Growing Your First Garden - Episode 1 of 4

Want to start gardening and growing your own food, but you don't know where to start? Well, you've found the right video. Or should I say, series of videos. In this 4-part video series, we'll cover all the basics from seeds to harvests, and tools to terminology. Gardening can be daunting if you are just starting out, but it doesn't have to be.
With a new year brings a new enthusiasm for growing our own delicious, organic, fresh food, right in our own backyards. Let's go over everything you need to know to up your growing game, making this year the year you officially call yourself a "gardener"!
Growing Your First Garden 4-Video Series:
Part 1: You Are Here!
Part 2: • Growing Your First Gar...
Part 3: • Growing Your First Gar...
Part 4: • Growing Your First Gar...
2022 is most definitely the Year of the Garden! We deserve it after the last little while, and growing our own food and self sufficiency is just the reward we need to get back on track! For more information on all your gardening questions, check out my other videos!:
Direct Seeding vs Starter Plant: • Direct Seeding Vs Star...
100% Germination?: • Seed Germination - 5 R...
Seed Starting Soil: • How To Make Your Own S...
Seed Starting 101, The Basics!: • How To Start Vegetable...
Starting Tomato Seeds: • How To Grow Tomatoes P...
Starting Pepper Seeds: • Growing Peppers Part 1...
Starting Cucumber Seeds: • Video
Starting Zucchini Seeds: • Growing Zucchini Part ...
Starting Corn Seeds: • Growing Corn - Part 1 ...
Starting Pumpkin Seeds: • How To Grow Pumpkins -...
DIY Ultimate Potting Mix: • Make Your Own Potting ...
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[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

If you're just starting out gardening in 2022, please check out my Amazon Affiliate links below to get the right tools for the job! It doesn't cost you a cent, but this channel receives a small incentive for any items purchase through Amazon. Happy Gardening! Handy 12-piece Garden Tool Set!: Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3jsNIyk Amazon USA: amzn.to/2YZhFwx Amazon UK: amzn.to/3qapNql Hand Pruners: Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2YSIFxP Amazon USA: amzn.to/3q3Oftq Amazon UK: amzn.to/2YR3Xf8 Watering Can: Amazon Canada: amzn.to/39U4nIc Amazon USA: amzn.to/3EiUNeF Amazon UK: amzn.to/3oX7hAa Spray Gun: Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3aBxijm Amazon USA: amzn.to/3aL7UHS Amazon UK: amzn.to/3ruol1Z Gardening Gloves: Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2Lt6ZDx Amazon USA: amzn.to/3tzJ32t Amazon UK: amzn.to/3jpf1cU

[@michaelmarchione3408]

This will be a very good series for new gardeners. I can already tell that your format is right on target. It wouldn't hurt for us long time gardeners to also watch. Big thumbs up Jeff! Take care!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much Michael, appreciate the support as always. And you're so right....even making the video is a good refresher on stuff for me. 🙂

[@Beaguins]

I love the organized format and beautiful photography! Definitely looking forward to the next part of this series.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks, appreciate that! Filming part 2 right now! 🙂

[@mizsparkie5479]

Just want to say how much I enjoy your channel! Please keep up the good work. It is especially helpful in getting me through the winter months until seed starting time!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks for that! We'll get through this winter....its almost seed-starting time! 🙂

[@brooklyngiraffe]

This is so incredibly helpful and motivating! I'm a beginner gardener and learn so much from ALL of your videos. Thank you, can't wait to watch the rest of this series!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks for that Brooklyn! Congrats on starting your garden journey!

[@theapopkagardener2485]

Best video I’ve seen in a very long time. Thank you!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Much love, thanks!

[@indiamccracken8914]

Yay thank you so much for these videos have a patio no land or grass area and I really want to garden so I’ve decided not to let my living stop me… so I’ve started growing in containers and grow bags I’m so excited 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Container gardening grows some of the best crops! There's almost no limits!

[@johnjude2685]

I'm 70 so about 48 years of gardening in 3 states and 4 homes and Starting at grandpa's Kentucky family farm, Well seems like a great adventure with nature and everything it gives back and tested my drive for good foods. Now have a grow lights and 3 lights and I believe a great setup looking my forward to the coming season, double my types of both tomatoes (35 types) hopefully 2 or more of each, 8 for salsa, 3 of my favorites Brad's Atomic Grape and 3 Thornbury Terracotta . Yes double my two favorite veggies tomatoes and peppers I'm going to need to cut back gardening someday so them extra types will hopefully show me what I like the best so I can reduce my notilt gardening to my limits, Can't believe I will not have a garden until my last season passes. Peppers (8 types ) hopefully 28 plants planed

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on John.....someday very soon I want to start featuring people's gardens on my channel....a chance for people to show their crops and setups, would love to tap into your growing buddy!

[@adamjohnson4306]

You can tell how much planning you put into these videos and it is awesome. Thanks Jeff!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for noticing Adam! Definitely right, sometimes TOO much planning, lol

[@adamjohnson4306]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I can tell from all the the different angles different times of the seasons. It takes a lot of planning. Maybe do a behind the scenes video from how you start planning to when you upload a video. Thanks again

[@TheHopeofIsraelWorldwide]

So glad I found this channel.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Me too! Thanks for watching. 🙂

[@miasgardenadventures2998]

Yes!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

🙂

[@Mommy27nikki]

I am so glad i found your videos! Very informative and precise!!!! Im prepping now and gaining knowledge for my garden in 2024!!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

That's so awesome! I can't wait to hear about your first plantings this spring!!

[@BrittanyS143]

Yeah I'm in zone 6a and I have a few weeks yet to lamp seed. But I got alot of jugs to winter sow and I'm setting that up now as I'm writing this!!!! First time growing food!! I still need to get all my wood for my raised beds and chic wire so my vole can't get up and eat my plantsttt

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Right on Brittany....exciting times!

[@orangejuice7156]

Thank you very much!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Sylvain, and thanks for watching!

[@methadonefreeiamNiki]

We appreciate you 😘

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much! :-)

[@crazeyoldlady966]

loved the dictionary! that was awesome.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks! I thought of so many more after I put the video up!

[@stefimandi186]

looking forward to the next episode. Thanks in advance.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers Stefi, thanks for watching! 🙂

[@forgottenforest1]

Ahoy good man. Wonderful video a bunch of knowledge 📕 thank you

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much! Appreciate the support. 🙂

[@methadonefreeiamNiki]

Great presentation thank you very much

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks so much for watching! 🙂

[@Shortcake39553]

AWESOME, AMAZING content😀😆😃😄

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey, thanks!! MUCH appreciated! 🙂

[@southerngardenesse]

Great video, sharing with my people.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks, always appreciated! :-)

[@missouriplantmom1769]

Yay! Help is here!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Part 2 is now ready! Check it out here!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYexnH57eKaFr8k

[@sondraellison3178]

Wonderful advice! Love your channel!

[@fishingwithfilitsa]

Very beautiful👍👍

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Cheers, thanks for watching.🙂

[@annettehalter2182]

Thank you….. Great Content!!!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Annette, appreciate that! :)

[@mygrannysgarden]

Great video. Some valuable information.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks! Nice to see you in the chat! 🙂

[@AnyKeyLady]

Fabulous kick off with one of those videos i wish i was able to watch when i first started to garden! Please, please please make use of the YT chapters function. It allows the viewers to stay focus on the area of topic, restart the topic chapter if they first didn't understand and also to refer back to, when they have added your video to their own specific gardening playlist. Identifiable chapters also show up in google searches. It's the same with the top 5 tips. If i want to look up about kale for example, google, will show me chapters first over full videos and then blogs. You will get more exposure and with the kale example might encourage them to watch other parts of the video such as what else to grow with kale at that time of year.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Will do, thanks so much for the tip, love it! 🙂

[@andreayanochko4758]

I'll follow your videos.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks Andrea, appreciate the support! 🙂

[@darrenlilley1879]

Hey Jeff, Always love your videos. I've started my own raised bed garden this past summer following ALL your advice. Have you ever done a video on how your irrigation set up is done.. I see it around your garden and would love to see a video on that.. Just getting ready to build my indoor seed starting room :)

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks for the support Darren! Congrats on growing, its a lifelong journey!! Definitely going to do more infrastructure videos, including water, this summer!

[@Bev437Sqn]

Great video Jeff I shared it with local Garden FB

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Thanks so much Bev. Always appreciated!! 🙂

[@Raziel_HHL]

Found your channel via one of your Reddit posts. This channel looks like a goldmine, have my like and sub, keep up the good work!

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Wow Raziel, thanks foot the support! What zone you growing in?

[@Raziel_HHL]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms You deserve all the support you get my friend, greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ✌

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@Raziel_HHL too kind, but thank you!!

[@BrightestBlessings7899]

We are under about 3'of snow right now but my Main Garden is planned. Question, can peas, cucs, and tomatoes be grown in the same 88□'? I do companion plant, so several herbs will be used as well. This garden is full sun. This garden had compost laid over it in the fall and composted soil.

[@putinhynes3848]

Have you grown mortgage lifter tomatoes?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Not yet...looks very similar to a Brandywine type of tomato..should be similar requirements.. 🙂

[@naomi2646]

Thank you Jeff. This is my first winter garden. My carrot tops were only a couple inches tall and a hard freeze dropped a bunch of them, still seeing some green tops, is it over?

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey Naomi, I've seen carrots bounce back from worse.....I've also seem them stop root production and flower at the first sign of warmer weather....so you can expect the unexpected! Keep us posted.

[@naomi2646]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I truly appreciate your response, its great to have your help.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@naomi2646 Anytime fellow grower! Best of luck!

[@dayde22]

I live in Fort. Lauderdale, Florida how do I get my peppers to grow larger? There always so small 😩 I live in a apt and I’ve tried 10 gallon pots and still small

[@dreamlovermimi9458]

Hi can u teach us how to grow Stevia plant aka sugar substitute plant?

[@marcuspowell2510]

👍🏾

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

:-)

[@itsknotmagic]

Talk about setback..lol...daughter almost lost her tomatoes overnight to hornworms..made her so mad...she couldn't even feed the worms to her dragons...lol

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hornworms are BEASTS! They can eat soooo much.

[@itsknotmagic]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms she has bearded dragons but they'd been eating her tomatoes...not good for dragons...we just had to kill...what a waste

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@itsknotmagic yeah, monitors and other carnivores would go nuts over them... Even chameleons...

[@kittiew260]

Winter sowing, is missing. Method of starting select seeds outside in winter.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Yep, especially the ones that need stratification....however, this isn't a video about "what to do in the winter"...this is about preparing new growers for their first ever garden this coming spring. 🙂

[@kittiew260]

And reminders for rest of us! Looking forward to the rest of them

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@kittiew260 For sure. A gardener's work is never done, as you well know, ha ha! Enjoy the weekend! 🙂

[@EE-jc3wp]

Man I haven’t had luck with my cucumber or tomatoes. They flower but no veggies/fruits. I’ve done it all. :/

[@EE-jc3wp]

I live in south Florida so it’s zone 10a I believe

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Tried starting them a bit earlier so they flower a month or two before they normally do? Extend their season a little...

[@EE-jc3wp]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms I’ll try that. I think it’s honestly a lack of pollination and female flowers.

[@volqueen]

I don't get it. All of my broccoli, sugar snap peas, cabbage and brussel sprouts have turned brown. They were all thriving before the snow. We had two snow storms and I checked on them after the first one, but hadn't since the second one. We are expecting more snow in a few days but usually everything survives through the winter. What could have happened to my plants. They literally look like weed killer was sprayed on them. 😭

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

So weird Reida..did you try a different variety that wasn't maybe as hardy? Did a nighttime low dip too low? Drainage maybe?

[@volqueen]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Actually, none of the above. Half of my broccoli is in containers and half is in the ground, so it couldn't be drainage. I really hope someone didn't spray everything with something...It just doesn't make sense to me. I had Broccoli last year that lasted through winter and into to spring. It is all from the same seeds too. Maybe getting down into the low 20's did it. I am just baffled. I went out to harvest broccoli and got none because it was all brown.

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

@@volqueen Low 20's is pretty cold...but most Brassicas can take that...unless it was a SUDDEN cold snap. That can do it. If its a big drop in a short period of time, that can do serious damage.

[@volqueen]

@@TheRipeTomatoFarms that was the case for sure. 74 degrees then, 28 hrs later in 20's.

[@volqueen]

I can take pictures. Basically, broccoli is brown and leaves. Peas, kale and mustard greens wilted.

[@theapopkagardener2485]

Best video I’ve seen in a very long time. Thank you 😊

[@TheRipeTomatoFarms]

Hey thanks, you're too kind. 🙂