What’s the REAL Secret Behind WINTER Garden Protection?

Did you know that winter can be just as damaging to your garden as it is beneficial? Let’s explore why winter garden protection is crucial.

We’re seeing shortages of basic items, with food being among them. I hope this video inspires and makes others realize that growing food in a suburban setting can be done. The backyard grocery store never has empty shelves! Happy Gardening!

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[Music] Good morning, YouTube, and welcome back to my channel. One of the comments I got in one of my most recent videos was asking me to discuss dealing with the cold weather here in Zone 9, North Florida. So, in today’s video, I’m going to discuss what I do to ensure that my crops are healthy and survive during the winter season. So, this past winter was the first time that I have actually dealt with um really cold weather and zone 10b, South Florida, which is where we moved up from last year. we really didn’t have to deal with um severe cold weather um frost or even freezes or anything like that. So um last year was the first first time down there when the temperatures got in the 40s and that was very rare. I didn’t really do anything for my plants, nothing whatsoever and they survived here last year. Um, the first thing that I did even before winter started, I made sure that my fall garden had crops that could survive uh cooler temperatures. And brascas of pretty much of any type will be able to survive. You have some like kale that can survive down into the teens. You have collards that can survive down into the 20s. You have cabbages that can actually survive being frozen and then thaw themselves out and not miss a beat. So, you have to make sure the first step, make sure that your plants can survive the cold weather. Hey, the second thing that I do to ensure I my plants survive is to mulch them when I plant them. Um, surprisingly however, during the summer or spring and summer, very rarely do I mulch my plants and I probably should get into the habit of doing that. Mulch pro um provides two major benefits. One, during the summer, it keeps your plants moist and keeps the soil from drying out. Now, conversely, during the uh fall and winter, it keeps your plants moist, but it also uh makes sure that the heat stays in in the plants or stays in in your your uh bed so that um it’s not dissipated and lost back into the atmosphere. So, I may start doing um doing that more in the fall. I’m sorry, in the spring and summer. Now, as far as actually the covering of the plants, there are a variety of ways that you can do it. For me, last year, uh, if you look at the picture at the beginning of the video, you’ll see that I had maybe three beds covered and my green stockck planter covered. Um, last year we had a lot of ice and snow and it doesn’t really do that here in zone 9 um, North Florida, but last year was the uh, first time in quite a while. So, before that, um, storm actually got here, I got some hoops off of Amazon. These are the little green hoops that you see here. I got them off of Amazon and just put them together and put them in my bed. And I got some fabric cloth um or row covers and placed them on top, secured them down, and then wrapped them around the bed. Now, that that worked real good. um it kept a um a lot of the ice and stuff off. But there’s something that you can do that’s even better, and that’s use uh frost covering. And this year, um if anything happens, I will probably use the frost covering over the um row covering. But as I said before, um if you look at that picture, just about all of my beds were uncovered. And I honestly thought that I had killed my my plants. But um as I said, brassacas are very resilient. They enjoy the cold weather unlike um in the video you may have seen um my peppers, my green bell peppers. Um, I covered them. However, um, the cold weather killed them eventually. Now, you can also use something called a cold frame, and you can build that um out of PVC and plastic and sit it on top of your brace bed. That will keep the heat in and keep it from dissipating as as well. um it can be a little bit more priceier pricey rather than the row covers. Um it’s your choice which one you want to use. Um another thing that you can use is burlap. If you have access to burlap, you can put them put that over your plants as well. But as I said, um depending on how much you want to spend on your covering, to me, it’s easier just to get the hoops and some uh row cover or frost covering and place it on it, secure it, and wrap it around your bed and you’re good. Um, like I said, last year I really, it really was the very first time dealing with the call and I covered of the 15 beds that I have, I think I covered maybe four of them. And the ones that were not covered, um, they had onions in it, um, garlic, carrots, and they survived just fine. there there was absolutely no no issue one way or another which is kind of surprise was kind of surprising to me but after doing some reading on brassacas not so much anymore. Now, as far as my uh pepper plants, uh my super hots and this papaya tree, I’m going to wield the papaya tree into my greenhouse once it the temperatures really really drop. And my peppers, I’m going to um prune them and overwinter them also in the greenhouse. Um, I did that last year with the peppers and pretty much got a jump start on this season. My peppers consist of uh habaneros, ghost peppers, um, scotch bonnets, um, the trinet scorpion, and some cayenne peppers. And I’ve had those particular plants for three, four years and they’re still producing. So, um, what I, like I said, what I normally do for them is just to, um, prune them, trim them back, and overwinter them in my greenhouse. And I’m going to do the same thing for this uh, plant here. Uh, I’m not going to prune it or anything, but I am going to will it into the greenhouse. And this planter makes that a lot easier. It’s easy to push. So, I hope you enjoyed the video and you I hope I answered some of the questions um and provided some solutions for those of you that were wondering what to do in the winter. Now, again, this is for zone 9A here in in Florida. Your zone may be a lot more uh severe as far as weather and stuff like that. So, you may have to make alternative uh options. If you enjoyed the video, give me a thumbs up, leave me a comment, and I will reply. If you haven’t subscribed to my channel, take a moment to consider doing so. I can grow a lot of food and veggies by myself, but I cannot grow the channel without your help. If you do decide to subscribe, don’t forget to hit the notification bell all so you’ll be notified whenever I upload new content. Chances are if you like my content, your family and friends will. So it’s okay to share. So until next time, always always remember to give a thanks to God for without him we are nothing. Stay blessed, stay strong, and grow grow. [Music]