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Hi i grew limes in zone 7b high desert, pocket was against the south wall of my adobe house. i learned to garden in zone "VICIOUS" 9,500 high elevation ski country, glacier path. I planted 100 nursery rejects. they all lived and thrived. secrets employed, again south slope of property, and deep tree wells.
I missed it oo
We have a few more years of cold and then it will be much warmer more consistantly.
Oh no that's awful
Enjoyed seeing you David
We had to do that 2 years ago when our electricity was out! And we had a monumental freeze here in Austin Texas 2 years ago
My winter garden is the whole plot planted in fava beans, and my containers have brassicas in them. I am on the North Coast of California, zone 9b.
You totally made my day! Thanks for a new video. I was snowshoeing today and wondered what David the Good and his wife were up to in their climate. You always make me smile. Thank you so much.
Using your book to hopefully get my Mango, Canistel, Starfruit, and Chico Sapote through the cold in zone 9a. Water thermal mass for the win!
Lol. I’m in zone 6 but I learn things from you. Lol
Pffft.
I used brown tarps. In zone 8. I think they warmed with the sun from the brown color to store the thermal energy. Most kale, broccoli, collards, arugula, carrots, garlic, endive, cabbage, radish, and herbs were fine.
David The Good needs to garden in California but California is the most restricted area.
Let’s get you up to zone 2 so we can help my mother 😂
I absolutely love and adore all your wonderful content. You give me hope. And inspiration. Can't wait to grow some more zone 6 with the snow.
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My tomatoes made it through November with the help of a clear plastic sheet. But then the Real cold hit. The last cold snap took all of my smaller plants, and left only green Stalks and Bud Tips on my collard Greens. I hope they live!
Zone 7 here, about 500 miles north by northwest of you. We had some below zero for a couple of days.
So glad you and all the Goodies are ok, with the storms, etc. I am hopefully going to be moving to florida, northwest panhandle area levy county or around there…trying to find land and get the money together so I looking forward to your opinion…I hope you stop moving around, its important for the kids but well God decides…
Happy happy anniversary!
Happy Anniversary to you and Rachel. I enjoyed hearing about the practical advice for protecting from the cold and growing the appropriate crops for the season. It's 31 in Louisiana this am so the cold is not done yet. ❄️
Thank you for not being a salesman. You are one of the few gardening channels on YouTube that is still genuine and down to earth, without trying to hauk every contraption in creation at your audience like these other fellas. I love seeing your video descriptions free of 10,000 affiliate links.
Morning, David and family! I missed the live last night.. After watching the first 50 minutes, I'm glad that I did. 🤨🤔If I had watched, I would have probably been listening, while looking at the back of my eyelids and missed IT.🥱😴🤣NO, not because It was boring..I was up since 0400..This morning, wide awake with my coffee. You helped me solve an issue, that has been making me half crazy, for weeks!..Thank you-thank you -thank you…HAPPY DANCE…
Happy anniversary David and Rachel ! How many years?😍
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Bein a redneck suits u keep it goin lol
David really do be good. Love your channel bruv. I'm doing grocery rows on swales. Formerly from Broward County, I relate to you heavy. Thanks for all you do.
I'm currently in Zone 7b NC
Excellent visit as always ! Thank you for being you.
I'm so sorry I missed your live stream
Sorry I missed you live. My citrus trees took serious damage in the cold spell. Wrapped in sheets and plastic and still got heavily burnt back. A tarp over my greens saved most of the bok choy, michihili, kale, collards, and mustards. Half my Diakon radishes still were killed. Can only try the best you can. A heater in a double plastic greenhouse saved all my tropicals fortunately.
Great live stream, David! Very timely topic. Most of my garden got nuked, although a few things are recovering. I guess even brassicas have their limit. Hoping my citrus with water barrels made it enough to fully recover. Hoping the water barrel and covering was enough to save the last decent sized avocado tree.
You may not "need" coffee for survival however you will "need" it for sanity. So there ya go perfect reason for saving your plants 😉👍 plus your teaching your son how to earn money by paying him to move your plants daily. It all works out perfectly in the end all depends on how you word it. You can make anything sound purposeful with the right wording.
I can tell you I live in 8b and he is telling no lying I had some baby beets covered and uncovered and the ones that were covered made it!
Love that you are in my zone! And can learn from your channel ❤ love this gardening thing!
I’m up here in Vermont yelling how it’s not cold enough and there’s not enough snow on the ground! Cause it warmed up again! We need snow for xc skiing, hiking, snowshoeing and ice skating!🤪🥸🤣
My gardening is filling my garden with ice shapes from catching rain water.
You are not being cheap by wrapping plants in thrift store sheets; you are being "in" by being minimalist and keeping things out of the landfill. lol
Please, even though we enjoy your videos and writings very much, do spend time with your children. Why should you have so many blessings, and fail to enjoy them? We will wait on you, but children grow so fast!
There's definitely a good reason to use some sort of support for row covers even if that support isn't expensive hoops. It got to -5 here, with three days below freezing. There's not much planted in my garden at this time of year, but I wanted to try and save foliage on my fall planted onions in the hope of better growth (and I have some green onions that I occasionally trim for cooking). My onions suffered leaf kill everywhere that the cover touched the leaves, but otherwise were fine. Interestingly, collards didn't have an issue at all, but they also had three layers of cover, one of lightweight fleece and two of woven landscape fabric.
I would love to install a Chinese style greenhouse that is set three four or so feet in the ground to prevent freezing… I'm in zone 5B, and would love to find a way to be able to grow things that I have no business trying to grow here.