We`re getting freezes the next few nights in central Louisiana. I covered my tomatoes with tarps and dug up some volunteer Husk Cherries and brought them inside under lights to have fruit the rest of the winter. I decided they`re the best indoor crop because they produce hundreds of sweet berries. I saw a huge brown Praying Mantis trying to catch bees on some basil and brought her inside on the plants to stay warm until the temps go back up in a few days. Ha!
@@atomicsnowflake2130 I used to bring a Bell Pepper plant inside on a sunny back porch every winter then transplant it back into the garden in spring. After 3 years I was away playing in a band and we had an early freeze and it didn`t survive. I lost a lot of cactus too that I had for 14 years.
@@atomicsnowflake2130 Try the 15 and 24 watt Sansi grow bulbs with a cheap timer. They work exceptionally well and last a lifetime. If you have larger plants they have 36 watt ones too. My Husk Cherry plants are 3 feet tall and wide so I have the 34w and the 24w above them and some strip lights below for the lower leaves. I caught a bug for the Mantis so she had a good meal and I gave her water. She`s happy to be able to be inside because they usually die if it freezes.
We are getting our first freeze tonight, but it's going to get worse and worst as the week progresses. I'm officially saying good-bye to the tomatoes. I picked all the green ones. We had a good run - almost made it to December.
This past winter, I left coriander seeds in a pot outside for the whole winter. (I really gave up on them.) But in spring the seeds germinated and gave me a healthy harvest! I am in zone 5B/6.
These videos bring my motivation up. I keep thinking I’ve missed the window to plant new things in the garden, but you give a lot of valuable information that makes me want to get out there and at least try to make it happen. Thank you so much. 😊
I am a brand new Gardner and I’m trying to understand this when to transplant and when to direct sow. With the bulbing onions and shallots living in zone 7a should I direct sow start the seed inside or is it too late? Thanks for the help also do you suggest any books to get a better understanding
@@raynw8471 Hey this is awesome!! I don't have an answer to your question but I'm glad to see you getting into it. Gardening is awesome and it's something everyone can pick up. I'm not an expert but I have gardened for a few years and it's tons of fun. Whatever you do, DO NOT believe all the people telling you that gardening is an expensive hobby. It never has to be and it's a great way to save tons of money and make plenty of healthy food. I could tell you stories about my gardening adventures. I had tons of fun and learned a lot of things. I'm a bit of a hands on guy. I learn from trail and error but I also do what you're doing now and look to see what I can learn from others.
i enjoyed your pulling a carrot, dusting it off and eating it. When I was a kid, we used to just pull the wild garlic/onions and dust and eat them right out of the ground. It was in the city, but we did not know better.
Yes...when I was a kid in the 70's we did the same plus rolled and played in mud and many other troubling things. We got all our germ exposure in the summer. I credit all this to me hardly ever getting sick!😂
Cooking videos are tough to make, since you need a studio with lighting and a lot of specialized equipment. It's also a totally different editing format. I actually have a small cooking video in the hopper I'll be publishing within the next couple weeks.
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I can tell you are becoming a master gardener because the bill of that cap is finally getting the proper arch as a sun guard. Great content!
Dale is too cute!😃 I'm sure he misses dad when you are away. Thanks for the list of garden goodies we can sow in December. I still need to sow turnip seeds.
Oh, not like he misses his Mommy. Dad is the foundation that makes everything work, and Mom gets all the glory 😒 My turnips are coming along, slowly but surely! This cold plunge is definitely going to slow things down, though.
I planted Elephant Garlic many years ago as a novelty as we had never seen it in our grocery store. I was amazed at how easy it was to grow and spread! We move a lot of dirt to make a spot better for a certain crop and we must have carried a few bulbs of garlic in the process. We now have garlic every where and have a hard time controling it? I have kept a lot of friends supplied with garlic!
Southern gardeners are lucky, the ground freezes solid here in Wisconsin by thanksgiving every year. I still have kale and lettuce out there, just dont touch it cause it will shatter 🤣
That’s crazy! We are freaking out this year because it’s 21 degrees at Thanksgiving weekend here in Ga and we never get these temps until January and even then that is rare.
@ when it gets cold a few nights, plants can get covered, if it gets into the single digits every night, some days the high temp will be 15 for us. And that happens for a couple months, no cold frame or cover will do jack squat
You have a rescued dog! THIS is why I am subscribing to YOUR team vs. the other dude with the designer dog. I have two rescued dogs (abandoned along a highway 3 1/2 years ago) and fourteen rescued chickens who were abandoned seven years ago. We are all one big happy family along with my adopted daughter. (I mention that because I hope more people will rescue animals and adopt children and thus make the world a better place.)
Amen! My dog is a rescue……he showed up on my driveway and nobody claimed him! He is the best pet….love him dearly! My granddaughter is adopted as well and she is so loved by all…….a true gift!
Thanks fora all of your videos. Any questions I ever have (even container gardening) I can just come here. You’ve helped me have great success with my apartment balcony garden ! Your passion really shines through. Thank you ❤
Got that first frost in E TN. Have some brassicas (oops didnt put a marker stick so dont know what came up) and carrots that the bunnies love to nibble the tips. Nibbled down the peas I planted earlier.
In addition to your normal planting, try putting in some 4-6 weeks behind them. I am thinking you may get bigger bulbs if you plant them later and they bulb when days are an hour longer. If it gets too hot, you can put shade cloth overhead to mitigate.
I moved to North Florida last year, but lived in Minnesota for 30 years. I built a cold frame with plexiglass and wood with insulated panels in MN and my greens stayed alive for a while once the temps were in the teens for months. But they just didn't grow at all. They stayed the same size. A big reason for my move was to grow food all year. Thanks for sharing info. I'm zone 9a, but like to plan for zone 8. This guide is very helpful. I'm still learning about this climate. (And the humidity of Florida).
@@sarahbehler5437 I think I may live within an hour of him. I live in a suburban area on .26 acres. There is an HOA, minimal rules. Also being in FL, there are laws to protect gardening. BUT I still have to keep it to the back yard and then kinda blend in the food stuff in the front with some flowers and fake it. I'm going to put fruit trees in the front and side yards. I have followed some of his advice, but I didn't always have luck with it.
@ yeah, it is all a great experiment! I am in the northeast, so, have to guess at everything, too! jim kovaleski is, or was in florida, too. I think Justin Roads & Pete Karnesky (none of my spelling is probably correct) have interviews with him & you might find inspiration from his growing styles! Wow, 26 acres! Can’t even imagine! Sounds like a lot of space to hide stuff from hoas, lol! Have fun!
It's 17 ° F outside rn in central pa and today I went n checked my garden to find alot of things at their end , but it's almost time to start planting seeds ! I'm pumped for next year already
I didn’t realize we are the same zone. So nice to see videos for my zone, most of the time it’s in much colder climates and I still don’t know when to plant. I’m gonna do some planting tomorrow, woop woop. Thanks for such great videos😁
For what it's worth, the zone doesn't really matter all that much with a lot of these vegetables. As long as you build the PVC hoop houses like I have, they can really grow to some cold temps. Zone 5/6 shouldn't be a problem under protection, especially if you can get them to a decent size before it gets really cold.
I absolutely love your channel. I am in zone 8b but in the PNW. Your channel seems to be the only one I watch as others aren't my zone area. So I appreciate your ideas. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I really appreciate it! These things will grow pretty well in your area. They'll grow slowly because of the short days and weak sun, but they will grow. Eventually, they'll take off once the days lengthen in late winter, and you'll get a huge jump on spring. Things like arugula, radishes, green onions, leeks and mustard greens will actually grow for you, though! You'll get some harvests. And, you must get the garlic in now, don't forget!
Thanks a lot for this encouraging and to-the-point information! I won't believe all those who claim we can only grow one crop per year here in zone 7b (Scania, Sweden) 👍
"Dirt don't hurt!" 😂I'm trying a "Wasabi Radish" this year as well as Mustard. Mustard will be a mainstay for sure because my friend grows it and I loved it as a kid. I've got Purple Collard Tree going insane right now & my Red Russian Kale is doing splendidly.
Thank you, Mr MG! I just planted most of my garlic today, have another bed or two to plant next week. I’m going to start some carrots and parsnips too! I have ten beds, one more to build, but it looks like I will need another ten for spring!
Absolutely fantastic advice. I will be getting back to u after I have planted most of these plants. Very clever and no winter blues when u have these growing. ❤
Thank you for reminding us about what to plant in December Your dill and herbs look great my dill never gets very fluffy or big maybe I need to try another variety. Thanks again for sharing
Yes! Thank you. I listened to you last year and found out why garlic didn’t grow for me. Hard the wrong kind. Planted soft neck and got a great crop last year. Planted 2x as much this year. Looking forward to the spring!
That was a very nice watch, thank you! It made me motivated to grab my cellfast tools and do some gardening on my own this winter. Thanks again and good luck.
Dill is semi cold tolerant. It does better if you cover it. I threw a flower pot on top of my dill during the 19.9 degree freeze the other night. Parsley, I did nothing with. They take teens like a champ.
This was a learning curve year. Every imaginable garden pest got into mine. Cabbage moth for brassicas, black flies on the eggplants, mexican bean beetle for the string beans, hornworms on the tomatoes and squash bugs on all the squashes. Very little harvest but I could salvage some things and my neighbors grow gardens so big they are always selling off or giving away bounties. My herb plants do great so I trade off medicinal and culinary herbs sometimes. Peppers were unscathed and I'm trying that thing where you winter over the plant in the garage to get a jump start on the season next year. We shall see. Brassicas and carrots were seeded in early October but the bunnies have been quite mischievous and nibble down the carrot tops. If I can only figure out how they get in. Or maybe it's squirrels, which I only see in the fall here given that i had sucessful carrot harvests last spring.
Here is the revised timestamp list with the actual vegetables from the transcript: ### TIMESTAMPS here: - ****0:00**** Gardening In December Tips - ****1:36**** Winter Vegetable #1 - Garlic - ****3:08**** Winter Vegetables #2 & #3 - Bulbing Onions and Shallots - ****4:43**** Winter Vegetables #4 & #5 - Leeks and Bunching Onions - ****6:45**** Winter Vegetables #6 & #7 - Carrots and Parsnips - ****9:20**** Winter Vegetable #8 - Radishes - ****10:22**** Winter Vegetable #9 - Mustard Greens - ****11:43**** Winter Vegetables #10 & #11 - Kale and Collard Greens - ****13:47**** Winter Vegetables #12, #13, #14 - Beets, Turnips, Swiss Chard - ****14:45**** Winter Vegetable #15 - Cold Hardy Leaf Lettuces - ****16:51**** Winter Vegetable #16 - Spinach - ****17:39**** Winter Vegetable #17 - Arugula - ****18:46**** Winter Vegetables #18, #19, #20 - Cilantro, Parsley, Dill - ****22:06**** Easy Cold Protection Methods - ****24:06**** Adventures With Dale ### Transcript Summary: #### Garlic (1) - Easy to grow, hardy in zones 3-8 (hard neck) and 5-10 (soft neck). #### Bulbing Onions and Shallots (2 & 3) - Start from seed in December; sensitive to day length. #### Leeks and Bunching Onions (4 & 5) - Daylength neutral; very cold hardy. #### Carrots and Parsnips (6 & 7) - Cold hardy; grow sweeter in cold weather. #### Radishes (8) - Ready in as little as 25 days; cold hardy. #### Mustard Greens (9) - Fast-growing, pest-resistant, cold hardy. #### Kale and Collard Greens (10 & 11) - Very cold hardy; kale includes Lado Kale, Blue Curled Kale, Red Russian Kale; collard greens are even more cold hardy than kale. #### Beets, Turnips, Swiss Chard (12, 13, 14) - Cold hardy; beets taste better when roasted after a frost. #### Cold Hardy Leaf Lettuces (15) - Varieties like New Red Fire, Marvel of Four Seasons tolerate colder temperatures. #### Spinach (16) - Winter type spinach is more cold hardy; heat is more destructive than cold. #### Arugula (17) - Heat-sensitive but grows quickly in cold weather. #### Cilantro, Parsley, Dill (18, 19, 20) - Cilantro is very heat-sensitive but cold hardy to around 0-10°F. - Parsley is cold tolerant but more sensitive to heat; plant under deciduous trees for shade. - Dill is less cold hardy than cilantro but can harden off with gradual cooling. This list should help you navigate through the video based on specific vegetables discussed.
Blow off the snow, build a $40 hoop house. Problem solved. I garden under the hoops for a reason. It makes winter conditions less relevant. If you want to do it, you can with ease. It is neither too cold, too snowy or too late if you genuinely want to do it.
missouri has been as low as 15 degrees the last 3 mornings after 5 inches of snow! Gonna see if the ground is soft enough to plant something @@TheMillennialGardenermid Mis
Great content! I've learned so much from this video. I'm in Texas close to San Antonio. I thought my garden was done for the Winter. I've been wanting to grow cilantro and parsley because I'm always buying them from the store. I have seeds for most of the plants you described!
Being in Central Florida I don't worry about cold as much as heat even in Dec, Jan and Feb. I have had 3 days of frost in the last 5 years of gardening here. But it does get up to the 80s for a few days during this time with the average day temps at 75 and nights averages around 62.
Another great video! We took your advice and are growing Collard Greens in the winter garden here in Boston. It was 29 degrees this morning with a hard frost and the collards are thriving. They get sun in the afternoon and growth rates don't appear that far off spring and fall. It will be interesting to see if they make it through the winter. Like you we are close to the coast so that helps moderate overnight lows.
So many good information! From temperature ranges of each crop to what types are best and do well, I live close to you so to me this is all so helpful thank you! I will use your Amazon links for that whenever I remember ;-)
Southern Wisconsin has below freezing 🥶 temperatures already. I don't have any winter clothes because we've had so many mild winters! I don't even have long sleeve shirts or a jacket. Thank goodness I have hoodies. I appreciate the detailed information. Makes me think that I might actually be able to garden without killing all the plants. I also love your wife's dog. Great attitude. 😂❤
You can! And, if you live in a cold climate, push your containers up against the south wall of your house. The house wall will radiate heat all night and keep them 3-5 degrees warmer.
I must take this opportunity to welcome you to Florida. Can't wait to see how you solve or manage the problems we face here , such as nematodes, the lack of minerals in our sand and how quickly compost and mulch dissolve. Solve nematodes and I will search you out and kiss you square on the lips! Ken
Thanks for this encouragement. I planted my first garlic 2 weeks ago. I have most of the seeds you mentioned today. The very cold weather is coming but my green house (with a few holes😂😂) may still get me some veggies this winter.
First December days are 24 hours just like June days. Day LIGHT hours are shorter. Second my ground is frozen. You can lay seeds on top but they might blow away. Zone 5B eastern Nebraska
I'm in TN but my county is right where 7a/7b/8a meet, from what I can tell, I'm technically in 8a as of the most recent maps, and conditions seem slightly more similar to zone 8 than zone 7, but it's quite confusing!
Kale is one of the easiest things to grow. I like the Blue Curly a lot better, though. Red Russian gets so many worms and aphids. The curly kales get almost *none,* and I find them to be just as hardy. Collards are just as easy as kale, too.
Very nice! My tiny beets got cooked in this wave of extreme freezes, but the larger beets are totally fine. Nothing else got any burning. Turnips and collards are tough.
If you enjoyed this video, please *LIKE* it and share it to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 🙂TIMESTAMPS here:
0:00 Gardening In December Tips
1:36 Winter Vegetable #1
3:08 Winter Vegetables #2 & #3
4:43 Winter Vegetables #4 & #5
6:45 Winter Vegetables #6 & #7
9:20 Winter Vegetable #8
10:22 Winter Vegetable #9
11:43 Winter Vegetables #10 & #11
13:47 Winter Vegetables #12, #13, #14
14:45 Winter Vegetable #15
16:51 Winter Vegetable #16
17:39 Winter Vegetable #17
18:46 Winter Vegetables #18, #19, #20
22:06 Easy Cold Protection Methods
24:06 Adventures With Dale
We`re getting freezes the next few nights in central Louisiana. I covered my tomatoes with tarps and dug up some volunteer Husk Cherries and brought them inside under lights to have fruit the rest of the winter. I decided they`re the best indoor crop because they produce hundreds of sweet berries. I saw a huge brown Praying Mantis trying to catch bees on some basil and brought her inside on the plants to stay warm until the temps go back up in a few days. Ha!
Pepper plants will also grow and produce peppers in the house, near a windows with light.
@@atomicsnowflake2130 I used to bring a Bell Pepper plant inside on a sunny back porch every winter then transplant it back into the garden in spring. After 3 years I was away playing in a band and we had an early freeze and it didn`t survive. I lost a lot of cactus too that I had for 14 years.
@@atomicsnowflake2130 Try the 15 and 24 watt Sansi grow bulbs with a cheap timer. They work exceptionally well and last a lifetime. If you have larger plants they have 36 watt ones too. My Husk Cherry plants are 3 feet tall and wide so I have the 34w and the 24w above them and some strip lights below for the lower leaves. I caught a bug for the Mantis so she had a good meal and I gave her water. She`s happy to be able to be inside because they usually die if it freezes.
I hope you have bugs for the praying mantis
We are getting our first freeze tonight, but it's going to get worse and worst as the week progresses. I'm officially saying good-bye to the tomatoes. I picked all the green ones. We had a good run - almost made it to December.
We’ve had several heavy snows and my collards and kale are still holding tough. I live in Colorado
This past winter, I left coriander seeds in a pot outside for the whole winter. (I really gave up on them.) But in spring the seeds germinated and gave me a healthy harvest! I am in zone 5B/6.
I’m a Texan. My mother used to mix collard greens and mustard greens together with a ham hock. 😁😁
I was born and raised in Waco, TX. We can do better. Now we know that we don't have to eat animals to thrive.
We added turnip greens to that and salt pork. The salt pork is not the same now and I just add bacon and spices.
Texan also......the beef state
North Carolinian! Love this type of cooking. Way to go momma!!!!!
What is the best dirt to put in your beds, I live in Alabama
12 degrees outside this morning 🥶.
I did plant some radish seeds in a pot in the basement.
I like to experiment.🤪
These videos bring my motivation up. I keep thinking I’ve missed the window to plant new things in the garden, but you give a lot of valuable information that makes me want to get out there and at least try to make it happen. Thank you so much. 😊
Roasted radishes and radish greens are one of my new loves .
Beets, carrots, garlic, onions, leeks, parsnips, radishes- check 😁
+ Mustard Greens, collard greens, kale 😊
Believe it or not, I am learning some of this from games like Vintage Story and Medieval Dynasty. I'm glad for this video too.
I am a brand new Gardner and I’m trying to understand this when to transplant and when to direct sow. With the bulbing onions and shallots living in zone 7a should I direct sow start the seed inside or is it too late? Thanks for the help also do you suggest any books to get a better understanding
@@raynw8471 Hey this is awesome!! I don't have an answer to your question but I'm glad to see you getting into it. Gardening is awesome and it's something everyone can pick up. I'm not an expert but I have gardened for a few years and it's tons of fun. Whatever you do, DO NOT believe all the people telling you that gardening is an expensive hobby. It never has to be and it's a great way to save tons of money and make plenty of healthy food. I could tell you stories about my gardening adventures. I had tons of fun and learned a lot of things. I'm a bit of a hands on guy. I learn from trail and error but I also do what you're doing now and look to see what I can learn from others.
i enjoyed your pulling a carrot, dusting it off and eating it. When I was a kid, we used to just pull the wild garlic/onions and dust and eat them right out of the ground. It was in the city, but we did not know better.
What a lovely memory!
Yes...when I was a kid in the 70's we did the same plus rolled and played in mud and many other troubling things. We got all our germ exposure in the summer. I credit all this to me hardly ever getting sick!😂
I would seriously watch cooking videos from you. In a pretty big way! Show me how you make your stew 🤩
Cooking videos are tough to make, since you need a studio with lighting and a lot of specialized equipment. It's also a totally different editing format. I actually have a small cooking video in the hopper I'll be publishing within the next couple weeks.
I can tell you are becoming a master gardener because the bill of that cap is finally getting the proper arch as a sun guard. Great content!
I haven't seen the sun in days. I think we got sun twice in the past 2 weeks. But soon we will be moving back south east. Yay!!!
I watched this video then planted some of these seeds here in Western North Carolina. So we shall see!
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Dirt don’t hurt! I love that 💙
I just stumbled on this video. Thanks! I’m a new gardener, also a NJ native, now living in Shelby NC.
17:45 haha I planted and grew arugula this summer, without knowing. It got well out of control quickly!
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful.
I’m glad I found your channel! I’m here in Shallotte and I did not realize there’s so many plants I could be growing!
Dale is too cute!😃 I'm sure he misses dad when you are away.
Thanks for the list of garden goodies we can sow in December. I still need to sow turnip seeds.
Oh, not like he misses his Mommy. Dad is the foundation that makes everything work, and Mom gets all the glory 😒 My turnips are coming along, slowly but surely! This cold plunge is definitely going to slow things down, though.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you for rescuing and for not patronizing a breeder or pet shop.
Cilantro amazes me. I had quite a large plant one winter, when I just thought it would die from the cold.
You have a gift from Jesus Christ 😊
Thank you for sharing your gift 🎁!!!
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I planted Elephant Garlic many years ago as a novelty as we had never seen it in our grocery store. I was amazed at how easy it was to grow and spread! We move a lot of dirt to make a spot better for a certain crop and we must have carried a few bulbs of garlic in the process. We now have garlic every where and have a hard time controling it? I have kept a lot of friends supplied with garlic!
My ground is frozen in Northern Virginia but I want to try some of these inside. Thanks for another great video.
Thanks! I also love growing Swiss chard and broccoli during the winter here in Zone 9B.
I guess I'm a descendent of arugula ! I love the cold tooooo
Southern gardeners are lucky, the ground freezes solid here in Wisconsin by thanksgiving every year. I still have kale and lettuce out there, just dont touch it cause it will shatter 🤣
That’s crazy! We are freaking out this year because it’s 21 degrees at Thanksgiving weekend here in Ga and we never get these temps until January and even then that is rare.
Oh goodness 😮😅😊
Can you build a cold frame on the south side of your house?
Hate to break it to ya but it’s 15 degrees here tonight. We’re not lucky
@ when it gets cold a few nights, plants can get covered, if it gets into the single digits every night, some days the high temp will be 15 for us. And that happens for a couple months, no cold frame or cover will do jack squat
You have a rescued dog! THIS is why I am subscribing to YOUR team vs. the other dude with the designer dog. I have two rescued dogs (abandoned along a highway 3 1/2 years ago) and fourteen rescued chickens who were abandoned seven years ago. We are all one big happy family along with my adopted daughter. (I mention that because I hope more people will rescue animals and adopt children and thus make the world a better place.)
YEHOVAH GOD WILL BLESS YOU ❤
I have a rescue that loves to watch Tuck.She is Silkie/Chuauhua. We have a lot of rescue Yorkie available for adoption.
Amen! My dog is a rescue……he showed up on my driveway and nobody claimed him! He is the best pet….love him dearly! My granddaughter is adopted as well and she is so loved by all…….a true gift!
Thanks fora all of your videos. Any questions I ever have (even container gardening) I can just come here. You’ve helped me have great success with my apartment balcony garden ! Your passion really shines through. Thank you ❤
Try Ground Cherries in a pot. They`re awesome and delicious.
Got that first frost in E TN. Have some brassicas (oops didnt put a marker stick so dont know what came up) and carrots that the bunnies love to nibble the tips. Nibbled down the peas I planted earlier.
I’m in W. Central Fl. My onion starts go in the ground by mid November here. Seed sown First week of September. Garlic gets planted next week.
In addition to your normal planting, try putting in some 4-6 weeks behind them. I am thinking you may get bigger bulbs if you plant them later and they bulb when days are an hour longer. If it gets too hot, you can put shade cloth overhead to mitigate.
I moved to North Florida last year, but lived in Minnesota for 30 years. I built a cold frame with plexiglass and wood with insulated panels in MN and my greens stayed alive for a while once the temps were in the teens for months. But they just didn't grow at all. They stayed the same size. A big reason for my move was to grow food all year. Thanks for sharing info. I'm zone 9a, but like to plan for zone 8. This guide is very helpful. I'm still learning about this climate. (And the humidity of Florida).
@David the good on youtube might be interesting for you, He has info about growing in Florida.
@@sarahbehler5437 I think I may live within an hour of him. I live in a suburban area on .26 acres. There is an HOA, minimal rules. Also being in FL, there are laws to protect gardening. BUT I still have to keep it to the back yard and then kinda blend in the food stuff in the front with some flowers and fake it. I'm going to put fruit trees in the front and side yards. I have followed some of his advice, but I didn't always have luck with it.
@ yeah, it is all a great experiment! I am in the northeast, so, have to guess at everything, too! jim kovaleski is, or was in florida, too. I think Justin Roads & Pete Karnesky (none of my spelling is probably correct) have interviews with him & you might find inspiration from his growing styles! Wow, 26 acres! Can’t even imagine! Sounds like a lot of space to hide stuff from hoas, lol! Have fun!
@@sarahbehler5437 POINT 26 acres. A quarter acre. lol
Now the plan is to grow spinach, garlic, carrots and chives, maybe parsley & cilantro.
Broccoli rabe is good too for winter growing! I love them.
It's 17 ° F outside rn in central pa and today I went n checked my garden to find alot of things at their end , but it's almost time to start planting seeds ! I'm pumped for next year already
Zone 8b, I have cabbages and cauliflower that I started the last week of October. They hit the dirt the day after Thanksgiving
I didn’t realize we are the same zone. So nice to see videos for my zone, most of the time it’s in much colder climates and I still don’t know when to plant. I’m gonna do some planting tomorrow, woop woop. Thanks for such great videos😁
For what it's worth, the zone doesn't really matter all that much with a lot of these vegetables. As long as you build the PVC hoop houses like I have, they can really grow to some cold temps. Zone 5/6 shouldn't be a problem under protection, especially if you can get them to a decent size before it gets really cold.
I absolutely love your channel. I am in zone 8b but in the PNW. Your channel seems to be the only one I watch as others aren't my zone area. So I appreciate your ideas. Thank you for sharing this with us.
I really appreciate it! These things will grow pretty well in your area. They'll grow slowly because of the short days and weak sun, but they will grow. Eventually, they'll take off once the days lengthen in late winter, and you'll get a huge jump on spring. Things like arugula, radishes, green onions, leeks and mustard greens will actually grow for you, though! You'll get some harvests. And, you must get the garlic in now, don't forget!
Thanks a lot for this encouraging and to-the-point information! I won't believe all those who claim we can only grow one crop per year here in zone 7b (Scania, Sweden) 👍
"Dirt don't hurt!" 😂I'm trying a "Wasabi Radish" this year as well as Mustard. Mustard will be a mainstay for sure because my friend grows it and I loved it as a kid. I've got Purple Collard Tree going insane right now & my Red Russian Kale is doing splendidly.
Great video.
I’ll add two new favorites of mine, chevril and endive.
Great herb/salad greens! 🎉
This video was so timely, I’m desperate to start growing so will be having a sort of my seeds tomorrow ready to get planting 😊
Thank you, Mr MG! I just planted most of my garlic today, have another bed or two to plant next week. I’m going to start some carrots and parsnips too! I have ten beds, one more to build, but it looks like I will need another ten for spring!
I covered my tomatoes with tarps and dug up some volunteer Husk Cherries and brought them inside under lights to have fruit the rest of the winter.
Absolutely fantastic advice. I will be getting back to u after I have planted most of these plants. Very clever and no winter blues when u have these growing. ❤
Wow!! Need I say more!! Thank u
Thank you for reminding us about what to plant in December Your dill and herbs look great my dill never gets very fluffy or big maybe I need to try another variety. Thanks again for sharing
I'm in Vanceboro, NC...exactly the info I was looking for! Ty!
Yes! Thank you. I listened to you last year and found out why garlic didn’t grow for me. Hard the wrong kind. Planted soft neck and got a great crop last year. Planted 2x as much this year. Looking forward to the spring!
That was a very nice watch, thank you! It made me motivated to grab my cellfast tools and do some gardening on my own this winter. Thanks again and good luck.
Practical information I can use in my 9a garden here on the west coast.
Didn't know parsley is cold tolerant! Or dill! Now I am going to transplant my parsley this weekend. Thanks so much!
Dill is semi cold tolerant. It does better if you cover it. I threw a flower pot on top of my dill during the 19.9 degree freeze the other night. Parsley, I did nothing with. They take teens like a champ.
This was a learning curve year. Every imaginable garden pest got into mine. Cabbage moth for brassicas, black flies on the eggplants, mexican bean beetle for the string beans, hornworms on the tomatoes and squash bugs on all the squashes. Very little harvest but I could salvage some things and my neighbors grow gardens so big they are always selling off or giving away bounties. My herb plants do great so I trade off medicinal and culinary herbs sometimes. Peppers were unscathed and I'm trying that thing where you winter over the plant in the garage to get a jump start on the season next year. We shall see.
Brassicas and carrots were seeded in early October but the bunnies have been quite mischievous and nibble down the carrot tops. If I can only figure out how they get in. Or maybe it's squirrels, which I only see in the fall here given that i had sucessful carrot harvests last spring.
Where do you live?
@carolbarrett6492
East TN.
chickens and/or guinea hens love the bugs
@@reginabartlein9274
My chickens did more damage to the garden just by their aggressive digging.
Thank you very much.Lots of information about winter planting.God bless you.
I planted radishes at the beginning of Fall! I've become a big fan of those already! xD
Pure gold. Best-
Here is the revised timestamp list with the actual vegetables from the transcript:
### TIMESTAMPS here:
- ****0:00**** Gardening In December Tips
- ****1:36**** Winter Vegetable #1 - Garlic
- ****3:08**** Winter Vegetables #2 & #3 - Bulbing Onions and Shallots
- ****4:43**** Winter Vegetables #4 & #5 - Leeks and Bunching Onions
- ****6:45**** Winter Vegetables #6 & #7 - Carrots and Parsnips
- ****9:20**** Winter Vegetable #8 - Radishes
- ****10:22**** Winter Vegetable #9 - Mustard Greens
- ****11:43**** Winter Vegetables #10 & #11 - Kale and Collard Greens
- ****13:47**** Winter Vegetables #12, #13, #14 - Beets, Turnips, Swiss Chard
- ****14:45**** Winter Vegetable #15 - Cold Hardy Leaf Lettuces
- ****16:51**** Winter Vegetable #16 - Spinach
- ****17:39**** Winter Vegetable #17 - Arugula
- ****18:46**** Winter Vegetables #18, #19, #20 - Cilantro, Parsley, Dill
- ****22:06**** Easy Cold Protection Methods
- ****24:06**** Adventures With Dale
### Transcript Summary:
#### Garlic (1)
- Easy to grow, hardy in zones 3-8 (hard neck) and 5-10 (soft neck).
#### Bulbing Onions and Shallots (2 & 3)
- Start from seed in December; sensitive to day length.
#### Leeks and Bunching Onions (4 & 5)
- Daylength neutral; very cold hardy.
#### Carrots and Parsnips (6 & 7)
- Cold hardy; grow sweeter in cold weather.
#### Radishes (8)
- Ready in as little as 25 days; cold hardy.
#### Mustard Greens (9)
- Fast-growing, pest-resistant, cold hardy.
#### Kale and Collard Greens (10 & 11)
- Very cold hardy; kale includes Lado Kale, Blue Curled Kale, Red Russian Kale; collard greens are even more cold hardy than kale.
#### Beets, Turnips, Swiss Chard (12, 13, 14)
- Cold hardy; beets taste better when roasted after a frost.
#### Cold Hardy Leaf Lettuces (15)
- Varieties like New Red Fire, Marvel of Four Seasons tolerate colder temperatures.
#### Spinach (16)
- Winter type spinach is more cold hardy; heat is more destructive than cold.
#### Arugula (17)
- Heat-sensitive but grows quickly in cold weather.
#### Cilantro, Parsley, Dill (18, 19, 20)
- Cilantro is very heat-sensitive but cold hardy to around 0-10°F.
- Parsley is cold tolerant but more sensitive to heat; plant under deciduous trees for shade.
- Dill is less cold hardy than cilantro but can harden off with gradual cooling.
This list should help you navigate through the video based on specific vegetables discussed.
Thank you so much 🙂!
Nope none of that but six inches of snow yesterday kind of put me out of business out in the raised beds,but ordering seeds for seed starting.
Blow off the snow, build a $40 hoop house. Problem solved. I garden under the hoops for a reason. It makes winter conditions less relevant. If you want to do it, you can with ease. It is neither too cold, too snowy or too late if you genuinely want to do it.
@ I’ve been thinking about it!
@@TheMillennialGardener Very inspirational.
@@TheMillennialGardenerthanks for the tip as I'm buying land and def wanna start food cropping
missouri has been as low as 15 degrees the last 3 mornings after 5 inches of snow! Gonna see if the ground is soft enough to plant something @@TheMillennialGardenermid Mis
Thanks!
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Great content! I've learned so much from this video. I'm in Texas close to San Antonio. I thought my garden was done for the Winter. I've been wanting to grow cilantro and parsley because I'm always buying them from the store. I have seeds for most of the plants you described!
Being in Central Florida I don't worry about cold as much as heat even in Dec, Jan and Feb. I have had 3 days of frost in the last 5 years of gardening here. But it does get up to the 80s for a few days during this time with the average day temps at 75 and nights averages around 62.
Great Video! This is our second season growing garlic (Zone 5) and it was super easy
Excited to learn I can keep the gardening going over winter. I was about to cover with mulch for winter. How often do you water in winter?
Thank you again for sharing your gardening knowledge.
Another great video! We took your advice and are growing Collard Greens in the winter garden here in Boston. It was 29 degrees this morning with a hard frost and the collards are thriving. They get sun in the afternoon and growth rates don't appear that far off spring and fall. It will be interesting to see if they make it through the winter. Like you we are close to the coast so that helps moderate overnight lows.
Fantastic! Gonna plant today
Excellent!
Thank you so much for this list to grow now! I’m in WNC and colder but much of your recommendations are on track for us with a few adjustments.
Great suggestions & tips, have made notes lol so jealous of your garden it’s awesome, I want the hoop houses
Thank you! I urge you to build one of the hoop houses. They're easy and fun to make, don't cost much and really work great.
Your going to love all the growing going on here in central FL
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I got french brekfest radish still growing and sage its cool watch them grow
You have leaves on your trees and no snowoack. I'm up near Canada in Zone 4. I need to build a cold frame.
I always enjoy your garden wisdom. I guess beans are out of the question for winter.
Thanks for sharing!
So many good information! From temperature ranges of each crop to what types are best and do well, I live close to you so to me this is all so helpful thank you! I will use your Amazon links for that whenever I remember ;-)
Thank you so much for sharing this, I appreciate you ! Much respect!!
Yes, I grow cilantro every month too. So I can eat all summer round
Southern Wisconsin has below freezing 🥶 temperatures already. I don't have any winter clothes because we've had so many mild winters! I don't even have long sleeve shirts or a jacket. Thank goodness I have hoodies. I appreciate the detailed information. Makes me think that I might actually be able to garden without killing all the plants. I also love your wife's dog. Great attitude. 😂❤
Thank you for this info! So helpful to me.
I want to try some of these in containers, wish me luck y’all !! 😬
You can! And, if you live in a cold climate, push your containers up against the south wall of your house. The house wall will radiate heat all night and keep them 3-5 degrees warmer.
@ thank you for this information!! Live in Tennessee
I must take this opportunity to welcome you to Florida. Can't wait to see how you solve or manage the problems we face here , such as nematodes, the lack of minerals in our sand and how quickly compost and mulch dissolve. Solve nematodes and I will search you out and kiss you square on the lips! Ken
Plants and stuff right underneath all the snow we have
Thanks for the informative video! I grow all these except Parsnips but I’m gonna give ‘em a try this year 👍🏼
Thank you so much for these videos.
You're welcome!
Thanks for this encouragement. I planted my first garlic 2 weeks ago. I have most of the seeds you mentioned today. The very cold weather is coming but my green house (with a few holes😂😂) may still get me some veggies this winter.
I envy you 😮, all I can grow in Ellijay is mold. 😂
Wait till you garden in Fla in central gulf coast bugs never take a break.
Many blessings hope you enjoy gardening alot
Thanks, you too!
28c temp . My indoor garlic as been week sprouted. onion 2 weeks growing good.
I almost laughed out loud when Dale reacted to Mommy coming home, and to think all that you do for him. :o)
It seems that Dad is always taken for granted 😢 He is such a mommy's boy.
@@TheMillennialGardener LOL
Hi, just an fyi, true French gray Griselle, Allium oschaninii shallots do not go to seed.
Love your channel 🎉🎉🎉
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Thank you!
Ty for this video! I really learned a lot from you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
First December days are 24 hours just like June days. Day LIGHT hours are shorter. Second my ground is frozen. You can lay seeds on top but they might blow away. Zone 5B eastern Nebraska
Great suggestions!! I like peppermint chard. It is a milder chard.
Thanks Learned A Lot
Thanks for the updates
I’m in SC zone 8b. Great video. Thanks ❤
You’re welcome!
I'm in TN but my county is right where 7a/7b/8a meet, from what I can tell, I'm technically in 8a as of the most recent maps, and conditions seem slightly more similar to zone 8 than zone 7, but it's quite confusing!
@ You can google your zip code and find you exactly growing zone. I hope this helps.
Kale is soooo easy. Last year I grew red russian with no protection at all. And chickens love it too.😮
Kale is one of the easiest things to grow. I like the Blue Curly a lot better, though. Red Russian gets so many worms and aphids. The curly kales get almost *none,* and I find them to be just as hardy. Collards are just as easy as kale, too.
I'm growing 3 kales this winter: curly, red Russian, dinosaur. Love them all
I planted carrots yesterday and will finish tomorrow. Zone 9B.
Excellent!
❤Planted my 2nd round of collards and turnips. Will plant 2nd round of carrots and beets!❤We planted garlic, onions, lettuce, cabbages 1 1/2 week ago❤
Very nice! My tiny beets got cooked in this wave of extreme freezes, but the larger beets are totally fine. Nothing else got any burning. Turnips and collards are tough.
Which garlic is best for scapes? I fell in love with them and I really want to grow some.
Your fig trees have grown so much
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