Here are 16 staples I grow in my gardens every year. They are based on ease of growth, time to harvest, and general productivity. These are some of my favorite garden vegetables.
0:00 Introduction & Collard Greens
1:04 Swiss Chard
1:27 Kale
2:14 Tomatoes
3:39 Peppers
5:40 Lettuce
6:53 Endive (Love It)
9:29 Peas
10:35 Garlic
12:03 Turnips
13:11 Why I Picked These Vegetables
14:46 Potatoes (Love Them)
17:05 Radishes
18:12 Beets
19:40 Zucchini
21:12 Cucumbers
22:34 Beans
23:50 Conclusion
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Thanks so much for your support! Cheers & Thanks, Gary!
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I`m trying leeks for the first time and chives and planted store garlic and little red store potatoes to get seed potatoes to grow this fall. They made tiny red potatoes so they must be a strange mini potato. They say the store potatoes won`t produce much but if you plant the ones they do make you`ll get far better production. I got about 4 or 5 potatoes from each one from the store. Rutabagas are delicious and seem more "potato like" cooked than turnips but I grow both. My carrots are under my pole beans and cucumber trellis. I have to save space so I cram things together and just let the plants decide what to do. If they thrive I repeat the method. There are no neat rows in my chaos garden. It`s a jungle. I throw seeds everywhere and stick various seeds in any open spot I see and tiptoe through it all.
An armadillo uprooted 80% of my beets. So now I buy a pound of red pepper at a time and make my mulch red with it. The armadillo returned and left with a melting nose. The pepper on leaves keeps my wild bunny friend from nibbling too. I planted her some things along the blackberry patch and stopped mowing all the grass and weeds there so she has food.
I love listening to your voice and watching you show us what you have grown and how to take care of it. I’ll try to be better about spraying this year. I have your books, love them. I’m a Subscriber of 5+ years now this is one of my most important places to watch for gardening information and creativity if how to plant things and trellis them. Plus you tell us plant again, and in succession.
Everything you say we can use to make our gardens better 🤗😋😁
God bless you And your family
You give really great gardening ideas & advice. I've learned so much from you over the years. Thanks!
Today is May 20? 😆 You're coming to us from the future!
Good job and good morning Teach.
I had to re-subscribe just now. Not sure why.
I’m older than dirt and am transitioning to container gardens this year because the old back ain’t what it once was.
I’ve followed many garden channels that lead to issues, however, following this channel has helped me with many issues.
Good Common Sense Gardening.
Thank You.
Thank you I always learn something from your videos.
At 14:33 What size PVC pipes are you using please?
2nd year gardener and I have yet to get cucumbers to do more than post a couple little leaves and then die off. Getting frustrated with everyone saying they're so easy they must HATE my garden lol. The tomatoes do great at least…
I’m in Maryland too. My vegetables are bolting 😅😅
Didn't know aquilegia gets that big
I’m glad you said “12 inches between pepper plants”. I thought 18 seemed like a lot, so I am experimenting with 12 this year.
Good morning, how do I keep my peppers producing? Thank you
Hi Gary! Thanks for another great video! I have a question I hope you can help me with. One of my cucumber plants is having some problems I can't figure out. The leaves are wrinkling and dark in color like when aphids get ahold of them but I don't see any aphids anywhere. I'm not seeing any webbing either. What do you think it could be?
We are in zone 6ab and love Swiss Chard. I’ve learned that it stays tender and wonderful all season in the shady garden bed. When it’s in full sun the leaves get leathery. It’s a lot easier to grow than spinach.
great advice- keep growing, succession sowing!
Love to watch your videos !!! I really like a lot of your methods to trellis plants in your garden … I live in an apartment and have to plant in containers …I need a way to trellis cucumber plants and I was wondering (at time slot 10:26 on video) you have peas or something growing in pots and I was wondering what the strips of fence were called that you have in the pots and where to get it? Thanks for all of the videos you make for us to learn !!! ❤🥰