Every Backyard Garden Should Have These!

Join us in the garden for an emotional farewell to our beloved plants as we make one final harvest before saying goodbye. Watch as we reflect on the productivity of our garden and share some gardening tips along the way. Don't forget to subscribe for more backyard gardening content!
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[@shadyacrefarm1005]

The BEST garden channel on KZbin!

[@gidget8717]

I'll second that! 👍

[@cliffpalermo]

Sure is up there. Always stop in for the lesson

[@davidscarborough713]

zero doubt regarding thought

[@user-ey2ei5yv3f]

Sub count is missing a Zero

[@Sunnylane02174]

I never miss a video! He’s so informative!

[@hdrider2071]

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to show our final respects to Flash Collard Fred ,Fannie and Frank. May they rest in peace.

[@pd8559]

My collard plant is three years old and keeps on growing. I call it the highlander after the movie as there can only be one. It refuses to die.

[@izaacdreddpimp]

I would be SOOOO proud! As I'm sure u are my friend! Here's to 3 more!!!

[@jeffs3284]

@@izaacdreddpimp What varity is your plant

[@pd8559]

@@jeffs3284 ultra cross. I have all the major varieties crossed together into a collard grex. I am developing my own.

[@lorilockwood4323]

I had Kale that continued on for over 5 years.

[@angelasmith2140]

Wow

[@lynnnovak1105]

I have 1 kale plant left in a vertical planter that is starting year 3. It is about 3 feet long and has some new growth starting this week (zone 10b) but the size of the newer leaves are getting smaller than they were the first into the second year.

[@Mrbfgray]

From Dust to Chicken fertilizer Dust. Great collards, will always be remembered. 😄

[@Mrbfgray]

6:30 that's great carrot success by me.

[@jasonlist3253]

I am on my third year with red Russian kale. It is five feet tall as well. When I top it, it grows side shoots. Love it! And its a soft kale. In my opinion, the only kale to grow. :)

[@joycebovee5818]

I am growing a kale three years running, and it is in a grow bag. I have not moved it I’ve fertilized I’ve done everything I needed to do with it. It is mostly in the shade.

[@joybartlett9784]

If you have a freeze dryer the carrots make a fun snack for kids. Slice thin coin shape carrots and they think they are chips.

[@jamesmarotta5650]

Harvest and store in sand or loose soil in the root cellar! Works great!

[@jinga2535]

Little carrots are great for refrigerator pickles.

[@timothytimmerman1136]

I don't remember the name but I have collards that are 3 or more years old in a green house. Just finally bolted this year. Had some Swiss chard for years also.

[@kirstmlarson1]

I had flash collards in my OH garden for 9 months last year. They were over 3’ when a deep freeze finally got them. It was the first time I’d grown collards, and they will be a staple here from now on.

[@JacquelineHahn1]

I let some go to seed and you can use the seeds for sprouts micro greens

[@teresawebster3498]

I have just pulled my Bolero carrots that I planted the first week of September. They did really well for me. I planted pelleted. If I plant regular seeds they always end up over seeded. When I do that I will check them often and when I find some small carrots I will pull them and use them for meals. By doing that I am thinning them and that eventually thins them down enough, what is left can get to full size. I only planted one row and I ended up with 12lbs of carrots. I was pretty happy with that. I live in North Florida, so I can vegetables year round. So far I have only had two broccoli plants bolt, and I am going to get the seeds from them. One thing I can not seem to get to grow is Cauliflower. I know it is my timing, but I have not been successful with it at all.

[@Not_So_Weird_in_Austin]

Austin hot and cold weather has forced some young Lacinato Kale to bolt...

[@adigmon]

I have Kale that’s been growing in my greenstalk for over two years.

[@danbrower7755]

As always, enjoying your videos from the Philippines. Trying to learn more about gardening here.

[@deltorres2100]

I did really good on my collards and I got garlic in the ground all in a rice bed. I got potatoes in a right to race beds and I did really great. I’ve been getting better and better following you and DANNY from deep south on my carrots, I even do succession growing I’ve been doing really good onions. I had a great winter fall. I still got some cabbage to pick. I think I’m going to do the same thing you’re doing to clean a couple of beds out and put my tomatoes in.🌱🌱🌱 Yes we to been eating our carrots 🥕 as we go

[@betterlivingonabudget]

Love your channel! You are ready for Easter with those tri-colored carrots! 🥕🥕🥕 Enjoyed seeing your best-ever collared green plants!

[@cynthiamartinez5884]

All my brassicas planted in the fall are bolting right now. I constantly have huge temperature swings all winter here in Oklahoma so they always bolt by spring.

[@CS-bn4un]

Loved Your ‘moment of silence’ for the collards as you cut their stalks! On the other side of the state, we’ve had a curly kale, can’t remember the variety, span two falls snd winters without bolting in the summer between them. Since they were potted, we did put them in a slightly ‘cooler’ micro climate area of the yard that summer and were shocked they didn’t bolt! Our small bok choy this year was beautiful, but first ‘false spring’ temps sent them the wrong message . Had to quickly harvest them and tried freezing a free veil see how they do. Carrots. Well… I did same thing you did # wise compared to container. Had beautiful green tops all winter! Just harvest them all! FYI, grated, they dehydrate well for using reconstituted on muffins and cake!!

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Mhmm Homemade muffins 😋

[@user-ey2ei5yv3f]

😂 I thought he was gonna say someone died. Lol

[@benegutierrez2167]

With my carrots this year I planted in a 3x3 grid and that spacing gave me my biggest carrots ever

[@DonnaLorenzen2009]

I'm in your camp of not being a fan of frozen carrots. I too have been heavy handed with carrot seeds in a container and had many "baby" carrots.

[@hopemorrison2367]

I really love the old timey blue collards i got from u ut did the best didnt bolt

[@LazyDogFarm]

Great to hear!

[@GGsGarden]

Had collards make it about 15 months before bolting. Let them go to seed and still growing from those seeds.

[@Caseylawton]

Last year was the first year I’ve ever had a kale make it through our summer. It’s one tough plant. I like in Phoenix AZ so it making through our summer was mind blowing. Definitely saving the seeds once it does flower.

[@cynthiaj4863]

Thank you for this video. First time growing Kale and I'm getting flowering on my kale for my animals. Going to say good bye! But grow more next season.

[@izaacdreddpimp]

U are the man 😎

[@shelleygeary3205]

I get 5 to 6 foot curly kale plants all the time that have never gone to seed. They're 2 years old or more. They do get top heavy so I usually just cut a couple feet off the top and they'll send out side shoots and keep going. Weather helps with mild winters here in zone 10a SoCal

[@izaacdreddpimp]

I am jelly

[@Kat-Knows]

Isn't that kind of kale call dinosaur kale? it grows real well in the warmer southern climates like southern calif., arizona, & texas. It's stalk ends up looking similar to what this guy's 'flashing'? collard stalk looked like.

[@DV-ol7vt]

My Georgia collards start bolting as soon as it gets warm here in Texas. It’s March and they already got beautiful yellow flowers on them. I wish they would last a little longer

[@06halfton4x4]

I sure do enjoy fresh home grown collards! If you get a chance, would you consider showing and talking about your tiller for a moment? I've seen it in the background a time or two but am interested in seeing it a bit closer. My old faithful troybilt horse has unfortunately made its last round in my garden and I'm interested in getting another one but I'm looking for opinions on heavier duty models.

[@flyfishdr]

Planted collards in August and they always bolt in March here in VA Zone 7b

[@Happy2Run4Me]

I have about 6-8 collard plants that just had their first birthday early this month! Their greens have been super tasty and I’ve had lots of harvest from them so no complaints. They’re in my GreenStalk though so the taller they get the more difficult it is to turn my planter around because they bump into the planter next to it lol! 😂I hope they go to seed though because I’d love to get seed for these to save. I’ve planted more though for another spot in my garden to see how well they do in a different planting location. I’m kinda hooked on these greens now with lots of bacon and Cajun seasoning and I can them up into pint jars. When I’m ready to eat them I mix them 1:2 with pints of blackeyed peas or pinkeye purple hulls. Soooo good! 👍🏻 Idk why I didn’t try this combo sooner. Now I also fill my freezer with these greens too. I have a goal of growing a years worth of the collards for the freezer/canner. I’m also doing the same with beans this year. Wish me luck!

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Rock On!

[@hopemorrison2367]

Make juice with your carrots its delicous

[@russbowman6801]

One collard we have is situated at an area where it gets shade for a few hours per day. It is holding up better than the full sun plants since 2022 spring time. It will be interesting to see how long it holds up. I did remove some branches and a small starting bundle that could have formed a flowering bud. We’ll see.

[@russbowman6801]

As for carrots, I have a spice jar with salt shaker like holes. I will try mixing carrot seeds with sand and use the salt shaker to space the seeds out better.

[@tinatriestoplan8316]

Wish i could do that in the midwest zone 5b. I dont think itll last through our winters

[@robclower9606]

Yeah, I noticed last week my collards are bolting and they were just planted in the early winter. Definitely the crazy temperature swings we had already

[@hollynelson543]

Hey hey hey Trav my man.😊

[@angelasmith2140]

My kale from last year I transplanted from garden to 5 gallon bucket and they are still producing I have 5 plants in each leaves are small but still tasty

[@travisevans7502]

This is my first time growing collards Flash and Georgia southern I will plant the starts in a week or two, also planted carrots today Atomic red, Bolero, Nantes supreme and Napoli. I will see what I think of Collard not many grow them here in western Washington but I like most greens so probably like them as well.

[@Angela_Alaimo]

I came across a brand new baby collard today, and I'm in New York Pretty sure I can't let her go, even tho she's now in the wrong bed bc crop rotation 😄

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Matter of fact one of my last year's collards is resprouting from the root.

[@chabelameneses4661]

Man, I wish I could find the variety I grew one year that continued to produce 3 years in a row. Even the deer loved them. By the time they were done producing, they were almost 6 feet tall. I wish I had documented that growth in pictures to share. Located in Griffin, GA.

[@tonyajackson8827]

I have three kale plants that have been producing for two years now - below zero temps, snow, and all!!

[@blessedbloominghomestead9134]

I planted my carrots thick like you did and love the results. I have harvested twice already with decent sized carrots and still have at least 2 more harvests out there. I planted carota carrots and my 19 month old great granddaughter loves to pick her own carrots for snacks. I’m going to have to get some of those collards!

[@rickthelian2215]

Travis you could of let it go to seed to collect when ready😊

[@Detour4it]

It's too funny on the collards. I planted my carrots the same way you did, and I'm getting nice ones. We probably have weeks to go in finishing them off. Fun grazing food while working around the beds.

[@thifasmom]

Have you tried fermenting carrots? Yours are a great size for fermenting whole or just sliced in half. They make a great snack and kids usually like them ☺

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yeah we like them fermented too.

[@ayatti26]

Have you tried, fermented and pickled carrots. Shred for cole slaw, juice them, carrot cake, muffins...

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes! Those are all delicious.

[@miltkarr5109]

I had my collard cross with scotch kale years back and the hybrids were huge and didn't die. The downside was they didn't taste as good as collards.

[@southerncrossfarm994]

Down here in Sarasota County, SW FL. Doesn’t matter when I plant the Flash collards (usually early fall), I have not been able to get them thru the late summer. I guess the heat and humidity is just too much. I’ve tried top bunch 2.0 as well, since they are supposed to be heat tolerant. Still no luck.

[@ADHD_1958]

I haven't laughed like that in a long time. Never heard of a plant freakin out 😂😂😂. Oh man, that was good for the soul! ❤

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Congrats Trav!!!! On your 4eva collards?!?! Personally,my store bought Flash collard transplants,i got in Sept.2o23...bolted this march😅😅😅😅

[@Kat-Knows]

u need to learn lacto fermenting for ur carrots, kale & cabbage. Its a great way to do long term storage with them & i think they taste great in all kinds of dishes with rice, or pasta or potatoes. I lacto ferment all kinds of vegies, i even do cirtrus & it makes great probiotic foods that keep a long time. I put all kinds of different seasoning in my lacto ferment jars, whatever i like garlic, thyme, oregano, chili flakes etc etc. I like lacto fermenting better than i like water bath canning.

[@MimsysGarden]

I pressure can my carrots. Or make soups then can those! Yall could make carrot cake and freeze it. But my absolute favorite thing to with them is ferment them with ginger!!! Soooo good and good for you! 🥕 💚

[@SouthernRiverFishing]

Carrots can very well.

[@lisakruger5289]

My collards to have been growing a couple of years now are finally starting to bolt. Luckily I planted a few seeds in the fall that I hope will take their place. And I also planted my carrots too thick and they are taking FOREVER too! But I had some success thinning them out some and replanting those thinned out carrots in another bed, where they have kept on growing!

[@lynnlovessoil]

😂RIP.

[@promega98]

Hi Travis, I definitely planted my carrots too thick like you lol. When is the latest to harvest carrots? I live in 8b Pensacola.

[@tammylainen4295]

Chem trails cause this as well

[@izaacdreddpimp]

SMH. Friggin Chem Trails. I have better days, when I can look at the sky GOD built an not see the spraying... We don't deserve it.

[@CareysRN]

Guess they went two years without spraying chem trails over south GA

[@marysurbanchickengarden]

My collards are going to seed after only being in the soil since September. I'm going to be looking for a different cultivar for the fall planting. Plus Danny (my son) says they don't really taste like collards but a cross of collards and cabbage.

[@hardstylzz5024]

There is a collard and cabbage cross from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange plus a ton of varieties of collards.

[@Christian-jx3nx]

Travis, do you put any fertilizer in the hole when planting tomatoes? Can you do a tomato planting video or have you done one? Thank you!

[@LazyDogFarm]

We'll do a video when we plant ours this week. And yes, I do put fertilizer in the hole.

[@user-gw4gh7yp5x]

Amazing.come to kabupaten Kuala Kapuas,central of Borneo please.henny,lndonesia

[@matthewking2209]

All of my flash callards bolted I hoped the would last like yours. I do have a kale plant over 5 ft.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Flash is a good variety, but I still think it takes some luck to get them to make it through the warmer months. Even the most bolt-resistant variety could bolt in wacky weather.

[@josee.cisnerosjr.7706]

Yes! Definitely very productive plants. I'm not sure what eat them though but whatever it was it only wanted my collard greens.

[@dvrmte]

I'm going to plant Utopian Ultracross collards from SESE this Fall. They're supposed to be a lot of genetic diversity to work with. Hopefully there will be some that Winter over without bolting the following Spring and Summer to select from. I just refrigerate carrots and they'll usually keep until the next crop comes in. I still have a few dozen from the Fall crop.

[@nathanbannister8502]

Curious if you plan to leave the roots to the collards in your raised bed, and if so, how long will it take for them to break down? Another great video! Thanks Travis!

[@LazyDogFarm]

Yes we leave the roots to break down.

[@Frankie_902]

Travis, have you thought about canning your carrots with a little chicken broth or just plain water?

[@Maria-ql3fc]

Was that the first time you planted the flash collards?

[@LazyDogFarm]

No I've been growing that variety for several years now.

[@sharonousmankobo3602]

Travis what is the exact variety of the beautiful collards you harvested?? I want to order some.

[@LazyDogFarm]

Flash

[@MikeWhoo-gy5jq]

What kind of collards where they

[@LazyDogFarm]

Flash

[@izaacdreddpimp]

Yea, don't we all?!?!

[@jimmygibson2261]

What was the fretilize you use on your seedlings

[@LazyDogFarm]

This stuff: lazydogfarm.com/products/agrothrive-fruit-and-flower-fertilizer

[@Christian-jx3nx]

I’ve got a row of Georgia collards that came back. Leaving them until i plant tomatoes. Zone 7. Weird

[@haroldblake1196]

Did you say you had gotten some purple galaxy tomatoes seeds in one of your videos

[@LazyDogFarm]

Not purple galaxy, but the actual purple GMO tomato from Norfolk Seed

[@haroldblake1196]

@@LazyDogFarm thank you

[@kathyhoot7277]

Those were palm trees!

[@mattwright8353]

I think you meant rest in pieces lol

[@Frankie_902]

Roflol