In this video, I share 20 veggies you can plant in December right now for a beautiful winter garden! These cold hardy winter crops can survive deep freezes and will feed you in the heart of wintertime! These winter vegetables are frost and freeze tolerant and are must haves when planting a winter garden. Don’t skip winter gardening!
These are 20 winter crops you can sow in December for a winter harvest or early spring harvest, depending on your climate and days to maturity of the vegetable varieties you choose to plant.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Gardening In December Tips
1:36 Winter Vegetable #1
3:08 Winter Vegetables #2 & #3
4:43 Winter Vegetables #4 & #5
6:45 Winter Vegetables #6 & #7
9:20 Winter Vegetable #8
10:22 Winter Vegetable #9
11:43 Winter Vegetables #10 & #11
13:47 Winter Vegetables #12, #13, #14
14:45 Winter Vegetable #15
16:51 Winter Vegetable #16
17:39 Winter Vegetable #17
18:46 Winter Vegetables #18, #19, #20
22:06 Easy Cold Protection Methods
24:06 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Gardening In December Tips
1:36 Winter Vegetable #1
3:08 Winter Vegetables #2 & #3
4:43 Winter Vegetables #4 & #5
6:45 Winter Vegetables #6 & #7
9:20 Winter Vegetable #8
10:22 Winter Vegetable #9
11:43 Winter Vegetables #10 & #11
13:47 Winter Vegetables #12, #13, #14
14:45 Winter Vegetable #15
16:51 Winter Vegetable #16
17:39 Winter Vegetable #17
18:46 Winter Vegetables #18, #19, #20
22:06 Easy Cold Protection Methods
24:06 Adventures With Dale
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Is there a playlist for these monthly planting videos? I looked but didn't see I might have missed it.
What type of worm ate your kale?
What is the mulch you are using?
Oh man! When we were kids we used to say “God made dirt and dirt don’t hurt. Put it in ya mouth and make it work!” 😂😂😂
Boys are girls I am going to plant sweet peas before December 10 I just prepared the ground I live in Central California. Every year I plant them in December and harvest them in March!
Would you recommend planting some of these in pots?
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I believe ground temps are crucial.
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Broccoli rabe is good too for winter growing! I love them.
Anytime I’ve planted radish seeds, I just got leaves. They never bulbed. Not sure what I did wrong 😂
Hi, just an fyi, true French gray Griselle, Allium oschaninii shallots do not go to seed.
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Didn't know parsley is cold tolerant! Or dill! Now I am going to transplant my parsley this weekend. Thanks so much!
Thank you for reminding us about what to plant in December Your dill and herbs look great my dill never gets very fluffy or big maybe I need to try another variety. Thanks again for sharing
Cilantro amazes me. I had quite a large plant one winter, when I just thought it would die from the cold.
I planted carrots yesterday and will finish tomorrow. Zone 9B.
I like the brawny paper towel man look 😂
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I just stumbled on this video. Thanks! I’m a new gardener, also a NJ native, now living in Shelby NC.
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where can I buy seeds that are viable? I bought cilantro and parsley seeds on Amazon and they did not germinate. I planted the seeds in rich soil about a month ago, and not one seed germinated.
Zone 8b, I have cabbages and cauliflower that I started the last week of October. They hit the dirt the day after Thanksgiving
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Being in Central Florida I don't worry about cold as much as heat even in Dec, Jan and Feb. I have had 3 days of frost in the last 5 years of gardening here. But it does get up to the 80s for a few days during this time with the average day temps at 75 and nights averages around 62.
Thank you very much.Lots of information about winter planting.God bless you.
Your fig trees have grown so much
Great content! I've learned so much from this video. I'm in Texas close to San Antonio. I thought my garden was done for the Winter. I've been wanting to grow cilantro and parsley because I'm always buying them from the store. I have seeds for most of the plants you described!
Thanks for the updates
What is not always clear in your videos is when to start from seed and when to plant a bought seedling outdoors. The examples you are giving can’t always be achieved with seeding in December.
I envy you 😮, all I can grow in Ellijay is mold. 😂
in zone 12b I planted kale, lettuce, bok choy, cilantro, green beans, Swiss chard, semposai, komatsuna, tomato, cucumber, carrots, taro, citrus, herbs. I don't plant onions and garlic because they don't keep well and take up too much space in the garden
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Do you sow the seeds directly in the ground?
A problem I've had with garlic is with coons or opossums digging the up the seed plants.
Great video
Very informative thank you! It seems some of the varieties you sow with no much and others grow up through the mulch? Could you elaborate on mulching these? Thanks!
Thank you so much for this list to grow now! I’m in WNC and colder but much of your recommendations are on track for us with a few adjustments.
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I must take this opportunity to welcome you to Florida. Can't wait to see how you solve or manage the problems we face here , such as nematodes, the lack of minerals in our sand and how quickly compost and mulch dissolve. Solve nematodes and I will search you out and kiss you square on the lips! Ken