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@@michp7 they’re just as bad here in NC. A Southern thing maybe? I moved here from Louisiana and the fire ants were crazy. I’m from WA, originally and I don’t remember ever seeing a fire ant growing up
@@TheRooflesstoofless I'm from upstate NY originally and I've been in Florida for a little over 7 years now... Fire ants are definitely not native here and they are invasive....
We raised a granddaughter. Daily we went outside in the garden, "Helping Papa". She was 3, and was silent for a long time then said, "look what I did!". She had opened every seed pkg (saved or bought) and mixed them in a bucket. At the time the garden consisted only of 200' around the pool. I let her plant what she wanted and swimmers were amazed to see lavender next to tomatoes next to snap dragons next to okra. I had the fewest bugs I have ever had with this haphazard "planting".
Pro tip: Don't ever plant mint near a fence you share with a neighbor, unless you want to start a never-ending feud with that neighbor. Your mint WILL migrate.
I'm glad to see you encouraging gardeners to use companion planting! So many channels claim it doesn't work but I can tell you that we use several matches made in Heaven every year with great success! We plant petunias near squash plants to repel squash bugs, plant marigolds anywhere you have nematodes in the soil, plant alliums near anything and everything, plant thyme near strawberries. Great video by the way!
it's wild how much fruit tree youtube is against guilds and companion planting. It makes so much sense and I found out it works great for me. I dont trust channels who say it has no benefit anymore
@@GeorgeLucas1138 Honestly I don't trust those channels anymore either. If they don't know how well it works, they've either never tried it or they did it wrong to begin with.
It’s not that the claim it doesn’t work. More people are worried about nutrient stealing from one to another or they think it lacks putting nutrients back that they were looking to replace by what the other took away.
@@Just_A_Name14 that's a straw man argument. If there is a lack of available nutrients thats on the grower. It's not hard to give plants what they need.
Side Note: get pen and paper to diagram the layout of the future homestead, I do not care if you change it 4 times, seeing it on paper will help you with the design details.
I agree with many of points with exception of saying herbs like rosemary and lavender struggle in the heat. They are dry loving plants. My summers are in the 90s and low 100 and my herbs are so happy in the sun. What they don't love is wet feet. Your soil is too wet and not draining well enough for Mediterranean herbs. I would challenge you to try them in a well draining pot, in the sun and see how healthy your rosemary is. I would also suggestion that since these are perennial plants, going to flower is not the same as bolting. It means the plant is doing well.
Yeah, my rosemary & oregano survive through freezes in my herb spiral. They get a little stressed when it's 105-115 in the middle of summer, but still do well even when the temps dip into the teens & 20s during the winter. Lavender isn't happy because it's so rainy throughout the winter & spring before the scorching summer comes.
Yes you are right. I used to live near Death Valley in So Cal and the rosemary was so abundant. All the markets would landscape their parking lots with rosemary. It gets 120 in the summer months🥵 and pretty cold in the winter..zero at times.
The timing of this video was impeccable because I was sitting down to plan my food forest and this really got the gears turning in my head. I’m totally revamping my plans for my food forest.
I'm one of those people who tries too hard with planning. When I finally got my little property I wasted two years trying to figure out the "best" way to plant everything but sometimes the plants didn't actually like that "perfect" spot I'd picked out, and sooo much time got spent thinking and analyzing that could've been spent planting and growing things. My food forest is finally coming together and it's mostly due to me letting go of my urge to control and allowing the plants to tell me where they want to be. I feel like God has a better plan than I can come up with so I try to listen to the inner voice when I'm planting long-term investment trees and shrubs, and plant lots and lots of the little stuff everywhere, they'll thrive where they're happy. That's not to say a general plan is a bad idea, but leave room for chance and luck and error. Good luck with your food forest!
Yeah- I've been stuck in analysis paralysis for a couple weeks now but I'm in zone 7a and Mother Nature is saying, "Tick tock tick tock..." I gotta get a move on, especially 'cause I don't have a single bed built! 😂
Very good advice! I have planted my herbs and mints in their own containers, except for Basil. I plant that with my tomatoes. One of the things I've read about interplanting is to have a veggie, an herb and a pollinator friendly flower. That way all bases are covered.
I planted two types of thyme in my blueberry patch because I needed plants that could handle the acid in my blueberry soil. Worked great but boy does it grow. I chop it back and whatever isn’t stored for later use gets mulched on my susceptible plants
Hi this is Joanne from Fresno California. I wanted to know if you could please make a video on how to start doing our vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, from seeds, and how to grow them? When to start? For this upcoming season names of brand a vegetable seeds, where we could purchase them, and what the brands are. thank you I’ll be watching.❤
@@joannegonzales3448in your area botanical intrests is a good seed company also millenial gardner has a vid on all that also another good one is epic gardening he is also the owner of botanical intrests
I do both! Interplant in beds and a small bed or spiral bed near the kitchen door. It's just convenient to also have them outside the back kitchen door.
You know what you should do at your place in Florida? You should just sling a bunch of random cheap seeds around all over the place next time you're there. Then you can see what grows and what doesn't and how it works. The easy stuff will grow where it's easy, the hard stuff will grow where it can. You'll learn a lot and then you'll also show up and have a bunch of vegetables in exchange for practically no work. Just blow like 50 bucks on seed packets and scatter them all over the place kind of uniformly. Then when you go to plant your serious tomatoes you can plant them in the spot where the tomatoes grew really well on their own without any work
I planted my basil with my tomatoes and red bell peppers last year. I had the best tomato harvest of my life. I was also harvesting and drying basil constantly and am still using it for cooking. The peppers didn't do too bad either.
Try fermenting basil into a paste this season. Retains much better flavor than the ice cube method and its as easy as spooning out of a refrigerated jar and easier to portion using that method.
How did you keep the basil healthy and alive where the tomatoes don’t shade it out. I planted basil about the same time as my tomatoes but all the basil plants died, I assume from too much shade from the tomatoes.
I did this by accident many years ago - saw the benefit and have gone wild since! I’ve planted among my flower bulbs, and tender annual flowers- no problem with even aphids or anything. Cruciferous are left alone by moths- So excited you’ve shared this- yay!
I agree with you. I like to grow herbs in a bed close to my kitchen for cooking because they are some of the only plants that can take the Texas heat. But, I think you can also interplant the herbs with your other veggies to ward off the pests, as well. You know you can propagate your herbs from the older plants for free and plant the new cuttings between your fruit trees and then pull out the older herb plants that have spread too far in your veggie beds.
I just found your channel because I ordered some Okinawa Sweet Potato slips and was looking for help on planting and now I’m going down a hole of all your extremely informational videos. Great stuff!!!
You confirmed my plan. I will plant the herbs in smaller planters in front of my big planters so they are protecting my plants but I can move them in the heat of the summer and bring them into a winter location when it gets cold. My front flower beds get too hot for them.
I’m SO EXCITED! Because I saw your awesome hinged hoop house video I wanted one so badly. For my birthday my brother watched the video and built me TWO beautiful hinged hoop houses this weekend that I adore. I can not wait to fill them with the soil mix you made on another video and get growing! Thank you so so much. Your parts list was spot on and your directions were absolutely perfect🌺🌹🌸🌼🌷💐
Rosemary tip: let the plant talk to you about its water needs. If it looks dry and drops leaves, it’s too dry. If it starts putting out red leaves, it’s too wet. Now off to take a hatchet to my oregano….. P.S. My Rosemary gets sun from sunrise to sunset in gulf coast Alabama and it’s quite happy, just gets a bit weary in deepest summer…
Took me quite a few seasons before I eventually realized that the leftover extra herb plants from the planting of my herb beds actually grew extremely well when scattered around within my other plants. Interplanting is the definitely way to go.
Hello from Union County! Great video, Anthony, I got a lot of good information. I never thought to use herbs as a ground cover but, you are so right. I had to remove my oregano and thyme from the beds to pots as they were taking over, and even now the oregano is spilling over the top of the pot. I love being able to go and cut fresh herbs all year long, even through our NC winters. I enjoy your videos so much. You give great advice and information in an easy to understand way. Keep up the great work and thank you!
I think that's true to a degree. But when you have thousands of square feet of weeds to pull, it's no fun, especially when it's 92 degrees with 70% humidity 😂
I was watching a video of yours from 4 years ago, its craaaazy how far along this yard has come! I cant wait to own my own home and do something like this!
My dear dear friend: hey and hi!!! I love your channel and don’t miss an episode!!! One general comment: be careful with mint. It is invasive beyond belief. With one exception, we kept it in containers and even then, it was problematic. Over thirty years ago, I had a container garden for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and okra. I interplanted mint with my okra and had no ant problems whatsoever. I also interplanted mint with my garlic in the flower beds adjacent to the house. While the mint completely took over the garlic beds, the one good thing was we had no ants around or inside the house. This was years where we were invaded by red ants. As a matter of fact, the only thing that killed the mint was exceptional drought. For two years though, we had good container grown veggies and mint running out the wazoo!! Just thought I would share that with you. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have learned immensely from them and you!!! Thanks so much!!! Until your next video and beyond, happy trails, best wishes, take care, be safe and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Atascocita, Texas. ✝️👨🌾🦌🏈🙏
Good to know about the ants! Here in South Fl. I get those really tiny ants, I call them ghost ants, they are everywhere, in my garden, coming in the house, they even took up residence in my sage pot, I hope it works against them too.
@@bethb8276 Beth … you might also try pennyroyal; I have read that it is even more magic than mint. We just grew mint because Mom liked it in her tea. Thanks for the comment!!! God bless!!! Chuck Knight. ✝️👨🌾🙏
@charlesknight3204 I love peppermint in my tea too. I will take your advice about both the mint and pennyroyal and give it a shot, thank you, and God's blessings to you too.
I think herb gardens were planted near the kitchen for the convenience of the cook to gather them easily. Herbs are a diverse group. Rosemary will grow in your 8a zone outside but very few varieties of it can grow in zones lower than that. Good to see you are encouraging interplanting under your fruit trees. The time to plant oregano or thyme is now while the trees are getting established. The perception that trees are deep rooted has changed. Trees structures in general are now considered to be more like a wine glass, with the top 18 inches of the soil being used by the tree roots, so be gentle and careful when planting under established trees.
Lots of good tips and information here. Spreading out the herbs will be spreading another great layer of scent as well. I never knew they wouldn’t do well in complete shade because of inability to produce flowers. Good to know. 🌱
I have an herb garden and i was planning to transplant & new plants in our perennial & vegetable gardens. Mint took over one of my beds and I didn't cut the flowers of chives. The next year it was a mess of deep rooted seedlings everywhere. I removed most of my rosemary last year. Some herbs help with Deer. Thanks AI for suggesting this video.
Love all of your videos this one did get the gears turning I've been wanting to grow herbs live in central N.C. sanford to be exact we have close to the same climate only been gardening for about three years your video's really help me out ,garden get's more productive every year just purchased a small 6'x12' greenhouse to help and making my own potting soil too thanks to you I'm taking this shit serious
So what just watched this video and I’m growing five to six different fruit plants in my yard and this video helped me think more positively about the best ways to control the environment in my yard thank goodness for your videos you’re great inspiration to the growing community even if it’s just a little amount
I’m planting lavender around my red raspberries and rosemary around the broccoli and Brussel sprouts. I refer to what you are saying as defensive planting.
Companion planting is awesome 👍. Thank you for talking about the difference between annual and perennials. Sounds like it is time for some transplanting.
I had rosemary as my front yard hedges in a previous home and I miss the beauty and convenience. There are photos of rosemary hedges online. It's a reat idea to consider those as hedges!
Love this video, 2nd year growing veggies in pots. Tomatoes got blight last year, in Texas had the hottest summer ever, in the planning stages now, timing of your video is perfect.
THIS! Thank-you. It makes total sense to interplant herbs, and you woke something up in my winter-fogged brain. I now realize I need a new plan attack for 2024. I’m eager to get out in the garden and begin, but I’ll have to wait for it to warm up a bit since it’s been so cold here in northern Colorado. Maybe next month…
I'm so envious! My lemon thyme has taken 3 years to double in size! Queen Siam Thai basil, dwarf bicolor amaranth, and Red Shiso (not invasive in Northern climates) are some of the prettiest edible ornamentals!
@@bangmo2860 Southern MI, I think the issue is a lack of sun. German thyme leafs out around June, significantly later for the lemon thyme. Groing anything behind it reduces its full sun exposure to less than 6 hours a day.
I started growing vege half a year ago and turned out pretty good and it's very environmental friendly and save money when the food are so expensive right now I really like this channel because you are so smart 👍👍👍
I am amazed that your west side gets so little sun. The west summer sun is absolutely brutal on the backside of my home in Texas. I needed this herb video. Thank you !
This is a great idea. I've recently discovered fruit tree guilds - a type of companion planting, centred around a fruit tree, containing plants that restore the soil, cover the soil, attract pollinators, repel pests and create mulch
Love your channel, good buddy. I tried to put mint and basil in the same pot. Could not figure out what the problem was. I think they just cannot co-exist. Now I have oregano and thyme in the same pot, no problem. Florida here (Tampa) and sadly we cannot plant much in the soil here because of nematodes inside the "soil". These nematodes eat the roots. Hope your place is north FL. Please call your county extension service here before you get too far with your plans, they were very helpful and sent me pdf files of info on almost everything. The temps, diseases, and especially the soil is so much different here than even Atlanta. I made a lot of mistakes. Even tomatoes have be be grown in pots and that dirt is expensive to buy, suggestion, load your car with dirt every time you come down. Thanks Dale.
WOW!!!!! I just found you. I live in Carteret cty. NC want to begin all this. I will try to get my husband to watch this,SHE is the yard boss. I just wish a lot.
Interesting and all makes sense. Conversely, if you like your wildlife as well as your crop plants, it helps to confine them to a small area. And they look nice in a rockery, stony border, sloping pond edge.
I'm in Florida. The sandy soil and pests are unlike anywhere else I've lived. It has taken a while for me to figure out what works. And I'm still learning!
Hi from Bedfordshire in England 🇬🇧 1st video I've watched.....we may not live in the same country but your interplanting idea is excellent and I shall be using this idea in my garden
Great info. I planted spearmint and chocolate mint under our blackberries and they are all thriving. In a huge way! I love interplanting! We plant basil with tomatoes to improve the flavor, and I think the tomatoes help to shade the basil! 🌿
I used to balcony garden when I lived in the Philadelphia area, because I didn't have a yard. It was awesome. The pest pressure is low, since you're sort of hiding out on a perch. It's a great environment to learn.
I’m sure there are options out there, but I can tell you slugs are easily defeated with iron phosphate bait. It is very safe to use. I have some linked in my Amazon storefront if you need a source.
A very helpful and common sense take on the multiple uses of beneficial herbs! Thank you for your full explanations on how/why you see them in your productve food garden.😊🙏🍀
I three creeping thyme all over the property. I love it. It's starting to spread in all the right places. I contained the mint on my property with weed tarps, I had to, the previous owner planted it and it took over. Now it's only after my weed tarp for now... can't wait to do my fruit trees this year or next.
I used to be right into herbs and almost made one of those silly herb gardens. Now I grow a much reduced selection of herbs, with perennials having their own spots in ornamental border, and quick herbs tucked in here or there. Forget oregano, just tries to take over, and dont use that much of it in kitchen. So my herbs are: prostrate rosemary in a pot (grows nice and slowly), french tarragon in part of ornamental border where it wont get disturbed as it dies back for winter, thyme in ornamental border, sage in ornamental border, some mints in pots, a tiny patch of chives in ornamental border, sorrel at back of ornamental border. One or two parsley plants wherever i find room for them somewhere in ornamental border, spring onions and coriander wherever these short term crops can find a spot, in a pot with other plants or at end of veggie row. Occasionally grow a bit of dill in not much disturbed location, as it takes a while to grow. Was hoping this list was shorter, alas. Anyway, I stopped growing all those herbs that find rare use in kitchen, even if they're nice plants with a nice flavour. Practicality won out.
I keep parsley underlying cherry tree. I love it and use it often as a garnish on pasta and often in a salsa w cherry tomatoes chillies and honey. Great w white meat or on any sandwich or burger. Usually I cut bundles in a glass of water to have on hand in the kitchen or just give it a snip outside to become mulch
You have a nice flat property. Our house & gardens are on a hillside, with multiple levels. When I want fresh herbs to cook with I want the plants by the back porch, handy. Good idea to interplant & thanks for the info, but I'm going to continue my pots of herbs. I don't want to wander all over the garden in the rain just to harvest a couple of sprigs of thyme. And why take up fridge space storing cut herbs when the plant is 5 steps from the back door? I see lots of gardeners have same idea. Hey, how about a video on hillside permaculture?
I have my parsley tucked up next to a fence; it gets basically 0 hours of direct sunlight at this time of the year. It's thriving. Obviously it won't make it to summertime, but herbs are great for places other things can't go.
Many flowers have pest repelling properties. They can be good for interplanting. Ironically, when my thyme flowers, it attracts more bees than almost anything else.
I have a small patch of creeping thyme on our front yard. My son loves it 😂 he uses his little hands pat on it and then takes a serious sniff. He looks he is in heaven 😂
Agreed. However, in my zone, 6A, I put my herbs in pots, and set them in my vegetable garden, or for herbs that cannot take 6+ hours of sunlight, under/around my fruit trees, etc... Being in pots, I can bring them indoors, for the winter.
I live in zone 7 here in pa an my parsley plany lived all winter this winter untill my dog got into my fence my Strawberry plant didnt die either an its doing amazing this year 😭 thanks for this video
Good morning! Currently you are the only gardener I am subscribed to. I live in Myrtle Beach SC. I started a small garden last year and I’d say it was 50% successful lol My cherry tomatoes did great however my better boys didn’t produce at all except for large stems. I have watched several of your videos. This is the first one I have seen on herbs. Can you do a herb video from starting at seed and how to maintain their productivity? Or how to maintain store bought plants summer through spring? Thank you for all that do! Especially helping beginners like me!- Kristin
So interesting thanks so much 🙌 You’re so right 😊 I did a small course last year Permaculture and learnt about what your saying. And it’s better way of gardening. I have moved into a small unit and not a lot of garden and mixing my herbs with vegetables, fruit trees and flowering plants to get more out of my garden as each plant has its properties and benefits to help each plant and then no pesticides is the way to go.
Your energy and channel is wonderful! I am a beginning home gardener and learning so much! I did plant herbs with peppers and cucumbers to protect them. Also spaced out garlic and green onions with my other plants. It makes sense because Italian herbs pair with tomatoes and peppers!
hi on the west side of your home do pineapple sage they like sun but will wilt in extreme heat an sun an dont mind the shade w a few hours of sun 😊 an they get big like bush lol mine is surviving winter to 🙏 we're in Illinois...
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If you found this video helpful, please “Like” it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😊 TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 The Benefits Of Growing Herbs
1:20 Benefit #1: Naturally Repel Pests
2:38 Benefit #2: Invasive Herbs
4:42 Benefit #3: Grow Healthier Plants
6:17 Benefit #4: Ground Cover & Weed Prevention
7:33 Benefit #5: Landscaping
9:24 How To Plant Herbs Strategically
12:52 Adventures With Dale
I'd like to see you put knot gardens under your espelier fruit trees!
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In addition to the herbs you mentioned, I'll need to plant catnip. My cats will appreciate that, plus the occasional neighborhood visitor cat. 😍
Not sure how bad fire ants are in North Carolina, but here in Northern Florida they are dreadful ...
@@michp7 they’re just as bad here in NC. A Southern thing maybe? I moved here from Louisiana and the fire ants were crazy.
I’m from WA, originally and I don’t remember ever seeing a fire ant growing up
@@TheRooflesstoofless I'm from upstate NY originally and I've been in Florida for a little over 7 years now... Fire ants are definitely not native here and they are invasive....
We raised a granddaughter. Daily we went outside in the garden, "Helping Papa". She was 3, and was silent for a long time then said, "look what I did!". She had opened every seed pkg (saved or bought) and mixed them in a bucket. At the time the garden consisted only of 200' around the pool. I let her plant what she wanted and swimmers were amazed to see lavender next to tomatoes next to snap dragons next to okra. I had the fewest bugs I have ever had with this haphazard "planting".
The very definition of chaos gardening!
Pro tip: Don't ever plant mint near a fence you share with a neighbor, unless you want to start a never-ending feud with that neighbor. Your mint WILL migrate.
Sounds like you have an incredibly ungrateful neighbour.
Same goes for bamboo!!!!!😲😑🙄
And wisteria
I never had that issue with mint or wisteria. Don’t you prune?
their ivy is migrating So I’m fighting back with mint
I'm glad to see you encouraging gardeners to use companion planting! So many channels claim it doesn't work but I can tell you that we use several matches made in Heaven every year with great success! We plant petunias near squash plants to repel squash bugs, plant marigolds anywhere you have nematodes in the soil, plant alliums near anything and everything, plant thyme near strawberries. Great video by the way!
it's wild how much fruit tree youtube is against guilds and companion planting. It makes so much sense and I found out it works great for me. I dont trust channels who say it has no benefit anymore
@@GeorgeLucas1138 Honestly I don't trust those channels anymore either. If they don't know how well it works, they've either never tried it or they did it wrong to begin with.
Companion planting is wonderful.
It’s not that the claim it doesn’t work. More people are worried about nutrient stealing from one to another or they think it lacks putting nutrients back that they were looking to replace by what the other took away.
@@Just_A_Name14 that's a straw man argument. If there is a lack of available nutrients thats on the grower. It's not hard to give plants what they need.
Side Note: get pen and paper to diagram the layout of the future homestead, I do not care if you change it 4 times, seeing it on paper will help you with the design details.
I agree with many of points with exception of saying herbs like rosemary and lavender struggle in the heat. They are dry loving plants. My summers are in the 90s and low 100 and my herbs are so happy in the sun. What they don't love is wet feet. Your soil is too wet and not draining well enough for Mediterranean herbs. I would challenge you to try them in a well draining pot, in the sun and see how healthy your rosemary is. I would also suggestion that since these are perennial plants, going to flower is not the same as bolting. It means the plant is doing well.
Yeah, my rosemary & oregano survive through freezes in my herb spiral. They get a little stressed when it's 105-115 in the middle of summer, but still do well even when the temps dip into the teens & 20s during the winter. Lavender isn't happy because it's so rainy throughout the winter & spring before the scorching summer comes.
The issue, I think, is that your herbs will flower in full sunlight, which would make them less useable for eating.
Yes you are right. I used to live near Death Valley in So Cal and the rosemary was so abundant. All the markets would landscape their parking lots with rosemary. It gets 120 in the summer months🥵 and pretty cold in the winter..zero at times.
The timing of this video was impeccable because I was sitting down to plan my food forest and this really got the gears turning in my head. I’m totally revamping my plans for my food forest.
I'm one of those people who tries too hard with planning. When I finally got my little property I wasted two years trying to figure out the "best" way to plant everything but sometimes the plants didn't actually like that "perfect" spot I'd picked out, and sooo much time got spent thinking and analyzing that could've been spent planting and growing things. My food forest is finally coming together and it's mostly due to me letting go of my urge to control and allowing the plants to tell me where they want to be. I feel like God has a better plan than I can come up with so I try to listen to the inner voice when I'm planting long-term investment trees and shrubs, and plant lots and lots of the little stuff everywhere, they'll thrive where they're happy.
That's not to say a general plan is a bad idea, but leave room for chance and luck and error. Good luck with your food forest!
Yeah- I've been stuck in analysis paralysis for a couple weeks now but I'm in zone 7a and Mother Nature is saying, "Tick tock tick tock..." I gotta get a move on, especially 'cause I don't have a single bed built! 😂
Very good advice! I have planted my herbs and mints in their own containers, except for Basil. I plant that with my tomatoes. One of the things I've read about interplanting is to have a veggie, an herb and a pollinator friendly flower. That way all bases are covered.
Great advice! Thank you.
I planted two types of thyme in my blueberry patch because I needed plants that could handle the acid in my blueberry soil. Worked great but boy does it grow. I chop it back and whatever isn’t stored for later use gets mulched on my susceptible plants
Hi this is Joanne from Fresno California. I wanted to know if you could please make a video on how to start doing our vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers, from seeds, and how to grow them? When to start? For this upcoming season names of brand a vegetable seeds, where we could purchase them, and what the brands are. thank you I’ll be watching.❤
Great idea
It's kinda nice to get your "green manure" from a plant that you'd grow anyway for another purpose.
@@joannegonzales3448it really dosen't matter the seed brand just find a trusted source
@@joannegonzales3448in your area botanical intrests is a good seed company also millenial gardner has a vid on all that also another good one is epic gardening he is also the owner of botanical intrests
I do both! Interplant in beds and a small bed or spiral bed near the kitchen door. It's just convenient to also have them outside the back kitchen door.
You know what you should do at your place in Florida? You should just sling a bunch of random cheap seeds around all over the place next time you're there. Then you can see what grows and what doesn't and how it works. The easy stuff will grow where it's easy, the hard stuff will grow where it can. You'll learn a lot and then you'll also show up and have a bunch of vegetables in exchange for practically no work. Just blow like 50 bucks on seed packets and scatter them all over the place kind of uniformly.
Then when you go to plant your serious tomatoes you can plant them in the spot where the tomatoes grew really well on their own without any work
Chaos gardening!
I agree so hard! Putting basil oregano and thyme between tommytoes was a game changer!😊
It definitely helps!
@TheMillennialGardener love the heart! Makes my FROZEN DAY!
All the yummy ingredients in spaghetti sauce!
I planted my basil with my tomatoes and red bell peppers last year. I had the best tomato harvest of my life. I was also harvesting and drying basil constantly and am still using it for cooking. The peppers didn't do too bad either.
Did you try making into pesto and freezing?
@@1OKToni Freeze pesto in ice cube trays then store in sandwich bags in freezer. My wife has done that for 40 years.
Try fermenting basil into a paste this season. Retains much better flavor than the ice cube method and its as easy as spooning out of a refrigerated jar and easier to portion using that method.
@@JohnJohn-wr1jo Fermenting changes the flavor and many people find it objectionable.
How did you keep the basil healthy and alive where the tomatoes don’t shade it out. I planted basil about the same time as my tomatoes but all the basil plants died, I assume from too much shade from the tomatoes.
I did this by accident many years ago - saw the benefit and have gone wild since! I’ve planted among my flower bulbs, and tender annual flowers- no problem with even aphids or anything. Cruciferous are left alone by moths- So excited you’ve shared this- yay!
Did you used to have a problem with aphids? We didn't before but last year they 'moved in' everywhere.
Yes, I interspersed my herbs throughout my garden. But, I love having an herb garden in or around my kitchen or patio. Ya know, for convenience.
Same. All my herbs are close to the house where I don’t have to walk too far to snip some off when I’m in the middle of cooking.
I hope to plant a smaller kitchen garden for convenience but have interspersed plants
I hope to have a small kitchen herb garden where it's convenient, but have larger areas planted around the garden.
Exactly. Why not do both?
I agree with you. I like to grow herbs in a bed close to my kitchen for cooking because they are some of the only plants that can take the Texas heat. But, I think you can also interplant the herbs with your other veggies to ward off the pests, as well.
You know you can propagate your herbs from the older plants for free and plant the new cuttings between your fruit trees and then pull out the older herb plants that have spread too far in your veggie beds.
PLEASE - do a series on growing espalier trees! Those are gorgeous!!!
Would love to see a video on your trees also
Agree - they are amazing
I just found your channel because I ordered some Okinawa Sweet Potato slips and was looking for help on planting and now I’m going down a hole of all your extremely informational videos. Great stuff!!!
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
You confirmed my plan. I will plant the herbs in smaller planters in front of my big planters so they are protecting my plants but I can move them in the heat of the summer and bring them into a winter location when it gets cold. My front flower beds get too hot for them.
Your herbs will appreciate shade in summer.
I’m SO EXCITED! Because I saw your awesome hinged hoop house video I wanted one so badly. For my birthday my brother watched the video and built me TWO beautiful hinged hoop houses this weekend that I adore. I can not wait to fill them with the soil mix you made on another video and get growing! Thank you so so much. Your parts list was spot on and your directions were absolutely perfect🌺🌹🌸🌼🌷💐
Awesome! I’m so glad to hear you have some new beds! It makes a world of difference.
Your the best instructor when it comes to plants man. It's always a pleasure learning something new from you 😁
Sending positive vibes from Florida
Is it safe to plant around the trees or next too
Apple trees tend to inhibit sprouting if seeds, so keep that in mind.@@bettynickelson779
Rosemary tip: let the plant talk to you about its water needs. If it looks dry and drops leaves, it’s too dry. If it starts putting out red leaves, it’s too wet. Now off to take a hatchet to my oregano….. P.S. My Rosemary gets sun from sunrise to sunset in gulf coast Alabama and it’s quite happy, just gets a bit weary in deepest summer…
You need to write a book.. i think you have the best gardening channel
Thank you! I would love to, one day. I work a full time job, so time is non-existent right now, but hopefully in the future things can change.
Took me quite a few seasons before I eventually realized that the leftover extra herb plants from the planting of my herb beds actually grew extremely well when scattered around within my other plants. Interplanting is the definitely way to go.
Hello from Union County! Great video, Anthony, I got a lot of good information. I never thought to use herbs as a ground cover but, you are so right. I had to remove my oregano and thyme from the beds to pots as they were taking over, and even now the oregano is spilling over the top of the pot. I love being able to go and cut fresh herbs all year long, even through our NC winters. I enjoy your videos so much. You give great advice and information in an easy to understand way. Keep up the great work and thank you!
This made so much sense, taking chance of every square foot. This was awesome. Thank you.
My spouse loved to pull weeds. They said it gave them a sense of peace.
I think that's true to a degree. But when you have thousands of square feet of weeds to pull, it's no fun, especially when it's 92 degrees with 70% humidity 😂
@@TheMillennialGardener oh I agree. I bought them all kinds of tools and yet she got out there everyday and went to town lol. By hand.
I was watching a video of yours from 4 years ago, its craaaazy how far along this yard has come! I cant wait to own my own home and do something like this!
My dear dear friend: hey and hi!!! I love your channel and don’t miss an episode!!! One general comment: be careful with mint. It is invasive beyond belief. With one exception, we kept it in containers and even then, it was problematic. Over thirty years ago, I had a container garden for tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and okra. I interplanted mint with my okra and had no ant problems whatsoever. I also interplanted mint with my garlic in the flower beds adjacent to the house. While the mint completely took over the garlic beds, the one good thing was we had no ants around or inside the house. This was years where we were invaded by red ants. As a matter of fact, the only thing that killed the mint was exceptional drought. For two years though, we had good container grown veggies and mint running out the wazoo!! Just thought I would share that with you. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and have learned immensely from them and you!!! Thanks so much!!! Until your next video and beyond, happy trails, best wishes, take care, be safe and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Atascocita, Texas. ✝️👨🌾🦌🏈🙏
Good to know about the ants! Here in South Fl. I get those really tiny ants, I call them ghost ants, they are everywhere, in my garden, coming in the house, they even took up residence in my sage pot, I hope it works against them too.
@@bethb8276 Beth … you might also try pennyroyal; I have read that it is even more magic than mint. We just grew mint because Mom liked it in her tea. Thanks for the comment!!! God bless!!! Chuck Knight. ✝️👨🌾🙏
@charlesknight3204 I love peppermint in my tea too. I will take your advice about both the mint and pennyroyal and give it a shot, thank you, and God's blessings to you too.
🤔 maybe I need to plant mint this year. there's so many ant hills by my house
I do both. I have an herb garden plus I plant herbs all over in my other beds. I love them.
I think herb gardens were planted near the kitchen for the convenience of the cook to gather them easily. Herbs are a diverse group. Rosemary will grow in your 8a zone outside but very few varieties of it can grow in zones lower than that. Good to see you are encouraging interplanting under your fruit trees. The time to plant oregano or thyme is now while the trees are getting established. The perception that trees are deep rooted has changed. Trees structures in general are now considered to be more like a wine glass, with the top 18 inches of the soil being used by the tree roots, so be gentle and careful when planting under established trees.
I do both. I have a herb garden that I dearly love and also plant out within my garden. :)
Perfect timing! I was thinking about Herbs in my garden. Thank you for all of the suggestions!
You’re welcome!
Lots of good tips and information here. Spreading out the herbs will be spreading another great layer of scent as well. I never knew they wouldn’t do well in complete shade because of inability to produce flowers. Good to know. 🌱
I think our rosemary bloomed 😮😅
I have an herb garden and i was planning to transplant & new plants in our perennial & vegetable gardens. Mint took over one of my beds and I didn't cut the flowers of chives. The next year it was a mess of deep rooted seedlings everywhere. I removed most of my rosemary last year. Some herbs help with Deer. Thanks AI for suggesting this video.
Love all of your videos this one did get the gears turning I've been wanting to grow herbs live in central N.C. sanford to be exact we have close to the same climate only been gardening for about three years your video's really help me out ,garden get's more productive every year just purchased a small 6'x12' greenhouse to help and making my own potting soil too thanks to you I'm taking this shit serious
So what just watched this video and I’m growing five to six different fruit plants in my yard and this video helped me think more positively about the best ways to control the environment in my yard thank goodness for your videos you’re great inspiration to the growing community even if it’s just a little amount
That's the direction I have been moving in. Thank you for your timely video
This is great info. But I grow herbs everywhere because I use so much. That patch of thyme is gold. Sending love from the beaches 💖🐎💃
I’m planting lavender around my red raspberries and rosemary around the broccoli and Brussel sprouts.
I refer to what you are saying as defensive planting.
Some help put Nutrients In the ground Like growing peanuts and help deter bugs .
Companion planting is awesome 👍. Thank you for talking about the difference between annual and perennials. Sounds like it is time for some transplanting.
You’re welcome!
I'm glad i found this video. I'll be starting my first garden. And I have been researching companion gardening. I almost cluster planted my herbs.
i do a bit of both! handy to keep a planter of useful stuff closer to the kitchen
I love how you summarized the information. It’s so clear and helpful!
That’s it! I’ve been debating what shrubs to use in my front yard bed. I’m planting herbs and especially rosemary.
I had rosemary as my front yard hedges in a previous home and I miss the beauty and convenience. There are photos of rosemary hedges online. It's a reat idea to consider those as hedges!
Great video and info here!
Since i started planting herbs with my veggies especially tomatoes, i haven't seen a hornworm in 6 years now.
Love this video, 2nd year growing veggies in pots. Tomatoes got blight last year, in Texas had the hottest summer ever, in the planning stages now, timing of your video is perfect.
I learned that borage is good for deterring tomato hornworms and cabbage beetles. Love interplanting!
THIS! Thank-you. It makes total sense to interplant herbs, and you woke something up in my winter-fogged brain. I now realize I need a new plan attack for 2024. I’m eager to get out in the garden and begin, but I’ll have to wait for it to warm up a bit since it’s been so cold here in northern Colorado. Maybe next month…
I'm so envious! My lemon thyme has taken 3 years to double in size! Queen Siam Thai basil, dwarf bicolor amaranth, and Red Shiso (not invasive in Northern climates) are some of the prettiest edible ornamentals!
For thyme to thrive, give it a rich soil, plenty of water, and a shady spot if you have harsh summers.
@@bangmo2860 Southern MI, I think the issue is a lack of sun. German thyme leafs out around June, significantly later for the lemon thyme. Groing anything behind it reduces its full sun exposure to less than 6 hours a day.
Thx for the content! I have been doing that for quite a while and you are right in every point!
Thank you again! I have a whole new perspective on my HERB GARDEN.
I started growing vege half a year ago and turned out pretty good and it's very environmental friendly and save money when the food are so expensive right now I really like this channel because you are so smart 👍👍👍
Ty millennial gardener. So much to learn and ty for sharing your wealth of knowledge !
You’re welcome!
My sage tried to take over my beds too. Great for transplanting!
I loven to planten the herbs in my yarden garden. Greatings from Sveden ❤
i do both, i have herbs on my deck outside the kitchen and i also plant some around the yard. i recently leaned that mint takes over everything!
I am amazed that your west side gets so little sun. The west summer sun is absolutely brutal on the backside of my home in Texas. I needed this herb video. Thank you !
Trees and other houses block the path. By the time the sun reaches west, it is too low in the sky.
This is a great idea. I've recently discovered fruit tree guilds - a type of companion planting, centred around a fruit tree, containing plants that restore the soil, cover the soil, attract pollinators, repel pests and create mulch
Love your channel, good buddy. I tried to put mint and basil in the same pot. Could not figure out what the problem was. I think they just cannot co-exist. Now I have oregano and thyme in the same pot, no problem. Florida here (Tampa) and sadly we cannot plant much in the soil here because of nematodes inside the "soil". These nematodes eat the roots.
Hope your place is north FL. Please call your county extension service here before you get too far with your plans, they were very helpful and sent me pdf files of info on almost everything. The temps, diseases, and especially the soil is so much different here than even Atlanta. I made a lot of mistakes. Even tomatoes have be be grown in pots and that dirt is expensive to buy, suggestion, load your car with dirt every time you come down.
Thanks Dale.
My mint and basil do very well in the same bed that’s weird
@@aig9672 No, these two were in the same pot. Very, very close to each other, when I separated them, they were both much happier.
I actually started doing this last year, growing dill, cilantro and Basil on the edges of most of my raised beds.
WOW!!!!! I just found you. I live in Carteret cty. NC want to begin all this. I will try to get my husband to watch this,SHE is the yard boss. I just wish a lot.
Interesting and all makes sense.
Conversely, if you like your wildlife as well as your crop plants, it helps to confine them to a small area.
And they look nice in a rockery, stony border, sloping pond edge.
I'm in Florida. The sandy soil and pests are unlike anywhere else I've lived. It has taken a while for me to figure out what works. And I'm still learning!
I do both. My herb garden is literally outside my kitchen.
Ive done this sort of thing for many years. But I've never taken it as far as you have. I plan to do follow your lead more than i have in the past.
You are definitely my kind of gardener. I was going to do herb garden...not anymore😅
Hi from Bedfordshire in England 🇬🇧 1st video I've watched.....we may not live in the same country but your interplanting idea is excellent and I shall be using this idea in my garden
I look forward to your Florida garden! Im in zone 9b central Florida. My father-in-law gardened many many years organically!
Great info.
I planted spearmint and chocolate mint under our blackberries and they are all thriving. In a huge way!
I love interplanting! We plant basil with tomatoes to improve the flavor, and I think the tomatoes help to shade the basil! 🌿
... I was definitely intimidated getting my balcony veggie garden going here in TX ... but now l'm definitely encouraged ... thank u !!! ... ❤❤❤
I used to balcony garden when I lived in the Philadelphia area, because I didn't have a yard. It was awesome. The pest pressure is low, since you're sort of hiding out on a perch. It's a great environment to learn.
@@TheMillennialGardener ... thanks Angel, l've got much to learn, but I look forward to getting something beautiful going !!! ...
I’ve never thought of this. I will definitely be doing this.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the valuable info. Is there a plant repels slugs? I hope I can get rid of them without insecticide.
I’m sure there are options out there, but I can tell you slugs are easily defeated with iron phosphate bait. It is very safe to use. I have some linked in my Amazon storefront if you need a source.
Thank you, I ordered a bag of it. Hope slug-free this year! @@TheMillennialGardener
A very helpful and common sense take on the multiple uses of beneficial herbs! Thank you for your full explanations on how/why you see them in your productve food garden.😊🙏🍀
I three creeping thyme all over the property. I love it. It's starting to spread in all the right places. I contained the mint on my property with weed tarps, I had to, the previous owner planted it and it took over. Now it's only after my weed tarp for now... can't wait to do my fruit trees this year or next.
Beautiful property! I like how you explain everything without wasting time! You got a subscriber.
Thank you!!! I'm getting ready to plant some fruit trees here in California and you just gave me a great idea!
I interplanted my herbs last year. I was amazed at how much less insect pressure i had . Not one cucumber beetle. Less squash bugs.
I used to be right into herbs and almost made one of those silly herb gardens. Now I grow a much reduced selection of herbs, with perennials having their own spots in ornamental border, and quick herbs tucked in here or there. Forget oregano, just tries to take over, and dont use that much of it in kitchen. So my herbs are: prostrate rosemary in a pot (grows nice and slowly), french tarragon in part of ornamental border where it wont get disturbed as it dies back for winter, thyme in ornamental border, sage in ornamental border, some mints in pots, a tiny patch of chives in ornamental border, sorrel at back of ornamental border.
One or two parsley plants wherever i find room for them somewhere in ornamental border, spring onions and coriander wherever these short term crops can find a spot, in a pot with other plants or at end of veggie row. Occasionally grow a bit of dill in not much disturbed location, as it takes a while to grow. Was hoping this list was shorter, alas. Anyway, I stopped growing all those herbs that find rare use in kitchen, even if they're nice plants with a nice flavour. Practicality won out.
It took me ages to remove all my oregano out of the ground. Now I just grow it in a pot.
I keep parsley underlying cherry tree. I love it and use it often as a garnish on pasta and often in a salsa w cherry tomatoes chillies and honey. Great w white meat or on any sandwich or burger. Usually I cut bundles in a glass of water to have on hand in the kitchen or just give it a snip outside to become mulch
Brilliant! I agree with you bro. Its good to spread all that stench of each herb all around your garden. I will truly try it this year.
You have a nice flat property. Our house & gardens are on a hillside, with multiple levels. When I want fresh herbs to cook with I want the plants by the back porch, handy. Good idea to interplant & thanks for the info, but I'm going to continue my pots of herbs. I don't want to wander all over the garden in the rain just to harvest a couple of sprigs of thyme. And why take up fridge space storing cut herbs when the plant is 5 steps from the back door? I see lots of gardeners have same idea. Hey, how about a video on hillside permaculture?
I always use herbs as ground cover in my rose garden. It work wonderfully
Glad to hear it!
I have my parsley tucked up next to a fence; it gets basically 0 hours of direct sunlight at this time of the year. It's thriving. Obviously it won't make it to summertime, but herbs are great for places other things can't go.
Great advice 👍 I also interplant cut flowers and sweet alysum to bring in beneficial insects. Not to mention the added beauty in veggie gardens
Many flowers have pest repelling properties. They can be good for interplanting. Ironically, when my thyme flowers, it attracts more bees than almost anything else.
AWESOME INFORMATION! This confirms my need to fill in the blanks in different parts of my yard!
Excellent heplful advice. I suppose even herbs in containers placed around other plants in containers or plants in the ground could be used as well.
Yes, they can have repellent properties. You won’t get the benefits of ground cover, but it can help.
I certainly agree with you. My friends have asked why do you not have insects in your vegs. Just as you said good insects come. Thank you from NZ
New sub from the foothills of WNC 👋 Thank you for sharing the lessons you've learned, I'm looking forward to more of your gardening knowledge!
I have a small patch of creeping thyme on our front yard. My son loves it 😂 he uses his little hands pat on it and then takes a serious sniff. He looks he is in heaven 😂
Agreed. However, in my zone, 6A, I put my herbs in pots, and set them in my vegetable garden, or for herbs that cannot take 6+ hours of sunlight, under/around my fruit trees, etc... Being in pots, I can bring them indoors, for the winter.
I live in zone 7 here in pa an my parsley plany lived all winter this winter untill my dog got into my fence my Strawberry plant didnt die either an its doing amazing this year 😭 thanks for this video
Good morning! Currently you are the only gardener I am subscribed to. I live in Myrtle Beach SC. I started a small garden last year and I’d say it was 50% successful lol My cherry tomatoes did great however my better boys didn’t produce at all except for large stems. I have watched several of your videos. This is the first one I have seen on herbs. Can you do a herb video from starting at seed and how to maintain their productivity? Or how to maintain store bought plants summer through spring? Thank you for all that do! Especially helping beginners like me!- Kristin
i too live near MB. My tomatoes were a complete flop. bottom rot every tomato.
THANK YOU!! You are truly passionate about your gardening. Bless you! I will definitely incorporate in my garden. Keep gardening!!
So interesting thanks so much 🙌 You’re so right 😊
I did a small course last year Permaculture and learnt about what your saying. And it’s better way of gardening. I have moved into a small unit and not a lot of garden and mixing my herbs with vegetables, fruit trees and flowering plants to get more out of my garden as each plant has its properties and benefits to help each plant and then no pesticides is the way to go.
Thank you so much for this with your knowledge of plants😊 was planning my herb garden out Then I saw this. I'm in Virginia more central.
I live in West Virginia too..
@@sarahmeadows149 I'm in Virginia. not West Virginia
You are so knowledgeable! I live in NYC but pine for a place to garden. I am wishing and hoping!
Your energy and channel is wonderful! I am a beginning home gardener and learning so much! I did plant herbs with peppers and cucumbers to protect them. Also spaced out garlic and green onions with my other plants. It makes sense because Italian herbs pair with tomatoes and peppers!
great tips. using lavender everywhere
hi on the west side of your home do pineapple sage they like sun but will wilt in extreme heat an sun an dont mind the shade w a few hours of sun 😊 an they get big like bush lol mine is surviving winter to 🙏 we're in Illinois...