Do you grow a fall garden? Which crops are you able to harvest from almost year round? Psst, did you see my brand new pressure canning video series for the low cost of nothing here 😉melissa-norris.mykajabi.com/pressurecanning
plan on planting a few things like carrots and radishes in the next few days. Just loaded up our new keyhole garden with dirt and compost today. Have to go over my current seed supply to see what else I could plant.
Can you go over the growing of brussel sprouts more like cutting limbs and how , I try every year but never get them to grow sprouts. Plants grow great though not sure what I'm doing wrong.🤔
All year round I can harvest Parsley, Kale, Cabbage, Catsear, Chard, potatoes, garlic, onions. also lots of herbs like rosemary, mint, thyme, etc... As far as "almost", some years we may get one or so days when the temperature outdoors remains below freezing all day long. on those days we can't harvest unless we want to kill or risk killing the plant. So I can't quite boot "almost", -- but almost! Also: In my first year growing lots of food, we harvested the last of the squash, peppers, and tomatoes in December! This year peppers & tomatoes & others have started late but squash & cucumbers are coming on no problem. I wonder, is there something besides greens/herbs for late winter-early spring?
Yesterday I planted black carrots, rainbow carrots mix, 2 types of kale and broccoli! My summer garden was a fail but I am more optimistic & prepared for my fall garden this year
This will be the first year that i'm able to plant a fall garden. My goal for the last four years was to garden through the winter inside my 18 x 30 hoop house. I had a series of set backs preventing me for doing so from pet dogs, rabbits, chipmunks I didn't even know I had and hurricane winds that blew the plastic off . Everything looks like a Go for this year . Wish me luck I'll need it . I love your show and wished I found you sooner.
I found a great way to start peas. Wet and wring out a paper towel and put it in a zip lock bag. Place the seeds on the towel and zip shut. Place in a warm dark place. I put mine under a towel on my patio. A few days later, open bag and take out your sprouts and put them in the ground. It gets them started faster, I think, than just putting the plain seed in the ground. I recently planted peas and carrots. I’m planning on growing some lettuce and radishes as well this fall. Thanks for the tip to wait on the radishes!
Most definitely. I have always soaked my pea (and bean) seeds over night. Its a common practice and allows you to see which ones will germinate and which are duds. Good stuff!
I love fall gardening so much more than summer. Planted carrots, beets, snap peas, cauliflower, broccoli, leeks, onions, and kale in my fall garden 😍 And, the best thing about it? NO BUGS!
I have been mad about growing my own fruit & veg for nearly 30 years,..&have never known several of the tips you gave,..THANK YOU...I will look out for your videos in further..thank you..👍👍😀🍺
Everyone give Melissa a big thumbs up. Thanks for all this wonderful suggestions. I'm definately going to be using them in planting my fall garden. I am in zone 7B and usually have swiss chard and kale make it through the winter here...and water Cress and parsley too. Thanks again...you are doing a great job with your channel.
I’m starting my first ever fall garden, so everything is going to be an experiment. The only commonly grown crop I couldn’t find seeds for was Brussels sprouts. I’m not sad though because I can’t stand them, but my wife likes them.
I keep my tomato plants going until the first frost makes their leaves look sad. That's when I harvest my last green tomatos all sizes, and let them ripen inside, or I cut them up and freeze portions in bags, to use in my cooking. Green tomatos right along with those that started to ripen.
We live in zone 4, and our frost dates are the same as yours are. We have never grown a fall garden before, but this year we are going to try a few things! Thank you for your video!
Spinach, kale, and chard which last thru the winter in into the spring even in 2 ft of snow. carrots, beats , peas. And this year I'm also gonna try cabbage, leaks, broccoli and their families. I can't believe it's time to plant for fall already. Thanks for the great video! And I live your dress
Found this video just in time! Yay. Two weeks ago I started a tote'nchair garden. I planted a lot of things you talked about. Pat from southern Indiana
Absolutely love this Video~ Thank you!! I will be signing up for the October 2nd workshop. I have such a small yard with our home and neighborhood in Gig Harbor Wa and have ( 5 ) 4ftx4ft planter boxes that I squeezed into our yard and have been learning how to garden for the first time in these last 4 years. My dream ( after my nursing career and raising 4 children) is for us retire in 3 years on about .5-1 acre with a small home somewhere and have a year round garden :) . This year's Summer tiny crop I planted lettuce, 3 bush bean plants ( which are about done now and I harvested about 2 lbs) , a row of beets, carrots ( that did't do well ~ I don't really know how to plant carrots well ), snow peas, chard and tomato plants in one box that are not ripe yet. So, I was able to harvest most of these however it did not produce throughout this season~ and I am still trying to work out plans to be able to have a full Summer harvest with my Tiny Garden. I also have a 4 y/o 5 grafted apple tree that has so many apples this year~ I think they will not be ready to pick until September? Last year I harvested 22.5 lbs~ and this year looks like so many more :). Thank you again Melissa~ I appreciate your teachings so much and any suggestions you may have. Patty from the Pacific NW
I have 9 raised Container beds in front, 6 large ones on my back deck and 4 in the back yard. Whew! A lot of work just getting water to them when we don't get rain. We grew Spaghetti Squash vertically in one of them and got an amazing harvest. We grew yellow Squash and Zucchini. 4 or 5 different types of Beans, Kale, Spinach, Bell Peppers, Collards and Mustard Greens, Okra, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, several types of Herbs and a truly sweet, tender harvest of Carrots. Probably the best tasting Carrots I've ever had. Planted a new batch just yesterday. Gonna go out and plant some Beets later. And then try my hand at some Lettuce. I had to go out and buy another Freezer cause we ran out of freezer space even though we already had 3!!! Hopefully we don't have an issue with any of them. Luckily I also have 2 Generators if we have a power outage. Great info in your video!
This is my first year growing a fall garden and I am growing peas, lettuce, spinish, radishes and carrots, we live in Utah and I red that I can grow until the end of October to the first of November so my lettuce and spinach I am growing in pots and my peas, radishes and carrots I am growing in the ground
Thank you so very much for allowing us to hear the birds in the background and being able to hear you clearly without music blaring . I like your methods very much. This year we are in heat wave so I don't dare start seeds with water restrictions but will soon. Brassica starts are settling in
I'm in Oregon's Willamette Valley and I've got PLENTY of kale & other brassica all thru winter, very easy to grow and once you have it you've got it for good!!
I want to put in a fall garden this year. My summer garden hasn't done well this year. I just watched your first video on pressure canning. I try to watch all your videos. Thank you for all your help.
Near "Mayberry," NC, first frost is about 10/21. The biggest issue is that it is so hot now (July/August) that there is a problem with germination with cool weather crops. Turnips can be an over winter crop where you can leave them in the ground for cattle, deer, and people.
Never too late. With those temps, you could start your seeds indoors and grow some quick transplants rather than direct seeding into your garden. As it cools off, plant them and you'll have a big time head start!
@@dez440 I went by Farmer's Almanac for my frost date and bought a variety that takes 80 days vs some that take 100. I did direct sow but soaked the seeds overnight to start. They sprouted up within 3 days! Growing really well so far.
where you have been my whole life!?!?! you make things so easy to understand! i love your videos and i CANT wait for the workshop .I am also glad to see I aint the only gal who gardens in her dresses :) God bless. this evening I am fixing to get in some carrots, peas, chard, kale and such planted out back, and when our fill dirt arrives this sunday I will fill my planter boxes out front after church. in totally I've got 18 varieties going in
So nice to meet you! Glad to have another dress gardener in the bunch 😊Sounds like you've got a great garden going on and with lots of fall planting. I can't wait for the October workshop too
I hope to be able to keep watching all you do we had just had a large hail storm roll through and wipe our whole Garden for year out. so I was just curious about what I could plant and you have answered so much of it we are in Colorado and thank you Erica's homestead & family
You can put hoops over your garden area for a high tunnels season extender. If you do that and you get summer hail storms, throw blankets or tarps over the hoops and pin down to protect your crops. When I was growing up in GA. my grandparents would run out and throw sheets and blankets over everything and use 2x4's and bricks (kept along the edges of the garden area for this) to hold them down. You get some damage, but not have the garden destroyed.
Have you ever tried the rain gutter method? You fill up your used or discarded rain gutters with good soil and sow your seeds at the appropriate distance then when it's ready to plant then just dig your trench and slide everything right into the trench for the final planting. That way you don't have to bother the roots. If you have seeds that don't come up just remove the soil where they didnt come up and slide the dirt out of the gutter right into the trench .🤗
I live in an over-55 community in the Pac NW. We have community plots 4x12 feet (up to 2 per person) where people grow a variety of flowers and veg., but I have seen very few people plant more than one crop. (Tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce and onions mostly.) In fact they are rather surprised to see me putting new plants for a fall garden. A few people keep harvesting kale and chard through the winter. I am going to see if I can talk some people into letting me put stuff in their plots if they are not going to use them after they harvest their summer crops. A mini-hoop house in my little plot extends the season nicely for lettuce and such. I have starts going but I have never done brussels sprouts because I though they would take up too much space, but I am rethinking that.
I just put in some mangel beets, which I grow for the leaves, and I already have black nebula carrots growing, but you've inspired me to put in some orange carrots as well.
Yes, I found them to be the same flavor as orange carrots, though not as sweet as the really sweet ones. They're also very tender. I left them in the ground all summer last year, and some were 3" in diameter and a foot long with little rootlets all over - they cut like butter.
Hi.new sub & rookie gardener.this year my1st garden.built raised beds,planted everything from seed.its working! I got 2 acres in tennessee mountains.clay &iron so all raised beds.just seeded100 seeds for fall in peetpots.wish me luck
I live in Southern California and I can grow tomatoes up until December. This spring was too cold and my garden had a slow start. We live closer to the mountains and we had frost and below 50 degrees well into April. I never really grow in the fall. But I will this year.
Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading It a long growing season, if and only if I can keep blight at bay and I usually have tomatoes that are planted a bit later in the spring and they can produce up until thanksgiving and early December. I am hoping to plant sugar snap peas, kale, spinach, broccoli, carrots, possibly put garlic in the ground too.
I just planted lettuce carrots zucchini cucumber in the ground. I just showed brassicas to create starts . It's too hot here in va zone 7b. I'm looking forward to October 2nd. Great video
I'm on my second year of growing tumeric in containers. They just die off at the top then come right back up in the spring. I have to get ginger growing this coming year. Oh I'm in zone 9a
I followed a similar schedule last year and nothing matured in time. It’s a new garden so the soil is still building, we get 4-5hrs of direct sun at best, and 4b zone. This year I planted fall crops July 1-15 and it seems to be on track.
Yay, make sure you catch my seasoning cast iron video here ua-cam.com/video/fOILgFSJAYA/v-deo.html What was your favorite takeaway or episode of the podcast?
@@MelissaKNorris That is going to be my project next week =) And it is a really hard question for me I think... when I was really small we had a lot of fruit trees in our garden and most of them were about 50 years old so they died out slowly and by now my parents didn't replace them, because handling all the food was to much work for them. I saw pictures of the of the times when my mum was small and their whole garden (1300sqm I think its about 0,35 acre, it's really big where I'm coming from) was a vegtable garden with everything they could grow and they had chickens an bunniesand that was the biggest part of what they were eating, her parents and grandparents were the generation that went throu WW2 and the years following (it is kind of compares with the great depression in the US only later). Back to my parents who are planning to leave for the enjoyment of retirement in 2 years with travaling and living their best lives. They decided that I and my husband to be inherit their house and garden "early" so they are done with it. And I was really afraid of the work because I kind of hate lawn mawing and the garding for pretty appearance, but I always loved it when I was allowed to pick cherries and strawberries as a child, and thats kind of the biggest take away for me from your podcast that it yes it is work but not as much, specially when I get something out of it like food that I've grown myself. Right now we have a herb garden and some cherry tomates on our balcony we "practice" with and we are putting an apple tree, a cherry tree and a plum tree in our future garden this year. It just doesn't seem so impossible and weird when I want a lot of fruits and vegtables in my garden when other people my age think about how big their pool or deck should be.
I live in the Shelton, WA area. I keep planting beets and carrots and they never develop. I get some greens, but the roots hardly grow at all. I make sure I have loosened the soil down about 8 inches
I just saw this video pop up on UA-cam. I started my first vegetable garden (and flowers) this year and everything is coming along fine. I started everything from seed except my strawberries, blueberries and grapes. I have one raised bed that I have cucumber, zucchini, bell pepper and chili pepper in. I had to plant my green beans in the ground about a couple feet away from the raised bed. I tilled it up with a gas powered tiller, almost killed me lol, but grass and that tall Johnson grass has taken over. The bean plants are still growing but I’m afraid they won’t produce as much since the are competing with the grass. I’m in Ohio, which I believe is Zone 5, and I’m a mid fifties man with a bad back so weeding is out of question. Should I have put landscape fabric down before I planted my green beans? Sorry this was so long.
Mine neither... I live in the Netherlands and on the 9th floor. And our balcony is our open garden. We even had our calendula survive the winter along with Kale and cauliflowers.
Hey Jeff! I had great success with cole crops but the collards thrived. I place them in a garden with no covering and they provided until spring. I recommend giving collards a try if you like them. I am located near Asheville NC. but slightly higher elevation.
7b here - south edge of Winston-Salem. My start date for Silver Queen is 12 April, first picking comes a few days after July 4. Last day of picking comes 18-20 days later. How about you, Melissa? In a single season I'm able to get two SQ plantings off the same plot, the last one squeezed in, so I'm picking it right after first frost. Smallish ears, with worms, but still.
From one McCart/McCartt to another HELLO from TN! My Ancestors had the single T, somewhere along the way, our branch added a T. Always excited to see "Cousins"! Lol Probably not, but you never know. Our entire family loves gardening! GOD bless
@@ritamccartt-kordon283 Henry O. McCart was my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, he settled in Ohio, was a farmer, and Abraham Perry McCart was my Great-Great Grandfather, he was a scallywag and had more than one family, my Great-Great Grandmother was one he abandoned. My dad, grandfather and great-grandfather are/were all farmers and loved gardening, it's in the blood!
I have a container garden. Since it's just my husband & me. I've had good success it was wondering how the cool weather plants would do in large containers. I live in south tn 7a/7b
@Deb Tiner they do fine in container crops. Just make sure the containers are deep enough for root crops. Containers are more apt to freeze due to being above ground so the lettuce might not last as long, but they're easier to wrap in frost protection .
Hi I just came across your Chanel . I was looking for what to plant for fall I got Swiss chard , kale , beets and radishes . Thank you for the tip to wait on the radishes , I was planning to start the seeds strait on the soil tomorrow . I’m in zone 7 .
Arco Idaho... USDA says zone 4 but we are more like a zone 3 We have a high tunnel and new to it... having a lot of 'lessons' with pollination and dampness... So sad to be having so many hard lessons
Will certainly sign up Oct 2nd as love your videos though always wonder if our weather in the UK matches your zones. I shall try sowing carrots now between the broad (fava) beans which will be over soon. There is nothing like a home grown carrot for flavour and I hope the dreaded carrot fly will be gone by now. Thanks for all the information you give.
That’s funny, you have the same type of weed around your beets that we have in Ohio. Just an interesting observation. New subscriber, love the content. Your family is blessed for sure. 👍
Loved this video. I live in the Washington state and have been trying organic gardening for a while. Do you use cover crops to add nutrients back in your soil. I have not had much success with my veggie garden. I am super excited for your workshop.
Hi @Klara Giles I do cover crops some years and others I just pile on manure and do a layered compost in the fall and then work it in come early spring. I can't wait for the workshop either and am glad you're excited!
Have you seen the Back To Eden gardening method? I started having major success and loving gardening when I started this method: much less watering, practically no weeds, wood chips/greens break down to fertilize the soil, and many other benefits. Free 90 minute documentary @ Backtoedenfilm.com. He does free tours every Sunday during the summer in Sequim WA (see the site to register). It has become a worldwide phenomenon, and many people are willing to give free tours if you are not near western Washington.
Can you give Advice on plenty herb seeds this time of year for zone 5-7 I would love to have healing herbs planted Along with my vegetables Just an idea
Plant early in the summer, for a fall harvest: Brassicas, starts Kale ... incredibly hardy Brussel sprouts Cabbages Cauliflower Seeds right into the ground: Peas in the shade, part shade Beans Root crops, also right into the ground, after soaking seeds first Beets Spinach Carrots Swiss chard Cold hardy lettuce, cover during frost, sow lettuce underneath bean plants Rutabagas Parsnips Wait to plant radishes until the weather starts cooling a little
I’m a new subscriber... I like your videos. I’m in Las Vegas and I grow my food to eat. What do you do with butternut squash? I’ve got a lot coming on and I don’t know what to do with it. I’ve got my fall garden starting too. Thanks
@Patti Hayden I use root cellar techniques (we don't have a root cellar just in my kitchen and back pantry closet) as far as food storage (here's a link melissaknorris.com/10tipsforstoringvegetableswithoutrootcellar/ ) and then I love it cubed and roasted with garlic, olive oil, and some parmesan at the end or a butternut soup.
Do you grow a fall garden? Which crops are you able to harvest from almost year round? Psst, did you see my brand new pressure canning video series for the low cost of nothing here 😉melissa-norris.mykajabi.com/pressurecanning
plan on planting a few things like carrots and radishes in the next few days. Just loaded up our new keyhole garden with dirt and compost today. Have to go over my current seed supply to see what else I could plant.
@@katsutsuki I'll be putting down a bit more compost too. Hope you find some more seeds!
@@MelissaKNorris I have a drawer, I just know some are too short for fall growth. I'll take a peek tomorrow while I'm baking.
Can you go over the growing of brussel sprouts more like cutting limbs and how , I try every year but never get them to grow sprouts. Plants grow great though not sure what I'm doing wrong.🤔
All year round I can harvest Parsley, Kale, Cabbage, Catsear, Chard, potatoes, garlic, onions. also lots of herbs like rosemary, mint, thyme, etc... As far as "almost", some years we may get one or so days when the temperature outdoors remains below freezing all day long. on those days we can't harvest unless we want to kill or risk killing the plant. So I can't quite boot "almost", -- but almost!
Also: In my first year growing lots of food, we harvested the last of the squash, peppers, and tomatoes in December! This year peppers & tomatoes & others have started late but squash & cucumbers are coming on no problem.
I wonder, is there something besides greens/herbs for late winter-early spring?
Yesterday I planted black carrots, rainbow carrots mix, 2 types of kale and broccoli! My summer garden was a fail but I am more optimistic & prepared for my fall garden this year
What type of black carrot did you plant, I feel like I'm missing out never knowing about it, lol I've only done purple, red and orange
They are heirloom black nebula seeds! Can’t wait to see how your fall garden turns out
I’m curious what the black carrots taste like. We grew some purple carrots and they kind of had a spicy flavor.
@@ChynnaKitchen333 how did it go?
@@ChynnaKitchen333 Did you like the Black Nebula carrots?
This will be the first year that i'm able to plant a fall garden. My goal for the last four years was to garden through the winter inside my 18 x 30 hoop house. I had a series of set backs preventing me for doing so from pet dogs, rabbits, chipmunks I didn't even know I had and hurricane winds that blew the plastic off . Everything looks like a Go for this year . Wish me luck I'll need it . I love your show and wished I found you sooner.
Thank you @Shane Ella and good luck. Gardening definitely can have new challenges each year but is so worth it!
Any updates? How did it go? 👂🏻
I found a great way to start peas. Wet and wring out a paper towel and put it in a zip lock bag. Place the seeds on the towel and zip shut. Place in a warm dark place. I put mine under a towel on my patio. A few days later, open bag and take out your sprouts and put them in the ground. It gets them started faster, I think, than just putting the plain seed in the ground.
I recently planted peas and carrots. I’m planning on growing some lettuce and radishes as well this fall. Thanks for the tip to wait on the radishes!
Most definitely. I have always soaked my pea (and bean) seeds over night. Its a common practice and allows you to see which ones will germinate and which are duds. Good stuff!
I love fall gardening so much more than summer. Planted carrots, beets, snap peas, cauliflower, broccoli, leeks, onions, and kale in my fall garden 😍
And, the best thing about it? NO BUGS!
What a wonderful concept-grounding in your own garden. ❤
I hate shoes
How beautiful the fact that you plant the earth with bare feet. You achieve a wonderful connection with mother earth through your feet.
Zone 5b, will plant brussel sprout, spinach, lettuce, kale & Swiss chard this coming week 🤩 Great video 🙏🏻🇨🇦
I have been mad about growing my own fruit & veg for nearly 30 years,..&have never known several of the tips you gave,..THANK YOU...I will look out for your videos in further..thank you..👍👍😀🍺
Looking forward to the upcoming workshop!!!
Everyone give Melissa a big thumbs up. Thanks for all this wonderful suggestions. I'm definately going to be using them in planting my fall garden. I am in zone 7B and usually have swiss chard and kale make it through the winter here...and water Cress and parsley too. Thanks again...you are doing a great job with your channel.
@Organic Gardening in North Carolina I've never grown watercress I'll have to look in to that one!
@@MelissaKNorris its spicy almost like arugula or radish.
@@Iloveorganicgardening sounds great! Thank you
The day, the garden and the gardener are correspondingly beautiful.
It's so cute seeing you dealing with the nature.
I’m starting my first ever fall garden, so everything is going to be an experiment. The only commonly grown crop I couldn’t find seeds for was Brussels sprouts. I’m not sad though because I can’t stand them, but my wife likes them.
Gidday from Melbourne Oz.. Similar climates.. So grateful I found you.. God bless.
I keep my tomato plants going until the first frost makes their leaves look sad. That's when I harvest my last green tomatos all sizes, and let them ripen inside, or I cut them up and freeze portions in bags, to use in my cooking. Green tomatos right along with those that started to ripen.
Green tomatoes, Zuchini, Peppers, Stir fry, my favorite.
We live in zone 4, and our frost dates are the same as yours are. We have never grown a fall garden before, but this year we are going to try a few things! Thank you for your video!
Yay for trying a fall garden, keep me posted on how it goes.
Spinach, kale, and chard which last thru the winter in into the spring even in 2 ft of snow. carrots, beats , peas. And this year I'm also gonna try cabbage, leaks, broccoli and their families. I can't believe it's time to plant for fall already.
Thanks for the great video! And I live your dress
I love that you know your plants. Good job!
Found this video just in time! Yay. Two weeks ago I started a tote'nchair garden. I planted a lot of things you talked about.
Pat from southern Indiana
Absolutely love this Video~ Thank you!! I will be signing up for the October 2nd workshop. I have such a small yard with our home and neighborhood in Gig Harbor Wa and have ( 5 ) 4ftx4ft planter boxes that I squeezed into our yard and have been learning how to garden for the first time in these last 4 years. My dream ( after my nursing career and raising 4 children) is for us retire in 3 years on about .5-1 acre with a small home somewhere and have a year round garden :) . This year's Summer tiny crop I planted lettuce, 3 bush bean plants ( which are about done now and I harvested about 2 lbs) , a row of beets, carrots ( that did't do well ~ I don't really know how to plant carrots well ), snow peas, chard and tomato plants in one box that are not ripe yet. So, I was able to harvest most of these however it did not produce throughout this season~ and I am still trying to work out plans to be able to have a full Summer harvest with my Tiny Garden. I also have a 4 y/o 5 grafted apple tree that has so many apples this year~ I think they will not be ready to pick until September? Last year I harvested 22.5 lbs~ and this year looks like so many more :). Thank you again Melissa~ I appreciate your teachings so much and any suggestions you may have. Patty from the Pacific NW
I am so excited to start planting my fall garden! I am planning on Kale, Spinach, Arugula, and I'm adding some garlic bulbs for the spring!
Awesome, just know garlic is usually planted right at your first frost date, a little bit later 😊
I would love a video on bug and critter control
I have 9 raised Container beds in front, 6 large ones on my back deck and 4 in the back yard. Whew! A lot of work just getting water to them when we don't get rain. We grew Spaghetti Squash vertically in one of them and got an amazing harvest. We grew yellow Squash and Zucchini. 4 or 5 different types of Beans, Kale, Spinach, Bell Peppers, Collards and Mustard Greens, Okra, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, several types of Herbs and a truly sweet, tender harvest of Carrots. Probably the best tasting Carrots I've ever had. Planted a new batch just yesterday. Gonna go out and plant some Beets later. And then try my hand at some Lettuce. I had to go out and buy another Freezer cause we ran out of freezer space even though we already had 3!!! Hopefully we don't have an issue with any of them. Luckily I also have 2 Generators if we have a power outage. Great info in your video!
Youre beauty is as warm as the sun! So beautiful😍😍😍
This is my first year growing a fall garden and I am growing peas, lettuce, spinish, radishes and carrots, we live in Utah and I red that I can grow until the end of October to the first of November so my lettuce and spinach I am growing in pots and my peas, radishes and carrots I am growing in the ground
Thank you so very much for allowing us to hear the birds in the background and being able to hear you clearly without music blaring . I like your methods very much. This year we are in heat wave so I don't dare start seeds with water restrictions but will soon. Brassica starts are settling in
We absolutely love this she inspired us to create our gardening channel. Also I'm jealous of her hair
I never have put in a fall garden, but i am looking forward to it. Right now i know i will be planting carrots and beets.
Yay, two of my favorite root crops!
I'm in Oregon's Willamette Valley and I've got PLENTY of kale & other brassica all thru winter, very easy to grow and once you have it you've got it for good!!
i am also in the Willamette Valley and a first year homesteading gardener. :) i hope you have a good harvest!
@@Usapyon_0719 Thank you! I wish the same for u
I’m in the Willamette valley as well! Have a bunch of brassicas to try and fit into our urban garden over the next few days. Cheers!
@@no-diggarden Definitely a lot of Bluegrass around here, haha. And lots of Dazzlin' Blue Kale as well ^_^
I want to put in a fall garden this year. My summer garden hasn't done well this year. I just watched your first video on pressure canning. I try to watch all your videos. Thank you for all your help.
@Teresa Hoye thanks so much for catching the videos and glad to help! Have you done a fall garden before? Which plants will you be putting in
I also love beets! Especially sliced and fried w/ a little salt added.
getting ready to start to harvest my summer crop of beets.. have never tried them fried...sounds amazing..ty
You rock. Rainbow chard has done well in lower Michigan. Good to know that it will last a while. I will also have an indoor garden this winter.
Dang girl, you know your stuff. Glad i found your video, will watch them again, god bless
Near "Mayberry," NC, first frost is about 10/21. The biggest issue is that it is so hot now (July/August) that there is a problem with germination with cool weather crops. Turnips can be an over winter crop where you can leave them in the ground for cattle, deer, and people.
It's still in 90s in ATL GA, im just getting started for my fall harvesting w/seeds. I hope I'm not too late Melissa
Never too late. With those temps, you could start your seeds indoors and grow some quick transplants rather than direct seeding into your garden. As it cools off, plant them and you'll have a big time head start!
Thank you!
Putting in beets, beans, kale, carrots, sunflowers
You can plant sun flowers now? Direct sow???
@@dez440 I went by Farmer's Almanac for my frost date and bought a variety that takes 80 days vs some that take 100. I did direct sow but soaked the seeds overnight to start. They sprouted up within 3 days! Growing really well so far.
where you have been my whole life!?!?! you make things so easy to understand! i love your videos and i CANT wait for the workshop .I am also glad to see I aint the only gal who gardens in her dresses :) God bless. this evening I am fixing to get in some carrots, peas, chard, kale and such planted out back, and when our fill dirt arrives this sunday I will fill my planter boxes out front after church. in totally I've got 18 varieties going in
So nice to meet you! Glad to have another dress gardener in the bunch 😊Sounds like you've got a great garden going on and with lots of fall planting. I can't wait for the October workshop too
I hope to be able to keep watching all you do we had just had a large hail storm roll through and wipe our whole Garden for year out. so I was just curious about what I could plant and you have answered so much of it we are in Colorado and thank you Erica's homestead & family
You can put hoops over your garden area for a high tunnels season extender. If you do that and you get summer hail storms, throw blankets or tarps over the hoops and pin down to protect your crops.
When I was growing up in GA. my grandparents would run out and throw sheets and blankets over everything and use 2x4's and bricks (kept along the edges of the garden area for this) to hold them down. You get some damage, but not have the garden destroyed.
Have you ever tried the rain gutter method? You fill up your used or discarded rain gutters with good soil and sow your seeds at the appropriate distance then when it's ready to plant then just dig your trench and slide everything right into the trench for the final planting. That way you don't have to bother the roots. If you have seeds that don't come up just remove the soil where they didnt come up and slide the dirt out of the gutter right into the trench .🤗
Great video❤ 🇨🇦 Will plant carrots, beets, spinach and lettuce 👩🌾 Can't wait to get my hands in dirt!!!!
I live in an over-55 community in the Pac NW. We have community plots 4x12 feet (up to 2 per person) where people grow a variety of flowers and veg., but I have seen very few people plant more than one crop. (Tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce and onions mostly.) In fact they are rather surprised to see me putting new plants for a fall garden. A few people keep harvesting kale and chard through the winter. I am going to see if I can talk some people into letting me put stuff in their plots if they are not going to use them after they harvest their summer crops. A mini-hoop house in my little plot extends the season nicely for lettuce and such. I have starts going but I have never done brussels sprouts because I though they would take up too much space, but I am rethinking that.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I hope to have a garden in the future.
@Jessica Williams I'm glad you did too! Will you be putting in any fall crops this year?
@@MelissaKNorris I will be gardening once I have the land ^_^
I just put in some mangel beets, which I grow for the leaves, and I already have black nebula carrots growing, but you've inspired me to put in some orange carrots as well.
Ohh, those black carrots sound fun! I've done red and purple but never black. Same flavor?
Yes, I found them to be the same flavor as orange carrots, though not as sweet as the really sweet ones. They're also very tender. I left them in the ground all summer last year, and some were 3" in diameter and a foot long with little rootlets all over - they cut like butter.
Hi.new sub & rookie gardener.this year my1st garden.built raised beds,planted everything from seed.its working! I got 2 acres in tennessee mountains.clay &iron so all raised beds.just seeded100 seeds for fall in peetpots.wish me luck
Hey @Rebecca Hamman yay for your first garden, woo hoo! Keep us posted. I'll be having a raised gardening post coming out soon on my podcast.
Woo, happy new subscriber!
I live in Southern California and I can grow tomatoes up until December. This spring was too cold and my garden had a slow start. We live closer to the mountains and we had frost and below 50 degrees well into April.
I never really grow in the fall. But I will this year.
@Elisa Ritter that's amazing you can grow tomatoes that long, mine are killed by mid to end of September. Which crops are you going to do this fall?
Melissa K. Norris - Modern Homesteading It a long growing season, if and only if I can keep blight at bay and I usually have tomatoes that are planted a bit later in the spring and they can produce up until thanksgiving and early December. I am hoping to plant sugar snap peas, kale, spinach, broccoli, carrots, possibly put garlic in the ground too.
Enjoy watching your video,beautiful garden
Thats pretty interesting... nice... beautiful plants indeed
I just planted lettuce carrots zucchini cucumber in the ground. I just showed brassicas to create starts . It's too hot here in va zone 7b. I'm looking forward to October 2nd. Great video
I use certified organic mulch from great scape from Woodinville was. Plus for my chicken feed I buy scratch and Peck feed from Bellingham wa
Wonderful.
Have a nice day
God bless you
Thanks for shatring,.
Love the video!!! B.T.W You are stunning!❤
I'm on my second year of growing tumeric in containers. They just die off at the top then come right back up in the spring. I have to get ginger growing this coming year. Oh I'm in zone 9a
I followed a similar schedule last year and nothing matured in time. It’s a new garden so the soil is still building, we get 4-5hrs of direct sun at best, and 4b zone. This year I planted fall crops July 1-15 and it seems to be on track.
Every year you'll get your area dialed in a little bit better and for zone 4 you'd definitely need to get it in before August
So I binged your podcast the last two weeks and I’m finally getting a cast iron pan 😅
Yay, make sure you catch my seasoning cast iron video here ua-cam.com/video/fOILgFSJAYA/v-deo.html What was your favorite takeaway or episode of the podcast?
@@MelissaKNorris That is going to be my project next week =) And it is a really hard question for me I think... when I was really small we had a lot of fruit trees in our garden and most of them were about 50 years old so they died out slowly and by now my parents didn't replace them, because handling all the food was to much work for them. I saw pictures of the of the times when my mum was small and their whole garden (1300sqm I think its about 0,35 acre, it's really big where I'm coming from) was a vegtable garden with everything they could grow and they had chickens an bunniesand that was the biggest part of what they were eating, her parents and grandparents were the generation that went throu WW2 and the years following (it is kind of compares with the great depression in the US only later). Back to my parents who are planning to leave for the enjoyment of retirement in 2 years with travaling and living their best lives. They decided that I and my husband to be inherit their house and garden "early" so they are done with it. And I was really afraid of the work because I kind of hate lawn mawing and the garding for pretty appearance, but I always loved it when I was allowed to pick cherries and strawberries as a child, and thats kind of the biggest take away for me from your podcast that it yes it is work but not as much, specially when I get something out of it like food that I've grown myself. Right now we have a herb garden and some cherry tomates on our balcony we "practice" with and we are putting an apple tree, a cherry tree and a plum tree in our future garden this year. It just doesn't seem so impossible and weird when I want a lot of fruits and vegtables in my garden when other people my age think about how big their pool or deck should be.
Hey thanks for the tips! I found your video very helpful! Greetings from South Louisiana! 😉
Yay, are you putting in a fall garden?
parsnips, beets, herbs, dry beans.
I live in the Shelton, WA area. I keep planting beets and carrots and they never develop. I get some greens, but the roots hardly grow at all. I make sure I have loosened the soil down about 8 inches
Start 1 month earlier, the roots need to get big enough to with stand colder weather, roots do not grow when its cold.
Great video 👌
I’ve just subscribed. I’m going out to start my fall/ winter garden now!
Yay, is this your first fall/winter garden?
I just saw this video pop up on UA-cam. I started my first vegetable garden (and flowers) this year and everything is coming along fine. I started everything from seed except my strawberries, blueberries and grapes. I have one raised bed that I have cucumber, zucchini, bell pepper and chili pepper in. I had to plant my green beans in the ground about a couple feet away from the raised bed. I tilled it up with a gas powered tiller, almost killed me lol, but grass and that tall Johnson grass has taken over. The bean plants are still growing but I’m afraid they won’t produce as much since the are competing with the grass. I’m in Ohio, which I believe is Zone 5, and I’m a mid fifties man with a bad back so weeding is out of question. Should I have put landscape fabric down before I planted my green beans? Sorry this was so long.
My family members couldn't believe I had stuff survive through the winter in the mountains on NC.
Mine neither... I live in the Netherlands and on the 9th floor. And our balcony is our open garden. We even had our calendula survive the winter along with Kale and cauliflowers.
Like what? I live in foothills NC would like to know what and how
Hey Jeff! I had great success with cole crops but the collards thrived. I place them in a garden with no covering and they provided until spring. I recommend giving collards a try if you like them. I am located near Asheville NC. but slightly higher elevation.
Hi, very nice to see you, watching from Pumanque , Chile , enyoing very much
Very informative with tons of good tips. Thank you! :D
Glad you found it helpful. Are you putting in a fall garden this year?
Oooo! So nice to find a gardener that gets straight to the subject! Definitely subscribing. 🤗
7b here - south edge of Winston-Salem. My start date for Silver Queen is 12 April, first picking comes a
few days after July 4. Last day of picking comes 18-20 days later. How about you, Melissa?
In a single season I'm able to get two SQ plantings off the same plot, the last one squeezed in, so I'm
picking it right after first frost. Smallish ears, with worms, but still.
Barefoot gardening...I'm so jealous!
@Bulletproof Babe
Smart man.
And in a dress!!!
From one McCart/McCartt to another HELLO from TN! My Ancestors had the single T, somewhere along the way, our branch added a T.
Always excited to see "Cousins"! Lol Probably not, but you never know.
Our entire family loves gardening! GOD bless
@@ritamccartt-kordon283 Henry O. McCart was my Great-Great-Great Grandfather, he settled in Ohio, was a farmer, and Abraham Perry McCart was my Great-Great Grandfather, he was a scallywag and had more than one family, my Great-Great Grandmother was one he abandoned. My dad, grandfather and great-grandfather are/were all farmers and loved gardening, it's in the blood!
I have a container garden. Since it's just my husband & me. I've had good success it was wondering how the cool weather plants would do in large containers. I live in south tn 7a/7b
@Deb Tiner they do fine in container crops. Just make sure the containers are deep enough for root crops. Containers are more apt to freeze due to being above ground so the lettuce might not last as long, but they're easier to wrap in frost protection .
Beautiful Video and thank you for sharing !!
Hi I just came across your Chanel . I was looking for what to plant for fall I got Swiss chard , kale , beets and radishes . Thank you for the tip to wait on the radishes , I was planning to start the seeds strait on the soil tomorrow . I’m in zone 7 .
Great video
Just found your channel...new sub😃👍🏽. Looking forward to hearing more about your workshop. Growing lots😃👍🏽
😊😊😊 V e r y n i c e 😊😊😊
Arco Idaho... USDA says zone 4 but we are more like a zone 3
We have a high tunnel and new to it... having a lot of 'lessons' with pollination and dampness...
So sad to be having so many hard lessons
Will certainly sign up Oct 2nd as love your videos though always wonder if our weather in the UK matches your zones. I shall try sowing carrots now between the broad (fava) beans which will be over soon. There is nothing like a home grown carrot for flavour and I hope the dreaded carrot fly will be gone by now. Thanks for all the information you give.
You're gorgeous!! And I REALLY needed this info. Thank you so much 🧡
Great video! Subbed!
We're in the 7b Zone.
Subscribed! This will be my first year planting a fall crop, be it small carburetor start💖👍
How to plant vegetables seeds in Arizona. Arizona is too hot in summer so mosltly plants are easy die.
Hello from Mn..... Great video
Great Info, sharing!
Thank you! Subscribed 😁🌞😁
It's official...I' in love !!!
Have you always gardened? Were you raised gardening? Or did you start a garden hobby and just loved it?
I am in zone 6b High desert
I love your garden. I noticed your cute dress. Where did you find your dress. Thank you for all your great information!,
Thank you so much!!!
good advice thanks
That’s funny, you have the same type of weed around your beets that we have in Ohio. Just an interesting observation. New subscriber, love the content. Your family is blessed for sure. 👍
You are angelic
I love your videos. Super job! Hugs❤️
Any tips for fall/winter gardening in small suburban spaces? I’m in calif central coast area. Just started watching your videos and I’m hooked!
Loved this video. I live in the Washington state and have been trying organic gardening for a while. Do you use cover crops to add nutrients back in your soil. I have not had much success with my veggie garden. I am super excited for your workshop.
Hi @Klara Giles I do cover crops some years and others I just pile on manure and do a layered compost in the fall and then work it in come early spring. I can't wait for the workshop either and am glad you're excited!
Have you seen the Back To Eden gardening method? I started having major success and loving gardening when I started this method: much less watering, practically no weeds, wood chips/greens break down to fertilize the soil, and many other benefits. Free 90 minute documentary @ Backtoedenfilm.com. He does free tours every Sunday during the summer in Sequim WA (see the site to register). It has become a worldwide phenomenon, and many people are willing to give free tours if you are not near western Washington.
I have, I'm testing it on one half the garden this year. So far there's aspects I like and some I'll have to see how they play out over time.
New here, love your work. I’ll be back😎
Can beets, carrots, and beans be put in pots on deck?
Can you give Advice on plenty herb seeds this time of year for zone 5-7 I would love to have healing herbs planted Along with my vegetables Just an idea
Ya don't have to actually start peas in trays, I just germinate them in a sprout jar and then plant, works every time.
I've never started peas in trays or indoors, I always soak the seeds overnight and direct sow
Mantap
Plant early in the summer, for a fall harvest:
Brassicas, starts
Kale ... incredibly hardy
Brussel sprouts
Cabbages
Cauliflower
Seeds right into the ground:
Peas in the shade, part shade
Beans
Root crops, also right into the ground, after soaking seeds first
Beets
Spinach
Carrots
Swiss chard
Cold hardy lettuce, cover during frost,
sow lettuce underneath bean plants
Rutabagas
Parsnips
Wait to plant radishes until the weather starts cooling a little
I’m a new subscriber... I like your videos. I’m in Las Vegas and I grow my food to eat. What do you do with butternut squash? I’ve got a lot coming on and I don’t know what to do with it. I’ve got my fall garden starting too. Thanks
@Patti Hayden I use root cellar techniques (we don't have a root cellar just in my kitchen and back pantry closet) as far as food storage (here's a link melissaknorris.com/10tipsforstoringvegetableswithoutrootcellar/ ) and then I love it cubed and roasted with garlic, olive oil, and some parmesan at the end or a butternut soup.