Great video, Susan. My garden is so small that we aren't able to move our cattle panel trellis so I make sure to rotate what vining/climbing crops go there. I'll admit to hanging a jaunty pennant banner inside it and in the summer it is such a lovely little space. Love how you and Bill use those ratcheting straps to control those panels while you move them. Genius!
This is such an informative video! Thank you for sharing your insights, I always make sure to watch for good advice. This is exactly what I needed as I am planning my own garden beds now! Looking forward to future videos.
Thank you, Christine! I'm so glad the video was helpful and there will be lots more coming. I plan to have a new video every Thursday. Happy gardening!
Great video! I just added 15 raised beds to our garden for a total of 30 (varying sizes)!!! We have moved the trellises and this is the first year of rotating the cucurbits after a disastrous year of getting hardly any squash last year 😢 thanks for all that you do! ❤
Good morning from East Texas!! We had the same kind of weather the past few days… Over a foot of rain and tornadoes… 😬😬… However, blue skies and temps in the 70’s are filling our forecast. Happy 2024 gardening everyone! 👩🏼🌾
Very interesting to see you garden plan. It is much easier to see the rotation of culture and the association you are making with similar eventual problems anticipated.
I noticed you are using G & B soil amendments. I just discovered their line this year from our local Oregon Wilco. I’ve been very pleased with them so far.
Last year we took your idea snd made hinged bed covers for our broccoli and cabbage and it worked beautifully! No pests! I love your informative videos! Thank you, Susan and Bill!
Great video! When you and Bill moved the raised bed cover, that just blew my socks off! I had no idea it was movable! That is amazing! I also use the sane bagged compost! I model my raised beds after yours! Greetings from Roseburg Oregon!
We gently bent our cattle panels into more of an A shape so they are self supporting when standing up and now I'm able to move them myself (as long as I get the balance right!).
I’m excited as you are to prepare for our 2024 gardening adventure! I don’t recall you mentioning what you’ll be planting in your Greenstalks. I recently purchased a second one for our deck. 😊
Hi, Ann. I won't be planting my two GreenStalks for a month or so, weather-depending. But here's what I plan to grow in them this year: 'Epic' eggplants, 'Pot-a-peno' jalapeno peppers, 'Pretty n Sweet' peppers, 'Orange Hat' dwarf cherry tomatoes, 'Fantastico' grape tomatoes, 'MiniMe' cucumbers, and some zinnias. Have a great growing season!
Wow! Looks like you’ve got a plan! My first one has edible greens. The other has all kinds of flowers. I will draw out my garden plan today if what to plant where in the beds. Thanks for your inspiration. ❤
HELLO SUSAN ,I 'M FROM ARGENTINA ,I 'M VERY HAPPY ,TO SEE AS YOU WORK IN YOUR GARDEN WHIT MANY LOVE ,AT THE NATURE ,WHIT COVER AND ETC ,BUT I ALSO HAVE MY LITTLE GARDEN BEHIND MY HOME ,AND I HAVE PROBLEM WHIT THE WEATHER IN APRIL IN MY CITY ,COLD ,WHEN ALLWAYS THE COLD IS MORE LATER ,I DON'T KMNOW THE CHANGE CLIMATIC MAYBE WILL BE!! LOVELY VIDEOS !!
Had some happy surprises because of an extremely warm winter-artichokes and carnations are regrowing! I had mulch on them because of nearby plants. I also found a few plants that I grew from seed and mostly wrote them off as I didn’t see them last year-a specialty mum and baby’s breath. Then I have a mystery biannual that I thought were foxgloves but since found two tags that say foxgloves and Canterbury Bells. Have no idea 🤷♀️ but we will take either. The GH is full and still starting seeds inside. Trying a low tunnel for brassicas right now and would like to try peppers in a low tunnel to get a head start. April I think has been colder than all winter and now it seems the temps have changed to 60s and Hopefully will remain steady. The above ground root cellar (Rootaloo we call it) proved to do the job except it had too much moisture for some things like squash and geraniums-Bit of a mold issue. The flower bulbs did great and we were able to save a few geraniums. I think adding another vent pipe might fix moisture issue. It was a warm winter and the one week of subzero was probably all it could handle without supplemental heat. So how did your geraniums do in the basement? I once read that crop rotation wasn’t necessary in the home garden as long as soil was maintained. We don’t move things around and have had no problems. Until this severe drought set in last year I could never figure out why our carrots, beets and radishes didn’t produce. We installed drip irrigation and it improved the whole garden. I did change to Nantes and imperator carrots and no longer have to clean tiny carrots 👏🏼👏🏼. By accidentally planting in shade fabric area the radishes and beets Really improved! Love I can finally get outside to garden!!
Great video as always. What is your opinion about using mushroom compost. I will certainly try using chicken manure this year. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. ❤ from Canada
I haven't personally used mushroom compost in our veggie garden but did do some quick research for you. Apparently it has a high salt content which could adversely impact seed germination and young seedling development. However, it is a good mulch for established plants.
@@SusansInTheGarden thanks so much for your help I will certainly stop using it and I only used it once. I will buy compost and chicken manure instead as per your video. Wishing you great health and happiness. I watch your videos every day and am learning so much. God bless you
Hi Susan🤗 any pros or cons to mulch around beds? We are deciding weather to lay down pea pebbles removing 5 " deep of lawn. I did this around a metal bed to prevent weed waker hitting bed. We live in WNY. One area might not be able to excavate due to neighboring tree.
We have a layer of heavy-duty landscape fabric underneath the pathways, plus a few inches of bark mulch on top, and that has worked great for us for over 30 years. And weeding is a breeze!
I’m planning on growing peppers in my raised bed where I had onions last year. I have a small vegetable garden and I grow many of the same varieties of plants every year so rotation is not what it could be in a larger space. I’ve heard peppers do well in containers and I’ve grown them successfully that way before but I don’t get much critter pressure on my peppers or eggplant so I’m going to plant peppers in my raised bed outside of my gated garden that gets good sun. I’m curious as to why you are planting your peppers in a hoop house? Thanks
Hi there. Bill really enjoys growing a large portion of his pepper crops in our hoop house because the plants seem to produce really well due to the extra warmth inside it. Although, when our summer really heats up, we'll have both doors of it open. But we're not using the hoop house to prevent any insect or critter damage.
Hi, Nita. Yes, we will start giving them some liquid nitrogen fertilizer (Alaska Fish fertilizer) in May at 2-week intervals until our garlic plants (which are hardneck varieties) start to form scapes.
Hi Susan! I follow your recommendations about indoor/outdoor planting times because I also live in Spokane. I planted some peppers using soil blocks and they're probably 4-5 inches high but the outdoor planting recommendation is for 5/30/24. I've read that soil blocks should be transplanted around 6 weeks. Would you recommend just moving them into a pot at that point? Or if they've been growing since 3/10/24 can they be transplanted outside? Thanks for all your time!
Hi, Lauren. Peppers definitely don't want to be planted outside earlier than recommended! (they're fussy that way) I would recommend up-potting each soil block into a 4" pot, or a bit larger if the plants are really large. It sounds like you're in a similar hardiness zone so I would wait for the end of May, although a week before that, it would be a good idea to start hardening them off. If you're unfamiliar with this process, here's a link to one of my videos about it: ua-cam.com/video/iLAbfvG-aOc/v-deo.html. Have a great garden season!
Hi, Mike. Yes, I do! Here's a link to it: ua-cam.com/video/AHvWFn7v7y4/v-deo.html. I should probably do a new video about that topic one of these days!
Hi there. If you prepared the soil in your garlic bed last fall at planting time, you shouldn't need to worry about it. But if you're questioning your soil's fertility, I would recommend liquid nitrogen fertilizer (such as Alaska Fish fertilizer) feedings every 2 weeks beginning in May. If you're growing hardneck garlic, stop the feedings when the plants are ready to form scapes.
Great video, Susan. My garden is so small that we aren't able to move our cattle panel trellis so I make sure to rotate what vining/climbing crops go there. I'll admit to hanging a jaunty pennant banner inside it and in the summer it is such a lovely little space. Love how you and Bill use those ratcheting straps to control those panels while you move them. Genius!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video, Molly. Yes, Bill came up with the idea of using the ratcheting tie-downs and they work great.
This is such an informative video! Thank you for sharing your insights, I always make sure to watch for good advice. This is exactly what I needed as I am planning my own garden beds now! Looking forward to future videos.
Thank you, Christine! I'm so glad the video was helpful and there will be lots more coming. I plan to have a new video every Thursday. Happy gardening!
Great video! I just added 15 raised beds to our garden for a total of 30 (varying sizes)!!! We have moved the trellises and this is the first year of rotating the cucurbits after a disastrous year of getting hardly any squash last year 😢 thanks for all that you do! ❤
Well, that's exciting about the new beds! Not so great to hear about the squash issues, though. I'm really sorry.
Good morning from East Texas!! We had the same kind of weather the past few days… Over a foot of rain and tornadoes… 😬😬… However, blue skies and temps in the 70’s are filling our forecast. Happy 2024 gardening everyone! 👩🏼🌾
Well, I can't complain compared to what you're dealing with! Stay safe and have a great garden season.
Great video. I love the behind the scenes videos. Hope you do more of them. You may not realize it but you have given us some good ideas.
I'm glad to hear it, Carole! Thank you.
Very interesting to see you garden plan. It is much easier to see the rotation of culture and the association you are making with similar eventual problems anticipated.
Susan you have got me thinking ! Hoop house in my future! 😄
Ours sure is handy!
I noticed you are using G & B soil amendments. I just discovered their line this year from our local Oregon Wilco. I’ve been very pleased with them so far.
It was fascinating watching you move all those structures around. We all need a "Bill" to build and aid us in our gardens. Fun video.
I know! He's the BEST! Glad you enjoyed the video, Ruth.
Agree, would Bill like to visit KY for abut a week?
@@joycearthur5244 Hmm, we'll see, LOL.
Last year we took your idea snd made hinged bed covers for our broccoli and cabbage and it worked beautifully! No pests! I love your informative videos! Thank you, Susan and Bill!
That's so nice to hear! Thank you.
Your thoughtfulness and preps for a successful garden are inspiring! 😊
Thank you!
Great video! When you and Bill moved the raised bed cover, that just blew my socks off! I had no idea it was movable! That is amazing! I also use the sane bagged compost! I model my raised beds after yours! Greetings from Roseburg Oregon!
Hi, Carly! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you found your socks again, LOL.
We gently bent our cattle panels into more of an A shape so they are self supporting when standing up and now I'm able to move them myself (as long as I get the balance right!).
That's a great tip! Thank you, Andrea.
Thank you!!! I wish I'd found you years ago! Lots of good ideas.
Thank you for the great information.
Glad it was helpful, Joyce!
This is a very fun😊 video !!!!
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
I’m excited as you are to prepare for our 2024 gardening adventure! I don’t recall you mentioning what you’ll be planting in your Greenstalks. I recently purchased a second one for our deck. 😊
Hi, Ann. I won't be planting my two GreenStalks for a month or so, weather-depending. But here's what I plan to grow in them this year: 'Epic' eggplants, 'Pot-a-peno' jalapeno peppers, 'Pretty n Sweet' peppers, 'Orange Hat' dwarf cherry tomatoes, 'Fantastico' grape tomatoes, 'MiniMe' cucumbers, and some zinnias. Have a great growing season!
Wow! Looks like you’ve got a plan! My first one has edible greens. The other has all kinds of flowers. I will draw out my garden plan today if what to plant where in the beds. Thanks for your inspiration. ❤
Good morning from the north bay are, CA.❤
Good morning to you! It's going to be a beautiful day today. Hope you get to do some gardening.
HELLO SUSAN ,I 'M FROM ARGENTINA ,I 'M VERY HAPPY ,TO SEE AS YOU WORK IN YOUR GARDEN WHIT MANY LOVE ,AT THE NATURE ,WHIT COVER AND ETC ,BUT I ALSO HAVE MY LITTLE GARDEN BEHIND MY HOME ,AND I HAVE PROBLEM WHIT THE WEATHER IN APRIL IN MY CITY ,COLD ,WHEN ALLWAYS THE COLD IS MORE LATER ,I DON'T KMNOW THE CHANGE CLIMATIC MAYBE WILL BE!! LOVELY VIDEOS !!
Hello, Maria. It's very nice to meet you. Thank you for your kind comments about my videos.
Wow 😊 , super organized !!!!
happy Gardening to you and Bill too! 😃
Thank you, Jeanne!
Had some happy surprises because of an extremely warm winter-artichokes and carnations are regrowing! I had mulch on them because of nearby plants. I also found a few plants that I grew from seed and mostly wrote them off as I didn’t see them last year-a specialty mum and baby’s breath. Then I have a mystery biannual that I thought were foxgloves but since found two tags that say foxgloves and Canterbury Bells. Have no idea 🤷♀️ but we will take either.
The GH is full and still starting seeds inside. Trying a low tunnel for brassicas right now and would like to try peppers in a low tunnel to get a head start. April I think has been colder than all winter and now it seems the temps have changed to 60s and Hopefully will remain steady.
The above ground root cellar (Rootaloo we call it) proved to do the job except it had too much moisture for some things like squash and geraniums-Bit of a mold issue. The flower bulbs did great and we were able to save a few geraniums. I think adding another vent pipe might fix moisture issue. It was a warm winter and the one week of subzero was probably all it could handle without supplemental heat.
So how did your geraniums do in the basement?
I once read that crop rotation wasn’t necessary in the home garden as long as soil was maintained. We don’t move things around and have had no problems.
Until this severe drought set in last year I could never figure out why our carrots, beets and radishes didn’t produce. We installed drip irrigation and it improved the whole garden. I did change to Nantes and imperator carrots and no longer have to clean tiny carrots 👏🏼👏🏼. By accidentally planting in shade fabric area the radishes and beets Really improved!
Love I can finally get outside to garden!!
Most of the geraniums did well, but a few didn't make it.
@@SusansInTheGarden: I really enjoy how you analyze and execute your plan 😊 !!!!
@@kenbrown438 Thanks so much, Ken.
Great video as always. What is your opinion about using mushroom compost. I will certainly try using chicken manure this year. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and knowledge. ❤ from Canada
I haven't personally used mushroom compost in our veggie garden but did do some quick research for you. Apparently it has a high salt content which could adversely impact seed germination and young seedling development. However, it is a good mulch for established plants.
@@SusansInTheGarden thanks so much for your help I will certainly stop using it and I only used it once. I will buy compost and chicken manure instead as per your video. Wishing you great health and happiness. I watch your videos every day and am learning so much. God bless you
@@salwa4ever818 Thank you. That's so nice to hear.
Hi Susan🤗 any pros or cons to mulch around beds? We are deciding weather to lay down pea pebbles removing 5 " deep of lawn. I did this around a metal bed to prevent weed waker hitting bed. We live in WNY. One area might not be able to excavate due to neighboring tree.
We have a layer of heavy-duty landscape fabric underneath the pathways, plus a few inches of bark mulch on top, and that has worked great for us for over 30 years. And weeding is a breeze!
I’m planning on growing peppers in my raised bed where I had onions last year. I have a small vegetable garden and I grow many of the same varieties of plants every year so rotation is not what it could be in a larger space. I’ve heard peppers do well in containers and I’ve grown them successfully that way before but I don’t get much critter pressure on my peppers or eggplant so I’m going to plant peppers in my raised bed outside of my gated garden that gets good sun. I’m curious as to why you are planting your peppers in a hoop house? Thanks
Hi there. Bill really enjoys growing a large portion of his pepper crops in our hoop house because the plants seem to produce really well due to the extra warmth inside it. Although, when our summer really heats up, we'll have both doors of it open. But we're not using the hoop house to prevent any insect or critter damage.
What size of grow bags do you use. By the way, I cannot wait till next week. My carrots did not grow, and I’m excited to get some tips.
The grow bags are 15 gallons each and we bought them from Greenhouse Megastore. Glad you're looking forward to the carrot video!
Do you fertilize your garlic? If so when, frequency and. Products ? Thank you
Hi, Nita. Yes, we will start giving them some liquid nitrogen fertilizer (Alaska Fish fertilizer) in May at 2-week intervals until our garlic plants (which are hardneck varieties) start to form scapes.
Hi Susan! I follow your recommendations about indoor/outdoor planting times because I also live in Spokane. I planted some peppers using soil blocks and they're probably 4-5 inches high but the outdoor planting recommendation is for 5/30/24. I've read that soil blocks should be transplanted around 6 weeks. Would you recommend just moving them into a pot at that point? Or if they've been growing since 3/10/24 can they be transplanted outside?
Thanks for all your time!
Hi, Lauren. Peppers definitely don't want to be planted outside earlier than recommended! (they're fussy that way) I would recommend up-potting each soil block into a 4" pot, or a bit larger if the plants are really large. It sounds like you're in a similar hardiness zone so I would wait for the end of May, although a week before that, it would be a good idea to start hardening them off. If you're unfamiliar with this process, here's a link to one of my videos about it: ua-cam.com/video/iLAbfvG-aOc/v-deo.html. Have a great garden season!
@@SusansInTheGarden Great, thank you! (:
Do you have a video about drip irrigation?
Hi, Mike. Yes, I do! Here's a link to it: ua-cam.com/video/AHvWFn7v7y4/v-deo.html. I should probably do a new video about that topic one of these days!
Should I be feeding my garlic?
Hi there. If you prepared the soil in your garlic bed last fall at planting time, you shouldn't need to worry about it. But if you're questioning your soil's fertility, I would recommend liquid nitrogen fertilizer (such as Alaska Fish fertilizer) feedings every 2 weeks beginning in May. If you're growing hardneck garlic, stop the feedings when the plants are ready to form scapes.
What a teaser to talk about you beautiful broccoli starts and then not show us! 😆
Sorry! You'll be seeing them soon enough.