If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS here: 0:00 Why Season Extension Crops Matter 1:29 Fall Harvest #1: Persimmons 6:20 Fall Harvest #2: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava) 8:42 Fall Harvest #3: Sour Citrus 11:08 Fall Harvest #4: Kale 12:55 Fall Harvest #5: Lettuce 14:35 Fall Harvest #6: Leeks 17:04 Fall Harvest #7: Bunching Onions 18:54 Fall Harvests #8-10: Oregano, Thyme, Cilantro 22:56 More Fall Crops For Cold Climates 26:40 Adventures With Dale
Interesting update I just found out about the USDA plant hardiness zone that could extend your season. There’s a new map that was just released on their website.
Can you tell me about your mouse trap? I have a problem with pack rats! I have been struggling with them now for 2 seasons! As soon as the weather turns cold they’re back! I’ve tried bare and traps. I have to be very careful- I have a small dog and she wound up getting into the poison one year - very scary! 😮
Lol, I identify with harvesting odd things at this time of year. I just harvested a watermelon yesterday and though it was small it was so sweet and juicy I am not complaining. Honestly it’s my first watermelon I’ve grown so I’m super excited. I realize it’s November. I’m in zone 8b (Texas) so I may have a couple more weeks of mild weather before a frost. Last year it came mid December. I am about to plant out my garlic and transplant my onion plants. I’ve still got green beans and tomatoes growing lol. Also cowpeas are finishing up. I’ve also got summer and winter squash and a couple pumpkins finishing up as well. I am preparing to overwinter my pepper and tomatoes because they take forever to grow here so I prefer a good jump on Spring. Honestly I start planting potatoes in February. Im appreciating the fact that though the garden contents change in the seasons, there’s still lots of stuff growing. Oh yeah and im waiting for the asparagus to die back as well so I can trim it up for winter. It’s still all green and “ferny”. Im so grateful for the long growing season because even though I can’t grow everything all the time, I’m learning I can be growing something all the time. I just have to plan and be strategic about it. So much fun!
What you said at the beginning of this video is such a relief I’ve been feeling like this all my life and when I tell people this they just don’t understand at least I know now someone feels the same way I do. by the way I love your videos I watch them for hours there are therapy to me I watch until I fall asleep your voice is so soothing. If I’m having a really difficult time falling asleep all I have to do is listen to your video next thing I know I’m waking up in the morning thank you so very much please keep making these videos
I feel ya on that! Fall makes me sad. Everything is dying and my garden is going to sleep. All my life no one else felt that way. I'm learning to embrace seasonality, but it's a work in progress
I literally moved from the Northeast to North Carolina because my seasonal depression was so bad. I didn't notice it when I was younger, because in grade school, high school and college, I was outside periodically during the day. Once I started working full-time, I'd go from sunrise to sunset inside an office without seeing the sun. That's when my seasonal depression developed, so I moved and changed careers and it's been much better for me. It's a very real thing.
I have it too I live in the pacific northwest and winters suck. This yr I got me a little walk in greenhouse so I could still grow some veggies. It's working like a dream and I'm feeling less and less depressed. It's amazing how growing a few greens and working in my little greenhouse has made my mood better.
@@TheMillennialGardener I also have severe SAD. I grew up in Michigan and didn't realize how bad it was until we tried to move back from a very sunny climate (Colorado). Lasted all of 3 months before moving to Greenville, SC. I just started gardening and you have been so helpful in my journey as we are also 8b.
I grow one of the few citrus that you can grow in Michigan, the Sichuan pepper! If you like Asian flavors, you should try it! The fresh yard grown ones are so much more flavorful!
This is my first time growing a fall garden. Really enjoying it. Not sure why I didn't think of it before 😊 Dale takes his mouse trap patrol seriously ❤
Here in Boston the community garden closed on 10/31 so we cleaned up and planted Winter Rye for a cover crop. It is nice to have something green growing all winter. We also brought two hot pepper plants inside to overwinter so the garden lives on in a way. We actually kind of like a break in the season and city traffic takes a lot time. We have seen kale thrive here in MA until mid December and that was with no protective covering. In a community garden near us now there are still a number of plants going and some people go all winter with small hoop houses. It really is neat to see how one can push the season even this far up north with the right plants and protective measures. On a side note, we attended a bonsai tree event recently and care for them indoors all winter so that helps a bit too.
Thank you for talking about SAD. I took your advice and created a fall garden for the first time. It’s helping give me something to look forward to. Thank you!
Persimmons are one of my favorite fruits. Having a late season fruit is so beneficial when you don't want store bought fruit. Fortunately, my Fuyu persimmons are non-astringent so I can eat them when they are soft or hard.
I am adding four fruit trees to my garden next March, a Bing Cherry, a Montmorency Cherry, and two plum trees, a Santa Rosa Plum, and a AU Rubrum Plum Tree. I am harvesting assorted lettuces, Late Nagasaki Cabbage, Pak Choi, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, and turnips. I'm hoping my kohlrabi forms bulbs soon. The rutabaga roots are swelling, I have garlic sprouting, and I have a new generation of Purple Top and Tokinashi Turnips growing. My herbs are thriving in the cooler weather, comfrey, minty, spearmint, Greek Oregano, and Lemon Thyme. As an experiment, I am trying to grow winter tomatoes, Early Girl Bush, and Tiny Tim. Soon, six or seven weeks, it will be time to start seedlings for next year's garden. I already have it largely planned out. I need to move nine 10 gallon grow bags to other areas of the garden. They will be used for attracting pollinators to different areas of the garden with marigolds, zinnias, cosmos, and strawflowers.
@@PersonHuman-gr4xn Most cherry trees need a pollinator. The Lapins Cherry is a grafted tree that will self-pollinate, but will produce more fruit with a pollinator. Both the Ming and Montmorency Cherry trees are compatible with it, and each other. Other trees to consider for compatibility is the Rainier Cherry Tree, Stella, Bada Bing, Black Tartarian, North Star, Early Ruby, Royal Lee, and Royal Rainier. I'm sure there are other fruit bearing trees too, plus there are also non fruit bearing varieties that are used for ornamentals.
That's very interesting. I bought four oregano plants, decent sized, from a local nursery last spring. One of them did not make it, but the other three not only survived but flourished! They weren't even under shade cloth, though it was on the east side of a fence, so the worst of the afternoon sun was blocked (it was still plenty hot though). The Greek oregano in particular is amazingly bushy and green; the surviving Italian is also very healthy. My thyme did disintegrate to ash despite all the protection I could give it (fence blocking afternoon sun and shade cloth); it was very sad. I just bought a new one. Houston Tx 9B.
Thanks for the video! Your videos have inspired me to make use of some useless grass across my service road and convert it into fruiting trees. Asian (NA) persimmon, peaches, pomegranates, and pluots. I would've grown apples, but there are tons of cedars in my area and cedar rust is not something I want to compete with. I want to try pineapple guava, but I'm afraid the flavor profile may not work for me (I love sour patch candy, but have limited growing space) and I'd hate to mulch a plant after growing it for a few years. I also don't really have much room for a tree that needs full sun like that. I'm constantly on the look out for interesting growables, so thanks for these videos again!
Such a great perspective giving something positive to look forward to. I definitely hibernate in winter months but I think I'm going to try winter gardening.
Hi neighbor. I am from central Florida and I would like to grow your asain persimmon but I think I was ruined for persimmons as I bought one from the supermarket and it was awful. This was about 2 years ago and I always see UA-camrs growing them snd saying they're so delicious and I always wonder why they think it tastes so great. The look on your face when you took that first bite makes me want to rethink growing the persimmon. If you say they're really sweet I will buy one! Love your videos. So informative. Good luck with your new property. Florida Gardener Zone 9a
_looks at my fall garden...slowly backs away_ Actually I blame the weather. It was SO hot for SO long and then just did a 180 and went from the high 80s into the 40s and then freezing which took out a few brassicas, and now its warm again so some of my garlic has decided to sprout. _sigh_ It's just a hot mess out there! I never know when to plant anything for fall out here (Missouri, 6a) because the temperatures have been so wacky the last few years and of course that's when I finally decided to get into gardening. At least the cilantro is having a party. 😆
I recommend investing in shade cloth. The heat is actually simple to battle against. If you hang shade cloth, it just takes all the heat out of the equation. It's much more challenging to deal with the cold. I recommend you check this out and make a small investment. It'll change your garden: ua-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/v-deo.htmlsi=LqRNiHhzntR6_LTc
I planted the New Red Fire lettuce this year based on your recommendation and it is now my absolute favorite! My mom loved to eat green onion sandwiches from our garden harvest - thanks for bringing back a good memory. I thought I was just bad at growing oregano. I always associate it with summer stuff like tomatoes. Now I know I need to change my planting time. I really appreciate your very informative videos.
This year is my first try with New Red Fire. Are you maybe thinking of another type? Some of these are pretty similar and the lines blur a bit. If you struggle growing oregano, try growing it in a container in a sheltered location.
Take vitamin D for seasonal affective disorder. At least 5,000 IUs per day. May help if you are craving sunlight and are down in the dumps. Thank you for all the great ideas and info.
The big problem I have with Fall crops is when the sun gets lower in the sky most of my gardens get shaded for a big portion of the day. I am definitely going to make a plan to put one of those persimmons in my yard. Also I was trying to convince my in-laws to plant a satsuma tree when I was down in South Carolina last week. And finally as I mentioned to you before I am going to try to grow tomatoes in a grow tent to see if I can have some of that lovely tomato goodness in the Winter. Talk about a way to beat the Winter doldrums!
The obvious question is can you trim some of the trees to remove some shade? If not, you may need to begin your plants earlier so they’re far enough along in the fall that they can remain in stasis with low light. I recommend trying to grow your tomatoes up against the house. The south house wall will be the warmest micro-climate. Then, make a lean-to style greenhouse up against the wall. Cover them with incandescent Christmas lights and you can add a lot of growing days.
I like chard and grow it annually, but it's pretty frost sensitive. You need to protect it from hard freezes. It always dies back on me in our winters.
If I can grow it all winter in TN, then you can, too. Try a bigger one like the old heirloom, Fordhook, and then grow it under a low tunnel. It should survive all winter just fine. The key is get the plant in ground 6-8 weeks before your average first frost soothe is well established and close to a mature size before the cold hits.
@millenniagardener please share links of where we can aquire the persimmon and citrus varieties. I'm moving to wester nc soon. So I guess follow your cold weather recommendations.
That's going to depend on what variety you want and what's in-stock. It's better to just Google the varieties you want. I've purchased trees from dozens of places and I've never had a bad experience. The only person I recommend strictly is citrus from Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. That's a fairly reasonable drive from western NC, but he'll also ship if you order over the phone.
I'm growing King Richard leeks on your recommendation and just planted out my first handful about two weeks ago. I have another set growing inside. I appreciate this recommendation!
I enjoyed this video. After watching your previous videos on growing fall crops, I planted (1 week ago) cilantro, dill, and collards. The collards are breaking ground. Still waiting for the dill and cilantro to appear. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.
Can you add a shirt to your shop that uses your intro..."What's growing on gardners?" I really like your intro!!! Thanks for all you do for us out here in gardening!
It could have just reached end of life. Perennial herbs don’t have a lifespan like a tree. Or, it could be the roots finally suffocated. If you’ve never root pruned and re-potted it, it could’ve just lost its vigor. If I had to guess, it would be one of those unless you got a seriously cold winter.
My husband really likes Cilantro. It's supposed to be super healthy for you, too. I have the anti-cilantro gene and I suspect that all of my children got it from me. But I plan to grow it for my husband and I didn't realize I should probably go ahead and plant it now. Getting outside in the sun is a Very Good Thing. I'm going to go do that now. And also plant some of the cilantro.
It’s basically zero calories and all micro-nutrients. The amount of cilantro you’d have to eat for it to add up would be obscene 😆 I would recommend just chopping it up on the side. Cilantro is best added on at the end anyway when fresh and green, so there’s no need to add it to meals for everyone.
Hello my friend…hope family…and dale are well..need your expertise.. I live in Long Island, New York. I have 12 potted fig trees, approximate two years old. When is the right time to bring them into my garage..do I leave them out till the leaves fall and go dormant..we had a couple of cold nights…approx,35 degrees F…. What would happen if I put them in the garage now with all the leaves will the plants die or go dormant…….regards to my planted tree ,planted this July..in ground is it ok to cover with a moving blanket then a tarp…ventilated..thank you be well
8:40 ive been surprisingly gifted with the abillity to eat lemons just like apples. Sometimes when i am in the mood i just eat like quarter or a half of a lemon without making a face.
Another great video! I just picked my first ever homegrown citrus from our Owari satsuma. It was awesome! Our feijoas and pawpaws have flower buds, so excited for next year. We have 2 Asian persimmons. The got set back an entire year because the deer eat the trees badly. Persimmon is a top favorite of deer, so that's a big problem for us. I had to place a giant mesh bag over the whole tree. I hope I can get fruit in 2025 maybe because I have retrain the scaffolds. It was that bad.
When you bit into that green onion I was like...YUM, because I was weeding in my garden yesterday and I broke a green onion top by accident, so I threw it in my mouth and ate it up. It was delicious!
@@TheMillennialGardener True that, but when weeding, it was a pleasant treat. I also was thinning out carrots and broccoli and ate a couple of them too. Carrot tops taste similar to parsley. Broccoli sprouts taste just like lite broccoli. It was kinda cool.
I have a Giant Fuyu on order from Willis orchard. I'm getting on in years so ordered fruiting size. Can't wait! I'm tired of getting them from the grocery store for $4 each☺
I have countless fig tasting videos. Fig season is over here and all the trees are going bare, so there isn't anything left to show. ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIEhxT08mPoUWCT91JhJGWzk.html&si=qhI-oSABrUhv6jQz
Even though we get inundated with stinkbugs, which smell just like cilantro to me, I still love the herb. I add cilantro and green onions as a flavorful garnish to many dishes, especially Indian and Asian inspired recipes. Tomorrow I’m harvesting radishes for roasting, fermenting, and fresh eating.
Willamette Valley here, and we have an Owari Satsuma, a Bearss lime, and a Meyer lemon tree along the south face of our home that we planted last year. I made a simple PVC hoophouse over top of them, wove a long string of white incandescent Christmas lights around them, and plugged it into a WiFi controlled outlet. Everything sailed through our winter, even when it got down below 20°. Our first lemon is starting to ripen up right now, which is exciting!
I wonder if I could grow this tree(Persimmon), I live in the most southern part of Sweden and we have about 3-10 days of minus(Celsius) on winters nowadays.
I’m watching from Goldsboro North Carolina zone 8 A and would like to collaborate with you because I’m working on my garden and I would like your help on figuring out what kind of fruit tree I can grow
I really do enjoy your videos. I've planted more cool crops this year, because of you. Also, you've convinced me, what time of year should I plant the Giombo Asian Persimmon? South Carolina 8B
Outstanding! Plant your Giombo immediately after last frost, which will probably be late March for you. Get it in ground as soon as the frosts stop so it has maximum time to establish before the next winter. The Giombo will take 2-3 years to fruit, but it's worth the wait.
Wait till you get down here to Florida the heat and humidity will literally Rot the leaves off the plants and caused the stems to rot in the middle on any brassicas is that you try to push into the summer
Believe it or not, it isn't hotter and more humid there than where I live. My average dewpoints in summer are actually higher than most of Florida, because Florida gets cross-breezes across the state. Southeastern NC, the Charleston area of SC and most parts of Louisiana are considerably more humid than most of Florida. The only difference with Florida is the warm season lasts longer, but it isn't much. The humidity "appears" and "disappears" within a 2 week window across the entire Southeast.
@@TheMillennialGardener I live in South Florida zone 10b, we get awesome breezes most of the time, so I agree with most of what you said, but our monsoon season in summer can be both good and bad, good because it really waters everything, bad because water spread diseases are out of control. Forget tomatoes, peppers, because they get blights, or anything that gets powdery mildew. I'm sure you get some of those issues too, but it's pretty crazy here. I can only grow through late fall/ winter/early spring months. The main difference is you get a colder season, frost etc. So I can't grow anything which requires cold like that delicious looking persimmon. 🥺
@@bethb8276 I've lived in Miami, Tampa, and Ocala. They're all sure different from each other weather wise. Next year I'm going to skip summer gardening and just do spring and fall. WAY too hot last year in the summer. Cherry tomatoes and peppers actually cooked on the plants!
@ES-mc3cc Wow! Definitely a hot summer! I didn't even try to grow tomatoes and pepper, well, except for my little Tabasco peppers, which I'm pretty sure nothing short of a nuclear blast could stop lol. I'm envious of people that can grow cucumbers in the summer months, but rain pretty much every single day here, and they succumb to powdery mildew in a heartbeat. About the only thing that didn't care what the weather threw at it was my Seminole pumpkins. Had a great harvest. Malabar spinach didn't care either. My passionvine, and muscadine grape, my Myers lemon, bananas, mulberry, dragonfruit, and pineapples. Moringa loved it. The fig did ok until Fall and then it got rust, I just got a Mysore raspberry, and so far so good. It's raining again right now, pretty sure that will ruin all the squash I just got going, sigh. Are you in upper Florida now?
You can stick it in the freezer overnight, then take it out. That'll soften it. Non-astringent persimmons take forever to ripen on the counter. I leave them on the tree til they turn soft. My Jiro is finally softening somewhat.
Where what’s the frost? I live 2 miles from you and didn’t get below 40. My Nagami Kumquats are doing so wel in my first year potted, I’m gonna expand to Other varieties including lemons and oranges.
I just started harvesting lettuce and bok choy here in Oklahoma zone 7. I don’t know why I never thought of succession planting leeks. I've been starting them in late summer to early fall but I've been thinking I should start them earlier in the summer so I can harvest before the end of the year.
Leeks can be grown year round in your zone. Although, they will benefit from shade cloth in the summer when you get your peak temperatures. Spreading them out make them easier to harvest so you don't have everything ready at once.
@TheMillennialGardener I succession plant a lot of other plants but I don't think about them as a summer veggie so I don't think about starting seeds until the end of summer when the worst of the heat is over. They will definitely need shade cloth since we are over 100 a lot in July and August.
Howdy MG! Beautiful persimmon! 👍 My, that looked yummy!😋 I'm excited to get my tree next year!💃 You had a lot of beautiful tomatoes in the background!😃 I'm having great success growing fig cuttings from my fig bushes.😃 I plan to gift them to fellow gardeners. Thank you for all the knowledge you share on figs...on everything!❤ You really have encouraged me to work out my gardening muscles, and I'm having a lot lot of fun!😄 I have a question: I brought my Meyer lemon inside when that big cold spell pushed through. Now it's blooming. Does it need bees to pollinate the fruit? Do I need to put it back outdoors? I was just messing with you about liking gator areas. 😃We have gators in tejas too...even in Austin.🤠 "Hey" to Dale...he's so adorable!🐕 Y'all can get more land in tejas for the same amount you paid in Florida. 😉
The back to back tropical storms really messed up my fall tomato garden and set them back. Luckily, I was able to cover them from our first frost and it hasn't frosted since (yet). Some are finally starting to change colors. Congrats on the figs! Spread them everywhere you can! Citrus pollinate the same way as tomatoes. The male and female parts are enclosed in the same flower, so it all takes to pollinate them is a breeze to rattle the flowers around. If you want them to pollinate, you can either set up an oscillating fan next to them or you can shake the branches to rattle the flowers around. Citrus pollinate *VERY* easily. They usually set so much fruit that they go through a big drop period to shed the excess. You'll have little lemons all over your floor. Just be careful with your Meyer. They do not like being taken indoors all in one shot. They usually react by dropping their leaves. You may want to carry it back outside here and there and introduce it to indoor conditions in multiple attempts. Believe me, I considered Texas for awhile, but the last 2 or 3 winters and summers scared me away. It seems Texas is in this pattern where they're getting record cold and snow in the winter with record heat and drought in the summer. Florida certainly has a lot of problems, but the temps and rainfall are more moderate and I'm very used to the East Coast humidity at this point in my life, so it's an easy transition.
@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much for the knowledge on my lemon tree...how citrus pollinates. You literally are the only one I've heard pass on this knowledge. I see so many folks saying to plant lots of flowers by your tomato, pepper, and citrus so they get pollinated. I learned a while back that tomatos and peppers are pollinated by the wind. I'm so glad we have a trusted source in you...your edible landscape and garden testify that you know what you are talking about.😃👍 I have finally adjusted to our change in weather pattern... I find the challenge sweet!👩🏾🌾 I will be planting figs and mulberry trees throughout our property. You and Dale bring joy to my days...big THANK YOU!💕
If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 Why Season Extension Crops Matter
1:29 Fall Harvest #1: Persimmons
6:20 Fall Harvest #2: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)
8:42 Fall Harvest #3: Sour Citrus
11:08 Fall Harvest #4: Kale
12:55 Fall Harvest #5: Lettuce
14:35 Fall Harvest #6: Leeks
17:04 Fall Harvest #7: Bunching Onions
18:54 Fall Harvests #8-10: Oregano, Thyme, Cilantro
22:56 More Fall Crops For Cold Climates
26:40 Adventures With Dale
Interesting update I just found out about the USDA plant hardiness zone that could extend your season. There’s a new map that was just released on their website.
The new map is here - planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
Can you tell me about your mouse trap? I have a problem with pack rats! I have been struggling with them now for 2 seasons! As soon as the weather turns cold they’re back! I’ve tried bare and traps. I have to be very careful- I have a small dog and she wound up getting into the poison one year - very scary! 😮
Ps I’m from Far eastern Washington right on the Idaho border zip code is 99156. Address is Newport WA- Sacheen Lake- near Usk, WA
Lol, I identify with harvesting odd things at this time of year. I just harvested a watermelon yesterday and though it was small it was so sweet and juicy I am not complaining. Honestly it’s my first watermelon I’ve grown so I’m super excited. I realize it’s November. I’m in zone 8b (Texas) so I may have a couple more weeks of mild weather before a frost. Last year it came mid December. I am about to plant out my garlic and transplant my onion plants. I’ve still got green beans and tomatoes growing lol. Also cowpeas are finishing up. I’ve also got summer and winter squash and a couple pumpkins finishing up as well. I am preparing to overwinter my pepper and tomatoes because they take forever to grow here so I prefer a good jump on Spring. Honestly I start planting potatoes in February. Im appreciating the fact that though the garden contents change in the seasons, there’s still lots of stuff growing. Oh yeah and im waiting for the asparagus to die back as well so I can trim it up for winter. It’s still all green and “ferny”. Im so grateful for the long growing season because even though I can’t grow everything all the time, I’m learning I can be growing something all the time. I just have to plan and be strategic about it. So much fun!
Because of you. I bought 3 persimmons tree. Can't wait to get fruit from it . Thank you ,,love watching your videos.
Outstanding! You’re going to love them when they start producing!
What you said at the beginning of this video is such a relief I’ve been feeling like this all my life and when I tell people this they just don’t understand at least I know now someone feels the same way I do. by the way I love your videos I watch them for hours there are therapy to me I watch until I fall asleep your voice is so soothing. If I’m having a really difficult time falling asleep all I have to do is listen to your video next thing I know I’m waking up in the morning thank you so very much please keep making these videos
I feel ya on that! Fall makes me sad. Everything is dying and my garden is going to sleep. All my life no one else felt that way. I'm learning to embrace seasonality, but it's a work in progress
I literally moved from the Northeast to North Carolina because my seasonal depression was so bad. I didn't notice it when I was younger, because in grade school, high school and college, I was outside periodically during the day. Once I started working full-time, I'd go from sunrise to sunset inside an office without seeing the sun. That's when my seasonal depression developed, so I moved and changed careers and it's been much better for me. It's a very real thing.
I have it too I live in the pacific northwest and winters suck. This yr I got me a little walk in greenhouse so I could still grow some veggies. It's working like a dream and I'm feeling less and less depressed. It's amazing how growing a few greens and working in my little greenhouse has made my mood better.
Agree - thank you for talking about SAD. I meet more and more people who feel the same way 😢
@@TheMillennialGardener I also have severe SAD. I grew up in Michigan and didn't realize how bad it was until we tried to move back from a very sunny climate (Colorado). Lasted all of 3 months before moving to Greenville, SC. I just started gardening and you have been so helpful in my journey as we are also 8b.
I grow one of the few citrus that you can grow in Michigan, the Sichuan pepper! If you like Asian flavors, you should try it! The fresh yard grown ones are so much more flavorful!
I dehydrate the green tops of King Richard leeks and grind into a powder. Add it to soups, stews, or any other dish for excellent flavor.
This is my first time growing a fall garden. Really enjoying it. Not sure why I didn't think of it before 😊
Dale takes his mouse trap patrol seriously ❤
It’s awesome. All the harvests with few pests. The insects are almost all gone here. It’s wonderful to never have to spray anymore.
Here in Boston the community garden closed on 10/31 so we cleaned up and planted Winter Rye for a cover crop. It is nice to have something green growing all winter. We also brought two hot pepper plants inside to overwinter so the garden lives on in a way. We actually kind of like a break in the season and city traffic takes a lot time. We have seen kale thrive here in MA until mid December and that was with no protective covering. In a community garden near us now there are still a number of plants going and some people go all winter with small hoop houses. It really is neat to see how one can push the season even this far up north with the right plants and protective measures.
On a side note, we attended a bonsai tree event recently and care for them indoors all winter so that helps a bit too.
Thank you for talking about SAD. I took your advice and created a fall garden for the first time. It’s helping give me something to look forward to. Thank you!
Persimmons are one of my favorite fruits. Having a late season fruit is so beneficial when you don't want store bought fruit. Fortunately, my Fuyu persimmons are non-astringent so I can eat them when they are soft or hard.
My favorite fruit also. As a child, several decades ago, in Korea, we also ate persimmon flowers. We made necklace out of flowers and ate them 😋.
I am adding four fruit trees to my garden next March, a Bing Cherry, a Montmorency Cherry, and two plum trees, a Santa Rosa Plum, and a AU Rubrum Plum Tree. I am harvesting assorted lettuces, Late Nagasaki Cabbage, Pak Choi, Yellow Heart Winter Choy, and turnips. I'm hoping my kohlrabi forms bulbs soon. The rutabaga roots are swelling, I have garlic sprouting, and I have a new generation of Purple Top and Tokinashi Turnips growing. My herbs are thriving in the cooler weather, comfrey, minty, spearmint, Greek Oregano, and Lemon Thyme. As an experiment, I am trying to grow winter tomatoes, Early Girl Bush, and Tiny Tim. Soon, six or seven weeks, it will be time to start seedlings for next year's garden. I already have it largely planned out. I need to move nine 10 gallon grow bags to other areas of the garden. They will be used for attracting pollinators to different areas of the garden with marigolds, zinnias, cosmos, and strawflowers.
Are you in zone 9?
@@PersonHuman-gr4xn Most cherry trees need a pollinator. The Lapins Cherry is a grafted tree that will self-pollinate, but will produce more fruit with a pollinator. Both the Ming and Montmorency Cherry trees are compatible with it, and each other. Other trees to consider for compatibility is the Rainier Cherry Tree, Stella, Bada Bing, Black Tartarian, North Star, Early Ruby, Royal Lee, and Royal Rainier. I'm sure there are other fruit bearing trees too, plus there are also non fruit bearing varieties that are used for ornamentals.
@@lf4061 I'm in zone 7B.
I used to live in southern North Carolina & miss that wonderful climate.
It's a little cold in the winter and hot in the summer, but overall, we can always grow something.
More power to you positive thinking is always the way to go. Get your grow on.
Thanks for watching!
That's very interesting. I bought four oregano plants, decent sized, from a local nursery last spring. One of them did not make it, but the other three not only survived but flourished! They weren't even under shade cloth, though it was on the east side of a fence, so the worst of the afternoon sun was blocked (it was still plenty hot though). The Greek oregano in particular is amazingly bushy and green; the surviving Italian is also very healthy. My thyme did disintegrate to ash despite all the protection I could give it (fence blocking afternoon sun and shade cloth); it was very sad. I just bought a new one. Houston Tx 9B.
Thanks for the video! Your videos have inspired me to make use of some useless grass across my service road and convert it into fruiting trees. Asian (NA) persimmon, peaches, pomegranates, and pluots. I would've grown apples, but there are tons of cedars in my area and cedar rust is not something I want to compete with. I want to try pineapple guava, but I'm afraid the flavor profile may not work for me (I love sour patch candy, but have limited growing space) and I'd hate to mulch a plant after growing it for a few years. I also don't really have much room for a tree that needs full sun like that. I'm constantly on the look out for interesting growables, so thanks for these videos again!
Nice video. Love the faces you make every time you eat a delicious fruit.
Such a great perspective giving something positive to look forward to. I definitely hibernate in winter months but I think I'm going to try winter gardening.
So glad you found something that helps you so much
I recommend gardening to everyone. No matter who you are, you can find therapy in it.
Hi neighbor. I am from central Florida and I would like to grow your asain persimmon but I think I was ruined for persimmons as I bought one from the supermarket and it was awful. This was about 2 years ago and I always see UA-camrs growing them snd saying they're so delicious and I always wonder why they think it tastes so great. The look on your face when you took that first bite makes me want to rethink growing the persimmon. If you say they're really sweet I will buy one! Love your videos. So informative. Good luck with your new property.
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You can use summer kale for kale chips if you like that. That’s what I do with my summer kale.
_looks at my fall garden...slowly backs away_ Actually I blame the weather. It was SO hot for SO long and then just did a 180 and went from the high 80s into the 40s and then freezing which took out a few brassicas, and now its warm again so some of my garlic has decided to sprout. _sigh_ It's just a hot mess out there! I never know when to plant anything for fall out here (Missouri, 6a) because the temperatures have been so wacky the last few years and of course that's when I finally decided to get into gardening. At least the cilantro is having a party. 😆
I recommend investing in shade cloth. The heat is actually simple to battle against. If you hang shade cloth, it just takes all the heat out of the equation. It's much more challenging to deal with the cold. I recommend you check this out and make a small investment. It'll change your garden: ua-cam.com/video/cO-U1wYGZ8Q/v-deo.htmlsi=LqRNiHhzntR6_LTc
I planted the New Red Fire lettuce this year based on your recommendation and it is now my absolute favorite! My mom loved to eat green onion sandwiches from our garden harvest - thanks for bringing back a good memory. I thought I was just bad at growing oregano. I always associate it with summer stuff like tomatoes. Now I know I need to change my planting time. I really appreciate your very informative videos.
This year is my first try with New Red Fire. Are you maybe thinking of another type? Some of these are pretty similar and the lines blur a bit. If you struggle growing oregano, try growing it in a container in a sheltered location.
I like how you do videos of things to do every month, keeps me motivated. Thank you. Things to look forward to :)
Glad to see happy Dale!❤😊
Dale is thrilled all the time. He's got the life, let me tell you. I wish I could be Dale 😄
Take vitamin D for seasonal affective disorder. At least 5,000 IUs per day. May help if you are craving sunlight and are down in the dumps. Thank you for all the great ideas and info.
I live that you said “30.7” instead of “31”. Made me lol
Your garden looks amazing! Lovely lettuce! Thanks for sharing MG!😊👍👍
Thank you! I appreciate it!
The big problem I have with Fall crops is when the sun gets lower in the sky most of my gardens get shaded for a big portion of the day. I am definitely going to make a plan to put one of those persimmons in my yard. Also I was trying to convince my in-laws to plant a satsuma tree when I was down in South Carolina last week. And finally as I mentioned to you before I am going to try to grow tomatoes in a grow tent to see if I can have some of that lovely tomato goodness in the Winter. Talk about a way to beat the Winter doldrums!
The obvious question is can you trim some of the trees to remove some shade? If not, you may need to begin your plants earlier so they’re far enough along in the fall that they can remain in stasis with low light. I recommend trying to grow your tomatoes up against the house. The south house wall will be the warmest micro-climate. Then, make a lean-to style greenhouse up against the wall. Cover them with incandescent Christmas lights and you can add a lot of growing days.
Swiss chard..its a must
I like chard and grow it annually, but it's pretty frost sensitive. You need to protect it from hard freezes. It always dies back on me in our winters.
If I can grow it all winter in TN, then you can, too. Try a bigger one like the old heirloom, Fordhook, and then grow it under a low tunnel. It should survive all winter just fine. The key is get the plant in ground 6-8 weeks before your average first frost soothe is well established and close to a mature size before the cold hits.
@millenniagardener please share links of where we can aquire the persimmon and citrus varieties. I'm moving to wester nc soon. So I guess follow your cold weather recommendations.
That's going to depend on what variety you want and what's in-stock. It's better to just Google the varieties you want. I've purchased trees from dozens of places and I've never had a bad experience. The only person I recommend strictly is citrus from Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. That's a fairly reasonable drive from western NC, but he'll also ship if you order over the phone.
Thank you! Love your very detailed explanations.
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You're welcome!
I was cracking up at that taste-gasm you had when you bit into the persimmon 😂
It's a very special fruit. It's hard to describe how good they are.
I'm growing King Richard leeks on your recommendation and just planted out my first handful about two weeks ago. I have another set growing inside. I appreciate this recommendation!
Excellent! Let me know how they work out for you.
Try Caribe or Leisure cilantro and see how heat resistant they are 👍🏼
I enjoyed this video. After watching your previous videos on growing fall crops, I planted (1 week ago) cilantro, dill, and collards. The collards are breaking ground. Still waiting for the dill and cilantro to appear. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.
Outstanding! This is my first year growing collards. I am a terrible southerner 😂 I can't wait to cook pancetta and collards this winter!
You should look into a lemon guava it’s delicious
Can you add a shirt to your shop that uses your intro..."What's growing on gardners?" I really like your intro!!! Thanks for all you do for us out here in gardening!
My potted mint finally died. I did not expect that to happen. Its been with us for a long time. Even before the pandemic.
It could have just reached end of life. Perennial herbs don’t have a lifespan like a tree. Or, it could be the roots finally suffocated. If you’ve never root pruned and re-potted it, it could’ve just lost its vigor. If I had to guess, it would be one of those unless you got a seriously cold winter.
My husband really likes Cilantro. It's supposed to be super healthy for you, too. I have the anti-cilantro gene and I suspect that all of my children got it from me. But I plan to grow it for my husband and I didn't realize I should probably go ahead and plant it now.
Getting outside in the sun is a Very Good Thing. I'm going to go do that now. And also plant some of the cilantro.
It’s basically zero calories and all micro-nutrients. The amount of cilantro you’d have to eat for it to add up would be obscene 😆 I would recommend just chopping it up on the side. Cilantro is best added on at the end anyway when fresh and green, so there’s no need to add it to meals for everyone.
How about a tour of the plants in your sunroom in the middle of winter?
Feels like I need a persimmon tree now !
Absolutely! They're quickly becoming my favorite fruit. They're rivaling figs for me.
Hello my friend…hope family…and dale are well..need your expertise.. I live in Long Island, New York. I have 12 potted fig trees, approximate two years old. When is the right time to bring them into my garage..do I leave them out till the leaves fall and go dormant..we had a couple of cold nights…approx,35 degrees F…. What would happen if I put them in the garage now with all the leaves will the plants die or go dormant…….regards to my planted tree ,planted this July..in ground is it ok to cover with a moving blanket then a tarp…ventilated..thank you be well
8:40 ive been surprisingly gifted with the abillity to eat lemons just like apples. Sometimes when i am in the mood i just eat like quarter or a half of a lemon without making a face.
I can do that with a Meyer. A fresh Eureka or Lisbon lemon right off the tree would be a challenge.
@@TheMillennialGardener i can eat an eureka comfortably.
just be careful. The acid can ruin your teeth!
My tree is 1st ripe in December and have pucker power. By the end, late March or early April they are gigantic and sweet. I like to candy the peel.
@@MichaelRei99 i know, its not like an everyday thing i do.
Another great video! I just picked my first ever homegrown citrus from our Owari satsuma. It was awesome! Our feijoas and pawpaws have flower buds, so excited for next year. We have 2 Asian persimmons. The got set back an entire year because the deer eat the trees badly. Persimmon is a top favorite of deer, so that's a big problem for us. I had to place a giant mesh bag over the whole tree. I hope I can get fruit in 2025 maybe because I have retrain the scaffolds. It was that bad.
Love your videos! We just enjoyed a lettuce and spinach salad from our hoop house.
Awesome! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
How are your pawpaw trees doing?
I miss a followup video from this year.
Did you harvest some fruits this year?
When you bit into that green onion I was like...YUM, because I was weeding in my garden yesterday and I broke a green onion top by accident, so I threw it in my mouth and ate it up. It was delicious!
It’s not going to take the place of an apple or banana, but it sure isn’t bad! 😆
@@TheMillennialGardener True that, but when weeding, it was a pleasant treat. I also was thinning out carrots and broccoli and ate a couple of them too. Carrot tops taste similar to parsley. Broccoli sprouts taste just like lite broccoli. It was kinda cool.
I have a Giant Fuyu on order from Willis orchard. I'm getting on in years so ordered fruiting size. Can't wait! I'm tired of getting them from the grocery store for $4 each☺
They're a great tree to grow. Very few pests or diseases, easy to manage and good for harvest extension since they ripen so late in Fall.
I just harvested TARO for Taro Taters. Here's a video on how to dig and cook Taro that I grow here in Georgia.
ua-cam.com/video/MtIKcqKtB18/v-deo.html
Great content, thanks!
Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I really appreciate it ❤
Please have a fig "harvest" and tasting video. You have an amazing collection of figs.
I have countless fig tasting videos. Fig season is over here and all the trees are going bare, so there isn't anything left to show. ua-cam.com/play/PL1gY7BoYBGIEhxT08mPoUWCT91JhJGWzk.html&si=qhI-oSABrUhv6jQz
Even though we get inundated with stinkbugs, which smell just like cilantro to me, I still love the herb. I add cilantro and green onions as a flavorful garnish to many dishes, especially Indian and Asian inspired recipes. Tomorrow I’m harvesting radishes for roasting, fermenting, and fresh eating.
I've never heard that before. Stink bugs have a very unique smell to me. It's almost chemical, like a really powerful and pungent WD-40 or something.
I see you got yourself a shed ❤
I had it built last winter. I still have to finish moving things from my garage into it 😂
I wish we could grow citrus here in southern Oregon without a green house.
You definitely can in containers. If you're in western Oregon, some citrus can grow in ground.
Willamette Valley here, and we have an Owari Satsuma, a Bearss lime, and a Meyer lemon tree along the south face of our home that we planted last year. I made a simple PVC hoophouse over top of them, wove a long string of white incandescent Christmas lights around them, and plugged it into a WiFi controlled outlet. Everything sailed through our winter, even when it got down below 20°. Our first lemon is starting to ripen up right now, which is exciting!
I'm in southern central. We get snow so I think that'll probably be what stops it.
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Good to know. I'll see what I can do. Thanks. @@joshuahoyer1279
It's hard frost up here in South Jersey, waiting for a few more frosts before harvesting my persimmons.
I just picked my 3rd. They’re softening here and my varieties are fairly late. I would imagine yours are well on their way.
@themillennialgardener wanted to let you know that I live right by you in Southeast NC and they updated our zone today. We’ve moved from 8a to 8b
Wow, they updated the maps. I have been waiting for this for years. Unbelievable, they did it with no notice and just snuck it in.
@@TheMillennialGardener yeah it’s been a long time coming
I wonder if I could grow this tree(Persimmon), I live in the most southern part of Sweden and we have about 3-10 days of minus(Celsius) on winters nowadays.
Give us an update on the new property.
I just did yesterday on the community tab: www.youtube.com/@TheMillennialGardener/community
I’m watching from Goldsboro North Carolina zone 8 A and would like to collaborate with you because I’m working on my garden and I would like your help on figuring out what kind of fruit tree I can grow
Just think... in a couple of years, you'll be just starting your winter crops!
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Your Meyers 🍋 lemon you show was it planted in ground?
Yes.
What’s the baggies on for?
Protecting the fruit from insects, birds, squirrels, etc.
So informative ❤❤How is Dale?????❤❤❤
He's good. He's back to 100% and playing like a nut once again.
I really do enjoy your videos. I've planted more cool crops this year, because of you. Also, you've convinced me, what time of year should I plant the Giombo Asian Persimmon? South Carolina 8B
Outstanding! Plant your Giombo immediately after last frost, which will probably be late March for you. Get it in ground as soon as the frosts stop so it has maximum time to establish before the next winter. The Giombo will take 2-3 years to fruit, but it's worth the wait.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you! I'm looking forward to planting it.
Wait till you get down here to Florida the heat and humidity will literally Rot the leaves off the plants and caused the stems to rot in the middle on any brassicas is that you try to push into the summer
Not really, I'm in Miami and have had a dino kale plant for 2 years now. I just use a shade cloth cone April -May
Believe it or not, it isn't hotter and more humid there than where I live. My average dewpoints in summer are actually higher than most of Florida, because Florida gets cross-breezes across the state. Southeastern NC, the Charleston area of SC and most parts of Louisiana are considerably more humid than most of Florida. The only difference with Florida is the warm season lasts longer, but it isn't much. The humidity "appears" and "disappears" within a 2 week window across the entire Southeast.
@@TheMillennialGardener I live in South Florida zone 10b, we get awesome breezes most of the time, so I agree with most of what you said, but our monsoon season in summer can be both good and bad, good because it really waters everything, bad because water spread diseases are out of control. Forget tomatoes, peppers, because they get blights, or anything that gets powdery mildew. I'm sure you get some of those issues too, but it's pretty crazy here. I can only grow through late fall/ winter/early spring months. The main difference is you get a colder season, frost etc. So I can't grow anything which requires cold like that delicious looking persimmon. 🥺
@@bethb8276 I've lived in Miami, Tampa, and Ocala. They're all sure different from each other weather wise. Next year I'm going to skip summer gardening and just do spring and fall. WAY too hot last year in the summer. Cherry tomatoes and peppers actually cooked on the plants!
@ES-mc3cc Wow! Definitely a hot summer! I didn't even try to grow tomatoes and pepper, well, except for my little Tabasco peppers, which I'm pretty sure nothing short of a nuclear blast could stop lol. I'm envious of people that can grow cucumbers in the summer months, but rain pretty much every single day here, and they succumb to powdery mildew in a heartbeat. About the only thing that didn't care what the weather threw at it was my Seminole pumpkins. Had a great harvest. Malabar spinach didn't care either. My passionvine, and muscadine grape, my Myers lemon, bananas, mulberry, dragonfruit, and pineapples. Moringa loved it. The fig did ok until Fall and then it got rust, I just got a Mysore raspberry, and so far so good. It's raining again right now, pretty sure that will ruin all the squash I just got going, sigh. Are you in upper Florida now?
I'm waiting on week two of this Persimmon to ripe over the counter. 😂😂😂 Its still hard as a rock. You could really hurt someone with it.
You can stick it in the freezer overnight, then take it out. That'll soften it. Non-astringent persimmons take forever to ripen on the counter. I leave them on the tree til they turn soft. My Jiro is finally softening somewhat.
Just curious do you have any supplemental lighting for your fruit trees inside your sunroom?
No. There's no need. The sunroom gets 7-8 hours of sun even in winter.
Cool. Thanks!
Where what’s the frost? I live 2 miles from you and didn’t get below 40. My Nagami Kumquats are doing so wel in my first year potted, I’m gonna expand to Other varieties including lemons and oranges.
It evaporated quickly, so if you didn't wake up early enough, you may have missed it. We got down to 30.7 degrees.
What type of Asian persimmon is this tree? Is there a name for it?
Awesome video thanks
I'm not sure which tree you're referring to. The names are shown at 1:35 and 4:22.
@@TheMillennialGardener got it..
Giombo persimmon....thanks
L.fao..thr squirrels steipped my persimmon tree over night first frost..just before daylight...GONE..
Organza bags are helpful. Physical deterrents are the most effective.
Ive been using the organza bags on my tomatoes. Before that I saw the squirrels and the blue jays going after my tomatoes. They really do work well.
I had a squirrel problem, so I bought two fake owls and put them in the yard. Problem solved.
No pomegranate?
No. I'm not particularly a fan.
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I just started harvesting lettuce and bok choy here in Oklahoma zone 7. I don’t know why I never thought of succession planting leeks. I've been starting them in late summer to early fall but I've been thinking I should start them earlier in the summer so I can harvest before the end of the year.
Leeks can be grown year round in your zone. Although, they will benefit from shade cloth in the summer when you get your peak temperatures. Spreading them out make them easier to harvest so you don't have everything ready at once.
@TheMillennialGardener I succession plant a lot of other plants but I don't think about them as a summer veggie so I don't think about starting seeds until the end of summer when the worst of the heat is over. They will definitely need shade cloth since we are over 100 a lot in July and August.
Lol
Cilantro tastes more like burnt plastic than soap.
Cilantro tastes like sweet, citrusy baby leaf lettuce. It’s a shame not everyone can enjoy it for what it is 😔
Have you tried Kohlrabi as a cold weather crop?@@TheMillennialGardener
It is absolutely vile 😂. It tastes like dish soap for real
Howdy MG! Beautiful persimmon! 👍 My, that looked yummy!😋
I'm excited to get my tree next year!💃
You had a lot of beautiful tomatoes in the background!😃
I'm having great success growing fig cuttings from my fig bushes.😃 I plan to gift them to fellow gardeners. Thank you for all the knowledge you share on figs...on everything!❤
You really have encouraged me to work out my gardening muscles, and I'm having a lot lot of fun!😄
I have a question: I brought my Meyer lemon inside when that big cold spell pushed through. Now it's blooming. Does it need bees to pollinate the fruit? Do I need to put it back outdoors?
I was just messing with you about liking gator areas. 😃We have gators in tejas too...even in Austin.🤠
"Hey" to Dale...he's so adorable!🐕 Y'all can get more land in tejas for the same amount you paid in Florida. 😉
The back to back tropical storms really messed up my fall tomato garden and set them back. Luckily, I was able to cover them from our first frost and it hasn't frosted since (yet). Some are finally starting to change colors. Congrats on the figs! Spread them everywhere you can!
Citrus pollinate the same way as tomatoes. The male and female parts are enclosed in the same flower, so it all takes to pollinate them is a breeze to rattle the flowers around. If you want them to pollinate, you can either set up an oscillating fan next to them or you can shake the branches to rattle the flowers around. Citrus pollinate *VERY* easily. They usually set so much fruit that they go through a big drop period to shed the excess. You'll have little lemons all over your floor. Just be careful with your Meyer. They do not like being taken indoors all in one shot. They usually react by dropping their leaves. You may want to carry it back outside here and there and introduce it to indoor conditions in multiple attempts.
Believe me, I considered Texas for awhile, but the last 2 or 3 winters and summers scared me away. It seems Texas is in this pattern where they're getting record cold and snow in the winter with record heat and drought in the summer. Florida certainly has a lot of problems, but the temps and rainfall are more moderate and I'm very used to the East Coast humidity at this point in my life, so it's an easy transition.
@TheMillennialGardener Thank you so much for the knowledge on my lemon tree...how citrus pollinates. You literally are the only one I've heard pass on this knowledge. I see so many folks saying to plant lots of flowers by your tomato, pepper, and citrus so they get pollinated. I learned a while back that tomatos and peppers are pollinated by the wind.
I'm so glad we have a trusted source in you...your edible landscape and garden testify that you know what you are talking about.😃👍
I have finally adjusted to our change in weather pattern... I find the challenge sweet!👩🏾🌾
I will be planting figs and mulberry trees throughout our property.
You and Dale bring joy to my days...big THANK YOU!💕
It's 18 degrees in maine so no I cant
Why not? Most of this stuff will grow fine in Maine. You'll just have an earlier harvest.
Nono I agree it froze late October multiple days I grew alot just way earlier like Def not November