Don’t Put off Getting These 5 CRITICAL Things For The Garden
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
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The home gardener boom of 2020 is awesome. Hope it turns into a habit for all the first time home gardeners.
Grade schools need to instruct more of it in the curriculum
I hope it is a habit too!
With the gardening boom this year (2020) I'm thinking a lot of 1st-time gardeners will have not realized just how much work was involved & will give it up. Gardening is a lot of work but so rewarding!
@@donnasteward7670 I agree with you Donna, I think quite a few will quit because of going back to their jobs and not staying at home any longer.
@@shirleyk623 I hadn't thought about people going back to their jobs away from home, I was just thinking about how much work is involved in gardening.
@@donnasteward7670 You're right. Sometimes even long time gardeners can be overwhelmed. I know I can and I've been gardening for 40 years. Take care. Be safe. Happy holidays. 😊😊😊😊😊
I started saving seeds last year. Just let a few go to seed and you’ll get 10 times the amount that come in a seed packs!
You feel the sense of "winning" when the $3 packet of lettuce seeds has now grown to give you a lifetime supply!
I had a couple fennel plants do super well - I got over half pound of seeds off it (and didn’t even take them all off). Works out to nearly $1800 worth of fennel seed, lol.
For past two years I stopped buying okra seeds and get it from my garden
#rsumlife
@@cristallaprade5487 Of course. But that complexity is what makes it so interesting and rewarding :) Tons of great books on it. Carol Deppe's reference is a good one that comes to mind! On breeding + saving. (And for squash types that can cross I'd consider barriers for if very serious about lineage - organza/tulle works well and comes in rolls to make your own little bags. I often just stick to one variety of what can cross per year, though with ones that need a mile+ radius it can sometimes come down to luck or living with the outcome which isn't always bad!)
@@jendehaan i made an awful mistake of allowing mini decorative gourds to compost, the seeds didn't break down, instead they sprouted the following spring. ALL of my squash that year became disgustingly bitter, completely inedible. I no longer compost those or grow ornamentals that could contaminate my edibles.
1) rototillers, 2) lumbar/wood for gardens/raised beds, 3) seeds, 4) canning materials 5) potting mix 6) garden tools
Here’s the list!
Underrated comment 😂
Irrigation is another factor.
Solutions: 1) no dig. 2) no need for lumber sides on raised beds. Check out the videos from Charles Downing.
@@dianarodenberg1010 Raised bed can be considered no till if you are just adding soil or compost . Raised beds cost more. However, some people prefer the display. I have seen his videos. They are great. And he does show variations of a no till garden.
@@dianarodenberg1010 😄💖
I work at Home Depot and we just put out our spring gardening section!! So many seeds I’m in heaven!!!!!
I thought you were “12” 😂
@@lemonn_tineee668 hahahahahaha busted me 😂😂😂
Do you know when they will start selling fruit trees?
@@suffolkshepherd we were last month before it started getting really cold. Check again in the spring!!
Don’t see the sets sold in boxes yet at HD.
My local library has a seed bank with donations from locally grown crops. Don’t always get what you want but there’s something.
Paul, that is a fantastic idea! I may start something similar where I live.
Great idea Paul, and guarantees you the crop will grow well in your area
Fantastic thanks
Same here I Denmark, problem is library is closed.😫
To all the new gardeners out there. Take a look around your neighborhood, and see if you can find someone who has been gardening for years. Us experienced gardeners usually live to share their love of gardening. We can help with local growing conditions, soil conditions, and maybe have a few.seeds from our packet to share. Consider finding a local seed sharing group. Make your seed starting mix. Rent a tiller.
Please do not give up gardening because of everything going on. You just have to get creative.
If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.
And, be a blessing to others.
The US needs to start making our own garden supplies 😨
I agree Tina! So hard to find garden supplies made in the U.S.A.!
Amen
Sow Perfect Seeder made in the USA for spacing seed👍
@@kirkneetz6936 Red Pig blacksmiths in Oregon make fantastic hand tools. Rogue Hoes in Missouri use discarded steel from agricultural disks to make a line of durable garden hoes.
Try Lehman's
Luke, sage advice - on all fronts - seeds, soil, and supplies!
When seeds sold out in 2020, members of the GARDEN CLUB OF OLYMPIA pulled together like never before. We pooled our resources. We may not have had the specific VARIETY of tomato, pepper, or onion that we wanted, but we each had a garden with tomatoes, peppers, and onions!
Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 12/22/2020.
sage - I get it! haha
That's so dope that you guys pulled together like that!
Wonderful example of the power of community!
5ystemError - Thank you!
This is a terrific group of people - not that I am the least bit biased! 🤣😇
Best wishes, Kate - 1/17/2021.
Concerning the seed, use heirloom plants and You´ll have seed for centuries!
Get your seed starting mix NOW. Forget the tiller and just mulch, mulch, mulch
Luke that kale is impressive. I would dehydrate it for kale powder, chips, salads. I imagine the flavor is much better with the cold.
My suggestion: Look for and buy products from USA and other US-friendly countries.
Amen! 🇺🇸
This video was not only helpful for gardening, but helpful for life! ❣️
Possible video: Tool care to complement the shortages we will be facing. Make what we have last longer so we can grow bigger.
Could you do a series on how you save the crops you grow? I absolutely love gardening and it brings me so much peace but I don’t know exactly the best way to save what I’ve grown.
🙌 i have been gathering since February!! Just got 5 acres we are so excited!!
Color me jelly!
Wholly cow congrats!!! That’s the end goal for me and the hubs
I'd be happy with one, even!
😁
Congratulations! That’s so exciting!
Congratulations!
Home Depot just got Spring seeds in. Yes I bought more! Already ordered from Baker Creek and MIGardner. I can’t control myself.
Same! I put in my Baker Creek order 3 days after I got my catalogue. (Last year everything was sold out by the time I tried to order.)
@@digsindirt4490 me too! 🤗
You warned us months ago about supply chain shock...some of us were listening
I plan my gardens in the fall because my failures from the year are still fresh in my mind.
Something else which sold out last summer was chest freezers. The one my daughter ordered for me on Amazon was stolen out of the warehouse in CA. She eventually got a refund, but, no freezer. Winter sowing season starts right now. That might be why potting soil is being sold now.
Margaret, thank you for the info. I am planing on buying a chest freezer so I will do it sooner rather than later. Blessings.
My sister owns a meat locker. They are booked out until 2022 for butchering cattle. They stopped processing deer and pigs because they can’t spare the freezer space. They want to expand the locker but can’t get another freezer. Get on the list to get locally sourced beef.
Not scared but motivated. Started my first garden and learning. Thanks
Me too, first year that I am trying an outside food garden. Just potted 5 citrus of 10 plants, and will be potting 8 berry plants and 30+ herbs plants this weekend in a stacking garden bed. So...LOTS of potting mix/manure/vermiculite/cococoir/soil amendments...needed. Good luck to you! 👍
Enjoy the journey.
A video I would like to see is how you replace the boards on your raised beds.
I will do that when the time comes. I think I have a season left in them before I have to replace them.
Always impressed with your Kale Patch. Procrastination is not a gardener's best friend! Great tips. Thanks for sharing.
Makes me green with envy! Every time I grow kale it gets destroyed by caterpillars. On the flip side the butterfly population has done very well in my garden over the last few years...
I makes me feel like he doesn't eat it. My 4 plants look tortured. Next year 12 plants!
@@riffhurricane How early do you plant your kale? Our Spring planting always does better compared to the Fall crop.
@@caseyfletcher3720 We definitely need to plant more next season. We have been eating off ours since late Spring and they are still standing tall. We have snow on the ground and they are still doing great.
@@GutenGardening I tried two crops this year. My Spring planting was looking great (actually put a vid of it on my channel I was so happy with it), but cabbage whites came in and destroyed the whole lot (along with my cabbages) over just a few days! I had been trying to manage the pests daily with neem oil spraying & old fashioned elbow grease, but it got beyond anything I could compete with.
My Autumn planting is still going - but puny so far. Next year I'll invest in lots of netting to try & foil the bugs - it was annoying to see it all go like that!
Great advice!!! Now is the time to get everything ready and prepped. It makes planting so much more enjoyable when the soil is rich and ready, and a plan is already set.
Saving seeds from favorite plants is great. Also sometimes the different dollar stores carry basic veggie and flower seed packets. Not as many seeds, but it can get a basic small patch going. They can sell out fast.
You didn’t mention dehydration as a form of food preservation. A very easy way to keep many things. Definitely worth a mention and a try 😊
I can tell you in Alabama when it comes to the gardening tools the general rakes shovels and all the hand tools and you mentioned gloves. Well our Walmart here had clearance all the Walmarts I went around collecting clearance items in the garden center everything was like a dollar or cheaper that regular big shovels and rakes h stompers and I actually got axes hand access for $3 a piece and then the little trowels and forks and pruners all like a dollar $1.50 75 cents. So believe me I stocked up I got triples and quadruples of everything. It was wonderful I must have got $400 worth of stuff for maybe $100
The lumber cost is also high because there have been outbreaks in the mills and down here in the pine belt we had some record tornados that took out some timber lots.
Thank you for the reminder! I would add a couple more: irrigation components; fertilizers, pesticides. Happy gardening to everyone!
Thanks for the timely reminder!
Yes, I work in a plant store and we’ve had trouble getting certain things. Canna products, nitrile gloves, and especially terra cotta, much of which is produced in Italy.
The advice to get gardens started now is really good, especially if you’re going to be digging up sod and putting it at the bottom of raised beds. I moved in August and got a whole ornamental garden planned, dug and mulched, and moved the plants from the old place, so I’ve taken a bit of a breather, but this was a great reminder to get my raised beds set up so that the sod can die and start composting so that things will grow better in the spring. Those beds are gonna go out there in the next week or so.
Also that kale behind you looks amazing!
Get things now keeps you excited for Spring, too!
Also deep freezers! All of the stores around us sold out in the spring and summer, but luckily we found one on Facebook 🙌🏽
While the seed shortage was tough it is encouraging that so many people finally get it and are starting to do this. I've already ordered all my seeds. The only thing I need are seed potatoes and I have a good source. Get your seeds NOW.
Luke, in my opinion you have one of the best channels on youtube! I hit some tough times back in the summer but watching your videos always put me in a positive mindset and motivated me to get out and do things with my garden I would have never thought possible. Thank you so much!
Very, very good info. If it weren't for the blizzard currently going on, I'd love to build my raised beds! But....I think getting my materials and setting them aside will be just fine 🙂
Merry Christmas, wishing everyone a great harvest in the new year.
the mrs. here... the mr's is really new to "what if" prepping. more often than not, i get the "eye roll" at some of my plans so i've had to get, um, creative with how i present things. i got 2 lg bags of soil so i could "repot all the house plants over the winter"... i hid the bags and ain't touched a single houseplant.
Luke I’m going to replay this video and make my list. All great suggestions! Thank you!
Great list! Taking heed now. Also, don't forget freezers. I've tried since August to get a freezer. Was told first time November, told in November try January, nada. Have to pay in advance, and "wait and see when it comes in". Big box stores have no idea when they will be in.
Thanks for the heads up! That happened to me earlier this year so I've been making plans to get ahead of things
Thanks for all the great information. This was confirmation for me to stop my procrastination! 👍
I am waiting patiently for my seeds from MI Gardener which are on the way. After watching many of your educational videos I also saved seeds for this spring to also share with family & friends. Thank you Luke & staff you are all a joy to deal with. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all. Please stay safe & well. 💖
Thank you, Luke! Great advice as we start planning for the new year. I’d better get myself that lumber sooner than I was thinking.
Bad news. I started seed hoarding years ago. Now I need to plant them all. 😍🌱🌾🌹🌽🥬🥕🥒🍅
Thank you! Cause I was waiting for spring 😁😁😳😳 it already difficult to find perlite and straw here!
Thank you! I’m happy that I ordered my seeds from you early! Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you Like and family! Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you Luke! Merry Christmas to you and your family! 💜🤗
What a fantastic, informative video. This is stuff we have always taken for granted as far as availability goes. Thanks for the timely reminder Luke!
Stopped in the middle and ordered two bags of the same potting mix from my local Lowe's. Feel better already.
And picked it up the next day. Happy New Year's everyone!
Already working on some of your suggestions. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for the video I agree and feel that you are right on about thinking ahead about these things! I need to quit procrastinating and get out there and get what I need.
Couldn't agree more.
I've been honing skills since 2006. Still amateurish but getting better. I am in zone 7A. I Have a Victory Garden project running year round with drip irrigation and fertigation.
Using Diesel Engine Fluid (DEF) for nitrogen and a dosetron injector set to 1:120 and one gal DEF in with water in a 5 gal bucket. 250 ppm Nitrogen.
Have Coturnix quail and planning to start quail tractors between rows when they start laying again this spring. Planting leeks around February.
Just received my seeds from y'all. Yaaaaay! Thank you - can't wait 'til planting time.
This was an excellent reminder. There are a few things that I need that I am going to go get right now!
Thank you ...we always learn something new!!! I am going to start putting onions up in the freezer. I don't know how much longer the organic veggie service that we have delivered will be available and I have a few that are getting soft. Things are crazy...we need to prepare for the worse and pray for the best.
Such great advice. We have more raised beds built but need to get our soil started. Think we will plan it earlier now
Wonderful advice! Everyone thought I was nuts buying seeds and tools this fall. Well, Luke here says it's NOT nuts, it's thinking ahead! Especially this year. Oy vey, what a year.
Thank you for the great advice! Did not realize all the shortages.
Me either! I'll be looking now...
Great honest pints Luke! Merry Christmas to you and family!
Good advice about preparing early for this coming spring. I think there will at some point be a shortage and/or longer wait times for the stores to restock their inventory or even receive this year's shipment of inventory for the yard and garden work.
I'm picking up jars and lids when I see them. I asked for a pressure canner for CHristmas. I canned all summer from my little garden and the farmers market. Bought my Bakers Creek seed catalog and have my wish list marked. Gonna order right after the new year. Good tips!
I buy my seeds from Luke first and what varieties he doesn’t have then I get from other seed sellers. I want to help a new, family run, small business get started. His seeds are only $2.00 a pack so it’s a win/win.
A great public service message! Thank you! 🌸
I'm very happy to be ready well in advance I'm ready in February I get all my seeds then I still pick up new things to try. I switched to no dig 3 years ago. The seed kits now available are great options for first time gardening or getting a big garden with lots of options on a budget.
Thank you! I would definitely add weed control plan.
Thanks for this episode on the top 5 things to do. Excellent things to keep is thinking about next year.
I would like to make one suggestion for an episode. Can you do one one your favorite tools and why you like that tool over others. i.e hand pruners. There’s a million styles of them !! Thanks...
I have everything for my 5 8’x4’x11” raised beds except the soil. My greenhouse is built, I’ve got my raised bed materials and all my seeds, starter cells and starter soil. I’ve been buying a little at a time since March. In my area I can only get soil from Walmart during garden season or our wonderful garden center anytime. I can get enough soil for all 5 beds for $1000! 😳 My son friended a nearby rancher/petting farm and they will give me all the Llama/Alpaca manure that I want.
Fill them as cheap as you can so you can save that money for other things. Compost works great!
Look into local towns around you. They usually have “compost” for sale that is cheap.
@@braedonshelton2305 maybe so, but you have NO IDEA what sorts of pesticide-ridden materials you are getting! Much safer to make your own compost & leaf mould.
I would definitely layer it like hugelkultur!
Merry christmas to you, your family, and your friends😁🙂😉👊.
Thank you for this video!! I was already thinking along these lines (already got my seeds from you 😊) but there were some items I hadn’t thought of like the wheelbarrow (mine needs to be replaced).
You are telling the truth. We have to pre plan as gardeners. I have bought my seeds already and I am buying my potting mixes and stuff now. Thanks for the tips, I want one of the heat mats from one of your older videos on amazon, on my Christmas list.
Thats right though on shortages. Its a fact does not ever hurt to be aware and prepared .I received my book and my seeds ! Very nice.I love the fact that younger people are gardening ! Your book was done very well .I like it my gardening library. Great job !
Thanks to you I got some potting soil. I also got some seed starting soil, coir & liquid fertilizers - at least I won't run out!! :)
Excellent stuff brother.. love ya thanks!
thanks for the heads up!!
I got around a few of those problems.
I do no till gardening, so there is the tiller issue solved.
I used big rocks for raised beds. They should last longer than wood.
I am getting better at seed saving. Plus, I already bought most of my seeds.
Thanks for the tip about potting mix at Home Depot.
I agree with you, that this is really good that so many people are getting in to gardening
Thank you for this. I forgot about food storage when I started planning for spring.
So helpful Luke! Thank you!
Thank you for the tips!
Excellent info! Thank you 😊
My local blue store already has it's seed displays and summer-flowering bulbs and tubers up, so I definitely grabbed some when I was there the other day. Good call on grabbing more soil, though. I will have at least two new raised beds to fill this year and it might be worth it to go ahead and have the fill dirt handy!
Just got some seeds yesterday from you thank you 😊
Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Thank you. this is my number 1 channel to learn from... How to harvest seeds? MI gardener knows!! I got my seeds last fall.yay! I also harvested way more than I can use...Year one of my garden was awesome and year 2 will be even better.. found clear plastic super cheap at a thrift store and am about to make a removable greenhouse. Got me wood already. Yay for Spring! God is good all the time! Happy New year! 59 days til March.😀
Merry Christmas Luke to you and yours. From Grand Rapids.
Love that you talked about shortages and UPS truck drives by in the background 🤣😂🤣
I am always to late at the garden center, not this year! I just did my hopefully last pick up. Seeds are also ordered.
I also planted carrot seeds as you recommend.
Like your cannel and energy. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the inspiration to plan my garden for 2021. My garden was beautiful for 2020. I want to plant more vegetables from seeds. Have a great holiday season. 🌲
My kale looked great too! I grew it from seeds. 😃
Got my seeds from you already Luke! Thanks so much!
I like their seeds and especially the packaging. Nice photo on the front and resealable too. Price is very reasonable also. Third year for ordering seeds.
Me too ! Good luck with your garden :)
We ordered from you last time and loved it. Great germination rates and the best prices. Thank you MIgardner for all you do and thanks for all the videos. The Man From Strugglers Farm
Your kale plants are awesome!!
There are 2 huge 4000+ sq ft new homes being built on a former 10 acre farm (split into 5 acres each) next door to my farm. At the price of lumber and new construction right now the cost has to be ridiculous.
Already got all my seeds and supplies for 2021 garden and making lots of compost. Finally bought a broad fork so should save me time loosening soil in the spring. Outdoor planting time will be here soon! Happy gardening!
Prepared not scared 😎 all excellent points! Catch ya next video
Listening to you, you are a smart fellow. Good videos. Thanks.
Great advise!! Thank you
Hello from W. MI! I ordered my seeds from you, and they should be arriving in my mailbox this week.
Excellent video. Thank you!
Saw this coming early this yr. I have planned ahead, thank goodness
Thanks so much Luke!!
This is why I cleaned up on end of season seeds last fall, and put in a seed order a few days ago to fill in the holes. I've also stocked up on canning jar lids. I was in pretty decent shape last spring using what seeds were leftover from the year before, but that only lasts so long.
Also if you haven't thought about it, get a dehydrator. The things that I couldn't can, or freeze got dehydrated. I dehydrated things I don't normally like onions and garlic. I'm sure glad that I did. My dehydrating tasted so much better than what I got from the store. I will be doing it again next year.
I'm glad you mentioned potting mix and gloves. I wouldn't have thought of that. I'll see about getting some next time I'm at the store. That gets me to thinking that seed starting pots might be a good idea too.
Thanks for the update