Never let the snow win! You can still have a happy healthy winter garden. Im in Nevada county CA around 2000'. Was even trying to snow here last night so Im sure if youre up north or the Truckee Tahoe area youve got a bit to contend with!
I finally bought and cooked with leeks tonight thanks to you! I made Vichyssoise - so why not? It's easy & it is delicious! I'll be attempting to grow the roots & put into the garden. I really appreciate your "What you can plant in _this month_ video!" It really works for me in S.C.
That's great! I'm trying my best to keep folks engaged in the winter when the will to grow food can fade. It's great to have something growing during this time for the psyche. Let us know how the leeks grow! Mine are doing great, and I have another cut end sitting in water as we speak.
I think I may plant some leeks myself this month too! Why not? I’ve just planted my garlic out a few days ago and so I may follow this video and plant some cilantro and more radishes as well as some spinach. The weather here has been oddly warm for December. We’ve been having highs in the 80’s! So odd. Next week it may cool off again finally and I’m looking forward to it!
About those grocery store garlic bulbs you suggested - always check them for roots. Good, California/US grown garlic has roots. Chinese garlic bulbs always have the roots removed before export. California garlic is superior in quality and taste so always go for the best if you're buying your "seed" garlic from the grocery store.
I would believe that. Most garlic comes from China. However, whatever you have will likely eventually sprout. Every now and again, a head of garlic gets lost in my pantry, and it always sprouts.
You enthusiasm is contagious!!! Thk you! I have planted in big pots....spinach and arugula ‘transplants’ on my South wall. (Atlanta, GA). I have a stick teepee over each pot with multiple layers of clear shower curtains. Sounds goofy....but it will work, because I did that last winter on a South deck here. I can wrap the teepees with old comforters if I have to, when we have unusually 🥶 cold weather, for us here...in January. I also have lots of yard leaves gathered around the pots. Again....thanks for your encouragement. Gardening in winter, etc. gives me so much joy!! Ahna
my garden is so confused. zone 10 weather has been so unpredictable. i have cucumbers, okra and eggplant growing. all my winter greens are doing well. love your dog!!!❤
It's everywhere on the East Coast. Consequences of living in a continental climate with no ocean to our north. Thursday was a high of 56 and a low of 32. Yesterday was a high of 77 and a low of 50. I went from freezing cold with winds cutting through my shirt to sweating my tail off in 48 hours.
I buy minced garlic cheap but I’m obsessed with growing it and am going hard planting garlic this year. Red leaf lettuce - marvel of four seasons variety. Thank you! I put carrots in already but I think I’ll put some more in along with some radishes. My parsley survived the summer and is looking stunning right now. I think I’ll plant some more as well as cilantro. Love cilantro. It’s a super food y’all!
I’m in zone 8b and still have tomatoes coming out of the garden. Of course it’s been quite warm the last week and a half (80’s!) so I suppose that is helping the tomatoes and my bell peppers too. There was a short couple days where the temps dipped down to 34 and my tomato plants decided to shed leaves and it killed off my squash plants (I only got one squash this year from all my plantings!😢) but the green tomatoes are still looking great and growing. Amazing. I have both cherry tomatoes (indeterminate, hybrid variety) and Roma (determinate heirloom). I hadn’t gotten any Roma tomatoes yet all summer so I’m very excited to finally get a few! It was just too hot here in East Texas this past summer. I did plant out my garlic a couple of days ago and it was a mixture of organic store bought and seed garlic I bought from a garlic farm and kept them all in the fridge since October. My organic store bought was already sprouting in the fridge so I figured it was time to plant it. Nearly all the store bought garlic cloves have sprouted through the ground already a few days after planting. Is that ok??? I hope they’ll bulb well. It’s my first time growing garlic so this should be fun! I’m growing some in grow bags and some in my garden raised beds. My onions I planted a while back are also progressing slowly but adequately. I’m very happy with my garden right now! I’ve also got broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, and broccoli rabe all growing wonderfully too so I’m so excited.
@@TheMillennialGardener we use it as a cover crop and for the benefits of "green manure" in the spring. In the fall we bury organic matter such as seaweed, leaves, and composted cow manure. We find the roots of the Winter Rye helps to decompose this matter over the winter and early spring. In early Spring we cut the Winter Rye short a couple times and then till it in. Neat to know we could grow two of those veggies in the winter up here in New England. We are in a community garden and it closes 10/31 for the season so the cover crop approach works for us. To be honest, we also like a break in the season and some downtime. We are overwintering a couple pepper plants though as you suggested so the 2022 garden kind of lives on.
I am in zone 7a so I watch your video to get a jump on gardening in my greenhouse. It seems to be working for me so far, but the best part is your good advice on everything. Thanks!
Thank you! I'm trying to inspire more winter activity. It's a great time to grow if you can manage, because pest and disease pressure is zero. It's so much easier than gardening in the summer.
@@TheMillennialGardener I’m in South Alabama so freezing is almost not even an issue! I just ordered some arugula seeds as well as some MOFS lettuce seeds and I can’t wait to get them in the ground 🌱
@@makeoversbymeme2077 Urban farms are inner city garden spaces. Mostly courtyards or terraces are used (sometimes, even indoors or on rooftops). Often, but not always, containers and raised beds are the grow mediums. Growing vertically is also an option. Urban farming optimizes the most crops per square foot for the most yield in a small area.
Howdy Anthony and Dale! I'm still planting here in Central Texas zone 8a. I planted lettuce the other day and I think I'll drop some carrot seeds this week. Thanks for the suggestions.😃 Broccoli-sicles...you go Dale!😃🐕
Nice man! I'd like to see a new weekly series of varieties to plant starting fall. Or make a book for planting I could buy. You're good at this and I need help lol!
Here in western Oregon I planted 36 bulbs of soft neck garlic in November of 2021. During the winter the green started coming up. I was told this is normal, and sure enough I ended up with 35 large heads of garlic this year. I've already planted my garlic, doing it last month. ....again.
I'm in Central PA zone 6A and I'm growing beets, turnips, radishes, kale, collard greens and kohlrabi. So far the kohlrabi is doing the best. I may still plant garlic.
Im in SE Texas and got bamboozled by the weather lol. I had my garlic in the fridge for 8 weeks waiting for fall to set in. Planted them out a week before Thanksgiving when it was still in the 40s. Then BAM. 70s every day. Now they're all sprouting. Gonna have to go buy some frost cloth just in case and hope they do okay lol. First time growing hard neck garlic so I figured something like this would happen XD
It grows very quickly. I can tell you, in my location, if I seeded rows right now, it would germinate and grow, and quite well. I literally cannot eat my arugula fast enough, and I planted three 4ft rows.
Thank you for sharing another great informative video. During Thanksgiving week and after we were down with flu. The amazing part is couple of lettuces ( emerald oak, lil gem) took off amazingly. I had overseeded now have more than my house can eat lol. So, family and friends will enjoy plus the arugula pak choi and spinach
We live just up in Duplin co. Our copy of the lean to greenhouse is due any day. Now that I'm cancer free it's off to planting some trees and shrubs. And increasing the raised beds along the driveway. After your tips on citrus and banana I may try them too.
Congratulations!! ❤ You can definitely try citrus in Duplin. I recommend ordering a Brown's Select satsuma from Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. If you're up for a 2.5 hour drive, it's a beautiful ride on a Saturday. Otherwise, he ships over the phone. All my grafted citrus trees are from him, and they do fantastic here in Brunswick County. Dale is from Duplin County 🐕
He's doing great! Happy as ever. I make sure to add a segment at the end of all my videos featuring Dale, so if you ever want to see him, you can look at my old videos and skip to the end. I post a timestamp in the video description on every video called Adventures With Dale so you can skip right to him if you don't want to hear me talk 😅
I found your video very helpful. I didn’t know that the Marvel lettuce was frost resistant. That’s fantastic because I looked and I have some seeds! Thanks for the great content!
I’m also in eastern NC. Do you direct sow them this late in the season or do you have to start them in the greenhouse and transplant? I just wasn’t sure if they’d germinate this late.
Many plants have been excluded, because the sun is far too weak and days too short to start them at this time. They won't grow. They need to be started earlier in the fall so they're large enough when this time of year comes. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until late winter when days are longer again.
Hello, thank you for providing your sources for the various items that you use. I just ordered 10 - 3 gallon molded pots from Amazon. I will be ordering 1 and 2 gallon next. I'm excited because these look strong and not at all flimsy. I also wanted to follow up with the figs you plan on selling in the spring (?). Can you let me know what you will be selling and the cost of each plant and shipping costs so I can start saving? Thank you so much for all the information you share. I was blown away about your way of curing sweet potatoes as well as many other things. That was a game changer for me. Thank you again.
Good stuff! So far I only have one garden bed since we moved to the new property a few months ago. I did get my garlic planted and I'm trying one elephant Garlic to see how those do here (Arizona) keep up the great videos!
It's the opposite for us. Nothing by rain all summer, and then October rolls around and we barely get anything. If only there was a way to just get 1 inch of rain once a week every week, and then blue skies the other 6 days 😅
I would like to know the best time to plant Dill. Do you have a video on growing Dill? I enjoyed this video on things we can plant in December. Thank you!!!
It depends where you live. Dill is hardy into the 20's, so for me, it's best to sow around September 1 in the fall, and also around March 1 in the spring. Usually, my September-sown dill will grow through the winter with occasional damage, but survive, and then I can grow the March 1 crop into the spring until it bolts in late June/early July.
I failed at garlic in central Virginia last year. I waited until late November before planting and they wound up sprouting. So I pretty much got nothing. I moved back to central NC and now im thinking to wait until January because we have only had 2 weeks of very cold temps and now we are warm again.
You're welcome! If you can find organic garlic, that's best to ensure they weren't treated with anything that inhibits sprouting. However, if you can't find organic garlic, at 50 cents a head, it's worth a shot on the conventional stuff. It usually eventually sprouts.
My garlic went in last week and our weather is nuts.. this morning there was frost, high mid 50s.. tomorrow 75. I wish the person that built this house in 1960 thought about that south facing wall thing. My south facing wall faces the street, is covered by a 12 foot porch roof and is in the shade of a couple of huge juniper trees... as is the west facing wall, except for facing the street. my parsley looks great.. I've been doing the cut and come again with it for a couple months. I'm in the - cilantro is not food - camp.. tastes like soap to me, basil too.
I started kohlrabi like a week ago and it seam to be doing ok.. still did beets they growing fine so far also!! I have radishes like crazy :) started rutabaga turnips also they seam to be ok also!!
1. As leeks mature, do You cover the lower stalk to help them maintain the large White ( low/chlorophy-deficient ) Base Stalk they are famous for? 2. Do You cover the Base with Foil, Paper, Toilet Paper Rolls, or whatnot ? 3. Can’s You simply Rebury the Carrot You “ sacrificed ” or is it done growing after removing from Soil ? 4. Do Clear Plastic Garbage Bags ( maybe propped up around small tomato frames ) work as mini-Cold Frames for potted veggies ?? 5. Have any Branded “Millennial Gardener” Seedling Label ( popsicle sticks or larger ) Plant Stakes !?! 7. Any tips on Growing AVOCADO trees from Pits ( I realize these may not grow at all in Your climate, but I have 20 or so growing from buried kitchen waste/compost - 10 are almost 2ft tall or more; so, I’m homing the most robust stalks will survive Our Northern California “Winter” ( Bar Area - Affect, reduced chance of Frost/Freezing within 10 Miles of the East side of SF Bay - not the Peninsulas. We occasionally get a few freak 70ºF Days even in Northern CA Dec - Feb. ) ?
1. That's up to you. Some varieties are bred to maintain that white portion better than others, so you can look into varieties that hold onto that if you really want it. I'm not selling these at a market, so to me, it doesn't matter at all, so I won't undergo the additional step. 2. No. 3. I have never tried to re-plant a carrot, but I'm 99.99% certain that once you pull it, you can consider it harvested. Carrot seedlings don't even like being transplanted and often fail, so I would imagine a carrot you up-root has to be eaten then and there or moved into the fridge or it'll get rubbery. 4. Cold frames have to be breathable, and they need to allow for UV transmission. I would only use plastic sheeting and greenhouse films designed to let light through. 5. No. I don't actually sell merchandise. Things like my Amazon Store and Spreadshop are affiliate stores. I don't have anything manufactured and resold at this time. 7. I don't recommend growing avocado trees from the pits. Avocados do no grow true to type, so when you grow an avocado from a pit, you will get a random wild seedling. Avocado trees are notorious for very bad fruit quality, so you have a very high chance of having avocado fruit that is stringy, fibrous and borderline inedible. Also, avocado trees take 10-15 years to flower and fruit when seed-grown, so you'll likely be waiting over a decade to have fruit you don't want to eat. Avocado pits should only be grown as rootstock to graft known varieties on. To breed new avocado trees, you'd need to grow 100 pits from seed, wait 15-20 years to assess their fruit quality, and *maybe* you'll walk away with 3-5 trees good enough to name as new varieties and the rest will get trashed. That's why there are so few named varieties of avocado trees out there. It takes an entire generation just to assess the fruit quality, and almost all of them will be undesirable.
Even my cat likes Dale ! His name is Beanie. Do you eat your spinach exclusively uncooked? You know what happens when you cook it I’d never have enough room to grow spinach for cooking.
The heads may not be large, but you’ll still get plenty of heads. Where I live, you don’t get the biggest heads due to the lack of persistent cold, but the flavor is still great.
Anthony, a few random things: 1. CONGRATS ON 300K! You deserve it and more. 2. Is it worth the money to buy worms for grow bags? I bought worms for my big planter boxes, but I'm considering getting another thousand worms to put in my 20 grow bags. Thoughts? 3. You should try growing a Carolina Reaper plant in Spring! I'm going to try it and I'd love to see yours growing (though I'm in 6a). In fact, it would be fun if you asked your fans to suggest (or vote on) some new plants for you to grow, haha.
Thank you! I have never purchased worms before. I personally am against it, because once you release the worms, they'll eventually leave. Grow bags aren't sustainable environments, so it's only a matter of time before they eat their way through them. That being said, I have found worms inside my grow bags before. They've gotten in somehow. I guess if they're very cheap, you can give it a try since you have little to lose, but if it's pricey, I wouldn't do it, because I doubt they'll stay. I used to grow really hot peppers. In college, I was a pepper head. I always had 5 gallon buckets with hot peppers in them, we used to heat Thai peppers and habanero slices for fun, we'd make super hot chili...I mostly lost my taste for them. I don't know what I'd do with the Carolina Reaper fruits. They're basically not edible, unless you're going to dry them and grind them into pepper flakes...outside...with a mask, gloves and goggles on. I don't know, maybe I'll consider growing something novelty like that just for fun, but my peppers all kind of blend together in my beds. That would have to be some kind of standalone thing I could keep an eye on.
Thanks for responding! Here's the cutest thing ever about garden worms: Because they are sold on Amazon, people can review their worm purchases, and there are thousands of people reviewing their own worms and they are the most wholesome, adorable reviews ever. 🥰
I hung my garlic in my crawl space to cure when I harvested in early august. It is 6 feet tall and cool down there. It has kept bugs away! Usually I have these little beetles coming into my house in the fall and spring. Like hundreds of them. This year I didn’t have any beetles in my house and I think it’s because of the garlic.
Question with starting the seeds. Do you start some inside the house under a light or just plant them outside under somelight and later on transplant them. I am having problem with my seeds germination. Thank you for your videos. Always look forward to see them.
I never use grow lights. I start seed two ways: for seeds that germinate best in warm soil (most of them), I start them on a seedling heat mat. Then, as soon as they germinate, I move them into sun. I will either leave them in my sunroom, or I will carry them outdoors during day and inside during night if it's going to be too cold or rainy. For cool crops that require cool soil temperatures to germinate, I'll plant them in trays and leave them in my sunroom or outside all the time.
Loved the video as usual. I planted my garlic in November (7B western NC) not realizing I should have checked the forecast for the next few weeks (first year gardener). I planted four varieties of garlic, and as you said, they have sprouted. Can I cut the tops to encourage greater bulbing?
Zone 6b/5a, partial sun: Established sage, thyme, rosemary, kale, cabbage, chervil, Swiss chard, mustard will survive well into winter. Chervil and mustard will continue to grow.
I eat most of it fresh. I usually don’t have enough to save long term. If I do have excess, I usually give it to neighbors and family. A lot of the stuff that I do get in excess, like citrus and sweet potatoes, will store for a couple months in the garage during winter.
Hi! As always great video! I live in New York Zone 5B my carrots, parsley & potatoes are doing great the only thing is my radishes.. they did not survive the cold temperatures they’re Looking sad!
That's great to hear the cold stuff is going strong! Radishes can be hit or miss, because they can get rubbery if they freeze through. Because they can mature in 3-4 weeks, sometimes, they can weave their way through a warm period. If you want radishes, you can stick half a dozen seeds in a 1 gallon pot and let them sit on a window sill. They'll grow!
If I sow seeds in fall/winter or even transplants I get some kind of animal eating them. Found my potato bed being burrowed too, do you have a suggestion for protecting young plants?
It’s just too bad that Americans don’t love fennel as much as we do over here in Europe. That is one of the best winter crops in my opinion. I am not currently growing it but I am growing perpetual spinach, garlic and onions as we speak. Maybe give fennel a little bit of love .
I grew tomatoes until Thanksgiving and cooler crops even longer out on my back porch when I lived in Pennsylvania, so I think it's totally doable. You can do A LOT with a sheltered environment that blocks the north wind, some light frost cloth and 6 hrs of sun.
In my experience, cabbage fails this late even in Wilmington where it's a bit sunnier and warmer. The problem is the sunlight isn't strong enough and days are too short, and the cabbage stalls on me. Then, we will eventually get a string of wet, cold days that will rot them. Cabbage needs to be pretty far along in the growing process once the days get short. I would look to start transplants around Feb 1st with a goal of getting them out in your garden March 15th. That should get you enough time to develop heads before it gets too hot.
If they're softnecks, they'll probably still do OK. I insist on growing Spanish Roja hardnecks where I live, and they usually sprout after 2-3 weeks no matter when I plant them. They still form decent heads. They're definitely small compared to what someone up north with truly cold winters could grow, but I'll take the smaller heads, because the flavor is monumental!
@@TheMillennialGardener yea that means I can grow something have been board with nothing to grow. Hopefully they are things I have and eat x thanks for your help x
@@TheMillennialGardener I’ve just looked at the forecast and we don’t get above 4c for the next 10days and it goes to 0c as well. Should I start growing some lettuce and beets inside? Have just got grow lights in hoods that grow 12 small plug starters. And have a couple of them. And I can stand them in the heat propergater… then I have unheated green house shelves that I can keep them in but in bigger pots. Would that work? I grow them in there in the summer until I planted them out. But I’m aware the soil is very very wet outside and could be very cold. What is already outside isn’t growing at all. Don’t know why as never grown in winter before lol. Sorry to ask so much
Great video! I am seriously baffled why more people don’t grow Fall/Winter crops. Have you grown Salsify? I read it’s hardy down to 0 so I’m going to start seeds this week!
I think a lot of people stereotype gardening as a summer activity and think about tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers when they think "gardening." The truth is, early spring and fall gardening is much easier, since pest pressure goes away, and cool weather crops are overall lower maintenance. I hope gardening gets back to being a year-round lifestyle instead of a warm weather hobby. I have not grown that plant.
@@TheMillennialGardener I agree, the cooler temps and reduced pest pressure make the shoulder seasons soooo enjoyable. I truly hope it does too!! Fingers crossed my salsify does well! I’m going to give it a go now and then I can still sow it again for Spring.
Are there any radish varieties that are mild as a turnip? I have lichen plantus in my mouth and can’t eat veggies/spices/foods that have any heat in them. I have tried radishes before and they burned my mouth.
Hi Dale, I live in zone 8a. I am about to start setting up my garden now (recently moved here). Is it possible to plant carrots by Christmas and still have a viable crop?
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0:00 Winter Garden Planting Intro
0:33 Winter Vegetable #1
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8:00 Winter Vegetables #7 & #8
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Thanks for distracting me from scowling out my window at my gardens under 3ft of snow here in NorCal lol.
We all are ready for Spring🌺🪴
Awesome haha where in NorCal are you?
From never ending dry season to tundra 😣 A cold frame up against the house would be a small ticket to spring 😌
You must be up in the mountains. I’m Redding and no snow but thanking God for RAIN!!!
Never let the snow win! You can still have a happy healthy winter garden. Im in Nevada county CA around 2000'. Was even trying to snow here last night so Im sure if youre up north or the Truckee Tahoe area youve got a bit to contend with!
1.Garlic
2.Leeks
3&4. Lettuce/Spinach cold hardy varieties
5.Radish
6.Carrots
7&8.Parsley and Cilantro
Thanks
Perfect timing
Glad I could help! I tried to time it out just right 😊
@@TheMillennialGardener litterally sowing tomorrow at my new house 🥰👍🏾 Thanks for the info!
You’re welcome!
Great job Millennial Gardener! I love what you are doing to help people grow their own food!
Thanks, Pete! Love your channel, too!
Love all the info, but also love seeing Dale. He is a star, LOL.
He’s a very good boy.
Ooo I'm getting some garlic and leeks. Love it!
Greetings from East Texas! I’m Zone 7B. Thank you for all your information and education
You’re welcome! I appreciate you watching.
Here it is December 2nd and our snow peas are still blooming. Gotta love the coast!
Pea plants are pretty hardy. The pods…not so much. If it is going to freeze, it is best to cover them.
@@TheMillennialGardener Copied that! Thanks for the heads up.
I finally bought and cooked with leeks tonight thanks to you! I made Vichyssoise - so why not? It's easy & it is delicious! I'll be attempting to grow the roots & put into the garden. I really appreciate your "What you can plant in _this month_ video!" It really works for me in S.C.
That's great! I'm trying my best to keep folks engaged in the winter when the will to grow food can fade. It's great to have something growing during this time for the psyche. Let us know how the leeks grow! Mine are doing great, and I have another cut end sitting in water as we speak.
I think I may plant some leeks myself this month too! Why not? I’ve just planted my garlic out a few days ago and so I may follow this video and plant some cilantro and more radishes as well as some spinach. The weather here has been oddly warm for December. We’ve been having highs in the 80’s! So odd. Next week it may cool off again finally and I’m looking forward to it!
I love how straight to the point you are. Thank you for making this video! Watching from zone 5.
I got all my Asian greens out now and am using grow lights and covers for a few things because we may get a frost. Wish me luck.
Moving from MA to NC I really appreciate your knowledge.
You’re welcome! Depending on where you’re relocating, you can add a lot of time to your growing season.
About those grocery store garlic bulbs you suggested - always check them for roots. Good, California/US grown garlic has roots. Chinese garlic bulbs always have the roots removed before export. California garlic is superior in quality and taste so always go for the best if you're buying your "seed" garlic from the grocery store.
I would believe that. Most garlic comes from China. However, whatever you have will likely eventually sprout. Every now and again, a head of garlic gets lost in my pantry, and it always sprouts.
@@TheMillennialGardener Mine do that as well - but for sheer quality and taste, go California if you can :)
Planted garlic and carrots in the Netherlands in zone 8 as well!
Good information I am adding 8 new beds right now. So now have a good list of what I can plant in them as I get them done.
I really learned some thing with this video. Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
I'm going to try parsley and cilantro.
You enthusiasm is contagious!!! Thk you! I have planted in big pots....spinach and arugula ‘transplants’ on my South wall. (Atlanta, GA). I have a stick teepee over each pot with multiple layers of clear shower curtains. Sounds goofy....but it will work, because I did that last winter on a South deck here. I can wrap the teepees with old comforters if I have to, when we have unusually 🥶 cold weather, for us here...in January. I also have lots of yard leaves gathered around the pots. Again....thanks for your encouragement. Gardening in winter, etc. gives me so much joy!! Ahna
I was just surfing the tube for this, thank you 😊
You’re welcome!
This is good for people in warmer zones. In zone 6, we have snow on the ground.
Aha, now I know why my garlic has measly little bulbs. Thanks for your info.
You’re welcome!
I"m your neighbor and grow a little north of Porter's Neck. I'd also recommend Swiss Chard and arugula.
Hey neighbor! Thanks for stopping by!
my garden is so confused. zone 10 weather has been so unpredictable. i have cucumbers, okra and eggplant growing. all my winter greens are doing well.
love your dog!!!❤
It's everywhere on the East Coast. Consequences of living in a continental climate with no ocean to our north. Thursday was a high of 56 and a low of 32. Yesterday was a high of 77 and a low of 50. I went from freezing cold with winds cutting through my shirt to sweating my tail off in 48 hours.
Good to see you again!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU.
Best gardening videos on UA-cam! Love your work.
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate that!
Thank you for another clear, high quality video. I’m going to plant more garlic. And plant leeks!
You're welcome!
I buy minced garlic cheap but I’m obsessed with growing it and am going hard planting garlic this year.
Red leaf lettuce - marvel of four seasons variety. Thank you!
I put carrots in already but I think I’ll put some more in along with some radishes.
My parsley survived the summer and is looking stunning right now.
I think I’ll plant some more as well as cilantro. Love cilantro. It’s a super food y’all!
I’m in zone 8b and still have tomatoes coming out of the garden. Of course it’s been quite warm the last week and a half (80’s!) so I suppose that is helping the tomatoes and my bell peppers too. There was a short couple days where the temps dipped down to 34 and my tomato plants decided to shed leaves and it killed off my squash plants (I only got one squash this year from all my plantings!😢) but the green tomatoes are still looking great and growing. Amazing. I have both cherry tomatoes (indeterminate, hybrid variety) and Roma (determinate heirloom). I hadn’t gotten any Roma tomatoes yet all summer so I’m very excited to finally get a few! It was just too hot here in East Texas this past summer. I did plant out my garlic a couple of days ago and it was a mixture of organic store bought and seed garlic I bought from a garlic farm and kept them all in the fridge since October. My organic store bought was already sprouting in the fridge so I figured it was time to plant it. Nearly all the store bought garlic cloves have sprouted through the ground already a few days after planting. Is that ok??? I hope they’ll bulb well. It’s my first time growing garlic so this should be fun! I’m growing some in grow bags and some in my garden raised beds. My onions I planted a while back are also progressing slowly but adequately. I’m very happy with my garden right now! I’ve also got broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, and broccoli rabe all growing wonderfully too so I’m so excited.
Not a veggie of course, but here in New England our Winter Rye is looking good. It is nice to see the gardens green in the winter.
Do you use it as a cover crop or harvest the seed and mill it into flour?
@@TheMillennialGardener we use it as a cover crop and for the benefits of "green manure" in the spring. In the fall we bury organic matter such as seaweed, leaves, and composted cow manure. We find the roots of the Winter Rye helps to decompose this matter over the winter and early spring. In early Spring we cut the Winter Rye short a couple times and then till it in.
Neat to know we could grow two of those veggies in the winter up here in New England. We are in a community garden and it closes 10/31 for the season so the cover crop approach works for us. To be honest, we also like a break in the season and some downtime. We are overwintering a couple pepper plants though as you suggested so the 2022 garden kind of lives on.
I enjoyed your video a lot thanks
You're welcome!
My garlic is nearly ready to pick in Sydney, Australia....Leeks are the best!!!I need to look into different variaties of leek..
Nice! Jealous you’re in spring 😆 Look into Dawn Giant for your mild climate. This King Richard I’m growing is also promising.
@@TheMillennialGardener its our 3rd day of summer here..will lookout for it..😁
I am in zone 7a so I watch your video to get a jump on gardening in my greenhouse. It seems to be working for me so far, but the best part is your good advice on everything. Thanks!
My carrots and greens are out there. I just have to dig down through the snow to go get them.
Great content as always. I’m working on an urban farm concept and I really appreciate your year-round growing tips.
Thank you! I'm trying to inspire more winter activity. It's a great time to grow if you can manage, because pest and disease pressure is zero. It's so much easier than gardening in the summer.
@@TheMillennialGardener I’m in South Alabama so freezing is almost not even an issue! I just ordered some arugula seeds as well as some MOFS lettuce seeds and I can’t wait to get them in the ground 🌱
What is an urban farm ? Never heard this term before
@@makeoversbymeme2077 Urban farms are inner city garden spaces. Mostly courtyards or terraces are used (sometimes, even indoors or on rooftops). Often, but not always, containers and raised beds are the grow mediums. Growing vertically is also an option. Urban farming optimizes the most crops per square foot for the most yield in a small area.
@@ropaj6795 thank you for your explanation 💚
Howdy Anthony and Dale! I'm still planting here in Central Texas zone 8a. I planted lettuce the other day and I think I'll drop some carrot seeds this week. Thanks for the suggestions.😃
Broccoli-sicles...you go Dale!😃🐕
You’re welcome! You can grow all year round there. Dale says hello! 🐕
Wonderful
Thank you!
Nice man! I'd like to see a new weekly series of varieties to plant starting fall. Or make a book for planting I could buy. You're good at this and I need help lol!
This video is very helpful and very inspiring. Thank you! ❤
You're welcome!
Here in western Oregon I planted 36 bulbs of soft neck garlic in November of 2021. During the winter the green started coming up. I was told this is normal, and sure enough I ended up with 35 large heads of garlic this year.
I've already planted my garlic, doing it last month. ....again.
As always, great information Anthony. Dale loves his veggies 🥦
Glad it was helpful! Dale is a good eater, that's for sure 😅
I'm in Central PA zone 6A and I'm growing beets, turnips, radishes, kale, collard greens and kohlrabi. So far the kohlrabi is doing the best. I may still plant garlic.
I really like your video I have watched and subscribed and share your video Thank you for sharing interesting video
Thank you 🌼🌿🌾
Lamb's lettice is popular in the British Isles.
Thank you for the tips!!!!
You’re welcome!
Garlic
Leeks : Blue Solaise
Red Leaf Lettuce: cold hardy, Marvel of 4 seasons
Winter Spinach : cold tolerance
Radishes: 4 week readiness
Carrots:
Parsley
Cilantro
Thanks for the tips 😊
Very helpful video, thank you so much!!
Im in SE Texas and got bamboozled by the weather lol. I had my garlic in the fridge for 8 weeks waiting for fall to set in. Planted them out a week before Thanksgiving when it was still in the 40s. Then BAM. 70s every day. Now they're all sprouting. Gonna have to go buy some frost cloth just in case and hope they do okay lol. First time growing hard neck garlic so I figured something like this would happen XD
It is a little work and so worth it! Great info!😊👍
Thank you!
Very informative
4:30 Arugula is also quite hardy, but I'm not sure about actually PLANTING it at this time of year.
It grows very quickly. I can tell you, in my location, if I seeded rows right now, it would germinate and grow, and quite well. I literally cannot eat my arugula fast enough, and I planted three 4ft rows.
Thank you for sharing another great informative video. During Thanksgiving week and after we were down with flu. The amazing part is couple of lettuces ( emerald oak, lil gem) took off amazingly. I had overseeded now have more than my house can eat lol. So, family and friends will enjoy plus the arugula pak choi and spinach
We live just up in Duplin co.
Our copy of the lean to greenhouse is due any day. Now that I'm cancer free it's off to planting some trees and shrubs. And increasing the raised beds along the driveway. After your tips on citrus and banana I may try them too.
Congratulations!! ❤ You can definitely try citrus in Duplin. I recommend ordering a Brown's Select satsuma from Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. If you're up for a 2.5 hour drive, it's a beautiful ride on a Saturday. Otherwise, he ships over the phone. All my grafted citrus trees are from him, and they do fantastic here in Brunswick County. Dale is from Duplin County 🐕
I have not visit a long time how is Dale miss him much
He's doing great! Happy as ever. I make sure to add a segment at the end of all my videos featuring Dale, so if you ever want to see him, you can look at my old videos and skip to the end. I post a timestamp in the video description on every video called Adventures With Dale so you can skip right to him if you don't want to hear me talk 😅
Another fantastic video!! Thank you for sharing. 🤗
You're welcome!
I found your video very helpful. I didn’t know that the Marvel lettuce was frost resistant. That’s fantastic because I looked and I have some seeds! Thanks for the great content!
It’s a fantastic lettuce. It’s very cold hardy. It had made it through the teens for me on a few nights without much, if any, damage.
I’m also in eastern NC. Do you direct sow them this late in the season or do you have to start them in the greenhouse and transplant? I just wasn’t sure if they’d germinate this late.
Great video. I have some extra aja Rojo garlic in the fridge and space. I will also sow some carrot seeds. I'm in North Texas zone 8
Thank you!
Great video 👍🏻
I’m in the SW so good info thanks
You’re welcome!
How about muster green and swish charge can grow ..
Many plants have been excluded, because the sun is far too weak and days too short to start them at this time. They won't grow. They need to be started earlier in the fall so they're large enough when this time of year comes. Otherwise, you'll have to wait until late winter when days are longer again.
Hello, thank you for providing your sources for the various items that you use. I just ordered 10 - 3 gallon molded pots from Amazon. I will be ordering 1 and 2 gallon next. I'm excited because these look strong and not at all flimsy.
I also wanted to follow up with the figs you plan on selling in the spring (?). Can you let me know what you will be selling and the cost of each plant and shipping costs so I can start saving? Thank you so much for all the information you share. I was blown away about your way of curing sweet potatoes as well as many other things. That was a game changer for me. Thank you again.
Good stuff! So far I only have one garden bed since we moved to the new property a few months ago. I did get my garlic planted and I'm trying one elephant Garlic to see how those do here (Arizona) keep up the great videos!
The ground is frozen hard here in Chicago. 🥶
NOW I'm getting rain. Where was all this rain during the summer? My garden took a hit this summer.
It's the opposite for us. Nothing by rain all summer, and then October rolls around and we barely get anything. If only there was a way to just get 1 inch of rain once a week every week, and then blue skies the other 6 days 😅
I would like to know the best time to plant Dill. Do you have a video on growing Dill? I enjoyed this video on things we can plant in December. Thank you!!!
It depends where you live. Dill is hardy into the 20's, so for me, it's best to sow around September 1 in the fall, and also around March 1 in the spring. Usually, my September-sown dill will grow through the winter with occasional damage, but survive, and then I can grow the March 1 crop into the spring until it bolts in late June/early July.
Hahaaha!!! I just got the plastic on my greenhouse here in zone 6. And I have a lot of big rocks. Rocks hold heat. ;)
I failed at garlic in central Virginia last year. I waited until late November before planting and they wound up sprouting. So I pretty much got nothing. I moved back to central NC and now im thinking to wait until January because we have only had 2 weeks of very cold temps and now we are warm again.
I am going to get garlic from a grocery store! Thank you!
You're welcome! If you can find organic garlic, that's best to ensure they weren't treated with anything that inhibits sprouting. However, if you can't find organic garlic, at 50 cents a head, it's worth a shot on the conventional stuff. It usually eventually sprouts.
My garlic went in last week and our weather is nuts.. this morning there was frost, high mid 50s.. tomorrow 75.
I wish the person that built this house in 1960 thought about that south facing wall thing. My south facing wall faces the street, is covered by a 12 foot porch roof and is in the shade of a couple of huge juniper trees... as is the west facing wall, except for facing the street.
my parsley looks great.. I've been doing the cut and come again with it for a couple months.
I'm in the - cilantro is not food - camp.. tastes like soap to me, basil too.
I started kohlrabi like a week ago and it seam to be doing ok.. still did beets they growing fine so far also!! I have radishes like crazy :) started rutabaga turnips also they seam to be ok also!!
1. As leeks mature, do You cover the lower stalk to help them maintain the large White ( low/chlorophy-deficient ) Base Stalk they are famous for?
2. Do You cover the Base with Foil, Paper, Toilet Paper Rolls, or whatnot ?
3. Can’s You simply Rebury the Carrot You “ sacrificed ” or is it done growing after removing from Soil ?
4. Do Clear Plastic Garbage Bags ( maybe propped up around small tomato frames ) work as mini-Cold Frames for potted veggies ??
5. Have any Branded “Millennial Gardener” Seedling Label ( popsicle sticks or larger ) Plant Stakes !?!
7. Any tips on Growing AVOCADO trees from Pits ( I realize these may not grow at all in Your climate, but I have 20 or so growing from buried kitchen waste/compost - 10 are almost 2ft tall or more; so, I’m homing the most robust stalks will survive Our Northern California “Winter” ( Bar Area - Affect, reduced chance of Frost/Freezing within 10 Miles of the East side of SF Bay - not the Peninsulas. We occasionally get a few freak 70ºF Days even in Northern CA Dec - Feb. ) ?
1. That's up to you. Some varieties are bred to maintain that white portion better than others, so you can look into varieties that hold onto that if you really want it. I'm not selling these at a market, so to me, it doesn't matter at all, so I won't undergo the additional step.
2. No.
3. I have never tried to re-plant a carrot, but I'm 99.99% certain that once you pull it, you can consider it harvested. Carrot seedlings don't even like being transplanted and often fail, so I would imagine a carrot you up-root has to be eaten then and there or moved into the fridge or it'll get rubbery.
4. Cold frames have to be breathable, and they need to allow for UV transmission. I would only use plastic sheeting and greenhouse films designed to let light through.
5. No. I don't actually sell merchandise. Things like my Amazon Store and Spreadshop are affiliate stores. I don't have anything manufactured and resold at this time.
7. I don't recommend growing avocado trees from the pits. Avocados do no grow true to type, so when you grow an avocado from a pit, you will get a random wild seedling. Avocado trees are notorious for very bad fruit quality, so you have a very high chance of having avocado fruit that is stringy, fibrous and borderline inedible. Also, avocado trees take 10-15 years to flower and fruit when seed-grown, so you'll likely be waiting over a decade to have fruit you don't want to eat. Avocado pits should only be grown as rootstock to graft known varieties on. To breed new avocado trees, you'd need to grow 100 pits from seed, wait 15-20 years to assess their fruit quality, and *maybe* you'll walk away with 3-5 trees good enough to name as new varieties and the rest will get trashed. That's why there are so few named varieties of avocado trees out there. It takes an entire generation just to assess the fruit quality, and almost all of them will be undesirable.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank You very much for the illuminating insights. Blessings. Namaste.
We have pretty much the same weather here. Where's the best place to get seeds?
There are dozens of great companies out there. I mostly buy from these 5 here, but there are others: ua-cam.com/video/d_oOPM-JSFA/v-deo.html
Even my cat likes Dale ! His name is Beanie. Do you eat your spinach exclusively uncooked? You know what happens when you cook it I’d never have enough room to grow spinach for cooking.
Exactly.
As a new gardener, I learned that this year. I was so disappointed
My silly garlic started growing in November. I’m just gonna leave it and see what happens. Maybe I’ll buy a little more from the market.
The heads may not be large, but you’ll still get plenty of heads. Where I live, you don’t get the biggest heads due to the lack of persistent cold, but the flavor is still great.
Planted mine mid October just now shooting up! Hopefully it will do well ❤
Great video. What growing zone are you in ? I’m in zone 5b, Midwest
8a. My location information is in the video description.
Cilantro seeds from my 110+ degree summer weather in 9A weather are sprouting now. I thought it was a loss but I have too many now. Lol
Cilantro likes cool weather. It's a good winter crop in Zone 9.
Anthony, a few random things:
1. CONGRATS ON 300K! You deserve it and more.
2. Is it worth the money to buy worms for grow bags? I bought worms for my big planter boxes, but I'm considering getting another thousand worms to put in my 20 grow bags. Thoughts?
3. You should try growing a Carolina Reaper plant in Spring! I'm going to try it and I'd love to see yours growing (though I'm in 6a). In fact, it would be fun if you asked your fans to suggest (or vote on) some new plants for you to grow, haha.
Thank you! I have never purchased worms before. I personally am against it, because once you release the worms, they'll eventually leave. Grow bags aren't sustainable environments, so it's only a matter of time before they eat their way through them. That being said, I have found worms inside my grow bags before. They've gotten in somehow. I guess if they're very cheap, you can give it a try since you have little to lose, but if it's pricey, I wouldn't do it, because I doubt they'll stay.
I used to grow really hot peppers. In college, I was a pepper head. I always had 5 gallon buckets with hot peppers in them, we used to heat Thai peppers and habanero slices for fun, we'd make super hot chili...I mostly lost my taste for them. I don't know what I'd do with the Carolina Reaper fruits. They're basically not edible, unless you're going to dry them and grind them into pepper flakes...outside...with a mask, gloves and goggles on. I don't know, maybe I'll consider growing something novelty like that just for fun, but my peppers all kind of blend together in my beds. That would have to be some kind of standalone thing I could keep an eye on.
Thanks for responding! Here's the cutest thing ever about garden worms: Because they are sold on Amazon, people can review their worm purchases, and there are thousands of people reviewing their own worms and they are the most wholesome, adorable reviews ever. 🥰
I hung my garlic in my crawl space to cure when I harvested in early august. It is 6 feet tall and cool down there. It has kept bugs away! Usually I have these little beetles coming into my house in the fall and spring. Like hundreds of them. This year I didn’t have any beetles in my house and I think it’s because of the garlic.
Question with starting the seeds. Do you start some inside the house under a light or just plant them outside under somelight and later on transplant them. I am having problem with my seeds germination. Thank you for your videos. Always look forward to see them.
I never use grow lights. I start seed two ways: for seeds that germinate best in warm soil (most of them), I start them on a seedling heat mat. Then, as soon as they germinate, I move them into sun. I will either leave them in my sunroom, or I will carry them outdoors during day and inside during night if it's going to be too cold or rainy. For cool crops that require cool soil temperatures to germinate, I'll plant them in trays and leave them in my sunroom or outside all the time.
Fall nearing an end? Lol there's 6 in of snow outside where I live in 5a
Technically, it's still fall for another almost 3 weeks...
Loved the video as usual. I planted my garlic in November (7B western NC) not realizing I should have checked the forecast for the next few weeks (first year gardener). I planted four varieties of garlic, and as you said, they have sprouted. Can I cut the tops to encourage greater bulbing?
Zone 6b/5a, partial sun:
Established sage, thyme, rosemary, kale, cabbage, chervil, Swiss chard, mustard will survive well into winter.
Chervil and mustard will continue to grow.
That's great to hear they tolerate the cold in colder zones.
I would be interested in knowing what you do with your produce. Sell it? Can it? Freeze, dehydrate or freeze dry?
I eat most of it fresh. I usually don’t have enough to save long term. If I do have excess, I usually give it to neighbors and family. A lot of the stuff that I do get in excess, like citrus and sweet potatoes, will store for a couple months in the garage during winter.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention anything about mustard, turnip, or collard greens
Hi! As always great video! I live in New York Zone 5B my carrots, parsley & potatoes are doing great the only thing is my radishes.. they did not survive the cold temperatures they’re Looking sad!
That's great to hear the cold stuff is going strong! Radishes can be hit or miss, because they can get rubbery if they freeze through. Because they can mature in 3-4 weeks, sometimes, they can weave their way through a warm period. If you want radishes, you can stick half a dozen seeds in a 1 gallon pot and let them sit on a window sill. They'll grow!
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If I sow seeds in fall/winter or even transplants I get some kind of animal eating them. Found my potato bed being burrowed too, do you have a suggestion for protecting young plants?
I have boxes the bottoms have 1/2" harware cloth..no gophers!
How long do I need to let the fire burn until the ground is thawed enough to work?
It’s just too bad that Americans don’t love fennel as much as we do over here in Europe. That is one of the best winter crops in my opinion. I am not currently growing it but I am growing perpetual spinach, garlic and onions as we speak. Maybe give fennel a little bit of love .
What about growing veggies on your porch in December in NY 🤔
I grew tomatoes until Thanksgiving and cooler crops even longer out on my back porch when I lived in Pennsylvania, so I think it's totally doable. You can do A LOT with a sheltered environment that blocks the north wind, some light frost cloth and 6 hrs of sun.
What about collards and cabbage in December in gardening zone 7b, Charlotte? Do I need to wait until the Spring?
In my experience, cabbage fails this late even in Wilmington where it's a bit sunnier and warmer. The problem is the sunlight isn't strong enough and days are too short, and the cabbage stalls on me. Then, we will eventually get a string of wet, cold days that will rot them. Cabbage needs to be pretty far along in the growing process once the days get short. I would look to start transplants around Feb 1st with a goal of getting them out in your garden March 15th. That should get you enough time to develop heads before it gets too hot.
Oh well. Planted my garlic at the beginning of November in southeast TX and now they have sprouted.
If they're softnecks, they'll probably still do OK. I insist on growing Spanish Roja hardnecks where I live, and they usually sprout after 2-3 weeks no matter when I plant them. They still form decent heads. They're definitely small compared to what someone up north with truly cold winters could grow, but I'll take the smaller heads, because the flavor is monumental!
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks
Will these work in the uk? Down to 2c tonight. Ready for that frost lol.
Oh I have already been to -2C 3 or 4 times. 2C won’t hurt a thing!
@@TheMillennialGardener yea that means I can grow something have been board with nothing to grow. Hopefully they are things I have and eat x thanks for your help x
@@TheMillennialGardener I’ve just looked at the forecast and we don’t get above 4c for the next 10days and it goes to 0c as well. Should I start growing some lettuce and beets inside? Have just got grow lights in hoods that grow 12 small plug starters. And have a couple of them. And I can stand them in the heat propergater… then I have unheated green house shelves that I can keep them in but in bigger pots. Would that work?
I grow them in there in the summer until I planted them out. But I’m aware the soil is very very wet outside and could be very cold. What is already outside isn’t growing at all. Don’t know why as never grown in winter before lol. Sorry to ask so much
When to begin growing potato’s?
Potatoes are not frost tolerant. They are sown when winter is ending. See here: ua-cam.com/video/-XQMsoyaWgg/v-deo.htmlsi=vEY4fs7lS4h13gHF
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Great video! I am seriously baffled why more people don’t grow Fall/Winter crops. Have you grown Salsify? I read it’s hardy down to 0 so I’m going to start seeds this week!
I think a lot of people stereotype gardening as a summer activity and think about tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers when they think "gardening." The truth is, early spring and fall gardening is much easier, since pest pressure goes away, and cool weather crops are overall lower maintenance. I hope gardening gets back to being a year-round lifestyle instead of a warm weather hobby. I have not grown that plant.
@@TheMillennialGardener I agree, the cooler temps and reduced pest pressure make the shoulder seasons soooo enjoyable. I truly hope it does too!!
Fingers crossed my salsify does well! I’m going to give it a go now and then I can still sow it again for Spring.
Are there any radish varieties that are mild as a turnip? I have lichen plantus in my mouth and can’t eat veggies/spices/foods that have any heat in them. I have tried radishes before and they burned my mouth.
Hi Dale, I live in zone 8a. I am about to start setting up my garden now (recently moved here). Is it possible to plant carrots by Christmas and still have a viable crop?
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