13 Tips to Starting a New Vegetable Garden for MAXIMUM Harvest

[@Gardeningadventures49726]

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!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Yes so true! Thank you for sharing!

[@dennissdmd]

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

[@MelissaKNorris]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@glenreaume6744]

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 .

[@annalawler6970]

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.

[@josephinehenry8236]

Yes! I use old carpet everywhere!!! 👍

[@Mo_Polis]

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!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Wonderful!

[@AlmostHomeChannel]

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! 👍

[@missourigirl4101]

Excellent information ! Will help us all be successful! Thank you Melissa!

[@TheHomemadeHaven]

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!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Love the Spring!

[@QuiteQuietASMR]

I love your videos, Melissa! You have the best information and you always present it in such an entertaining way :)

[@MelissaKNorris]

Thank you, so glad you find them helpful and I like to think I'm entertaining but it's nice to hear it's not just in my head someone else does too 🤣

[@pattikallal6628]

I have been gardening g all my life, 67 years. I liked your vertical fence.

[@MelissaKNorris]

Thanks!

[@annalawler6970]

Such a great video. I've been gardening and you've answered a lot of why my crops aren't successful.

[@MelissaKNorris]

Yes, it's all about your first and last frost dates! Glad you found the video helpful!

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

I am excited about starting our garden as soon as the weather breaks although we will be doing a few things inside first

[@lisacabello8624]

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.

[@hallpaintandbody7717]

Lots of rain, had to dig a trench to reroute the pond spillway. Nice little stream flowing close by for now.

[@andreacremeans1055]

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!!

[@Pam730]

Love your channel!

[@michaeljsaez2025]

👍👍 excellent video

[@drewsfoodforest_tv]

Agroforestry method with bananas and cassava through the summer (hibiscus, stevia).

[@juanitawebb1703]

Thank you so much!

[@MelissaKNorris]

You're welcome!

[@scotmcdougal347]

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!

[@GARDENSTATEGARDENER]

Awesome

[@strmydrams387]

Very Informative!

[@MelissaKNorris]

Glad you think so!

[@TheCartographer89]

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.

[@richardfrank9317]

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.

[@MelissaKNorris]

Interesting theory and they very rarely if ever get in the garden so you might be correct

[@ruthpackard3080]

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?

[@MelissaKNorris]

I got mine last spring from Coastal Farm and Ranch in Mount Vernon

[@ruthpackard3080]

@@MelissaKNorris Thank you!

[@joeyisamazing1091]

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

[@learnarabic5032]

Nice From uk very cold I grow some asia vegetable

[@MelissaKNorris]

So nice!

[@firefalcon9368]

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.

[@michellecjackson4956]

sweet corn should be in a group, if you are just a backyard gardener, because it is fertilized by the wind, and a long row doesn't do well unless you have a big plot. I don't know what you are planning to grow, but this is what I've heard about corn

[@mark76wa]

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!

[@jc.1191]

I've heard fox urine helps

[@GoogleEvildoers]

Hi Melissa! Great vid, as always. The coupon code for the vertical planter didn’t work. Is it for a specific item?

[@MelissaKNorris]

Oops, I copied it in wrong (fixing now) this is the correct coupon code for $10 off : PIONEERING at lddy.no/h10b​

[@ggs7288]

Love your gardening tips. OCD?? Just a bit. But I'm married to one. LOL

[@VickieKrouse]

where is the code for the stacked planted with strawberries please

[@rhondakyle9549]

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

[@ginger76661]

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.

[@SweetisMel]

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.

[@MelissaKNorris]

I mention them in several videos. Not sure if I will de a full video on them but I've added them on my list. I LOVE them and can't recommend them enough amzn.to/3hVQuda

[@SweetisMel]

@@MelissaKNorris thank you. I’ll check it out. Cheers!

[@mpmitton8377]

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?

[@MelissaKNorris]

We bought greenhouse plastic and fasteners. This video shows it more in detail kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYqqf6xsaq-EiLs

[@VickieKrouse]

where did you get the plastic tote for seeds ????

[@ritalr15]

Those are photo holders. Micheal, Joann's, Hobby Lobby or Tuesday Morning. The 1st 3 styles have coupons. They are in the scrapbook section. I am a scrapbooker as well

[@bbruce995]

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.

[@eveready8272]

skip to 8:50

[@Julian-zy1em]

Hey where's the snow?

[@MelissaKNorris]

Not here, Arizona has more snow fall than us so far this year 😭

[@Julian-zy1em]

@@MelissaKNorris Heard California was getting over 6 ft over the next couple of days. Odd you guys don't have any.

[@livesoutdoors1708]

Confirm. Southern Az south of Tucson we just got a much needed eight inches after NO rain for six months. Our forests started dying we probably lost over 50% of our trees. Not looking forward to fire season.

[@Julian-zy1em]

@@MelissaKNorris Stay warm and beautiful 🤭🤭🤭

[@Chris-op7yt]

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.