There are a few basic steps you should take in the fall to set your garden up for success in the spring.
We’ve been doing these things for years and are frequently the first to be planting in our area!
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21 Comments
I LOVE seeing the little ones helping so much and not complaining a bit!!
Great video 😊
Do you cover compost piles through winter or leave them open to the elements?
Total respect on all u do, and even I say to myself who am I to disagree with what ur doing, for me though, nope, I am going the even less work route and get great results. I never pull or dig out any but root crops, I cut and drop basically anything I " have to". I hauled my corn stalks away for the steers winter feed, but if it doesn't HAVE TO be messed with I 100% leave it to let Mother Nature do it all for me. Your garden looks gorgeous! I keep my weeds in check, mostly it's that dang quack grass. But I would never lay down my gorgeous compost bare naked over the harsh winter here. I lay it down as I plant in the spring and mulch it with wood chips as I plant. My walkways and rows r always covered in wood chips. Sometimes the winter wind will blow some wood chips off if we don't have enough snow cover. I shudder to think what the winds would do to my compost if I let it lay open like that.
Just food for thought.
Dang! I watched this one hour too late! I just pulled all my plants from the garden!
Beginner gardener here. Appreciate the tools & company/brand recommendations. Great information whole show! Compost video next!
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I started a garden this year, in our small Minnesota suburb yard. It’s been a learning curve, with both success and redo’s for next year. I’m salvaging some of the seeds and trying bee, bird and toad friendly insect control. Thanks for an informative video!
Just to better understand- why not just cover the leaves and vegetation you cut down with compost so it breaks down over the winter. Why rake the leaves?
I forgot this was the canning channel! loljk I love the steel panel hoop houses too! 👍
Heehee. Watched this video then as it ended the sun finally came out after a week of rain (got 8 inches in 5 day). Ran out and did what I could.
This is the best way I have found to build my soil and keep weeds away. When I first start a garden I place cardboard or 4-5 layers of newspaper, junk mail will do, on top of the grass/weeds (no tilling). Next I get some good soil from a landscaping company then lastly I put compost on top. Paper is a favorite food of worms and it will be a magnet for worms after you put it down. Cardboard also holds a LOT of moisture and worms like moisture to. Once you do this you will see more and more worms every year. Worms do the tilling for you , so you don’t have to. You can tell a lot about the health of a soil by just looking for worms. Every year or two I put cardboard/paper as needed with compost on top of my garden beds and cardboard with wood chips in between my rows. I have done this many, many years with great results.
That is quite the crew you have there, do they work for room and board plus a bit of stipend at year end. LOL?
Do you leave tomato roots in the soil?
This is your best video I’ve watched thus far. Thank you for posting.
What happened to Josh's hand? Pray for healing.
I am surprised you don’t over winter carrots and other winter crops
My second year gardening; I cut off plants rather than uprooting them, I cleared debris at the end of the season and put it in the compost bin, I top-dressed with (bought in) compost, and covered the garden with leaf mulch and poultry netting over it to hold it in place. I've never had the garden ready to go before and I'm so stinking proud of myself! Next year I'm thinking of trying cover crops and mushrooms, and I'm going to incorporate more trellising to maximize my growing space. Always more to learn, always more to try – keeps the brain & the body busy! And one of these days I'll maybe make enough compost to stop buying it every year.
LOVE seeing all the little ones pitching in and helping. These are great tips, I need to get out and clean up my garden!
I cover my composted soil raised garden beds with cardboard over winter. It’s so rich and black and moist in the spring and I don’t really know why but it’s better than gray and dry and sickly looking.
What is a cover crop for?