I personally like to set low expectations whenever I put a crop in the ground, many of you have asked me why that is and so I decided to do an episode, dedicated to why my bar is always so low. Spoiler, it isn’t a bad thing.
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Every year, I have high hopes and low expectations. Sometimes I'm surprised, like the year my pole beans produced enough to feed two families for 2 years. Sometimes I'm severely disappointed, like the year we had over 6" of rain the last week of July/first week of August and I lost 80% of my 100+ tomato plants 3 weeks after picking the first ripe ones. I just make the most of what produces well and plan for the next spring.
I’m just wondering if you have problems with deer? And if you do, how do you deter them from snacking on everything?
Also, since you’re in Michigan, what do you do during the winter months when the ground is frozen? Are you planning for the next growing season?
It's definitely important to go in with low expectations and think of everything as a learning experience. Especially considering how harsh Mother Nature can be with some of her lessons
I haven't started my fall garden yet, but it'll be pretty much all leafy greens and root vegetables since winter is the only time of year I've got a chance of growing them
This was a disappointing season, though largely due to my own watering habits. We had some odd weather. We still got some lovely produce just not as bountiful as last year.
This is my first fall garden. I am zone 5b in Canada. This fall I am growing sub-Artic Tomato it matures in less than 40-59 days and handles the cool spring and fall weather nicely.
What variety of okra are you growing? The grasshoppers and ants love mine.
We can’t grow summer beans. Too hot. Mine are blooming now. 8a
I'm in zone 9b in California, so my summer garden is still going strong, other than the beans and cucumbers, which were a total bust due to the ground squirrels. It's still fall/winter garden planting time, though, so I've put in 5 different varieties of shelling peas and a few varieties of snap and snow peas, fall potatoes, a few varieties each of beets and carrots (trying black carrots this year!). I'm also slowly getting all my onions and brassicas transplanted, and I have all my fall and winter greens getting ready to get scattered amongst them once they're in, including a few new to me things–strawberry spinach, a couple varieties of asian mustard and other asian greens I can't recall the names of offhand, and I don't have my seed case nearby to check. Also have my seed garlic ready to soak and plant as soon as the brassicas are all in.
My red noodle beans and one variety of lima (don't remember which) are the only ones that survived the ground squirrels, and those are still giving me a great harvest, as are my cherry and paste tomatoes, and my beefsteaks and slicers should keep giving me a few tomatoes here and there until Thanksgiving or so. Once they come out I'll probably fill in with more carrots and beets and greens. I could eat garden fresh carrots and beets every day for the rest of my life and never get tired of them.
I planted the spacemaster 80 this year and didn’t have much success at first. This summer’s weather was really weird and they just weren’t flourishing. I ended up digging up the few remaining shoots in July and transferring them to a movable container that I could move in and out as the weather changes were so dramatic. They really thrived in the containers and I am still getting fruit. Big fan of the Spacemaster 80!
Rabbit got about 3/4 of the beans I planted in the spring. Planted some more, it got all of those. The few that survived grew slowly through the summer. Currently getting more than I know what to do with. Thank you, rabbit. Just south of Omaha.
Its still so hot in Texas,but quess what? I planted okra about a month ago, and we actually have okra already. I used miracle grow when plants were about 3" tall. Thats all i will use ,no more fertilizer. 👍👍😊
I call gardening a gamble,😂
Blue Lake beans, spinach, cucumbers, leaf lettuce, basil, kale,
My kale, collards, and chard all took a dump during the august heat waves but have bounced back nicely now that it's cooled down a bit. The tomatoes surprisingly experienced a resurgence too. Okra is fading but had a great run in the summer heat.
I pushed the limits this year and planted potatoes in the 3rd week of July. I’m getting a GREAT harvest! Going forward, fall potato crops for me! 🙂
Us get some walking close up shots of the plants … let us see them plants !!!!!!
My fall garden was doing great until we got a few super heavy rains. Temperature dropped then got warm and dropped again. Lost a lot of plants, but I’m already planning and problem-solving for next year.
My peas are just starting with loads of flowers and even a couple of pods. My beans are being eaten but am hoping to get something out of my beats and broccoli.
I tried to have a fall garden. But so far, it's a weak showing. Last year, I had a great success with a second round of cucumbers. This year, they got totally diseased. But in fairness, we had almost a week of 90s. Then we had about 4 or 5 days of heavy rain. So I blame the weather
But my biggest problem is zucchini. It used to be a big yield crop years ago. Three years sgo,
I've got bolden beets, pak choy, leeks, Brussels Sprouts and carrots already planted. Garlic going in this weekend. And fava beans as a cover crop for a couple beds.
I have a fall harvest of:
German Butterbal potatoes, Japenese Chestnut Sweet Potatoes, Gold Rush Zucchini, Cascade Tomatoes, and Kale.. ❤😂
Anyone else see the global citizen advert and think, I was hungry earlier? 🤔🤣😐
Just got my shipment of seeds and a couple types of garlic from your company on Tuesday. I live in Alaska, so we are starting to get frost and temps are dropping fast. I planted my garlic this morning. So excited to see it sprout up in the spring. Thanks for providing quality products and tutorials.
Wonderful channel. I notice you record close to a road and your microphone does an amazing job. Do you remember the name of it? Also, have you considered freeze drying? It seems to be a fad I have noticed. Is it worth the hype?
This was the summer of tomatoes and peppers of all kinds here in my garden. I planted 5 kinds of tomatoes because I usually don't have the greatest luck with them. They all grew and produced like crazy! I planted sweetheart cherry- 4 plants in beds just off our back porch and one in a big pot. They are still producing! I have made 3 batches of salsa, froze a couple of gallons, dried some, not to mention all the ones we gave away! We also like just sitting on the back porch and pulling a few off the plant for a quick snack! They will be a goto next year! I also planted chiles de arbol, they all went crazy! One plant was a mystery though, it was definitely a jalapeno😂. I planted tomatillos for the first time. They also fruited like crazy. I just love filling my freezer up to use over the winter!
This is awesome content Luke, thank you!