You guys should try to connect with Greg Alder. He’s maybe more of a written word guy, but he does have some RU-vid videos. He’s a wealth of knowledge, super responsive to questions and seems like an all around humble, cool dude. He’s down in your neck of the woods and I’m always super impressed when he shares info based on what seems like really meticulous record keeping over many years of gardening. He has rainfall numbers, temp records, what flowers seem to draw the most of whatever native bee in what month, etc. He learned some of what he knows in Africa. Greg deserves more exposure. He really knows a lot and is able to impart that knowledge in an approachable way.
@Acre Homestead, she does wonderful work and is constantly trying, learning, and teaching as she grows her garden over the years. She has plenty of RU-vid videos to watch and learn from. Hope you enjoy her!
Epic Gardeners of The Galaxy, assemble! I loooooove these multi-zone, global(!) episodes. Jam packed with so much good info, for a wider range of people. Nice expansion of the Epic-Verse.
I just started my first compost pile!!! I’ve been saving and throwing scraps out in the yard in the trees for years now but I want to prepare now to start a proper garden next Spring. Love y’all’s videos thank you so much!
Excellent episode. I'm somewhere between a 6B and 7A as well as a somewhat new home owner, but this was my second year growing in a greenhouse. I'm excited to be clearing a spot of land to have an enclosed garden for next year because dealing with temperatures in enclosed spaces in south jersey summers have a certain frustration of their own... But videos like this one make me look forward to a fall garden vs being both figuratively and literally burnt out from summer. Lots of good ideas here and I love when you guys and gals show different methods across different zones. Really stirs up the creative juices.
Wow, I’m about eight minutes through this video and everyone is jam packing a lot of high-quality information into just a few mins! Thank you all for providing this information. A lot of us wouldn’t have found out without you sharing! A really well thought out and put together video! Like this comment if you feel like the style and structure of this video were just what you were looking for today! Just about every “tip” in this video is priceless Kevin and everyone else that helped! Thank you! ❤
here in texas september/early october is a GREAT time to start those colder climate plants like carrots and potatoes and beans 'cause we usually only get that really cold weather in january/feburary so there's plenty of time for things to grow. unless you have a freak cold snap like what we had last week and it kills off all your newly sprouted beans haha lol :(
I just watched the video showing how you built this business and had no clue it was that big and growing so well. Congratulations! Quite inspirational and I only started watching you for the eye candy 🤣
I'm glad the gardening tips have been helpful for your farm. Sharing experiences benefits everyone in the farming community. If you have more questions, feel free to ask!
The Weedy Garden! Living in the southern hemisphere it's great to have some timely advice, but I love how he brings the science it what he does in the garden.
I’ve started listening to your podcast daily about a month ago. I’m almost up to date. I can’t wait to get started to revive my “failed” garden this spring. Thank you for all of the education you have provided
I prepped my ground for spring but we are having the wettest fall on record and looks like I’ll have a lot of work to do in spring to get it ready again. Too wet in the winter to do anything about it. I bury most of my material where it stands and gather leaves of trees and some extras for my kiwis whom are extremely hungry plants. Can’t wait for next planting season
i just chop it up and use it as mulch for trees or chiken bedding if i use chicken bedding then after i clean it out and use it as mulch. also chickens can eat things like undeveloped pumpkins or broccoli plant leafs etc
Yesterday I top dressed w mushroom compost, insect frass, alfalfa meal, humic acid, and gnarly barley. Also some diatomaceous earth, and epsom salt as had a mag def last season. Avocado tech for my wigglers today or tomorrow. More LOCAL castings and compost once the seed trust cover crop is better established, 1-6" right now. Next season should be a fun one😁 (300 gal LS raised bed)
For me fall gardening means prepping the garden for winter. Been experimenting with winter resistant crops like winter onions, leeks, cauliflower etc But for the rest it's just putting my dead plants in the compost, collect leaves to protect the soil from frost and make leave piles for hedgehog and insects
Love this video. Thanks for posting. Not sure if you've seen this gardener growing tons of food at Sweet Tomato Vine Homestead youtube. I know you show other at home gardeners she has lots of beautiful homegrown food.
It was late autumn when we decided to bury fallen leaves and leftovers from the kitchen to make compost with soils during the coming winter. But I found the next spring that nothing was broken down under the frozen soil through the whole winter. They remained exactly in the same shape as we first buried them under the soil. And it was spring that made them slowly go rotten and mixed into the soil. I don't know if burying leaves would work in winter, but from the experience of my own I get to understand we must not let them decade when the soil is frozen.
I think in Kevin's area, his ground doesn't really freeze. For you, if you can figure out a way to keep compost warm or possibly dig a deeper hole. Your worms go deeper if your ground is freezing. Go deeper where the earth is warmer. Otherwise, I guess save those frozen scraps and dig holes when you unfreeze.
Thanks!, I just took note of Autumn garden preps. I've got crimson clover seeds in my raids beds I'm also using fallen oak leaves as grow bed covers While pruning fruit trees, I plan to prune 1/3 of each branch, no?
So- im sure everyone in the EGU is very skilled and versed in what they can bring to the table, but since Ana brought it up, it would be nice to have an in-depth learning sesh about the various herbs she brought up. it may not be a long video on each thing, but it would be nice to have like 1 video per plant for its growth and uses. For instance, "Plant A likes to be in this type of climate, growing this many days, with these nutrients, and you prune it like this. Once you have plant matter, you can then add it to 'this' for 'this' reason/affect, or you can add it to 'this' for this reason and affect, or you can do 'this' or 'this' to it. " There might be "rinse wash repeat" information if you do 1 plant per video, but I feel like even THATS fine, because lets say someone is looking up "Plant A" while someone is looking up "plant B", and they might be similar, but the person looking for plant B might find some helpful hints in a plant A video. All that might have sounded confusing. Im sorry. TL:DR It would be nice to have a plant by plant video of its care and uses. If Ana is up for it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello everyone in the EGU! nice to meet you all. :) Just wish there was a zone 3-5 in there. lol.
Zone 5b, got rid of a lot dead plants. Trimmed other plants. Need to get tons of mulch next year when the county offers it with compost. Planning to move further west and its going to be zone 3b 😢
taking notes as a noob who wants to begin gardening! might be late tho bc it's gonna snow soon lol i was wondering whether the raised beds will be availabile in canada eventually? really hoping to get my hands on these!
So Jacque, I too, for the first time, will over-winter my peppers. I saw that you are planting cover crop around those that are still in the ground. Will you over-winter the peppers in the ground...if so that will make a lot less work for me which is causing procrastination...thanks for your help. By the way I am in Oxnard, CA. Peace.
Yep, since we are in zone 10 and it never freezes I can actually overwinter my peppers directly in ground. Planting the cover crop around them helps soak up all the extra moisture from the winter rains and helps build up the soil. So next spring when it warms up I'll cut the favas back, chop and drop around the peppers and then let them explode in growth! - Jacques
What’s your stance on composting browns/greens with bugs/disease on them? Especially when you don’t have enough greens/browns to make a super hot compost.
I'm in eastern nebraska, zone 5-a/b I believe last year had a pretty successful garden. Couldn't plant this year due to important family reasons. We are actually having a nice fall season this year. And I'm taking advantage of this to improve and enlarge my garden space. However I don't think covercrops would do very well here. Please advise. Planned for next season 6-8" of fresh natural mulch in the paths (mostly done) fresh garden mix soil (coming soon) and I'm going to be building a tomato/cucumber trellis from two different beds next to each other. Help me Kevin, I have so many questions for you....
Kevin i’ve always been told certain plants cannot be added back to the garden or composted due to pest issues? I saw you add pumpkin to the ground to improve the soil. But here in New Mexico we cannot do that otherwise we harbor squash bugs and eggs. They simply hide in the soil until next season or that’s what I’ve been told? Are you able to point me in the right direction with this whole composting thing? Thank you for the great vids.
Hi! I love your channel. You should consider Yellow Door Urban Homestead as one of your content ccontributors. Her channel is pretty new but it is already a regular for me on Gardening RU-vid.
Can Botanical Interests carry more regional native seeds? I've been trying to find native CA clover seeds for a while. Some of the native CA clovers are so gorgeous.
I'd love to know more about how Jacques is going about planting those leeks in the cloth pot at 7:05. I have a bunch of leeks myself that are about that size and ready to transplant, and I wasn't sure how many I could plant in each of my 15-gallon containers. Give me your secrets, Jacques!
I burry the actual stem of the leek as deep as I can in the pot while leaving the top 3-4 inches empty. Once the leeks reach the top I fill in the rest of the empty space with potting mix and compost so that they get blanched by the lack of sun!
