I have had success keeping my dahlia tubers in my basement in wood shavings that I get from the feed store for my chicken house, but one year the mice got into them and chewed them up. I did not have a lid on the container they were housed in since having a lid on the container contributes to the molding issue. But the last couple of years I have had great success in potting them up into containers (1 gallon recycled ones) and keeping them in my unheated greenhouse. When it is time to put them out in the garden I plant them, pot and all and they have done gorgeously! I am zone 8b and though they are supposed to live in the ground overwinter for me, they have always rotted when I have tried that, so I dig them up. Once it starts warming up they start to grow in the pots and I can cuttings from them. Last year I had to toss a bunch of my tubers as they had gall, which was disheartening. Life is too short not to pull out plants that no longer bring you as much joy as trying something else. Yes, I have a hard time if something is doing well and I need to take it out but I am learning to let go. When you have such limited space as we do, we need get tough and remind ourselves that we do this for the joy of it and not feel guilty replacing great plants for ones we want to try. 😜
At season's end when the foliage starts looking bad, I let my dahlias dry out and don't let them get wet with rain. I dig them up and remove the dead foliage and dry soil from the dry tuber, and put each tuber in a paper bag labeled with the name. This way their names never get mixed-up nor are they exposed to disease or mold. I think keeping them in any kind of medium can easily lead to mold. I keep the paper bags in front of my basement door, which is the coolest spot in the house ...it is over 60 degrees, but not as high as 70 degrees. When I'm ready to plant, the tubers are shriveled-up and look terrible, but they are not dead. I plant and water throughly once, then leave them alone. When the foliage emerges, I water regularly. They always are healthy and beautiful. Several UA-cam gardeners do something similar, I recommend Claus Dalby. I hoard seed. I keep the packages in a binder notebook, in the type of transparent pages that are made to hold baseball cards or coins. Those sleeves come in various sizes, such as one full sized pocket, or one page with 2 pockets or one page with 4 pockets ... You just need to measure your seed packs to get the correct size.
Definitely agree to not wash the dahlia tubers. When young we had a lot of canna tubers-crazy a lot-and we never washed them. We dug them and let air dry on the ground and put in cardboard tunes with holes in them. Our basement was fairly cool and they kept well. I think the soil gives all roots protection in storage and I never was them off with a hose.
for me its easy... cauz i cant enjoy the moment loll im always planning ahead... i get on my nerves.... but with 2020... i have learn to order early... and learn that some flowers need to be order like 8 months before lolll... for gladiolus... dahlia... need to be order in... september the year prior lolll
I struggle with saving Dahlia tubers too. I have started growing Dahlia from seed which is very easy. I grow single Dahlia which pollinators adore, I get a surprise of colors and can save my own seeds from them. I find this much more fun and less work too.
Great overview to 2024! I need to do one of these because reflecting on what worked and what I want to change is so helpful! I look forward to seeing how you do with your cut flowers!
I can’t seem to get winter sowing right either, but I want to try again. I sure know what NOT to do after trying for a couple of years. It seems like this winter might be a proper winter, it’s been so cold and snowy already. Totally with you on “maturing” in the garden…at first you try everything everyone else is doing and then you find what works best for you. For instance I’m not bothering with dahlias anymore. They require too much effort, can’t handle the intense summers we’ve been getting, and the deer eat them anyway 🤷♀️ I’ve never really liked those green stalks, but I see the value. And you’re right, that color is like a terra cotta pot that just blends in. I might try one eventually for my deck, because I hate having pots everywhere but I love having fresh herbs right outside the kitchen door. We deal with every insect possible it seems, and I just learned that our local bats eat most of them…guess we need to add a bat box in 2025 🦇🦇🦇
I agree! There have been many flowers that I tried and they were just not for me. I’m so thankful I don’t deal with deer, that would be one more struggle for me.
The last 2 winters were overly warm. I kept the winter sow jugs on the east side of the house then once it was spring I moved them to south exposure. It kept them frozen and not thawing and freezing because what was happening is the seeds germinated too soon then froze. I totally understand the deer issue! And dahlias I grew from seed a couple years ago, but not sure if I will continue with it as it is a bit of work. If I do continue I would purchase only a few that I really like. I have to fence in everything and it’s not lovely to look at, but I wouldn’t have anything otherwise as right now the deer keep eating the hydrangea that I need to barricade. The green stalks I have no use for and getting older they look like too much work. I think they are great for balconies or off the kitchen herb garden. And if you just don’t have much space and are able to manage those heavy layers.
This was my worst year for winter sowing as well due to the warm spell we had in February, the best results I had were the warm season plants I winter sowed throughout March.
Roxana, Thank you for sharing your year end review. I appreciate that you share your successes and your failures. I can totally relate. I'm always amazed that something I grew easily and successfully one year and totally fail the next year go figure :)
If you don’t already watch her, I recommend watching Danielle on Northlawn Flower and Garden in PA. She’s been selling flowers from her home for a while, and you’d probably learn a lot of tips from her. Good luck! I look forward to watching your adventure. 😊
I strongly recommend thinking through what kinds of "fillers" or greens you want to pair with blooms for your flower arrangements. Maybe you have some good perennials or shrubs you can cut from throughout the season? Basil is easy to grow (miss lemon, opal...) and makes a great, inexpensive filler once it's flowering. Many people love raspberry foliage as a filler, so maybe hang on to a couple of those canes.
I love that you are going to have a cut flower stand. If we were neighbors I would definitely be there. I'm excited to following along Roxana. I loved seeing your 2024 garden season in review. Such a great video.
Bouquets of cut flowers are popular at farmers markets in rural Iowa. Also we have several businesses where people go to and cut tulips to zinnias, etc.
I love reviewing last year and planing for next. Where do you buy your ginger roots? I hope to start mine indoors under lights. I'll follow last years video because here in Minnesnowta I should probably start a week or two before you.
I do winter sowing in jugs here in MA zone 6a where we also have winters with crazy temps. I think jugs provide a better atmosphere because the soil is deeper (5-6 inches) and don't dry out as quickly on a warm day. Even if we have a warm day the night temp is still freezing. If the temp does get very warm I open the jugs so they don't overheat. I've had 100% success over many years winter sowing veg and flowers.
We garden a lot alike. I’m Zone 6. 50 miles west of Indy. My 4 th year growing plants from seed in my basement. And my first year with a greenstalk. ( love it so much). I also love Bootstrap farms seed starting products. I have 5 kinds of lettuce and kale growing now I just filled out my Baker Creek order. Yikes $85! Keep the videos coming. I appreciate you ❤
If seeds need stratification I dampen a paper towel, place the seeds on them and place in a labeled plastic baggie for a month in my refrigerator. After a month they are ready for planting either in seed trays or outside depending on time of year.
I wish you well with the future flower stand. My only advice is to start saving up glass jars for vases. ( Asking friends, family and neighbours too.) When Danielle from @Northlawnflowerfarm ( she uses sauce jars) visited other flower farm stands nearby, a lot had signs up for vases and jars as donations. Also use a garden umbrella to provide shade and protect the bouquets from rain. I live in a 1920's house in the UK and there is a covenant in my house deeds that I cannot have a market stall outside my house or a caravan! But I can have a table or a RV!😅 Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
Great tips!! I have been thinking about an umbrella, I want to keep things as simple as possible, making them doable for me to open once/week or so. Merry Christmas to yours as well!
I haven't planted my garlic yet. I'm gonna still plant it. We've had a cold fall! But I planted them last year in December, and they did so well! I still have a lot of garlic to use hanging in my pantry. Hopefully, I get another good harvest in 2025, but they do take a lot of space for a long time.
This year there was way too much rain in summer and tomatoes suffered, onions aren’t keeping and potatoes have more bad spots than normal. If it happens again I may have to tarp those crops. We had great results in corn, green beans and peppers. I actually was surprised with the peppers 🫑 best and most production ever. Dahlias I grew from seed I enjoy very much in fall. I don’t wash dirt off any roots I store as I believe the soil helps protect them. If I keep dahlias in future it probably will be a variety I purchase and really love as they are work. I use to have an insulated unheated attached garage and miss it big time! Only place cool enough is an above ground root cellar and not so sure it will work this year if winter decides to actually be winter. And just when I was getting use to some flowers overwintering 🙄. We have to fence everything from deer and rabbits. They can still reach the hydrangea and need to get a barricade up. I totally understand about some plants taking over like oregano and garlic chives. There are a lot of new perennials that just did the sleep year and next year creep and the following year I’ll be trying to contain them 😂. We never know until we try something and like the Malabar Spinach-it has to go.😊 The winter sow I put on the east side of house and once spring normalizes I move them to south. The warm winters were germinating seeds too early and then froze. Many don’t have much luck with separate pots in clear tubs. An alternative is just make a cold frame and sow inside that. I did try tomatoes, peppers, onions and celery in winter sow, but they need an earlier start in Z5a, WI. Yes, strange weather this year-reached annual precipitation by July (37”😮), drought in September, extra long warm fall and now whiplash freezing cold and a reverse to 50F. We just had crazy wind right after I mulched roses, ect. and it probably blew away. And let’s not forget just How BAD the Mosquitoes were 😵💫. I was inside more than outside this year. Makes me Leary about adding more vegetation. 🥂 Here’s to a better growing season next year.
We have been REALLY cold this past week here, kinda makes me thing we will have a true winter this year, I might hurry and put my winter sowing that I am planning in January just in case.
My winter sowing did okay, definitely will check out the video you referred to. I'm so excited for the 2025 season, my hubby bought me a hoselink (through your link) for Christmas!
Good year in review! Re. If you don't know about Hoselink "Are you even a gardener?" 😂 I got my 2nd one for my October birthday, can't wait to set it up in the Spring! What you've done to maximize your small space is amazing! Love your garden room with your big trellis. I've only grown dahlias from seed, ordered my first dahlia tubers for spring. Hoping I'll be able to successfully overwinter them. I suck at saving my container bulbs and re-planting them in the ground, or re-planting my amaryllis bulbs after they bloom. Hoping I'm more diligent in 2025! Your garlic inspired me to plant a couple rows of garlic in my raised bed, fingers crossed it works. My neighbor gave me a couple bulbs. 🤞I'm excited to see your roadside stand next year! 💚
I don't have a right temperature to overwinter dahlias. They froze in the garage and dried in the basement. But last year was extremely warm for me and some of the dahlias that I left in the ground survived! In zone 5! One of them in the compost pile.... However, they were blooming very late
I had success with winter sowing and had tried different containers. I found the best success with milk jugs. Juice containers worked ok. I have also done similar to a hoop house using a plastic bin upside down and it worked well if there were ventilation holes on the top, bricks to hold it down. I want to get wifi thermometer/hygrometers for the areas that I care about the most Ohio
SEEDS!! I just want them all! I also have been thinking of a small 'roadside stand' to see extra flowers and veggies. I'm in the back of a small neighborhood and my street doesn't get loads of people but word might get out
Exactly! I don't have huge expectations this first year, mainly I want to be able to schedule my planting to get blooms most of the season, we will see how things go.
I grew onions from seed this year and had great success! I just purchased another raised bed just so that I can fill it up with onions next year 😂 I can't wait to see your 2025 Garden!
@@teresarock7380 I started my seeds in February under grow lights. I like to take a container and put lots of seeds in there so they look like bunching onions when they come up by the time they get big enough it's time to plant them outside. I keep cutting the tops until I put them outside.
somewhat relieved to know that it wasn't only me who struggled with my snapdragons this year (also from Johnny's) i had a lot of success with lisianthus though!
Loved this video! Yes I too have a seed addiction 😂also have you thought about putting your raspberry plants in large containers with an obelisk … mine do really well.
I think most of us suck at overwintering them 😅 Every time I put them in containers, they die. The ones I left in the container and just put in darker, cooler garage have lived
I know it is probably going to look ugly, but so that doesnt happen again with your neighbor, I would put up some sort of clear sheet plastic barrier(clear so that you can still get sun on that side) so it doesnt blow over your plants while he is spraying. Then, I would probably dig a trench down and put cinder blocks along the border of your proerty in that area. A cinder block should be deep enough to seperate their soil from yours. If all that would even be feasible anyways.
I Do you have a problem with squirrels or rats? If so what do you do to keep them away? I live in Michigan & we have a problem with both. The squirrels destroy half my tomatoes. They pull them off , take one bite & then throw it away. I probably won grow vegetables or strawberries this year, 😢
Hi! I don't really deal with rats, I do have one squirrel from the neighborhood gang that is the only one who dares to make a few holes here and there, but nothing to make a big deal out of it.
@theawesomepersonchuney9742 I’m in northern Indiana and I feed the birds and squirrels, I keep chickens so there’s always plenty of seed foods around - I have NEVER had a squirrel ruin anything I planted - I actually think they know lmao (I know sounds whacko) and appreciate how I keep them fed and watered even in the dead of winter. Best of luck my northern neighbor. Peace and Blessings ✨🕊️💚☘️💚🕊️✨
I am trying to pick a fragrant climbing flower for the front of the house, zone 7. I would go with jasmine, but it's white. Any suggestions? Stuck between, jasmine, honey suckle and climbing rose. Looking for a lush, full long lasting bloom, with a wift of fragrant. Thanks
im surprised about ur snapdragons.. i bought 4 kinds from johnnys in november 2023.. to plant in 2024 they all did amazing. what kind did u get? its too bad because they gave a hell of a show in montreal canada... and the flowered again in september until now.... give them a try again
I have had success keeping my dahlia tubers in my basement in wood shavings that I get from the feed store for my chicken house, but one year the mice got into them and chewed them up. I did not have a lid on the container they were housed in since having a lid on the container contributes to the molding issue. But the last couple of years I have had great success in potting them up into containers (1 gallon recycled ones) and keeping them in my unheated greenhouse. When it is time to put them out in the garden I plant them, pot and all and they have done gorgeously! I am zone 8b and though they are supposed to live in the ground overwinter for me, they have always rotted when I have tried that, so I dig them up. Once it starts warming up they start to grow in the pots and I can cuttings from them. Last year I had to toss a bunch of my tubers as they had gall, which was disheartening. Life is too short not to pull out plants that no longer bring you as much joy as trying something else. Yes, I have a hard time if something is doing well and I need to take it out but I am learning to let go. When you have such limited space as we do, we need get tough and remind ourselves that we do this for the joy of it and not feel guilty replacing great plants for ones we want to try. 😜
At season's end when the foliage starts looking bad, I let my dahlias dry out and don't let them get wet with rain. I dig them up and remove the dead foliage and dry soil from the dry tuber, and put each tuber in a paper bag labeled with the name. This way their names never get mixed-up nor are they exposed to disease or mold. I think keeping them in any kind of medium can easily lead to mold. I keep the paper bags in front of my basement door, which is the coolest spot in the house ...it is over 60 degrees, but not as high as 70 degrees. When I'm ready to plant, the tubers are shriveled-up and look terrible, but they are not dead. I plant and water throughly once, then leave them alone. When the foliage emerges, I water regularly. They always are healthy and beautiful. Several UA-cam gardeners do something similar, I recommend Claus Dalby.
I hoard seed. I keep the packages in a binder notebook, in the type of transparent pages that are made to hold baseball cards or coins. Those sleeves come in various sizes, such as one full sized pocket, or one page with 2 pockets or one page with 4 pockets ... You just need to measure your seed packs to get the correct size.
I think sometimes I overthink these things, like the techniques and what not, this year was definitely the worse when I uncovered those tubers.
Definitely agree to not wash the dahlia tubers. When young we had a lot of canna tubers-crazy a lot-and we never washed them. We dug them and let air dry on the ground and put in cardboard tunes with holes in them. Our basement was fairly cool and they kept well. I think the soil gives all roots protection in storage and I never was them off with a hose.
Raising my hand here as one who also struggles with the ordering seeds cycle. You are not alone.
It is so nice to know I'm not the only one!
The seed struggle is real!! 😊
for me its easy... cauz i cant enjoy the moment loll im always planning ahead... i get on my nerves.... but with 2020... i have learn to order early... and learn that some flowers need to be order like 8 months before lolll... for gladiolus... dahlia... need to be order in... september the year prior lolll
I struggle with saving Dahlia tubers too. I have started growing Dahlia from seed which is very easy. I grow single Dahlia which pollinators adore, I get a surprise of colors and can save my own seeds from them. I find this much more fun and less work too.
Great overview to 2024! I need to do one of these because reflecting on what worked and what I want to change is so helpful! I look forward to seeing how you do with your cut flowers!
I can’t seem to get winter sowing right either, but I want to try again. I sure know what NOT to do after trying for a couple of years. It seems like this winter might be a proper winter, it’s been so cold and snowy already.
Totally with you on “maturing” in the garden…at first you try everything everyone else is doing and then you find what works best for you. For instance I’m not bothering with dahlias anymore. They require too much effort, can’t handle the intense summers we’ve been getting, and the deer eat them anyway 🤷♀️
I’ve never really liked those green stalks, but I see the value. And you’re right, that color is like a terra cotta pot that just blends in. I might try one eventually for my deck, because I hate having pots everywhere but I love having fresh herbs right outside the kitchen door.
We deal with every insect possible it seems, and I just learned that our local bats eat most of them…guess we need to add a bat box in 2025 🦇🦇🦇
I agree! There have been many flowers that I tried and they were just not for me. I’m so thankful I don’t deal with deer, that would be one more struggle for me.
The last 2 winters were overly warm. I kept the winter sow jugs on the east side of the house then once it was spring I moved them to south exposure. It kept them frozen and not thawing and freezing because what was happening is the seeds germinated too soon then froze.
I totally understand the deer issue! And dahlias I grew from seed a couple years ago, but not sure if I will continue with it as it is a bit of work. If I do continue I would purchase only a few that I really like. I have to fence in everything and it’s not lovely to look at, but I wouldn’t have anything otherwise as right now the deer keep eating the hydrangea that I need to barricade.
The green stalks I have no use for and getting older they look like too much work. I think they are great for balconies or off the kitchen herb garden. And if you just don’t have much space and are able to manage those heavy layers.
This was my worst year for winter sowing as well due to the warm spell we had in February, the best results I had were the warm season plants I winter sowed throughout March.
Roxana, Thank you for sharing your year end review. I appreciate that you share your successes and your failures. I can totally relate. I'm always amazed that something I grew easily and successfully one year and totally fail the next year go figure :)
I know right?!? How well I grow things vary year by year lol
If you don’t already watch her, I recommend watching Danielle on Northlawn Flower and Garden in PA. She’s been selling flowers from her home for a while, and you’d probably learn a lot of tips from her. Good luck! I look forward to watching your adventure. 😊
I strongly recommend thinking through what kinds of "fillers" or greens you want to pair with blooms for your flower arrangements. Maybe you have some good perennials or shrubs you can cut from throughout the season? Basil is easy to grow (miss lemon, opal...) and makes a great, inexpensive filler once it's flowering. Many people love raspberry foliage as a filler, so maybe hang on to a couple of those canes.
I love that you are going to have a cut flower stand. If we were neighbors I would definitely be there. I'm excited to following along Roxana. I loved seeing your 2024 garden season in review. Such a great video.
Thanks for watching! I can't wait to see what next year brings and I'm excited to see how you re-do your own beautiful space for 2025!
I truly cannot wait to see your progress. I want to always keep my garden small so I don’t feel overwhelmed and have losses. 😢
I am very excited!!!!
Love this recap of the year.
Thank you!
Good luck with your future garden roadside stand!
Bouquets of cut flowers are popular at farmers markets in rural Iowa. Also we have several businesses where people go to and cut tulips to zinnias, etc.
I wish I had the space to do a You-Pick type of thing, but I gotta work with what I have.
I love Tonya❤ been following her for a long time!!! she is amazing!
I love reviewing last year and planing for next. Where do you buy your ginger roots? I hope to start mine indoors under lights. I'll follow last years video because here in Minnesnowta I should probably start a week or two before you.
I do winter sowing in jugs here in MA zone 6a where we also have winters with crazy temps. I think jugs provide a better atmosphere because the soil is deeper (5-6 inches) and don't dry out as quickly on a warm day. Even if we have a warm day the night temp is still freezing. If the temp does get very warm I open the jugs so they don't overheat. I've had 100% success over many years winter sowing veg and flowers.
Your hair looks beautiful ❤
Thank you!
We garden a lot alike. I’m
Zone 6. 50 miles west of Indy. My 4 th year growing plants from seed in my basement. And my first year with a greenstalk. ( love it so much). I also love Bootstrap farms seed starting products.
I have 5 kinds of lettuce and kale growing now I just filled out my Baker Creek order. Yikes $85! Keep the videos coming. I appreciate you ❤
If seeds need stratification I dampen a paper towel, place the seeds on them and place in a labeled plastic baggie for a month in my refrigerator. After a month they are ready for planting either in seed trays or outside depending on time of year.
Loving your Hair😊
I'm so excited, Roxana! Can't wait to see what 2025 brings to our gardens!❤
I hope your flower stand goes well I would be interested in buying your hydrangea trimmings it’s a very easy way to grow new plants
I wish you well with the future flower stand. My only advice is to start saving up glass jars for vases. ( Asking friends, family and neighbours too.) When Danielle from @Northlawnflowerfarm ( she uses sauce jars) visited other flower farm stands nearby, a lot had signs up for vases and jars as donations. Also use a garden umbrella to provide shade and protect the bouquets from rain. I live in a 1920's house in the UK and there is a covenant in my house deeds that I cannot have a market stall outside my house or a caravan! But I can have a table or a RV!😅 Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
Great tips!! I have been thinking about an umbrella, I want to keep things as simple as possible, making them doable for me to open once/week or so. Merry Christmas to yours as well!
I haven't planted my garlic yet. I'm gonna still plant it. We've had a cold fall! But I planted them last year in December, and they did so well! I still have a lot of garlic to use hanging in my pantry. Hopefully, I get another good harvest in 2025, but they do take a lot of space for a long time.
So sorry to hear of your tomato plant loss due to herbicides 😒
Great recap! ❤
Thank you! That was the worse feeling when I found the plants all curled up the next day.
I live in farm country and I always struggle with overspray of weed killer. It’s so discouraging but I keep trying to grow.
This year there was way too much rain in summer and tomatoes suffered, onions aren’t keeping and potatoes have more bad spots than normal. If it happens again I may have to tarp those crops. We had great results in corn, green beans and peppers. I actually was surprised with the peppers 🫑 best and most production ever.
Dahlias I grew from seed I enjoy very much in fall. I don’t wash dirt off any roots I store as I believe the soil helps protect them. If I keep dahlias in future it probably will be a variety I purchase and really love as they are work. I use to have an insulated unheated attached garage and miss it big time! Only place cool enough is an above ground root cellar and not so sure it will work this year if winter decides to actually be winter. And just when I was getting use to some flowers overwintering 🙄.
We have to fence everything from deer and rabbits. They can still reach the hydrangea and need to get a barricade up.
I totally understand about some plants taking over like oregano and garlic chives. There are a lot of new perennials that just did the sleep year and next year creep and the following year I’ll be trying to contain them 😂. We never know until we try something and like the Malabar Spinach-it has to go.😊
The winter sow I put on the east side of house and once spring normalizes I move them to south. The warm winters were germinating seeds too early and then froze. Many don’t have much luck with separate pots in clear tubs. An alternative is just make a cold frame and sow inside that. I did try tomatoes, peppers, onions and celery in winter sow, but they need an earlier start in Z5a, WI.
Yes, strange weather this year-reached annual precipitation by July (37”😮), drought in September, extra long warm fall and now whiplash freezing cold and a reverse to 50F. We just had crazy wind right after I mulched roses, ect. and it probably blew away. And let’s not forget just How BAD the Mosquitoes were 😵💫. I was inside more than outside this year. Makes me Leary about adding more vegetation.
🥂 Here’s to a better growing season next year.
We have been REALLY cold this past week here, kinda makes me thing we will have a true winter this year, I might hurry and put my winter sowing that I am planning in January just in case.
Excellent, informative presentation.
Thank you so much!
My winter sowing did okay, definitely will check out the video you referred to. I'm so excited for the 2025 season, my hubby bought me a hoselink (through your link) for Christmas!
Yay! 💧💧💧you are gonna love it!
Very interesting video Roxana, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
This is so exciting Roxana 🤗🤗
Good year in review! Re. If you don't know about Hoselink "Are you even a gardener?" 😂 I got my 2nd one for my October birthday, can't wait to set it up in the Spring! What you've done to maximize your small space is amazing! Love your garden room with your big trellis. I've only grown dahlias from seed, ordered my first dahlia tubers for spring. Hoping I'll be able to successfully overwinter them. I suck at saving my container bulbs and re-planting them in the ground, or re-planting my amaryllis bulbs after they bloom. Hoping I'm more diligent in 2025! Your garlic inspired me to plant a couple rows of garlic in my raised bed, fingers crossed it works. My neighbor gave me a couple bulbs. 🤞I'm excited to see your roadside stand next year! 💚
Oh you are going to love dahlias and fingers crossed for that garlic!
@ Thank you for all your inspiration!
I don't have a right temperature to overwinter dahlias. They froze in the garage and dried in the basement. But last year was extremely warm for me and some of the dahlias that I left in the ground survived! In zone 5! One of them in the compost pile.... However, they were blooming very late
I had success with winter sowing and had tried different containers. I found the best success with milk jugs. Juice containers worked ok. I have also done similar to a hoop house using a plastic bin upside down and it worked well if there were ventilation holes on the top, bricks to hold it down.
I want to get wifi thermometer/hygrometers for the areas that I care about the most
Ohio
Thanks for sharing! I am going to try a new technique this year so we will see.
SEEDS!! I just want them all! I also have been thinking of a small 'roadside stand' to see extra flowers and veggies. I'm in the back of a small neighborhood and my street doesn't get loads of people but word might get out
Exactly! I don't have huge expectations this first year, mainly I want to be able to schedule my planting to get blooms most of the season, we will see how things go.
I grew onions from seed this year and had great success! I just purchased another raised bed just so that I can fill it up with onions next year 😂 I can't wait to see your 2025 Garden!
I'm sure you'll have the best onion harvest!
How did you grow your onions? I never have success with onions from seed. I have had success with pretty much everything else I have ever tried.
@@teresarock7380 I started my seeds in February under grow lights. I like to take a container and put lots of seeds in there so they look like bunching onions when they come up by the time they get big enough it's time to plant them outside. I keep cutting the tops until I put them outside.
somewhat relieved to know that it wasn't only me who struggled with my snapdragons this year (also from Johnny's) i had a lot of success with lisianthus though!
I am kinda in the same general area of the country as you. We are about 90 miles north west of Chicago!!
Welcome! You are more like a zone 5 then.
I’m telling my sister who has bees and bee products about the master gardener thing. She lives in Fishers.
You should! They told me last year they had about 800 people who went, which was a record I think.
Loved this video! Yes I too have a seed addiction 😂also have you thought about putting your raspberry plants in large containers with an obelisk … mine do really well.
I think most of us suck at overwintering them 😅
Every time I put them in containers, they die. The ones I left in the container and just put in darker, cooler garage have lived
Whatever works right!?! I just need to find that combo or location and medium.
Hey! I will take those raspberry plants, if you are offering them. 😁
I know it is probably going to look ugly, but so that doesnt happen again with your neighbor, I would put up some sort of clear sheet plastic barrier(clear so that you can still get sun on that side) so it doesnt blow over your plants while he is spraying. Then, I would probably dig a trench down and put cinder blocks along the border of your proerty in that area. A cinder block should be deep enough to seperate their soil from yours. If all that would even be feasible anyways.
after 5 yrs... i tried alllllll method to keep dahlia tubers... im done i think... ill consider them as annual.... and keep my floret dahlia seeds....
😂I locked my Hoselink down!
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Do you have a problem with squirrels or rats? If so what do you do to keep them away?
I live in Michigan & we have a problem with both. The squirrels destroy half my tomatoes. They pull them off , take one bite & then throw it away. I probably won grow vegetables or strawberries this year, 😢
Hi! I don't really deal with rats, I do have one squirrel from the neighborhood gang that is the only one who dares to make a few holes here and there, but nothing to make a big deal out of it.
@theawesomepersonchuney9742 I’m in northern Indiana and I feed the birds and squirrels, I keep chickens so there’s always plenty of seed foods around - I have NEVER had a squirrel ruin anything I planted - I actually think they know lmao (I know sounds whacko) and appreciate how I keep them fed and watered even in the dead of winter. Best of luck my northern neighbor. Peace and Blessings
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@ thank you
When did you start your ginger inside? I'm in SE Michigan zone 6
I started it indoors in February
I am trying to pick a fragrant climbing flower for the front of the house, zone 7. I would go with jasmine, but it's white. Any suggestions? Stuck between, jasmine, honey suckle and climbing rose.
Looking for a lush, full long lasting bloom, with a wift of fragrant. Thanks
I am not sure about fragrant, but maybe another option will be a couple of Clematis.
Hi Roxanne! Have you heard of B.A.R.E flower farm? She has great info for flower farms 🌼🐝
im surprised about ur snapdragons.. i bought 4 kinds from johnnys in november 2023.. to plant in 2024 they all did amazing. what kind did u get? its too bad because they gave a hell of a show in montreal canada... and the flowered again in september until now.... give them a try again