I'm starting SEEDS!! | Dinah Update and Canned Mashed Potatoes

Hi friends! Today marks the official start of the 2023 gardening season for me, and I am here for it! The grow room is almost finished, so I've decided to get a head start on the seed starting and plant some seeds. I hope you enjoy it!
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[@LittleMountainRanch]

Happy New Year to you all. Thank you all for your incredible support of our channel in 2022. You are all so appreciated. I'll see you in 2023! ♥

[@debbiedimascio3634]

Happy New Year!🎉

[@lisavandyke8833]

Happy New Year!!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@jeezumcrow8655]

Yes! Please do a comprehensive seed video. For all of us in Northern harsh climates zone 3/4, it would be great for us to see what varieties you’ve been successful with. 😉

[@TheMichi2377]

I would love to see celery seed progression. That's not a plant I grow yet

[@juliavictoria229]

Fully agree, plus: this is a completely new world for me which I am very excited to explore

[@bearrivermama6414]

I’m in zone 3a and I have been growing lettuce, spinach, and radish indoors for many years. There is nothing better than eating a delicious fresh cut salad in mid January when it’s -50* outside. It just boosts your spirit!!! I grow cut and come lettuce, 2 pans, I cut from one and by the time I finish that tray the other one is ready and I just switch back and forth. Yummy! I actually planted 6! pans this year so I can share with my ducks, chickens, and quail. They LOVE the fresh greens! I bought one of those cheap little green houses that only hold 4 1020 trays, one per shelf. This way I can zip the plastic shut so my cat doesn’t get into them ( I cut small venting holes for good air flow) I plant in dish pans with holes drilled, and provide a little extra light with grow lights. We can have salads, tacos, fresh greens on sandwiches, wilted greens ANYTIME. Guys, it’s SOOOOO easy! You will be so happy with the results if you give it a try. I can’t recommend it enough ! There is something soooooo therapeutic about cutting fresh health greens in the off season.

[@poodledaddles1091]

Nice encouragement!

[@MRSMakeupBag]

what kind of grow lights do you use? and if this was in a less heated part of the house would we need a little space heater to keep things warm?

[@jo-annjewett198]

This year I went crazy. We live in south Texas and can grow almost all year. I have planted 20 fruit bearing trees, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries. I have tomatoes growing under lights, several peppers, a bunch of pollinators and herbs. We converted our back yard to wood chips and raised beds. I have lettuce, carrots, bunching onions, beets, radishes, chard and celery. My herb garden is doing great too. I love gardening too and understand your joy!

[@dirtpatcheaven]

My mom started growing the micro tomatoes last year and loved them. That is so cool you are putting in a garden room. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

[@KAStodgell]

I think Clare is amazing in the cool stuff she tries. Keep experimenting! Loooks great

[@nevillemignot1681]

I know as a person living in Australia this might not be really relevent here, but it does get coldish here in winter, and my mum used to have her her 'moveable polytunnel' . It was a old flat trayed truck used for hauling logs around in the timber mill, and dad rigged up clear plastic on the tray at the back, and mum used to leave smaller stuff in the front and wind up all the widows so as the sun could its stuff in the drive-way of a day. And on cold nights dad just drove it and just to leave in the garage. They used it OK for about 50 years or so.

[@crystalh1402]

I’m very thankful sprouts grow so easily because the cold snap and no sun made for some sad little sprouts but they still grew 😂

[@lynicefirey5008]

I would love to hear you favorite varieties etc! Would be such a nice resource for us northern gardeners.

[@wendyamrhein1710]

your passion for the garden is as beautful as a thriving garden.

[@bettypearson5570]

When I bought my current home years ago the previous owner had used blinds on a number of windows. I never cared for blinds and they had seen better days. Because I try to look for ways to recycle things I ended up using scissors to cut off the slats. In the evenings while watching TV I would cut them into 3-4" sections complete with spikes on one end to be used as plant ID spikes in my trays as well as in the garden. Using a permanent marker keeps it nice and crisp whereas popsicle stick it soaks into the wood. I have actually reused some of these multiple years when planting the same type of veggies but my supply was finally starting to get low. When I purchased my fixer upper retirement farm I was glad to find that they had a number of window shades that have seen better days. I'm actually going to leave the long middle sections intact for some experiments on other uses, but regardless of whether those get another usage or not, I will have a lifetime supply of garden ID stakes.

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Few years ago I bought a box of 100 tongue depressors (craft type) for garden labels but use masking tape on toothpicks to mark seeds. Don’t have a growing room, but bring 10 pots of my Gerber daisies in every year(supposed to be annuals), they die back over December then new shoots come up. I’ll have daisies for Valentine’s Day from just sun in windows. This is in Pennsylvania, US, which is North-East. Starting my herbs indoor bc I put in a “no till” raised garden in September using fence posts we had on hand & a lasagne layering of compost/cardboard/wood chips for herbs closer to the kitchen. Perennials & annuals

[@deno.520]

Would love a seed video! It would be helpful to have pics/images of fully grown plants to go along with them too.

[@DawnPalmer55]

A suggestion…take tape and number your trays in the order you want…that way if they get mixed up when carrying out, they will be super simple to put back in order.

[@suewhalen3919]

Yes! A comprehensive video of what you are growing. It is sooo refreshing to see Canadian content. Happy New Year!

[@LanaiDebbie]

Your enthusiasm for gardening is so inspiring. I also love to garden and am in such a different climate, but can still learn so much from you, but mostly watching your videos inspire me to grow more food! Would love to see your seed video! Happy New Year 🎊

[@TheMichi2377]

I'm laughing with you! I get it. I became a master Gardener because of my love of gardening. You'll have that grow room full in no time. 🌱

[@kimsmith3451]

My mom felt the same way about planting! Made her so happy!!

[@susanvanbakel8476]

Happy New Year. Love your channel. It’s wonderful to watch a fellow Canadian.

[@lorim.8136]

When I make mashed potatoes out of canned I always give them a good rinse and fill with fresh water and continue to boil them until tender. Works great

[@goldenfan2006]

For the potatoes, I'd recommend a potato ricer instead of a masher or immersion blender. It will help get them smoother without making them gluey 😊

[@deborahmcsweeney3349]

I'm a zone 6 a and I went out to see how my fall greens survived our -7 standing temp and -30 wind chill....that I'd F. I was astounded to pull back my grow insulation covers and found some still alive! But the best New years gift was to discover tiny lettuce seedlings come up everywhere in those beds from lettuce that went to seed last summer! So I know exactly how exciting it can be to plant things!!!! Lol

[@debbiemcelwain3279]

Yes, I would like a video devoted to all of the seeds you're planting this year.

[@DianaForee]

I love the palm block! especially because it's paper pieced! Gorgeous!

[@OurIntrovertedHomestead]

It would be wonderful to see the seeds you are planting for the new year in Canada, as I'm in 9B in Southern California...I truly enjoy your videos!

[@leopardwoman38]

I’m also in 9B in SoCal, above Los Angeles. I enjoy her channel, too. The micro dwarf tomatoes are of interest to me as it was too hot in my area for the plants to produce fruit. I want to try growing them indoors.

[@ecocentrichomestead6783]

Seeds videos are always good. My micro dwarf tomatoes are starting to flower now!

[@susancampbell7279]

Love meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Yum

[@sherriekemper1828]

Another fun video--my husband walked past and got caught up. "What a nice lady!"

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Awe, tell him thanks. :)

[@teresar.1152]

Plus us Australians love love seeing the snow❄️❄️❄️

[@joangrant5857]

I just love your channel. I feel like an old friend visiting for coffee and your talking to me! I would love to see your seed list video and learn more about it❤

[@georgechang5994]

Your video is quite quite well for english learners to study in, even better than english teaching channels, wish your all seeds will grow up well :-)

[@ChristinaHerself]

Happy New Year to you and your family from Vienna, Austria in Europe 🎆🥂

[@annaking9213]

You do such a good job on your vlogs. It hard work farming, so you have to want todo it. Thanks for all your hard work. Love the cathouse !

[@bettylongshore9594]

Oh my gosh, I'm impressed that you are actually planting seeds already!!!!! I plan to be planting some onion sets soon, but you are way ahead of me!!!!! Way to go!!!

[@ashleygriffin]

Yes! Seed video!!!

[@jmt7676]

A very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to you and your family. Wow, planting seeds. A huge step forward.

[@hnorgard2002]

Yes to the seed video. I wouldn't mind a couple hour long video. What has worked, what hasn't. Especially ginger, tomatoes and garlic.

[@justpatty7328]

As a fellow gardener, I will enjoy every bit of gardening content.

[@denisescull4227]

I would love a chat about your seeds! I dry packed unpeeled potatoes this year. If you want to give your canned mashed potatoes a second chance, rinse and boil them until they're fork tender, just like you would do with fresh, then mash and then finally and milk and butter, salt etc. They don't get as soft as you would think pressure canning would make them. Congratulations on your grow room!

[@leannekenyoung]

Oh my goodness I just ordered seeds from MiGardener tonight because they deliver to Canada and seeds are very economical and over a small amount of money they have free delivery!! I’m super excited!!🥰❤️🇨🇦🙏🏻

[@samanthanelson7148]

Yes, seed starting videos please!❤

[@plot1895]

Oh lovely to be growing things again.

[@plot1895]

I’ve been intending to get going with micro green/sprouts for twelve months. I now have some on the go thanks to you. It’s much milder here Zone 9a even though we’re at 54 degrees north, NW England, so I have managed to keep some salad going even through out recent ‘cold’ spell where we had -11C at the lowest point and a prolonged cold snap. Mizuna has been great but some of my lettuces are looking worst for wear. Sprouting seeds will be very welcome. Thank you!

[@lisabillard8049]

YES!!!! I would love a seed video. I love to hear all the possibilities because I’m tired of doing some of the same things in my garden year after year and I want to experiment this coming season.

[@lisabillard8049]

And thank you for showing the mister from Princess Auto. This will be so much easier than a spray bottle and looks so gentle. A game changer for this new gardening season.

[@littleflower9425]

It is for the first time that I see these cat houses. This might solve few of my problems my cats are creating. Probably I need to build them myself, 'cause they are not to sell in my part of the world. A very blessed 2023 to y'all!

[@kathrynmauro8673]

Yes please do a seed video. I had a ten thousand square foot organic garden along with four 4X8 above ground garden boxes, sixty-two organic dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees with the exception of three fig trees, various berry and grape vines as well. In Southern California we pretty much had a ten month growing season. Each of the trees had an early, a mid and a late season crop. The figs produced at least two crops sometimes three in sucession. Our family was truly blessed with the amount of delicious food we were able to grow, eat and share. We have since moved to Central Texas where the soil, weather and growing season are completely different.

[@mirianna9195]

Also, wanted to thank you for mentioning honey fermented garlic in your pantry tour video. I made some and they have saved me from getting full on sick several times this Dec. I even mince them up for kids who prefer to swallow them instead of chewing them.

[@melissam450]

We use radishes as a replacement for potatoes in some dishes to cut a lot of carbs out of the meal. Roasted, fried, grilled, etc. They’re delicious & don’t taste like radish at all if that’s a deterrent against eating them for some people.

[@peggypease3267]

I let most of my radishes go to seed. They form lovely scapes which I use raw in salads or fry up with potatoes, zucchini, and onions in butter.

[@mrs.creeksidemaples2866]

Hey Chelsea… that sprayer from Princess Auto is awesome… will be perfect for me on our Off Grid Homestead… thanks for sharing and have a blessed day!! 🪴

[@natashagrusendorf7200]

Thank you for the Canadian seed companies. We garden in zone 2B in Alberta so excited to try new varieties! Another Canadian company that I have had great success with is Heritage Harvest Seeds. They only do heirloom varieties and so many different types of tomatoes etc. Happy gardening!

[@prairielavender]

I really like Heritage Harvest Seeds! Also, for seed potatoes, I like Eagle Creek potatoes near Bowden.

[@lucytree7892]

Thank you for sharing the seed list. Since I'm in zone 4b, Minnesota and can't plant seeds until end of May/early June. I like to plant things with shorter maturity date. I enjoy all your videos so please do a video on whatever subject you feel like filming that day. Could you lend us Dan for few days, I need some work done around the house.

[@shirleysmith4510]

Yes, please do this. It's very helpful.

[@laurielangley2306]

YES! Please share your seed starting!

[@loanalacy4701]

Yes please! Would love to see what seeds you choose! And why you like them

[@lassa8435]

I am pressure canning all my venison today, but getting anxious to start my seeds to! 👏🏼

[@bettyjorodgers8552]

Thank you.

[@kdonor]

I love our mashed potatoes from home canned potatoes. I add butter and neufatchel cheese on the stove top and after they're heated, mash them.

[@CrazyplantladyMN]

Yes! It would be great to see what seeds you’re planning on using. I live in Minnesota with the same zone and love all the information you are sharing. I am so happy I found your channel!

[@Sammysam44]

Aww I love your and Dan's relationship 😄😉

[@brianandtamiolson2330]

I would love a video on the seed you’re planting. I am new to your channel but I’ve gotten through almost all of them on a marathon binge and I am loving the content and your adorable personality. Someday if I ever take a trip to your neck of the woods I would love to have a cup of tea and talk seeds and gardening. love from California ❤️

[@sallyhostetter2820]

Planting seeds while it is snowing outside is pretty cool.

[@danamama6766]

Happy New Year :) Love my seed planting too. So enjoy your love of it as well. I love you so much how you love your family and animals. xo hugs

[@melindawargowsky8176]

I have a spring/summer greenhouse hobby business where I do about 10000 plants a year. Mostly annual flowers and veggies. I buy flower plugs from a grower about 90 miles away, but they’re getting more expensive every year. My veggie plugs I get from a local grower/produce market for about $.05 each. Can’t afford to start them myself for that price! Since I retired last January, I’m looking forward to starting some of the easier flowers such as marigold and zinnia myself this year to save some profit. So ready to start, but will probably wait till the first part of March. (Central Ohio). I envy you your grow room! Enjoy!

[@melissabarnett4017]

Happy New Year! Yes please do a video on the seeds! I need all the info I can get lol thank you for sharing your life with us! Definitely an inspiration.

[@ldg2655]

I would love to see a seed video! I’ve been watching and thinking that, here in SW Missouri, I could start some onions and carrots.. I will look up your micro-tomato varieties. Last year my plants grew like crazy, but I didn’t keep them trimmed, so I had lots of vines, but relatively small, slow-ripening tomatoes..

[@happyhobbit8450]

Awesome information -- Thank You!!! I'm in BC too and have been testing seeds in a grow tent in the living room. Have another grow tent in the basement. I'm all about experimenting so I've been collecting seeds from everywhere (fruits and vegetables from grocery store, cooking beans and seeds, and in nature). Mostly seeds from what I've grown here but have only been here 3 years. Luckily there was lots of infrastructure and some orchard and garden areas but they hadn't been cared for -- very over grown and neglected. Work in progress homestead. Saving seeds and getting them to grow is what I'm pursuing so we're not dependent on the seed companies :) Happy New Year!

[@adrianf1969]

Yes to a seed video!

[@karacochran2091]

Happy new year. I just recently found your channel and I absolutely love watching you. Can't wait to see what 2023 has in store.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Thank you! You too!

[@MLEE-c4n]

New subscriber! Love you and your husbands dedication to preservation and sharing valuable content.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Welcome!!

[@rebeccawatson9284]

Yes to seeds! Thanks 👍

[@danoneill2846]

Many Thanks !

[@lesliecrawford6517]

I adore Baker Creek. Their whole seed catalog is amazing. I have had nothing but luck with them.

[@loriwalston6906]

Happy New Year to you and your family, Chelsea!

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Happy new year!!

[@Shavenerd53119]

Yes please! Would love to see that video ❤

[@Firechf3]

Yes on the seed video. I would find it very useful. Our weather is similar (we are in NW Montana). Short growing season.

[@barbaradavidson1950]

Yes to the seed video and I am so wanting to get seeds in. Planning microgreens on the counter in mason jars.

[@rhondahernandez3445]

Yes, I would love to see everything you grow. Happy New Year

[@belieftransformation]

Great vlog; thanks for sharing your wonderful knowledge!

[@mirianna9195]

My kids actually don’t like smooth mashed potatoes with milk etc in them. We call ours smashed potatoes and use canned potatoes or baked pot potatoes for them. When canned, we bring them up to boil to fully heat the potatoes through in the canning liquid, then discard the liquid and mash with butter and salt. So good with a little cheese on top!

[@terricotter6545]

yes ,i would love to hear the seeds you are planting

[@lindayounce4494]

I have been using High Mowing seeds for several years with excellent results.

[@ryanwhitley8570]

We always used our handheld beater for mashed potatoes...smooth, but not quite whipped.

[@mariasmith8433]

Yes, please for the seed video.

[@jeezumcrow8655]

I can personally vouch for High Mowing Seeds. I’m a huge veggie/herb gardener in VT and this is a wonderful local Vermont company that I live close to. ☺️

[@tanjarott7535]

I sure would look forward to a seed video! I always look forward to your videos. Thank you so much.

[@kathleenritter4532]

Happy New Year to you!! I think we do the micro tomatoes too. I believe they are jelly bean tomatoes. It is outrageous how many tomatoes we can get from 2 plants. So good. Nothing is as good as a home grown tomato. You shirt is great. Thank you!!

[@ramonasurprenant2122]

I ADORE High Mowing Seeds out of Vermont! Been buying seeds from them forever💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@vettegirl05]

Have a safe and Happy New Year! Your show is so awsome. I learn a lot and look forward to next years shows! Take care! 💖😼

[@tanyalynnharkness-huggins4111]

Happy New Year! I didn't realize there were SOOO many micro tomatoes. Already placed an order for my collection. Thank you for the referral code.

[@deidrecruickshank7975]

Hi Chelsea, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Beefsteak tomatoes are like the standard type besides cherry tomatoes here in New Zealand, the other is Moneymaker. I too love, love, love growing vegetables.....yay it's summer here now and I'm getting a few strawberries every few days, and my first tomatoes are almost ready to pick. This year I planted Beefsteak, Superbeef, Moneymaker, Sweet 100 red cherry toms, a yellow cherry, and 2 or 3 heirloom varieties Black Krim (a purple one), a red/yellow/green stripey one and a Roma paste....can't wait till theyre all in full swing! Bring it on! I'm also growing brassicas, and cucumbers, and spinach, capsicums, etc, etc....Great to see all you're planting, and good luck with it all. Catch you in the next vid! Dee from NZ

[@judynoorda8046]

I would love a list of all the seeds you plant and love. Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@savedbyjesus2145]

Thank you. This was helpful. I want to start gardening this year.

[@pengle]

We'll watch whatever you want to show us. If you think the seed video would be too long, make it a two-parter but make sure there is a 'cliffhanger' just for fun!

[@maliaw8392]

Ditto here!!!❤

[@RainbowGardener]

Yes please do the seed video!!

[@carolynmoody9460]

Great timing on this video popping up on my feed..after just receiving sad news on my income BOOM here you are giving me a reason to smile..a true blessing 🙏

[@sgrvtl7183]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023‼️🎉💥💫💥🎉

[@evabloecher]

Happy New Year to you and your wonderful family. Here in Denmark it is 22.13 so not long till New Year 2023!

[@sweetmaries]

Yes to seed video

[@wendyc.5769]

Yes to the seed video because you may be growing something that I can’t live without 😂

[@RLiberty94]

Happy New Year! I'd love to see a seed video! I'm loving this video and I'm so inspired to grow some small things in my apartment!