It is exciting to start planting our vegetable and fruit gardens! With spring finally here in New Brunswick, Canada we can plant our cold hardy root vegetables. This year we will be using goat bedding as vegetable garden mulch, so we can water the garden less this summer. Last spring we started our fruit garden and are adding to it this season. I am looking forward to a harvest of raspberries, blueberries and strawberries this summer!
How to start a raspberry patch from scratch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhEzmQjghqM
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I forgot just how big the beets you grew last year were!!! 👀
great information ,very important skills in todays world, we grow lots of rocks in NFLD ha
Supposedly you should let the cut potatoes dry before planting to avoid rot, but I've always done it just like you're doing, and they grow just fine.
As for onions, I've been burned one too many times with sets. The problem is you never know when those little bulbs were harvested, and they could actually be 2nd year onions which will result in flower heads instead of bulbs. I always grow onions from starts now, so I'm 100% sure I'll get bulbs.
Carrot pro-tip, works with parsnips too: plant them in between your onions. Carrot flies don't like onions, so you won't get worms in your carrots or parsnips. And onions will make these root crops sweeter and more crisp. I've been doing this for years, and it works great.
Nice pest control!
I love that your chickens are helping. They’re so sweet.
Would love to see monthly gardening videos from your channel.
Hi guys, just wondering where you buy your seed potatoes? Are they local? I've been buying my stuff at Vesseys, but in smaller quantities.
Hi Folks. Nice to see you! Our oldest daughter lives in Lincoln! We just finished sowing our Store Bought Potatoes! Hope we connect!
Awesome info! I'm in NB too and beginning to use our land to become more self sufficient for our family. Starting with chickens and a huge garden this year! Looking at your fence.. does it keep the deer out? Would love more info to protect gardens from our wildlife here in NB! 🙂