My TOP TEN MUST GROW Vegetables of 2023

[@jenniexfuller]

1. Katrina Cucumber 2. Carmen Pepper (sweet pepper) 3. Shishito Pepper (sweet but with a little kick) 4. Dr. Witchy? - yellow heirloom tomato 5. Robelski tomato - hybrid red slicer 6. Brad’s atomic grape heirloom Cherry tomato 7. Badger flame beet 8. Bravo daikon radish 9. Napoli carrots 10. Honey Nut Squash

[@suewatkins968]

Where do you get the Dr. Witchy yellow tomato..I called Johnny's seed they don't have it they said? Tks

[@CarrieNita]

I started growing Tromboncino squash last Spring. I live in Alabama and this was a game changer for me. They are resistant to vine borer and squash bugs. They can be harvested green and cooked like a zucchini. They can be allowed to age on the vine and be harvested like a butternut. I have been eating them all Winter. The shape attracts people's attention; they are odd-looking. They can get huge and still be green. The vine is truly beautiful. Yep, I am in love, ha ha!

[@lesliee6721]

I’m in Southern California and I love to grow golden beet varieties for roasting.

[@jpolinskyswife]

We need a cookbook! ❤️❤️💐

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Maybe one day!

[@whitneybrown4670]

So I grow a Blue Berry cherry tomato and that is THE MOST durable, high production plant I've ever grown. It has beautiful blue/purple shoulders where the sun hits as it ripens and has more of that deep smoky flavor. But I left a handful of these in a tray bc they were tiny and I planted more than I needed, and I kid you not they lived without any care at all for like 2 months! And when a racoon tore out some of my plants I saw these still in the trays in the weeds growing. Threw them in the ground, and they still out produced every other tomato plant in the garden!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

That's amazing

[@trinahume773]

Just wanted to say your hair looked amazing today trying to decide if you got a haircut even my hubby was like hey Jill’s hair looks good lol video was awesome as well love and prayers from Canada as I so desperately wish for spring lol

[@rossallen5818]

Just a suggestion, can you add a list of the ones you are growing at the end? Even a hand written list so we can do a screenshot of what you are growing.

[@preschoolhomestead]

I'm growing shishito peppers for the first time this year!

[@cherylbertolini3140]

Dr Lychees is my favorite tomato also German Pink, you might want to try sun gold tomatoes they are great taste like candy:)

[@tamaracraig3223]

Katrina is going to be worth a try Huge cucumber fan, tough in our area Silver slicer is another new one I plan to try

[@dirtroaddestiny]

Watching this now. I love that you are open to share this with your subs! ❤😊

[@upnorth1858]

Mmmm, Shishito❤❤ I grow 6 plants every year. I put them in everything. Thin skinned and delicious. I also freeze them whole and loose packed in gallon bags to enjoy all winter. My favorite dish is tapas style- Blister whole shishitos in cast iron and serve with a soy sauce/ sesame oil dipping sauce

[@galethomas9383]

I'm growing Brad's Atomic for the first time this year! Also, I ordered shishito peppers today. This year is my first year planting a large (to me) garden. I've only grown in containers and a plant here and there in a flower bed. This is also my first year starting from seeds. I've got a lot to learn and am looking forward to this garden season. I love your videos. Very educational.

[@mlee7037]

I have grown shishitos for the last two years. My husband loves them blistered and pickled. We had Brad’s crazy cherries last year, and they were great. We are trying Brad’s atomic cherries this year. I can’t wait!!

[@galethomas9383]

@@mlee7037 I can't wait to get my seeds started. I've already started some seeds knowing that it's early. I've heard of the blistering, not the pickling. Do you blister them and then pickle them or just pickle them. I know it may sound like a dumb question but like I said, I'm new to all of this.

[@mlee7037]

@@galethomas9383 Pickle them fresh.

[@galethomas9383]

@@mlee7037 thank you! I'll give it a try.

[@survivor4041]

Taking notes, learning as I go. I love my beets. I am planting herbs on my patio. However, my go to crops are tomatoes, Cucumbers, Onions and Peppers.

[@aserendipitouslife8011]

I personally haven’t grown the Katrina but I saw another YT that does it outside with great success. I think I’m gonna try it

[@heh3810]

I grew Mashed Potato squash last summer in zone 3b. They were delish and stored really well. They are definitely on the list for this summer

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Good Sunday morning Janie. The garden's looking beautiful., Just like you, I can't wait for spring to start planting. 🌼🌹🌻

[@Onniesprairiegarden]

I LOVE Shishito peppers! My 11 yo also loves them. We love to blister them in some olive oil and add some garlic seasoning and sea salt over some steamed rice!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Yum 😋

[@EhGardenerGuy]

I'm growing Dr. Wyche again this year.

[@Om_garden]

This list was so amazing, thank you! I can’t wait to grow honeynut this year. My favorite pepper is jimmy nardello though- super sweet and prolific. I would also add some eggplants - ping tung is my favorite. Give them a try and let me know what you think!

[@adventuringtheeveryday]

Jacqueline and I planted our seeds last week and they are sprouting ~ John

[@deborahwilson5149]

Gotta try pickled beets! I can tolerate roasted golden and cannot stand red BUT! …pickled red is amazing!

[@SandraMalone-pq4mn]

Oh my, Katirina!! I grow them in my high tunnel and in the raised bed- field garden. Prolific in both spaces!! Don't overlook Katrina, if you only have a field-type garden. Carmens.....a love!! When beautifully red, I give them a good smoking, dry them, and make the most incredible smoked paprika!!! It's my grand daughter's absolute favorite. She will devour a whole one as a garden snack! Root veggies are a win! I grow many types which provide me with year-round produce. I have not purchase many root veggies for decades, as my garden provides for my family. Here in the North East, Waltham butternut is the jackpot winter squash. A bumper crop in 2022!! I even began Freeze Drying dozens of them.

[@pamsjohncrazycountry5523]

hugs from pam and john keep it coming we love you

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey y'all, I love to hear what and why folks grow what they do and their impressions of the results. I love the Shishito peppers, however there is a Spanish cousin Padrón pepper, grown and cook the same way. The Padrón is a staple in Spanish meals the same as the Shishito this year I am growing both side by side! I am excited by the Badger Flame Beet maybe this or next year. The Honeynut butternut squash is wonderful as are all the variations of the butternut squash there is a orange butternut squash very nice also. I have never grown the tromboncino but I know both you and Ashley seem to love them so I always keep them in the back of my mind. I have started 21 pepper varieties and next week 15 tomato varieties some old some new.

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

We will have to check it out

[@whitneybrown4670]

Haha you sound like me I started 20 tomato varieties and about 8 pepper varieties

[@mindypereda9660]

I started the Carmen pepper for the first time, also butter nut and my all time favorite Shishito peppers. I will be trying some of your tomato favorite's next year.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Excellent selection Jill 🥰

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thank you! 🤗

[@Sara-gz7fm]

I also can't stand beets but grow them for my husband. I just added my email to the wait-list for those seeds for next year and can't wait to grow them in 2024!

[@karesdesk5078]

Everyone seems to love the fruity sweet tomatoes and I always feel like an oddball seeking out the acidic ones haha! I love a good acidic or smokey tomatoes heavy on the 'umami' flavour topped with salt fresh out of the garden - perhaps this is why I don't like carrots or sweet potatoes either.. lol

[@leagarner3675]

yay shisito! Sometimes that's all I have for lunch.

[@scattershomestead]

Thanks for sharing your favourites! I might have to go shopping. Haha!

[@fromgardentopantrywithjell1326]

I'm getting excited about this year. Lots of planning and planting! Thanks for your list of faves!

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

You are so welcome!

[@diannemiller4754]

Try fermenting beets. We love them!

[@katierobbins7962]

I’m trying the new Mochi Tomato from Jonny’s this year. I’m not the biggest fresh tomato lover. But love growing them. I do love salsa and sauces.

[@gardenstatesowandsew]

Thank you ❤

[@melissasekely5107]

I got some shishito peppers this year, and a different cucumber that doesn’t need pollinated also but I don’t remember what kind lol. I’m so excited though!!! I just got my order today from BC and I have all kinds of peppers to start tonight!!

[@ourhomesteadclassroom]

I've also had great success with the Napoli carrots. And I'm definitely going to have to try to get my hands on some of those Badger Flame beets!

[@JustMe-xw7yt]

I always grow carmen peppers - very productive. I tried shishito last year and blistered them in my cast iron pan but the skin was like eating celaphane, so what am doing wrong? They did have amazing flavor.

[@tammynevil7852]

I found some Brad's atomic tomatoes at a dollar store, I'm trying it this year

[@ingridskitchengarden]

Looking forward in growing badger flame beets, and maybe the Katrina cucumber

[@tst1200]

Not a tomato fan either. Only like ones I've grown. Tried quite a few varieties. Favs are Peach tomato (it's even got fuzz like a peach) Parks Whopper and black cherry. Roma. Orange rainbow was interesting. Tromboncinos are fun but I haven't figured out how to use them. Mine haven't been all that tasty.

[@KMac17762A]

That’s my top 10 too!!

[@daleparks6781]

I want to find sweet gerkin cucumber seeds I like sweet gerkin pickles 💛 growing San marzano tomatoes great for salsa and tomato sauce 👍 Have 10 planted👍

[@tonijurkones8373]

Hello 👋

[@DawnRK3204]

Bacterial wilt gets my cucumbers every year, and squash vine borer my squash. I hate being limited. 😣

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

When is the last time you had your soil tested?

[@jeremiahthelion]

Not me ordering those beets right this second 😅

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

🤣 you won't be disappointed

[@whitneybrown4670]

Shishito peppers are the 💣!!! I'd actually like to get anyone's input on really great tomatoes for production but field grown. It gets hot and muggy all summer here so I always trim the bottom foliage away for air. But this year I am wanting to really pump out hundreds of tomatoes. Can anyone help me out?

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Look into hybrid varieties

[@melindalafave8598]

Since tomatoes and peppers are both nightshades, can you grow peppers in the same double leader trellis?

[@michellesgarden]

Hey Jill I'm going to grow the grandmarshall for thr first time this year. I'm hoping for high yield. What's your opinion on the grandmarshall? Also did you prune this plant.

[@francescaurban8985]

How do you successfully battle vine borers? I'm not far from you, more southwest in Hot Springs, brandnew to thenproperty last spring, and they just decimated everything. It was awful. I love to grow huge varieties of pumpkins every year as well as soooo many winter squashes, but literally nothing survived. Any thoughts, suggestions, or previous videos you've made that might offer some ideas?

[@gardeningwithdiane]

The Badger Flame beets have been out of stock for the past year.

[@donnabagnati29]

Just found your channel,I’m in Connecticut, what state are you in?

[@WhisperingWillowFarm]

Thanks for checking out our journey. We are in central AR

[@karionhawkins3091]

❤🌱🍅

[@JimMeakim]

What was the name , something Bravo??? the radish, I couldn't make out the name! Thanks!!

[@maleaann]

Bravo daikon

[@iartistdotme]

Did you and Tromboncino break up? I tried it first time last summer and it was wonderful! I didn't know it could keep growing and the skin would toughen to store like a butternut but will try that this summer. It was the only squash that made it through a massive invasion of squash bugs.The only other squash I got to harvest was a striped Cushaw that grew into a giant, tasted wonderful and I was so proud of that giant, tender, delicious squash - the deer and bugs got everything else. I'm hoping the weather will be a bit kinder than last year. Love that you told how to use the veg as that is so helpful - thanks.

[@fionar1656]

Hey Jill, You do know that Tomatoes aren't vegetables they are fruit. So you are one short for your top ten vegetables to grow for this year. All those varieties sound really good. I love your hair that way.

[@DawnRK3204]

Same for squash, cucumbers, beans, peppers, eggplant and many others. We just use them as vegetables.

[@gregpannebaker9163]

Botanically yes. Culinarily, no. Believe it or not the Supreme Court has actually ruled on this. (it affected tax rates)

[@devilscutbistro2433]

Please.. for the love of god... slow the talking down.. i like your videos but it you need to start talking slower.. it's KZbin, NOT a speed talking contest.. again, i like your vids but yer always talking too fast.. take a breath.. show some things while you take a breath...

[@emmayeager5864]

If you click the settings (gear icon), you can slow the video speed. :-)