10 Times I Gave Bad Gardening Advice on This Channel

[@gardenerinthesand]

Anne, I am 65 and I want to be like you when I grown up! And you have an amazing attitude toward negative comments.

[@howardappel3596]

Heck, I am 70 and want to adopt her.

[@davidstrom9076]

@@gardenerinthesand 💛💛💛

[@vickyblacknall4470]

I’m 72 and lovin’ you❣️

[@5kidslater1]

66 here and totally relate!

[@mangoyacho]

@gardenerinthesand that so funny! You made my day!

[@Michael-Makes-Stuff]

Thanks for your honesty. None of us is perfect, and in hindsight we can all learn from our mistakes. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t keep trying. Your honesty and vulnerability is part of what makes you so likable and relatable. Keep up the great work, Anne! We appreciate you. 😊

[@GardenHappy]

Exactly I agree with your comment, that’s how we learn and become better gardeners. By making mistakes. 👍❤️😊 Liz

[@floraputman6006]

Totally agree, keep up the good work. Love your videos and openness. There will always be ppl looking for the mistakes or mispoken comments. Don't let the Nah Sayers deter you.

[@MarianneMonagle]

@@GardenHappy agree same as these previous two commenters

[@Zaddy-Senpai]

You don’t see videos of content creators reflecting and clarifying on previous small mistakes like this very often, but I always feel like I learn the most from videos like this. Thanks and happy new year!

[@N00BleSouP24]

Takes real CHARACTER to apologize to the public. Great job ❤

[@wynelleu]

AND to also stand your ground when you're right! Lol. Chard is pretty but it tastes funny.

[@Dmorator]

Being smart means recognizing your own errors. Love your content-hope there’s more to come!

[@emeyjordan6877]

Anne you are absolutely one of my favorite KZbinrs to watch ever, and this video is 💯💯💯 one of the reasons why I keep coming back. It helps so much when influencers are full disclosure and are humble and secure enough to come back and cover some things that may have been unhelpful advice, and it means so much that you care enough about those looking to you for tips for you to correct and fix or elaborate on the things you since learned something better. 🙏🏼 So thank you from the bottom of my heart for being awesome and for learning with us and helping us learn with caveats! All of the love. ✨🙏🏼💕

[@teresamarie3676]

Native bees vs nativized bees - splitting hairs. I mean, anyone who knows anything about honeybees will know what you meant. And while I've never killed a carpenter bee, if they were doing structural damage to my house I certainly would. As would almost anyone, bee lover or not. It's easy to comment on content, but hard to create it. And most of us appreciate all you've done. It's not your job to please the pharisees, nor is it possible. This channel is a reflection of your journey, and we're glad to be here with you. :)

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Glad you’re here for the right reasons ❤️❤️👊👊

[@BryKopu]

Haha I never write comments but I’m laughing at the type of viewers that feel the need to ‘correct’ or feel so triggered by ‘chard’ ? You are clearly doing what works for you and that’s what I like about the content. Viewers need to make informed decisions in their own areas and just enjoy your genuine commitment to healthy soil, animal welfare, and building food resilience in your environment/location. I’m in New Zealand so maybe I’m less bothered by some mistakes- Anne your honesty is awesome and good on you for correcting some mistakes and learning as you go! You rock!

[@starsdell1789]

To be fair as another new zealander I am on Anne's side. Silverbeet is chook food not edible human food unless it's drowned in garlic butter or hidden in the depths of a quiche..

[@Q_Bits]

Your honesty and humor/sarcasm is what keeps me here! Your videos have definitely sent me down my own research rabbit holes. I have learned much from you last year, and I appreciate you! Looking forward to all your content this year :)

[@rosemarybushea3447]

It's a journey and we're all constantly learning new things. Thank you for sharing what you've learned from your garden.

[@polkadotpalace]

Love you videos and how honest you are. Apparently the internet struggles with sarcasm

[@robingriffin6498]

Great video. And BTW, your kale video is one of my favorites. I am also a big fan of sarcasm. Misinformation is FAR different than bad information or out and out lies. Gardeners should always know that what works in one persons garden will not necessarily work in another persons garden.

[@susansommerfeld]

I for one have learned a lot from you. Thank you for being so honest and also for correcting mistakes. You are a great example of what is possible when we overcome our fears. Something else I find really encouraging!! 😊

[@truus5653]

thank you for all your content and a Dutch saying: the one who does not make any mistakes does nothing at all . Keep the videos comming, happy new year

[@rjauk8086]

For me, the whole point of watching any kind of content is to expand my knowledge, get me thinking about the content and how it might or might not apply to my situation, and to stimulate ideas. Some of the info supplied might be wrong for me, or outright wrong, but through research can still lead to something that works for me. I live in Perth, West Australia, so in summer now and like watching content from the opposite season cause then I've got time to research and put any ideas into action in time for the relevant season. Plus I can look at past content for potential ideas for solutions to problems I may be having at the moment. Love your channel, as does my husband.

[@trinaflamm2038]

Beautiful! Well done! Love listening to you and learning right along. You are a great speaker, teacher, clarifier, talented instructor. Blessings to you! Love your vocabulary.

[@JKM972]

Thank you for this one! Remember, a great man once said "There are no mistakes, just happy accidents". 🎨 You accidentally stirred us up enough to share what we know, and you have taken the time to give it a voice.

[@Yodi479]

I absolutely LOVE your channel! As a newbie at gardening I’ve been watching a lot of videos. I want to thank you for making AMAZING content with WONDERFUL info! To all the people who feel the need to correct every little thing I say…feel free to jump in front of the camera yourself!! NO ONE will get every little thing 100% correct 100% of the time! Your channel is amazing and the time flies while I’m watching. So THANK YOU for doing what you do in such an amazing way. Your personality shines through in everything you do on here and makes for a VERY enjoyable and educational video. You’re an inspiration to me.

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

Hey Anne, Not gardening anymore but love watching you do it. Have a better new year!

[@gilbertlane4522]

I learn from your mistakes. For those that love to point out your mistakes, perhaps they can start a channel to show what it's like to be perfect. ❤ Keep being you. We all learn from you, and when each video is complete, most of us walk away having learned something and feeling just down right happy.

[@bmg7067]

This is what we call LEARNING. Huge respect for doing this video. People who expect spoon-fed ready-made 'advise' ... will never survive out there. Experimenting, adjusting and even failing sometimes is part of the story. This is the only way. THANK YOU!

[@leplufin2832]

La Fontaine disait que l’humain est un lynx avec ses semblables et une taupe avec lui-même, car c’est notre propre ignorance que nous peinons le plus à reconnaître (celle-la qui fait le plus mal…). Chose certaine, il y a beaucoup de lynx qui vous regardent sur KZbin, mais cette sympathique (comme toujours) vidéo montre que vous n’êtes pas une taupe. C’est toujours un doux plaisir de vous regarder, AOT. 🤩 Merci! 🙏🏻 PS - Je souscris: Adam est un as du montage. 🏆

[@Peace2920]

You’re a good human and a good teacher. Happy new year!

[@samanthapittman460]

I also live in Tennessee! My parents keep the carpenter bees away from their wooden porch by putting up a paper bag! Think grocery sized bag, shaped to look like a wasps nest and installed in a corner that looks like a wasp might build it there. Crazy, but ever since they’ve done it 10+ years ago, they haven’t had issues! And they used to all the time. We live in East TN. Thanks for the videos!

[@laurieanne9712]

Some of us DID get your chard humor & chuckled! It's like someone telling me arugula is yummy when it tastes like soap to me! !!But being an organic gardener for 49 (!!!!!) years, & living fairly close to you, we may hear back from you yet again on your roly-poly surmising once you've lived here a few more years. I have a ton of mistakes to learn by, too, one being the use of the chunky wood chips like in your videos. They may be ok for the very bottom filler of a raised bed but oh my, you are inviting trouble! I have literally ringed my little peppers & tomatoes with it, thinking too rough for slugs, snails & rollies. NOT. It is a MAGNET to draw more of them! And if you wake up super early, you will see them climbed up on said plants having breakfast. Especially the newly little humped up green bean sprouts!!I This past year I had some rancid garam masala cornmeal I'd bought in bulk & should have frozen (lesson). I ringed my little plants with it, & went down the rows of seeded greenbeans, renewing after hard rains. Voila! Lengthy post but as you say, we are all learning.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

That’s so funny! I LOVE arugula.

[@starsdell1789]

​@@AnneofAllTradesI'm a nope on rocket(arugula)silverbeet(chard) or cilantro(coriander) and don't get my husband started on celery. Some are a common genetic intolerance apparently .

[@KateMadison]

Thank you for staying so positive despite this being a video inspired by negative comments. Keep seeing and being the positive inspiration you are. You inspired me to start properly gardening last autumn and I'm watching my garlic and onions grow as I gear up to January planting. Thank you 😊

[@thenesthomestead]

She handles the Karen's with so much grace. We appreciate and admire YOU, Anne, the lifelong learner - Dakota & Angela

[@Crazychickenlady448]

I absolutely adore videos like these! Gives me hope for humans. We all learn and grow and being able to embrace that is SO important! ❤ Thanks for the humility and the corrections!

[@LoriAlexander-eo2ji]

One thing I’ve learned since I started watching content on KZbin is that everybody has an opinion and some are nasty or know-it-all. I see so many content creators defending themselves due to comments they have received. Anne you put out awesome videos, don’t worry about what all those nay-sayers think. Loved this video…keep’m coming 🤣

[@myrtsimyy]

"whenever we admit we are wrong, we instantly become right again"

[@AnneofAllTrades]

I love that saying!

[@marilynbridges8697]

@@AnneofAllTrades 100%!

[@lizflores4142]

Please don't be embarrassed, we are all learning together. Feedback and reflection are important parts of learning that I think most people miss. Love what you do, keep up the great work! Btw, looove Farmer Jesse and was so excited to see you recommend his channel & book!

[@margaretkrantz1469]

Loved the tone of this. (Plus, it made me want to go back and review some of the original videos that I missed.) I find comments very helpful as they give me a sense of community, but I hope these seemed well-intentioned to you, otherwise they would be counterproductive. I try to see if people have made a point I might make before posting in any comments. There's no value in piling on.

[@marilynbridges8697]

100%!

[@barbarabaines9146]

I think you're awesome! You're fun, informative and I've learned a lot from you! Thanks to your advice about weeds, particularly Canadian Thistle (which was the bane of my gardening existence), I made a "garden tea" and turned my too nitrogen compiled soil into an amazing tomato producing patched. Previous to adding the tea I had gorgeous plants with no tomatoes on them. Thank you for sharing. Praying for your family to increase in little people also.

[@karlahavlina5469]

Have loved you since the first video I watched, and now LOVING YOU EVEN MORE! Thank you for being transparent! You are amazing!

[@amyrea4451]

I love your channel Anne, not only because it’s informative, but because of your humor, humility, honesty and how you can do all things!! I too am a “Jill of all trades.” When I was in high school, my friends got me a T-shirt that said “I’m Amy, I can do anything.” Love that mindset…🤩

[@christinapaolozzi6981]

Thank you for being you. I’ve had the worst year of my life and needed lazy gardening and your inspiration to have a reason to get out of bed. Please keep being who you are - a wonderful human just trying to be the best you you can be. I will keep following you and making all kinds of mistakes/discoveries in my garden right wing with you. Thank you.

[@katietieken1897]

I just had to make my first YT comment ever to say Thank you!! You are a joy and so wonderful in so many ways. Thanks for continuing to put yourself out there on this channel even when people aren't exactly appreciative. I love your sense of humor and your crazy awesome style. 🎉

[@s-c..]

Welcome aboard! 😊

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Well shucks! Thanks for sticking around!!

[@hopem8184]

I really enjoy your videos! I watch you and 2 other gardeners, I'd reference all before I implement a change to what I do. People who correct others on their forums need a life. Thank you for the content you provide ❤

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

Loved this. I don’t expect any human being to be exactly right, but I know that you’ve inspired me so much that I may end up with a food forest and woodworking skills in the next 5 years?! I adore you. 5 years ago, I was in a tiny apartment only dreaming of gardening. Keep being you, and thank you for everything, Anne of All Trades!

[@JS-px3et]

I first discovered your channel when I was researching ways to improve my daughter's fruit trees. I watched that pruning video so many times, but was never able to bring myself to remove a single branch from her trees. No fruits either. I have not missed a single video of yours since. Even referred daughter and dome friends to your channel. Anne, never change. Love watching you. Hope all goes well and quickly for your school. 2025 will be the year. Happy New Year.

[@mendynoma4272]

It was the tree pruning video that she referred to that was my first view of her adventures !

[@StephanieMcCamon]

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So proud of you Anne. I started to watch you because you teach well. You know you're not perfect and have made that clear on many occasions. I watch more because of it. You show your mistakes which makes you 100% human and 1 heck of a stand up woman. Most of us are ( I call it any ways)broken, some don't even know it. I speak of someone I know and love. My broken appreciates yours. For all of theses reasons I love your channel and you. For me it's a complete joy to watch real people. Not fakes who edit out what they do wrong. Keep up the good work Anne. You are very amazing and appreciated. 😊❤

[@jackielynn9716]

Anne, you're just great. I love your content, and loved this video! Thanks for "the rest of the story" and I'll continue to look forward to your videos! You're so fun and genuine, thank you for your content!!

[@vivhall6198]

Great video, Anne! Most people don't even want to admit their mistakes, much less make a whole video about them! Thanks for your honesty, kindness, and vulnerability.

[@natashadelfiorentino970]

For those of us that live in cold climates, the fact that chard can stay alive all winter in a greenhouse to give fresh greens when everything else around it is dead, is amazing. It also has a naturally salty flavor that is enjoyable, even fresh on a sandwich.

[@marilynbridges8697]

Some people (like me) love the taste of chard. Others (like my husband) hate it. The one time I fixed it, he said " you don't EVER have to fix that again!" Now that he is gone😪, I can have it as often as I like.

[@8thcelisabeth]

I adore you. I am a northern gardener so I do take some of your advice, and other advice, I adapt to my location. I can absolutely see a new gardener getting some bad info here, yet RARELY and never intentionally. I am in the NEVER PLANT MINT crowd. Just buy that crap. My sister put some in a container and it still spread everywhere. It's garden herpes. Chard is gross. I try to always point out that my garden advice is particular to me and my biome/microclimate specifically, but sometime people don't hear that or understand why your soil would be different than theirs.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Garden herpes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@8thcelisabeth]

@@AnneofAllTrades Glitter=craft herpes. 😁

[@anniemorrison1250]

Anne, I always enjoy watching you wherever you are or whatever you are doing. You are my neighbor and seem to enjoy life. That makes you my friend too. We all make mistakes and that is the best teacher. I had my best tomatoes the first year I tried growing any. The more I learned the worse my results. So, this year I hope will be better. Who knows, maybe the weather will cooperate better. Maybe the soil will be good with a little amending. We just try to do our best and I'm thankful for the farmers that actually feed us. God bless us all.

[@theresageorge5796]

Anne, as always, thank you for the refreshing insights and just the delight of sitting down with you! I wish I could give you the huge boost in terms of creative thinking and joy that you give me every time I watch one of your videos!

[@chrisconversino6294]

I would like to recommend RV water filters for watering. They are designed to go on a standard garden hose and can remove lots of nastiness. Cost about $15 and can last all summer depending on how much you water.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Smart man!

[@MarianneMonagle]

@@AnneofAllTrades Anne, thats is an amazing idea he shared; I must if missed something. Were you having issues with water source and if so can someone point me to where Anne had posted about the nasty stuff in her water? I need to learn what was happening. Rain or creek water etc? Thanks so much Anne!! What was nasty? RV water inline hose filters are in theory excellent idea… might anyone share their experience? What type and or amount of additional water pressure is needed to have flow water through such a filter? Thank you!!!

[@aaroncarraher8186]

As far as I know… Ann wasn’t having a problem with her water personally. In her “never water your garden” video, she was speaking to those who may be having to use city water to start their garden and giving them ideas for how to get rid of the chemical problems. He is just piping in with another great idea to help them. She did briefly allude to that video in this one.

[@chrisconversino6294]

@@MarianneMonagle Those filters work fine without effecting pressure on city water and most well pumps. Anne has her own wells so my comment was meant for those of us that have city water or have wells that may need treated like ones that have too much sulfer. As to what they filter I suppose that would depend on the brand but most filter chlorine at least, making city water more plant friendly. I never noticed a drop in pressure. I even used a yard sprinkler with one for new grass seed I planted and never noticed a difference.

[@sambathehusqueen9909]

Lemony greens soup will change your mind. In a pot, boil veggie stock and at least 1/3-1/4 cup lemon juice, to neutralize the farty smell. Then destem and rough chop the greens (chard, kale, mustards, turnip, etc), at least 2 bunches, it wilts down a ton. Add salt, garlic and onion to taste. There should be enough broth in the pot to keep the greens floating at least 3 inches from the bottom. Bring to a boil, then simmer on low for at least 2 hrs for the flavor to change from farty salad to savory umami, then continue to simmer til desired tenderness. I simmer kale up to 4 hrs to get it spinach soft. Its delicious with a sprinkle of japaleno powder too.

[@marilynbridges8697]

Thanks for the recipe!

[@johndoh5182]

Amen to the issue on rotating crops. I'll reference Jessie and commercial farmers. In many places they use high tunnels for tomatoes. I don't know how much you can rotate something when you keep using the same high tunnel year after year to grow the same crops. I trust that the soil Jessie has is about as good as it gets because he's said that his farm is now in the maintenance phase, which means the soil is well established with plenty of organic material worked in so he's past the point of having to work in more material year after year. So, he might have a cover crop over it, or mulch it during the fall and winter.

[@manuelae810]

What a wonderful surprise. Greetings from Germany.

[@theresaodwyer2026]

Thank you for the authenticity you bring to this platform. I have been following throughout your journey and I love the diversity of your skills and how you allow your creativity to inspire, educate & become a role model for others. You bring so much good, a fresh approach and positive encouragement! You are a natural teacher, please keep it coming 👍

[@bingcheah]

Haha.... I love it. Thanks for sharing your experiences and learnings! Two things: 1. I ate chard in Switzerland recently. It is totally delicious, and NOTHING like the "Swiss chard" we see here in supermarkets, gardens or farmers' markets. It looks in between a green chard and a collard green. The leaves are thicker but not tough. The stem is also thicker and "snaps" a bit like a bok choy stem. And it is SWEET. Now, you lose a lot of these properties when it's cooked. So it's best raw or very very lightly cooked. 2. I have a log home, so carpenter bees are a problem for me too. I don't like using toxic chemicals in my home, and they don't work well on carpenter bees anyway. So I use the carpenter bee traps made by "Best Bee Brothers". Wouldn't be hard to make your own, but the traps are not too expensive so I support their business. They work well. Over 2 seasons, I have reduced the carpenter bee population in/around my home and reduced the damage down to 20% of what it used to be.

[@juneramirez8580]

Code enforcement had me clean up weeds from my yard. I did such a great job that I took away all the preferred foods for the wild rabbits!! So instead the rabbits were starving and ate many of my wanted plants right down to the ground. So this year I am seeing the weeds they like growing once again in my garden. I will make sure the rabbits have hidden places for them to enjoy their favorite foods in hopes my best plants will be left to live! 😊😊😊

[@MarianneMonagle]

@@juneramirez8580 great commentary on your experience!! Thank you for sharing that cleaning up to appease HOA’s etc isn't always a good idea… as you outlined here!

[@aalejardin]

I've found that clover keeps the groundhogs occupied. It's a good reason to let is grow in the "lawn".

[@JohnJude-dp6ed]

I'm saying my Ohio weather conditions have some gardening seasons that vary from year to year so gardeners must adapt. Just keep trying to help us and you have helped more than I've thought you are wrong and maybe in your location it's working for you guys. Cover crop I'm finding as something I've learned to work into my garden building is probably the best method. Test...... You try building a well drain raise bed and first season plant sunflower every 10 inches and the following season place your tomato seedlings adding 10 inches wider as they will be the most productive tomato plants. you have experienced. Thanks and you have been helpful. I also find Jessie as very knowledgeable of great videos . Truly healthy soil solves lots of the problems . My biggest problem with slugs is with melons and I've went back to tilting lightly and now trying to use a cover crop to build my melon healthy soil I'm testing the results this melon season.

[@mari-c8z3l]

I like to watch your videos because they are interesting, inventive, they lead me to want to try farming in a different way. I live in a completely different climate (Sweden zone 2) but it is always possible to adapt the cultivation to my conditions. You are a person who inspires and it is wonderful to see how you work in the garden and with the animals.

[@GrowingLittleCountryhomestead]

Great of you to actually acknowledge your mistakes. Most people on social media act like they’re all knowing gods. This is why we love your channel Anne

[@stevenabel1232]

Thank you for your honesty. And for reading comments. Please keep doing what you are doing. Namaste

[@lamgardn3800]

Anne, I admire your integrity, humility, and "teachability". Thank you for the corrections. I watched those videos and didn’t know those things were wrong or situation dependent. Keep your videos coming! I love them!

[@CarliArtCandy]

Please don’t stop sharing and teaching!!! ❤

[@mikemakesmaps]

mad respect - thanks for the example of graceful humility - the lack of this in society is exactly what destroys us

[@westtex3675]

Thanks for being honest/humble enough to make this type of video. I've never gardened (I'm a lifelong suburbanite so far), but have idle fancies of homesteading one day. When that day comes, I would probably just have blindly follow all sorts of tips in your other videos or have misunderstandings. Now I will remember to also check for any of your clarification videos before charging ahead.

[@Re-purps]

I love this video and appreciate you for your honesty and your way of learning and teaching. You are not alone in having issues in both. Being open and honest about it is the right thing to do, and I so appreciate you for that. You are doing an awesome job being a real person who shares your world with the rest of the world, which is exactly what I do in my content creation about saving people in natural and inexpensive ways by sharing my knowledge, experiences and skills to help others move forward-positive in their own paths of life happening. Helping people discover their own strengths and how to seek answers while striving to be better is one of my goals in helping others. When we all collect the options to consider from people like you, it helps our paths have less stones. Keep up doing what you are doing, Anne. You are making huge differences in many lives. God bless.

[@jend4128]

🤣I love chard!!! You have great teachings! As gardeners, we are always experimenting and changing stuff to find simple ways to grow great things. Don't get discouraged with negative comments. There will always be someone who disagrees.

[@urbaninterlude]

Hi Anne, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to learn too! I am a very southern gardener (South Australia) so of course not everything that applies in your garden applies in mine - but I love your humour and your content. I found you through woodwork, have learned to relax a lot as we build a new garden, and am looking forward to doing more woodwork inspired by this channel, when I get my shed in order having moved house. Hope to keep following you for a long time.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thanks so much for sticking around!! Looking very forward to what’s next.

[@kanek0yuki]

Former market gardener here - you're absolutely right on the chard. We didn't sell chard or kale because I only believed in selling food fit for human consumption - that stuff is for the chickens and pigs. The label on our salad mix bags for retail even said "Local, Organic, and 100% kale free!" Thanks for the great content

[@marysanders7798]

I agree with Anne and so many others. Thanks for sharing what you have learned and being willing to share what you may have gotten wrong. It's refreshing!

[@Ox_and_Ana]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I was so happy to see your face, and I think watching the video actually refilled my energy tank, and now I can finish that stuck in a teeth work thing that I’ve been putting off for a couple of days. I just wanted you to know that I’ve learned A TON from you. Not just gardening which is very different for everyone, but the attitude, approach to life and many other neat things that make you YOU. You are a very courageous human being and it’s a delight to watch your journey.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Well shucks, that makes me so happy to hear. As hard as life gets, we really only have two choices, to look for, find and create the good, or to ruminate on the bad and be miserable. I choose the former ;)

[@mayflowerlash11]

Any person who has the courage to admit their mistakes and set things straight it truly brave. Your viewers value your honesty and for that reason will not unsubscribe. Thank you.

[@andreajh72]

You are a pure joy to watch! I love you and your channel so much. Keep teaching me! 🥰

[@orhideq07]

Thank you for your videos, I learn many things from your channel! God bless you!

[@georgehisler8416]

I am totally a lazy gardener and I love your sarcasm! Keep on keepin on and the rest is water under the ridge.

[@viviandunbar1505]

You have a great attitude about this. I also feel that we do better when we know better. So thank you for your honesty and teachable spirit ❤

[@susandavis2128]

I love watching your videos and hearing what you are learning in your gardening journey. Thank you so much for sharing! This video is a great review of what we've learned from you and a great reminder that everyone's gardening situation is different and we have to do what is right for our garden and area. I also am not a huge chard fan, but I still do grow it (it'seems to be the only thing which will actually grow well.) It's interesting to see how large it can get....and then make a huge gloppy puddle the first frost....😂 Quite frankly, I love your sense of humor.

[@Oktopia]

This is the attitude and content that deserves more eyeballs. Thank you for showing us how to learn and grow, both figuratively and literally :D

[@cadre500]

Thank you for all that you do to share your experiences with the public the positive and the negative. God bless you and your loved ones and your animals.

[@thepipingbagbakery4399]

Thanks for your transparency and for clarifying your position on these issues as well as your experience and reasoning behind some of these videos.

[@marthamiller1867]

I love your videos. I always learn something and am thoroughly entertained while I'm learning. Your sense of humor is fantastic, and I LOVE the sarcasm. I also really appreciate your honesty and your desire to share your experience with others. Thank you so much for all the time, effort and heart you put into these videos. You're awesome😊

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Aw, thank you so much! I’m glad you appreciate the sarcasm and honesty I think both are the spice of life and the start of the best kinds of friendships.

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Thanks for your honesty Ann 😊

[@bels2521]

You are indeed a brave and genuine generous human. Thank you for sharing And Clarifying your video mistakes!! You've gained a fan!!

[@marilynwitherell186]

The very best to you in the new year, enjoy your videos.

[@nancyschuring5921]

Great video Anne. I love learning along with you, and love your videos. And I love when my mis-information can be more correct. ❤ Your farm is wonderful and your viewers seem loyal. Great job. We need each other. PS ... I also get shy for not wanting to mis-inform others. Much Love ❤

[@pq7185]

The weed advice was really helpful. The only weeds that grew in my starter garden were thorny plants and dandelions. I grew sun flowers and a bunch of other plants. The only plants to survive were the sunflowers. I later discovered I had a slug infestation which is why the thorny plants and tall plants were the only ones doing well. I used Yeungling and it was amazing. The yeast trap was a great way to top off the traps when i ran out of beer. It took a total of 1 week to clear the beds

[@Sheree_D_N]

Thanks to you, even my husband is watching gardening/homestead videos with me!! We're just getting started and you're our GO TO! We understand the mix of knowledge and humor so we very much appreciate your content ❤️❤️ but you you can't stop a know it all from telling you how/why/when you were wrong 🙃

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Well that makes my heart sing! Getting families to watch together is 100% of the goal ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tinad6812]

Thanks for your honesty and sharing what you learned. I always enjoy your videos even if I don’t agree with sometimes. It’s important for everyone to do their own research anyway.

[@nicolasbertin8552]

For non chard lovers, two classic recipes : in a quiche, or for a more american recipe, a gumbo z'herbes. Regarding cover crops, I don't get why you think it needs frost killing or else you're not gonna be able to get rid of it ? The classic method to kill a cover crop is to roll over it once in flower. An annual plant that's flowering will die you roll it over and hurt its stem. It will likely spring back if it's not flowering, especially rye or oat, which are classic cover crops grasses. To squash my cover crops I use a wooden pallet. Personally, I use cover crop because my soil is heavy clay, and in winter if there's is no plant growing, then it compacts with the rain, and I'll have to till the soil in Spring coz it's too compact, even with 10 inches of wood chips. So I try to put cover crops everywhere that I can, I sow it in october ideally, and I use two mixes. One mix is a late flowering cover crop, with rye, fava bean or winter pea, daikon. It flowers in late april/early may, I roll it over, put compost and wood chips, and can plant summer veggies 2 weeks later once the roots of the cover crop have decomposed a bit. The other mix I use is an early flowering cover crop, with barley, vetch, phacelia. It flowers around early april, which is great to plant celery, celeriac, potatoes, beets, spring cabbage or to sow beans. The only cases where I don't use cover crops is for either stuff that needs an extremely fluffy soil (which my clay can't offer yet even with powerful cover crops), like peppers and eggplants (so I till the soil with a fork) or for sowing tiny seeds like carrots, radishes, bulb fennel or turnips. For those, I usually do it after an overwintered crop of fava beans, cabbage, onion or garlic, which are harvested between april and june. If the soil needs it I fork it, and then I put 10 cm of mature compost and sow in that.

[@ArdanaV]

Happy new year from Germany. ❤

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Happy new year!

[@ktlemongrass5129]

~ 12:45 I got excited thinking she meant rollie pollies eat termites. Instead of making sure termites and other bugs have something to eat, so they leave your plants alone

[@Martha-q8p1b]

Yay! Thanks for corrections. We all learn from interaction with others that have been on similar journeys in life. Swiss Chard is yucky. I keep planting it because it's colorful...but I never want to eat it. I don't like adding unhealthy things to something nutritional just to make it palatable. Whether we learn from books, the internet or gather advice from fellow gardeners...all that advice differs. Like you said...it depends on the soil. There are too many variables to warrant an agreement on how to garden properly. You are inspirational. That helps the planet and all those who need help gardening. Also, I have been trying to keep honeybees for over 8 years. Last year was the first that I got 4 frames of honey from bees that I thought were gone...but survived WI winters and came back. Not native, but survivors. I practice organic beekeeping (so controversial). It took many years...but I was determined to let the bees decide what they needed. I kept planting and they stuck it out. The guy (I had to ask for help due to a bad back/ who manages hundreds of hives and has his own business told me he was jealous of how healthy my hive was. Nature knows what works. We have to pay attention to that and learn all we can:)

[@charlenenagel7962]

Thanks for the corrections Anne. Love your channel and all you do!

[@dawnburton5961]

I love this. I too deal with a LOT of the same issues you do. I thank you for having the guts to put yourself out there. I wish I could do this too.❤

[@martimoore740]

You're great, Anne! Keep it up. I love how you address the issues head-on and say what you really mean, or what you meant in previous videos. I hope to run into you in the area sometime.

[@Gardentogriddle]

Oh my goodness I love your videos! And I am so proud that you made this video… It’s never easy to say I said something wrong but I would like to point out all the thousands of things you said right this year! You’re an inspiration and I love your channel❤

[@mehalpin]

This might be one of my most favourite videos to watch. When we're wrong, we learn...only the arrogant don't need to keep learning. Keep teaching...mistakes, snafus and your clearly wrong opinion on chard 😛, and I'll keep tuning in to learn it all. Thank you!!! I LOVE your channel and your amazing energy xo HNY my friend!

[@bonnieschmidt8053]

Loved this video. Thank you for all you share, your sense of humor, and humility. It's very impressive

[@bradliston8990]

Hell yeah, love the videos from you two. I'm excited for another growing season. Also gave me a big smile to hear you shout Jesse Frost out, for sure his videos were what got me into this hobby, and now I yern to be a market gardener.

[@chrisBou007]

Love YOU Anne… will continue to watch you for being imperfect you!!!! Keep it coming!!!

[@Bradywoman]

I absolutely LOVE your sarcasm and honesty. Gross is gross lol no two ways about it. Keep up the good work!

[@teresamccoy596]

I LOVE that Chard slide/slice... hahaha!!!!

[@DogMomKort]

I just found you this year and I very much enjoy your content. Please don’t let the know-it-alls get in the way. People are way too full of themselves these days and the internet has nearly made civility extinct. I appreciate the information you share.m and it never once occurred to me that I should take everything you (or anyone) says as gospel. You’re very real and authentic which is refreshing in a world of Kardashians so please, just keep being you.