My moms Pro tip to growing healthy large celery: Cut the bottom out of a sour cream or cottage cheese container, Place as a border around each celery plant. As the celery stalks grow this trick Keeps the plant from tipping over in tough Windy climates. Works like a dream! Happy growing!
I used to have a small plant nursery and I used discarded vinyl mini blinds. So easy to cut and you can get a whole lot of "pot labels" out of one window blind! they are also reusable and keeps them out of the landfill.
After years of trying celery, I discovered that they want the soil to stay moist to sprout. I ended up with a surplus of plants by keeping the soil moist until they got their first set of true leaves.
I caught a video but I don't remember who it was from. They were sowing carrot seeds in a gel that they made. I think it was tapioca starch. Anyway mixing the gel and seeds in the bag, snip a corner of the bag and squeeze out the seeds in a line. The gel acts as a dispersant AND helps keep the seed moist so it germinates. I'm wondering if this would work for celery too.
@@The-Grateful-Hippie Sowing carrots using a slurry is unique, but a little tedious at the same time. These days many seed companies offer pelleted versions of small seeds. I get “Mokum” variety carrots from Johnny’s which is an early carrot popular with many market growers. Pelleted seeds are used by growers, they’re easier to work with and keep you from wasting seed when you have to thin..and you’ll still need to thin your carrots even using the slurry. Give pelleted seeds a chance, I think you’ll enjoy how easy they are to work with. Good Luck !
I've been starting my own seeds for going on 35 years. Early on I decided to do my own tests on how best to germinate seeds. Since seeds are relatively cheap and germination is fairly quick, this is an easy and fun thing to do. Over the years. I've compared germination in mediums like coir, peat moss vermiculite, screened potting soil. compost and several home-made as well as commercial germination mediums. My conclusion was that they all work without much difference. So now I use whatever I have handy. I'm still in the habit of making comparisons whenever I'm in the mood. This season I'm doing half my tomatoes and peppers in a commercial germination mix and the other half in my home compost. I should add that I've tried the "paper towel/baggie" method and while it works equally well, I just don't like the bother. Although it is an effective way to test the viability and germination rate of your older seeds. I've never tested germinating with lights but as soon as my seedlings emerge, they go under lights. Heat mats aren't necessary unless you're trying to germinate seeds in a cool environment. I find heat mats tend to speed up germination - especially for the hotter varieties of peppers. And humidity domes (especially those with ventilation) are useful for ensuring your seedlings don't dry out. The bottom line is you don't have to obsess about how you decide to germinate your seeds. Cheers.
I’m in zone 7B in Mississippi. I’ve just last week got my seeds started. They should have been started in middle February. I tried growing celery two years… they just kinda sat there all summer. They were still alive in the fall so I left them in the ground. The next spring they started growing and produced some celery. I don’t think it was as good as if it had grown when I first planted it. The Rusted garden taught me how to grow a garden. Also Jess at Roots and Refuge has inspired me so much, and Luke at MI Garden. So many people helped me along the way. Blessings as you continue to learn and encourage so many others. 🙏🏻💗🥦🥕🌻🐓
Starting seeds has got to be one of the most satisfying garden jobs there are. Celery seed, fennel seed and lettuce seeds are tiny, the easiest way to sow them is to scatter the seeds over the surface of your container of moistened potting soil and scratch them into the soil. This way they won’t get buried too deep. Celery needs water and cool temperatures. Make a trench in your garden and fill it with a mix of potting soil and sand 50/50, plant your celery seedlings and water, water, water. You’re trying to create a swampy or “boggy” environment for your celery to grow in. Don’t forget to wrap your celery for the last 30 days prior to harvest, you want to blanch them keeping the sun off of your plants to whiten them. Any material will work as long as the sunlight is blocked.
I love celery especially I love the leaves from the celery especially when I make soups and stews and brought it makes me crazy when people throw them away
Celery is one of the few seeds that needs light to germinate sow it right on the surface then press it down gently. It's often hard to get it to germinate as the seed needs to stay consistently moist which is more difficult with them being so tiny and being on the surface. A very thin layer of vermiculate over the top can help as it keeps them damp without blocking the light. I'm getting mine sown this week and always do loads more than I need to make sure I have enough come up as they can be a bit pesky!
Another note... The Rusted Gardener on UA-cam is also a great resource for growing your veggies. He also covers all the possibilities for pests and diseases and how to take care of them for healthier plants. Looks great 👍👍👍
I grew spinach years ago and then for a few years it just wouldn't grow very good. So last year I bought a battery operated lawn mower and mowed up all the leaves and it mulched them up really nice and I let them break down over the summer and then incorporated them into the soil and that really helped and I got really good spinach. So the leaves are now starting to fall again here this year in Florida zone 9a and I am getting ready to start picking up all those leaves again and hopefully my summer garden will grow really well. Florida gardener Zone 9a
Thank you for your constant reiteration that a life of sustainable living is possible! I took the leap after YEARS of believing I wasn’t capable! As we speak my canner is blowing steam for the very first time as I attempt to can 10 pints of beef roast!
I got my All American for Christmas but have not used it yet. I will soon... I've just got to work up the nerve. Water bath is easy, pressure is scary. 😬 Wish me luck. 🤞
I just grew celery for the first time last year (here in the UP), and I was shocked and excited that it actually worked! 😅 I really did not have high hopes, ha!
Last frost is around the 1st of June (Kalkaska county)!! Should have started peppers, and brassicas the first of Feb. Then tomatoes and a bunch of stuff first of March. Seeds need water. Once you start seeds and water them the first time you have to water daily till they sprout. If the seed dry's out it's done. I start peppers, tomatoes, brassicas, squash's and melons in the large party cups. That way they have alot of room their roots before getting them in the ground, and I don't want or have the time to repot things. Love watching Living Traditions Homestead and Deep South Homestead. Get most of my seeds from MI Gardener. Love the knife idea!! Red Malabar, Egpytion and New Zealand spinaches. They both are heat tolerant. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
I have a unique problem in that my 3 yr old has taken to switching around the markers on my seedlings! So I now have no idea what is what....guess it will be a surprise! LOL
I start my celery in January. If you do not get celery to grow large enough this year, then leave overwinter and harvest next spring. Winter Sowing is good for old seeds, like last years or older. The cold stratifies and rejuvenates seeds that may not germinate well. Use new seeds in seed starts, but if you find old seeds that you forgot to use, then try them in winter sowing. I did both methods one year and my old seeds did not germinate in the seed starts, but did with the winter sowing method. Also, good to buy seeds on sale at the end of the year and winter sow to save $$.
I totally wish I lived closer to u!! I have posted in gardening groups offering my time to help someone in the garden in exchange for food. I moved into a house last year that has tons of trees and can't garden like I want to and need to this year! If u know anyone around bay city mi lmk! Thank so so much for all the information you and your hubby share! I totally appreciate everything you do!!!
I started from seed last year for the first time. Everything did well, I also only did basics. This year I plan on trying to grow alot more. Celery is one I'm trying this year. I'm in zone 4B and expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow this weekend.
I'm in the Phoenix area in Arizona and I watch a TON of Growing in the Garden. Angela has these amazing charts that help us keep track of what to plant when because of the intense weather. Since this is the first year I feel really comfortable in my new home I started some seeds a little while ago. They're doing amazing but we've been having freak weather so I bring all the tomatoes inside at night and keep an eye on everything else.
I started radishes and green onions outside in planter boxes. Got sweet potatoes in dirt for slips but nothing has poked out yet. Started cabbage and cauliflower and got some seedlings. Did some broccoli but they didn't take off so started some new ones. I'm in mid Michigan
I purchased celery in the store for my Freeze Dryer and I kept the middle that the I did not use I put them in a container of watering and when they rooted I put them in dirt and then I will transplant into my garden.
Plant the luffa where it has plenty of room to grow!!! It will vine about 20 feet each! I grew them last year. Only a handful of them ended up maturing before winter hit; I needed another month to get them to full maturity. I do make plenty of shade and attract pollinators. The flowers are gorgeous. If you don't mind the bees, they would be good around your garden swing arch.
I like using Living Traditions chart for seed starting. It tells me the ones that need a heat mat and the ones that don’t. For $2 or $3 it was worth it for me!
Good information. I just got my first tomato and pepper seeds to sprout using milk cartons in my breezeway. Give them lots of sun, and water every few days when dry. So cool! Zone 6.
What a great idea for labels! I have started my seeds and I swear I think all of them have germinated! I wasn't counting on that! I totally agree, Gary is indeed one of the best.
Oh my goodness Rachel, it’s just my husband and I and I planted 27 green cabbage and 18 red cabbage from Hoss. I should have known better as I, too, had 100% germination. 🤷♀️
I'm in the Pacific Northwest and grow luffa in an unheated greenhouse. I start indoors (started last week and already sprouting). Since it is a vine, I train it up and across the wall of the greenhouse so it doesn't take up any space at all. I do pollinate myself though to ensure I get plenty of mature luffa before I run out of time. You've inspired me to try one of the starts outside this year and see how it does. Thinking of a nice warm wall.... Thank you for sharing!
I grow spinach in mostly shade. It gets morning sun until noon, then it is in the shade from noon to dark. I have had vert good luck with this method. I had good tasting fresh spinach from mid April to the middle of December last year.
I seeded celery this year. I read celery doesn’t need to be covered with soil. I sprinkled mine on top of premoistened soil and just gently pressed on soil then quick spritz of water. They need light to germinate and mine are finally coming up. 3 weeks to germinate.
Thanks for this Rachel! I started my seeds by the moon this year and have been very successful so far! Really excited because this will be our largest garden yet. My husband was in the Army so all of our gardens were container gardens. Have garden, will travel! But now, thankfully, we own a home with an acre. What a blessing! I’ve watched so many of your videos and have learned so much. ❤️ Ready to start playing in dirt! 🌱
I think it was last year Homestead Heart grew loofah so good it went way up a tree, along the fence and down into the garden… she called it Loofah Lane lol. Soap in it sounds genius! I may try to grow some; and give celery another try too. 🌱👍🏻💚
Celery is the best if you surface sow it. I just press mine gently into the soil, and then I spritz it with a water bottle so that they don't float away.
I love ur idea of using a chopstick for planting! I need to take one down to my seed starting room. I don't know what type of light u have for seed starting, but if it is like my( florescents) I tried the plastic knife idea too...then quickly realized that won't work because they r too tall for seed starting to get the lighting low enough to keep them from getting leggy. But I do use them for labels when giving away starts and hopefully selling a few this year. I am in MN and just started my peppers too....I know it's a couple weeks early for me but peppers just produce so much better with a good head start and especially when pruning them, it gives them time to bounce back.
I had plants growing about an inch tall...got the bright idea to put them outside Monday when we got up to 70 degrees, the wind picked up and blew them away...so, guess I'm buying plants again this year. Live and learn.😭
Hi, I have had major problems with fungus gnats as well, and I boil water to add to my potting mix too. I also sprinkle ceylon cinnamon on top because it has anti-fungal properties.
As someone else new to starting from seed (and vegetable gardening in general) I have watched many videos. MIGardener and Roots and Refuge are great. There is however a website/seedsource out of new york (zone5), Fruition seeds. They have online "courses" and information that they have made available for free now since covid started. I have found these very helpful as a new gardener and there are charts and downloads as well.
I am in zone 6a and start my spinach in the fall, planting them out into low hoop tunnels. They will start growing in the fall and give me one or two harvests during winter. As soon as the weather warms up in spring, the spinach really takes off and give me some nice harvests before it bolts. Very short spring season here as well. For most of my indoor seeds, I sow them quite densely in 4”x4” trays and then prick them out into individual cells once they are about 1-2” tall. Charles Dowding in the UK has some great UA-cam videos too, on seed sowing and so many other things related to no dig gardening.
Get a heat toloert variety to grow in the spring for brocolli and then colder variety in the fall. I tired some.cooler variety for fall last forever....this year my first year heat tolerance from hoss tools and I also got one that know does well to .....spinach also a good fall maybe put in the shade ?? My brocolli last until almost June before pest take it. Also a hybrid variety leutinette doesn't bolt and take it the heat better.
To save thinking, most seeds go about as deep as they are deep themselves. Then you just need to know the handful of plants that need to be surface sown under lights!
Started my seeds today too! I intentionally waited just a little bit because last year I started too early. I love the other You Tube channels you recommended, but want to say I’ve also learned a TON from you and Todd! Your garden is always so pretty, and a great inspiration! I’m using all 4 of my Greenstalks this season as well. For some reason I didn’t use them last year! 🥕🌷👩🌾
Hi Rachel. The video was amazing. You are very informative in planting. I hope the plants grow better this year so their can be more canning. God has Blessed you Rachel in all you do. God Bless you and take care. Maria. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫑🥦🥕🍅🧅🌽🌶️😋😋😋😋😋👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yay! Your off to grow season 2022 Rachel, good for you! I started my seeds on the 4th and I have germination already. I'm stocked as I know you are. Happy Growing!
I’ve been debating whether to grow anything or not as we were planning on a trip to Canada but with the fuel prices going up we may be at home. So why not plant?! Thanks for sharing Rachel!
Thank you for sharing. I am in Michigan as well and this will be my second year starting my own seeds. I am purposefully starting later as I started way to early last year and it was a lot of wok up potting more than once. 😊
I had gotten a big box of popsicle sticks for crafts when my kids where little, they have come in handy for labels. I took one and put measurements on it to make my wholes with. Also had seeds left from 2017, experimenting to see if viable, I was so surprised today to see kale has popped. I also bought the little seed dropper thingies, (seed dispenser) not sure what there called but the REALLY help when it comes to small seeds.
I live in Michigan north of Detroit. Did a lot of direct sowing and plant starts when I was younger and had a nice size yard. Moved to a condo and have restrictions on where I can plant. Have a green stalk and containers galore on my deck, started seeds two weeks ago following my plant dates of Memorial Day and hopefully my starts will be hardy enough and the critters will leave my plants alone (have a lot of deer, raccoons, and rabbits.
My first year starting seeds, I started everything at the end of March. I'm just south of Boston in zone 6B. My tomatoes were a little behind most everyone else, but I still got an amazing harvest. You will be fine starting things now. I'm re-starting new seeds this upcoming weekend. I had a mouse eat the majority of my seedlings last week :(
I like to use the milk jug winter sowing method for my spinach and cilantro. I plant them out in January and let them germinate in the milk jug. I’m in north Idaho so about the same climate as you. It works great. Then in September I grow another crop for fall and early winter harvesting.
Rachel that celery needs direct light to germinate so if those don’t work, resoow without adding any growing media over the tops. To keep the soil moist put clear wrap over the top of your container until you see sprouts and then remove the wrap.
Great job Rach! You're always such an inspiration! Thanks for mentioning Gary at The Rusted Garden for everyone. I mentioned him to you last year, as this is only my 2nd year starting seeds too. Also, luffa grow fast in pots, like all squash. Opinion, I wouldn't start them until 1-2 weeks before planting outside. I started them right away last year, and they struggled. I did get 5-6 luffa, but there should have been a lot more. Just sharing my info. We are still busy making syrup from our Maple trees this year, plus starting our seeds. Love & miss you guys so much! Sending big hugs and blessings your way! 🙏🤗😗🌱💗
I'm going to plant spinach and lettuce in an old, rusted and hole ridden wheelbarrow. I'm lining it with cardboard, garden fabric then, covering with chopped up sticks and leaves, before adding in some soil and compost. Let it heat up in the early spring sun. As summer advances quickly I will move to a shady location. This can work for any larger pot, that one can move. Ideas are best shared with all, so please pass along. 🌻 God bless our gardens this year and each one of us. 🌻
Seeds need only moisture and warmth to germinate. Then Light is added to grow once the leaves begin to pop out. Thank you for your wonderful videos. I also live in Michigan near I- 94 but will be moving up to the Iron Mountain, UP, area in a couple years. Hope to be able to grow my food up there. Stay warm!😉
I haven't planted my own starts yet. I should but I think I may have to wait on more year. I don't think it is in the budget to get the lights and I hope I get my taxes back in time e to get starts.
Oh gosh, Gary at the Rusted Garden is a wealthy of knowledge! Gary has helped me so much!
My moms Pro tip to growing healthy large celery: Cut the bottom out of a sour cream or cottage cheese container, Place as a border around each celery plant. As the celery stalks grow this trick Keeps the plant from tipping over in tough Windy climates. Works like a dream! Happy growing!
I used to have a small plant nursery and I used discarded vinyl mini blinds. So easy to cut and you can get a whole lot of "pot labels" out of one window blind! they are also reusable and keeps them out of the landfill.
This is such a great idea!
I use theses all so very handy..
After years of trying celery, I discovered that they want the soil to stay moist to sprout. I ended up with a surplus of plants by keeping the soil moist until they got their first set of true leaves.
Oh great to know. A bit like carrots?
I started my celery from the heel of a total stalk. Mary's Nest has a video on starting vegetables from scraps.
I caught a video but I don't remember who it was from. They were sowing carrot seeds in a gel that they made. I think it was tapioca starch. Anyway mixing the gel and seeds in the bag, snip a corner of the bag and squeeze out the seeds in a line. The gel acts as a dispersant AND helps keep the seed moist so it germinates. I'm wondering if this would work for celery too.
@@The-Grateful-Hippie was it Quebec Homestead? I know she does hers that way
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Sowing carrots using a slurry is unique, but a little tedious at the same time. These days many seed companies offer pelleted versions of small seeds. I get “Mokum” variety carrots from Johnny’s which is an early carrot popular with many market growers. Pelleted seeds are used by growers, they’re easier to work with and keep you from wasting seed when you have to thin..and you’ll still need to thin your carrots even using the slurry. Give pelleted
seeds a chance, I think you’ll enjoy how easy they are to work with.
Good Luck !
I've been starting my own seeds for going on 35 years. Early on I decided to do my own tests on how best to germinate seeds. Since seeds are relatively cheap and germination is fairly quick, this is an easy and fun thing to do. Over the years. I've compared germination in mediums like coir, peat moss vermiculite, screened potting soil. compost and several home-made as well as commercial germination mediums.
My conclusion was that they all work without much difference. So now I use whatever I have handy. I'm still in the habit of making comparisons whenever I'm in the mood. This season I'm doing half my tomatoes and peppers in a commercial germination mix and the other half in my home compost.
I should add that I've tried the "paper towel/baggie" method and while it works equally well, I just don't like the bother. Although it is an effective way to test the viability and germination rate of your older seeds.
I've never tested germinating with lights but as soon as my seedlings emerge, they go under lights.
Heat mats aren't necessary unless you're trying to germinate seeds in a cool environment. I find heat mats tend to speed up germination - especially for the hotter varieties of peppers.
And humidity domes (especially those with ventilation) are useful for ensuring your seedlings don't dry out.
The bottom line is you don't have to obsess about how you decide to germinate your seeds.
Cheers.
I’m in zone 7B in Mississippi. I’ve just last week got my seeds started. They should have been started in middle February.
I tried growing celery two years… they just kinda sat there all summer. They were still alive in the fall so I left them in the ground. The next spring they started growing and produced some celery. I don’t think it was as good as if it had grown when I first planted it.
The Rusted garden taught me how to grow a garden. Also Jess at Roots and Refuge has inspired me so much, and Luke at MI Garden. So many people helped me along the way.
Blessings as you continue to learn and encourage so many others. 🙏🏻💗🥦🥕🌻🐓
Starting seeds has got to be one of the most satisfying garden jobs there are. Celery seed, fennel seed and lettuce seeds
are tiny, the easiest way to sow them is to scatter the seeds over the surface of your container of moistened potting soil and scratch them into the soil. This way they won’t get buried too deep.
Celery needs water and cool temperatures. Make a trench in your garden and fill it with a mix of potting soil and sand 50/50, plant your celery seedlings and water, water, water. You’re trying to create a swampy or “boggy” environment for your celery to grow in. Don’t forget to wrap your celery for the last 30 days prior to harvest, you want to blanch them keeping the sun off of your plants to whiten them. Any material will work as long as the sunlight is blocked.
Finally a use for all of those plastic knives that never get used! Thanks!
I love celery especially I love the leaves from the celery especially when I make soups and stews and brought it makes me crazy when people throw them away
Yes!!! The leaves are so incredible!!
I love watching your journey!!! Y’all one of my favorite channels. I love your sincerity and honesty. It’s so encouraging and educational🥰
The Rusted Garden is also my very favorite channel for learning all about gardening. Gary really is an amazing teacher.
Celery is one of the few seeds that needs light to germinate sow it right on the surface then press it down gently. It's often hard to get it to germinate as the seed needs to stay consistently moist which is more difficult with them being so tiny and being on the surface. A very thin layer of vermiculate over the top can help as it keeps them damp without blocking the light. I'm getting mine sown this week and always do loads more than I need to make sure I have enough come up as they can be a bit pesky!
Another note... The Rusted Gardener on UA-cam is also a great resource for growing your veggies. He also covers all the possibilities for pests and diseases and how to take care of them for healthier plants.
Looks great 👍👍👍
the rusted garden is actually gary pilarchik :]
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Don’t forget your white Sox !
For the labels.. cut up old sour cream or yogurt, cottage cheese containers.. great way to reuse/recycle
They work well when you need the grow lights close to the new seedlings. I’ve used them for a long time and they’re free!
@@carollindstrom2525 I just started doing that this year! I’m so excited to be able to reuse containers in this way!
I grew spinach years ago and then for a few years it just wouldn't grow very good. So last year I bought a battery operated lawn mower and mowed up all the leaves and it mulched them up really nice and I let them break down over the summer and then incorporated them into the soil and that really helped and I got really good spinach. So the leaves are now starting to fall again here this year in Florida zone 9a and I am getting ready to start picking up all those leaves again and hopefully my summer garden will grow really well.
Florida gardener
Zone 9a
I had so much fun watching the babies at the door!!!
Oh wonderful,,,I raised Utah Tall Celery last year and they have survived the winter in my cold frame !!
Thank you for your constant reiteration that a life of sustainable living is possible! I took the leap after YEARS of believing I wasn’t capable! As we speak my canner is blowing steam for the very first time as I attempt to can 10 pints of beef roast!
Last weekend I started pressure canning!! I've done some chicken legs and beef stew. Aren't we brave! Sooo proud
YES!!!!! I canned beef roast, too!!! Got the bogo sale at kroger. LOL
I got my All American for Christmas but have not used it yet. I will soon... I've just got to work up the nerve. Water bath is easy, pressure is scary. 😬 Wish me luck. 🤞
I just grew celery for the first time last year (here in the UP), and I was shocked and excited that it actually worked! 😅 I really did not have high hopes, ha!
Another great Channel is deep south homestead. I learned a ton from Danny and Wanda.
Last frost is around the 1st of June (Kalkaska county)!! Should have started peppers, and brassicas the first of Feb. Then tomatoes and a bunch of stuff first of March. Seeds need water. Once you start seeds and water them the first time you have to water daily till they sprout. If the seed dry's out it's done. I start peppers, tomatoes, brassicas, squash's and melons in the large party cups. That way they have alot of room their roots before getting them in the ground, and I don't want or have the time to repot things. Love watching Living Traditions Homestead and Deep South Homestead. Get most of my seeds from MI Gardener. Love the knife idea!! Red Malabar, Egpytion and New Zealand spinaches. They both are heat tolerant. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Doing this for the first time this year, planting mostly heirloom seeds!
I have a unique problem in that my 3 yr old has taken to switching around the markers on my seedlings! So I now have no idea what is what....guess it will be a surprise! LOL
Here comes a new growing adventure!
Thanks so much for putting this out. Now you have me in the growing fever.
I start my celery in January. If you do not get celery to grow large enough this year, then leave overwinter and harvest next spring. Winter Sowing is good for old seeds, like last years or older. The cold stratifies and rejuvenates seeds that may not germinate well. Use new seeds in seed starts, but if you find old seeds that you forgot to use, then try them in winter sowing. I did both methods one year and my old seeds did not germinate in the seed starts, but did with the winter sowing method. Also, good to buy seeds on sale at the end of the year and winter sow to save $$.
I totally wish I lived closer to u!! I have posted in gardening groups offering my time to help someone in the garden in exchange for food. I moved into a house last year that has tons of trees and can't garden like I want to and need to this year! If u know anyone around bay city mi lmk! Thank so so much for all the information you and your hubby share! I totally appreciate everything you do!!!
I started from seed last year for the first time. Everything did well, I also only did basics. This year I plan on trying to grow alot more. Celery is one I'm trying this year. I'm in zone 4B and expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow this weekend.
Great idea with the plastic silverware
I'm in the Phoenix area in Arizona and I watch a TON of Growing in the Garden. Angela has these amazing charts that help us keep track of what to plant when because of the intense weather.
Since this is the first year I feel really comfortable in my new home I started some seeds a little while ago. They're doing amazing but we've been having freak weather so I bring all the tomatoes inside at night and keep an eye on everything else.
I’m in Gilbert Az, and also watch Angela, I get my worm compost from Az worm farm
I agree, Gary with the Rusted Garden and Luke MIgardner are amazing. I like the knife markers.
I started radishes and green onions outside in planter boxes. Got sweet potatoes in dirt for slips but nothing has poked out yet. Started cabbage and cauliflower and got some seedlings. Did some broccoli but they didn't take off so started some new ones. I'm in mid Michigan
If you look up my zip last frost is April 15th. The local nurseries all post last frost is May 15th and most people plant on Mothers Day weekend.
Oh my how cute your Weenie dogs are. I have 2 that I rescued at 8 weeks old black and brown weenies.
I didn't think of using spray Lysol. Wow!
I usually dip my things in bleach water. And sprinkling cinnamon on top of soil.
Bleach is a better choice than spraying with Lysol.. the amount of chemicals in that product is very bad for our health let alone growing food in it.
I shade my spinach with other plants because Alaska summers we get so much light they like to bolt. 💚
good call on the loufa bigger pots, they just go like nuts when they get started, like other squash but bigger
Thanks Rachel 5-14-2022👍🏽👍🏽♥️
I purchased celery in the store for my Freeze Dryer and I kept the middle that the I did not use I put them in a container of watering and when they rooted I put them in dirt and then I will transplant into my garden.
Plant the luffa where it has plenty of room to grow!!! It will vine about 20 feet each! I grew them last year. Only a handful of them ended up maturing before winter hit; I needed another month to get them to full maturity. I do make plenty of shade and attract pollinators. The flowers are gorgeous. If you don't mind the bees, they would be good around your garden swing arch.
I've never grown luffas before but ive seen people snip the tiniest bit off the end for easier germination xxxx
I’m so excited for spring!
I like using Living Traditions chart for seed starting. It tells me the ones that need a heat mat and the ones that don’t. For $2 or $3 it was worth it for me!
Yes, Sarah put a lot of work in getting all the information down so we don’t have to try and re-invent the wheel. I for one appreciate it much!!
Plastic silverware markers. I love it!!!
In NM we get at least a whole 24 hours of spring before summer rushes in.
Luffas seem to be more like 110 days for fruit.
Good information. I just got my first tomato and pepper seeds to sprout using milk cartons in my breezeway. Give them lots of sun, and water every few days when dry. So cool! Zone 6.
What a great idea for labels! I have started my seeds and I swear I think all of them have germinated! I wasn't counting on that! I totally agree, Gary is indeed one of the best.
I used spoons and forks that I had laying around last year 😅
I like the idea of the knives better though!!
Oh my goodness Rachel, it’s just my husband and I and I planted 27 green cabbage and 18 red cabbage from Hoss. I should have known better as I, too, had 100% germination. 🤷♀️
I like your idea of plactic knifes, I have a ton with potato salad,hotdogs and baked beans know one uses them. Thank you.
I'm in the Pacific Northwest and grow luffa in an unheated greenhouse. I start indoors (started last week and already sprouting). Since it is a vine, I train it up and across the wall of the greenhouse so it doesn't take up any space at all. I do pollinate myself though to ensure I get plenty of mature luffa before I run out of time. You've inspired me to try one of the starts outside this year and see how it does. Thinking of a nice warm wall.... Thank you for sharing!
Hello my dear friend 💯♥️
I grow spinach in mostly shade. It gets morning sun until noon, then it is in the shade from noon to dark. I have had vert good luck with this method. I had good tasting fresh spinach from mid April to the middle of December last year.
I seeded celery this year. I read celery doesn’t need to be covered with soil. I sprinkled mine on top of premoistened soil and just gently pressed on soil then quick spritz of water. They need light to germinate and mine are finally coming up. 3 weeks to germinate.
Thanks for this Rachel! I started my seeds by the moon this year and have been very successful so far! Really excited because this will be our largest garden yet. My husband was in the Army so all of our gardens were container gardens. Have garden, will travel! But now, thankfully, we own a home with an acre. What a blessing! I’ve watched so many of your videos and have learned so much. ❤️ Ready to start playing in dirt! 🌱
I’ve been using The Farmers Almanac for this will be my third year. So far it works wonderfully.
I think it was last year Homestead Heart grew loofah so good it went way up a tree, along the fence and down into the garden… she called it Loofah Lane lol. Soap in it sounds genius! I may try to grow some; and give celery another try too. 🌱👍🏻💚
MI Gardner suggests planing spinach similarly to the way he plants lettuce side by side 5" apart outside by seeding.
Every Gardener has their own way
Celery is the best if you surface sow it. I just press mine gently into the soil, and then I spritz it with a water bottle so that they don't float away.
I love ur idea of using a chopstick for planting! I need to take one down to my seed starting room. I don't know what type of light u have for seed starting, but if it is like my( florescents) I tried the plastic knife idea too...then quickly realized that won't work because they r too tall for seed starting to get the lighting low enough to keep them from getting leggy. But I do use them for labels when giving away starts and hopefully selling a few this year.
I am in MN and just started my peppers too....I know it's a couple weeks early for me but peppers just produce so much better with a good head start and especially when pruning them, it gives them time to bounce back.
Mi Gardner says plant outside now, I started mine inside for two years now, but I’m trying direct sow tomorrow also
I had plants growing about an inch tall...got the bright idea to put them outside Monday when we got up to 70 degrees, the wind picked up and blew them away...so, guess I'm buying plants again this year. Live and learn.😭
Todd is patiently waiting out there lol. see the pups keeping their eyes on him.
Good luck wosh I seed started some celery
Love this video!! Trying starts for the first time this year!!! Yay!!
Also - LOVE your outfit, jumper!! Where is it from? Adorable!!
Hi, I have had major problems with fungus gnats as well, and I boil water to add to my potting mix too. I also sprinkle ceylon cinnamon on top because it has anti-fungal properties.
As someone else new to starting from seed (and vegetable gardening in general) I have watched many videos. MIGardener and Roots and Refuge are great. There is however a website/seedsource out of new york (zone5), Fruition seeds. They have online "courses" and information that they have made available for free now since covid started. I have found these very helpful as a new gardener and there are charts and downloads as well.
I love your outfit! So cozy cute and warm🌿🌸
I hope my life turns out something like this
It's so easy loose track of the tags lol esp me I have to move my around alot bc our weather so up and down
I am in zone 6a and start my spinach in the fall, planting them out into low hoop tunnels. They will start growing in the fall and give me one or two harvests during winter. As soon as the weather warms up in spring, the spinach really takes off and give me some nice harvests before it bolts. Very short spring season here as well.
For most of my indoor seeds, I sow them quite densely in 4”x4” trays and then prick them out into individual cells once they are about 1-2” tall. Charles Dowding in the UK has some great UA-cam videos too, on seed sowing and so many other things related to no dig gardening.
Ooh you can freeze dry celery!
Get a heat toloert variety to grow in the spring for brocolli and then colder variety in the fall. I tired some.cooler variety for fall last forever....this year my first year heat tolerance from hoss tools and I also got one that know does well to .....spinach also a good fall maybe put in the shade ?? My brocolli last until almost June before pest take it. Also a hybrid variety leutinette doesn't bolt and take it the heat better.
I’m zone 5b today in Michigan. I can never grow broccoli or cabbage until fall. They don’t bolt, and less damage from the cabbage moths!!
It's so nice to c this planting.. Great idea.. Tis is my first view of ur videos.. Soon look all ur videos.. All the very best
Thank you so much 🙂
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To save thinking, most seeds go about as deep as they are deep themselves. Then you just need to know the handful of plants that need to be surface sown under lights!
Great rule to go by
I’m so excited to get seeds started, but I have to wait a little longer being in snowy Utah. I will live vicariously through you 😆
Started my seeds today too! I intentionally waited just a little bit because last year I started too early. I love the other You Tube channels you recommended, but want to say I’ve also learned a TON from you and Todd! Your garden is always so pretty, and a great inspiration! I’m using all 4 of my Greenstalks this season as well. For some reason I didn’t use them last year! 🥕🌷👩🌾
Hi Rachel. The video was amazing. You are very informative in planting. I hope the plants grow better this year so their can be more canning. God has Blessed you Rachel in all you do. God Bless you and take care. Maria. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫑🥦🥕🍅🧅🌽🌶️😋😋😋😋😋👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yay! Your off to grow season 2022 Rachel, good for you! I started my seeds on the 4th and I have germination already. I'm stocked as I know you are. Happy Growing!
I’ve been debating whether to grow anything or not as we were planning on a trip to Canada but with the fuel prices going up we may be at home. So why not plant?! Thanks for sharing Rachel!
I can't say who advised this but I chilled seeds in frig for 2 months due to advice.
Thank you for sharing. I am in Michigan as well and this will be my second year starting my own seeds. I am purposefully starting later as I started way to early last year and it was a lot of wok up potting more than once. 😊
I had gotten a big box of popsicle sticks for crafts when my kids where little, they have come in handy for labels. I took one and put measurements on it to make my wholes with. Also had seeds left from 2017, experimenting to see if viable, I was so surprised today to see kale has popped. I also bought the little seed dropper thingies, (seed dispenser) not sure what there called but the REALLY help when it comes to small seeds.
Hi Rachel
I live in Michigan north of Detroit. Did a lot of direct sowing and plant starts when I was younger and had a nice size yard. Moved to a condo and have restrictions on where I can plant. Have a green stalk and containers galore on my deck, started seeds two weeks ago following my plant dates of Memorial Day and hopefully my starts will be hardy enough and the critters will leave my plants alone (have a lot of deer, raccoons, and rabbits.
I always put my celery seeds in the frig for about six weeks before I try to plant them! Pray yours sprout and if they do I will skip the frig step!
I use popsicle sticks or Dilly Bar sticks. Or just use masking tape to mark them.
My first year starting seeds, I started everything at the end of March. I'm just south of Boston in zone 6B. My tomatoes were a little behind most everyone else, but I still got an amazing harvest. You will be fine starting things now. I'm re-starting new seeds this upcoming weekend. I had a mouse eat the majority of my seedlings last week :(
Oh no! Hopefully the replacements survive!
Off to a GREAT start Rachel! Could we talk about some types of seeds that benefit from soaking before planting? Thanks.
I like to use the milk jug winter sowing method for my spinach and cilantro. I plant them out in January and let them germinate in the milk jug. I’m in north Idaho so about the same climate as you. It works great. Then in September I grow another crop for fall and early winter harvesting.
Great idea!
This is the earliest I’ve been to one of your videos! Perfect time to take a break.
I heard that celery is similar to carrot seed in that they require staying moist.
Loving the dogs in the background! So excited to see Todd outside!!
nice life
Rachel that celery needs direct light to germinate so if those don’t work, resoow without adding any growing media over the tops. To keep the soil moist put clear wrap over the top of your container until you see sprouts and then remove the wrap.
Thank you I will
Great job Rach! You're always such an inspiration! Thanks for mentioning Gary at The Rusted Garden for everyone. I mentioned him to you last year, as this is only my 2nd year starting seeds too. Also, luffa grow fast in pots, like all squash. Opinion, I wouldn't start them until 1-2 weeks before planting outside. I started them right away last year, and they struggled. I did get 5-6 luffa, but there should have been a lot more. Just sharing my info. We are still busy making syrup from our Maple trees this year, plus starting our seeds. Love & miss you guys so much! Sending big hugs and blessings your way! 🙏🤗😗🌱💗
I just love your doxies in the background ❤️
I have used knives like that as well.
I'm going to plant spinach and lettuce in an old, rusted and hole ridden wheelbarrow. I'm lining it with cardboard, garden fabric then, covering with chopped up sticks and leaves, before adding in some soil and compost. Let it heat up in the early spring sun. As summer advances quickly I will move to a shady location. This can work for any larger pot, that one can move. Ideas are best shared with all, so please pass along. 🌻 God bless our gardens this year and each one of us. 🌻
Cute and functional!
Seeds need only moisture and warmth to germinate.
Then Light is added to grow once the leaves begin to pop out.
Thank you for your wonderful videos.
I also live in Michigan near
I- 94 but will be moving up to the Iron Mountain, UP, area in a couple years.
Hope to be able to grow my food up there.
Stay warm!😉
my cole slaw sauce has celery seed in it - its wonderful
I haven't planted my own starts yet. I should but I think I may have to wait on more year. I don't think it is in the budget to get the lights and I hope I get my taxes back in time e to get starts.