I find it so gratifying when gardeners share the truth of gardening. Critters, loved ones, weather, real life, and so many other things get in the way of the dream garden that lives in our minds. I find it so helpful to remember my space from a year or two ago. Bits of growth and new beds and remembered accomplishments bouy me on to the next season. Thank you for teaching us in your steady and helpful way. I had an AH-HA moment recently. I live in northern MN in zone 3b. Our last frost date is May 28th so I was in the habit of not even beginning to think about doing anything outside until after Memorial Day. But...I was reading my seed packets once again and it struck me that some of them said " As soon as the soil can be worked." A lightbulb went off...Duh! I can plant things outside now! So here's to my carrots, turnips, radishes, spinach and lettuce seeds that went in the ground this week. : ^ )
Hooray! I'm glad you were able to get some of those cool season veggies planted- that's great! And I agree 100% with you-- looking back at old pics of the garden... being able to see the actual progress really helps me as well. I go a bit overboard with the garden pics, but highly recommend everyone snap at least a few every season. Best wishes for a great garden this year, Nancy!
When I hung a piece of Irish Spring(original) on my peach tree last spring, the deer would not go within 15 feet, and have never touched it since. It was their favorite of the fruit trees, but they did chew on the others. So that afternoon I hung a piece on each tree, and they have stayed away from all of them since. I also hung pieces around the vegetable gardens, and no more deer jumping the fence(4') and testing the veggies! I cut each bar into 6 pieces, drill, and tie them with jute.
I have onions and carrots planted in my garden so far. And the day after I did that, a vole tunnel through that raised bed and I think a bird plucked out an onion start or two. As I attempted to put stuff back, I threatened the voles. I said, I have 4 fully clawed cats inside that would love to come play with them. Not that I’d put my babies outside. But the voles certainly aren’t afraid of my 11yr old elderly “farm pug”. But at the moment, it’s gone back to March in NE Ohio. It snowed on us tonight. Because, Ohio.
With parsley, I do cell trays with moistened soil and then put the trays into ziplock bags and then freeze them for 1-2 days. Then I remove them from the ziplock bags and put them on the heat mat with my other seed trays. I get almost 100% germination this way. It works with both curly and flat Italian parsley. I always do an entire 6 cell tray for each parsley just in case germ isn’t 100% and then give away extra seedlings to neighbors.
Hey Jenna I have a great suggestion for your issue with eliminating thistles... IF you enjoy lemon water or iced tea with lemon, once done with those slices of lemons, place them ontop of the thistles!! I had a serious problem in a specific area and i either read this or watched it somewhere that suggested using vinegar and well the concept came to me that it was most likely the acidity, so I used lemons! I had made a jug of lemon water and two days on there was some left in my jug and i wanted to dump it out and make a fresh batch and my light bulb went off so i went outside poured the remainder onto the thistles also pulled out the remaining spent lemons placed a slice on each thistle and within a few days they shriveled up and died and have never returned! Just a suggestion for you or anyone else! Happy gardening! Hugs from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦!!
We are finally getting our vegetable garden areas set up after building our forever home. You’re such an inspiration to us and such a great wealth of experience and information. Thank you.
I don't usually watch garden tours, but since it's you its more like visiting with a friend. I just watched the part where you are showing us what happened to your fruit trees, getting run over and eaten back by deer. I just had to stop and suggest you consider grafting! The almost dead tree that you think has sprouted from the root stock would be perfect for creating another root stock to graft your other tree onto! It's a thought that I wanted to share. I bought myself all the stuff to do some grafting and am excited to do some once my trees get big enough. I realized that with all the things going on that I have not planted potatoes! Once again my health has sidelined me but hopefully once I can get rid of this back pain I can get out there and hurt myself again. LOL We do what we must. ;-)
That is a great idea!! I was just thinking about playing around with some grafting and didn't even think about using that tree- thank you! I'm sorry to hear about the back trouble- I hope you're back to feeling 100% soon!
I am in zone 5b in Wisconsin and as usual we have had wild spring temperature fluctuations, from low 80's in mid April to snow on May 1. I direct sowed sugar snap peas , snow peas , spinach and radishes 3 weeks ago. So far none have germinated. I hope to plant out my brassica starts later this week along with pre-sprouted spinach and onions and leeks. My fruit trees are just about ready to bloom, I hope the sub freezing temperatures we have had the last 3 weeks didn't damage the buds.
Thanks for walkabout, always impressed at how big your garden is! Sorry to hear about the fruit trees...hard pill to swallow but probably best to start over with those ones out in the field. And I share your frustration with peas! I lost three plantings one year and missed my spring peas. I suspected either chipmunks or robins. This year I covered them in row covers which worked. We are putting in all the warm weather plants this weekend, hopefully no mid May frosts like last year!
Definitely using row covers next time! I was worried that if it was voles, the row covers would just make the peas even more inviting-- but now I wish I would have tried, because it would have helped me rule out which critter was actually the culprit 😆. I was going to try to plant earlier this year-- right after my mid-May frost date, but as per the usual, I don't think I'll get any warm season transplant in till late May. Have fun planting this weekend!
Welcome to the channel, Vanessa! It's definitely a different spring- it feels like Ohio weather is always throwing us some kind of curveball. Best wishes for a great garden this year as well!
WOW, you're spring time dinner table must be magnificent!! Do you have more info on how and why the blackberry plant pruning? Finally Volunteer Chamomile just proves God loves us.
I typically refer to either Nourse Farms or Stark Bros for my info on pruning, as I'm by no means an expert! Stark Bros: www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/berry-plants/blackberry-plants/pruning Nourse Farms: www.noursefarms.com/news/post/bramble-pruning-weve-got-your-back/#:~:text=Laterals%20should%20be%20pruned%20to,to%20six%20canes%20per%20hill*. Note that there are both primocane and floricane fruiting blackberry varieties, so when pruning it's important to know which you have. Most older varieties are Floricane.
I've only been gardening in zone 6a for 3 years, so seeing how bountiful your garden is this early is incredibly helpful! I only have kale, cabbage, one puny cauliflower sprout, golden beets, and peas in the ground. You've shown me I can do so much more, so thank you!!
I'm so excited to see how your carrot and potato experiments turn out. My garden is currently going through a bit of a change, with a good amount being moved to an entirely new location, and other bits being converted to raised beds. I do have some beets growing in containers, and I'm hoping to try some Bulls Blood beets. Think it's too late for a spring planting? Plans for next year are already in place for using various cover crops for garden improvement, so I'll be watching your cover crop videos again soon. Many thanks for those, by the way. Other than that, with work and other projects, I am WAY behind on a lot of things. Tomatoes and peppers are doing okay indoors right now, so everyone around me is looking forward to sampling any one of the seven varieties of maters going in this year. Amazing how many people are willing to sacrifice themselves to testing garden fresh tomatoes. Thanks for the tour, and thanks for the boot suggestion; I'll be getting a pair.
I’ll be growing Candyland, Amana Orange, Kellogg’s Breakfast, San Marzano, , Yellow Pear, Chocolate Cherry, Amish Paste, and Super Sauce. Oops, that’s eight. Hope I have room for a Kaji melon. 😁
So glad to have found your videos, I’ve been looking for somebody in my area :) I’m in Ohio 6b and I’ve been slowly expanding my knowledge in gardening. I’m particularly interested in learning about things outside of the warm season gardening to expand my ability to grow more of my own food. Fantastic videos!
I too am in northeast Ohio. I'm holding out till the end of May this yr. The last couple yrs. we had some really late frosty days which screwed up some of my plants.
It usually ends up being late May before I get any of my warm season crops out-- I always say I'm going to plant a little earlier, but it never happens. Might be for the best!
I'm nearby in Central Ohio. You have so much more green than I do. I mostly have non-food crops (hostas, liky of the valley, , day lillies, astilbe, and hydrangeas) and weede (redbud and maple tree seedlings) coming up. My yarrow has come back and a little bit of parsley that I threw seed in the back yard last fall from neighbor's plant that went to seed. I planted peas a couole weeks ago that are doing well despite these cold temps. My sunchokes are doing best of all, and I'm predicting a bumper crop based on how well they are doing. I did throw some fava beans in the soil last fall hoping for a cover crop. They never grew, but 2 plants have come up this spring. They are flowering now and are so pretty. I have lots of babies (seed starts) indoors waiting for this cold to be over. I have lettuce started inside..i thought it was too cold for outside..but yours seems to be doing great! Hope your trees can revive... MI Gardener sells a fertilizer called Revive that I used with success on a dying plant last year...maybe it could help? Just a thought. Smile and have a blessed day!
Thanks for the fertilizer tip, Nancy! What do you plan to do with all those sunchokes. I love them and grow lots-- but I can only eat so many. I love them roasted and pickle them at times.
It's great to see where your garden is at this time of year. Every video you remind me of something that needs to happen in my own garden. I'm just behind you in zone 5, so it's nice to see I'm not too far behind in my spring craze that has been the last few weeks with our nice weather.
You have such a wonderful garden, do you ever sleep? Critters can be a real pain! Spouses, children, voles, moles, squirrels all take their share, sometimes more than we want. Looking forward to your carrot experiment, I always make seed tape, not too old for new tricks! Enjoy your videos! Stay Well!!!
Great vid...like the expansion...often, people do not understand that gardens are never-ending projects and take time to really get going. In the end, it is so gratifying. Good work, Elf! Carry on! PS Gonna check out those boots - been looking for some...
Ah, now. We *grow* food crops, vegetables and fruits, herbs, and flowers, but we *build* gardens as well as growing them. And they're never finished, either, eh? So of course one needs construction equipment on site! 😉 And there you are, with your construction crew and equipment, verily at your beck and call! 😉 Actually, there've been a number of times I've wished we had to hand, rather than renting, sod-cutters (before we knew about solarizing and no-dig), and maybe a small backhoe for some very deep work, and a trencher---still thinking about renting one of these, despite my preference for not disturbing the soil---to take a water line (below the frost line) into the garden to connect with one of those water "garden guards" with a motion-activated sensor to deter certain pests....
Haha! The problem with my construction crew is that the foreman never actually listens to what I need done 😂 There are definitely times I could use real construction equipment here!
Thank you for another lovely video Jenna! I'm happy to see you share the good, the bad and the ADORABLE little construction sites hidden about your gardens. 🥰 I do hope your potatoes grow because that was my suggestion. Looking forward to seeing your results! I just plant one potato back in the trenches at harvest and so far, so good. Saves me from buying seed potatoes every year. Fingers crossed!!!!
I'm fighting the urge to dig down in there to see what's going on! We got a good amount of rain and it's supposed to warm up towards the end of the week- so I figure I should see some sprouts by early next week!
You should experiment with replanting the peas to see if you can get a crop later in the season. Last season, deer came through and chomped my snow peas. I was kinda down about it and ended up just leaving them as they were. They seemed to keep growing vegetatively and then when the temps cooled off in fall they started producing again. Not sure how it affected yield, but was happy to get a harvest in.
It has been a tuff year for winter sowing. A lot of attention was needed for many to keep them shaded and watered. I think I will build a cold frame or low tunnel for next year and forego all the messin with jugs. I’ve had mine covered with plastic on and off for about a month and if they are growing opened and under that I think they could do just as well without the container. If you don’t see anything yet it’s either because they germinated and froze, rotted, dried up or fried or it hasn’t been warm enough long enough yet. Here’s to HOPEFULLY Spring weather.❄️❄️☔️☔️🌹🌷🪻☔️☔️❄️❄️
This is so helpful as a novice gardener (zone 6b in PA). I really expanded the garden this year and trying so many new crops. This is my first year direct sowing cool weather crops. I've been (impatiently) waiting to see them germinate and I'm happy to say the carrots and beets are showing themselves! Still need to be patient on the potatoes though. Seeing how far along your garden is has been fantastic to compare and put my mind at ease. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
I'm so glad it was helpful, Christine! And excited to hear that you gave direct-sowing cool weather crops a go this year. Best wishes for a wonderful garden season!
Yeah, 3 more weeks till I can empty the greenhouse into the garden - there’s almost no standing space inside. I’ve been making medicinal teas with my dried herbs and look forward to growing new herbs this year - especially starting more perennial herbs. I hope you get yours going so I can suck up your amazing advice. Thank you! 😊
I like your garden tour videos -- interesting and inspiring, and in the case of your little failures, comforting that such things happen to the experts too. This week I'm busy clearing perennial weeds from my final garden bed. Planting in a few weeks.
I plant my garlic right after I harvest it and it lasts through winter and grows great every year. I’ve been doing it for 5 years that way and every year been a good year.
Very interesting! I've not heard from anyone doing this, I'd like to try! If you're planting right after harvest, the plants (both garlic and potatoes as you mention in a comment below) must be putting on a lot of green growth before the cold winter temps set it. I'm assuming all of that freezes back, and the plant resume growth in the spring. In your experience, it's not detrimental to the plants to have this happen?
Our peas got hit, too. Interestingly, the ones we direct sowed extra early (February) went untouched. The March planting got 95% wiped out by unknown critters. Guess we have plenty of space for early beans and cukes!
Thank you Jenna once again. With respect to peach trees, I usually find mine do well for 2-3 years and then they die in a somewhat mysterious way. I think it's from a borer. I have gone to painting all of my fruit trees from the ground to about 2-3 feet up. Use exterior grade latex paint. So far, the trees are doing well. Although earwigs are thought to be benign in the late summer, I have a sneaky suspicion that they undermine the space between the cambium layer and the bark. Other types or borers may also be at play. Kind Regards. Craig
Wonderful and inspiring video! I’m right behind in zone 5, and even though we are in the middle of building a new garden area, I’m trying not to feel discouraged that I haven’t put anything in the ground yet. I have some seedlings indoors, but starting from scratch is tough work! We have all kinds of critters to deal with in our wooded area as well, so we started outright with removing grass and building a 6 foot fence that also goes 2 feet underground. I have been gathering all sorts of ideas and learning plenty from your videos. Thank you!
Don't feel discouraged!! It is indeed a lot of worth starting from scratch and there is still plenty of time for gardening goodness. Sometimes it takes a couple of years just to get the infrastructure finished (beds and fencing and such).
It does my heart good to see a lot green growing things, even if its on a YT video. I do have some plants out, and doing surprisingly good. It has been a mild winter here in 5b south of Chicago. In mid March I planted out kohlrabi, cabbage and mizuna in a tall cold frame. This is the best any brassica other than radishes has ever done. So its possible I just had the timing wrong. Still learning going into my 5th season. I just took the plastic off the top of the frame and replaced it with netting, the psycho white butterfly is out. Onions, garlic, and lettuce doing good. End of the week I am going to start hardening off some things. Still watching the forecast. When it gets to 46 overnight they will go out and spend the rest of the time in the shed. Getting way to old to make 8 or 9 trips up and down basement stairs for a week.
I love your Vlog you don’t sugarcoat the bad or the ugly some people do either way I enjoyed it. I myself am very three years into new gardener. I did find out I am in Texas and I did find out for an early spring or really good summers are really a battle for the bugs, I’ve already been planting a lot of zucchinis and squashes .,Tomatoes I’m gonna put some melons in this week. I’ve done some seedlings in containers, small containers pots and also Direct-sow I have successfully done a few cabbages a lot of carrots, onions I got potatoes well all over the place and I let a very big pumpkin decompose so now I have a patch coming up.🌱🌱🌱 ✌🏽..Houston,Tx
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻brassicas are flourishing, peppers and tomatoes are transplanted as are all the squashes, cucumbers seedlings failed, have them direct seeded now. Strawberry bare roots were a fail, need to try an online source. Bought plants which are doing well. ..learning process.... 6A
I'm glad to hear the brassicas our flourishing. And you are way ahead of me-- I just started transplanting tomatoes & peppers... haven't even thought about cucumbers yet 😆. It's always a learning process-- every year!
Last year figured id try for a garden this season so I’ve had the tarps down since summer but still haven’t done much sowing or even got seeds hah. Though I’ve planted 4 apple trees, a peach and a plum, 2 blueberries and 2 gooseberries, bunch of wild raspberries fortunately. All were bare root so gonna be some time but better late than never right 👍
Hi Jenna, love the channel. Great info. I noticed you have some really cool plant identification sticks. Would you please do a video to share how you make them, what materials, pens you use. How long do they last, do they fade in the sun? Are they reusable. Are they rewritable? Use indoors? Would love to see a video about it. Thank you.
It is so interesting seeing the transformation of your zone from winter to spring. Some of the same plants but the time clock of the plants in my mind can't register to my memory which is burndt into my zone. Such an odd feeling because you are so use to relating your garden to what time of year it is. Jenna my winter onion project and potato project is not going so well. I planted my onions in December and we had a warm January. They are not going to make a great yield and having already started to bolt because of spells of hot weather including a week stretch of 85 degree weather in which the soil simply got very warm. Don't feel bad about the fruit trees. I have run over my own trees before and my son and daughter have taken turns running over young fruit bushes with the lawnmower through the years. My kids have always blamed me for not marking them good enough. LOL I always told them when they began to drive to let me know so I am not on the road. Great video! BTW the tomatoes you inspired me to do over the winter have been producing tomatoes like crazy and they have great flavor. Thanks for the idea.
I didn't plant overwintered onions last fall- if I had, I'm sure I'd be having the same experience you are right now. We had a weirdly warm February and 80s in early April (then it got dismally cold and rainy). I have to chuckle- I've heard from so many people who's loved ones have run over their plants... I remember my dad running over my mom's stuff with the lawn mower too 😆. I'm glad to hear about your tomatoes! Which variety(s) did you try?
Better Bush F1, Volante F1, Rocky Top F1, Mt, Merit. The Better Bush performed the best. Got the seeds from Holmes. I know you had mentioned you were a profession trials tester for seed companies. One thing I like about Holmes is that they offer small seed packets (like 10 seeds) to kind of sample if you like. I did notice because I did not have an "official grow light" that the plants did not really take of until February when the days had noticeably started to get longer. The biggest surprise was despite the skin was a little thick the flavor of the tomatoes were like summer garden tomatoes. I will definetely do again because I have been eating off of them since about the end of February.@@GrowfullywithJenna
Oh, Jenna 🙃 We know critter trouble don’t we. How are we supposed to have a no dig situation when constantly resetting plants and filling in tunnels?? 😅 Some of their tunnels are going kind of unnoticed, because they’re getting deeper, but they’re still robbing the plants of water, right?? All to often, I’m losing garden plants and perennials. I got so frustrated that I sent my husband out to get the…worms. 😭😅They’d been all through the Lisianthus, snapdragons and stock plantings. Probably won’t use them until fall when I’ll get frustrated again. 20 beautiful stalks of Wizard of Oz and Globemaster alliums severed above the bulbs-not certain if the bulbs were also eaten, but I never found them. So much for them not liking alliums. II did enjoy a show from them last year. You’ve helped me tremendously on timing my starts and plantings and it’s sure paying off! I’ve got huge wonderful lettuces, pak choi, spinach and kale that I’m getting great harvests from already! And so much more in the works! The hens sure free your kugel culture a good deep weed seed cleanup! Lol, that grape has definitely earned a stay. Now, if you get a chance tell me about comfrey. I’m not sure why, but I wasn’t aware growing it from seed was an option. I’ve not ran into any in my area in many years. Kept thinking I would. We have two mor nights at 40° over nigh and we’ll jump to 60°s. It’s on!! Good thing? Because someoif the plants are all a helardened off and so very ready to jump into the warmer growing season. Take care! ♥️
Haha!! We can never have a true 'no dig' garden thanks to the moles! I'm sorry they got your alliums- I've had a similar experience in that critte4rs (both moles & voles) will tunnel right under garlic and onions-- doesn't phase them at all. Though they don't eat my bulbs. In regard to the comfrey- everyone always told me I should grow it via cuttings or starts-- I didn't realize seed was an option either. We've plenty of established plants at my parents, but I saw seed for sale at strictlymedicinalseeds.com/ and wanted to give it a go! They've shot up an inch since I shot this video!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks for the link, I’ll order from there! Might as well see if I can get some going this season. 😄 I’ll keep trying if it doesn’t work. With having property I might tuck some in up on the hill in spots. Maybe it can establish itself (at some point) and I’ll always have pockets of it on hand. Really interested in using its abundance for compost and fertilizer! Whirlwind of possibilities now. It’s definitely here, no more need to protect seedlings from cold nights. Everything can come out and stay out. Time to plant more seeds! 😅
Nice to see how other gardens are coming along. You were looking for suggestions on that new bed and I'm sure you got some great ideas, I'm going to float out there the idea of making that a native pollination wildflower garden. Thanks!
Happy spring! Happy gardeners! Your garden is off to a lovely start! I have most everything ready to go in.. Just waiting on beds to dry up a bit before direct sowing. I’ve got most everything started.. some strawberry roots to plant today (year 3 replacing them 🙄) and blueberry bushes to pot up today.. before more rain. Im considering planting up my green stalks today as well. A few flowers to seed, cukes, melons, squash and beans staring at me waiting on seeding.. I am considering starting them tomorrow in my unseated greenhouse to give them a head start. Oh, and my asparagus is up!
I don't like okra. At least I thought I didn't. I had only tried it cooked (years ago) --> slimy, yuk! Someone convinced me to grow some, pick it early/young and eat it fresh and raw, preferably while in the garden. I did exactly that, last year, and found that I love fresh, young, raw okra! I'll be growing okra again this year, just enough for garden snacking! 🍇Save the grape!!! Anything that reliable needs saving. Thanks for the tour!
Live in ohio also wait to get warm weather to plant. All we have in are seed potatoes. Start some early beans With last year's extra seed but cold weather has not been kind. Enjoy your channel, been looking for a Midwest gardener. Most channels are south or California. Thanks for the great videos
I am in Zone 6B in Massachusetts, the weather here is also very fickle. I want to start pumpkin seeds earlier this year to get more yield. I notice that every year the female Blossoms are more abundant in early Fall when it's too late for them to mature. That Dump Truck is too cute 🙂
Yes I got stuff growing like you do but I suck at carrots! Do not know why but oh well. My apple trees and plum are finally budding out but I better get a fence around them soon-thx!
Hi Jenna I'm Ohio zone 6 by the lake so many confused plants. My Hibiscus poking through about a month early. Have several little Violas with flowers one snapdragon made it through the winter. Three big pots of snapdragons in the garage lot of growth starting. I have Rabbits, moles,voles, squirrels, deers they love my Lillie's. I'm gonna try put them in tall pots.
Ugh, the deer and rabbits on lilies. Was given some last year and just when they were going to bloom they ate them and a rabbit built a den under one. I split one up that I had and it was hidden away, but when I planted in the open they ate them. Will try bird netting this year-sigh.
@@dustyflats3832 yes the out door animals all we can do is try to keep them out. Squirrels destroy my sunflowers. At least they leave the amaryllis alone. They are poisonous to them. They know what not to eat. Usually leave the zenias and marigolds alone too
Thanks for the update! I feel so far behind. I have planted brassicas, lettuce, and onions. And I just planted potatoes last week! I hope to start hardening off my peppers, tomatoes, and flowers. This Ohio weather has been so bizarre this year!
Your garden is amazing!! I just started transferring my vegetables from the house to the garden beds outside. My grape vines are on their 3rd year and I'm hoping for my first harvest. Looking forward to your next video :)
Awesome as usual ⚡about the hugely bed the chickens ruined: if they love that spot and there's a lot of material in there for them to break down, why not make it their new spot, at least temporarily...? A bit like at edible acres 👍 you could stop thousands of seeds into it, and cover them with betting so they sprout. That would create both temporary chicken feed and also a vit of a seed bank. The crops used could be stuff you like to eat as well so that there's already that seed bank for later in case you decide to transition it back into a bed. Think stuff like daikon could work grey. Sure, they wouldnt get long roots nd they might sprout if it gets cold but that's kind of the point! Drop a few hundred of those, many wont germibate and maybe will go to seed... So in a few years, when the hugel reaches it's peak, youll have daikon popping up without any work. Even if you dont like to eat them the huge roots will be compost makers - like nutrient repositories ⚡ and the seeds can be used to plant and that seed bank has what you need to break up any remaining compacted soil!
I am in 6b in Kentucky . Planted strawberries in a tower planter .I have 3 blackberry bushes going in this month, and i am getting 2 blueberry for pots. I have some cold weather veggies planted and have some varying size tomatoes ready .Your garden looks good. Thanks
Hi Jenna … your garden tour was very encouraging! Darn little critters always find a way 🥴. We’re just getting warmer nights but I hear that can turn topsy turvy soon. I prob won’t get a garden this year but I’ll enjoy watching everyone else. I took a hard fall & have a compressed fracture & micro fractures on L3 & pulled all my butt muscles at my illium 🤬🤬🤬. So I’ll be watching to see the beautiful garden you create 🤩🤩. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️ nw Nevada deserts
WOW Jenna! That you do ALL this gardening at your house, at your parents house AND you have young children and I think, correct me if I'm wrong, also a job outside of the house! I see all these starts, all this work everywhere... HOW do you do it?! YOU are amazing.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Oh that's great that you do that from home. I can see how that is an advantage. STILL you do a lot. Give yourself credit where it is due. ;-)
Thanks for this. I am also in Ohio 6a and this is the first year I've ever tried growing anything, all in containers since I'm in the suburbs. I didn't know why my carrots were so small, but they were planted at the same time as yours and look about the same. My radishes came up as strong seedlings, but they have been up since 4/11 and still haven't grown any true leaves. The seedlings still look healthy, just no additional growth. My potatoes are in grow bags and have come up very strong. I can't wait until I have something to harvest.
I'm so excited that this is your first year growing! Everything is slow here this year- but I'm always amazed how things just seem to grow overnight once we get some rain and optimal temps. Best of luck!
Hi Jenna! Thanks for your good content! I enjoy your vids. I'm up in Ontario, an hour north of Toronto, zone 5a, with a frost date a week or two after yours down there in Ohio it seems - although last year I couldn't put my tomatoes and peppers out until about the 2nd week of June. I was doing a lot of potting up, but it was worth it!! This year I have some kale, lettuce, spinach and chard (from seeds I started with grow lights in the spare bedroom) growing outside for 3 weeks and doing really well. I experimented with frost covering in one area of kale, but it didn't seem to make any difference, the uncovered ones survived just fine and their growth rate seems the same. I am amazed that some of my kale planted a year ago (March 2022) still have some new kale growing at their top or at the base of the old plants.... I thought all was lost when we got down to -25C up here for a few days in early February.... So, as my new plants get bigger and stronger I am still able to have some kale in my green smoothies!! With the wet weather we've had and the cleaning up I didn't get done last fall and had to do now, I don't have my root crops in. Peas are in, but not yet germinated. The ground is still a bit cold, but I expect some to pop out this week. This is the healthiest hobby....in so many ways! Wishing you well. Happy Gardening!!
Hi Donna- so good to hear that your cool season veggies are doing well! And I absolutely agree- it is the healthiest hobby-- it can be so rewarding in so many ways! Kale amazes me every year- I've had the same experience as you-- I've found I don't need to cover it and it comes back in the spring. Best wishes for a great season!
You have a lot going on as usual. I have all brassicas in and looking good. Just put in the Brussel Sprouts you recommended Silvia and Hestia so I'll let you know how they do. Spinach overwintered fabulously and have been picking since Feb under a poly tunnel. Now I'm starting to pull it out little by little and will eventually be putting in more potatoes. Growing strawberries in a green stalk and they look good so far. I'll slowly be putting in warm weather plants as soon this latest cold spell is over. The long range looks good starting this weekend. Also, I found a couple liquid fertilizers that I don't believe smell to bad and might be able to be used in doors. One is Revive Rx from Migardner which I order a small bottle of and another is liquid seaweed if you want to give them a try.
Thanks for the carrot germ test. Let us know which method you would continue using Same situation with peas here in upper Midwest we have clay and struggle with carrots on my site. Do you have any perennialized garlic? I'd like to know what others do with that. Also, a shed clean out/organization video would be inspiring.
I will definitely provide a carrot update a bit later into the season! It's funny you ask about the garlic. We have now in my parent's gardens quite on accident. I think some critters dug up bulbs and replanted them (or perhaps I forgot to dig some... or both) and now it's popping up everywhere each spring. We use it green in the spring, but beyond that, I haven't really figured out what to do with it. Some day... maybe... if I ever get my barn cleaned up and organized, I could do that video 😄
I love your videos So REAL Not everything is beautiful and perfect I’m similar to your plan as I’m adding vegetables, flowers and herbs in most beds Sure wish I had a lot of space Our weather is crazy Today, May 1 st is rainy and wi day with a 30° windchill West central Indiana So many of my new plants are u deer grow lights in the basement We are way late in planting this year
Everything is definitely not beautiful & perfect here 😄 I know that as gardeners we're always complaining about the weather... but seriously... I had shade cloth on my brassicas 2-3 weeks ago because it was so warm... now it feels like winter here again!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I know! I’m trying to get to the point of hoops and long sheets of all kinds of covers so I can quickly change them out. Plastic, no, shade, nope, frost cloth, ugh, back to plastic😂😂
I registered for the program and I'm going to look into some new boots anyways! I need something since my 'indestructible' shoes are slip prone and falling apart, even thought they are made of Kevlar. Just moved along the Ohio River, really enjoying the wildlife, even had turtles hatching on the side of my house. Seems they have a natural slide down to the creek that feeds into the river. 🐢
Never had luck with German chamomile, until this year!! Did a late winter sowing and they quickly filled the jug. They look happy in the morning sun part of the garden. 👍
Zone 7a working really hard to get veggies planted. Our weather has been up and down. So my tomato’s have been hardened off but not in the ground yet as my garden bed is mostly mud. 😕
Great timing for an update Jenna. It always helps to compare what I have going on with yours so I know if I'm on the right track. I'm in SW Ohio so my potatoes took the same frost hit yours did, but are bouncing back nicely. Sugar Snap peas are doing great, up about 8 inches. Carrots are... so-so. I direct sowed them and kept them moist most of the time, but looking pretty puny. Happy to say my onions are doing very well this year. Tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are ready to be transplanted and looks like this current cold snap will be the last so will get those in the garden this coming weekend. I did have a question that I don't recall seeing and answer to in many of your other vids so here goes... When planning your trellis for either tomatoes or cucumbers, have you found a preferred orientation that works better in this area? Of course I'm referring to north to south, or east to west. I have a choice to make but not sure if one orientation has any advantages over the other. East/west provides more direct sun on one side, whereas north/south provides some sun on both sides. Your thoughts?
Sounds like you're keeping busy, Chris! I often end up planting N/S... but I have run my tomato and cucumber trellises E/W before and haven't noticed a difference. As long as they're not being shaded by something else nearby (say, a line of trees or building)- you'll have similar results either way.
I am in Rochester, NY area, and saw that we have same frost dates. I have always struggled with cold weather crops so I am trying to follow Jenna's planting schedule for lettuce, carrots, and spinach ( the bane of my existence!) Lettuce came up and looked great til a bunny found and ate one patch. Carrots are spotty but this is the first germination (3 weeks to germinate) I have gotten in 5 years of trying🥳. Spinach starts got too warm inside and bolted and the 25 direct sown yielded 3 with only one set of true leaves as of May 1. Still better than none🤪
If you have the time, could you please do a video on keeping peach trees healthy?!!! Also pruning and spraying them!! I’m in Indiana, zone 6 also. Thank you!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I'm no expert when it comes to pruning/spraying fruit trees! I minimally prune and don't spray at all-- but I like to refer to Stark Brother's as they've got good guides on their website for all fruit trees: www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/peach-trees/pruning www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/peach-trees/spraying
Peaches copper spray now before buds come fully out for leaf curl , then spray neem oil and captain dead bug every 3 weeks till aug. to protect from bugs..look for big holes at the bottom of your trunk thats peach borers then you might want to get milk spores to kill them off , peaches are alot of work, then fertilize once a month with a good fruit tree fertilizer, may, june, july...
Set up a trail camera to see what is eating your plants an you might have to lay down chicken wire on the ground an dig a ditch out an lay it down an cover it up with dirt to solve that problem.
also being in Ohio, always interesting to see similar gardens in our horrible clay base. like you, my hardneck garlics are doing great and unbothered by pests/critters. My strawberries are on the verge of being booted from the garden, due to mice getting to the berries before we can as well as smaller than expected yields. Last year we got almost no berries cause I tried to give them a good start in April with a nitrogen booster (which I found out is a no-no)....all I got was lots and lots of plants which spread everywhere and no berries. Raspberries are far more productive for me with almost no predators on the berries. Second year for blackberries, so hoping for first harvest, plants looking good. Finally, after bludgeoning my fingers pulling out them damn dandelions roots, when I see them scattered throughout your garden, all I see are millions of seeds planting themselves throughout my garden (LOL). I'll be bringing out the peppers and tomatoes to acclimate at the end of this week, when we get past this cold wet spell. Being retired, I'm past the dump trucks in the dirt, but remember those days well. All the best to you and thanks for your postings. Cheers.
Oh no! The mice don't seem to bother my strawberries, but I do have one little fat chipmunk who like to steal them and then munch away within view of me!! Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy- best wishes for a wonderful garden season!
I am a fruit tree breeder and was interested in your grapes. I have a very hardy grape from seed (vitis riparia x Beta) that tastes exactly like a Concord. I will probably be making it available in a few years. Also have a sand cherry x peach cross that is probably only good for jam, but is interesting. Fruit breeding can be fun.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Since it is an experimental variety, I will be giving them away if the recipient reports back their evaluation. tks for the interest. I will keep you in mind.
Ugh the same thing happened to my peas and it was so disheartening! I did have one success though. My dad was in the hospital really sick in March and so my youngest and I experimented with some snow pea seeds seen outside and one did finally sprout, so maybe it’ll be the best snow peas ever!
Jenna ....moles grrrr have you used juicy fruit gum with them? so you put some lightly chewed gum in the mole holes and they chew it and can't digest it and well you know the rest. for voles we found that outside cats were great in our gardens and area. NOW RABBITS I TOO NEED HELP...lol
I have had problems with the robins pulling up my green beans when the crook starts to push up through soil and it looks like a worm. You have an impressive amount of garden space, I love all of the variety.
That sucks about the peas. I really feel for you. What about something like Snack Hero from Renee's? for containers and like 52 days? I deal with the same kind of intense spring heat.
I planted all my Snak Hero seed in one of my raised beds in March... they ate those too 😫. But you're right- the super early maturing peas might still have a chance if I plant now-- I may have another early variety I could put out now. Thanks!
You'll miss that construction equipment some day. My son is 27 and I still find construction remnants in my garden. Makes me smile.
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I find it so gratifying when gardeners share the truth of gardening. Critters, loved ones, weather, real life, and so many other things get in the way of the dream garden that lives in our minds. I find it so helpful to remember my space from a year or two ago. Bits of growth and new beds and remembered accomplishments bouy me on to the next season. Thank you for teaching us in your steady and helpful way. I had an AH-HA moment recently. I live in northern MN in zone 3b. Our last frost date is May 28th so I was in the habit of not even beginning to think about doing anything outside until after Memorial Day. But...I was reading my seed packets once again and it struck me that some of them said " As soon as the soil can be worked." A lightbulb went off...Duh! I can plant things outside now! So here's to my carrots, turnips, radishes, spinach and lettuce seeds that went in the ground this week.
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Hooray! I'm glad you were able to get some of those cool season veggies planted- that's great!
And I agree 100% with you-- looking back at old pics of the garden... being able to see the actual progress really helps me as well. I go a bit overboard with the garden pics, but highly recommend everyone snap at least a few every season. Best wishes for a great garden this year, Nancy!
I love how realistic your garden is. It makes me feel less worried about having volunteer plants popping up in my garden.
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When I hung a piece of Irish Spring(original) on my peach tree last spring, the deer would not go within 15 feet, and have never touched it since. It was their favorite of the fruit trees, but they did chew on the others. So that afternoon I hung a piece on each tree, and they have stayed away from all of them since. I also hung pieces around the vegetable gardens, and no more deer jumping the fence(4') and testing the veggies! I cut each bar into 6 pieces, drill, and tie them with jute.
Thanks for the tip, Robert!
Fruit trees and are also a great addition to any garden .
Very true!
I have onions and carrots planted in my garden so far. And the day after I did that, a vole tunnel through that raised bed and I think a bird plucked out an onion start or two. As I attempted to put stuff back, I threatened the voles. I said, I have 4 fully clawed cats inside that would love to come play with them. Not that I’d put my babies outside. But the voles certainly aren’t afraid of my 11yr old elderly “farm pug”. But at the moment, it’s gone back to March in NE Ohio. It snowed on us tonight. Because, Ohio.
"Because, Ohio" is so accurate 😂
I certainly hope those voles take your threats seriously!
With parsley, I do cell trays with moistened soil and then put the trays into ziplock bags and then freeze them for 1-2 days. Then I remove them from the ziplock bags and put them on the heat mat with my other seed trays.
I get almost 100% germination this way. It works with both curly and flat Italian parsley.
I always do an entire 6 cell tray for each parsley just in case germ isn’t 100% and then give away extra seedlings to neighbors.
Thanks for the tips!!
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This year to prevent the pea thieves, I started inside in toilet tissue rolls and planted roll and all to create a barrier. It worked!
Oh smart! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Donald!
Suggestion- Plant the peas in ~2 ft window boxes and sit them on the ground along the fence. Great video
Thanks for the tip!!
Gardening is just sround the corner! Yay!
I second that 'yay'! 😀
Hey Jenna I have a great suggestion for your issue with eliminating thistles... IF you enjoy lemon water or iced tea with lemon, once done with those slices of lemons, place them ontop of the thistles!! I had a serious problem in a specific area and i either read this or watched it somewhere that suggested using vinegar and well the concept came to me that it was most likely the acidity, so I used lemons! I had made a jug of lemon water and two days on there was some left in my jug and i wanted to dump it out and make a fresh batch and my light bulb went off so i went outside poured the remainder onto the thistles also pulled out the remaining spent lemons placed a slice on each thistle and within a few days they shriveled up and died and have never returned! Just a suggestion for you or anyone else! Happy gardening! Hugs from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦!!
I'm going to need a LOT of lemons-- thanks for sharing!!
We are finally getting our vegetable garden areas set up after building our forever home. You’re such an inspiration to us and such a great wealth of experience and information. Thank you.
I'm so happy to hear this, Joy! Enjoy those new garden areas and your forever home!
I don't usually watch garden tours, but since it's you its more like visiting with a friend. I just watched the part where you are showing us what happened to your fruit trees, getting run over and eaten back by deer. I just had to stop and suggest you consider grafting! The almost dead tree that you think has sprouted from the root stock would be perfect for creating another root stock to graft your other tree onto! It's a thought that I wanted to share. I bought myself all the stuff to do some grafting and am excited to do some once my trees get big enough.
I realized that with all the things going on that I have not planted potatoes! Once again my health has sidelined me but hopefully once I can get rid of this back pain I can get out there and hurt myself again. LOL We do what we must. ;-)
That is a great idea!! I was just thinking about playing around with some grafting and didn't even think about using that tree- thank you!
I'm sorry to hear about the back trouble- I hope you're back to feeling 100% soon!
I love all the experimenting!
I'm glad to hear that! I love doing it!
Enjoy your videos
Thank you!
I am in zone 5b in Wisconsin and as usual we have had wild spring temperature fluctuations, from low 80's in mid April to snow on May 1. I direct sowed sugar snap peas , snow peas , spinach and radishes 3 weeks ago. So far none have germinated. I hope to plant out my brassica starts later this week along with pre-sprouted spinach and onions and leeks. My fruit trees are just about ready to bloom, I hope the sub freezing temperatures we have had the last 3 weeks didn't damage the buds.
I hope that weather straightens out for you soon!
Crazy to think how quickly things will be changing now.
It really is!
Thanks for walkabout, always impressed at how big your garden is! Sorry to hear about the fruit trees...hard pill to swallow but probably best to start over with those ones out in the field. And I share your frustration with peas! I lost three plantings one year and missed my spring peas. I suspected either chipmunks or robins. This year I covered them in row covers which worked. We are putting in all the warm weather plants this weekend, hopefully no mid May frosts like last year!
Hopefully not a frost every month. It was mid or late 90s that year was cold. Z5a WI.
Hopefully not a frost every month. It was mid or late 90s that year was cold. Z5a WI.
Definitely using row covers next time! I was worried that if it was voles, the row covers would just make the peas even more inviting-- but now I wish I would have tried, because it would have helped me rule out which critter was actually the culprit 😆. I was going to try to plant earlier this year-- right after my mid-May frost date, but as per the usual, I don't think I'll get any warm season transplant in till late May. Have fun planting this weekend!
New subscriber today. We live in Greenfield and wow, what a different spring. Last year our garden did amazingly well! (It was a miracle)❤
Welcome to the channel, Vanessa! It's definitely a different spring- it feels like Ohio weather is always throwing us some kind of curveball. Best wishes for a great garden this year as well!
Sooo happy you posted!!! I look to you for what I should (and should not) plant out into the garden this week lol
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Wow, your garden is quite large and looks great!
Thanks!
Thabk you for sharing all the things that didn't work, too. Iys helpful to see even experienced gardeners cant bat 1000.
Happy to share! There are definitely screw ups every year- all part of gardening 😄
Way to go Josh, running over trees.
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WOW, you're spring time dinner table must be magnificent!! Do you have more info on how and why the blackberry plant pruning? Finally Volunteer Chamomile just proves God loves us.
I typically refer to either Nourse Farms or Stark Bros for my info on pruning, as I'm by no means an expert! Stark Bros: www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/berry-plants/blackberry-plants/pruning Nourse Farms:
www.noursefarms.com/news/post/bramble-pruning-weve-got-your-back/#:~:text=Laterals%20should%20be%20pruned%20to,to%20six%20canes%20per%20hill*. Note that there are both primocane and floricane fruiting blackberry varieties, so when pruning it's important to know which you have. Most older varieties are Floricane.
I've only been gardening in zone 6a for 3 years, so seeing how bountiful your garden is this early is incredibly helpful! I only have kale, cabbage, one puny cauliflower sprout, golden beets, and peas in the ground. You've shown me I can do so much more, so thank you!!
You've got a great start already!!
Hi Jenna , I am watching your videos in New Zealand. You inspire a lot of people. Happy gardening 😊.
Thank you 😊. Happy gardening to you too!
Thanks for the tour! We can't wait for our time to plant. You have a nice start. Nice assortment. Enjoyed, take care!
Thank you, Michael!
I'm so excited to see how your carrot and potato experiments turn out. My garden is currently going through a bit of a change, with a good amount being moved to an entirely new location, and other bits being converted to raised beds. I do have some beets growing in containers, and I'm hoping to try some Bulls Blood beets. Think it's too late for a spring planting? Plans for next year are already in place for using various cover crops for garden improvement, so I'll be watching your cover crop videos again soon. Many thanks for those, by the way. Other than that, with work and other projects, I am WAY behind on a lot of things. Tomatoes and peppers are doing okay indoors right now, so everyone around me is looking forward to sampling any one of the seven varieties of maters going in this year. Amazing how many people are willing to sacrifice themselves to testing garden fresh tomatoes. Thanks for the tour, and thanks for the boot suggestion; I'll be getting a pair.
I think you can probably still get away with planting some beets!
What tomato varieties are you growing this year?
I’ll be growing Candyland, Amana Orange, Kellogg’s Breakfast, San Marzano, , Yellow Pear, Chocolate Cherry, Amish Paste, and Super Sauce. Oops, that’s eight. Hope I have room for a Kaji melon. 😁
Also, thanks for giving the dates . Very helpful for new gardener as myself ❤
You're welcome!
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So glad to have found your videos, I’ve been looking for somebody in my area :) I’m in Ohio 6b and I’ve been slowly expanding my knowledge in gardening. I’m particularly interested in learning about things outside of the warm season gardening to expand my ability to grow more of my own food. Fantastic videos!
Wonderful to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
I too am in northeast Ohio. I'm holding out till the end of May this yr. The last couple yrs. we had some really late frosty days which screwed up some of my plants.
It usually ends up being late May before I get any of my warm season crops out-- I always say I'm going to plant a little earlier, but it never happens. Might be for the best!
I'm nearby in Central Ohio. You have so much more green than I do. I mostly have non-food crops (hostas, liky of the valley, , day lillies, astilbe, and hydrangeas) and weede (redbud and maple tree seedlings) coming up. My yarrow has come back and a little bit of parsley that I threw seed in the back yard last fall from neighbor's plant that went to seed. I planted peas a couole weeks ago that are doing well despite these cold temps. My sunchokes are doing best of all, and I'm predicting a bumper crop based on how well they are doing. I did throw some fava beans in the soil last fall hoping for a cover crop. They never grew, but 2 plants have come up this spring. They are flowering now and are so pretty. I have lots of babies (seed starts) indoors waiting for this cold to be over. I have lettuce started inside..i thought it was too cold for outside..but yours seems to be doing great! Hope your trees can revive... MI Gardener sells a fertilizer called Revive that I used with success on a dying plant last year...maybe it could help? Just a thought. Smile and have a blessed day!
Thanks for the fertilizer tip, Nancy!
What do you plan to do with all those sunchokes. I love them and grow lots-- but I can only eat so many. I love them roasted and pickle them at times.
It's great to see where your garden is at this time of year. Every video you remind me of something that needs to happen in my own garden. I'm just behind you in zone 5, so it's nice to see I'm not too far behind in my spring craze that has been the last few weeks with our nice weather.
Soon your garden will be in full swing, Jenn! Happy gardening!
Thank you for sharing Jenna! So disappointing when things do not work out the way we plan, hopefully you will have better luck with peas next year.
It is, but now I can plan accordingly for future plantings!
You have such a wonderful garden, do you ever sleep?
Critters can be a real pain! Spouses, children, voles, moles, squirrels all take their share, sometimes more than we want.
Looking forward to your carrot experiment, I always make seed tape, not too old for new tricks!
Enjoy your videos! Stay Well!!!
Thanks, Brian!
I sleep more than I should 😄!
I always get hungry after watching your videos!
That's a good thing right?
Great vid...like the expansion...often, people do not understand that gardens are never-ending projects and take time to really get going. In the end, it is so gratifying. Good work, Elf! Carry on!
PS Gonna check out those boots - been looking for some...
Never ending projects is the truth!! But I agree- it is incredibly gratifying!
Ah, now. We *grow* food crops, vegetables and fruits, herbs, and flowers, but we *build* gardens as well as growing them. And they're never finished, either, eh?
So of course one needs construction equipment on site! 😉
And there you are, with your construction crew and equipment, verily at your beck and call! 😉
Actually, there've been a number of times I've wished we had to hand, rather than renting, sod-cutters (before we knew about solarizing and no-dig), and maybe a small backhoe for some very deep work, and a trencher---still thinking about renting one of these, despite my preference for not disturbing the soil---to take a water line (below the frost line) into the garden to connect with one of those water "garden guards" with a motion-activated sensor to deter certain pests....
Haha! The problem with my construction crew is that the foreman never actually listens to what I need done 😂
There are definitely times I could use real construction equipment here!
Thank you for another lovely video Jenna! I'm happy to see you share the good, the bad and the ADORABLE little construction sites hidden about your gardens. 🥰 I do hope your potatoes grow because that was my suggestion. Looking forward to seeing your results! I just plant one potato back in the trenches at harvest and so far, so good. Saves me from buying seed potatoes every year. Fingers crossed!!!!
I'm fighting the urge to dig down in there to see what's going on! We got a good amount of rain and it's supposed to warm up towards the end of the week- so I figure I should see some sprouts by early next week!
You should experiment with replanting the peas to see if you can get a crop later in the season. Last season, deer came through and chomped my snow peas. I was kinda down about it and ended up just leaving them as they were. They seemed to keep growing vegetatively and then when the temps cooled off in fall they started producing again. Not sure how it affected yield, but was happy to get a harvest in.
I'll give it a try- thanks!
It has been a tuff year for winter sowing. A lot of attention was needed for many to keep them shaded and watered. I think I will build a cold frame or low tunnel for next year and forego all the messin with jugs. I’ve had mine covered with plastic on and off for about a month and if they are growing opened and under that I think they could do just as well without the container.
If you don’t see anything yet it’s either because they germinated and froze, rotted, dried up or fried or it hasn’t been warm enough long enough yet.
Here’s to HOPEFULLY Spring weather.❄️❄️☔️☔️🌹🌷🪻☔️☔️❄️❄️
I'm coming to the same conclusion- I think a low tunnel/cold frame would be a lot easier for me than the jugs!
This is so helpful as a novice gardener (zone 6b in PA). I really expanded the garden this year and trying so many new crops. This is my first year direct sowing cool weather crops. I've been (impatiently) waiting to see them germinate and I'm happy to say the carrots and beets are showing themselves! Still need to be patient on the potatoes though. Seeing how far along your garden is has been fantastic to compare and put my mind at ease. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!
I'm so glad it was helpful, Christine! And excited to hear that you gave direct-sowing cool weather crops a go this year.
Best wishes for a wonderful garden season!
Yeah, 3 more weeks till I can empty the greenhouse into the garden - there’s almost no standing space inside. I’ve been making medicinal teas with my dried herbs and look forward to growing new herbs this year - especially starting more perennial herbs. I hope you get yours going so I can suck up your amazing advice. Thank you! 😊
Happy planting, Samantha! I bet you are eager to get started!
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I like your garden tour videos -- interesting and inspiring, and in the case of your little failures, comforting that such things happen to the experts too. This week I'm busy clearing perennial weeds from my final garden bed. Planting in a few weeks.
Thank you, Andy! Best wishes for great gardening season!
I plant my garlic right after I harvest it and it lasts through winter and grows great every year. I’ve been doing it for 5 years that way and every year been a good year.
What zone are you in?
@@Negrodomaus I’m in 6. I live in mid east Missouri.
@@francour9 Im in 6 too, southwest Idaho. I'll be sure to give this a try this season!
@@Negrodomaus saves a lot of time and effort. Learned it from Paul Gautschi. I also do my potatoes that way. Both have done very well for me.
Very interesting! I've not heard from anyone doing this, I'd like to try!
If you're planting right after harvest, the plants (both garlic and potatoes as you mention in a comment below) must be putting on a lot of green growth before the cold winter temps set it. I'm assuming all of that freezes back, and the plant resume growth in the spring. In your experience, it's not detrimental to the plants to have this happen?
Our peas got hit, too. Interestingly, the ones we direct sowed extra early (February) went untouched. The March planting got 95% wiped out by unknown critters. Guess we have plenty of space for early beans and cukes!
That's a nice way to look at it! More space for other stuff 😄
Thank you Jenna once again. With respect to peach trees, I usually find mine do well for 2-3 years and then they die in a somewhat mysterious way. I think it's from a borer. I have gone to painting all of my fruit trees from the ground to about 2-3 feet up. Use exterior grade latex paint. So far, the trees are doing well. Although earwigs are thought to be benign in the late summer, I have a sneaky suspicion that they undermine the space between the cambium layer and the bark. Other types or borers may also be at play. Kind Regards. Craig
I'm paranoid about the peach borers finding my trees too! I'll have to get on top of preventative measures!
Wonderful and inspiring video! I’m right behind in zone 5, and even though we are in the middle of building a new garden area, I’m trying not to feel discouraged that I haven’t put anything in the ground yet. I have some seedlings indoors, but starting from scratch is tough work! We have all kinds of critters to deal with in our wooded area as well, so we started outright with removing grass and building a 6 foot fence that also goes 2 feet underground. I have been gathering all sorts of ideas and learning plenty from your videos. Thank you!
Don't feel discouraged!! It is indeed a lot of worth starting from scratch and there is still plenty of time for gardening goodness.
Sometimes it takes a couple of years just to get the infrastructure finished (beds and fencing and such).
It does my heart good to see a lot green growing things, even if its on a YT video. I do have some plants out, and doing surprisingly good. It has been a mild winter here in 5b south of Chicago. In mid March I planted out kohlrabi, cabbage and mizuna in a tall cold frame. This is the best any brassica other than radishes has ever done. So its possible I just had the timing wrong. Still learning going into my 5th season. I just took the plastic off the top of the frame and replaced it with netting, the psycho white butterfly is out. Onions, garlic, and lettuce doing good. End of the week I am going to start hardening off some things. Still watching the forecast. When it gets to 46 overnight they will go out and spend the rest of the time in the shed. Getting way to old to make 8 or 9 trips up and down basement stairs for a week.
I'm so glad to hear your plants are doing well!!
I love your Vlog you don’t sugarcoat the bad or the ugly some people do either way I enjoyed it. I myself am very three years into new gardener. I did find out I am in Texas and I did find out for an early spring or really good summers are really a battle for the bugs, I’ve already been planting a lot of zucchinis and squashes .,Tomatoes I’m gonna put some melons in this week. I’ve done some seedlings in containers, small containers pots and also Direct-sow I have successfully done a few cabbages a lot of carrots, onions I got potatoes well all over the place and I let a very big pumpkin decompose so now I have a patch coming up.🌱🌱🌱 ✌🏽..Houston,Tx
Thank you! Sounds like you have an amazing garden going on-- best wishes for a great season!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻brassicas are flourishing, peppers and tomatoes are transplanted as are all the squashes, cucumbers seedlings failed, have them direct seeded now. Strawberry bare roots were a fail, need to try an online source. Bought plants which are doing well. ..learning process.... 6A
I'm glad to hear the brassicas our flourishing. And you are way ahead of me-- I just started transplanting tomatoes & peppers... haven't even thought about cucumbers yet 😆. It's always a learning process-- every year!
Last year figured id try for a garden this season so I’ve had the tarps down since summer but still haven’t done much sowing or even got seeds hah. Though I’ve planted 4 apple trees, a peach and a plum, 2 blueberries and 2 gooseberries, bunch of wild raspberries fortunately. All were bare root so gonna be some time but better late than never right 👍
Better late than never is right! Sounds wonderful!
Hi Jenna, love the channel. Great info. I noticed you have some really cool plant identification sticks. Would you please do a video to share how you make them, what materials, pens you use. How long do they last, do they fade in the sun? Are they reusable. Are they rewritable? Use indoors? Would love to see a video about it. Thank you.
Thank you! I've had lots of questions about these-- I'll try to have a video out next week on this topic!
It is so interesting seeing the transformation of your zone from winter to spring. Some of the same plants but the time clock of the plants in my mind can't register to my memory which is burndt into my zone. Such an odd feeling because you are so use to relating your garden to what time of year it is. Jenna my winter onion project and potato project is not going so well. I planted my onions in December and we had a warm January. They are not going to make a great yield and having already started to bolt because of spells of hot weather including a week stretch of 85 degree weather in which the soil simply got very warm. Don't feel bad about the fruit trees. I have run over my own trees before and my son and daughter have taken turns running over young fruit bushes with the lawnmower through the years. My kids have always blamed me for not marking them good enough. LOL I always told them when they began to drive to let me know so I am not on the road. Great video! BTW the tomatoes you inspired me to do over the winter have been producing tomatoes like crazy and they have great flavor. Thanks for the idea.
I didn't plant overwintered onions last fall- if I had, I'm sure I'd be having the same experience you are right now. We had a weirdly warm February and 80s in early April (then it got dismally cold and rainy). I have to chuckle- I've heard from so many people who's loved ones have run over their plants... I remember my dad running over my mom's stuff with the lawn mower too 😆.
I'm glad to hear about your tomatoes! Which variety(s) did you try?
Better Bush F1, Volante F1, Rocky Top F1, Mt, Merit. The Better Bush performed the best. Got the seeds from Holmes. I know you had mentioned you were a profession trials tester for seed companies. One thing I like about Holmes is that they offer small seed packets (like 10 seeds) to kind of sample if you like. I did notice because I did not have an "official grow light" that the plants did not really take of until February when the days had noticeably started to get longer. The biggest surprise was despite the skin was a little thick the flavor of the tomatoes were like summer garden tomatoes. I will definetely do again because I have been eating off of them since about the end of February.@@GrowfullywithJenna
Oh, Jenna 🙃 We know critter trouble don’t we. How are we supposed to have a no dig situation when constantly resetting plants and filling in tunnels?? 😅
Some of their tunnels are going kind of unnoticed, because they’re getting deeper, but they’re still robbing the plants of water, right?? All to often, I’m losing garden plants and perennials. I got so frustrated that I sent my husband out to get the…worms. 😭😅They’d been all through the Lisianthus, snapdragons and stock plantings. Probably won’t use them until fall when I’ll get frustrated again.
20 beautiful stalks of Wizard of Oz and Globemaster alliums severed above the bulbs-not certain if the bulbs were also eaten, but I never found them. So much for them not liking alliums.
II did enjoy a show from them last year.
You’ve helped me tremendously on timing my starts and plantings and it’s sure paying off! I’ve got huge wonderful lettuces, pak choi, spinach and kale that I’m getting great harvests from already! And so much more in the works!
The hens sure free your kugel culture a good deep weed seed cleanup! Lol, that grape has definitely earned a stay.
Now, if you get a chance tell me about comfrey. I’m not sure why, but I wasn’t aware growing it from seed was an option. I’ve not ran into any in my area in many years.
Kept thinking I would.
We have two mor nights at 40° over nigh and we’ll jump to 60°s. It’s on!! Good thing? Because someoif the plants are all a helardened off and so very ready to jump into the warmer growing season.
Take care! ♥️
Haha!! We can never have a true 'no dig' garden thanks to the moles!
I'm sorry they got your alliums- I've had a similar experience in that critte4rs (both moles & voles) will tunnel right under garlic and onions-- doesn't phase them at all. Though they don't eat my bulbs.
In regard to the comfrey- everyone always told me I should grow it via cuttings or starts-- I didn't realize seed was an option either. We've plenty of established plants at my parents, but I saw seed for sale at strictlymedicinalseeds.com/ and wanted to give it a go! They've shot up an inch since I shot this video!
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Thanks for the link, I’ll order from there!
Might as well see if I can get some going this season. 😄 I’ll keep trying if it doesn’t work. With having property I might tuck some in up on the hill in spots. Maybe it can establish itself (at some point) and I’ll always have pockets of it on hand.
Really interested in using its abundance for compost and fertilizer!
Whirlwind of possibilities now. It’s definitely here, no more need to protect seedlings from cold nights. Everything can come out and stay out. Time to plant more seeds!
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Nice to see how other gardens are coming along. You were looking for suggestions on that new bed and I'm sure you got some great ideas, I'm going to float out there the idea of making that a native pollination wildflower garden. Thanks!
Love that idea - thank you!
Happy spring! Happy gardeners! Your garden is off to a lovely start! I have most everything ready to go in.. Just waiting on beds to dry up a bit before direct sowing. I’ve got most everything started.. some strawberry roots to plant today (year 3 replacing them 🙄) and blueberry bushes to pot up today.. before more rain. Im considering planting up my green stalks today as well. A few flowers to seed, cukes, melons, squash and beans staring at me waiting on seeding.. I am considering starting them tomorrow in my unseated greenhouse to give them a head start. Oh, and my asparagus is up!
I hope it dries up for you soon- I'm sure you're incredibly eager to get planting.
Best wishes for a wonderful garden season!
I don't like okra. At least I thought I didn't. I had only tried it cooked (years ago) --> slimy, yuk! Someone convinced me to grow some, pick it early/young and eat it fresh and raw, preferably while in the garden. I did exactly that, last year, and found that I love fresh, young, raw okra! I'll be growing okra again this year, just enough for garden snacking! 🍇Save the grape!!! Anything that reliable needs saving. Thanks for the tour!
Yes! Another fan of raw okra-- I love it too!
I have planted both Lemon drop and sugar punch watermelon this year per your recommendations last year. Both are doing great so far.
Great to hear!
Live in ohio also wait to get warm weather to plant. All we have in are seed potatoes. Start some early beans
With last year's extra seed but cold weather has not been kind. Enjoy your channel, been looking for a Midwest gardener. Most channels are south or California. Thanks for the great videos
Great to hear from a fellow Ohio gardener, Dave!
I am in Zone 6B in Massachusetts, the weather here is also very fickle. I want to start pumpkin seeds earlier this year to get more yield. I notice that every year the female Blossoms are more abundant in early Fall when it's too late for them to mature. That Dump Truck is too cute 🙂
Best of luck with your pumpkins this year!!
Yes I got stuff growing like you do but I suck at carrots! Do not know why but oh well.
My apple trees and plum are finally budding out but I better get a fence around them soon-thx!
Glad to hear your apples and plums are budding out! It took me a long time to get the hang of carrots here.
Hi Jenna I'm Ohio zone 6 by the lake so many confused plants. My Hibiscus poking through about a month early. Have several little Violas with flowers one snapdragon made it through the winter. Three big pots of snapdragons in the garage lot of growth starting. I have Rabbits, moles,voles, squirrels, deers they love my Lillie's. I'm gonna try put them in tall pots.
Ugh, the deer and rabbits on lilies. Was given some last year and just when they were going to bloom they ate them and a rabbit built a den under one. I split one up that I had and it was hidden away, but when I planted in the open they ate them. Will try bird netting this year-sigh.
@@dustyflats3832 yes the out door animals all we can do is try to keep them out. Squirrels destroy my sunflowers. At least they leave the amaryllis alone. They are poisonous to them. They know what not to eat. Usually leave the zenias and marigolds alone too
Confused plants indeed!! My rhubarb sprouted in February is was so warm!
I hope the critters leave your lilies alone this year.
Thanks for the update! I feel so far behind. I have planted brassicas, lettuce, and onions. And I just planted potatoes last week! I hope to start hardening off my peppers, tomatoes, and flowers. This Ohio weather has been so bizarre this year!
I haven’t gotten my potatoes planted yet! They are drying out in my garage. I hope to do that today. I’m in 6b about 5 miles from Lake Erie.
The weather has been bizarre! And not to worry-- still plenty of time to plant many things!
Your garden is amazing!! I just started transferring my vegetables from the house to the garden beds outside. My grape vines are on their 3rd year and I'm hoping for my first harvest. Looking forward to your next video :)
Thanks Donald! I hope you have a bountiful harvest of grapes this year. Have fun planting those veggies!
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Awesome as usual ⚡about the hugely bed the chickens ruined: if they love that spot and there's a lot of material in there for them to break down, why not make it their new spot, at least temporarily...? A bit like at edible acres 👍 you could stop thousands of seeds into it, and cover them with betting so they sprout. That would create both temporary chicken feed and also a vit of a seed bank. The crops used could be stuff you like to eat as well so that there's already that seed bank for later in case you decide to transition it back into a bed. Think stuff like daikon could work grey. Sure, they wouldnt get long roots nd they might sprout if it gets cold but that's kind of the point! Drop a few hundred of those, many wont germibate and maybe will go to seed... So in a few years, when the hugel reaches it's peak, youll have daikon popping up without any work. Even if you dont like to eat them the huge roots will be compost makers - like nutrient repositories ⚡ and the seeds can be used to plant and that seed bank has what you need to break up any remaining compacted soil!
I am in 6b in Kentucky . Planted strawberries in a tower planter .I have 3 blackberry bushes going in this month, and i am getting 2 blueberry for pots. I have some cold weather veggies planted and have some varying size tomatoes ready .Your garden looks good. Thanks
Sounds like you've got some great stuff going on!
Now quadripply that because your gonna want more when they produce...
I have those boots, they are amazing! (Same print!)
How fun!!
Hi Jenna … your garden tour was very encouraging! Darn little critters always find a way 🥴. We’re just getting warmer nights but I hear that can turn topsy turvy soon. I prob won’t get a garden this year but I’ll enjoy watching everyone else. I took a hard fall & have a compressed fracture & micro fractures on L3 & pulled all my butt muscles at my illium 🤬🤬🤬. So I’ll be watching to see the beautiful garden you create 🤩🤩. 👵🏻👩🌾❣️ nw Nevada deserts
Oh NO!! I'm so sorry to hear this, Dee. I hope you are on the mend soon.
Jenna I found that hardware cloth works well for vole and other boarding critters
In hindsight I wish I would have put hardware cloth down-- at least under my raised beds!!
I have the chicken boots!! They’re the best boots I’ve ever owned. I just bought my daughter a pair of Hisea boots too.
Oh fun!!! I'm glad you like them too!
WOW Jenna! That you do ALL this gardening at your house, at your parents house AND you have young children and I think, correct me if I'm wrong, also a job outside of the house! I see all these starts, all this work everywhere... HOW do you do it?! YOU are amazing.
Thanks! But I feel like since my job IS gardening (I manage seed trials and I do it from home) I have an advantage! 😀
@@GrowfullywithJenna Oh that's great that you do that from home. I can see how that is an advantage. STILL you do a lot. Give yourself credit where it is due. ;-)
Thanks for this. I am also in Ohio 6a and this is the first year I've ever tried growing anything, all in containers since I'm in the suburbs. I didn't know why my carrots were so small, but they were planted at the same time as yours and look about the same. My radishes came up as strong seedlings, but they have been up since 4/11 and still haven't grown any true leaves. The seedlings still look healthy, just no additional growth. My potatoes are in grow bags and have come up very strong. I can't wait until I have something to harvest.
I'm so excited that this is your first year growing! Everything is slow here this year- but I'm always amazed how things just seem to grow overnight once we get some rain and optimal temps. Best of luck!
Thank you so much for a great video! I'm near Cincinnati, OH so this helps me know what to do and what my stuff should look like. Cheers!
Happy to share!
Hi Jenna! Thanks for your good content! I enjoy your vids. I'm up in Ontario, an hour north of Toronto, zone 5a, with a frost date a week or two after yours down there in Ohio it seems - although last year I couldn't put my tomatoes and peppers out until about the 2nd week of June. I was doing a lot of potting up, but it was worth it!! This year I have some kale, lettuce, spinach and chard (from seeds I started with grow lights in the spare bedroom) growing outside for 3 weeks and doing really well. I experimented with frost covering in one area of kale, but it didn't seem to make any difference, the uncovered ones survived just fine and their growth rate seems the same. I am amazed that some of my kale planted a year ago (March 2022) still have some new kale growing at their top or at the base of the old plants.... I thought all was lost when we got down to -25C up here for a few days in early February.... So, as my new plants get bigger and stronger I am still able to have some kale in my green smoothies!! With the wet weather we've had and the cleaning up I didn't get done last fall and had to do now, I don't have my root crops in. Peas are in, but not yet germinated. The ground is still a bit cold, but I expect some to pop out this week. This is the healthiest hobby....in so many ways! Wishing you well. Happy Gardening!!
Hi Donna- so good to hear that your cool season veggies are doing well! And I absolutely agree- it is the healthiest hobby-- it can be so rewarding in so many ways!
Kale amazes me every year- I've had the same experience as you-- I've found I don't need to cover it and it comes back in the spring. Best wishes for a great season!
You have a lot going on as usual. I have all brassicas in and looking good. Just put in the Brussel Sprouts you recommended Silvia and Hestia so I'll let you know how they do. Spinach overwintered fabulously and have been picking since Feb under a poly tunnel. Now I'm starting to pull it out little by little and will eventually be putting in more potatoes. Growing strawberries in a green stalk and they look good so far. I'll slowly be putting in warm weather plants as soon this latest cold spell is over. The long range looks good starting this weekend.
Also, I found a couple liquid fertilizers that I don't believe smell to bad and might be able to be used in doors. One is Revive Rx from Migardner which I order a small bottle of and another is liquid seaweed if you want to give them a try.
I hope you like those Brussels Sprouts!
And thanks for the fertilizer recommendations!
I bought these boots after you showed them the first time and they are fantastic and so much cheaper than Muck brand 🎉
I'm so glad you like them!
Thanks for the carrot germ test. Let us know which method you would continue using Same situation with peas here in upper Midwest we have clay and struggle with carrots on my site. Do you have any perennialized garlic? I'd like to know what others do with that. Also, a shed clean out/organization video would be inspiring.
I will definitely provide a carrot update a bit later into the season!
It's funny you ask about the garlic. We have now in my parent's gardens quite on accident. I think some critters dug up bulbs and replanted them (or perhaps I forgot to dig some... or both) and now it's popping up everywhere each spring. We use it green in the spring, but beyond that, I haven't really figured out what to do with it.
Some day... maybe... if I ever get my barn cleaned up and organized, I could do that video 😄
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I love your videos So REAL Not everything is beautiful and perfect I’m similar to your plan as I’m adding vegetables, flowers and herbs in most beds Sure wish I had a lot of space Our weather is crazy Today, May 1 st is rainy and wi day with a 30° windchill West central Indiana So many of my new plants are u deer grow lights in the basement We are way late in planting this year
Everything is definitely not beautiful & perfect here 😄
I know that as gardeners we're always complaining about the weather... but seriously... I had shade cloth on my brassicas 2-3 weeks ago because it was so warm... now it feels like winter here again!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I know! I’m trying to get to the point of hoops and long sheets of all kinds of covers so I can quickly change them out. Plastic, no, shade, nope, frost cloth, ugh, back to plastic😂😂
I'm in southern Ontario near Detroit and the weather has been miserably cold. My seedlings are still hiding in my tiny greenhouse 🌱
I hope it warms up soon for you!
The same thing happened to my nectarine trees😅 deer went hard in the paint lol also with my baby willow tree
Dang!! Sorry to hear that!
You need a couple of the trail cameras that hunters use 👍.
I know it!! Thinking seriously about getting one or two!
I registered for the program and I'm going to look into some new boots anyways! I need something since my 'indestructible' shoes are slip prone and falling apart, even thought they are made of Kevlar.
Just moved along the Ohio River, really enjoying the wildlife, even had turtles hatching on the side of my house. Seems they have a natural slide down to the creek that feeds into the river. 🐢
Never had luck with German chamomile, until this year!! Did a late winter sowing and they quickly filled the jug. They look happy in the morning sun part of the garden. 👍
Oh turtles! How fun!
And I'm glad to hear both that you signed up to be a tester and that winter sowing chamomile worked well for you.
Zone 7a working really hard to get veggies planted. Our weather has been up and down. So my tomato’s have been hardened off but not in the ground yet as my garden bed is mostly mud. 😕
Ugh... that is not fun. I hope it dries out for you soon. If the rain doesn't let up here, my garden is going to be mostly mud too!
Great timing for an update Jenna. It always helps to compare what I have going on with yours so I know if I'm on the right track. I'm in SW Ohio so my potatoes took the same frost hit yours did, but are bouncing back nicely. Sugar Snap peas are doing great, up about 8 inches. Carrots are... so-so. I direct sowed them and kept them moist most of the time, but looking pretty puny. Happy to say my onions are doing very well this year. Tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers are ready to be transplanted and looks like this current cold snap will be the last so will get those in the garden this coming weekend.
I did have a question that I don't recall seeing and answer to in many of your other vids so here goes... When planning your trellis for either tomatoes or cucumbers, have you found a preferred orientation that works better in this area? Of course I'm referring to north to south, or east to west. I have a choice to make but not sure if one orientation has any advantages over the other. East/west provides more direct sun on one side, whereas north/south provides some sun on both sides. Your thoughts?
Sounds like you're keeping busy, Chris!
I often end up planting N/S... but I have run my tomato and cucumber trellises E/W before and haven't noticed a difference. As long as they're not being shaded by something else nearby (say, a line of trees or building)- you'll have similar results either way.
I am in Rochester, NY area, and saw that we have same frost dates. I have always struggled with cold weather crops so I am trying to follow Jenna's planting schedule for lettuce, carrots, and spinach ( the bane of my existence!) Lettuce came up and looked great til a bunny found and ate one patch. Carrots are spotty but this is the first germination (3 weeks to germinate) I have gotten in 5 years of trying🥳. Spinach starts got too warm inside and bolted and the 25 direct sown yielded 3 with only one set of true leaves as of May 1. Still better than none🤪
If you have the time, could you please do a video on keeping peach trees healthy?!!! Also pruning and spraying them!! I’m in Indiana, zone 6 also. Thank you!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I'm no expert when it comes to pruning/spraying fruit trees! I minimally prune and don't spray at all-- but I like to refer to Stark Brother's as they've got good guides on their website for all fruit trees: www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/peach-trees/pruning www.starkbros.com/growing-guide/how-to-grow/fruit-trees/peach-trees/spraying
Peaches copper spray now before buds come fully out for leaf curl , then spray neem oil and captain dead bug every 3 weeks till aug. to protect from bugs..look for big holes at the bottom of your trunk thats peach borers then you might want to get milk spores to kill them off , peaches are alot of work, then fertilize once a month with a good fruit tree fertilizer, may, june, july...
Good work mate, maybe keep the patina but possibly clean it up and try and seal it to stop it getting worse
Thanks, Mark! But I'm sorry- what patina are you referring to?
@Growfully with Jenna sorry was commenting on a different video while watching yours lol but your video was good as well
@@Bigcountry_littlelegs Haha- I wondered if that was the case!
Set up a trail camera to see what is eating your plants an you might have to lay down chicken wire on the ground an dig a ditch out an lay it down an cover it up with dirt to solve that problem.
Yes! I want to try this!
also being in Ohio, always interesting to see similar gardens in our horrible clay base. like you, my hardneck garlics are doing great and unbothered by pests/critters. My strawberries are on the verge of being booted from the garden, due to mice getting to the berries before we can as well as smaller than expected yields. Last year we got almost no berries cause I tried to give them a good start in April with a nitrogen booster (which I found out is a no-no)....all I got was lots and lots of plants which spread everywhere and no berries. Raspberries are far more productive for me with almost no predators on the berries. Second year for blackberries, so hoping for first harvest, plants looking good. Finally, after bludgeoning my fingers pulling out them damn dandelions roots, when I see them scattered throughout your garden, all I see are millions of seeds planting themselves throughout my garden (LOL). I'll be bringing out the peppers and tomatoes to acclimate at the end of this week, when we get past this cold wet spell. Being retired, I'm past the dump trucks in the dirt, but remember those days well. All the best to you and thanks for your postings. Cheers.
Oh no! The mice don't seem to bother my strawberries, but I do have one little fat chipmunk who like to steal them and then munch away within view of me!!
Sounds like you've got plenty to keep you busy- best wishes for a wonderful garden season!
Asparagus would be perfect in that area where you cover cropped!
Great idea! I've actually got plenty of asparagus planted at my mom & dad's (as well as a smaller planting here)-- but I do LOVE asparagus!
I am a fruit tree breeder and was interested in your grapes. I have a very hardy grape from seed (vitis riparia x Beta) that tastes exactly like a Concord. I will probably be making it available in a few years. Also have a sand cherry x peach cross that is probably only good for jam, but is interesting. Fruit breeding can be fun.
That's awesome, Don! I'd love the chance to purchase one of your grapes if that's ever a possibility!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Since it is an experimental variety, I will be giving them away if the recipient reports back their evaluation. tks for the interest. I will keep you in mind.
Ugh the same thing happened to my peas and it was so disheartening! I did have one success though. My dad was in the hospital really sick in March and so my youngest and I experimented with some snow pea seeds seen outside and one did finally sprout, so maybe it’ll be the best snow peas ever!
I hope it does produce the best snow peas ever!
And I'm sorry to hear about your father- I hope he's doing better now.
Jenna ....moles grrrr have you used juicy fruit gum with them? so you put some lightly chewed gum in the mole holes and they chew it and can't digest it and well you know the rest. for voles we found that outside cats were great in our gardens and area. NOW RABBITS I TOO NEED HELP...lol
Midwestern Ohio....a fellow buckeye! (Well, sort of, i lived in Akron for a while)
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
I have had problems with the robins pulling up my green beans when the crook starts to push up through soil and it looks like a worm. You have an impressive amount of garden space, I love all of the variety.
Did you find a method to deter them?
@@GrowfullywithJenna I started using translucent row covers until they came up and stopped looking like worms.
That sucks about the peas. I really feel for you. What about something like Snack Hero from Renee's? for containers and like 52 days? I deal with the same kind of intense spring heat.
I planted all my Snak Hero seed in one of my raised beds in March... they ate those too 😫.
But you're right- the super early maturing peas might still have a chance if I plant now-- I may have another early variety I could put out now. Thanks!