Wisconsin Zone 5a over here. Dont feel bad, I had to defeat the winter blues so badly that I started seeds a month ago. Thank God for our indoor growing spaces and a greenhouse. Now Ive got a grow tent full of green and it smells of earthiness and tomato plants. Smells like happiness.
Isn't it lovely that we are in March now? I keep reminding myself of that and I have some good audio books to listen to while I go out and try to find little things to get done before the rush in April! February was rough!
@@dirtpatcheaven it absolutely was. February has always been hard, but this year was significantly harder. Here’s to clinging to hope of seeds sprouting, warm soil, and new life! 💛
What a lovely reminder for us gardeners! It gave me that hope of what’s to come. Thank you for your advice and sharing your wisdom, this will be my 3rd year of gardening and I have just started my tomatoes, peppers, celery and leeks. I’m watching, just waiting for that first pop of green. I have learned that growing nourishment for my family gives me a feeling of hope and accomplishment that I don’t get from anything else. ♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓
I am there with you on mulch cost. I am trying to be practical and just do small space at a time with cardboard and newspaper as well! Making my own compost so it’s a start. Grass clipping count.
When you pull out produce when its kinda frost time Plant oats or something that your animals can eat some and you can leave the rest in the soil Its tight timing but you can experiment with a grain you feed your animals that can handle light frosts I left in some oat grass over the winter and pulled some for grass feed So this spring i can see how it did and if that area can grow better
I have only tilled my main garden once about 4 years ago....just so I could make it a bit bigger. I do not till but I add bone meal, kelp and straw every spring. Last fall we had to move the composter, so we dumped all its contents on the main garden and covered it with tarps!
I am hoping I can actually get a garden in and protected from all my critters this year. I need to see if I can find someone who will deliver some garden soil, if it is even available in bulk in my area. Once I get it started I should be able to replenish it with my goat compost. I also want to plant some things that I can feed my goats a little into winter. I fear the price of hay this year is going to sky rocket!
Of course, in the gardening circle, we think about growing our own food. But, WRT inflation, become more self reliant in whatever you can. If you don't want to garden, can you cook? If you don't want to cook, can you build things? If you can build, can you sew? If you can't sew, can you repair? Local economy of sole proprietors can go a long way to fighting inflation.
You have so many great ideas! Really appreciate you! I've been wanting to get that JADAM book too. There are some really good videos about it here on UA-cam.
Thanks we need hopeful ways to move forward 🇺🇸🇨🇦🙏💞I think trucks are close to DC I pray for them all to stay peaceful but im very anxious so lets replace that with faith :) Faith if we follow some simple rules we can flourish and our animals We share with community we lack for nothing God will provide what we need if we ask Much love xoxox thanks for your videos as always
@@dirtpatcheaven Amen We need to stay focused with our messages at home Need to teach our stuff And keep each other on a positive track It will help Much love
to those who follow you-till /no till /do what works for you!!! it is your garden!! i have way more seeds then i can plant this year, but seeds save if stored well!! need to find out what grows best for you in your area!! i am playing with this!! keep a written record of what worked and what did not!! and save your seeds!! :) love your channel!!!keep up keeping on --you are doing a great job with your short growing season!! kodous to you!! i am totally revamping my garden this year--putting in 4 greenstalks and 4 raised beds--there will be many lessons learned this year!! :)-i have not gardened for several years so i will be like just starting out again and i am looking forward to the challenge!! will continue to follow you:)
Lol yes i dont want to yet but weather man says my house wont be frozen lol i can plant tomatoes peppers and.....just one more that needs started early:) windows are brighter and warmer now its time wheres my dirt and the bedroom floor lol
Hey Dirtpatch - ( frugality is king ) but, 2 things, man , see if you can find a used ' reverse tine ' walk behind tiller, digs deeper and doesnt beat te hell out of ya - dont know where youre at other than ' cold country ' but , here in SC , no till is a joke , the weeds grow horizontally and eat cars
I have 3 tomatoes peeking up right now. I planted six but I think the other variety is slower to germinate. I hope so, anyway. I tried starting some tiny tim tomatoes in January but my dog ate them, I think. Anyway, they were sitting by the window on the floor and when I went to put them on their heat mat at night, they were gone.
We must have started tomatoes about the same time. My dog has now pulled ALL of the tags out of my seed trays so I have no idea what is sprouting. Good to have humor and love in gardening with our pets don't you think? I had to laugh so hard about the whole thing.
Girl I hear you about feeling mopey. It's hard in Indiana because it's 60 one day 30 the next. I want to be in the garden but I know it's too early. Ugh the struggle ☺️
Up in North Idaho, and I just burst out laughing when you were saying you *could* sit at the table to plant seeds, but just didn't want to. I've had the February Funk particularly bad this year, and that's exactly how it's been, haha. We finally are getting some above-freezing temps and sunshine this last week, and break-up season is probably here. Starting the tomatillos, tomatoes, and peppers tonight. Thank you for always sharing the real stuff!! As soon as the snow melts (maybe sooner), we are making the new greenhouse with the raised hotbed!
New subscriber here. I SO APPRECIATE your hands-on DIY grittiness, keeping it real for us homesteaders and wanna-be homesteaders, giving people ideas to work on a budget. You are such an inspiration to me and I want to thank you. This time of year in Maine is horrible weather, and the only thing that keeps me going is looking at seed packets, imagining my hands in warm soil which is currently covered in layers of snow and ice....and by planting those seeds inside in potting soil, turning my sunny living room into a greenhouse. You are one of the best homesteading channels. Also - question: I tried planting seeds on a wet paper towel this year in a homemade "terrarium" (old plastic food containers) then transferring to soil. It seems not ideal because I am disrupting the tiny seedlings to plant them. Thoughts? Thinking about going back to planting seeds directly into soil.
Also, meant to mention - and I saw this on Edible Acres channel - I am going to try using an old broken window blind this year, cutting the white strips to make plant labels with a sharpie. It may be a sturdy, cheap way to identify my plant varieties. My problem is my labels in the past have not been quality and large and end up getting lost in the greenery....
June 28th wow ....but last two springs we had a June frost but usually you can cover sprouts or have them in pots still ready to go in Weather report 2 week look usually helps but you need to keep checking cuz spring weather changes quickly lol
I’ve watched most of your site and love it. I lost the one where you planted cherry pits or seed in a ditch wanted to know if I could get some seeds from you or what I would have to do to get them growing and if you could get me back to that site? Thanks also do you plant sweet potatoes and horse radish ? James
Hi Julie, always enjoy your videos, and appreciate all you and your family share. I have been searching your videos trying to find the one that you made a pallet bed, on the ground and used sheet or blanket? inside it and then filled with soil etc. Can you please direct me to that one. I thank you. In Joy
Can you tell us where you got the seed boxes? I like your organization system. I love yoru gardens and am working toward my own now that I have my own place.
You might already be tuned into Patrick Jones in Hagerman. He talks about gum weed a lot. He's a veterinarian and excellent herbalist on top of being a fantastic human being.
I am getting ready to till up a big part of my front yard. I am putting in a garden this year in the ground not the pots on the porch.. well I will still plant on the porch and the yard too! As I will be starting a new garden I will be tilling the whole area a lot. I have a chicken coop that I will be cleaning out that has over 2 feet of compost on the ground that is leftover straw and yard waste and chicken poop. It is about 15ft my 30ft that I will be cleaning out for the first time in close to 20 years. I also last year got a worm bin and have been using kitchen scraps to feed them for a year and have 4 bins full of worm castings.
If I could ever get my hot beds finished, I’d be planting seeds. Forecast shows we still have some cold coming March 11 and 12. If I had my hotbeds finished, I’d have all the seeds started. Just too many things to do.
Loving the videos! For small scale that jadam book has 2 great recipes jadam liquid fertilizer or JLF and JMS jadam microbe solution both of those are very cheap and easy to make on the small scale. If you like Korean natural farming I recommend checking out the work done by the father of the man who created jadam, master Cho, the UA-cam channel natures always right has some great videos on it and then knf drake also on UA-cam has 100s of hours of lectures on Korean farming. I really hope you get more into it the microbes will do amazing things for you and your plants!
So glad to know that you like the JADAM recipes! I haven't played with it even a little bit yet. I did start some microbe and plant fertilizer recipes last year and I am applying it this year. Can't wait to see how it does!
From what I’ve seen, Mr Cho has developed a new formulation using fungus or mold. Apparently the JMS wasn’t very easy to store. It has to be used right away. I’m still trying to get more detail, but lately everything is in Korean.
From what I’ve seen, Mr Cho has developed a new formulation using fungus or mold. Apparently the JMS wasn’t very easy to store. It has to be used right away. I’m still trying to get more detail, but lately everything is in Korean.
I dont know - dont / wont buy fertilizer if i have to start buying stuff for the garden, i'll just go buy the food ( defeats the purpose ) - as long as i have grass cuttings, leaves, twigs, grape vines, shredded cardboatd / paper, rabbit poo and can still pee - I aint buyin nothin
First the sitting on the floor, making a mess and planting seeds to cope with feeling blah is the exact same thing I do when my immune disease flairs up. Second awesome, Jadam is amazing! cheap anarobic fermentes, once you get through those I highly recommend checking out his dad's work Korean natural farming, it's the more complicated version, both are great, KNF just goes way way way more in depth (you could spend a life time learning more about it)
Also if you take just 1 thing fr Jadam it is JLF(Jadam liquid fertilizer) it's super easy to make, all it requires is 3 things, and one of the best at home nutrients you can make(works amazing on trees aswell as many other things)
yes, the older the seed the less. years ago my mom sold flowers and would freeze the seeds in the freezer in ice trays, (ice). burpee and some other big company wanted to sponser her but she turned them down.
Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!
Wisconsin Zone 5a over here. Dont feel bad, I had to defeat the winter blues so badly that I started seeds a month ago. Thank God for our indoor growing spaces and a greenhouse. Now Ive got a grow tent full of green and it smells of earthiness and tomato plants. Smells like happiness.
I love that tomato smell too! Yep, March feels a lot happier than February did!
nice video my uncle always said he liked his winter garden because he never had any weeds
LOL! That is a great way to put it!
It’s good to be self sufficient!
Julie's video has an amazing calming effect
I’m with you on the late winter blahs. I’m aching to sink my hands into soil (besides my seed starting mix)! Spring is coming, spring is coming...
Isn't it lovely that we are in March now? I keep reminding myself of that and I have some good audio books to listen to while I go out and try to find little things to get done before the rush in April! February was rough!
@@dirtpatcheaven it absolutely was. February has always been hard, but this year was significantly harder. Here’s to clinging to hope of seeds sprouting, warm soil, and new life! 💛
Can't wait to see Your no-till method. It is definitely more advantageous for small gardeners or those that can afford tons of compost.
I go back and forth so much on what to do! I think I need to start moving wood from one pile to another just to burn up some energy while I wait!
What a lovely reminder for us gardeners! It gave me that hope of what’s to come. Thank you for your advice and sharing your wisdom, this will be my 3rd year of gardening and I have just started my tomatoes, peppers, celery and leeks.
I’m watching, just waiting for that first pop of green.
I have learned that growing nourishment for my family gives me a feeling of hope and accomplishment that I don’t get from anything else.
♥️👍🙏🇺🇸🤓
It is almost a spiritual journey in your garden. That is what I have found.
@@dirtpatcheaven yes, exactly I just didn’t have the words…♥️
I am there with you on mulch cost. I am trying to be practical and just do small space at a time with cardboard and newspaper as well! Making my own compost so it’s a start. Grass clipping count.
Julie you can also make fruits/vegetable by dehydrating them and packaging them and sell them online as homemade food
I walk my treadmill while watching you on UA-cam lol 😁👍
I love that!
When you pull out produce when its kinda frost time
Plant oats or something that your animals can eat some and you can leave the rest in the soil
Its tight timing but you can experiment with a grain you feed your animals that can handle light frosts
I left in some oat grass over the winter and pulled some for grass feed
So this spring i can see how it did and if that area can grow better
That is such a great idea! I am hoping to do that this year!
@@dirtpatcheaven good luck experiment with timing just before or after a crop is good to experiment around
I love your channel! I'm also a rabbit owner, and I learn si much from watching your channel. Ty for sharing!! ❤️
I have only tilled my main garden once about 4 years ago....just so I could make it a bit bigger. I do not till but I add bone meal, kelp and straw every spring. Last fall we had to move the composter, so we dumped all its contents on the main garden and covered it with tarps!
I am hoping I can actually get a garden in and protected from all my critters this year. I need to see if I can find someone who will deliver some garden soil, if it is even available in bulk in my area. Once I get it started I should be able to replenish it with my goat compost.
I also want to plant some things that I can feed my goats a little into winter. I fear the price of hay this year is going to sky rocket!
Yes, hay is scarce in our area. People out of state are buying it and new people moving in are buying the rest of the hay fields.
I have not seen your videos in a long time I see you all went back to Idaho kids are growing up, the hubby sounds good. Farm looks amazing!
Of course, in the gardening circle, we think about growing our own food.
But, WRT inflation, become more self reliant in whatever you can.
If you don't want to garden, can you cook?
If you don't want to cook, can you build things?
If you can build, can you sew?
If you can't sew, can you repair?
Local economy of sole proprietors can go a long way to fighting inflation.
Great points!!!!
You show an empowered state of mind. I like it 👌
All that green makes me feel happy!!!
I cut my old window blinds into Strips to mark my seedlings I start in trays .short enough to go under lights.
Bom dia amiga suas plantação suas criação são lindas 🇧🇷👍🏻
You have so many great ideas! Really appreciate you! I've been wanting to get that JADAM book too. There are some really good videos about it here on UA-cam.
Thanks we need hopeful ways to move forward
🇺🇸🇨🇦🙏💞I think trucks are close to DC
I pray for them all to stay peaceful but im very anxious so lets replace that with faith :)
Faith if we follow some simple rules we can flourish and our animals
We share with community we lack for nothing
God will provide what we need if we ask
Much love xoxox thanks for your videos as always
Amen. I am praying for good judgment and wisdom for those trying to reclaim our freedoms.
@@dirtpatcheaven Amen
We need to stay focused with our messages at home
Need to teach our stuff
And keep each other on a positive track
It will help
Much love
Wow, I would love to see the your process in making cheese. Everything looks so good. Thanks for sharing.
I have made a few cheese videos but it is hard to make it and film it at the same time! Those particular cheeses never turn out!
to those who follow you-till /no till /do what works for you!!! it is your garden!! i have way more seeds then i can plant this year, but seeds save if stored well!! need to find out what grows best for you in your area!! i am playing with this!! keep a written record of what worked and what did not!! and save your seeds!! :) love your channel!!!keep up keeping on --you are doing a great job with your short growing season!! kodous to you!! i am totally revamping my garden this year--putting in 4 greenstalks and 4 raised beds--there will be many lessons learned this year!! :)-i have not gardened for several years so i will be like just starting out again and i am looking forward to the challenge!! will continue to follow you:)
Lol yes i dont want to yet but weather man says my house wont be frozen lol i can plant tomatoes peppers and.....just one more that needs started early:) windows are brighter and warmer now its time wheres my dirt and the bedroom floor lol
Hey Dirtpatch - ( frugality is king ) but, 2 things, man , see if you can find a used ' reverse tine ' walk behind tiller, digs deeper and doesnt beat te hell out of ya - dont know where youre at other than ' cold country ' but , here in SC , no till is a joke , the weeds grow horizontally and eat cars
That kamachukey book looks like some fine compost - kinda exspensive for that though🤣
My ground cherry dies back each winter in the greenhouse, then comes back in the spring from the roots. Hopefully yours is OK too.
I have 3 tomatoes peeking up right now. I planted six but I think the other variety is slower to germinate. I hope so, anyway. I tried starting some tiny tim tomatoes in January but my dog ate them, I think. Anyway, they were sitting by the window on the floor and when I went to put them on their heat mat at night, they were gone.
We must have started tomatoes about the same time. My dog has now pulled ALL of the tags out of my seed trays so I have no idea what is sprouting. Good to have humor and love in gardening with our pets don't you think? I had to laugh so hard about the whole thing.
God Morning Beauty
Good morning!
as long as you aren't married to the variety that comes, you can always save seeds even from hybrids, food is food at the end of it alll
Watching again
Girl I hear you about feeling mopey. It's hard in Indiana because it's 60 one day 30 the next. I want to be in the garden but I know it's too early. Ugh the struggle ☺️
Yep, it is real.
Up in North Idaho, and I just burst out laughing when you were saying you *could* sit at the table to plant seeds, but just didn't want to. I've had the February Funk particularly bad this year, and that's exactly how it's been, haha. We finally are getting some above-freezing temps and sunshine this last week, and break-up season is probably here. Starting the tomatillos, tomatoes, and peppers tonight. Thank you for always sharing the real stuff!! As soon as the snow melts (maybe sooner), we are making the new greenhouse with the raised hotbed!
New subscriber here. I SO APPRECIATE your hands-on DIY grittiness, keeping it real for us homesteaders and wanna-be homesteaders, giving people ideas to work on a budget. You are such an inspiration to me and I want to thank you. This time of year in Maine is horrible weather, and the only thing that keeps me going is looking at seed packets, imagining my hands in warm soil which is currently covered in layers of snow and ice....and by planting those seeds inside in potting soil, turning my sunny living room into a greenhouse. You are one of the best homesteading channels.
Also - question: I tried planting seeds on a wet paper towel this year in a homemade "terrarium" (old plastic food containers) then transferring to soil. It seems not ideal because I am disrupting the tiny seedlings to plant them. Thoughts? Thinking about going back to planting seeds directly into soil.
Also, meant to mention - and I saw this on Edible Acres channel - I am going to try using an old broken window blind this year, cutting the white strips to make plant labels with a sharpie. It may be a sturdy, cheap way to identify my plant varieties. My problem is my labels in the past have not been quality and large and end up getting lost in the greenery....
June 28th wow ....but last two springs we had a June frost but usually you can cover sprouts or have them in pots still ready to go in
Weather report 2 week look usually helps but you need to keep checking cuz spring weather changes quickly lol
Yep. We have to cover everything sporadically in June. It is so hard to do when your zucchini and tomatoes are already so big!
I’ve watched most of your site and love it. I lost the one where you planted cherry pits or seed in a ditch wanted to know if I could get some seeds from you or what I would have to do to get them growing and if you could get me back to that site? Thanks also do you plant sweet potatoes and horse radish ? James
Hi Julie, always enjoy your videos, and appreciate all you and your family share. I have been searching your videos trying to find the one that you made a pallet bed, on the ground and used sheet or blanket? inside it and then filled with soil etc. Can you please direct me to that one. I thank you. In Joy
Can you tell us where you got the seed boxes? I like your organization system. I love yoru gardens and am working toward my own now that I have my own place.
RIGHTEOUS!!!!
Thank you!
Its perfectly acceptable to have off days, just dont get stuck on a hard day for too long
February was a hard day for me. I was definitely in the doldrums.
You might already be tuned into Patrick Jones in Hagerman. He talks about gum weed a lot. He's a veterinarian and excellent herbalist on top of being a fantastic human being.
How I wish I could grow live stock where I live.
Do you live in town?
I am getting ready to till up a big part of my front yard. I am putting in a garden this year in the ground not the pots on the porch.. well I will still plant on the porch and the yard too!
As I will be starting a new garden I will be tilling the whole area a lot. I have a chicken coop that I will be cleaning out that has over 2 feet of compost on the ground that is leftover straw and yard waste and chicken poop. It is about 15ft my 30ft that I will be cleaning out for the first time in close to 20 years. I also last year got a worm bin and have been using kitchen scraps to feed them for a year and have 4 bins full of worm castings.
It sounds amazing! I would love to see pictures!
WOW - MINDY MY LOVE- GONNA BE SOME AWESOME SOIL
@@kingscairn I hope so.
If I could ever get my hot beds finished, I’d be planting seeds. Forecast shows we still have some cold coming March 11 and 12. If I had my hotbeds finished, I’d have all the seeds started. Just too many things to do.
Yes. I feel the same way.
Remind me where you live... I am also in Idaho and fill your pain of frozen everything. ❤
Loving the videos! For small scale that jadam book has 2 great recipes jadam liquid fertilizer or JLF and JMS jadam microbe solution both of those are very cheap and easy to make on the small scale. If you like Korean natural farming I recommend checking out the work done by the father of the man who created jadam, master Cho, the UA-cam channel natures always right has some great videos on it and then knf drake also on UA-cam has 100s of hours of lectures on Korean farming. I really hope you get more into it the microbes will do amazing things for you and your plants!
So glad to know that you like the JADAM recipes! I haven't played with it even a little bit yet. I did start some microbe and plant fertilizer recipes last year and I am applying it this year. Can't wait to see how it does!
From what I’ve seen, Mr Cho has developed a new formulation using fungus or mold. Apparently the JMS wasn’t very easy to store. It has to be used right away. I’m still trying to get more detail, but lately everything is in Korean.
From what I’ve seen, Mr Cho has developed a new formulation using fungus or mold. Apparently the JMS wasn’t very easy to store. It has to be used right away. I’m still trying to get more detail, but lately everything is in Korean.
@@Skashoon check out knf drake he has it all translated from master Cho jadam is from his son it’s the cheap dirty version of knf
I dont know - dont / wont buy fertilizer if i have to start buying stuff for the garden, i'll just go buy the food ( defeats the purpose ) - as long as i have grass cuttings, leaves, twigs, grape vines, shredded cardboatd / paper, rabbit poo and can still pee - I aint buyin nothin
Hi! I am the guy that bought the pregnant doe from you recently. Where did you say I could get some wheat here locally?
First the sitting on the floor, making a mess and planting seeds to cope with feeling blah is the exact same thing I do when my immune disease flairs up. Second awesome, Jadam is amazing! cheap anarobic fermentes, once you get through those I highly recommend checking out his dad's work Korean natural farming, it's the more complicated version, both are great, KNF just goes way way way more in depth (you could spend a life time learning more about it)
Also if you take just 1 thing fr Jadam it is JLF(Jadam liquid fertilizer) it's super easy to make, all it requires is 3 things, and one of the best at home nutrients you can make(works amazing on trees aswell as many other things)
Ps, thank you for making these videos! You have gotten me through lots of bad day.
You are so kind! I feel the same way about videos that inspire me. Have you seen Liziqi? She is AMAZING
I love your seed collection! Funny that you didn’t “ respect “ your old labels lol.
What is the square feet of all your garden area?
DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO ON WHAT MAKES YOUR HOT BEDS? SORRY ABOUT ALL CAPS OOPS. WASNT YELLING.
Have you considered starting a bee hive?
Kids getting big :)
I know, right? And that was last summer! They are even bigger now.
@@dirtpatcheaven i remember watching video with rabbits and they where tiny. Back when your hubs had back surgery or injury... cant remember.
What was that cherry tree your daughter was picking from?
Nanking cherry bush. They are AMAZING and so hardy.
Ive heard the older the seed the less chance of germination. Do you find this to be true? Also do you store your seed in the freezer?
yes, the older the seed the less. years ago my mom sold flowers and would freeze the seeds in the freezer in ice trays, (ice). burpee and some other big company wanted to sponser her but she turned them down.
You need a better microphone
Can't hear you most of the time.