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Sometimes we have this idea that orchards are mostly for trees. In my Grocery Row Garden system, we planted an orchard and then are surrounding it with annuals as well, getting yields far beyond what you might expect. In fast, we can grow food in thirty days, instead of waiting for the trees to produce. @StefanSobkowiak knows what I’m talking about!
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Any video from David is excellent and full of great knowledge. Great humor and great fun please keep up the good work. Love your books thanks. Cheers East Coast of Florida.
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I tried leaving the henbit in around perennials and such and it doesn’t behave well with others, tends to encroach and take up the space of other plants, annoying, but I do agree that it’s useful. Z5 So VT. My winter gardening is making ice and snow sculptures and photographing beautiful snowscapes. ⛄️
Have a great weekend, everyone!
You can learn more about our hybrid orchard/veggie garden system in my little book Grocery Row Gardening: https://amzn.to/3W4cA29
Stay warm.
The bruh got me lol
Thanks!!
I up-potted beautiful little seedlings from a mixed brassica microgreens packet, thinking the rosy stems meant Vienna Purple Kohlrabi. 2 months later (way past stem bulbing stage), I realized my chosen seedlings were China Rose Radishes, seriously overgrown! Watching your video, now I will recognize the kohlrabi seedlings in my next sowing. Thanks for helping us growing on!
Love the new place! Just ordered three of your T-shirts, as gifts and one for me 😏 I don’t imagine they’ll be here before Christmas.. one can only hope . @ Aardvark printing
You have transformed the way I think about and plan my garden. Zone 8A, California high desert small space/shady space urban gardener and the phantom planter of local nature trails. Make your nature trail a food forest too. Save extra seeds and scatter them when you walk.
Thank you David for providing the most useful gardening content available on youtube.
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Maybe a quick video about your transplant bed?
I have two apple trees that I did not get in the ground before the cold hit. Should I bring them inside? North Alabama and I’m expecting 20° evenings even lower next week.
TFS
Putting me up on Game always with the great ideas!
The most original gardening idea since God made the Garden of Eden.
I too ripped off a ton of ideas from Stefan, and also the fine folks at Edible Acres. I'm down with all this stuff for all the reasons you mentioned. I'm confident that letting annual roots dig into our heavy clay soil while the fruit trees get established will make it better overall as a few seasons go along. Naturally, we leave the roots behind when we harvest the annuals.
We don't have henbit here but rather purple deadnettle (related; very similar in growth, appearance and use). It's the first thing to really take off in the spring, and our rabbits love it. Good stuff!
I fully agree with you about mimicking the edges and making efficient use of space. It just plain makes sense.
This is exactly why I recommend to people who have lousy soil (like I do – beach sand) to plant fruit trees that grow well in their area. Because trees don't take up much space, and they provide much needed shade in a time of drought and plants taking a beating in full sun. Small plants around the base of a tree don't take much from the soil, as the roots don't go very deep, and they keep the soil cooler for the tree. I think it's a shame that orchard growers don't do more with base plantings for their fruit trees. Most of the time it just looks like scorched earth under there. I loved that picture you put up. I also have an invasive weed all over my yard, but it's not edible and I don't know the name of it. It's roots go deep, and it's a climber. Kept mowed, it becomes a flowering ground cover. But I can't plant small plants through it, as it chokes everything out and spreads voraciously. We all have our challenges, don't we?
You the man brother. Keep up God’s work. May He bless you and your family mightily!
I love kohlrabi.
WOW, the soil at your new home looks ten times better than at your rental house. Thanks for this video and all you do to keep us growing! Merry Christmas to you and your family and I hope your New Year is all you can dream for!
I'm gearing up to do this…planted apple seeds and have 8 seelings about a foot high! So exciting
My pigeon peas have turned into trees and a hard freeze is coming. If I cut it back like you said it'll only be the trunk,will that work?
Hi David, I hope your family is staying cozy during the solstice. My question to you is regarding USDA zoning. My official zone is 8, but I would consider it 8b due to heat. Does zoning solely go by frost/ freezing temps? The overnight temps here have been in the 20s/30s for about 2 weeks now. I think it's an anomaly, but who knows with the weather anymore. So if I'm officially z8, and I plant for z8, how much success can I expect overwinter. I have mostly brassica in small starts right now. Should I change my zone consideration for winter planting?
If only my son would let me have the whole yard I could do a grocery row garden. As is he only lets me have about 50 square yards. Oh well I have to make do with what I have and be thankful for it. To God be all the praise and the glory.
I am new to gardening in Florida. What a great concept about the 4×4 nursery garden! I am going to add that to my gardening play book!
Raised beds are essential if you want early planting because the soils get warmer much faster, especially with good compost.
Yep, testing germination rates works well in those too, keeps the count easy to see, and you can cull the weak.
I used the raised beds for protecting plants I am pushing zones on. That way, if nature throws down cold, snowy weather, I have a small area to cover, maybe insulate, and keep the special plants going. Herbs often need warmer soil, so my cuttings go in beds for a good chance at rooting.
Love the transplant bed idea!