It’s time to plan our 2022 GARDEN! While we’re growing much of the same things again this year (staple garden) I’m still really excited to get my hands dirty. Before any seeds actually get planted, you need to have a plan. You need to know what you’re going to grow, where you’re going to plant it, and how much. So in this video I’ll walk you through my process, and share things I’ve learned over the years with you guys. 🍃 Square Foot Seeding Square can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3uNEZ1I
This video was cut off for some reason. You can find the missing 7 minutes at the end here: https://youtu.be/9Tv8FiDYzv8
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44 Comments
Have you thought of a snow fence to help the corn stay up?
Use 2 t posts on either side of your corn and tie it up with some paracord like the florida weave for tomatoes!
What about your green peppers, jalapeno peppers Tabasco peppers and any other peppers and your tomatinos.
If you talk about canning here in the UK it's as if you're talking Martian. How I wish I could get the canning supplies here that you get in the US. Have purchased a presto pressure canner from the US & will be putting it to use shortly.
That’s a nice garden.
I love how you plan out your garden!
Rachel you do not need to buy new strawberries plants. The daughter plants work just fine. I saw an old garden pamphlet on how the man planted in rows and then roototilled put the mother plants every few years and let the daughter plants take over!
Mum only planted 3 long bean plants and the first 4 mths or so, there was only 1 long bean per time 🤣
I may have misunderstood but I thought this was the 7th year and you were taking a break that year from planting
We plan the same way. God Bless!
I am like you with regard to sweetcorn, I have planted them three times this season and they keep getting blown over! I need a proper sturdy cage around them I think just to hold them up.It is so jolly frustrating GRRRR
I started thinking while you were talking about a possible overabundance of corn and carrots – dont forget the freezedryer for the extras cos jars of FD'd veges, fruit and meats would be perfect for up at the cabin!! Especially as you are planning to take a year off? you will need to be double stocking for the next year? so you have enough on the shelves for the year off? 🙂 xxx
Excellent video. I have a tendency to over plant, and then over can the product, so this helps a lot.
Steve at Green Side Up has a lot of wind on his allotment that knocked over his corn. If you search YouTube for Green Side Up Protecting Sweetcorn, his video will come up that shows what he made to protect it. It was pretty simple and looked like it worked well.
I suggest putting up posts and stringing cables at a few different heights to protect from high winds. Here’s an example of a set-up that might give you some inspiration: https://youtu.be/blHcmJWhxdw
Please show or explain how you store your bands? I have seen them
"strung" up on a few of your videos! Thank you
I thought you were taking this year off from gardening
my first comment is this….you most certainly do have Fluff! you added it last year…..Flowerbeds !💐🌻🌹🌼
I have done sweet potatoes in a raised bed and I was satisfied with the yield. It was my first (and so far only) time growing them, though, so I don't have any real basis for comparison.
Hi Rachel,
You showed your swipe phone unlock pattern in the video. Maybe you don't mind, but i can imagine you don't want to have that information online.
I loved the video, thank you!
Are you using an app? How do you know how much to plant in your raised beds. I always have issues in knowing how many seedlings or seeds to plant in a bed.
I grow egg plants to give a way I don’t like them but I think they are beautiful plants my hubby said what ever you do that’s fine as long as we know why we are doing it for 😁
Do you plant bush beans or pole beans?
Great planning video!! May i ask what app you use for planning that you referenced on your phone? Thank you!
I grow corn with two plants right next to each other, then block plant those as normal. They help support each other. It’s really helped with my windy situation.
We eat a ton of onions, green beans, garlic, carrots, and tomato products too
I wonder if maybe creating some sort of fencing around the corn for support would help. What popped in my head was T posts and chicken wire around the tposts kind of enclosing in the corn snuggly
I found one of those pry a lid like I asked about on Ebay I wanted it because I reuae my flats and this way I will not bend the flat
I really need to do this kind of planning this year. I never use my space as well as I could. Do you plan for succession planting too?
Will you also be freeze drying more this year?
Watching you pick up the fallen corn in the garden gave me an idea… How about something like a three foot welded wire/T-post fence around the border of the corn patch to hold it up? And/or a few rows throughout the patch? Maybe even chicken wire…. Might be worth a try. 🤷♀️
LOOOOOOVEE!! I can't wait for garden season! Yay!!! We're doing in ground this year, so we have to build 40 cages to prevent gophers from destroying. Do you have your garden lay out/details on your phone? I'm curious what application you are using for that.
Another Michigander here living in the metro Detroit area! So excited for the growing season to start up again. Planning on canning and preserving at least 50% of my food this year 💗
Probably a silly question but…. where do you get the paper for your plan. I've tried notebooks and scratch papers all too small and get lost. But yours would be easy to draw and then save for however many year rotation. Thank you.
🇦🇺For the corn you need to have them staked and either chicken wire or similar every two to three meters to help them stay standing in high winds.
What is the square footage of your garden?
Live in MN i grow mkne in a kids swimmknv pool. For your area try a small geen h ouse to go over ittkkeep the wind from n lowi g them over. Or put some t post around then tire string or twine around to help suport and prevent from falling over
Thanks so much!!! How big did you say your beet container was.
My problem is finding room to store all my empty jars.
i hear u bout eggplant
That corn syrup- especially, if not gmo- is an incredible venture that i wouldnt have thought of. Glad to have found you!
I just started watching you and love your videos. How many people are you feeding? I garden in upstate New York.
I just want to thank you for how good you are at explaining how to can, but also all other homestead topics. We are slowly heading in that direction, and likely will have a humble 1 or 2 acres in New Brunswick in the fall. Baby steps but you make me feel more confident about being able to have a well-stocked pantry!
I put my rings and lids back on my lids upside down
I love getting all the ideas. How to figure out how many plants to be reduce the quantity that you want, proximate quantity that you’re going to need to can and so on.
What app are you using that shows you what is where?