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I have found that using newspaper pots for the plants that dislike their roots being disturbed helps a lot. The entire pot gets planted into the ground and it eliminates the need to disturb the roots, the roots grow fine out of the pots as the newspaper breaks down.
Brilliant idea 📰
Love that. Thanks for sharing
That's what I do as well. You can make it fun for the whole family. Like origami plant pots and don't forget to throw in all the buzz words lol.
Toilet paper roles I have seen used
also, adding sheeps wool in the plastic pot helps to keep the soil together when transplanting. :D
When you said “we are going to go in this green house and talk about plants and stuff” I got so excited and said “that’s my favorite thing!” 😂. I have a problem, but it is the best kind
Your book is just beautiful. I have convinced four different library system to order it. It's a great resource for new and expanding gardeners. Thank you for that great resource.
"Outside Homework" is the best! I used to take my homework up in the trees and that comment just triggered some of my best memories.
4b/5a
I’m one for repurposing as much as I can. I eat a brand of yogurt that comes in a perfect size, durable plastic cup that I can wash and reuse. My husband eats a kind of yogurt that comes in a smaller but taller plastic cup that us perfect for single plant starts. I cut the entire bottom out and set as many cups as will fit in an aluminum pan for bottom watering (again, reusable several years). Bottomless makes it so easy to poke them out for up-potting or transplanting.
I use coffee bags to up-pot all my brassicas and tomatoes . I cut them down to a height appropriate for what I need and I punch drainage holes in the bottom. I place those in a flat for bottom watering
and moving out for hardening off. When I plant the brassicas I carefully slice around the bottom of the bag, loosen the roots and plant in a hole leaving the coffee bag around the bottom of the stem into the ground. It can keep pests from attacking the seedlings. I have enough space to save all this “junk” but I’d rather buy more seeds than plastic pots 😆.
I also use yogurt pots, I thought I was the only one! I hate throwing "useful" things away!!!
I'm saying it again, that child is just soooo precious! I miss him on your vids gardening. He must be growing up but I sure hope he stays loving the gardening!!
A good problem to have, cleaning off the dirt to do your homework. :)
Drooling when you say “our growing season is over 215 days…” I live in Flagstaff, Az and our season is around 105. This year I’m trying for some winter squash I’ve never grown before and really hoping they all do well. We planted them two weeks ago and they’re looking great!
I’m loving the greenhouse! It looks awesome to just give everything water with the hose and not have to be worried about where the water is falling.
🤣😍 also! Saved this video for the weekend so I could sit down, my cup of coffee, and your book! Indulging in all the garden love!
Outside homework! Melt my heart. I am completely in love with the new greenhouse. I love the black and green and all the gorgeous windows. I’ve been debating on adding a glass greenhouse here but I’m in Minnesota and would need to heat it. You are inspiring me to just go for it! I’m growing in a plastic tunnel and plexiglass greenhouse now to extend my short season. But I’d love to be outside doing everything in a glass heated greenhouse. I can’t plant warm crops out until June 1.
I went ahead and bought one of those cheap green greenhouse. It’s a good way for me to start. I love it and am having so much fun! Thanks so much for your work for us.
I grew in them for three years. Here in Michigan. I put a tpost in the front corner and one at the opposite back corner and did not have any more issues with the wind.
I bought a little green house for about $100 from Amazon and it did well by me for two years! I feel I got my moneys worth 🥰
I am interested in attempting the cheap green house.
To give an example of how resilient plants and seeds are, when we pulled our garden out in the Fall of 2020, all the plants went to the burn pile. Here in Chattanooga, we are only allowed to burn from October to March, and for whatever reason, we were not able to get to the burning in the Fall of 2020 or Winter of 2021. My burn pile sits back behind my muscadine vineyard and I hadn't given it another thought til we were picking grapes in September 2021. I saw green on the burn pile, and walked back there to see what was going on. There were tomatoes, okra, tomatillos and pumpkins all growing out of the burn pile. Couldn't believe it!
Youre not too far from me. I'm in Trenton GA. Right down the road from you. I threw out some tomatoes in my compost pile and they just started growing like crazy
@@toniatalley1977 Would you believe that my hubby works in Trenton? Howdy neighbor!
I will be 66 years old in May and judt started a garden last year. I am watching several gardening channels since last year to get the best advice to get my garden going this year. I used starter plants last year and seeds and the herb starts and seed starts were the only things that did well. We had some very bad rain storms last summer that attcked my vegetables. My herbs were undisturbed and did very well. This year I set up my small walk in portable greenhouse and potted up several grow kits to get started on my garden. From the grow kits so far, I have kale and baby carrots in one grow pot; lavendar and chamomile in another grow pot; sunflowers in another pot; in the clay pots I have some cucumbers and basil sprouting. In my bedroom, I have transplanted bush beans, radishes, and summer squash. In the seed starting (homemade) there is spinach and peas and more bush beans sprouting.
I always do my spinach and peas by direct seeding but I'm in Minnesota. You've started a lot. Good luck!
@@StoneKathryn I was able to sprout one spinach seed out of 6 and sprouted three pea plants out of 6. Today I created a chaos garden from seeds that I planted three to four times without any germination from last year. I followed the directions from an article from the rural sprout. Maybe something will sprout this time. The seeds were soaking for 24 hours and very few were floating. I am using the pile that I made last year as my compost and mixed in a few bags of the miracle gro that I had over winter. Egg shells and coffee grounds along to help the area. It is about 2ft by 2ft square area. Maybe this will keep the critters out of my container garden this year. I have two tall luandry baskets that I plan to grow potatoes in. I still need to get my containers cleaned out; refilled with potting mix and the amendments; to give the plants a chance to grow this year. I cleaned out a bunch of containers last November when I was packing up my garden for the winter. The aluminum greenhouse had a couple of panels that blew out of the frame. I just threw over a tarp over the whole greenhouse and tied it down for the winter. Since the end of February, I am trying to get a headstart on my garden as much as I can. Thank you for listening and giving me more tips to use this year in my garden.
I start my squash indoors in February here in Houston so that they are able to fruit before the vine borers are active.
Thank you for saying that. I was panicking a little. 😅 I’m in San Antonio, and this is my first season gardening here, and I started all my squash and cucumbers and melons in February too. I was nervous especially because they haven’t loved it since I put them in the ground despite hardening them off for several days, but I have heard that the SVB are atrocious here.
The joy on his face for “outside homework” lol!
There are so many amazing things about you but how fast you can convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius always shocks me!!! 😂
It’s really that I just have certain ones memorized so I can just guesstimate and get it pretty close
If you recall from history classes all farms kept record of everything from purchases to results of plantings, even keeping garden diaries. This is such fun watching you starting from scratch on your new farm & homestead! Best wishes for your progress & discovery.
I sent you some micro greens trays to you from your wish list shortly after you moved to your property. Hope you get to use them to try growing them again. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻💕💕👩🏻🌾
I will take your advice on the peppers!! Mine struggled so much last year, in my eagerness to get the whole garden planted out right at last frost date! Hoping to be pepper rich this year 😀🌶🫑
Mine struggled too. I have a little green house all most all plants are out there except for the pepper plants. I put to heat lamp in there 2 nights ago because it got down to 27 degrees. Tomatoes, zucchini , and Cucumber did good.
Last year, I waited a month after my last frost date to put out my peppers and they were very productive. Especially my jalapenos. I had a ton!
This news came just in time for me. Today is supposed to be my last frost date, but within my 10 day forecast I see a night that is 37. I was wracking my brain trying to decide what to do. Now that I have an expert’s advice, I feel a lot better. So glad to hear about the peppers and eggplant as well. I will definitely leave them in the house a little longer.
Yep I wait about two weeks for the really cold tender things, and I put them in raised beds that stay warmer anyway
When you went from outside to in the the greenhouse, and I heard that lovely echo, I had the thought that it would be so lovely to hear a small choir or ensemble sing some hymns in your greenhouse.
If you have mesquite trees, they will tell you when the frost is over. Once they bud, it may get pretty cold but not frosty. Good gives us all kinds of signs. In North Central Texas, we are past the frost now.
I'm in New Mexico and that's my measure also!
West Texas too. I’m a little concerned. I have 3 that i grow as trees and none are budded out. Yikes…
I’m new to Texas (San Antonio), but I love gardening and I know that listening to people who’ve been gardening for awhile in a region is a very wise thing to do. Somehow I got ahold of that advice early and I used it this year. I’m so glad I did because our projected last frost date was way earlier than our actual last frost this year.
@@debbieroland2807 I'm in SE NM so we're pretty close to each other. All the trees here are behind schedule leafing out this year. It has been a colder than normal spring though. Some stuff popped up in my Facebook memories, and this time last year things were definitely further along. Happy planting!
@@debbieroland2807 wow, I have family at Lake Brownwood and theirs are bloomed.
You are going to have an AMAZING AMOUNT OF PRODUCE/FLOWERS planted your first year!! WOW!!!!!!
Your new green house is so big now, it has an ECHO! Lol, it’s so pretty Jess!
Thanks for talking about just trying different stuff. Sometimes stuff doesn't work. I'm trying to become ok with that and just keep trying. Such joy and satisfaction when things do work.
I wish seed packets had "best temperature for germination/longevity" on them, it would help so much. We had stunted Summer stuff (tomatoes, peppers, etc.) because I started them from seed but didn't have a greenhouse or anywhere but outside to put them. They eventually flourished and produced but it was so slow!
I am planting while watching y'all. 50 varieties of tomato in my backyard garden. Up north, obviously lol! South Dakota Represent!
A white board for daily planning isn't a bad idea, they are inexpensive and make life easier!
Or another chalk board that you could maybe move around
Debbie here, Wa..👩🌾. Love your vlogs Jessica………does anyone else wish your new seedlings a happy birthday as they poke their heads up from the soil….LOL. I do,,,LOL. Thanks Jess for the inspiration
Would love to have a greenhouse. Here in Wisconsin I have three large shelving units placed by the southern facing windows in my dining room, full of seedlings I have planted from seed. A good combination of beautiful things and vegetables. Late may and early June is when our frost threat is usually over. But you need extra blankets and sheets to throw over them if there is a threat of frost. Love your videos, from one crazy plant lady to another!
So… many starts…… love it! Benny is the cutest garden boy.
I find it amazing how much you get done with so many people visiting/around. My husband was to build me a greenhouse 2 years ago and says he’s going to do it every time I bring it up. But again this year I’m growing seedlings in my bedroom (cat safe). He said he’d clean off shelves to move back up to the bedroom, but since he’s ‘too busy’ I ordered some racks online. They’ll come in handy somewhere else after growing season, but happy marriage means no nagging.
My mom and grandma always waited until after the full moon around our last frost date…so that’s now what I do!
ok, yeah, we need a slow pan of that green house with a Barry White accompaniment. GORGIOUS!
💕🌱💕 Floating shelves from the ceiling work great - rope and some boards/modified pallet or anything. Works well. **And won't rust like metal shelves.
I've heard both you and Jill rave about Boot Strap Farmer, but I didn't want to spend the money on them so I didn't even check them out. Then I found some local organic herb starts 🌱 at a little produce market for 1.50-2.00 a pot. They were in the BSF single cell pots. I needed some herbs so I bought several. I thought that was a great deal! 🙂
That is a great deal! Every time I go on BSF website, they're sold out of the stuff I want anyway.
'Industry standards' would be nice.
I'm learning by the seat of my pants supplemented by your inspiration and information! Thank you.
Good video. Soil temp is key also to when you should put your plants out. Peppers especially will just sit there unhappy if the soil isn't warm enough ☹️ You can use a meat thermometer 2-3 inches into the soil to check it. Should be above 50, 60 is better.
Looks like you need a tool box, hand trowel, knife, gloves, wisk broom etc, etc. Oh, and a hair tie or head band. Thanks Jess!!
Reading log! Love it. Now I'm thinking that greenhouse should have a reading nook. 🙂
Your greenhouse is awesome! Very mosaic with glass positioning and color! 😊👍
So glad you are mentioning microgreens. I assumed with the scale you have and the number of mouths to feed you wouldn't bother with those. I prefer the mesh trays rather than the slotted. The roots come through better. Since I'm mainly growing for just me, I also got the 5x5 mesh in addition to some 10x20 mesh. I've tried almost every variety of seed TrueLeaf offers as microgreen. So much fun. Of course I'll be dropping back to Peas, Sunflowers, Buckwheat, Radish, and Broccoli as basics. ... once i've used up the big inventory I've got at this point. Today harvested red garnet amaranth as my newest to try. On the subject of killing microgreens, I took a trip in my car to visit for a few days and took multiple trays of microgreens with me to maintain them. Gave some ready to harvest 5x5s as gifts. When I got back, my husband found the tray on the backseat floor that I had forgotten was there for the whole trip.
Where do you get your mesh trays from? I’ve done a lot of sprouts but branching into micro greens as well. Do you have a favorite lettuce micro green from TrueLeaf? What about a flavorful micro green (I’ve only had cilantro and lemon balm)?
@@tiffanyx8577 I've bought 10x20 and 5x5 mesh from bootstrap. I've also bought a 5 pack from amazon of green trays with white mesh inserts that are about 13x9 which I think work pretty well. I have a 1 pound bag of the basic salad mix to work through. I'm not really that excited about growing lettuces. I have not had much success with the cilantro. I will be really excited if I can get my shiso to grow the description sounds great for flavor. I have lemon balm in my garden - new last year and survived the winter so I don't think I will try it as a microgreen - I do love it. The popcorn microgreen that you grow in the dark is really interesting - unique taste - very sweet.
@@tiffanyx8577 I watch youtube channel "On The Grow". They have step-by-step microgreen growing videos for specific varieties. You will see they use bootstrap trays and also have some green and white trays like I have. I copied their rack setup using 4 ft led lights and computer fans. They have an amazon store page for microgreen supplies.
@@tiffanyx8577 I did try fenugreek. First harvest in my fridge. The seeds smell amazing, the microgreens themselves had the flavor but very light. I will be making Aloo Methi (Potatos with fenugreek) and will likely add the dried herb I already have on hand and not just the microgreens.
@@margaretdale7186 🍃Thanks for the plug on "On the Grow" channel. I took a peek and loved it. Will definitely subscribe to it. He is so thorough explaining everything. Again, many thanks, as I was shopping for a system and had no clue how to set it up.🍃💚
Jeramiah!!!!! Omg! You rock! Beautiful green house!!!
Those metal shelves are called "Bakers racks ". I use them as well. They are stainless steel plated but they do rust over time.
That red root stock rose is most likely 'Dr. Huey'. It's a once-bloomer that was originally bred and sold as a garden rose, but once it was discovered how easily it strikes from cuttings and how easily it handles grafting, it became the standard commercial root stock. I still see it in tons of gardens every year, though. :-)
Best gardening vlog on UA-cam.
Very Colorful 👏.
I use micro greens in the Winter . I grow them in Mason Jars with a screen to be able rinse them. Pop the jar in the Fridge when there finished then add to Salad 🙌.
Great tips Jess!
JO JO IN VT 💕😄
You must be so happy 😊 to be back in a greenhouse. The guys have done such a fantastic job. The lovered windows remind me of my years living in Hawaii in the seventies. They do produce a nice breeze.
What a little cutie he is
I'm in 5a, I have over 200 starter plants and I'm transplanting this week into solo cups. I have 5 different tomato varieties, 5 pepper varieties and lots of herbs ready to go. I also started my second batch of sunflower and pea microgreens. Your channel helped my timing with my starters! Very helpful TY Keep posting
So much beauty and life taking place in your new greenhouse! A totally great place to do homework, wish I would have had one when I was Ben's age! 😉
I can't believe it's early April already!! Just look at that greenhouse (it's a little slice of heaven in there!!). I cannot just plant "a few" seeds. I have a problem! I want to plant EVERYTHING lol! I'm looking forward to the progress and I just love what you've done so far in our outdoor spaces :). Sending Sunday blessings.
Okay what Jess is saying about direct sowing the cucumbers and mellons and squash is so so accurate! I live and garden in zone 4 (we love MN ❤️) as do my Mom and Grandma. My Grandma has told me the same thing. She has bought started plants and direct sown along side them and the direct sown always does better
I have been watching your channel for weeks now and just today it finally hit me that "Miah" is...Jeremiah. LOL!!! I have been wondering who this person is and even looked on your website to see if there was an about page that would tell me. 😂 I'm all straight now! Love that I found you all at the start of this new season in your lives. God bless!
Love that you had to tell people your name. Lol. I get it, but just found it humorous.
MULBERRIES!! Lol Jess please get yourself some mulberry trees, they are the most devine fruit I have ever had. I tell people they taste like they came straight from heaven. They would grow so well where you live!
I'm so excited! Just bought our tickets to the homestead fest in Tenn! Thanks for letting us know about it!
HI Jess- Fan solution= we use a solar powered fan- it runs when the sun is out. Prerty cheap- been running it for last 5 years, no electric connection needed. 😀
Your years of hard work inspires me. Thank you for sharing❤️
I made paper pots this year with brown grocery bags and newspaper to save some money and experiment. Holy Cow!! The root production for all of my seedlings so far have been amazing!! I started my tomatoes 2 weeks earlier than last season and they are growing WAY too fast. Some of my tomatoes and tomatillos are already 3ft tall.
Thank you for another great video! A few years ago I saw red bell peppers at my grocery store for $4.00 each! That's when I started growing my own peppers. I had a "bumper crop" of jalapeños but my green and red bell peppers were a failure. I know they don't like cold temps. I plant in May in NC. I'm going to try again. Always try again!!! Thanks Jess!
So happy to see u in your element !
Great video, as always! Thanks for all you do, keeping me and my family inspired and motivated in the garden. My family and I have recently started a small backyard garden. Less than 2 years in our new home and we've completely transformed the backyard into a beautiful garden space. We are beginner gardeners, growing and learning along the way. I started a gardening channel to help encourage other beginners to start growing as well. Thanks again for all the awesome advice and gardening ideas! 💚🌱
LOL I must’ve missed the video when you talk about drainage in the greenhouse. Aren’t you worried the water will ruin your nice floor? That greenhouse is so DREAMY.🥰
The floor is made of composite wood decking and under that is wood joists and below that is gravel and ground graded to drain to one corner of the green house and out to a ditch.
Good Morning! Enjoy your videos and several neat ideas. I enjoy seeing areas where our Ancestors migrated from towards Arkansas, sad I missed your last book signing in Conway to meet in person. Seeing you begin your developing new land reminds me of our 1st moving to family farm years ago. 😀
I love the “Bootstrap Farmer” products. Excellent quality, great price! Thanks for your videos, we love your enthusiasm, optimism and sense of humor….and your wonderful family!
I agree. Very affordable and last forever! I love mine!
I just love your Greenhouse.
You may have addressed this before but it is very important to disinfect pots and containers before reusing them. I grew up in a commercial flower growing environment. My mom and dad owned thousands of feet of commercial greenhouses. Mom would occasionally reuse pots for her own use, garden and flowers. She always disinfected them to stave off any bacteria or disease that can get on the pots through the soil or former plants.
I learned of Bootstrap Farmer through you and they are one of my absolute favorite garden supplies! They are not only long lasting, but also feel so stable when I’m carrying them full of baby plants!
I think I just love you and your kids is because you are you. I may know how much you love your friend who purchased your other farm but I am so sad for her.
I'm super happy for you and Muah sweet miah
We LOVE bootstrap farmer. Excellent quality.
Nothing better than being in the garden and getting dirty 😁🌻good times . My jasmine has bloomed and it’s so intoxicating, you smell it before you see it, just lovely 🥰
I still use "toilet paper rolls" to start my plants. As well as the egg cartons that are made from recycled material. 🙂
I'm in Sk,Canada so I need to start almost everything indoors, lol. The egg cartons I can split & plant directly cuz they break down super fast..., but my starters that are in the toilet paper rolls, as long as they are wet when transplanting I can just peel the roll off and plant into my desired garden space without disrupting any of the root/plant growth 🙂🤗
I really appreciate how youve explained this. Im in Wisconsin and because I have a short grow season it really pays for us to put stuff out at the last frost date and buy sheets at good will and cover everything at night, your area is different.
It's hard living in Wisconsin when it's colder weather never gives up. I just want to grow my plants and flowers all year.
@@teshabakke8600 I do to but if I didn’t have a forced rest, I’d probably never rest
Your book is an amazing resource! 🌱🌱
LOL! I took my tomatoes out for the day in a miniature hot house and forgot about them! You just reminded me when you mentioned the tomatoes. I ran out nd brought them back in!
I’m ever amazed at what you all have accomplished in such a time. So excited to see what you create. I am so glad for you to really get in the garden again! 🥰 God bless you Sowards family 😄
OMG! Love your greenhouse!
I'm in Atlanta so very similar temps to you which is a good guide. Im a newbie gardener, transplanted peppers out too early and AGREE in 40 temps became stunted. I had to start all over.
Girl y’all need a Jackery solar battery bank sponsorship they are awesome!!!
I want some of those galvanized containers but it is either those or food....so food and shelf stable food wins. I think they are so pretty.
Love those Vigo beds😊👍
Beware of the composite black flooring. We had it on a shaded porch and stairs off the porch. Those boards get BLAZING hot, like burn your feet bottoms hot, unbearably hot. It may exponentially increase the temps in your greenhouse so make a mental note to monitor for summer and watch your tender plants on the deck
Amazing green house
I just ordered the 2.5 inch colored pots from bootstrap through your link🙌🏻 It is my first real quality pot purchase 🥳 I’ve only repurposed or bought the cheap dollar store ones. They have done there job but now I feel fancy💗🙌🏻😆
I am actually really bad with timing and I still get food. Definitely seeds, plants want to grow. My solution for my lack of sticking to a schedule is seed in ground and in pots all year round. I am in zone 8. In the winter, late fall, I mostly seed cold plants. I keep my seedlings under a covered gazebo, either under domes and/or water trays. They can stay there until I have space for them or need them or can plant them out. Any that fail, I just start new seeds, either of something different or just the same things.
Plants are actually very forgiving and sometimes, variety also matters. I also let plants volunteer in my garden. I think I see 3 groundcherry volunteers right now. There might be more but it's all just started, so it is hard to tell. I do see two together, so I will likely move one of those soon.
One my asparagus patches is coming up and for the last few years, it was a green patch. This year, it is a purple patch. Weird! We will still eat them, but I did not remember planting purple asparagus there haha.
I did notice that some plants just really do better if I can keep them covered if its still around 40s at night. So I cut bottoms off bottles and put them over all my new transplants when the night are still cool. I am also in a very dry zone, so the cloches not only keep the new plants warmer but also more moist until their roots grow a bit. I take the cloches off when it gets warmer and the plants' leaves look good and strong.
Hey Jess!
I was wondering if you’ve thought of making a video that lightly discusses what you plan to do with the foods you’re growing (as in preserving)? I know there’s lots of new folks to your channel (yay!) and I think it would go well with the thread of preparedness you mentioned wanting to weave into your content.
This year I’m really trying to focus on coming up with a plan of how I’ll use what I grow BEFORE I’m inundated with the harvest, & I’ve found it’s affected my game plan a bit. But I’m still doing 5 colors of jalapeño to make the coolest looking cowboy candy around 😎
Love hanging in the new greenhouse ❤️
I have found that if I start the squash or cukes in large containers, they tolerate the move to the garden easier. I don't up pot them. In Oregon here, where we need the extra start time. I had 4 starts of butternut squash give me 30ish squash on a trellis last season. I handle my summer squash the same way; larger containers, then to garden. I always get a plethora of zucchinis. Other veggies I may up pot if necessary.
Jessica... Just FYI.. I welcome video just watching you work in your greenhouse. I am so excited to watch your gardens going in! Love you all and love your content♥️🥰🙂
Thank you for explaining the rose planting. The information on my rose was not helpful and now I know I need to bury them deeper.
Great learning experience.
I love your book!!!💜
I have much to learn. Watching you do the little things, even the little things like watering...helps. Thank you.
This is so me. I have to know everything. But we don’t know what we don’t know. And here I sit with beautiful strong looking cucumbers started that I have to move outside . I’m using repurposed salad containers to sprout so I’m going to give transplanting a chance now. I never thought anything I seeded would sprout!
Remember to harden them off before you plant them. Good luck!
@@StoneKathryn we are in the desert of southern Arizona at about 2700ft. We have been having nights consistently above 50 degrees. They didn’t appreciate the transplanting but I’m still hoping they will have it in them to make it. I figured I’d start getting them out a little at night when they look a little less sad? I hope this is right?
@@kendrapoppino7223 Sounds good. I hope they give you tons of cucumbers!
@@StoneKathryn thank you so much!
Beautiful seeds 🌺🌼👍🏼😂🦋
Thanks for this inspiring episode. I stopped it midway to go get some planting done and now I’m finishing the episode
I have learned the hard way to determine the estimated last frost date and then ask the locals when they plant and then check the 10 day forecast lol. Here the estimated last frost date is April 1st. The locals don’t plant until after the 15th. And that has saved me some real heartache 😂. I also learned the pepper trick by accident lol
I’ve got greenhouse envy.
Even though I'm starting my own seeds I still love watching seeds being started lol.
Well, as the saying goes, they don’t make things like they used to, and I guess that includes plastic. I have been using the same plastic flats, pots, and marking tags for going on 30 years. I use a soft 2B art pencil for the tags. It actually stays on the tag and doesn’t fade the way sharpies can and then I erase them or scrub them off with a scotchbrite and water (sometimes comet if I’ve used the sharpie) every year. The colored pots are cute but keep in mind they are not likely as UV stable as the black ones. I bought a case of black 2-1/2” pots, a case of 3-1/2” pots, a case of plastic web trays, and 500 hard white plastic tags in 1994 and I’m still using the ones I have left (I sold plants a few years). I don’t mind cleaning the tags to keep the plastic out of the environment. It only takes a few seconds per tag so even a few hundred isn’t terribly bad. I always tell people that I sell plants to that if they don’t want to keep the pots to return them for reuse but we don’t have issues with disease in dry southern Colorado. I suppose they could be dunked in a mild bleach solution if there was a concern. And I ALWAYS keep the pots out of the sun and heat when they aren’t full of soil. They can melt and deform in an instant if left out! I have 36 cole crops, 36 eggplant, 80 peppers and chilies, and over 100 tomatoes started this year so far.
Wow, you get the frugal gardener award in my book! Sounds wonderful. Enjoy!
So happy you mentioned critters. My struggle is chipmunks eating all my seeds so I do have to start my squash. Melons. Sunflowers. Pumpkins ect. Those little guys I swear smell the seeds lol. Great video
ugh me too, here in nyc the slugs, tomato pin worms, aphids and beetles had a feast in the first season of my new yard. Going to try to let them grow up a bit before sending them out into that crazy insect world!😅
Jess, you are sparkling in your new greenhouse! ❤️❤️. ENJOY!
I have your book and I'm really enjoying it and learning lots.