In this video I’ll show you how to prepare your garden for winter whether you live in a cold winter climate and need to protect the soil from the elements… or you live in a mild winter climate where you can grow through the winter.
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I am in zone 6, northeast Ohio, and have planted garlic, for next year, in containers. They are all small containers. What do I do with them? Not sure.
Thank you!
Thank you again, your awsome
How would I prepare containers for winter?
thank you for all your videos. you are my guru! I live in 9A (USDA) or zone 7 (Sunset) i usually go by anything from 7 8 or 9 zones. I am in an area of the central coast of California where there are many micro climates. I am using the fiber planting bags for the first time and wondering if starting seeds in the bags and then transplanting when needed will still bother plants that dont like to be transplanted. Because I am planting the whole nursery bag and not disturbing the roots I thought this might be ok????
Zone 5 here/ rabbits/ 23 overnight tonight
Great video as always Brian! Thanks!🤗❤
recommendations for container garden zone 7a?
anything I can do NOW to defend against squash bugs for NEXT year? I had not one, summer or winter, this whole year. and I tried HARD!
I live in zone 5 all of my begs we're very small I watered it quite often any suggestion
What do you do with the stra? Do you throw it away just in case it has spores or other disease? Or do you compost it?
Soil volume diminishes in the garden – because soil is converted into all of the growing plant material (!). Ever wonder why wheat fields continually get lower and lower in elevation. All those grains are removed from the soil, while the wheat sheaves are (potentially) sent away as silage – or chop and drop for further soil and water retention fibrous (loamy) texture. The very reason why soils need to have continued fertilization, new nutrition, compost, etc.
I have access to composted chicken manure, can this be used instead of rabbit manure? – Rhonda
One part not mentioned with gardening – but becomes highly important in knowing. Deciduous trees (and grape leaves etc) drop their leaves with their colorful colors. Those leaves are full of anthocyanins and vitamins, minerals, sugars, etc. Those trees and plants protect their roots from winter weather and cold, but these leaves decompose back into the Spring and further seasons. Anthocyanins (the red colorings) are immunity boosters, and bacterial-inhibitors (anti-bacterial, … natural bacterocides, germicides, pesticides, fungicides, etc). The Vitamins (the orange and yellow colorings) of Vit A and D (and small amounts of Vit E) also provide anti-bacterial and anti-viral (soil blight single-cell viruses) and immunity processes (found in the same fish meal with calcium, magnesium, potassium, Vit A, D, essential fatty acids). Lastly, the sugars and the proto-starches, -proteins, and fibers found in the leaves (yellows) provide energy boosts and early sources for growing the early plant roots, stalks, and leaves. If you do have such large volume of maples, cottonwoods, aspen, birches, dogwoods, and grapes (not tannin oaks or walnuts) – putting them through a blender (or such material having small leaf flakes [like kitchen spices] – this is very good as well for Fall and Winter planting of crops and keeping them healthy. Mix into the soil and top surface. Having any source of a nearby craft brewery and gaining their post-mash product – provides further grain sugars, starches, proteins, fiber, and especially VIt B complex (energy vitamins) into the soil for the plants. Spread out the mash and water in with the appearing 2-3 inch tall sprouting plants – and you will have sugar-buzzed plants of exceptional growth.
Good stuff! Do you see a problem if I prepare my peppers for the winter and transplant them right away into a new bed? I'm in zone 9b. Thanks!
Can your excel worksheet help me to know times for fall planting also?
Great video
Help! When cleaning out my bed for fall planting I discovered I have root knot nematodes!!! It was on the okra roots. What is your recommended strategy???😩
QUESTION: I’m in zone 6b. Can I have a winter garden? I’m a newbie, so would appreciate any input.
Agree! Warm zones take advantage of your warm cool zone😡😆I didn't fertilize but in the beginning of Spring planting … and I had a great harvest!
I'm still getting vegies in my northern CA garden..
I live in zone 6.
In the past few years I started doing 'The lasagna method' in my raised beds. Last year I used hog fencing along with ridged greenhouse plastic to cover the beds…concept was to keep the heat in. And it worked beautifully. I will be doing the same this year.
I always share these super helpful ideas with my beekeeping student.
Can you tell us what chipper/shredder you got or post a link to a video if you have one about it. Considering getting one myself
I installed 12 raised beds This year, and following your instructions,I Filled the bottom third with logs, sticks, leaves. As predicted, during the growing season the soil level settled significantly.
My question is: can I use Mel’s mix over the top of all of my beds, even those in which I used Espoma raised bed soil to amend soil level? (As an experiment, three of my lower beds were Mel’s mix only , And the results were significantly better in these beds.)
Brian, thank you so much for excellent content, I have a copy of your book and refer to it often! Thank you in advance for taking time to respond to my question!
Hi Brian,
I noticed in your video that you have new irrigation lines. I put irrigation in from your original irrigation video which is the quarter inch real thin lines. What are you using now? I’m finding those thin irrigation lines just don’t seem to do the trick.
Thanks for all your videos. I am preparing my beds and I will use your suggestion.👍👍
Thank you for doing a cold weather option. 😄
i get really sad when he plants into dry compost
I'd love to see a version of this that addresses container gardening. Everything I have is in grow bags and I'm not quite sure how to adapt it
Thanks Brian.
Great Tips thanks so much, I'm in Alabama zone 7
Will chicken manure work in place of rabbit manure?
What do you do with your used straw mulch? Re-use it? Compost it?
If you pull all the strew off the bed and are not planning to reuse it are you composting it?
I am in a zone 3 where it can get to -50 Celsius in the winter. Do I use the cardboard method?
Hey! Just curious why no videos on the homestead channel……….
5b here. Most gardeners I know, we use grass and leaf clippings and get beautiful results come spring. We avoid all plastic as we get heavy rains and snow. Need the drainage to avoid flooding. Thank you for your tips and knowledge!
motivating!!!
I just got my bed of garlic in. It’s the only finished bed from moving but thanks for the covering tip for when I get the others assembled and filled
Do you composte the mulch you removed from the top of the bed or bin it?
Fab vlog 🥰 I think bed placement is my biggest issue,will Google more 🙂
I really appreciate the zone 5 knowledge. Thank you so much ! 😊
Thank you! This was very helpful.
I got leaves from neighbor and put it on top of my garden beds as mulch for winter. Hoping it will protect my bulbs that I planted in the ground and potatoes I planted deep. I've got wood chips in other areas.
I don't understand why you leave so much space between your plants? Companion planting is smarter to keep the plants warmer. And straw bales also keep the plants were.
Could you use fresh chicken manure instead of the rabbit droppings?