The original upload of this video was missing the last 7 minutes for some reason. So we’ve uploaded the missing part here, as its own video. Part 1 you can find here: https://youtu.be/yoGLO261Ae8
It’s time to plan our 2022 GARDEN! While we’re growing much of the same things again this year (staple garden) I’m still really excited to get my hands dirty. Before any seeds actually get planted, you need to have a plan. You need to know what you’re going to grow, where you’re going to plant it, and how much. So in this video I’ll walk you through my process, and share things I’ve learned over the years with you guys. 🍃 Square Foot Seeding Square can be purchased here: https://amzn.to/3uNEZ1I
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49 Comments
When you’re planting such a quantity of some plants, where do you get seed? Just buy a ton of packs of them, or bulk somehow/somewhere? So excited for the garden season to be starting!
I am in southwest high desert. My tiny garden is tomatoes poppers squash and okra. Sometimes onions. Our usual last frost is April 15. I remember discussing planting times with my father in law who was a seasoned gardener. He said I could plant it after frost date but it wouldn't really take off until the soil reached a certain temperature ! Hard to wait. We get warm weather in March and everyone rushes to garden centers and then we have more freezes.
Can you talk about how to start sweet potatoes
What app are you using to determine the number of seeds/plants per space?
No peppers??? Love seeing your plans.
No peppers?
You are the best. That’s all I can say. Much love from SC! And if you are ever close to the Upstate, we would love to have you!
Are you going to the flowers around the outside of your fence like last year.
Hey Rachel, I grew cherokee tan pumpkins last year. A word of warning – they are really prolific. I only grew 2 plants and I got about 120 pumpkins. Now they are not large. So one pumpkin could be a good side dish for 2 people. But whew! Too many pumpkins for the 2 of us! And they just took over the garden. The flesh is very moist and quite sweet. So they are also good for baking. They don't store well. I still have a few left, but many rotted in my basement. I baked them and portioned them out in sandwich bags and then placed them in the freezer to use for pumpkin bread. Oh, and I had no disease or pest issues. They really required no work.
Found it, thanks😁
Looks like mine isn't the only house with jars sitting on the furniture. 😉
where are your peppers? i told the tv, uhuh, Rachel's gonna put carrots between her tomatoes and 30 sec later you changed it. haha
What type of wood did you use for your raised beds? I don't want to use pretreated wood because of the chemicals, but I know regular wood will rot… Also can you explain how much fertilizer to use? I always seem to follow the instructions one the bottles of liquid but it seems to hurt my plants… I'm sure I'm putting to much of something
Do you also have any berries anywhere? 🙂 great video and great explanation. Thank you so much for it!
Maybe just the importance of being able to preserve what you grow some way somehow. Is very very important. Maybe figure out what you will be capable of preserving. And then start with planting that!!!
I had four raised garden beds and oveer a hundred fruit trees but then when Covid raised her ugly head, I went ALL OUT and put in another nineteen raised beds!!! OMG what was I thinking? I am on my own here and I just blew all my previous successes out of the water – I just simply could not keep up with the weeds and the insects and rabbits and possums and pukekos jumping in my gardens to help themselves! Whilst I enjoyed growing all that produce and canning it – it was not an efficient move as I lost so many plants to aforementioned predators. This season was absolutely abysmal for me – so muggy and windy and trying to keep up with the watering and weeding was impossible. So as beds come available, i am composting them, throwing weedmat on top and covering in rocks to keep them weedfree and letting them rest for a season or maybe two. I have realised that things like peas and pumpkins and corn and zucchini are so much easier to just buy what i need for the freezer and focus my energy on the other basics like cabbage, tomatoes, onions, peppers and carrots potatoes and kumara.
I am definitely resting myself this winter and looking forward to a return of my past successes by gardening more sensibly. 🙂 xxx
How do you start sweet potato slips
We started our seed here in central Texas Jan. Off to a good start and our plants are looking good. We plant the spring garden mid March. Every time we plan out where everything goes we change it. LOL One thing we do do is rotate and companion plant. Lot's of plants grow better together like tomatoes and basil, carrot dill. Mike & I have been gardening for 28 years and we are still learning. God Bless!
Please, which way is North in your garden?
what about peppers ?
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Which way does the sun go over your garden? Really enjoyed this video and the things you shared in your onion video, thanks for sharing what you have learned.
By the way, what do you use Luffa for?
Thank you so much for giving me more of a realistic answer to how many plants it takes to grow enough to put up.
This was so helpful!! I need to start a journal this year. And this layout is almost exactly like I was envisioning!! So ready to get started
I’m doing winter sowing again this year here in CO. I had great success except for the CA wonder peppers which I think I’ll start indoors.
I love how you walked us through your garden plan.. I have never done square foot gardening so you have intrigued me to try it for a bigger bounty. Thank you!
I’m confused bc some videos you are starting seeds and other videos you say you are taking a year off
Just so you're aware, I grew a luffa last year and it took over a 15 foot long garden arch, so it might take over your pumpkins 😂 I'm in a 5b zone CO
This was so helpful, Rachel. Thank you! I would LOvE to see all the details in your garden journal. It makes so much sense to keep one so I am doing that for sure, but I want to make sure I include everything. As a new gardener, I would love some tips on that!
what about cost and how much do you save yearly @ the grocery stores
How many weeks before your last frost do you plan to start your loofa seeds?
I am interested in the cost to set up your garden for this year. I know financial things can be a touchy subject but I would be interested in a breakdown of your seed cost, starts cost and other necessary supplies that you get for starting your growing season just to get an idea. Love the video and the layout you have planned for your garden. Thank you for sharing
I really liked the seats in the corner of your garden. If I was planting something there, I think it would be grapes. Grapes are great to eat. Also, the leaves can be canned and used in Armenian dishes. Yum!
I am looking forward to another growing season with you two!
You are so very inspiring! I love how enthusiastic you are about what you love in your homestead. I have learned so much from you and for that, THANK YOU!! I just truly want to know how you do it ALL? I ask that with pure sincerity.❤ You are amazing!
I have started onions, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, tomatoes and peppers. Sweet potatoes are not sprouting until but maybe in a month.All are up and so far doing good.
Best of luck to you Rachel.
I have been on hiatus from garden videos, but am back in the swing and have missed your videos! So fun to watch your planning video. I am hoping to have more success with our sweet potatoes this year (the slips we purchased last year were duds). I found a local grower and will pick them up this year, I think the mailing killed them last year. I am wondering about how versatile the canned sweet potatoes are? Can you roast them or do they need to be pureed, so they lose some of their structure canning them? Thank you again for all that you and Todd share!!
How do you deter wild animals? I live in a suburban community and the deer, raccoons, and woodchucks abound. 2 years ago we had animals get into our garden 3 times and completely decimate the garden, to the point that I gave up. I managed to get a single grape tomato, a couple of Cheyenne peppers, some lettuce, 2 fingerling potatoes, and all the thyme I could ever want. I skipped last year because I was so discouraged, but I'm ready to try again.
I'm growing Cherokee Tan pumpkins for the first time this year too. Got my seeds from Danny and Wanda at Deep South Homestead. Super excited about them. I'm working on just a basic staples garden this year as well. Trying to get a good pantry stocked! We're building new gardens this year since we just moved in September so I'm flying by the seat of my pants with the planning. LOL Thanks for sharing your plan! ~ Stephanie
I enjoy your channel , especially the planning/pantry wisdom.
A suggestion- please recommend local nurseries rather than starts at big box stores.
Not only are you supporting local businesses but the staff has knowledge t
I'm feeding 3 guys who eat more at one meal than I eat in a week! My garden is triple the size of yours and lasts these guys about 5 months. This year I'm making them grow too. I'm almost 70 years old, it's time they learn to be self-sufficient. I have lots of perennials (fruit trees, berry bushes, strawberries, asparagus, sunchokes, etc.) so they don't have to mess with that, but if they want green beans/peas/potatoes/carrots/etc, they better learn to plant and harvest them.
We are in Central Florida and have just finished planting warm-season plants. Our main bed is 12X25 ft full of fabric bags with a total of (8) 7 gal tomatoes, (5) 7 gal peppers, (5) 10 gal squash plants, (5) gal zucchini, plants, , and (5) 7gal each Japanese long and black beauty Eggplant too. Along with a variety of herbs, 20 onion slips, and last year's garlic plants in old 2X4 garden beds. I just scissor tops as needed all last year and they were started from cutting bought from grocery. I started a Strawberry, Asparagus, and Artichoke bed so this will grow food for up to 25yrs. We have space for fruit trees and wildflower areas…I am so excited to study and teach myself to can both water bath, and pressure canning this year. I plan to grow what I am able to and also utilize the u-pick farms (for bulk items) in my area along with the grocery stores. I am very happy to have found you. It is just the 2 of us with no children with a goal to have food security as we get older. My hubby is 66 I am 56. I have been gardening my whole life in the city (very small gardens and containers) and this is my first 5 acreage for a homestead with much space to grow food… Last year hubby bought me 4 hens and I am learning how to raise them, and preserve and pickle eggs too. My life is good and excited to learn about food sustainability while I still have the strength to dig and play in the dirt. This way, when I am old there will be food stored up and fruitful gardens developed with ease in mind. Praise God and thank you for your videos.
I found your channel a few weeks ago when I decided to plant some sweet potatoes. This is my first year to seriously plant veggies. Up until then my gardening was flowers and herbs. I spent last winter glued on You Tube to learn as much as I could about gardening from different people. Since I live alone – plus cat, I don't need a lot, but wanted to grow what I could for me. My soil is super hard clay that had Bermuda grass planted on it so my only option for having a garden was to plant in containers. I learned that I could plant what I needed in 18-gallon food safe storage containers (Walmart) and also how to protect my young plants from birds and critters by covering them with TULLE, which is a material you can either order online or get from Walmart or any fabric store. Bird netting harms and sometimes kills birds, so isn't safe to use. Orioles eat tomato horn worms and lots of other birds eat a lot of our 'bad' insects. One of the gardeners I learned a lot from lives near Detroit – MIgardener. There are others but I'm naming him since he sort of lives near you – at least in the same state. I also learned about winter seed sowing from Esther's Gardening Adventures and tried it. That turned out to be super successful, especially since it was my first time both for planting seeds and trying it. Just saying HI and that I'm really enjoying your channel and information – thanks!
Do you have a watering system?
Thank you for the plan you laid out I've been gardening a while and wanted to be able to put enough vegetables for the year but have never planned how many plants are needed. Thank. You this is very helpful
Thankyou for this video. You have some really good information in this video
What time of the year you start the sweet potato slits?
Rachel, where do you get your 6 pack, 2” and 4” plastic containers?
Hi Rachel. I've been planting for 3yrs now but this year I started canning and freezing for storing food. Your videos are a great inspiration