If the tubers are pickled in vinager, the acid will help to convert the inulin into fructose.

  • @sandracastle9319
    @sandracastle9319 16 годин тому +2

    A tip with messy asparagus ferns. I plat my asparagus. I get three small and close growing stems and plat them, just like you plat hair. Works great, they still get air and sunshine and they are upright, tidy and not shading the surround plants out.

    • @heather46918
      @heather46918 16 годин тому +2

      Same as "braid"?

    • @sandracastle9319
      @sandracastle9319 16 годин тому +2

      @@heather46918 Yes. Just like a braid. I am from Australia and it is called a plat over here. Cheers.

    • @heather46918
      @heather46918 15 годин тому

      @@sandracastle9319 makes Scripture make sense, never heard that word used in modern times until now. Thanks for sharing about the asparagus, just planted my first this year.

    • @sandracastle9319
      @sandracastle9319 15 годин тому

      @@heather46918 Maybe that tells you how old I am. Haha

    • @heather46918
      @heather46918 15 годин тому +1

      @@sandracastle9319 or simply wise haha

  • @Im-building-stuff
    @Im-building-stuff 19 годин тому +4

    My parents has Rhubarb in the garden and those are huge compared to yours, maybe because they are old, and i didn't know that you could make pie with them usually my mother makes jam & (dulceață in Romanian) but before that you have to pell them, and you could use them in soups they give a sour taste and that's unique, very nice and informative video thanks for sharing 🫡👍🏻

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 18 годин тому

      I will use rhubarb to make a sweet & sour sauce for meats like pork, but in the USA, the main use is strawberry + rhubarb pie. (I prefer to mix rhubarb chunks with pie cherries for my pie, but rhubarb and strawberries are both ready to harvest early in the season in the cold climates where rhubarb prefers to grow. There may be analogous opportunities to mix rhubarb with haskap (Lonicera caerulea edulis)--probably needs tapioca or eggs to set because the haskap are mostly juice and would likely disintegrate on cooking--but haskap is barely known in the USA at present.

    • @Im-building-stuff
      @Im-building-stuff 17 годин тому

      @@erikjohnson9223 o thanks for sharing if I was you I will ad some pineapple tho the sauce ( it's just a thought) let me know how it turns out 🙏

  • @carolzhou8478
    @carolzhou8478 20 годин тому +10

    Rhubarb is extremely high in oxalate. Do not feed to children or the elderly, or to anyone who has joint problems or has passed a kidney stone.

  • @jeffengel2607
    @jeffengel2607 18 годин тому +2

    Could you keep the scarlet runner bean tuber dry and cool inside, replant it come early spring, and have it regrow then as a defense against rotting in moist soil?

  • @SandBoxPioneer
    @SandBoxPioneer 17 годин тому +2

    go 2 zones colder when picking trees? ok I'll go grab some zone 1 cactus

  • @Pfsif
    @Pfsif 17 годин тому

    Loved my spring Asparagus in Pennsylvania.

  • @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t
    @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t 13 годин тому

    Fun fact, the name "Jerusalem artichoke" comes from a mispronunciation of the Italian word "girasole" which means "sunflower." The artichoke part comes from how it tastes like an artichoke to some, and it is related since both are in the Asteraceae family. So sunchoke is the name I prefer for _Helianthus tuberosus._

  • @christophervanmeier1648
    @christophervanmeier1648 12 годин тому

    Growing up, we would eaat sunchokes sliced thin and as an extra added to the tops of salads.

  • @lightningg252
    @lightningg252 2 години тому

    Wow, Eric sounds just like White Goodman. "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"😂

  • @lauranewbie8765
    @lauranewbie8765 17 годин тому +2

    Artichokes? Hmm.... very interesting.... and speaking of choking.... Padres choked up a bit eh?! Lol Just joking Kevin. 😁
    Go DODGERS!! Don't be too sore though, cause we love you're videos anyway. 🤗🥰

  • @nigl2807
    @nigl2807 8 годин тому

    back to basics. excellent

  • @xeniamorgan4993
    @xeniamorgan4993 9 годин тому

    My mother planted Jerusalem artichoke 30 years ago in her yard. After 3 years it’s become a big problem. We still fight with this very invasive plant. My mother’s garden in a zone 6 b.

  • @chrisgoldbach4450
    @chrisgoldbach4450 18 годин тому +4

    Nice! I've always wanted to know about survival crops like this or weeds you can grow as food. Just anything that is edible and keeps coming back or things like squash that last forever and have a good amount of volume. Wish i knew more. I know he tried to survive off his garden for a month and had trouble. Would love another attempt in a the next year. Im trying but i have hoa😢 indoor isn't enough

    • @gardengatesopen
      @gardengatesopen 18 годин тому +1

      You can plant just about ANY food producing plant in your pristine HOA front yard landscape.
      Just pop the food plants in between your meatball shaped boxwood, and the other non-native showy flowering plants you've got.
      And hey - if you've got an HOA,
      you MUST also have a BACKyard.
      Why not plant a food garden back there?
      They don't police your backyard too, do they???

    • @chrisgoldbach4450
      @chrisgoldbach4450 17 годин тому

      @@gardengatesopen yeah she got my neighbor for putting in a little sugar maple. It's crazy. I wish we normalized edible ornamentals in the landscape more as a community but they're control freaks unfortunately. Just want a few acres in the middle of nowhere an I'll be happy haha

    • @eklectiktoni
      @eklectiktoni 16 годин тому

      I don't have any property yet, but here's a few I'm considering if/when the time comes:
      trees: mulberry, plum, chestnut
      shrubs: blueberry, blackberry, prickly pear cactus, hazelnut
      vines: groundnut (apios americana), maypop (passiflora incarnata), grape
      herbaceous plants: strawberry, dandelion, jerusalem artichoke, walking onion
      hope this gives you a few ideas :)

  • @acidnut
    @acidnut 17 годин тому +1

    LOL. Wearing a Padres jersey while talking about Arti "choke."

  • @TheFabledSCP7000
    @TheFabledSCP7000 10 годин тому

    This is so sweet
    You feel so bad for getting sponsored by PetCo you're now advertising for Planet Wild
    It's fine
    We all make mistakes

  • @Yohao88
    @Yohao88 5 годин тому

    Ooooh! The fartichoke is called topinambur where I live. Cool! Never tried it. I hope it won't be too "farty" for me. LOL Thanks for all the suggestions!

  • @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t
    @FrozEnbyWolf150-b9t 13 годин тому

    I've had better luck with Homesteader's Perennial Kale than with the tree kale. It's a more ancestral variety of kale that does not die off after going to seed in the spring. While it was difficult to get started due to all the pests around here, my plants that survived last winter went to seed and then kept growing strong. I've used the seeds to start dozens more. They'll have a random assortment of genetic traits, so it's interesting to see what you get.

  • @GrowsGoneWild
    @GrowsGoneWild 12 годин тому

    Oh snaps! Eric is back 🤣

  • @snowpaw360
    @snowpaw360 20 годин тому +3

    I wonder if pressure cooking will destroy the compounds that make you gassy when you eat Fartichoke like with beans.

  • @CherylCochran-bn4qu
    @CherylCochran-bn4qu Годину тому

    I love Rhubarb 😊
    But live in 9B in NE Florida. Do you think it would do better in a deep container instead of in the ground?
    I can chase the shade if it is portable!

  • @Josef_R
    @Josef_R 14 годин тому +1

    I don't grow the tree kale because it makes kale.

  • @johnmunjak1714
    @johnmunjak1714 11 годин тому

    Dang! I was hoping Okinawa spinach would make the list...!

  • @bballanalytics1552
    @bballanalytics1552 17 годин тому +1

    Eric, where can i get the Fartichoke, i want to gift it to my dog for christmas

  • @gardengatesopen
    @gardengatesopen 18 годин тому +1

    Eating those fart-i-chokes,
    is that why Eric is always hiding behind the compost pile?!!

  • @CH-zy5ot
    @CH-zy5ot 31 хвилина тому

    Can you grow asparagus and rhubarb in the same bed?

  • @momrocks9971
    @momrocks9971 8 годин тому

    Have you ever tried using My Pet Chicken Hen Pen Pop-Up Brooder as protection for plants? Something, including but not limited to squirrels, eats almost every thing in my garden.
    They even got away with a melon that was growing the other day...left no trace.
    I don't mind feeding them some, but my beds often end up empty unless I start with a 2 year plant.
    Crazy question, I know. I have purchased a chicken coop to put plants in and it keeps most animals out but let's pollinators in. It's ugly and big to move around.

  • @tinapayne2367
    @tinapayne2367 12 годин тому

    Haha I love Eric😅

  • @tanyacairncross2636
    @tanyacairncross2636 8 годин тому

    Welcome back Eric😂

  • @TheFreestyle2
    @TheFreestyle2 20 годин тому

    Great Video

  • @chjpace
    @chjpace 13 годин тому

    Ha ha, I was one of the people who called him Eric 5-8 years ago (not intentionally)

  • @GardenGirl30
    @GardenGirl30 20 годин тому

    Hello. I love your channel so very much. Very informational. I do have one question.... I live in zone 5a and I would love to garden indoors during the winter. Is that even possible and what can I grow indoors?

    • @GardenGirl30
      @GardenGirl30 20 годин тому

      I'm also very limited on space and I would also love to grow fruit trees in containers. Any suggestions for my zone?

    • @erikjohnson9223
      @erikjohnson9223 18 годин тому +1

      Sprouts are easy, but I for one get tired of them. You may need growlights for other things, possibly even microgeens (which are basically trays of seedlings which you harvest while still seedlings, but allow them to put on a few true leaves, so at an older stage than sprouts). Many green (leafy) vegetables and some herbs (chives, lemon balm, mints...) don't need extreme light and would probably do okay in a sunny window if they are small enough. Piper sarmentosum (lolot) and Rungia klossii (mushroom herb, my favorite--itcreally does sautee to a button mushroom flavor) are two tropical vegetables whose native habitat is shady. Many gingers are also tropical understory plants, but most grow like Canna--tall & spread via rhizomes, so might take too much space. Kaempferia galanga (sand ginger) is probably easier to fit in small spaces, but isn't the easiest to find in my country (USA).

    • @GardenGirl30
      @GardenGirl30 Годину тому

      ​@@erikjohnson9223 thank you so very much. Do you think starting to make videos for beginners would be a good idea for gardening?

  • @matthewvanwert1581
    @matthewvanwert1581 2 години тому

    only problem is the picture of the pronghorn was not a pronghorn

  • @MrBlackdragan
    @MrBlackdragan 19 годин тому

    😂Good to see "Eric" you really sound like you know what your talking about 😂

  • @fauzibukitinggi5686
    @fauzibukitinggi5686 17 годин тому

    How to deal with plants affected by black fungus on the stems

  • @dylanbingham1776
    @dylanbingham1776 19 годин тому +1

    I’ve been walking passed Jerusalem artichokes almost every day 🤦

  • @BrendaBodwin
    @BrendaBodwin 19 годин тому +1

    Who owns the land they are putting all of this stuff on??

    • @eklectiktoni
      @eklectiktoni 17 годин тому +1

      From my understanding (I could be wrong though) a non-profit purchased the land from ranchers so it could be re-wilded.

    • @BrendaBodwin
      @BrendaBodwin 16 годин тому

      @@eklectiktoni Who owned the organization? You can't "rewild" either of the animals mentioned. They have to be wild to begin with. Moving the wild ones and releasing them unfenced, anywhere in America is illegal. They carry brucellosis, and tb. If they are captive raised, they cant survive in the wild when released. If vaccinated, and medicated, they aren't considered a wild release anyway. Somebody has to own and control the land and it has to be fenced in, which means, not truly wild as well. I just asked whobpwns it, because that determines weather or not I will support it. I read all of the fine print. I also see how much, what %, paid people are making from "nonprofits". If it's more than 5%, I'm out, and so is my families foundation.

  • @erikjohnson9223
    @erikjohnson9223 18 годин тому

    If we are going to talk about tender vegetables like tree collards, why not Bidens alba, Hibiscus acetosella, Talinum paniculatum, or Moringa oleifera?

  • @connieanderson2281
    @connieanderson2281 3 години тому

    Why does your asparagus have red berries? Mine doesn’t

  • @candiedragon
    @candiedragon 8 годин тому

    Kevin stop being mean to the tree kale.

  • @corinneconnellan8589
    @corinneconnellan8589 17 годин тому

    How do I find out what zone I’m in? Im half way between Wagga Wagga and Canberra Australia.

    • @palnagok1720
      @palnagok1720 17 годин тому

      Try google

    • @corinneconnellan8589
      @corinneconnellan8589 17 годин тому

      @@palnagok1720 Yeh because I didn’t do that yet smart ass.

    • @eklectiktoni
      @eklectiktoni 14 годин тому

      What's your nearest university? In the US all the universities have an extension office that provides information like that for home gardeners. I don't know if it's the same in Australia, but I'd check there first.

    • @corinneconnellan8589
      @corinneconnellan8589 14 годин тому +1

      @@eklectiktoni thank you. There is one nearby and we are an agricultural area, so they probably will be able to help. Thanks again!

    • @mattmccallum2007
      @mattmccallum2007 9 годин тому

      When you hear zones that a USDA creation, US Department of Agriculture. The zone map is produced for the USA. You just have to find what are the historic low temps your region of Australia gets. I’m guessing what can grow Australia is more constrained by high temperatures, not low

  • @britter_critter
    @britter_critter 19 годин тому

    Hmm. Eric looks a lot like Kevin 🤔🙃

  • @amandarodriguez997
    @amandarodriguez997 8 годин тому

    I feel like Eric would be cooler with Jack, not Jacques lol (or whatever Jacques alter ego's name is 😋)

  • @SimpleIdeaz
    @SimpleIdeaz 2 години тому

    I can't grow rhubarb. Tried 4x and all died

  • @ritashubert9150
    @ritashubert9150 19 годин тому

  • @jimcrawford9767
    @jimcrawford9767 13 годин тому

    👍

  • @artstamper316
    @artstamper316 10 годин тому

    Yeah? No. I just don't like any of the perennial vegetables. I guess I'm just a philistine. 😊 Enjoyed the journey, though.

  • @vincentjohnston2772
    @vincentjohnston2772 19 годин тому +1

    Using AI images for context slides earns an unsub from me

  • @jummiruti5630
    @jummiruti5630 20 годин тому +1

    Wao first comment 🎉🎉

  • @NewtonLikesSci
    @NewtonLikesSci 20 годин тому

    112 views in 1 minute? Bro fell off.

    • @sharktamer
      @sharktamer 20 годин тому +5

      this shitty meme fell off

    • @NewtonLikesSci
      @NewtonLikesSci 19 годин тому +1

      @@sharktamer no need for negativity. If u don’t like it keep scrolling. Have a good rest of ur day friend!❤️

  • @shanebep3135
    @shanebep3135 11 годин тому

    12:24 Eric has returned to us🤎 we are of Eric 🤍 he is wise 🤎he wishes to shed his corporeal existence 🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍🤎🤍