🧑🌾 Another SMALL SPACE VEGETABLE GARDEN TOUR in CALIFORNIA Zone 9b - URBAN GARDENING to the Max
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hi friends,
I wanted to share an update of my VEGETABLE GARDEN in the BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA (Zone 9b) during these CRAZY TIMES! Most of my vegetables are grown in DIY constructed backyard RAISED BEDS, and this year I am GROWING MORE FOOD in the front yard because... well, you know why. I have some FRUIT TREES going on, too... so you may consider my garden a SMALL ORCHARD or an EDIBLE LANDSCAPE. However you see it, it is pumping out food! And it feels so good to have FOOD RESILIENCE during UNCERTAIN TIMES.
In this video, we check out the progress of all the SUMMER VEG - both purchased from the nursery and also started from SEED. I have named all the VARIETIES so that you can research them more for your own garden. I also talk about GROWING FRUIT TREES in a SMALL SPACE - How to manage VIGOROUS FRUIT TREES so that they're IN SCALE with your GROWING SPACE.
With all the food that is coming out of the garden, I have been SHARING WITH NEIGHBORS and FRIENDS regularly. I've been PICKLING a lot and making SAUCES. Grilling the veggies and fruit on the BBQ GRILL. Love it! Can't wait to make LOADS OF PESTO with all the BASIL happening - my current FAVORITE BASIL is the LETTUCE LEAF type. It usually has a slow start, gets chewed out by slugs or other insects in the beginning, and then takes off towards the end of the season - it is so much MORE FRAGRANT than the standard Genovese Basil.
Happy Gardening!
Susan
THINGS MENTIONED OR RELATED:
→ Backyard California VEGETABLE GARDEN TOUR in a SMALL SPACE - BIOINTENSIVE GROWING for HIGHER YIELDS - bit.ly/335vaOw
→ I planted a new food area because of the virus - garden tour of my veg beds during self isolation - bit.ly/3f8KIU8
→ How To Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons - amzn.to/3g9PLF3
→ Vegetable Growing Fertilizer - amzn.to/310qJSw and amzn.to/3jOAiwC
→ Worm Bin for Vermicomposting - amzn.to/2BCOJm4 and amzn.to/2CYucsL
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Nice to find another Northern California 9b gardener. Enjoyed seeing your beautiful garden. Thanks for the video.
Wow that is a lot of veggies!! what is the trellis you are using for the cherry tomatoes and cucamelons @7:05. Do you prune the cherry tomatoes?
If you can grow in 9b, you can grow almost anywhere. 9b is like trying to grow something in the sahara dessert
Yes we use a lot of water when growing vegetables in California. We do have the advantage or warmer weather and generally adequate sunlight hours throughout the year. That definitely helps! I was chatting with my folks who have a farm in Korea, and everything's frozen. They're unable to water the crops because all frozen.
Subscribed… I’m from Zone 9b too Sacramento. Our heat this summer goes up to triple digits, highest 111 F( crazy) I’m a new gardener.
Your garden is beautiful. I am also in So Cal Growing zone 9b and found this video so inspiring as I am embarking on a backyard edible landscape project. Do you plan on filming a more recent garden update?
How do you find the potatoes to be growing in the shaded side yard? Do you grow any types of berries?
Loved this video! Thanks for sharing! I’m also in 9b and just started gardening. Wondering what type of fertilizer on top of compost and kelp you recommend?
Thanks for the tour ! ! I like your ideas ! ! !
Thanks for watching! I saw thst you went to Stinson Beach recently. Not gonna lie, kinda jealous. Have not been there in 3 or 4 years... Must have been a nice day trip!
Your garden is phenomenal!!! We can’t wait to watch your harvest!!!💚🌱
Thank you! Just saw that you're growing a lot, too! It looks like you're a pepper lover 😆 super cute baby girl btw~
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Thank u ✨
Enjoying. It’s my first year growing cucamelons :)
Awesome. Hope u enjoy them! They are so fun to snack on~
Where are you in CA? I’m in Fresno.
My home garden is in San Mateo County Zone 9b, but most of my clients' gardens are from Palo Alto to San Jose.
So impressive! Howdy from Oakland!
Subscribed and commented... love your garden
Celery that actually tastes good? Yes! You are using your space so well. Inspiring.
Yes... It's great :)
I want to pickle the cucamelons. I’ve been perfecting my pickling style.
Sounds good... Please let me know how they go and how they taste!
I grew up in Hawaii had the joy to pick and eat many guava. Pineapple guava sounds great!
Lucky u... Really wish I could visit Hawaii after this whole pandemic is better managed 😭
FLOWERCHILD GARDENS you will! Sorry for my comment bombs. I love garden videos and get excited. Ps my email was flowerchild for years. Half the reason I clicked on your flannel ;) glad I did!
Thx for the advice on the “heat tolerant choy” I like your interplanting style.
Thanks! I like what's going on with your garden, too! I should have grown zinnias and flowers but no space in my garden. :( so jealous of all the space that you have!
FLOWERCHILD GARDENS thank you! My motto has been “do what you can with what you have” thanks for watching!
Definitely.
I wish I could transplant your whole garden into my backyard! This entire video is magical. Can I ask, do you have a southern facing backyard? I don’t know if this is feasible for my space but I want to try and mimic your layout.
In 9A zoning , I love the biointensive garden. I’ve just started, are there any veggies or herbs that you would not plant together again? Thanks for any info and super inspiring. Your garden makes me smile
Hi 121, thanks for checking out the video! Are you in California, too?
I am really pushing the limits of my veg garden..definitely growing in a biointensive way!
With biointensive gardening in a small space, growing things that are compatible and in balance with key. Kind of like having a set finanacial budget and allocating your money in an efficient way or like sharing a room or apartment with roommates that have different personalities and habits. If there's a heavy feeder, I'll plant something that is a low feeder next to it or after the heavy feeding crop is done. With a taller crop, I'll plant something short and shade tolerant underneath it.
I think it's important to create a polyculture in an organized way. Polyculture is necessary to avoid disease and insects overwintering, but in a small space it's better to plant in rows so that you can easily turn over the small areas and do succession planting.
Having dedicated permanent planting areas for perennial crops is helpful too... Common edible perennials can be Chives, Lemongrass, Oregano, Rosemary, Thyme, Rhubarb, etc. Perennial plants can feel like a roadblock or speedbump when you're turning your beds. If it's in the middle of the bed, it can be annoying when amending and planting. Perennials also get larger, usually as a clump and can take up a lot of space over the years. In a small bed, dividing the perennials can help manage the size but by doing so, it can disrupt an annual crop growing nearby.
And try to avoid planting heavy feeding perennials and shrubs near annual plants. Examples are like, Grape vines, etc. They will suck up all the moisture and nutrients in the bed over time. But more importantly, they will develop stronger roots that you annual plants can't compete with.
I learned this one the hard way, but it was a good lesson: Avoid planting thuggish plants that spread by rhizomes in annual beds. Any plant that spreads by rhizomes can be problematic in a mostly annual bed. Since you'll be turning your bed at least twice a year, you can potentially disturb rhizomatous roots and those thuggish plants will easily colonize. They become difficult to remove completely once established. For me, I made the mistake of planting a native milkweed, Asclepias speciosa, in my veg beds. I tried so hard to dig all the rhizomes out, but it seems impossible. As I plant more annual vegetables each year, the Asclepias multiplies because I'm disturbing its roots. I wish I had planted it outside of my bed in the corner of my yard. I also made the mistake of planting a "well-behaved" dwarf raspberry in my veg beds. Another rhizomatous plant that wasn't as well behaved as it was marketed to be. The same goes with potatoes, sweet potatoes and sunchokes. Plant those crops in a separate dedicated area or maybe in a large container. It's easier to harvest and manage the plant.
I hope some of these suggestions are helpful! There's a lot of good tips on the internet, but these ones are really important in the long run!
@@FLOWERCHILDGARDENS thank you so much. I am in north Florida so similar zones but not humidity or rain patterns. You have several tomatoes that I have seeds for, so after your video, they went in a seeding tray. Your videos have Definitely rethinking some of my spring beds. Thanks...I do have one bed of just asparagus and strawberries, one will produce soon and the other, well, I’ve got a couple of years. Perennial plants are my favorite
Wow I just found you and your landscaping and garden are my goals!! Can’t wait to see more videos!
Where do you get your tatsoi lettuce seeds?
Kitazawa seeds carries a lot of asian vegetables. You can also get Tatsoi from High Mowing Seeds and maybe from Johnny's Seeds - all purchasable on their websites~
The purple tomatoes are pretty
New Jersey Indoor Gardener thank u! I just saw that ur mango project. Hope it works out! I planted some grocery bought ginger in a container a couple of months ago, and it has shoots now! So exciting. 💯
FLOWERCHILD GARDENS That’s great I’ll be watching fur more content