We have tomato and pepper seedlings growing the greenhouse and we have seed potatoes that need to be planted soon. But where will we put all these vegetables? Join us as we walk you through the process showing how we plan our backyard garden for spring and provide some garden advice as to why we do it this way.
We’ll share our crop rotation strategies for backyard gardening and explain why we like to rotate our crops. We’ll tell you why we don’t like to plant the same garden varieties in the same spot every year and what vegetables do well in poor soil vs fertile soil.
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22 Comments
Hey Travis, great video. I've started selling at my local farmers market and would like to know what type collard's, lettuce, and Kale stand the warmer weather best
You are an incredible teacher. Thank you.
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Excellent Travis. Really good guidelines for all of us to think about. I am a container gardener and rotate every year. It's not as easy as it sounds.
Good Job! I noticed that you secure your trellis for your sweet peas with t posts. I found that I could cut off the last section of cross wire leaving about 6 inch prongs that I can stick in the ground. this makes it easy to move to another area! Keep up the good work!
I saw your recommendation for seed potatoes, and have marked it for future reference. Do you have any recommendations for good sources for sweet potatoes? Thanks.
I'd like to see that "drop string trellis" for indeterminate tomatoes you mentioned. Trying to maximize garden space, I'm looking for trellising opportunities. What do you think about trellising summer squash? I know it's not "normal", but I've read a few things about it. Getting it off the ground would sure take up less garden space.
I obviously missed something between now and last season but either way glad I found you again.
Travis you are the best teacher! You go into the hows and why's of every topic which makes the concepts easier to understand. That's much appreciated! Going into tomato season leaf footed bugs are a tremendous problem here in central Ga and I can't seem to get control. Ithink i have more leaf footed bugs than hornworms! I like to garden organically and I have a bird feeder close by to encourage help from feathered friends. Any suggestions?
Those are good solid rules to try and go by, do the best you can and if you can't..no biggie 🙂 For all you folks in the deep south, it's tater time. If any one is interested, the best time to plant is after the 17th of Feb. according to the moon phase. I don't know if there is anything scientific about this kind of heebee jeebee stuff, but in my experience, if you follow this as close as you can, things seem to go better(germination, transplant, pests etc.) Ya gotta plant when ya gotta plant, it's no bigee, but I noticed my stuff does better if I follow the old time way as close as I can 🙂 gg
Thank you for your informative videos! I am new to gardening and have very little room therefore have many pots and 3 small raised beds. I have been doing a great deal of research and have learned tremendously from you. For example, i didnt know about the different tomato varieties requiring different temperatures! Grew up in NYC , and now live in SC so would have started tomato’s much too late! Thank you again and prayers for you and your beloved family.
Hey Travis, Some good info there, even tho I only have 5 raised beds ( but keep adding as I can,) I going to start drawing out beds with what is in them . Even with a few beds it is hard to remember..I have a new bed with arch panels want to do Lima beans.,not to sure about when to plant . Was going to try end of the month, summers get hot fast here. But do you think that is still to early? Thanks
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Hiya Travis! "Blessings of Bounty and May Your Gardens and your Life always Bring You Joy, Inspiration and Abundance!" – Hope( & Mark)!😊😊
I thought you hired magnum P.I TOM SELLECK to do your video at 1st glance!! Didn't recognize you with the stash my friend 😀 great video!!
My rule is don't grow anything that produces a fruit body or tuber in a high nitrogen field. They need more phosphorus and potash and micronutrients then they need nitrogen.
The field peas idea is a good idea. I'd add that they are gonna fix nitrogen and possible cut down for green manure so its a tactic to improve that area for the future.
My idea on why to crop rotate based of Evolutionary behavior is a a plant will grow then drop its seed….but it doesn't drop it exactly in the same spot….seed will fall from wind and birds a couple feet away in many cases 10-15 feet….and bird will take them all over. So they do move even if just a a few feet a year….which will give them access to that much more new fertility in the soil.
You'll also notice plants going to seed will bend or lean or break when drying out….and they will drop their seed like 5-6 feet away.
so plants don't really stay in the same spot….over time you'll notice blackberries even grass will travel and the good patches start to get weaker and die off…..while the strong stuff is moved to more open areas and light.
So I think there is strong reasons to move things around in your garden. They do move or drift even just 5 ft away every year… and that movement is too slow or small for us to notice. So drifting is happening.
Travis I'm going to try and grow Japanese Hulless popcorn for the first time. I tried to grow corn 2 years ago and the pest over took them! You have any ideas for me? I'm Austin Texas 9 a or b I think our weather is similar. I still have a couple of cabbages and a few Cauliflower and a purple broccoli. They are covered because it's in the 30's a few days ago it was 70 something
As always good basic information presented in a easy to understand format
That's a whole lot of food for a family of 4. I've seen many families pull enough off of one of your many plots. What do you do with all the produce? Do you sell at markets?
Hello there from Newport TN
why do you do a cover crop?