Winter Is Here! Phew, time for a break! Well, for our gardens, not for us. A gardener’s work is never done and winter is the perfect time to catch up on a few things. Its an even better time to get ahead and make next season’s growing even better and easier!
To to this, I’ve singled out 5 things I do every winter to make sure that my next year’s spring and summer growing season is better than the one previous. Its a long Quickie, but hey, sometimes that’s what’s needed! 🙂
It feels just like yesterday I started this series. I’ve compiled an entire playlist of them here, check it out!: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiie7K8ZgA_I1trKU0lbcCqf4NK2f3nhf
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2022 is the Year of the Garden! We deserve it after the last little while, and growing our own food and self sufficiency is just the reward we need to get back on track!
For more information on all your gardening questions, check out my other videos!:
Guide To Winterizing Your Strawberries: https://youtu.be/-EI9K3yAaPQ
Growing Container Garlic: https://youtu.be/8vDWcku-xRk
Planting Strawberries: https://youtu.be/r-im8w7VOJQ
How To Grow Potatoes – The Definitive Guide: https://youtu.be/6Fv2yFdV4p8
Winter Composting Tips: https://youtu.be/VzW28NxiZvs
Harvesting Garlic: https://youtu.be/A9qUN_FSCjg
Fertilizing Peppers: https://youtu.be/LbxevyTIBgo
DIY Safe and Natural Aphid Spray: https://youtu.be/LJTK8jk7g1k
Garlic Spacing Experiment: https://youtu.be/tlXJA7w4JNw
How To Grow Strawberries!: https://youtu.be/T6-s7NomNTY
Fertilizing Strawberries: https://youtu.be/vZdsdcWCdOw
How To Grow Garlic: https://youtu.be/UgbWxSqpqws
Baking Soda Aphid and Insect Spray: https://youtu.be/320D-41xt-M
6 Benefits Of Hydrogen Peroxide!: https://youtu.be/jU4N5PLKX7M
Pruning Pepper Plants Experiment!: https://youtu.be/s6jh_tcMfVw
Direct Seeding vs Starter Plant: https://youtu.be/TQWWtQu-r9U
100% Germination?: https://youtu.be/FqZ8tFrhWv0
Seed Starting Soil: https://youtu.be/OlLHCtHI6JY
Seed Starting 101, The Basics!: https://youtu.be/bRWac1OpxPY
Starting Tomato Seeds: https://youtu.be/qlEp0iDfB-k
Starting Pepper Seeds: https://youtu.be/mNqS1FpPWW8
Starting Cucumber Seeds: https://youtu.be/7aWeBavfubE
Starting Zucchini Seeds: https://youtu.be/LgHKLftASTQ
Starting Corn Seeds: https://youtu.be/2t2A2ZrdZ3k
Starting Pumpkin Seeds: https://youtu.be/kT_WR0e2EjI
DIY Ultimate Potting Mix: https://youtu.be/cP-7_7YT9jk
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15 Comments
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I’m in the middle of making a pallet green house….but will use these tips in between getting it up.
Thank you for all the info! This was awesome
The snow is quite beautiful!💙
Well, Jeff.. I started reclaiming my soil, last year. Right now, I have a huge pile that I have been feeding for a few months. Just giving the native worms all the veggie scraps, and some egg shells and the weekly coffee grounds. I think they are overweight. 😆😆We have so many oak trees that they add the brown material all by themselves. As far as winter chores..🤔🤔 Today, I was out picking army worms off of one of my tomato plants. They are not eating the plants, they just seem to be living on the leaves and they did get 2 of my green tomatoes. Well, were— they got evicted! We were told today, they we might get a cold snap next Thursday and could see 40..YAY.. 😆We enjoy our 2 or 3 days of cold weather. Anyway, good video! Thanks for the tips from the Sunshine state.
Thanks Jeff
Great video, the only left standing in my garden in zone 5A is Dino Kale. All beds top dressed with compost and leaves and grass clippings from fall cleanup. Missed the window for a cover crop. Glad to take a rest.
Thanks Jeff!! Always love a garden quickie 💓🌱✨
Jeff, I took notes and pinned them up to remind me. Now I better oil up my snow shovel. Good advice, thank you.
Thanks Jeff!
This was great! I have been seed sorting! It is a good problem to have! Another plan for early cold spring is to put up the full sized chicken run around the gardens and let them weed for us. There will be a double gate to get into it that will block them off when we need to work the garden. I am such a nerd I have full written plans. We repurpose things in the process so it doesn't always end up the exact same as the plan but God willing it ends up better. Have a great night!
Thank you sir great information 👍
Great quickie as always Jeff, thank you for ur hard work every day and making us up date in our daily gardening. 👩🌾👍👍🥰🙏🏻
Great advice again Jeff. Thank you. Keep warm Maggie
Hello Jeff! I am jonesing to get to my seed organizing. I've put together a spreadsheet and categorized it by veg, fruit, flower with year of purchase, root depth, result once used, and other useful stuff. Other garden tasks FIRST but when the real snow hits? To the computer! I got some cool stuff I can't wait to try. Ninestar broccoli, kalette (sorta like kale brussel sprouts), black chickpeas made for planting in my Montréal climate. Woohoo! Ciao4nao my Garden Brother 😁
I miss my garden so much lol. Winter is hard. It's almost like you mourn the loss of your plants from summer. I can't wait to get to work in the spring. Thank you for tasks to stay involved year round. You're the best! ❤️