Growing a vegetable garden is one of the most rewarding things we do BUT if you’re brand new (or putting in a new garden) it can feel overwhelming to make sure you do it right. The most important thing is creating a garden that works for you and your growing space (meaning no two gardens will look exactly the same) and you need to know how to evaluate your growing space and climate.
I walk you through each step of putting in a new garden in this video!
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42 Comments
Hey where's the snow?
It's so important to get to know your climate very, very well. In places like where I live, the seasons can be pretty wild. Cold weather crops always do better in fall, catching a lovely freeze which sweetens them, and they're hit or miss in the spring. Sometimes they come out fine, other times, bolting or bitter early on! Ocassionally, my fall crops get hit by an insanely early cold snap, where the temps dip into the teens weeks before they should even come close to that type of low. It keeps you on your toes, that's for sure!
I noticed the high tunnel over your shoulder at about 4 min into the video. Did you use sheet plastic or is there a kit you purchased to fit the tent frame?
I love your videos, Melissa! You have the best information and you always present it in such an entertaining way 🙂
As a veteran gardener I commend you for a great presentation of information for new gardeners. Excellent job explaining in easy to understand terms. Hopefully many people will watch and get hooked on a great hobby
Deer, raccoons, woodchucks, bunnies, chipmunks are my biggest headaches. Skunks, coyotes and opossums only eat melon rinds off the compost pile so they are ok. Do your moles ever venture into the garden or do they stay under the lawn? I'm just asking because I have a theory that moles get into the softer worked up dirt and their tunnels keep collapsing so they give up and go back to the lawn where the grass roots hold the ground in place.
Awesome
Hi Melissa . I have been growing in raised beds for quite a while and have had no problems with raised beds drying out in fact just the oppisite . I think the key to maintaining moisture is organic material , i use leaf mold and my own compost and a mulch . I know the no dig approach works for holding mositure , if you build your soil your beds will hold the mositure and you will not have to water . Good luck in 2021 i really enjoy your content .
Yes! We have renovated enough in our village house, to start planting this spring. I can't wait. These tips are very useful, thank you!
there is one problem with trying to know your frost dates, we are in a magnetic reversal on earth right now, meaning its moving our jet stream and changing the weather here on earth, best way to stay on top would be to learn about it.. youtube suspicious observers . the magnetic reversal is a precursor the GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM, which we are just entering, the GSM is a little ice age, all of this is due to the sun , our sun has a cycle and unfortunately, we are at the deep end of the cycle, we are getting colder on earth, and no, CO2 will not stop this action from happening, in fact, CO2 is plant food, and we are at the lowest percentage of CO2 in over 4000 years.
where is the code for the stacked planted with strawberries please
where did you get the plastic tote for seeds ????
I just finished taking all the gravel out of my backyard and am in the process of turning my soil. I will be planting in a day or two.
Hi Melissa! Great vid, as always. The coupon code for the vertical planter didn’t work. Is it for a specific item?
Hi Melissa- good tips, but you forgot the most important. Stay off your garden till soil DRYS…. Compaction is your worse enemy….regardless of wood chips or not… Compaction affects all your positive pore spaces for growing a good healthy garden.
raised beds are not at all ergonomic, unless you're in a wheelchair and they are raised to that level. for a person without a wheelchair, raised beds require a lot of unnecessary stretching to reach and generally cant use standard tools like hoes, unless the bed is fully cleared. plant space planning is easier on standard rows.
i use 20-20-20 + TE, ammonium sulfate, and gypsum. more economical and grows better veggies than heaping loads of composts/manures that will not supply ongoing nutrients for hungry crops.
doing transplants is best ever. gives more reliable and quicker time to harvests.
I see you always wear your Muck boots when outside. Will you do an honest review on them? Thanks for your videos. I enjoy your story and channel.
Thank you so much!
Great channel, Melissa! We live just north of Seattle and I can’t find anyplace around here to buy hog or cattle panels for vertical planting. Can you tell us where you shopped for them?
Love your gardening tips. OCD?? Just a bit. But I'm married to one. LOL
Waiting for the rain and mud to let up here in Eastern NC.. spring can't come soon enough! Ready to get my hands dirty!
Such a great video. I've been gardening and you've answered a lot of why my crops aren't successful.
For weed control and non muddy walkways, I've cut old carpet into 18'' strips and laid it in the garden with 3-4 " spacing. Planted between the rows of carpet. Has worked great.
I have been gardening g all my life, 67 years. I liked your vertical fence.
How do you deal with the moles?
I'm loving your videos. If you ever come down to Wild Waves I'm Auburn, you and your family have a place to rest. I'm only a mile away.
I just hope my garden turns out like yours!
Very Informative!
Nice From uk very cold I grow some asia vegetable
I am excited about starting our garden as soon as the weather breaks although we will be doing a few things inside first
Agroforestry method with bananas and cassava through the summer (hibiscus, stevia).
Melissa, just a question. Going to get back into gardening and planning out my garden. Traditionally, i did the long rows of plants. Would you recommend a more grouped style of planting to help shade out weeds, much like you get from raised bed? I'm on the fence.
Excellent information ! Will help us all be successful! Thank you Melissa!
Hey Mrs. Melissa, I know this isn’t quite related to this particular video. But I have been looking for some good lard (non hydrogenated etc.) and the ones I’ve found are nice but expensive. I’ve been calling around to the butchers near me and I called one by a dairy farm I go to. Well, they said they don’t Sell lard, bummer BUT they TRADE!!!! And not only that, they trade the cuts of fat I want to render and they are grass fed and the works and LOCAL. I am so excited. I’m an eagerly awaiting their call when they get in some fat. I just had to comment that because I don’t have anyone accessible and I’m too excited!!
In Arizona we had to keep in mind that the sun was north of us in the summer, so some south-facing areas would NOT get much sun!
ATTENTION ALL WOMEN, SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE, THIS IS HOW YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN SURVIVE THE (GREAT RESET) THAT WILL CAUSE THE COMING NEXT GREAT DEPRESSION. OR ARE YOU GOING TO STAY IN THE CITY AND WAIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO COME AND SAVE YOU??? COME ON NOW REALITY IS ABOUT TO STRIKE!!!
👍👍 excellent video
You do not need a rototiller if you are just starting a garden. A shovel and a couple hours can completely turn over a small garden
skip to 8:50
Lots of rain, had to dig a trench to reroute the pond spillway. Nice little stream flowing close by for now.
Love your channel!
Yes! Stated our first vegetable garden this year, and it’s been such an awesome learning curve 😅 love these tips. The planning stage is so important for a successful harvest! 👍
I absolutely can't find or get a response on what happens if you missed your start seedling date prior to your last date. Help
14:34 That case is perfect for seed saving. Does it have a name, is it a case for sewing supplies? Love your videos by the way.