How To Plant A Garden 101. Step-by-Step exactly what TO DO!

[@GardeningInCanada]

This is a free garden guide that will be helpful for beginners. It has a curated list of videos that will give you a solid baseline. I am mega busy today so forgive me if I can’t get to comments asap. This video has next to no editing done to it. So don’t expect my normal 😅.

[@alex987alex987]

As someone who's doing it for a 3rd season, I definitely learned things from this video. It's useful precisely because it's stuff experienced people don't even think about, and therefore don't usually tell you about. Thank you, Ashley!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful! 🙏 big compliment

[@jacquiehess6618]

Agreed, put my mind at ease that I am on the right track! Thank you, you’re awesome!

[@myjewelry4u]

Ashley, you’re like the best garden friend I’ve never met.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Awe 🫢 we have met technically lol the internet counts

[@osmia]

I tried that jelly roll for long rooted seedlings for transplanting for drought resistant plants in my garden and it worked like charm! Such nice long roots

[@thecakepopsistars]

Thank you Ashley as usual for your recommendations and authenticity 😊

[@debbiebolman2705]

I've been gardening for 45 years and this was helpful. Thanks!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Jeeze that is wild!

[@platesweightspeaks]

A FULL HALF HOUR VID Ashley you are good to us today ❤

[@BrianM-44041]

Who knew you were a singing angel as well as a master gardener? Bravo 👏👏👏

[@GardeningInCanada]

hahah awe

[@GardenandGrub]

😂😂🙌🙌 Never laughed so hard in a gardening video... from the banter, the hoe and the hangers😂 solid gold😁🙌 Thanks for the laughs..needed that today.

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are so very welcome

[@jenjoy4353]

I can watch plants getting started in the garden all day. I guess tomorrow will be the day to actually get out and do it.

[@Argo53]

Notes taken for next round of planting. This year was first time sowing seeds instead of using nursery starts. Seems I forgot the press down/soil contact part before lightly covering with soil. Now have some blank sections in one of my longer rows. Different types of salad greens all planted the same way. Spinach did fine, both types of romaine sporadically sprouted and some bibb lettuce clearly thought I should have waited for this video! Thanks for all your tips. Much appreciated.

[@lorihry6236]

Best gardening video I’ve seen- loved all the silly live bits. Thanks for the info about holes vs hills.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Jeeze that’s a big compliment. Thank you 🙏

[@karenwadlin1761]

This is so helpful … they really need to change May long weekend holiday to have the word gardening in it lol

[@GardeningInCanada]

Lmfao it’s so true. I just wanted to get this out before the long weekend so there was something semi helpful

[@DebRoo11]

This spring has been so awesome I have everything planted out two weeks ago already. Alive and flourishing! I have the whole lomg weekend to relax this year 😅

[@tripudium17]

Misfits of gardening 😄 👌🏾

[@celeste9129]

I've found my people 😊

[@myjewelry4u]

I enjoy watching you play in the dirt!

[@crystalgale15]

I'm gonna be prepping my backyard so that I can garden once frost has ended. Need to remove all the weeds. First time to garden so all your videos are really helpful! Thank you! ❤🇨🇦

[@marilynturcotte5304]

Thanks for the idea of using buckets to harden off plants. I have several (LOTS) of 10L plastic (hard) buckets from a fast-food place where I worked. If you garden the way I do, you flow with the ideas and then fizzle out.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Oh man put those buckets to use!

[@PlantObsessed]

My official GIC crew uniform tank top showed up today 🎉🎉

[@GardeningInCanada]

Uniform ahahah mine showed yesterday 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬👨‍🔬

[@northerngirlhobbies]

Perfect timing. Hello from the seedling station in Northern Ontario.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Perfect!

[@Nocare89]

Lines are still really good for me to identify stuff I planted vs weeds. If I see 2 plants that look alike lined up there is a good chance its not a weed and I let it live. The weeds change through the year and I still don't know wtf lettuce looks like. But I'm certain I yanked it all last year hehe. I can identify radish, peppers, cilantro, beets, and at least 1 type of kale. Lots more watching to do still. The hole vs mound based on rain activity was interesting. I mulched my potted tomatoes with grass sunday or monday since we were getting hot weather. They were running dry daily via finger test. It actually stayed too wet this week with no watering and my leaves went yellow so I pulled it off today. It's just wild how powerful 1in of grass can be like that. I'll have to remember not to add a mulch directly after watering. I figured any excess would just drain away and not stay totally soggy like that.

[@lorihry6236]

I didn’t know about seed- soil- contact! 🤯

[@GardeningInCanada]

Mega important

[@cannafarmer]

I made a new garden this year mostly native soil and compost from the yard. A littl turf builder for organic matter and cow manure. It had 2 months to rain in before any planting

[@shewulfe]

Lol I really enjoyed the off camera monologue with thyme and nasturtium

[@GardeningInCanada]

🤣 I was editing and was like yea I’m not taking that out.

[@ZeFeratu]

So much fantastic info! Thanks so much. You answered questions that I keep forgetting to ask! I never realized I could allow my Marjoram to spill. I keep using bamboo skewers to stake them. I've only recently learned how important it is to cover soil, so I keep wondering what to do after sowing seeds. This is truly a helpful video.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Wonderful 🙏

[@tmscott6850]

Thank you for this informative video. Been veg gardening for years and as usual with your videos learned something new. 😊

[@gendoll5006]

I found a local nursery and called and asked if they had any soil they aren’t going to use anymore and they said yea a whole pile out back I could come get some from! I’m going to check it out today! Plan is to mix it in with the top inch or so of my hard red clay soil and amend it with whatever it’s lacking (perlite, fertilizer, etc.) but I’m tapped out this month and still have so many veggies that need to get in the ground!

[@GardeningInCanada]

Very cool!

[@CreativeRedundancy]

Hello Ashley I dig this very mulch as I Seed many useful tips here. I haven’t been gardening that long, but learning by doing and observing. I also move the mulch out of the way when the seeds are sown yes I saw the hole video :)

[@tamrahawkes3170]

I love that you work without gloves…..I never remember, or like a squirrel I end up weeding because I was walking by lol Excellent video by the way!

[@artstamper316]

Thank you, Ashley. This is exactly the video I always wanted to see to get the *details* about how to direct sow. 🥰

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ImageMaven]

“Hangers”! Lol. Now that’s why I love your videos. Seriously though I will be planting using your tips . But even when I’ve made mistakes, stuff still grows. So I like that you don’t stress out about getting it perfect. I’m going to try a patch of scattered carrots this year because planting those in rows is darn tedious! Much needed rain in Calgary right now so might have to wait until after May Long. Thank you. 😊

[@tb5334]

Always learn something from each video. AWESOME! 🤓

[@carolstuff]

Thanks for sharing Ashley!

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are so welcome!

[@Ash-fd8ww]

I realize one good reason for soil disturbance is because there may be cutworms that can eat everything you plant, and the only way to know they are present is to till 💀🌱

[@kaleyjanenigh]

I just officially became a member of the Geek Crew! Is your YT membership the same perks as Patreon? I'm SO EXCITED to be able to support you! You'll come to know me, I LOVE your videos! You are such a kick-ass chick.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Its all the same I literally just post the same stuff in both!

[@belieftransformation]

Great tips & tricks for all scenarios; thanks for sharing & showing! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦 Fun little outtakes, too😅

[@ausfoodgarden]

I'd really like to hear your take on why people grow in rows. I do grow some things in rows, or offset rows (like a diamond) Just to keep track of them. Your pants are valuable? I just don't see that merch selling well. 🤣 A great video. Not a beginner, but as always learned something new. Cheers!

[@mariem5990]

Great video. Thank you Ashley

[@New-Hat-Gardening]

Very informative ❤ Appreciate the time you put into this 😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

Glad it was helpful!

[@wbshappy1]

Another great video! Chamomile and small seeds have always been challenging. they are SOOO tiny. I've heard of mixing them with sand or cornmeal, to make the quantity sown easier to control... I also heard of using a chopstick to pick up individual seeds, but that seems tedious. I have to reiterate, I love your down home style of presenting... I just built a 3' tall self watering planter. I'm gonna snag your planting method for nasturtiums. :) God bless you!

[@DebRoo11]

Lay down toilet paper or paper towel, wet it and sow onto it, fold over onto the seeds or use a second layer on top, add some soil on top and wet. 1. It's easy to see your seeds 2. It helps keep the seeds consistently damp. The seeds roots grow through them easily.

[@wbshappy1]

Seems like that would make a seed tape... Great idea, Thank you!@@DebRoo11

[@DebRoo11]

@@wbshappy1 it really helps me space evenly and waste less seed. My 🤓 peepers don't work so well anymore 😂

[@wbshappy1]

@@DebRoo11 Bummer! great ideas though.

[@wbshappy1]

@@DebRoo11 Speaking of peppers (I know you weren't!) I put out four starts last evening. Went out this morning, and most of the leaves had been cleanly bitten off of one of the plants! I have birds and squirrels to blame, since it's a 3 foot high self watering planter. My first aid in trying to save the victimized plant is Calcium and aspirin (my soil is already amended with NPK-I did a test.) I'm think inverted 2 liter bottles with the bottoms cut off and air holes too small for critters to get through, or maybe mesh tee-pees over the top. what do you think?

[@myjewelry4u]

I love everything about this!

[@bad1788]

Need to get my garden plan underway and stop just chaos seed starting

[@peresping393]

Tack!

[@PascaltheOtter]

I hope saying this comforts you. Your grandmother went along with your mother to help her and no I am not religious. Come to the OBX much love sweetheart

[@GardeningInCanada]

Awe ❤️🙏

[@mr.hamilton5393]

Sharing is caring x2 😊😊

[@GardeningInCanada]

Always!

[@timcoolican459]

Trying something new with Potatoes this year. Using large planter buckets filled with soil, I placed them in a row close to one another in an oval, filling in the interior of that oval with soil. The buckets will get one or two potato seeds each, with a row of potatoes planted in the oval. My goal is to make harvesting easier, using the buckets as I have previously, so when the buckets are out of the way I just have to push through the pile of dirt to grab the potatoes, instead of digging.

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ok I love that! You have to send photos

[@timcoolican459]

@@GardeningInCanada Will do.

[@BrianM-44041]

Most restaurants throw out tons of containers that would ve ideal for planting. If you ask, a lot of them will save them and give them away free to save space in their dumspters.

[@emkn1479]

What about shredded paper/cardboard as a mulch in the vegetable garden?

[@liav4102]

Which of these would help with the 3yo “weeding” the seedlings? The bucket maybe 🤔

[@GardeningInCanada]

Ahaha awe

[@jennifergasiorowski7471]

Hahaha! Of camera commentary is great!! ❤😂❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

😏😉

[@IAmHisBeloved5]

Do you have a video on aphids?

[@aknaj89]

also, thanks for the viseo

[@GardenandGrub]

Where can we find out if it is a drought year or non drought year. Is it listed somewhere? for future reference...

[@GardeningInCanada]

Are you Canadian or American? agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-production/weather/canadian-drought-monitor/current-drought-conditions

[@GardenandGrub]

@@GardeningInCanada I am Canadian, in Ontario. Thanks for the link :) going to save this.

[@julieh1623]

I’m in Nova Scotia, thank-you for this link! Although it says the website is currently down, so I wonder 🧐

[@marycochran-mm6hy]

The wind in my area will blow those containers for hardening off will fly to Nebraska there must be a way to hold them in place.

[@Playitagaindian]

Poke a couple holes near the bottom and secure with landscape staples or coat hanger lengths.

[@GardeningInCanada]

You need to grind it in a bit

[@amyschmelzer6445]

Thyme and oregano hang? I garden in Ohio where both are hardy perennials. They have a bush habit.

[@CWorgen5732]

Have I already asked what editing software you use? I feel like I have, but let me ask again: What editing software do you use? 😂

[@Livindaybyday]

What if your water is very chemically processed. Like here in Florida. Can the chemicals in the water affect the plants?

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

I have a question not related to this video. I've got a friend who wants to transform her backyard into a garden, so I started to help her with it. We discovered as we started preparing the soil that the person who owned the house prior was burying his trash in the soil! We were both shocked to find this trash. There is a TON of it and tiny pieces of plastic all throughout her soil. There are also chunks of metal, old socks, and carpet. Is there any way to decontaminate the soil or is it contaminated for ever now?

[@GardeningInCanada]

Its likely not dangerous but the only fix is going to be sifting through / manual removal

[@gigiartstudiowithartistvir3919]

@@GardeningInCanada Thank you! I'm relieved to hear that. Whew.

[@Trivdgun-]

Slugs and pillbugs ravaged my bean sprouts I think. 🤧 Birds and rabbits got the sunflowers and cucumber sprouts. 😮‍💨 Something tunneled through my garlic. 🙃 As a wise farmer once said...This means war.

[@DebRoo11]

Pill bugs ate four full rows of peas in the first week they emerged. About 50 seeds and all germinated. I have maybe 10 ,pea seedlings left 😡

[@colefisher9522]

I always run hoes in my garden 🤣, great for removing weeds after they come up from a week long rain.

[@kendravoracek3636]

💚💚

[@GardeningInCanada]

❤️❤️❤️

[@JoyoftheGardenandHome]

That hose is aggressive. I hope the tomato comes out soon, you have 2 weeks😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

It just needs to warm up

[@aknaj89]

hahahahaha who is snoring in the background? ❤

[@GardeningInCanada]

Honestly probably bronx 😅

[@myjewelry4u]

I wanted to ask for your reaction. I started doing food stuff after broken legs not tending to my flowers. I started in 2021 when it seemed smart to grow food and maybe grow toilet paper. I gave my extra veggies to my neighbors and families. Because human. My one neighbor told me they didn’t like peppers and were discussed that I had that in the mix. Sorry, didn’t get your order for free veggies and flowers. I haven’t given them anything again. Am I being petty. I know I am but seriously, give the peppers to friends who do like it. I’m old and cranky.

[@lyndalovesraccoons]

🎶🎵High Hoe, High Hoe...off to Garden we Go.....🎶🎵 🧑‍🌾🌱🥦🤪 PS Where they transfered Devon to until our home is ready for him and his wheelchair is Maybe a kilometer from the Lee Valley in Ottawa... 😊😁😜 ...

[@GardeningInCanada]

oh man you are going to go broke lol

[@lyndalovesraccoons]

@@GardeningInCanada lmao......

[@morganb9137]

Autoflower update from last year?!?!?!????

[@GardeningInCanada]

You are going to laugh… but someone broke into my back yard and ripped all my plants out…

[@morganb9137]

Dang I knew ppl loved night owl genetics but that's next level 🤣🤣🤣 I'm sorry that people suck though

[@gaj1490]

I have been told that spraying milk on potato plants prevents blight. This guy swears by it. Is that true?

[@tracy419]

Here I am, a middle-aged guy, wondering why I always learn terms like hangers and butterface from women😂

[@GardeningInCanada]

LMFAO

[@debmacdonald1661]

😂