I just started planting lantana, parsley, chives, oregano, radishes and carrots in a friends garden that was completely neglected this summer. She talks a good gardening game, but never has time with her work schedule. She’s away for 4 weeks so I’m hoping everything grows in beautifully to give a surprise wow factor when she pulls in the driveway. I filled every pot she had empty under a tree and placed them around the property for autumn coloring. In my own gardens I need to get beets, carrots, radishes in, while harvesting lots of basil that’s really taken off.
You are an amazing friend! She’s gonna love it! I too am one with high hopes and dreams for my garden, but working full time takes so much time away from what I would like to accomplish, so I’ve had to put some realistic limitations on my dreams for the moment. Never say die!
@@dottietruthseeker4546 Actually I received an email yesterday stating how beautiful the garden looks to her and makes her smile when she can get outside to enjoy it. I have to pet sit for her Saturday and plan to pop in a few spring bulbs while there without telling her as a spring surprise.
Personally, your videos are far the best- most informative, detailed without extra crap, so, folks don't waste precious time in extra totally unnecessary details. Thank you!
I agree!!! I don’t need (nor have the time) for extra crap lol. I love the “get to it” great info!! So glad I found your channel!! You need to write a book!!! ❤️
You're the first/only person, I've seen, mention "Mizuna". I started growing it a few years back, I don't even mess with lettuce anymore, Mizuna 2 or 3 varieties, by itself or with kale makes the best flavored longest lasting salad I've ever tasted. It's incredibly fast growing and easy to grow.
Tiller radish is absolutely amazing. Your garden soil will be transformed. Once you try this as a cover crop you will ask yourself “why have I not used this sooner?”
I’m going to try this for the first time this year. Need to do more research on it but basically I plant them and grow them and let them rot in the ground correct? Then till when I’m ready ?
Correct- and depending on your conditions you may not even need to till. I often just go straight in and plant in the spring after tiller radishes without working the soil at all!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! Same issue here with clay soil, I gasped when I saw the size a tiller radish gets, had no clue! How do you plant these, do you plant them 1 seeds at a time spaced a certain way, or do you just sprinkle a handful of some seeds over a patch of ground and cover with a bit of dirt? Do you cut back the tops or just let it all die back?
Hi from Logan Co.! Thank you for the information. I noticed at 7:34 you're kneeling among some Sylvestris Nicotiana / flowering tobacco. One of my favorites! I've told many of my family and friends about this plant/flower. Wow, it's scent in the evenings is UH-mazing!!! I've grown it in containers for the purpose of bringing it indoors on some evenings. When at their best it's scent fills a room and it's so very lovely. Never mind it's been easy to grow and looks pretty but that perfume it emits... beautiful. And.. the hummingbirds love it too! Thanks again ! Subscribed !
After watching a lot of your videos, I think I might have found myself a new best friend :D I am learning a ton from you!! As long as you are putting the videos out I will continue to learn. So please keep them coming!!
I planted kale, black beans, pok Choi, and carrots. A week ago I planted a patty pan squash. Thyme a week a ago. And turnips. I live in NY zone 6 a or b. I forget
Im just starting out im also in ohio 6b. My garden is pretty basic at the moment just tomatoes, peppers and herbs. I need to get a system so i can stay on schedule.
You're most welcome- I hope you get those fall crops planted in time! I always have a hard time remembering to get them in and I'm behind on quite a few this year. You take care as well!
Thank you and great video as always. I'm in 7b/8a and we plan to have these for our fall garden - Amish snap peas, cabbage, lettuce, leeks, carrots, Brussel sprouts, and bok choi. And we hope to try Elliot Colemans' practice of row cover over crops with a second cover of plastic to get them as far as we can through our mild winters. Always learning! Fingers Crossed
Nice! I would think you should have great success with planting under low tunnels in your climate. I can extend most things into January here in 6a using heavyweight row covers. I'd love to hear how this goes for you, David!
Ive been told its a waste of time to start many plants indoor and shamed pretty much. But as you say in this video, things to consider is if its hot and dry, like where i luve! Also the quail that nest on my property tend to eat small seedlings and leave bigger plants alone
My advice- ignore whoever's telling you that! Whether you start indoors or direct sow depends so much on individual growing conditions, resources and personal preference (you might want to check out this video on direct sowing versus transplanting for more info: ua-cam.com/video/7VDTX-T4LQU/v-deo.html). I've found that there are some crops that just work better here as transplants.
Your videos are very good very concise and informative. I also live in Ohio, but I am at the southern end and this information I find extremely good for me. It is very educational and easy for me to learn from your videos. You also remind me of my niece and she also is very pretty and for some reason it makes it easier to understand. I guess that’s just an old man thing. Thank you very much. I have subscribed continue the good work.
My go to fall crop is Black Seeded Simpson lettuce. It has been up a few days. I planted buckwheat a few weeks ago for the bees and it is blooming already.
Wow-glad to find you. I'm in 6a. I never knew that you could plant this late. Also I see you have a video on what to plant in September. Thank you! Jenna, I also am wondering with global warming whether I can push the envelope a little-I am thinking of planting pumpkins next month. What are your thoughts on that?
Great to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er! As far as pumpkins- they are frost tender, so as soon as that first fall frost hits, it will kill the plants. Mine typically occurs mid-October, so I can't plant pumpkins any later than about late June/early July here in Ohio.
Would love to learn about your raised beds. How did you make them? What are they made out of? What did you fill them with (eg., soil, amendments, etc.)? and anything else you want to share about them. I have watched probably all your videos...more than once learning new things each time! Keep them up!
Today I did re-watch and I did try "late" radishes and as I didn't plan I picked the seeds a week or two after you suggested, Harvest time yesterday and had temperatures as low as mid 20s the tops still green and growing. My wife said one was little soft but she always love radishes and happy to have. Seems radishes are cool weather plants an early and late season crop, as my hot season planting bolted and just had trouble germination . Fact I'm doing better learning from you and you need to teach what seeds I need a few weeks earlier as.my late finding my seeds I just missed a few rainy days that I think got my.off to a slow start. Thanks and I'll be having radish seeds on hand for first planting early spring with carrots
I'm glad to hear your wife got to enjoy some late radishes, John- that's great! They definitely prefer the cool weather and I think you'll be very happy with an early spring planting. Take care!
I'm really thankful to discover you today, such amazing information. I'm right on the zone 5/6 cusp, technically zone 5b but about 10-15 miles south and east of here zone 6a begins. I'm not sure if I could grow zone 6 plants here but there are some I've wanted to for years. Our average first frost is October 15 and our average last frost is May 15 (we have a lot of seasonal lag in Pennsylvania, especially in the summer). On a side note, I like your outfit and that's a really nice hat!
I'm glad you discovered me as well- thank you for watching! You have basically the same frost dates as I do here in 6a. If you have any areas/microclimates where you're a bit more protected from wind you may well be able to get away with zone 6 plants. Thank you for the kind words- that hat has served me well, it's been through a lot! Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Near the house would probably be the best bet, and areas in the yard where the snow drifts as it'd protect it from the extreme cold. Here it usually doesn't get any colder than -10 in winter, but it can and has gotten as cold as -30 before. But I imagine hardy end zone 6 would be as far as I could push it (as I know not all zone 6 plants are created equal). Zone 7 and beyond would have the be houseplants though probably (if I'm not mistaken, zone 7 is the beginning of "tropical" zone plants).
@@AltoonaYourPiano you are spot on. I've got a few Zone 7 plants that I've been able to overwinter in my unheated greenhouse, but most come in the house for winter.
Very informative video about sowing seeds in august , I will sow seeds of vegetables in mid september ,spinach ,turnip ,carrot , beans and radish thank you so much take care of you
Thanks for another great video. Would you elaborate on your winter onions? Are you sowing the seeds, letting them start to grow and they will go dormant and resume in the spring? Thank you.
Thank you for the great content and presentation in all of your videos. Love your knowledge and passion for gardening. I always get excited when I see a new thumbnail pop up for a new video from you! Wish you were in zone 8a so I could just copy, but what would be the fun in that?
Thank you so much- it's wonderful to hear feedback like this 😊. I'd have a bit of a learning curve if I were in 8a, having never grown in the South before. You'd be teaching me some things!
You mentioned starting onions and calendulas and I wouldn’t think of them as fall crop, just curious why so late. It would be nice to have mid October as frost date instead of mid to late September. I didn’t start enough broccoli and the direct sow I see only one took so I started more indoors-too hot outside. They are hardy so maybe I will see them with a cover. It’s all such a rush in short season Z5a and I no more than get planted in spring and need to plant fall seeds and actually after all the trouble with seedlings earlier I wasn’t looking forward to more at that point. Not big on too many leafy vegetables. We did just plant more bush green beans after pulling onions earlier than normal. Last year carrot and beets did ok. I always hear about fall turnips and I always think they take 90 days. I must categorize them with rutabagas which we love and having a great crop showing up this year because I was diligent at spacing them as they get Big And the irrigation is helping a ton. Ooo, I could throw in some kohlrabi though, thanks for mentioning! Wow! You have a lot of plants! My shaded GH is full of onions curing now. The season goes so fast now and just when peppers and fall flowers are looking so nice-sigh. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT RADISH!😮. I let a French breakfast go but it wasn’t that big.
Just a side note, I too live in Ohio and live a little west of Columbus. I went to the farmers almanac website like you suggested and it says that Cleveland's first frost date on average is 18 days AFTER Cincinnati and Columbus, on November 7th, which in no reality, is accurate.
My assumption is that Cleveland's frost dates are somewhat later due to the lake effect, which aside from causing issues like extra snow, can keep areas near water slightly warmer, longer, delaying the first frost of the fall.
Thanks Jenna. I just planted my last bean crop, kolrabi,, endive, some more lettuce and arugula, last beet crop and my winter carrots that I will dome in Nov or Dec and pick in the winter. Might try some escarole this year too to harvest at Thanksgiving for my Italian Wedding soup. I have a cover crop question. I usually grow hairy vetch but it is so high in nitrogen I won't plant it where I'm planning on growing things like beans tomatoes nightshades because I get too much leaf growth on those plants and not enough fruit if there is too much nitrogen. What do u recommend for a cover crop lower in nitrogen for those type of crops and do you ever plant a cover crop around your plants that are still producing at the end of the season? BTW Johnny basil is still going strong 😀
Honestly, you're probably not going to get too much nitrogen from the vetch- that's the nice thing about using natural green manures like this. But if you really want to avoid it, you could go with something like oats, rye or winter peas or just do a mix with some vetch in it, but not all vetch. And yes- I have planted cover crops around the base of plants that are still growing. I had great results planting a mix of oats, peas and vetch around the base of my tomatoes and okra towards the end of last season.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks Jenna. I just came to the conclusion that vetch was high in nitrogen because I was always able to grow pole limas with great success until I started using vetch in those beds. After using the vetch I got huge plants with blossoms but never any limas so I concluded the vetch was the problem. Maybe I'm crazy 🤣
I love these ideas. Thank you! I want to try a small fall garden harvest and see how it goes for me.. I’ve had terrible luck this year and last year with cucumber and cucumber beetles 😭😭😭 I’ve tried All Seasons spray and cayenne pepper and the cucumber beetles still got my plants. It’s so disappointing because I tried so hard to prevent them. I got maybe 10 Cucumbers and my plants are now dying. Do you have any suggestions? I’m in zone 6b Pittsburgh. It’s at the point where I don’t even want to try to plant them ever again. I noticed they are on my zucchini too but not as bad. The zucchini seem to be doing fine so far
Cucumber beetles are my nemesis!! I've been trying out so many organic methods over the last 5 or so years- so far I'm having the best luck with a combo of tactics. Planting late (this year I planted a month later than normal) to avoid the biggest bulk of the beetle population, covering plants with insect netting until they start blooming, protecting plants with Surround once they outgrow the netting (see this video: ua-cam.com/video/V_oU5U9rSlU/v-deo.html), and planting varieties which are 1. less appealing to the beetles and 2. resistant to bacterial wilt (the disease which cuke beetles spread). It's tough because organic sprays & treatments don't tend to work all that well on cuke beetles.
I've got one variety of spinach for u. Olympia spinach. It's amazing I'm in 6a and I started them late spring and I have 3 beds with them and not a single one has bolted and they get really big.
Awesome video. Could you possibly do a video over watering the garden? Such as technology, techniques, schedule, how you seperate things that need different amounts of water or how you put them together to help eachother? I think it would be interesting since you have such a large garden.
Thank you! And I definitely want to do a watering video, as I've had multiple requests. I had hoped to get to it in August, but am now shooting for September! This summer's gotten away from me a bit 😆. Thanks for the suggestion & take care!
Hi. I'm 70, live in New Hampshire (zone 5b ), and grow in just 5 raised beds. I direct seeded my brassicas, turnips, radishes, etc. about 10 days ago, spinach and cold hardy lettuce go in tomorrow. Last year I harvested until November 2nd. I can't really plant a cover crop and last year just left the 'freeze-killed' plants and bare soil. Thinking of adding a little straw this time and hoping that will be good enough. ??
Hi Linda! Glad to hear you've got some tasty fall crops planted already. You've got exactly the right idea. When I have crops in till late fall/early winter, I mulch with whatever I have on hand- often for me it's chopped leaf mulch, but straw would work well too.
Thank you! And yes, you saw artichoke. The yields are just OK- I grow it as a novelty more than anything else, and I often let it go to flower because the blooms are beautiful! I grow the varieties which are annual producers (such as Imperial Star), so I am ensured a harvest in the first season. In a mild winter they will often die back to the ground, but then sprout up again the next spring.
I want to try using cover crops but I'm so confused by them. Like the buckwheat, do you let them go to seed, do you overwinter them, or do you cut them back after they flower? Do you till them in? How about the clovers?
You may find this video specifically on buckwheat cover crop helpful: ua-cam.com/video/21nsAirkcpA/v-deo.html And here's a playlist on additional cover crops as well: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX39ZhMYn3TsqP3taiLRt9JF.html
Sorry to hear this! I’ve got a basic growing guide: ua-cam.com/video/tOYQYeILg00/v-deo.html and also share some tips in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Zsfokv6GNVM/v-deo.html
Wish I had tilter radishes handy,In the city so I got black eye peas just because I could grab them at the Kroger store.Shure the peas might not be best but should help with nitigern, But I got to get the tilter radishes some time they have to help for the clay base soil, Thanks
Cover crop seed can be a bit tricky to find locally. Do you have any farm stores near you (something like a Tractor Supply) or perhaps ask a local mom & pop shop if they'd be willing to order some in for you?
Look for daikon radish, I was told at the local farm store that it is the same thing. It's cheap there. Their packaging said tiller radish, clerk who is a farmer said it's daikon.
This video covers all the details: ua-cam.com/video/L6e3HL0XHLo/v-deo.html. In addition to the ‘Winteria’ variety I mention in that video, I’ve also had good results with ‘Bridger’, ‘Desert Sunrise’, and ‘T-448’ onions
Do you have any particular kind of tiller radish that you like the plant? Im In Western Ohio and just moved to a new place last fall. My soil is horrible and I had to do a lot of amending this year to get soil I could grow in. I thought about planting Dikons this year to help break up my clay soil.
I was looking for the same answer, in the question/comments. I found at the local seed store or Ag store in our area that it sells it in small and medium sized bags, roughly $6 for a bag of seeds that will last for quite a while in our yard garden. The woman at the store said they call it tiller radish, and it is also called daikon radish. In the comments right below your question, she wrote an answer to another question about the radish and said this: The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard (the other woman questioning has afternoon shade).
I've been using this: hancockseed.com/products/daikon-radish-seed the last couple of years Tiller/daikon/groundhog-- they go by many names but should all accomplish the same thing 😀
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you very much! Have you experience them leaving sinking holes in the ground, or do you just top each year and always plant yearly without caving in issues?
Just found your channel. Sorry if you've covered this (haven't found if you did) what type of greenhouse(s) do you use? I'm interested in extending my season here in 6B West Virginia. I'm curious of what other people use. Great channel, by the way!
@@GrowfullywithJenna I almost bought the hybrid. Do you like it? I've been weary of buying one. Don't know enough about them. Are they fairly sturdy? Any reinforcement? Sorry for 20 questions, I'm just really curious.
@@jollyroger5646 I've been happy with mine. The double panel poly really seems to help-it's much sturdier and better insulating than another brand's single panel style I tried. No added reinforcement--BUT-- our property is fairly well protected from strong winds and the greenhouse itself is in a sheltered location. That being said... my old single panel greenhouse was too, and a windstorm twisted it apart within a week of putting it up!
Can you tell me more about the hoops? I have frost blankets of similar material to your tunnels just would need some sort of wire for hoops to make tunnels?
Great informative video as always Jenna! I planted radishes, and a variety of lettuces..have cabbage and broccalli in. I live in zone 2b in central Canada. Always worry about an early hard frost! I'm crossing my fingers for a later one. Have a great tomato , pepper and cucumber crop that are still producing well!
Thank you! I'm curious- what is your timing for the cool season crops in Zone 2b? I think I'd have to relearn everything in order to garden that far North. I'm glad to hear your warm season crops are producing well. Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Well Jenna i planted cool season crops in the first week of August. We have had a very hot June and July here in Saskatchewan, as well as a severe drought in my area. Half the days in July were in the mid 90's crazy hot for here. Hottest i can remember. This month of August has been cool..alot of days in the high 60's and low 60's , so very drastic temp changes. Getting rain now, but way too late for grain farmers...poor yield for many of them. Gotta invest in shade cloth for next year..even the tomatoes and cucumbers didn't like that extreme heat. I love your channel, and you are so knowledgable...You could teach at a college! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@@borgboy1000 wow! Your weather in June & July sounds surprisingly similar to what mine was doing in July & August. It felt like every other area of Ohio was getting rain all summer but in my area it was extremely hot & dry. We also just started getting rain in the last week... now all the tomatoes are cracking! I hope your weather gets a little less crazy and the cool season crops do well for you. Thanks for the kind words and take care!
Thank you for the suggestion! I also have videos on cover crops themselves, if that is of help: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX39ZhMYn3TsqP3taiLRt9JF.html
Love your veggie tattoo on your left leg! How long does a tiller radish take to grow? Is that a daikon? I have fairly heavy soil as well but afternoon shade. possibly it would work in my yard?.
Thanks so much! The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard. I'd love to hear what you think if you try them out!
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you, I will definitely be trying them next year for sure! Sadly it is already fall where I am. We are two weeks out from our first frost🥶 but they are already on my garden list for early growers next season! Thank you so much for the tips tricks and advice😃I will make a note to let you know how they do in cold climate.
@@metalmartha2571 Oh goodness! You are way up North! You are right to wait- tiller radish is best planted 4 to 10 weeks before the first killing frost.
Wow I need to find a beautiful garden partner they seem quite elusive always hiding among the foliage of a well growing garden. I find it seems that trying to eat and store everything I can grow by myself is the biggest challenge.
They can be quite elusive, yes-- but they are out there! I know what you mean- preserving all the garden bounty is one of my biggest challenges too, there's just not enough time in the day!
Still so much to do this season (2022, actually) just to prep some of these beds! One of them, we inadvertently contaminated with the addition of some commercial compost which must have contained Grazon or one of its obnoxious siblings, so this week I'll be digging out the top few inches of soil (and handing it off to a fellow who wants to level the ground, which grows his lawn, next to his house's driveway so good luck and long life to him!) and trying to revive two gaura's which didn't get into the ground early enough last year to be well-established before cold weather hit; they have *finally* begun to show signs of life. At least two trays of flowers, just for the pollinators (well...some "for pretty" but even the pretties have to earn their places in the garden) and another of herbs . Brassicas for fall and some into the early winter weather, just as you're doing but I wasn't so sure of the timing, so thanks so very much for that; fennel, too, timed with the brassicas. Bush and pole beans, and fingers crossed. Still need the salad and winter radishes and the summer squashes to go in---we're very, very far behind! Apropos of nothing in your video, we've been watching the white cabbage moth since April. That insect has no slow season between last and first frosts!
I just keep hearing from folks who are experiencing contamination of one kind or another. It's very disheartening. I'm glad that you'll be able to dig it up and get rid of it though, but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want. I feel very behind this year as well... I'm not sure why that it is, other than it's just been a weird year so far! Good luck with all you have to do!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! *"... but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want."* Exactly so! But it's necessary, so no point in grumbling or whining. I'm grateful to have a means of disposing of it even if disposing means digging it out myself. Just a bit more rain would make the digging easier in one sense, and heavier lifting in another, but that'll keep me out of other trouble, or so I tell myself. Sowing seeds in modules, or planting gauras, are easy-peasy tasks, and fairly quick, too, at least compared to removing the top two inches of a garden bed, eh? It *is* disheartening, I agree. How many of us will it take, and what will we have to do to get aminopyralids gone for good? Right now my own household is food secure, but plenty of people are not and plenty of those people can buy products such as potting soil or garden soil or "compost -manure" from the big box stores but nowhere else because of prices (and in some cases, transportation providing them access to other sources of safer products) which means they'll be buying that dangerous stuff. Other than building one's own soil, I don't know what's going to help, but that's not always an option, either, depending on who and where a person is. O.K., I'll stop rambling on and on, now. Thank you, again.
@@bhalliwell2191 You have a great attitude about it! And I don't know... I don't know how many it will take. It seems like we should have been at that point years ago. My heart goes out to those you mention- those who want to grow their own food, but don't have the option to build their soil (or even any soil to access).
@@GrowfullywithJenna *"You have a great attitude about it!"* Kind of you to say so! But really, it's something learned over decades of daily living plus of course some guidance from my parents: you can grouse and grumble and complain and whine, but nothing will change except that your friends, neighbors and co-workers will want to run when they see you coming, and the situation you're moaning about won't improve. If your friends, neighbors and co-workers had magic wands for fixing what ails your life, my guess is they'd use it just to get you quiet, you know? And they'd do it in secret so you wouldn't be a further pest. One of my neighbors has a sign in his workshop/garage which reads: *"Ten little words: If it is to be it is up to me."* More and more people *NEED* to garden, to grow at least some of their own food. I'm not sure how many realize it, yet. I can see ---imagine ---a number of ways and means to accomplish this goal. School garden projects, even year-round, won't answer all of the need, and community gardens, won't, either, at least not in super-short growing seasons or in more moderate climates such as yours and mine (I have between 155 and 185 growing days in any given year, depending on conditions and the source you read.) Growing a row for the hungry is good and it's laudable but it still isn't enough. It seems to me that States or areas with milder winters than you or I deal with have an advantage, but cool-weather veggies can be grown in Florida, or so I read, only during their winter weather period. Those who need to grow some of their own, home-grown food need to be on board with the idea of taking (what we used not so long ago to call) affirmative action, positive steps, and start doing for themselves as much as they can in an honest fashion (that means not pilfering your neighbor's garden), and those in a position to help but who have no desire to garden or who, like a friend of mine, live in high rises within urban areas, could adopt a gardener or a community or school and provide soil; amendments; containers; timber/lumber (for raised beds, of course); a load of clean wood chips for those growing over concrete or asphalt and/or the cost of delivering it; whole, new packets of seeds; air-tight containers and/or envelopes (made for the purpose) for seed-saving; maybe books on seed saving, container gardening, in-ground gardening (which reminds me, m'dear: when are you going to bring out a book of your own excellent good gardening sense?); starts for those unsure of themselves when it comes to growing from seed; mulch---CLEAN, please!; some hand tools which might be tall things like spades or potato forks or pitch- or broadforks as well as hori-hori knives, trowels, hand-cultivators or cobra-head cultivators or dibbers and so on; five-gallon buckets, or even larger ones meant for gardens and plant nurseries; grow bags; etc. I truly believe that we as a society need to go back to having backyard or community gardens, every home on every block. Apartment dwellers with balconies ought to be able to manage *something.* And gated communities with HOAs need to amend their constitutions or by-laws to allow people to have gardens including doing some edible landscaping which actually can be quite beautiful. Perhaps grant a gardening friend some needed gardening space in your own yard, if all they need is a few square feet here or there. Ten or twenty SF can be quite productive! Even sixteen square feet, as has been demonstrated in 4'x 4' raised beds, can produce a whacking great lot of food. Anyway, to return to my original topic: I'm estimating two-hundred to three-hundred pounds of soil to be removed and relocated and I count myself fortunate to be able to do that, one manageable load at a time. (Full disclosure: there are plenty of other things I'd prefer to be doing, like harvesting, interplanting, succession sowing, some judicious pruning, all that sort of thing, but for now this is the thing which *must* be done and according to my parents---may they rest in peace!---I have to be an adult about it.) Much garden love to you from the North Coast!
@@bhalliwell2191 I couldn't agree with this more-- and not only for the benefits of growing our own food should everyone have a garden. The boost in mental well-being from working in the dirt, being in nature, co-existing with other living things, learning natural rythmns and cycles-- who in today's harried world would NOT benefit from this! (and to answer your question about a book-- nowhere in the near future... but maybe someday).
Great Video Jenna. In your experience do you find estimated days to maturity differs in the fall compared to the spring with the lower sun angle and shorter days?
Thank you! And great question. Ironically I was just in upstate New York at vegetable trials and I posed this same question to a beet breeder. He said he only sees about 3 days difference, which was less than what I would have guessed. Now, I'm sure that varies a bit from crop to crop, but many cold crops like broccoli and cauliflower are bred specifically for spring OR fall production (not both, though I tend to have good results on either end here in Ohio), so the days to maturity you see on them is probably pretty accurate.
Have been planting buckwheat in my containers as they become available for the bees. I think it is pretty too. See Bakers Creek has a red one. Have you ever tried it?
Such a great plant for the bees! And yes- I grew both Takane Ruby and Rose Red Soba last year and loved them! But I love the plain white as well (and it's much more cost effective to plant in large quantities).
@@GrowfullywithJenna Where do you purchase your buckwheat in bulk? So after it flowers you just cut it down in pieces in place as in the video and then let it rot over winter? Does it come back like weeds or is it once and done?
Hi Jenna, thank you so much for all of the great information you have shared. I got really excited when I discovered your channel late last year and often wondered where you were generally located. Today I think I discovered that you are possibly on the western side of the state (or as you stated Mid-West) and so I wonder if there are any differences I need to be concerned about as I am in what is considered South-Central Ohio, almost directly 22-miles East of Columbus. Is there a difference between your zone 6A and my zone 6A? Also, this may seem like a really strange question as I am fully aware that cover crops are usually planted for their ability to fix the nitrogen properties in our soil after planting has depleted so much of the minerals. But are any of the cover crops you mention useful to us as a crop as well, such as the buckwheat, oats, radish, peas, and clover, or are they purely for repurposing our soil and are chop-&-dropped or tilled back into the soil? Sorry if that seemed like such an off-the-wall question, but I have only been gardening since about 2013 and only very small backyard gardening until we moved here to Ohio about 3 years ago (we lived in the desert for 30+ years where not much grows). I now find myself in a race to learn as much as I can to be able to have the knowledge needed to keep extending my garden and use as much of the 1.75 acres available to me. So far my timings are completely off and I really need to work on that. With your help, I hope to get better at gardening in order to provide for my family. Blessings to you always ~SuzyJC~
You are correct- I'm in the mid-western part of the state, basically between Lima & Dayton. The zone would not really make a difference here, but rather your frost dates- and those are likely a little different than mine, but not much. I use May 15th & Oct 15th for planning purposes. With the cover crop- you can absolutely grow those as an edible crop- the only thing is, because they've not necessarily been bred for great flavor (especially in the case of the winter peas and radish) they may not taste as good as other varieties. But they are definitely edible!
@@GrowfullywithJenna If I may: when we talk about "Zones," we're really referring to United States Department of Agriculture *cold hardiness* zones, which is of significance to perennials, trees, fruit-trees, and shrubs: their ability to withstand what depth of cold over the winter. Some parts of Idaho have (to my utter amazement) zone 6 winters but growing seasons which pass in an eyeblink, they're so short, and the climatic conditions in various areas with zone 6 winters can vary quite a lot. True story: a cattleman in Colorado thought, "There has to be a better way to do this," "this" being running sixteen-hundred head of cattle on the vast amount of acreage he needed to be able to pasture his animals and get them water; in addition, he had to supplement their feed (with hay) *and* water in the winter time (what kills most cattle in heavy snowfall isn't hunger, because they can and will dig through the snow for food, but thirst.) To cap all this inconvenience and loss---every year he lost a given number of his cattle to winter hardships---he was paying staggering land taxes. He did some research. And he found a place with so much rain, compared to where he'd been ranching in Colorado, and so much flowing water (streams, creeks) and such good pasturage, that he could run his cattle on only one-fourth the amount of acreage, and he wouldn't lose any critters to snowfalls as deep as a giraffe's butt is high from the ground. He bought the property, sold his place in Colorado and freighted his sixteen-hundred head of cattle to the new "range." His new home? Ohio, in the southeast quadrant of the state, with something like 42 or 44 inches of precipitation annually, and a stream in every pasture and green grass or green enough grass all year long. Anyway, we talk of USDA "zones" as if they are the actual growing conditions with which we and what we plant must deal. In fact, those conditions can vary widely even when the USDA cold hardiness zones are the same.
@@bhalliwell2191 You are absolutely correct. I use Zone 6 as a reference on my videos, because it's the quickest way I know of to give folks a general idea of where I'm gardening (and that I'm not yet another California gardening UA-cam channel 😆). It's also why I try to mention in every video that I'm in Ohio, because Zone 6 in Ohio is very different from Zone 6 in New Mexico.
I love your channel I am in North Idaho also zone 6 b but my dates for first frost are different than yours September 25 is mine I wished it was October otherwise very similar
Thanks, Cyndi. For most things, if you figure on planting 2 weeks ahead of me, you'd be pretty close. I'm curious what your fall season is like- after you get a frost does it get cold and stay cold right away, or do you typically warm back up and/or stay fairly moderate in temp?
It’s absolutely wonderful to have a gardener and mentor in Zone 6 that I can learn from. Thank you!
So nice of you!
I feel the same!
I feel this way also!
Me too.
Couldn't agree more
I just started planting lantana, parsley, chives, oregano, radishes and carrots in a friends garden that was completely neglected this summer. She talks a good gardening game, but never has time with her work schedule. She’s away for 4 weeks so I’m hoping everything grows in beautifully to give a surprise wow factor when she pulls in the driveway. I filled every pot she had empty under a tree and placed them around the property for autumn coloring. In my own gardens I need to get beets, carrots, radishes in, while harvesting lots of basil that’s really taken off.
What an amazing and beautiful surprise for your friend's return home! A wonderful array for cool season crops, herbs & flowers!
You are an amazing friend! She’s gonna love it! I too am one with high hopes and dreams for my garden, but working full time takes so much time away from what I would like to accomplish, so I’ve had to put some realistic limitations on my dreams for the moment. Never say die!
@@dottietruthseeker4546 Actually I received an email yesterday stating how beautiful the garden looks to her and makes her smile when she can get outside to enjoy it. I have to pet sit for her Saturday and plan to pop in a few spring bulbs while there without telling her as a spring surprise.
Personally, your videos are far the best- most informative, detailed without extra crap, so, folks don't waste precious time in extra totally unnecessary details. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
I agree!!!
I don’t need (nor have the time) for extra crap lol.
I love the “get to it” great info!! So glad I found your channel!!
You need to write a book!!!
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I just noticed she was kind enough to list the crops (I was taking notes) -click on the top header. Appreciate it!
Happy to share!
You're the first/only person, I've seen, mention "Mizuna". I started growing it a few years back, I don't even mess with lettuce anymore, Mizuna 2 or 3 varieties, by itself or with kale makes the best flavored longest lasting salad I've ever tasted. It's incredibly fast growing and easy to grow.
It's good stuff!
Great to hear! I got a gift pkg and just sowed some. I had never heard of mizuna 😅
Hi! Ohio gardener here too! Northeast Ohio…….Just found your channel and can’t wait to check out your playlists.
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!! Welcome to the channel!
Thank you for covering the zone 6 area; love the info!!!
Happy to share!
Tiller radish is absolutely amazing. Your garden soil will be transformed. Once you try this as a cover crop you will ask yourself “why have I not used this sooner?”
Yes!! You are spot on, Karen. This is exactly how I felt when I first tried cover crops!
I’m going to try this for the first time this year. Need to do more research on it but basically I plant them and grow them and let them rot in the ground correct? Then till when I’m ready ?
Correct- and depending on your conditions you may not even need to till. I often just go straight in and plant in the spring after tiller radishes without working the soil at all!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you! Same issue here with clay soil, I gasped when I saw the size a tiller radish gets, had no clue! How do you plant these, do you plant them 1 seeds at a time spaced a certain way, or do you just sprinkle a handful of some seeds over a patch of ground and cover with a bit of dirt? Do you cut back the tops or just let it all die back?
I am going to follow closely as our soil is such a clay mess!
Your garden looks amazing. I love all those flowers 💐
Thank you!
Hi from Logan Co.! Thank you for the information. I noticed at 7:34 you're kneeling among some Sylvestris Nicotiana / flowering tobacco. One of my favorites! I've told many of my family and friends about this plant/flower. Wow, it's scent in the evenings is UH-mazing!!! I've grown it in containers for the purpose of bringing it indoors on some evenings. When at their best it's scent fills a room and it's so very lovely. Never mind it's been easy to grow and looks pretty but that perfume it emits... beautiful. And.. the hummingbirds love it too! Thanks again ! Subscribed !
One of my all-time favorites too! I have 'Jasmine Scented' nicotiana in my garden and I adore the scent!
I just found your channel recently, and now I'm binge-watching. Great info delivered succinctly. Love it! Thank you!😊
Awesome! Thank you!
Love when Zone is stated up front, I also try to buy seeds from local sellers.
I try to remember to give my location/zone in most of my videos- I appreciate this reference when I’m watching other videos.
Hello fellow Ohio Gardener! Thanks for the august tips! I'll definitely stick around and watch your garden grow!
Hello! Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
Happy to find a local gardener, I’m in Ohio also 6a/6b area 😊
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!
Pennsylvania here
Thank you for covering the zone 6 area; love the info!!!. Your garden looks amazing. I love all those flowers .
Thanks so much!
Amazing information as always Mrs. Jenna. There is no doubt you my friend are a Master Gardener. Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you CB! You have a wonderful weekend as well- take care of yourself!
Hello from Akron!!!! Love your videos and really appreciate the work you put in to share with all of us ❤ thank you thank you!
Great to hear from a fellow Ohioan!! Thank you so much!
What a beautiful garden! Nice ink too!
Thank you!
Buckwheat around my next season tomato patch and my corn area
Thanks
Very excited to have found an Ohio gardener on UA-cam!
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After watching a lot of your videos, I think I might have found myself a new best friend :D I am learning a ton from you!! As long as you are putting the videos out I will continue to learn. So please keep them coming!!
I am so glad to hear that! I will certainly try to keep the videos coming- anything in particular you are most interested in learning about?
I would love an updated version of this video with the varieties you planted. For instance, zucchini that’s mature in 45 days etc.
I just saw on another video that you suggest Johnny’s site for detailed information for varieties. I will check there 🙂
Yes! They are a wealth of info!
Soooo funny bc I am watching this on August 22, and you said it was 23rd there. Only a few years back lol
Excellent! August is just around the corner, 10 days ahead. This video gave me a heads up.
Glad to hear it… but I’m still in denial that it’s almost August 😆!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Well, in the garden we lose the track of time and embrace the nature.
I planted kale, black beans, pok Choi, and carrots. A week ago I planted a patty pan squash. Thyme a week a ago. And turnips. I live in NY zone 6 a or b. I forget
Nice!!
Im just starting out im also in ohio 6b. My garden is pretty basic at the moment just tomatoes, peppers and herbs. I need to get a system so i can stay on schedule.
Just found your channel, I look forward to learning more. Watching from B.C CANADA ✌🇨🇦🙏
Welcome to the channel, Tracy!
Just recently found your channel and on the zone 6/7 cusp here. Thank you!
Welcome to my channel! I hope you find some useful nuggets here!
Thanks for the info and reminding me I haven't started my fall planting yet. It will be tight, but I still think I might have some success. Take care!
You're most welcome- I hope you get those fall crops planted in time! I always have a hard time remembering to get them in and I'm behind on quite a few this year. You take care as well!
Wow ,your garden is amazing, I don't see how you have time to work a full time job and keep up on the garden.
Thanks for all the helpful information
Thank you! But my full-time job is gardening (I'm a seed trial manager), so I have a definite advantage there!
Thank you and great video as always. I'm in 7b/8a and we plan to have these for our fall garden - Amish snap peas, cabbage, lettuce, leeks, carrots, Brussel sprouts, and bok choi. And we hope to try Elliot Colemans' practice of row cover over crops with a second cover of plastic to get them as far as we can through our mild winters. Always learning! Fingers Crossed
Nice! I would think you should have great success with planting under low tunnels in your climate. I can extend most things into January here in 6a using heavyweight row covers. I'd love to hear how this goes for you, David!
Any chance you’re planning to throw together a “what I’m planting playlist?” Would be an epic binge!
Is this what you hade in mind 😊? ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX1qEVADEL6_OL5ynFVtcMPR.html
Southern Wisconsin here. Just found you online today! Great information!
Thanks for visiting!!
hello you look at the wonderful garden and have a nice weekend
Thank you! You too!
Ive been told its a waste of time to start many plants indoor and shamed pretty much. But as you say in this video, things to consider is if its hot and dry, like where i luve! Also the quail that nest on my property tend to eat small seedlings and leave bigger plants alone
My advice- ignore whoever's telling you that! Whether you start indoors or direct sow depends so much on individual growing conditions, resources and personal preference (you might want to check out this video on direct sowing versus transplanting for more info: ua-cam.com/video/7VDTX-T4LQU/v-deo.html). I've found that there are some crops that just work better here as transplants.
You are adorable with the braids! Thanks for the info!
Thank you!! 😊
Your videos are very good very concise and informative. I also live in Ohio, but I am at the southern end and this information I find extremely good for me. It is very educational and easy for me to learn from your videos. You also remind me of my niece and she also is very pretty and for some reason it makes it easier to understand. I guess that’s just an old man thing. Thank you very much. I have subscribed continue the good work.
Thank you so much!
My go to fall crop is Black Seeded Simpson lettuce. It has been up a few days. I planted buckwheat a few weeks ago for the bees and it is blooming already.
Nice! The bees LOVE buckwheat- I'm sure they appreciate you planting it, Don!
I've never tried to grow buckwheat before 🤩 Thanks for sharing your experiences!
You’re welcome 😊 Do you think you'll give it a try?
@@GrowfullywithJenna I can surely try, if it grows well in a container since I'm a container gardener 😊 Thanks for asking!
Wow amazing, so beautiful plants...love it...wish you success and be healthy always
Thank you!
@@GrowfullywithJenna you're welcome
I appreciate your honest and accurate gardening and planting advice . No preaching, no politics and no conspiracy theories ! Lol ! Thank you !
Thanks! I do what I can. Too much of all that elsewhere on the internet these days... I don't need to add to it 😆. Take care!
Again and again watching u. And enjoying alot
Thank you so much!
Beautiful!! And so is the garden😍😉
Thank you! 😊
Wow-glad to find you. I'm in 6a. I never knew that you could plant this late. Also I see you have a video on what to plant in September. Thank you! Jenna, I also am wondering with global warming whether I can push the envelope a little-I am thinking of planting pumpkins next month. What are your thoughts on that?
Great to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er!
As far as pumpkins- they are frost tender, so as soon as that first fall frost hits, it will kill the plants. Mine typically occurs mid-October, so I can't plant pumpkins any later than about late June/early July here in Ohio.
Thanks for the info on Farmers Alamanac and Johnny's seeds websites - very helpful.
You're welcome!
Helpful video as always!
Another great video..... we are also zone 6a coastal New Hampshire. I have been bingeing your channel. Good work!!
Thank you so much, Steve! And it's great to hear from a fellow Zone 6'er!
Would love to learn about your raised beds. How did you make them? What are they made out of? What did you fill them with (eg., soil, amendments, etc.)? and anything else you want to share about them. I have watched probably all your videos...more than once learning new things each time! Keep them up!
This is a great idea, Alisha! I will try to do a video that covers this- thanks!
Today I did re-watch and I did try "late" radishes and as I didn't plan I picked the seeds a week or two after you suggested,
Harvest time yesterday and had temperatures as low as mid 20s the tops still green and growing. My wife said one was little soft but she always love radishes and happy to have.
Seems radishes are cool weather plants an early and late season crop, as my hot season planting bolted and just had trouble germination .
Fact I'm doing better learning from you and you need to teach what seeds I need a few weeks earlier as.my late finding my seeds I just missed a few rainy days that I think got my.off to a slow start.
Thanks and I'll be having radish seeds on hand for first planting early spring with carrots
I'm glad to hear your wife got to enjoy some late radishes, John- that's great! They definitely prefer the cool weather and I think you'll be very happy with an early spring planting. Take care!
I'm really thankful to discover you today, such amazing information. I'm right on the zone 5/6 cusp, technically zone 5b but about 10-15 miles south and east of here zone 6a begins. I'm not sure if I could grow zone 6 plants here but there are some I've wanted to for years. Our average first frost is October 15 and our average last frost is May 15 (we have a lot of seasonal lag in Pennsylvania, especially in the summer). On a side note, I like your outfit and that's a really nice hat!
I'm glad you discovered me as well- thank you for watching! You have basically the same frost dates as I do here in 6a. If you have any areas/microclimates where you're a bit more protected from wind you may well be able to get away with zone 6 plants.
Thank you for the kind words- that hat has served me well, it's been through a lot! Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Near the house would probably be the best bet, and areas in the yard where the snow drifts as it'd protect it from the extreme cold. Here it usually doesn't get any colder than -10 in winter, but it can and has gotten as cold as -30 before. But I imagine hardy end zone 6 would be as far as I could push it (as I know not all zone 6 plants are created equal). Zone 7 and beyond would have the be houseplants though probably (if I'm not mistaken, zone 7 is the beginning of "tropical" zone plants).
@@AltoonaYourPiano you are spot on. I've got a few Zone 7 plants that I've been able to overwinter in my unheated greenhouse, but most come in the house for winter.
Very informative video about sowing seeds in august , I will sow seeds of vegetables in mid september ,spinach ,turnip ,carrot , beans and radish thank you so much take care of you
Sounds like you are planting a delicious assortment of veggies, Akhtar! Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you
Your garden looks great! 🌸 🥬 ☀️
Thank you, Aaron! And thanks for visiting!
Thanks for another great video. Would you elaborate on your winter onions? Are you sowing the seeds, letting them start to grow and they will go dormant and resume in the spring? Thank you.
Yes! Here is my full video on overwintering onions: ua-cam.com/video/L6e3HL0XHLo/v-deo.html
Thank you for the great content and presentation in all of your videos. Love your knowledge and passion for gardening. I always get excited when I see a new thumbnail pop up for a new video from you! Wish you were in zone 8a so I could just copy, but what would be the fun in that?
Thank you so much- it's wonderful to hear feedback like this 😊. I'd have a bit of a learning curve if I were in 8a, having never grown in the South before. You'd be teaching me some things!
You mentioned starting onions and calendulas and I wouldn’t think of them as fall crop, just curious why so late.
It would be nice to have mid October as frost date instead of mid to late September. I didn’t start enough broccoli and the direct sow I see only one took so I started more indoors-too hot outside. They are hardy so maybe I will see them with a cover.
It’s all such a rush in short season Z5a and I no more than get planted in spring and need to plant fall seeds and actually after all the trouble with seedlings earlier I wasn’t looking forward to more at that point.
Not big on too many leafy vegetables. We did just plant more bush green beans after pulling onions earlier than normal.
Last year carrot and beets did ok. I always hear about fall turnips and I always think they take 90 days. I must categorize them with rutabagas which we love and having a great crop showing up this year because I was diligent at spacing them as they get Big And the irrigation is helping a ton.
Ooo, I could throw in some kohlrabi though, thanks for mentioning!
Wow! You have a lot of plants! My shaded GH is full of onions curing now. The season goes so fast now and just when peppers and fall flowers are looking so nice-sigh. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT RADISH!😮. I let a French breakfast go but it wasn’t that big.
I do them both as a spring & fall crop here-- the onions are for overwintering, but the calendula typically bloom into November.
Hi Jenna! Which plants do you start indoor in July to plant in August? I’m 6a as well. Learning so much from you, thank you!
Hi Lauren- you can check that out here, starting at 00:29 ua-cam.com/video/jCSdphFbfYs/v-deo.html
Just a side note, I too live in Ohio and live a little west of Columbus. I went to the farmers almanac website like you suggested and it says that Cleveland's first frost date on average is 18 days AFTER Cincinnati and Columbus, on November 7th, which in no reality, is accurate.
My assumption is that Cleveland's frost dates are somewhat later due to the lake effect, which aside from causing issues like extra snow, can keep areas near water slightly warmer, longer, delaying the first frost of the fall.
Pretty garden & lady. Great info thanks! Subscribed ❤
So nice of you
Thank you for putting the zone you are in within the title and up front. Some don't do that and its rather annoying.
You’re welcome!
Thanks Jenna. I just planted my last bean crop, kolrabi,, endive, some more lettuce and arugula, last beet crop and my winter carrots that I will dome in Nov or Dec and pick in the winter. Might try some escarole this year too to harvest at Thanksgiving for my Italian Wedding soup.
I have a cover crop question. I usually grow hairy vetch but it is so high in nitrogen I won't plant it where I'm planning on growing things like beans tomatoes nightshades because I get too much leaf growth on those plants and not enough fruit if there is too much nitrogen. What do u recommend for a cover crop lower in nitrogen for those type of crops and do you ever plant a cover crop around your plants that are still producing at the end of the season? BTW Johnny basil is still going strong 😀
Honestly, you're probably not going to get too much nitrogen from the vetch- that's the nice thing about using natural green manures like this. But if you really want to avoid it, you could go with something like oats, rye or winter peas or just do a mix with some vetch in it, but not all vetch. And yes- I have planted cover crops around the base of plants that are still growing. I had great results planting a mix of oats, peas and vetch around the base of my tomatoes and okra towards the end of last season.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thanks Jenna. I just came to the conclusion that vetch was high in nitrogen because I was always able to grow pole limas with great success until I started using vetch in those beds. After using the vetch I got huge plants with blossoms but never any limas so I concluded the vetch was the problem. Maybe I'm crazy 🤣
I love these ideas. Thank you! I want to try a small fall garden harvest and see how it goes for me.. I’ve had terrible luck this year and last year with cucumber and cucumber beetles 😭😭😭 I’ve tried All Seasons spray and cayenne pepper and the cucumber beetles still got my plants. It’s so disappointing because I tried so hard to prevent them. I got maybe 10 Cucumbers and my plants are now dying. Do you have any suggestions? I’m in zone 6b Pittsburgh. It’s at the point where I don’t even want to try to plant them ever again. I noticed they are on my zucchini too but not as bad. The zucchini seem to be doing fine so far
Cucumber beetles are my nemesis!! I've been trying out so many organic methods over the last 5 or so years- so far I'm having the best luck with a combo of tactics. Planting late (this year I planted a month later than normal) to avoid the biggest bulk of the beetle population, covering plants with insect netting until they start blooming, protecting plants with Surround once they outgrow the netting (see this video: ua-cam.com/video/V_oU5U9rSlU/v-deo.html), and planting varieties which are 1. less appealing to the beetles and 2. resistant to bacterial wilt (the disease which cuke beetles spread). It's tough because organic sprays & treatments don't tend to work all that well on cuke beetles.
Wonderful videos. Fantastic info, thanks so much.
Glad you like them!
I've got one variety of spinach for u. Olympia spinach. It's amazing I'm in 6a and I started them late spring and I have 3 beds with them and not a single one has bolted and they get really big.
Thanks so much for the recommendation, Bobby!
Awesome video. Could you possibly do a video over watering the garden? Such as technology, techniques, schedule, how you seperate things that need different amounts of water or how you put them together to help eachother? I think it would be interesting since you have such a large garden.
Thank you! And I definitely want to do a watering video, as I've had multiple requests. I had hoped to get to it in August, but am now shooting for September! This summer's gotten away from me a bit 😆. Thanks for the suggestion & take care!
Great tips! Thanks from Virginia
Thanks for watching!
This was perfect. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I am growing mung beans and black beans.
I am so overwhelmed. Wonderful knowledge, but I can barely keep a houseplant alive. I am trying to garden, but have already lost several plants :(
Honestly, I find that keeping houseplants alive is more difficult than keeping my garden alive- so don’t lose hope!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you for the encouragement!
Hi. I'm 70, live in New Hampshire (zone 5b ), and grow in just 5 raised beds. I direct seeded my brassicas, turnips, radishes, etc. about 10 days ago, spinach and cold hardy lettuce go in tomorrow. Last year I harvested until November 2nd. I can't really plant a cover crop and last year just left the 'freeze-killed' plants and bare soil. Thinking of adding a little straw this time and hoping that will be good enough. ??
Hi Linda! Glad to hear you've got some tasty fall crops planted already. You've got exactly the right idea. When I have crops in till late fall/early winter, I mulch with whatever I have on hand- often for me it's chopped leaf mulch, but straw would work well too.
Love this channel. I’m also in OH and I swear I saw artichokes in this video. How are the yields? Do you bring indoors?
Thank you! And yes, you saw artichoke. The yields are just OK- I grow it as a novelty more than anything else, and I often let it go to flower because the blooms are beautiful! I grow the varieties which are annual producers (such as Imperial Star), so I am ensured a harvest in the first season. In a mild winter they will often die back to the ground, but then sprout up again the next spring.
I want to try using cover crops but I'm so confused by them. Like the buckwheat, do you let them go to seed, do you overwinter them, or do you cut them back after they flower? Do you till them in? How about the clovers?
You may find this video specifically on buckwheat cover crop helpful: ua-cam.com/video/21nsAirkcpA/v-deo.html
And here's a playlist on additional cover crops as well: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX39ZhMYn3TsqP3taiLRt9JF.html
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you so very much!!
Very helpful, thanks a bunch!
Glad it was helpful!
Im in 6b, WV same planting schedule? I love your vids.. so informative!!
We’re probably pretty close- my frost date for fall is approx mid-October, so you’d just tweak your dates a little depending on when yours is.
Do you have a video for growing peas? I’m having a heck of a time getting peas to grow…or stay alive after a good start. 😖 I’m in southwest Ohio.
Sorry to hear this! I’ve got a basic growing guide: ua-cam.com/video/tOYQYeILg00/v-deo.html and also share some tips in this video: ua-cam.com/video/Zsfokv6GNVM/v-deo.html
I am a new gardner and I had to watch your video 3x to fully understand all your great info! Thank you for getting me thru this first year! :)
You are most welcome, June! I'm very glad I could help!
Wish I had tilter radishes handy,In the city so I got black eye peas just because I could grab them at the Kroger store.Shure the peas might not be best but should help with nitigern, But I got to get the tilter radishes some time they have to help for the clay base soil, Thanks
Cover crop seed can be a bit tricky to find locally. Do you have any farm stores near you (something like a Tractor Supply) or perhaps ask a local mom & pop shop if they'd be willing to order some in for you?
Look for daikon radish, I was told at the local farm store that it is the same thing. It's cheap there. Their packaging said tiller radish, clerk who is a farmer said it's daikon.
What type of overwintering onion do you start August 5?..is it indoor to transplant or is it direct swown?
This video covers all the details: ua-cam.com/video/L6e3HL0XHLo/v-deo.html. In addition to the ‘Winteria’ variety I mention in that video, I’ve also had good results with ‘Bridger’, ‘Desert Sunrise’, and ‘T-448’ onions
Do you have any particular kind of tiller radish that you like the plant? Im In Western Ohio and just moved to a new place last fall. My soil is horrible and I had to do a lot of amending this year to get soil I could grow in. I thought about planting Dikons this year to help break up my clay soil.
I was looking for the same answer, in the question/comments. I found at the local seed store or Ag store in our area that it sells it in small and medium sized bags, roughly $6 for a bag of seeds that will last for quite a while in our yard garden. The woman at the store said they call it tiller radish, and it is also called daikon radish. In the comments right below your question, she wrote an answer to another question about the radish and said this: The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard (the other woman questioning has afternoon shade).
I've been using this: hancockseed.com/products/daikon-radish-seed the last couple of years Tiller/daikon/groundhog-- they go by many names but should all accomplish the same thing 😀
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you very much! Have you experience them leaving sinking holes in the ground, or do you just top each year and always plant yearly without caving in issues?
Just found your channel. Sorry if you've covered this (haven't found if you did) what type of greenhouse(s) do you use? I'm interested in extending my season here in 6B West Virginia. I'm curious of what other people use. Great channel, by the way!
I have this type of greenhouse: www.greenhousecatalog.com/product/mythos-greenhouse-6-8/nature-greenhouses
@@GrowfullywithJenna I almost bought the hybrid. Do you like it? I've been weary of buying one. Don't know enough about them. Are they fairly sturdy? Any reinforcement? Sorry for 20 questions, I'm just really curious.
@@jollyroger5646 I've been happy with mine. The double panel poly really seems to help-it's much sturdier and better insulating than another brand's single panel style I tried. No added reinforcement--BUT-- our property is fairly well protected from strong winds and the greenhouse itself is in a sheltered location. That being said... my old single panel greenhouse was too, and a windstorm twisted it apart within a week of putting it up!
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you for your time and information.
Can you tell me more about the hoops? I have frost blankets of similar material to your tunnels just would need some sort of wire for hoops to make tunnels?
Yes! Check out this video at 03:38: ua-cam.com/video/fCl0UwUNlPw/v-deo.html for more info about the hoops I use.
Great informative video as always Jenna! I planted radishes, and a variety of lettuces..have cabbage and broccalli in. I live in zone 2b in central Canada. Always worry about an early hard frost! I'm crossing my fingers for a later one. Have a great tomato , pepper and cucumber crop that are still producing well!
Thank you! I'm curious- what is your timing for the cool season crops in Zone 2b? I think I'd have to relearn everything in order to garden that far North. I'm glad to hear your warm season crops are producing well. Take care!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Well Jenna i planted cool season crops in the first week of August. We have had a very hot June and July here in Saskatchewan, as well as a severe drought in my area. Half the days in July were in the mid 90's crazy hot for here. Hottest i can remember. This month of August has been cool..alot of days in the high 60's and low 60's , so very drastic temp changes. Getting rain now, but way too late for grain farmers...poor yield for many of them. Gotta invest in shade cloth for next year..even the tomatoes and cucumbers didn't like that extreme heat. I love your channel, and you are so knowledgable...You could teach at a college! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
@@borgboy1000 wow! Your weather in June & July sounds surprisingly similar to what mine was doing in July & August. It felt like every other area of Ohio was getting rain all summer but in my area it was extremely hot & dry. We also just started getting rain in the last week... now all the tomatoes are cracking! I hope your weather gets a little less crazy and the cool season crops do well for you. Thanks for the kind words and take care!
Lots of great information!
Glad you found it informative!
Would be nice to add a text box to this video highlighting the benefits to planting cover crops
Thank you for the suggestion! I also have videos on cover crops themselves, if that is of help: ua-cam.com/play/PL4zzslvkscX39ZhMYn3TsqP3taiLRt9JF.html
This may sound like a dumb question but I have often wondered why farmers/gardeners plant cover crops. What is the purpose? Thanks
To suppress weeds and bring minerals up to the soil
Not dumb at all! Check out this video, I go into detail about the benefits/why to plant: ua-cam.com/video/lPvZeUhOLZk/v-deo.html
Love your veggie tattoo on your left leg!
How long does a tiller radish take to grow? Is that a daikon? I have fairly heavy soil as well but afternoon shade. possibly it would work in my yard?.
Thanks so much! The tiller radish is indeed a type of daikon- they typically mature in 60-80 days. I've had luck with them in partial shade, so I think they'd do just fine in your yard. I'd love to hear what you think if you try them out!
@@GrowfullywithJenna thank you, I will definitely be trying them next year for sure! Sadly it is already fall where I am. We are two weeks out from our first frost🥶 but they are already on my garden list for early growers next season! Thank you so much for the tips tricks and advice😃I will make a note to let you know how they do in cold climate.
@@metalmartha2571 Oh goodness! You are way up North! You are right to wait- tiller radish is best planted 4 to 10 weeks before the first killing frost.
Im watching this again
New at this, what is the purpose of cover crops? Do u harvest the buckwheat, oats, etc?
This video provides on overview on cover crops: ua-cam.com/video/lPvZeUhOLZk/v-deo.html
Wow I need to find a beautiful garden partner they seem quite elusive always hiding among the foliage of a well growing garden. I find it seems that trying to eat and store everything I can grow by myself is the biggest challenge.
They can be quite elusive, yes-- but they are out there!
I know what you mean- preserving all the garden bounty is one of my biggest challenges too, there's just not enough time in the day!
great video thanks 🔥🔥🔥
Glad you liked it!
Hi Jenna, What variety of overwintered onions do well for you? Thanks!
After testing out quite a few varieties, I found that T-448 and Bridger performed the best for me.
Thank you!
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Still so much to do this season (2022, actually) just to prep some of these beds! One of them, we inadvertently contaminated with the addition of some commercial compost which must have contained Grazon or one of its obnoxious siblings, so this week I'll be digging out the top few inches of soil (and handing it off to a fellow who wants to level the ground, which grows his lawn, next to his house's driveway so good luck and long life to him!) and trying to revive two gaura's which didn't get into the ground early enough last year to be well-established before cold weather hit; they have *finally* begun to show signs of life.
At least two trays of flowers, just for the pollinators (well...some "for pretty" but even the pretties have to earn their places in the garden) and another of herbs .
Brassicas for fall and some into the early winter weather, just as you're doing but I wasn't so sure of the timing, so thanks so very much for that; fennel, too, timed with the brassicas.
Bush and pole beans, and fingers crossed.
Still need the salad and winter radishes and the summer squashes to go in---we're very, very far behind!
Apropos of nothing in your video, we've been watching the white cabbage moth since April. That insect has no slow season between last and first frosts!
I just keep hearing from folks who are experiencing contamination of one kind or another. It's very disheartening. I'm glad that you'll be able to dig it up and get rid of it though, but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want.
I feel very behind this year as well... I'm not sure why that it is, other than it's just been a weird year so far! Good luck with all you have to do!
@@GrowfullywithJenna Thank you!
*"... but I'm sure it's extra work that you neither need or want."*
Exactly so!
But it's necessary, so no point in grumbling or whining. I'm grateful to have a means of disposing of it even if disposing means digging it out myself. Just a bit more rain would make the digging easier in one sense, and heavier lifting in another, but that'll keep me out of other trouble, or so I tell myself.
Sowing seeds in modules, or planting gauras, are easy-peasy tasks, and fairly quick, too, at least compared to removing the top two inches of a garden bed, eh?
It *is* disheartening, I agree. How many of us will it take, and what will we have to do to get aminopyralids gone for good? Right now my own household is food secure, but plenty of people are not and plenty of those people can buy products such as potting soil or garden soil or "compost -manure" from the big box stores but nowhere else because of prices (and in some cases, transportation providing them access to other sources of safer products) which means they'll be buying that dangerous stuff.
Other than building one's own soil, I don't know what's going to help, but that's not always an option, either, depending on who and where a person is.
O.K., I'll stop rambling on and on, now.
Thank you, again.
@@bhalliwell2191 You have a great attitude about it!
And I don't know... I don't know how many it will take. It seems like we should have been at that point years ago. My heart goes out to those you mention- those who want to grow their own food, but don't have the option to build their soil (or even any soil to access).
@@GrowfullywithJenna *"You have a great attitude about it!"*
Kind of you to say so! But really, it's something learned over decades of daily living plus of course some guidance from my parents: you can grouse and grumble and complain and whine, but nothing will change except that your friends, neighbors and co-workers will want to run when they see you coming, and the situation you're moaning about won't improve. If your friends, neighbors and co-workers had magic wands for fixing what ails your life, my guess is they'd use it just to get you quiet, you know? And they'd do it in secret so you wouldn't be a further pest.
One of my neighbors has a sign in his workshop/garage which reads:
*"Ten little words:
If it is to be it is up to me."*
More and more people *NEED* to garden, to grow at least some of their own food. I'm not sure how many realize it, yet.
I can see ---imagine ---a number of ways and means to accomplish this goal. School garden projects, even year-round, won't answer all of the need, and community gardens, won't, either, at least not in super-short growing seasons or in more moderate climates such as yours and mine (I have between 155 and 185 growing days in any given year, depending on conditions and the source you read.)
Growing a row for the hungry is good and it's laudable but it still isn't enough. It seems to me that States or areas with milder winters than you or I deal with have an advantage, but cool-weather veggies can be grown in Florida, or so I read, only during their winter weather period.
Those who need to grow some of their own, home-grown food need to be on board with the idea of taking (what we used not so long ago to call) affirmative action, positive steps, and start doing for themselves as much as they can in an honest fashion (that means not pilfering your neighbor's garden), and those in a position to help but who have no desire to garden or who, like a friend of mine, live in high rises within urban areas, could adopt a gardener or a community or school and provide soil; amendments; containers; timber/lumber (for raised beds, of course); a load of clean wood chips for those growing over concrete or asphalt and/or the cost of delivering it; whole, new packets of seeds; air-tight containers and/or envelopes (made for the purpose) for seed-saving; maybe books on seed saving, container gardening, in-ground gardening (which reminds me, m'dear: when are you going to bring out a book of your own excellent good gardening sense?); starts for those unsure of themselves when it comes to growing from seed; mulch---CLEAN, please!; some hand tools which might be tall things like spades or potato forks or pitch- or broadforks as well as hori-hori knives, trowels, hand-cultivators or cobra-head cultivators or dibbers and so on; five-gallon buckets, or even larger ones meant for gardens and plant nurseries; grow bags; etc.
I truly believe that we as a society need to go back to having backyard or community gardens, every home on every block. Apartment dwellers with balconies ought to be able to manage *something.*
And gated communities with HOAs need to amend their constitutions or by-laws to allow people to have gardens including doing some edible landscaping which actually can be quite beautiful.
Perhaps grant a gardening friend some needed gardening space in your own yard, if all they need is a few square feet here or there. Ten or twenty SF can be quite productive! Even sixteen square feet, as has been demonstrated in 4'x 4' raised beds, can produce a whacking great lot of food.
Anyway, to return to my original topic: I'm estimating two-hundred to three-hundred pounds of soil to be removed and relocated and I count myself fortunate to be able to do that, one manageable load at a time. (Full disclosure: there are plenty of other things I'd prefer to be doing, like harvesting, interplanting, succession sowing, some judicious pruning, all that sort of thing, but for now this is the thing which *must* be done and according to my parents---may they rest in peace!---I have to be an adult about it.)
Much garden love to you from the North Coast!
@@bhalliwell2191 I couldn't agree with this more-- and not only for the benefits of growing our own food should everyone have a garden. The boost in mental well-being from working in the dirt, being in nature, co-existing with other living things, learning natural rythmns and cycles-- who in today's harried world would NOT benefit from this! (and to answer your question about a book-- nowhere in the near future... but maybe someday).
Great Video Jenna. In your experience do you find estimated days to maturity differs in the fall compared to the spring with the lower sun angle and shorter days?
Thank you! And great question. Ironically I was just in upstate New York at vegetable trials and I posed this same question to a beet breeder. He said he only sees about 3 days difference, which was less than what I would have guessed. Now, I'm sure that varies a bit from crop to crop, but many cold crops like broccoli and cauliflower are bred specifically for spring OR fall production (not both, though I tend to have good results on either end here in Ohio), so the days to maturity you see on them is probably pretty accurate.
Have been planting buckwheat in my containers as they become available for the bees. I think it is pretty too. See Bakers Creek has a red one. Have you ever tried it?
Such a great plant for the bees! And yes- I grew both Takane Ruby and Rose Red Soba last year and loved them! But I love the plain white as well (and it's much more cost effective to plant in large quantities).
@@GrowfullywithJenna Where do you purchase your buckwheat in bulk? So after it flowers you just cut it down in pieces in place as in the video and then let it rot over winter? Does it come back like weeds or is it once and done?
Hi Jenna, thank you so much for all of the great information you have shared. I got really excited when I discovered your channel late last year and often wondered where you were generally located. Today I think I discovered that you are possibly on the western side of the state (or as you stated Mid-West) and so I wonder if there are any differences I need to be concerned about as I am in what is considered South-Central Ohio, almost directly 22-miles East of Columbus. Is there a difference between your zone 6A and my zone 6A? Also, this may seem like a really strange question as I am fully aware that cover crops are usually planted for their ability to fix the nitrogen properties in our soil after planting has depleted so much of the minerals. But are any of the cover crops you mention useful to us as a crop as well, such as the buckwheat, oats, radish, peas, and clover, or are they purely for repurposing our soil and are chop-&-dropped or tilled back into the soil? Sorry if that seemed like such an off-the-wall question, but I have only been gardening since about 2013 and only very small backyard gardening until we moved here to Ohio about 3 years ago (we lived in the desert for 30+ years where not much grows). I now find myself in a race to learn as much as I can to be able to have the knowledge needed to keep extending my garden and use as much of the 1.75 acres available to me. So far my timings are completely off and I really need to work on that. With your help, I hope to get better at gardening in order to provide for my family. Blessings to you always ~SuzyJC~
You are correct- I'm in the mid-western part of the state, basically between Lima & Dayton. The zone would not really make a difference here, but rather your frost dates- and those are likely a little different than mine, but not much. I use May 15th & Oct 15th for planning purposes.
With the cover crop- you can absolutely grow those as an edible crop- the only thing is, because they've not necessarily been bred for great flavor (especially in the case of the winter peas and radish) they may not taste as good as other varieties. But they are definitely edible!
@@GrowfullywithJenna If I may: when we talk about "Zones," we're really referring to United States Department of Agriculture *cold hardiness* zones, which is of significance to perennials, trees, fruit-trees, and shrubs: their ability to withstand what depth of cold over the winter.
Some parts of Idaho have (to my utter amazement) zone 6 winters but growing seasons which pass in an eyeblink, they're so short, and the climatic conditions in various areas with zone 6 winters can vary quite a lot.
True story: a cattleman in Colorado thought, "There has to be a better way to do this," "this" being running sixteen-hundred head of cattle on the vast amount of acreage he needed to be able to pasture his animals and get them water; in addition, he had to supplement their feed (with hay) *and* water in the winter time (what kills most cattle in heavy snowfall isn't hunger, because they can and will dig through the snow for food, but thirst.) To cap all this inconvenience and loss---every year he lost a given number of his cattle to winter hardships---he was paying staggering land taxes.
He did some research.
And he found a place with so much rain, compared to where he'd been ranching in Colorado, and so much flowing water (streams, creeks) and such good pasturage, that he could run his cattle on only one-fourth the amount of acreage, and he wouldn't lose any critters to snowfalls as deep as a giraffe's butt is high from the ground.
He bought the property, sold his place in Colorado and freighted his sixteen-hundred head of cattle to the new "range."
His new home?
Ohio, in the southeast quadrant of the state, with something like 42 or 44 inches of precipitation annually, and a stream in every pasture and green grass or green enough grass all year long.
Anyway, we talk of USDA "zones" as if they are the actual growing conditions with which we and what we plant must deal. In fact, those conditions can vary widely even when the USDA cold hardiness zones are the same.
@@bhalliwell2191 You are absolutely correct. I use Zone 6 as a reference on my videos, because it's the quickest way I know of to give folks a general idea of where I'm gardening (and that I'm not yet another California gardening UA-cam channel 😆). It's also why I try to mention in every video that I'm in Ohio, because Zone 6 in Ohio is very different from Zone 6 in New Mexico.
@@GrowfullywithJenna Oops! A thousand pardons, please. I meant to reply to *Suzy Cowan,* and messed up it selecting which "Reply" to push.
I love your channel I am in North Idaho also zone 6 b but my dates for first frost are different than yours September 25 is mine I wished it was October otherwise very similar
Thanks, Cyndi. For most things, if you figure on planting 2 weeks ahead of me, you'd be pretty close. I'm curious what your fall season is like- after you get a frost does it get cold and stay cold right away, or do you typically warm back up and/or stay fairly moderate in temp?
@@GrowfullywithJenna yes warm back up sometimes last two years we have had mild fall and not nearly the snow that we had when I was growing up
Great stuff thank you
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3:33 and 3:44 do you have elephants on the farm?
🤣🤣🤣 no, it’s my dueling roosters- they were especially vocal that day!
Hahaha- I heard the elephant too. Glad I wasn’t the only one. 😆
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Love your hat! Where did you get it?!!
Thanks! I got it here and it has held up amazingly well: amleo.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=184&url=43